Line #279 Characters/TheNextFoodNetworkStar


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3	[[folder:Judges and Mentors]]
4
5	!! Bobby Flay
6	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bobbert_flaymon_5466.jpg
7	----
8	* BigApplesauce
9	* FieryRedhead
10	* TheKirk
11	* HiddenHeartOfGold: He's harsh with the contestants, but it's because he sincerely wants to push them to do their best work.
12	* SelfMadeMan: Bobby came from a hard-scrabble existence in a rough neighborhood of the Bronx, dropped out of high school, and fell in with a bad crowd, by his own admission. But then he got a job at a restaurant and realized he loved it. He finally had a long-term goal, and he began working hard to become the best chef and entrepreneur he could be. He built himself up into the celebrity chef he is today through Horatio Alger-style hard work. Quite admirable.
13	* SternTeacher
14
15	!! Creator/GiadaDeLaurentiis
16	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/giada_delores_3539.jpg
17	----
18	* ButNowIMustGo: In Season 6 she's brought aboard as a mentor to the contestants during the Los Angeles portion of the season; when the contestants go to New York for the final leg of the journey, Giada wishes them good luck and encourages them to remember everything they've learned.
19	* CoolTeacher
20	* TheMcCoy
21	* PerpetualSmiler
22	* TeamMom
23
24	!! [[Series/GoodEats Alton Brown]]
25	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alton_brownish_4642.jpg
26	----
27	* DeadpanSnarker
28	* FormerlyFat: Alton describes himself this way and it becomes important in Season 8 when he goes to bat for the also-FormerlyFat Judson and expresses how a lot of people could relate to Judson's story.
29	* TheSpock
30	* SternTeacher: But still a...
31	** CoolTeacher: Oh yes.
32
33	'''Bob Tuschman'''
34
35	'''Susie Fogleson'''
36
37	[[/folder]]
38
39	'''Contestants:'''
40
41	[[folder:Season 1]]
42
43	[[/folder]]
44
45	[[folder:Season 2]]
46
47	!!Guy Fieri
48
49	* TotallyRadical
50
51	[[/folder]]
52
53	[[folder:Season 3]]
54
55	[[/folder]]
56
57	[[folder:Season 4]]
58
59	!! Aaron [=McCargo=] Jr.
60	* FullNameBasis: It's hard ''not'' to say it as such.
61
62	!! Adam Gertler
63	* TheRunnerUpTakesItAll
64
65	[[/folder]]
66
67	[[folder:Season 5]]
68
69	!! Mellissa d'Arabian
70	* HouseWife: And proud.
71
72	!! Jeffrey Saad
73	* CoolOldGuy: Not that old but still qualifies.
74	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Crepes, he even ends up making them in ''Chopped All Stars''.
75
76	[[/folder]]
77
78	[[folder:Season 6]]
79	!!Aarti Sequeira
80	* ButNotTooForeign: Once she got her show, ExecutiveMeddling chenged what she may have actually wanted to do.
81	* NiceGirl
82
83	!!Herb Mesa
84
85	* ButNotTooForeign: Averted. With Herb, they wanted him to act ''more'' foreign.
86	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Though it always seems the people who don't win disappear, the winner and the other runner up, Aarti and Tom, both got their own shows, while Herb was just as good a cook.
87	* LovableJock: He is very muscular, and a personal trainer, though he can hardly stand being separated from his familt for so long.
88	* NiceGuy
89
90	!!Tom Pizzica
91	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tom_pizzica_got_his_own_show_called_outrageous_food_where_he_dares_people_to_eat_a_whole_buncha_crap_3613.jpg
92	----
93	* BreakoutCharacter: He's definitely a character, which is likely why they tried to get him his own spin-off. Didn't quite work out too well, though.
94	* TheRunnerUpTakesItAll: Open to interpretation on whether or not this was attempted. Aarti's show was still more of a success.
95
96	!!Brianna Jenkins
97	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brianna_jenkers_9608.PNG
98	----
99	* MaleGaze: She tries to aim at a sort of seductive style. And yes, she does succeed.
100
101	[[/folder]]
102
103	[[folder:Season 7]]
104
105	!! Jeff Mauro
106	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_sandwich_king_of_sandwiches_5164.jpg
107	----
108	* DeadpanSnarker: And a former comedian.
109	* EnsembleDarkhorse: In-series and out. [[invoked]]
110	* LovedByAll: No one had a bad thing to say about him, Penny included.
111	* NiceGuy
112
113	!! Penny Davidi
114	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/penny_davidi_clevy_8617.png
115	[[caption-width:131:I am a couger.]]
116	----
117	* AlphaBitch
118	* TheBully
119	* InsufferableGenius: With '''GREAT''' emphasis on insufferable. Her food is alright, but it's her personality.
120	* MrsRobinson
121	* TheScrappy: A pretty blatant example. Take a look at [[YMMV/TheNextFoodNetworkStar the YMMV page]], she's got quite a big section. [[invoked]]
122
123	!!Vic "Vegas" Moea
124	* GentleGiant: He's extremely muscular, shaved, and covered in tattoos, but he's one of the nicest contestants.
125	* MommasBoy: The proposed title for his show.
126	** EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Though he's not actually a bad boy. He might look like one, though.
127	* RealMenWearPink
128	* TeamSwitzerland
129
130	!!Mary Beth Albright
131	* ArchEnemy: Her and Penny.
132	* DeadpanSnarker
133	* SitcomArchnemesis: Also to Penny.
134
135	[[/folder]]
136
137	[[folder:Season 8]]
138	'''Notable Team Alton Members:'''
139
140	!! Emily Ellyn
141	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/emilllllllllly_elllllyn_8993.jpg
142	----
143	* AlliterativeName
144	* CatchPhrase: "Retro Rad", she said it about five times during her first producer challenge.
145	* TheFabulousFifties
146	* GenkiGirl
147
148	!! Justin Warner
149	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/justinwimbly_8948.jpg
150	----
151	* {{Hipster}}: He is called this by the judges.
152	* LikeASonToMe: He seemingly is this to Alton which leads to...
153	** LikeFatherLikeSon: The judges love to compare them.
154	* RunningGag: The constant question of whether or not he uses lipstick. He has stated that he doesn't, and that his lip color is from the frequent use of Burt's Bees[[note]]This was said outside of the series[[/note]].
155	!! Martie Duncan
156	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/martie_duncan_from_the_food_newtrok_1497.jpg
157	----
158	* CoolOldLady: She seems to think of herself as this, but she is not all that old.
159	* CordonBleughChef: Her food never looks all too appealing, but it doesn't seem to taste too horrible. She also has had a number of dishes that weren't well liked.
160	* {{Expy}}: She is basically a cross between Paula Dean and the Pioneer Woman -- who cannot cook all too well.
161	* MotorMouth: She just talks, and talks, and talks, to the detriment of her team.
162	* NotQuiteSavedEnough: The judges decide to let her make a pilot rather than eliminate her in the penultimate episode, only for her to be the lowest scoring contestant in the national poll. Also a notable subversion of CreatorsPet, since despite her being put through she still didn't win. [[invoked]]
163	* SouthernBelle
164
165	!! Judson Allen
166	* BlackAndNerdy
167	* FormerlyFat
168
169	'''Notable Team Giada Members:'''
170
171	!! Ippy Aiona
172	* NiceGuy
173	* TheStoic: He often gets criticized by the judges for it.
174
175	!! Martita Jara
176	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/martita_knows_spanish_5054.jpg
177	----
178	* GratuitousSpanish: Justified.
179	* NotQuiteDead: She's brought back for a second chance in Season 12, but once again fails to deliver.
180	* SpicyLatina
181
182	!! Yvan Lemoine
183	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yvan_le_fondon_6583.jpg
184	----
185	* GratuitousSpanish: Also justified, he mostly only does this when talking to [[SpicyLatina Martita.]]
186	* {{Keet}}
187	* NiceGuy
188
189	'''Notable Team Bobby Members:'''
190
191	!! Malcolm Mitchell
192	* AlliterativeName
193	* DreadlockRasta
194	* TheQuietOne: He is much more quiet in comparison to the rest of his team. It makes him somewhat mysterious.
195
196	!! Michele Ragussis
197	* BrooklynRage
198	* ButchLesbian: Acts like this despite not being confirmed to be gay.
199	* DistaffCounterpart: Of Guy Fieri, which gets lampshaded by him.
200
201	!! Nikki Martin
202	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nikki_martim_is_a_jerl_3914.jpg
203	----
204	* See [[Creator/NikkiMartin here]].
205	[[/folder]]
206
207	[[folder:Season 9]]
208	!!Viet Pham
209	* AsianAndNerdy
210
211	!!Lovely Jackson
212	* LethalChef: The mini-arc in episode four concerning the rise and fall of her "doughnuts" made from store bought pizza dough which she's rolled into super-dense wads and deep fried before dunking in cinnamon and sugar certainly made her seem this way. ''Nobody'' thought this was a good idea except for her. And she looked completely baffled and shattered when told by the judges that ''everyone'' found them inedible.
213	* SassyBlackWoman: While she's generally very nice, she can shift into this when necessary.
214
215	!!Damaris Phillips
216	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
217	* TheDitz
218
219	!!Danushka Lysek
220	* BrainlessBeauty: Definitely brainless most of the time, and she was a formal model.
221	* TheBully: Not afraid to share her opinion on the other contestants behind their backs. Nikki might be her most common victim.
222	* DumbBlonde
223	* FemmeFatale: She joked in one episode that to attract people to her burger stand she would take off her shirt and hope they like what they see.
224	* HatedByAll: In the first episode, her dial drops faster than anybody else's to begin with. In the second, she only attracts two people out of one hundred to her burger stand.
225	* SimpletonVoice
226	* SitcomArchNemesis: Seemed to have been heading that way with Nikki.
227
228	!!Nikki Dinki
229	* GenkiGirl
230	* SitcomArchNemesis: Focus seemed to be going this way in episode two, but Danushka's early elimination in episode three didn't allow for much more exploration.
231
232	!!Chris Hodgson
233	* TheGenericGuy
234	** HiddenDepths: opens up in episode three by acknowledging that he used to be a drug addict but was saved by cooking.
235
236	!!Rodney Henry
237	[[/folder]]
238
239	[[folder:Season 10]]
240
241	[[/folder]]
242
243	[[folder:Season 11]]
244	!!Matthew Grunwald
245	* {{Hypocrite}}: In the first episode, he's very quick to deal out criticisms of his contestants' first impressions. His turns out to be probably the most awkward of all of them.
246	* {{Jerkass}}: Constantly talking about how he's a better chef than all the other contestants and disregards the judges advice. This behavior ultimately proves to be the deciding factor in his quick elimination.
247	* LargeHam: Seems as if he's trying to open his mouth as wide as he can when he talks.
248	* SmugSnake: Believed himself to be the best of the contestants, and while he was admittedly a good cook, this attitude is what ultimately costed him. When the deciding vote between the judges was 2 to 1 in favor of eliminating Sita, Matthew's smug smile is what changed Giada's mind and sent him home.
249
250	!!Dominick "Dom" Tesoreiri
251	* NotQuiteDead: Wins his way through ''Star Salvation'' and shoots a pilot for the finale. After he doesn't get it, he battles it out with other former contestants to get a spot in season 12's lineup, but barely loses to Martita.
252
253	!!Eddie Jackson
254	* LovableJock: Former college football player turned professional chef and ''Food Network Star'' Season 11 winner.
255
256	[[/folder]]
257
258	[[folder:Season 12]]
259	!!Yaku Moton-Spruill
260	* GentleGiant: According to the show's official wensite, Yaku's six feet and nine inches tall. He's also one of the nicest contestants.
261	* HugeGuyTinyGirl: The huge guy to Tregaye's tiny girl.
262	* NotQuiteDead: Returns in "Pushing for a Pilot" after winning ''Star Salvation,'' though he goes home within the same episode. For what it's worth, the judges ''do'' compliment on his improvement since he'd been cut.
263
264	!!Monterey Salka
265	* GenkiGirl
266
267	!!Rob Burmeister
268	* BigFun: One of his biggest skills is a natural ability to "bro out" onscreen.
269	* NiceGuy: Seemed really fun and nice all around.
270	** GentleGiant
271
272	!!Joy Thompson
273	* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParent: In the episode where she tries to start a rap battle.
274	-->"I just committed social suicide for my poor teenager."
275	* MotorMouth: Has a tendency to occasionally go off on a story that has little to do with what she's supposed to be talking about and never quite get back to the main point.
276
277	!!Erin Campbell
278	* BadLiar: Whenever the challenge dictates she should make something she wouldn't normally eat, she has a ''very'' hard time selling it to the judges. She even said while presenting a dish that its quality was "to be determined."
279	* BerserkButton: When Bobby comments in "Guilty Pleasure Dinner" that her chocolate chip cookie wasn't "chocolatey" enough, she's visually offended and responds by saying she's sold thousands of those cookies. Despite Bobby actually being pretty lenient on his criticism, Erin perceives it as him calling her a bad baker, which she responds to with uncharacteristic haughtiness.
280	* BreakTheCutie: Her elimination is not the easiest thing to watch. See BerserkButton above.
281	* ChristmasEpisode: First introduced on ''Holiday Baking Championship'' (she was the winner)
282	* EveryoneHatesFruitCakes: Averted. On ''Holiday Baking Championship'', the rest of the contestants rolled their eyes and groaned at the fruitcake challenge. Her reaction? "Fruitcake! Yum!"
283	* InSeriesNickname: Erin has the tendency to say the word “smidgeons” a lot, whether as a measurement or an exclamation. This caught on fairly quickly with her fellow contestants, who began to call her this.
284
285	!!Ana Quincoces
286
287	* FemmeFatale: Resorts to flirting with WebVideo/RhettAndLink during their challenge to appeal to the camera.
288	* KarmaHoudini: Ana should ''not'' be one of the final four contestants. As the others point out in "Tiki Takeover," the two women who partnered with her in past challenges were eliminated the same week. Sure enough, her partner during that particular episode, Joy, is sent home after their presentation goes poorly. Ana is not a bad cook, but she comes across so awkwardly that she ends up weighing down whoever is with her and gets by on her food alone despite being on the bottom more times than any of her fellow contestants.
289	* SitcomArchnemesis: Mostly to Tregaye, but this could apply to pretty much the entire cast. She gets into a lot of drama.
290
291	!!Damiano Carrara
292	* CharacterDevelopment: Going from an uncompromising Italian pastry chef to one of the funniest contestants in his season, Damiano goes through quite a bit of character development in his season. This is expressed by Tregaye in the episode Pushing For A Pilot, and Giada in the finale.
293	-->'''Tregaye:''' I see a huge change in Damiano from day one. He's smiling, and he's speaking with authority. I'm SO proud of him.
294	-->'''Giada:''' I would say of everybody here, I have seen tremendous growth and probably the most growth from where you started to where you ended up. And I have to tell you, I'm very, very proud.
295	* FunnyForeigner: Unlike the previous years' primarily foreign contestants, Damiano is actually a contender.
296	* MrFanservice: Hunky Italian chef with a thick accent. Can be seen several times throughout the series to be winning over female crowds rather easily.
297	* NeatFreak: One of Damiano’s most common complaints is untidiness, usually from his fellow finalists’ dishes. He’s also a self-proclaimed perfectionist, and exhibits this trait several times throughout the series.
298	* OhCrap: Can be seen making this face several times throughout "Tiki Takeover" just because he can't stand working with frozen foods.
299	* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Frozen Food?]]: Damiano specializes in fresh ingredients, which puts him on the bottom in the first challenge when he fails to do frozen foods justice.
300
301	!!Jernard Wells
302	* BigFun: Arguably the most charismatic of the contestants.
303	* CaptainObvious: Has a tendency to state things that the viewer is already well aware of. For example, the first challenge of "Guilty Pleasure Dinner" allows the contestants who describe their ideal dish the best to have first pick over the part of the dinner they get to cook.
304	-->'''Jernard:''' It's important for me to do well in this challenge so I'll get the ability to choose first.
305	* HurricaneOfEuphemisms: Being the "Chef of Love," Jernard tends to include light sexual undertones when describing his food. He actually goes too far in "Guilty Pleasure Dinner" and ends up in the bottom three.
306	* InSeriesNickname: The self proclaimed "Chef of Love."
307
308	!!Tregaye Fraser
309	* HighSchoolSweethearts: Mentions that she met her husband back in high school and they've been happily married since.
310	* HugeGuyTinyGirl: The tiny girl to Yaku's huge guy. Whenever given the chance, they partner up in challenges and consistently stay friends throughout the season. They even play around with this trope in the episode "Show Promos," where Tregaye hides behind Yaku during a presentation, only to make her entrance by stepping out from behind him.
311	* {{Jerkass}}: Can certainly come across this way. While most contestants offer a balance of positive and negative insight on each other's methods, Tregaye almost always has something harsh or arrogant to say. Throughout "Tiki Takeover," the way she gloats over the other contestants in the first challenge also gets pretty annoying.
312	* SassyBlackWoman: A pretty noticeable example.
313	* SitcomArchnemesis: To Ana. They have an ongoing feud throughout the series that really does not end until the final episode, when [[spoiler: she reveals that she enjoyed Tregaye's pilot, and she would watch her.]]
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