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Nikki and Bobby go to restaurants that have a signature dish that is also high in calories. They both try to recreate a healthier version of the dish and taste testers determine whether Bobby's or Nikki's dish is better. The winner of that challenge then puts their dish up against the restaurant's dish. Locals then determine if the original dish or Bobby/Nikki's dish is better tasting. If the locals choose Bobby or Nikki's version, the restaurant has to put the item on their menu, while if they choose the original version, the restaurant gets bragging rights and $1,000 cash.
It sounds pretty much like a healthy version of Throwdown with Bobby Flay. With Damaris Phillips still producing new episodes of Southern at Heart (currently in season 4) and Nikki now getting a show, it's safe to say that season 9 of Food Network Star has been the most successful at finding talent in the past three seasons.
(Nikki Dinki Cooking)
Bobby Deen is becoming the Where's Waldo of Food Network.
ReplyDeleteDamaris is horrible. I'm getting weary of Food Network recycling the same ideas with weaker and weaker hosts.
ReplyDeleteWasn't this someone else's idea when the finalist did their "pilot"
ReplyDeleteThis does sound vaguely familiar. But to be honest, I would actually watch this show. Seems like a mashup of DDD (ugh) and Bobby Deen's show of recreating his Mom's cooking.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember her well. What was she known for on NFNS?
ReplyDeleteMeat on the side POV
ReplyDeletePie Guy's pilot i believe
ReplyDeleteSeason 9 was the last good season of FNS. Past couple seasons have been aiming to bring in big personalities in exchange for good cooks that people would actually watch. Based on episode 1 of the newest season, seems like this could be the worst FNS yet.
ReplyDeleteI was annoyed just watching the 9 minute tease.
ReplyDeleteThe season 9 premiere was pretty lackluster.
ReplyDeleteI wish this show were on Food Network! I don't get Cooking Channel, and I would watch this.
ReplyDeleteHer name makes people giggle,
ReplyDeleteI saw the pilot when it aired. Didn't do a thing for me.
ReplyDeleteAnd is it just me, or is every "new" Food Network show this season just an old show under a new title? I fail to see the difference between Guilty Pleasures and The Best Thing I Ever Ate, and Best Five Restaurants seems to be another attempt at Best. Ever, which in itself was another version of Best Thing.
Dont forget All-Star Academy vs. America's Best Cook
ReplyDeleteOh yes. Absolutely the same show.
ReplyDeleteAnd defining pilaf as "rice with stuff in it."
ReplyDeleteDeen also had a short-lived show that was sort of a hybrid of Not My Mama's Meals and Throwdown With Bobby Flay, in which he made healthy versions of home cooks' recipes and then subjected both dishes to a blind taste test. I think there may have been two episodes, and it aired on Cooking Channel.
ReplyDeleteRodney was going to remake restaurants' dishes as pies, but I don't think any taste-testing was proposed
ReplyDeleteAnd to this show with these two hosts, I say "Ugh" and "No Thank You."
ReplyDeleteI'm not gung-ho about the hosts either. I'll definitely check it out just because of the show concept.
ReplyDeleteI watched and enjoyed them both.
ReplyDeleteNot saying I didn't like them, but FN hyped All-Star Academy as a brand-new show when it was obviously a second season of America's Best Cook.
ReplyDeleteI hear you! They didn't even try to hide the face they were remaking unwrapped. Just install a new host and call it Unwrapped 2.0...LOL
ReplyDeleteCheck out Big Bad BBQ Battle on the Cooking Channel.
ReplyDeleteI saw commercials for this and I'm not tuning in anytime soon. I can't stand Bobby Deen and I'm all for healthier food, but if it is supposed to be unhealthy then leave it well enough alone.
ReplyDeleteOh, I really like Damaris and find her really refreshing. She's also supremely knowledgeable about food.
ReplyDeleteI think that was Stacy pitch ? Maybe ?
ReplyDeleteThat one's a hybrid of the far superior BBQ Pitmasters on Destination America and Throwdown With Bobby Flay.
ReplyDeleteThere is definitely nothing new under the sun.
Yeah, foods like low fat Mayo and cheese make no sense, just use something else, not gross fake Mayo and casein based cheese product.
ReplyDeleteIts like vegan hot dogs, why try to make veggies taste like hog anus?