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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Twelve species ...
on January 7, 2021, and concluded on April 22, 2021.
Gordon Ramsay
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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
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returned as the Red Team's sous-chef. Marino Monferrato returned as
maître d'
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. This is the first season to be shot in
Nevada
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.
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.
Prior to the United States premiere, the season began airing in the United Kingdom in October 2020 on
ITV2
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.
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
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), with this season being filmed in May 2019
on a set at
Caesars Palace
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Caesar ...
on
Caesars Entertainment
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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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19
2021 American television seasons