Hell's Kitchen (U.S. season 15)
| Hell's Kitchen (U.S. season 15) | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | January 15 – April 29, 2016 |
| Season chronology | |
The fifteenth season of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen premiered on January 15, 2016 on Fox. The prize was a head chef position at BLT Steak at Bally's Las Vegas. Country Club Chef Ariel Malone won the competition.
Gordon Ramsay and Marino Monferrato returned as head chef and Maître d' respectively.season 10 winner Christina Wilson is the interim sous chef for the red team filled in for Andi Van Willigan, who got married and returned in episode 7 of this season. Aaron Mitrano replaced James Avery as sous chef for the blue team. Wilson is the second former Hell's Kitchen winner to return as one of Ramsay's sous chefs, the first being season 2 winner, Heather West, who was the red kitchen's sous chef for season 6. Jason Thompson also returned as narrator for the first time since season 12.
This is the first final since season 9 where the finalists have been on the same team from start to finish, the fourth all-female finale (following seasons two, eleven, and fourteen), the second all-female final three, and the first all-female final where the winner has not moved to the blue team at any point in the competition, the first final since season 5 where both finalists were nominated the same number of times (discounting the finals where none of them were ever nominated). It is also the first season with just one remaining male chef in the top 6, and the second season since season 10 in which no chef withdrew from the competition.
Season 15's opening sequence features the chefs at a base camp. Ramsay is then shown placing the HK flag on top of the mountain. For the first time in Hell's Kitchen history, the opening sequence did not play after the recap of the previous episode, but after the remaining contestants had made the way up to the dorms and just before the next morning, where they came down to face their new challenge.
Eighteen chefs competed in season 15.
18 chefs entered Hell's Kitchen, where they were greeted by Marino. Ashley pulled the lever on the slot machine, which revealed Ramsay's message to meet him in Las Vegas. After a parade celebration, Ramsay welcomed the chefs to BLT Steak at Bally's Las Vegas, the location where the winner will become the head chef. He also introduced his new sous chefs, season 10 winner Christina Wilson and Aaron Mitrano, before having the chefs make their signature dishes in the BLT Steak kitchen.
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