Hell's Kitchen (American TV series) season 4 explained

Season Number:4
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Host:Gordon Ramsay
Num Contestants:15
Winner:Christina Machamer
Runner Up:Louis Petrozza
Image Alt:Hell's Kitchen – Season 4: Raw & Uncensored
Num Episodes:15
Network:Fox
Episode List:List of Hell's Kitchen episodes

The fourth season of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen premiered on Fox on April 1, 2008, and concluded on July 8, 2008. Gordon Ramsay returned as host and head chef, while Scott Leibfried returned as the Blue Team's sous-chef and Gloria Felix debuted as the Red Team's sous-chef, replacing Mary-Ann Salcedo. Jean-Philippe Susilovic returned as maître d'.

The season was won by culinary student Christina Machamer, with catering director Louis Petrozza finishing second.

This season was filmed in October 2007 at the warehouse district in Culver City, California. It was originally supposed to air later in the 2007-2008 TV season, but instead aired as a replacement for shows that were affected by the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. Episode 5 garnered the highest viewership in Hell's Kitchen history at 11.94 million viewers.[1]

Machamer received the senior sous chef position at the prize restaurant – not the executive chef position as mentioned in show-related publicity and press releases.[2] [3] The restaurant opened on May 27, 2008, while the season was still airing.[4]

Contestants

Fifteen chefs competed in season four. This was the first season to begin with an odd number of chefs.

ContestantAge (at time of filming)OccupationHometownResult
Christina Machamer25Culinary StudentSt. Louis, MissouriWinner
Louis Petrozza †47Catering DirectorCharlotte, North CarolinaRunner-up
Courtney "Corey" Earling25Private ChefBrooklyn, New YorkEliminated before finals
Jennifer "Jen" Gavin24Garde MangerChicago, IllinoisEliminated after twelfth service
Robert "Bobby" Anderson37Executive ChefNiagara Falls, New YorkEliminated after eleventh service
Matthew "Matt" Sigel35Sous ChefPine Hill, New JerseyEliminated after tenth service
Louross Edralin24Hotel CookLas Vegas, NevadaEliminated after ninth service
Rosann Fama33Law office receptionist & Former CookStaten Island, New YorkEliminated after eighth service
Benjamin "Ben" Caylor29Electrician & Former ChefCharlotte, North CarolinaEliminated after seventh service
Shayna Zadok28Catering Company OwnerBuffalo, New YorkEliminated after sixth service
Vanessa Gunnell31Line CookBozeman, MontanaQuit before fifth service
Craig Schneider30Sous ChefCoram, New YorkEliminated after fourth service
Jason Underwood29Youngstown, OhioEliminated after third service
Sharon Stewart31Room-service chefLas Vegas, NevadaEliminated after second service
Dominic DiFrancesco43Stay-at-home DadCatawba, South CarolinaEliminated after first service
Notes

Contestant progress

Each week, the best member (as determined by Ramsay) from the losing team during the latest service period was asked to nominate two of their teammates for elimination; one of these two was sent home by Ramsay. In Episode 1, the teams selected captains for service, though Ramsay changed both captains during service.

No.ChefOriginal teamsFirst
switch		Second switchIndividualsFinals
401402403404405406407408409410411412413414/415
1ChristinaWINNOMBoWWINNOMWINWINNOMWINNOMBoBINNOMWINNER
2PetrozzaLOSEWINBoWLOSEWINWINNOM[5] WINBoWININININ
3CoreyWINBoWLOSEWINWINWINWINBoWWINNOMINNOMOUT
4JenWINNOMLOSEBoBWINWINWINWINNOMINNOMOUT
5BobbyNOMWINLOSEBoWWINWINLOSEWINLOSEINOUT
6MattLOSEWINLOSENOMWINNOMWINNOMWINOUT
7LourossBoWWINLOSELOSENOMWINNOMWINOUT
8RosannWINLOSELOSEWINWINNOMWINOUT
9BenLOSEWINLOSENOMWINWINOUT
10ShaynaWINLOSELOSEWINWINOUT[6]
11VanessaWINLOSENOMWINLEFT
12CraigLOSEWINLOSEOUT
13JasonLOSEWINOUT
14SharonWINOUT
15DominicOUT

Episodes

See also: List of Hell's Kitchen (American TV series) episodes.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Prime-Time TV Rankings. Los Angeles Times. May 7, 2008. E14. Newspapers.com.
  2. Web site: Gordon Ramsay opens news restaurant in West Hollywood. . 2008-06-05 . 2008-06-10.
  3. Web site: Hell's Kitchen . Futon Critic . 2008-04-08 . 2008-05-29.
  4. News: Gordon Ramsay L.A. reservation line is open! . . Amy . Scattergood . 2008-05-01 . 2008-05-29.
  5. Chef nominated themselves
  6. Chef was eliminated despite being on the winning team

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