As far as cooking reality shows go, few are as brutal as Hell's Kitchen, the show which sees contestants vie for a cash prize of $250,000 and a chance to become head chef a restaurant of celebrity British chef Gordon Ramsay's choosing. Between the long hours and late nights slaving away in a hot kitchen, being a chef isn't easy, but working in Hell's Kitchen also means having to face Ramsay's always blunt, scathing criticism and his acid tongue (via Cheat Sheet).
- Hell's Kitchen winner Ja'Nel Witt was denied her grand prize of a $250,000-a-year head chef job at a Las Vegas restaurant after reportedly failing a drug test, but she cited 'personal matters' for.
- Over the 18 seasons of “Hell Kitchen,” fans of the reality competition show have watched countless chefs split into two teams and compete for the job of a head chef of a restaurant under the.
Hell's Kitchen Season 2 featured 12 contestants fighting for the chance to work as an executive chef at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas, and when the dust settled, the crown went to Heather West, a Sous Chef from Port Jefferson, New York, who was just 25 years old when she came out on top. Despite her win, West didn't get named head chef; instead, she went on to be named Senior Chef at Red Rock's Terra Rossa and left after her one year contract had ended (via Reality TV Revisited).
Parker appeared on the Fox television show “Hell’s Kitchen” and was hoping to stir up a victory at Gordon Ramsay’s Las Vegas restaurant. Partnered with Hell’s Kitchen All-Star, Michelle, Candace was immediately thrown into the fire where she had to do all the cooking while her chef partner coached her through the process. Passing a series of tests, the rigors of a high-pressured environment and the stressful existence of Gordon Ramsay, Holli Ugalde, who at the time was a banquet chef, survived all 14 episodes of the season and was declared winner over the established executive chef, Jason Santos who finished as runner up.
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Heather West didn't stay in Las Vegas
After her contract ended, Heather West Left Las Vegas and moved around, working at various restaurants in Washington state, North Carolina, and California, before she eventually returned to Long Island, where she met her future spouse.
When she met her husband, West recalls (via Newsday), 'He said, 'Oh, you're a chef? Where do you work? TGI Fridays? Applebee's?' He was joking around, and I was like, 'Yep, that's exactly where I work.' A week later, while we were on our first date, he was like, 'So when were you going to tell me everyone knows who you are? And when I say everyone, I don't mean everyone in Port Jeff, but everyone.'
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West is now the proud mother of two children and recently went on social media to talk about her struggle with postpartum depression. She's also active on Twitter, where she has described her self as the 'Co-Founder of Non Profit East End Play Dates/Chef/wife/ mommy/ lover of all things Disney/was on that show with that guy a very long time ago.'