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Kelsey Nixon to Star on Food Network's Web Show
Kelsey Nixon, the perky blonde contestant on the fourth season of the Next Food Network Star, is getting her own show. In the November issue of Utah Valley magazine, she discusses her new role at Food Network: I've been approached by so many production companies, but I think Food Network is the route I should go. I'm working on a project with them right now — a web show about teaching cooking basics.
Kelsey and Spike Debut Their New Show on Food2
During the last season of the Next Food Network Star, many of you thought perky blond Kelsey Nixon had serious star potential and were shocked when she got kicked off the show. But the spunky home chef assured readers she wouldn't be going anywhere when she announced she was getting her own show with Top Chef's Spike Mendelsohn on Food Network spinoff site Food2.
The enthusiastic contestant kept her word.
What to TiVo: Sunday
- ABC is new with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers and Sisters
- CBS is new with The Amazing Race, Three Rivers, and Cold Case
- FOX is new with Family Guy, Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show, and The Cleveland Show
- NBC has Sunday Night Football: Cowboys at Eagles
- ABC Family has The Prince & Me: A Royal Honeymoon
- AMC is new with the season finale of Mad Men
- E! is new with Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Girls Next Door and Leave It to Lamas
- The Food Network is new with Iron Chef America
- HBO is new with Curb Your Enthusiasm and Bored to Death
- Showtime is new with Dexter and Californication
- MTV is new with Styl'd
- VH1 is new with Tool Academy 2
Yummy Links: From German Beer to Healthful Holiday Eating
- Five German beers worth trying. — The Atlantic
- Do you live in Miami or Portland? Get excited because Eater has expanded to those cities.
Should TV Chefs Be Responsible For Promoting Eco-Friendly Cooking?
When we recently disagreed with the assertion that cooking shows are too unrealistic, many of you seemed to share our opinion that food TV can actually be rather inspiring. Well, here's another question for you to ponder: Should TV chefs serve as role models?
In a Huffington Post article titled "Nasty Habits of Food Network Celebrities," columnist Isabel Cowles criticizes Food Network chefs like Giada De Laurentiis, Sandra Lee, and Guy Fieri for "encouraging wasteful, unhealthy behavior."Cowles derides De Laurentiis for using (and not recycling) nearly 1,000 square inches of aluminum foil on an episode of Everyday Italian.
Ted Allen to Join Food Network
I'm not sure if you've noticed, but the Food Network is overhauling its programing schedule. It seems like every week a new series debuts. It started back in February with the introduction of Pat and Gina Neely followed swiftly by Danny Boome.
Is Food Network's Chopped a Ripoff of Top Chef?
If you watch Food Network on a regular basis, you must know — by the bombardment of promotional commercials — about its new culinary competition, Chopped.
The show, which is described as a series that "challenges four up-and-coming chefs to turn a selection of everyday ingredients into an extraordinary three-course meal. After each course, a contestant gets 'chopped' until the last man or woman left standing claims victory," is hosted by former Top Chef judge, Ted Allen.
Sandra Lee to Debut New Food Network Show
Both Ina Garten and Giada de Laurentiis premiered new Food Network series last Fall, so it's no surprise to learn that another of the network's biggest stars, Sandra Lee, is set to begin production of a new cooking program.
Sandra's Money Saving Meals will premiere on May 10 at 12 p.m. The show will focus on Lee's "triple A factor" of accessible, aspirational, and affordable food.
The Not-So-Amateur Gourmet Joins Food Network
Adam Roberts, everyone's favorite Amateur Gourmet is getting his own online show. Called The FN Dish, the weekly show is a behind-the-scenes look at what's going on at the Food Network. It'll also cover food-related ideas, recipes, and stories that Adam finds exciting.
Get Excited For Food Network's Fall Lineup
Two of the Food Network's new shows for Fall have been announced. The first, features FN favorite Giada De Laurentiis in Giada at Home (debuts Oct. 18 at 1 p.m.).
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