Hell's Kitchen (U.S. season 13)
| Hell's Kitchen (U.S. season 13) | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | September 10 – December 17, 2014 |
| Season chronology | |
Season 13 of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen 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. It also marks the first time since 2010 that two seasons of Hell's Kitchen aired in the same year. Kitchen Supervisor La Tasha McCutchen from Winter Haven, Florida won the competition, becoming the first winner since Christina Wilson, Holli Ugalde and Dave Levey to completely avoid nomination for elimination throughout the entire season. This is also the first time that the series had a new narrator. However, the identity of the new narrator was never revealed.
The chefs battle against each other in an epic gladiator showdown at the Colosseum while Ramsay watches from the balcony.
Eighteen chefs competed in season 13 for the first time since season 10.
Each episode consists of a challenge with a reward, a service and an elimination.
The season began with the contestants being transported to the Cinerama Dome theater in Los Angeles, where they first viewed a short film that had an introduction by Chef Ramsay and detailed the careers of several former contestants including season 10 winner Christina Wilson, season 9 winner Paul Niedermann and season 7 runner-up Jason "Jay" Santos before informing this season's contestants of the challenges they would face.
Team challenge/signature dish They were then immediately given their first challenge: to make their signature dishes for Chef Ramsay (at the Le Cordon Bleu college across the street) and present them in front of a large cinema audience. As the contestants cooked their dishes, JP was scolded by Ramsay for finishing his dish with over twenty minutes remaining, resulting in Ramsay forcing him to make it again. The first time ever, instead of giving 1 point to a perfect dish, the dishes were rated on a scale of 1–5. Denine's inside-out chicken parmesan and JR's rockfish taco with mango slaw and lemon aioli both received 3 points. In the next round, Sade's wild mushroom and pea risotto got 2 points whilst JP's Boston baked haddock with lemon beurre blanc sauce and fingerling potatoes got 1 point; he was even threatened with elimination. The women kept the lead as Ashley's deconstructed chicken and chorizo taco received 3 points but Frank's filet mignon Bordelaise got 1 point but in the next round the points were tied as La Tasha's grilled hickory watermelon got 1 point whilst Fernando's pan seared pigeon with sweet potato puree impressed receiving 4 points. The women took the lead again as Roe's Kobe beef filet got 4 points whilst Sterling's shrimp and grits still got a respectable 3 points. The scores were tied again as Jennifer's pan roasted duck breast got 2 points and Steve's rack of lamb got 3 points. Both Katie's pan seared halibut and Bryant's wild mushroom roulade received 4 points and the scores were still tied as both Janai's lobster-stuffed lamb rack and Aaron's hazel nut financier got 1 point. In the final round, Santos's skate wing with beurre noisette got 3 points, but Kalen's seared sea scallops got 4 points which secured a 24–23 victory, making it the fourth season in a row the women won the signature dish challenge.
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