Now, the official name of the show is called Southern at Heart and it will be a six-episode series. The description of the show states:
Throughout the season, Damaris takes on the traditions of the South with easy, approachable recipes designed to help build confidence for new cooks looking to impress that special someone. Damaris adds a contemporary edge to Southern cuisine, combining complex flavors and locally grown ingredients to dress up the traditional fare, all the while keeping the food deliciously simple.Eater.com had some pictures from Instagram (they were later taken down) of the filming of the show if you are interested (one is pictured above).
Full press release about the show is below:
Season nine Food Network Star winner Damaris Phillips brings her fresh take on Southern cuisine to the Food Network lineup with new series SOUTHERN AT HEART, premiering Sunday, October 27th at 10:30amET/PT. Her "Southern food is the food of love" philosophy and quirky sense of humor lead the way as she teaches people how to impress through cooking. From preparing a special dish for a date to helping beginners master the perfect meal for their partner, Damaris plays matchmaker and chef to a tee in her six-episode series, providing entertainment and delicious food along the way.
"Damaris' modern take on Southern cuisine paired with her unique charm won the hearts of viewers from the beginning of her Food Network Star journey," said Bob Tuschman, General Manager and Senior Vice President, Food Network. "Her innate ability to teach and entertain shines through on camera - she's a natural."
Throughout the season, Damaris takes on the traditions of the South with easy, approachable recipes designed to help build confidence for new cooks looking to impress that special someone. Damaris adds a contemporary edge to Southern cuisine, combining complex flavors and locally grown ingredients to dress up the traditional fare, all the while keeping the food deliciously simple.
For delicious recipes, photos and more on Damaris, visit www.FoodNetwork.com/southernatheart, and join the Twitter conversation using #SouthernatHeart.
Damaris Phillips, a Southern spitfire from Louisville, Ky., graduated from Jefferson Community and Technical College with a degree in Culinary Arts and now teaches at the same school inspiring up-and-coming chefs to follow their dreams. Before returning to teach, Damaris took on various restaurant and baking jobs, working in the front and back of house. One of five kids, Damaris learned to cook at an early age and was responsible for cooking one night a week for her large family. Damaris' modern twist on Southern classics and her signature wit pack a one-two punch in the kitchen.
Southern at Heart is produced by LEG/Triage Entertainment.
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Don't think I'll be watching.
ReplyDeleteI like her a lot more after hearing Alton Brown's podcast interview, but probably won't be scrambling to watch the show.
ReplyDeleteYes!! Damaris will be a definite treat to watch, and learn from. Food
ReplyDeleteNetwork MUST keep her beyond a mere six episodes. She can teach. She
can Cook! She's funny, and real. That's why she has over 9000 Twitter
friends/followers. And that's *before* her show even starts!
She was the
only contender in season 9 who was never "on the bottom". We can count
on her for great flavors in her food. I am glad they chose "Southern at
Heart" for her show-title. Much better than some vague "project". Her
show must be extended/renewed/continued in 2014! Very nice pic, above.
Looking forward to seeing her on TV and learning from her.--Crouton40
I like her and I'll watch the first few episodes, at least. But this does rub salt in the wound of viewers who supported Justin Warner's win LAST season. So it goes.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Damaris! You are on your way. Show 'em what a Kentucky girl can do.
ReplyDelete9000 Twitter fans can't be wrong!--(and this is before the show starts. People believe in you, as I do, because we saw in Season 9, that you are unpretentious, a good communicator, and you make darn-good food! Louisville, JCTC, Food Network, and all fans are very proud of you.)
I re-print here, the Damaris's Victory Poem I posted earlier on the Food Network STAR Blog:
Congratulations DAMARIS PHILLIPS
Winner! Season 9, Food Network Star
Damaris's Victory Poem
************************
After weeks of grueling, stressful tests
Damaris Phillips did the best.
Food Network wants a talented star
A Damaris show will take them far
The other cooks, they tried their best
but only Phillips survived all tests.
With skill and charm she won our heart's
and just kept growing from the start.
Some critics gave her scoff and jest
but voters know that she's the best
And Happy I shall always be
with fabulous foods she cooks for me.
GO Damaris!
--Crouton40
Aug.11, 2013
Yep a real insult to Justin Warner. Sadly he didn't have an old racist woman to replace. She got lucky Paula blew up and that the Food Network more and more focuses on low IQ southern programming.
ReplyDeleteDamaris is educated, articulate and friendly. She even teaches at a college.
ReplyDeleteJustin was trying so hard to be original that he ended up just being strange.
Why should Food Network put on a show of dishes that people wont recreate or serve?
You could say because he won but the public was stupid to ever vote for that.
It's more like watching a mad scientist tinker with food. Tom Pizzica was extreme and he didn't last, either. Justin was even worse. And monotone.
The public loudly condemned Danushka for being monotone (and sarcastic). Justin was even more monotone and they voted for him. Go figure. Even if his show would have continued I can hardly imagine it would have had any lasting appeal at all. It's like cooking every meal out of a chopped basket of odd and unrelated ingredients. People don't cook or eat that way. They don't even want to.
Minor thing, but, those green kitchen cabinets have a "cold" look to them. A med. brown or "cherry" wood would be more warm and homey. The three big lights behind her are good but I'd lose those other smaller lights on the underside of the cabinets. Too many of them. But Damaris herself, is gonna be fabulous.
ReplyDeleteNever forget: "Flavor is everything."
ReplyDeleteDamaris looks truly, genuinely happy (and pretty) in the picture, above.
ReplyDelete"Southern at Heart." Such a good title for her show. She is!
Louisville, and Jefferson Community & Technical College deserve to feel mighty proud of her. i keep thinking about Damaris's grandfather and how happy he must feel to see her succeed like this. Way to go!
I read once, early on, in the food network Star blog, that someone who knows her posted that "all those Phillips's" are great cooks. Sure enough. One of them is now a Star. And what did Damaris do the very next day right after she won? She immediately went online and was busy Thanking her fans! She's got a good heart.
And with 9000 Twitter fans , you know the public picked a good one to win. Kentucky Kicks it! Louisville seems like a fun place. Check it out. www.louisville.com -sSee more Damaris news/comments at FN Dish, FN Gossip, Food Network Star blog and Damaris's Twitter feed. (type into google, etc) :)
Damaris looks truly, genuinely happy (and pretty) in the picture, above.
ReplyDelete"Southern at Heart." Such a good title for her show. She is!
Louisville,
and Jefferson Community & Technical College deserve to feel mighty
proud of her. i keep thinking about Damaris's grandfather and how happy
he must feel to see her succeed like this. Way to go!
I read
once, early on, in the food network Star blog, that someone who knows
her posted that "all those Phillips's" are great cooks. Sure enough.
One of them is now a Star. And what did Damaris do the very next day
right after she won? She immediately went online and was busy Thanking
her fans! She's got a good heart.
And with 9000 Twitter fans , you know the public picked a good one to win. Kentucky Kicks it! Louisville seems like a fun place. Check it out. www.louisville.com
-sSee more Damaris news/comments at FN Dish, FN Gossip, Food Network
Star blog and Damaris's Twitter feed. (type into google, etc) :)
I agree. I think people voted for him because they liked him, not necessarily his food. My sense there was some pity involved. Personally, I thought Marty should have won. Her food was more up my alley as to what I would be able to cook AND eat.
ReplyDeleteI think people voted for Justin (and I did too) because they thought he would be a good follow up to the Good Eats show by Alton. Alton stopped making that show. In Justin's pilot, it was even set up to be the "new" Good Eats, with Justin watching an old re-run of GE and then up-doing it. That's kinda what people voted on. I know I did. (Although Justin was my 2nd favorite, I firmly believe that the 50s Retro Rad chick would have won hands down if she had been allowed to make it to the end)
ReplyDeleteThe weird rumors and tidbits that float around place the blame on Justin as much as on the FN. It appears that it was Justin who didn't want to be Alton Brown 2.0 and not the FN that refused to give him a show.
I think that might be the Instagram filter, I don't think it is actually green.
ReplyDeleteI think it had to do with Alton's team being the favorite by viewers and the fact that they eliminated the Retro Rad girl. If she had been in the finals, she would have won hands down.
ReplyDeleteI think Emily would have easily won, too. Of course, people like who they like, but watching Justin re-do a show would have been like watching a whole series of Bobby Flays Instant re-Flay's. (Season 8, if memory serves). To me, that would be incredibly boring and seem too much like implying: here's how they -should have- done it.
ReplyDeleteBut there's more: at least Alton's food was more edible. Justin made things that were odd and too out there. (in my opinion). Food Network would do well to think more about longevity and what will still be popular 3 yrs. later.
Damaris will be informative and fun.
I think you're right. In one way, Food Network has had it sorta backwards: instead of letting someone fail 4 or 5 times in challenges, and not already be eliminated and still be there because they may be good on camera or be likeable, I would focus more on keeping fantastic cooks who have trouble on camera. If they don't turn-it-on by the 7th or 8th episode, *then* eliminate then. At least those who make it to the finals will be more competent.
ReplyDeleteGood point. Aarti and her spices faded out, too. Only so much one can do with them. A good question to ask is: If this show is still on the air 4 years from now, will people still want to eat it? Yes? Then there's hope. Damaris will always be in demand. The voters made an excellent choice.
ReplyDeleteIts up to you. But yer missing out. She's gonna Rock-the-kitchen. For years to come. Do a search for Damaris Phillips and check out her Facebook page and Twitter. Thousands of people--literally--just can't wait for her! I agree with some comments below: 9000 Twitter fans can't be wrong. She's genuine, knowledgeable, and fun to be around.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. I had suggested at one point that FNS show should be more like American Idol where people vote every week. But I guess that would be hard to (a) tape and (b) we don't actually taste the food at all.
ReplyDeleteI think FN must know they made a mistake last season. Emily should have never gone home. People loved her. And at the end of the day, isn't that what matters? That people ACTUALLY watch the show?
I have heard BOTH come out of judges: that they can be taught how to cook, but camera presence is innate and the other way around, that they can be taught how to do the camera, but knowing how to cook is a must.
ReplyDeleteSeems weird to me.