Hell's Kitchen (American season 14)
Season 14 of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen premiered on March 3, 2015 on Fox. The prize is a head chef position at Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill in Caesars Atlantic City. Gordon Ramsay returned as head chef with Andi Van Willigan and James Avery returning as sous-chefs for both their respective kitchens as well as Marino Monferrato as the maître d'. Executive chef Meghan Gill from Roanoke, Virginia, won the competition, thus becoming the fourteenth winner of Hell's Kitchen.
This season's head to head finals happened between the third pair of the top two finalists that did not receive any nominations for elimination.
This season, the Blue Team set a new record for the most number of dinner service wins by a team in a single season with six. It surpassed the previous record of five set by the Blue Team in Seasons 6 and 7 and the Red Team Season 10. The season also had only one joint dinner service loss between the red and blue teams, the fewest such occurrences since season four. This red team also tied a record set by the blue team from Season 10, having been kicked out of the kitchen five times throughout the season. Gill became the eighth winner of the series to avoid nomination throughout the entire season. Gill also set a Hell's Kitchen record with nine consecutive punishments until she finally won the last challenge of the season, a distinction previously shared by Season 4 runner-up Louis Petrozza, Season 11 third place finisher Jon Scallion, sixth- and seventh-place finishers Zach Womack and Anthony Rodriguez, Season 12 second runner-up Melanie Finch, and lastly, Season 13 finisher Sade Dancy, who had seven each.
Despite the blue team, which started with all men, setting a new record for the most number of dinner service wins by a team in a single season, this was the third season to feature two women in the finale, the first season to have all women in the top three, and the second season that neither the winner nor runner-up was nominated once for elimination, after season seven. Sixth-place chef Josh Trovato ties with Season 12's Michael DeMarco for the longest consecutive streak of nominations. In further extension, this is the first season since Season 7 that did not have any episodes ending in cliffhanger before elimination, and final season to feature tradition double elimination before finals, until it's back in season 18.
Both teams each had separate, unusual distinctions during the signature dish challenge. The Blue team became the first team in Hell's Kitchen history to receive approval for every dish from Ramsay as all the men received a score of 3 or 4. The Red team's signature dishes eventually became a near perfect predictor for the order of elimination. The three members who received 1 were the first three women to be eliminated and the two chefs receiving 5 were the two finalists. The only anomaly was Alison surviving longer than two of her teammates who scored 4.
This season also set a record for most participants invited to participate in Hell's Kitchen a second time, with four in Season 17 and two on Season 18.
Opening sequence
The intro featured the chefs in a kitchen-themed jungle, which was revealed at the end of the sequence that it all took place inside the pot.Chefs
Eighteen chefs competed for the head chef position in season 14.| Contestant | Age | Occupation | Hometown | Result |
| Meghan Gill | 28 | Executive Chef | Roanoke, Virginia | Winner |
| Torrece "T" Gregoire | 31 | Line Cook | Atlanta, Georgia | Runner-Up |
| Michelle Tribble | 22 | Line Cook | Dallas, Texas | Eliminated before Finals |
| Emili "Milly" Medley | 33 | Executive Chef | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Eliminated before Finals |
| Nicholas "Nick" Peters Bond | 25 | Private Chef | Stoneham, Massachusetts | Eliminated after 13th Service |
| Joshua "Josh" Trovato | 24 | Chef De Cuisine | Brooklyn, New York | Eliminated after 12th Service |
| Alison Rivera | 27 | Sous Chef | Manhattan, New York | Eliminated before Black Jackets |
| Randolph "Randy" Bell | 45 | Line Cook | Nashville, Tennessee | Eliminated after 10th Service |
| Christine Hazel | 30 | Banquet Chef | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Eliminated after Cook For Your life |
| Adam Livow | 31 | Amusement Park Chef | Freehold, New Jersey | Eliminated after 8th Service |
| Bret Hauser | 30 | Sous Chef | Delray Beach, Florida | Left before 8th Service |
| Sarah Baumert | 27 | Chef Instructor | Dallas, Texas | Eliminated after 7th Service |
| Brendan Pelley | 34 | Executive Chef | Bedford, Massachusetts | Eliminated after 6th Service |
| Monique Booker | 23 | Line Cook | Lynn, Massachusetts | Eliminated after 5th Service |
| Michelle "Mieka" Houser Harris | 25 | Sous Chef | Olney, Maryland | Eliminated after 4th Service |
| Michael Dussault | 38 | Senior Center Chef | Hartford, Connecticut | Eliminated after 3rd Service |
| Cameron Spagnolo | 33 | Banquet Chef | Jersey City, New Jersey | Eliminated after 2nd Service |
| Chrissa Schmerler | 34 | Food Truck Chef/Owner | Bellmore, New York | Eliminated after 1st Service |
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Contestant progress
Episodes
Ratings
U.S. Nielsen ratings
The fourteenth-season premiere of Hell's Kitchen premiered to an audience of 4.09 million, 0.18 million lower than last season's premiere, but up 0.49 million from season 13's finale.| No. | Episode | Original air date | Rating/share 18–49 | U.S viewers | Source |
| 1 | "18 Chefs Compete" | March 3, 2015 | 1.4/5 | 4.09 | |
| 2 | "17 Chefs Compete" | March 10, 2015 | 1.3/4 | 3.52 | |
| 3 | "16 Chefs Compete" | March 17, 2015 | 1.3/5 | 3.79 | |
| 4 | "15 Chefs Compete" | March 24, 2015 | 1.3/4 | 3.77 | |
| 5 | "14 Chefs Compete" | March 31, 2015 | 1.2/4 | 3.35 | |
| 6 | "13 Chefs Compete" | April 7, 2015 | 1.2/4 | 3.50 | |
| 7 | "12 Chefs Compete" | April 14, 2015 | 1.3/4 | 3.63 | |
| 8 | "11 Chefs Compete" | April 21, 2015 | 1.2/4 | 3.74 | |
| 9 | "9 Chefs Compete" | April 28, 2015 | 1.1/4 | 3.25 | |
| 10 | "8 Chefs Compete" | May 5, 2015 | 1.2/4 | 3.75 | |
| 11 | "8 Chefs Compete Again" | May 12, 2015 | 1.2/4 | 3.26 | |
| 12 | "7 Chefs Compete" | May 19, 2015 | 1.3/5 | 3.51 | |
| 13 | "6 Chefs Compete" | May 19, 2015 | 1.3/4 | 3.51 | |
| 14 | "5 Chefs Compete" | May 26, 2015 | 1.1/3 | 3.33 | |
| 15 | "4 Chefs Compete" | June 2, 2015 | 1.1/4 | 3.28 | |
| 16 | "Winner Chosen" | June 9, 2015 | 1.1/3 | 3.42 |