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
