The seventeenth season of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen (officially known as Hell's Kitchen All Stars) premiered on Fox on September 29, 2017, and concluded on February 2, 2018. Gordon Ramsay returned as host and head chef, while British MasterChef judge James "Jocky" Petrie debuted as the Blue Team's sous-chef, replacing Aaron Mitrano, and Christina Wilson returned as the Red Team's sous-chef, replacing Andi Van Willigan-Cutspec. Marino Monferrato returned as maître d'.
The season was won by season 14 semifinalist Michelle Tribble, with season 7 semifinalist Benjamin Knack finishing second.
The season was cast in January 2017.
This was the first season in Hell's Kitchen history to have an all-star edition as 16 former contestants, all of whom earned a black jacket during their original appearances, returned to compete once again (also their first time since season eight returned to 16 contestants instead of 18). It was also the first season to have a theme, which each subsequent season would do from this point on (in the tradition of the first 40 seasons of Survivor).
Chefs 16 returning chefs competed in Season 17. Contestant AgeAge at the time of filming Hometown Competed Finished Result Michelle Tribble26 Dallas, Texas Season 14 3rd Winner Benjamin Knack 41 San Antonio, Texas Season 7 Runner-Up Nick Peters Bond 28Newburyport, Massachusetts Season 14 5th Eliminated during Finals Milly Medley37 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 4th Eliminated before Finals Robyn Almodovar 36 Fort Lauderdale, Florida Season 10 6th Eliminated after Tenth Service Jennifer Normant40 Burlington, Massachusetts Season 9 5th Eliminated after Black Jackets Challenge Elise Harris 32 Stafford, Virginia 3rd Dana Cohen Emerson, New Jersey Season 10 Eliminated after Ninth Service Barbara "Barbie" Marshall 39 Strasburg, Pennsylvania 4th Eliminated after Eighth Service Vincent "Van" Hurd 34 South Glastonbury, Connecticut Season 6 6th Eliminated after Seventh Service Amanda "Manda" Palomino32 Atlantic City, New Jersey Season 15 5th Eliminated after Sixth Service Giovanni Filippone 46 Santa Rosa Beach, Florida Season 5 6th Eliminated after Cook for your Life Challenge Jared Bobkin 31 Troy, Michigan Season 15 4th Eliminated after Fifth Service Josh Trovato28 Los Angeles, California Season 14 6th Ejected during Fourth Service Ashley Nickell29 Orlando, Florida Season 15 3rd Eliminated after Second Service Ben Walanka36 Overland Park, Kansas Season 5 4th Eliminated after First Service
Notes
Contestant progress No.Chef Original teams Switched teams Individuals Finals 1701/1702 1703 1704 1705 1706 1707 1708 1709 1710 1711 1712 1713 1714 1715 1716 1 Michelle LOSE LOSE WIN WIN WIN BoB LOSE LOSE LOSE NOM IN BoB IN IN WINNER2 Benjamin WIN WIN LOSE WIN LOSE IN WIN LOSE WIN WIN IN IN IN IN3 Nick WIN WIN LOSE WIN LOSE BoB WIN LOSE WIN WIN IN IN IN OUT Michelle's team4 Milly WINMilly was immune from elimination WIN LOSE WIN LOSENOM WIN NOM WIN WIN IN NOMOUT Michelle's team5 Robyn LOSE NOM WIN WIN NOMNOM WIN NOM WIN WIN IN OUT Benjamin's team 6 Jennifer LOSE LOSE WIN WIN WIN IN LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSEOUT Benjamin's team 7 Elise NOM LOSE WIN WIN WINNOM LOSE NOM NOM NOMOUT Michelle's team 8 Dana LOSE LOSE WIN WIN WIN IN LOSE LOSE LOSE OUT Michelle's team9 Barbie LOSE NOM WIN WIN WIN NOM NOM NOM OUT Benjamin's team10 Van WIN WIN LOSE WIN LOSE IN WINOUT Benjamin's team11 Manda NOMNOMManda was voted up as the fourth nominee, only receiving a couple of votes WIN WIN WINNOM OUT12 Giovanni WIN WIN NOM WIN LOSEOUT13 Jared WIN WIN LOSE WIN OUT14 Josh WIN WIN NOM EJEC15 Ashley LOSEOUTAshley also received votes to be up for elimination and was the third nominee16 BenOUT
Episodes
U.S. Nielsen ratings
No. Episode Air date Timeslot (ET) Rating/Share(18–49) Viewers(millions) Nightlyrank 1 "All-Stars Arrive" September 29, 2017 Friday 8:00 p.m. 0.9 4 3.02 3 2 "Raising the Bar" October 6, 2017 0.9 4 2.80 3 3 "Tower of Terror" October 13, 2017 0.8 4 2.87 3 4 "Just Letter Cook" October 20, 2017 0.8 4 2.86 3 5 "Josh Josh Josh" November 3, 2017 0.8 4 3.10 3 6 "A Little Slice of Hell" November 10, 2017 0.8 4 3.11 4 7 "Trimming Fat" November 17, 2017 0.9 4 3.21 2 8 "Welcome to the Jungle" December 1, 2017 0.7 3 2.80 3 9 "Catch of the Day" December 8, 2017 0.8 3 2.96 3 10 "It's All Gravy" December 15, 2017 0.8 4 3.04 2 11 "Trying to Pasta Test" January 5, 2018 0.9 4 3.42 312 "Five is the New Black" January 12, 2018 1.1 5 3.56 113 "Stars Heating Up Hell" January 19, 2018 0.9 4 3.17 214 "Families Come to Hell" January 26, 2018 0.9 4 3.43 115 "Final Three"February 2, 2018 0.9 4 3.36 2 16 "All-Star Finale"
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