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benjipwns · Sep 8, 2014

Two Hour Premiere: September 10th, 8PM Eastern.

Also, the dinner services will be more star-studded than ever with celebrities dining at HELLS KITCHEN, including legendary rock musician Steven Tyler of Aerosmith; talk show host Wendy Williams; NBA Champion Chris Bosh; Olympic gold medalist sprinter Allyson Felix; comedian Penn Jillette, actor LouDiamond-Phillips and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE judges Mary Murphy and Nigel Lythgoe.

Red Team

ASHLEY SHERMAN Age: 29 Hometown: Bethlehem, PA Occupation: Lead Line Cook
DENINE GIORDANO Age: 23 Hometown: Philadelphia, PA Occupation: Culinary Student
JANAI SIMPSON Age: 24 Hometown: La Grange, GA Occupation: Chef de Partie
JENNIFER SALHOFF Age: 33 Hometown: Philadelphia, PA Occupation: Private Chef
KALEN MORGENSTERN Age: 32 Hometown: River Oak, TX Occupation: Sous Chef
KATIE McKEOWN Age: 23 Hometown: Dallas, TX Occupation: Line Cook
LA TASHA McCUTCHEN Age: 33 Hometown: Winter Haven, FL Occupation: Kitchen Supervisor
ROE DiLEO Age: 33 Hometown: Dallas, TX Occupation: Head Chef
SADE DANCY Age: 25 Hometown: Philadelphia, PA Occupation: Lead Line Cook

Blue Team

AARON LHAMON Age: 28 Hometown: Maynard, MA Occupation: Lead Line Cook
BRIAN SANTOS Age: 33 Hometown: Boston, MA Occupation: Sous Chef
BRYANT GALLAHER Age: 29 Hometown: Virginia Beach, VA Occupation: Lead Line Cook
FERNANDO CRUZ Age: 28 Hometown: La Quinta, CA Occupation: Executive Chef
FRANK BILOTTI Age: 26 Hometown: Staten Island, NY Occupation: Executive Chef
JP DeDOMINICIS Age: 28 Hometown: Boston, MA Occupation: Kitchen Manager
JR ROBINSON Age: 29 Hometown: Washington, DC Occupation: Private Chef
STERLING WRIGHT Age: 40 Hometown: Nashville, TN Occupation: Grill Chef
STEVE ROSENTHAL Age: 34 Hometown: Detroit, MI Occupation: Executive Chef

Links to short one minute contestant videos on press release post: https://www.facebook.com/notes/hell...-season-13-of-hells-kitchen/10152262084531478

Rumor is...no JP:

Einhander · Sep 8, 2014

Katie is taking it home.

Zero faith in the guys.

Supermanisdead · Sep 8, 2014

no JP, no watch. sorry.

rude · Sep 8, 2014

Anyone else feel like it's getting harder and harder to watch this show? My interest eventually peters out toward the middle of the season. I'll be watching this regardless though.

benjipwns · Sep 8, 2014

rude said:
Anyone else feel like it's getting harder and harder to watch this show? My interest eventually peters out toward the middle of the season. I'll be watching this regardless though.

It's because they don't really mix it up in any way, so it depends on the personalities to carry you through. And the halfway point is where they've gotten rid of most of the entertaining deadweight.

Ashhong · Sep 8, 2014

Jeez, they just finished the last season!

ElRenoRaven · Sep 8, 2014

Will be interesting to see if anyone is worth a damn this season. Last season I hated every single damn person.

Deleted member 8095 · Sep 8, 2014

I finally quit this show last season. I can't stand all of the fake drama, plants and formulaic "competitions". They really need to shake this show up as it has become incredibly stale.

Einhander · Sep 8, 2014

rude said:
Anyone else feel like it's getting harder and harder to watch this show? My interest eventually peters out toward the middle of the season. I'll be watching this regardless though.

I've felt that way several seasons ago, but I keep coming back to watch them. I can't explain why. It's just my go-to show to check out every season. I think I just enjoy watching Gordon flip out.

MasterChef is a less chaotic version where Gordon doesn't treat his contestants like dirt.

rude · Sep 8, 2014

Alotsi said:
MasterChef is a less chaotic version where Gordon doesn't treat his contestants like dirt.

Yeah instead Joe acts like a holier than thou elitist.

RangersFan · Sep 8, 2014

Another season already? And no JP

Oh well. Was too late to predict last season. So I'm going with:

Kalen

Guys have no shot.

Einhander · Sep 8, 2014

rude said:
Yeah instead Joe acts like a holier than thou elitist.

There needs to be at least one dickhead judge for every competition.

Darklord · Sep 8, 2014

WinoMcCougarstein said:
I finally quit this show last season. I can't stand all of the fake drama, plants and formulaic "competitions". They really need to shake this show up as it has become incredibly stale.

I REALLY hated how they turned the episodes from: Challenge, punishment/reward, service, elimination which fitted just fine and split that up into multiple episodes to cram more shitty drama in. It's a cooking competition and they turned it into Big Brother.

CrankyKong · Sep 8, 2014

wait, didnt the last season end not long ago?

Delta Assault · Sep 8, 2014

rude said:
Anyone else feel like it's getting harder and harder to watch this show? My interest eventually peters out toward the middle of the season. I'll be watching this regardless though.

It's way too formulaic. MasterChef isn't amazingly innovative, but it's so much more exciting to watch.

benjipwns · Sep 8, 2014

Even the services just blur all together because it's the same timings/no communication fuckups.

And many of the challenges are just kind of goofy busy work.

They need to add more things where they aren't just line chefs being yelled at by Ramsey because they fucked up scallops again.

Like, I would go back to the first season's finale, split the place down the middle and let Red Team create and design a restaurant/menu/etc. and same for Blue. Gordon can still make them do special nights or breakfasts or whatever and then every so often they have to retool the place a bit. Gordon can have people run the pass earlier instead of just one night, etc. But it's not just a bunch of random shit and then at the end they have to "run a restaurant" instead they're building it up more as a collective exercise. And then they can combine for the black shirts and create a new place.

Now even the finale is so boring and dumb because it's just a regular service, they used to do the planning of the decor and menus and the uniforms for the servers and so on...

The Chopping Block was a massive failure ratings wise, but I liked it so that's why I'm kinda stealing the idea some. And it still can be just a setup for Ramsey to yell at them instead of Marco Pierre White's low key daggers. And there's plenty of avenues for fighting and stupidity and drama.

DrForester · Sep 8, 2014

I am going to try and not watch this season. It's just gotten so bad. Will probbaly fail, but having school on Wednesday nights will help.

That being said, this is my blind guess.

Delta Assault said:
It's way too formulaic. MasterChef isn't amazingly innovative, but it's so much more exciting to watch.

Master Chefs have talented chefs, some buckle under the pressure. That's what Hells Kitchen used to do. Now hells kitchen gets themselves maybe 6 competent chefs and fills the other spots with attention whores for ratings.

RetroMG · Sep 8, 2014

Perfect thread title is perfect.

Einbroch · Sep 8, 2014

Katie's gonna win.

Camp Lo · Sep 8, 2014

My money's on ~~Jennifer~~ La Tasha.

Winter John · Sep 8, 2014

I thought the last season was pretty bad. It's a show which stands or falls on the quality of the contestants, so if they're not entertaining then it's a waste of time.

Community Forum · Sep 8, 2014

JP barely had any screentime last season anyway.

Sir_Crocodile · Sep 8, 2014

So many Executive Chefs

gordons gonna love that

NerdEyeBlind · Sep 8, 2014

Wednesdays this season? Interesting

Jafku · Sep 8, 2014

No JP huh....

Fusebox · Sep 8, 2014

If it's another bunch of hacks who fail at boiling water but get angry at each other at the drop of a hat I'm out this season. Gotta bring some skill back into the kitchen and weed out the trash bags.

Ourobolus · Sep 8, 2014

JP DeDOMINICIS Age: 28 Hometown: Boston, MA Occupation: Kitchen Manager

But, JP is right there, guys!

BadTaste · Sep 8, 2014

They all look unlikeable and no JP. Bye.

Supermanisdead · Sep 8, 2014

this guy will be a smug asshole. he'll do terribly in the first round and deserve to go, but chef ramsey will light the fire under him and he'll cruise through to final 4.

Gonzo The Great · Sep 8, 2014

rude said:
Anyone else feel like it's getting harder and harder to watch this show? My interest eventually peters out toward the middle of the season. I'll be watching this regardless though.

I stopped watching the show about 5 years ago. It's the same thing every season. The Ramsey saturation is becoming too much.

Delta Assault · Sep 8, 2014

At least there won't be another Elise. There can't be. The laws of probability prevent such an occurrence from happening.

Supermanisdead · Sep 8, 2014

elise was the best thing to ever happen to this worthless show.

Camwi · Sep 10, 2014

Two hours is not enough. I can understand some people getting burned out on the show, but I still find it fucking entertaining as hell every single season. Can't wait!

benjipwns said:
Rumor is...no JP:

Tempesta di Fuoco · Sep 10, 2014

Hey I cannot wait for more challenges that always end in a tie and come down to the last person's dish!

Ourobolus · Sep 10, 2014

Tempesta di Fuoco said:
Hey I cannot wait for more challenges that always end in a tie and come down to the last person's dish!

I can't think of a single time that has happened.

Tamanon · Sep 10, 2014

No real old chefs this time around. So weird!

Emerson · Sep 10, 2014

lol this literally just ended like two months ago

Tempesta di Fuoco · Sep 10, 2014

Emerson said:
lol this literally just ended like two months ago

This too. When I saw a commercial for "New Season of Hell's Kitchen starting soon!" I was confused as shit, thinking it was a really old commercial that someone accidentally replayed.

I am going to watch every episode's challenge again just to count how many times they come down to the last two dishes, has Gordon Ramsay say "this one is a tough call!" and then cuts to a commercial break. I'm pretty certain it's every challenge ever.

KorrZ · Sep 10, 2014

rude said:
Anyone else feel like it's getting harder and harder to watch this show? My interest eventually peters out toward the middle of the season. I'll be watching this regardless though.

I still love it tbh. It's completely corny and predictable but I just love the way that Gordon Ramsay hams everything up.

Tempesta di Fuoco · Sep 10, 2014

KorrZ said:
I still love it tbh. It's completely corny and predictable but I just love the way that Gordon Ramsay hams everything up.

Yep, it's so clear that Ramsay is just acting at this point. It's so fake it's hilarious. If anyone has watched any of his more down to earth shows, he is much more toned down than that.

benjipwns · Sep 11, 2014

That's really me on that huge screen!!

Bgamer90 · Sep 11, 2014

These opening intros get cheesier each season lol.

benjipwns · Sep 11, 2014

maybe the greatest intro yet

benjipwns · Sep 11, 2014

that crowd lol "oooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhh"

Bgamer90 · Sep 11, 2014

Good job pushing the stereotype JR. ::shakes head:: (heh)

KibblesBits · Sep 11, 2014

Oh, scallops and risotto. Where's the beef wellington then?

Purple Cheeto · Sep 11, 2014

Alotsi said:
Katie is taking it home.

Zero faith in the guys.

She's definitely gonna last far too long, she's cute as shit.

Pepiope · Sep 11, 2014

No JP

KibblesBits · Sep 11, 2014

And there it is. The beef wellington.
The trifecta takes them down.

mreddie · Sep 11, 2014

Unless tonight hooks me in, I'm tapping out.

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