(WINNER) The contestant won the competition and became "The Next Food Network Star".
(RUNNER-UP) The contestant made it to the finale, but did not win.
(WIN) The contestant won that episode's Star Challenge.
(HIGH) The contestant was one of the Selection Committee's favorites for that week, but did not win the Star 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.
Episodesedit
Week 1: Welcome to Los Angeles!edit
Camera Challenge: The finalists must present themselves on a plate, using chicken and potatoes, then do a 30-second camera demo.
Winners: Aria and Herb
Star Challenge: The finalists are divided into two teams with Aria (Grey Team) and Herb (Black Team) as captains. Each team must cater a six-course lunch for celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck in the style of California cooking. Before the cooking, they film a 15-second promo for their show, to be presented at the lunch.
Winners: Grey Team (Aria, Aarti, Brianna, Paul, Tom, Dzintra) [Dzintra did not compete; she was taken to the emergency room with a shard in her eye, and ordered to stay out of the kitchen.]
Winner: Aria (Santa Barbara Olive Focaccia with Baked Goat Cheese)
Eliminated: Alexis (Beignets with Rosemary Caramel and Local Honey)
Original Air Date: June 6, 2010
Week 2: Sweet to Savory Carnivaledit
Camera Challenge: Using Giada's recipe for vegetable lasagne, each contestant had one minute to demo a step to camera.
Winner: None
Star Challenge: Using a carnival fortune telling machine, chef Duff Goldman assigns each contestant a typical carnival sweet, which they must reinterpret as a savory dish, to be served to 100 guests at a party on the Santa Monica Pier.
Winner: Aarti (Funnel Cake as Chicken in Tandoori Barbecue Sauce on a Scallion Potato Pancake)
Eliminated: Doreen (Root Beer Float as Root Beer Pulled Pork with Jalapeño Crème Fraîche)
Original Air Date: June 13, 2010
Week 3: Grammy Awards Celebrationedit
Camera Challenge: Each chef must create a dish inspired by a movie genre drawn from a box of popcorn and present the dish to camera.
Winner: Aarti
Star Challenge:Guy Fieri sends each contestant down a simulated red carpet to see how they relate to the camera and fans. Later, each chef selects a "swag" bag that contains a secret ingredient. The chefs are paired based on the colors of their bags, and must prepare a dish using on their own ingredient and a collaborative dish using both ingredients, to be served at the post-Grammy party featuring Colbie Caillat.
Winners: Brianna and Herb (Combined: Fennel and Leek Bruschetta with Cheese and Beer Fondue; Herb: MGD 64 Flank Steak; Brianna: Crispy Pork Loin with Fennel Tomato Chutney)
Camera Challenge: Each chef must select a different chile and cook a dish, to be presented to camera, that best presents that chile.
Winner: Brianna
Star Challenge: Groups of three chefs are assigned to a guest chef: Susan Feniger, Jonathan Waxman or Eric Greenspan, and must compete head-to-head to most successfully reinvent the best dish their assigned chef ever ate.
Winners: Aarti (Waxman's Lamb and Potatoes Reinvented as Lamb Kabobs), Brad (Feniger's Fried Chicken and Green Salad Reinvented as Double-Fried Chicken with Light Green Salad) and Aria (Greenspan's Steak with Macaroni and Cheese Reinvented as Fajitas with Mac and Cheese) [It was noted in judging that Aria won on the strength of her presentation rather than her food.]
Eliminated: DAS (Steak with Tri-Berry Sauce and Macaroni and Cheese)
Original Air Date: June 27, 2010
Week 5: Lunch Trucks with Paulaedit
Camera Challenge: The contestants had to make their own product to present live to an audience and to a camera in three minutes. After they made the product and before they presented, Giada De Laurentiis, told them what they should do the next day to advance and win the challenge.
Winners: Aarti and Tom
Star Challenge: The contestants are paired up, and Paula Deen presents the challenge: develop a four-item menu to be served out of a lunch truck. The teams must select a suitable name for their truck, then open for business at lunch time along Venice Beach.
Winners: Brianna and Serena (Two Chicks and a Truck)
Eliminated: Paul
Original Air Date: July 11, 2010
Week 6: Retro Palm Springsedit
Camera Challenge: The contestants are assigned a picnic basket containing three ingredients, and assigned an event. Using the ingredients, they must make a small bite appropriate to the event.
Winners: Brad and Tom
Star Challenge: The contestants were sent to the former Palm Springs residence of Frank Sinatra to cook and present a modernized version of a classic dish from the 1950s and 1960s.
Winner: Brad (Chicken Cordon Bleu)
Eliminated: Brianna (Tuna Casserole)
Original Air Date: July 18, 2010
Week 7: Secret Supper Clubedit
Camera Challenge:Melissa D'Arabian joined the contestants to present an array of breakfast cereals. Each was assigned a cereal, and given 20 minutes, the timeline of a busy working mother, to create a dinner.
Winner: Aarti
Star Challenge: As camera challenge winner, Aarti led the team as they prepared a six-course dinner for a group of foodies, including chefs and restaurant owners at "Smog Shoppe", the location for an underground supper club meeting.
Winner: Aarti (Green Curry Chicken)
Eliminated: Serena (Pasta Alla Norma)
Original Air Date: July 25, 2010
Week 8: Cooking For Eva Longoriaedit
Camera Challenge: Giada De Laurentiis asked each contestant to cook a dish using their point of view. She then interrupted them and asked them to incorporate their least favorite ingredient to their dish. They then brought the relatives of each contestant to hand them the ingredient.
Winner: Aria
Star Challenge: The contestants were sent to the restaurant Beso (owned by Todd English and Eva Longoria) in Hollywood. They were all assigned an emotion, and they were asked to prepare a dish to represent that emotion. Each chef had $300 to shop and one hour to prepare in the Food Star Kitchen. At Beso, they had 30 minutes before presenting. The final four move on to New York.
Winner: Tom
Eliminated: Brad
Original Air Date: August 1, 2010
Week 9: Iron Chef Battleedit
Camera Challenge: None
Star Challenge: The contestants were sent to New York to participate in an Iron Chef America battle. They were judged by both the usual panel and a panel of Iron Chefs on both the overall quality of their meal and their ability in commentating on the preparation of their peers' meals. The final three move on to the finale episode where they will each film their own pilot episode.
Winners: Aarti (Secret Ingredient: Shrimp), Tom (Secret Ingredient: Bacon)
Eliminated: Aria (Secret Ingredient: Bacon)
Original Air Date: August 8, 2010
Week 10: Rachael Ray Directsedit
Camera Challenge: None
Star Challenge: The final three were directed by Rachael Ray in creating their own pilots for the show that they would want to host on Food Network.
^Lynch, Rene (August 16, 2010). "'Next Food Network Star': It's a Party for Aarti and Tom, but what about Herb?". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
next, food, network, star, season, this, article, needs, updated, please, help, update, this, article, reflect, recent, events, newly, available, information, june, 2020, sixth, season, american, reality, television, series, next, food, network, star, premiere. This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information June 2020 The sixth season of the American reality television series The Next Food Network Star premiered on Sunday June 6 2010 Food Network executives Bob Tuschman and Susie Fogelson were joined again by Bobby Flay as the judges for this season In addition Giada De Laurentiis will serve as an on set mentor The series was filmed in Los Angeles California and New York New York Winner Aarti Sequeira went on to host her show Aarti Party which premiered on August 22 2010 Runner up Tom Pizzica was also hired to host a travel food show Outrageous Food which began airing in November 2010 1 The Next Food Network StarSeason 6No of contestants12WinnerAarti SequeiraNo of episodes10ReleaseOriginal networkFood NetworkOriginal releaseJune 6 2010 06 06 August 15 2010 2010 08 15 Season chronology PreviousSeason 5Next Season 7 Contents 1 Contestants 1 1 Eliminated 1 2 Runners up 1 3 Winner 2 Contestant Progress 3 Episodes 3 1 Week 1 Welcome to Los Angeles 3 2 Week 2 Sweet to Savory Carnival 3 3 Week 3 Grammy Awards Celebration 3 4 Week 4 Spicy Competition 3 5 Week 5 Lunch Trucks with Paula 3 6 Week 6 Retro Palm Springs 3 7 Week 7 Secret Supper Club 3 8 Week 8 Cooking For Eva Longoria 3 9 Week 9 Iron Chef Battle 3 10 Week 10 Rachael Ray Directs 4 References 5 External linksContestants editEliminated edit In order of elimination Alexis Hernandez Union City New Jersey 2 Doreen Fang Los Angeles California Dzintra Dzenis Austin Texas Darrell DAS Smith Los Angeles California Paul Young Chicago Illinois Brianna Jenkins Atlanta Georgia Serena Palumbo New York New York Brad Sorenson Austin Texas Aria Kagan Hollywood FloridaRunners up edit Tom Pizzica San Francisco California Herb Mesa Atlanta GeorgiaWinner edit Aarti Sequeira Los Angeles CaliforniaContestant Progress editContestant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10CameraChallengeWinner AriaHerb None Aarti Brianna AartiTom BradTom Aarti Aria N A N AAarti IN WIN HIGH WIN HIGH LOW WIN LOW WIN WINNERHerb IN IN WIN LOW IN LOW LOW HIGH LOW RUNNER UPTom IN IN IN IN HIGH IN LOW WIN WIN RUNNER UPAria WIN HIGH LOW WIN LOW IN LOW LOW OUTBrad IN IN HIGH WIN LOW WIN HIGH OUTSerena IN HIGH LOW LOW WIN IN OUTBrianna IN IN WIN IN WIN OUTPaul IN LOW LOW IN OUTDAS LOW HIGH IN OUTDzintra IN LOW OUTDoreen LOW OUTAlexis OUT WINNER The contestant won the competition and became The Next Food Network Star RUNNER UP The contestant made it to the finale but did not win WIN The contestant won that episode s Star Challenge HIGH The contestant was one of the Selection Committee s favorites for that week but did not win the Star 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 Episodes editWeek 1 Welcome to Los Angeles edit Camera Challenge The finalists must present themselves on a plate using chicken and potatoes then do a 30 second camera demo Winners Aria and Herb Star Challenge The finalists are divided into two teams with Aria Grey Team and Herb Black Team as captains Each team must cater a six course lunch for celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck in the style of California cooking Before the cooking they film a 15 second promo for their show to be presented at the lunch Winners Grey Team Aria Aarti Brianna Paul Tom Dzintra Dzintra did not compete she was taken to the emergency room with a shard in her eye and ordered to stay out of the kitchen Winner Aria Santa Barbara Olive Focaccia with Baked Goat Cheese Eliminated Alexis Beignets with Rosemary Caramel and Local Honey Original Air Date June 6 2010 Week 2 Sweet to Savory Carnival edit Camera Challenge Using Giada s recipe for vegetable lasagne each contestant had one minute to demo a step to camera Winner None Star Challenge Using a carnival fortune telling machine chef Duff Goldman assigns each contestant a typical carnival sweet which they must reinterpret as a savory dish to be served to 100 guests at a party on the Santa Monica Pier Winner Aarti Funnel Cake as Chicken in Tandoori Barbecue Sauce on a Scallion Potato Pancake Eliminated Doreen Root Beer Float as Root Beer Pulled Pork with Jalapeno Creme Fraiche Original Air Date June 13 2010 Week 3 Grammy Awards Celebration edit Camera Challenge Each chef must create a dish inspired by a movie genre drawn from a box of popcorn and present the dish to camera Winner Aarti Star Challenge Guy Fieri sends each contestant down a simulated red carpet to see how they relate to the camera and fans Later each chef selects a swag bag that contains a secret ingredient The chefs are paired based on the colors of their bags and must prepare a dish using on their own ingredient and a collaborative dish using both ingredients to be served at the post Grammy party featuring Colbie Caillat Winners Brianna and Herb Combined Fennel and Leek Bruschetta with Cheese and Beer Fondue Herb MGD 64 Flank Steak Brianna Crispy Pork Loin with Fennel Tomato Chutney Eliminated Dzintra Mom s Mushroom Beef Tenderloin Original Air Date June 20 2010 Week 4 Spicy Competition edit Camera Challenge Each chef must select a different chile and cook a dish to be presented to camera that best presents that chile Winner Brianna Star Challenge Groups of three chefs are assigned to a guest chef Susan Feniger Jonathan Waxman or Eric Greenspan and must compete head to head to most successfully reinvent the best dish their assigned chef ever ate Winners Aarti Waxman s Lamb and Potatoes Reinvented as Lamb Kabobs Brad Feniger s Fried Chicken and Green Salad Reinvented as Double Fried Chicken with Light Green Salad and Aria Greenspan s Steak with Macaroni and Cheese Reinvented as Fajitas with Mac and Cheese It was noted in judging that Aria won on the strength of her presentation rather than her food Eliminated DAS Steak with Tri Berry Sauce and Macaroni and Cheese Original Air Date June 27 2010 Week 5 Lunch Trucks with Paula edit Camera Challenge The contestants had to make their own product to present live to an audience and to a camera in three minutes After they made the product and before they presented Giada De Laurentiis told them what they should do the next day to advance and win the challenge Winners Aarti and Tom Star Challenge The contestants are paired up and Paula Deen presents the challenge develop a four item menu to be served out of a lunch truck The teams must select a suitable name for their truck then open for business at lunch time along Venice Beach Winners Brianna and Serena Two Chicks and a Truck Eliminated PaulOriginal Air Date July 11 2010 Week 6 Retro Palm Springs edit Camera Challenge The contestants are assigned a picnic basket containing three ingredients and assigned an event Using the ingredients they must make a small bite appropriate to the event Winners Brad and Tom Star Challenge The contestants were sent to the former Palm Springs residence of Frank Sinatra to cook and present a modernized version of a classic dish from the 1950s and 1960s Winner Brad Chicken Cordon Bleu Eliminated Brianna Tuna Casserole Original Air Date July 18 2010 Week 7 Secret Supper Club edit Camera Challenge Melissa D Arabian joined the contestants to present an array of breakfast cereals Each was assigned a cereal and given 20 minutes the timeline of a busy working mother to create a dinner Winner Aarti Star Challenge As camera challenge winner Aarti led the team as they prepared a six course dinner for a group of foodies including chefs and restaurant owners at Smog Shoppe the location for an underground supper club meeting Winner Aarti Green Curry Chicken Eliminated Serena Pasta Alla Norma Original Air Date July 25 2010 Week 8 Cooking For Eva Longoria edit Camera Challenge Giada De Laurentiis asked each contestant to cook a dish using their point of view She then interrupted them and asked them to incorporate their least favorite ingredient to their dish They then brought the relatives of each contestant to hand them the ingredient Winner Aria Star Challenge The contestants were sent to the restaurant Beso owned by Todd English and Eva Longoria in Hollywood They were all assigned an emotion and they were asked to prepare a dish to represent that emotion Each chef had 300 to shop and one hour to prepare in the Food Star Kitchen At Beso they had 30 minutes before presenting The final four move on to New York Winner Tom Eliminated BradOriginal Air Date August 1 2010 Week 9 Iron Chef Battle edit Camera Challenge None Star Challenge The contestants were sent to New York to participate in an Iron Chef America battle They were judged by both the usual panel and a panel of Iron Chefs on both the overall quality of their meal and their ability in commentating on the preparation of their peers meals The final three move on to the finale episode where they will each film their own pilot episode Winners Aarti Secret Ingredient Shrimp Tom Secret Ingredient Bacon Eliminated Aria Secret Ingredient Bacon Original Air Date August 8 2010 Week 10 Rachael Ray Directs edit Camera Challenge None Star Challenge The final three were directed by Rachael Ray in creating their own pilots for the show that they would want to host on Food Network Runners Up Tom and Herb The Next Food Network Star Aarti New Show Aarti PartyOriginal Air Date August 15 2010References edit Lynch Rene August 16 2010 Next Food Network Star It s a Party for Aarti and Tom but what about Herb The Los Angeles Times Retrieved July 3 2011 Diaz Lana Rose Bringing the flavor The Union City Reporter May 30 2010 Pages 1 amp 15External links editOfficial website Food Network Star at IMDb nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Next Food Network Star season 6 amp oldid 1216337826, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
