Hell's Kitchen (American TV series) season 7
Hell's Kitchen | |
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Season 7 | |
No. of episodes | 15 |
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Original network | Fox |
Original release | June 1 August 10, 2010 | –
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Season 7 of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen aired on the Fox Network from June 1, 2010 to August 10, 2010. Gordon Ramsay returned as host, as well as Maître d' Jean-Philippe Susilovic and Blue Team Sous chef Scott Leibfried. Andi Van Willigan, a chef from Santa Monica, California became the sous chef for the Red Team.[1]
Similar to Season 6, the winner and runner up avoided being nominated for elimination. This is the first season to featured the double elimination before the finals, and continued as a tradition on later seasons, except season 15 to 17, which return with normally single elimination before finals from the past six seasons.
Banquet chef Holli Ugalde won the season, she was promised to be the head chef position at Chef Ramsay's newly renovated restaurant at the Savoy Hotel in London. Filming had concluded on February 2009, 16 months prior to seventh season premiere, when the hotel reopened in 2010; however, Ugalde was not given the job. Ramsay stated that the American Ugalde could not work in London due to visa problems, but Ugalde called that explanation an excuse, saying, "I don't know if they even applied for my visa." Ugalde was later awarded an undisclosed amount of money in compensation and retained her title as the winner of season 7.[2]
Opening sequence
The intro depicts the chefs in a literal hell's kitchen with Ramsay as the devil.
Contestants
16 chefs competed in season 7.[1]
Contestant | Age (at time of filming) | Occupation | Hometown | Result |
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Holli Ugalde | 24 | Banquet Chef | San Bernardino, California | Winner |
Jason "Jay" Santos | 32 | Executive Chef | Medford, Massachusetts | Runner-Up |
Benjamin Knack[a] | 33 | Culinary Instructor | Malden, Massachusetts | Eliminated before Finals |
Autumn Lewis | 29 | Personal Chef | West Hollywood, California | |
Jason Ellis | 37 | Personal Chef | Suwanee, Georgia | Eliminated after 12th Service |
Edward "Ed" Battaglia | 28 | High School Cooking Teacher | Edgewater Park, New Jersey | Eliminated after 11th Service |
Nilka Hendricks | 28 | Line Cook | West Hempstead, New York | Eliminated during 10th Service (coincidentally also before Black Jackets) |
Frances "Fran" Klier[3] | 44 | Catering Chef | Rockville Centre, New York | Eliminated after 9th Service |
Siobhan Allgood | 25 | Pub Executive Chef | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Eliminated after 8th Service |
Salvatore Coppola | 35 | Pizzeria Chef | Laurel Springs, New Jersey | Eliminated after 7th Service |
Scott Hawley | 32 | Executive Chef | New York, New York | Eliminated after 6th Service |
Maria Torrisi | 24 | Kitchen Supervisor | Scranton, Pennsylvania | Eliminated after 5th Service |
Jamie Bisoulis | 26 | Sous Chef | Chicago, Illinois | Eliminated after 3rd Service |
Michael "Mikey" Termini | 29 | Line Cook | Kihei, Hawaii | Eliminated after 2nd Service |
Andrew Forster | 28 | Farmer | Wake Forest, North Carolina | Left during 2nd Service |
Anastasia "Stacey" Slichta | 38 | Private Chef | Studio City, California | Eliminated after 1st Service |
- Notes
- ^ Chef returned to Hells Kitchen again on Season 17, and was runner-up.
Contestant progress
Original teams | First switch | Second switch | Third switch |
Individual | Finals | |||||||||||||||||
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No. | Chef | 701 | 702 | 703 | 704 | 705 | 706 | 707 | 708 | 709 | 710 | 711 | 712 | 713 | 714 | 715 | ||||||
1 | Holli | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WINNER | ||||||
2 | Jay | WIN | LOSE | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | IN | IN | BoB | IN | RUNNER-UP | ||||||
3 | Benjamin | WIN | LOSE | BoB | WIN | WIN | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | IN | NOM | NOM | OUT | |||||||
4 | Autumn | LOSE | NOM | LOSE | NOM | WIN | WIN | WIN | NOM | NOM | NOM | NOM | IN | NOM | OUT | |||||||
5 | Jason | WIN | NOM | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | IN | OUT | |||||||||
6 | Ed | WIN | LOSE | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | NOM | LOSE | NOM | OUT | ||||||||||
7 | Nilka | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | BoB | NOM | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | OUT[n 1] | |||||||||||
8 | Fran | NOM | LOSE | NOM | WIN | BoW | NOM | NOM | NOM | OUT | ||||||||||||
9 | Siobhan | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | NOM[n 2] | NOM | OUT | |||||||||||||
10 | Salvatore | WIN | LOSE | WIN | BoB | WIN | WIN | OUT[n 3] | ||||||||||||||
11 | Scott | WIN | LOSE | WIN | NOM | NOM[n 2] | OUT | |||||||||||||||
12 | Maria | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | OUT | ||||||||||||||||
13 | Jamie | LOSE | NOM[n 2] | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||
14 | Mikey | WIN | OUT | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | Andrew | WIN | LEFT | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | Stacey | 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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79 | 1 | "16 Chefs Compete" | June 1, 2010 | 6.20[4] |
80 | 2 | "15 Chefs Compete" | June 8, 2010 | 6.29[5] |
81 | 3 | "13 Chefs Compete" | June 15, 2010 | 4.84[6] |
82 | 4 | "12 Chefs Compete Part 1" | June 15, 2010 | 6.22[6] |
83 | 5 | "12 Chefs Compete Part 2" | June 22, 2010 | 5.68[7] |
84 | 6 | "11 Chefs Compete" | June 22, 2010 | 6.28[7] |
85 | 7 | "10 Chefs Compete" | June 29, 2010 | 5.70[8] |
86 | 8 | "9 Chefs Compete" | June 29, 2010 | 6.33[8] |
87 | 9 | "8 Chefs Compete" | July 6, 2010 | 6.29[9] |
88 | 10 | "7 Chefs Compete" | July 6, 2010 | 7.08[9] |
89 | 11 | "6 Chefs Compete" | July 20, 2010 | 5.98[10] |
90 | 12 | "5 Chefs Compete" | July 20, 2010 | 6.96[10] |
91 | 13 | "4 Chefs Compete Part 1" | July 27, 2010 | 6.25[11] |
92 | 14 | "4 Chefs Compete Part 2" | August 3, 2010 | 7.07[12] |
93 | 15 | "2 Chefs Compete" | August 10, 2010 | 7.09[13] |
Notes
References
- ^ a b First names only are given onscreen. Last names and biographical information per Hell's Kitchen Bios at Fox site
- ^ "London's Savoy hotel reopens but without Hell's Kitchen winner Holli Ugalde". The Daily Telegraph, via PerthNow. 2010-11-29.
- ^ [1]
- ^ Hibberd, James. "'Got Talent,' 'Hell's Kitchen' debuts rise in ratings", The Hollywood Reporter; section "The Live Feed", June 02, 2010
- ^ "TV Ratings: Tuesday June 8, 2010 (Glee goes out on a [Demo] high note!)", TheTVAddict.com, June 9, 2010
- ^ a b "TV Ratings: Tuesday June 15, 2010 (NBA, Lakers Dominate)", TheTVAddict.com, June 16, 2010
- ^ a b "TV Ratings: Tuesday June 22, 2010 (The only thing JILLIAN is losing is viewers!)", TheTVAddict.com, June 23, 2010
- ^ a b "TV Ratings: Tuesday June 29, 2010 (Reruns Rule on CBS)", TheTVAddict.com, June 30, 2010
- ^ a b "TV Ratings: Tuesday July 6, 2010 (America loves its Reality, with TALENT, KITCHEN & WIPEOUT up across the board)", TheTVAddict.com, July 7, 2010
- ^ a b "TV Ratings: Tuesday July 20, 2010 (Gordon Ramsay Scares Up a Demo Win)", TheTVAddict.com, July 21, 2010
- ^ "TV Ratings: Tuesday July 27, 2010", TheTVAddict.com, July 28, 2010
- ^ "TV Ratings: Tuesday August 3, 2010 (FOX wipes out the Competition in the 18-49 year-old Department)", TheTVAddict.com, August 4, 2010
- ^ "TV Ratings: Tuesday August 10, 2010 (Slightly more than 18 viewers tune into the CW's Canadian Import 18 TO LIFE)", TheTVAddict.com, August 11, 2010