Hell's Kitchen
Ep. |
Title |
Air/Pub'l |
Grade |
Author |
| 9-15/16 Weecap |
I'm Kind of A Big Deal4 Chefs Compete/Winner Chosen - Tommy’s knocked out first, then Elise (in a semi-shocker), making it Paul vs. Will in the final. Little brother vs. big brother. Big Deal vs. Big Stubble. But even better, Not-Elise vs. Not-Elise! |
2011.09.19
2011.09.20 |
A | Daniel |
| 9-13 Weecap |
All Elise Is Saying Is Give Elise a Chance5 Chefs Compete Again - Jennifer feels awkward about confessing her crush on Paul since she didn't get eliminated. Well, that won't be a problem after tonight. |
2011.09.12
2011.09.13 |
B- | Daniel |
| 9-13 Weecap |
Paul Is Adorable, Like a Non-Blue SmurfSeason 9: 5 Chefs Compete - Will: It's one thing when you're cooking. But when you're eating at a nice restaurant? Take off your gross sweat-stained baseball hat. |
2011.09.05
2011.09.06 |
B- | Daniel |
| 9-12 Weecap |
Listen All Y'all, It's a Sabotage!6 Chefs Compete - Elizabeth's gone. She's sorry, you guys. She's so sorry. So sorry. Sorry sorry sorry! (Sorry.) |
2011.08.29
2011.08.30 |
B+ | Daniel |
| 9-11 Weecap |
Beef Hellington7 Chefs Compete - We should all have hidden cameras in our homes to solve this once and for all: Who did -- or did not -- score the Beef Wellington? Right? Ladies? Are you with me? |
2011.08.22
2011.08.23 |
D+ | Jeff Long |
| 9-10 Weecap |
You Say Potato, I Say Egg Yolk?8 Chefs Compete - The chefs have to serve and cook steaks. It may have been easy for our dads, but these folks have a harder time. |
2011.08.22
2011.08.23 |
B | Jeff Long |
| 9-9 Weecap |
Ain’t No Cure For Love (But There Is A Cure For Salmonella)9 Chefs Compete - For a really romantic dinner, let’s go to that place where people scream profanities at each other and throw food around! |
2011.08.15
2011.08.16 |
B- | Daniel |
| 9-8 Weecap |
Pie Hard10 Chefs Compete - Red miraculously pulls it together for an American classics reward challenge and a Coast Guard dinner service. Blue continues its seemingly unstoppable trend of dissension and rookie mistakes, and Jonathon is fallen by a crick in his neck. |
2011.08.09
2011.08.10 |
C | Lady Lola |
| 9-7 Weecap |
Suds & Duds11 Chefs Compete - The contestants cook with beer and turn in another double-loser week. In the end, weeks of flailing were but a prelude to Krupa's inevitable exit. |
2011.08.08
2011.08.09 |
C | Lady Lola |
| 9-6 Weecap |
Whenever I Eat Hawaiian Food, I'm Always Hungry an Hour Later12 Chefs Compete - At Elizabeth's pizza joint, you get edamame on your Hawaiian pizza. |
2011.08.02
2011.08.03 |
B- | Daniel |
| 9-5 Weecap |
Communication Breakdown13 Chefs Compete - Both teams manage to finish dinner service, but not without a parade of subpar chefs being kicked out by Ramsay. Nobody wins, we all lose. |
2011.08.01
2011.08.02 |
C+ | Daniel |
| 9-4 Weecap |
You Come at the Queen, You Best Not Miss14 Chefs Compete - Both teams display staggering levels of incompetence, neither gets through dinner service, and Red Team reveals that they think Carrie is the lesser of two evils. |
2011.07.26
2011.07.27 |
B- | Daniel |
| 9-3 Weecap |
God Bless the Children of the Feast15 Chefs Compete - I’m gonna take you by surprise and make you realize, Amanda, I’m gonna tell you right away, I can’t wait another day, Amanda, to boot you out of Hell’s Kitchen. |
2011.07.25
2011.07.26 |
B | Daniel |
| 9-2 Weecap |
Tell Me Lies, Tell Me Sweet Little Lies16 Chefs Compete - Ramsay's not mad at you, Brendan. He's just disappointed. Also, he's mad at you. |
2011.07.19
2011.07.20 |
B+ | Daniel |
| 9-1 Weecap |
Off to a Bad Start18 Chefs Compete - Mmmmm. Pork tacos. |
2011.07.19 |
B | Daniel |
| 7-15 Weecap |
The Final CourseWinner Revealed - The final two chefs are basically likeable people, so we bring back a bunch of losers to keep the drama level high. And then someone wins! |
2010.08.10
2010.08.11 |
A | Montykins |
| 7-14 Weecap |
Sunbathing Her Bits and Bobs4 Chefs Compete Again - A surprisingly drama-free episode in which the right two people go home? Well, who would want to see that? |
2010.08.03
2010.08.04 |
A- | Montykins |
| 7-13 Weecap |
Take One Down, Pass It Around4 Chefs Compete - Gordon Ramsay isn't afraid to make the tough decisions! Even if the decision is whether he should bother cutting someone this week! |
2010.07.27
2010.07.28 |
D- | Montykins |
| 7-12 Weecap |
Everybody Rotate!5 Chefs Compete - Will these people be able to cook better if they're yanked from station to station every few minutes? What do you think? |
2010.07.20
2010.07.21 |
A+ | Montykins |
| 7-11 Weecap |
A VIP Guest? Whoopi!6 Chefs Compete - Seven seasons in, people still get eliminated for not being able to cook. |
2010.07.20
2010.07.21 |
B+ | Montykins |
| 7-10 Weecap |
The Most Dramatic Episode of the Year7 Chefs Compete - Did you know there's no security guards to keep exiled chefs from just wandering back into the kitchen? That seems like a design flaw. |
2010.07.06
2010.07.07 |
B+ | Montykins |
| 7-9 Weecap |
We're Going to Sea World!8 Chefs Compete - Communication is very important in a kitchen. Also important: knowing how to cook. |
2010.07.06
2010.07.07 |
B | Montykins |
| 7-8 Weecap |
Jay! We're Dancing!9 Chefs Compete - What's more dangerous to a cook: a head-splitting hangover or a teammate who thinks you can't cook? The answer might surprise you! But it won't. |
2010.06.29
2010.06.30 |
B+ | Montykins |
| 7-7 Weecap |
Chicken Meatball10 Chefs Compete - Is Benjamin the savior of the red team? Or just a jerk with a weird-looking face? Well, can't he be both? |
2010.06.29
2010.06.30 |
C+ | Montykins |
| 7-6 Weecap |
Death of a Blowhard11 Chefs Compete - The red team crashes and burns, so Gordon Ramsay and the Sous Chefs finish the service themselves. Sweet! |
2010.06.22
2010.06.23 |
A | Montykins |
| 7-5 Weecap |
Bringing the Cheesecake12 Chefs Compete - There's the usual amount of cooking and shouting and [bleep]ing, mixed with more underwear, bikini and shower scenes than usual. Spicy! |
2010.06.22
2010.06.23 |
B | Montykins |
| 7-4 Weecap |
You're Just Cooking Like a Zombie!13 Chefs Compete - Things are going better for the chefs. But Gordon Ramsay can still find something to shout about! |
2010.06.15
2010.06.16 |
A- | Montykins |
| 7-3 Weecap |
If You Can't Stand the Heat...14 Chefs Compete - Salvatore nearly walks out and Fran burns herself pretty badly, but it's someone else who gets sent home. |
2010.06.15
2010.06.16 |
B+ | Montykins |
| 7-2 Weecap |
Can't Anyone Here Cook a Risotto?15 Chefs Compete - When the going gets tough, the tough turn their backs and quit, walking off into the night without their shoes. |
2010.06.08
2010.06.09 |
A- | Montykins |
| 7-1 Weecap |
Just Like You Said It Would BeThe Opening Dinner Service - The contestants get a dose of sleep deprivation to go with their general incompetence and personality defects. Let's meet some new friends and then start rooting for them all to get fired! |
2010.06.01
2010.06.02 |
B | Montykins |
| 6-13 Weecap |
Whistler While You WorkThree Chefs Compete; Two Chefs to Winner - The last three contestants compete to make it to Whistler, and it's not a big surprise that Ariel is the first one out. |
2009.10.13
2009.10.14 |
B | Angel Cohn |
| 6-12 Weecap |
Polenta Tower!4 Chefs Compete - Four chefs who hate vegetarians make vegetarian meals for eighty children who hate vegetables. And hilarity, as usual, ensues! |
2009.10.06
2009.10.07 |
A- | Montykins |
| 6-11 Weecap |
The Risotto Wizard5 Chefs Compete - The best five chefs this season struggle to barely complete a service. Bad news for Whistler! |
2009.09.30
2009.09.30 |
C- | Montykins |
| 6-10 Weecap |
The Lettuce-Burning Incident7 Chefs Compete - A two-hour episode that doesn't even try to pretend it's not just two regular episodes stuck together sees two chefs go home for bad halibut. |
2009.09.22
2009.09.23 |
B+ | Montykins |
| 6-9 Weecap |
Holy Crocamole!8 Chefs Compete - It's French night at Hell's Kitchen! Therefore, please pretend that all the [bleep]s are the word "merde." Merci. |
2009.09.08
2009.09.09 |
C+ | Montykins |
| 6-8 Weecap |
The Shouting of the Chefs9 Chefs Compete - It's possible that Tennille shouts at the camera even more than Chef Ramsay shouts at the chefs! |
2009.09.01
2009.09.02 |
B | Montykins |
| 6-7 Weecap |
Chefzapoppin!10 Chefs Compete - Chefs who are customers sit at chef's tables in the kitchen so the chefs who are contestants can make food while being yelled at by the chef who's the host. |
2009.08.25
2009.08.26 |
C | Montykins |
| 6-6 Weecap |
Sheer Heart Attack11 Chefs Compete - Robert starts having chest pains and may have to quit Hell's Kitchen! Note: this is not a rerun. |
2009.08.18
2009.08.19 |
C- | Montykins |
| 6-5 Weecap |
Kitchenpocalypse!12 Chefs Compete - One team completes their entire service before the other team sends out a single entree. Guess which team loses! |
2009.08.11
2009.08.12 |
B- | Montykins |
| 6-4 Weecap |
Farewell, My Lovely13 Chefs Compete - Hey! More shouting, more cooking and more cursing! Then someone goes home. Also, a few off-color jokes about sausages. Enjoy! |
2009.08.04
2009.08.05 |
B+ | Montykins |
| 6-3 Weecap |
Fire in the (A-)Hole14 Chefs Compete - Joseph flips his shit and gets eliminated pretty much immediately, followed by Tony. Robert joins the Blue Team before the remaining contestants compete in a carbolicious cook-off for some starving firefighters. The red team stages a serious comeback in both services, but it's not enough to save them from the fact that they're still crap. And yet no one goes home in the end. Donuts! |
2009.07.28
2009.07.29 |
B | Lady Lola |
| 6-2 Weecap |
It's Raw, Dog!15 Chefs Compete - If you're trying to get on Hell's Kitchen, here's a tip: claim to be someone with a small amount of cooking talent and an anger management problem. They apparently love people like that. |
2009.07.22 |
B | Montykins |
| 6-1 Weecap |
Calm Down, and Let's Cook Some Carrots16 Chefs Compete - A new batch of donuts shows up, and two of them are sent packing. And Robert is back in the mix, which makes all the viewers very sad. |
2009.07.21
2009.07.22 |
A- | Montykins |
| 5-15 Weecap |
Fish on the WallsThe Winner is Chosen - Two chefs enter. One chef leaves. Then they all vanish from everyone's memory surprisingly quickly. |
2009.05.14
2009.05.15 |
B | Montykins |
| 5-14 Weecap |
What Happened to the Cooking?2 Chefs Compete - Danny and Paula plan their restaurants and fly to Atlantic City and back. There is a tragic lack of cursing. |
2009.05.07
2009.05.08 |
D- | Montykins |
| 5-13 Weecap |
Revenge of the Downtrodden3 Chefs Compete - It's time for the contestants to work the pass. Which one will be a bossy loudmouth? Hint: it's the bossy loudmouth! |
2009.04.30
2009.05.01 |
A- | Montykins |
| 5-12 Weecap |
A Farewell to Loudmouths4 Chefs Compete - A bunch of cooking happens and then someone gets sent home. Hey! This wasn't the shocking, unpredictable episode we were promised! |
2009.04.23
2009.04.24 |
B+ | Montykins |
| 5-11 Weecap |
You Gotta Have Heart!5 Chefs Compete - In a Shocking Twist, a contestant goes home early for health reasons and then nobody gets sent home at the end of the episode. It's only the second time this season! |
2009.04.16
2009.04.17 |
C- | Montykins |
| 5-10 Weecap |
The Incompetence! It Burns!6 Chefs Compete - We're down to the top six competitors. The cream of the crop. The best of the best. They're very bad at cooking. |
2009.04.09
2009.04.10 |
D+ | Montykins |
| 5-9 Weecap |
And Please! Make It Extra Poached!7 Chefs Compete - The chefs get to screw up their own menus instead of Chef Ramsay's for a while. The results are pretty much the same. |
2009.04.02
2009.04.03 |
C | Montykins |
| 5-8 Weecap |
A Farewell to Nitwits9 Chefs Compete - Some idiots shout at each other and cook some food and then shout at each other some more. Two of them are sent home. And Eric McCormack enjoys some tasty lamb. |
2009.03.26
2009.03.27 |
C- | Montykins |
| 5-7 Weecap |
I Bet J Didn't Like That!10 Chefs Compete - Gordon Ramsay is in a worse mood than usual, sending one chef home in the middle of dinner service and telling another "You're next". Also, Lacey feels put-upon. |
2009.03.19
2009.03.20 |
B+ | Montykins |
| 5-6 Weecap |
The Return of Francisco11 Chefs Compete - It's time for a bar mitzvah in Hell's Kitchen! For some reason, that seems even weirder than a wedding reception. |
2009.03.12
2009.03.13 |
C- | Montykins |
| 5-5 Weecap |
The Case of the Hungry Sumo Wrestlers12 Chefs Compete - After Asian-fusion is more "Asian" than "Fusion", the chefs crash and burn on dinner service. |
2009.03.05
2009.03.06 |
B | Montykins |
| 5-4 Weecap |
What Happened to the Sabotage?13 Chefs Compete - After a challenge in which football players prove as good at chanting as cheerleaders, service goes very poorly for everyone. Except for Montykins, because Seth is finally gone! |
2009.02.26
2009.02.27 |
B | Montykins |
| 5-3 Weecap |
Cow Cow Boogie14 Chefs Compete - Delicious steaks come from happy cows and frightened, nervous chefs. |
2009.02.19
2009.02.20 |
B- | Montykins |
| 5-2 Weecap |
All About Scallops!15 Chefs Compete - Both teams actually serve food to all of their customers. It's surprising how rarely that happens! |
2009.02.05
2009.02.06 |
B | Montykins |
| 5-1 Weecap |
It's Back!16 Chefs Compete - Yelling, cursing, risotto, someone's dreams get destroyed, and the worst cooks are the biggest jerks. You know the drill. |
2009.01.29
2009.01.30 |
B+ | Montykins |
| 4-15 Weecap |
The Final ShowdownDay 15 - Matt and Jen are back! And they're pretty much exactly as you remember them. |
2008.07.08
2008.07.09 |
B | Montykins |
| 4-14 Weecap |
Flashbacky!Day 14 - The chefs jet to New York and show us a million clips. Also in this episode: pretty much nothing. |
2008.07.01
2008.07.02 |
C- | Montykins |
| 4-13 Weecap |
Sorry, Corey3 Chefs Compete - Haim and Feldman can induct a new member to the "Reality TV Has-Beens Named Corey" club, after this Corey shows insufficient leadership skills. |
2008.06.24
2008.06.25 |
B | Lady Lola |
| 4-12 Weecap |
Contents May Be HotDay 12 - What's scarier: a herd of pregnant women or a hot pot handle? Wait, what do you mean "Neither one"? That wasn't an option! |
2008.06.18 |
B+ | Montykins |
| 4-11 Weecap |
Dis-missed!Day 11 - Beautiful ladies and delicious food. Also shouting and threatening, because what would we do without those? |
2008.06.10
2008.06.11 |
A- | Montykins |
| 4-10 Weecap |
You Wanna See Crazy?!Day 10 - How annoying does a guy have to be to get thrown off a reality show these days? |
2008.06.03
2008.06.04 |
A+ | Montykins |
| 4-9 Weecap |
More of the SameDay 9 - How about if we let the chefs make their own menu? Will that help them at all? Oh. I guess not. |
2008.05.27
2008.05.28 |
D+ | Montykins |
| 4-8 Weecap |
Jen-uinely AnnoyingDay 8 - It's Critic's Night, which has almost nothing to do with the episode, in which Jen gets shouty and annoying. |
2008.05.20
2008.05.21 |
C- | Montykins |
| 4-7 Weecap |
The RivalryDay 7 - I hope you like rivalries between two unlikable guys! The good news is, one of them goes home! |
2008.05.13
2008.05.14 |
B | Montykins |
| 4-6 Weecap |
Sparkle-liciousDay 6 - Matt screws up and mopes around and everyone on his team hates him. Clearly, Shayna should go home. What? |
2008.05.06
2008.05.07 |
B- | Montykins |
| 4-5 Weecap |
Pizza is DeliciousDay 5 - High-end pizza delivered in a low-end vehicle. Hijinx ensue. Oh, and there's some cooking. |
2008.04.29
2008.04.30 |
B | Montykins |
| 4-4 Weecap |
You Know, For Kids!Day 4 - With the menu changed to appeal to kids, that should make things easier, right? Tell that to Craig. And Ben. And Matt. |
2008.04.22
2008.04.23 |
B | Montykins |
| 4-3 Weecap |
Day 3Day 3 - So if I understand this show correctly, if you learn to dissect a chicken, that means you won't have to pick a peck of pickled peppers and then that somehow ties in to soufflés? Or something? |
2008.04.15
2008.04.16 |
A- | Montykins |
| 4-2 Weecap |
Day 2Day 2 - Halibuts get filleted and super-yachts get enjoyed. But do customers get served? Well, yes, but they also get whacked on the head by a chair. |
2008.04.08
2008.04.09 |
B | Montykins |
| 4-1 Weecap |
One Contestant Goes MissingOne Contestant Goes Missing - And we're off! The Black Gordon Ramsay is no match for the regular one, and people still cannot cook risotto or scallops. |
2008.04.01
2008.04.02 |
B+ | Montykins |
| 3-11 Weecap |
Day 10, Part IIDay 10, Part II - Rock wins and Bonnie doesn't, but it really took way too long to get to that point. |
2007.08.13
2007.08.14 |
D | Keckler |
| 3-10 Weecap |
Day 10, Part IDay 10, Part I - Bonnie and Rock plan out their restaurants for the actual (and hopefully clip-less) finale and compete against each other in a signature dish taste-off. |
2007.08.06
2007.08.07 |
F | Keckler |
| 3-9 Weecap |
Day 9Day 9 - After cooking for their mothers and taking their turns being Ramsay at the pass, Jen is sent home, and Rock and fucking Bonnie move forward to the finals. |
2007.07.30
2007.07.31 |
C | Keckler |
| 3-8 Weecap |
Day 8Day 8 - Day 8 (which goes on for several days) brings us a visit with Heather (last year's winner), Josh's eviction from the kitchen in the middle of service, and Julia's high point as she wins a challenge and her low point as she is ultimately eliminated. But her new knowledge of how to use a bidet will serve her well at culinary school. |
2007.07.23
2007.07.24 |
A- | LTG |
| 3-7 Weecap |
Day 7Day 7 - The night's service includes the challenge of cooking new menu items, and while the Reds manage to hold it together fairly well, the Blues really lose it and Brad goes home. |
2007.07.16
2007.07.16 |
C | Keckler |
| 3-6 Weecap |
Day 6Day 6 - Even though the Reds were one teammate down, they still rocked the kitchen in both competitions. Ramsay can't make up his mind who sucked the most on the Blue team, but ends up sending Melissa and her progressively nappy Amber Waves of Annoying home. |
2007.07.09
2007.07.09 |
B- | Keckler |
| 3-5 Weecap |
Day 5Day 5 - "The contestants cook for a wedding party and while Melissa screws up practically everything that could be screwed up, Ramsay keeps her and switches her to the other team. No one goes home tonight." |
2007.07.02
2007.07.02 |
A+ | Keckler |
| 3-4 Weecap |
Day 4Day 4 - After a blind taste test and another abysmal dinner service, Ramsay finally gets rid of Vinnie and the ego he rode in on. |
2007.06.25
2007.06.25 |
A+ | Keckler |
| 3-3 Weecap |
Day 3Day 3 - After serving breakfast to a few good men and women, Aaron lands in the hospital with a "serious illness," and a dinner service garnished with deadly crab sends Joanna home. |
2007.06.18
2007.06.18 |
A- | Keckler |
| 3-2 Weecap |
Day 2Day 2 - Aaron is seriously falling apart. He gets out of a prep challenge by whimpering, he passes out with his eyes open, and he screws up his tableside deboning assignment. Yet, he's still here. The Girls rock the dinner service and, after the Boys are thrown out of the kitchen, end up taking over their responsibilities as well. Eddie, the proverbial "small fish," is thrown back. |
2007.06.11
2007.06.11 |
C+ | Keckler |
| 3-1 Weecap |
Day 1Day 1 - Two contestants cry -- one of them twice -- and fried eggs bring down an entire team. Ramsay's got a new food insult, and it's pretty awesome. |
2007.06.04
2007.06.04 |
C+ | Keckler |
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