Food Network Star (season 8)
The eighth season of the American reality television series ''Food Network Star'' premiered Sunday, May 13, 2012 and consisted of 11 episodes. The format for the eighth season changed to three 5-member teams, each coached by a Food Network host — Alton Brown, Bobby Flay or Giada De Laurentiis. This season viewers had the opportunity to follow the show (#Star) or their favorite team (#TeamAlton, #TeamBobby or #TeamGiada) on Twitter. Contestants Eliminated ''(in order of elimination)'' * Cristie Schoen – New Orleans, Louisiana – Team Alton * Kara Sigle – Chicago, Illinois – Team Bobby * Josh Lyons – Jupiter, Florida – Team Giada * Eric Lee – Petaluma, California – Team Bobby * Judson Allen – Chicago, Illinois – Team Alton * Linkie Marais – North Attleborough, Massachusetts – Team Giada * Emily Ellyn – Orlando, Florida – Team Alton * Malcolm Mitchell – Washington, D.C. – Team Bobby * Martita Jara – San Diego, California – Team Giada * Nikki Mart ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Food Network
Food Network is an American basic cable channel owned by Television Food Network, G.P., a unit of Warner Bros. Discovery, who manages and operates it as a division of the Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks Group. The channel airs both television special, special and regular episodic programs about food and cooking. Cooking Channel (American TV channel), Cooking Channel, a network launched in 2002, is a spin-off of Food Network. In addition to its headquarters in New York City, Food Network has offices in Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Detroit, Jersey City, New Jersey, Jersey City, Cincinnati, and Knoxville. Food Network was established on November 23, 1993, 6:00 am as TV Food Network and on April 1, 1996, it adopted its current name. It was acquired by Scripps Networks Interactive who later merged with Discovery, Inc. in 2018, and WarnerMedia was merged with Discovery, Inc. to form Warner Bros. Discovery. , Food Network is available to approximately 70,000,000 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Orlando, Florida
Orlando ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States. The city proper had a population of 307,573 at the 2020 census, making it the fourth-most populous city in Florida behind Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville, Miami, and Tampa, Florida, Tampa and the state's most populous inland city. Part of Central Florida, it is the center of the Greater Orlando, Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2.67 million in 2020. It is the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States and the third-largest metropolitan area in Florida behind Miami metropolitan area, Miami and Tampa Bay area, Tampa Bay. Orlando is one of the most-visited cities in the world primarily due to tourism, major events, and convention traffic. It is the fourth-most visited city in the U.S. after New York City, Miami, and Los Angeles, with over 3.5 million visitors as of 2023. Orlando International Airport is the List of the busiest airports in the United Stat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Fashion Week
A fashion week is a week-long fashion industry event where fashion designers, brands, or "houses" display their latest collections in runway fashion shows to buyers and the media which influences upcoming fashion trends for the current and approaching seasons. The most prominent fashion weeks are held in the fashion capitals of the world—in chronological order, New York Fashion Week, New York City, London Fashion Week, London, Milan Fashion Week, Milan, and Paris Fashion Week, Paris, or the "Big Four". The consecutive fashion weeks of the Big Four are referred to as fashion month. The foundations of fashion week began in Paris in the late 1800s before spreading to New York, Milan, and London in the 20th century. What began as marketing garments in public spaces like racetracks grew into highly publicized events in themselves.Leach, William R"Transformations in a Culture of Consumption: Women and Department Stores, 1890-1925" ''The Journal of American History''. Vol. 71, No. 2 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Chopped (TV Series)
''Chopped'' is an American reality-based cooking television game show series created by Michael Krupat, Dave Noll and Linda Lea. It is hosted by Ted Allen. The series pits four chefs against each other as they compete for a chance to win $10,000. The series debuted in 2009, and episodes air every Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET on Food Network. A dessert-themed spin-off titled ''Chopped Sweets'' premiered on February 3, 2020, with Scott Conant as host. Format In each episode, four chefs compete in a three-round contest, where they attempt to incorporate unusual combinations of ingredients into dishes that are later evaluated by a panel of three judges. At the beginning of each round (typically "Appetizer", "Entrée", and "Dessert", but with occasional exceptions), the chefs are each given a basket containing four mystery ingredients and are expected to create dishes that use all of them in some way. Although failing to use an ingredient is not an automatic disqualification, the judges d ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Robert Irvine
Robert Paul Irvine (; born 24 September 1965) is an American celebrity chef and talk show host who has appeared on and hosted a variety of Food Network programs including ''Dinner: Impossible'', ''Worst Cooks in America'', ''Restaurant: Impossible'', ''A Hero's Welcome, Operation Restaurant, All-Star Academy, Guy's Grocery Games, Chopped: Impossible'', and ''Restaurant Express''. Irvine currently operates one restaurant, Fresh Kitchen by Robert Irvine, located within The Pentagon. He also operated Robert Irvine's Public House at the Tropicana Las Vegas, Tropicana resort in Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada from 2017 until the closure of the Tropicana in 2024. Irvine launched ''The Robert Irvine Show'', a daytime talk show which aired CW Daytime, weekdays on The CW between 12 September 2016 and 25 May 2018. Early life and education Irvine was born in England. He began his cooking career upon enlisting in the UK's Royal Navy at the age of fifteen. Having completed culinary training, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Maspeth, New York
Maspeth is a residential and commercial community in the Borough (New York City), borough of Queens in New York City. It was founded in the early 17th century by Dutch and English settlers. Neighborhoods sharing borders with Maspeth are Woodside, Queens, Woodside to the north; Sunnyside, Queens, Sunnyside to the northwest; Greenpoint, Brooklyn, to the west; East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to the southwest; Fresh Pond, Queens, Fresh Pond and Ridgewood, Queens, Ridgewood to the south; and Middle Village, Queens, Middle Village and Elmhurst, Queens, Elmhurst to the east. Maspeth is located in Queens Community Board 5, Queens Community District 5 and its ZIP Code is 11378. It is patrolled by the New York City Police Department's 104th Precinct. Politically, Maspeth is represented by the New York City Council's 29th and 30th districts. History The name "Maspeth" is derived from the name of Mespeatches Native Americans, one of the 13 main tribes that inhabited Long Island. It is trans ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelve original counties established under English rule in 1683 in what was then the Province of New York. As of the 2020 United States census, the population stood at 2,736,074, making it the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City, and the most populous Administrative divisions of New York (state)#County, county in the state.Table 2: Population, Land Area, and Population Density by County, New York State - 2020 New York State Department of Health. Accessed January 2, 2024. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Michele Ragussis
Michele Ragussis (born November 26, 1969, in Derby, Connecticut) is an United States, American chef. She is best known as a finalist on the Food Network Star (season 8), eighth season of the Food Network series ''Food Network Star''.Michele Ragussis, Food Network Star Season 8 Finalist . Retrieved September 17, 2012. Food Network Ragussis appeared as a contestant on ''Chopped (TV series), Chopped'' in 2010 but was eliminated after the entrée round. She did win an episode of ''24 Hour Restaurant Battle'' in 2011[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham ( ) is a city in the north central region of Alabama, United States. It is the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama, Jefferson County. The population was 200,733 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in Alabama, second-most populous city in Alabama, and estimated at 196,357 in 2024. The Birmingham metropolitan area, Alabama, Birmingham metropolitan area had a population of 1.19 million in 2020 and is the largest metropolitan area in Alabama and List of metropolitan statistical areas, 47th-most populous in the US. Birmingham serves as a major regional economic, medical, and educational hub of the Deep South, Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion, Piedmont, and Appalachian regions. Founded in 1871 during the Reconstruction Era of the United States, Reconstruction era, Birmingham was formed through the merger of three smaller communities, most notably Elyton, Alabama, Elyton. It quickly grew into an industrial and transportation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Martie Duncan
Martie Duncan is an American chef, blogger and party planner. She was a finalist on the eighth season of the Food Network series ''Food Network Star''. Career Duncan has made several appearances on ''The Oprah Winfrey Show''.Speaker Announcement: Martie Duncan , SheCon Expo . Retrieved October 11, 2012. She has had no formal culinary training, nor has she ever worked in a .Interview with Martie Duncan Retrieved October 11, 2012. Duncan is the < ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Waimea, Hawaii County, Hawaii
Waimea is a landlocked community in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. Waimea is the center for ranching activities and Cowboy#Hawai'i, ''paniolo'' culture. The name Waimea means ''reddish water.'' For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined that community as a census-designated place (CDP). The population was 7,028 at the 2000 United States Census, 2000 census and 9,212 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. Since each U.S. state cannot have more than one post office of the same name, and there is a post office in Waimea, Kauai County, Hawaii, Waimea, Kauai County, the official United States Postal Service, U.S. Post Office designation for Waimea is Kamuela, although this name is only used by the post office, not by locals or the local government. The Parker Ranch in and around Waimea is the largest privately owned cattle ranch in the United States, and the annual Fourth of July rodeo is a major event. The Waimea Cherry Blossom Heritage Fest ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
West Hollywood, California
West Hollywood is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Incorporated in 1984, it is home to the Sunset Strip. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. Census, its population was 35,757. History Most historical writings about West Hollywood begin in the late-18th century with European colonization when the Portuguese people, Portuguese explorer João Rodrigues Cabrilho traveled to and eventually laid claim on the region for Spain. Around 5,000 of the indigenous inhabitants from the Tongva people, Tongva Indian tribe canoed out to greet the ship. The Tongva tribe was a nation of hunter-gatherers known for their reverence for dance and courage. By 1771, these native people had been severely ravaged by the diseases brought in by the Europeans from across wide oceans. The Spanish mission system referred to the Tongva tribe as "Gabrielinos", in reference to the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, Mission de San Gabriel. Early in 1770 Gaspar de Portola's Mexican ex ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |