The nineteenth season of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen (subtitled as Hell's Kitchen: Las Vegas) premiered on Fox on January 7, 2021, and concluded on April 22, 2021. Gordon Ramsay returned as host and head chef, while season seven runner-up Jason Santos returned as the Blue Team's sous-chef, replacing James "Jocky" Petrie, and Christina Wilson returned as the Red Team's sous-chef. Marino Monferrato returned as maître d'. This is the first season to be shot in Nevada.
The season was won by executive chef Kori Sutton, with chef de cuisine Mary Lou Davis finishing second.
Prior to the United States premiere, the season began airing in the United Kingdom in October 2020 on ITV2.
Production On February 26, 2019, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a nineteenth and twentieth season. Both seasons were filmed in 2019 (prior to the COVID-19 pandemic), with this season being filmed in May 2019 on a set at Caesars Palace on Caesars Entertainment property in Las Vegas, Nevada, replicating the nearby Hell's Kitchen restaurant.
On November 10, 2020, it was announced that the nineteenth season would premiere on January 7, 2021.
Chefs Eighteen chefs competed in season 19.
Contestant Age Occupation Hometown Result Kori Sutton 37 Executive chef Los Angeles, California Winner Mary Lou Davis 28 Chef de cuisine San Antonio, Texas Runner-up Declan Horgan 42 Executive chef Washington, D.C. Eliminated during finals Cody Candelario 26 Executive sous-chef Sherman Oaks, California Eliminated before finals Amber Lancaster 30 Executive chef Chicago, Illinois Eliminated after tenth service Nicole "Nikki" Hanna 25 Line cook Wolfeboro, New Hampshire Eliminated after Black Jackets challenge Jordan Savell 29 Executive chef North Richland Hills, Texas Eliminated after ninth service Marc Quinones 37 Executive chef Albuquerque, New Mexico Eliminated after eighth service Adam Pawlak 28 Executive chef Milwaukee, Wisconsin Eliminated after seventh service Lauren Lawless 30 Private chef San Diego, California Eliminated after "Cook for your life" challenge Syann Williams 26 Line cook Atlanta, Georgia Eliminated after sixth service Josh Oakley 28 Executive chef Denver, Colorado Eliminated after fifth service Peter Martinez 38 Sous-chef Palisades Park, New Jersey Ejected during fourth service Brittani Ratcliff 30 Executive sous-chef Morehead, Kentucky Eliminated after third service Drew Tingley 30 Line cook Millmont, Pennsylvania Hospitalized before wedding breakfast service Fabiola Fuentes 32 Line cook Indio, California Eliminated after second service Eliott Sanchez 23 Private chef Bayonne, New Jersey Eliminated after first service Kenneth McDuffie 35 Private chef Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Eliminated during shrimp challenge
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Contestant progress No.Chef Original teams Switched teams Individuals Finals 1901/1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 19161 Kori IN WIN LOSE LOSE WIN WINNOM IN WIN WIN LOSE IN IN IN INWINNER2 IN WIN LOSE LOSE WIN WIN LOSE IN WIN WIN LOSE IN IN IN IN3Declan IN LOSE WIN LOSE WIN LOSE WIN IN LOSE LOSE LOSE INNOM INOUTDeclan was eliminated by guest judges during a challenge, not by Ramsay himself Kori's team4Cody IN LOSE WIN LOSE WIN LOSE WINBoB LOSENOMCody nominated himself LOSE IN INOUT Mary Lou's team5Amber IN WIN LOSE LOSE WINNOM WINNOM LOSE LOSENOM INOUT Mary Lou's team6 NikkiNOMChef was nominated as one of the weakest in the "Menu addition" challenge WINNOM LOSE WIN WIN LOSEBoB WIN WIN LOSEOUT Mary Lou's team7 Jordan NOMChef was nominated as one of the weakest in the "Menu addition" challenge WINNOM LOSE WIN WINNOMNOM WIN WINOUT Kori's team8 Marc IN LOSE WINNOMNOM LOSE WINNOMNOMOUT Kori's team9 Adam IN LOSE WIN LOSE WIN LOSE WIN INOUT Kori's team10 Lauren IN WINNOM LOSENOM WIN LOSEOUT Mary Lou's team11 Syann IN WIN LOSENOM WIN WINOUT12 Josh IN LOSE WIN LOSE WINOUT13 Peter IN LOSE WINNOMEJEC14 Brittani IN WIN LOSEOUT15 Drew INNOM WINHOSP16 Fabiola IN WINOUT17 EliottNOMChef was nominated as one of the weakest in the "Menu addition" challengeOUT18 KennethOUTKenneth was eliminated in the "Menu addition" challenge
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