Kitchen Nightmares
2007
Search results
Episode Guide
- 16. One Hell of An American Dream Jan 25, 2024
- The final three contestants face their last challenge before the final dinner service.
- 15. And Then There Were Two Jan 25, 2024
- The final three contestants face their last challenge before the final dinner service.
- 14. Don't Be Fooled Jan 18, 2024
- The chefs' attention to detail is tested; guest judge Kevin Meehan.
The twelve aspiring chefs arrive at Hell's Kitchen, where they are introduced to Maître D'Jean-Phillipe and Gordon Ramsay's Sous Chefs Mary-Ann and Scott. They are then immediately tasked with their first challenge.
Sep 1, 2023 · As the group competes against one another to take away the job of head chef at a restaurant, high-intensity situations follow. From the pressure of a kitchen to the grueling mentoring of chef Gordon Ramsay, the contestants find themselves jumping through several hoops to win the grand prize.
Find out what the 12 contestants of Hell's Kitchen Season 1 did after the show. See their achievements, challenges, and current occupations in the culinary and entertainment fields.
- Overview
- Contestants
- Contestant progress
- Episodes
- Trivia
Season 1 of Hell's Kitchen aired on Fox between May 30 and August 1, 2005. Professional chef Michael Wray, from Fort Collins, Colorado, was the winner of that season, originally won his own restaurant named Tatou, in Los Angeles, and got the opportunity to learn under Ramsay at London, but declined because of family matters.
12 contestants competed during this season. The contestants were (in alphabetical order):
At the end of each episode, one chef from the losing team is eliminated by Ramsay, after being picked by the "Best of the Worst", determined by Ramsay after the last dinner service.
1.Chef was nominated by Ramsay.
2.Chef was eliminated for having the lowest rated dish.
3.Chef was nominated by Ramsay and eliminated.
Here is a list of all the episodes of the season, with links for the detailed articles.
•This is the only season in the show’s history to not have a dinner service that ended with both teams losing. This kind of dinner service ending didn't occur until Season 2 Episode 4.
•This season is tied with Season 7 for the fewest members of the blue team getting eliminated, with only 3.
•This is the only season where Gordon Ramsay and Jean-Phillippe give confessionals during a challenge or dinner service.
•Until Season 18, this was the only season to date where the teams were not separated by gender at the beginning. This will continue again in Season 21.
•This season was filmed at the former Los Angeles FOX affiliate studio, KCOP-TV.
•This is one of three seasons to have imbalanced gender positions as out of the 12 chefs that competed, 7 were male and 5 were female, the others being Seasons 4 and 6.
- 2 min
News about Broadway, Hell's Kitchen, sell-outs
News about Thomas Matthew Crooks, parents, FBI
News about Fox, fall premiere dates, 9-1-1: Lone Star
Also in the news
Nov 1, 2023 · Michael Wray won Season 1 of Hell’s Kitchen. He was the first chef to truly impress Gordon Ramsay. What has he been up to ever since?
Mar 2, 2023 · The contestants make their signature dishes for Chef Ramsay and they get a rude awakening when he critiques their dishes. The Chef surprises them by opening the restaurant for service the second ...
People also ask
What is the best season of 'Hell's Kitchen'?
Who is the winner of Hells Kitchen?
Who has died from Hell's Kitchen?
Who died on Hell's Kitchen?
Hell's Kitchen is a reality television show that uses a progressive elimination format to narrow down a field of 20 chefs to one single winner over the course of one season.
