The seventh season of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen premiered on Fox on June 1, 2010, and concluded on August 10, 2010. Gordon Ramsay returned as host and head chef, while Scott Leibfried returned as the Blue Team's sous-chef and Andi Van Willigan debuted as the Red Team's sous-chef, replacing Heather West. Jean-Philippe Susilovic returned as maître d'.
The season was won by banquet chef Holli Ugalde, with executive chef Jason "Jay" Santos finishing second.
Ugalde was promised the head chef position at the prize restaurant. Filming had concluded in February 2009, 16 months prior to the premiere of this season, when the hotel reopened in 2010; however, she was not given the job. Ramsay stated that the American Ugalde could not work in London due to visa problems, but the latter called that explanation an excuse, saying, "I don't know if they even applied for my visa". She was later awarded an undisclosed amount of money in compensation and retained her title as the winner of season seven.
Contestants Sixteen chefs competed in season seven.First names only are given onscreen. Last names and biographical information per Hell's Kitchen Bios at Fox site
Contestant Age (at time of filming) Occupation Hometown Result Holli Ugalde 24 Banquet chef San Bernardino, California Winner Jason "Jay" Santos 32 Executive chef Melrose, Massachusetts Runner-Up Benjamin Knack 33 Culinary instructor Elmont, New York Eliminated before Finals Autumn Lewis 29 Personal chef Chicago, Illinois Jason Ellis 37 Greenville, South Carolina Eliminated after Twelfth Service Ed Battaglia 28 High school cooking teacher Burlington, New Jersey Eliminated after Eleventh Service Nilka Hendricks 28 Line cook Glen Cove, New York Ejected during Tenth Service Frances "Fran" Klierhttps://www.facebook.com/frances.klier?fref=ts 44 Catering chef Rockville Centre, New York Eliminated after Ninth Service Siobhan Allgood 25 Pub executive chef Rockledge, Pennsylvania Eliminated after Eighth Service Salvatore Coppola 35 Pizzeria chef Laurel Springs, New Jersey Eliminated after Seventh Service Scott Hawley 32 Executive chef Modesto, California Eliminated after Sixth Service Maria Torrisi 24 Kitchen supervisor Scranton, Pennsylvania Eliminated after Fifth Service Jamie Bisioulis 26 Sous chef Chicago, Illinois Eliminated after Third Service Michael "Mikey" Termini 29 Line cook Santa Cruz, California Eliminated after Second Service Andrew Forster 28 Farmer West Babylon, New York Quit during Second Service Stacey Slichta 38 Private chef Buffalo, New York Eliminated after First Service Notes
Contestant progress No.ChefOriginal teams1st switch2nd switch3rd switchIndividualsFinals 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 1 Holli LOSE LOSE LOSE WIN LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE WIN IN IN IN INWINNER 2 Jay WIN LOSE WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN LOSE LOSE WIN IN INBoB IN 3 Benjamin WIN LOSE WIN WIN WIN WIN LOSE LOSE LOSE WIN INNOMNOMOUTJay's team 4 Autumn LOSENOM LOSENOM WIN WIN WINNOMNOMNOMNOMINNOMOUTHolli's team 5 Jason WINNOM WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN LOSE LOSE WIN INOUTJay's team 6 Ed WIN LOSE WIN WIN WIN WIN WINNOM LOSENOMOUT 7 Nilka LOSE LOSE LOSEBoBNOM LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSEEJECHolli's team 8 FranNOM LOSENOM WINBoWNOMNOMNOMOUTJay's team 9 Siobhan LOSE LOSE LOSE WIN LOSENOMNOMOUTHolli's team 10 Salvatore WIN LOSE WINBoB WIN WINOUT 11 Scott WIN LOSE WINNOMNOMOUT 12 Maria LOSE LOSE LOSE WINOUT 13 Jamie LOSENOMOUT 14 Mikey WINOUT 15 Andrew WINLEFT 16 StaceyOUT
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