# Christina Wilson
**Christina Wilson** (born 1979) is an American chef from Phillipsburg, New Jersey, best known as the winner of Season 10 of the Fox cooking competition *[Hell's Kitchen](https://www.edgepedia.org/hells-kitchen-american-tv-series)* in 2012 and for the executive career she built afterward inside [Gordon Ramsay](https://www.edgepedia.org/gordon-ramsay)'s restaurant organization, rising from head chef of a single Las Vegas steakhouse to Vice President of Culinary for Gordon Ramsay North America.[1](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-xpm-2012-sep-11-la-et-st-hells-kitchen-winner-20120911-story.html) • [2](https://parade.com/1149262/jerylbrunner/hells-kitchen-winners/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1979, Phillipsburg, New Jersey; raised there, later based in Philadelphia[3](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/christina-wilson.html) • [4](https://www.inquirer.com/philly/food/20120913_Christina_Wilson_is_Season_10_winner_of__Hell_s_Kitchen_.html) |
| Training | No culinary school; learned on the job, beginning in restaurants while a student at Temple University[4](https://www.inquirer.com/philly/food/20120913_Christina_Wilson_is_Season_10_winner_of__Hell_s_Kitchen_.html) • [3](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/christina-wilson.html) |
| *Hell's Kitchen* | Winner of Season 10 (finale aired September 2012), defeating finalist Justin Antiorio[1](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-xpm-2012-sep-11-la-et-st-hells-kitchen-winner-20120911-story.html) |
| Prize | Head chef position at Gordon Ramsay Steak at Paris Las Vegas with a $250,000 annual salary[5](https://hellskitchen.fandom.com/wiki/Christina_Wilson) • [1](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-xpm-2012-sep-11-la-et-st-hells-kitchen-winner-20120911-story.html) |
| Television role | Red team sous chef on *Hell's Kitchen* in Season 15 and Seasons 17 through 22[5](https://hellskitchen.fandom.com/wiki/Christina_Wilson) |
| Corporate career | Corporate executive chef from 2015; Vice President of Culinary, Gordon Ramsay North America, from 2020 to December 2023[2](https://parade.com/1149262/jerylbrunner/hells-kitchen-winners/) • [6](https://www.tvinsider.com/1000433/hells-kitchen-young-guns-christina-wilson-jason-santos/) |
## Early career in Philadelphia
Wilson attended [Temple University](https://www.edgepedia.org/temple-university) and began working in restaurants while a student there, a path that led her to cooking as a career.[3](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/christina-wilson.html) She never attended culinary school, learning instead on the job.[4](https://www.inquirer.com/philly/food/20120913_Christina_Wilson_is_Season_10_winner_of__Hell_s_Kitchen_.html) By 2012 she was [chef de cuisine](https://www.edgepedia.org/chef-de-cuisine) at Evan Turney's Mercato, a popular Center City BYOB restaurant in Philadelphia, having previously held the same title at Turney's modern Mexican restaurant Lolita.[7](https://philly.eater.com/2012/5/16/6586171/two-philly-area-chefs-on-hells-kitchen-season-10) • [4](https://www.inquirer.com/philly/food/20120913_Christina_Wilson_is_Season_10_winner_of__Hell_s_Kitchen_.html) Her grandmother inspired her to cook.[3](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/christina-wilson.html)
## Hell's Kitchen Season 10
Wilson temporarily left Mercato in spring 2012 to compete on Season 10 of *Hell's Kitchen*, Gordon Ramsay's Fox competition series, in which two teams of chefs face challenges, dinner services, and eliminations for a top restaurant job.[4](https://www.inquirer.com/philly/food/20120913_Christina_Wilson_is_Season_10_winner_of__Hell_s_Kitchen_.html) • [8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA0ah44-nHs) The season's prize was the head chef position at Gordon Ramsay Steak at [Paris Las Vegas](https://www.edgepedia.org/paris-las-vegas), the first Gordon Ramsay restaurant in that city.[7](https://philly.eater.com/2012/5/16/6586171/two-philly-area-chefs-on-hells-kitchen-season-10)
In the September 2012 finale, decided by a "Passion vs. Palate" format, Wilson led a team of previously eliminated chefs to a dinner service that outperformed that of fellow finalist Justin Antiorio, and Ramsay crowned her the winner.[1](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-xpm-2012-sep-11-la-et-st-hells-kitchen-winner-20120911-story.html) Across the season she won 7 individual challenges and 5 services and was never nominated for elimination, according to the show's fan-maintained statistics.[5](https://hellskitchen.fandom.com/wiki/Christina_Wilson) Ramsay called her talents "undeniable" and said he was "not rolling the dice with her in Vegas because she's the real deal."[1](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-xpm-2012-sep-11-la-et-st-hells-kitchen-winner-20120911-story.html) Wilson later said the timing mattered: had she been cast for Season 9, her prize would not have been a Gordon Ramsay restaurant.[9](https://www.mashed.com/332774/hells-kitchen-judge-christina-wilson-dishes-on-behind-the-scenes-plus-the-scoop-on-gordon-ramsay-exclusive/)
## Career with Gordon Ramsay
**Las Vegas restaurants.** Wilson's prize was a head chef position at Gordon Ramsay Steak at Paris Las Vegas with a reported $250,000 annual salary, and she was the first *Hell's Kitchen* winner to receive a head chef post at a Gordon Ramsay restaurant.[5](https://hellskitchen.fandom.com/wiki/Christina_Wilson) • [10](https://www.gordonramsayrestaurants.com/news-and-press/gordon-ramsay-renovates-home-of-hells-kitchen-winner-christina-wilson/%26lang%3Den) After about a year and a half there as chef de cuisine, she moved in 2014 to the role of executive chef at Ramsay's BurGR (later Gordon Ramsay Burger) at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas.[11](https://lasvegasweekly.com/dining/chef-talk/2015/feb/25/chef-talk-christina-wilson-gordon-ramsay-burgr/) During her time at Gordon Ramsay Steak, the restaurant was ranked the number one steakhouse in Las Vegas by the outlets Eater and Thrillist.[3](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/christina-wilson.html)
**Corporate roles.** In 2015 she became a corporate executive chef for the Gordon Ramsay Restaurant Group, supervising restaurants across the United States.[6](https://www.tvinsider.com/1000433/hells-kitchen-young-guns-christina-wilson-jason-santos/) In October 2020 she was promoted to Vice President of Culinary for Gordon Ramsay North America, the U.S. restaurant business, a position she held until December 2023.[2](https://parade.com/1149262/jerylbrunner/hells-kitchen-winners/) In that role she oversaw the opening of new Ramsay restaurants in the United States and Canada, including the first California location of Hell's Kitchen at Harrah's Resort Southern California.[12](https://edition.pagesuite.com/tribune/article_popover.aspx?guid=509626ed-c30b-4489-98e5-4c0bc717ef39) By 2018 the Gordon Ramsay Group operated 33 restaurants worldwide, and Wilson was described as executive chef over the group's U.S. division.[13](https://jeffreybeers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/HellsKitchen_TravelLeisure_02.02.2018.pdf)
## Television work after Season 10
Wilson returned to *Hell's Kitchen* as the sous chef leading the red kitchen in Season 15 and again from Season 17 through Season 22, working alongside blue team sous chef Jason Santos.[5](https://hellskitchen.fandom.com/wiki/Christina_Wilson) • [6](https://www.tvinsider.com/1000433/hells-kitchen-young-guns-christina-wilson-jason-santos/) She also made appearances on Ramsay's other programs, including *[MasterChef](https://www.edgepedia.org/masterchef-american-tv-series)*, *The F Word*, and *Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back*.[5](https://hellskitchen.fandom.com/wiki/Christina_Wilson) In a 2022 interview she said she used the show's shoots to have Ramsay taste-test dishes for his U.S. restaurants.[14](https://www.tastingtable.com/1031209/christina-wilson-talks-hells-kitchen-and-gordon-ramsays-newest-restaurant-exclusive-interview/) After her departure from Gordon Ramsay North America, Michelle Tribble, winner of Season 17, took over the red team sous chef role from Season 23.[2](https://parade.com/1149262/jerylbrunner/hells-kitchen-winners/)
## Public profile
In 2018 Ramsay secretly renovated the first floor of Wilson's 1920s Philadelphia row home, which she had bought with her *Hell's Kitchen* winnings, for the premiere of the second season of the online series *My Houzz*; Ramsay worked with Philadelphia designer Matthew Ferrarini on the project.[10](https://www.gordonramsayrestaurants.com/news-and-press/gordon-ramsay-renovates-home-of-hells-kitchen-winner-christina-wilson/%26lang%3Den) • [15](https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/gordon-ramsay-tells-us-what-he-learned-gut-renovating-chef-christina-wilsons-kitchen) She also appeared in the Marina Bay Sands Signature Series in Singapore in 2018, in a culinary showdown as executive chef of the U.S. division of the Gordon Ramsay Group.[16](https://www.marinabaysands.com/content/dam/singapore/marinabaysands/master/main/home/company-information/media-centre/march2018/Marina-Bay-Sands-presents-The-Signature-Series-at-award-winning-restaurants-12-March-2018.pdf)
After leaving Gordon Ramsay North America in December 2023, Wilson launched her own hospitality consulting firm, following more than a decade helping build the Gordon Ramsay restaurant empire; she has since made public appearances such as headlining the inaugural OKANAFest food and wine festival at OKANA Resort in [Oklahoma City](https://www.edgepedia.org/oklahoma-city) in 2026.[2](https://parade.com/1149262/jerylbrunner/hells-kitchen-winners/) • [17](https://www.okanaresort.com/blog/hells-kitchen-champion-christina-wilson-to-headline-okanafest/)
## References
1. ['Hell's Kitchen' finale: Passion-player Christina crowned winner, Los Angeles Times (September 11, 2012)](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-xpm-2012-sep-11-la-et-st-hells-kitchen-winner-20120911-story.html)
2. [Hell's Kitchen Winners: Where Are They Now?, Parade](https://parade.com/1149262/jerylbrunner/hells-kitchen-winners/)
3. [Christina Wilson – Age, Bio, Family, Famous Birthdays](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/christina-wilson.html)
4. [Christina Wilson is season 10 winner of 'Hell's Kitchen', Philadelphia Inquirer (September 13, 2012)](https://www.inquirer.com/philly/food/20120913_Christina_Wilson_is_Season_10_winner_of__Hell_s_Kitchen_.html)
5. [Christina Wilson, Hell's Kitchen Wiki (Fandom)](https://hellskitchen.fandom.com/wiki/Christina_Wilson)
6. ['Hell's Kitchen: Young Guns': Christina Wilson's Take on This Year's Age Twist, TV Insider](https://www.tvinsider.com/1000433/hells-kitchen-young-guns-christina-wilson-jason-santos/)
7. [Two Philly-Area Chefs on Hell's Kitchen Season 10, Eater Philly (May 16, 2012)](https://philly.eater.com/2012/5/16/6586171/two-philly-area-chefs-on-hells-kitchen-season-10)
8. [How Christina Wilson Became One of Chef Ramsay's Most Trusted & Successful Chefs, Hell's Kitchen (YouTube, 2024)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA0ah44-nHs)
9. [Hell's Kitchen Judge Christina Wilson Dishes On Behind The Scenes, Mashed (February 11, 2021)](https://www.mashed.com/332774/hells-kitchen-judge-christina-wilson-dishes-on-behind-the-scenes-plus-the-scoop-on-gordon-ramsay-exclusive/)
10. [Gordon Ramsay Renovates Home of "Hell's Kitchen" Winner Christina Wilson, Gordon Ramsay Restaurants (January 30, 2018)](https://www.gordonramsayrestaurants.com/news-and-press/gordon-ramsay-renovates-home-of-hells-kitchen-winner-christina-wilson/%26lang%3Den)
11. [Talking burgers and more with rising star chef Christina Wilson, Las Vegas Weekly (February 25, 2015)](https://lasvegasweekly.com/dining/chef-talk/2015/feb/25/chef-talk-christina-wilson-gordon-ramsay-burgr/)
12. [While filming in SoCal, the celeb chef talks about his new restaurant, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin](https://edition.pagesuite.com/tribune/article_popover.aspx?guid=509626ed-c30b-4489-98e5-4c0bc717ef39)
13. [Hell's Kitchen at Caesars Palace, Travel + Leisure (2018)](https://jeffreybeers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/HellsKitchen_TravelLeisure_02.02.2018.pdf)
14. [Christina Wilson Talks Hell's Kitchen And Gordon Ramsay's Newest Restaurant, Tasting Table (September 29, 2022)](https://www.tastingtable.com/1031209/christina-wilson-talks-hells-kitchen-and-gordon-ramsays-newest-restaurant-exclusive-interview/)
15. [Gordon Ramsay Tells Us What He Learned Gut-Renovating Chef Christina Wilson's Kitchen, Architectural Digest (January 30, 2018)](https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/gordon-ramsay-tells-us-what-he-learned-gut-renovating-chef-christina-wilsons-kitchen)
16. [Marina Bay Sands presents The Signature Series at award-winning restaurants (March 12, 2018)](https://www.marinabaysands.com/content/dam/singapore/marinabaysands/master/main/home/company-information/media-centre/march2018/Marina-Bay-Sands-presents-The-Signature-Series-at-award-winning-restaurants-12-March-2018.pdf)
17. [Hell's Kitchen Champion Chef Christina Wilson to headline OKANAFest, OKANA Resort (July 31, 2026)](https://www.okanaresort.com/blog/hells-kitchen-champion-christina-wilson-to-headline-okanafest/)
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