The sixteenth season of the American competitive

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series ''

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'' premiered on

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on September 23, 2016, and concluded on February 2, 2017.

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returned as host and head chef, while Aaron Mitrano returned as the Blue Team's sous-chef, and Andi Van Willigan-Cutspec returned as the Red Team's sous-chef, replacing Christina Wilson, after the former had appeared as a guest in the previous season. Marino Monferrato returned as

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. The season was won by event chef Kimberly-Ann Ryan, with sous-chef Heather Williams finishing second. This season was filmed between November and December 2014, shortly after the completion of the previous season, about two years before airing. This was the first season since season 13 to take a hiatus due to Fox's coverage of the

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, in addition to the holiday breaks. The remaining episodes were moved to Thursday nights, starting on January 5, 2017, as part of the network's midseason schedule. This is the first season to have episode titles other than the usual "(Remaining number of) Chefs Compete" and "Winner Chosen".

Chefs

Eighteen chefs compete in season 16. Note
Kitchen'' official site
erroneously lists Season 15 chefs. ;Notes

Contestant progress

Episodes

Ratings

U.S. Nielsen ratings

Notes

References

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