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Food Network Star Season 10 on the big screen

Giada and Alton are the judges this week sans Bobby Flay

Luca is back!

Sarah cannot describe her gaspacho

Emma nails her food descriptions

Luca exudes charm in describing ceviche

Game on and time to cook!

Where’s the beef? Chris has the tenderloin

Lenny revs up the crowd

Chris entertains but does he explain his POV?

Lenny’s burgers are a hit

Luca gets the ladies

Alton and Giada know Prosciutto from Serrano

Lenny empties the pool

Well done Lenny!

The bottom three

Good bye Chris – good luck!

Recap

The contestants arrive in Las Vegas by van and notice their faces on the marquis of Caesar’s Palace. They are excited to arrive at the plaza outside of the casino. Giada and Alton greet them but Bobby is back in New York. Alton announces that one contestant has earned their way back into the competition in the Star Salvation competition. Emerging from behind the curtain is Luca the Italian chef eliminated early in the competition. Giada then asks them to meet her at the Caesar’s Palace Buffet. The contestants assemble there and Giada introduces their first task of this episode.

First Task: The chefs must describe three dishes that Giada has selected from buffet. They must describe each dish in mouthwatering detail in order to move onto the next dish. They have only 90 seconds to describe up to three dishes.

Chris goes first and fails to get past the first of the three Italian dishes. Nicole is up next and struggles with the proper words to describe the broth she tastes. She uses words like “viscosity” and “unctuous” and falls flat. Sarah then cannot describe a pepper gazpacho. She tells Giada that is difficult to describe. Emma is up next and ties each dish to her personal experience using lively language. She nails it and is allowed to describe all three dishes, while the others are stuck on one. Loreal is given Mexican food and lacks the passion to describe it eloquently. Luca must next describe seafood. First up is ceviche, which he aptly describes and Giada is impressed enough to allow him to describe the second dish. He’s really grown in his absence. Lenny is up next with polenta and a meatball. Lenny cracks jokes and is able to get through one dish and Giada says “you got me”.

Overall Giada is unimpressed as only Emma got through all three dishes. Giada tells them to meet her at the Venus Pool the following day for the next challenge which will require a better performance from most of them.

Second Task: The chefs will have 60 minutes to prepare a dish for a 100 person pool party. They will then have 3 minutes to present their dish to the crowd assembled at the pool and convince them to visit their station and leave a casino chip in exchange for their dish. Each member of the crowd will have 3 tokens to give out, one for each chef. The audience members will also be given a meter to turn up or down during each presentation. The farther up the meter goes, the more buzzworthy the presentation.

The drama starts immediately when Chris beats Sarah to the beef tenderloin. Sarah wanted to prepare beef to present her Texas POV. She is forced to choose pork to go with her grits instead when Chris refuses to share the beef with her. Loreal prepares a Louisiana Surf and Turf while Emma goes with a Thai calamari and mango satay. She decides to setup a self-serve area at her station. Lenny is making coffee crusted lamb burger sliders with curry ketchup. He combines the cowboy elements of coffee and meat into a zesty burger. Luca goes with an Italian seafood salad or insalata di mare. Nicole sticks with her POV by offering a scallop with prosciutto, although she tells everyone its Serrano Ham.

Chris is the first to present and once again he provides an entertaining, energetic performance but once again is unfocused. Alton notes that he fails to describe his food. Sarah has a decent presentation but doesn’t truly describe her POV (Texas); she just mentions Texas over and over. It fails to inspire the judges or the crowd. Nicole does a good job describing her POV her scallop and Serrano ham. Loreal is bubbly but doesn’t really describe the food. Emma does another lavish description of the food and how it fits into her life and POV. The judges love it. Lenny is up next and delivers a power packed performance. He promises to do a belly flop into the pool if he gets enough chips. The judges like his presentation. Luca wants to impress the judges after his early failures. He does a great job and all of the women in the crowd love him. Alton is also impressed.

Now the partygoers will have to select the food they would like to eat. Lenny is the big winner but his neighbor Sarah has virtually no visitors to her booth. She’s frustrated looking over at Lenny’s successful performance while she lounges in anonymity.

Nicole does a good job attracting visitors but Alton and Giada see that she is using prosciutto. They call her out on it and she’s embarrassed. They like her scallop and romesko sauce but don’t like the prosciutto. Loreal is getting a healthy number of chips and the judges enjoy her food. Luca’s station is full of women. The judges enjoy his seafood dish as well. He seems to be on the right track. Chris is getting visitors but his dish is disappointing. The judges like the mushroom chip but the beef tenderloin is massively overcooked. The judges like Sarah’s grits better than her pork, which they don’t feel fits her POV. Emma’s do it yourself station is a big flop. She is concerned with the dearth of traffic. The judges think her presentation is off putting and poorly thought out. The judges love Lenny’s dish and it’s a hit with the crowd as well. He has the most tokens by far. In celebration of his obvious victory, Lenny unbuttons his shirt and belly flops into the pool.

Results

Giada and Alton now assemble the chefs to render judgment. Giada tells them at this point you either have it or you don’t. Alton tells Emma that she gave too much power over to the client; she should not do that but rather prepare the food herself. Giada tells Chris his presentation was decent but his food was awful. They loved the mushroom chip, though. He must deliver on his promise to elevate everyday food. Loreal’s food was good but she did not connect it with her Butcher Babe POV. Giada tells Nicole not to mislead her audience otherwise they won’t trust her. Sarah’s POV was not properly connected to her pork. Luca was the “comeback kid” according to Giada and he did a great job. Alton gives Lenny a lot of praise for his dish and performance; he’s the winner. Luca, Nicole and Loreal performed well enough to avoid elimination.

That means Emma, Sarah and Chris are in the bottom three. Emma did well in 2/3 of the challenges but flopped in her food delivery. Sarah and Chris have both failed to define their POVs and the food has underwhelmed. The judges now make their final decision. Emma’s food description ability saves her for the week. Chris is a charismatic and entertaining guy but he has not delivered on his promise to elevate food. Sarah’s Texas POV is weak and she hasn’t gelled yet. The judges then deliver the bad news, Chris is going home. Chris is philosophical about it, saying he used to be homeless. He’s happy to have gotten this far but obviously badly wanted to win. Still, he takes a lot of good from the experience.

Analysis

This week offered another knockout performance by Lenny. Luca, Nicole and Loreal were able to connect with the judges enough to impress them. Emma did well describing her food, but her food station was so poorly executed she got the fewest tokens. Sarah barely hung on after failing once again to define her POV and connect it to her personal experience. There are six chefs remaining. That leads this week’s power rankings.

1. Lenny – He’s back on top and is the clear winner.

2. Loreal – She continues to impress with her cooking, although her presentation was a bit flawed.

3. Luca – He’s back with a vengeance and is now a real threat to win this competition.

4. Nicole – She steadied herself with a solid performance. She will be tough to eliminate if she competes like this each week.

5. Emma – She did an amazing job describing the food but fell flat with her food station. This was just poor planning and is a mistake that probably won’t be repeated. Still, for the second week in a row her bad decisions have put her on the bottom.

6. Sarah – She’s very likeable but keeps making the same mistakes. She needs to clearly define her POV and connect it to her own life. If she can finally get this she might have a chance. Otherwise, she will be the next to go.

The Next Food Network Star Season 10, Episode 7 “Vegas Pool Party” – Recap and Analysis Recap The contestants arrive in Las Vegas by van and notice their faces on the marquis of Caesar’s Palace.

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The Next Food Network Star Season 10, Episode 6 - "Product Commercial" - Recap & Analysis

The Next Food Network Star Season 10, Episode 6 – “Product Commercial” – Recap & Analysis

Recap

Giada instructs the chefs that the judges are trying to guide them to finding their Point of view (POV), their unique angle that will make them stand out. Towards this end, this week, the remaining 7 contestants each must develop a packaged food product that personifies their POV and produce a 30 commercial to market it. Alton is not in the studio with them but rather at Zoot Studios…

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Food Network Star, Season 10, Episode 5, “Live Demo at Knott's Berry Farm” – Recap and Analysis

Food Network Star, Season 10, Episode 5, “Live Demo at Knott’s Berry Farm” – Recap and Analysis

Recap

This week, the remaining “Elite Eight” contestants head to Knots Berry Farm to make presentation before hundreds of park guests. Christopher is worried that he has remained the bottom. Many of the chefs (including Emma) aren’t aware that Knot’s Berry Farm is actually a theme park, not a working farm. Lenny is happy to see the Western theme of the park.

Knots Berry Farm Challenge Part One

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Food Network Star week one bottom three update

Sara Penrod and Emma Frisch, the non-eliminated members of the bottom three from this week’s season premiere have described their near chop experiences in their blogs. They seem pretty polished overall and grateful to have survived. The first week of the show was overwhelming for both of them. I would imagine that many contestants have the same view. That’s why the first elimination is so…

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