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''Hell's Kitchen'' is an American reality television cooking competition (based on the British series of the same name) broadcast on Fox. It is hosted by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. Fox had announced that ''Hell's Kitchen'' was renewed for a 13th season which premiered on Wednesday, September 10, 2014.〔https://www.facebook.com/notes/fox/fox-announces-fall-premiere-dates-for-the-2014-2015-season/10154342036545557〕 The show was officially renewed for a 14th season that began on March 3, 2015. At the end of the 13th season, it was announced that it was renewed for two more seasons through season 16.〔http://tvimpulse.com/fox-renews-hells-kitchen-through-season-16=28139〕 For the first time since season 10, ''Hell's Kitchen'' had a 9 ET/8 CT timeslot starting Tuesday, May 26, 2015, due to the revival of the series ''Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?'' taking its spot at 8/7c. Season 15 will premiere on January 15, 2016 == Format == The U.S. version of ''Hell's Kitchen'' follows the format of the UK version though the show is recorded and not performed live, nor is there audience participation in the elimination of chefs. Each season brings twelve to twenty aspiring chefs to Hell's Kitchen, a modified warehouse in Los Angeles that includes the restaurant, dual kitchen facilities and a dormitory where the chefs reside while on the show. They are also given silverware sets that they get to keep, regardless of their progress. Gordon Ramsay breaks the chefs into two teams most often based on gender, with women on the red team and men on the blue and are given a chef's jacket with labels of that color. The chefs compete in these teams, barring any reassignments by Ramsay, until only five or six chefs are left, which they are brought into a single common team wearing black-lapelled jackets, though they now compete individually to be one of the final two. Each episode typically includes one challenge and one dinner service, following which a chef is eliminated from the game. In challenges, the teams or individual chefs are tasked with a cooking challenge by Ramsay. The type of challenges are varied, ranging from ingredient preparation, meal preparation, taste tests and other challenges. The first challenge of each season is a signature dish cook-off, giving the chefs the opportunity to show Ramsay their cooking. Each season typically includes one or more challenges that allows teams to construct several dishes either for a banquet to be held the next dinner service or as part of designing their own menus. Other challenges typically include a "taste it, make it" task where chefs must try to recreate a dish Ramsay has prepared by taste only and a taste-test challenge where chefs identify ingredients without sight or sound. The winner of the challenge is either determined by a scoring system set for that challenge, or based on Ramsay's and/or guest judges' opinions. The winning team or chef is typically rewarded with a recreational activity away from Hell's Kitchen and other potential prizes, while the losing team or chefs are forced to do a menial task, such as cleaning the kitchens, preparing a specific ingredient for the dinner's meal or having to prepare the food for both kitchens. For dinner services, the chefs are expected to work their station (such as meat, fish, or garnish) on the kitchen line to prepare food in coordination with their teammates and to Ramsay's high standards for quality and presentation during a dinner service for about 100 guests (volunteers for the show), with each diner expecting to receive an appetizer, an entree, and a dessert. The chefs are given menus and recipe books by Ramsay to study and memorize, which include some of Ramsay's more difficult plates including risotto and Beef Wellington and are given a few hours before each service to prep their ingredients. Menus may be customized for a specific dinner service, such as ethnic-themed dishes or plates that resulted from the earlier challenge. One service allows for the teams to develop their own menus, which are reviewed by Ramsay for quality and presentation before the service. Dinner services may include additional challenges. A chef from each team may be asked to serve a table-side meal for their team, or may be asked to act as a server for the evening, taking and fulfilling orders. When the chefs are on a single black team, Ramsay will use one dinner service to ask each chef to run the pass to test their quality control, which will include deliberate mistakes made by the sous chefs or Ramsay himself. During a service, Ramsay demands that all orders for one course for a table go out together, and will send back entire orders if one item is improperly prepared, such as being over- or undercooked or not seasoned correctly. While the chefs are in two teams, Ramsay is assisted by two of his trusted sous-chefs, each monitoring one of the kitchens who will also demand the same standards and alert Ramsay to any issues. Ramsay desires to complete every dinner service, but poor kitchen performance by one or both teams will cause him to close one or both sides of the kitchen early and send the team(s) back to the dorms. Ramsay may also evict individual chefs from the kitchen based on repeated poor performances during a service, and on rare occasion, can eliminate chefs on the spot. Once the dinner service is complete, Ramsay determines which team (if not both) is the losing team and informs them to come up with chefs to be nominated for elimination; in some cases, Ramsay has declared both teams as winners, but still requires both teams to nominate someone for elimination. This may be a task assigned to the "best of the worst" on the team or may be a group consensus. Ramsay regroups the teams and hears out the nominations from the losing team(s) in the dining hall. Ramsay is free to ignore these elimination rules if he sees fit, and will often call on others to step forward as potential candidates for elimination. After giving these nominees the chance to defend themselves, Ramsay selects one to hand over their jacket and "leave Hell's Kitchen". The eliminated player is shown leaving the restaurant, providing some last thoughts on the experience; Ramsay is shown going to his office to symbolically place the jacket on an empty sharp hook below a picture of that chef in a row with the others; the hook pokes a hole in the jacket and ignites that chef's picture signalling their departure. During this, Ramsay will have a voiceover to explain his reasons for eliminating the chef. If an eliminated chef has performed exceptionally well, Ramsay may allow that chef to keep their jacket as a token of their success up to that point, if he sees fit. Chefs may be eliminated from the competition due to medical reasons, both voluntarily and involuntarily. Chefs that also violate the competition's rules will be immediately eliminated. Chefs may also exit the competition voluntarily for any other reason; though this is not encouraged, their wishes are ultimately granted. Once two chefs remain, they are each given the opportunity to develop their own menu and lead a brigade of former competitors through a full dinner service on their own. In the first five seasons, this included the opportunity to decorate half of the Hell's Kitchen restaurant to their liking. Ramsay will ensure that all menu items meet his standards for high cuisine, and will oversee the service to make sure the high quality standards he expects are retained but otherwise does not get involved, allowing the two remaining chefs to demonstrate their ability to run the line to him. Ramsay will use his observations, those from the diners, and other sources to make a decision on who is the winning chef. This process is announced by having the two chefs stand at two different doors from his office, and telling them to turn the door handle and open it; only the door of the winning chef is unlocked. The winning chef receives two prizes including the opportunity to work as the head chef or executive chef at a restaurant of Ramsay's choosing, as well as a cash prize of $250,000. In a similar manner at eliminations, Ramsay will have a voiceover to explain his reasons for why he think the winning chef will do well at their new job. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hell's Kitchen (U.S. TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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