| Season Number: | 10 | ||||
| Bgcolour: | lavender | ||||
| Network: | Food Network | ||||
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| Prev Season: | Season 9 | ||||
| Next Season: | Season 11 |
The tenth season of the American reality television series Food Network Star premiered June 1, 2014 on Food Network.[1]
Season 10 continued the season 8 concept of having Bobby Flay, Giada De Laurentiis and Alton Brown mentor the contestants, as well as the Star Salvation web series from season 9. Star Salvation was hosted by season 9 winner Damaris Phillips and Iron Chef Geoffrey Zakarian. In addition to eliminated contestants from this season, Chad Rosenthal (season 9) and Martie Duncan (season 8) competed in Star Salvation.
(In order of elimination)
| Contestant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenny | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | LOW | WINNER style="background:cornflowerblue;" | HIGH | IN | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | IN | WINNER |
| Luca | IN | OUT | IN | WIN | HIGH | IN | RUNNER-UP | |||||
| Nicole | HIGH | IN | IN | WIN | IN | LOW | IN | WIN | LOW | IN | RUNNER-UP | |
| Sarah | LOW | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOW | WIN | LOW | OUT | ||
| Loreal | HIGH | IN | LOW | IN | HIGH | HIGH | IN | LOW | OUT | |||
| Emma | LOW | IN | WIN | WIN | IN | LOW | LOW | OUT | ||||
| Chris | IN | LOW | LOW | IN | IN | HIGH | OUT | |||||
| Reuben | IN | IN | IN | WIN | LOW | OUT | ||||||
| Christopher | IN | IN | WIN | LOW | OUT | |||||||
| Aryen | IN | IN | IN | OUT | ||||||||
| Kenny | IN | LOW | OUT | |||||||||
| Donna | OUT | |||||||||||
Nicole won the mini-challenge but was in the bottom three for the main challenge.
Nicole was eliminated from the final three midway 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 challenge for that week.
(RETURNED) The contestant won Star Salvation and returned to the main competition.
(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.
Following the success of Season 9, Star Salvation returned for a second season. Hosted this time by Geoffrey Zakarian and season 9 champion Damaris Phillips, each episode features the most recently eliminated contestant competing against the remaining previously eliminated contestants for a second chance at winning. In addition, this season included Season 8 Fan Favorite Martie Duncan and Season 9 Fan Favorite Chad Rosenthal competing alongside the eliminated chefs.
| Contestant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luca | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | ||
| Reuben | OUT | ||||||
| Chad | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | |
| Christopher | OUT | ||||||
| Aryen | OUT | ||||||
| Kenny | OUT | ||||||
| Martie | IN | OUT | |||||
| Donna | 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.
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