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Funny Business

By: Grant Dudley
The Remaining Five Finalists

FNS7 Episode 9 Evaluation

FNS7 Episode 9 Contestants Whitney Chen, Vic Vegas, Jeff Mauro, Mary Beth Albright and Susie Jimenez in Evaluation.

Photo by: Edward Chen/Creel Films ©2011, Television Food Network, G.P.

Edward Chen/Creel Films, 2011, Television Food Network, G.P.

Brevity can be a good thing. With that in mind, my overall summation of last night's show is this: They laughed, Whitney cried, she went home — and we now have our final four!

Jeff, Mary Beth, Vic or Susie: One of them is going to become Food Network's next star. If you were a betting person, who would you put your money on?
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