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The Food Network Star is a popular cooking reality show that first aired in the year 2005. The show, starring renowned chefs Bobby Flay and Giada De Laurentiis, and Food Network executive Bob Tuschman, aims to find the next big celebrity chef. Each season of the show starts with an open call, where thousands of aspiring chefs and cooks come to showcase their cooking skills, on-air presence, and charisma. The selected contestants then participate in a series of challenges that test their culinary abilities and ability to present themselves on-camera.

The challenges vary from simple tasks, such as creating a dish using a particular ingredient, to more complex challenges like hosting their cooking show. The contestants are judged based on the taste, presentation, creativity of their dishes, as well as their screen presence, likability, and overall personal brand, by the judging panel which includes Bobby Flay, Giada De Laurentiis, and Bob Tuschman.

As the season progresses, contestants are eliminated based on their performance in the challenges, until the final few contestants are left. The winner is chosen in the finale, where they are given an opportunity to create and host their own food show on the Food Network.

Apart from the challenges, the show also includes other exciting segments, such as behind-the-scenes footage of the contestants

Food Network Star is a series that ran for 15 seasons (148 episodes) between June 5, 2005 and on Food Network