Contestants
17 chefs competed in Season 5. Names, ages, and hometowns below are from the Bravo website. In elimination order, the contestants were:
- Lauren Hope, 24 — Resides in: Savannah, GA (Hometown: Cincinnati, OH)
- Patrick Dunlea, 21 — Resides in: Hyde Park, NY (Hometown: Quincy, MA)
- Jill Snyder, 28 — Resides in: Baltimore, MD (Hometown: Latrobe, PA)
- Richard Sweeney, 27 — Resides in: San Diego, CA (Hometown: Sayville, NY)
- Alex Eusebio, 33 — Resides in: Los Angeles, CA (Hometown: New York, NY)
- Danny Gagnon, 26 — Resides in: New Hyde Park, NY (Hometown: New Hyde Park, NY)
- Melissa Harrison, 28 — Resides in: Boulder, CO (Hometown: Sparks, MD)
- Eugene "Gene" Villiatora, 33 — Resides in: Las Vegas, NV (Hometown: Whitmore Village, HI)
- Ariane Duarte, 41 — Resides in: Verona, NJ (Hometown: Verona, NJ)
- Radhika Desai, 28 — Resides in: Chicago, IL (Hometown: Chicago, IL)
- Jamie Lauren, 30 — Resides in: San Francisco, CA (Hometown: New York, NY)
- Leah Cohen, 26 — Resides in: New York, NY (Hometown: Scarsdale, NY)
- Jeff McInnis, 30 — Resides in: Miami, FL (Hometown: Niceville, FL)
- Fabio Viviani, 30 — Resides in: Moorpark, CA (Hometown: Florence, Italy) -- Fan Favorite
- Carla Hall, 44 — Resides in: Washington, D.C. (Hometown: Nashville, TN) -- Runner-up
- Stefan Richter, 35 — Resides in: Santa Monica, CA (Hometown: Tampere, Finland) -- Runner-up
- Hosea Rosenberg, 34 —Resides in: Boulder, CO (Hometown: Taos, NM) -- Winner
Credit Order: Alex, Jill, Daniel, Ariane, Patrick, Melissa, Hosea, Leah, Fabio, Radhika, Stefan, Jamie, Richard, Lauren, Eugene, Carla, Jeff
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