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
Fabio Viviani (chef) Kitchen Academy blog, and upcoming events. In 2014 Viviani launched a free bi-weekly E-Magazine titled Fabio's Magazine, with recipes, wine blogs, lifestyle and health-related articles, and other content. Viviani's first appearance on television was as a contestant on the fifth season of reality TV show "Top Chef" on the Bravo network. He came in fourth place, and was voted ""Top Chef" Fan Favorite" by viewers. Viviani returned to the show in 2010 to compete on "". In 2012, he was one of four "Top Chef" alumni whose lives were followed on the Bravo reality show "Life After Top Chef", which