The fourteenth season of the American reality television series titled Food Network Star premiered on June 10, 2018 on Food Network. Food Network chefs Bobby Flay and Giada de Laurentiis returned as judges.
Contestants
Winners Christian Petroni - Port Chester, New York Jess Tom - Princeton, New Jersey
Runner-up Manny Washington - Orlando, Florida
Eliminated
Jason Goldstein - New York, New York Chris Valdes - Miami, Florida Samone Lett - Sanford, Florida Rebekah Lingenfelser - Savannah, Georgia Adam Gertler - Los Angeles, California Harrison Bader - Los Angeles, California Jess Tom - Princeton, New Jersey (returned to the competition after winning Star Salvation) Katie Dixon - Hattiesburg, Mississippi Palak Patel - New York, New York Amy Pottinger - Honolulu, Hawaii
Contestant progress ContestantWeek123456789Mentor ChallengeN/AAdamJessN/AJessAmyMannyAmyJessMannyN/AChristian IN HIGH HIGH HIGH LOW HIGH HIGH LOW WINNERJess HIGH HIGH LOW HIGH OUT IN WINNERManny IN LOW HIGH HIGH HIGH LOW HIGH IN RUNNER-UPAmy HIGH LOW LOW LOW LOW HIGH LOW OUTPalak HIGH HIGH IN LOW HIGH LOW OUTKatie HIGH HIGH IN HIGH HIGH OUT Harrison HIGH IN HIGH OUT Adam IN HIGH IN OUT Rebekah LOW IN OUT Samone HIGH OUT Jason OUT Chris OUT
: Manny 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
Trace Barnett, Season 13 Adam Gertler, Season 4 Debbie Lee, Season 5 Yaku Moton-Spruill, Season 12 Sarah Penrod, Season 10 Amy Pottinger, Season 13 Monterey Salka, Season 12 Jernard Wells, Season 12
Contestant progress
ContestantWeek12 3 Adam IN LOW WIN Amy HIGH HIGH WIN Jernard IN LOW OUT Sarah LOW HIGH OUT Yaku LOW HIGH OUT Trace HIGH OUT Debbie HIGH OUT Monterey OUT
Star Salvation This season of Star Salvation is hosted by Alex Guarnaschelli.
Contestant progress
ContestantWeek12 34 Jess IN IN WIN Harrison IN IN IN OUT Chris IN IN IN OUT Palak OUT Katie OUT Jason IN OUT Samone OUT Rebekah OUT
Notes
1. Debbie was eliminated after the mentor challenge. 2. Yaku was eliminated after the mentor challenge. 3. Sarah and Jernard were eliminated after the star challenge. 4. Adam did not participate in Star Salvation.
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