Charlise Theron , Season 9 Why Are The Young Adult actress appeared on the show to evaluate budding chefs’ kitchen abilities, but instead spent most of the time promoting her film “Snow White and the Hunts- You Here? man,” constantly trying to relate the dishes to the project. Chef insists Theron is a foodie, but Padma Your favorite actors, singers and directors do their best to be your favorite judges. They fail. Guest Judge Hell More than any other show, regularly subjects ex- tremely talented contestants to the Tina Fey, Writer/Actor Challenge Ingredient Holiday Desserts True gourmands and Katie Lee used phrases like “textural contrast” to evaluate “flavor separation” and “effective presenta- tion” among the sweets, while Fey reminded us that cranberries are “tart” and offered of

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