Like clockwork every year, Food Network has a press release in April detailing the newest season of Food Network Star that will start in June. In more recent years, they actually had Comeback Kitchen start in May, where a previous contestant would get to compete on the newest season of Food Network Star. April has passed, and we are into May without any indication there will be a 15th season Food Network Star.
There is also other evidence that Food Network Star is not coming back such as The Great Food Truck Race starting June 9th on Food Network at 9pm ET/PT. This is the time slot that Food Network Star usually had, so it seems The Great Food Truck Race has replaced Food Network Star on the schedule this year. The Great Food Truck Race has usually premiered in late July/early August in the past. The press release about the June programming on the channel also doesn't contain any mentions Food Network Star.
JS Casting, which is the casting company that has cast seasons 3-14 of Food Network Star, still has the season 14 application on the website, and there are no signs of a season 15 application. So, it isn't clear if they ever cast season 15 of the show.
Giada De Laurentiis and Bobby Flay usually post things on social media when they are filming Food Network Star, which is usually in March, but there were no Food Network Star postings on their social media this year in that time frame.
Who knows if all this information means Food Network Star has been canceled, but it definitely isn't airing at its normal time. It also seems that the show hasn't been cast or filmed. Food Network Star always had great ratings for Food Network, so you would expect them to keep making the show. As the show got into the later seasons, it seemed like the show was still being produced for the ratings and not to find an actual "star" with there not being a guaranteed prize/show for the winner.
I will update this post with more information regarding Food Network Star being canceled or not if it can be confirmed either way. Even if it is canceled, there is a chance for it to come back later like Food Network did with Restaurant: Impossible. Restaurant: Impossible was canceled in 2016, but brought back to Food Network this year.
There is also other evidence that Food Network Star is not coming back such as The Great Food Truck Race starting June 9th on Food Network at 9pm ET/PT. This is the time slot that Food Network Star usually had, so it seems The Great Food Truck Race has replaced Food Network Star on the schedule this year. The Great Food Truck Race has usually premiered in late July/early August in the past. The press release about the June programming on the channel also doesn't contain any mentions Food Network Star.
JS Casting, which is the casting company that has cast seasons 3-14 of Food Network Star, still has the season 14 application on the website, and there are no signs of a season 15 application. So, it isn't clear if they ever cast season 15 of the show.
Giada De Laurentiis and Bobby Flay usually post things on social media when they are filming Food Network Star, which is usually in March, but there were no Food Network Star postings on their social media this year in that time frame.
Who knows if all this information means Food Network Star has been canceled, but it definitely isn't airing at its normal time. It also seems that the show hasn't been cast or filmed. Food Network Star always had great ratings for Food Network, so you would expect them to keep making the show. As the show got into the later seasons, it seemed like the show was still being produced for the ratings and not to find an actual "star" with there not being a guaranteed prize/show for the winner.
I will update this post with more information regarding Food Network Star being canceled or not if it can be confirmed either way. Even if it is canceled, there is a chance for it to come back later like Food Network did with Restaurant: Impossible. Restaurant: Impossible was canceled in 2016, but brought back to Food Network this year.
