# Hell's Kitchen - 5/20

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 20, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hells-kitchen-5-20/450024 "2008-05-20T21:47:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hells-kitchen-5-20/450024/21 "2008-05-27T16:03:08Z")

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[QUOTE=Jeep’s Phoenix]  
Hasn’t it been revealed that none of the winners were actually handed a restaurant – merely a higher-up position in the kitchen?  
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I was under the impression that while nobody has been handed a freestanding restaurant, they have all (with one exception) been given senior chef/head chef positions in restaurants that are part of larger enterprises. The one exception was Michael, from the first season. Anyway, although I’m no expert, it would seem to me that if you’re head chef/senior chef of a restaurant, you’re in charge; at least until the larger enterprise of which your restaurant is a part decides that it needs to make staffing changes at the end of your contract. In other words, while you’re in charge of your restaurant, you’re still answerable to the people who don’t run, but rather own, your restaurant. So you may have a point, **Jeep’s Phoenix**. Still, I wouldn’t call a senior chef/head chef in this situation a “senior position in the kitchen,” but it’s sure not the same as running _and owning_ your own restaurant.

From the [Wikipedia page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell's_Kitchen_(TV_series)) on Hell’s Kitchen (and edited to exclude non-essential information on premiere and conclusion dates):

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> Season 1: … The winner was Michael Wray; he accepted an offer to work with Ramsay in London, but later chose not to go. Wray now works as the head chef in his restaurant Tatou in Los Angeles.
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> Season 2: … The winner was Heather West; she was named senior chef of Terra Rossa at the Red Rock Resort Spa and Casino. Her contract has currently expired and she is now a chef at the Broadway Grill in Seattle, Washington.
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> Season 3: … The winner of this season was Rahman “Rock” Harper; he was named head chef of Green Valley Ranch’s Terra Verde.

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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hells-kitchen-5-20/450024/22 "2008-05-27T19:47:18Z")

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I liked Ramsey’s little twist at the end of having Rosanne get back in line and then get rid of her anyways. I have nothing against her personally but she has just messed up too many times and it was time for her to go.

Jen and Corey on the other hand annoy me and I hope one of them is the one to go on tonights episode.

At first I didn’t like Matt but now I do after Ben and Bobby picked on him.

Louross and Petrozzi are still my favorites but it would be neat to see one of them blow-up. Not on this episode because I want them to go to the finals but later in the show it’d be something I’d like to see.

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