Episode 1 | Let the Battle Begin

Each chef must cook a signature dish, to be rated on a scale of 1 to 5.

Episode 2 | Just Wingin' It

Both teams are put to the test as each contestant is challenged to make their best chicken wings. Then, the teams take on their first dinner service of the season.

Episode 3 | Clawing Your Way to the Top

The most-decorated skater of all time, Tony Hawk, and 13-year-old Olympic medalist Sky Brown join Gordon to teach the contestants a lesson on hard work and success. Then, each team has 10 minutes to shell and cook a lobster after ...

Episode 4 | Slipping Down to Hell

The contestants are introduced to the HK Water Park and are to launch themselves down a giant slip 'n slide into a pool of ingredients. Then, each team is to create an amazing spin on four different types of sliders, containing un...

Episode 5 | Breakfast 911

Both teams are tasked at serving a delicious breakfast for a group of first responders, firefighters and EMTs. The winning team earns a celebration in the Hollywood Hills, as the losing team is left at Hell's Kitchen to sort the t...

Episode 6 | Til Chef Do Us Part

Season 20 winner Trenton Garvey and soon-to-be-wife, Macee, enter the kitchen and challenge the contestants to create their upcoming wedding menu. It's a once-in-a-lifetime challenge when they find out who the dinner service is for.

Episode 7 | Wok This Way

Chefs are put to the test when Gordon and special guest James Beard Award Winner Stephanie Izard challenge the chefs to make the perfect dish with obscure ingredients - only in a wok. Find out who is not in sync.

Episode 8 | Game On!

The chefs step up to compete one-on-one in an ingredient game show. Contestants who win can either choose the fate of that ingredient or sabotage the other team. James Beard Award-winning chefs of "Jon and Vinny's" Jon Shook and V...

Episode 9 | Putting the Carne in Carnival

The competition gets fierce when the final ten chefs compete for a grand advantage at HK Carne-Val. One chef from each team will go head-to-head in different carnival games to gain a major advantage in the challenge. Who will make...

Episode 10 | Everyone's Taco'ing About It

The Final 9 chefs are put to the test, creating elevated tacos with various proteins. Actor turned restaurateur Danny Trejo joins Gordon to judge each of the tacos. Who will make the ultimate taco and impress the taco connoisseur?

Episode 11 | 21st Annual Blind Taste Test

Chefs will face the ultimate test of their individual pallets in the 21st Annual Blind Taste Test challenge. Then, Eric McCormack ("Will and Grace") and Justin Turner (professional baseball player) attend the dinner service for th...

Episode 12 | What in Hell's Kitchen?

The final seven chefs will compete in several challenges to earn their coveted black jackets. There are only five black jackets to hand out, so two will be eliminated.

Episode 13 | The Fab Five Take Flight

The black jacket final five are challenged to cook dishes with ingredients from different cities. James Beard Award winning Chef Michael Cimarusti joins Gordon to judge the chefs dishes. And, for the first time, chefs will prepare...

Episode 14 | Lights, Camera, Sabotage!

With only four chefs left, they will be challenged to create a stunning seafood dish that will be featured in Entertainment Weekly. At dinner service, each chef takes turns running the pass while Chef Ramsay tests their attention ...

Episode 15 | A Finale for the Ages, Part 1/A Finale for the Ages, Part 2

The final three chefs are to create their own menus for Hell's Kitchen, with each round of dishes judged by five incredible world-renowned chefs where one will be eliminated. Then, the previously eliminated contestants return to h...

Episode 16 | A Finale for the Ages, Part 2

The final three chefs are to create their own menus for Hell's Kitchen, with each round of dishes judged by five incredible world-renowned chefs where one will be eliminated. Then, the previously eliminated contestants return to h...