Who is Ariel Contreras from “Hell’s Kitchen”?
Ariel Contreras-Fox was born in Santa Cruz, California, United States on October 31, 1981 – her zodiac sign is Scorpio and she holds American citizenship. She’s a chef and TV personality, perhaps best known for appearing on the reality TV show “Hell’s Kitchen.”
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Early life and education
Ariel was raised alongside her siblings in Santa Cruz by their father who was a factory worker and their mother who worked at a local bakery. Motivated by her mother, Ariel started cooking soon after enrolling in a local high school and began helping her mother in the kitchen.
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She did very well in school and was among the top students in her class, so after matriculation in 1999, Ariel enrolled in the California School of Culinary Arts, and while studying there she simultaneously worked in a small restaurant as a chef. Most of the money earned was given to her parents or to pay for her school fees. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 2003, Ariel began working as a chef in restaurants in California.
Career as a television personality and chef
She gained recognition when she became a contestant on the sixth season of the reality TV show “Hell’s Kitchen”, which aired from July 21 to October 13, 2009 – the show is very popular as it is hosted by the chef and restaurateur Gordon Ramsay, who is known for yelling and yelling at his chefs on the show. In the sixth season, Ariel struggled to lead her own team, showing confidence and the ability to be the leader, however, she lost her confidence at the time of solo competition and eventually ended up at the third place on the show.
On September 28, 2018, she became a contestant on the 18th season of the show called “Rookies vs. Veterans”, and again became the leader of her team at the very beginning, befriending several other contestants such as Bret, Motto, Mia and Kanae. . This time, Ariel managed to win the show, receiving $250,000 and being offered a job as head chef at Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen restaurant located in Las Vegas, Nevada, however, Ariel accepted the money but not the job offer.
Shortly after the show ended, she began working at Hardings Restaurant as an executive chef, and after several months there, she moved to work as a chef at an airport restaurant owned by tOTG, a company that runs expensive restaurants at airports.
Ariel is also a writer, as she and her mother published the children’s book “Freckle-Faced Foodie: A Journey of a Young Chef.”
love life and husband
Prior to appearing in the 18th season of “Hell’ Kitchen,” Ariel had been in several relationships, and the longest lasting was with an unfamous man who she dated from 2004 to 2012. he man worked as a chef too, and they got engaged but called it off several months before the wedding. Ariel was also in a long-term relationship with her college sweetheart, but they broke up shortly after graduation.
After the show ended in 2018, she started dating Alexander Mangual and after about a year of being together, they got married in a grand ceremony attended by their wide circle of friends and family. . For the distribution of invitations, the two used the wedding planning website ZOLA – the wedding took place in September 2019 and shortly after Ariel gave birth to her and Alexander’s daughter.
The family of three currently lives in Santa Cruz, and there have been no rumors or controversies surrounding their marriage.
Hobbies and other interests
Ariel is currently mostly focused on raising her daughter, and she usually takes her away from the city to spend time in nature and be around animals, as she thinks it will make her a better person.
Ariel likes the simple things in life and her favorite drink is Coca Cola while one of her favorite sweets is Chocolate Ice Cream Scream.
She loves to travel and has traveled the United States for business and pleasure, while she has also visited many European countries including but not limited to Switzerland, Sweden and Norway. Ariel prefers cool weather to hot weather, as she dislikes the feel of the sun on her skin.
In her spare time (usually late at night) she likes to watch movies starring some of her favorite actors – Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro and Julia Roberts – some of her favorite movies are ‘Sleepless in Seattle’, ‘The Green Mile” and “The Runaway Bride”.
age and size
Ariel’s age is 38. She has curly black hair and brown eyes, her height is 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m) and she weighs around 130 pounds (58 kg).
As of August 2020, his net worth is estimated to be over $3 million.
