The thirteenth season of the American

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series ''

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'' premiered June 4, 2017 on

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. Food Network chefs

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and

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returned to the series as judges.

Contestants

Winner

* Jason Smith –

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Runners-up

* Rusty Hamlin –

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* Cory Bahr – Monroe, Louisiana

Eliminated

* Blake Baldwin –

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* Toya Boudy –

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* Suzanne Lossia –

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* Trace Barnett – Brilliant, Alabama * Caodan Tran –

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* Addie Gundry – Lake Forest, Illinois * David Rose –

* ~~Cory Bahr – Monroe, Louisiana~~ (returned to the competition after winning Star Salvation) * Amy Pottinger –

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* Matthew Grunwald –

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Contestant progress

: Cory did not compete in the mentor challenge.
: 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

: Rob was eliminated after the mentor challenge.
: 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

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and

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winner

Jeff Mauro Jeff Mauro (born July 24, 1978) is the co-host of the Food Network series ''The Kitchen'' and host of ''Sandwich King'' and ''$24 in 24''. Prior to this, he was the winner of the Food Network Star (season 7), seventh season of the ''Food Network ...

Contestant progress

: (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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