Want To Be The Next Food Network Star?

The Food Network will hold an open casting call in the DC area this Friday for season 5 of "The Next Food Network Star."

From the casting call...

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
• Cooking Know-How: You can be self-taught or professionally trained or somewhere in between, BUT YOU MUST HAVE FOOD KNOWLEDGE!!
• Personality that Pops: Do people often tell you that you have the charisma and personality to have your own cooking show?
• Teaching Skills: Do you teach at culinary school or maybe a cooking class and want to bring those teaching skills to the next level? Do you have a clear point of view on food and want to teach America about it?
****One winner will receive his or her own six-episode show!!!

If you want to give it a shot, the casting call is Friday Oct. 3, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., at the International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Washington, 1820 North Fort Myer Drive, Arlington.

For more info and to download an application, click here.