As with Machamer, he prize was downgraded and he took up a position as a sous chef at the Fornelletto in the Borgata Hotel Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This Edgewater, Florida resident was only 23 when he won the fifth season of “Hell’s Kitchen” on May 14, 2009. After training to be sommelier at the Culinary Institute in Greystone, she worked at B Cellars Vineyards & Winery and the Caldwell Vineyard in Napa before opening Napa Valley Experiences. For the past decade, she has worked in California first at London in West Hollywood and then at Bouchon Bistro in Yountville.

As the first student to win, her prize was downgraded from executive to senior chef. Louis, Missouri resident was 25 when won the fourth season of “Hell’s Kitchen” on July 8, 2008. Since leaving there, he has worked as an executive chef at Ben’s Next Door in the nation’s capital, taught a course at Stanford, written the bestselling “44 Things Parents Should Know about Healthy Cooking for Kids” and now owns and operates Queen Mother’s in Arlington VA. He chose to work at the Terra Verde restaurant in the Green Valley Ranch casino in Henderson, Nevada for one year. This Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia resident was 30 when he won the third season of “Hell’s Kitchen” on Aug. She now runs the non-profit East End Play Dates. She has since returned to Long Island, working as the head chef at three restaurants: Monteray, Jellyfish and, most recently, Schafers in her hometown. For her prize, she chose to be the senior chef at the Terra Rossa restaurant at the Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. This Port Jefferson, New York resident was 25 when she won the second season of “Hell’s Kitchen” on Aug. After battling an addiction to pain pills, he now has plans to run a food truck business He subsequently moved to Arizona where he ran Skull and Cleavers, a knife company, and taught cooking. He opted to work with Ramsay in London but later declined to become head chef at the exclusive Standard hotel in Los Angeles. This Fort Collins, Colorado resident was 27 when he won the first season of “Hell’s Kitchen” on Aug.

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