Dynasty's Linda Evans went from zero to hero last night as she was crowned the winner of Hell's Kitchen 2009.

The former U.S. television star made her presence felt for all the wrong reasons when the show commenced by getting herself banned from the kitchen.

But in an amazing turn around, Linda won over head chef Marco Pierre White and the audience, and ended up going head-to-head with Bottom star Ade Edmondson in the cook-off finale.

Linda and Ade share an on-screen giggle in the finale of Hell's Kitchen (WENN.com)

After winning, Linda praised her competitor's efforts: “I love Ade and I want to ask Jennifer if they can come to Seattle because I’m going to have Ade withdrawal.”

And went onto compliment Marco in favour of U.S. host Gordon Ramsay: “He is very hard. Marco is capable of it but has a lot of compassion.

"He’s not as scary as Gordon,” Linda told The Sun.