Hell's Kitchen (American TV series) season 11
Hell's Kitchen | |
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Season 11 | |
No. of episodes | 22 |
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Original network | Fox |
Original release | March 12 July 25, 2013 | –
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Season 11 of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen premiered on March 12, 2013 on Fox.
This is the first season of Hell's Kitchen to feature 20 contestants. Unlike previous seasons, this was also the first season to open up in Las Vegas, where the chefs presented their signature dishes to Chef Ramsay in front of a live audience of 2,500 at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. This season was also the first season where there wasn't always a challenge per dinner service (with some occasions there being dinner services without there being challenges or vice versa). This was also the second season to feature two female finalists (the first being season 2's Virginia Dalbeck and Heather West). Season 11 is Hell's Kitchen's longest season with 22 episodes.
Executive chef Ja'Nel Witt won the competition and received a head chef position at Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill in Caesars Palace at Las Vegas.[1] but was denied the position a month after winning for "unforeseen personal circumstances". As of June 2014, she holds a position as the executive chef of Corner Table, a canteen based in River Oaks, Houston.[2]
Jon Scallion, who finished third and was deemed by Ramsay as the only great chef in the worst team in Hell's Kitchen history, became sous chef at Gordon Ramsay Steak under season 10 winner Christina Wilson.[3]
This is the only season to date to featured double elimination twice.
Staff
Gordon Ramsay returned as head chef as well as Andi Van Willigan as the red team's sous chef. Long-time maître d' Jean-Philippe Susilovic returned for the first time since season 7 due to his work commitments at Ramsay's London restaurant, Pétrus. However, previous blue team sous chef Scott Leibfried did not return due to his work obligation at Fleetwood's restaurant in Maui and was replaced by newcomer James Avery from Wall, New Jersey.[4][5]
Production
During episode 7 of this season, Richard Brooker appeared in that episode as a samurai on the team challenge. Brooker died on April 8, 2013.
Opening sequence
The intro of this season depicts the chefs as they fight off Transformers-style robotic kitchen appliances as Hell's Kitchen turns into a battle zone, which ends with Ramsay morphing from one. Since the second episode, another version of the opening is shown featuring Zach saying "Get 'em Jon" just as Jon's name appears.
Chefs
For the first time ever, 20 chefs competed in season 11.[6]
Contestant | Age | Occupation | Hometown | Result |
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Ja'Nel Witt | 31 | Executive Chef | Houston, Texas | Winner |
Mary Poehnelt | 26 | Butcher/Line Cook | Belchertown, Massachusetts | Runner-Up |
Jonathan "Jon" Scallion | 27 | Chef de Cuisine | York, Pennsylvania | Eliminated before Finals |
Cynthia "Cyndi" Stanimirov | 25 | Head Chef | Queens, New York | |
Susan Fierro[7] | 29 | Culinary Student | Whittier, California | Eliminated after 16th Service |
Zach Womack | 34 | Head Line Cook | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Eliminated before Black Jackets |
Anthony Rodriguez | 27 | Line Chef | New Orleans, Louisiana | Eliminated after 13th Service |
Nedra Harris | 24 | Kitchen Manager | Detroit, Michigan | Eliminated after 12th Service |
Michael Langdon | 33 | Executive Chef | Plains, Pennsylvania | Eliminated after 11th Service |
Raymond "Ray" Alongi[note 1] | 51 | Executive Chef | Boston, Massachusetts | Eliminated after 10th Service |
Barret Beyer | 35 | Head Chef | Long Island, New York | Eliminated after 9th Service |
Amanda Giblin | 28 | Executive Chef | Orange County, New York | |
Jacqueline Baldassari | 27 | Roundsman | Florence, New Jersey | Eliminated after 8th Service |
Daniel "Dan" Ryan | 27 | Head Cook | Westchester, New York | Eliminated after 7th Service |
Jessica Lewis | 25 | Chef Tournant | New York, New York | Eliminated after 6th Service |
Jeremy Madden | 22 | Lead Cook | Los Angeles, California | Eliminated after 4th Service |
Danielle Boorn | 33 | Executive Chef | Atlanta, Georgia | Eliminated after 3rd Service |
Christian Rosati | 38 | Line Cook/Sandwich Maker | Boston, Massachusetts | Eliminated after 2nd Service |
Gina Aloise | 49 | Line Cook | Wilmington, Delaware | Left before 2nd Challenge |
Sebastian Royo | 32 | Sous Chef | Brooklyn, New York | Eliminated after 1st Service |
- Notes
Contestant progress
Original teams | First switch | Second switch |
Individual | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||
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No. | Chef | 1101/1102 | 1103 | 1104 | 1105/1106 | 1106/1107 | 1107 | 1108 | 1109 | 1110/1111 | 1111 | 1112/1113 | 1113 | 1114/1115 | 1116 | 1117/1118 | 1119 | 1120/1121 | 1121/1122 | |||||
1 | Ja'Nel | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | WIN | WIN | IN | NOM[n 1] | IN | WINNER | |||||
2 | Mary | WIN | NOM | LOSE | NOM | NOM | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | WIN | WIN | IN | NOM | IN | RUNNER-UP | |||||
3 | Jon | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | BoW | WIN | IN | IN | OUT | ||||||
4 | Cyndi | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | NOM | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | WIN | NOM[n 2] | NOM | IN | OUT | ||||||
5 | Susan | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | NOM | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | NOM | WIN | NOM[n 1] | NOM | OUT[n 1] | |||||||
6 | Zach | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | NOM | NOM[n 1] | NOM | LOSE | NOM[n 1] | OUT | |||||||||
7 | Anthony | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | OUT | ||||||||||
8 | Nedra | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | NOM | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | NOM | WIN | OUT | |||||||||||
9 | Michael | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | OUT | ||||||||||||
10 | Ray | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | WIN | NOM | NOM | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | OUT | |||||||||||||
11 | Barret | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | NOM | WIN | OUT | ||||||||||||||
12 | Amanda | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | NOM | OUT | ||||||||||||||
13 | Jacqueline | WIN | LOSE | NOM[n 1] | NOM | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | OUT | |||||||||||||||
14 | Dan | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | WIN | NOM | NOM | OUT | ||||||||||||||||
15 | Jessica | WIN | LOSE | NOM | LOSE | LOSE | OUT | |||||||||||||||||
16 | Jeremy | NOM | NOM | WIN | OUT[n 3] | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Danielle | WIN | NOM | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Christian | LOSE | OUT | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Gina | WIN | LEFT | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Sebastian | OUT |
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- Notes
Episodes
Each episode consists of a challenge with a reward, a service and an elimination.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
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145 | 1 | "20 Chefs Compete Part 1" | March 12, 2013 | 5.30[8] |
146 | 2 | "20 Chefs Compete Part 2" | March 12, 2013 | 5.78[8] |
147 | 3 | "19 Chefs Compete" | March 19, 2013 | 4.59[9] |
148 | 4 | "17 Chefs Compete" | March 26, 2013 | 4.68[10] |
149 | 5 | "16 Chefs Compete Part 1" | April 2, 2013 | 4.91[11] |
150 | 6 | "16 Chefs Compete Part 2" | April 9, 2013 | 4.53[12] |
151 | 7 | "15 Chefs Compete" | April 16, 2013 | 4.77[13] |
152 | 8 | "14 Chefs Compete" | April 23, 2013 | 4.83[14] |
153 | 9 | "13 Chefs Compete" | April 30, 2013 | 4.79[15] |
154 | 10 | "12 Chefs Compete" | May 7, 2013 | 4.71[16] |
155 | 11 | "10 Chefs Compete" | May 13, 2013 | 4.19[17] |
156 | 12 | "9 Chefs Compete" | May 13, 2013 | 3.89[17] |
157 | 13 | "8 Chefs Compete" | May 23, 2013 | 5.62[18] |
158 | 14 | "7 Chefs Compete Part 1" | May 30, 2013 | 5.22[19] |
159 | 15 | "7 Chefs Compete Part 2" | June 6, 2013 | 5.28[20] |
160 | 16 | "6 Chefs Compete" | June 13, 2013 | 5.14[21] |
161 | 17 | "5 Chefs Compete Part 1" | June 20, 2013 | 5.19[22] |
162 | 18 | "5 Chefs Compete Part 2" | June 27, 2013 | 5.54[23] |
163 | 19 | "5 Chefs Compete Part 3" | July 11, 2013 | 5.25[24] |
164 | 20 | "4 Chefs Compete" | July 18, 2013 | 4.90[25] |
165 | 21 | "2 Chefs Compete" | July 25, 2013 | 5.29[26] |
166 | 22 | "Winner Chosen" | July 25, 2013 | 5.61[26] |
Notes
- ^ At age 51, Ray is to date the oldest contestant in Hell's Kitchen.
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