From acclaimed Emmy® Award-nominated food expert Padma Lakshmi, AMERICA'S CULINARY CUP features sixteen of the country’s most elite chefs competing in the ultimate culinary arena. With chefs Michael Cimarusti and Wylie Dufresne evaluating taste, creativity, presentation, and technique to determine who advances, who is eliminated and who ultimately masters the show commandments and claims the biggest cash prize in culinary history – $1 million dollars.