Paul McCullough: I like him. He has a great TV personality and can definitely cook. He was nice in person, but it seemed as if the soon-to-be reality show fame was almost getting to him already. I’ll cut him some slack though because he convinced me to do something quite embarrassing at the party, which I can’t mention here because well, it’s embarrassing. I think Paul will do well.
Patrick Rolfe: His food didn’t go over well with the judges. This isn’t nice, but I don’t even remember what he made at the party. My first thought on Patrick is that he’s a bit of a wallflower. Nice guy, but he’ll probably go early.
Michael Salmon: Read above.
Rory Schepisi: Not much to say. I think she’ll be one of the first to go. Just not sure she has the chops to cut it. (Was that one massive food pun or what?)
Adrien Sharp: Adrien is going places. He already has a local cooking show in Michigan. He’s got a killer personality and his food on the show seemed awesome. He’s cute too and seems like a rock star in his own way. Andrew loved his food at the party (I think it was mushrooms wrapped in bacon with some sort of barbecue sauce, but I could be making that up), but since I don’t love mushrooms it didn’t go over too well with me.
Nikki Shaw: Not my favorite. She’s too intense and intimidating to be a lovable Food Network chef. She made dessert at the party and for someone who loves chocolate, I was disappointed. This is a rough one for me because I love basketball and she’s married to former NBA player Brian Shaw, and I love basketball players, but since this is a food and personality competition, I have to say no.
Do yourself a favor and watch The Next Foodnetwork Star. Feel free to watch Hell’s Kitchen and Top Chef as well, since they’re on different nights, but remember, the winner of The Next Food Network Star gets their own show so watching this program is a worthy investment.
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