Hell's Kitchen (U.S. season 12)
| Hell's Kitchen (U.S. season 12) | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | March 13 – July 24, 2014 |
| Season chronology | |
Season 12 of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen premiered on March 13, 2014 on Fox.
Gordon Ramsay returned as 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'. This was the fourth season to feature an all-male final (following seasons 1, 6, and 9).
Executive Chef Scott Commings won this season and received a head chef position at Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill in Caesars Palace in Las Vegas; the prize was retained from the previous season, after Ja'Nel Witt failed her drug test. Scott was nominated seven times for elimination, breaking Christina Machamer's record (season 4) of five nominations, and became the Hell's Kitchen winner with the most nominations.
The intro is stylized as a neo-noir comic book with the chefs each trying to claim hold of "The Knife Case of Destiny."
Twenty chefs competed in season 12. Jason Zepaltas previously competed in season 9 but left before the first dinner service after falling ill during prep. He is the second chef to have competed in two seasons, after Robert Hesse (seasons 5 and 6), and Zepaltas was the first and currently only chef to present two signature dishes to Ramsay.
20 chefs were taken on a bus to Hell's Kitchen. Chef Ramsay greeted them and mentioned that Los Angeles is known not only for its cuisine, but for its entertainment. Cooks and diners then danced to the show's theme song while Ramsay had the chefs go to the kitchen for their first challenge.
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