Here we are after ten weeks at the finale of the Next Food Network Star. We have three finalists left in the competition Aarti Sequeria, Herb Mesa and Tom Pizzica. Of the three remaining contestants Aarti Sequeria has clearly been the front-runner in the competition and has at times been harshly criticized because the standard [...]

Last week on the Next Food Network Star we learned that the contestants would soon be going to New York for the final few episodes of the show, which raised by hopes that we’d see both Alton Brown and an Iron Chef level face-off between competitors. In something of a shocker Brad was sent home [...]

This week we’re only doing a mini-recap of the Next Food Network Star, but we’ll be back next week with our normal version!
The Competition changes this week as this episode pares us down to the final four, who will go to New York for the final challenges that will determine the winner of the show. [...]

Last week Brianna was sent home from the competition, Aarti had some serious missteps and Brad for the first time stepped his performance up to a level that’s at least in the neighborhood of his cooking skills. It’s almost anyone’s competition at this point though there are still some long-shots in the competition that can’t [...]

Last Week Paul was sent back to the Second City, with Serena and Brianna unexpectedly winning the Lunch Truck challenge as they managed to dazzle the crowd with their food and their personality, despite bickering with each other through the course of the challenge. Will Serena and Brianna continue to stand-out? Will Aria pull up [...]

After a break for the 4th of July, the Next Food Network Star is back. You can catch up on our previous recaps of the episodes here. The first weeks of this show haven’t thrown us many surprises as the weaker chefs who’ve been eliminated were all clearly inferior. The first elimination that really surprised [...]

Previously on ‘The Next Food Network Star‘ we saw our first three competitors go home, and weren’t very surprised. Dizzy D, Doreen and Alexis seemed to be the worst chefs in the first episode and none of them truly stepped forward to distinguish themselves… at least not in a good way. Meanwhile Paul, the chef [...]

Previously on ‘The Next Food Network Star‘ we saw two competitors go home, Alexis Hernandez failed at cooking the food and at being a star, while Doreen Fang didn’t improve between the two episodes and might have gotten a little worse. On the other hand we have Dizzy D (Dzintra Denis) who didn’t get to [...]

The Next Food Network Star is back, and back to one-hour formats so it should be a little easier on everyone this week. Last week we met all 12 of this season’s contestants as they faced off in a team challenge. Aria was an early favorite, Dizzy D was allowed to continue in the competition [...]

The Next Food Network Star is back, as 12 contestants compete to win a contract with the Food Network for their own show. The contract generally runs eight shows, which gives the Food Network brass enough time to figure out if the person really fits in with the Food Network’s style and will draw an [...]

So why are we all here anyway?