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It\u2019s a Christmas miracle! Shirley Chung<\/a> will return to TV in Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas<\/em> in November, around a year and a half after she was diagnosed with stage 4 tongue cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n Food Network<\/a> delivered the news in a press release about the upcoming Tournament of Champions<\/a><\/em>\u00a0spinoff, which the network calls \u201ca high-stakes holiday incarnation of the ultimate sudden-death culinary showdown.\u201d Chung is listed as one of the competitors, and she\u2019ll be partnered with chef Sherry Yard.<\/p>\n Chung announced her cancer diagnosis<\/a> on Instagram in July 2024, saying her oral surgeon found a tumor under her tongue and she\u2019d been diagnosed with stage 4 tongue cancer that May after doctors determined that cancer cells had spread to her lymph nodes.<\/p>\n One option was the complete removal of her tongue, but Chung found inspiration in the \u201cunicorn case\u201d of another chef with tongue cancer who was treated with chemotherapy and radiation, and so pursued that option instead.<\/p>\n And this May, Chung told Instagram followers she was in remission<\/a>. \u201cI just completed my six-month scans,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI can proudly say, no cancer cell was detected in my body. I am in 100% remission! I am still healing [and] learning to speak again and [have] started to have solid food, two meals a day.\u201d<\/p>\n Chung, who honed her culinary chops under chefs like Thomas Keller and Guy Savoy, was a finalist of Top Chef<\/a><\/em> Seasons 11 and 14, and she returned to the franchise as a judge of Top Chef Amateurs<\/a><\/em>. More recently, she repped the West Coast as a repeat contestant of Tournament of Champions<\/em>.<\/p>\n Now Food Network is getting her and dozens of other chefs for Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas<\/em>, premiering on Wednesday, November 5 at 8\/7c<\/p>\n \u201cIn every battle, teams will serve up a savory and a sweet dish based on the spin of the Randomizer,\u201d a press releases teases. \u201cThe chef teams will need to be in sync and on their game to earn the title, the belt, a $100,000 cash prize furnished by Carnival Cruise Lines and their split of an additional $50,000 prize to give to a cause close to their hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas<\/em>, Wednesday, November 5, 8\/7c, Food Network<\/strong><\/p>\n Read the latest entertainment news on TV Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n