Food Network Star season 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.
Contestants
Competing
- Addie Gundry – Lake Forest, Illinois
- Amy Pottinger – Honolulu, Hawaii
- Caodan Tran – Dallas, Texas
- Cory Bahr – Monroe, Louisiana
- David Rose – Atlanta, Georgia
- Jason Smith – Grayson, Kentucky
- Nancy Manlove – Texas City, Texas
- Rusty Hamlin – Atlanta, Georgia
- Suzanne Lossia – Detroit, Michigan
- Toya Boudy – New Orleans, Louisiana
- Trace Barnett – Brilliant, Alabama
- Matthew Grunwald – Scottsdale, Arizona
Eliminated
(in order of elimination)
- Blake Baldwin – Flemington, New Jersey
Contestant Progress
| Contestant | Week | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| Mentor Challenge Winner |
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| Caodan | HIGH | ||||||||||
| Amy | HIGH | ||||||||||
| Jason | HIGH | ||||||||||
| David | IN | ||||||||||
| Rusty | IN | ||||||||||
| Addie | IN | ||||||||||
| Matthew | IN | ||||||||||
| Suzanne | IN | ||||||||||
| Cory | IN | ||||||||||
| Trace | IN | ||||||||||
| Nancy | LOW | ||||||||||
| Toya | LOW | ||||||||||
| Blake | OUT | ||||||||||
- (WINNER) The contestant won this season of "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.
- (HIGH) The contestant did well in the challenge for that week.
- (IN) The contestant moved on to the next week.
- (LOW) The contestant was up for elimination, but was safe.
- (OUT) The contestant was eliminated.
- The contestant was inactive.
- The contestant has not been eliminated.
- The contestant has been eliminated.
Comeback Kitchen
Contestants
- Matthew Grunwald, Season 11
- Jamika Pessoa, Season 5
- Joy Thompson, Season 12
- Danushka Lysek, Season 9
- Rob Burmeister, Season 12
- Emilia Cirker, Season 11
- Josh Lyons, Season 8
Contestant Progress
| Contestant | Week | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Matthew | HIGH | WIN | WIN |
| Jamika | HIGH | LOW | OUT |
| Joy | HIGH | WIN | OUT2 |
| Danushka | LOW | LOW | OUT2 |
| Rob | HIGH | WIN | OUT1 |
| Emilia | LOW | OUT | |
| Josh | OUT | ||
^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.
- (LOW) The contestant was up for elimination, and was the last person to be safe.
- (OUT) The contestant was eliminated.