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Season 14 of Hell's Kitchen aired on Fox between March 3 and June 9, 2015. Executive Chef Meghan Gill, from Roanoke, Virginia, was the winner of that season and was awarded a Head Chef position at Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill at Caesars Atlantic City, with a $250,000 salary. She shared this prize with the previous season's winner.
Contestants[]
18 contestants competed during this season. The teams were divided by gender, male contestants in the blue team and female contestants in the red team. The contestants were (in alphabetical order):
| Contestant | Age | Occupation | Hometown |
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| Sarah Baumert | 27 | Chef Instructor | Dallas, TX |
| Randy Bell | 45 | Line Cook | Nashville, TN |
| Nick Peters | 25 | Private Chef | Stoneham, MA |
| Monique Booker | 23 | Line Cook | Lynn, MA |
| Michael Dussault | 38 | Senior Center Chef | Hartford, CT |
| Meghan Gill | 28 | Executive Chef | Roanoke, VA |
| T Gregoire | 31 | Line Cook | Atlanta, GA |
| Bret Hauser | 30 | Sous Chef | Delray Beach, FL |
| Christine Hazel | Banquet Chef | Philadelphia, PA | |
| Mieka Houser | 25 | Sous Chef | Olney, MD |
| Adam Livow | 31 | Amusement Park Chef | Freehold, NJ |
| Milly Medley | 33 | Executive Chef | Philadelphia, PA |
| Brendan Pelley | 34 | Bedford, MA | |
| Alison Rivera | 27 | Sous Chef | Manhattan, NY |
| Chrissa Schmerler | 34 | Food Truck Chef & Owner | Bellmore, NY |
| Cameron Spagnolo | 33 | Banquet Chef | Jersey City, NJ |
| Michelle Tribble | 22 | Line Cook | Dallas, TX |
| Josh Trovato | 24 | Chef de Cuisine | Brooklyn, NY |
Contestant progress[]
At the end of each episode, one chef is eliminated from the losing team by Ramsay. That season featured an elimination from the winning team for the first time since Season 11, and the second chef that was eliminated after a challenge. It is also the first season ever that featured an all-female final three, and the last one until Season 17 where Ramsay cut the field in half immediately before the finals. Similar to Season 6 and Season 7, this is the third season where the final two chefs had finished the contest as another winner/runner-up pairing that avoided nomination for elimination.
| # | Chef | Original Teams | Team Switch |
Black Jackets | Finals | |||||||||||||||
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| 1401 | 1402 | 1403 | 1404 | 1405 | 1406 | 1407 | 1408 | 1409 | 1410 | 1411 | 1412 | 1413 | 1414 | 1415 | 1416 | |||||
| 1 | Meghan | WINNER | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | T | RUNNER-UP | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Michelle | NOM | NOM | NOM[1] | OUT[2] | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | Milly | NOM[3] | OUT[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Nick | NOM | NOM | OUT | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Josh | NOM[3] | NOM | NOM | NOM | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Alison | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Randy | NOM | NOM | NOM | OUT[2] | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | Christine | NOM[3] | NOM | NOM | OUT | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | Adam | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Bret | HOSP | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Sarah | NOM | NOM | OUT | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Brendan | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Monique | NOM | NOM | OUT | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Mieka | NOM | OUT[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Michael | NOM | OUT | |||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Cameron | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Chrissa | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||
| Final Service Brigades | |
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| T | Meghan |
| Milly | Michelle |
| Nick | Alison |
| Adam | Josh |
| Christine | Randy |
| Color Legend | ||||
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| NOM | Regular Nomination | Ramsay Nomination | Voided Nomination | |
| OUT | Regular Elimination | Ramsay Nomination | Without Nomination | |
| MISC | Ejected during service | Quit or Hospitalized | Best of the Best/Worst | |
Episodes[]
Here is the list of all the episodes of the season, with links to the detailed pages.
| # | Image | Title | Airdate | |
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Episode 1401 - 18 Chefs Compete | March 3, 2015 | |
| Episode Rundown: The eighteen new chefs arrived at Hell's Kitchen, one chef gave a bad impression with both their team and Ramsay, and another one proved to be very clueless during opening night. | ||||
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Episode 1402 - 17 Chefs Compete | March 10, 2015 | |
| Episode Rundown: Crab was the main ingredient, and a know-it-all was put in their place at dinner service. | ||||
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Episode 1403 - 16 Chefs Compete | March 17, 2015 | |
| Episode Rundown Here: One team broke a major rule during the challenge, a disastrous dinner service took place, and one chef made one of the most dangerous mistakes in the show’s history. | ||||
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Episode 1404 - 15 Chefs Compete | March 24, 2015 | |
| Episode Rundown: One chef lost their temper after another challenge lost, a Family Night dinner service took place, and one team’s plan to get rid of a problematic chef backfired. | ||||
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Episode 1405 - 14 Chefs Compete | March 31, 2015 | |
| Episode Rundown: Cheese was the main ingredient, one team continued to struggle at dinner service, and a very satisfying elimination occurred. | ||||
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Episode 1406 - 13 Chefs Compete | April 7, 2015 | |
| Episode Rundown: A lunch service challenge took place, one chef had a surprising reunion from an old friend, and another threatened to quit the competition after an embarrassing defeat. | ||||
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Episode 1407 - 12 Chefs Compete | April 14, 2015 | |
| Episode Rundown: Greek cuisine was the main theme, Ramsay gave two chefs pep talks, and two station meltdowns caused one team to fall way behind at dinner service. | ||||
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Episode 1408 - 11 Chefs Compete | April 21, 2015 | |
| Episode Rundown: Alcohol was the main ingredient, a sudden injury forced one chef to leave the competition, and a Gastropub dinner service had one team fall apart. | ||||
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Episode 1409 - 9 Chefs Compete | April 28, 2015 | |
| Episode Rundown: Exotic proteins were the main ingredient, Ramsay gave the chefs progress reports, and two of them competed in an individual challenge to stay in the competition. | ||||
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Episode 1410 - 8 Chefs Compete | May 5, 2015 | |
| Episode Rundown: Hell’s Kitchen hosted a Homecoming dance, an epic argument at the dorms occurred, and the first team switch happened. | ||||
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Episode 1411 - 8 Chefs Compete Again | May 12, 2015 | |
| Episode Rundown: The annual Blind Taste Test occurred, a closed dinner service took place, and a shocking elimination took place. | ||||
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Episode 1412 - 7 Chefs Compete | May 19, 2015 | |
| Episode Rundown: Steak was the main ingredient, two station meltdowns caused one team to struggle at dinner service, and an early front-runner was sent home. | ||||
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Episode 1413 - 6 Chefs Compete | May 19, 2015 | |
| Episode Rundown: The final six competed in their first black jacket challenge, a meaningful punishment brought one chef to tears, and despite another making a comeback at dinner service, it was not enough to save them from elimination. | ||||
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Episode 1414 - 5 Chefs Compete | May 26, 2015 | |
| Episode Rundown: The final five served lunch to orchestra members, worked as Ramsay's Sous Chef for the first time ever, and a poor nomination choice was overruled. | ||||
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Episode 1415 - 4 Chefs Compete | June 2, 2015 | |
| Episode Rundown: The final four made vegetarian dishes on a budget, ran the pass one at a time, and Ramsay picked two chefs for the finals. | ||||
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Episode 1416 - Winner Chosen | June 9, 2015 | |
| Episode Rundown: Meghan and T competed in their final challenge, picked their brigades for the final dinner service, and one of them was named the winner of Hell's Kitchen. | ||||
Trivia[]
- This season's blue team set the record of most dinner service wins from the blue team in a season with six, excluding joint-victories.
- Including joint-victories, this season's blue team set the record of second most dinner service wins from the blue team in a season with six. This record was later tied with Season 17.
- This is the first season where none of the contestants scored a 2 out of 5 on the new format of the Signature Dish Challenge.
- This season's blue team also was the first team to have Gordon Ramsay's universal approval of all of a team's signature dishes.
- This is the first season for a contestant to get a perfect 5 out of 5 for the Signature Dish Challenge.
- This is the third season where the top two avoided nomination.
- This is the first season to have an all-female final three.
- This is the second season since Season 9 where the blue team won the Signature Dish Challenge.
- This is the second season since Season 7 where the blue team won Opening Night dinner service.
- This is the second season to not have any cliffhangers for eliminations since Season 7.
- This is the final season where James Avery was the blue team's Sous Chef, but he will return in Season 23.
- This season holds the record of most returning chefs to come back for Seasons 17 and 18 with six (four and two respectively).
- This is the last season to date to not have any black jacket chefs keep their jacket.
- This is the first season where Chef Ramsay walked into the dorms.
- This is the second season since Season 12 where every contestant participated in at least one punishment.
- This season shares the same narrator as Season 13.
- Future Reappearances:
- Josh, Michelle, Milly, and Nick returned to compete in All-Stars.
- Bret and T returned to compete in Rookies vs. Veterans.
- This is the eighth season when a contestant won without being nominated for elimination.