Hell's Kitchen (American TV series) season 11

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Hell's Kitchen
Season 11
Hells Kitchen US Season 11 Poster.jpg
Promotional poster for season 11, featuring host Ramsay
Hosted by Gordon Ramsay
No. of contestants20
WinnerJa'Nel Witt
Runner-upMary Poehnelt
No. of episodes22
Release
Original network Fox
Original releaseMarch 12 (2013-03-12) 
July 25, 2013 (2013-07-25)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

Season eleven of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen was filmed between August and September 2012, and premiered on March 12, 2013 on Fox.

Contents

Executive chef Ja'Nel Witt won the competition and received a head chef position at Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill in Caesars Palace at Las Vegas, [1] but was denied the position a month after winning for "unforeseen personal circumstances". As of June 2014, she holds a position as the executive chef of Corner Table, a canteen based in River Oaks, Houston. [2]

Jon Scallion, who finished third and was deemed by Ramsay as the only great chef in the worst blue team in Hell's Kitchen history, became sous chef at Gordon Ramsay Steak under season 10 winner Christina Wilson. [3]

Staff

Gordon Ramsay returned as head chef as well as Andi Van Willigan as the red team's sous chef. Long-time maître d' Jean-Philippe Susilovic returned for the first time since season 7 due to his work commitments at Ramsay's London restaurant, Pétrus. However, previous blue team sous chef Scott Leibfried did not return due to his work obligation at Fleetwood's restaurant in Maui and was replaced by newcomer James Avery from Wall, New Jersey. [4] [5]

Chefs

For the first time ever, 20 chefs competed in season 11. [6]

ContestantAgeOccupationHometownResult
Ja'Nel Witt31Executive Chef Houston, Texas Winner
Mary Poehnelt26Butcher/Line Cook Belchertown, Massachusetts Runner-Up
Jonathan "Jon" Scallion27Chef de Cuisine York, Pennsylvania Eliminated before Finals
Cynthia "Cyndi" Stanimirov25Head Chef Queens, New York
Susan Heaton Fierro [7] 29Culinary Student Whittier, California Eliminated after Fifteenth Service
Zachary "Zach" Womack34Head Line Cook Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Eliminated after Thirteenth Service
Anthony Rodriguez27Line Chef New Orleans, Louisiana Eliminated after Twelfth Service
Nedra Harris24Kitchen Manager Detroit, Michigan Eliminated after Eleventh Service
Michael Langdon33Executive Chef Plains, Pennsylvania Eliminated after Tenth Service
Raymond "Ray" Alongi51 Boston, Massachusetts Eliminated after Ninth Service
Barret Beyer35Head Chef Long Island, New York Eliminated after Eighth Service
Amanda Giblin28Executive Chef Orange County, New York
Jacqueline Baldassari27Roundsman Florence, New Jersey Eliminated after Seventh Service
Daniel "Dan" RyanHead Cook Westchester, New York Eliminated after Sixth Service
Jessica Lewis25Chef Tournant New York, New York Eliminated after Fifth Service
Jeremy Madden22Lead Cook Los Angeles, California Eliminated after Breakfast Service
Danielle Boorn33Executive Chef Atlanta, Georgia Eliminated after Third Service
Christian Rosati38Line Cook/Sandwich MakerBoston, MassachusettsEliminated after Second Service
Gina Aloise49Line Cook The Bronx, New York Quit before Lobster Challenge
Sebastian Royo32Sous Chef Brooklyn, New York Eliminated after First Service

Contestant progress

No.ChefOriginal teamsFirst switchSecond
switch
IndividualsFinals
1101/1102 1103 1104 1105/1106/1107 1108 1109 1110/1111 1112/1113 1114/1115 1116 1117/1118 1119 1120/1121/1122
1Ja'NelWINLOSELOSELOSELOSELOSEWINLOSELOSELOSEWINLOSEWINWININNOMINWINNER
2MaryWINNOMLOSENOMNOMLOSEWINLOSELOSELOSEWINLOSEWINWININNOMINRUNNER-UP
3JonLOSELOSEWINWINLOSELOSELOSEWINLOSELOSELOSELOSEBoW [n 1] WINININOUT
4CyndiWINLOSELOSELOSELOSELOSEWINLOSENOMLOSEWINLOSEWINNOMNOMINOUT
5SusanWINLOSELOSELOSELOSENOMWINLOSELOSELOSEWINNOMWINNOMNOMOUT
6ZachLOSELOSEWINWINLOSELOSELOSEWINNOMNOMNOMLOSENOMOUT
7AnthonyLOSELOSEWINWINLOSELOSELOSEWINLOSELOSELOSELOSEOUT
8NedraWINLOSELOSELOSENOMLOSEWINLOSELOSENOMWINOUT
9MichaelLOSELOSEWINWINLOSELOSELOSEWINLOSELOSEOUT
10RayLOSELOSEWINWINNOMNOMLOSEWINLOSEOUT
11BarretLOSELOSEWINWINLOSELOSENOMWINOUT
12AmandaWINLOSELOSELOSELOSELOSEWINNOMOUT
13JacquelineWINLOSENOMNOMLOSELOSEWINOUT
14DanLOSELOSEWINWINNOMNOMOUT
15JessicaWINLOSENOMLOSELOSEOUT
16JeremyNOMNOMWINOUT [n 2]
17DanielleWINNOMOUT
18ChristianLOSEOUT
19GinaWINLEFT
20SebastianOUT
Notes
  1. Also was granted immunity for winning the challenge
  2. Chef was eliminated despite being on the winning team

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
1451"20 Chefs Compete Part 1"March 12, 2013 (2013-03-12)5.30 [8]
1462"20 Chefs Compete Part 2"March 12, 2013 (2013-03-12)5.78 [8]
1473"19 Chefs Compete"March 19, 2013 (2013-03-19)4.59 [9]
1484"17 Chefs Compete"March 26, 2013 (2013-03-26)4.68 [10]
1495"16 Chefs Compete Part 1"April 2, 2013 (2013-04-02)4.91 [11]
1506"16 Chefs Compete Part 2"April 9, 2013 (2013-04-09)4.53 [12]
1517"15 Chefs Compete"April 16, 2013 (2013-04-16)4.77 [13]
1528"14 Chefs Compete"April 23, 2013 (2013-04-23)4.83 [14]
1539"13 Chefs Compete"April 30, 2013 (2013-04-30)4.79 [15]
15410"12 Chefs Compete"May 7, 2013 (2013-05-07)4.71 [16]
15511"10 Chefs Compete"May 13, 2013 (2013-05-13)4.19 [17]
15612"9 Chefs Compete"May 13, 2013 (2013-05-13)3.89 [17]
15713"8 Chefs Compete"May 23, 2013 (2013-05-23)5.62 [18]
15814"7 Chefs Compete Part 1"May 30, 2013 (2013-05-30)5.22 [19]
15915"7 Chefs Compete Part 2"June 6, 2013 (2013-06-06)5.28 [20]
16016"6 Chefs Compete"June 13, 2013 (2013-06-13)5.14 [21]
16117"5 Chefs Compete Part 1"June 20, 2013 (2013-06-20)5.19 [22]
16218"5 Chefs Compete Part 2"June 27, 2013 (2013-06-27)5.54 [23]
16319"5 Chefs Compete Part 3"July 11, 2013 (2013-07-11)5.25 [24]
16420"4 Chefs Compete"July 18, 2013 (2013-07-18)4.90 [25]
16521"2 Chefs Compete"July 25, 2013 (2013-07-25)5.29 [26]
16622"Winner Chosen"July 25, 2013 (2013-07-25)5.61 [26]

Notes

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