The eleventh season of the American reality television series Food Network Star premiered June 7, 2015 on Food Network. Food Network chefs Bobby Flay and Giada de Laurentiis returned to the series as judges, with Alton Brown not returning for undisclosed reasons. This season also continued the inclusion of Star Salvation, a six-week webseries that featured the most recently eliminated contestant competing against the remaining previously eliminated contestants for a chance to re-enter the main Food Network Star competition.
This season also returned to the practice of the winner of the competition being chosen by the Food Network staff, rather than by viewers as in the three previous seasons.
Contestants
Winner Eddie Jackson – Richardson, Texas
Runners-up Jay Ducote – Baton Rouge, Louisiana Dominick "Dom" Tesoriero – Staten Island, New York
Eliminated (In order of elimination) Christina Fitzgerald –St. Louis, Missouri Matthew Grunwald –Scottsdale, Arizona Sita Lewis – New York, New York Rosa Graziano – Los Angeles, California Rue Rusike – Brooklyn, New York Emilia Cirker – Reston, Virginia Michelle Karam – Santa Barbara, California (withdrew) Dominick "Dom" Tesoriero – Staten Island, New York (Returned to competition after winning Star Salvation) Alex McCoy – Washington D.C. Arnold Myint – Nashville, Tennessee
Contestant progress Contestant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 MentorChallengeWinner Dom Rue Eddie Jay Alex Eddie Eddie HIGH HIGH LOW WIN HIGH HIGH LOW LOW HIGH LOW WINNERJay HIGH IN IN IN HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH RUNNER-UP Dom LOW IN HIGH LOW LOW LOW LOW OUT IN RUNNER-UP Arnold HIGH HIGH HIGH WIN LOW IN HIGH LOW LOW OUT Alex IN IN IN WIN HIGH LOW LOW HIGH OUT Michelle IN IN WIN LOW LOW IN Emilia IN LOW IN IN HIGH OUTRue IN IN IN IN OUTRosa IN IN LOW OUT Sita IN LOW OUT Matthew LOW OUT Christina OUT
(WINNER) The contestant won the competition and became the next "Food Network Star". (RUNNER-UP) The contestant made it to the finale, but did not win. (WIN) The contestant won the challenge for that week. (RETURNED) The contestant won Star Salvation and returned to the main competition. (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 three or four 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. (QUIT) The contestant voluntarily left the competition.
Star Salvation This season of Star Salvation was hosted by Iron Chef Alex Guarnaschelli and season 7 winner Jeff Mauro. Contestant 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dom IN WIN Rue IN IN IN IN OUT Alex OUT Emilia IN IN OUT Matthew IN IN IN OUT Christina IN IN OUT Rosa IN OUT SitaOUT : Having withdrawn from the competition, Michelle did not compete in Star Salvation this week.
(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.
Episodes
Week 1: Food Star Food Festival Top 3: Jay, Eddie and Arnold Bottom 3: Dom, Matthew and Christina Eliminated: Christina
Week 2: Savory Baking Top 2: Eddie and Arnold Bottom 3: Emilia, Sita and Matthew Eliminated: Matthew
Week 3: Trendy Dinner Top 2: Dom and Arnold Winner: Michelle Bottom 3: Eddie, Rosa and Sita Eliminated: Sita
Week 4: 4th of July Cookout Winners: Eddie, Arnold and Alex Bottom 3: Dom, Michelle and Rosa Eliminated: Rosa
Week 5: The Perfect Match Top 4: Eddie, Alex, Jay and Emilia Bottom 4: Arnold, Dom, Michelle and Rue Eliminated: Rue
Week 6: Improv Top 2: Eddie and Jay Bottom 3: Alex, Dom and Emilia Eliminated: Emilia
Week 7: Food Truck Throwdown Top 2: Jay and Arnold Bottom 4: Dom, Eddie, Michelle and Alex Withdrew: Michelle Michelle chose to withdraw from the competition to be with her family. She did not compete in Star Salvation.
Week 8: Lifestyle Brand Top 2: Jay and Alex Bottom 3: Arnold, Eddie and Dom Eliminated: Dom
Week 9: Live TV Top 2: Eddie and Jay Bottom 2: Arnold and Alex Eliminated: Alex
Week 10: Dish of a Lifetime and Pilots Top: Jay Bottom 2: Eddie and Arnold Eliminated: Arnold Dom returned to the competition, having won Star Salvation.
Week 11: We Have a Winner Winner: Eddie Show on Food Network: BBQ Blitz Runners-up: Dom and Jay
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