Hell's Kitchen (American TV series) season 2

*Hell's Kitchen*
Hell's Kitchen
Season 2
No. of episodes	11
Release
Original network	Fox
Original release	June 12 –; August 14, 2006
Season chronology
	← Previous; Season 1 Next →; Season 3
	List of episodes

Season 2 of Hell's Kitchen was cast during November 2005, premiered on June 12, 2006 and concluded on August 14, 2006. This was the first season of Hell's Kitchen to start a number of contestants divided to two teams by gender, which would become a tradition in subsequent seasons.

Sous chef Heather West won the season. Her prize was the position of executive chef at the Red Rock Resort Spa and Casino in Las Vegas with a salary of $250,000, where she worked as chef at the Terra Rossa Restaurant. Runner-up Virginia Dalbeck had the worst streak of any finalist on the show, being nominated every single time apart from wins and "Best of the Worst" nominations.

Taping for the second season was done in the same building where the first season was taped.

This was the last season of the show to be aired in standard definition.

Cast

Head chef and host – Gordon Ramsay
Sous chefs – Scott Leibfried and Mary-Ann Salcedo
Maître d'hôtel – Jean-Philippe Susilovic

Contestants

The second season featured the following 12 contestants, who were initially separated onto blue and red teams by gender:

Contestant	Age (at time of filming)	Occupation	Hometown	Result
Heather West	25	Sous chef	Port Jefferson, New York	Winner
Virginia Dalbeck	25	Salad chef	New York, New York	Runner-Up
Keith Greene †	28	Chef/bartender	Southampton, New York	Eliminated before Finals
Sara Horowitz	31	Deli manager	Dallas, Texas	Eliminated after 8th Service
Garrett Telle	27	Former Prisoner/Chef	Cedar Park, Texas	Eliminated after 7th Service
Maribel Miller	31	Cafeteria chef	Brooklyn, New York	Eliminated before Black Jackets
Rachel Brown †	39	Personal chef	Dallas, Texas	Eliminated after 5th Service
Thomas "Tom" Poley	43	Former stockbroker	Belleville, New Jersey	Eliminated after 4th Service
Giacomo Alfieri^{[note 1]}	21	Pizza chef	Euless, Texas	Eliminated after 3rd Service
Gabriel "Gabe" Gagliardi	27	Marketing executive	Chicago, Illinois	Eliminated after 2nd Service
Lawrence "Larry" Ross	38	Fishmonger	Arlington, Texas	Left before 2nd Service
Paula "Polly" Holladay	43	Caterer	Ben Franklin, Texas	Eliminated after 1st Service

† Indicates that the contestants died after filming ended.

On May 9, 2007, Rachel Brown committed suicide in her own home.

On August 15, 2012, Keith Greene drowned in a lake during a morning swim.

Contestant progress

Each week, the best member from the losing team during the latest service period ("best" as determined by Ramsay) was asked to nominate two of their teammates for elimination; one of these two was sent home by Ramsay.

					Original teams			Switched teams			Individual			Finals
No.	Chef				201	202	203	204	205	206	207	208	209	210/211
1				Heather	BoW	WIN	WIN	LOSE	WIN	WIN	IN	BoW	IN	WINNER
2				Virginia	NOM	WIN	WIN	NOM	BoW	NOM^{[n 1]}	NOM	NOM	NOM	RUNNER-UP
3			Keith		WIN	LOSE	LOSE	BoW	WIN	WIN	BoW	IN	OUT
4			Sara		LOSE	WIN	WIN	BoW	LOSE	NOM^{[n 1]}	IN	OUT
5			Garrett		WIN	BoW	LOSE	LOSE	WIN	WIN	OUT
6		Maribel			LOSE	WIN	WIN	LOSE	NOM	OUT^{[n 1]}
7		Rachel			LOSE	WIN	WIN	NOM^{[n 2]}	OUT
8		Tom			WIN	NOM	NOM	OUT
9	Giacomo				WIN	NOM	OUT
10	Gabe				WIN	OUT^{[n 1]}
11	Larry				WIN	LEFT^{[n 3]}
12	Polly				OUT

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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Chef was nominated by Ramsay
^ Chef nominated themselves
^ Chef was hospitalized and withdrew for health reasons

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
12	1	"12 Chefs"	June 12, 2006 (2006-06-12)
13	2	"11 Chefs"	June 12, 2006 (2006-06-12)
14	3	"9 Chefs"	June 19, 2006 (2006-06-19)
15	4	"8 Chefs"	June 26, 2006 (2006-06-26)
16	5	"7 Chefs"	July 10, 2006 (2006-07-10)
17	6	"6 Chefs"	July 17, 2006 (2006-07-17)
18	7	"5 Chefs"	July 24, 2006 (2006-07-24)
19	8	"4 Chefs"	July 31, 2006 (2006-07-31)
20	9	"3 Chefs"	August 7, 2006 (2006-08-07)
21 22	10 11	"Winner Announced"	August 14, 2006 (2006-08-14)

Notes

^ At age 21, Giacomo is, to date, the youngest contestant in Hell's Kitchen.

References

External links

"Heather West's myspace page". Archived from the original on 2009-04-13.
Rachel Brown, "Hell's Kitchen" Suicide: Was Reality TV to Blame? CBS News
Terra Rossa Restaurant

[ramsay_nom-2] Chef was nominated by Ramsay

[nom_themselves-3] Chef nominated themselves

[hosp-4] Chef was hospitalized and withdrew for health reasons

[1] At age 21, Giacomo is, to date, the youngest contestant in Hell's Kitchen.

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