Hell's Kitchen (American season 13)


Season 13 of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen premiered on September 10, 2014 on Fox. The prize was a head chef position at Gordon Ramsay's Pub & Grill at Caesars Atlantic City. Gordon Ramsay returned as head chef and Andi van Willigan and James Avery returned as sous chefs. However, Jean-Philippe Susilovic did not return as maitre d' and was replaced by Marino Monferrato. It also marks the first time since 2010 that two seasons of Hell's Kitchen aired in the same year. Kitchen Supervisor La Tasha McCutchen from Winter Haven, Florida won the competition, becoming the first winner since Christina Wilson to completely avoid nomination for elimination throughout the entire season. This is also the first time that the series had a new narrator.
However, the identity of the new narrator is Roger Craig Smith.. This is also the first time since Season 9 that a season was 16 episodes long, and first time since Season 10 returned to 18 contestants, instead of 20 contestants from the past two seasons.

Opening sequence

The chefs battle against each other in an epic gladiator showdown at the Colosseum while Ramsay watches from the balcony.

Chefs

Eighteen chefs competed in season 13 for the first time since season 10.
ContestantAgeOccupationHometownResult
La Tasha McCutchen33Kitchen SupervisorWinter Haven, FloridaWinner
Bryant Gallaher29Lead Line CookVirginia Beach, VirginiaRunner-Up
Sade Dancy25Lead Line CookPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaEliminated before Finals
Jennifer Salhoff33Private ChefPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaEliminated before Finals
Rosanne "Roe" DiLeo33Head ChefDallas, TexasEliminated after 14th Service
Brian Santos33Sous ChefBoston, MassachusettsEliminated after 13th Service
Sterling Wright40Grill ChefNashville, TennesseeEliminated before Black Jackets
Fernando Cruz28Executive ChefLa Quinta, CaliforniaEliminated after 11th Service
Aaron Lhamon28Lead Line CookMaynard, MassachusettsLeft after 10th Service
Frank Billotti26Executive ChefStaten Island, New YorkEliminated after 9th Service
Steven "Steve" Rosenthal34Executive ChefDetroit, MichiganLeft before 9th Service
Ashley Sherman29Lead Line CookBethlehem, PennsylvaniaEliminated after 7th Service
Katie McKeown23Line CookDallas, TexasEliminated after 6th Service
Kalen Morgenstern32Sous ChefRiver Oaks, TexasEliminated after 5th Service
James "JR" Robinson29Private ChefWashington, D.C.Eliminated after 4th Service
Denine Giordano23Culinary StudentPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaEliminated after 3rd Service
Janai Simpson24Chef de PartieLaGrange, GeorgiaEliminated after 2nd Service
John Paul "JP" DeDominicis28Kitchen ManagerBoston, MassachusettsEliminated after 1st Service

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Contestant progress

Episodes

Each episode consists of a challenge with a reward, a service and an elimination.

Epilogue

Three chefs from this season later appeared on the Food Network show Chopped. Frank was on the season 37 episode "A Frog Leg Up." Here, he was chopped in the entrée round after serving undercooked gnocchi to the judges. Roe and Kalen both appeared on season 42 ; the former was chopped after the dessert round, and the latter after the entrée round.