Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Finale: Nona Wins!

Chef Ramsay names winner Hell's Kitchen season 8Image by Getty Images via @daylife

After one of the strangest seasons of Hell’s Kitchen, it all came down to tonight. A battle between Nona and Russell for the head chef job at LA Market and $250,000. The season 8 Hell’s Kitchen finale seemed to go by quickly, and when the dust settled Nona’s door handle turned revealing her as the winner. Russell looked pretty devastated, but I’m sure his ego quickly boosted him back up.

The first challenge of the night was a psyche out by Chef Ramsay. Both Nona and Russell were loaded onto a helicopter and flown into downtown LA to meet Chef Ramsay. On the top of a building where chopper landed he told the two they would be free falling off the side. Russell began to look for a quick exit and told Chef Ramsay that he was having issues with this challenge (“I need toilet paper... I just ****** my pants!”). Nona, on the other hand, had to be pulled back from the building’s edge as she prepared to do whatever was asked of her. This blind ambition may have sealed the deal for her Hell's Kitchen win.

Hell's Kitchen 2010: Holli Takes Home the Big Job

In what was at least edited to appear as an upset, Holli Ugalde won Hell's Kitchen Season 7. Blue haired Jay appeared to be in a confident and commanding lead after winning the opening reward challenge. Holli held her own in her kitchen with a more complex menu and a less than adequate crew.

Holli wins $250,000 and a post as head chef at the Savoy Grill in London. A big job for any chef, I hope it works out for her.

You can watch the entire *bleepin* episode here:
Hell's Kitchen Season 7 Finale Video




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Hell's Kitchen: Chef Ramsay Cuts It to the Final Two

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Tonight the final four contestants in Hell's Kitchen faced off knowing that Chef Ramsay would cut them down to two at the end. Jay, Holli, Autumn and Ben were the contenders.

The reward challenge was a taste and recreate competition. Since none of these cooks have great taste abilities it was a coin flip for the winner. Jay came closest but chose a flank steak instead of Venison for the main protein, a fatal error in the challenge. Holli eked out the win even with the wrong sauce (since it was a lesser error than Jay's).

Ben got mad, and even more arrogant (I did not think that was possible). He worked silently through the punishment portion, not a big change. When it came time to prep for dinner though, Ben claimed his back was too hurt to continue. He slept through the day and called in a chiropractor. All for naught, he still said he was giving up and went as far as to congratulate the other and concede victory (obviously to Jay).

After a sit down with Gordon Ramsay though, Ben had a miraculous recovery. They did not show much of the meeting in Ramsay's office but I'm assuming it went something like this: