Hell's Kitchen (British TV series)
Hell's Kitchen is a British cookery reality show, aired on ITV, which featured prospective chefs competing with each other for a final prize. Four series aired between 2004 and 2009, three presented by Angus Deayton and the fourth and final series presented by Claudia Winkleman.
Cast
The show had different formats and different head chefs for each of the first three series. The original chef Gordon Ramsay subsequently signed an exclusive United Kingdom contract with Channel 4, ruling out any possibility of him appearing on future episodes of the ITV-produced show.| Series | Head chefs | Presenter |
| 1 | Gordon Ramsay | Angus Deayton |
| 2 | Gary Rhodes and Jean-Christophe Novelli | Angus Deayton |
| 3 | Marco Pierre White | Angus Deayton |
| 4 | Marco Pierre White | Claudia Winkleman |
Series overview
Series 1 (2004)
Series 1 of Hell's Kitchen in the UK was broadcast from 23 May - 6 June 2004, airing live nightly for two weeks.The premise was head chef Gordon Ramsay teaching ten celebrities how to cook. The celebrities were placed in a specially constructed London restaurant-kitchen with the task of catering for a clientele of famous people. Eliminations were determined by a series of public votes. One notorious moment saw Amanda Barrie repeatedly trying to strike Ramsay when she became irate.
Jennifer Ellison was declared the winner. A follow-up programme was made afterwards called Hell's Kitchen: School Reunion, which saw Ellison and the show runner-up, James Dreyfus, team up to organise a healthy dinner service for the children at Ramsay's former school, Stratford Upon Avon High School.
The celebrities who took part were:
| No. | Celebrity | Occupation | Original Team | Second Team | Exit |
| 1 | Jennifer Ellison | Actress | Blue Team | White Team | Winner |
| 2 | James Dreyfus | Actor | Blue Team | White Team | Runner-up |
| 3 | Matt Goss | Singer, songwriter and musician | Blue Team | White Team | Eliminated Day 15 |
| 4 | Edwina Currie | Former politician | Blue Team | White Team | Eliminated Day 14 |
| 5 | Al Murray | Comedian and TV personality | Red Team | White Team | Eliminated Day 11 |
| 6 | Abi Titmuss | Model/Actress | Red Team | White Team | Eliminated Day 9 |
| 7 | Belinda Carlisle | Musician | Red Team | - | Eliminated Day 8 |
| 8 | Amanda Barrie | Actress | Red Team | - | Quit Day 8 |
| 9 | Tommy Vance | Broadcaster | Red Team | - | Quit Day 5 |
| 10 | Dwain Chambers | Retired track sprinter | Blue Team | - | Quit Day 4 |
| 11 | Roger Cook | Journalist | Red Team | - | Quit Day 1 |
Series 2 (2005)
Series 2 of Hell's Kitchen in the UK was broadcast from 18 April - 2 May 2005.The format was overhauled as the show was turned into a competition between two kitchens run by "celebrity chefs" Gary Rhodes and Jean-Christophe Novelli. The second series featured ten members of the public competing for a prize of £250,000, with which the winner could start his or her own restaurant. They were split into two teams of six, one red and the other blue. A new and much larger restaurant was built to accommodate the fact that there were now two kitchens.
The only things that remained the same in the second series were the music, by composer Daniel Pemberton, and the presenter, who was still Angus Deayton. Elimination was still down to voting.
The series was won by Terry Miller.
The contestants who took part were:
- Blue Team
- *Henry Filloux-Bennett
- *Aby King
- *Rory O'Donnell
- *Gary Tomlin
- *Kellie Cresswell
- *Stien Smart
- Red Team
- *Terry Miller
- *Simon Gross
- *Aaron Siwoku
- *Tom Paisley
- *Caroline Garvey
- *Sam Raplin
Series 3 (2007)
The new series began on 3 September 2007 at 9:00 pm. Michelin starred Marco Pierre White was the new head chef. White had two sous chefs, Matthew and Timothy. The series reverted to the original format of having celebrities as contestants.
The series ended on 17 September 2007, with Barry McGuigan crowned winner.
The contestants who took part were:
| No. | Celebrity | Occupation | Original Team | Second Team | Third Team | Exit |
| 1 | Barry McGuigan | Retired professional boxer | Blue Team | Red Team | Blue Team | Winner |
| 2 | Adele Silva | Actress | Red Team | Blue Team | Red Team | Runner-up |
| 3 | Brian Dowling | Reality TV star and presenter | Blue Team | Red Team | - | Eliminated Day 15 |
| 4 | Paul Young | Singer, songwriter and musician | Blue Team | Red Team | - | Eliminated Day 15 |
| 5 | Anneka Rice | TV presenter | Red Team | Blue Team | Red Team | Eliminated Day 13 |
| 6 | Abigail Clancy | Model | Red Team | Blue Team | - | Eliminated Day 12 |
| 7 | Jim Davidson | Comedian and TV presenter | Blue Team | Red Team | - | Disqualified Day 10 |
| 8 | Kelly Le Brock | Actress and model | Red Team | Blue Team | - | Eliminated Day 9 |
| 9 | Rosie Boycott | Journalist | Red Team | - | - | Eliminated Day 6 |
| 10 | Lee Ryan | Singer and actor | Blue Team | - | - | Walked Day 3 |
Series 4 (2009)
Series 4 began on 13 April 2009. Marco Pierre White returns as Head Chef/teacher. Claudia Winkleman took over as host, replacing Angus Deayton. Nick Munier returned as Maitre d', as did Sous Chefs Matthew and Timothy. This series there was one kitchen with grey and dark red tiles. The first four sackings were Marco's responsibility, while the other four sackings were down to a public vote.Linda Evans won from public voting on 27 April 2009.
The celebrities who took part were:
| No. | Celebrity | Occupation | Status |
| 1 | Linda Evans | Actress | Winner Day 15 |
| 2 | Adrian Edmondson | Comedian, actor, writer and musician | Runner-up Day 15 |
| 3 | Danielle Lineker | Actress, model and ex-wife of Gary Lineker | Eliminated Day 13 |
| 4 | Niomi McLean-Daley | Rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer | Eliminated Day 12 |
| 5 | Anthea Turner | TV presenter | Eliminated Day 11 |
| 6 | Bruce Grobbelaar | Former football goalkeeper | Quit Day 10 |
| 7 | Grant Bovey | Businessman and ex-husband of Anthea Turner | Eliminated Day 9 |
| 8 | Jody Latham | Actor | Eliminated Day 7 |
International versions
Most countries adapt to the American version, airing pre recorded weekly instead of airing live daily, no presenter and just a voiceover, a challenge with the winner earning a reward and the loser doing a punishment, the customers being mostly from the public instead of celebrities with their loved ones and eliminations made by the head chef and not through viewer voting. In the Australian version, it follows English version, where the contestants are celebrities with no professional culinary backgrounds, many may also be complete novices in cooking in general.| Country | Title | Broadcaster | Head Chef | Sous Chefs | Maître | Original run |
| Albania | Hell's Kitchen Albania | Top Channel | Renato Mekolli | Bleri Dervshi Eri Muhaj Ani Alku Albana Dulellari | Visi Juljan Mata | Season 1: 19 October 2018 – 4 January 2019 Season 2: 11 October 2019 – 10 January 2020 Season 3: October 2020 |
| Australia | Hell's Kitchen Australia | Seven Network | Marco Pierre White | Chris Andy | Glen | Season 1: 6 August 2017 – 5 September 2017 |
| Brazil | SBT | Carlos Bertolazzi Danielle Dahoui | Alex Caputo Zi Saldanha Gilda Maria Bley | Dídio Perini | Season 1: 11 October 2014 – 10 January 2015 Season 2: 25 April 2015 - 18 July 2015 Season 3: 31 October 2015 - 30 January 2016 Season 4: 3 September 2016 – 17 December 2016 | |
| Bulgaria | :bg:Hell's Kitchen България|Hell's Kitchen България | NOVA TV | Viktor Angelov | Milena Dimova Lyuben Koychev | Season 1: 27 February 2018 – 24 May 2018 Season 2: 26 February 2019 – 30 May 2019 Season 3: 25 February 2020 – 21 May 2020 | |
| Denmark | :da:Helvedes Køkken|Helvedes Køkken | TV 2 | :da:Wassim Hallal|Wassim Hallal | Season 1: 16 March 2010 - 18 May 2010 | ||
| Finland | Hell's Kitchen | MTV3 | :fi:Sauli Kemppainen|Sauli Kemppainen | Kira Weckman Tero Laukkanen | Nina Koiranen | Season 1: 20 September 2013 - 13 December 2013 |
| France | Hell's Kitchen | NT1 | Arnaud Tabarec | Season 1: January 2016 | ||
| Germany | :de:Teufels Küche|Teufels Küche | RTL | :de:Christian Rach|Christian Rach | Miguel | Season 1: 8 April 2005 - 21 April 2005 | |
| Germany | :de:Hell's Kitchen |Hell's Kitchen | Sat. 1 | :de:Frank Rosin|Frank Rosin | Michael | Gerhard Retter | Season 1: 7 May 2014 - 11 June 2014 |
| Greece | Hell's Kitchen Greece | ANT1 | Ectoras Bottrini | Nikos Mpilli Konstantina Diboli | Season 1: 5 March 2018 - 24 June 2018 | |
| Indonesia | :id:Hell's Kitchen Indonesia|Hell's Kitchen Indonesia | SCTV | :id:Juna Rorimpandey|Juna Rorimpandey | Rano Abryanto Winnie Kusumawardani | Andrie Khusyi | Season 1: 3 January 2015 - 8 August 2015 |
| Italy | :en:Hell's Kitchen Italia|Hell's Kitchen Italia | Sky Uno TV8 | Carlo Cracco | Entiana Osmenzeza Omar Allievi Marion Lichtle Misha Sukyas Sybil Carbone Mirko Ronzoni | Luca Cinacchi | Season 1: 17 April 2014 - 5 June 2014 Season 2: 21 May 2015 - 9 July 2015 Season 3: 4 October 2016 – 22 November 2016 Season 4: 3 October 2017 - 21 November 2018 Season 5: 6 November 2018 - 21 December 2018 |
| Poland | :pl:Hell's Kitchen - Piekielna Kuchnia|Hell's Kitchen - Piekielna Kuchnia | Polsat | Wojciech Modest Amaro Michał Bryś | Piotr Ślusarz Dariusz Kuźniak Piotr Ogiński Paulina Sawicka Sebastian Olma Marcin Przybysz Łukasz Budzik Marcin Piotrowski | Paweł Gruba | Season 1: 8 April 2014 - 10 June 2014 Season 2: 9 September 2014 - 18 November 2014 Season 3: 10 March 2015 - 12 May 2015 Season 4: 8 September 2015 - 10 November 2015 Season 5: 1 March 2016 - 3 May 2016 Season 6: 6 September 2016 - 22 November 2016 |
| Romania | Hell's Kitchen - Iadul Bucatarilor | Antena 1 | Sorin Bontea, Florin Dumitrescu, Catalin Scarlatescu | Mimi Nicolae Alex Petricean "D'Artagnan" | Virgil Mănescu | Season 1: 22 September 2014 - 22 December 2014 Season 2: 9 March 2015 - 4 May 2015 |
| Russia | :ru:Адская кухня |Адская Кухня Hell's Kitchen | REN TV Friday! | Aram Mnatsakanov Konstantin Vitalievich | Vladimir Yaroslavsky Jerome Laurier Yana Pershina Ilya Zakharov Olga Medvedeva Vladimir Bektemirov Elena Savchuk Kirill Berger Andrey Sulima | Season 1: 9 February 2012 – 31 May 2012 Season 2: 17 January 2013 - 25 April 2013 Season 3: 20 September 2017 - 27 December 2017 Season 4: 9 August 2018 - 2018 Season 5: 2019 | |
| Thailand | Hell's Kitchen ครัวนรก | PPTV HD36 | McDang | |||
| Hell's Kitchen Türkiye | Kanal D | Hazer Amani | TBA | |||
| Ukraine | :ru:Адская кухня |Пекельна Кухня | 1+1 | Aram Mnatsakanov | Vladimir Yaroslavsky Jerome Laurier | Season 1: 13 April 2011 – 20 July 2011 Season 2: 11 January 2012 - 11 March 2012 Season 3: 4 April 2013 - 12 July 2013 | |
| United States | Hell's Kitchen | Fox | Gordon Ramsay | Scott Leibfried James Avery Aaron Mitrano Jocky Petrie Mary Ann Salcedo Gloria Felix Heather West Andi Van Willigan Christina Wilson | Jean-Philippe Susilovic James Lukanik Marino Monferrato | Season 1: 30 May 2005 – 1 August 2005 Season 2: 12 June 2006 – 14 August 2006 Season 3: 4 June 2007 – 13 August 2007 Season 4: 1 April 2008 – 8 July 2008 Season 5: 29 January 2009 – 14 May 2009 Season 6: 21 July 2009 – 13 October 2009 Season 7: 1 June 2010 – 10 August 2010 Season 8: 22 September 2010 – 15 December 2010 Season 9: 18 July 2011 - 19 September 2011 Season 10: 4 June 2012 - 10 September 2012 Season 11: 12 March 2013 – 25 July 2013 Season 12: 13 March 2014 – 24 July 2014 Season 13: 10 September 2014 – 17 December 2014 Season 14: 3 March 2015 – 9 June 2015 Season 15: 15 January 2016 – 29 April 2016 Season 16: 23 September 2016 – 2 February 2017 Season 17: 29 September 2017 – 2 February 2018 Season 18: 28 September 2018 - 8 February 2019 |