Name Age Hometown Occupation Eliminated Christian Petroni 34 Port Chester, New York Chef Winner Jess Tom Princeton, New Jersey Food Novelist Manny Washington 30 Orlando, Florida Firehouse cook Runner - up Amy Pottinger 33 Honolulu, Hawaii Food Blogger Week 8 Palak Patel 38 New York, New York Personal chef Week 7 Katie Dixon 35 Hattiesburg, Mississippi Private chef Week 6 Harrison Bader 26 Los Angeles, California Personal chef Week 4 Adam Gertler 40 Chef, TV Personality, Actor, Podcaster Rebekah Lingenfelser 34 Savannah, Georgia Marketing and Public Relations director Week 3 Samone Lett 46 Sanford, Florida Personal chef and caterer Week 2 Jason Goldstein 40 New York, New York Chiropractor; culinary teacher Week 1 Chris Valdes 26 Miami, Florida Caterer
who won this season's food network star
Christian Petroni Jess Tom