Food Network Star (season 7)

Food Network Star (season 7)
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 11
Release
Original network Food Network
Original release

June 5, 2011 (2011-06-05) – August 14, 2011 (2011-08-14)

Additional information
No. of contestants 15
Winner Jeff Mauro

The seventh season of the renamed American reality television series Food Network Star premiered Sunday, June 5, 2011. Food Network executives, Bob Tuschman and Susie Fogelson, are joined again by Bobby Flay and Giada De Laurentiis as the judges for this season. The series was filmed in Los Angeles, California and New York, New York.

After the first episode of this season aired as "The Next Food Network Star", the series was retitled "Food Network Star" and this name was used from the second episode onward.[1]

Contestants

Eliminated

(In order of elimination)

Runner-Up

Winner

Contestant Progress

Contestant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Camera
Challenge
Winner
Orchid Penny Jyll Jyll None N/A Whitney Jyll
Mary Beth
Jeff N/A Susie
Jeff WIN IN WIN WIN HIGH IN IN WIN WIN LOW IN WINNER
Susie IN IN LOW WIN WIN HIGH IN LOW HIGH WIN WIN RUNNER-UP
Vic LOW IN WIN WIN HIGH WIN IN LOW HIGH WIN OUT
Mary Beth IN WIN LOW WIN IN LOW LOW LOW LOW OUT
Whitney IN WIN IN LOW IN LOW IN HIGH OUT
Jyll LOW IN IN IN LOW IN LOW OUT
Penny IN IN WIN LOW IN HIGH OUT
Chris IN LOW WIN IN IN IN OUT
Orchid WIN IN IN WIN LOW OUT
Justin D. IN IN WIN LOW OUT
Justin B. IN WIN WIN OUT
Alicia IN LOW OUT
Katy IN OUT
Juba WIN OUT
Howie OUT
     (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 that episode's Star Challenge.
     (HIGH) The contestant was one of the Selection Committee's favorites for that week, but did not win the Star Challenge.
     (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: Lights, Camera, Cook

Week Two: In the Line of Fire

Week Three: Dueling Desserts

Week Four: Cougar Town and Paula Deen

Week Five: Diners, Drive-Ins and Fourth of July

Week Six: Food Truck Face-Off

Week Seven: Dinner Party for Wolfgang Puck

Week Eight: Ina Garten and Rachael Ray

Week Nine: Comedy Roast

Week Ten: Iron Chef

Week Eleven: Cook for Your Life and Pilots

References

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