Hell's Kitchen 7

Hell’s Kitchen 7 winner Holli Ugalde has received a cash prize instead of a job at Gordon Ramsay’s Savoy Grill in London after the production company failed to get her a work visa. She joins the list of the show’s winners who did not receive their announce prizes. Instead of working with Andy Cook at …

Reality TV competitions have a long history of not actually awarding their announced prize to the winner, for reasons that vary from post-show taxes (no Survivor winner ends up being a millionaire, unless they don’t pay their taxes) to misleading promises qualified by fine print (America’s Got Talent gives its $1 million over 40 years). …