So the winner of this season's Hell's Kitchen is supposed to become the executive chef at the Gordon Ramsay's new Los Angeles restaurant, the London West Hollywood. Are the contestants that good? Or are the two London restaurants (LA and NYC) overrated?

But according to the following article: Alain Ducasse regains crown as most-starred chef

Ramsay was briefly tied with Ducasse on 12 stars last month when his eponymous restaurant at the London NYC hotel in midtown Manhattan debuted with two stars in Michelin's New York 2008 guide.

So... how rigged is Hell's Kitchen? Or do they really carefully screen the contestants, so that the nannies and stay-at-home dads are more skilled than they might appear on TV?

'Hell's Kitchen': The dark lord of cooking reigns again!

And the 'dark lord of cooking'? I suppose Chef Ramsay had to sign off on that moniker, but I don't think it really fits him. The Drill Sergeant of the Culinary World, perhaps...

Chef Ramsay rules devilishly

Oops, just remembered the name of the show is Hell's Kitchen. So the moniker fits that...