Exclusive Interview: Julia Williams, from 'Hell's Kitchen'

BuddyTV - USA - Julia Williams came into this competition without any formal culinary training. But what she lacked in terms of training and experience, she made up for with her passion and natural talent. Unfortunately, her hopes of winning Hell’s Kitchen were cut short last week as Chef Ramsay was forced to send her home. Julia was kind enough to sit down with BuddyTV the other day to talk about her experience on the show and what she’s hoping to accomplish as a cook in the very near future.

Read the full interview transcript and listen to the mp3 audio below.

This is Royce from Buddy TV, and I’m here with Julia Williams from Hell’s Kitchen. How’s it going, Julia?

Going good.

Good, thank you for taking the time to talk to us.

Well, thank you for talking to me!

Definitely. So Julia, maybe you could start off by giving us a little bit of background about yourself, and how you found yourself on the show Hell’s Kitchen.

Well, I have been cooking ever since I can remember. I don’t have any formal culinary training, I worked at Waffle House for about the past nine years. That’s where I learned how to work under pressure, and just work with just about what we serve at Waffle House, which was just basic stuff like eggs and waffles. But I’ve always loved to cook, and I have a true passion for cooking. I was a big fan of Hell’s Kitchen last year, and I always wanted to go on, so when they came to Atlanta for a casting call, I just decided to try out for it.