Guide Note

Chef Christina Machamer won the fourth season of the Fox reality show Hell's Kitchen. Machamer was one of 15 aspiring chefs who faced various cooking challenges given to them by chef and television personality Gordon Ramsay. Her prize includes a job as an executive chef at Ramsay's restaurant in West Hollywood, California. Machamer is a culinary student from St. Louis, Missouri and trained at the Culinary Institute of America.

Fast Facts

1. Full name: Christina Machamer
2. Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri
3. Age at time of filming: 25
4. School: Culinary Institute of America

1. Network: Fox
2. Starring: Gordon Ramsay
3. Prize: Tenure at The London Restaurant
4. Machamer was the winner of the fourth season

"I was a lowly culinary student among a lot of experienced line cooks. Talent aside, there was plenty to learn from them."¹

"In the kitchen, if he's yelling at someone, you cannot laugh or automatically you're going to get the brunt of it. I think somebody laughed at the beginning, and they really got it. Some of the things he says are just hysterical. When he's talking about rubbish and donkeys and toilet brushes, I was like, S---, please don't laugh"! Christina on Gordon Ramsay²