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
Kitchen Nightmares produced by ITV Studios America and Optomen, in association with A. Smith & Co. Productions, with Arthur Smith, Kent Weed and Patricia Llewellyn serving as executive producers. In the UK, the series is broadcast under the name "Kitchen Nightmares USA" and "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA" on Channel 4, which also produced the original UK version. Reruns, along with the British series, are frequently shown on BBC America. The first season focused on restaurants in the southern California and New York City areas. The third season was originally scheduled to premiere on Wednesday, January 27, 2010, but it was postponed to