Casey Santorini

* Luskia 2

**Casey Santorini** is a contestant who competed on the second season of *Hell's Kitchen Luskia*. She ranked in 13th place.

## Personality

Casey was shown to be fairly confident and determined, but she quickly became inconsistent in services despite a strong challenge record. She generally got on with her teammates but had minor conflicts with Diana and Kelly. Her poor performance on fish led to her elimination.

## Hell's Kitchen Luskia

### Episode 1

The chefs arrived at Hell's Kitchen, and they had to cook their signature dishes. Her mojo chicken breast was deemed delicious, and she scored 4 points. Eventually, the red team won the challenge, and they got to have lunch with the staff and the final two of Season 1.

During dinner service, Casey was on the fish station. She was not seen at all during service, and the red team won the service.

### Episode 2

For the Scallop Cleaning challenge, the chefs had to work in pairs to prepare scallops and cook orders of them. The first team to have six plates accepted wins. She was paired with Diana, and they weren't seen sending up any attempts. Despite this, the red team won the challenge, and the got to have a wine-tasting session.

During dinner service, she preparing tableside clam chowder. She wasn't seen much during service, and the teams were named joint-losers. She was asked to announce the nominees, and she announced Anna as the first and Mila as the second.

### Episode 3

The chefs were awoken early in the morning, and Kenneth announced that they had to cook for the Luskian Navy. She was on the fish station, and she wasn't seen much during service. Eventually, the red team lost the service. The red team was punished with having to clean up a farm. During the punishment, she blamed Diana for their loss and said that she was pissed off that the red team had to do all of that shit because Diana couldn't pull her weight, to which Diana replied that she supported the fish station. This led to an argument that ended in Fiona intervening.

During dinner service, she was on the meat station. She was falling behind on meat, and later on, she sent up pink chicken with Kenneth telling him that she could kill someone. After service, the teams were named joint losers, and Fiona was named best of the worst. Fiona named her as a nominee due to her pink chicken. For her plea, she said that she did fuck up on the chicken, but she said that she owns that mistake and said that this is the first time she's given a bad performance. She survived elimination.

### Episode 4

At the start of the day, Kenneth introduced the Pork Creation challenge. Her pork tenderloin was praised for being perfectly cooked throughout, having a delectable puree, and for having a great flavour profile, and it tied with Lorenzo's dish. Eventually, the red team lost the challenge 3-4, and they were punished by having to prep both kitchens.

During dinner service, she was on the meat station with Ashley. At one point, she accused Diana of not being able to cook after the latter undercooked a risotto. Later on, Mila jumped onto the meat station, and Casey asked Mila to slice and walk her wellingtons. Kenneth called them over, and informed them that they were raw and had the ends left on. Later on, Ashley asked her if her meat was good, and Casey confirmed that it was perfect. The teams were named joint losers, and Ashley was named best of the worst. At one point, Kelly tried to argue that Casey screwed the wellingtons and hadn't given as many strong performances. This turned into an argument where she accused Kelly of trying to weasel her way out of trouble. However, Kelly said that it was Ashley's decision at the end of the day, and Casey accused Kelly of using sneaky techniques to avoid nomination. She was not nominated that night, and later on, she said goodbye to Diana and Kelly and hello to Ben after Kenneth switched up the teams.

### Episode 5

At the start of the day, Kenneth introduced the Protein Identification challenge where the contestants were slit into pairs to identify different proteins. She and Ben were paired together, and they had to identify rabbit tacos. While they initially guessed the tacos to have chicken, she suggested rabbit and they got it on their second attempt. The red team eventually won the challenge, and for their reward, they got to visit an aquarium, and she said that dead or alive, she loved fish in all forms.

During dinner service, she was on the fish station with Mila. At one point, she was caught cooking her scallops in a cold pan which she was told not to do, however she continued to do so which led to her scallops being oily. However, her next attempt was deemed nice. The red team eventually lost the service, and she was not nominated for elimination.

### Episode 6

Kenneth introduced the Creative Soup challenge, where each chef had to make a soup, and introduced his wife and his mother, and said that they would be judging as well. Her soup was said to have a lot of finesse and was said to be outside the box and was said to be the best one so far, and the red team eventually won the challenge, and they got to eat at the King's Crown with Season 1 winner Erik Shields. At one point, she asked him how he won, and Erik said that he practiced his skills every day, and he said that the attitude to have is to say "yes chef" and give it your all, and recalled an incident in Season 1 when he told Kenneth to stop yelling at him, and called it the stupidest thing he had done in the competition.

Kenneth announced that the red team had to cook Erik's menu from Season 1. During dinner service, she was on the fish station. At the start of service, her tuna came out burnt, and she was told to wake up. However, she eventually got her refire accepted, and the red team completed appetizers. During entrees, she said that she needed more time, and Ashley said that she was running around like a headless chicken. She then walked up her trout along and Kenneth called the team over, and told them that he was pissed off and revealed that the trout was raw. Later on, she called out three and a half minutes on her trout, but she sent it up after 2 minutes. Kenneth called her over, asking her if she was stupid, telling her that she called out a time, but sent it up early, and said that the trout was raw, telling her that she should've just stuck with her initial time, and kicked her out of the kitchen. The red team eventually lost the service, and she was quickly decided on as the first nominee due to her poor performance. For her plea, she said that she was a strong chef with a lot of polish, and said that her bad service was not at all representative of her skills. However, she was eliminated for her poor performance.

**Kenneth's comment:** *"At the start of this competition, I had high expectations for Casey, but after floundering on the fish station tonight, my only expectation I had for her was to go home."*

## Quotes

*(About Diana)* "I'm sick of doing this shit because she can't pull her fucking weight!"

"Kelly, stop trying to weasel your way out of trouble. This is why I can't trust you."

"Dead or alive, I love fish in all forms."

"Leaving this early is upsetting, but I know that I'm a great chef so I won't let it keep me down because I know that I can do well, this is what I want to do."