The best episodes of Hell's Kitchen
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- 01
The final three contestants face their last challenge before the final dinner service.
- 02
Gordon Ramsay hosts a fiery cooking competition in which the winner receives a head chef position.
- 03
The remaining contestants have a chance to impress chef Ramsay when they create items for the dinner menu.
- 04
The chefs are challenged to put a gourmet spin on traditional Southern dishes. Later, they work on their communication skills before an important dinner service.
- 05
During the dinner service, each contestant gets a chance to direct the others.
- 06
The top two finalists are determined; a team of renowned chefs evaluates the contestants' final dinner-service menu.
- 07
After a long and trying competition, it's time for the final dinner service and for Chef Ramsay to choose the winner of HELL'S KITCHEN. The two finalists must carefully build their teams and create a stunning final menu as they enter into the most important dinner service of their lives. Tune in to see who will be crowned the Season 10 winner of HELL'S KITCHEN and become the next Head Chef working under Executive Chef Kevin Hee at Gordon Ramsay Steak in Las Vegas in the second part of the all-new "Winner Chosen" season finale episode.
- 08
The chefs create ethnic dishes with select ingredients; a team falls behind before dinner service begins.
- 09
The challenges don't stop now that the chefs have received their black jackets, as Chef Ramsay surprises them by bringing back a team of previous HELL'S KITCHEN winners to challenge them at dinner service. Ramsay lets the teams design their own menus for dinner service and the finalists will go head-to-head with the returning champs. Tune in to see if this season's competitors can take the heat.
- 10
The chefs must use sight, taste and smell to identify ingredients in a dish and re-create it, with the chef who comes closest earning a shopping spree and time with Chef Ramsay; Ramsay sends two chefs home.
- 11
The final two must overcome shortcomings and take control of their respective teams to come out on top and prove to chef Ramsay they have what it takes to win; in the end, the door can only open for one chef.
- 12
Special guest judge and fish-cooking expert Chef Michael Cimarusti joins Chef Ramsay, as the remaining contestants compete in a special challenge involving creatures of the sea. Then, during dinner service, the chefs aim to impress a host of VIP guests, including actor Aleks Paunovic, rapper E-40, professional dancer Cheryl Burke and actor Dan Bucatinsky. With two chefs fighting bitterly for authority and another struggling to communicate, Chef Ramsay is less than pleased. Find out who doesn't make the cut.
- 13
The Chefs compete in three difficult challenges to prove if they are worthy of a Black Jacket, which all comes down to Nikki and Amber fighting for the final one.
- 14
The chefs are treated to a visit from their families and a tour of Las Vegas. However, their trip to the Jubilee Theatre at Caesar's Palce soon turns into their final challenge.
- 15
The chefs brief their teams ahead of the most important service of their lives. Following service, the winner and new head chef of Hell's Kitchen Lake Tahoe is announced.
- 16
Gordon Ramsay hosts a fiery cooking competition in which the winner receives a head chef position.
- 17
Ramsay announces this week determines which chefs will receive one of the coveted black jackets.
- 18
For the team challenge, the chefs compete in a "State to Plate" challenge and must decode ingredients spelled in the style of license plates; they must integrate contrasting ingredients into one cohesive dish to impress chef Ramsey.
- 19
It's down to the final two contestants who have survived the wrath of Ramsay and many disastrous nights at Hell's Kitchen. In the two-hour season finale, Ramsay turns HK over to the battling duo by dividing the restaurant in half - with each wannabe chef designing a portion of the restaurant. From décor, to creating the menu, to naming the spot, the contestants will be tested on how they run the restaurant and the kitchen on their own. These chefs will need some help slicing and dicing their way to win the final challenge, and to their surprise, Ramsay hand-picks former contestants to staff the kitchen and help the final two achieve their goal. Tempers blaze and egos boil as the wannabe chefs do their best to emulate the high standards taught and expected by Ramsay. Who will succumb to the pressure, and who will Ramsay crown head chef?
- 20
The final two chefs compete to be the winner of Hell's Kitchen. Both are given a preview of what they could win and face their toughest challenge yet. One of the two is declared the winner of Hell's Kitchen, earning $250,000 and a position at the Savoy Hotel in London.
- 21
The chefs must make their signature dishes; one contestant is sent home.
- 22
In Part Two of the two-night season premiere, Chef Ramsay pits the women against the men in another intense challenge and demanding dinner service. While the winning team sails off to enjoy their good work, the losing team is left behind to fulfill drab duties. Tune in to see which contestants fall out of Chef Ramsay's good graces.
- 23
The men compete against the women in a challenge in which they serve classic American fare to special diners; the winning team takes a day trip.
- 24
The teams must tackle a challenge in order to get the ingredients they need to cook four different lamb dishes.
- 25
The contestants prepare Mexican dishes.
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