Theeighteenthseasonmeijubar.netoftheAmericancompetitiverealitytelevisionseriesHell’sKitchen(officiallyknownasHell’sKitchen:Rookiesvs.Veterans)b.-ega *#nairingonSeptemb;er2=_8,2018onFox.GordonRamsayreturnsashostandheadchef,andSeason10winnerChristinaWilsonandBritishMasterChefjudgeJames___PROTECTED_HTML_0___Jocky___PROTECTED_HTML_1___Petriereturnastheredandbluesouschefs,respectively,alongsidemaitre’dMarinoMonferrato.Thisseasonfeatureseightnewcontestantsbattlingeightreturningveterans.Forthefirsttime,thewinnerofthisseasonwillreceiveapositionasanexecutivechefatGordonRamsayHell’sKitchenRestaurantatCaesarsPalaceinLasVegas,Nevada.Thisisthefirstseasonsinceseason1tonotbeginwithmenontheblueteamandwomenontheredteam.Itisalsothethirdofthelastfourseasonstofeatureachefeliminatedduringservice,thefirstseasonsinceseason13thatnocheffromthewinningteamwaseliminated,andthefirstseasonsinceseason12wheretwochefsquit.Thisisalsothefirstseasontohaveachefquitbeforethefinals.ArielContreras-Fox,whopreviouslyfinishedinthirdplaceonSeason6,wonthecompetition;sheisthesecondconsecutivereturnee,andsixthconsecutivewomantodoso.Sheisalsotheninthcontestanttowinthecompetitionwithoutbeingnominatedforeliminationonce,afterKimberly-AnnRyan,MeghanGill,LaTashaMcCutchen,ChristinaWilson,HolliUgalde,DaveLevey,HeatherWest,andMichaelWray.