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The Next Food Network Star finale aired Sunday evening, and ended with the crowning of 2010's champion. A trio of talented finalists, including comeback kid Tom Pizzica, consistent Aarti Sequeira and family-focused Herb Mesa, taped pilot episodes and then anxiously watched as a focus group viewed their final offerings. At hour's end, Aarti rose to the top and became the Next Food Network Star winner. Here's the play-by-play. "The Next Food Network Star" has found its new winner. Aarti Sequeira, who is known to have always-warm and upbeat personality, took home the title during Sunday, August 15 finale, beating Tom Pizzica and Herb Mesa altogether. Sequeira triumphed in the final challenge where the remaining contestants must tape a 3-minute pilot coached by the network's personality Rachael Ray. A focus group became the judge and they thought Sequeira looked comfortable talking in front of camera although she didn't look at the camera often.



Aarti Sequeira and her magical recipes have won the competition, beating fellow contestants Tom Pizzica and Herb Mesa. A focus group will take a look at each of the program, and one of them will receive their own show on the network. If the other two are good enough, the network will also likely take a look at picking up their shows. Herb Mesa used to be an overweight child, and claims that he really knows cuisine. He has had a hard time coming into his own in front of the camera, but over the course of the last few episodes he has really been able to figure out the type of show that he would like to run and hone his skills. The New Jersey native has no experience in the professional kitchen but she won the judges' affection with her bubbly personality and unique effort to fuse Indian flavors to everyday American cooking. For one, her Indian-themed proposed program, "Aarti's Paarti" would be none like the network has so far, making her a stand-out from the beginning. Sequeira is set to debut her show next week. Food Network had a bad experience with the third season winner Amy Finley who walked out of her show "The Gourmet Next Door" after just six episodes.

Tom Pizzica has a big personality in front of the camera. He has been the front-runner for most of the show to receive his own show on Food Network, and going into the final week his victory will depend on his final performance and the pilot for the show that he would like to make. Aarti Sequira, a popular food blogger, brings her Indian-style cuisine together with an American taste that has made her the favorite of many viewers. It will be interesting to see what the pilot of her episode looks like. The fact that she specializes in Indian cuisine could potentially limit her fan base. Aria Kagan, the remaining chef with Milwaukee-area connections on "The Next Food Network Star," was bounced from the reality show on Sunday night's episode. Former finalist Paul Young, now the chef at Stubby's on Humboldt Ave., appeared briefly as one of the finalists called back to assist the remaining chefs in the competition.The finalists were put through their paces in an "Iron Chef"-style competition, and were judged on both their cooking and their performance on camera. Kagan, who grew up in the Town of Erin, fell down on both, the judges decided. For her competition against finalist Tom Pizzica, the key ingredient was bacon.