Hell's Kitchen (U.S. season 18) Hell's Kitchen (U.S. season 18) Hell's Kitchen: Rookies vs Veterans is the eighteenth season of the American competitive reality television series "Hell's Kitchen" and premiered on September 28, 2018, on Fox. Gordon Ramsay returns as host and head chef, and Season 10 winner Christina Wilson and British "MasterChef" judge James "Jocky" Petrie return as the red and blue sous chefs, respectively, alongside maitre'd Marino Monferrato. This season features eight new contestants battling eight returning veterans. For the first time, the winner of this season will receive a position as an executive chef at Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen Restaurant at Caesars
Brian Turner (chef) Brian Turner (chef) Brian Turner CBE (born 7 May 1946) is a British chef, based in London. He has appeared as a cook on BBC2's "Ready Steady Cook" since 1994, has appeared on numerous occasions on "Saturday Kitchen" and has also presented various other cookery programmes. Turner was born in Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire. During his early career, his mentor was the food writer and broadcaster Michael Smith. Turner trained at various hotels and restaurants, including Simpson's in the Strand and the Savoy Grill, both under Richard Shepherd. Turner then went to "Beau Rivage Palace" in Lausanne, returning to