Hell's Kitchen (U.S. season 15) 14's finale. Hell's Kitchen (U.S. season 15) The fifteenth season of the American competitive reality television series "Hell's Kitchen" took place in October 2014 and premiered on January 15, 2016 on Fox. The prize was a head chef position at BLT Steak at Bally's Las Vegas. Country Club Chef Ariel Malone won the competition. Gordon Ramsay and Marino Monferrato returned as head chef and Maître d' respectively. Season 10 winner Christina Wilson was the initial sous chef for the red team while Andi Van Willigan-Cutspec, who got married, returned in episode 7 of this season. Aaron Mitrano replaced James Avery
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;