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

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 [1] at the Araxi Restaurant in Whistler, British Columbia, the first time the prize was a position at a Canadian restaurant.[2]

Format

Main article: Hell's Kitchen (U.S. 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, in the middle of the first episode.[2]

Contestant Age Occupation Hometown
Ariel Contreras 27 Sous Chef Los Angeles, California
David "Louie" Cordio 45 Diner Owner Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Kevin Cottle 35 Executive Chef Middletown, Connecticut
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[a] 30 Executive Chef Quogue, New York
Vincent "Van" Hurd 26 Fish Cook Dallas, Texas
Andrew "Andy" Husbands 40 Executive Chef Boston, Massachusetts
Connie "Lovely" Jackson 23 Camp Chef Chicago, Illinois
Dave Levey 32 Executive Chef San Diego, California
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 Massapequa Park, New York
Notes
  1. ^ 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.[3]

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 		First switch Second
switch 		Individual Finals
No. Chef 601 602/03 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615
1 Dave WIN LOSE WIN WIN WIN LOSE BoW BoB BoW LOSE IN IN IN IN WINNER
2 Kevin WIN LOSE BoB WIN BoB BoW LOSE WIN LOSE LOSE IN IN IN NOM RUNNER-UP
3 Ariel LOSE LOSE BoW LOSE LOSE LOSE WIN LOSE LOSE LOSE NOM[n 1] NOM IN OUT
4 Tennille LOSE NOM NOM LOSE NOM LOSE WIN BoW LOSE LOSE BoW IN OUT
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 1]
7 Sabrina LOSE LOSE LOSE BoW LOSE NOM WIN NOM NOM[n 1] OUT
8 Andy WIN NOM WIN WIN WIN NOM NOM[n 1] WIN OUT
9 Amanda NOM LOSE LOSE LOSE NOM[n 1] LOSE WIN OUT[n 1]
10 Robert N/A[n 2] LOSE WIN WIN WIN IN[n 3] 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[n 4]
Notes
  1. ^ a b c d e f Chef was nominated by Ramsay
  2. ^ Chef was not in competition
  3. ^ Chef was hospitalized and did not participate in service
  4. ^ Chef was eliminated by Ramsay during service


Episodes

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

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)

Epilogue

Dave went on to work for the Araxi Restaurant until the end of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games at which point he left as he disliked the way they treated him like a line cook.[4] Despite not appearing in Season 9, Dave was mentioned by Chef Ramsay who told Jonathon about Dave's victory with only one hand. Dave returned in the first episode of Season 10. He cooked a steak dinner for the red team along with Rock Harper from Season 3. Dave competed against Season 11's final five chefs alongside Season 3 winner Rock, Season 4 winner Christina, Season 8 winner Nona, and Season 9 winner Paul.

Tennille and Van returned in Season 9 as part of an All-Stars team alongside Ben (Season 5) & Trev & Jillian (Season 8) and competed against that seasons final five chefs at dinner service - only to end up losing to that season's Top 5.

Kevin later returned to Season 10, to face against that seasons final six chefs, with Virginia Dalbeck (Season 2), Bonnie Muirhead (Season 3), Paula DaSilva (Season 5), Jay Santos (Season 7) & Russell Kook II (Season 8) and ended up being the clear winners.

Lovely took part in the ninth season of Food Network's Food Network Star. She was eliminated in the fourth episode but won the star salvation in the eighth episode but was eliminated that episode.

Notes

References

  1. ^ Araxi.com
  2. ^ a b Amber Dowling (2009). "'Hell's comes to Canada". MSN. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
  3. ^ "Exclusive Interview: Robert Hesse of 'Hell's Kitchen'". My Buddy TV Web Site. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
  4. ^ Araxi Homepage, Hell's Kitchen


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