We’re down to three Star finalists remaining and just one episode to go until one of them has a new show on Food Network. You’ve been voting for your Fan Favorite all season, but now we’ve got another question. Of the 12 eliminated finalists, who was your least favorite? Cast your vote for the finalist who you were relieved to see go home.
Aside from just wishing he was still around, I’ve been thinking some about what Brad could have done differently. What might have kept him in the running? His food had some inconsistencies, but he certainly proved himself enough times on the cuisine front. His camera presence, at first so shaky, definitely seemed to be coming around. Should he have taken more risks? Or maybe it was the late discovery of his culinary point of view. Would he have pulled through with just one more episode to see how this newly defined direction (which the judges seemed to like) played out?
So based on what Brad wasn’t able to do, who of the “final four” seems to have the best shot at going the distance where he fell short? Who’s your money on at this point? Whoever it is, don’t forget to vote for them … just one more week and it’s finale time.
Is the Serena-Brianna dramarama done? Have they reached detente? Not that long ago Serena was in tears after a kitchen collision and a foot injury–with Brianna to blame.
When the pair partnered in a food truck challenge this week, they fought like sisters, “but in a good way,” Brianna told the Selection Committee. They hugged it out, learning that their dishes–empanadas and panini and gyros–scored a win. As the intensity is upped, can they keep it civil?
Brianna’s facing heat for her cool approach. Bob T talks in his vlog about how the audience in the live demo simply disengaged: “Brianna was probably the biggest offender there; her presentation just left them flat.” But in her vlog, Giada counters that Serena “is stuck in what she wants to do,” rather than connecting with the audience and judges. (Funny, that’s not the impression you get over on Food2, where Serena debuted, in a way, before Star was a twinkle in her eye.) Given that they both, like the other finalists, have work to do, it might be best for them both to go ahead and get along instead of resorting to schoolgirl spats.
Then again, maybe not. Don’t you get fired up by people who rub you the wrong way? Doesn’t the next Star need passion and intensity and strength? Could it be strategic to set your competitors off their game by distracting them with faux, or real, ire? I’m guessing I’m not the only one who is hungry for more, because it is, after all, entertaining.
Hug. It. Out.
Now it’s your turn. You make the call: Should Serena and Brianna stay frenemies or foes or become BFFs? We want to see your comments (though the comments you’ve shared toward them in the past few weeks indicate you prefer warm and fuzzy to too cool for school). Tell us what you think.
Then check out the fan vote and vote for your favorite finalist–last I looked, Brianna was the favorite of 2 percent of voters; Serena was at 7 percent. Tough times with each other but limping along together?
Mate, when they were in the kitchen, Linkie could only find 3 packets of cream cheese. Not enough for what she needed. She was in a complete frenzy. She and Yvan were behind some racks in the kitchen. The camera shows her talking to him telling him she cant find enough cream cheese . She then asks Yvan what can she use and he tells her to use ricotta. So, it was not her idea. By naming her cheese cake the ricotta thing and saying on the bus that she decided to make the ricotta cheesecake, she is really claiming it was her idea. It is implied, not said. Didn't mean to offend anyone.
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