# Food Network Star season 14

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 | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Contestant | 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-UP |
| 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 | Week | Week |
| Contestant | 1 | 2 | 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

| Contestant | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Contestant | 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 | | | |