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The Next Food Network Star Season Six: Episode Seven Recap
With Brad’s big win last week, we’re getting down to final few competitors on NFNS. It is still anyone’s game at this point, as none of the finalists have really pulled into the lead. For the first challenge this week, each remaining contestant is assigned a breakfast cereal, and then given twenty minutes to prepare a dinner using the cereal. As always, they are asked to present their dish to the camera.
Like almost every other week, the results are a mixed bag. Serena comes out singing ‘O Sole Mio,’ and makes the judges really uncomfortable. Aria is similarly awkward. Her decline from the first couple episodes has been impressive. Brad makes a tuna dish the judges love, but his camera presence isn’t fantastic. Aarti wins.
For the star challenge, the contestants are asked to create a supper club, as a team, for a group of Los Angeles chefs (didn’t ‘Top Chef’ already do this episode two weeks ago?). They are given one hour to shop and one hour to prep before the guests arrive. The theme the team settles on is “My L.A.,” with each dish representing a different Los Angeles neighborhood.
The whole thing is kind of a mess. Aria interrupts Aarti. Serena, again, is awkward; she prepares an average-looking pasta and the judges say as much. Brad barely gets his lamb out—it’s so raw that they end up having to grill it at the last moment—and he flubs his presentation a bit, but the food goes over well. Herb overcooks flan (doesn’t he realize that people who make dessert always get sent home?).
Aarti, who made the judge’s favorite dish, gets the win. Brad is also among their favorites. The judges still like Herb enough that he gets to stay on as well. Tom, Aria and Serena end up in the bottom. The judges are starting to get really harsh. Bob Tuschman actually says that he “has no advice left for Aria.” At the end, however, they send Serena home.
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