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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Yvan is the next victim and because he has had a problem with his cadence, they have rigged his microphone to go out.  Yvan begins his presentation talking about his girlfriend and how people are intimidated by oysters…and his microphone cuts off.  


Oh good! Now I can yell like a lunatic and it will be okay

He drops the mike and just starts to yell, so that the audience can hear him.  He continues on with no problem and finishes on time.  

Apparently, someone turned the key in Bobble Head’s back because she is clapping and cheering like a freak.


Am I the only one who sees it?

B&G think that he was flawless and that the adversity seemed to make him better.  They think his love bite is the most elegant and sophisticated dish he has served so far.

For Ippy, Bobble has arranged to have the audience talk loudly during his segment and for a bunch of them to just get up and walk out.   He begins by saying that he’s from “The Other Paradise- Hawaii” but it looks the same as South Beach.  Ippy starts to tell the story of his parents and how they inspired his dish.  People start talking and Ippy is a little shocked, but Bobble Head motions for him to just talk to her.  Her Jedi-Mind trick seems to work, but then the people start leaving.


Smell ya later


What the?!?! 

Ippy tries to coax them back by saying “We haven’t even gotten to the main course yet…” but his goose is cooked.  He thanks the people who are there for staying and finishes up. Bob thought that it was a tough glitch to have.  Uh, ya think?!?!  They note that he got a little angry, but his dish was, certainly, unique.

Martita is on deck and they have decided to give her the wrong ingredients.  Martita welcomes the audience to Martita’s Mesa and tells them that Mesa means “Table.”  She then realizes that her poblano peppers are absent and have been replaced with some small round red peppers.  She, correctly, starts to demo with the available peppers. She finishes up with 28 seconds left.  She, wisely, realizes that she can’t just stand there and smile until time runs out, so she just starts to ramble. But she never tells the story about her girlfriends coming over for cooking lessons.  Gigantor and Bob think she had no spark and was no fun and she showed NONE of the Martita that they love.  This was a major step backwards.


Oh, you wanted me to TELL that “Girls Night In” story?

The next Demo is Martie, and her glitch is that some of her items are “misplaced.”  Martie comes out gung ho and talks about her “Fish in a bag,” but sees that her grouper isn’t there.  


Dang it, Cooter, someone stole my grouper

In fact, all of her prepped food is not there.  She says “That’s ok, we’ll just wing it!”  She comes out from behind the counter to show how to form the papillote, and finishes right on time.  Bob thinks she was unflappable and that her dish was elegant and her fish was moist.


It’s either Fish or Intestines… I can’t tell

Gangster knows she has a problem with her timing in the last round, and she knows he has to nail it.  So Bobby has decided to give her all of the wrong time cues.  Gangster starts to talk about her clam and talks about her dad when she sees a 5:30 time cue.  WHAT?  Next up is a 4:10 time cue card goes up?  That’s longer than her segment… at 1:28 real time left, the timing guy motions counting down from 5.  And she starts wrapping up…5…4…3…2…1…. then suddenly he is telling her to STRETCH, STRETCH, STRETCH and then the timing guy just walks away.   


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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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