Hell's Kitchen(TV-Show/Serie, 2005-)

The twentieth season of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen (subtitled as Hell's Kitchen: Young Guns) premiered on Fox on May 31, 2021, and concluded on September 13, 2021. Gordon Ramsay returned as host and head chef, while season ten winner Christina Wilson returned to serve as red team sous-chef and season seven runner-up Jason Santos returned to serve as blue team sous-chef. The season was won by executive chef Trenton Garvey, with line cook Megan Gill finishing second and head chef Kiya Willhelm placing third. ()

The nineteenth season of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen (subtitled as Hell's Kitchen: Las Vegas) premiered on Fox on January 7, 2021, and concluded on April 22, 2021. Gordon Ramsay returned as host and head chef, while season ten winner Christina Wilson returned to serve as red team sous-chef, season seven runner-up Jason Santos joined to serve as blue team sous-chef, and Marino Monferrato returned to serve as maître d'hôtel. For the first time, the winner of this season received a position as a head chef at Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen Restaurant in Lake Tahoe. Prior to the United States premiere, the season began airing in the United Kingdom in October 2020 on ITV2. The season was won by executive chef Kori Sutton, with chef de cuisine Mary Lou Davis finishing second, and executive chef Declan Horgan placing third. ()

The eighteenth season of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen (subtitled as Hell's Kitchen: Rookies vs. Veterans) premiered on Fox on September 28, 2018. Gordon Ramsay returned as host and head chef, and season 10 winner Christina Wilson and British MasterChef judge James "Jocky" Petrie returned as the red and blue sous chefs, respectively, alongside maître d'hôtel Marino Monferrato. This season featured eight new contestants battling eight returning veterans. For the first time, the winner of this season received a position as an executive chef at Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen Restaurant at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ariel Contreras-Fox, who previously finished in third place on season six, won the competition. ()

The seventeenth season of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen (officially known as Hell's Kitchen All Stars) was cast during January 2017, and began airing on September 29, 2017, and ended on February 2, 2018, on Fox. This is the first season in Hell's Kitchen history to have an all star edition as sixteen former contestants from previous seasons return to compete once again (also their first time since season eight returned to 16 contestants, instead of 18), and the winner of this season will receive the position as head chef at the first-ever Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen Restaurant at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. All of the returning chefs made it onto the Black Jackets in their respective seasons. Gordon Ramsay returned as host and head chef, season 10 winner (and season 15 sous-chef) Christina Wilson returned as the Red Team's sous-chef replacing Andi Van Willigan-Cutspec, and British MasterChef judge James "Jocky" Petrie made his Hell's Kitchen debut as the Blue Team's sous-chef replacing Aaron Mitrano. Marino Monferrato returned as the maître d'. The season was won by season 14 third place finisher Michelle Tribble, with season seven third place finisher Benjamin Knack finishing second and season 14 fifth place finisher Nick Peters ... ()

The sixteenth season of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen premiered on September 23, 2016, on Fox. Gordon Ramsay returned as host/head chef, Marino Monferrato and Aaron Mitrano returned as maitre d' and blue kitchen sous chef respectively while Andi van Willigan-Cutspec resumed her role as sous chef for the red team after Season 10 winner Christina Wilson filled in for her in the previous season while she got married. This was also the first season since Season 13 to take a hiatus due to Fox's coverage of the 2016 World Series in addition to the holiday breaks. The remaining episodes of the season were moved to Thursday nights on January 5, 2017, as part of the network's midseason schedule. This is the first season to have episode titles other than the usual "(Remaining number of) Chefs Compete" and "Winner Chosen". This season was filmed between November and December 2014, shortly after the completion of the previous season, about two years before the season aired. Event Chef Kimberly-Ann Ryan from Traverse City, Michigan won the competition and a head chef position at Yardbird Southern Table & Bar at The Venetian Las Vegas. ()

The fifteenth season of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen took place in October 2014 and premiered on January 15, 2016, on Fox. The prize was a head chef position at BLT Steak at Bally's Las Vegas. Country Club Chef Ariel Malone won the competition. Gordon Ramsay and Marino Monferrato returned as head chef and Maître d' respectively. Season 10 winner Christina Wilson was the sous chef for the red team, although Andi Van Willigan-Cutspec, who got married, returned in episode 7 of this season when Hell's Kitchen hosted her wedding reception. Aaron Mitrano replaced James Avery as sous chef for the blue team. Wilson is the second former Hell's Kitchen winner to return as one of Ramsay's sous chefs, the first being season 2 winner, Heather West, who was the red kitchen's sous chef for season 6. Jason Thompson also returned as narrator for the first time since season 12. This season is the first in the series to be recorded in 16:9 High Definition. This season holds two unique distinctions. It has neither a charity dinner service nor a Taste It, Now Make It challenge, both traditional staples of the latter half of the show. It is also the first season where every chef was nominated for elimination at least once. This season saw the return of normal s... ()

Season 14 of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen premiered on March 3, 2015 on Fox. The prize is a head chef position at Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill in Caesars Atlantic City. Gordon Ramsay returned as head chef with Andi Van Willigan and James Avery returning as sous-chefs for both their respective kitchens as well as Marino Monferrato as the maître d'. Executive Chef Meghan Gill from Roanoke, Virginia, won the competition, thus becoming the fourteenth winner of Hell's Kitchen. This season's head to head finals happened between the third pair of the top two finalists that did not receive any nominations for elimination. This season, the Blue Team set a new record for the most dinner service wins by a team in a single season (discounting season finales and joint victories) with six. It surpassed the previous record of five set by the Blue Team in Seasons 6 and 7 and the Red Team in Season 10. The season also had only one joint dinner service loss between the red and blue teams, the fewest such occurrences since season four. This red team also tied a record set by the blue team from Season 10, having been kicked out of the kitchen five times throughout the season. Gill became the eighth winner of the series to avoid nomination throughout the entire s... ()

Season 13 of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen was filmed between September and October 2013, and premiered on September 10, 2014 on Fox. The prize was a head chef position at Gordon Ramsay's Pub & Grill at Caesars Atlantic City. Gordon Ramsay returned as head chef and Andi van Willigan and James Avery returned as sous chefs. However, Jean-Philippe Susilovic did not return as maitre d' and was replaced by Marino Monferrato. Kitchen Supervisor La Tasha McCutchen from Winter Haven, Florida won the competition. ()

Season 12 of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen premiered on March 13, 2014 on Fox. Gordon Ramsay returned as the head chef as well as Andi Van Willigan and James Avery as the red team's and blue team's sous chefs respectively. Jean-Philippe Susilovic also returned as the maître d'. Filming took place over the course of 6 weeks from October to December 2012. This was the first season to have two chefs quit. This season also for the first time to feature "Cook For Your Life" challenge, which would be featured on subsequent seasons. Instead of the dinner service, the challenge was added in the middle of the season, which tested one chef of each team based on an interview of each team by Ramsay. The contestant that failed the challenge would be eliminated. Executive Chef Scott Commings won this season and received a head chef position at Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill in Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, a prize retained for the previous season. Scott holds the record for the most nominations held by a winner (seven times), breaking Christina Machamer's record (season 4) of five nominations. This is the last season to date to feature 20 contestants, and for the second time set a record with two contestants choosing to leave the competition after Season 5 (wi... ()

Season eleven of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen was filmed between August and September 2012, and premiered on March 12, 2013 on Fox. Executive chef Ja'Nel Witt won the competition and received a head chef position at Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill in Caesars Palace at Las Vegas, but was denied the position a month after winning for "unforeseen personal circumstances". As of June 2014, she holds a position as the executive chef of Corner Table, a canteen based in River Oaks, Houston. Jon Scallion, who finished third and was deemed by Ramsay as the only great chef in the worst blue team in Hell's Kitchen history, became sous chef at Gordon Ramsay Steak under season 10 winner Christina Wilson. ()

Season 10 of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen premiered on June 4, 2012 on Fox and concluded on September 10, 2012. The filming of Season 10 was done in June 2011. Chef de Cuisine Christina Wilson won the season and received a head chef position at Gordon Ramsay Steak at the Paris Las Vegas in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada. Gordon Ramsay returned as head chef, Scott Leibfried and Andi van Willigan returned as sous chefs and James Lukanik returned as the maître d'. Three contestants from this season Dana Cohen, Barbie Marshall and Robyn Almodovar who finished 3rd, 4th and 6th respectively in this season would all later come back to the show to compete as contestants for a second time in Hell's Kitchen (American season 17) (All-Stars) where they finished 8th, 9th and 5th respectively with Cohen also coming back to the show in Hell's Kitchen (American season 12) to serve as a guest judge during the black jackets challenge in that season along with Hell's Kitchen (American season 3) winner Rock Harper and Hell's Kitchen (American season 9) winner Paul Niedermann. Wilson, the winner of this season has served as the sous chef for the red team in season 15 when she temporarily substituted for Andi van Willigan because she was getting marri... ()

Season 9 of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen premiered on July 18, 2011, on Fox and concluded on September 19, 2011, with a two-hour season finale. Jr. sous-chef Paul Niedermann won the season and was awarded a "head chef" position at BLT Steak in New York City, New York. Gordon Ramsay returned as head chef, as Scott Leibfried and Andi van Willigan remained as sous chefs, as did James Lukanik as the maître d'. The entire season took about six weeks to film, and was filmed between January and February 2011. It also saw the show return to its original one season per year schedule, having run two seasons each in 2009 and 2010 due to the after-effects of the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. Elise Wims tied with Autumn Lewis and Sabrina Brimhall for the record of most nominations in a season of Hell's Kitchen with seven nominations. ()

The eighth season of Hell's Kitchen, an American reality competition television series starring Gordon Ramsay, was filmed over the course of 4 weeks in May 2010, and premiered on the Fox Network on September 22, 2010, and continued until December 15, 2010. Sous Chef Nona Sivley won the competition, earning a head chef position at the L.A. Market restaurant at the JW Marriott Hotel at L.A. Live in Los Angeles, as well as an opportunity to be a spokesperson for Rosemount Estate Wines. This would be the last season to feature 16 contestants, until season 17. Sabrina Brimhall is the second person after Virginia Dalbeck (from season 2) to hold the distinction of being nominated at every opportunity she was not on the winning team or granted immunity by Chef Ramsay. She is also the second person after Autumn Lewis (from season 7) to be nominated a total of seven times. ()

Season 7 of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen aired on the Fox Network at 08:00pm (ET/PT) from June 1, 2010, to August 10, 2010. Gordon Ramsay returned as host, as well as Maître d' Jean-Philippe Susilovic and Blue Team Sous chef Scott Leibfried. Andi Van Willigan, a chef from Santa Monica, California became the sous chef for the Red Team. Banquet chef Holli Ugalde won the season, and was promised to be the head chef position at Ramsay's newly renovated restaurant at the Savoy Hotel in London. Filming had concluded in February 2009, 16 months prior to seventh season premiere, when the hotel reopened in 2010; however, Ugalde was not given the job. Ramsay stated that the American Ugalde could not work in London due to visa problems, but Ugalde called that explanation an excuse, saying, "I don't know if they even applied for my visa." Ugalde was later awarded an undisclosed amount of money in compensation and retained her title as the winner of season 7. Runner-up Jason Santos returned in season 19 of Hell's Kitchen as one of Ramsay's sous-chefs when the season debuted in January 2021, a role he has kept since that season. Autumn Lewis broke the record for most nominations in a season of Hell's Kitchen. The record was previously held by Virginia D... ()

The sixth season of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen was filmed in January 2009, and premiered on Fox on July 21, 2009, and concluded on October 13, 2009. Gordon Ramsay returned as host and head chef, while season two winner Heather West joined to serve as red team sous-chef, Scott Leibfried returned to serve as blue team sous-chef, and Jean-Philippe Susilovic returned to serve as maître d'hôtel. For the first time, the winner of this season received a position as a head chef at Araxi Restaurant in Whistler, British Columbia. The season was won by executive chef David "Dave" Levey, with fellow executive chef Kevin Cottle being the runner-up, and sous-chef Ariel Contreras-Fox placing third. ()

Season 5 of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen was filmed in November 2007, and began airing on the Fox Network starting on January 29, 2009. The season concluded on May 14, 2009. Gordon Ramsay returned as head chef, as well as sous chefs Scott Leibfried and Gloria Felix and maître d' Jean-Philippe Susilovic. Executive Chef Danny Veltri won the series and was awarded a sous chef position under Stephen Kalt at Italian restaurant Fornelletto at the Borgata in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Danny also received $250,000 in prize money from the show. This season also set a high number of unusual eliminations; with one chef eliminated without nomination, two chefs leaving due to medical issues, and two chefs eliminated during service, in addition to the first time a chef was eliminated despite being on the winning team, which would become more prominent in later seasons. ()

Season 4 of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen was cast in October 2007, and began airing on the Fox Network starting on April 1, 2008. The show was originally planned to air later in the season but instead was aired as a replacement for shows that were affected by the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. Episode 5 of season 4 garnered the highest viewership in the show's history at 11.94 million viewers. Culinary student Christina Machamer won the season and was awarded a "senior sous chef" position with a $250,000 salary at the Gordon Ramsay at The London restaurant in The London West Hollywood hotel – not an executive chef position as mentioned in show-related publicity and press releases. The London West Hollywood restaurant opened on May 27, 2008, while the series was still airing. ()

This article contains contestant information and episode summaries from Season 3 of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen. Cast during February 2007, the third season started airing on the Fox television network on June 4, 2007, and concluded on August 13, 2007. The Hell's Kitchen set moved from a building at La Brea Avenue and Willoughby, where it was located for seasons one and two, to a Century Studios building on La Cienega Place, off West Jefferson Blvd for season three. During Episode 9 (aired July 30, 2007), a casting call was announced for the fourth season of the show. This was the first Hell's Kitchen season to be filmed in 16:9 standard definition, and where all the contestants had a culinary background. The season finale was a record high for the show's ratings, drawing 9.8 million viewers. Executive Chef Rock Harper won the season and was awarded a US$250,000 per year head-chef position at a restaurant in the Green Valley Ranch Resort and Spa in Henderson, Nevada. ()

Season 2 of Hell's Kitchen was cast during November 2005, premiered on June 12, 2006 and concluded on August 14, 2006. This was the first season of Hell's Kitchen to start a number of contestants divided to two teams by gender, which would become a tradition in subsequent seasons. Sous chef Heather West won the season. Her prize was the position of executive chef at the Red Rock Resort Spa and Casino in Las Vegas with a salary of $250,000, where she worked as chef at the Terra Rossa Restaurant. Runner-up Virginia Dalbeck had the worst streak of any finalist on the show, being nominated every single time apart from wins and "Best of the Worst" nominations. Taping for the second season was done in the same building where the first season was taped. This was the last season of the show to be filmed in 4:3. ()

This is the inaugural season of Hell's Kitchen. Season 1 aired starting on May 30, 2005, and concluded on August 1, 2005. The series was filmed over 3 weeks in November 2004. Michael Wray from Fort Collins, Colorado, won the first season of Hell's Kitchen, thus winning his own restaurant in Los Angeles named Tatou. This was the first season where the teams were not separated by gender at the start, which wouldn't happen again until season 18. This was also the only season where Ramsay addressed the show's progress on camera to the viewers, rather than just a voice-over explaining eliminations. The show was taped in Los Angeles at KCOP, in a converted former television broadcast facility that previously hosted shows such as The Joker's Wild and Tic-Tac-Dough in the late 1970s to mid-1980s. ()