The second season of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen premiered on Fox on June 12, 2006, and concluded on August 14, 2006. Gordon Ramsay returned as host and head chef, while Scott Leibfried returned as the Blue Team's sous-chef and Mary-Ann Salcedo returned as the Red Team's sous-chef. Jean-Philippe Susilovic returned as maître d'.
The season was won by sous-chef Heather West, with salad chef Virginia Dalbeck finishing second.
Contestants Twelve chefs competed in season two.
Contestant Age (at time of filming) Occupation Hometown Result Heather West 25 Sous chef Port Jefferson, New York Winner Virginia Dalbeck 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 eighth service Garrett Telle 27 Former Prisoner/Chef Cedar Park, Texas Eliminated after seventh service Maribel Miller 31 Cafeteria chef Brooklyn, New York Eliminated after sixth service Rachel Brown 39 Personal chef Dallas, Texas Eliminated after fifth service Tom Pauley 43 Former stockbroker Belleville, New Jersey Eliminated after fourth service Giacomo Alfieri 21 Pizza chef Euless, Texas Eliminated after third service Gabe Gagliardi 27 Marketing executive Chicago, Illinois Eliminated after second service Larry Sik 38 Fishmonger Arlington, Texas Hospitalized before second service Paula "Polly" Holladay 43 Mother of Six Ben Franklin, Texas Eliminated after first service
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. No.ChefOriginal teamsSwitched teamsIndividualsFinals 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209210/211 1 HeatherBoW WIN WIN LOSE WIN WIN INBoB INWINNER 2 VirginiaNOM WIN WINNOMBoWNOMNOMNOMNOM 3 Keith WIN LOSE LOSEBoW WIN WINBoW INOUT Virginia's team 4 Sara LOSE WINBoBBoW LOSENOM INOUT Heather's team 5 Garrett WINBoW LOSE LOSE WIN WINOUT Heather's team 6 Maribel LOSE WIN WIN LOSENOMOUT 7 Rachel LOSE WIN WIN LOSEOUT Heather's team 8 Tom WINNOMNOMOUT Virginia's team 9Giacomo WINNOMOUT Virginia's team 10 Gabe WINOUT 11 Larry WINHOSP 12 PollyOUT
*Maribel was supposed to join but couldn't, so Giacomo replaced her.
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