Season 19 | Hell's Kitchen: Las Vegas

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Hell's Kitchen: Las Vegas
Airdate:	January 7 - April 22, 2021
Number of Episodes:	16
Number of Contestants:	18
Winner:	Kori Sutton
Runner-Up:	Mary Lou Davis
Season Chronology
Previous Season:	Season 18 (Rookies vs. Veterans)
Next Season:	Season 20 (Young Guns)
Images of Season 19

Season 19 of Hell's Kitchen (stylized Hell's Kitchen: Las Vegas) aired on FOX between January 7 and April 22, 2021. Executive Chef Kori Sutton was the winner of the season and was awarded the Head Chef position at Hell's Kitchen in Lake Tahoe, with a $250,000 salary.

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
Cody Candelario	26	Executive Sous Chef	Sherman Oaks, CA
Mary Lou Davis	28	Chef de Cuisine	San Antonio, TX
Fabiola Fuentes	32	Line Cook	Indio, CA
Nikki Hanna	25		Wolfeboro, NH
Declan Horgan	42	Executive Chef	Washington, DC
Amber Lancaster	30		Chicago, IL
Lauren Lawless		Private Chef	San Diego, CA
Peter Martinez	38	Sous Chef	Palisades Park, NJ
Kenneth McDuffie	35	Private Chef	Philadelphia, PA
Josh Oakley	28	Executive Chef	Denver, CO
Adam Pawlak			Milwaukee, WI
Marc Quinones	37		Albuquerque, NM
Brittani Ratcliff	30	Executive Sous Chef	Morehead, KY
Eliott Sanchez	23	Private Chef	Jersey City, NJ
Jordan Savell	29	Executive Chef	Fort Worth, TX
Kori Sutton	37		Los Angeles, CA
Drew Tingley	30	Line Cook	Millmont, PA
Syann Williams	26		Atlanta, GA

Contestant progress

At the end of each episode, one chef from the losing team is eliminated by Ramsay. This season marks the first time that a challenge resulted in the first elimination of the season, the second time where three people performed in the final challenge, and the third time that a once nominated chef defeated another chef that avoided nomination, after Seasons 9 and 17. This season also featured a medical exit and a nomination voided by Ramsay for the first time since Season 14.

#	Chef				Original Teams			Team Switch									Black Jackets		Finals
					1902		1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916
1				Kori							NOM									WINNER
2				Mary Lou																RUNNER-UP
3			Declan														NOM		OUT
4			Cody									BoB		NOM				OUT
5			Amber							NOM		NOM			NOM		OUT
6	Nikki				NOM		NOM					BoB				OUT
7	Jordan				NOM		NOM				NOM	NOM			OUT
8	Marc							NOM	NOM			NOM	NOM	OUT
9	Adam												OUT
10	Lauren						NOM		NOM			OUT
11	Syann				BoB			NOM			OUT
12	Josh									OUT
13	Peter							NOM	EJEC
14	Brittani							OUT
15	Drew					NOM		HOSP
16	Fabiola						OUT
17	Eliott				NOM	OUT
18	Kenneth				OUT

Final Service Brigades
Mary Lou	Kori
Cody	Declan
Nikki	Jordan
Amber	Adam
Lauren	Marc

Color Legend
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 the episodes of that season, with links to detailed pages.

#	Image	Title	Airdate
01		Episode 1901 - Welcome To Vegas	October 21, 2020 (UK) January 7, 2021 (US)
		Episode Rundown: The eighteen new chefs arrived at Las Vegas, visited the real Hell's Kitchen Restaurant, the Signature Dish Challenge was turned on its head, and conflicts began to rise in one team.
02		Episode 1902 - Shrimply Spectacular	October 22, 2020 (UK) January 14, 2021 (US)
		Episode Rundown: Shrimp was the main ingredient, Ramsay cut the fat early by sending somebody home in the challenge, one team imploded on opening night, and one chef made a terrible plea at elimination.
03		Episode 1903 - Hell Caesar!	October 28, 2020 (UK) January 21, 2021 (US)
		Episode Rundown: Caesar salad was the main dish, a hot reward caused on chef to grow ill, pants were lost at dinner service, and Ramsay overruled the losing team's poor nomination choices.
04		Episode 1904 - Wedding Bells In Hell	November 4, 2020 (UK) January 28, 2021 (US)
		Episode Rundown: Wedding bells rang in a service challenge, somebody was medically evacuated, a woman joined the blue team, and both teams performed poorly at dinner service.
05		Episode 1905 - Hell Starts Taking Its Toll	November 5, 2020 (UK) February 4, 2021 (US)
		Episode Rundown: Mexican cuisine was the main theme, an advantage was used, and one chef grew disillusioned about the competition, leading to a mid service elimination.
06		Episode 1906 - Metal & Marina	November 11, 2020 (UK) February 11, 2021 (US)
		Episode Rundown: Italian cuisine was the main theme, dinner service had a strict time limit for a Las Vegas show, and one person did not celebrate their birthday in a great way.
07		Episode 1907 - A Pair Of Aces	November 12, 2020 (UK) February 18, 2021 (US)
		Episode Rundown: Ramsay tested the chef's palates in identifying surf and turf dishes, trust issues were brought up, a communication breakdown occurred at dinner service, and Ramsay made a somewhat controversial nomination change.
08		Episode 1908 - Crapping Out in Hell	November 18, 2020 (UK) February 25, 2021 (US)
		Episode Rundown: The chefs rolled for their ingredients, four chefs cooked for their lives, and one failed to live up to their nickname.
09		Episode 1909 - Blind Taste Test	November 19, 2020 (UK) March 4, 2021 (US)
		Episode Rundown: The annual Blind Taste Test took place, one team had no communication during Steak Night, and a shocking elimination of an early front runner took place.
10		Episode 1910 - There's Something About Marc	November 25, 2020 (UK) March 11, 2021 (US)
		Episode Rundown: Burgers were the main dish, the chefs were allowed to assign their own stations, and one chef made a risky move at elimination in order to get rid of a problematic teammate.
11		Episode 1911 - Sink or Swim	November 26, 2020 (UK) March 18, 2021 (US)
		Episode Rundown: The chefs spelled for their ingredients, the weather affected one team's reward, a private dinner service took place, and one chef's luck ran out.
12		Episode 1912 - There's Magic In Hell?	December 2, 2020 (UK) March 25, 2021 (US)
		Episode Rundown: The six remaining chefs competed for black jackets, and a shocking elimination of the most improved chef of that season took place.
13		Episode 1913 - It's Time!	December 3, 2020 (UK) April 1, 2021 (US)
		Episode Rundown: A friendship started to show some sparks, the final five competed in their first Black Jacket challenge, and one chef's weakness finally became their undoing.
14		Episode 1914 - Snuggling with the Enemy	December 9, 2020 (UK) April 8, 2021 (US)
		Episode Rundown: The final four cooked for club dancers, ran the pass, and while a fan favorite was sent home, the final three was announced.
15		Episode 1915 - What Happens in Vegas...	December 10, 2020 (UK) April 15, 2021 (US)
		Episode Rundown: The final three reunited with their loved ones, competed in one last challenge, and two of them moved on for the final dinner service.
16		Episode 1916 - Hitting the Jackpot	December 17, 2020 (UK) April 22, 2021 (US)
		Episode Rundown: Kori and Mary Lou competed in their final dinner service, and one of them was crowned the winner of Hell's Kitchen.

Trivia

• This is the first season to include strictly new talent since Season 16, as well as returning to the 18 Contestants format that was left out of the two previous seasons.
• This season was announced on February 26, 2019, as FOX renewed it along with Season 20. Both seasons took place at the Hell's Kitchen restaurant in Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
• Before the season aired in America, it first aired on ITV2 in the United Kingdom between October 21 and December 17, 2020.
  • In addition, when aired in the United Kingdom and streamed on Netflix, the 2019 logo of ITV Studios is used at the end of each episode instead of the 2013 logo which was used in America. This also happened when Season 20 was streamed on Netflix.
• This marks the first season where the opening sequence only features Chef Ramsay without the contestants.
• Season 7 runner-up Jay Santos replaced Sous Chef Jocky as the blue team's sous chef for this season and 20. As a result, this is the first season where both the sous chefs are former contestants, as well as the first time a former contestant who did not win their season became a member of the Staff.
• In multiple episodes this season, "Pan-Seared Scallops" is misspelled as "Pan-Seared Scwallops" on the menu.
• This season is tied with Season 17 for having the most contestants getting eliminated after a challenge, with four, until it was beaten by Season 20.
  • This season is tied with Season 20 for having the most elimination-based challenges, with four. While Season 17 had four chefs eliminated by challenge, there were only three challenges.
  • This season marked the first time Ramsay eliminated a chef before the first dinner service.
• This season was originally planned to air in the Summer of 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was pushed back to January 2021.
• This season was filmed at Caesars Entertainment Studios in Las Vegas (4165 Koval Ln), as place of Hell's Kitchen restaurant.
• This season featured another new update to the chef jackets. The long sleeves were brought back, but the team colors were now on the collar of the jackets and on the buttons instead of the shoulders as they have been in previous seasons. Also, the word "Bragard" is monogrammed onto the left sleeve of the jacket.
• This is the second season since Season 15 which every contestant won at least one challenge and/or experienced and went on a reward.
• This is the second season, after Season 17 to feature three finalists in which the 3rd place finalist was eliminated at the Final Tasting Challenge, and joined as returning chef.
• This is the last season to this date to feature a female winner.
• Future Reappearances: Kori, Mary Lou, and Cody would return in Season 21 as wedding guests for Trenton and Macee's wedding. Declan and Nikki would return as dinner guests in Season 23.