Hell's Kitchen

"Hell's Kitchen" is presided over by Chef Gordon Ramsay. Gordon Ramsay has won twelve Michelin stars. Ramsay is one of only three UK chefs whose restaurant is currently rated at three Michelin stars. He has a reputation of a desire for culinary perfection. Joining chef Ramsay on the show is maitre d' Jean-Phillipe Susilovic.

The show takes the contestants and divides them up into two teams until the remaining number of contestants is small enough to form just one team, then the players compete as individuals. In each episode, there is a team or individual challenge. Each team has an assigned sous chef. Chefs must prepare the food to perfection to meet Chef Ramsay's approval. He has been known to throw dishes across the room and spit out food he does not like. He also has forced players to sit out of the competition if he feels they are not performing well. Winners may get rewarded while losers often have to perform kitchen duties, although there have been times when the service and food was deemed so terrible, there was no winner chosen.

The best chef on the losing team gets to pick two of his fellow teammates to nominate for elimination. In season 2 and the current season, the teams are divided up into the males and females, with each team picking a captain. The captain of the losing team is the person that must nominate two other chefs for elimination. Chefs nominated are allowed to plead for their survival on the show, but it is Chef Ramsay who has the final say so in who leaves.

The show is taped in Los Angeles and it contains frequent profanity outbursts (which are bleeped by the network) by Chef Ramsay. There are versions of "Hell's Kitchen" that air in Australia, the United Kingdon, New Zealand, Canada, Norway, Finland, Korea, the Netherlands, Ireland, and Brazil, all of which are uncensored.

So far, there have only been three chefs to survive the American version of "Hell's Kitchen." Michael Wray won season 1 with, Ralph Pagano named as the runner-up. For season 2, which divided the teams into males and females, the winner was Heather West, who, as the winner was named the Senior Chef at Terra Rossa Restaurant at the Red Rock Resort and Spa in Las Vegas. Virginia Dalbeck was the runner-up for season 2. The third season of "Hell's Kitchen" was won by Rahman "Rock" Harper, who won the Head Chef position at the Terra Verde Restaurant at the Green Valley Ranch Resort and Spa in Henderson, Nevada. The runner-up for season 3 was Bonnie Muirhead.

The winner of season 4 will get to be the executive chef at Chef Ramsay's newest restaurant in Los Angeles, London.

Season 4 Contestants

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Eliminated
Shayna	28	Buffalo, NY	Week 6
Vanessa	31	Bozeman, MT	Week 5
Craig	30	Coram, NY	Week 4
Jason	29	Las Vegas, NV	Week 3
Sharon	31	Las Vegas, NV	Week 2
Dominic	43	Catawba, SC	Week 1
Ben	29	Charlotte, NC
Bobby	37	Niagara Falls, NY
Christina	25	St. Louis, MO
Corey	25	Brooklyn, NY
Jen	24	Chicago, IL
Laross	24	Las Vegas, NV
Matt	35	Pinehill, NJ
Petrozza	47	Charlotte, NC
Rosann	33	Staten Island, NY

Latest Hell's Kitchen Results and News

Hell’s Kitchen: Shayna is Eliminated
Posted: 7 May 2008
The challenge tonight was to cook an appetizer and two entrees for a Sweet 16 party. The teen, Melissa and her mom would sample the food and choose which plate they liked best. The guys didn’t take any of Matt’s suggestions, but managed to win the challenge. Although it was very close. The guys [...]

Hell’s Kitchen: Vanessa Leaves
Posted: 29 Apr 2008
Yes, Vanessa left Hell’s Kitchen tonight, but not for the reason you might think. She wasn’t voted off the show – she left because she couldn’t give 100% in the kitchen due to her burned hand. Chef Ramsay thought it was unfortunate and many of the girls thought she just gave up on [...]

Hell’s Kitchen: Craig is Sent Home
Posted: 23 Apr 2008
Let’s face it, Craig has been on the brink of elimination since he got to Hell’s Kitchen. This episode was the first ever family night at Hell’s Kitchen and Craig had trouble serving up pasta. But, while Bobby also nominated Matt (who served up raw chicken wings to kids), Chef Ramsay called out [...]

Hell’s Kitchen: Jason is Sent Home
Posted: 16 Apr 2008
Tonight, the challenge was to cut a chicken into eight pieces. Each chef had five minutes to cut up a chicken, but the men fell short and lost the challenge. For winning, the girls got to go to the Saddle Ranch, where they saw weepy Aaron from last season. The guys had [...]