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| Hell's Kitchen: Rookies vs. Veterans | |
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| Season 18 | |
_season_18&sq=&lang=&file=File:Hells_Kitchen_US_Season_18_Poster.jpg) Promotional poster for season 18, featuring host Ramsay | |
| Hosted by | Gordon Ramsay |
| No. of contestants | 16 |
| Winner | Ariel Contreras-Fox |
| Runner-up | Mia Castro |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | September 28, 2018 – February 8, 2019 |
| Season chronology | |
The eighteenth season of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen (subtitled as Hell's Kitchen: Rookies vs. Veterans) premiered on Fox on September 28, 2018, and concluded on February 8, 2019.[1] Gordon Ramsay returned as host and head chef, while James "Jocky" Petrie and Christina Wilson returned as the Blue Team and Red Team's sous-chefs respectively. Marino Monferrato returned as maître d'. This season featured eight new contestants (rookies) battling eight returning veterans. It is also the last to be shot in California until Season 21 where the show returned to the state for two more seasons.
The season was won by season six third-place finisher Ariel Contreras-Fox, with private chef Mia Castro finishing second.
- ^ "FOX ANNOUNCES FALL PREMIERE DATES FOR THE 2018-2019 SEASON". Foxflash. June 28, 2018. Retrieved August 21, 2018.