Last week it was all about the Top Chef; this week it’s onto the Food Net­work ver­sion – Next Food Net­work Star.  Is any­one watch­ing this and, if so, what are your thoughts so far?

Per­son­ally, I’ve approached it with a tinge of bit­ter­ness since my fave chef blog­ger, Bren of Flan­boy­ant Eats didn’t make the final cut.  This sea­son, IMO, has had too much drama and way too much cry­ing.  How­ever, I am excited to see John Besh & Mar­cus Samuels­son as part of the din­ner party atten­dees for next week’s episode.  I have to say this much, I knew some­thing was up when I saw Mar­cus at the SOBE Food & Wine Fes­ti­val with Food Net­work peeps in attendance. 

I won­der – is he headed over to Food Net­work and depart­ing BET?