• The fourth season of Hell's Kitchen once again follows 15 contestants as they battle to become the best chef in the business. They are put through a culinary boot camp by acerbic and often volatile Executive Chef Gordon Ramsay. Each week a contestant is eliminated. The prize for the winner is a job as the executive chef at Ramsey's Los Angeles restaurant called The London.

  Christina Machamer was declared the winner on July 8, 2008.

• Fast Facts:

  1. Season premiere: April 1, 2008 9pm ET
  2. Season finale: July 8, 2008 9pm ET
  3. Network: FOX
  4. Starring: Gordon Ramsay
  5. Winner: Christina Machamer

• Original Contestants

  1. Ben Caylor
  2. Bobby Anderson
  3. Christina Machamer
  4. Corey Earling
  5. Louis Petrozza
  6. Louross Edralin
  7. Matt Sigel
  8. Vanessa Gunell
  9. Shayna Zodoka
  10. Jennifer Gavin
  11. Rosann Fama
  12. Dominic DiFrancesco
  13. Sharon Stewart
  14. Jason Underwood
  15. Craig Schneider

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