Check out our on-set interview with this week's guest star, Wolfgang Puck.
At the Food Network Star dinner table this week sat a culinary icon: Wolfgang Puck, one of the first-ever “celebrity” chefs. We stole a few minutes with him to chat about everything from his favorite comfort foods to his own first on-camera experience. Jyll, don’t sweat it — Wolfgang knows what it’s like to be nervous!
What did you think about Wolfgang’s impromptu risotto tutorial (and Jyll’s response)?
Plus: Want more behind-the-scenes time with Wolfgang Puck? Check out Food Network Magazine‘s peek into his home kitchen.
The Middle Eastern Mama
Finalist Chris Nirschel warns his fellow Star constants in this video that they better be prepared for Middle Eastern mama Penny Davidi. In one of the most buzzed-about moments of the second episode, Penny strategically placed Orchid Paulmeier, an early frontrunner and favorite of the judges, on the all-male team of Justin B., Vic and Chris. In that group, “she’s gonna fail,” Penny told the cameras unapologetically.
On Facebook and our Star blog, you all certainly had opinions about Penny’s approach to the game Sunday night. While some of you noted Penny’s need “to fight for what she wants” in this fierce contest and her right to have “used the advantage that [Camera Challenge] win gave her,” others simply couldn’t stomach her “meanness” and “anything-to-win personality.” Your comments on her tactics prove that many of you are frustrated with Penny’s “bitterness and immaturity,” but also that some fans are “almost starting to like Penny,” as “she has a culinary point of view that is different, she can learn … and she’s smart.”
So, what do you think? Is Penny’s “in it to win it” approach her key to Food Network Stardom, or will it only add tension to the group? Join the conversation on Facebook and at Star Talk, and tune in this Sunday at 9pm/8c to watch the next round of drama unfold.
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