| Season Number: | 13 | ||||||||
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| Network: | Fox |
Season 13 of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen premiered on Fox on September 10, 2014, and concluded on December 17, 2014. Gordon Ramsay returned as host and head chef, while Andi Van Willigan returned as the Red Team's sous-chef and James Avery returned as the Blue Team's sous-chef. Marino Monferrato debuted as maître d', replacing Jean-Philippe Susilovic.
The season was won by kitchen supervisor La Tasha McCutchen, with lead line cook Bryant Gallaher finishing second.
The season was filmed between September and October 2013.
Eighteen chefs competed in season 13 for the first time since season 10.[1]
| Contestant | Age | Occupation | Hometown | Result | |
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| La Tasha McCutchen | 33 | Kitchen Supervisor | Winter Haven, Florida | Winner | |
| Bryant Gallaher | 29 | Lead Line Cook | Virginia Beach, Virginia | Runner-Up | |
| Sade Dancy | 25 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Eliminated before Finals | ||
| Jennifer Salhoff | 33 | Private Chef | |||
| Rosanne "Roe" DiLeo | Head Chef | Dallas, Texas | Eliminated after Fourteenth Service | ||
| Brian Santos | Sous Chef | Boston, Massachusetts | Eliminated after Thirteenth Service | ||
| Sterling Wright | 40 | Grill Chef | Nashville, Tennessee | Eliminated after Twelfth Service | |
| Fernando Cruz | 28 | Executive Chef | La Quinta, California | Eliminated after Eleventh Service | |
| Aaron Lhamon | Lead Line Cook | Maynard, Massachusetts | Quit after Tenth Service | ||
| Frank Bilotti | 26 | Executive Chef | Staten Island, New York | Eliminated after Ninth Service | |
| Steven "Steve" Rosenthal | 34 | Detroit, Michigan | Hospitalized before Ninth Service | ||
| Ashley Sherman | 29 | Lead Line Cook | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | Eliminated after Seventh Service | |
| Katie McKeown | 23 | Line Cook | Dallas, Texas | Eliminated after Sixth Service | |
| Kalen Morgenstern | 32 | Sous Chef | River Oaks, Texas | Eliminated after Fifth Service | |
| James "JR" Robinson[2] | 29 | Private Chef | Washington, D.C. | Eliminated after Fourth Service | |
| Denine Giordano | 23 | Culinary Student | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Eliminated after Third Service | |
| Janai Simpson | 24 | Chef de Partie | LaGrange, Georgia | Eliminated after Second Service | |
| John Paul "JP" DeDominicis | 28 | Kitchen Manager | Boston, Massachusetts | Eliminated after First Service |
| No. | Chef | Original teams | First switch | Second switch | Individuals | Finale | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1301 | 1302 | 1303 | 1304 | 1305 | 1306 | 1307 | 1308 | 1309 | 1310 | 1311 | 1312 | 1313 | 1314 | 1315 | 1316 | |||||||
| 1 | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | WIN | IN | IN | IN | WINNER | ||||||
| 2 | Bryant | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | WIN | NOM | LOSE | WIN | BoW | IN | IN | ||||||
| 3 | Sade | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | IN | IN | OUT | ||||||
| 4 | Jennifer | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | WIN | IN | NOM | OUT | ||||||
| 5 | Roe | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | NOM | NOM | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | NOM | NOM | NOM | OUT | |||||||
| 6 | Santos | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | WIN | LOSE | NOM | NOM | OUT | ||||||||
| 7 | Sterling | LOSE | NOM | WIN | LOSE | WIN | NOM | LOSE | NOM | LOSE | WIN | NOM | OUT[3] | |||||||||
| 8 | Fernando | LOSE | NOM | WIN | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | WIN | LOSE | OUT | ||||||||||
| 9 | Aaron | NOM | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | NOM | WIN | WIN | LEFT | |||||||||||
| 10 | Frank | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | NOM | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | NOM | OUT | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Steve | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | NOM | WIN | NOM | NOM | WIN | HOSP | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Ashley | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| 13 | Katie | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | NOM | OUT | |||||||||||||||
| 14 | Kalen | WIN | LOSE | NOM | WIN | OUT | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | JR | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | OUT | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Denine | WIN | NOM | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Janai | WIN | OUT | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | JP | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||||
Two 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 (eliminated) in the entrée round after serving undercooked gnocchi to the judges. Roe appeared on the season 41 episode "Holy Bologna!" and was chopped after the dessert round.