The Next Food Network Star thread!

[redBoobergurl]

Yes, sadly, as much as I wanted Nipa to succeed (she's from my state) it was time for her to go. I think she had a really interesting and unique culinary point of view, but she just didn't try hard enough to express it!

 

[kermiegirl]

I thought Nipa was a really big brat. First, she declared to be known as "The Spice Queen", then walked out of the room crying, stole all of the curry powder and took a tiny piece of fish and threw the rest in the trash.

 

[Boppity]

I'm in love with this show!

I'm personally glad Nipa's gone...I love Indian food and all, and there's a lack of international cooking shows on FN (aside from Italian and French), but she just bugged me so much! I also wished she would have done food from the other parts of India as well...it seemed like she only knew a few things, really.

I'm rooting for both Kelsey and Jennifer, even though they both remind me of Rachel Ray and I'm sure their shows wouldn't be much different XP

I think someone needs to go on that show with their culinary point being either food from all cultures or health food XD

 

[Ilikemuppets]

The health channel or what ever it's called (discovery health I think) has some pretty good cooking shows on it.

 

[redBoobergurl]

Yeah, like I said, part of me wanted to see Nipa succeed because it could've been really interesting, but after the fish incident I'm like, get this girl off right now. Send her home.

I like Kelsey and actually Lisa is growing on me too. I didn't like her at first but I think she's mellowing out alot.

 

[kermiegirl]

Hello everyone! Here is Episode 5 of The Next Food Network Star:
The finalists went to the Food Network Kitchens and when they arrived, there were 6 baskets in front of them. Suddenly, Cat Cora - from Iron Chef America - came out and described the first part of the first challenge. There were 6 ingredients in each basket and they had to make a dish from those ingredients in 30 minutes. When they were done, Cat Cora explained that they must describe their dish but can't use words like "delicious" and "awesome". However, there was a twist: Cat made the finalists switch plates with someone else and they must describe the food. Kelsey tasted Shane's dish and thought the butter he used was regular butter, but it was Jalepeno butter. She also used the word "flavor" in presentation. Shane tasted Kelsey's fish and did a great job of what the flavors tasted like. When Aaron tasted Adam's dish, he took too long tasting it and didn't say much. Adam tasted Adam's cake but he didn't anticipate the ending of the time limit - 1 minute. When Jennifer tasted Lisa's udon noodle dish, Jen thought they were linguini pasta noodles and felt clueless on other parts of the dish. Lisa tasted Jen's dish but she didn't connect with the camera. Later, Cat announced the winner of the challenge: Shane. It also gave him an advantage in the next challenge.
After that, Cat appeared with Barbara Fairchild, the editor-in-chief from Bon Appetit magazine. Mrs. Fairchild said whoever won this challenge, their recipe will featured in the August issue of the magazine. For the challenge, they must take a complicated dish and reinvent it in under 45 minutes. Since Shane won the last challenge, he and Kelsey chose Beef Wellington. His winning advantage also made him choose which team would do the food. He made Lisa and Jen make turducken and Aaron and Adam got stuck with Coq Au Vin. When they were finished with their food, they must not only present it to the selection commitee - plus Cat and Fairchild - but to the editors of Bon Appetit.
The finalists all went on a 30 minute grocery shopping spree. Then, they all went to Cafe Gray where the finalists would present their dish. The first team to make their dish was Adam and Aaron. Their chicken was still raw, which led Aaron to a flashback from the second episode - where they were on a train - and he didn't want to fight with Adam again. When they were plating their food, it was a mess - the noodles were over the bowl. After they presented their version of Coq Au Vin to the people, Mrs. Fairchild thought Aaron was nervous and Adam seemed to think very wittly on his feet.
Now, it was Jen and Lisa's turn. When Jen tried to open the marinade for the chicken, Jen broke the bottle and it spilled all over Jen's squash and Lisa's duck confie and it all went into the trash. Both of them felt angry at one another and felt like they were going to fail. They wanted to put a special sauce on the turducken, but it took too long, so they skipped it. Bobby Flay questioned them about what had happened and said he was okay with it.
Finally, it was Shane and Kelsey's turn. The whole kitchen was out of control and they were hurrying to get their plating done. They felt pretty confident about their dish when they were presenting it. Some thought the plating was horrible, but it tasted pretty good.
Later that day, everyone felt uncertain as to who was going home that night. Kelsey needs to stop mentioning culinary school. Lisa needed to be nicer. Aaron needs to be more confident. Before they could decide who should stay and who should go, they announced the winners of the challenge and have their recipe in Bon Appetit magazine: Shane and Kelsey. Because of this, they were safe and so was Aaron and Lisa. Bobby said to Adam that he was on thin ice and Jen wasn't successful in reaching her expertise. They then decided to keep Adam and let Jen go. Jen hoped that her time on The Next Food Network Star would make her daughter realize to never give up.

Keep watching The Next Food Network Star, Sundays and 10/9 central on Food Network!

 

[The Count]

So... Now that half the field's gone, how do we feel about the remaining finalists? Also, the Bon Appetit challenge wasn't the best they could've done. And one of Ms. Fairchild's comments irked me. Turducken is three birds successively stuffed into another... They copped out.
Oh really? How long does it take to make turducken? Twelve hours.
And how much time did they have for the challenge? Forty-five minutes.
So let's see her think of a way to make turducken in that short an amount and see if she still thinks what Jen and Lisa presented was a cop-out.

Meh... I'm losing my appeal for Adam, and think Shane and Kelsey will probably make it to the final showdown.

 

[kermiegirl]

Well, I am sticking with Kelsey and Lisa. I want another girl to win TNFNS.

 

[kermiegirl]

Sorry that I am being so lazy to post this weeks episode. But I can tell you that Shane was eliminated. I might not be here next Sunday because I am going to Cedar Point with my family. I promise there will be a long post of next week's episode next week. Until then, bye!

 

[redBoobergurl]

Have fun on your trip! I had almost forgotten that it was Shane that was sent home. I'm anxious to see what is happening now that they are going to Vegas.