Giacomo Alfieri

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I think that Chef Ramsay knows that there's something else in me that he hasn't seen yet. I have to find it in myself so that I can pull it out, and once I do that, I can have a great chance of winning this competition.

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Hometown	Euless, TX
Occupation	Pizza Chef
Statistics
Challenges Won	0
Services Won	1
Times as BoW/Announcer	0
Times Nominated	2
Placement	9th
Episode Eliminated	9 Chefs

Giacomo Alfieri was a contestant on Season 2 of Hell's Kitchen. He ranked in 9th place.

Season 2

Episode 1

Main article: Episode 201 - 12 Chefs

During the teaser of that season, Giacomo was one of the three chefs featured in the narrator's explanation. The twelve contestants arrived in Hell's Kitchen on a bus and were greeted by Jean-Philippe. They celebrated with some champagne glasses, got to know each other, and had a first look at the restaurant. Afterwards, Ramsay walked through the hallway, opened the dining room doors, and greeted the contestants by introducing himself and announcing that only one of them would win the competition. The only way that person would win, though, was to impress him and he asked all of them to cook their signature dishes.

During the Signature Dish Challenge, Giacomo was the tenth person to have his dish judged by Ramsay and made a Frutti di Mare. When Ramsay offered Sara a taste of his dish, he wanted to see if she would blow smoke up Ramsay’s ass by calling it terrible. Fortunately, Sara found it very nice. Ramsay deemed it not bad, declaring it the best dish of the season and thanking him for making something edible. He shook Ramsay's hand and acknowledged he could emerge as a leader. After the challenge, he was placed in the blue team because Ramsay declared that for the first time, the teams are divided by gender, men in the blue team, and women in the red team.

The blue team finished prep hours after the red team, and Giacomo was not happy about it, as he feared being sluggish could hurt them the following night. Minutes before service, Ramsay asked both teams for a volunteer for a special job, but he was the only one from the blue team to raise his hand, albeit slowly. As it turned out, he volunteered to become the blue team's donkey that night, but he regretted that decision as he would not have volunteered if he knew what it was for. When the first ticket arrived, he was already hard at work as the donkey, going into the back to grab ladles for Keith. After three hours with barely any food sent and the customers shouting, "I want my food!", Ramsay shut down both kitchens. The blue team won the dinner service.

Episode 2

Main article: Episode 202 - 11 Chefs

The following day, after only two hours of sleep, the contestants were woken up by Sous Chefs Scott and Mary-Ann playing cowbells at 5:24 AM. Giacomo asked if World War Three was going on. They were told to go outside immediately. Once outside at the loading area, Ramsay recalled how the previous service was embarrassing. Afterwards, Ramsay wanted them to know how much food they wasted last night as a restaurant would never survive with a lot of waste. To get his point across, Ramsay ordered the chefs to jump into the dumpsters and pull out all the garbage from last night. During the task, he commented that it was nothing for him as he lost his retainer five or six times in the school trash can. After that, Ramsay told the contestants that he did not want another large amount of waste in the competition again. Now that the chefs understood the lesson, Ramsay ordered them to clean up because they stunk.

During the Perfect Steak Cut Challenge, Keith tried to help Giacomo out by warning him that his steaks looked thin, but he ignored the former. He was the third person from the blue team to have his attempts judged, but he could only get two accepted. The blue team lost the challenge 11-12, and they were punished by cutting all the steaks for the next dinner service.

Giacomo struggled to keep his emotions in check during prep, causing him to fumble on prep. During dinner service, he was at the garnish station. An hour into service, he had a communication breakdown with Tom, and did not know what was going with the duck as sides, discouraging Ramsay as he was not talking to Tom about it. Later, Tom declared he was ready to walk with one duck and one chicken, but Ramsay discovered that he fried the cabbage when he was not supposed to. That led Ramsay to school him, called the cabbage glue, and said he should become a hairdresser as he was poncing around with women's hair. When almost every customer left, Ramsay shut down both kitchens. The blue team lost the dinner service, and Garrett was named "Best of the Worst". During deliberation, he knew it was either himself, Tom, or Gabe that would be nominated and told Garrett to do what felt right to him. Tom asked him about the fried cabbage, but the latter argued that it happened based on poor communication. However, Tom accused him of screwing him up, while he did not want to be the target like he had been his entire life. When Tom insultingly told him to get a haircut, he felt the former was doing everything to stay as nobody wanted to leave.

Giacomo was Garrett's first nominee for elimination, with Tom being the second, and was eventually joined by Gabe. During his plea, he felt he was trying to grab a greasy potato, but Ramsay felt it was more of a greasy mop. However, he asked him to see more of him. He survived elimination, but Ramsay told him to get a grip. While being dismissed, he wanted to pull out the person Ramsay was looking for as it would give him more of a chance to win.

Episode 3

Main article: Episode 203 - 9 Chefs

Back at the dorms, Giacomo said they had to study harder than the women, but Keith bitterly said they already did. When he asked Tom how it felt to have Ramsay send him back in line, the latter said he was relieved and felt Ramsay would love to see him win as he was the oldest.

During the Relay Challenge, Giacomo was the second of his team to go. He understood what Tom told him during the 15 seconds and continued his batch of fresh tortellini. During his second relay, he told Keith that the tortellini was done and ready to be cooked. Still, Keith misunderstood him and started a new batch of fresh tortellini, much to his annoyance. The blue team lost the challenge 1-2, and they were punished by participating in Laundry Day. During the punishment, Garrett wanted to test his teammate's knowledge by asking him what to do when a Wellington was on order, and he knew that unless they had their knowledge correct, they would lose another service.

Giacomo was determined to get a good service during prep because his team needed to break its losing streak. During dinner service, he was at the meat station. At one point, he told Sous Chef Scott that his oven was not heating up properly, but when the latter examined it, he saw that he failed to turn his oven on, leading him to chew him out for that by swearing at him and calling him stupid. Once Ramsay found out, the former called him a donkey for forgetting that, leaving him dismayed about not making Ramsay happy. Later, Ramsay asked him how pink the duck looked, but he argued it was not. When Ramsay asked him if he had another duck resting, he claimed he had one when there was not. Ramsay asked him why he was lying to him, he apologized and said he did not mean to lie, and Ramsay called him useless. He called it the worst night he ever had, and with everything at a standstill, Ramsay had enough and resigned the men onto different stations. So, he was now on fish, but when Keith got on meat, the latter was dismayed to see how disorganized it was and asked what he was doing, especially when he could not find any extra Wellingtons. After three hours of little food and frustrations, Ramsay shut down both kitchens.

The blue team lost the service, Ramsay deemed Giacomo's performance phenomenally bad, and they were asked to each nominate somebody for elimination. During deliberation, he refused to go home as he felt they could have won if his mistakes on meat had been fixed.

Giacomo nominated Tom for elimination as he called the latter a loose cannon while Tom nominated him for elimination. He promised to learn from his mistakes and dig deep within himself during his plea. He was eliminated for being the worst performer of the night, lacking the basic knowledge of a restaurant by forgetting to turn the oven on, and lying about the duck breast. During his exit interview, he was shocked as he was not a quitter, felt that Tom always gave up, and wished he could go back in time and fix up his mistake.

Ramsay's comment: "Before you can even attempt to run a restaurant, the first thing you've got to do is make sure you know how to cook. Giacomo? He was lost beyond belief."

Episode 10

Main article: Episode 210/211 - 2 Chefs/Winner

Giacomo returned for the last dinner service of the season because Maribel did not. When he entered the dorms, he and Keith held breakfast food platters. When the chefs came downstairs, his failure to turn on the oven during the third service was shown during a flashback sequence. He was Virginia's last pick during the team selection after Keith and Tom. Virginia said she chose him to boost his confidence for not being picked last. Also, Virginia felt he had a better attitude compared to Garrett.

During prep, Virginia started to get concerned about Tom and Giacomo as they did not perform well under pressure. During dinner service, he was at the fish station. Before the tickets arrived, Ramsay asked him if the oven was on, and the latter said he had checked it four times earlier. He tried to assist Virginia when she plated, but she rejected it. Then, Virginia told him to refire a salad order as the last one he sent had too much salt and less walnut oil. Ramsay praised that decision and told him to wake up. Later, he slowed the kitchen down due to a raw fish and said he would have the snapper refire in thirty seconds. Still, he felt like a jackass due to running around. When Tom cut his finger and went to see the medic, he told Virginia what happened. Virginia eventually lost the finals to Heather, and he did not receive his $1000.

Nomination History

Week 1	Win
Week 2	Nominated
Week 3	Nominated

Post Hell's Kitchen

• After his appearance on the show, Giacomo became Head Chef and property investor at his family's restaurant, Saviano's.
• In 2013, he married, had a daughter, and is living in Dallas, Texas.

Trivia

• At age 21, he is the youngest contestant in the show's history to ever compete.
  • This record is tied with Brynn, Morgana, Payton, Steve, Victoria (all from Season 20), and Cheyenne (Season 21).
• Since Maribel did not return to the final dinner service of the season as she was supposed to, he took her place.
• He and Tom are the first two contestants to be nominated together twice, as well as twice in a row.

Quotes

• "If she said anything else but "good" or "excellent", I knew that she was blowing smoke."
• "No, it's ten ounces, baby."
• (About the oven being cold) "Chef, this- this oven is cold, it's coming out cold." Scott: "You're noticing this now? "No, I noticed it earlier." Scott: "Dude, you don't have the fucking gas on, stupid!"
• "Sorry Chef, I didn't mean to lie."
• "I think that Chef Ramsay knows that there's something else in me that he hasn't seen yet. I have to find it in myself so that I can pull it out, and once I do that, I can have a great chance of winning this competition."
• (After being eliminated) "I was shocked because I’m not a quitter, and Tom just gives up. I screwed up one big thing tonight. I wish I could go back in time and, uh, fix that, but... gotta pay the piper."

Gallery

Giacomo's Intro Spot

Giacomo's Signature Dish

Giacomo in Blue Jacket

Giacomo's Confessional

Tom and Giacomo Nominated (Episode 2)

Gabe and Giacomo Nominated

Tom and Giacomo Nominated (Episode 3)

Giacomo Eliminated

Giacomo as Returning Chef