Food Network Star (season 13)

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Food Network Star
Season 13
No. of contestants13
Winner Jason Smith
No. of episodes11
Release
Original network Food Network
Original releaseJune 4 (2017-06-04) 
August 13, 2017 (2017-08-13)
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The thirteenth season of the American reality television series Food Network Star premiered June 4, 2017 on Food Network. Food Network chefs Bobby Flay and Giada de Laurentiis returned to the series as judges.

Contents

Contestants

Winner

Runners-up

Eliminated

(in order of elimination)

Contestant progress

ContestantWeek
1234567891011
Mentor
Challenge
N/AN/AN/AN/AMatthew
Addie
AmyJason 1 AmyMatthewCory
Jason
N/A
JasonHIGHINHIGHHIGHHIGHHIGHHIGHHIGHININWINNER
RustyINININLOWHIGHHIGHHIGHHIGHLOWLOWRUNNER-UP
CoryINHIGHINININLOWINOUTINRUNNER-UP 2
MatthewINLOWININHIGHLOWHIGHHIGHINOUT
AmyHIGHHIGHHIGHINHIGHLOWLOWLOWOUT
DavidININHIGHHIGHLOWLOWOUT
AddieINHIGHINLOWINOUT
CaodanHIGHLOWLOWHIGHOUT
TraceINHIGHLOWOUT
SuzanneININOUT
ToyaLOWOUT
NancyLOWOUT
BlakeOUT

^1 : Cory did not compete in the mentor challenge.
^2 : Cory was eliminated midway through the finale.

  (WINNER) The contestant won the competition and thus became the next Food Network Star.
  (RUNNER-UP) The contestant made it to the finale, but did not win.
  (HIGH) The contestant was one of the selection committee's favorites for that week.
  (IN) The contestant performed well enough to move on to the next week.
  (LOW) The contestant was one of the selection committee's least favorites for that week, but was not eliminated.
  (OUT) The contestant was the selection committee's least favorite for that week, and was eliminated.

Comeback Kitchen

Contestants

Contestant progress

ContestantWeek
123
MatthewHIGHWINWIN
JamikaHIGHLOWOUT
JoyHIGHWINOUT 2
DanushkaLOWLOWOUT 2
RobHIGHWINOUT 1
EmiliaLOWOUT
JoshOUT

^1 : Rob was eliminated after the mentor challenge.
^2 : Danushka and Joy were eliminated after the star challenge.

  (WIN) The contestant won "Comeback Kitchen".
  (WIN) The contestant won the challenge for that week.
  (HIGH) The contestant did well in the challenge for that week.
  (LOW) The contestant was up for elimination, but was safe.
  (OUT) The contestant was eliminated.

Star Salvation

This season of Star Salvation was hosted by Iron Chef Alex Guarnaschelli and season 7 winner Jeff Mauro. [1]

Contestant progress

ContestantWeek
123456
CoryINWIN
AmyOUT
DavidININOUT
AddieININOUT
TraceINININOUT
ToyaININOUT
CaodanOUT
BlakeINOUT
NancyOUT
SuzanneOUT
  (WIN) The chef won Star Salvation and returned to the main competition.
  (IN) The chef continued in the competition.
  (OUT) The chef lost in that week's Star Salvation and was eliminated from the competition.

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References

  1. "Star Salvation". Food Network. Scripps Networks Interactive. Archived from the original on July 6, 2015. Retrieved June 25, 2017.