Twitter Social Media Challenge: Food Network’s All-Star Academy /Week 7

Last week the Food Network’s All Star Academy went from five home cooks to four. The stakes grow higher for both mentor chefs and contestents as dreams are teased and broken.

Virtual tears were shed last week as Team Alex lost a strong home chef Sheri Williams (second on left above).

More hazardous turns as the mentor chefs were replaced by the chef who can do the impossible. Chef Robert Irvine’s job was to mentor ALL the home cooks.

Winner of the Twitter Challenge at 55 new followers is …  Vanessa Craig  @v_lovesfood. Congrats!

Team Alex – Twitter Stats Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7

Chef Mentor: Alex Guarnaschelli | Contestant: August Dannehl 

Many of All Star Academy’s live tweeting tweeples wished Sherri well and tweeted praises about her cooking talents.

Chef Alex Guarnaschelli @guarnaschelli

Week 1 Tweets: 31.9 | Following: 478 | Followers: 185K | Favorites: 873

Week 2 Tweets: 32.2k | Following: 487 | Followers: 186k | Favorites: 888

Week 3 Tweets: 32.5| Following: 446 | Followers: 187k| Favorties: 900

 Week 4 Tweets: 32.7k | Following: 448 | Followers: 188k | Favorites: 923

Week 5 Tweets: 32.9k | Following: 452 | Followers: 189k | Favorites: 937

Week 6 Tweets: 33.1k | Following: 451 | Followers: 190k | Favorites: 960

Week 7 Tweets: 33.3k| Following: 453| Followers: 191k| Favorites: 983

August Dannehl @chefaugust37 :: Follower Increase Week 7 – 14

Week 1 Tweets: 41 | Following: 110 | Followers: 32 | Favorites: 21

Week 2 Tweets: 47 | Following: 117 | Followers: 45 | Favorites: 26

Week 3 Tweets: 78| Following: 132 | Followers: |106 Favorites: 64

Weeks 4/5 – Eliminated from All Stars Academy Competiton

Week 6  Tweets: 192 | Following: 169| Followers: 248 | Favorites: 188

Week 7  Tweets: 211| Following: 170| Followers: 303| Favorites:202

Team Curtis – Twitter Stats Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7

Chef Mentor: Curtis Stone | Contestants:  Sharon Damant

The mentor chefs put heart and soul into teaching their home cook contestants. What we think is even more important and heart warming is the public encouragement from the mentor chefs to their mentees. Wonderful tweet from Chef Curtis Stone to Sharon Damante.

Chef Curtis Stone @curtis_stone

Week 1 Tweets: 4562 | Following: 1040 | Followers: 143K  | Favorites: 996

Week 2 Tweets: 4649 | Following:1044 | Followers: 145k | Favorites: 1135

Week 3 Tweets: 4785 | Following:1077 | Followers: 146k| Favorites: 1354

Week 4 Tweets: 4837 | Following: 1085 |Followers:146k  Favorites: 1445

Week 5 Tweets: 4907 | Following: 1094 | Followers: 147k | Favorites: 1556

Week 6 Tweets: 4970 | Following: 1097 | Followers: 141k | Favorites: 1625

Week 7  Tweets: 5029| Following: 1105| Followers: 148k| Favorites: 1691

Sharon Damante @Minishar  :: Follower Increase Week 7 – 21

Week 1 Tweets: 93 | Following: 112 | Followers: 22 | Favorites: 189

Week 2 Tweets: 133| Following: 130| Followers: 37| Favorites: 268

Week 3 Tweets: 169 | Following:132 |Followers: 42|Favorites: 369

Week 4 Tweets: 203 | Following: 137 | Followers: 54 | Favorites: 461

Week 5 Tweets: 247|Following: 159| Followers: 71| Favorites: 577

Week 6 Tweets: 320| Following: 191| Followers: 113| Favorites: 791

Week 7  Tweets: 375 | Following: 199 | Followers: 134 | Favorites: 892

Team Bobby – Twitter Stats Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7

Chef mentor: Chef Bobby Flay @bflay Constestants: Angela George @By George Joseph Harris  NtUrAvgJoe

Did he do it? Did he really do it? Yup. Chef Flay spit out Sharon’s food. Is it authentic or bit for the cameras? Chef Curtis Stone tweets – “He was hamming it up for the cameras”

Chef Bobby Flay @bflay

Week 1 Tweets: 2675 | Following: 194 | Followers: 1.2M | Favorites: 75

Week 2 Tweets: 2687 | Following: 196 | Followers: 1.2M| Favorites:  79

Week 3 Tweets: 2896| Following:200 |Followers:1.21M |Favorites: 79

Week 4 Tweets: 2709 | Following: 200 | Followers: 1.21M | Favorites: 79

Week 5 Tweets: 2715| Following: 201 | Followers:1.21M | Favorites: 79

Week 6 Tweets: 2720 | Following: 205 | Followers: 1.22M | Favorites: 79

Week 7 Tweets: 2723| Following:205 | Followers: 1.22M |Favorites: 79

Joseph Harris  NtUrAvgJoe (Twitter Handle Located 3-8-15) Follower Increase Week 7 – 19

Week 2 Tweets: 318 | Following: 158 | Followers: 58 | Favorites: 8

Week 3 Tweets: 334| Following: 160 | Followers: 61| Favorites:14

Week 4 Tweets: 354 |Following: 164 |Followers: 70  |Favorites: 51

Week 5 Tweets: 367 | Following: 164|Followers: 73| Favorites: 93

Week 6 Tweets: 376 | Following: 164 | Followers: 84 | Favorites: 134

Week 7 Tweets: 398 | Following: 165 | Followers: 103| Favorites: 204

Team Michael – Twitter Stats Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7

Chef Mentor: Michael Symon Contestants: Vanessa Craig

Chef Symon nails it with a tweet that was perfect for reality TV cooking and home cooking – “Simple food cooked perfectly always wins.”

Chef Michael Symon @chefsymon

Week 1 Tweets: 30.5k | Following: 3466 | Followers: 605K | Favorites: 38

Week 2Tweets: 30.7k| Following:3469  | Followers:607k | Favorites: 38

Week 3 Tweets: 30.8k | Following: 3488 |Followers:608K |Favorites:38

Week 4 Tweets: 30.9k | Following: 3491 | Followers: 610k | Favorites: 38

Week 5 Tweets: 31.1k| Following: 3500| Followers: 611k| Favorites: 39

Week 6 Tweets: 31.2| Following: 3503 | Followers: 613k | Favorites: 40

Week 7 Tweets: 31.2k | Following: 3503| Followers: 614k | Favorites: 41

Vanessa Craig  @v_lovesfood (Twitter Handle Located 3/8/15) Increase Week 7-55

Week 2 Tweets: 19 | Following: 72 | Followers: 27 | Favorites: 21

Week 3 Tweets: 20 | Following: 72| Followers:34 |Favorites: 21

Week 4: Tweets: 28 | Following: 91 | Followers: 42 | Favorites: 28

Week 5 Tweets: 85 | Following: 109| Followers: 110| Favorites:72

Week 6 Tweets: | Following: 116 | Followers: 125 | Favorites: 95

Week 7 Tweets: 150 | Following: 126  | Followers: 180 | Favorites:124

Love this tweet from Ted Allen – “Cook like you’re cooking at home. That’s how you crush it.” We RT (retweeted) and Chef Guarnaschelli added a comment “Only Way Faster. W/ AG yelling at u” Nice to see the chefs and host have a sense of fun.

Food Network All Star Academy  – “They Went Home”

Sherri Williams @logansw62 Team Alex Guarnaschelli

Angela George @By George Team Bobby Flay

Bill Joerger III @phillyfire4106,  Team Michael Symon

Mike Castaneda @foodiemikec Team No One

Thomas Mann Team No One

Food Network All Star Academy – August Came Back!

August Dannehl @chefaugust37  Team Alex Guarnaschelli

Diva Foodies is live tweeting All Star Academy and having a great time! Follow us on Twitter @DivaFoodies …give us a shout out and tell us who you think will win the All-Star Social Media Challenge this week!

Note: Twitter List of Contestants and Mentor Chefs

Author: Toby Bloomberg

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