Hell's Kitchen (season 2)

Season 2 of Hell's Kitchen was cast during November 2005, started on June 12, 2006 and concluded on August 14, 2006. The winners prize was the position of executive chef at the Red Rock Resort Spa and Casino in Las Vegas with a salary of $250,000, where they will work as chef at the Terra Rossa Restaurant.

Taping for the second season was done in the same building where the first season was taped.

This was the last season of the show to be aired in standard definition.

The winner of this season was Daniel Brugh.

This season was preceded by Season 1 and followed by Season 3.

Sous chefs and Maître d'hôtel

 * Sous chefs - Scott Leibfried and Mary-Ann Salcedo
 * Maître d'hôtel - Jean-Philippe Susilovic

Contestants
The second season featured the following 12 contestants, who were initially separated onto blue and red teams by gender:

Contestant progress
Each week, the best member from the losing team during the latest service period ("least bad" as determined by Ramsay) is asked to nominate two of their teammates for elimination; one of these two is sent home by Gordon Ramsay.