Next Food Network Star

Cooking for the right reason

To all culinary students:Recently, my friend Melissa Chang shared a Chow.com article with me by San Francisco Chef Richie Nakano (@linecook) titled, “Your Signature Dish Sucks.” A bit taken aback, I initially thought she was making a not-so-subtle commentary about…

The next step

First of all, I want to thank everyone for the outpouring of support and well wishes. All of your comments helped me keep it together while getting ready for my audition to be “The Next Food Network Star.”My bad hand…

Things just got real!

My hands are literally shaking as I write this. I just got a call back from the Food Network!When I was at the casting call on Tuesday, I was nowhere as nervous as some of the other people in the…