The seventeenth season of the American competitive
reality television series ''
Hell's Kitchen'' (officially known as ''Hell's Kitchen All Stars'') began airing on September 29, 2017, and ended on February 2, 2018, on
Fox
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This is the first season in ''Hell's Kitchen'' history to have an all star edition as sixteen former contestants from previous seasons return to compete once again (also their first time since
season eight returned to 16 contestants, instead of 18), and the winner of this season will receive the position as
head chef at the first-ever Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen Restaurant at
Caesars Palace
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in
Las Vegas, Nevada. All of the returning chefs made it onto the Black Jackets in their respective seasons.
Gordon Ramsay
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returned as host and head chef,
season 10
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winner (and
season 15 sous-chef)
Christina Wilson returned as the Red Team's sous-chef replacing Andi Van Willigan-Cutspec, and British ''
MasterChef'' judge
James "Jocky" Petrie made his ''Hell's Kitchen'' debut as the Blue Team's sous-chef replacing Aaron Mitrano. Marino Monferrato returned as the
maître d'
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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.
Chefs
16 returning chefs competed in Season 17.
Notes
Contestant progress
Episodes
U.S. Nielsen ratings
References
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Hell's Kitchen (American TV series)
2017 American television seasons
2018 American television seasons