Country of origin United States Original network Fox | No. of episodes 20 | |
Original release March 13 (2014-03-13) – July 24, 2014 (2014-07-24) | ||
Season 12 of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen premiered on March 13, 2014 on Fox.
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Gordon Ramsay returned as head chef as well as Andi Van Willigan and James Avery as the red team's and blue team's sous chefs respectively. Jean-Philippe Susilovic also returned as the maître d'. This was the fourth season to feature an all-male final (following seasons 1, 6, and 9).
Executive Chef Scott Commings won this season and received a head chef position at Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill in Caesars Palace in Las Vegas; the prize was retained from the previous season, after Ja'Nel Witt failed her drug test. Scott was nominated seven times for elimination, breaking Christina Machamer's record (season 4) of five nominations, and became the Hell's Kitchen winner with the most nominations.
Opening sequence
The intro is stylized as a neo-noir comic book with the chefs each trying to claim hold of "The Knife Case of Destiny."
Contestants
Twenty chefs competed in season 12. Jason Zepaltas previously competed in season 9 but left before the first dinner service after falling ill during prep. He is the second chef to have competed in two seasons, after Robert Hesse (seasons 5 and 6), and Zepaltas was the first and currently only chef to present two signature dishes to Ramsay.
Contestant progress
Epilogue
Scott appears in the first episode of Hell's Kitchen Season 15 at the parade in Las Vegas along with Season 10 Hell's Kitchen Winner, Christina Wilson. Scott also appears in the Season 16 premiere alongside Season 4 winner, Christina Machamer. They joined the red team for their challenge win dinner.