Festival Flea Market Mall is searching for the best home cooks in South Florida for a chance to compete for prizes and glory in the Festival Foodie Feud cooking contest. Festival teamed up with MasterChef Season 6 runner-up Derrick Peltz to test the culinary skills of four lucky contestants. The contest will include three rounds of cooking and one contestant will be eliminated after each round.

Peltz will act as host, mentor and judge. Additional judges include WSVN anchor Belkys Nerey and Sun Sentinel columnist Doreen Christensen. Comedian and Festival Flea Market Mall spokesperson Lisa Corrao will MC the event.

The grand prize includes two tickets to the Goya Foods Grand Tasting Village featuring MasterCard Grand Tasting Tents & KitchenAid® Culinary Demonstrations at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival® on February 28 and $500 in cash. Festival Flea Market Mall will award gift certificates to the other contestants: $250 to the runner up, $100 to the third place contestant and $50 to the contestant who takes fourth place. Each contestant will also receive a branded apron and cutting board to commemorate the challenge. Furthermore, the audience will have the opportunity to meet and take photos with Peltz before, during and after the competition. There will also be an audience giveaway of a pair of tickets to the Goya Foods Grand Tasting Village at the SOBEWFF®.

Entrants must submit a video or photo with their favorite home cooked dish and explain why they should be chosen to compete. All entrants must be 21 or older, and an amateur or home cook. For more information, please visit http://Festival.com/Foodie-Feud. The deadline to enter for a chance to compete is February 14, 2016.

About Festival Flea Market

The Festival Flea Market Mall features a convenient one-stop shopping and entertainment destination with more than 300 stores in 400,000-square-feet providing the finest one-of-a-kind boutique and name brand merchandise all at below-outlet prices. Fun, funky and fashionable products are showcased in a convenient village-style atmosphere under one air-conditioned roof. The ¼ mile-long Festival Flea Market Mall also features a full-service hair and nail salon, Going Bananas Farmer’s Market, an International Food Court and the Hillsboro Antique Mall. Festival has served as a backdrop for national television contestant searches, celebrity appearances, concerts, charitable functions and numerous other special events.