Food Network Star Recap: Demo Disasters

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By MisRed | Wednesday, July 11, 2012 | 2:00 pm | 13 Comments
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Vampoor is making Wonton Nachos- with ground pork and pico de gallo.  Why is this guy such a genius?  It, actually, pisses me off sometimes- like why didn’t I think of that???   In his one on one interview, Vampoor says, to the camera “I know I need to seem good-natured and warm…so, not like a vampire.”  Ok, I threw in the last part.  But I BET he did say it and they edited it out.


You cannot tell me there isn’t a resemblance…

Finally, Martie is going to make Fish En Papillote or as they call is in Alabama “Fish in a bag.”  Haha  She is preparing her fish- a grouper, with lemon.  She notices that her fish has a LOT of bones in it, which I thought was a foreshadowing attempt, because it didn’t seem that Martie had tweezers or pliers.  She should have just whipped out her dentures and tried to use them as tweezers.


Hillbillie Tweezers

Alton tries to impress upon Martie and Vampoor that they need to be prepared for the worst because a LOT of things can go wrong in demos.  He asks them what the worst that can happen is and Vampoor says “Extreme Acts of God.”  Martie thinks she will be fine because she can just talk her way through any issue. Alton says that the worst that can happen is that you say “Um…” followed by nothing. Cut to Vampoor saying “Martie has no problem talking…” which seems to be the first “crack” we see in their tight-knit team.  Alton tells Martie that she better control her talking or she will be “on the Midnight Train to Birmingham.”


Leaving’ on the Midnight Train to Birmingham… Woo! Woo!

The Mentors meet with Bob and Gigantor and explain that they tried to prepare the contestants for glitches that could occur in their demos.   So they have decided to create a few glitches of their own based on the contestants weaknesses.  (insert maniacal laugh here)  


Mwaaaa hah hah ha

Ok, finally things are getting good on this show!!!


Ok, so this is how we are going to f*ck with them…

Vampoor is the first to present and they have decided to pepper the audience with hecklers.  Or, one annoying heckler, I should say.  He starts by telling the story of when he was moving to Brooklyn and his grandma was worried because there are “lawless and wanton rappers” in Brooklyn.  Vampoor responded that there are “lawless wonton wrappers” right in her grocery store.  Ba-dum-ba!  Thankyou!I’llbehereallweek,2showsonSunday.Trytheveal!!  He just finishes his troy, when a dude yells out “How much hair gel do you use?” “How long have you been cooking?”  “What if my kids don’t like Asian or Mexican Food?”  


Do what I did…trade them in for new ones

“How do you know so much?”  At first Vampoor takes it in stride and answers the heckles good naturedly.  But it is evident when he exits the stage that he is ticked off.  


Sir, I will tear you limb from limb and pick my fangs with your bones

Even Bob and Gigantor noticed.  But, they say, “he makes smart food.”

Nikki is up next, and Bobby explains that they have rigged her blender to not work.  And Nikki needs to make a red pepper sauce, which is her “tip.”  She flips on the blender… and nothing happens.  


Um…

She pauses.  Loses her place in her script that she is NOT supposed to be following (she wants to not sound rehearsed, remember?), gets flustered, goes back and forth from counter to grill, etc and finally runs out of time.  Bob and Gigantor think her food is good, but that based on her performance the audience wouldn’t understand what on earth she is doing there with this poor performance.


They told me we were coming to see  Snooki

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13 Comments

  1. 1
    featherhead
    Posted July 11, 2012 at 3:10 pm

    Oh Marteeeta, Spanx for the memories!!

  2. 2
    Novi
    Posted July 11, 2012 at 4:58 pm

    I’m just shocked at Nikki’s staying power. She messed up worse than any of the others, IMO, and had the easiest possible curveball thrown at her. Guess the teams just have to be even in the end so no mentor feels left out… Just like The Voice. Which is a major flaw in both shows.

  3. 3
    Adelefig
    Posted July 11, 2012 at 6:03 pm

    Does the amount, size and ability to display all of ‘em at once (teeth) both anyone else but me??….speaking of Giada of course………oooooooh,wait…..is Giada the bobblehead of which you speak???……hilarious!

  4. 4
    mermaidtricks
    Posted July 11, 2012 at 7:21 pm

    Not only “where anything can happen,” but “where any anything can happen,” if you read the card. =P

    And Justin really IS a vampire.

  5. 5
    Chitarra
    Posted July 11, 2012 at 9:24 pm

    Ya know… ballerina bun or no, I still would really like to see Ippy win. :-)

  6. 6
    LaPetiteChanteuse
    Posted July 11, 2012 at 11:28 pm

    They were kind of lazy with Justin’s challenge. A few people asking questions is handling a crowd. One obnoxious man asking a bunch of questions in a row during a really short presentation is an asshole. Even the worst and most useless hecklers get kicked out of clubs.

    Giada’s show is alright to watch if you’re bored in the middle of the day but she seems like a crazy person on this show.

    My prediction is they get one person from each team so I think it should be Justin, Michelle, and Ippy based on ability and past performance. However, they’ve been loading up on moms and Southern cooking lately which gives Martie a good shot and Yvan is the most adorable.

  7. 7
    mjhhawk
    Posted July 12, 2012 at 7:10 am

    I am starting to get worried Martie is going to win this show. Bob adores her. I can honestly say I wouldn’t watch one second of her show. The evening of the teams is kind of annoying as well – I like my reality shows to be slightly less scripted, like Jersey Shore…..wait, not that one – maybe the Kardashians…..But I will say Martita was the right person to go. She had nothing. And I got douche chills every time my adorable Giada over pronounced her name.

  8. 8
    Pywacket
    Posted July 12, 2012 at 10:42 am

    The problem with Martie’s POV is that it’s straight out of the Birmingham Junior League Cookbook. That’s the kind of food she makes, along with a jillion other people. It’s ok, but definitely nothing new under the sun.

    I want to make everything Justin makes, whether or not he’s a vampire. That’s not really a minus, these days, anyway.

  9. 9
    msjacqmills
    Posted July 12, 2012 at 12:17 pm

    I’m sorry. I don’t think Justin looks like a vampire, I think he looks like Howdy-Doody, which is why his “Rebel with a Culinary Cause’ is a little hard for me to swallow. He definitely doesn’t look like a rebel…a science geek, yes. Rebel, no.

    I hope Ippy wins. I think he has a show idea that would actually be new and unique. His laid back personality doesn’t bother me a bit.

    But, I don’t think he’ll win. It’ll either be Justin or the adorable latin dude (forget his name).

  10. 10
    zerocool
    Posted July 12, 2012 at 1:43 pm

    Still rooting for Justin, Michelle or Ippy. Glad Martita finally got the boot.

    Has anyone noticed how wrinkled Giada looks on this show compared to her show? Talk about a vaseline covered lens….

    And then, her new Natural Instincts commerical for hair dye. Girl got a facelift!

  11. 11
    Mary
    Posted July 12, 2012 at 5:09 pm

    It was obvious that they wanted to keep the teams even at two. If they really chose who did the worst in this challenge, Martita and Nikki would have been in the bottom.

    I hope that Justin wins. I wouldn’t really mind if the others (besides Nikki) won, but Justin’s show is the only one I would watch.

  12. 12
    crockpot
    Posted July 12, 2012 at 5:52 pm

    MisRed- Love your recaps!!!!! The joker was awesome. CP

  13. 13
    LAC LAC
    Posted July 13, 2012 at 10:37 am

    Another great recap, with some funnah screenshots!

    I am glad to see Martita go – she had all these opportunities and squandered them. She had all these fun stories but inevitably when it came down to fun stories versus stare down a camera blankly for agonizingly long moments, she went with option two.

    Grilly just skeeves me with those eyebrows and well, just with her presence. I do not think I want to tune into a show with either her or Martie mothermouth. And I really do not get Gangsta’s POV. Is it going to just focus on New England and dishes named after family members? I really think it is the guys’ season.

    Does anyone watch “United Tastes of America” with the runner up of a couple of seasons ago, named Jeffrey? Is it me or is he the smarmiest douche to host a show? I like the idea of the show, but his delivery is so blech!

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