'Worst' cook not quite good enough
Vinnie Caligiuri of Jenkintown is a runner-up on the latest "Worst Cooks in America."
'Worst' cook not quite good enough
Michael Klein, Philly.com
Ah, he was bad - all right - but in the end, he was not good enough.
Vinnie Caligiuri of Jenkintown submitted himself to the Food Network reality show Worst Cooks in America. Under the tutelage of Bobby Flay, Caligiuri improved dramatically.
But on Sunday night's finale, rival chef Anne Burrell and her protege Kelli Powers of Valley Village, Calif., were declared the winner by judges Marcus Samuelsson, Susan Feniger, and David Burke.
Caliguiri's three-course meal was yellow-tail tartare with bacon tangerine dressing and toasted fennel crostini; squab marsala with broccoli rabe risotto, and pistachio creme brulee topped with berries.
Powers, who won $25,000, prepared sweet potato crab cannelloni; porterhouse steak with roasted cauliflower and poached egg, and apple crostada with caramel sauce and apple chips.
Caligiuri, a mortgage broker and former radio yakker known as Vinnie the Crumb, got a cooking set.
This is the second Worst Cooks to see a Philadelphia finish No. 2. In the show's first season, Jenny Cross of South Philly finished out of the money.
Vinnie, I was rooting for ya. Still had to be pretty cool learning from Bobby Flay. You did good!— ea517- Vinnie was CLEARLY the better cook and should have won, but he was a white guy up against someone with two attributes he wasn't; female and minority. In the end, PC won out again.— SmercIsAConman
- Was totally rooting for Vinnie. He was better I thought too. His dessert was 2 out of 3 where as all Kelli's apps were off. I think Anne is paying off judges.— scargosun
