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.
Contestants
Winner Jason Smith – Grayson, Kentucky
Runners-up Rusty Hamlin – Atlanta, Georgia Cory Bahr – Monroe, Louisiana
Eliminated
Blake Baldwin – Flemington, New Jersey Nancy Manlove – Texas City, Texas Toya Boudy – New Orleans, Louisiana Suzanne Lossia – Detroit, Michigan Trace Barnett – Brilliant, Alabama Caodan Tran – Dallas, Texas Addie Gundry – Lake Forest, Illinois David Rose – Atlanta, Georgia Cory Bahr – Monroe, Louisiana (returned to the competition after winning Star Salvation) Amy Pottinger – Honolulu, Hawaii Matthew Grunwald – Scottsdale, Arizona
Contestant progress Contestant Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11Mentor ChallengeN/AN/AN/AN/AMatthewAddieAmyJasonAmyMatthewCoryJasonN/AJason HIGH IN HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH IN IN WINNERRusty IN IN IN LOW HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH LOW LOW RUNNER-UPCory IN HIGH IN IN IN LOW IN OUT IN RUNNER-UPMatthew IN LOW IN IN HIGH LOW HIGH HIGH IN OUT Amy HIGH HIGH HIGH IN HIGH LOW LOW LOW OUT David IN IN HIGH HIGH LOW LOW OUT Addie IN HIGH IN LOW IN OUT Caodan HIGH LOW LOW HIGH OUT Trace IN HIGH LOW OUT Suzanne IN IN OUT Toya LOW OUT Nancy LOW OUT Blake OUT
: Cory did not compete in the mentor challenge. : 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
Rob Burmeister, Season 12 Danushka Lysek, Season 9 Emilia Cirker, Season 11 Jamika Pessoa, Season 5 Josh Lyons, Season 8 Joy Thompson, Season 12 Matthew Grunwald, Season 11
Contestant progress
{| class="wikitable" align="" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan="2" |Contestant ! colspan="3" |Week |- |1 |2 |3 |- | style="background:white" |Matthew | style="background:cornflowerblue;" |HIGH | style="background:limegreen; |WIN| style="background:midnightblue; color:#fff;" |WIN|-low | style="background:white" |Jamika| style="background:cornflowerblue;" |HIGH | style="background:pink;" |LOW | style="background:lightgrey;" |OUT|- | style="background:white" |Joy| style="background:cornflowerblue;" |HIGH | style="background:limegreen;" |WIN| style="background:lightgrey;" |OUT|- | style="background:white" |Danushka| style="background:pink;" |LOW | style="background:pink;" |LOW | style="background:lightgrey;" |OUT|- | style="background:white" |Rob| style="background:cornflowerblue;" |HIGH | style="background:limegreen;" |WIN| style="background:lightgrey;" |OUT|- | style="background:white" |Emilia| style="background:pink;" |LOW | style="background:lightgrey;" |OUT| style="background:darkgrey;" | |- | style="background:white" |Josh| style="background:lightgrey;" |OUT'| colspan="2" style="background:darkgrey;" |
: Rob was eliminated after the mentor challenge. : 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.
Contestant progress Contestant Week 1 2 3 4 5 6Cory IN WINAmy OUTDavid IN IN OUTAddie IN IN OUT Trace IN IN IN OUT Toya IN IN OUT Caodan OUT Blake IN OUT 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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