Next week, 10 kid cooks from around the country are set to battle it out during the first installment of Food Network Star Kids — and Tampa has someone to root for.
Food Network Star Kids, hosted by actress-turned-food-celeb Tia Mowry and TV personality and food writer Donal Skehan, will debut at 8 p.m. Monday. The new show will follow the finalists, including 9-year-old Gracie Evans of Tampa, as they battle it out in culinary, on-camera and social media competitions throughout six episodes for their own series on FoodNetwork.com.
The premiere episode will have the cooks (ranging from ages 9 to 13) creating a live 30-second audition video and preparing a dish that showcases their "food personality," plus a Snapchat cooking tip. Mentors Mowry and Skehan will then send home three finalists based on their plates.
Tune in to catch Evans's culinary creativity in the kitchen.
This article appears in Aug 18-25, 2016.