Here is some food network star recap for any of you who may watch the show on Food Network.. Got this article from another group I am and own so I thought to share it here to..
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Kimberly
TV Reality Mom
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July 22, 2013 11:56 AM PDT
Food Network Star Recap: No Return Policy
I’m not gonna lie to you: I’ve carefully watched every second of Season 9 of Food Network Star, but to steal a line from Aretha Franklin, there “ain’t no way” I was going to get lured into the online spin-off Star Salvation.
To be fair, the stakes off the latter series were fairly high, with
evicted contestants battling for a second chance to reboard the
mothership. But I’d have preferred if the Star Salvation winner was rewarded with a chance to compete on next year’s Food Network Star, rather than a free pass to potentially knock out a rival who’d already ejected him or her from the current competition.
To make matters worse, it’s not even like any of the Season 9
eliminations have been egregious or unfair. So when the studio doors
opened and Lovely (!) strutted into the room with minimal fanfare, it
was the equivalent of Bobby Flay coming to your table in the midst of a
five-course meal and declaring, “Here’s a plate of Saltines that nobody
asked for!”
Unfortunately for Lovely, our esteemed judging panel seemed to
suffer from similar feelings — none of which changed when Lovely failed
to cook up a vivid description of a pasta dish in the opening challenge,
then went splat like a Thanksgiving turkey sliding off a platter during
a segment where she interviewed diners at a pizza joint and started to
turn her back before the dudes could mutter a couple of unenthusiastic
comments. (Anyone else also find themselves bothered by Lovely declaring
the pizza had a “crispy crust” as it drooped in the middle like a wet
Brawny paper towel holding up some baby potatoes?)
Yes, as casually as Bobby shrugging his shoulders after saying the
word “fetuccini” in front of Giada, Lovely got the axe (again!) before
she’d even brought her water to a boil, so to speak. Naturally, this led
to the glam caterer speaking in the third person: “Either you take
Lovely exactly as she is or not at all.” [Insert your own punch line
there.]
With Lovely’s re-entry and re-exit, the competitive momentum
stalled a bit, but not before Russell and Rodney — who teamed up with
Lovely to write, produce and deliver an “out-in-the-field” segment from
Vito’s Pizzeria — got another chance to grace the Bottom 3, and somehow
escape elimination. As the judges noted, neither dude shared any intel
on the owner’s 500-year-old yeast concoction, choosing instead to
randomly insert their respective “seven deadly sins” and “pie style!”
slogans to absolutely useless effect. Sure, everybody chuckles when
Rodney’s on the screen — but as Giada so damningly put it, “Your
inability to demonstrate food authority is catching up with you.”
On the flip side, Damaris, Nikki and Stacey put together a lively,
fun segment from Mr. Donut — although the judges were well within their
rights to ping the latter contestant for steamrolling the bakery owner
during their in-the-kitchen segment (even if dude did seem to be a tad
retiring on camera). At this point, I’m wondering if the producers
brought back Lovely just to ensure there wouldn’t be a streak of five
consecutive dudes getting sent to the guillotine.
Any way you slice it — even pie style! — it’s a three-horse race
among the ladies, no? That said, Stacey lost a few points with her
crying spell and her contention that “every week I’ve worked so hard to
be here.” Um…hasn’t everyone else? Yeah, it’s pressure to be a
front-runner, but it beats being a perpetual bottom dweller!
What did you think of this week’s episode? Did Lovely deserve to go, or should it have been Rodney someone else? Sound off below!
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