The Next Food Network Star 2009 - S05E01 - Premiere - Press Party - June 7

The Next Food Network Star 2009 - S05E01 - Premiere - Press Party

Here it is!

Host Bobby Flay with Alton Brown, Duff Goldman, Bob Tuschman and Susie Fogelson. Giada de Laurentiis, Bobby Flay, Iron Chef Morimoto Aaron McCargo, Giada, etc.

Amazing!

Brett August
Debbie Lee
Eddie Gilbert
Jamika Pessoa
Jeffrey Saad
Katie Cavuto
Melissa D'Arabian
Michael Proietti
Jen Isham
Teddy Folkman (according to foodtvfans.com Teddy Folkman wins in the end)


The fifth season of The Next Food Network Star premiered tonight with ten mostly amateur chefs all competing for a television show slot on Food Network. It was a little tough to judge who we'd grow to love and who'd make us cringe, but there were some definite favorites (cough, Michael). The contestants were thrown into a house Real World-style, but there was no time for hot tub introductions. The gang was immediately split up into two teams at Butter restaurant in Manhattan, cooking for 75 guests at Food Network's Sweet Sixteen bash. The invite list mostly included food hotshots (Giada de Laurentiis, Bobby Flay, Iron Chef Morimoto)