por evette, con amor

i was sitting on a jet plane when episode 4 of "the next food network star" aired tonight, so i haven't had a chance to see the stressful events and challenges that unfolded tonight among the six that remained. however, i do know the episode did end in the elimination of our beloved evette. better known to us in the green room as sofrito, evette brought so much laughter to all of us with her "tell-it-like-it-is" candor and ebullience. beth has a couple parting words for our latin mama:

after the fourth crazy episode of "the next food network star," our loveable evette rodriguez (aka sofrito) was sadly eliminated. after winning "the next food network star" web vote, evette came to the challenge with many admirers. soon after meeting her, i quickly became one of them.

not only is evette a mother of four and a grandmother, she is also one of those people who warms every single room she enters. of all the finalists, i never imagined evette and i would form such a bond, but i have to admit, there were many grueling days when i couldn't have imagined having anyone else in this world by my side. out of the many strengths of this beautiful woman, she has this amazing ability to look at the world as if she's seeing things for the first time. she finds great pleaure and excitement in the smallest of things - things that the rest of us take for granted.

regardless of the outcome with this adventure, i know evette is going to go on to do great things in the culinary world. she's a force to be reckoned with - stay tuned for more to come from this hot mama!

cheers to that. evette, i know you went out in nothing but style baby. you should be incredibly proud of yourself.

Comments

[Tracy]

With Evette, I think we are seeing the last really unique candidate out of the running. I was pulling for you, Jess, or Evette because I think there is a lack of an ethnic perspective on Food Network. Also, Beth was focused on lower fat cooking, which is also lacking on FN. It seems that the real criticism that the judges had of Evette was that they felt her original recipes lacked something. Those appetizers sounded like they would be yummy to me. Anyway, I'm anxious to see what will happen next!