Hell's Kitchen (U.S. season 12) Hell's Kitchen (U.S. season 12) Season 12 of the American competitive reality television series "Hell's Kitchen" premiered on March 13, 2014 on Fox. Gordon Ramsay returned as the head chef as well as Andi Van Willigan and James Avery as the red team's and blue team's sous chefs respectively. Jean-Philippe Susilovic also returned as the maître d'. This was the fourth season to feature an all-male final (following seasons 1, 6, and 9). Executive Chef Scott Commings won this season and received a head chef position at Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill in Caesars Palace in Las Vegas; the prize
Kitchen Nightmares public service" that "will make you laugh, make you sick and make you think". Randy Cordova of the "Arizona Republic" found Ramsay "just as blustery and foul-mouthed here as he is on "Hell's Kitchen." But he is also oddly endearing, mainly because he genuinely seems invested in the fate of each restaurant". Critics have commented that Fox's adaptation of "Kitchen Nightmares" strayed from the strengths of the original Channel 4 series. Maureen Ryan of the "Chicago Tribune" said, "Leave it to Fox to take something the Brits did pretty well and muck it up". She added, "Never mind the cooking;