Food Network Star season 14

Food Network Star
Season 14
No. of contestants	12
Winners	Christian Petroni and Jess Tom
No. of episodes	9
Release
Original network	Food Network
Original release	June 10 (2018-06-10) – August 5, 2018 (2018-08-05)
Season chronology

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

(in order of elimination)

• 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

Contestant	Week
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Mentor Challenge	N/A	Adam Jess	N/A	Jess	Amy	Manny	Amy	Jess Manny	N/A
Christian	IN	HIGH	HIGH	HIGH	LOW	HIGH	HIGH	LOW	WINNER
Jess	HIGH	HIGH	LOW	HIGH	OUT			IN	WINNER
Manny	IN	LOW	HIGH	HIGH	HIGH	LOW	HIGH	IN	RUNNER-UP1
Amy	HIGH	LOW	LOW	LOW	LOW	HIGH	LOW	OUT
Palak	HIGH	HIGH	IN	LOW	HIGH	LOW	OUT
Katie	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

^1 : 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

Contestant	Week
	1	2	3
Adam	IN	LOW	WIN
Amy	HIGH	HIGH	WIN
Jernard	IN	LOW	OUT3
Sarah	LOW	HIGH	OUT3
Yaku	LOW	HIGH	OUT2
Trace	HIGH	OUT
Debbie	HIGH	OUT1
Monterey	OUT

Star Salvation

This season of Star Salvation is hosted by Alex Guarnaschelli.⁴

Contestant progress

Contestant	Week
	1	2	3	4
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.