Bucking the trend, he headed for the snowstorms and icicles of Whistler, British Columbia. Here he worked for Araxi Restaurant before returning to his home state of New Jersey where he has worked at a number of restaurants. California girl Holli Ugalde was 24 when she won season seven amid a fanfare of tears and congratulations. Gordon Ramsay restaurants you need to try. She has since launched a catering company called Sizzling Peach in addition to opening her own restaurant in - yep, you guessed it - Las Vegas.
Nona Sivley won the competition in Credit: Fox. Season 13 continued the trend of older winners and saw year-old La Tasha McCutchen crowned the champion. However, a year later, she left the role and is now a private chef for one presumably very happy family. Meghan Gill hell's kitchen Credit: Fox. Michelle Tribble came third in season 14 but managed to beat the competition to win three years later.
Another comeback story, year-old Ariel Contreras had finished third way back in Season 6 before finally taking the title. He was not seen much as the service was shut down before the team reached the desserts. After service, Paula was named "Best of the Worst". Danny was not nominated, and after elimination, Ramsay announced he was shutting down Hell's Kitchen. Then, the episode ended in a cliffhanger.
When they came back to Hell's Kitchen, Robert, who did not return with them, announced that he would not be back in Hell's Kitchen. Danny gave him an emotional farewell, and hugged him goodbye, along with a standing ovation. During the Borgata Signature Dish Challenge, Danny made pan-seared scallops with citrus basil champagne sauce and ginger. While Ramsay admitted it did not a creative presentation, it was praised for its flavor and perfectly cooked scallops. Despite that, he lost the challenge to Andrea , but vented, with Ben, that she should not have won due to not cooking anything for her dish.
Because of his strong performance, the team was able to push out appetizers in the first thirty minutes. Later on, he was sent over to help Andrea out on the fish station, but he was irritated by it, as he did not want to babysit the person who won immunity.
After service, the final four were asked to nominate two people, apart from Andrea. Back in the dorms, both Danny and Ben agreed that Andrea should have gone home that night and that she was running out of chances. He won the challenge as he was the closest to Ramsay's original dish, with the exception of the alcohol. He was rewarded with a biplane ride with Ramsay. On their way to the airfield, Ramsay noted that he matured a lot since the beginning of the competition, and had gotten stronger in the last 3—4 weeks.
Danny said it was because he was determined to do well in the culinary industry. He was later seen trying to make new Wellingtons from scratch, along with Paula, after Andrea miscounted them during prep.
After service, the team was asked to nominate one person who should be going home. Immediately after elimination, Danny was surprised to see his father and girlfriend come to visit him, but it sparked his motivation back. During the Portions Challenge, Danny made a lightly blackened halibut with mango-peach salsa and basmati rice. His punishment was to clean the dining room up and reset it for the following night's dinner service while having to participate in Laundry Day with Andrea. During the punishment, he was still disappointed about his loss as he was a strong front-runner until then, but he knew he had to pick himself back from that loss.
He was the second person to run the pass. He got off to a rough start when he nearly froze on the first ticket and did not notice a missing time mark that Jean-Philippe did not put in until Ramsay told him about it. He also struggled on plating, which slowed momentum down, but he did manage to reject Andrea's overcooked scallops. However, he failed to notice that Sous Chef Gloria sent up raw potatoes until Ramsay pointed it out. Despite these problems, Danny managed to pick it up near the end and got more vocal, leading to more food being sent out to the dining room.
After service, Ramsay asked each chef to choose who they thought did not deserve to be in the finals. Danny and Andrea voted for each other. Instead of being nominated for elimination, he was nominated to not proceed to the finals but he survived and joined Paula in the finals. After elimination, Danny and Paula were introduced to their final task, which was creating their own restaurant. He would be cooking out of the blue kitchen. Back in the dorms, he and Paula celebrated with champagne, and he admitted he was surprised to get this far despite being the youngest competitor that season.
The next morning, he woke up hungover and did not have a clear idea of what he would be doing. Later, he discussed his menu ideas with Sous Chef Scott , which was shown to have a few ambitious items. Before leaving for Atlantic City, he reunited with his father and girlfriend and told them his ideas for the restaurant.
On the plane trip, Ramsay reminded him of his Mahi Gone grilled bananas at the Signature Dish Challenge, and his rivalry against Paula. During the Final Signature Dish Challenge, Danny made his Caribbean jerked lobster tail with lime chili salsa as his first sample dish, a baby arugula salad with crispy skin duck breast and ginger vinaigrette as his second, and a pan-seared filet of beef with twice baked potato and tempura fries as his third.
While he lost the first round to Paula, he won the next two, therefore winning the challenge The next day, Danny was reunited with his former teammates, and as part of his reward from the challenge, he was awarded the first pick for his team. He chose Ben as his first pick, Giovanni as his second, and Carol as his third. Back in the dorms, Danny gave his team a pep talk, while reminding them that he was in charge that night.
Ramsay warned him about the cooking of the duck as it needed a little bit more pink on the meat, suggested that the tempura spring onion should be cut in half as the whole tempura looked phallic, and noted that his poached pear was undercooked. Later, he showed Ramsay his "Velvet Hammer" restaurant, though Ramsay was a little concerned as it was looking a little intimidating.
During dinner service, Danny called out his first ticket strongly, which caused his team to communicate with each other. Later, he gave Carol a sizzling pan so the lobster would not be boiled, and continually asked her for the lobster. While clearing down, he was visited by his father and girlfriend who congratulated him on a job well done. Later that evening, Danny, along with Paula, went to Ramsay's office, where he was praised for his growth in the competition.
After that, he stood in front of a door, knowing it would open only if he was the winner. He teared up as his deceased mother could not see him win, but knew she was looking down on him from heaven, extremely proud. He also hung his portrait on the newly revealed Hell's Kitchen "Wall of Fame". Ramsay's comment: "Danny won Hell's Kitchen because in a very short period of time, he grew more than any other chef I've ever seen.
He now has the talent, the maturity, to become a great head chef. Here's everything you need to know about what Veltri and Fornelletto have been up to since being featured on Hell's Kitchen. Entering the competition at the young age of 23, many of Veltri's competitors didn't see him as a real threat. Despite being younger than the other contestants, Veltri had an arrogant air from the start. This confidence was eventually earned, as he grew more and more skilled in the kitchen, thanks to his hard work and lots of constructive critique from Gordon Ramsay.
In fact, at the end of the season, Ramsay was quoted saying that Veltri won the competition because of how much he grew as a chef in such a short amount of time. He was told he would be Head Chef at the newly-opened restaurant.
However, when he arrived, he was made a Sous Chef instead.
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