Food network star winners: where are they now

When "The Next Food Network Star" debuted on June 5, 2005 (via IMDb), it was anyone's guess how it might be received by the public.

As it turned out, it was a force to be reckoned with — leading to another season being ordered and shot almost immediately. Season 2 aired on March 19, 2006, and by the season finale on April 23 of that year, Food Network's biggest star yet, Guy Fieri, was crowned triumphant.

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It took another year for Season 3 to debut, but it did so on June 3, 2007, and every year thereafter, the late spring/early summer season has brought with it a new crop of culinary talents, from which a hopeful Food Network "star" might emerge ...

well, that is, until 2019.

There was an unprecedented finale to Season 14 (originally airing July 29, 2018) in which two winners emerged, one of whom was Christian Petroni, later hand-picked by Fieri to appear in his pandemic-documentary, "Restaurant Hustle: All On The Line" along with Antonia Lofaso, Marcus Samuelsson, and Maneet Chauhan.

And ever since, fan

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