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
Chef area of production. The kitchen brigade system is a hierarchy found in restaurants and hotels employing extensive staff, many of which use the word "chef" in their titles. Underneath the chefs are the "kitchen assistants". A chef's standard uniform includes a hat (called a "toque"), neckerchief, double-breasted jacket, apron and sturdy shoes (that may include steel or plastic toe-caps). The word "chef" is derived (and shortened) from the term "chef de cuisine" (), the director or head of a kitchen. (The French word comes from Latin "caput" (head) and is a doublet with English "chief"). In English, the title "chef"