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
Terry French (chef) degree from Scottsdale Culinary Institute in Scottsdale, Arizona, followed by apprenticeships in European, continental, and Asian cuisine. French has served as Corporate Chef, Executive Chef at several restaurants, Executive Chef at Emma's Rotisserie in Somers Point, NJ and Rebel Catering based in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. In 2012, Chef French was invited to participate in the Food Network’s Extreme Chef program, which takes competitors out of the kitchen and into the most extreme locations in the world. French was named champion of Extreme Chef. In 2013, French, as owner and Executive Chef of Culinary Dreams Catering. participated in the