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Hell's Kitchen
Season 15
No. of episodes16
Release
Original networkFox
Original releaseJanuary 15 (2016-01-15) –
April 29, 2016 (2016-04-29)
Season chronology
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Season 16
List of episodes

The fifteenth season of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen premiered on January 15, 2016 on Fox. The prize was a head chef position at BLT Steak at Bally's Las Vegas.[1] Country Club Chef Ariel Malone won the competition.

Gordon Ramsay and Marino Monferrato returned as head chef and Maître d' respectively.[2][3] Season 10 winner Christina Wilson was an interim sous chef for the red team when current sous chef Andi Van Willigan got married but returned in episode 7 when her reception was featured as one of this season's dinner services. Aaron Mitrano replaced James Avery as sous chef for the blue team.[4] Wilson is the second former Hell's Kitchen winner to return as one of Ramsay's sous chefs, the first being season 2 winner, Heather West, who was the red kitchen's sous chef for season 6. Jason Thompson also returned as narrator for the first time since season 12.[5]

This was the first final since season 9 where the finalists have been on the same team from start to finish, the fourth all-female finale (following seasons two, eleven, and fourteen), the second all-female final three after the previous season, the first all-female final where the winner has not moved to the blue team at any point in the competition, and the first final since season 5 where both finalists were nominated the same number of times (discounting the finals where none of them were ever nominated). It is also the first season with just one remaining male chef in the top 6, and the second season since season 10 in which no chef withdrew from the competition. This is also the second season since Season 4 where every contestant was nominated at least once.

Opening sequence

Season 15's opening sequence finds the chefs at a base camp. Ramsay is then shown placing the Hell's Kitchen flag on top of the mountain.

Contestants

Eighteen chefs competed in season 15.[1]

Contestant Age Occupation Hometown
Kristin Barone 27 Line Cook Chicago, Illinois
Jared Bobkin 28 Line Cook Oak Park, Michigan
Sherkenna Buggs 30 Personal Chef Grand Junction, Tennessee
Frank Cala 25 Marine Chef Brooklyn, New York
Melissa "Meese" Davis 25 College Chef Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
Jacqueline "Jackie" Fuchs 32 Line Cook Jersey City, New Jersey
Chad Gelso 25 Sous Chef Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Danielle "Dannie" Harrison[6] 30 Line Cook Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Edward "Eddie" Jaskowiak 27 Sous Chef Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ariel Malone 26 Country Club Chef Hackensack, New Jersey
Hassan Musselmani 24 Catering Executive Chef Detroit, Michigan
Ashley Nickell 27 Chef de Cuisine Orlando, Florida
Amanda "Manda" Palomino 30 Sous Chef Atlantic City, New Jersey
Mark Paras 27 Line Cook Anaheim, California
Alan Parker 42 Sous Chef Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Joseph "Joe" Ricci 31 Sous Chef Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kevin Ridlon 29 Culinary Manager Warwick, Rhode Island
Vanessa Soltero 33 Airport Chef Los Angeles, California

Contestant progress

Original teams First
switch 		Second switch Third switch Individual Final
No. Chef 1501 1502 1503 1504 1505 1506 1507 1508 1509 1510 1511 1512 1513 1514 1515 1516
1 Ariel WIN NOM LOSE LOSE LOSE BoW LOSE WIN NOM LOSE LOSE BoB BoB IN IN WINNER
2 Kristin WIN LOSE LOSE LOSE NOM NOM LOSE BoB LOSE LOSE LOSE BoB BoB IN IN RUNNER-UP
3 Ashley BoB LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE WIN LOSE LOSE NOM BoB BoB IN OUT
4 Jared LOSE WIN BoB WIN LOSE BoW NOM NOM WIN LOSE WIN NOM LOSE OUT
5 Manda WIN LOSE LOSE LOSE NOM LOSE LOSE NOM WIN LOSE WIN LOSE NOM OUT[n 1]
6 Dannie WIN LOSE BoW LOSE LOSE LOSE NOM WIN BoB BoW WIN LOSE OUT
7 Frank LOSE WIN WIN WIN LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE WIN NOM WIN OUT
8 Jackie WIN LOSE LOSE NOM LOSE NOM LOSE WIN NOM LOSE OUT
9 Chad LOSE WIN WIN WIN LOSE LOSE NOM LOSE LOSE OUT
10 Joe LOSE WIN WIN WIN NOM NOM LOSE LOSE OUT[n 2]
11 Hassan LOSE WIN BoB BoB LOSE LOSE OUT
12 Eddie LOSE WIN WIN WIN LOSE OUT
13 Alan LOSE WIN WIN WIN OUT
14 Kevin NOM WIN WIN WIN OUT[n 3]
15 Meese WIN NOM NOM OUT
16 Vanessa WIN LOSE OUT
17 Sherkenna BoB OUT
18 Mark OUT
Notes
  1. ^ Chef was nominated by Ramsay
  2. ^ Chef was eliminated by Ramsay despite being on the winning team
  3. ^ Chef was eliminated by Ramsay during service


Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
2191"18 Chefs Compete"January 15, 2016 (2016-01-15)3.41[7]
2202"17 Chefs Compete"January 22, 2016 (2016-01-22)3.61[8]
2213"16 Chefs Compete"January 27, 2016 (2016-01-27)4.16[9]
2224"15 Chefs Compete"February 3, 2016 (2016-02-03)4.60[10]
2235"14 Chefs Compete"February 10, 2016 (2016-02-10)4.40[11]
2246"12 Chefs Compete"February 17, 2016 (2016-02-17)3.97[12]
2257"11 Chefs Compete"February 24, 2016 (2016-02-24)4.23[13]
2268"10 Chefs Compete"March 2, 2016 (2016-03-02)3.38[14]
2279"10 Chefs Again"March 9, 2016 (2016-03-09)3.76[15]
22810"9 Chefs Compete"March 16, 2016 (2016-03-16)3.57[16]
22911"8 Chefs Compete"March 23, 2016 (2016-03-23)3.54[17]
23012"7 Chefs Compete"April 1, 2016 (2016-04-01)2.61[18]
23113"6 Chefs Compete"April 8, 2016 (2016-04-08)2.66[19]
23214"5 Chefs Compete"April 15, 2016 (2016-04-15)2.98[20]
23315"3 Chefs Compete"April 22, 2016 (2016-04-22)2.96[21]
23416"Winner Chosen"April 29, 2016 (2016-04-29)3.13[22]

Controversy

Following his exit at the end of episode 12, Frank, an active-duty Marine chef, stated his dislike for female chefs during his plea and claimed he never allowed any to work under him, saying "The blue team never had any drama until the females came aboard and that's when the ship sunk. And that's exactly why I get fucking female Marines and I send them back wherever the fuck they came from." Following his comments, Marine public affairs representative Bryan Nygaard stated Frank's comments regarding female Marines "are not consistent with the Marine Corps' values of honor, courage and commitment," and he would "notify my chain of command as well as Sergeant Cala's chain of command to ensure that corrective action is being taken."[23] Several days later, Frank was removed from his position with the Commandants' staff and transferred to the Enlisted Aide Program.[24]

Ratings

The fifteenth-season premiere of Hell's Kitchen premiered to an audience of 3.43 million, 660,000 lower than last season's premiere, and down 10,000 from season 14's finale.

U.S. Nielsen ratings
No. Episode Original
air date 		Timeslot (EST) Rating/share
18–49 		U.S. viewers
(millions) 		DVR
18–49 		DVR viewers
(millions) 		Total 18–49 Total viewers
(millions) 		Source(s)
1 "18 Chefs Compete" January 15, 2016 Friday
9:00 p.m. 		1.1/4 3.41 0.6 1.52 1.7 4.93 [7][25]
2 "17 Chefs Compete" January 22, 2016 1.3/4 3.61 — 1.49 — 5.11 [8][26]
3 "16 Chefs Compete" January 27, 2016 Wednesday
9:00 p.m. 		1.4/4 4.16 0.6 — 2.0 — [9][27]
4 "15 Chefs Compete" February 3, 2016 1.5/5 4.60 0.6 — 2.1 — [10][28]
5 "14 Chefs Compete" February 10, 2016 1.3/4 4.40 — — — — [11]
6 "12 Chefs Compete" February 17, 2016 1.2/4 3.97 0.7 — 1.9 — [12][29]
7 "11 Chefs Compete" February 24, 2016 1.3/4 4.23 — — — — [13]
8 "10 Chefs Compete" March 2, 2016 1.0/3 3.38 0.7 — 1.7 — [14][30]
9 "10 Chefs Again" March 9, 2016 1.2/4 3.76 — — — — [15]
10 "9 Chefs Compete" March 16, 2016 1.1/4 3.57 — 1.44 — 5.01 [16][31]
11 "8 Chefs Compete" March 23, 2016 1.2/4 3.54 — — — — [17]
12 "7 Chefs Compete" April 1, 2016 Friday
9:00 p.m. 		0.8/3 2.61 0.6 1.59 1.4 4.20 [18][32]
13 "6 Chefs Compete" April 8, 2016 0.8/3 2.66 TBA TBA TBA TBA [19]
14 "5 Chefs Compete" April 15, 2016 0.9/3 2.98 TBA TBA TBA TBA [20]
15 "3 Chefs Compete" April 22, 2016 0.9/3 2.96 TBA TBA TBA TBA [21]
16 "Winner Chosen" April 29, 2016 1.0/4 3.13 TBA TBA TBA TBA [22]

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