Fox has revealed the identities of the 16 culinary contestants competing on Hell's Kitchen's fifth season, which will premiere Thursday, January 29 at 9PM ET/PT.
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Similar to its first four editions, Hell's Kitchen's fifth season cast will both work and live together in a restaurant/housing facility that will keep the contestants under cameras 24/7 as they try to impress foul-mouthed British chef Gordon Ramsay via various challenges and dinner services.
The fifth-season winner will receive the grand prize of a "head chef" position at Atlantic City's Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, which opened in 2003.
Hell's Kitchen's 16 fifth-season contestants -- who will initially be divided into the show's traditional all-female "Red Team" and all-male "Blue Team" -- are:
The Red Team
- Andrea, a 30-year-old line cook from Reading, PA
- Carol, a 30-year-old sous chef from Knoxville, TN
- Coi, a 22-year-old cafe cook from Austin, TX
- Colleen, a 41-year-old cooking school instructor from Papillion, NE
- Ji, a 33-year-old private caterer from Palisades Park, NJ
- LA, a 23-year-old line cook from Las Vegas, NV
- Lacey, a 24-year-old corporate buffet cook from Charlotte, NC
- Paula, a 28-year-old executive sous chef from Coconut Creek, FL
The Blue Team
- Ben, a 26-year-old executive sous chef from Chicago, IL
- Charlie, a 24-year-old prep chef from Las Vegas, NV
- Danny, a 23-year-old executive chef from Edgewater, FL
- Giovanni, a 37-year-old executive chef from Destin, FL
- J, a 32-year-old food court chef from Clifton Park, NY
- Robert, a 29-year-old sous chef from Quogue, NY
- Seth, a 27-year-old private party chef from New York, NY
- Wil, a 27-year-old quality-control chef from Elgin, IL
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