Aspiring young chefs are put to the ultimate challenge in Hell's Kitchen , a reality television competition starring world renowned chef Gordon Ramsay. Each of these chefs dreams of fame and fortune, but many soon find their dreams becoming nightmares. Chef Ramsay demands quality and the intensity of the challenges is beyond anything the contestants can ever imagine. Split into two teams, they must compete against each other to provide their very best in the kitchen. If they do, they are lavishly rewarded with everything from extravagant trips to a ride on Ramsay's personal yacht. Those that fail are forced to suffer humiliating punishment.
At the end of each episode, the chef who provided the best performance in Ramsay's opinion on the losing team is chosen to select two chefs from their own team for elimination. They must then give their reasons for their selection. Though one of these two chefs may be eliminated, Ramsay is under no obligation to choose either, and the final decision as to who is sent home is made solely by him.
From Waffle House chefs to executive chefs, the competitors are tested in every way possible, from leadership skills to culinary skills. Traditional challenges include a taste-test of everyone's palette and special events such as birthdays and weddings. The chefs, however, must always be on their toes, as they never know when surprises may be coming.
Watch now for the sixth season of the program, now airing every Tuesday night at 8 P.M. on FOX!
Previous season - Hell's Kitchen aired the fifth season at 9 P.M. on Thursdays In this, the fifth season, contestants competed for the position of head chef at a restaurant in the Atlantic City's Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa-- one being built specifically for the winner. This season's crop featured what executive producer Kent Weed promised to be "the best chefs we've ever assembled," with everything from a cooking-school instructor to a food-court chicken fryer. There were many contenders, but many dramatic twists as well.
You can catch repeats of various seasons of the program on FOX Reality, which has the rights to repeats of the show.
Theme Tune - "Fire" by the Ohio Players
The first season of Hell's Kitchen is now available in stores across the United States on DVD. The DVD is billed as "raw and uncensored" and also features bonuses such as cast and crew interviews & a tour of the Hell's Kitchen set. And if you enjoy Hell's Kitchen, you might also enjoy Kitchen Nightmares , as well as Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares , available in the United States on BBC America.
The 16 chefs who survived the first elimination of Season 9 try to rebound from their opening-night dinner-service disaster, but once again success is spotty
Season 9 premiere: Chef Gordon Ramsay welcomes (if that's the word for it) the 18 culinary wannabes vying for a head-chef position at New York City's BLT Steak restaurant. First up: their signature dishes. Then comes the...
The five remaining contestants prepare and serve their signature dishes in downtown-L.A. food trucks at lunchtime. The winner receives a Beverly Hills makeover by hairstylist José Eber and fashion guru Steven Cojocaru, ...
The five remaining contestants prepare and serve their signature dishes in downtown-L.A. food trucks at lunchtime. The winner receives a Beverly Hills makeover by hairstylist José Eber and fashion guru Steven Cojocaru, ...
The eight remaining contestants face a women vs. men blind taste test. The winners dine at the L.A. restaurant XIV while the losers sort trash. Later comes a test of cooking precision and communication skills, but dinner...
The contestants go to a local supermarket, where they have 15 minutes and $60 to buy ingredients for four dishes -- one each of beef, pork, lamb and chicken. Upon return, each team has 45 minutes to cook their four dishe...
The night's service is a family night, complete with clowns and carnival games. Among those in attendance were members of Chef Ramsay's family; Jerry Springer and his family were also in attendance.
The chefs create an innovative entree salad. Each team would have a chef's table in their respective kitchens.
Challenges facing the 11 remaining chefs include devising menus for a retro-themed high-school prom (with the losing team having to set up for the prom) and preparing entrée salads (the winner is to be featured in Bon A...
Each chef must cook their own ravioli dish with only one condition -- none of the raviolis may burst.
The teams had to cook breakfast for fifty Los Angeles paramedics; a contestant infuriates chef Ramsay.
The contestants must make sushi, to both Chef Ramsay's and master sushi chef Masaharu Morimoto's specifications.
The 16 chefs prepare their signature dishes in the season's first challenge; a contestant is rushed to the emergency room; guests begin to leave when the dinner service is delayed; an elimination.
Summary: In the seventh-season finale, the final two contestants get assistance preparing their final dinner service, but they also learn the drawbacks of having too much help in the kitchen. Chef Ramsay then selects th...
Summary: The remaining aspiring chefs must recreate a dish by taste; one of the aspiring chefs buckles under pressure.
The remaining chefs compete in the thirteenth episode of the season and struggle against the pressure with only four chefs left. The chefs are challenged to teach bachelors how to prepare monkfish. During service, a chef...
Summary: The remaining aspiring chefs compete in the twelfth episode of the season.
Summary: Chefs are challenged to create a visually appealing dish, and then to create a dish that costs under $10 but tastes priceless. At dinner service, Ramsay unnerves the contestants when he insists that they switch...
Summary: The remaining aspiring chefs compete in the tenth episode of the competition.
Summary: The remaining aspiring chefs compete in the tenth episode of the competition.
Summary: The remaining aspiring chefs compete in the ninth episode of the competition. A blind taste test challenges the palette of the chefs. Later, the two teams are tasked to create their own original menus.
Summary: The remaining aspiring chefs compete in the ninth episode of the competition. A blind taste test challenges the palette of the chefs. Later, the two teams are tasked to create their own original menus.
Summary: The remaining aspiring chefs compete in the eighth episode of the competition.
Chef Ramsay shows his temper---to a patron---during the dinner service that follows the episode's first challenge, in which the contestants make deli sandwiches. The losers' penalty: make peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich...
When it comes to judging good food, mother knows best. The chefs are tasked with preparing dishes representing each of the five "mother sauces," and two surprise judges show up to decide which dishes stand out. For the e...
Summary: The remaining chefs must prepare pork-barbecue recipes. After one of them is eliminated, the others must prepare "mother sauces"---then feed kids at the dinner service
Summary: The remaining chefs must prepare pork-barbecue recipes. After one of them is eliminated, the others must prepare "mother sauces"---then feed kids at the dinner service.
Summary: The teams serve lunch to USC's Marching Band and Song Girls, and a red-team member gets burned at dinner service before the field is cut to 13. After another challenge (using ingredients based on rolls of the d...
Summary: The team challenge facing the 15 chefs: prepare eggs four different ways, with the winners getting an L.A. helicopter tour. Communication woes and an argument with chef Gordon Ramsay mar dinner service, and whe...
Season 7 opener: The 16 chefs vying for a slot in chef Gordon Ramsay's restaurant in a London hotel are introduced, split into teams (men vs. women) and, for their first challenge, must prepare their signature dishes. Th...
