The twentieth season of the American competitive

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series ''

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'' (subtitled as ''Hell's Kitchen: Young Guns'') premiered on

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on May 31, 2021, and concluded on September 13, 2021.

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returned as host and head chef, while

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returned as the Red Team's sous-chef and Jason Santos returned as the Blue Team's sous-chef. Marino Monferrato returned as

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. This is the last season to be shot in

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before returning to

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. The season was won by executive chef Trenton Garvey, with line cook Megan Gill finishing second and head chef Kiya Willhelm 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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) at a television studio a short distance from the actual Hell's Kitchen restaurant in

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. On April 7, 2021, it was announced that the twentieth season would premiere on May 31, 2021.

Chefs

Eighteen chefs competed in season 20, with all of them aged 24 years old or younger.

Contestant progress

Episodes

References

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