Guide Note

This page contains episode guide information for FOX's reality television show Hell's Kitchen.

Fast Facts

1. Network: FOX
2. Current Season: 4
3. Airs: Tuesdays @ 9
4. Seasons 1, 2, & 3 were all filmed in the same building
5. Filmed: Los Angeles
6. Sous-chefs: Mary Ann and Scott
7. Maitre'd: Jean Phillippe
8. Will be a video game on multiple platforms

Season one of Hell's Kitchen debuted on the FOX network on May 30, 2005. In the beginning of the show, twelve contestants are split into two teams. In each episode there is a challenge with a reward, a dinner service, two nominations for elimination and finally one contestant eliminated at the end of each episode. The winner of this season was Michael Wray and the season ended on September 1, 2005.

Season two of Hell's Kitchen debuted on June 12, 2006. The winner of this season was promised the executive chef position of a multi-million-dollar restaurant in the billion dollar Red Rock Resort Spa & Casino and partial control over the design. The winner of this season was Heather West and the show ended on September 14, 2006.

Season three of Hell's Kitchen debuted on June 4, 2007. The winner of this season was promised a $250,000 dollar a year head-chef position at a restaurant in the Green Valley Ranch Resort and Spa in Henderson, Nevada. The winner of this season was Rahman "Rock" Harper and the show ended on September 13, 2007.

Season four of Hell's Kitchen premiered on FOX on April 1, 2008.

Gordon Ramsay was born in Johnstone, Scotland on November 8, 1966. He is a Scottish celebrity chef and entrepreneur. He is known in the UK for hosting reality TV shows about competitive cooking including Hell's Kitchen and The F-Word. In the USA, he is the host of the American version of Hell's Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares.

Without enough O levels (qualification for part of the General Certificate of Education) to join the police force or the Royal Navy, he enrolled in the local college to study Hotel Management. At age 19, he decided to focus on his culinary education. He worked at the Roxbury House Hotel and then ran the kitchen at Wickham Arms. He decided to move to London, where he worked in several restaurants, finally getting a position at Marco Pierre White's restaurant Harvey's. After almost three years, he tired of the "abuse and violence" and decided to study French cuisine. After working in many top restaurants, he moved to Paris to work with Guy Savoy and Joel Rabuchon. Gordon Ramsay trained for three more years before taking a position as a personal chef on a private yacht in Bermuda. Today, Gordon Ramsay has been awarded a total of twelve Michelin Stars, a series of annual guide books published by Michelin for over a dozen countries, and he owns more than twenty-five restaurants in the UK, Tokyo and the United States.