hell's kitchen where are they now a new hell's kitchen season is underway and that means we'll be
seeing a whole lot of chefs getting annihilated by gordon Ramsay for the smallest of mistakes
if you've ever wondered what life is like for the show's former contestants we've got you so join us
as we find out what these chefs are up to these days michael ray kicking it off with everyone's
favorite chef who believed in leading quietly his food was finger licking delicious and a chef
as big as Ramsay couldn't even resist showering him with compliments the show's season one winner
had a career path laid out in front of him after his massive victory gordon Ramsay himself offered
him a head chef position at one of his los angeles establishments but rey had other plans he declined
the offer and decided to move to arizona where he opened a knife company by the name skull and
cleavers ray made a living for himself during that time by teaching culinary tricks to home cooks
things were looking quite good for him until he got sucked into the black hole of addiction ray
has spent a good part of his life trying to battle his addiction to painkillers and is now thinking
of setting up a food truck business considering his knack for coping with serious situations
he might just lead this venture to success andrew bonito you don't just talk back to Gordon Ramsay
and get away with it this guy was slammed for his humongous attitude and ego millions of times
but he never learned his lesson benito made his way to the sixth week of the show's first season
which was rather surprising since he never got along with any of the other contestants he
consistently failed to perform in the kitchen but thought of himself as a culinary god of some sort
he was continuously targeted by other contestants and that's when his attitude problems took a turn
for the worst he was the most nominated contestant on the blue team and that seemed to have taught
him a lesson he started to show a bit of remorse towards the end but his attitude wasn't the only
thing wrong with him he continued to make mistakes during services and that led to his elimination
he returned to the show later on and took hold of things in the kitchen and performed well even with
an injured hand he decided to pursue a degree in hospitality after the competition he's currently
working as a director of strategic initiatives for lm restaurant looks like he's doing quite well
christian mackema who knew that the young competent student chef had a liking for vineyards
after snagging her victory in the fourth season she was prepared to work as an executive chef at
ramsay's restaurant since she was beginning her culinary journey her status was demoted
from executive to senior chef she worked for the buchan bistro in youthville for a
significant amount of time and then decided to take professional training as a sommelier
at the culinary institute in greystone she gained a handful of experiences working for the be
sellers vineyards before opening up the napa valley experiences her business is flourishing
with every passing day and that's good news for her fans maribel miller there was hardly a time
in the show's second season where we saw miller taking a stand for herself she was extremely
quiet and shy from the get-go and her culinary skills weren't enough to make her stand out either
she used to make derogatory comments about tom's weight and that was all we caught her doing she
talked about how homesick she was without fail and that annoyed the heck out of the other contestants
she was eliminated for the sole reason of her cooking abilities being subpar Gordon Ramsay even
compared her to a silly old rat bouncing around in the kitchen implying that she was lazy and
needed serious help to spice up that personality ouch that must have hurt to lighten things up she
was praised by Ramsay for her humble attitude towards the end of her journey in the show
however she was of no use to the chef because of her continuous nagging and horrible culinary
skills following her fall from the show miller has gone on to do a whole bunch of impressive things
she tried her luck at a cake decorating business but fell short and decided to open up a spice
business her spices have excellent reviews online and it seems like she's doing quite well
at the moment luros edgerillin edrilyn was one of the most supportive and memorable contestants
on the show he made his way around the kitchen exuding charisma and kindness edgeline was hardly
irritated by his team's failures which was the quality that set him apart from the rest of the
contestants he was chosen as a team leader in the beginning and was doing exceptionally well
but that wasn't the case for long he began to lose his composure and started to make mistakes during
services the incident that finally earned him a one-way ticket to home was when he lit the entire
meal station on fire during his final service he kept on sending raw stakes and you know how Ramsay
gets when he touches a stone cold steak Ramsay made a variety of cool remarks about edulene's
cooking abilities before bidding him a farewell edrilin has gone on to do a couple of noteworthy
things ever since he departed from the show he worked at the luxurious ritz carlton for a short
while and then took up a job in planet hollywood resort he has acquired dancing as a side hobby
and trust me those moves are to die for Ranjit Brandston seeing him compete in the show was
nothing short of a miracle he was considered one of the most useless cooks in the competition and
his laziness made things even worse his signature dish earned some compliments from the esteemed
chef but he fell into a downward spiral shortly after he was passionate we'll have to give him
that but passion only gets you so far when you're good for nothing being the eldest of all the other
contestants you'd expect him to act a bit mature right instead he messed things up for others
because of his inability to communicate properly he wasn't able to follow orders in the slightest
and was mostly seen eating scraps of leftover food while being on service that wasn't the
worst of his problems he never admitted that he was bad at cooking and continued to blame others
he was quite insufferable and never made any friends on the show Brandston was eliminated
early on with Ramsay suggesting that he should stick his head in the freezer as a parting comment
he worked for a couple of years as a personal chef but has recently joined a catering company
jay santos you'd probably want to stay as far away from him as possible because he's not a force to
be reckoned with in the kitchen santos made his appearance as a young home cook and quickly made
his place in the competition his blue hair wasn't the only thing extraordinary about him though
he remained calm in the most serious situations and had an extremely cool demeanor
he got close to chefs like salvatore and jason and made a bunch of friends throughout the show
santos had a consistently fantastic track record when it came to services and challenges he was
a brilliant leader which is why he ended up as a runner-up of the season he didn't take the loss to
heart and congratulated holly for winning instead of holding grudges santos took the sous-chef job
ramsay offered him and is now considered his right-hand man he returned in the 19th season
and took the lead yet again owing to his calm and humble personality he has made several appearances
on tv shows and owns restaurants like citrus and salt buttermilk and a lot more ramen rock harper
harper had some anger issues coming into the show but was quickly able to get a hold of himself
he was one of the friendlier contestants and had exceptional talent his good leadership skills
made him stand out in the beginning and earned him a spot on Ramsay's favorites list quite
interestingly he ended up winning the whole season and was described as a competent and motivating
chef by Ramsay himself Ramsay went as far as to say that rock was a rare find and he was glad
to have mentored him following his triumph on the show rock became the owner of a world-class
restaurant at the green valley resort in las vegas on top of that he got a salary package of 250
000 a year his professional career was climbing new heights when he decided to leave his job at
the resort and went to work for ben's next door he had always been passionate about teaching
so he left that job too and opted to teach the next generation chefs at stratford university
harper's cookbook teaches parents how to make healthier meals for their kids
he holds a couple of shares in successful businesses and is busy making a fortune and
is busy reaping the fruits of his hard work he has an incredible success story don't you think