We Are So Excited!

CHEF GORDON RAMSAY GRILLS CHOICEST CUT

OF NEW CULINARY COMPETITORS ON “HELL’S KITCHEN”

Season Premiere Airs Monday, July 18, on FOX

Winner to Receive Head Chef Position at BLT Steak in New York City

Get ready for the heat of HELL’S KITCHEN as superstar chef Gordon Ramsay ushers in the series’ red-hot ninth season with 18 new competitors Monday, July 18 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. These aspiring restaurateurs will brave Ramsay and his wrath as he once again puts the competitors through rigorous challenges to see who has the skill and passion to win a life-changing prize: a head chef position at BLT Steak in New York City.

Ramsay’s culinary challenges will range from the cute and cuddly as the chefs cook a “mommy and me” meal for a room full of moms and toddlers – to the sublime as the chefs are challenged to cook using different types of beer as the basis for their recipes. The winning teams will get to enjoy a private jet to Palm Springs, Indy-car racing, a $20,000-per-night suite in Las Vegas or a four-story yacht excursion, while the losing teams will be required to decorate for a high school reunion, take delivery of and butcher an entire side of beef, create ice sculptures and put together an entire children’s playground for family night.

In the season premiere, Ramsay launches the competition with the signature-dish challenge and is both impressed and disappointed right from the start. Before the dinner service can even begin, one contestant is rushed to the hospital and things go downhill quickly from there until one chef is eliminated from HELL’S KITCHEN.

As the teams are whittled down, the chefs get one step closer to earning the coveted black chef jacket. Eventually two finalists will compete head-to-head to try and impress Ramsay with their skills and only one lucky chef will walk away with the ultimate prize and fulfill their dreams as a head chef at one of the finest restaurants in America.

Included with the members of the Red Team (Women) is:

Name: Jennifer Normant Age: 34 Occupation: Chef de Cuisine Hometown: Boston, MA Signature Dish: Special Secret Pork with Mashed Sweet Potatoes If you have been following this blog for some time, you will already know that Chef Jenn, as we call her, used to be the Banquet Chef at the Hawthorne Hotel, and is now the Chef de Cuisine for the Peabody Essex Museum's kitchens, which we run.  Chef Jenn works for us there, and we are so proud of her accomplishments in simply getting to participate in this national television show. We do hope you will watch to see how she does -- I know we will all be glued to the tube on the nights this show airs! Juli