Christina Michelle Wilson (born January 15, 1979) is an American chef and reality television personality. She was the winner of

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of the FOX Network's

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cooking show ''

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''. She was awarded the position of

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Steak at the

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. During 2014, Wilson was the Executive Chef of Gordon Ramsay BurGR at

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. In 2015, she became the Corporate Executive Chef of Gordon Ramsay Restaurant Group. In 2016, and from 2018 to 2023, she returned to ''Hell's Kitchen'' as a

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. From 2020 to 2023, she was the VP Culinary at Gordon Ramsay North America.

Early life and family

Wilson is from

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, and in 1997 graduated from Phillipsburg High School, where she played field hockey, basketball, and softball. She has three brothers and was inspired to cook by her grandmother. Wilson is openly lesbian. Wilson earned a basketball scholarship to

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in Pennsylvania but lost the scholarship and waited tables to pay tuition. She transferred to

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, graduating with a B.A. in English and Language Arts in 2007.

Career

Wilson never attended culinary school, but instead got her start working at

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as a summer job in high school. She cites her first major cooking experience as a job at West Chester Country Club in

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, where she "begged to be allowed in the kitchen to learn." While attending Temple University in Philadelphia, she began working in city restaurants. Prior to her win on ''Hell's Kitchen'' in 2012, she was ''

'' at Lolita BYOB in Philadelphia. She underwent a six-week training course to prepare for her job at Gordon Ramsay Steak in Las Vegas. In 2014, Wilson left the

Gordon Ramsay Steak to become Executive Chef of the Gordon Ramsay BurGR (rebranded as Gordon Ramsay Burger in 2017) next door at the

. In 2015, Wilson oversaw the U.S. division of the Gordon Ramsay Restaurant Group as Culinary Director, which comprised 10 restaurants at the time. From October 2020 to December 2023, Wilson was the Vice President of Culinary for Gordon Ramsay North America. She made appearances on many subsequent ''Hell’s Kitchen'' seasons following her initial run, being the red team Sous-chef on seasons 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22. She also made appearances on ''

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'', '' The F Word'', and ''

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''. Additionally, in 2017 Wilson hosted a 10-episode

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series titled ''Recipes from Hell's Kitchen''.

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Early life and family

Career

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