Hell's Kitchen (US)

Season 8

TV-14

44%

World renowned chef Gordon Ramsay puts aspiring young chefs through rigorous cooking challenges and dinner services at his restaurant in Hollywood, "Hell's Kitchen", to determine which one of them will win the head chef position at one of his restaurants or a restaurant located worldwide.

15 episoder

16 Chefs Compete
E1
16 Chefs CompeteSixteen chefs compete in the premiere of the eighth season of Hell's Kitchen. Chef Ramsay divides the chefs into teams of women and men, and their first challenge is to create their signature dishes. An early injury sends one chef to the hospital. Massive delays during dinner service lead customers to exit Hell's Kitchen.
14 Chefs Compete
E2
14 Chefs CompeteContestants from both teams were divided into pairs and for the Attention to Detail challenge each pair had replicate five salmon cucumber avocado rolls and four pieces of tuna nigiri first demonstrated by sushi chef Masaharu Morimoto. For dinner service Ramsey chose Vinny and Jillian as assistant maître d's.
13 Chefs Compete
E3
13 Chefs CompeteFor the team challenge: The teams cooked breakfast for fifty paramedics and the winning team were sent to trapeze school and had lunch with Ramsay. The losing team had to clean both kitchens and polish stemware.
12 Chefs Compete
E4
12 Chefs CompeteThe chefs created their own ravioli including pasta, filling and sauce. After judging by Ramsay, the winning team took a helicopter trip to a coastal resort to play golf, and the losing team cleaned the kitchens and milked cows.
11 Chefs Compete
E5
11 Chefs CompeteChefs created a menu of an appetizer and two main dishes for a high school prom. The winning team went to an amusement park, while the losing team cleaned the kitchens and helped the prom committee put up decorations.
10 Chefs Compete
E6
10 Chefs CompeteThe challenge facing the 10 remaining chefs: prepare entrée salads, with the winner to be featured in Bon Appetit magazine. Dinner-service bugaboos: scallops and garnishes.
9 Chefs Compete
E7
9 Chefs CompeteThe 9 remaining chefs create dishes using five ingredients selected at random. The winners visit Las Vegas while the losers peel 1000 potatoes. Guests at the "Family Night" dinner service include Jerry Springer and members of Chef Ramsay's family.
9 Chefs Compete Again
E8
9 Chefs Compete AgainThe teams must shop on a budget and prepare elegant dishes for four judges. The winners go sailing and dancing while the losers fumigate Hell's Kitchen. Guests at the black-tie dinner service include four previous winners and cast members of "Glee."
8 Chefs Compete
E9
8 Chefs CompeteChef Ramsay is disappointed when his aspiring chefs praise fast food items disguised as five-star hotel food, with only one identifying the chicken wings from his own five star hotel as their favorite. He challenges the chefs to a blind taste test and another of them proves to be a standout, allowing their team to enjoy a day of shopping, followed by dining in a top restaurant. The losers are made to sort trash for recycling.
7 Chefs Compete
E10
7 Chefs CompeteChef Ramsay tests the chefs' teamwork by thrusting them into a challenge requiring them to cook three appetizers in thirty minutes in turns, with only 15 seconds to communicate in-between switching. The winning team is rewarded with a shopping spree at a cooking store, while the losing team is placed on delivery duty.
6 Chefs Compete
E11
6 Chefs CompeteThe remaining seven chefs compete in their first dinner service as a merged team. Chef Ramsay does something he's never, ever done before at elimination time.
5 Chefs Compete
E12
5 Chefs CompeteThe remaining six chefs compete in the twelve episode of the eighth season of Hell's Kitchen. Chef Ramsay becomes infuriated during dinner service when the remaining chefs put in a performance not worthy of the final six.
4 Chefs Compete
E13
4 Chefs CompeteOnly four chefs remain, and the pressure is on for each contestant to prove to Chef Ramsay that he or she has the chops to move forward in the competition. In a challenge designed to test the chefs’ ability to identify key ingredients and rely on their palate, Chef Ramsay asks the contestants to recreate a brilliant dish using only sight, smell and taste…
4 Chefs Compete Again
E14
4 Chefs Compete AgainThe challenge: create a balanced fusion dish. The judges: Top L.A. chefs Philip Dubose (Asia de Cuba), Helene An (Crustacean) and Lee Hefter (Spago). Then, at dinner service, tempers flare and Chef Ramsay must intervene.
2 Chefs Compete
E15
2 Chefs CompeteIn the Season 8 finale, the final two chefs must prepare five-course meals to be judged by five L.A.-area executive chefs and food-service executives. The winner receives a head-chef position at LA Market at the JW Marriott Hotel in Los Angeles.