Food Network Star Recap: Not a Corndog in Sight

Recaps

By MisRed | Tuesday, June 19, 2012 | 5:43 pm | 13 Comments
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At Judgement, Bob and Gigantor announce that each team had a unique spin, but one team left them wanting more.  And that team is….. Team Alton!


Hooray for Team Misfit!!! 

That means that one member or Team Bobby and Team Bobble Head are up for elimination.  From Team Bobble Head it is Linkie and from Team Bobby it is Nikki.

Bobble Head tells Linkie that the Linkie they saw was not the usual “Shining Linkie.”  They thought she was timid and her dough was flavorless.  Also they are wondering if Linkie can do more than dessert?  She can panic, we know that much.

Bobby tells Nikki that she judges felt she has no warmth and she is not “star like.”   Nikki says “Don’t cry” to herself and Bobby tells her that she can pull this off- no problem.


As if I had tear ducts…

They are dismissed and will have the Producer’s Challenge in the morning.  In the car on the way home Nikki tells Gangster, it’s all, basically, a crock and that pandering to the Network is cheesy.  


On top of everything else, they expect me to ACKNOWLEDGE the judges!!! 


I can make or break you, bitch

The next day in the Producer’s Challenge, Nikki struts in like her poo doesn’t stink and the judges tell her and Linkie they both need to prove they are stars.  


I’ll take you down like a crippled wildebeest

They unveil the most searched ingredient on Food Network.com = Chicken.  And they need to make it extraordinary.

Nikki is going to make Grilled Chicken Breast. YAWN. Linkie deduces that she can’t turn chicken into a dessert so she’s kind of screwed.  But she tells a story of how when her family first immigrated from South Africa, her mother used to look for food items that were inexpensive and she would turn it into art.

As they gather their ingredients, Nikki and Bobby see that Linkie has taken all of the tomatoes and Nikki is like “You HAD to take all of the tomatoes?”  To which Linkie replied “Yup.”  (Good for her!) And Nikki says she is going to leave grill marks on Linkie’s butt!  


“Look everybody, Linkie is FLAMING”

Bobby tells NIkki that she has to try to be warm and human.  She can TRY to be human, but no guarantees.

Linkie feels no pressure about the dish, but she is nervous.  Seriously, does she have another state besides NERVOUS?  Bobble Head tells her to just be herself and not to stumble because everything is on the line.  Yep, that should ease her nerves.


Screw this up and you sleep with the fishes

They countdown 5-4-3-2-1… Ok, I think I’d like to hear more about the guy that does the countdown- what’s his deal?  Does he count higher than 5?


Countdown Dude, International Man of Mystery

We cut to the Vagina Table/ Pitch Room and they roll Nikki’s tape, she welcomes the audience to “Grill Next Door” and that she is “not your average neighbor.”  She has made Chicken with tzatziki sauce.  She tells the audience to just “plop the sauce on your chicken and to grill a lemon.”  She has a gorgeous plate and her food is delicious.  Nikki feels good about her video and feels she has softened her persona.  But she IS independent and strong and she can’t apologize for it.  Gigantor tells her she should show her softness more.

Linkie’s tape rolls and she tells of her family’s immigration to America from South Africa and how her mom used alcohol to spice up her dishes.  So Linkie was a adolescent drunk.  That explains a lot.  


Drunken Chicken with Tomato Slice

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13 Comments

  1. 1
    featherhead
    Posted June 19, 2012 at 6:42 pm

    Awesome recap! I noticed that usually when someone gets kicked off, the team usually says “no way ” ‘I can’t believe it ” yada yada – with Linky no one said that, they just gave her a quick hug and pushed her out the door.

  2. 2
    chaosbutterfly
    Posted June 19, 2012 at 11:01 pm

    Yayy Team Alton!! Martie gets on my nerves, but I needed that arrancini in my mouth and in my belly. But Frenchie’s dish didn’t sound so good…I hate cheese and apple together, and then to put it in a grilled sandwich? Nooo.

    Nikki should have gone home. Her eyebrows make her look perpetually evil. Even when she was crying, she looked evil as fuck. Linkie was annoying, but at least she looked like someone that you could possibly be friends with. And really, that whole team was a fail. Malcolm is boring as fuck and doesn’t realize it, and I’m kind of tired of hearing about New England from GAB. No one cares. And I certainly don’t want to watch an entire show about that shit.

    @MisRed, that burn looked so horrible. I swear, burns are the worst type of injury in life. I’d rather have my hand cut or crushed in a door than have it be badly burned.

  3. 3
    MrsTimRiggins
    Posted June 20, 2012 at 6:41 am

    I knew Linkie would be going home and wasn’t upset by it, especially when I realized her thing is supposedly desserts but she doesn’t seem to know how to make many desserts. What was her POV? And it’s interesting that they are keeping the team numbers pretty much even–no one has had 2 losses in a row.
    Off topic but has anyone watched Mystery Diners on Food Network? It has got to be fake. There is no way they go in a restaurant with hidden cameras for 1 shift and find all these crazy things.

  4. 4
    mjhhawk
    Posted June 20, 2012 at 8:05 am

    I think Frenchie is a sleeper in this contest – Squishy Bob seems to love her. I’d rank them as contendors as Vampoor, Ippy, Franchie and then gangsta AB. Martie, Malcolm, and Grill Next door have no chance. I thought Martita was in the running, but she had a terrible week and the edit seemed to be cut to show her as pissy about helping her team which can’t bode well for her future.

    Is Mystery Diners different than the hidden camera show? I watched that once and the private eye watching all of the cameras was annoying.

  5. 5
    wcsdancer
    Posted June 20, 2012 at 11:33 am

    Vampoor likely used “GBD” because Alton frequently uses the phrase “golden brown and delicious” on Good Eats.

    It really irks me that they criticize the cooks for being too quiet, or not having a “big personality”. Judging from many of their current show hosts, “big personality” = obnoxious. Not all of us want to listen to over-the-top personas…Rachel Ray, Paula Deen, Guy Fieri, yeah, I’m looking at you.

  6. 6
    LisaCee
    Posted June 20, 2012 at 6:33 pm

    Hilarious recap! “va-jay-jay corral” still has me laughing. And good call on the lipstick shade…you are absolutely right!!
    I so wanted Ms Independent to go home but having a feeling it won’t be long before the door hits her butt. I’m surprised Malcon is still there too.

  7. 7
    LyndaB
    Posted June 21, 2012 at 11:14 am

    OMG, I’m trying really hard not to pee myself reading this recap. You are so hysterical!

  8. 8
    MisRed MisRed
    Posted June 21, 2012 at 12:45 pm

    Thank you all for the support! It is much appreciated. :) xo

  9. 9
    AmyOops AmyOops
    Posted June 21, 2012 at 4:52 pm

    I’m a bit off schedule (a-GAIN – too many shows but oh dear Jeebus don’t take them away – panic attack – breathe, Amy, just breathe).

    But! Thank you, MisRed for another fab recap. I liked that final three scenario you were playing around with, but I’m gonna half to throw Martita in for Ippy. He’s so…….low……key…..

    @MrsTimRiggins: Oh is that how Mystery Diners are playing it? Cheating, just a little, wink wink. I’ve yet to watch the first show but I thought it looked fascinating. Should I give up?

  10. 10
    lovesthehobbitses
    Posted June 21, 2012 at 9:33 pm

    Okay, I’m sorry if this was already discussed– but does it bother anyone else that Martie’s Party is pretty much the same thing as Aarti’s Party?? Not only a contestant, but a WINNER from a few seasons ago?? Every time Martie proudly discusses her POV (oh how clever! she made it rhyme!) I can’t help but cringe. How has the network not called her on this yet?

  11. 11
    keebler elf
    Posted June 22, 2012 at 9:20 pm

    does anyone know what justin’s pov is? none of them seem too interesting this season

  12. 12
    AmyOops AmyOops
    Posted June 24, 2012 at 10:42 am

    @keebler elf: Justin’s POV is something like “Rebel with a Culinary Cause”. He’s like the freakish but relatable badass of the food world.

    @loves…: I KNOW (spoken in my best Monica voice)! WTF is she thinking? Why hasnt “The Network” said something, like you mentioned. She’s damn skippy not winning. I’ll eat my iPod if she does.

  13. 13
    Amy
    Posted June 27, 2012 at 3:29 pm

    Martita was a beyotch…

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