Season 13 of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen premiered on Fox on September 10, 2014, and concluded on December 17, 2014. Gordon Ramsay returned as host and head chef, while Andi Van Willigan returned as the Red Team's sous-chef and James Avery returned as the Blue Team's sous-chef. Marino Monferrato debuted as maître d', replacing Jean-Philippe Susilovic.
The season was won by kitchen supervisor La Tasha McCutchen, with lead line cook Bryant Gallaher finishing second.
Chefs Eighteen chefs competed in season 13 for the first time since season 10.
Contestant Age Occupation Hometown Result La Tasha McCutchen 33 Kitchen supervisor Winter Haven, Florida Winner Bryant Gallaher 29Lead line cook Virginia Beach, Virginia Runner-Up Sade Dancy 25Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaEliminated before Finals Jennifer Salhoff 33 Private chef Rosanne "Roe" DiLeo Head chef Dallas, Texas Eliminated after Fourteenth Service Brian Santos Sous chef Boston, Massachusetts Eliminated after Thirteenth Service Sterling Wright 40 Grill chef Nashville, Tennessee Eliminated after Twelfth Service Fernando Cruz 28 Executive chef La Quinta, California Eliminated after Eleventh Service Aaron Lhamon Lead line cook Maynard, Massachusetts Quit after Tenth Service Frank Bilotti 26Executive chef Staten Island, New York Eliminated after Ninth Service Steve Rosenthal 34 Detroit, Michigan Hospitalized before Ninth Service Ashley Sherman 29 Lead line cook Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Eliminated after Seventh Service Katie McKeown 23 Line cook Dallas, Texas Eliminated after Sixth Service Kalen Morgenstern 32 Sous chef River Oaks, Texas Eliminated after Fifth Service James "JR" RobinsonFrom homeless to 'Hell's Kitchen': Local chef James 'J.R.' Robinson's story 29 Private chef Washington, D.C. Eliminated after Fourth Service Denine Giordano 23 Culinary student Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Eliminated after Third Service Janai Simpson 24 Chef de Partie LaGrange, Georgia Eliminated after Second Service John Paul "JP" DeDominicis 28 Kitchen manager Boston, Massachusetts Eliminated after First Service Notes
Contestant progress No.Chef Original teams 1st switch 2nd switch Individuals Finals 1301 1302 1303 1304 1305 1306 1307 1308 1309 1310 1311 1312 1313 1314 1315 1316 1 WIN LOSE LOSE WIN LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE WIN LOSE WIN IN IN INWINNER 2 Bryant LOSE LOSE WIN LOSE WIN LOSE LOSE WIN WIN NOM LOSE WINBoW IN IN 3 Sade WIN LOSE LOSE WIN LOSE LOSE LOSE WIN WIN LOSE LOSE WIN IN IN OUTLa Tasha's team 4 Jennifer WIN LOSE LOSE WIN LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE WIN LOSE WIN IN NOM OUTBryant's team 5 Roe WIN LOSE LOSE WIN LOSE NOM NOM LOSE LOSE WIN NOM NOM NOM OUTLa Tasha's team 6 Santos LOSE LOSE WIN LOSE WIN LOSE LOSE WIN WIN LOSE NOM NOM OUTBryant's team 7 Sterling LOSE NOM WIN LOSE WIN NOM LOSE NOM LOSE WIN NOM OUTSterling, along with Frank was also eliminated in the kitchen, during the post-mortemBryant's team 8 Fernando LOSE NOM WIN LOSE WIN LOSE LOSE WIN WIN LOSE OUTLa Tasha's team 9 Aaron NOM LOSE WIN LOSE WIN LOSE NOM WIN WIN QUIT 10 Frank LOSE LOSE WIN NOM WIN LOSE LOSE NOM OUTBryant's team 11 Steve LOSE LOSE WIN NOM WIN NOM NOM WINHOSP 12 Ashley WIN LOSE LOSE WIN LOSE LOSE OUTLa Tasha's team 13 Katie WIN LOSE LOSE WIN NOM OUT 14 Kalen WIN LOSE NOM WIN OUT 15 JR LOSE LOSE WIN OUT 16 Denine WIN NOM OUT 17 Janai WIN OUT 18 JP OUT
Episodes
Epilogue Two chefs from this season later appeared on the Food Network show Chopped. Frank was on the season 37 episode "A Frog Leg Up." Here, he was chopped (eliminated) in the entrée round after serving undercooked gnocchi to the judges. Roe appeared on the season 41 episode "Holy Bologna!" and was chopped after the dessert round.
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