Name: Hell's Kitchen
Uploaded: 2020-02-01T15:50:19.000Z
Description: In this five-time Emmy-nominated reality show, celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay roasts aspiring restauranteurs as they compete for the opportunity to run one of his eateries.

In this five-time Emmy-nominated reality show, celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay roasts aspiring restauranteurs as they compete for the opportunity to run one of his eateries.

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Twelve chefs and restaurateurs compete to impress Gordon Ramsay as he works to open a world-class restaurant in Los Angeles and discover the country's next culinary star.

Day One

After barely surviving the opening night of the restaurant, the contestants prepare for the dinner service.

Day Two

The budding chefs prepare for their third dinner service, but the pressure of Hell's Kitchen is too much for one contestant.

Day Three

The players attempt to re-create Gordon's signature dishes for a discerning crowd at a Los Angeles eatery.

Day Four

Tensions arise in the kitchen during all-Italian night at the restaurant, with one team playing dirty to get ahead.

Day Five

In the first half of this two-hour special, Chef Ramsay reveals the latest twist: Each team will create its own menu consisting of three appetizers, entrees and desserts.

Day Six

In the final part of this two-hour special, the five remaining contestants learn that they're no longer competing as teams, but as individuals.

Day Seven

The four remaining chefs are given fifteen minutes and a tray of leftovers to create a meal that Chef Ramsay considers servable.

Day Eight

Chef Ramsay orders the three remaining contestants to serve an entire dining room. Who will create the best dish, and who will be sent home without their just desserts?

Day Nine

In the season finale, the final two - with some help from the eliminated chefs - compete in a simulation that tests their abilities to run a restaurant.

Day Ten

In this two-hour season premiere, twelve chefs begin their journeys for the final prize: an executive chef position at the newly opened Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa in Las Vegas.

After a disastrous opening night, both teams learn the hard way about the importance of restaurant service - by waiting on tables.

Frustrated after another lackluster dinner service, Chef Ramsay shares some of his experiences running a successful restaurant while setting the third night's competition.

Chef Ramsay ends the battle of the sexes, and "Hell's Kitchen" breaks new ground when the teams cook for an especially demanding group: children.

The fifth day commences with Chef Ramsay giving a lesson in the art of culinary flavor to the remaining contestants.

The six remaining chefs prepare original dishes, and the two teams each devise their own menus for the night's dinner service.

The budding chefs must work as individuals for the first time. The prize for this challenge is a trip with Chef Ramsay to the Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa.

With just four chefs remaining, the competition becomes fierce. Who among them has what it takes to be head chef at Gordon Ramsay's new restaurant?

The contestants taste Chef Ramsay's signature dish and are given twenty minutes to replicate it. Tensions rise amongst the chefs amidst accusations of cheating.

From the menu to the décor, the two finalists must prove their worth by running their own restaurants. Both will complete a dinner service with help from their former competitors.

Tyrannical chef Gordon Ramsay returns for a third summer to tutor and torture aspiring chefs. The winner will receive a job as head chef at Nevada's Green Valley Ranch resort.

The two teams face off in a challenge that rewards the winners with a chance to spend time with Chef Ramsay.

Chef Ramsay orders the remaining contestants to cook breakfast for visiting service members. The winning team will receive a day of rest, and the losers get kitchen patrol duty.

On the fourth day, the remaining chefs compete in a blindfold taste test. The losers must accept a difficult punishment while the winners dine with Chef Ramsay.

To advance in this challenge, the seven remaining chefs must purchase and prepare food for a wedding reception.

Melissa joins the men in a competition to see which team can prepare better lobster dishes. But there's a catch: the teams must kill their crustaceans first.

The six remaining contestants must make appetizers and entrées from leftovers, then both teams must craft their own menus for the evening's dinner service.

Chef Ramsay consolidates the five remaining contestants into one team, but first they must compete against one another to impress 100 hungry high school students.

The three remaining chefs prepare gourmet versions of classic American dishes for outside judges: their mothers, who don't know whose plates they're sampling.

The final two contestants take on a final challenge that involves more than just cooking: they must design and manage their own restaurants.

Day Ten (Part One)

In the season finale, tempers flare as the two contestants prepare one last dinner service for Chef Ramsay.

Day Ten (Part Two)

Chef Gordon Ramsay returns for a fourth season of culinary torture. Fifteen chefs will compete for the chance to work at Ramsay's own restaurant in Los Angeles. Contains strong language.

15 Chefs Compete

The season's first challenge finds the contestants slicing halibut into thin six-ounce fillets. One member of each team must serve as maître d' during the dining service. Contains strong language.

14 Chefs Compete

After chickens wake them up in their living quarters, the contestants must pluck what once clucked, then cook them for the evening's family-style dinner service. Contains strong language.

13 Chefs Compete

The two teams compete to make the most pasta for the evening's dinner service, and a kitchen accident puts one contestant in the hospital. Contains strong language.

12 Chefs Compete

The first challenge for the remaining eleven chefs: make a gourmet pizza. The winners enjoy gourmet burgers in Santa Barbara while the losers prepare for the night's dinner service.

11 Chefs Compete

The ten remaining chefs must please a picky teen who has come to Hell's Kitchen for her birthday party.

10 Chefs Compete

Chef Ramsay makes the nine remaining chefs take a blindfolded taste test. The winners get to go to a spa; the losers must clean the dorm. Contains strong language.

9 Chefs Compete

Chef Ramsay asks for a volunteer to switch sides. The group dynamic changes as the teams face their next challenge: creating four dishes using twenty specific ingredients. Contains strong language.

8 Chefs Compete

In the opening challenge, the two teams compete in a relay race. The winners earn surfing lessons while the losers must clean Hell's Kitchen from top to bottom. Contains strong language.

7 Chefs Compete

Chef Ramsay inspires the six contestants by taking them to the restaurant that this season's winner will run.

6 Chefs Compete

Chef Ramsay orders the five remaining chefs to teach cooking-impaired housewives to prepare a gourmet meal. The winner receives culinary pointers from chefs Mark Peel and Ben Ford. Contains strong language.

5 Chefs Compete

The final four contestants prepare lunch for surprise guests: eighty picky pregnant moms. The chef whose dish they favor wins a $1,000 shopping spree. The others must clean up. Contains strong language.

4 Chefs Compete

Chef Ramsay prepares breakfast for the remaining chefs, then asks them to replicate the dish. Later, Ramsay sabotages the dinner service to see how the contestants react to adversity. Contains strong language.

3 Chefs Compete

The two finalists visit Chef Ramsay's New York City restaurant, where their signature dishes are judged by the executive chefs of Ramsay's other restaurants. Contains strong language.

2 Chefs Compete

The fourth season comes to a close as the finalists work together with previously eliminated contestants.

Winner Announced

In part one of the season premiere, sixteen contestants get a shot at culinary stardom and an executive chef position in the Canadian resort town of Whistler, British Columbia.

16 Chefs Compete

In the final part of the season premiere, a contestant from season five returns and the fifteen remaining chefs prepare for a seafood-accented dinner service by deveining shrimp.

Chef Ramsay wakes up the remaining chefs in the middle of the night and orders them to prepare a spaghetti dinner for hungry firefighters. The losers must wash and wax fire engines.

The contestants must craft perfectly proportioned sausages for celebrities Drew Lachey, John O'Hurley, Tom Green, Melinda Clarke, Christopher "Kid" Reid and Kristy Swanson.

The twelve remaining chefs must plan a gastronomic salute to a returning U.S. Marine. The losing team will have to clean and decorate for Tana Ramsay's party.

The remaining chefs must create three-course meals that only total 700 calories. The winners hit the beach with Olympic beach volleyball player Annett Davis.

The remaining chefs roll dice to determine which ingredients they will use for their challenge dish. The winning team earns a trip to Las Vegas.

The nine remaining chefs take a blind taste test. The winners score a dinner date with Chef Ramsay in a pitch-black dining room where they can't see what they're eating.

The remaining chefs make crepes. The winners will dine at a French restaurant while the losers prepare for a French-themed dinner service.

Winter Olympic medalists Sasha Cohen and Jonny Moseley appear as guest judges. For this challenge, all ingredients must be sourced from Whistler, B.C.

The six remaining contestants must replicate the dishes that Chef Ramsay prepared for them. The winners will dine with season four winner Christina Machamer.

The challenge for each of the remaining contestants is to make a dish that looks as good as it tastes. Experts from "Bon Appetit" magazine help Chef Ramsay judge.

The contestants meet a miniature version of Chef Ramsay: British child actor and impressionist Felix Light. They must prepare meat-free meals for him and eighty other youngsters.

In part one of the season finale, the three remaining competitors must prepare a dish with components from around the world. The judges are a group of international culinary experts.

In the final part of the season finale, the final chefs must prepare dishes worthy of Araxi, the restaurant and oyster bar at which the winner will become head chef.

Sixteen chefs - split into teams of men and women - prepare their signature dishes in hopes of becoming a chef at one of Gordon Ramsay's many restaurants.

The chefs must cook eggs four different ways. The winners take a helicopter tour of L.A. while the losers unload, gut and fillet a large tuna.

With an emphasis on teamwork, Chef Ramsay challenges the teams to serve lunch to members of the USC Trojans marching band. The chefs cook burgers, salads and fries.

The remaining chefs must roll the dice to determine their next ingredients. The winning team enjoys a thrilling wind tunnel experience while the losers clean up.

12 Chefs Compete (Part One)

The chefs must prepare dishes consisting of pork cuts and side items. Chef Ramsay surprises the contestants with the first-ever "Hell's Kitchen" barbecue.

12 Chefs Compete (Part Two)

The remaining chefs must make meals out of the five "mother sauces" without reusing any of the other twenty ingredients. The winning team gets to visit an English pub.

For the season's seventh dinner service, "Hell's Kitchen" hosts a fiftieth wedding anniversary. The chefs must update the classic dishes served at the original wedding reception.

The aspiring chefs must make unique sandwiches. The winners spend a day in California's wine country while the losers grind the peanuts for the next day's dinner service.

Chef Ramsay tests the remaining chefs' palates in a blind taste test. The winning team enjoys a day at Sea World while the losers unload deliveries of trout.

The chefs must create unique lobster dishes to be judged by Michelin star chefs. The winners enjoy a visit to a caviar house, followed by a shopping spree.

In their first individual challenge, the chefs must create dishes that look as good as they taste. The winner's dish will appear in a food magazine.

Each chef can only spend ten dollars on ingredients for their next meal. A jury of gourmands taste the dishes and estimate how much they would pay for them.

The four chefs must teach bachelors with no cooking experience how to prepare monkfish. The winner and a chosen guest get to ride on a Goodyear blimp.

4 Chefs Compete (Part One)

The last four chefs taste dishes at the Savoy Grill, then must recreate one. The winner spends time with their family on a yach while the losers clean the dormitories.

4 Chefs Compete (Part Two)

In the season finale, the final two chefs travel to the London West Hollywood to be judged by five of Gordon Ramsay's top chefs.

An all new set of contestants try to impress Chef Gordon Ramsay with their culinary skills in order to win the coveted position of head chef at New York City's BLT Steak restaurant.

18 Chefs Compete

The remaining chefs try to rebound from their disastrous first dinner service. Their challenge this episode? Preparing New York steak strips, rib eyes, filets and burgers.

In this episode, the remaining contestants receive a wakeup call from clowns. They must prepare pasta and quesadillas for fifty kids and panini sandwiches for their moms.

Chef Ramsay gives the contestants a chicken challenge that includes catching live fowl. The winners spend a day riding in go-karts while the losers prepare chickens for the next service.

The remaining chefs get a demonstration in dessert preparation using sound waves and liquid nitrogen.

The contestants prepare Hawaiian dishes for a high school's twentieth reunion. The winners spend the day on a yacht while the losers transform Hell's Kitchen to look Hawaiian. Contains strong language.

The chefs prepare five dishes that must include at least one type of beer. The winners attend the Long Beach Grand Prix IndyCar race while the losers unload kegs of beer and bags of ice.

11 Chefs Compete (Part One)

The ten budding chefs prepare comfort foods, with Wolfgang Puck judging them. The winners attend a show at L.A.'s Laugh Factory and take a ride in a convertible.

10 Chefs Compete (Part Two)

The contestants need to be at their sweetest when Chef Ramsay gives them a dessert challenge. The winning team flies to Sin City while the losers prep the kitchen for Hell's Kitchen's "Date Night".

The remaining chefs are put to a blind taste test. The winners ride horses in the Hollywood Hills while the losers peel grapes. Contains strong language.

The seven remaining competitors visit New York City, where they tour BLT Steak. When they return to Hell's Kitchen, their challenge is to prepare ethnic dishes.

The teams must prepare three dishes. The catch? One must be made in thirty minutes, one in twenty and the last in only ten minutes. Contains strong language.

For the first time in "Hell's Kitchen" history, chefs from prior seasons return to compete with the remaining competitors. Contains strong language.

5 Chefs Compete (Part One)

In this episode's challenge, each chef must create something special from Alaskan salmon. The winner gets a helicopter ride and lunch at LA's Water Grill. The losers prep fish for the dinner service. Contains strong language.

5 Chefs Compete (Part Two)

The final four chefs eat a dish prepared by Chef Ramsay. For their challenge, they must recreate it in 35 minutes. The winner goes to a baseball game while the losers move furniture out of the dorms. Contains strong language.

While wearing new white dinner jackets, the final contestants prepare a menu consisting of four appetizers, four entrees and three desserts.

Eighteen chefs vie for a head chef position at Gordon Ramsay Steak at the Paris Las Vegas hotel and casino.

The chefs remove scallops from a mound of ice and seaweed before cooking them to Chef Ramsay's standards. The first team to make six plates of five scallops wins a day of yacht cruising.

17 Chefs Compete

The two teams must cook a meal for sixty newly naturalized U.S. citizens. The winners go on a safari trip in San Diego while the losers do manual labor at the Ballona Wetlands.

The aspiring chefs create four different lamb dishes. The winners spend a day at the horse races while the losers first wash paint off the sheep, then clean the kitchens for the dinner service.

The remaining contestants tackle Mexican cuisine in a challenge judged by executive chefs John Sedlar and Thomas Ortega. The winners dine at one of the judge's gourmet restaurants for lunch.

Fashion and food mix when the contestants prepare an haute couture-inspired menu for designers. The winners get new wardrobes while the losers prepare a dinner service.

13 Chefs Compete, Part 1

The runway show dinner proves distracting for some, while other contestants succeed despite the pressure to time the service perfectly with the show.

13 Chefs Compete, Part 2

For the dinner service, the remaining contestants must serve Tito Ortiz and Sugar Ray Leonard protein-packed dishes that'll knock their socks off.

The contestants must prepare a thirty-minute meal in which a slot machine randomly determines the ingredients.

11 Chefs Compete, Part 1

The chefs continue to compete at Gordon Ramsay Steak at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, but personal conflicts distract from their work.

11 Chefs Compete, Part 2

For this episode's challenge, all of the chefs roll a twelve-sided dice to determine their ingredients.

The teams submit to the annual blind taste test challenge. The winners spend a day at a water park while the losers make deliveries, grind peppercorn, change the oil in the fryers and peel potatoes.

9 Chefs Compete, Part 1

The remaining chefs create their own menus in the toughest challenge yet. Chef Ramsay relies on diner comment cards for his brutally honest criticism.

9 Chefs Compete, Part 2

A Southern gospel choir sings a rendition of "This Little Light of Mine" to the remaining contestants. The teams must put a modern spin on a traditional southern dish in thirty minutes.

The two teams must prepare three dishes from the regular Hell's Kitchen menu in a tag-team race. Chef Ramsay judges the dishes on completeness, appearance and taste.

The contestants taste Chef Lefebvre and Chef Hatfield's dishes. This leads to a challenge in which the chefs must distinguish the ingredients in the meals and reproduce it in thirty minutes.

The chefs must teach five Miss Teen USA winners how to cook a chicken parmesan dish using only words for guidance. The winner enjoys a gourmet Italian lunch and kayaking in the Venice canals.

For today's challenge, the chefs take a trip to a supermarket and have ten minutes to spend fifteen dollars.

In hour one, the final two contestants prepare five entrées that are judged by five legendary chefs, including Wolfgang Puck.

2 Chefs Compete (Part One)

The two chefs are placed in separate teams made up of contestants eliminated from the competitions prior.

2 Chefs Compete (Part Two)

This season opens with twenty aspiring chefs presenting signature dishes in Las Vegas, where they split into two teams and attempt to impress Chef Ramsay. Contains strong language.

20 Chefs Compete (Part One)

The twenty contestants settle into their dorms and prepare their first dinner service, which goes poorly.

20 Chefs Compete (Part Two)

The remaining contestants participate in a physical challenge. Each team has five minutes to climb a wall and retrieve as many lobsters as possible. Contains strong language.

19 Chefs Compete

The two teams must create a healthy meal for Olympians Maurice Greene, Natalie Coughlin and Danell Leyva.

Chef Ramsay orders the remaining contestants to identify the particular protein used in five meat dishes. The fastest team to guess all five proteins wins a day at the beach. Contains strong language.

16 Chefs Compete (Part One)

Dinner service comes to a halt when Jean-Philippe requests help in the dining room. Contains strong language.

16 Chefs Compete (Part Two)

Chef Ramsay challenges the remaining contestants to create six stunning Chinese dishes, which will then be judged by the renowned chef Martin Yan. Contains strong language.

For the team challenge, the contestants visit an animal pen to choose a form of protein to cook with.

The aspiring chefs must cut a steak, cook it to medium-rare and then serve it with a spice rub or sauce.

Hosting its first quinceañera, Hell's Kitchen throws a party fit for a princess. Each team must make a five course tasting menu based on the guest of honor's preferences. Contains strong language.

Representatives from both teams have 30 seconds to gather as many slips of paper as they can while in a wind chamber. Contains strong language.

Chef Ramsay asks the teams to create their own menus for a dinner service that features Ian Ziering and Nikki SooHoo as special guests. Contains strong language.

The teams must create an ethnic dish in 45 minutes. The winners go on a shopping spree at a boutique and receive a set of copper-clad cookware. Contains strong language.

The remaining chefs participate in a challenge that tests their skills at identifying foods merely by touch.

7 Chefs Compete (Part One)

Chef Ramsay rewards the chef who has made the greatest stride in the competition with immunity from elimination during the next dinner service. Contains strong language.

7 Chefs Compete (Part Two)

Chef Ramsay tests the remaining contestants' abilities to communicate with one another in a three-entrée relay race. The winners tour LA by helicopter. Contains strong language.

Each chef has 45 minutes to use a pressure cooker to make a meal using one of five cheap cuts of meat and fashion the dish as a five-star entrée. Contains strong language.

Chef Ramsay devises a team of former "Hell's Kitchen" winners to challenge the remaining contestants. The two teams must wow Chef Ramsay with their signature dishes. Contains strong language.

The budding chefs create ten gourmet burgers, which are then evaluated by Chef Ramsay and a row of judges associated with some of the finest restaurants in the country. Contains strong language.

5 Chefs Compete (Part Three)

The remaining four contestants split into two teams. Each team has thirty minutes to replicate the sample dish using only taste, touch and sight. Contains strong language.

The final two chefs must prepare two appetizers and three entrées to present to a panel of respected judges.

In the season finale, the two chefs and their respective teams participate in a final dinner service that will determine this season's winner. Contains strong language.

Winner Chosen

In the season twelve premiere, Chef Ramsay splits the twenty competing chefs into two teams. For the first challenge, each team prepares a signature dish.

20 Chefs Compete

The teams compete in a tricycle relay race in which the chefs work in pairs to complete basic culinary tasks. The winners go on a dinner date with Chef Ramsay in San Francisco.

After digging up 100 pounds of potatoes, the teams aim to delight Chef Ramsay with potato-based dishes.

The remaining contestants pair up to make ravioli dishes. The winners spend a day at a Beverly Hills mansion while the losers prep kitchens and wrap pennies.

The remaining contestants must match side dishes with four different types of protein. The winners spend a day at Laguna Beach while the losers prep honey taffy from scratch.

Forgoing a challenge this episode, Chef Ramsay asks both teams to choose a captain for the dinner service, testing the aspiring chefs' communication, cooperation and leadership skills.

The teams cook gourmet pizza that will be judged by Chef Ramsay and Wolfgang Puck. The winners spend the day at a rooftop swimming pool and enjoy a session with a yoga instructor.

The teams cook sampler dishes for guests at an event honoring the 160th anniversary of the Phi Mu sorority.

Given only thirty minutes, both teams must create a meal with surprise ingredients presented to them every few minutes. The winners are treated to a lunch at the beach.

Hell's Kitchen

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