Food Network Star season 12
Food Network Star | |
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Season 12 | |
No. of contestants | 13 |
Winner | Tregaye Fraser |
No. of episodes | 11 |
Release | |
Original network | Season 13 |
The twelfth season of the
This season featured thirteen contestants rather than twelve; the thirteenth contestant, Martita Jara (who originally appeared in the series'
Unlike previous seasons, executives Bob Tuschman and Susie Fogelson did not assist in the judging; nor did chief executive Brooke Johnson appear in the finale to introduce the winner (Tuschman left Food Network and Johnson retired prior to the start of the season).[5][6]
Contestants
Winner
Runners-up
- Jernard Wells – Atlanta, Georgia
- Damiano Carrara – Moorpark, California
Eliminated
(in order of elimination)
- Havird Usry – Augusta, Georgia
- Aaron Crumbaugh – Spokane, Washington
- Melissa Pfeister – Los Angeles, California
- Martita Jara – San Diego, California
- Monterey Salka – Nashville, Tennessee
- Rob Burmeister – Staten Island, New York
- Joy Thompson – Thomasville, North Carolina
- Erin Campbell – Woodbury, Minnesota
- Ana Quincoces – Coral Gables, Florida
- Yaku Moton-Spruill – San Francisco, California
Contestant progress
Contestant | Week | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
Mentor Challenge Winner |
— | Erin Martita Joy Damiano |
Tregaye | Monterey Jernard Yaku |
Damiano | Tregaye Damiano |
Tregaye | Tregaye | Jernard | Jernard Damiano |
— |
Tregaye | IN | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | IN | HIGH | IN | LOW | WINNER |
Jernard | IN | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | LOW | IN | RUNNER-UP |
Damiano | IN | HIGH | IN | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | IN | IN | RUNNER-UP4 |
Yaku | IN | IN | LOW | OUT | OUT2 | ||||||
Ana | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | LOW | IN | LOW | LOW | OUT | ||
Erin | IN | LOW | IN | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | OUT | |||
Joy | IN | IN | HIGH | IN | HIGH | LOW | OUT | ||||
Rob | HIGH | HIGH | IN | LOW | LOW | OUT | |||||
Monterey | HIGH | LOW | IN | IN | OUT | ||||||
Martita | IN | HIGH | OUT | ||||||||
Aaron | LOW | OUT | |||||||||
Melissa | LOW | OUT3 | |||||||||
Havird | OUT |
^Note 1 : Because of the challenge outcome, the judges did not select a winning team. Instead, they identified the three best individual cooks.
^Note 2 : Yaku returned to the competition after winning Star Salvation.
^Note 3 : Melissa did not appear in the finale.
^Note 4 : Damiano was eliminated from the final three 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
Contestant | Orig. season |
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Penny Davidi | 7
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Matthew Grunwald | 11
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Martita Jara | 8
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Brianna Jenkins | 6
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Chris Kyler | 10
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Michele Ragussis | 8 |
Dom Tesoriero | 11 |
Contestant progress
Contestant | Week | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Martita | IN | IN | WIN | |
Dom | LOW | IN | OUT | |
Matthew | IN | IN | OUT | |
Michele | IN | IN | OUT | |
Chris | IN | IN | OUT1 | |
Penny | LOW | OUT | ||
Brianna | OUT |
^Note 1 : Chris was eliminated after the mentor challenge.
- (WIN) The chef won Comeback Kitchen and returned to the main competition.
- (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.
Star Salvation
This season of Star Salvation was hosted by
Contestant progress
Contestant | Week | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
Yaku | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN |
Monterey | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | |
Ana | OUT | |||||
Erin | OUT | |||||
Joy | OUT | |||||
Rob | OUT | |||||
Aaron | IN | OUT | ||||
Havird | 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.
References
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- ^ a b Matt (April 1, 2016). "Food Network Gossip: Food Network Star Alumni Return For Season 12 Of Food Network Star In 'Comeback Kitchen'". Food Network Gossip. Blogger. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ "Time Warner Cable | On Demand". Time Warner Cable. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ a b "Star Salvation". Food Network. Scripps Networks Interactive. Archived from the original on July 6, 2015. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
- ^ Steinberg, Brian (August 19, 2015). "Food Network Chief Brooke Johnson to Retire | Variety". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
- ^ Steinberg, Brian (January 21, 2016). "Food Network SVP Bob Tuschman to be Replaced by Deirdre O'Hearn | Variety". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
- ^ "Meet the Food Network Star, Season 12 Finalists". Food Network. Scripps Networks Interactive. Retrieved April 24, 2016.