Paula Dasilva

Chef Paula Dasilva was the runner up on season five of Fox's reality cooking series, Hell's Kitchen. Dasilva and fifteen others went head-to-heard to impress celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay's at the legendary Hell's Kitchen restaurant.

Dasilva works as an executive sous chef at 3030 Ocean Restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.The International Culinary School: Paula DaSilva

• Current: Chef de Cuisine at 3030 Ocean Restaurant
• Banquet supervisor and waitress at a family restaurantFox: Paula Dasilva Biography

"He's a very intense guy. What you see on TV is pretty much the way he is. Of course, when he's in the kitchen the pressure is turned on immensely. Outside of that, he's just a normal guy, a big kid."—on Chef Gordon RamsayMiami Herald: Local Chef Descends into Hell

"I do yell. There's pressure, heat, a lot going on, the pressure is high, I hold myself and the people I work with to high standards, if there's problems then it's nothing personal, it's just the nature of the business."Miami New Times: Hell's Kitchen Five: Paula Dasilva Interview

The reality television series, Hell's Kitchen, stars world-renowned Chef Gordon Ramsay. The competition puts top chefs head to head against one another in an effort to win over the foul-mouthed and often brutally honest Chef Ramsay. Season five contestants are competing for $250,000 and a prestigious spot in the kitchen at the Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.Fox: Hell's Kitchen Show Info