Christina M. Wilson (born January 15, 1979) is an American chef and reality television personality. She was the winner of season 10 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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. After 2015, she was the Corporate Executive Chef of Gordon Ramsay Restaurant Group. In 2016 and from 2018 onward, she has also returned to ''Hell's Kitchen'' as a

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. Since 2020, she has been the VP Culinary of 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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. She cites her first real 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 chef de cuisine at Mercato BYOB in Philadelphia. She underwent a six-week training course to prepare for her job at Gordon Ramsay Steak in Las Vegas. In 2015, Wilson oversaw the U.S. division of the Gordon Ramsay Restaurant Group as Culinary Director, which comprised 10 restaurants at the time. Since October 2020, Wilson has been the Vice President of Culinary for Gordon Ramsay North America; in addition to the 14 locations that Ramsay has in the United States at this time, Gordon Ramsay North America's CEO, Norman Abdallah, has signaled the company's intention to open 75 new company-owned locations across the United States between 2022 and 2026. She has made an appearance on every subsequent ''Hell’s Kitchen'' season following her initial run, being the red team Sous-chef on seasons 15, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21. She also made a few appearances on ''

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

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

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

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Early life and family

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