Hell's Kitchen (American TV series) season 17 explained

Season Name:Hell's Kitchen: All Stars
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Host:Gordon Ramsay
Num Contestants:16
Winner:Michelle Tribble
Runner Up:Benjamin Knack
Num Episodes:16
Network:Fox

The seventeenth season of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen (officially known as Hell's Kitchen All Stars) premiered on Fox on September 29, 2017, and concluded on February 2, 2018. Gordon Ramsay returned as host and head chef, while British MasterChef judge James "Jocky" Petrie returned as the Blue Team's sous-chef, replacing Aaron Mitrano, and Christina Wilson returned as the Red Team's sous-chef, replacing Andi Van Willigan-Cutspec. Marino Monferrato returned as maître d'.

The season was won by season 14 third-place finisher Michelle Tribble, with season seven third-place finisher Benjamin Knack finishing second and season 14 fifth-place finisher Nick Peters Bond placing third.

The season was cast in January 2017. [1] [2]

This is the first season in Hell's Kitchen history to have an all-star edition as 16 former contestants, all of whom earned a black jacket during their original appearances, returned to compete once again (also their first time since season eight returned to 16 contestants instead of 18). It is also the first season to have a theme, which each subsequent season would do from this point on (in the tradition of the first 40 seasons of Survivor).

Chefs

16 returning chefs competed in Season 17.[1]

ContestantAge[3] HometownCompetedFinishedResult
Michelle Tribble26Dallas, Texasdata-sort-value="14" Season 143rdWinner
Benjamin Knack41San Antonio, Texasdata-sort-value="7" Season 7Runner-Up
Nick Peters Bond28Newburyport, Massachusettsdata-sort-value="14" rowspan=2Season 145thEliminated during Finals
Emili "Milly" Medley37Philadelphia, Pennsylvania4thEliminated before Finals
Robyn Almodovar36Fort Lauderdale, Floridadata-sort-value="10" Season 106thEliminated after Tenth Service
Jennifer Normant40Burlington, Massachusettsdata-sort-value="9" rowspan=2Season 95thEliminated after Black Jackets Challenge
Elise Harris32Stafford, Virginia3rd
Dana CohenEmerson, New Jerseydata-sort-value="10" rowspan=2Season 10Eliminated after Ninth Service
Barbra "Barbie" Marshall39Strasburg, Pennsylvania4thEliminated after Eighth Service
Vincent "Van" Hurd34South Glastonbury, Connecticutdata-sort-value="6" Season 66thEliminated after Seventh Service
Amanda "Manda" Palomino32Atlantic City, New Jerseydata-sort-value="15" Season 155thEliminated after Sixth Service
Giovanni Filippone46Santa Rosa Beach, Floridadata-sort-value="5" Season 56thEliminated after Cook for your Life Challenge
Jared Bobkin31Troy, Michigandata-sort-value="15" Season 154thEliminated after Fifth Service
Joshua "Josh" Trovato28Los Angeles, Californiadata-sort-value="14"Season 146thEjected during Fourth Service
Ashley Nickell29Orlando, Floridadata-sort-value="15" Season 153rdEliminated after Second Service
Benjamin "Ben" Walanka36Overland Park, Kansasdata-sort-value="5" Season 54thEliminated after First Service

Notes

Contestant progress

No.ChefOriginal teamsSwitched teamsIndividualsFinals
1701/170217031704170517061707170817091710171117121713171417151716
1MichelleLOSELOSEWINWINWINBoBLOSELOSELOSENOMINBoBININWINNER
2BenjaminWINWINLOSEWINLOSEINWINLOSEWINWINININININ
3NickWINWINLOSEWINLOSEBoBWINLOSEWINWININININOUT
4MillyWIN[4] WINLOSEWINLOSENOM[5] WINNOMWINWININNOMOUT
5RobynLOSENOMWINWINNOMNOM[6] WINNOMWINWININOUT
6JenniferLOSELOSEWINWINWININLOSELOSELOSELOSEOUT
7EliseNOMLOSEWINWINWINNOM[7] LOSENOMNOMNOMOUT
8DanaLOSELOSEWINWINWININLOSELOSELOSEOUT
9BarbieLOSENOMWINWINWINNOM[8] NOMNOMOUT
10VanWINWINLOSEWINLOSEINWINOUT
11MandaNOMNOMWINWINWINNOM[9] OUT
12GiovanniWINWINNOMWINLOSEOUT[10]
13JaredWINWINLOSEWINOUT
14JoshWINWINNOMEJEC
15AshleyLOSEOUT
16BenOUT[11]

Episodes

U.S. Nielsen ratings

No.EpisodeAir dateTimeslot (ET)Rating/Share
(18–49)		Viewers
(millions)		Nightly
rank
1"All-Stars Arrive"September 29, 2017Friday 8:00 p.m.0.943.023
2"Raising the Bar"October 6, 20170.942.803
3"Tower of Terror"October 13, 20170.842.873
4"Just Letter Cook"October 20, 20170.842.863
5"Josh Josh Josh"November 3, 20170.843.103
6"A Little Slice of Hell"November 10, 20170.843.114
7"Trimming Fat"November 17, 20170.943.212
8"Welcome to the Jungle"December 1, 20170.732.803
9"Catch of the Day"December 8, 20170.832.963
10"It's All Gravy"December 15, 20170.843.042
11"Trying to Pasta Test"January 5, 20180.943.423
12"Five is the New Black"January 12, 20181.153.561
13"Stars Heating Up Hell"January 19, 20180.943.172
14"Families Come to Hell"January 26, 20180.943.431
15"Final Three"February 2, 20180.943.362
16"All-Star Finale"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: HELL'S KITCHEN Debuts its First All-Stars Edition, Premiering Friday, 8/29 on FOX. BroadwayWorld. 10 August 2017.
  2. Web site: Hell's Kitchen: FOX Previews the TV Show's First All-Star Edition. Jessica Pena. TV Series Finale. 10 August 2017.
  3. Age at the time of filming
  4. Chef was immune from elimination
  5. Chef participated in the "Cook for your life" challenge
  6. Chef participated in the "Cook for your life" challenge
  7. Chef participated in the "Cook for your life" challenge
  8. Chef participated in the "Cook for your life" challenge
  9. Chef participated in the "Cook for your life" challenge
  10. Chef was eliminated in the "Cook for your life" challenge
  11. Chef was eliminated despite being on the winning team

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