The Food Competition was a weekly competition in which HouseGuests competed to determine their food privileges for the week. This competition was held from Big Brother 2 (US) through Big Brother 10 (US). From Big Brother 2 (US) to Big Brother 6 (US), losing HouseGuests were restricted to a diet of peanut butter and jelly. Starting with Big Brother 7 (US), slop replaced peanut butter and jelly as the punishment food. The Food Competition was discontinued after Big Brother 10 (US) and was replaced by the Have/Have-Not Competition in Big Brother 11 (US). The Head of Household always retained automatic food privileges.
Typically, the Head of Household would host the Food Competition. HouseGuests competed either as individuals, in teams, or collectively worked towards completing a task. In some versions of the competition, the objective was to win as many types of food as possible.
Trivia[]
- The Food Competition was derived from the Weekly Task, an essential Task in which housemates needed to succeed in order to secure the house's budget for weekly supplies. If they failed, the housemates would be forced to ration staple foods for the entire week.
| Big Brother (US) Competitions |
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| AI Arena • Battle Back • BOTB • Coaches • Food • Hacker • Have/Have-Not • HOH • HTR • Immunity • Luxury • Power Couple • Re-Entry • Roadkill • Safety Suite • Temptation • Veto • Whacktivity • Wildcard |