Hell's Kitchen (U.S. season 5) Hell's Kitchen (U.S. season 5) Season 5 of the American competitive reality television series "Hell's Kitchen" began airing on the Fox Network starting on January 29, 2009. The season concluded on May 14, 2009. Gordon Ramsay returned as head chef, as well as sous chefs Scott Leibfried and Gloria Felix and maître d' Jean-Philippe Susilovic. Executive Chef Danny Veltri won the series and was awarded a sous chef position under Stephen Kalt at Italian restaurant "Fornelletto" at the Borgata in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Danny also received $250,000 in prize money from the show. This season also featured a high
Kitchen Nightmares Friday, January 29, 2010, due to the State of the Union address. In May 2010, the Fox network announced the return of "Kitchen Nightmares" for a fourth season. The fourth season aired from January 21, 2011 to May 20, 2011 on Fox. In March 2011 the producers of the show announced a casting call for a fifth season. The fifth season premiered on Friday, September 23, 2011 and ended on March 30, 2012. In February 2012 the Fox network announced it renewed "Kitchen Nightmares" for a sixth season, which premiered on Friday, October 26, 2012. Season 7 was originally set