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American chef
Lenny McNab
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Born
| 1971 or 1972 (age 51?52)
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Culinary career
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Cooking style
| Chuckwagon
cooking
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Lenny McNab
is an American
chef
who is best known as the winner of the
tenth season
of the
Food Network
television series
Food Network Star
. He defeated runner-up Luca Della Casa on August 10, 2014. Food Network executive Bob Tuschman said that "Lenny's magnetic personality, culinary chops and cowboy swagger made him stand out in this very talented crowd from the beginning."
[2]
McNab wears cowboy attire and specializes in "elevated chuck wagon fare".
[3]
A native of
New Hampshire
, McNab got his culinary training in
Bad Kissingen
,
Germany
.
[4]
He is a former executive head chef at the Kessler Canyon hunting lodge in
De Beque, Colorado
.
In 2013, McNab participated in "The Ol' Switcheroo" episode of
Guy's Grocery Games
, losing in the final. He also performs as a country singer under the name The Black Mamba.
[4]
Controversy
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Although McNab was declared the winner of the tenth season of
Food Network Star
, a series for him never materialized. Days after he was crowned the winner, news outlets reported
blog
posts featuring
racist
,
homophobic
and
misogynistic
comments made by him, with several comments targeted at fellow Food Network chef
Ree Drummond
.
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References
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Downey, KC (August 11, 2014).
"Bristol native wins Food Network competition - Entertainment - WMUR Home#!bBY6px"
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WMUR-TV
. Retrieved
August 11,
2014
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Sherrow, Rita (August 11, 2014).
"Cowboy chef Lenny McNab wins "Food Network Star'
"
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Tulsa World
. Retrieved
August 11,
2014
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Hyman, Vicki,
Food Network Star' winner: Did Jersey girl Nicole Gaffney score her own show?
,
Star-Ledger
, August 10, 2014
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a
b
O'Brien, Ben (October 21, 2013).
"Chef Lenny McNab: Best Cook in the West"
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Petersen's Hunting
.
Palm Coast, Florida
:
InterMedia Outdoors
. Retrieved
August 10,
2014
.
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Salkin, Allen
(August 15, 2014).
"Leave Guy Fieri alone: Why he has nothing to do with the Food Network's decline - Salon.com"
.
Salon.com
. Salon Media Group
. Retrieved
June 2,
2015
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Sargent, Jordan (August 12, 2014).
"Did a Food Network Star Say He Would Fuck His Colleague In the Ass?"
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Gawker
.
Gawker Media
. Archived from
the original
on June 12, 2015
. Retrieved
June 2,
2015
.
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"Is The Food Network Star Winner Lenny McNab In Hot Water?"
.
The Inquisitr
. August 13, 2014
. Retrieved
June 2,
2015
.
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