Amazon greenlights Hannah Grant’s Grand Tour de France

Amazon greenlit a documentary series with chef Hannah Grant that followed her performance kitchen through the 2017 Tour de France and later landed on Prime Video as Eat. Race. Win.

The Amazon Originals project drew directly from Grant’s The Grand Tour Cookbook. It followed the Queen of Performance Cooking, as she and her crew source and prepare healthy, high-performance meals for Team Orica-Scott’s nine riders during the 23-day endurance race.

Series Announcement and Premise

The six-episode season produced by Junto Entertainment premiered on Prime Video in 2018. It chronicled the 2017 Tour de France through Grant’s daily grind feeding the Orica-Scott squad, turning the original greenlight into a finished behind-the-scenes portrait of endurance cooking under pressure.

Race Context and Route Details

The 104th Tour de France ran from July 1 through July 23, 2017. It opened with a time trial in Düsseldorf, Germany, and finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, covering roughly 3,540 kilometers across twenty-one stages.

Executive Perspectives

At the time of the announcement, Conrad Riggs, then head of unscripted at Amazon Originals, said the project would give Prime members an inside look at the organized chaos behind one of the world’s most prestigious sporting events. Riggs left the role later that year. Executive producer Christof Bove added that Grant brought the attitude and insight required to match the performance demands of the race itself.

Release and Reception of Eat. Race. Win.

The finished series captured Grant’s mobile kitchen as it leapfrogged the peloton, sourcing ingredients and plating recovery meals before dawn each day. Viewers watched the crew adapt Michelin-level technique to the narrow margins of a Grand Tour, where timing and nutrition directly affect stage results.

Evolution of Performance Nutrition in Cycling

Riders in Grand Tours routinely consume more than 6,000 calories daily. Modern teams increasingly favor natural, unprocessed ingredients that reduce inflammation and accommodate allergies, a shift reflected in updated cookbooks and team menus since the 2017 edition.

Hannah Grant’s Updated Cookbook and Legacy

Grant later published The New Grand Tour Cookbook 2, a 350-page sequel packed with fresh recipes tailored for cyclists. The new volume keeps the emphasis on easy-to-prepare, performance-oriented meals while expanding the original focus on recovery and travel logistics.

Behind-the-Scenes Logistics of Feeding a Pro Team

Grant’s entire operation relocated daily across all twenty-one stages. Maintaining exact dietary requirements for nine riders plus staff while upholding high culinary standards meant constant sourcing at local markets, precise timing around stage finishes, and rapid clean-up before the next transfer.

The completed series gave global audiences a clear window into the support ecosystem that keeps a WorldTour squad functioning at peak level. Grant’s work continues to shape how teams approach nutrition on the road, and the 2018 release remains the clearest record of that high-stakes kitchen in motion.