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This just in from the world of “NO DUH” – Tom from Next Food Network star will be getting his own show too. Here’s a snippet from today’s Food Network press release:
In additional news about The Next Food Network Star, Food Network is excited to announce that runner – up Tom Pizzica will host the new primetime series Outrageous Food, premiering November 2010. Production begins today for this traveling food show featuring out – of – this – world eats.
Congratulations, Tom! Welcome to the FNH family. We look forward to gently poking fun at you as frequently as possible. Honestly, we’re not exactly sure what “out of this world” eats are, but in typical Food Network fashion, it sounds corny as hell. We can only imagine the show will look something like this:
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Another traveling food show: How incredibly creative!
I like Tom – and it’s gotta be WAAAAAY better than DDD. I just cringed when they compared him to Mr. Triple-douche, who has an IQ one point higher than an eggplant and the most atrocious table manners ever – NONE.
Aww, don’t be mean to eggplants!
If I’m not mistaken, “Outrageous Food” is produced by the same company that makes DDD, Page Productions. They did a test show with Aaron “Big Daddy” McMushMouth Jr. a few months ago that was just horrible.
Tom will rock it.
:-D
Oh, yeah! I saw the pilot with Aaron — it WAS horrible. I think Tom will be a good host for it. :)
Please shower though, Tom, and trim the hair a bit.
God, yes. The hair!
Oooh! I hope somebody Herb on suicide watch!
And Aria too. In the Cooking Channel show after she got eliminated she told Adam and Kelsey (sp?) how they gave her hope that she could get a show even if she lost NFNS. Sorry Aria–there are finite opportunities for also-rans.
First of all, they have runner-ups now? Why Tom and not Herb?
So I guess if you win, you get a show of your own creation, but any shmo finalist will still get a show on FN.
I a kind of upset that Herb isn’t getting his own show. I do like Aarti and I like that she won but I do wish that Herb would get his own show before Tom.
Wow. Cant believe that FN actually gives people their own shows even if they didn’t win FNS. To be honest, Tom might be a ok host, but I dont think he’s a good cook.
They’re like “Oh congratulations! You win your own show! Let’s give every contestant their own show! That will be great!”
I’d watch a Tom show. My only concern is that the selection committee compared him to Guy Doushietti and that could be the death knell. Let’s hope he remains true to himself and kicks Arti Farti’s ass.
Who wants to start a Valium collection for Herb?
You will see that the next to get a show will be Brad – it is pretty clear that all the selection committee wanted to have a piece of him….
Anybody notice that Tom gets a primetime slot, whereas Aarti is relegated to Sunday afternoons?
Next Food Network Star indeed…
Yes, I noticed that too. sort of snarky on FN’s part isn’t it? After all Aaarti was their big winner but tom get’s the more prestigeous time slot. Maybe the Aarti victory was an unstoppable trainwreck that FN couldn’t figure out how to stop and in the end weren’t really as much behind Aarti as they were previously
Well, think about who’s watching on weeknight evenings. Lots of single dudes who will relate to Tom more than Faarti.
Lots of folks DVR and watch at their convenience. ;)
DVRs won’t make up the difference in the number viewers between airing in Primetime and Weekend mornings. I’m sure there were plenty of arguments going on behind the scenes.
How long until Dzintra gets a show, too? Please say by the end of the week. Please? I promise to watch The Great Food Truck Race if she, say, gets to host Food Network Challenge.
Robert, I so hope you’re kidding. Dzintra with a show would be way too painful to watch. We already have Aunt Sandy for the crazy factor.
Yeah, that was sarcasm to the max.
But the twirling would add an extra challenge. First the competitors have to move the cake to the table. Then Dzintra gets set free from her cage and twirls into the table. If the cake is still standing, it gets judged; if not, the competitor is eliminated. Bonus points are awarded to the competitor if Dzintra gets the cake in her eye.
Frankly, the way the network is going, I’d love wall to wall Aunt Sandys. Then I’d have something to laugh at consistently.
Har! I loved her. Loved her.
Tom just needs a little “Manscaping” and lose the flannel shirts.
Screw Tom, Aarti, Dzintra, and the rest of these toolbags. How long until FNH gets their own show? I want to watch you guys as you watch and make fun of old Food Network shows. IT WOULD BE EPIC.
Hear, hear!
God they are so predictable. They should pull Fieri from “Diners” and give that to Tom, but they won’t.
Totally agree, Daria. But I am glad he’s getting primetime rather than a crappy Sunday morning slot. ;)
I thought they might when I first saw this. Who knows how big Fieri’s ego at this point?
Yes! I was wondering where I would get my man boobs fix. Booby Flay is looking a little thin these days and Ferry’s shirts just ain’t tight enough.
LMAO!!!! Moobs are sexy, I agree.
Even though I knew Aarti was going to win, I told someone that Tom wouldn’t win because they needed him to be a runner up so he could host one of those “Unwrapped” type of shows.
The winner always gets a ‘cooking’ show and you know the FN had plans for Tom to be on the network, but didn’t want him in a cooking role, which is why they brought him to the end, but didn’t give him the final prize.
They’re even running out of food porn ideas. How outrageous.
The bottom line is this: The Next Food Network Star is a talent search for the network. The fact that they make a program out of it is secondary. Unfortunately, the program has become so boring as to be unwatchable. Perhaps I’ve been tainted by Top Chef, but the “challenges” of NFNS are just dumb.
I was actually happy to hear Susie proclaim in the first episode that one of the criteria for the winner was “marketability”. She made it clear, up front, that the winner needed to be a “brandable” cash cow. For as much as I may disagree with that attitude, it is, none the less, the honest truth.
Now Tom will go by the way of Kelsey Nixon and Adam Gertler. Hosts for “reality shows”.
The only comment I have to this logic is that Ed Cotton, who lost Top Chef, ended up as Cat Cora’s chef on Iron Chef America, and the Top Chef master finalists as judges on TNFNS. I think that they’re doing a little bit of trading… or, well, Top Chef is giving away its losers….
It makes sense, though. NFNS seems to be geared towards finding someone for their In the Kitchen block on weekend afternoons with the intention of putting them into daytime weekday slots once they have enough episodes aired. Aarti, I feel, is TV ready for that, and has a more distinct “food point of view” than Tom for a cooking demonstration show. Tom’s show would not have been terribly different focuswise than those of the last two men to win NFNS (even though I find him infinitely better than Aaron McCargo and much less abrasive / douchey than Guy Fieri.)
I said basically the same thing (a few posts up). It is true that the NFNS is more about finding “time slot fillers” rather than actual “stars”.
The runner ups are so much better, which is why they don’t win. They’ve got too much personality for the hum-drum / daytime shows they’re competing for.
Good point there.
Tom looks like the bastard child of Ann Burrel and Guy Fieri.
I BEG YOUR PARDON! Ann Burrell is great and I’m sure she would NEVER bed down with Upchuck Fierri. She just appears with him when ordered to do so I am sure. What a disgusting thought. Ann Burrell makes noises when she cooks but is funny and a real talent. No comment needs to be made on Douchy.
You’re right. Its like the hosts of “The Worst Cooks in America” had bastard-child Tom. Guy looked on jealously while they were making the beast with two backs…..
GO TOM! All of you need to get lives and stop bringing down other people just because you’re not successful. Tom is one of the most amazing, personable, hilarious, and talented people and deserves everything that is coming his way! Proud of you Tom!
Um, no one is “bringing Tom down.” Sure, it looks like the dude could use a haircut and some Axe body wash, but I think the overwhelming consensus is that we’d all rather see him with a show and as the winner instead of Aarti Faarti.
Not me. I don’t have a knife sharp enough to cut his Bacon Shoe Leather filet, thanks.
Have you even read this site on a regular basis? Tom is fairly well-liked. This site is all about “satire,” and is not a cheerleading forum for the Food Network.
My comment was to Go TOM!! Funny timing on the posting there….. ;)
Who are you? Next time you decide to grace us, please do your research.
Tom’s mama and papa?
Seriously, though, peruse the site more carefully next time. I think that many here like Tom and would prefer him as the winner over Aarti. And, others would not. I didn’t greatly care for Tom at first, but as the weeks progressed I mostly came to like him. Which doesn’t mean he’s completely above criticism, of course.
I find it funny that in all those pics they had on the wall, only one of them was a former NFNS alum. Anyone remember the chick that won a few years ago and her runner up was so mad she just left the stage. You never heard from her again after her first show. Only thing I can hope is that Aarti totally knocks Melissa “horse teeth” D’Arabian off the network completely.
“gently”… lol
hahaha I laughed at that, too.
Actually it works out for Tom. He most likely will have a nightime show. I would watch this more. I never watch the daytime shows during the week. I certainly do not spend my weekends watching the shows either.
I will look up a recipe and see what host has the better one. It really did not matter who won, I do not watch them. I DVR the ones I like and watch them at a later time. I still have not watched the finale, but it should be even more fun since the outcome was predicted.
Yes, primetime means night time. ;)
Am I the only one who takes offense to the concept that Food Network needs to plant some token “ethnic” folks in the hopes of attracting “minority” audiences?
Speaking as a minority myself, I’m more apt to tune into a show that doesn’t dumb down the cuisines of my/others’ heritage instead of one that does (I’m looking at you, Neely’s!). Sadly, Aarti’s show is going to be one of those that I think erroneously assumes that people other than Indian are going to feel like they’re being cosmopolitan by going to the ethnic foods aisle of their local grocery store and getting some cumin and coriander to mix in their yogurt based marinade, since it is so “unique and original.” GAG me, please.
I haven’t checked out the Indian cooking show on the Cooking Channel, but I will now. Lord knows I’m not tuning into that hot mess of Aarti’s. And can Food Network bring on some folks who can appeal to a broad range of people regardless of trying to fill a demographic niche?!!! Or is that too much to ask?
Amen to that!
However, I don’t necessarily see anything wrong with a niche show. I am really big in to cooking and food, but don’t know much about Indian cuisine at all. I would view her show as “Indian 101″. I think she’ll do a great job at showing beginners how to incorporate Indian flavors into American foods. That being said, I find the concept of her show much more refreshing than most. Aaron McCargo, The Neeleys, Paula Deen, and Rachael Ray are simply putting standard American fare out there. I do not need another recipe for cornbread, but perhaps I’d like to learn more about naan.
Sometimes, I would like to watch a more in-depth show, like “America’s Test Kitchen” or anything hosted by Lidia Bastianich. However, there are times when a beginner’s show is in order. We can all hold Julia up as the high standard, but let’s face it – when someone out there actually tried to make all of her recipes, a movie was made!
I think it’s obvious from FN’s offerings that they’re catering to young adults who don’t know a whisk from a wooden spoon. If the shows are taken in that context, they’re much less condescending. Plus, the reality format has proven tried and true. Unfortunately for all of us, reality isn’t as unique as we all think. There are human story lines that, once played, are played out.
I swear I just called EXACTLY THIS in my comment on the previous post:
“My personal opinion is that NFNS is not a contest for the winner – it’s a contest for 2nd place, because 1st place has already been determined. 2nd place is ALWAYS people’s choice, in just about EVERY reality show. People outraged by Aarti’s “win” will tune in to watch Tom or Herb in droves – that’s where the money is.”
Awesome.
YEAH! He was my favorite outta the final 3. I have a few things to point out. FIRST did anyone relize that the cooking shows the morning of the FINAL NFS all featured Indian flavors? Also, why is there a canadian flag on the Golden Arches in the last pic in this post? Is he Canadian?
He’s not Canadian.
Good for him. I came to like him more and more as the season progressed, though I still hate the whole “Big Chef” shtick. I also hope he takes an industrial-strength weed-whacker to his hair. Get that briar patch under control! I’m sure the small woodland creatures which have taken up residence in there can be relocated in a humane fashion.
I think Tom will unfortunately fall into an Adam Gertler like relevancy. I don’t think FN will care enough about his show. On a side note, imagine how pissed Herb is right now. He and Tom didn’t win but Tom gets his own show?!
Susie or Tushy will line up something for Herb. It may be a gig as their private thong-uniformed chef, but hey, a check is a check. Those two were smitten by old Herb.
“….private thong-uniformed chef….” LOL!!! You ARE a minx! ;)
You folks have it all wrong… if Tom is halfway successful in his new show, chances are Guy will have to make room in his douche suitcase to pack up his douche show.
I like this dude. Would love to roll a fattie and blaze the day away. Prolly the first NFNS contestant that I’ve actually found likeable.
I like Tom, I’m happy for the guy, but he’s going to be saddled with a lame-ass show concept. I hope he can elevate the stupid concept, but we all know the world doesn’t need more traveling food shows.
It’s going to get to the point where he’s in a Taco Bueno kitchen hyping up cheesecake chimichangas because every other “unique” place has been profiled by 14 shows.
I dunno Scruffy. Those traveling food shows are popular. And if I were Tom, I’d git on the most popular ride at the fair, if I wanted to start off a Food TV career with the biggest bang.
Good point, Lana. He could turn out more popular than the official winner. So long as he doesn’t turn into a Guy clone, I may watch him.
Remember, Tom, acting your age is a *good* thing. A lesson Ferry has yet to learn.
I saw the preview for Aarti’s show today. I can’t believe they let her keep her keep the name “Aarti Paarti”. What the hell? And I love how obvious they made it that they’ve been filming for a while now. But she sure got the shit end of the stick. Tom gets to travel and gets a prime time slot. I’m sure a lot of people don’t consider traveling a bonus, but it seems nicer than going to the same stage kitchen to do everything. I feel bad for Herb, to be honest. He didn’t get jack. Seems like a very nice guy, but he needed too much polishing.
As annoying as Herb was, I do feel a little bad for him. Tom gets a show, but he doesn’t? And honestly, Herb was much better in the finale than Aarti was.
I’m not surprised about this. I’m surprised Herb isn’t getting one as well. Wasn’t really fond of him but thought he did a good job on the finale.
The only reason they chose Aarti is to be politically correct. The have a bunch of African Americans, Latins, Latinos, (no offense to Herb) and anything else. They don’t have anyone good from the middle east so they chose her. It’s pretty obvious. Most people would rather watch Tom, and I’m glad he got a show anyway cause even though I like Guy, he gets old. Tom will hopefully pull this off and make it really good.
And I do also feel bad for Herb. He should’ve gotten closer. I think Aarti should’ve lost, Tom should’ve gotten to travel show (he’s a bigger personality than just sitting in front of cameras cooking) and Herb should’ve gotten the Sunday program. Herb has a really amazing life story, how he became a personal trainer after being an obese child. Nobody wants to watch a fat Indian lady with a British accent and a flower in her hair use curry in a different fashion every week. That’s just me…
“Nobody wants to watch a fat Indian lady with a British accent and a flower in her hair use curry in a different fashion every week”
yeah, all she made was curry every week, I completely agree!
Tom should have won NFNS, but this is a much better prize anyway.
I’m sure that “Out-of-this-World food” is code for “Dude, I am sooooooo baked I could eat Stove Top stuffing mix right out the box!”
Glad for Tom. IF Aarti’s farty party can bring some exotic touches to food (other than cumin or coriander) – I will watch. I’ve got the DVR set to record the first show. I enjoyed how NFNS edited the finale to make it appear Aarti is now brimming with confidence (I think I can – I think I can!!) – Bullshit – she will last a season & fizzle. While Herb was competent (at times) – he lacked anything NEW to build a show on. However – there’s no telling how inventively FN will screw up Tom’s show.
Tom deserved a show that didnt send him all over like a traveling monkey. Aarti should have been sent home week 2.
I’d watch a Tom show, so long as FN doesn’t try and turn him into Guy Fieri Jr.
This will probably happen anyway.
I predict Herb will show up on “Chefs Vs. City” with some other FN loser.
He just might be able to outrun Chris Cosentino.
After watching that video of Aarti Paarti posted above, I see why she was a lock from the start – she’s “Camera Ready”. And brandable, that’s what it’s all about.
I’m glad that Tom ended up with something; even if this show isn’t completely successful, he’ll probably be kept around for other short-run food entertainment shows, which means he can gain exposure and turn the focus in his off-tv life to his food and become successful on both ends. Hopefully Tushleson realize their huge mistake and help Brad get a show on the Cooking Channel since he means business. :)
It really bugs me that the title of Aarti’s show is “Aarti Paarti” instead of “Aarti’s Paarti.”
ME TOO. ugh.
so what do they plan to do with guy fieri? Do you think they will dye Tom’s hair? Will guy finally go to hell? Can we now punch guy?
Well, after Aarti’s CNN interview the jig was up. She previously had a self-produced on camera cooking show that had to be timed out. How hard was TNFNS?
Sorry to say I have seen more outrageous food on episodes of Bizarre Food, and No Reservations. I wonder why all the hate for Guy Fieri. Tom is a horrible host. Nice guy but zero talent.