The BEST seasons of Hell's Kitchen (US)

#1 - Season 2

First Aired 6/13/2006

#2 - Season 6

First Aired 7/22/2009

#3 - Season 3

First Aired 6/5/2007

#4 - Season 1

First Aired 5/31/2005

#5 - Season 5

First Aired 1/30/2009

#6 - Season 10

First Aired 6/5/2012

#7 - Season 8

First Aired 9/23/2010

#8 - Rookies vs Veterans

First Aired 9/29/2018

Season eighteen returns with a new twist: pitting veteran contestants against rookies. For the first time, eight accomplished chefs who have competed in previous seasons – and lost – will be brought back for a shot at redemption. But these veterans will need to go up against eight ambitious rookies who are equally eager to show Chef Ramsay they have what it takes to be the next Hell's Kitchen winner and become Head Chef at the world’s first Gordon Ramsay Hell’s Kitchen Restaurant at Caesars Palace Las Vegas.

#9 - Season 9

First Aired 7/19/2011

#10 - Season 11

First Aired 3/13/2013

#11 - Season 4

First Aired 4/2/2008

#12 - Season 16

First Aired 9/24/2016

#13 - Season 12

First Aired 3/14/2014

#14 - Las Vegas

First Aired 1/8/2021

Season 19 takes place at the Hell's Kitchen restaurant in Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The prize is a head chef's position at Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen Lake Tahoe.

#15 - Season 7

First Aired 6/2/2010

#16 - Battle of the Ages

First Aired 9/30/2022

Tried and true meets hungry and new.

#17 - Season 13

First Aired 9/11/2014

#18 - Season 14

First Aired 3/4/2015

#19 - The American Dream

First Aired 9/29/2023

Gordon Ramsay returns for Season 22 of "Hell's Kitchen." Specially themed "The American Dream," this season focuses on uniquely American stories to test contestants and push them to their limits.

#20 - Season 15

First Aired 1/16/2016

#21 - Season 17

First Aired 9/30/2017

#22 - Young Guns

First Aired 6/1/2021

Eighteen chefs competed in season 20, with all of them being aged 24 years old or younger.