# The Next Food Network Star, 6/22 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 23, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-food-network-star-6-22/453865 "2008-06-23T02:30:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-food-network-star-6-22/453865/21 "2008-06-26T04:20:58Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Whatever happened to the “gourmet next door” from last time? Does she even have a show yet because I haven’t seen it. [/QUOTE] That’s the one I was talking about in my last post. Drab set, boring camera angles, etc. Also: never on. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-food-network-star-6-22/453865/22 "2008-06-26T04:40:00Z")
[QUOTE=Billdo] Say what you will, but instead of all of the straight up fish dishes that they cooked Kelsey’s Iron Chef challenge [tilapia and white chocolate](http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_179584,00.html) dish was the winner coming to a Red Lobster near you. [/QUOTE] Oh sure. White chocolate is unorthodox but it ain’t grape jelly or fruit loops. I’d like to see any restaurant pull off a dish with those ingredients. I could see marmalade or apricot preserves as a glaze on a fish… but grape jelly? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-food-network-star-6-22/453865/23 "2008-06-26T04:52:26Z")
When we were watching and saw that Nipa was eliminated I turned to mrsgnu and said, “This is going to be much easier to watch now.” ---
**Author:** ![lexi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lexi/32/6806_2.png) [@lexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexi)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-food-network-star-6-22/453865/24 "2008-06-26T15:48:02Z")
Up here in Canada they’ve only shown the first episode… But so far I like Lisa. She reminds me of the girls in my social circle, down to the vintage styled clothing, and great precision hair cut. I guess it is nice to see someone like myself & my friends on TV. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-food-network-star-6-22/453865/25 "2008-06-26T16:32:01Z")
[QUOTE=lexi] I guess it is nice to see someone like myself & my friends on TV. [/QUOTE] What, they don’t have **Star Trek** in Canada? ---
**Author:** ![lexi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lexi/32/6806_2.png) [@lexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexi)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-food-network-star-6-22/453865/26 "2008-06-26T16:44:20Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] What, they don’t have **Star Trek** in Canada? [/QUOTE] I guess you don’t get out to galleries, or go see local theatre and local bands? In social circles which contain artists, theatre people, and musicians - she would fit in very well. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-food-network-star-6-22/453865/27 "2008-06-26T17:51:00Z")
[QUOTE=Billdo] Yeah, but have you seen the prior winner Guy Fieri’s “winning” cooking show, either. I think I may have run across it once, which was sufficient. On the other hand, there is that little thing, _Diners, Drive-ins & Dives_, that’s so hot that they seem to broadcast it continuously from 8 pm to midnight, seven days per week. [/QUOTE] Oh, I didn’t know he was a previous winner. I like hiw show OK; he’s down-to-earth and at least he actually instructs you, unlike Emeril’s where you never know how much of anything he uses. And D,D&Ds–yum! I love to drool over that show. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-food-network-star-6-22/453865/28 "2008-06-26T22:59:50Z")
Last years winner, the gourmet next door made eight episodes and was not renewed. She and her family are now living in France. I watched the show once. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-food-network-star-6-22/453865/29 "2008-06-26T23:59:35Z")
Whether or not the **NFNS** winner is successful or not is really irrelevant as far as this show goes. Sure, FN would like to have another personality to anchor a show, but that is gravy. The draw of this show is the competition and elimination process. Just like **American Idol**. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-food-network-star-6-22/453865.md?page=1)