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Shayna Zadok was a contestant on Season 4 of Hell's Kitchen. She ranked in 10th place.
Season 4[]
Episode 1[]
- Main article: Episode 401 - 15 Chefs Compete
The contestants flew into Los Angeles to compete at Hell's Kitchen. Soon, the chefs met up on the bus going to Hell's Kitchen. What they did not know was Ramsay was in the bus with them, in disguise. Eventually, the contestants arrived at Hell's Kitchen, greeted by Jean-Philippe. After some hellos, Jean-Philippe claimed he was good at making an impression of Ramsay, which he did by calling out orders and yelling at them. After he did, Jean-Philippe asked Shayna and Jason to do their impressions themselves. She quoted the infamous lamb sauce line, while Jason followed suit on the second half. After that, Jean-Philippe called up the disguised Ramsay, who spoke in his natural voice. While the chefs were initially impressed by the acting, they quickly realized that something was up. Ramsay revealed himself, which excited every contestant. Dominic admitted that he did not see it coming. After that, Ramsay instructed the chefs to create their signature dishes as he wanted to see how well they could cook as well as they talked on the bus.
During the Signature Dish Challenge, Shayna was the fifth person to have her dish judged by Ramsay. What she made is unknown, but Ramsay noticed it was burnt. After the challenge, Ramsay asked both teams to name a team captain for the opening night. The red team unanimously nominated Vanessa.
During dinner service, Shayna was assigned at tableside to serve an amuse-bouche flambé. She was seen enticing her guests. The red team won the service.[1]
Episode 2[]
- Main article: Episode 402 - 14 Chefs Compete
After a night with very little sleep, the contestants were woken up the following morning by the Sous Chefs. They held megaphones and told them to get outside immediately. Arriving outside, Ramsay declared that any restaurant would have hit bankruptcy with all the amount of food wasted on the previous night. Ramsay called over a dump truck and ordered them to take every wasted food and put it in the cylinders to give the chefs a better understanding of what they trashed last night. After a few minutes, Ramsay told them to get back in line up the stairs and declared they should be ashamed as they put thousands of dollars in the trash during the last service. Ramsay warned them to start giving a damn and told them to clean up and change.
During the 6-Ounce Halibut Challenge, Shayna was not seen. The red team lost the challenge after a tie at 41 each. They were punished by prepping the halibut, making all the fish stock, and maximizing every portion for the following dinner service.
During dinner service, Shayna was on the dessert station. The only time she got noticed during that service was when Christina made her taste the fish stock she made. The red team lost the dinner service, and Corey was named "Best of the Worst". During deliberation, Christina ruled her out when discussing who could be nominated by Corey.
Shayna was, indeed, not nominated for elimination.[2]
Episode 3[]
- Main article: Episode 403 - 13 Chefs Compete
The following day, the contestants were awakened by chickens running around in the dorms. Calling from the P.A., Ramsay told them to get up, grab a chicken, and come down to the dining room. During the Chicken Cutting Challenge, Shayna was slow and told herself to concentrate and that she could do it. She got six of her eight cuts accepted as one of her brests was gashed. The red team won the challenge 44-24 and they were rewarded with a lunch at the Saddle Ranch Chop House on the Sunset Strip.
During dinner service, Shayna was on the fish station. She was not seen at all during that service, which was shut down by Ramsay. Both teams were declared losers, and for the red team, Christina was named "Best of the Worst".
She was not nominated for elimination.[3]
Episode 4[]
- Main article: Episode 404 - 12 Chefs Compete
Moments after the chefs returned to the dorms, Ramsay spoke into the microphone and ordered them to clean the kitchens as he refused to leave them in a disgusting mess. After Corey went upstairs after doing very little cleaning, Shayna got angry that the former did not tell them her intention of going upstairs and called her lazy for not helping them. The following day, she told Ramsay what happened.
During the Pasta Making Challenge, Shayna's arms were used by the red team to hang the freshly made pasta. The weight of them were so heavy, Corey and Jen had to hold her arms up. The red team won the challenge 6.57lbs-5.49lbs and they were rewarded with a day at the Santa Monica Pier amusement park, and they were transported there in Hummer limousines. During the reward, she tossed some balls at a fairway stand and used the Ben spit cup incident as fuel.
During Family Night dinner service, Shayna was at the pasta station. She lit a fire at the appetizer station, and Ramsay warned her not to burn the kitchen down. When Vanessa was about to take it off, some oil dropped on her hand, and she sustained a second-degree burn. After Vanessa disappeared to go to the hospital, she was worried as she did not know what had happened to the former. After the red team completed their service, Ramsay asked them to go into the blue kitchen and help the men out. When she came over to help Craig, he refused her help, constantly saying he got it. That annoyed her, and she told Craig to accept the help. The red team won the service.[4]
Episode 5[]
- Main article: Episode 405 - 11 Chefs Compete
The next morning, Shayna was helping Vanessa combing her hair as she was not able to do it herself because of her injury. She understood Vanessa's frustration as she did not want to let the team down.
When Ramsay introduced the Fine Dining Pizza Challenge, Shayna was flabbergasted when he revealed a $200 pizza, saying she did not even have a $200 pair of shoes. During the challenge, the red team quickly agreed to send Jen's pizza to the front. Jen's pizza won the challenge for the red team over Ben's, and they were rewarded with a helicopter tour of Los Angeles and lunch at Square One, home to the $90 burger, in Santa Barbara, with Ramsay. During the helicopter ride, Shayna was excited and said she could not wait to see the Pacific coast. When the red team came back from their reward, Rosann, being a little inebriated, almost slipped in the stairs, but held on to Shayna when she was about to.
During prep, Shayna questioned Vanessa's decision of leaving because of her injury, thinking she gave up on herself and that she was tougher than that.
During dinner service, Shayna was on the meat station. When the red team moved on to entrées, she sent her first beefs and Wellingtons to the pass, but they came out raw. Ramsay schooled her on that mistake, she slapped herself in the face, and was asked to communicate with Corey. On her second attempt at the Wellingtons, she redeemed herself as they were acceptable. After both teams completed dinner service, they were named joint-winners, and Ramsay asked them to nominate one member each.
Shayna was not nominated for elimination, and during deliberation, Rosann succeeded to convince her to nominate Christina.[5]
Episode 6[]
- Main article: Episode 406 - 10 Chefs Compete
Back in the dorms, when Corey was talking about how Christina was condescending, Shayna disagreed saying she did not feel Christina was.
The next morning, the contestants were driven to Farmers Market, where Ramsay introduced the Sweet 16 Planning Challenge. During the cooking part, Shayna was annoying Corey because she was too slow. During the judging, she brought the Tuscan shrimp scampi appetizer from her team, but she lost the round as Melissa never tasted shrimp before in her life. The red team lost the challenge 1-2 and were punished by decorating the dining room for the party with Francisco the Party Planner. During the punishment, when the mother complained about how the dining room was looking, she made a suggestion on how to fold the napkins, much to Corey's annoyance. The mother liked her idea, but Corey said it looked stupid.
During prep, Shayna came over to the blue kitchen, to tell Ben how to properly cook the mango salsa, but both of them got more on each other's nerves than anything else. Ben started mimicking her, and she called him a "fucker". When she came back in the red kitchen to prep her own salsa, she took all her time to do it, annoying Corey, who said it takes 5 minutes to make a salsa, and Jen, who said they have much more things to do. Before the first ticket was called out, the red team expressed concern for her because of her slowness.
During Sweet 16 dinner service, Shayna was on the garnish station. At one point, Ramsay asked for her garnishes, which she answered it was coming. Ramsay told her how slow she was, and Corey said she was slow during prep and during service. After, Sous Chef Gloria told her she had three orders of beef to cover, and Ramsay told her that he would not slow down for her. Both teams were declared joint winners but were told to nominate one member each.
Shayna was the red team's nominee for elimination, along with Rosann who was Ramsay's nominee, and both of them joined Matt from the blue team. She was eliminated for being too slow, but Ramsay praised her big heart and being a strong cook.
Ramsay's comment: "Shayna has a big heart, but at times, I felt her heart wasn't here. It was back home with her newborn baby. She made far too many simple mistakes and that's why she's going back to something she's good at: changing diapers." [6]
Nomination History[]
| Week 1 | Win |
|---|---|
| Week 2 | Safe |
| Week 3 | Safe |
| Week 4 | Win |
| Week 5 | Safe |
| Week 6 | Nominated |
Post Hell's Kitchen[]
- After her appearance on the show, Shayna got married and go by Shayna Raichilson-Zadok.
- She opened a restaurant called "Steel Crazy Café" in May 2008, but it closed in June 2010.
Trivia[]
- Due to both teams winning service, Shayna is the first contestant to win service and be eliminated during the same episode.
- However, due to the fact that both teams won and had to nominate someone, Shayna isn't counted as the first due to her being nominated.
Quotes[]
- (Imitates Ramsay) "WHERE'S THE LAMB SAUCE???!!!"
- (To and mimics Craig) "'I GOT IT, I GOT IT, I GOT IT!!!' Chill! Take the help! Even if it's from a 'GIRL'!"
- "Holy shit! Two hundred dollars for a pizza! I don't even have a two hundred dollar pair of shoes!"
- (After being eliminated) "I'd be a liar if I sat here and said 'Well, I'm glad to go home'." No, I'm not glad to go home. I wanted to be here, I wanted to win this. But you know what, there are great things to come for me. This has shown that I can do what I set my mind out to do."
Gallery[]
External Links[]
Shayna Zadok on Instagram
References[]
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| Hell's Kitchen Season 4 |
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| Staff |
| Gordon Ramsay (Head Chef) • Scott Leibfried (Blue Team Sous Chef) • Gloria Felix (Red Team Sous Chef) • Jean-Philippe Susilovic (Maître d'hôtel) |
| Contestants |
| Bobby Anderson • Ben Caylor • Dominic DiFrancesco • Corey Earling • Louross Edralin • Rosann Fama • Jen Gavin • Vanessa Gunnell • Christina Machamer • Louis Petrozza • Shayna Zadok • Craig Schneider • Matt Sigel • Sharon Stewart • Jason Underwood |