Food Network Star season 13

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.

Food Network Star
Season 13
No. of contestants	13
Winner	Jason Smith
No. of episodes	11
Release
Original network	Food Network
Original release	June 4 (2017-06-04) – August 13, 2017 (2017-08-13)
Season chronology

Contestants

Winner

• Jason Smith – Grayson, Kentucky

Runners-up

• Rusty Hamlin – Atlanta, Georgia
• Cory Bahr – Monroe, Louisiana

Eliminated

(in order of elimination)

• 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	11
Mentor Challenge	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Matthew Addie	Amy	Jason1	Amy	Matthew	Cory Jason	N/A
Jason	HIGH	IN	HIGH	HIGH	HIGH	HIGH	HIGH	HIGH	IN	IN	WINNER
Rusty	IN	IN	IN	LOW	HIGH	HIGH	HIGH	HIGH	LOW	LOW	RUNNER-UP
Cory	IN	HIGH	IN	IN	IN	LOW	IN	OUT		IN	RUNNER-UP2
Matthew	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

^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

• 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

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.

  (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	6
Cory					IN	WIN
Amy						OUT
David				IN	IN	OUT
Addie			IN	IN	OUT
Trace	IN	IN	IN	OUT
Toya	IN	IN	OUT
Caodan		OUT
Blake	IN	OUT
Nancy	OUT
Suzanne	OUT

  (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.