Food Network Star (season 11) | |
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Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 11 |
Release | |
Original network | Food Network |
Original release |
June 7 – August 16, 2015 |
No. of contestants | 12 |
Winner | Eddie Jackson |
Season chronology |
June 7
– August 16, 2015The eleventh season of the American reality television series Food Network Star premiered June 7, 2015 on Food Network. Food Network chefs Bobby Flay and Giada de Laurentiis returned to the series as judges, with Alton Brown not returning for undisclosed reasons. This season also continued the inclusion of Star Salvation, a six-weekwebseries that featured the most recently eliminated contestant competing against the remaining previously eliminated contestants for a chance to re-enter the main Food Network Star competition.
This season also returned to the practice of the winner of the competition being chosen by the Food Network staff, rather than by viewers as in the three previous seasons.
(In order of elimination)
This season of Star Salvation was hosted by Iron Chef Alex Guarnaschelli and season 7 winner Jeff Mauro.
^Note 1 : Having withdrawn from the competition, Michelle did not compete in Star Salvation this week.
^Note 2 Michelle chose to withdraw from the competition to be with her family. She did not compete in Star Salvation.
^Note 3 Dom returned to the competition, having won Star Salvation.