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Lenny McNab
Lenny McNab
Born	1971 or 1972 (age 52–53); Bristol, New Hampshire, United States
	Culinary career
Cooking style	Chuckwagon cooking

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Lenny McNab is an American chef who is best known as the winner of the tenth season of the Food Network television series Food Network Star. He defeated runner-up Luca Della Casa on August 10, 2014. Food Network executive Bob Tuschman said that "Lenny's magnetic personality, culinary chops and cowboy swagger made him stand out in this very talented crowd from the beginning."^[2]

McNab wears cowboy attire and specializes in "elevated chuck wagon fare".^[3] A native of New Hampshire, McNab got his culinary training in Bad Kissingen, Germany.^[4] He is a former executive head chef at the Kessler Canyon hunting lodge in De Beque, Colorado.

In 2013, McNab participated in "The Ol' Switcheroo" episode of Guy's Grocery Games, losing in the final. He also performs as a country singer under the name The Black Mamba.^[4]

Controversy

Although McNab was declared the winner of the tenth season of Food Network Star, a series for him never materialized. Days after he was crowned the winner, news outlets reported blog posts featuring racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments made by him, with several comments targeted at fellow Food Network chef Ree Drummond.^[5]^[6]^[7]

References

^ Downey, KC (August 11, 2014). "Bristol native wins Food Network competition - Entertainment - WMUR Home#!bBY6px". WMUR-TV. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
^ Sherrow, Rita (August 11, 2014). "Cowboy chef Lenny McNab wins "Food Network Star'". Tulsa World. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
^ Hyman, Vicki, Food Network Star' winner: Did Jersey girl Nicole Gaffney score her own show?, Star-Ledger, August 10, 2014
^ ^a ^b O'Brien, Ben (October 21, 2013). "Chef Lenny McNab: Best Cook in the West". Petersen's Hunting. Palm Coast, Florida: InterMedia Outdoors. Retrieved August 10, 2014.,
^ Salkin, Allen (August 15, 2014). "Leave Guy Fieri alone: Why he has nothing to do with the Food Network's decline - Salon.com". Salon.com. Salon Media Group. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
^ Sargent, Jordan (August 12, 2014). "Did a Food Network Star Say He Would Fuck His Colleague In the Ass?". Gawker. Gawker Media. Archived from the original on June 12, 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
^ "Is The Food Network Star Winner Lenny McNab In Hot Water?". The Inquisitr. August 13, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2015.

External links

Lenny McNab at IMDb
Lenny McNab on Twitter

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[wmur-1] Downey, KC (August 11, 2014). "Bristol native wins Food Network competition - Entertainment - WMUR Home#!bBY6px". WMUR-TV. Retrieved August 11, 2014.

[2] Sherrow, Rita (August 11, 2014). "Cowboy chef Lenny McNab wins "Food Network Star'". Tulsa World. Retrieved August 11, 2014.

[3] Hyman, Vicki, Food Network Star' winner: Did Jersey girl Nicole Gaffney score her own show?, Star-Ledger, August 10, 2014

[Petersens-4] O'Brien, Ben (October 21, 2013). "Chef Lenny McNab: Best Cook in the West". Petersen's Hunting. Palm Coast, Florida: InterMedia Outdoors. Retrieved August 10, 2014.,

[salon-5] Salkin, Allen (August 15, 2014). "Leave Guy Fieri alone: Why he has nothing to do with the Food Network's decline - Salon.com". Salon.com. Salon Media Group. Retrieved June 2, 2015.

[gawker-6] Sargent, Jordan (August 12, 2014). "Did a Food Network Star Say He Would Fuck His Colleague In the Ass?". Gawker. Gawker Media. Archived from the original on June 12, 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2015.

[inquisitr-7] "Is The Food Network Star Winner Lenny McNab In Hot Water?". The Inquisitr. August 13, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2015.

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v t e Food Network Star
Seasons	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Winners (series)	Dan Smith & Steve McDonagh Guy Fieri Guy's Big Bite Amy Finley Aaron McCargo Jr. Big Daddy's House Melissa d'Arabian Ten Dollar Dinners Aarti Sequeira Aarti Party Jeff Mauro Justin Warner Rebel Eats Damaris Phillips Southern at Heart Lenny McNab Eddie Jackson BBQ Blitz Tregaye Fraser Jason Smith Best Baker in America Christian Petroni & Jess Tom
Other contestants	Nathan Lyon Colombe Jacobsen Kelsey Nixon Shane Lyons Jeffrey Saad Michele Ragussis Martie Duncan Nikki Martin Cristie Schoen Stacey Poon-Kinney Nikki Dinki Damiano Carrara
Spin-off	Food Network Star Kids