Hell's Kitchen (2005)

Game-Show · Reality-TV

Aspiring restaurateurs brave Ramsay and his fiery command of the kitchen as he puts the competitors through an intense culinary academy to prove they possess the right combination of ingredients to win a life-changing grand prize.

IMDb rating: 7.2 (24,574 votes)
Seasons: 24
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video · Hulu · fuboTV · Peacock · YouTube TV · FOX One Amazon Channel · The Roku Channel · Plex · Xumo Play · Tubi TV · Spectrum On Demand · Fawesome
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Aug 19, 2026 · 24 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2005)

7.09 avg 11 episodes 7.1 → 7.5 44 min avg

Big finale

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Day 1	7.1	320
2	Day 2	7.0	258
3	Day 3	6.9	240
4	Day 4	7.0	232
5	Day 5	7.1	224
6	Day 6	7.0	223
7	Day 7	7.0	221
8	Day 8	7.1	218
9	Day 9	7.1	217
10	Day 10	7.2	209
11	Day 11	7.5	209

Season 2 (2006)

7.09 avg 10 episodes 7.0 → 7.3 41 min avg

Big finale

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Day 1	7.0	190
2	Day 2	7.0	176
3	Day 3	7.0	171
4	Day 4	7.2	170
5	Day 5	7.0	170
6	Day 6	7.1	169
7	Day 7	7.0	165
8	Day 8	7.2	164
9	Day 9	7.1	167
10	Day 10	7.3	172

Season 3 (2007)

6.95 avg 11 episodes 7.1 → 7.1 41 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Day One	7.1	172
2	Day Two	7.0	162
3	Day Three	7.0	159
4	Day Four	6.9	153
5	Day Five	7.0	153
6	Day Six	6.8	157
7	Day Seven	6.9	151
8	Day Eight	7.0	148
9	Day Nine	6.8	145
10	Day Ten	6.9	145
11	Day 10: Part 2	7.1	152

Season 4 (2008)

6.94 avg 15 episodes 6.9 → 7.1 42 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	15 Chefs Compete	6.9	163
2	14 Chefs Compete	7.0	147
3	13 Chefs Compete	6.9	148
4	12 Chefs Compete	6.9	148
5	11 Chefs Compete	6.8	148
6	10 Chefs Compete	6.9	151
7	9 Chefs Compete	7.1	148
8	8 Chefs Compete	6.8	142
9	7 Chefs Compete	6.8	145
10	6 Chefs Compete	6.9	143
11	5 Chefs Compete	6.9	139
12	4 Chefs Compete	7.0	143
13	3 Chefs Compete	7.1	135
14	2 Chefs Compete Part One	7.0	139
15	2 Chefs Compete Part Two	7.1	144

Season 5 (2009)

6.86 avg 15 episodes 7.0 → 7.0 43 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	16 Chefs Compete	7.0	174
2	15 Chefs Compete	6.9	151
3	14 Chefs Compete	6.8	157
4	13 Chefs Compete	6.9	151
5	12 Chefs Compete	6.7	158
6	11 Chefs Compete	6.7	142
7	10 Chefs Compete	6.9	147
8	9 Chefs Compete	7.0	148
9	7 Chefs Compete	6.8	144
10	6 Chefs Compete	6.9	158
11	5 Chefs Compete	6.7	141
12	4 Chefs Compete	6.9	145
13	3 Chefs Compete	7.0	139
14	2 Chefs Compete	6.7	137
15	2 Chefs Compete: Part 2	7.0	141

Season 6 (2009)

7.13 avg 15 episodes 7.2 → 7.4 43 min avg

Big finale

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	16 Chefs Compete	7.2	155
2	15 Chefs Compete	7.3	142
3	14 Chefs Compete	7.3	145
4	13 Chefs Compete	7.0	135
5	12 Chefs Compete	6.9	132
6	11 Chefs Compete	7.1	129
7	10 Chefs Compete	7.0	126
8	9 Chefs Compete	6.9	125
9	8 Chefs Compete	7.1	132
10	7 Chefs Compete	7.0	126
11	6 Chefs Compete	7.2	126
12	5 Chefs Compete	7.0	123
13	4 Chefs Compete	7.2	126
14	3 Chefs Compete	7.3	131
15	2 Chefs Compete	7.4	137

Season 7 (2010)

7.15 avg 15 episodes 7.1 → 7.3 43 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	16 Chefs Compete	7.1	138
2	15 Chefs Compete	6.9	130
3	13 Chefs Compete	6.8	126
4	12 Chefs Compete	7.0	123
5	12 Chefs Compete	7.0	121
6	11 Chefs Compete	7.0	124
7	10 Chefs Compete	7.2	115
8	9 Chefs Compete	7.2	116
9	8 Chefs Compete	7.3	117
10	7 Chefs Compete	7.4	113
11	6 Chefs Compete	7.1	118
12	5 Chefs Compete	7.3	112
13	4 Chefs Compete	7.3	113
14	4 Chefs Compete	7.3	114
15	Winner Announced	7.3	115

Season 8 (2010)

7.33 avg 15 episodes 7.3 → 7.4 42 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	16 Chefs Compete	7.3	143
2	14 Chefs Compete	7.1	124
3	13 Chefs Compete	7.3	120
4	12 Chefs Compete	7.0	121
5	11 Chefs Compete	7.1	122
6	10 Chefs Compete	7.1	124
7	9 Chefs Compete: Part 1	7.3	122
8	9 Chefs Compete: Part 2	7.3	119
9	8 Chefs Compete	7.5	112
10	7 Chefs Compete	7.6	112
11	6 Chefs Compete	7.6	114
12	5 Chefs Compete	7.5	116
13	4 Chefs Compete	7.3	116
14	4 Chefs Compete Again	7.5	117
15	2 Chefs Compete	7.4	120

Season 9 (2011)

7.31 avg 16 episodes 7.2 → 7.2 43 min avg

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	18 Chefs Compete	7.2	146
2	16 Chefs Compete	7.3	116
3	15 Chefs Compete	7.3	113
4	14 Chefs Compete	7.3	112
5	13 Chefs Compete	7.2	113
6	12 Chefs Compete	7.3	114
7	11 Chefs Compete	7.4	109
8	10 Chefs Compete	7.5	109
9	9 Chefs Compete	7.3	107
10	8 Chefs Compete	7.5	105
11	7 Chefs Compete	7.4	104
12	6 Chefs Compete	7.4	108
13	5 Chefs Compete	7.4	109
14	5 Chefs Compete Again	7.0	107
15	4 Chefs Compete	7.2	114
16	Winner Chosen	7.2	124

Season 10 (2012)

7.07 avg 20 episodes 7.0 → 7.4 44 min avg

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	18 Chefs Compete	7.0	147
2	17 Chefs Compete	6.8	131
3	16 Chefs Compete	6.8	127
4	15 Chefs Compete	7.0	122
5	14 Chefs Compete	6.8	120
6	13 Chefs Compete: Part 1	6.8	118
7	13 Chefs Compete: Part 2	6.9	124
8	12 Chefs Compete	6.9	116
9	11 Chefs Compete: Part 1	7.0	123
10	11 Chefs Compete: Part 2	7.0	116
11	10 Chefs Compete	6.9	117
12	Feast or Fiasco: Part 1	7.2	113
13	9 Chefs Compete: Part 2	7.3	112
14	8 Chefs Compete	7.3	113
15	7 Chefs Compete	7.2	110
16	6 Chefs Compete	7.1	115
17	5 Chefs Compete	7.3	106
18	4 Chefs Compete	7.3	107
19	2 Chefs Compete	7.4	107
20	Winner Chosen	7.4	112

Season 11 (2013)

7.06 avg 21 episodes 6.8 → 7.0 46 min avg

Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Twenty Chefs Compete	6.8	131
2	Nineteen Chefs Compete	7.2	109
3	17 Chefs Compete	7.1	107
4	Sixteen Chefs Compete: Part 1	7.2	106
5	16 Chefs Compete: Part 2 of 2	7.2	107
6	15 Chefs Compete	7.1	105
7	14 Chefs Compete	7.1	103
8	13 Chefs Compete	7.1	102
9	12 Chefs Compete	6.9	106
10	10 Chefs Compete	7.0	102
11	9 Chefs Compete	7.1	104
12	8 Chefs Compete	7.1	102
13	7 Chefs Compete	7.1	101
14	7 Chefs Compete: Part 2	7.0	106
15	6 Chefs Compete	7.1	103
16	5 Chefs Compete: Part 1	6.9	101
17	5 Chefs Compete: Part 2 of 3	7.0	103
18	5 Chefs Compete: Part 3 of 3	7.0	104
19	4 Chefs Compete	7.0	102
20	2 Chefs Compete	7.2	100
21	Winner Chosen	7.0	112

Season 12 (2014)

7.13 avg 20 episodes 6.7 → 7.3 44 min avg

Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	20 Chefs Compete	6.7	130
2	19 Chefs Compete	7.1	115
3	18 Chefs Compete	7.0	108
4	17 Chefs Compete	7.0	106
5	16 Chefs Compete	7.0	108
6	15 Chefs Compete	6.9	106
7	14 Chefs Compete	7.0	104
8	13 Chefs Compete	7.1	102
9	12 Chefs Compete	7.3	105
10	11 Chefs Compete	7.2	105
11	10 Chefs Compete	7.1	102
12	10 Chefs Again	7.3	104
13	9 Chefs Compete	7.2	102
14	8 Chefs Compete	7.3	101
15	7 Chefs Compete	7.2	98
16	7 Chefs Again	7.3	102
17	6 Chefs Compete	7.1	96
18	5 Chefs Compete	7.2	99
19	4 Chefs Compete	7.2	96
20	Winner Chosen	7.3	105

Season 13 (2014)

6.91 avg 16 episodes 7.0 → 7.3 49 min avg

Big finale

Season 13 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	18 Chefs Compete	7.0	105
2	17 Chefs Compete	6.9	96
3	16 Chefs Compete	6.7	97
4	15 Chefs Compete	6.9	93
5	14 Chefs Compete	6.8	96
6	13 Chefs Compete	6.9	94
7	12 Chefs Compete	6.7	90
8	11 Chefs Compete	6.8	89
9	11 Chefs Compete, Part 2	7.2	94
10	9 Chefs Compete	6.8	88
11	8 Chefs Compete	6.9	86
12	7 Chefs Compete	7.0	89
13	6 Chefs Compete	7.0	89
14	5 Chefs Compete	6.7	86
15	4 Chefs Compete	7.0	86
16	Winner Chosen	7.3	89

Season 14 (2015)

7.19 avg 16 episodes 6.9 → 7.1 45 min avg

Season 14 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	18 Chefs Compete	6.9	117
2	17 Chefs Compete	7.0	103
3	16 Chefs Compete	7.0	99
4	15 Chefs Compete	7.3	96
5	14 Chefs Compete	7.3	90
6	13 Chefs Compete	7.2	91
7	12 Chefs Compete	7.2	93
8	11 Chefs Compete	7.2	89
9	9 Chefs Compete	7.2	88
10	8 Chefs Compete	7.3	87
11	8 Chefs Compete Again	7.1	88
12	7 Chefs Compete	7.3	86
13	6 Chefs Compete	7.3	85
14	5 Chefs Compete	7.2	89
15	4 Chefs Compete	7.4	87
16	Winner Chosen	7.1	94

Season 15 (2016)

7.05 avg 16 episodes 7.1 → 6.7 43 min avg

Season 15 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	18 Chefs Compete	7.1	103
2	17 Chefs Compete	7.1	95
3	16 Chefs Compete	7.1	92
4	15 Chefs Compete	7.2	95
5	14 Chefs Compete	7.1	91
6	12 Chefs Compete	7.0	88
7	11 Chefs Compete	7.1	86
8	10 Chefs Compete	7.1	86
9	10 Chefs Again	6.8	85
10	9 Chefs Compete	6.7	88
11	8 Chefs Compete	7.1	83
12	7 Chefs Compete	7.1	82
13	6 Chefs Compete	7.2	81
14	5 Chefs Compete	7.3	82
15	3 Chefs Compete	7.1	81
16	Winner Chosen	6.7	92

Season 16 (2016)

7.01 avg 16 episodes 6.9 → 7.2 44 min avg

Season 16 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	When the Wall Comes Tumbling Down	6.9	102
2	Crepe Grand Prix	6.8	91
3	The Yolks on Them	6.6	92
4	Surf Riding & Turf Fighting	6.9	90
5	Walking the Plank	7.0	86
6	Let the Catfights Begin	6.9	83
7	Don't Tell My Fiance	6.8	86
8	Dancing with the Chefs	7.1	86
9	Spoon Fed	7.1	91
10	Dancing in the Grotto	7.2	84
11	Aerial Maneuvers	7.0	90
12	Fusion Confusion	6.9	83
13	Black Jacket Lounge	7.3	84
14	Playing Your Cards Right	7.2	83
15	Tequila Shots?	7.2	81
16	Leaving It on the Line	7.2	92

Season 17 (2017)

7.06 avg 16 episodes 6.8 → 7.7 47 min avg

Season 17 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	All-Stars Arrive	6.8	126
2	Raising the Bar	7.1	107
3	Tower of Terror	7.0	104
4	Just Letter Cook	7.1	100
5	Josh Josh Josh	7.0	104
6	A Little Slice of Hell	6.6	103
7	Trimming Fat	7.5	101
8	Welcome to the Jungle	7.1	101
9	Catch of the Day	6.3	106
10	It's All Gravy	7.1	98
11	Trying to Pasta Test	7.0	97
12	Five Is the New Black	7.7	99
13	Stars Heating Up Hell	7.2	96
14	Families Come to Hell	7.1	89
15	Final Three; All-Star Finale	6.7	94
16	All-Star Finale	7.7	74

Season 18 (2018)

7.22 avg 16 episodes 7.4 → 7.4 44 min avg

Season 18 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Rookies vs. Veterans	7.4	128
2	A Fond Farewell	7.4	110
3	Hell's Riders	7.4	106
4	Hell Freezes Over	7.3	101
5	Fish Out of Water	7.2	100
6	Hot Potato	7.3	100
7	Last Chef Standing	7.2	95
8	One Hell of a Party	7.0	94
9	What Happens in Vegas	7.0	98
10	Poor Trev	6.9	97
11	Devilish Desserts	7.2	95
12	Break On Through	6.9	94
13	An Episode of Firsts	7.2	90
14	What's Your Motto?	7.6	96
15	A Rollercoaster Ride	7.1	90
16	The Grand Finale	7.4	101

Season 19 (2020)

7.63 avg 16 episodes 7.6 → 7.8 43 min avg

Season 19 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Welcome to Vegas	7.6	131
2	Shrimply Spectacular	7.8	109
3	Hell Caesar!	7.7	102
4	Wedding Bells in Hell	7.6	102
5	Hell Starts Taking its Toll	7.6	97
6	Metal & Marinara	7.5	93
7	A Pair of Aces	7.3	93
8	Crapping Out in Hell	7.6	92
9	Blind Taste Test	7.5	93
10	There's Something About Marc	7.7	91
11	Sink or Swim	7.7	90
12	There's Magic in Hell?	7.8	89
13	It's Time!	7.6	87
14	Sleeping With the Enemy	7.6	83
15	What Happens in Vegas?	7.7	80
16	Hitting the Jackpot	7.8	88

Season 20 (2021)

7.29 avg 16 episodes 7.2 → 6.5 44 min avg

Bad finale

Season 20 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Young Guns Come Out Shooting	7.2	118
2	Temping the Meat	7.2	99
3	Come Hell or High Water!	7.3	96
4	Young Guns Going Big	7.4	95
5	Stirring the Pot	7.2	91
6	A Ramsay Birthday in Hell	7.1	94
7	If You Can't Stand the Heat...	7.5	89
8	A Devilish Challenge	6.9	88
9	A Game Show From Hell	7.4	85
10	More Than a Sticky Situation	7.7	87
11	Swiping Right	7.3	84
12	All Hell Breaks Loose	7.4	80
13	Social Media in Hell	7.5	81
14	Hell Hath No Fury...	7.7	78
15	What the Hell	7.4	76
16	Two Young Guns Shoot it Out	6.5	98

Season 21 (2022)

7.72 avg 15 episodes 7.9 → 8.0 50 min avg

Season 21 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Let the Battle Begin	7.9	104
2	Just Wingin' It	7.6	91
3	Clawing Your Way to the Top	7.5	88
4	Slipping Down to Hell	7.6	84
5	Breakfast 911	7.6	84
6	Til Chef Do Us Part	7.5	82
7	Wok This Way	7.6	81
8	Game On!	8.0	84
9	Putting the Carne in Carnival	7.7	81
10	Everyone's Taco'ing About It	7.7	76
11	21st Annual Blind Taste Test	7.9	77
12	What in Hell's Kitchen?	7.8	79
13	The Fab Five Take Flight	7.6	71
14	Lights, Camera, Sabotage!	7.8	75
15	A Finale for the Ages, Part 1/A Finale for the Ages, Part 2	8.0	94

Season 22 (2023)

7.91 avg 16 episodes 7.9 → 8.2 44 min avg

Rebound

Season 22 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Dream Begins	7.9	102
2	Tad Overwhelming	7.8	89
3	Citizens of Hell's Kitchen	8.0	86
4	Gimme an H!	7.9	80
5	Just Bring the Darn Fish!	7.9	81
6	Fusion Confusion	8.0	81
7	All up in Your Grills	7.8	78
8	Cooking for Your Life	8.2	79
9	More Bang for Your Buck	7.9	79
10	The Pastabilities Are Endless	7.8	77
11	A Hellish Food Fight	7.6	78
12	A Hell's Kitchen Special Delivery	8.3	88
13	#HellishHangover	7.2	85
14	Don't Be Fooled	8.2	77
15	And Then There Were Two	7.9	69
16	One Hell of an American Dream	8.2	79

Season 23 (2024)

7.55 avg 16 episodes 7.5 → 6.2

Bad finale

Season 23 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Hell Heads East	7.5	92
2	The Flame Game	7.6	81
3	Shucking Hell	7.7	75
4	In a Pickle	7.7	74
5	Homesick in Hell	7.6	72
6	Hell On Wheels	8.0	75
7	Harmony in Hell	7.2	72
8	Get a Clue!	7.5	71
9	Lonely in the Kitchen	7.8	70
10	A Sticky Situation	7.6	69
11	A Soap Opera in Hell	7.9	65
12	Black Jacket Time	7.8	68
13	Five Comedians Walk Into Hell...	7.4	73
14	Hell at the Pass	7.9	63
15	One Hell of a Ride	7.4	66
16	Hell's Finish Line	6.2	91

Season 24 (2025)

7.46 avg 16 episodes 7.4 → 6.1

Season 24 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Making a State-ment	7.4	73
2	Hell on a Halfshell	7.6	70
3	The Heat is Coming to Hell's Kitchen	7.5	66
4	There's Something Fishy Going On	7.6	66
5	A State of Confusion	7.4	63
6	Hell's Chicken	7.8	65
7	Guac a mole in Hell's Kitchen	7.8	58
8	Cook for Your Life	7.7	59
9	Hell Hath No Fury Like Anaiya Scorned	7.7	62
10	Is It Steak?	7.7	56
11	Charity Dinner from Hell	7.8	54
12	Battle for Black Jackets	6.0	74
13	Queens of the Kitchen	7.7	50
14	Who's the Boss	7.8	51
15	Hell of a Showdown	7.8	43
16	The Last State Standing Is...	6.1	60