Star Scrapbook: Mary Beth Albright Save Collection Share Flip through a Food Network Star finalist's scrapbook for an up-close-and-personal look at snapshots taken inside the Star house. 1 / 12 Photo: Edward Chen/Creel Films © So Close Mary Beth Albright, a food writer from Washington, D.C., made it to New York and stayed strong until the final four. In the second-to-last episode of the season, the Iron Chef battle sent her home.