Food Network Star (season 9)

Food Network Star (season 9)
Country of origin United States
Release
Original network Food Network
Original release

June 2 (2013-06-02) – August 11, 2013 (2013-08-11)

Additional information
No. of contestants 12
Winner Damaris Phillips

The ninth season of the American reality television series Food Network Star premiered Sunday, June 2, 2013.[1]

Season 9 continued the season 8 concept of having Bobby Flay, Giada De Laurentiis, and Alton Brown mentor the contestants, but dropped the specific assignments of teams to mentors, and the final elimination challenge between the bottom contestants. Also, season 9 featured just 12 contestants, down from 15 in season 8.

Contestants

Winner

Eliminated

(In order of elimination)

At least six competitors have appeared on other Food Network programs. Viet defeated Bobby Flay on Iron Chef America. Pham also competed on Extreme Chef. Lysek and Henry appeared on Chopped; both were eliminated before the final round. Henry has also appeared on Throwdown with Bobby Flay. Lysek also appeared on 24 Hour Restaurant Battle and won. Poon-Kinney appeared on Restaurant Impossible, where Robert Irvine gave her family's restaurant a makeover. Hodgson competed on The Great Food Truck Race: his truck, Hodge Podge, were season 2 runners-up.

Contestant progress

Contestant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Damaris IN IN SAFE IN IN HIGH IN IN IN IN WINNER
Rodney IN IN SAFE LOW IN LOW IN LOW IN IN RUNNER-UP
Russell LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW LOW HIGH IN RUNNER-UP2
Stacey HIGH HIGH LOW HIGH WIN HIGH SAFE IN IN OUT
Nikki HIGH LOW HIGH HIGH IN LOW WIN IN OUT
Lovely IN IN LOW OUT OUT 1
Chad HIGH HIGH HIGH IN IN LOW OUT
Chris IN IN IN IN IN OUT
Viet IN IN IN LOW OUT
Danushka LOW LOW OUT
Andres IN OUT
Daniela OUT

^Note 1 : Lovely won Star Salvation and returned to the competition, but was eliminated the same week she came back.
^Note 2 : Russell was eliminated from the final three mid-way through the finale.

     (WINNER) The contestant won the competition and became the next "Food Network Star".
     (RUNNER-UP) The contestant made it to the finale, but did not win.
     (WIN) The contestant won the Star Challenge for that week.
     (SAFE) The contestant won immunity from elimination by winning the Camera Challenge.
     (HIGH) The contestant was one of the Selection Committee's favorites for that week.
     (IN) The contestant was not one of the Selection Committee's favorites nor their least favorites. They were not up for elimination.
     (LOW) The contestant was one of the Selection Committee's three or four least favorites for that week, but was not eliminated.
     (LOW) The contestant was one of the Selection Committee's two 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.

Episode summaries

Week One: Are You Ready For Prime-Time?

Week Two: Burger Bash

Week Three: A Star is Chopped

Week Four: Big Screen Bites

Week Five: 4th of July Live

Chef Station
Chad Farm Stand with Farmer Lee
Chris Coleslaw
Damaris Cocktails with mixologist Marcos Tello
Nikki Fried Chicken
Rodney Dessert
Russell Potato salad
Stacey Butcher Station with Lindy and Grundy
Viet Chips and Dips

Week Six: Product Pitch

Week Seven: Star Charity Auction

Week Eight: Food Stories From The Road

Prior to the announcement of the Mentors Challenge, Robert Irvine announced the winner of the Star Salvation was Lovely, who returned to the competition.

Week Nine: Menu: Impossible

Week Ten: Network Pitch

Week Eleven: America Picks a Star

Star Salvation

In this year's competition, Food Network Star has added a five-week online "Star Salvation" competition, which will allow one eliminated contestant a second chance to return to the main competition. Hosted by Robert Irvine, each episode will feature the most recently eliminated contestant competing against the remaining previously eliminated contestants for a second chance at winning. Each episode features one or two rounds of competition, judged by Irvine.[2]

Contestant 1 2 3 4
Lovely IN WINWIN WIN WIN
Chad OUT
Chris OUT
Viet OUT
Danushka IN WIN OUT
Andres IN OUT
Daniela OUT
     (WIN) The chef won Star Salvation and returned to the main competition.
     (WIN) The chef won that episode's Star Salvation and continued in the competition.
     (IN) The chef continued in the competition.
     (OUT) The chef lost in that week's Star Salvation and was eliminated from the competition.

Round 1

Round 2

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

References

External links

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