The nineteenth season of the American competitive
reality television
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series ''
Hell's Kitchen
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'' (subtitled as ''Hell's Kitchen: Las Vegas'') premiered on
Fox
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on January 7, 2021, and concluded on April 22, 2021.
Gordon Ramsay returned as host and head chef,
while
season ten winner
Christina Wilson
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returned to serve as red team sous-chef,
season seven runner-up
Jason Santos joined to serve as blue team sous-chef,
and Marino Monferrato returned to serve as maître d'hôtel. For the first time, the winner of this season received a position as a head chef at Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen Restaurant in
Lake Tahoe.
Prior to the United States premiere, the season began airing in the United Kingdom in October 2020 on
ITV2.
The season was won by executive chef Kori Sutton, with chef de cuisine Mary Lou Davis finishing second, and executive chef Declan Horgan placing third.
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
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)
on a set at
Caesars Palace on
Caesars Entertainment property in
Las Vegas, Nevada
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, 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.
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Contestant progress
Episodes
References
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Hell's Kitchen (American TV series)
2021 American television seasons