Monday, June 25, 2007

Big Girls (and Boys) Don't Cry...

There were 6 contestants left on The Next Food Network Star last night. They were taken to Fort Dix to take the M.R.E.'s (Meal Ready to Eat) for the Marines. Paul pulled himself back from previous weeks to win the challenge, but it proved to be too much for JAG who had memories from his time in the Marine Corp. The smell of the chemicals used to clean their weapons brought it all back for him and he just didn't come through with his cooking. That and maybe being a little too over-confident.

The next challenge was to create a meal for the Marines that would make them think of home. They were divided into teams of 2 and Paul (being the winner of the challenge) picked his partner, the other teams and what they would make. Paul and JAG got the meatloaf, Amy and Rory got the lasagna, and Adrien and Michael got the Chicken Pot Pie. They were given 2 hours to prepare and cook their meals. How they could expect a chicken pot pie to be created in 2 hours for all those Marines is just beyond me! JAG and Paul's luck almost ran out on them in the kitchen when their ovens weren't working. JAG came to the rescue and deep-fried the meatloaf. Thinking it wasn't going to work Paul just went along with it because they had no other choice. Everybody LOVED the meatloaf and JAG and Paul won the challenge. The least favorable dish overall was the lasagna because it just lacked oomph. However, Rory and Amy's presentation to the Marines kept them alive.

At one point during the evaluations Amy started to cry because she been trying to find the line between private and public and she realized that there isn't one. Giada DeLaurentis (guest judge for this week) just nodded her head in agreement that your life is just an open book when you are a Food Network Star Then Rory started crying and then Michael started crying. Ok, ok, so JAG cried when the judges were talking to him, but he had a legitimate reason with being at Fort Dix and the memories of his time when he was enlisted coming back to him. The other 3 were just being cry babies. You don't sign up for a show that is going to be on national television and not expect to have everything out in the open. There is no privacy anymore. Which is why I don't do reality TV shows is because I don't want to put myself out there for everyone. As much as I want to be on Survivor or other reality shows, I know I can't do it. So wipe those tears and either go home or get on with it and try to be the Next Food Network Star!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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