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Hell's Kitchen
Season 6
No. of episodes15
Release
Original networkFox
Original releaseJuly 21 (2009-07-21) –
October 13, 2009 (2009-10-13)
Season chronology
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Season 7
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.

This is the first season where two finalists avoided being nominated for elimination.

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] The competition started with 16 contestants as normal. However, Robert Hesse, who withdrew from season 5 due to health problems, was added at the end of the first dinner service, marks the second season which featured an odd number of contestants, with 17, after season 4 with 15, and being the last season featured an odd number of contestants to date. This season also the last to featured the normal single elimination before finals, as the rest of the seasons brings the tradition double elimination before finals, until it was returned again in season 15 to 17.

Format

Main article: Hell's Kitchen (American TV series) § 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, after the first dinner service, marks the second season to feature an odd number of contestants after season 4.[1]

Contestant Age (at time of filming) Occupation Hometown
Ariel Contreras-Fox[a] 27 Sous Chef Los Angeles, California
David "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
Andy Husbands 39 Executive Chef Boston, Massachusetts
Connie "Lovely" Jackson 23 Children's Camp Executive 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
  1. ^ Chef returned to Hells Kitchen again on Season 18, winning the season.
  2. ^ Chef returned to Hells Kitchen again on Season 18.
  3. ^ 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]
  4. ^ 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 		Men and Women Team Switched
Team 		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 BoB LOSE LOSE IN IN IN IN WINNER
2 Kevin WIN LOSE BoB WIN WIN LOSE LOSE WIN LOSE LOSE IN IN IN IN 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 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
Notes
  1. ^ Chef was eliminated in the kitchen, during the post-mortem
  2. ^ a b c d e Chef was nominated by Ramsay
  3. ^ Chef was not in competition
  4. ^ Chef was hospitalized and did not participate in service


Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air date
641"16 Chefs Compete"July 21, 2009 (2009-07-21)
652"15 Chefs Compete"July 21, 2009 (2009-07-21)
663"14 Chefs Compete"July 28, 2009 (2009-07-28)
674"13 Chefs Compete"August 4, 2009 (2009-08-04)
685"12 Chefs Compete"August 11, 2009 (2009-08-11)
696"11 Chefs Compete"August 18, 2009 (2009-08-18)
707"10 Chefs Compete"August 25, 2009 (2009-08-25)
718"9 Chefs Compete"September 1, 2009 (2009-09-01)
729"8 Chefs Compete"September 8, 2009 (2009-09-08)
7310"7 Chefs Compete"September 22, 2009 (2009-09-22)
7411"6 Chefs Compete"September 22, 2009 (2009-09-22)
7512"5 Chefs Compete"September 29, 2009 (2009-09-29)
7613"4 Chefs Compete"October 6, 2009 (2009-10-06)
7714"3 Chefs Compete"October 13, 2009 (2009-10-13)
7815"2 Chefs Compete"October 13, 2009 (2009-10-13)

Notes

References

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