Hell's Kitchen (U.S. season 15) 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 as sous
Michael Hutchings (chef) Michael Hutchings (chef) Michael Hutchings (born 1949) is a professional chef who is best known as the chef/owner of Michael's Waterside in Santa Barbara, California. He appears with Julia Child on the PBS cooking program "Dinner at Julia's" and on Cox Television with Jeanne Berg's "Cooking Local" program. Since 2015, he has appeared as the Chef Host of the Santa Barbara ABC-Affiliate cooking program "The Inn Crowd". Michael Hutchings first worked at a restaurant in college. His first major job was in the kitchen of the private Club 33 at Disneyland. Michael Hutchings eventually became executive chef of Club 33,