Hell's Kitchen (American TV series) season 6

*Hell's Kitchen*
Hell's Kitchen
Season 6
No. of episodes	15
Release
Original network	Fox
Original release	July 21 –; October 13, 2009
Season chronology
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	List of episodes

Season 6 of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen began airing on the Fox Network on July 21, 2009 and concluded on October 13, 2009.

Despite suffering a fractured wrist early in the competition, Executive Chef Dave Levey won the season and was awarded a Head Chef position under Executive Chef James Walt at the Araxi Restaurant in Whistler, British Columbia, the first time the prize was a position at a Canadian restaurant.^[1]

Format

The first half of each episode consists of a team challenge, in which the winning side gets a reward of some sort of leisure activity, while the losing side has to clean up and prepare both kitchens, as well as some activity that is not so pleasant. Afterwards, the teams compete in executing a dinner service, during which Ramsay can impose additional punishments or kick chefs out of the kitchen. The losing team(s) nominates chefs to be considered for elimination. Ramsay can also nominate chefs, and ultimately sends a chef home. At six chefs left, the teams merge to one, and the chefs compete as individuals.

Staff

Gordon Ramsay returned as the head chef, blue team sous chef Scott Leibfried, and Maître d' Jean-Philippe Susilovic as well. Heather West, the winner of Season 2, became the new sous chef for the red team, she replaced Gloria Félix who was the sous-chef for the previous two seasons.

Opening sequence

The chefs appear in a Hell's Kitchen style carnival. A second version was shown from episode 2 onwards featuring Robert taking the place of Dave who now appears before Tennille.

Contestants

Initially, sixteen chefs began the competition, and were joined by a seventeenth, Robert Hesse from the previous season, in the middle of the first episode.^[1]

Contestant	Age (at time of filming)	Occupation	Hometown
Ariel Contreras-Fox^[a]	27	Sous Chef	Los Angeles, California
David Louis "Louie" Cordio	45	Diner Owner	Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Kevin Cottle^[b]	35	Executive Chef	Middletown, Connecticut
Antonio "Tony" D'Alessandro	30	Culinary Store Manager	Chicago, Illinois
Amanda Davenport	27	Sous Chef	New York, New York
Sabrina Gresset	34	Restaurant Manager	Phoenix, Arizona
Robert Hesse^[c]	30	Executive Chef	Quogue, New York
Vincent "Van" Hurd^[d]	26	Fish Cook	Dallas, Texas
Andrew "Andy" Husbands	39	Executive Chef	Boston, Massachusetts
Connie "Lovely" Jackson	23	Camp Chef	Chicago, Illinois
David "Dave" Levey	32	Executive Chef	San Diego, California
James "Jim" McGloin	34	Sous Chef	Nashua, New Hampshire
Melinda Meaney	38	Private Chef	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tennille Middleton	28	Executive Chef	Fairfax, Virginia
Amanda "Tek" Moore	27	Line Cook	New York, New York
Suzanne Schlicht	24	Sous Chef	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Joseph Tinnelly	27	Former U.S. Marine/Sous Chef	Massapequa Park, New York

Notes

^ Chef returned to Hells Kitchen again on Season 18.
^ Chef returned to Hells Kitchen again on Season 18.
^ Hesse first competed in Season 5 of Hell's Kitchen, but withdrew in fifth place due to pericarditis. In the year between seasons, Hesse married, lost 55 pounds, and underwent gastric bypass surgery.^[2]
^ Chef returned to Hells Kitchen again on Season 17.

Contestant progress

Each week, the best member (determined by Ramsay) from the losing team during the latest service period is asked to nominate two of their teammates for elimination; one of these two is meant to be sent home by Ramsay. On some weeks, there is a variation in the nomination process, depending on the losing team's (or even winning team's) performance.

							Original teams	With Robert	First switch							Second switch	Individual				Finals
No.	Chef						601	602/603	603	604	605	606	607	608	609	610	611	612	613	614	615
1						Dave	WIN	LOSE	WIN	WIN	WIN	LOSE	BoW	WIN	LOSE	LOSE	IN	IN	IN	IN	WINNER
2						Kevin	WIN	LOSE	WIN	WIN	WIN	LOSE	LOSE	WIN	LOSE	LOSE	IN	IN	IN	NOM	RUNNER-UP
3					Ariel		LOSE	LOSE	BoW	LOSE	LOSE	LOSE	WIN	LOSE	LOSE	LOSE	NOM	NOM	IN	OUT
4					Tennille		LOSE	NOM	NOM	LOSE	NOM	LOSE	WIN	BoW	LOSE	LOSE	IN	IN	OUT^{[n 1]}
5					Suzanne		LOSE	LOSE	LOSE	LOSE	LOSE	LOSE	WIN	NOM	NOM	LOSE	NOM	OUT
6					Van		WIN	LOSE	WIN	WIN	WIN	LOSE	NOM	WIN	LOSE	NOM	OUT^{[n 2]}
7				Sabrina			LOSE	LOSE	LOSE	BoW	LOSE	NOM	WIN	NOM	NOM^{[n 2]}	OUT
8			Andy				WIN	NOM	WIN	WIN	WIN	NOM	NOM^{[n 2]}	WIN	OUT
9			Amanda				NOM	LOSE	LOSE	LOSE	NOM^{[n 2]}	LOSE	WIN	OUT^{[n 2]}
10			Robert				N/A^{[n 3]}	LOSE	WIN	WIN	WIN	IN^{[n 4]}	OUT
11			Jim				WIN	LOSE	WIN	WIN	WIN	OUT
12			Tek				LOSE	LOSE	LOSE	NOM	OUT
13			Lovely				LOSE	NOM	NOM	OUT
14		Tony					WIN	OUT
15		Joseph					WIN	LEFT
16	Melinda						OUT
17	Louie						OUT^{[n 5]}

Keywords

WIN = Won the dinner service
LOSE = Lost the dinner service
BoB = Best of the Best, usually exempt from nomination
BoW = Best of the Worst, sometimes exempt from nomination
IN = not nominated for elimination
NOM = nominated for elimination
OUT = eliminated normally
LEFT = withdrew from competition
HOSP = eliminated due to hospitalization
EJEC = eliminated during service

Color key: Chef was eliminated after regular nomination; Chef was eliminated after Ramsay's nomination; Chef was eliminated without nomination; Chef was eliminated during service; Chef withdrew from the competition; Chef was the Best of the Best/Worst; Chef was retained after regular nomination; Chef was retained after Ramsay's nomination; Chef's nomination was voided; The winner of Hell's Kitchen; The runner-up of Hell's Kitchen

Notes

^ Chef was eliminated in the kitchen, during the post-mortem
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Chef was nominated by Ramsay
^ Chef was not in competition
^ Chef was hospitalized and did not participate in service
^ Chef was eliminated during service

Episodes

Each episode consists of a challenge with a reward, a service and an elimination.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
64	1	"16 Chefs Compete"	July 21, 2009 (2009-07-21)
65	2	"15 Chefs Compete"	July 21, 2009 (2009-07-21)
66	3	"14 Chefs Compete"	July 28, 2009 (2009-07-28)
67	4	"13 Chefs Compete"	August 4, 2009 (2009-08-04)
68	5	"12 Chefs Compete"	August 11, 2009 (2009-08-11)
69	6	"11 Chefs Compete"	August 18, 2009 (2009-08-18)
70	7	"10 Chefs Compete"	August 25, 2009 (2009-08-25)
71	8	"9 Chefs Compete"	September 1, 2009 (2009-09-01)
72	9	"8 Chefs Compete"	September 8, 2009 (2009-09-08)
73	10	"7 Chefs Compete"	September 22, 2009 (2009-09-22)
74	11	"6 Chefs Compete"	September 22, 2009 (2009-09-22)
75	12	"5 Chefs Compete"	September 29, 2009 (2009-09-29)
76	13	"4 Chefs Compete"	October 6, 2009 (2009-10-06)
77	14	"3 Chefs Compete"	October 13, 2009 (2009-10-13)
78	15	"2 Chefs Compete"	October 13, 2009 (2009-10-13)

Notes

References

^ ^a ^b Amber Dowling (2009). "'Hell's comes to Canada". MSN. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
^ "Exclusive Interview: Robert Hesse of 'Hell's Kitchen'". My Buddy TV Web Site. Retrieved August 1, 2009.

External links

[2] Chef returned to Hells Kitchen again on Season 18.

[3] Chef returned to Hells Kitchen again on Season 18.

[Robert-5] Hesse first competed in Season 5 of Hell's Kitchen, but withdrew in fifth place due to pericarditis. In the year between seasons, Hesse married, lost 55 pounds, and underwent gastric bypass surgery.^[2]

[6] Chef returned to Hells Kitchen again on Season 17.

[eli_kitchen-7] Chef was eliminated in the kitchen, during the post-mortem

[ramsay_nom-8] Chef was nominated by Ramsay

[late-9] Chef was not in competition

[hosp_stay-10] Chef was hospitalized and did not participate in service

[fired-11] Chef was eliminated during service

[MSN-1] Amber Dowling (2009). "'Hell's comes to Canada". MSN. Retrieved June 28, 2009.

[4] "Exclusive Interview: Robert Hesse of 'Hell's Kitchen'". My Buddy TV Web Site. Retrieved August 1, 2009.

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