Kelsey's a bride, but not a star
It was a good news/bad news weekend for Kelsey Nixon.
The bad news was that Nixon, a 23-year-old North Ogden native and one-time intern for The Salt Lake Tribune's food section, was booted from the competition on "The Next Food Network Star," which aired Sunday on the cable channel. (If you missed it, the rerun is on Thursday.)
Nixon came up short among the four finalists in a cooking challenge inspired by chef Bobby Flay's program "Throwdown," in which two chefs go head-to-head cooking their own and their opponent's signature dishes. The judges thought Nixon's chicken parmigiana and pork tenderloin were too dainty and high-end, considering her frequent emphasis on back-to-basics cooking.
The good news for Nixon came Friday, when she and fiance Robby Egan got married in the Bountiful Temple. Among the guests at the reception: Aaron McCargo, the New Jersey chef who pummeled Kelsey in the "Throwdown" challenge. (That's him with the happy couple, photographed by the groom's uncle Rick, a Tribune photographer.)
The bad news was that Nixon, a 23-year-old North Ogden native and one-time intern for The Salt Lake Tribune's food section, was booted from the competition on "The Next Food Network Star," which aired Sunday on the cable channel. (If you missed it, the rerun is on Thursday.)
Nixon came up short among the four finalists in a cooking challenge inspired by chef Bobby Flay's program "Throwdown," in which two chefs go head-to-head cooking their own and their opponent's signature dishes. The judges thought Nixon's chicken parmigiana and pork tenderloin were too dainty and high-end, considering her frequent emphasis on back-to-basics cooking.The good news for Nixon came Friday, when she and fiance Robby Egan got married in the Bountiful Temple. Among the guests at the reception: Aaron McCargo, the New Jersey chef who pummeled Kelsey in the "Throwdown" challenge. (That's him with the happy couple, photographed by the groom's uncle Rick, a Tribune photographer.)
Labels: Kelsey Nixon, Reality show
posted by Sean P. Means @ 7:16 AM |
5 Comments:
I loved Kelsey on the show! I totally thought she would be able to do great having her own show. I am not liking watching the show without her on it. I HATE Lisa - if she wins I will never watch Food Network again, I think that Aaron would not be a good host of a show and I think Adam is just too goofy!
Aaron's looking pretty good in that photo. I'm suddenly feeling pretty confident that he is going to turn out to be our winner.
If I learned anything in culinary school, it was to be sure to let everyone know I went to culinary school every chance I got.
Kelsey proved to be a good chef but she drove me crazy with her perkiness. Too much already. She came off like a high school kid, really trying way too hard! May be good for Provo but the real world would be laughing too much to pay attention to the cooking, if they didn't change the channel. Martha even said she could watch her, just didn't know for how long. Nope. She just never came across as an adult in charge. Just a kid trying too hard.
I am a fan. I enjoyed watching Kelsey cook and I found myself wanting to cook along with you. I loved your energy and I felt like you really knew what you were talking about. I look forward to watching your show someday. Best of luck :)
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