Episode
Hell's Kitchen: 14 Chefs Compete
Overview
The contestants pair up and prepare three main dishes, each with one of the following holiday themes: July 4th, Mardi Gras and Cinco de Mayo; challenge winners are flown to Santa Inez Valley, where they blend their own wine.
Details
- Series
- Hell's Kitchen
- Season
- Season 15
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2016-02-10
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
14 Chefs Compete is Episode 5 in Season 15 of Hell's Kitchen. It aired on 2016-02-10. The runtime is 44 min.
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Episode 4: 15 Chefs Compete
A rubber-duck hunt determines which ingredients the contestants will use with duck in a team challenge; the winning team spends the day on a yacht while the losers prepare a duck appetizer. Guests for dinner service include Kris Jenner and Dita Von Teese.
Episode 6: 12 Chefs Compete
The blue team gains a new member; the team that wins a grocery spelling challenge spends the day flying in a stunt plane, while the losing team makes sangria for dinner service; VIP dinner guests include Thomas Ian Nichols and Omar Benson Miller.
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Episode 3: 16 Chefs Compete
The contestants are faced with a communications challenge; the winning team goes on a relaxing retreat while the losers prepare for dinner service, which involves gutting 100 pounds of sea bass. VIP guests include astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
Episode 7: 11 Chefs Compete
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Episode 2: 17 Chefs Compete
The teams have 20 minutes to see which team can produce the most shrimp dumplings; rapper The Game attends the dinner service.
Episode 8: 10 Chefs Compete
Grammy-winning guitarist Steve Vai performs; the contestants must create unique dishes with a limited number of ingredients; the winning team plays a game of paintball while the losing team is faced with delivery day at the kitchen.
Episode 1: 18 Chefs Compete
This season's contestants head to Las Vegas where they participate in the signature dish challenge; the winners of the challenge ride on the world's tallest Ferris wheel while the losers peel 50lbs of shrimp and 1,000lbs of potatoes.
Episode 9: 10 Chefs Again
The contestants compete in a Bison-dish challenge that test their archery and cooking skills; cowboy-steak night with news commentator Stacey Dash and Olympic gold medalist Phil Dalhausser.
Episode 10: 9 Chefs Compete
The nine remaining chefs take part in a breakfast challenge, during which their team must make a vegetarian, meat, seafood and sweet dish for surprise judges Suzanne Tracht and David LeFebve. While the winners ride all-terrain vehicles in Palm Springs, the losers prepare fresh-squeezed Orange Juice for a special brunch service featuring celebrity diners Flo Rida and Jeff Dunham.
Episode 11: 8 Chefs Compete
The teams can only have one chef in the kitchen at a time as they prepare three entrees, each with a different protein; actress Lainie Kazan and comedian Bill Engvali are guests at dinner service.
Episode 12: 7 Chefs Compete
The chefs must identify ice cream flavors in a blind test challenge; actress Meredith Baxter and Olympic swimmer Haley Anderson are guests at dinner service.
Episode 13: 6 Chefs Compete
The remaining six chefs must rely on their loved ones to complete Chef Ramsay's Branzino dish; the winning team will be awarded a day at a luxurious spa while the losers have to clean the entire dormitory.