The typical recipe for a reality TV show is simple: find a group of interesting people with diverse backgrounds and personalities, throw them into hell’s kitchen, and see who emerges as the winner.
While they sit in the trenches cooking or running restaurant businesses together. The Hell’s kitchen show is real, so they also interact. They also share drama, romance, and personal experiences.
Regardless of whether you are following the drama outside of Hell’s Kitchen, there’s no doubt that some contestants will be more memorable than others.
In the other article, we talked of Hell’s Kitchen participants. Now, let’s find out what happened to some of your favorite chefs throughout Hell’s Kitchen history:
Jen
Jen was one of the strongest contestants of season 12. She was eliminated early in the season but made a comeback in episode 5 and won the quickfire challenge. Jen was also a fan favorite after her elimination, and many people were rooting for her to win.
What happened after Hell’s Kitchen? Jen owns two restaurants in Brooklyn, which she opened with her husband. Her first restaurant is called Sweet Revenge, where she serves up desserts like chocolate-covered bacon, fried pickles and chicken pot pie burgers.
Her second restaurant is called Jen’s Pirate Booty, and it specializes in seafood dishes such as grilled octopus, scallops and shrimp skewers.
She also has her hot sauce called “Passionate Pepper Sauce” sold online and in stores across America.
Josh
Josh is a celebrity chef who has made appearances on Top Chef and Chopped shows. He also hosted his show, Cook Your Ass Off, which aired on the Cooking Channel from 2010 to 2012.
Josh currently co-owns a restaurant in Washington D.C., called The Dabney, with Mike Isabella. In addition, this man works as an executive chef at the Washingtonian Hotel & Spa in Bethesda, Maryland.
Josh is married with two children: a daughter named Ella and a son named Leo. He remains as one of the best Hell’s Kitchen contestants we know.
Robert
Robert was a contestant on Season 5 of Hell’s Kitchen. He was eliminated in the second episode of the season, becoming the second chef eliminated from that season.
After leaving Hell’s Kitchen, Robert went back to work as a chef at his restaurant, The Boston Chops. However, in 2011 he decided to move on from this position and took up another job with The Ritz Carlton Hotel Company as an event coordinator for their restaurants and bars worldwide.
This meant that this man was no longer working in kitchens but instead organizing events such as weddings or cocktail parties for guests staying at their hotels worldwide.
Mary
Mary, who was eliminated in the first episode of Season 16, is still in the restaurant business. She recently opened a vegan coffee shop called The Green Panther in Manhattan’s East Village.
Mary says that she has no regrets about her time in Hell’s Kitchen and even considers it a “good experience.” She also said that if Ramsay asked her to come back to compete in the show again, she would do it.
Mary has been keeping busy with other projects, including her vegan food truck business and her YouTube channel, where she shares recipes for plant-based meals.
Kiya
Kiya, the 37-year-old chef from Los Angeles, was eliminated during the second episode of Season 16. She was a runner-up on MasterChef in 2013 and went on to open her restaurant called The Fat Hen in 2015.
Kiya recently opened a new restaurant called The Yellow Brick Road, which serves Southern comfort food.
She also participated in Top Chef: All-Stars in 2014 but was eliminated early on in the competition.
She’s now married to fellow MasterChef contestant Justin Warner (who won season 5), and they have two children together.
Scott Commings
Scott Commings was from Los Angeles, California. He was eliminated in episode three for his poor performance during dinner service.
After being eliminated from the show, he went back home and became a chef at a local restaurant called The Table Cafe & Market in Pasadena, California.
He also practiced as a private chef for several celebrity clients, including magician David Blaine and actor Edward Norton.
He also helped open up another restaurant called The Table Cafe & Market, where he could use his experience in working with celebrity chefs like Wolfgang Puck and Emeril Lagasse.
Raj
Raj was a contestant on season 12 of Hell’s Kitchen. He was eliminated in episode 11, which was the season’s first elimination.
He was eliminated after failing to cook a risotto properly and being criticized by Ramsay for taking too long.
In April 2010, Raj opened his first restaurant called Rasa in North London. It has since closed down. In 2012 he opened another Indian restaurant called Rasavana in Islington, London.
In 2016 he opened yet another Indian restaurant called Rasam near Covent Garden in London. It is rated among the best Indian restaurants in London on TripAdvisor, with four stars out based on customer reviews.
Raj also owns four other restaurants located in Southall (London), Kentish Town (London), Soho (London) and Brighton (East Sussex) that are not affiliated with his name but serve the same type of food as his main restaurants do.
Virginia
Virginia was eliminated in Episode 6 after her team lost to Team Blue in a service challenge. Before opening her cooking school in Los Angeles, she worked as a private chef. She also appeared on MasterChef Celebrity Showdown, where she came in second place!
Virginia is currently working as a pastry chef at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York City. She has also done some traveling and has worked in other restaurants worldwide. She says she would love to return to Hell’s Kitchen one day as a chef but not a contestant!
Rochelle
Rochelle, a contestant on Season 17 of Hell’s Kitchen, is an executive chef and has worked in the industry for over 15 years. She got eliminated in the seventh episode of Season 17.
After her elimination, Rochelle returned to her job at Eataly Chicago as Executive Chef. In February 2019, Rochelle announced that she and two other chefs were opening a new restaurant called Kith & Kin in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood.
She owns a restaurant in Brooklyn called Rochelle’s Roti. She was on the most recent season of Masterchef Canada, and she made it to the finals, where she lost to Michael Cheng.
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