Hell's Kitchen (American TV series)

Hell's Kitchen
Title card used from 2005–16
Genre	Reality competition
Created by	Gordon Ramsay
Directed by	Brad Kreisberg (seasons 2–5) Sharon Trojan Hollinger (season 6–present)
Presented by	Gordon Ramsay
Narrated by	Jason Thompson (seasons 1–12; 15–present) Roger Craig Smith (uncredited; seasons 13–14)
Opening theme	"Fire" by the Ohio Players (seasons 1–18)
Composer	David Vanacore
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	23
No. of episodes	354 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Arthur Smith Kent Weed Gordon Ramsay Kenny Rosen David Eilenberg Bernie Schaeffer
Production locations	California (seasons 1–18; 21–22) Nevada (seasons 19–20) Connecticut (seasons 23–24)
Running time	41–44 minutes[1]
Production companies	A. Smith & Co. Productions Granada America (season 1–5) ITV Studios (seasons 6–9; 19–20) ITV Studios America (seasons 10–12) ITV Studios Global Entertainment (seasons 13–16) ITV Entertainment (seasons 17–18) ITV America (season 21–)
Original release
Network	Fox
Release	May 30, 2005 (2005-05-30) – present
Related
Hell's Kitchen (British TV series)
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Hell's Kitchen is an American reality competition cooking show that premiered on Fox on May 30, 2005. The series is hosted by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, who created and appeared in the British series of the same name. Each season, two teams of chefs compete for a job as head chef at a restaurant, while working in the kitchen of a restaurant set up in the television studio.

A progressive elimination format reduces a field of 20 to 12 contestants down to a single winner over the course of each season. In a typical episode, two contestants are nominated for elimination, with Ramsay then eliminating one of the nominated contestants chosen. The series notably features Ramsay's explosive anger towards contestants, which in reality is heavily dramatized for the benefit of the audience.^[2] Hell's Kitchen has been nominated for six Primetime Emmy Awards. A chain of Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen restaurants have been opened, inspired by the show.

On March 26, 2024, it was announced that Hell's Kitchen was renewed for a twenty-third and twenty-fourth season, with the twenty-third season, subtitled Head Chefs Only, premiering on September 26, 2024.^[3][4]