The Next Food Network Star - We Have a Winner!

So the winner of this season's competition is Aaron McCargo Jr! Congrats to him.

For the final challenge each contestant had to do a 4-minute promo of their potential FN show. They used Rachael Ray's 30-minute meals set (which I know very well).

Lisa's show was called 'Beautiful Basics' (of course) and she made some kind of fish I've never heard of, with some kind of fancy sauce I've never heard of served with leeks (which I've heard of but never had). Despite the snooty menu, I actually liked her little show. She was relaxed and funny and dummied down the fancy names eluding to the idea that anybody could cook this stuff in their own kitchen. This was the first time that I've actually liked Lisa and thought she was down to earth. Her's was actually my favorite of the three but personally her posture was not good and she seriously needs a different hairstyle and some black eyeliner.

Adam's show was called 'Hungry in Philadelphia' (a play on the Sleepless in Seattle handle). His idea was to have someone e-mail him with a food idea or problem and he would create the dish in his own way. He had a computer monitor on the counter and connected with his e-mailer via a simulated webcam. He made a beer-butt chicken with some garlic green beans. He was very relaxed and funny and even let the chicken do a 'chicken dance'.  It was very cute and I thought Adam did a great job!

Aaron's show was called 'Big Daddy's Kitchen'. Aaron's theme the entire time has been 'big, bold, spicy food'. But everyone wants to cook food that is bold and has a lot of flavor. I've never really gotten that whole theme. He made a steak that was rubbed with a dry mix (I couldn't understand some of the ingredients because his speech is not always intelligible). He put the steak on top of some collard greens (??) and topped it with a plantain and honey sauce. His tag line that everybody thought was so funny "If that don't look good to you, you need to get YO eyes checked!" I found offensive and a very tacky use of bad grammar. I also found his last line about if we wanted to eat what he made we would have to make it ourselves kind of weird. Well duh!

I think FN made the wrong choice, but I think I know why. Oh well. Quota BS!

I hope to see Adam land somewhere good. He deserves it.

As for Lisa, she already seems to be extremely blessed in her live and I think she has enough on her plate. Go home girl, quit being so competitive and raise that little boy.

The End!