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Season 4 of Hell's Kitchen aired on Fox between April 1 and July 8, 2008. Culinary student Christina Machamer, from St. Louis, Missouri, was the winner of that season and became Senior Sous Chef at Gordon Ramsay's London West Hollywood in Los Angeles, with a $250,000 salary.

Contestants[]

15 contestants competed during this season. The teams were divided by gender, male contestants in the blue team and female contestants in the red team. Those contestants were (in alphabetical order):

Contestant Age Occupation Hometown
Bobby Anderson 37 Executive Chef Niagara Falls, NY
Ben Caylor 29 Electrician & Former Chef Charlotte, NC
Dominic DiFrancesco 43 Stay-at-Home Dad Catawba, SC
Corey Earling 25 Private Chef Brooklyn, NY
Louross Edralin 24 Hotel Cook Las Vegas, NV
Rosann Fama 33 Law Office Receptionist & Former Cook Staten Island, NY
Jen Gavin 24 Garde Manger Chicago, IL
Vanessa Gunnell 31 Line Cook Bozeman, MT
Christina Machamer 25 Culinary Student St. Louis, MO
Louis Petrozza 47 Catering Director Charlotte, NC
Craig Schneider 30 Sous Chef Coram, NY
Matt Sigel 35 Pine Hill, NJ
Sharon Stewart 31 Room Service Chef Las Vegas, NV
Jason Underwood 29 Sous Chef Youngstown, OH
Shayna Zadok 28 Catering Company Owner Buffalo, NY

Contestant progress[]

At the end of each episode, one chef from the losing team is eliminated by Ramsay, after being picked by the "Best of the Worst", determined by Ramsay after the last dinner service.

# Chef Original Teams First
Switch
Second
Switch
Black Jackets Finals
401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414/415
1 Christina NOM BoW NOM NOM[1] NOM BoW NOM WINNER
2 Petrozza BoW NOM[2] BoW RUNNER-UP
3 Corey BoW BoW NOM[1] NOM OUT
4 Jen NOM NOM NOM OUT
5 Bobby NOM BoW OUT
6 Matt NOM NOM NOM OUT
7 Louross BoW NOM NOM OUT
8 Rosann NOM[1] OUT
9 Ben NOM[1] OUT
10 Shayna OUT
11 Vanessa NOM LEFT
12 Craig OUT
13 Jason OUT
14 Sharon OUT[3]
15 Dominic OUT
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Chef was nominated by Ramsay.
  2. Chef nominated themselves after the initial nominees were made.
  3. Chef was eliminated by Ramsay without being nominated.
Final Service Brigades
Petrozza Christina
Bobby Corey
Ben Louross
Jen Matt
   
Color Legend
NOM Regular Nomination Ramsay Nomination Voided Nomination
OUT Regular Elimination Ramsay Nomination Without Nomination
MISC Ejected during service Quit or Hospitalized Best of the Best/Worst


Episodes[]

Here is the list of the episodes of that season, with links to detailed pages.

# Image Title Airdate
01 Episode 401 thumbnail Episode 401 - 15 Chefs Compete April 1, 2008
Episode Rundown: The contestants arrived in Hell's Kitchen with a big surprise, a captain for each team is chosen, and one contestant is given a reality check at elimination.
02 Episode 402 thumbnail Episode 402 - 14 Chefs Compete April 8, 2008
Episode Rundown: The first team challenge occurred, and a surprise elimination nobody saw coming.
03 Episode 403 thumbnail Episode 403 - 13 Chefs Compete April 15, 2008
Episode Rundown: A scary wakening happened, a sweaty punishment, and a very satisfying elimination of the most hated chef of the season at that moment.
04 Episode 404 thumbnail Episode 404 - 12 Chefs Compete April 22, 2008
Episode Rundown: The very first Family Night service happened, one chef suffered a serious injury, and a meltdown by another lead to a hilarious elimination.
05 Episode 405 thumbnail Episode 405 - 11 Chefs Compete April 29, 2008
Episode Rundown: The very first pizza delivery occurred, an emotional withdrawal happened, and an unusual strategy to get the food out.
06 Episode 406 thumbnail Episode 406 - 10 Chefs Compete May 6, 2008
Episode Rundown: The very first Sweet 16 party in Hell's Kitchen occurred, Jean-Philippe encountered somebody he did not wish to see any longer, and one chef turned the birthday girl into a vegetarian.
07 Episode 407 thumbnail Episode 407 - 9 Chefs Compete May 13, 2008
Episode Rundown: The annual Blind Taste Test occurred, one chef made an unlikely comeback, and one of the early favorites was shown the door.
08 Jen joins the Blue Team - Episode 408 thumbnail Episode 408 - 8 Chefs Compete May 20, 2008
Episode Rundown: A red chef became a blue chef, there was bullying on one team, but that same team managed to bounce back at dinner service.
09 Episode 409 thumbnail Episode 409 - 7 Chefs Compete May 27, 2008
Episode Rundown: Both teams created their own menus, and while Ramsay made a shocking move at elimination, one chef made an even more shocking one.
10 Episode 410 thumbnail Episode 410 - 6 Chefs Compete June 3, 2008
Episode Rundown: The remaining chefs were given black jackets, a former Hell's Kitchen winner made a cameo, and one chef totally lost it and had the mother of all meltdowns.
11 Episode 411 thumbnail Episode 411 - 5 Chefs Compete June 10, 2008
Episode Rundown: The first cooking school opened in Hell's Kitchen, one chef was mystified by their student, and a fan favorite is sent home.
12 Episode 412 thumbnail Episode 412 - 4 Chefs Compete June 17, 2008
Episode Rundown: 80 hidden customers also ate with their hosts during the challenge, one chef made an unforgivable mistake twice at dinner service, and a disrespectful loud-mouth was finally eliminated.
13 Episode 413 thumbnail Episode 413 - 3 Chefs Compete June 24, 2008
Episode Rundown: The Taste It Now Make It Challenge, the three finalists ran the hot plate one at a time, and two of them became the finalists of Hell's Kitchen.
14 Episode 414 thumbnail Episode 414 - 2 Chefs Compete July 1, 2008
Episode Rundown: Christina and Petrozza redesigned their own restaurant, competed in their final challenge, and selected their brigades for the final service.
15 Episode 415 thumbnail Episode 415 - Winner Announced July 8, 2008
Episode Rundown: Christina and Petrozza competed during the final service, and one of them is declared the winner of Hell's Kitchen.

Trivia[]

  • This is the only season to date to begin with an odd number of contestants with 15.
    • As such, this is the first and currently only season where the teams are unbalanced at the start.
    • This is also the first season with a number of contestants that is not 12.
    • Season 6 would also have an odd number of contestant with 17, but initially started with 16, as Robert Hesse would rejoin the competition after participating in Season 5.
  • This is the only season to date when a chef was called up by Ramsay as a nominee despite being on the winning team.
  • This marked as the only season to this date where one contestant from each team are picked as a captain for their team in several dinner services.
    • This is also the only season where Ramsay asked each team which menu was featured on that night's dinner services for some occasions.
  • This is the first season where the red team won the opening night service.
    • Consequently, this is also the first season where the blue team lost the opening night service.
    • This is also the first season where a male contestant got eliminated on opening night.
  • This is the first season where the blue team won the first team challenge.
    • Consequently, this is also the first season where the red team lost the first team challenge.
  • This is the first season where both teams won a dinner service.
    • This season is also tied with Seasons 7, 20, and 21 for the record of most joint-wins, with two.
    • This is also the only season to date where two consecutive services ended in a joint-win.
  • This seasons red team holds the record for the most consecutive dinner service wins out of every red team with four, including joint-wins.
  • This is the first season to have two team switches.
  • This season was originally planned to air later in the year, but was pushed earlier as a placeholder for shows affected by the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America Strike.
  • This is the last season to date where Ramsay asked black jacket contestants who they nominate before he pick who goes to the finale.
  • This is the first season to have six black jackets instead of five.
  • This is the first season where contestants were eliminated walking to the front door, instead to the loading dock.
  • Future Reappearances:
    • Christina would return in Season 5 to welcome the recently crowned winner, and in Season 6 to welcome the challenge winners in the first black jackets challenge. She would then return in Season 8 along with Seasons 3, 5 and 7 winners Rock Harper, Danny Veltri and Holli Ugalde as V.I.P. guests for the 100th Hell's Kitchen dinner service. Season 11 along with a team of returning winners to compete against the black jackets, and in Season 16 along with Season 12 winner Scott Commings to greet the Signature Dish Challenge winners.
    • Jen would return in Season 18 to compete as part of the veterans team, Matt could've done the same when he was invited to return but turned it down because his wife was pregnant at the time.
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