Hell's Kitchen (American TV series) season 5
Season 5 of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen was filmed in November 2007, and 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.
| Hell's Kitchen | |
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| Season 5 | |
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| Hosted by | Gordon Ramsay |
| No. of contestants | 16 |
| Winner | Daniel "Danny" Veltri |
| Runner-up | Paula DaSilva |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | January 29 – May 14, 2009 |
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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 set a high number of unusual eliminations; with one chef eliminated without nomination, two chefs leaving due to medical issues, and two chefs eliminated during service, in addition to the first time a chef was eliminated despite being on the winning team, which would become more prominent in later seasons.