Jason Smith is an

America The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

n home baker who came to prominence as the winner of the thirteenth season of the

Food Network Food Network is an American basic cable channel owned by Television Food Network, G.P., a unit of Warner Bros. Discovery, who manages and operates it as a division of the Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks Group. The channel airs both televi ...

television series ''

Food Network Star ''Food Network Star'' is a reality television series that aired from June 5, 2005, to August 5, 2018. It was produced by CBS EYEtoo Productions for seasons 1–8 and by Triage Entertainment for seasons 9-14. It aired on the Food Network in the ...

''. He had previously won the third season of '' Holiday Baking Championship''. Smith most recently served as a

judge A judge is a person who wiktionary:preside, presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a judicial panel. In an adversarial system, the judge hears all the witnesses and any other Evidence (law), evidence presented by the barris ...

on the Food Network series ''

Best Baker in America ''Best Baker in America'' is an American cooking reality competition television series that airs on Food Network. The first season of the series officially premiered on September 27, 2017; and it was presented by ''Bon Appétit'' magazine editor ...

''. He was a guest judge on the fourth season of the ''Christmas Cookie Challenge'', appearing in episode 4. Jason Smith served as judge along with Shinmin Li during the first season of the Food Network series ''Holiday Wars''. In 2024, he competed on the

Amazon Freevee Amazon Freevee (stylized as freevee and fv, also shortened as Freevee, formerly known as IMDb Freedive and IMDb TV, and sometimes spelled FV) is an American Free ad-supported streaming television, ad-supported video on demand, video-on-demand ( ...

series ''The GOAT'', where he finished in third place.

References

External links

* 1977 births American television chefs Date of birth missing (living people) Food Network chefs Food Network Star winners Living people American male chefs People from Grayson, Kentucky {{chef-stub Chefs from Kentucky