Skip to main content A dozen years after 'Hell's Kitchen,' celeb chef Van Hurd takes on fried chicken and doughnuts FacebookTwitterEmail Van Hurd, a “Hell’s Kitchen” alum who moved to Connecticut 12 years ago, is heading up Citizen Chicken and Donuts in West Hartford.Courtesy of Winter Caplanson | Connecticut Food & Farm In the 12 years since he first settled in Connecticut after his appearance on the sixth season of Fox’s “Hell’s Kitchen,” Southern-raised Van Hurd has cooked cuisine he didn’t necessarily expect to prepare up north: tacos and elevated Mexican fare at Sayulita in South Glastonbury; barbecue at Taino Smokehouse in Meriden.