Eight former contestants are back to take on eight keen rookies.

Rookies v Veterans

Eight former contestants are back to take on eight keen rookies. First up is the signature dish challenge, with the veterans trying to create the rookies' meals. Who will impress Gordon early on?

Hell's Kitchen

Gordon back with a new series of his terrifying culinary boot camp!

Gordon Ramsay's culinary boot camp moves to the USA. The terrifying world-renowned Head Chef slices and dices a group of wannabe Cordon Bleu cooks and aspiring restaurateurs.

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Gordon Ramsay's culinary boot camp challenges more aspiring chefs.

The contestants make their signature dishes for Chef Ramsay and they get a rude awakening when he critiques their dishes. The Chef surprises them by opening the restaurant for service the second night and the contestants fail miserably.

The contestants are rudely awoken at 6am. The sous chefs ambush them, banging pots and pans.  They are hustled into the kitchen where they have ten minutes to clean as much squid as possible.

Gordon evens out the teams by sending Michael to the Red Team. The teams are sent to a store where they must play the Grocery Grab challenge. They must get all of the ingredients to create a five course VIP meal for Gordon.

The Blue Team starts off strong winning the 'Perfect Table' challenge. They are sent to the dorm for some pampering by spa professionals, while the losing Red Team polishes all the silverware in the dining room.

The restaurant is transformed into a pasta house in this episode. The challenge is which team can make the most pasta by weight.

In an effort to test everyone's palates Chef Gordon gives them a taste test. The team that guesses the most food items correctly will be sent off to enjoy a lovely afternoon away from Hell's Kitchen - tasting wines.

The two teams merge into one as the team competition ends and the individual race begins. Jimmy nudges out Elsie during the tableside flambe challenge and is rewarded with a helicopter ride with Chef Ramsay.

Who can make the best dish with a bowl of the same leftovers? Gordon's favourite is Elsie's chicken soup. After kitchen prep, they all go for an evening run with Gordon to get in some personal time with him

Gordon meets the remaining participants who must bake bread all night for the following evening's service. They also have to invent their own dish to put on the menu for dinner service - whoever gets the most orders will be the winner that night.

Two competitors are left to battle for the Hell's Kitchen title and dream restaurant.

Two competitors are left to battle for the Hell's Kitchen title and dream restaurant. The men go head to head in the finale racing against time to transform half of Hell's Kitchen into a version of their own dream restaurant.

Gordon Ramsay's culinary boot camp in the USA challenges more aspiring chefs.

The novice chefs are shuttled into Hell's Kitchen for the first time. The atmosphere is frantic as Chef Ramsay orders them straight into the kitchen to prepare their signature dishes.

To make sure the aspiring chefs understand exactly how much food was thrown out in the previous night's service, chef Ramsay orders them into the dumpsters to learn a crucial lesson about waste.

Each four-person team must cook three entrees from the existing menu but there's a twist!  Only one team member will be allowed in the kitchen for five minutes at a time including 15 seconds to relay information to the next contestant.

Chef Ramsay takes the competitors on a field trip to visit one of the most successful restaurants in Los Angeles before informing them that in two short hours Hell's Kitchen will open for lunch for the first time.

The Red Team have one more chef than the Blue but infighting is threatening to destroy them.

The contestants are taken to Los Angeles’ Grand Central Market. They have twenty minutes to shop for fresh ingredients and must create a three course meal.

The contestants’ speculations prove correct when Chef Ramsay combines all of them into one team. The final five proudly change into their black jackets in preparation for a test which Chef Ramsay gives regularly to prospective employees.

In this episode's challenge, each competitor must run their very own restaurant!  The winner of this challenge will win the most significant prize yet - a guaranteed spot in the final three.

All contestants begin this episode on equal footing, but Chef Ramsay's challenge where each competitor must expedite at the pass soon sorts the wheat from the chaff.

The second series winner of Hell's Kitchen USA is decided.

The contestants sample a dish which they must recreate by taste alone for the next challenge.  Only Virginia has the fish, puree and grapefruit sauce spot on.  She is rewarded with a private cooking lesson from Chef Ramsay.

Twelve aspiring chefs, from all walks of life, each with a dream of running their own restaurant, head into the one-of-a-kind Hell's Kitchen, a fine dining restaurant with two fully working kitchens.

In this episode, the teams must catch their own fish to participate in the Dover Sole challenge. Dover Sole is one of the most expensive fish on the market, and the hardest to prepare, because of its tough skin and abundant roe.

In this episode's challenge the teams must prepare breakfast for 100 military personnel.  Aaron passes out and has to be rushed to hospital. He can no longer return to Hell's Kitchen and is out of the competition.

Both teams face a blind taste test. Each team member takes a turn tasting three items whilst blindfolded and wearing headphones. At dinner service, Chef Ramsay tells the aspiring chefs that the customer comment cards will determine the winning team.

The contestants host a wedding reception. The challenge is a tasting menu. The teams have 100 dollars to buy groceries for three dishes. However elimination does not run smoothly -  Chef Ramsay has a surprise in store.

The Blue Team face extra challenges in the dinner service with new member Melissa and the delivery of lobsters to contend with. A battle ensues as the Blue Team are in the nomination round again and must decide between them who is up for elimination.

Chef Ramsay tells the remaining chefs that they need to raise their game to the next level. The challenge is a test he gives every chef who works for him. Each team has 30 minutes to create three dishes from a tray of leftover ingredients.

The five competitors are now playing individually and will be cooking for a group of 'trendsetters'.  Whoever has the best dish will be rewarded with a trip to the place of the grand prize, Green Valley Ranch, with Gordon Ramsay.

The three chefs meet chef Ramsay's greatest mentor, his mum. For the challenge, each contestant must turn a homemade comfort food into a gourmet dish. Chef Ramsay also brings in some special judges, the mothers of the final three.

The finalists get to create their dream restaurant and Chef Ramsay surprises them with a trip to the Green Valley Ranch Resort where one of them will soon be the Head Chef. Also, as their final challenge they have to cook for seven VIP judges.

The third series winner of Hell's Kitchen is decided.

In the series finale, both finalists must lead their teams and teach them their menus. Finally with dinner service over, the finalists face chef Ramsay. Who will win Hell's Kitchen?

Aspiring young chefs are put to the ultimate challenge in Hell's Kitchen USA, a reality television competition starring world renowned chef Gordon Ramsay.

In this episode Chef Ramsay pits the teams against one another in a relay race as a test of timing. Dinner service is chaotic as the chefs have devised their own menus and some of them have been too ambitious.

In this episode each chef must create a dish based on one ingredient to please Chef Ramsay. Things heat up as the chefs start to plot against each other.

In this episode the chefs are challenged to teach gourmet meat preparation to housewives.Then they face their most pressured dinner service yet.

In this episode the chefs create original dishes for a large group of pregnant women. At dinner service, one contestant infuriates Chef Ramsay by burning his hand with a hot pot handle.

A series of clips provides a look back at the season to date. Following this review, things pick up where they left off the previous week, with Chef Ramsay revealing two giant screens, one displaying Christina's face and the other, Petrozza's.

The fourth series winner of Hell's Kitchen is decided.

Following a brief recap of events to date, the two finalists Louis Petrozza and Christina MacHamer are seen making their final choices for who will join them for their final dinner service.

During preparation, Lacey finds prepping her fish station extremely difficult. On the men's side, Seth proves to be unpopular. Power failure causes issues during service.

Chef Ramsey takes extreme measures to show the teams how much food they wasted in their last service. To make things interesting, Chef Ramsay declares the team to complete their service first to be the winner.

Both teams were awakened at 6am by Chef Scott, who takes them on a field trip to a meat rendering plant, where he shows the contestants how the meat is cut and where the cuts come from.

Both teams cook a special breakfast service for a group of 100 young football kids and cheerleaders; the first team to successfully serve everyone in their half of the group wins.

Both teams visit an Asian supermarket, where they purchase the ingredients needed for Asian Fusion dishes. In this service, the night's patrons include a group of sumo wrestlers.

The chefs have to create meals for a Bar Mitzvah.

This service was the first one in Hell's Kitchen to be held for a Bar Mitzvah.The chefs have to create gourmet versions of three dishes the guest of honour liked: chicken soup, brisket and burger. Ben felt he had the advantage as he was also Jewish.

The chefs each have 20 minutes to make tapas using leftovers from the previous service.

The chefs each have 20 minutes to make tapas using leftovers from the previous service. Andrea and Carol were forced to eat a pasta dish after Chef Ramsay said that the pasta was raw.

The team face a palate test to identify different foods by taste.

This episode sees the palate taste test where a member from each team, wearing a blindfold and earphones to dull their senses, must identify different foods by taste.

The teams create a speciality king crab dish.

The teams create individual dishes featuring the main ingredient of king crab and one dish from the team will be presented as a speciality crab dish to Chef Ramsay. Disaster strikes through both teams during dinner service.

Each chef prepares a dish using 14 specific ingredients.

In the first individual challenge of the series, each chef cooks a dish using 14 specific ingredients, including chicken, pasta and wine.

The contestants take a trip to the Borgata Hotel and Casino.

The contestants are flown to the Borgata Hotel and Casino for a multi-day trip to see their potential future place of employment. After touring the hotel, they sat down for dinner with the Borgata Hotel's Vice President of Cuisine.

For motivation Ramsay gives the chefs steel steel cookware.

Today’s challenge is to recreate one of Chef Ramsay's signature dishes based on taste alone. To motivate the chefs before service, Ramsay gave each chef a set of his brand of stainless steel cookware in the dorms.

The chefs make dishes for one hundred mystery guests.

US cookery competition with Gordon Ramsay. Gordon challenges the remaining chefs to make 100 portions each of their own dish for one hundred mystery guests in only 90 minutes.

The two remaining contestants are flown back to the Borgata in Atlantic City,

US cookery competition with Gordon Ramsay. Only two contestants remain, and today they must design their restaurants and menus to prepare for their last, crucial dinner service.

The winner of the Hell's Kitchen series five is announced.

It is the final! Only one contestant can be victorious and land the prestigious head chef job in Atlantic City. But first they have their last evening service to get through.

17 chefs compete to win a head chef position in Whistler, Canada.

New series of the USA cookery competition with Gordon Ramsay. 17 chefs are competing to win a head chef position in Whistler, BC, but there are some surprises in store today.

Today's challenge is to make a perfect shrimp dish for the next evening's service.

US cookery competition. Gordon challenges the hopefuls to make a perfect shrimp dish for the evening service. Will their second service go more smoothly than their first?

How will the teams cope with serving an early morning meal to hard-working firefighters?

US cookery competition with Gordon Ramsay. The teams compete to serve an early morning meal to hard-working firefighters, with the losers left to clean the fire engine.

The contestants first task is to make sausages before evening service.

US cookery competition with Gordon Ramsay. The hopefuls' first task is making sausages, before they have to tackle evening service. One contestant receives bad news from the doctor.

The chefs have to prepare a meal for a Marine returning from Iraq.

US cookery competition with Gordon Ramsay. The remaining chefs are challenged to create a meal for a Marine who has just returned from a tour of duty in Iraq.

The teams have to create a three-course meal with less than 700 calories.

US cookery competition. The teams are challenged to create a three-course meal which has less than 700 calories. A disastrous evening service leads to some shocks at elimination.

The teams are given an alphabetical challenge to win a trip to Las Vegas.

US cookery competition. The teams are given an alphabetical challenge, with the winners receiving a trip to Las Vegas and the losers a heavy load of prep work.

The teams take a blind taste test to win a meal at a Santa Monica restaurant.

US cookery competition. The team challenge is a blind taste test, with the winners going on to a dining in the dark experience at a Santa Monica restaurant.

In this episode, there is a French theme to the team challenge and evening service.

US cookery competition. The contestants make a variety of different crepes and then they must try to get to grips with some traditional French ingredients, including frogs' legs.

The teams are challenged to create three dishes from Canadian ingredients.

US cookery competition. The teams are challenged to create three dishes from 15 ingredients in the time it takes Gordon to fly back to Los Angeles from Whistler, BC.

The remaining chefs join together to form one team.

US cookery competition. The remaining chefs join together to form one team before taking on the challenge of recreating one of Chef Ramsay's signature dishes.

The remaining contestants are challenged to prove their presentation skills.

US cooking competition. The remaining contestants are challenged to prove their presentation skills as they create an entree for Chef Ramsay and the staff of Bon Appetit magazine.

The remaining four chefs make vegetarian dishes for 80 special guests.

Gordon challenges the remaining four chefs to make vegetarian dishes for 80 special guests, who turn out to be children who do not like vegetables. Can the cooks impress the kids?

The remaining three contestants are challenged to make Chinese, Indian and Mexican dishes.

US cooking competition. The remaining three contestants are challenged to make Chinese, Indian and Mexican dishes which will be judged by chefs who are experts in these cuisines.

Previously eliminated chefs return to help the two finalists prepare their own menus.

It is the final, and previously eliminated chefs return to help the finalists prepare their own menus, which will be served to Araxi's executive chef. Who will be victorious?

In this series of Gordon Ramsay's US cookery competition 16 contenders hope they can bag the life-changing prize - the head chef position at his restaurant at London's Savoy Hotel.

The contestants receive an early wake-up call to cook four different egg dishes.

US cookery contest with Gordon Ramsay. The hopefuls receive an early wake-up call before their first challenge - making four egg dishes. There are some surprises at evening service.

The contestants have to prepare lunch for cheerleaders and members of a marching band.

US cookery competition with Gordon Ramsay. The contestants are challenged to prepare lunch for USC cheerleaders and band members. There are some strong words at evening service.

The teams must create dishes using ingredients chosen by the roll of a die.

US cooking competition with Gordon Ramsay. The teams must create dishes using ingredients chosen by the roll of a die. At evening service, they cook for actress Debi Mazar.

The teams catch pigs in a pen in order to claim ingredients written on the pigs' collars.

US cookery competition with Gordon Ramsay. The teams face an unusual challenge when they must catch pigs in a pen in order to claim ingredients written on the pigs' collars.

The remaining contestants must make dishes using five classic sauces.

US cooking competition with Gordon Ramsay. The remaining contestants must make dishes using five classic sauces - hollandaise, bechamel, demi-glace, veloute and tomato.

The contestants are challenged to prepare meals for a fiftieth wedding anniversary.

US cookery competition with Gordon Ramsay. The remaining contestants are challenged to prepare meals for a fiftieth wedding anniversary celebration.

The contestants have thirty minutes to make an innovative gourmet sandwich.

US cookery competition with Gordon Ramsay. The contestants have 30 minutes to make an innovative gourmet sandwich. At evening service, both teams do a terrible job.

he remaining contestants are challenged to take part in a blind taste test.

US cooking competition with Gordon Ramsay. The remaining contestants are challenged to take part in a blind taste test. The team who score the highest win a trip to Sea World..

The remaining contestants must each cook a lobster dish.

US cooking competition with Gordon Ramsay. The remaining contestants must each cook a lobster dish which will be judged by three Michelin-starred chefs.

Special guest Whoopi Goldberg drops in on evening service.

US cookery competition with Gordon Ramsay. The remaining chefs are challenged to work on their presentation. Special guest Whoopi Goldberg drops in on evening service.

Only a handful of cooks remain to compete for the prize of a head chef job.

US cookery contest with Gordon Ramsay. At dinner service, Chef Ramsay tests the contestants by moving them to different stations throughout the evening. Who is going home today?

The remaining four chefs are shown how to cook monk fish.

US cookery competition with Gordon Ramsay. Gordon shows a monkfish recipe to the remaining chefs which they then have to teach to a novice. There is a surprise at elimination.

The four remaining chefs taste and recreate a dish without knowing the ingredients.

US cookery competition with Gordon Ramsay. Chef Ramsay gives the four remaining chefs a dish to taste which they must then recreate without knowing the ingredients.

The winning chef of Hell's Kitchen is announced.

It is the final, and only two contestants remain to fight it out for the position of head chef at Gordon Ramsay's restaurant at the Savoy Hotel in London. Who will claim the crown?

16 chefs battle it out for the position of head chef at a top Los Angeles restaurant.

Gordon Ramsay's US cookery competition returns for another series. 16 chefs battle it out against each other for the position of head chef at a top Los Angeles restaurant.

The teams are challenged to make sushi, which proves to be too much for some of them.

The teams are challenged to make sushi, which proves to be too much for some of the contestants. The winning side gets to enjoy a wine tasting session, while the losers are stuck with dinner preparation.

The teams are challenged to prepare breakfast for 50 paramedics.

The teams are challenged to prepare breakfast for 50 paramedics, with the first group to complete service winning. Unfortunately, teamwork is lacking on one side, which creates a tense atmosphere.

The teams are challenged to create a perfect ravioli dish.

The teams are challenged to create a perfect ravioli dish, with the successful side winning a helicopter tour of the Pacific coast followed by a day of golfing. The losers are left with preparation work - including milking cows!

The teams are challenged to create a tasting menu for a Hell's Kitchen prom.

The teams are challenged to create a tasting menu for a Hell's Kitchen prom at Beverly Hills High School. The team who most impress the judges win a day spent at Knott's Berry Farm, while the losers must transform the kitchen into a prom setting.

New groups are challenged to come up with a special salad dish.

Chef Ramsay moves some of the team members around before the new groups are challenged to come up with a special salad dish, with the best meal being featured in a magazine.

The teams must create a dish made from ingredients chosen by the spin of a roulette wheel.

The teams are asked to create a dish made from ingredients chosen by the spin of a roulette wheel. The team who make the best meal are sent on a luxury trip to Las Vegas.

Contestants have limited time and money to buy ingredients for four different meat dishes.

The contestants are given limited time and money at the local supermarket to buy the ingredients for four different meat dishes, which they must then prepare in only 45 minutes. The team which win the challenge get to enjoy a day of boating.

The teams take part in a blind taste test. Will they manage to identify the ingredients?

The teams take part in a blind taste test, but will they manage to successfully identify the ingredients they are given? The winners of the challenge get to go on a shopping spree followed by a slap-up dinner.

The remaining contestants are challenged to prepare three dishes in just five minutes.

The remaining contestants are challenged to prepare three dishes, but each team member only has five minutes, alone in the kitchen, to work on the food.

The contestants are challenged to make five portions of an amuse-bouche.

The contestants are challenged to make five portions of an amuse-bouche. Those whose creations are deemed the best win a lunch at the restaurant where the series victor will work.

The contestants must produce 80 portions of a dish to serve from their own food truck.

The remaining contestants must produce 80 portions of a lunch dish to serve from their own food truck. The person whose meal is the most well-received will be given a makeover while the others are left on cleaning duty.

Chef Ramsay makes a dish the contestants must recreate without knowing the ingredients.

The remaining contestants taste a dish that Chef Ramsay has made and must then recreate it, without being given an ingredient list. The prize for the person who makes the most successful dish is a set of cookware and a trip to a spa.

The contestants are challenged to create a fusion dish.

The contestants are challenged to create a fusion dish using ingredients from France, China, Thailand, Spain, Mexico, Greece, India or Italy. The person who makes the tastiest meal wins lunch at top restaurant Spago.

The finalists are taken to LA Market and told to cook five dishes for a taste test.

The finalists are taken to LA Market, where the winner will work, and told to cook five dishes for a taste test. At evening service, eight of their fellow contestants return to help them - but the groups must work without sous chefs Scott and Andi.

The competition kicks off with the signature dish challenge.

The competition kicks off with the signature dish challenge, with the most successful team getting to enjoy a lunch at the LA Market restaurant where they eat with last season's winner.

The contestants are challenged to cook meat according to Chef Ramsay's instructions.

The contestants are challenged to cook meat according to Chef Ramsay's instructions. The winning side goes to Palm Springs in a private jet before enjoying lunch in the mountains with Gordon, while the losers are stuck with prepping a cow carcass.

The teams prepare a special meal for 50 children and their mothers.

The teams prepare a special meal for 50 children and their mothers. The first team to complete their service wins a trip to a medieval-themed restaurant. The losers are stuck cleaning and preparing for the following evening's dinner service.

The teams prepare chicken dishes using only ingredients won in this week's challenge.

Cooking competition with Gordon Ramsay. The teams prepare chicken dishes using only ingredients won in this week's challenge. Mark Spitz is a guest at evening service.

The hopefuls have less than an hour to create six dishes using fire and water.

The contestants face an unusual challenge: after seeing an impressive and scientific demonstration by chefs from Moto restaurant in Chicago, the hopefuls have less than an hour to create six dishes using fire and water instead of a normal kitchen.

The chefs have to prepare food for a reunion for Culver City High School's class of 1991.

The chefs are asked to prepare dishes for a reunion for Culver City High School's class of 1991. Two contestants are briefed on the theme and attendees' dietary requirements, and they must pass the information they receive onto their teammates.

The teams are given 45 minutes to prepare five dishes which must contain beer.

The teams are given 45 minutes to prepare five dishes which must contain beer. The contestants who produce the best dishes get to spend a VIP day at the races, while the losers have to deal with the day's deliveries.

The teams are asked to pick leaders - but there is a twist in the selection process.

The teams are asked to pick leaders - but there is a twist in the selection process. Then they must prepare five dishes, with their efforts to be judged by Wolfgang Puck. The winners spend a day at a comedy club.

The contestants make desserts which could be served at a romantic dinner.

The contestants make desserts which could be served at a romantic dinner. The team whose dishes are the best win a luxury trip to Las Vegas, while the losers must do prep work for the upcoming 'date night' dinner service, which includes a raw bar.

The contestants try to prove their knowledge in a blind taste test.

The contestants try to prove their knowledge in a blind taste test, with the winning team getting to enjoy a day of horseback riding in the Hollywood Hills. The losers are left in the kitchen, where they peel grapes by hand for the dinner service.

The remaining contestants are sent to New York City to learn about different cuisines.

The remaining contestants are sent to New York City to learn about different cuisines and to visit BLT Steak, where the winner will be working. Back at Hell's Kitchen, they must prepare a dish based on what they have learned.

The teams are challenged to cook three dishes each.

The teams are challenged to cook three dishes each - one that takes 30 minutes to prepare, one that takes 20, and one that takes just 10. The winning side gets to go shopping for designer clothes before dinner service.

The remaining chefs form one team, but must battle it out individually in the challenges.

The remaining chefs form one team, but must battle it out individually in the challenges. Their first test is to create gourmet versions of five comfort foods, with the winners being sent on a visit to several LA restaurants.

The chefs must each produce a high quality dish with Alaskan salmon.

The chefs must each produce a high quality dish with Alaskan salmon. The contestant whose food is judged the best wins a helicopter trip and lunch with Chef Ramsay.

The remaining contestants are challenged to recreate a dish they have tasted.

The remaining contestants are challenged to recreate a dish they have tasted - without a recipe. The winning chef receives tickets to a baseball game.

The last two contestants are taken out to lunch by Chef Ramsay.

The last two contestants are taken out to lunch by Chef Ramsay. Then they must take part in a challenge which is judged by executives from BLT Steak. At evening service, the eliminated contestants from the series return to help in the kitchen.

New series of Gordon Ramsay's US cooking competition. The contestants make a dramatic arrival at Hell's Kitchen before being split into teams for the signature dish challenge.

The contestants face a challenge involving scallops, before a disastrous evening service.

Gordon Ramsay's American cooking competition. The contestants face a challenge involving scallops, with the winning team enjoying a yacht cruise.

The teams prepare a meal for a group of immigrants who have just become American citizens.

US cooking competition with Gordon Ramsay. The teams prepare a meal for a group of immigrants who have just become American citizens.

Hell's Kitchen

Hell's Kitchen

Series 18

1. Rookies v Veterans

2. A Fond Farewell

3. Hell's Riders

4. Hell Freezes Over

5. Fish Out of Water

6. Hot Potato

7. Last Chef Standing

8. One Hell of a Party

9. What Happens in Vegas

10. Poor Trev

11. Devilish Desserts

12. Break on Through

13. An Episode of Firsts

14. What's Your Motto

15. A Rollercoaster Ride

16. The Grand Finale