Country of origin United States Original network Fox | No. of episodes 11 | |
Original release June 12 (2006-06-12) – August 14, 2006 (2006-08-14) | ||
Season 2 of Hell's Kitchen was cast during November 2005, started on June 12, 2006 and concluded on August 14, 2006. The winner was Heather West. Her prize was the position of executive chef at the Red Rock Resort Spa and Casino in Las Vegas with a salary of $250,000, where she worked as chef at the Terra Rossa Restaurant.
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Runner-up Virginia Dalbeck had the worst streak of any finalist on the show, being nominated every single time apart from wins and "Best of the Worst" nominations.
Taping for the second season was done in the same building where the first season was taped.
This was the last season of the show to be aired in standard definition.
Sous chefs and Maître d'hôtel
Contestants
The second season featured the following 12 contestants, who were initially separated onto blue and red teams by gender:
† Indicates that the contestants died after filming ended
Contestant progress
Each week, the best member from the losing team during the latest service period ("best" as determined by Ramsay) is asked to nominate two of their teammates for elimination; one of these two is sent home by Gordon Ramsay.
Epilogue
In September 2006, Heather was named senior chef (not executive chef, as was promised) of Terra Rossa at the Red Rock Resort Spa and Casino. As of September 18, 2007, West's name is no longer listed on the Terra Rossa website. A spokesperson for the resort stated that the prize was a one-year contract.
Heather made an appearance in the eighth episode of the third season, where she greeted challenge winner Julia and tag-along Jen at Terra Rossa. She appeared in the third season finale where she, along with other cooks, judged the finalists' dishes. She made an appearance along with all other winners during the fifth season finale to commemorate the start of the Hell's Kitchen Wall of Fame. Heather was the sous chef for the red team on season 6 of Hell's Kitchen, replacing Gloria Felix, who was sous chef for seasons 4 and 5.
Virginia later returned in Season 10, along with other Hell's Kitchen runner-ups, to face against that season's final six chefs.
Two of the contestants have died: Rachel committed suicide in 2007, and Keith drowned in August 2012.