Tonight on Food Network Star, the remaining contestants first had to use Special K cereals and snacks to make a dish for either breakfast, lunch, or dinner. After that first challenge and the plug for Kellogs products, Robert Irvine showed up for the second challenge. The contestants had to remake failing and outdated dishes on a restaurant menu, with the least successful dish sending somebody home. Robert Irvine already came to Stacey Poon-Kinney's restaurant on Restaurant Impossible, so we will see if that comes up at all during this episode.Continue reading to see who was eliminated from this episode as well as a quick recap of how well the remaining contestants performed:
- Stacey Poon-Kinney - Won the first challenge and got an advantage for the 2nd challenge by picking which dish each contestant had to reinvent. The 2nd challenge pretty much fit right into her POV. The restaurant owners thought that she was fake, which many fans have been saying all season.
- Russell Jackson - Alton liked his dish, but critiqued him for looking around during his presentation. The judges all loved his dish as well as his presentation. They edited in some soothing music to make you want to like it along with them. He had the best dish and was safe from elimination.
- Rodney Henry - Forgot to give a tip during his first presentation. Whatever his 2nd dish was to reinvent of course was going to be a pie, which was a chicken cacciatore pie. Pie style sucka. He didn't fully cook his pie dough in the fryer. Somehow has won over the judges and still hasn't made a good pie.
- Nikki Dinki - Talked trash on Chopped contestants, then ended up sprinkling cereal on top of a salad. Alton actually complimented her salad. On her 2nd dish, the restaurant owner didn't see a star in her. She also couldn't answer a question about what rice pilaf was.
- Damaris Phillips - Did very well on her first presentation and Alton liked her french toast. Everyone liked her presentation for her 2nd dish, but the food was pretty basic
Last week, Nikki picked Stacey and Damaris and said they were great friends. This week Stacey tried to screw Nikki by giving her salmon, which she does not like. Bobby Flay apparently couldn't clear his schedule for this episode as he was not there to judge. Alton Brown was the only judge at the first challenge. You would think with the show being taped, they would be able to have all the judges available to actually judge.
The judges said Russell had the best dish and was safe from elimination. They had the four contestants facing the judges where they decided to eliminate Nikki Dinki. It looks like my suspicions of her being eliminated because she filed a trademark were correct.
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Only 1 more episode until we have the final 3, and it comes down to a vote for the winner. Plus all judges plus Bob and Susie are back next week, with Guy Fieri directing the finalists pilots. What were your thoughts on tonight's elimination?