Hell 's kitchen ( U.S. season 18 ) - wikipedia Hell 's kitchen ( U.S. season 18 ) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2018 ) Hell 's Kitchen ( U.S. season 18 ) Country of origin United States Release Original network Fox Original release September 28, 2018 ( 2018 - 09 - 28 ) -- present Season chronology ← Previous Season 17 List of Hell 's Kitchen episodes Hell 's Kitchen : Rookies vs Veterans is the eighteenth season of the American competitive reality television series Hell 's Kitchen and premiered on September 28, 2018, on Fox. Gordon Ramsay returns as host and head chef, and Season 10 winner Christina Wilson and British MasterChef judge James `` Jocky '' Petrie return as the red and blue sous chefs, respectively, alongside maitre 'd Marino Monferrato. Season 18 features eight new contestants battling eight returning veterans. For the first time, the winner of Season 18 will receive a position as an executive chef at Gordon Ramsay Hell 's Kitchen Restaurant at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. This will be the first season since Season 1 to not begin with men on the blue team and women on the red team ( in fact, by the end of the fourth episode, the opposite would be true due to a dramatic team reshuffle ). It is the third of the last four seasons to feature a chef eliminated during service. The signature dish challenge results also turned out to reflect the competition rankings, as only one chef from each team ( Scott and Jen ) scored as low as 2 and they turned out to be the first two chefs eliminated from the competition. Contents 1 Opening sequence 2 Chefs 2.1 Rookies 2.2 Veterans 2.3 Notes 3 Contestant progress 4 Episodes 5 References Opening sequence The intro for Season 18 was recycled from the previous season except for the title card where it instead shows the rookies on the left side and the veterans on the right side. Chefs Sixteen chefs competed in season 18. Rookies Contestant Age Occupation Hometown Result Elizabeth `` Gizzy '' Barton 31 Sous Chef Atlanta, Georgia Mia Castro 28 Private Chef Miami Beach, Florida Jose DeJesus 34 Chef de Cuisine Bronx, New York Kanae Houston 25 Lead Line Cook Los Angeles, California Scotley Innis 33 Sous Chef Atlanta, Georgia Chris Mendonca 25 Executive Chef Boston, Massachusetts Chris `` Motto '' Motto 35 Executive Chef Baton Rouge, Louisiana Scott Popovic 39 Executive Chef Cleveland, Ohio Eliminated after first service Veterans Contestant Age Occupation Hometown Competed Result on original season Result Ariel Contreras - Fox 35 Chef de Cuisine Brooklyn, New York Season 6 3rd Kevin Cottle 43 Executive Chef Middletown, Connecticut Season 6 Runner Up Roseanne `` Roe '' DiLeo 36 Head Chef Dallas, Texas Season 13 5th Torrece `` T '' Gregoire 34 Director of Operations Chef Draper, Virginia Season 14 Runner Up Bret Hauser 34 Personal Chef Fort Lauderdale, Florida Season 14 11th ( Left due to injury ) Trevor `` Trev '' McGrath 37 Consulting Chef New York, New York Season 8 4th Heather Williams 28 Executive Chef Easton, Pennsylvania Season 16 Runner Up Jennifer `` Jen '' Gavin 33 Private Concert Catering Chef Chicago, Illinois Season 4 4th Eliminated during second service Notes ^ Jump up to : Age at the time of filming Contestant progress Original teams First switch No. Chef 1801 / 1802 1803 1804 1805 Ariel WIN WIN LOSE Bret WIN WIN LOSE Chris NOM WIN NOM Gizzy LOSE WIN NOM Heather WIN WIN LOSE Jose NOM WIN LOSE Kanae LOSE WIN LOSE Kevin WIN WIN NOM Mia LOSE WIN LOSE Motto LOSE WIN LOSE Roe WIN WIN LOSE Scotley LOSE WIN LOSE WIN WIN LOSE Trev WIN WIN NOM 15 Jen WIN OUT 16 Scott OUT Keywords WIN = Won the dinner service LOSE = Lost the dinner service IN = not nominated for elimination NOM = nominated for elimination OUT = eliminated LEFT = withdrew from competition Color key Chef was eliminated after nomination Chef was eliminated without nomination Chef was eliminated during service Chef withdrew from the competition Chef was retained after nomination The winner of Hell 's Kitchen The runner - up of Hell 's Kitchen Notes Jump up ^ Chef was nominated by Ramsay Jump up ^ Chef was eliminated by Ramsay during service Episodes No. overall No. in season Title Original air date US viewers ( millions ) 267 `` Rookies vs. Veterans '' September 28, 2018 ( 2018 - 09 - 28 ) 2.98 Sixteen chefs arrive at Hell 's Kitchen, and are greeted by Marino and the Sous Chefs, who serve them butternut squash risotto for lunch. After lunch, Ramsay revealed himself and announced the grand prize for that season. After half of the chefs explain their credentials, the other half reveal themselves to actually be returning chefs from previous seasons, much to the rookies ' shock. It was then that Ramsay revealed that for the first time, he would be pitting rookies versus veterans, with the rookies cooking in the red kitchen under Sous Chef Christina, and the veterans cooking in the blue kitchen under Sous Chef Jocky. Team challenge / signature dish : For this year, the rookies received the exact ingredients they wanted while the veterans did not, and Ramsay told them that they would be cooking exact copies of the rookies ' signature dishes. After the veterans paired up with the rookies on their dishes, both teams had 45 minutes to cook their dishes, with the 1 - 5 ranking since Season 13 being used. On the shrimp & grits round, both T and Motto scored three points, while on the fish stew round, Kanae scored three while Kevin received a perfect five. Roe scored three points over Scott 's two on the black bass round, while Chris and Bret each received four points on the duck breast. On the scallops with parsnip round, both Ariel and Jose scored four points, and on the snapper round, both Scotley and Trev scored three points. On the grilled pork round, while Jen scored two points, Mia scored a perfect five. Finally, on the scallops and cucumber gazpacho round, both Gizzy and Heather scored perfect 5 's, and the challenge ended in a tie at 29 points, the second such occurrence in the signature dish challenge since season 8. This was also the first time under the new scoring format that nobody 's signature dish received a 1. For the tie breaker, Ramsay called up Mia and Kevin to bring their dishes up again, and after a second look, he gave Mia 's dish the edge, and the rookies won their first challenge. Reward / punishment : The rookies celebrate their first challenge win when they had dinner at Charcoal in Venice Beach with Ramsay and Chef Josiah Citrin. The veterans prep for opening night by deshelling the sunflower seeds and detailing the mushrooms. Jen earned her teammates ' ire for costing them the challenge, making duxelle without cleaning the mushrooms, and giving attitude to Sous Chef Jocky. She and Bret started to get on each other 's nerves over their conflicting personalities, but started to warm up to him when he revealed that his tattoos were in memory of his deceased parents. Challenge -- Part 1 : The teams were greeted to a Scottish funeral that 's held in the dining room. As Ramsay was about to reveal someone near and dear they were saying goodbye to, the episode ends on a cliffhanger. 268 `` A Fond Farewell '' October 5, 2018 ( 2018 - 10 - 05 ) 2.66 Challenge -- Part 2 : Continuing from the previous episode Ramsay revealed that someone they were saying goodbye to was the lobster risotto from the menu, which has been a staple dish since the beginning of the series. After, Ramsay revealed that he would be giving each of the chefs an opportunity to put their own risotto dish on the menu that season, with the winner also receiving a Punishment Pass, a one use advantage that can allow any chef to skip out on a punishment and join the winning team on their reward. The chefs had 45 minutes to cook their risottos, and Ramsay had the Sous Chefs taste their dishes to pick the top four of both teams. After, the rookies were represented by Chris, Gizzy, Mia, and Scott, while the veterans were represented by T, Roe, Ariel, and Bret. In the end, Bret 's tomato risotto with grilled shrimp and asparagus beat out Mia 's dish, and he won the challenge, although his emotional celebration annoyed the rookies. Before service : Before service began, the Sous Chefs called both teams down to discuss the new menu items, but neither Christina nor Jocky were happy when the rookies arrived late and separated. While prepping for service, Trev was caught improperly marking the Wellingtons, much to Jocky 's irritation, as Christina told the rookies to use the veterans ' arrogance as their advantage. Service : Don McLean, Annie Wersching, Kyle Schmid, and Courtney Sixx were seen at opening night, and a shrimp and pasta appetizer was served tableside by Roe and Scotley. The veterans started out rough with T serving a risotto that had more cheese taste than tomato, but recovered, and while Trev served mushy scallops on a small frying pan, he recovered as well. On entrees, Bret accidentally sliced his lamb when it was not his place, and Jen was late on serving the sauce for the pork. Despite those problems, the veterans finished service on a high note. In the red kitchen, Scott only fired one serving of shrimp for two risottos ordered, and was caught cooking more shrimp for the tableside despite it being Scotley 's responsibility. The problems continued on entrees as Jose served raw halibut, Chris was caught writing down cooking times instead of helping Mia out on meat, and a communication breakdown occurred when nobody could recite an order correctly. After Mia served raw lamb, Ramsay finally had enough of the rookies ' fragmented performance and threw them out of the kitchen, before asking them to name two people for elimination. Elimination : The rookies agreed to nominate Scott and Chris as they were the ones who were the most lost that night, but Ramsay decided to call down Jose as well. During their pleas, Chris revealed that he had a major accident that destroyed 90 % of his face, and that it damaged his memory, but Ramsay told him that he needed to see him fight back. Scott ended up being eliminated for his lack of focus during service, as well as failing to uphold his impressive resume. Ramsay 's Comment : `` Scott remembers working with some of the biggest named chefs in the world. But whether they would remember him is another matter entirely. I know I wo n't remember him by tomorrow. '' 269 `` Hell 's Riders '' October 12, 2018 ( 2018 - 10 - 12 ) 2.67 Challenge : The chefs were tasked with cooking lunch for the Marine Corps. The menu included entrees that represented the air, land, and sea : chicken parmesan, New York strip and frittes, and fish and chips. For the rookies, Mia did not take well to Scotley 's micromanagement and as a result of his misdirection, a paper towel caught fire on the fish station. Gizzy was lectured for waiting for water to boil before putting in pasta. The veterans started off slow as Jen overdressed salad, leading Heather, who was supposed to be on French fries, to jump on the station much to Jen 's annoyance. Kevin rushed Heather on fries after she forgot to delegate her station, causing an order to be sent back from the blue dining room for being undercooked. Ramsay berated the veterans for not communicating and giving up after Roe served soggy fish, but they rallied behind Kevin 's leadership. Both teams reached their last ticket at the same time, but Ariel sent cold steak, allowing the rookies time to complete their ticket and win their second challenge in a row. Reward / punishment : The rookies were rewarded with a trip to Paramount Ranch, where they would star in their own Western movie called `` Hell 's Riders '', alongside Marino. Ramsay offered Bret the chance to join them using his punishment pass from the risotto challenge, and Bret accepted, irritating his teammates, who were tasked with preparing calamari for a tableside appetizer. Jen walked out of prep and broke down in tears after getting in an argument with Ariel and T over how to prepare beurre blanc sauce ( ironically, they thought Jen 's from the last prep session was better ). Before service began, Ramsay and the sous chefs showed everyone the Hell 's Riders trailer. Service : Aly Michalka was in attendance despite not being mentioned in this service. Mia and Ariel served grilled calamari tableside. Both teams had relatively little trouble with appetizers, except for Motto cooking a risotto off the stove and making it too crunchy, and Trev taking too long to assemble cold appetizers with Ramsay chiding him for taking a sip of water before he served the appetizers. On entrees, Jen served bland mashed potatoes for the first table, argued about it with Heather and Sous Chef Jocky when they tasted for her, and when Ramsay came in to check on the team, aggressively asked him what he was about to yell at her for. Scotley provided inconsistent times on his beef wellingtons, which caused Gizzy to overcook halibut, and Ramsay replaced her on the fish station with Jose. Mia entered the kitchen from tableside, helping Kanae catch up on garnish and Jose repeat an order from Sous Chef Christina. Automatic elimination : When Jen brought up too few leeks for two orders of duck and got overwhelmed by her teammates asking her for times, she accused Ramsay of having thrown away some of the garnish to sabotage her. Ramsay angrily dropped the bin on the floor and led the entire blue team into the storeroom while Jen continued to yell at him for disrespecting her, until he was left with no choice but to order Jen to take off her jacket and leave Hell 's Kitchen through the front door. This marks the 9th time a contestant was eliminated during service. After this, the blue team got its entrees out more quickly and neither kitchen made another error. After service, Ramsay announced to both teams that he sent Jen home because he would not tolerate insults against his reputation. Then for the second time in two seasons, both teams were declared winners after an automatic disqualification, in lieu of the nomination process. Unlike most chefs who get eliminated during service, Jen still got her coat hung and picture burned at the end of the episode. Ramsay 's Comment : `` Jen accused me of sabotaging her. The truth of the matter is the only thing that sabotaged Jen tonight was her cooking. '' 270 `` Hell Freezes Over '' October 19, 2018 ( 2018 - 10 - 19 ) 2.54 Challenge : The sous chefs handed winter jackets to all the contestants. When they went outside, Ramsay had set up an artificial snow slope. He tasked each team to take four runs down the slope in sleds. The blue team finished first, and they were given a 10 - second headstart to grab ingredients for the winter soup challenge, where each contestant had 45 minutes to prepare a soup. Ramsay brought in Traci Des Jardins and Brian Boitano as guest judges, and each judge would rate each soup from 1 - 3 stars. The veterans got off to a strong start as Trev scored 6 stars, Heather scored 8, Ariel scored 7, T scored 8, and Kevin scored 6. But Roe and Bret scored the minimum 3 stars due to insufficient seasoning and canned tomatoes, respectively. This left the veterans with a score of 41. For the rookies, Mia scored the maximum 9 stars, Motto scored 6, Gizzy scored a perfect 9, Chris scored the minimum 3, Jose scored 7, and Scotley scored 8 for a total of 42, automatically giving the rookies the win before Kanae 's soup was tasted. Kanae managed to score a perfect 9 as well to make the final score 51 - 41, and it was the rookies ' third challenge win in a row. Reward / punishment : The rookies were rewarded with a day and night of pampering at L'Horizon Resort in Palm Springs and dinner at Sopa, while the veterans had to shovel out the snow and prepare both kitchens for service. Bret took his poor performance very personally, drawing his teammates ' ire. Trev struggled to poach eggs during prep, earning Sous - Chef Jocky 's criticism once again. Service : Hayley Orrantia was in attendance, while Cheryl Hines and Rachel Harris dined at the blue chef 's table and Morgan Spurlock at the red. Gizzy and Bret served tableside clam chowder, but both struggled. The former was criticized for entering the kitchen while attempting to help Mia on flatbreads, while the latter worked slowly and held up his team. Scotley and Mia argued on appetizers, prompting Sous - Chef Christina to intervene. On entrees, Chris forgot about a pork chop for Morgan Spurlock 's table that was put into the oven ( by Ramsay ) before service opened, and Ramsay found it burned completely black. Kevin served cold New York strip, while Motto overcooked steak but recovered. On the next ticket, Kevin overcooked and undercooked lamb chops while rejecting Trev 's assistance, leading Ramsay to march the entire Blue Team into the pantry. When Kevin served the lamb raw again, Ramsay stepped in to cook it himself. Even though nobody was ejected, Ramsay declared both teams losers due to their careless errors and regression from the previous week. Nominations : The blue team nominated Kevin and Trev, while the red team nominated Chris and Gizzy. After questioning the nominees, Ramsay first asked Kevin and Gizzy for their jackets, only to ask Kevin to go the Red Team and Gizzy to the Blue Team. Then he asked for Trev 's jacket, only to send him to the Red Team as well. It seemed as though Chris would be eliminated, but Ramsay merely sent him back in line and warned him it was his last chance. Finally, Ramsay sent Mia and Kanae to the Blue Team and Bret to the Red Team, and announced that he was ending the Rookies vs. Veterans experiment in favor of the traditional battle of the sexes, only in opposite color jackets ( the men are the red team and the women are the blue team ). This is the largest team reassignment ( 6 people ) in the show 's history. Ramsay 's Comment : Rookies, veterans... the only title I really care about is Executive Chef. 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Question: when is the new season of hell's kitchen coming on
Answer: September 28, 2018