Episode
Hell's Kitchen: 15 Chefs Compete
Overview
Season four begins with 15 hopefuls playing to win a job as a chef along side Gordon Ramsey in his L.A. restaurant. The contestants will be divided into teams of 'men vs. women' after preparing their signature dish. Gordon will be impressed by most of the entries, but one will make him retch.
Details
- Series
- Hell's Kitchen
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2008-04-01
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
15 Chefs Compete is Episode 1 in Season 4 of Hell's Kitchen. It aired on 2008-04-01. The runtime is 42 min.
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Episode 4: 12 Chefs Compete
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Episode 8: 8 Chefs Compete
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Episode 9: 7 Chefs Compete
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Episode 10: 6 Chefs Compete
The two teams are combined to create a single team. Each chef is asked to create a dish designed specifically to please Chef Ramsay centered around a single main ingredient. The new unified team struggles to complete its first service together. Two chefs scheme together to plot another's downfall. The winner of the challenge is invited on a very special trip -- a visit to Vegas and a meeting with Rock Harper, the winner of the show's third season. The show's medics are put the test when things once again get a little too hot. One chef goes ballistic when the pressure of the evening's dinner service gets to be just a bit too much.
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