Episode
Hell's Kitchen: 16 Chefs Compete
Overview
The teams compete to match the heads and tails of popular fish in order to win an advantage; guest judge Michael Cimarusti joins one team on an outing to the beach; Ramsay ends one team's dinner service early.
Details
- Series
- Hell's Kitchen
- Season
- Season 14
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2015-03-17
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
16 Chefs Compete is Episode 3 in Season 14 of Hell's Kitchen. It aired on 2015-03-17. The runtime is 44 min.
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Episode 2: 17 Chefs Compete
The teams must retrieve crabs from the ocean and create crab cake dishes, with the first team to come up with 10 dishes winning a trip to Arizona for horseback riding and dinner; during dinner service, one team struggles with the seafood.
Episode 4: 15 Chefs Compete
The teams present traditional American dishes to celebrity judges, with one team winning a journey aboard a three-masted schooner; the teams run a family-style dinner service.
More episodes from this season
Episode 1: 18 Chefs Compete
Episode 5: 14 Chefs Compete
An ocean adventure is up for grabs as the teams try to impress chef Gordon Ramsay during a cheese challenge. Later, emotions are elevated as the 14 remaining contestants work to avoid elimination and complete a star-studded dinner service.
Episode 6: 13 Chefs Compete
The 13 remaining contestants prepare a special lunch for two charitable organizations involving active and retired firefighters in Los Angeles. Later, dinner service becomes tense and multiple chefs are ordered to leave the kitchen.
Episode 7: 12 Chefs Compete
The contestants compete to create Greek-inspired dishes, with the winners getting a trip to the go-kart track; chef Michael Psilakis guest judges; Ramsay kicks one team out during dinner service, leaving the other to cover.
Episode 8: 11 Chefs Compete
John Ratzenberger judges the contestants' food pairings; while the challenge winners spend the day at a famous roller rink and go on a beer tasting, the losers prepare linens for dinner service; gastropub night doesn't go smoothly.
Episode 9: 9 Chefs Compete
A challenge involving exotic proteins, including alligator, ostrich and wild boar, is followed by chef Ramsay giving the remaining nine contestants one-on-one evaluations and sending one of the weakest team members home.
Episode 10: 8 Chefs Compete
The teams present three Mardi Gras-themed courses to a high school homecoming committee; the team with the best dishes gets to go on a pirate adventure.
Episode 11: 8 Chefs Compete Again
Gordon conducts a blind taste test; and the remaining eight contestants must serve a five-course dinner to guests of a major charity event.
Episode 12: 7 Chefs Compete
Seven contestants remain to prepare a premiere dish using various cuts of steak in less than 35 minutes.
Episode 13: 6 Chefs Compete
Six chefs compete in pairs during the "Taste It and Make It" challenge for the chance to win a visit aboard the Queen Mary ocean liner.