Next Food Network Star ~ Official 2009 Summer Thread

[Zandy595]

What is Debbie thinking? Doesn't she realize she's on TV and everyone can see what's really happening? Duh! The only reason the judges didn't send her home was because they said her food was the best. Well, I hope it was because she spent so much time on it and didn't do anything else. I liked Michael, but he really did need to go. Who tries out for a cooking show when they're deathly afraid of cameras?

 

[Kae]

I just caught up & was heartbroken about Michael leaving but he did have camera issues. Debbie is still the witch that she was in the 1st show. And I would not watch her show. For me it would be Melissa, Jeffery, Jamika in that order.

Kae

 

[onelilspark]

Well, Shopaholic was made into a bad movie, but... On the other hand, my perspective is, that's fiction. Julie & Julia (heaven forbid the Chef's name - the woman who inpired the author's actions, blog, book, and now movie - should be named first) is nonfiction. I don't know Julie and I don't care to read about her life, her feelings, etc.
eta: in fairness, though, I'd read extensive reviews of the book when it first came out and could tell I wouldn't be interested

Getting back on track I don't need to know a whole lot about the FN show hosts' lives. I don't even need to know their respective culinary points of view. I just want to see them cook. Often, it's easy enough to determine the CPoV just by the title of the show: "Everyday Italian"; "30 Minute Meals"; "How to Boil Water"...

Hey, you know what I'd like to see? No, of course you don't. Something on "food repair". How to save a dish that's gone wrong; what to do when you don't have an ingredient; how to substitute for that milk you need that's gone bad...

I didn't even know that Julie & Julia was non-fiction I pay so much attention

That's a great idea..."food repair." Every time I make a sauce that includes milk, the milk breaks when I put it in. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. A show like that would teach me!


So who's ready for tonight? I know I am! ...and who else rolls their eyes every time a commercial comes on for tonight's show that shows Debbie crying?

 

[LuvCuteBoys]

^^^ Hahahahahaha. She drives me NUTS. Can't wait to see what precipitates her "i'm not a deceitful person" monologue I wonder what her definition of "deceitful" is???

Did you read Bob's blog? He wanted her gone last week. I believe he described her behavior as "appalling".

 

[RitaZ.]

...and who else rolls their eyes every time a commercial comes on for tonight's show that shows Debbie crying?

She sure likes to cry, doesn't she? I guess she is used to getting sympathy when she cries.

I almost forgot that it's on tonight. I'm glad I saw this thread.

 

[kaytieeldr]

Yay, Susie - for 'calling out' Debbie on her deceitfulness. Now if only...

 

[LuvCuteBoys]

Once again....

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[kaytieeldr]

Dang! Rats! Phooey!

 

[TDC Nala]

I don't like "Where Are The Capers" Debbie, but Jamika had to go. She had enough and quit.

 

[LuvCuteBoys]

I would watch Jeffrey or Melissa cook with sand before I would watch a show with Debbie.

 

[Minnie]

I would watch Jeffrey or Melissa cook with sand before I would watch a show with Debbie.

ITA

If Debbie wins I will definitely NOT be watching her show. I thought she had the easiest of the 1st challenge and then "forgets" the capers

 

[TDC Nala]

It's not that she forgot the capers, it's

(paraphrased)
Bobby: Where are the capers?
Debbie: They're in there.
Bobby: Are they?
Debbie: I didn't have capers.
(video flashback of Bobby giving Debbie the capers)
Debbie (hem haw hem haw) Oh I guess I forgot to put them in.

 

[chirurgeon]

I certainly won't watch if Debbie wins. I have watched at least the first run of each of the previous winners even if they were not the person I wanted to win. She is just getting worse and worse. I wonder if other message boards are going the same way we are. I checked and Food Network does not have any message boards. I would have liked to see what was going on there if they had some. Hopefully she will continue to coast next week. I hope the scenes from next week are as misleading as the other ones I have seen.

Kim

 

[RitaZ.]

If I hear her say, "I'm Korean" or "It's so hurtful" one more time, the TV is getting a thrashing.

ETA~ I voted on FN.com to eliminate Debbie. I noticed that 70% voted to have her eliminated. Can so many people be wrong?

 

[java]

Ok I missed it tonite can someone do a recap in white type for me? Or PM me who went home. Pretty please!

 

[kaytieeldr]

I don't like "Where Are The Capers" Debbie, but Jamika had to go. She had enough and quit.

Agreed. Extremely disappointing, but you're absolutely right.

 

[kaytieeldr]

Ok I missed it tonite can someone do a recap in white type for me? Or PM me who went home. Pretty please!

Bear with me - I'm working on it

RECAP:
mini-challenge: each contestant did a four-minute demo with a Miami tv show host. each was 'sabotaged' by plan, by the judges (or at least, by Bobby and tonight's guest host, Michael Simon).
Debbie made catfish, except she had wrong ingredients and utensils - had to beat eggs with a knife, unwrapped her catfish to discover chicken. She very irritatingly kept her cool.
Melissa's snafu, I forget - but she got slightly unnerved and started talking fast.
Jamika's cameraman kept giving wrong cues about the remaining time and was in her face, and flustered her.
Jeffrey had technical problems; his mike was supposedly not working and first he had a boom mike almost in his face, then he was given a large knife with a mike attached so he was demoing with one hand and holding the knife/mike with the other.

elimination round: each chef had to pick a fish and a shellfish/crustacean, and make a wood-fired dish. Winning dish to be added to the Red Lobster menu, limited time.
Debbie, as the mini-challenge winner, got first pick of the fish. Not really the big advantage they made it out to be.
Once each Chef had chosen their seafood and other ingredients from a well-stocked outdoor pantry adjacent to their grills, Bobby or Michael stopped the clock and threw each one a curve.
Jeffrey's southwestern ingredients were replaced with Asian ones; Jamika's pina colada rice needed to be revamped when they replaced her pineapple with celeriac; Melissa got something taken away and replaced with habaneros; and "poor" Debbie was given Mediterranean ingredients anchovies, olives, capers.
While the Chefs were cooking, some of the judges' chatter included concern about the fifteen or so(!) habaneros Melissa was grilling and Jamika's demeanor - including, when asked, telling Bob she was "pissed".
First dish tasted was Debbie's. When someone asked where the capers were - apparently each Chef was expected to use ALL their replacement ingredients - she first claimed they were in the sauce. On being told no, she then claimed she didn't have capers @@; finally, she admitted she forgot them. Then she started to tear up and put on her 'they're picking on me' demeanor.
Jeffrey was mildly called on his cooking without borders actually always being southwestern/Mexican; Jamika on her dish not having any/much flavor despite part of it being "Jamaican me crazy" something; and I forget what issue they had with Melissa - but the peppers were used well :::grin:::.
Ultimately, Jamika was sent home - and Jeffrey's dish is going on the Red Lobster menu Monday.

 

[onelilspark]

I knew it'd come down between Debbie & Jamika. I was disappointed through the entire episode to see Debbie do well. Then when she forgot the capers? I think I might have shouted, "yes!" ...I also think I'm a little to "into" the show at this point

I was disappointed Debbie stayed. But I'm not surprised. She makes for good drama... But I'd be shocked if she actually got her own show.

Melissa's first "sabotage" was that the host of the show started messing with her (IMO the hardest one.) He kept getting her name wrong and then wanted to add hot sauce to her dish...joke was on him when he tried it though!!

 

[kaytieeldr]

Yeah, a lot of the posters on the FN site agree about Debbie http://blog.foodnetwork.com/fn-dish/2009/07/17/ask-susie-episode-7/ (if the link brings you to the top of the page, scroll about 2/3 down to see tonight's new posts).

 

[ColoradoBuffaloMom]

Debbie has got to go. She may be a good cook but her whiny comments drive me nuts. Melissa is by far my favorite. I could see her show being a success.