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"Food Network Star 2012," Season 8 returns to New York City this May with fifteen talented hopefuls and completely new twists  — this year, returning stars Bobby Flay and Giada De Laurentiis move from behind the judge's table to square off with culinary favorite Alton Brown for a three-way team competition to find the next "Food Network Star." Bobby, Giada and Alton, all television producers in addition to being culinary superstars, lead the charge to find and develop the new talent by each hand-selecting a team of five finalists, who they will produce and mentor through the "Star" experience to find one winner who possesses personality and kitchen chops. Viewers can also glance into the "Star" finalist selection process, with a casting special airing on May 12th and in another turn to the series plot, viewers will vote online before the July 22nd finale to determine who will receive the ultimate prize: their own Food Network show, to be produced by their "Star" team leader.

"Food Network Star 2012" contestants include Philip "Ippy" Aiona (Kamuela, Hawaii), Judson Allen (Chicago), Martie Duncan (Birmingham, Ala.), Emily Ellyn (Orlando, Fla.), Martita Jara (San Diego), Eric Lee (Petaluma, Calif.), Yvan Lemoine (Maspeth, N.Y.), Josh Lyons (Jupiter, Fla.), Linkie Marais (North Attleborough, Mass.), Nikki Martin (West Hollywood, Calif.), Malcolm Mitchell (Washington, D.C.), Michele Ragussis (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Cristie Schoen (New Orleans), Kara Sigle (Chicago) and Justin Warner (Brooklyn, N.Y.).



In the premiere episode, the fifteen hopefuls arrive in the Food Network Star kitchen in New York City to meet Bobby Flay, Giada De Laurentiis and Alton Brown — the culinary superstars who hand-selected them to compete on their teams. After meeting with their team leader, special guest Robert Irvine challenges the teams to their first "Star Challenge" — to create their own pop-up restaurant from the ground up, with an extremely limited budget and very little time. Each episode also features a "Producer's Challenge," where the contestants up for elimination each shoot a segment with their 'Star' mentor/producer to be presented to the selection committee in the "pitch room." Returning judges Food Network executives Bob Tuschman and Susie Fogelson decide who stays and goes, along with a roster of guest judges scheduled to join.

Upcoming episodes feature amped-up challenges to see who has true Star quality, including a Chopped-style battle judged by Alex Guarnaschelli, Scott Conant and Marc Murphy; a Ted Allen-hosted New York Fashion Week food makeover challenge with a cash prize courtesy of Discover Card; holiday-themed specials hosted by Guy Fieri; and a Miami beachside competition where finalists shop at Target to style a VIP event for Paula Deen. Season guest stars also include Food Network's Sunny Anderson, Anne Burrell, Melissa d'Arabian, Jeff Mauro, Aaron Sanchez and Geoffrey Zakarian, along with Entertainment Weekly's Jess Cagle and Jill Bernstein, "Entertainment Tonight's" Christina McLarty and "Serious Eats'" Ed Levine.

"Food Network Star" Season 8 is produced by CBS Eye Too Productions.




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FOOD NETWORK STAR 2012: FACTS

Network: Food Network
Genre: Reality
Runtime: 60 mins.
Premiere Date: June 5, 2005
Seasons: 8
Production Company: CBS Eye Too Productions





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FOOD NETWORK STAR 2012: TWITTER
May 26, 2012
@ryandenton81 catching up on the Next #FoodNetworkStar today and tomorrow...in order to keep our summer food conversation going..
less than an hour ago
@ccollick oh come on. you know you want to try out for "Next #FoodNetworkStar" ;-)
less than an hour ago
Finally watching the #FoodNetworkStar premier. Think I'm on team @GDeLaurentiis
less than an hour ago
 
rickandmary says:
i cant wait till brianna goes home. i hate her attitude. she comes a cross as cold and i would never watch her show. she absolutely does not have the talent to be the next food network star. i have no clue why the judges like her. cant they see she is so fake. she acts like she is all that and then some.callling herself hot over and over. come on people dont want to see that on food network channel. it just looks kinda trampy. i wouldnt expect the judges to like that. get her off the show. and also not a fan of herb.
tvbroadcaster says:
I quit watching after they sent Brad home. Did you notice that Brad's bios were just fine. No one with any talent is left. Who wants to see Arti win. Watch her stupid online videos and you will see that, She stinks. How do I know? I make real TV shows that people watch. I mean who wants to eat all the Indian spicy food anyway. And Artesia, CA WAS a Dutch community before it was invaded by Indians. He is one place where the cowboys lost.
angelfeb says:
the la times actually blew the secret about 2 weeks ago when they had what chefs would be at their food and wine festival. they had aartia and under her name next food network star.
madfinnegan says:
I agree that losing Brad was a sad day...and either one of the guys would have been a great pick but they will lose the bet with Aartie's show for many reasons. Yuck!

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