Hell's Kitchen (U.S. season 9) Hell's Kitchen (U.S. season 9) Season 9 of the American competitive reality television series "Hell's Kitchen" premiered on July 18, 2011, on Fox and concluded on September 19, 2011, with a two-hour season finale. Jr. sous-chef Paul Niedermann won the season and was awarded a "head chef" position at BLT Steak in New York City, New York. Gordon Ramsay returned as head chef, as Scott Leibfried and Andi van Willigan remained as sous chefs, as did James Lukanik as the maître d'. The entire season took about six weeks to film. It also saw the show return to its original
Top Chef (Spanish TV series) show was initially meant to air on Atresmedia's second channel laSexta, which at the time had the success of "Pesadilla en la cocina" (the Spanish adaptation of the "Kitchen Nightmares" franchise) to its credit. However, after seeing the success of similar format "MasterChef" on public channel La 1, Atresmedia decided to air "Top Chef" on its main channel Antena 3 instead. The first season premiered on October 2, 2013. "Top Chef" searches for the best professional cook in the country, who will get a cash money prize and supplies for his or her restaurant. In order to become the "top