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The Next Food Network Star (Season 5)
Season 5
Release
Original releaseJune 7, 2009
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The fifth season of the American reality television series The Next Food Network Star premiered on Sunday, June 7, 2009. Food Network executives, Bob Tuschman and Susie Fogelson, were joined by Bobby Flay as the Selection Committee for this season, which was filmed early this year in Miami, Florida and New York, New York.

Contestants

Eliminated

(In order of elimination)

Remaining

  • Jeffrey Saad, 42 — Los Angeles, CA; Restaurant Owner, Chef & Food Consultant (Culinary Point of View: "Cooking Without Borders")
  • Melissa D'Arabian, 40 — Keller, TX; Stay-at-Home Mom (Culinary Point of View: "Family Cooking at its Finest")

Contestant Progress

Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Mini<br\> Challenge <br\> Winner None1 Eddie Jeffrey Michael None2 Jeffrey Debbie None
Jeffrey WIN IN WIN LOW IN IN WIN IN
Melissa HIGH HIGH IN WIN IN IN IN IN
Debbie IN HIGH IN HIGH IN LOW IN OUT
Jamika IN WIN IN LOW LOW IN OUT
Michael HIGH IN WIN HIGH LOW OUT
Katie IN LOW IN LOW OUT
Teddy IN IN LOW OUT
Eddie LOW LOW OUT
Brett LOW OUT
Jen OUT
  (WIN) The contestant won that episode's Main Challenge.
  (HIGH) The contestant was one of the Selection Committee's favorites for that week, but did not win the Main Challenge.
  (IN) The contestant was not one of the Selection Committee's favorites nor their least favorites. They were not up for elimination.
  (LOW) The contestant was one of the Selection Committee's three or four least favorites for that week, but was not eliminated.
  (LOW) The contestant was one of the Selection Committee's two least favorites for that week, but was not eliminated.
  (OUT) The contestant was the Selection Committee's least favorite for that week, and was eliminated.

Episode summaries

Week One: Press Party for Food Network's 16th Birthday

  • Mini Challenge: None
  • Main Challenge: Upon arriving in the Food Network Kitchens in New York City, the ten finalists are greeted by the Selection Committee, consisting of Food Network executives Bob Tuschman and Susie Fogelson, as well as celebrity chef and television personality Bobby Flay. Bobby informs the finalists that they will be catering a press party to celebrate Food Network’s 16th year on the air. He randomly splits them into two teams, Team Green (Brett, Jamika, Jen, Melissa and Teddy), and Team Red (Debbie, Eddie, Jeffrey, Katie and Michael). Each team is given $1200 to shop at Whole Foods Market, as well as 5 hours to shop and cook their dishes for the 75 guests at the party, including many Food Network stars and the Selection Committee. Then, each contestant must give a short presentation about themselves and their dish to the guests, and must participate in a short interview with Access Hollywood co-host Nancy O'Dell.
    • Winner: Jeffrey
    • Eliminated: Jen
  • First aired: June 7, 2009

Week Two: Holidays with Giada

  • Mini Challenge: The nine remaining finalists arrive in the Food Network Kitchens, where Bobby Flay and Esquire Magazine's articles editor Ryan D'Agostino greet them and tell them they must create a recipe for the Esquire man that works for the magazine's "Recipe for Men" section. They each have 45 minutes to cook an inventive dish using ingredients typically found in an Esquire man's pantry- a cut of meat and a special ingredient such as pickles, maraschino cherries, or whiskey. Then, they have 1 minute to explain their dish in a direct-to-camera presentation, with the Selection Committee watching. The winner's recipe will be featured in the magazine.
    • Winner: Eddie (Grilled Strip Steak with Drunken Brussels Sprouts and Bacon Hash and Citrus Cinnamon Chutney)
  • Main Challenge: The finalists head to the Good Housekeeping Magazine test kitchen in the Hearst Tower, where they are greeted by Giada De Laurentiis and Good Housekeeping's editor-in-chief, Rosemary Ellis. Giada tells them that they will each have to create a simple and creative interpretation of a meal to celebrate a certain holiday. Eddie, as the the winner of the previous challenge, must pick the previously chosen holidays and assign them to himself and his fellow competitors.
  • After cooking, the contestants must serve and present their dishes to the Selection Committee, Giada De Laurentiis, Rosemary Ellis, and Good Housekeeping executive Susan Westmoreland. The challenge winner will have one of their recipes featured in Good Housekeeping's July issue.
    • Winner: Jamika
    • Eliminated: Brett
  • First aired: June 14, 2009

Week Three: Dinner at Ina's

  • Mini Challenge: The eight remaining finalists meet Tyler Florence at a Stew Leonard's supermarket in Long Island. He tells them they must shop for a family dinner for 12 with only $60 and half an hour to shop. During this half hour, they must also stop by Tyler and present a money-saving tip to the camera.
    • Winner: Jeffrey
  • Main Challenge: The next day, the finalists head to the Hamptons to visit Ina Garten in her home. She splits them into pairs (Jamika Katie, Eddie Melissa, Teddy Debbie, Jeffrey Michael) and tells them each team must work together to create a lavish three-course meal for Ina and her friends, as well as the Selection Committee, using the ingredients they purchased in the Mini Challenge. Each individual in the team must create one of the three courses, while the third one must be a collaboration between the two team members.
    • Winners: Jeffrey and Michael
    • Eliminated: Eddie
  • First aired: June 21, 2009

Week Four: The Ultimate American Meal

  • Mini Challenge: Bobby Flay tests the remaining seven finalists by having them put their culinary point of view on a classic American dish – the burger! The finalists must whip up their ideal burger while sharing personal stories and their connections to their dish. The best burger lands a place on the menu of Bobby's new restaurant venture Bobby's Burger Palace.
    • Winner: Michael
  • Main Challenge:Then, Guy Fieri and USA WEEKEND Magazine associate editor, TJ Walter, surprise the finalists on the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, challenging each of them to create a dish using a basket of international ingredients for a group of returning American soldiers.

The winner learns that his or her recipe will be featured on the July 3-5th cover of USA WEEKEND Magazine, and another finalist is eliminated.

    • Winner: Melissa
    • Eliminated: Teddy
  • First Aired: June 28, 2009

Week Five: Rachael Ray

  • Mini Challenge: Yum-O Challenge, where chefs make dishes out of "adult" food appealing kids.
  • Main Challenge: Rachel Ray Show Challenge, where chefs pair up and do live presentation of the Rachel Ray show. Dishes must add an "adult" twist on "kid" dishes.
    • Winner: None
    • Eliminated: Katie
  • First Aired: July 5, 2009

Week Six: Miami Up All Night

  • Mini Challenge: Finalists compete by making a dish for one of Jet Blue's Terminal 5 restaurants. The winner's recipe would be added to the menu for their respective restaurant.
  • Main Challenge: Finalists cater a Miami cocktail party as a team. Each finalist must complete at least two hors d'oeuvres and create a signature cocktail as a group.
    • Mini Challenge Winner: Jeffrey
    • Winner: None
    • Eliminated: Michael
  • First Aired: July 12, 2009

Week Seven: Red Lobster Beachside Wood Grilling Challenge

  • Mini Challenge: Finalists perform live cooking demo on a Miami Morning show. The Food Network crew intentionally "sabotages" each demo to test how the finalists react to adversity.
    • Winner: Debbie
  • Main Challenge: Iron Chef Michael Symon presents a seafood challenge on the beach. They have to cook a wood grilled seafood dish. The winner of the Main Challenge will have their dish served at Red Lobster as a menu item. After the finalists plan their dishes, select their ingredients, but before they begin to cook with them, the judges interrupt them. The judges remove some key ingedients from their workstations replace them with others, forcing them to change their plan on the fly.
    • Winner: Jeffrey
    • Eliminated: Jamika
  • First Aired: July 19, 2009

Week Eight: Miami VIP

  • Mini Challenge: No Mini Challenge occurred.
  • Main Challenge:At Emeril's Restaurant they meet Emeril Lagasse who talks about his friend Julia Childs. In the spirit of the new film Julie and Julie, each chef must create their own three course meal using $1000. They will have three hours to cook for twenty people. The presentation will include a demo of some portion of the meal to the judges. They will also get an advanced screening of Julie and Julie prior to the challenge to help inspire them.
    • Final Two: Melissa, Jeffery
    • Eliminated: Debbie
  • First aired: July 26, 2009

Week Nine: Finale

References

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