Food Court Wars is an American competitive reality television cooking show on the Food Network that puts two teams of entrepreneurs in a shopping mall together with the teams having to battle each other in order to win a food court restaurant of their own, rent-free, for a year.

[2] The teams test, market, then run their concept for a full day feeding shoppers.

[3] The team restaurant that makes the most profit at the end of the day wins their eatery space, which is a prize worth an estimated $100,000, and the losing team must vacate the premises.

[3][4] The first season finale, which was a rebroadcast of the pilot episode, aired on August 18, 2013.

The team whose restaurant makes the most profit wins their eatery space—a prize worth $100,000.