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
Jun Tanaka (chef) Room" as a sous chef under Marco Pierre White, before moving to "The Square" as junior sous chef under Philip Howard and onto "Chavot" under Eric Chavot as sous chef. In 2004, Tanaka became the executive head chef of the Renaissance London Chancery Court Hotel's "Pearl" Restaurant and Bar, a fine dining establishment that specialises in French cuisine. In addition to his job as "Pearl" executive chef, Tanaka partnered with Notting Hill Brassierie's head chef Mark Jankel in 2009 to set up a venture using a street catering van, "Street Kitchen", to produce and sell gourmet lunches, using 100% British