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Hell's Kitchen (U.S. season 5)
Season 5
No. of episodes15
Release
Original networkFox
Original releaseJanuary 29 (2009-01-29) –
May 14, 2009 (2009-05-14)
Season chronology
List of episodes

Season 5 of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen began airing on the Fox Network starting on January 29, 2009. The season concluded on May 14, 2009.

Executive Chef Daniel Veltri won the series and was awarded a sous chef position under Stephen Kalt at Italian restaurant Fornelletto at the Borgata in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Danny also received $250,000 in prize money from the show.[1]

This season also featured a high amount of unusual eliminations; with two chefs leaving due to medical issues, and two chefs eliminated during service. Also this season marked the first time a chef was eliminated despite being on the winning team, which would become more prominent in later seasons.

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, sous chefs Scott Leibfried of blue team and Gloria Félix of red team, and Maître d' Jean-Philippe Susilovic as well.

Opening sequence

The chefs are shown alongside an elaborate Rube Goldberg machine as it plays out in the kitchen.

Contestants

16 chefs competed in Season 5, and were initially separated by gender. The chefs were:

Contestant Age Occupation Hometown
Coi Burruss 22 Cafe Chef Austin, Texas
Ji-Hyun "Ji" Cha 33 Private Caterer Palisades Park, New Jersey
Colleen Cleek 41 Culinary Instructor Papillion, Nebraska
Lacey D'Angelo 24 Corporate Buffet Cook Charlotte, North Carolina
Paula da Silva 28 Executive Sous Chef Coconut Creek, Florida
Giovanni Filipponi 37 Executive Chef Destin, Florida
Andrea Heinly 30 Line Cook Reading, Pennsylvania
Robert Hesse 29 Sous Chef Quogue, New York
Wil Kocol 26 Quality Control Chef Elgin, Illinois
Seth Levine 27 Private Party Chef New York, New York
Alicia "LA" Limtiaco 22 Line Cook Las Vegas, Nevada
Jason "J" Maxwell 32 Food Court Chef Clifton Park, New York
Charlie McKay 24 Prep Chef Las Vegas, Nevada
Carol Scott 30 Sous Chef Knoxville, Tennessee
Danny Veltri 23[a] Executive Chef Edgewater, Florida
Ben Walanka 26 Executive Sous Chef Chicago, Illinois

Contestant progress

Each week, the best member (as 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 First switch Second switch Individual Finals
No. Chef 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514/15
1 Danny LOSE WIN LOSE LOSE LOSE WIN LOSE WIN BoW IN IN IN NOM WINNER
2 Paula WIN LOSE WIN LOSE LOSE LOSE WIN LOSE WIN BoW NOM IN IN RUNNER-UP
3 Andrea WIN LOSE WIN LOSE NOM BoW WIN NOM[n 1] WIN NOM NOM[n 1] NOM OUT
4 Ben LOSE WIN LOSE NOM LOSE WIN NOM[n 1] WIN NOM IN NOM OUT
5 Robert LOSE WIN LOSE LOSE LOSE WIN NOM[n 2] BoB NOM[n 1] IN LEFT
6 Giovanni LOSE WIN LOSE LOSE BoW WIN WIN LOSE WIN OUT
7 Carol WIN LOSE WIN LOSE LOSE LOSE WIN NOM OUT[n 3]
8 LA WIN LOSE WIN LOSE BoW NOM WIN OUT
9 Lacey WIN NOM WIN NOM LOSE WIN NOM OUT[n 4]
10 J LOSE WIN LOSE LOSE NOM WIN OUT[n 4]
11 Coi WIN LOSE WIN LOSE LOSE OUT
12 Colleen WIN NOM WIN NOM OUT
13 Seth NOM WIN NOM OUT
14 Charlie LOSE WIN OUT
15 Ji WIN LEFT
16 Wil OUT
Notes
  1. ^ a b c d Chef was nominated by Ramsay
  2. ^ Although nominated, chef was not called down by Ramsay
  3. ^ Chef was eliminated by Ramsay despite being on the winning team
  4. ^ a b Chef was eliminated by Ramsay during service


Episodes

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

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
491"16 Chefs Compete"January 29, 2009 (2009-01-29)
502"15 Chefs Compete"February 5, 2009 (2009-02-05)
513"14 Chefs Compete"February 19, 2009 (2009-02-19)
524"13 Chefs Compete"February 26, 2009 (2009-02-26)
535"12 Chefs Compete"March 5, 2009 (2009-03-05)
546"11 Chefs Compete"March 12, 2009 (2009-03-12)
557"10 Chefs Compete"March 19, 2009 (2009-03-19)
568"9 Chefs Compete"March 26, 2009 (2009-03-26)
579"7 Chefs Compete"April 2, 2009 (2009-04-02)
5810"6 Chefs Compete"April 9, 2009 (2009-04-09)
5911"5 Chefs Compete"April 16, 2009 (2009-04-16)
6012"4 Chefs Compete"April 23, 2009 (2009-04-23)
6113"3 Chefs Compete"April 30, 2009 (2009-04-30)
6214"2 Chefs Compete"May 7, 2009 (2009-05-07)
6315"2 Chefs Compete: Part 2"May 14, 2009 (2009-05-14)

Epilogue

Danny worked at Fornelletto for a few months and then resigned in August 2009 to become a consultant. He later returned as one of the special VIP guests for Hell's Kitchen's "black-tie" 100th dinner service on October 13, 2010.

In March 2012, Danny was arrested for DUI after being found at a local gas station in his car at 4:15 am and heavily intoxicated with a blood alcohol level of 0.12, which is above the legal limit of 0.08, he was released a few hours later on a $500 bail.[2]

Robert returned as a contestant the following season and made it to tenth place. He was eliminated after nomination by Dave but later returned to help in the final service.

Colleen made an appearance in the first episode of season 6, telling that season's hopefuls to taste their dishes before serving to patrons.

Ben returned in season 9 as part of an All-Stars team which competed against that season's final five chefs at dinner service. The All-Stars lost to the current chefs.

Paula returned in season 10 as part of an All-Stars team which competed against that season's final six chefs at dinner service; the All-Stars were deemed the clear winners of the service.

Notes

  1. ^ At age 23, Danny is to date the youngest winner of Hell's Kitchen.

References

  1. ^ Hyman, Vicki (May 14, 2009). Hell's Kitchen' finale recap: Danny Veltri is the winner. The Star-Ledger.
  2. ^ Loinaz, Alexis (March 13, 2012). "Hell's Kitchen Winner Danny Veltri Busted for DUI". E! Online. Retrieved August 11, 2015.