Food Network Star - Season 8

Food Network Star - Season 8

Season 8

Food Network Star

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. The members of each team were also announced on the Food Network website. Also this season, viewers have the opportunity to follow the show or their favorite team on Twitter.
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Episodes11
Datesmai 13, 2012 - juil. 22, 2012
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Episodes

Impossible Beginnings
Season 8Episode 160 min

Impossible Beginnings

In the premiere episode of Food Network Star, 15 hopefuls arrive in New York to compete for the ultimate dream job: to host their own show on Food Network. The finalists arrive at the Food Network kitchens to greet their team leaders, Alton Brown, Bobby Flay and Giada De Laurentiis, and meet their rivals for the first time! Special guest Robert Irvine gives the finalists their first Star Challenge: to create their very own Pop-Up restaurant from the ground up - with an extremely limited budget and very little time.
mai 13, 2012
NYC on the Go
Season 8Episode 260 min

NYC on the Go

This week's challenge is a food tour of New York! The finalists are split into three teams and will each take a busload of tourists on a tour of three different New York neighborhoods. How entertaining are they? What landmarks will they highlight? How much food knowledge do they impart? Then each finalist will have to prepare and serve a dish to the judges based on the research they do in the neighborhoods.
mai 20, 2012
Dessert Chopping Block
Season 8Episode 360 min

Dessert Chopping Block

The 13 remaining finalists meet Chopped judges Alex Guarnaschelli, Scott Conant, and Marc Murphy and are given their Star Challenge: desserts. But it's not just any dessert challenge. Each team must use a basket of ingredients to create their best sweet concoction in a head-to-head inter-team battle -- Chopped style!
mai 27, 2012
Fashion Week Food Makeover
Season 8Episode 460 min

Fashion Week Food Makeover

Bland dishes receive makeovers during New York Fashion Week. Ted Allen is a guest judge.
juin 3, 2012
Guy Live
Season 8Episode 560 min

Guy Live

The hopefuls film TV specials based on holidays or special events, with Season 2 winner Guy Fieri providing feedback.
juin 10, 2012
Iron Chef Food Court
Season 8Episode 660 min

Iron Chef Food Court

Iron Chef Geoffrey Zakarian challenges the 10 remaining hopefuls to feed 150 hungry shoppers in a food-court challenge that requires them to cook in a kiosk and incorporate a surprise mystery ingredient into their dishes.
juin 17, 2012
Meet the Press-Ure
Season 8Episode 760 min

Meet the Press-Ure

Nine hopefuls remain, and they're tested on how well they can handle themselves under pressure. First, they film their own promotional videos with no help from their producers. Then, a panel of journalists grills each of them, asking tough questions about their techniques, their personal backgrounds and the show they want to bring to the Food Network.
juin 24, 2012
Deen Family Beach Party
Season 8Episode 860 min

Deen Family Beach Party

The remaining eight go to the Miami South Beach Wine & Food Festival, where Paula Deen is hosting a summer beach party, to cook up the meal. Each chef creates a sophisticated adult dish and a kid-friendly version.
juil. 1, 2012
Deliciously Unpredictable Demos
Season 8Episode 960 min

Deliciously Unpredictable Demos

The 7 remaining contestants are challenged to do a three-minute live cooking demo at the South Beach Wine Food Festival. They must create their signature dish and demo one step of it to a live audience and the Selection Committee. There is a twist, however; each demo is set up to have some sort of problem meant to test the contestants' main weaknesses. The bottom two people will be up for elimination.
juil. 8, 2012
Pilot Greenlights
Season 8Episode 1060 min

Pilot Greenlights

The finalists star in promos; four make the cut.
juil. 15, 2012
Finale: A Star is Born
Season 8Episode 1160 min

Finale: A Star is Born

The final three are joined by their families and the winner is revealed.
juil. 22, 2012

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