Mieka Houser

In the Season 14 premiere of HELL’S KITCHEN, Chef Gordon Ramsay welcomes the latest batch of 18 contestants into the kitchen. The contestants jump right in to the challenge, after Chef Ramsay splits the chefs into two teams: men (blue) vs. women (red) and asks them to present their signature dishes in front of a live audience. The winning team will earn a star-studded night with William Shatner, while the losing team prepares the dining room for the first dinner service. Later, during their first dinner service, the contestants struggle to work together, with Chef Ramsay ultimately kicking one team out of the kitchen. Find out which contestants will continue on and who will be the first chef eliminated.

After a difficult opening dinner service, the remaining contestants face their next team challenge, where each team must successfully retrieve crabs from the ocean and then create crab cake dishes. The team that first completes 10 crab cakes dishes will win an exclusive trip to Scottsdale, Arizona, for a horseback riding tour and VIP dinner, while the losing team prepares the seafood for the next dinner service. Then, the dinner service begins and one team will continue to struggle with the seafood, leading Chef Ramsay to once again kick out a team from the kitchen in the middle of the dinner. Find out who is safe and who will go home.

It’s a seafood battle as the men and women dive in to their team challenge, where they have to successfully match the heads and tails of some of the most popular fish for a special surprise advantage in the kitchen. The team that presents the most impressive dishes to Chef Ramsay and special guest judge, Michael Cimarusti, Chef and Partner of Connie and Ted’s restaurant in Los Angeles, will win a day of surf and sun in beautiful Manhattan Beach, CA. The losing team will be back at the kitchen cleaning, hauling and gutting the next seafood delivery. Then, the dinner service begins and one team will struggle to make it past the first course, leading Chef Ramsay to eject them early from the night’s competition. Find out who is safe and who will go home.

After one of the worst dinner services in HELL’S KITCHEN history, it’s no longer fun and games for the Top 15 contestants. The red and blue teams suit up for an old-fashioned, all-American challenge, complete with football and traditional American dishes. The team that presents the best-tasting American comfort classics to two superstar guest judges will win an epic journey aboard the three-masted schooner “The American Pride,” while the losing team will be holding back tears as they chop and prepare more than 500 pounds of onions. Then, a special family-style dinner service begins and one team will score while the other faces the threat of defeat. Find out which contestant is sent home and who will remain.

Following last week’s dinner service, during which both teams struggled, the remaining 13 contestants compete in a special lunch service honoring two unique charitable organizations consisting of active and retired firefighters of Los Angeles. The first team to complete a speedy and successful lunch service for 60 hungry firemen will win an afternoon exploring the great outdoors of Malibu, CA, while the losing team will be left behind with a fowl punishment. Then, as dinner service begins, tensions emerge, causing Chef Ramsay to kick out multiple contestants in the middle of service. Find out who will be the in the Top 12 and who will go home.

Following last week’s dramatic dinner service, the men pull ahead by grating, shredding and melting their way to a victory in this week’s cheesy team challenge. The team that cooks up the most impressive enchiladas, croquettes, lasagna, cordon bleu and calzones will clinch the win and be rewarded a thrilling ocean adventure away from the daily duties of HELL’S KITCHEN. Later, the star-studded dinner service begins and the division between the strong and weak contestants continues to elevate emotions.