The Next Food Network Star (season 4)

The Next Food Network Star (season 4)
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 9
Release
Original network Food Network
Original release

June 1 (2008-06-01) – July 27, 2008 (2008-07-27)

Additional information
Filming dates February 2008 (2008-02) – March 2008 (2008-03)
No. of contestants 10
Winner Aaron McCargo, Jr.

The fourth season of the American reality television series The Next Food Network Star premiered on Sunday, June 1, 2008. Food Network executives, Bob Tuschman and Susie Fogelson, were joined by Bobby Flay as the Selection Committee for this season, which was filmed early 2008 in New York, New York and Las Vegas, Nevada. Aaron McCargo, Jr. was announced as the winner on the season finale, which aired on Sunday, July 27, 2008. His show, Big Daddy's House, premiered on August 3, 2008. In addition, runner-up Adam Gertler was given a show, Will Work for Food, which premiered January 19, 2009 and Kelsey Nixon, who finished fourth, began hosting her show, Kelsey's Essentials, on the Cooking Channel on November 6, 2010.

Contestants

(In order of elimination)

Runners-Up

Winner

Contestant progress

Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 83 9
Mini
Challenge
Winner
None1 Aaron
Adam
Jennifer
Adam Kelsey Shane None2 None2 None1 None2
Aaron WIN WIN HIGH LOW LOW HIGH HIGH IN WINNER
Adam IN LOW HIGH LOW LOW HIGH LOW IN RUNNER-UP
Lisa LOW WIN WIN HIGH IN LOW LOW IN RUNNER-UP
Kelsey WIN HIGH LOW WIN WIN LOW OUT FAN FAVORITE
Shane LOW IN IN HIGH WIN OUT
Jennifer IN IN LOW LOW OUT
Nipa LOW LOW LOW OUT
Jeffrey HIGH LOW OUT
Kevin IN OUT
Cory OUT

^Note 1 : No winner was announced for the Mini Challenge.
^Note 2 : There was no Mini Challenge in this episode.
^Note 3 : No one was eliminated in this episode.

     (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.
     (FAN FAVORITE) The contestant was voted the Fan Favorite for the competition in an online poll.
     (WIN) The contestant won that episode's Elimination Challenge.
     (HIGH) The contestant was one of the Selection Committee's favorites for that week, but did not win the Elimination Challenge.
     (IN) The contestant was neither the Selection Committee's favorite nor the least favorite. They were not up for elimination.
     (LOW) The contestant was one of the Selection Committee's least favorites for that week, but was not in the Bottom 2.
     (LOW) The contestant was one of the Selection Committee's least favorites for that week and was in the Bottom 2, but was not eliminated.
     (OUT) The contestant was the Selection Committee's least favorite for that week, and was eliminated.

Episode summaries

Week One: Star Quality

Week Two: FN Star On the Go

Week Three: You. . . In a Jar

Week Four: Being an Expert

Week Five: Enticing and Easy with Bon Appétit

Week Six: Into the Studio

Week Seven: Vegas Throwdown

Week Eight: Ultimate Vegas

Week Nine: Finale

Early announcement of winner

Food Network made an error on July 24, 2008, in which the winner, Aaron McCargo, Jr., was inadvertently revealed on the show's website.[12] His profile on the site, videos of his winning moment and of the production of his series, Big Daddy's House were available for viewing.[10] When you visited the runners'-up profiles, their exit interviews and failed pilots were also available.[8][9]

Footnotes

References

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