Papa's Next Chefs 2016

The Papa's Next Chefs 2016 tournament is the sixth Next Chefs tournament to name the chefs for a future Papa Louie restaurant time-management game.

Introduction
Hey Everyone!

Hope you all are enjoying Papa’s Bakeria! This year we changed things up a bit and launched a Gameria in the spring instead of the summer. While we may be a long ways from the next Gameria, we decided this is the absolute best time of the year to start up … Papa’s Next Chefs 2016!

As some of you may know, the Papa’s Next Chef tournament is a yearly challenge where you, the fans, get to choose who will be working at Papa’s next restaurant! We will be showcasing 2 battles each week, one for the guys position and one for the girls position. The winners of each week move on to the next round and one step closer to becoming Papa’s Next Chefs!

This year we have the Pomegranate Division, the Peach Division, the Kiwi Division, and the Dragonfruit Division. Let’s get this party started!

Rounds 1/2
1A/1B: Monday, March 28, 2016 - Sunday, April 03, 2016  2A/2B: Monday, April 04, 2016 - Sunday, April 10, 2016 
 * 1A: Hacky Zak 5,001 vs. Connor 2,893
 * 1B: Janana 4,445 vs. Sasha 3,457
 * 2A: Allan 4,964 vs. Iggy 2,246
 * 2B: Mindy 3,061 vs. Clover 4,195

Division Finals
3A/3B: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 - Monday, May 30, 2016 
 * 3A: Allan 3,158 vs. Hacky Zak 4,513
 * 3B: Janana 2,821 vs. Clover 4,866

Rounds 1/2
1A/1B: Monday, April 25, 2016 - Sunday, May 01, 2016  2A/2B: Monday, May 02, 2016 - Sunday, May 08, 2016 
 * 1A: Austin 5,992 vs. Greg 1,898
 * 1B: Olivia 3,593 vs. Trishna 4,327
 * 2A: Johnny 5,113 vs. Wally 2,014
 * 2B: Zoe 1,832 vs. Perri 5,322

Division Finals
3A/3B: Tuesday, June 07, 2016 - Monday, June 13, 2016
 * 3A: Johnny 5,561 vs. Austin 2,593
 * 3B: Trishna 3,824 vs. Perri 4,664

Rounds 1/2
1A/1B: Monday, April 11, 2016 - Sunday, April 17, 2016  2A/2B: Monday, April 18, 2016 - Sunday, April 24, 2016 
 * 1A: Carlo 5,119 vs. Brody 2,751
 * 1B: Julep 3,209 vs. Tohru 4,653
 * 2A: Robby 5,024 vs. Kenji 2,387
 * 2B: Lisa 4,129 vs. Shannon 3,301

Division Finals
3A/3B: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - Monday, June 6, 2016 
 * 3A: Robby 2,736 vs. Carlo 4,599
 * 3B: Tohru 4,425 vs. Lisa 2,916

Rounds 1/2
1A/1B: Monday, May 09, 2016 - Sunday, May 15, 2016  2A/2B: Monday, May 16, 2016 - Monday, May 23, 2016 
 * 1A: Deano 3,896 vs. Duke 3,319
 * 1B: Nevada 3,040 vs. Kayla 4,141
 * 2A: Matt 6,201 vs. Hugo 1,631
 * 2B: Cherissa 5,441 vs. Sienna 2,398

Division Finals
3A/3B: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - Monday, June 20, 2016
 * 3A: Matt vs. Deano
 * 3B: Kayla vs. Cherissa

Semi-Finals
4A/4B: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 - Monday, June 27, 2016 5A/5B: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 - Monday, July 04, 2016
 * 4A: Hacky Zak (Pomegranate Division Winner M) vs. Austin (Peach Division Winner M)
 * 4B: Perri (Peach Division Winner F) vs. Clover (Pomegranate Division Winner F)
 * 5A: Carlo (Kiwi Division Winner M) vs. Dragonfruit Division Winner M
 * 5B: Dragonfruit Division Winner F vs. Tohru (Kiwi Division Winner F)

Grand Finals
6A/6B: Tuesday, July 05, 2016 - Monday, July 11, 2016
 * 6A: Pomegranate/Peach Winner M vs. Kiwi/Dragonfruit Winner M
 * 6B: Kiwi/Dragonfruit Winner F vs. Pomegranate/Peach Winner F

Trivia

 * The names and icons used for the divisions for this year's PNC are based on pie fillings from Papa's Bakeria.
 * Janana, Austin, Perri, Olivia, Brody, Cherissa and Duke Gotcha made debuts in this year's Papa's Next Chefs Tournament.
 * Several customers have faced each other in past PNC's:
 * Clover vs. Mindy (Clover earned more votes than Mindy in the 2013 PNC)
 * Johnny vs. Wally (Johnny earned more votes than Wally in the 2014 PNC)
 * On May 23 2016, Flipline announced they're switching the Next Chefs Rounds from Monday to Tuesday, because of the Papa's Taco Mia HD! Sneak Peeks.
 * This is the second time that both Hacky Zak and Clover were winners in the same division finals.
 * This is Clover's 4th appearance in the semi-finals (2012, 2014-2016)
 * This is Carlo's 4th semifinal appearance (2011, 2014-2016)
 * This is the first time Lisa and Kayla won a first round match in any PNC.
 * Kiwi Division is the only division that doesn't feature a female customer making her debut in a PNC.
 * Pomegranate Division is the only division that doesn't feature a male customer making his debut in a PNC.