简介：TheeighteenthseasonoftheAmericancompetitiverealitytelevisionseriesHell’sKitchen(officiallyknownasHell’sKitchen:Rookiesvs.Veterans)beganairingonSeptember282018onFox.GordonRamsayreturnsashostandheadchefandSeason10winnerChristinaWilsonandBritishMasterChefjudgeJames"Jocky"Petriereturnastheredandbluesouschefsrespectivelyalongsidemaitre’dMarinoMonferrato.Thisseasonfeatureseightnewcontestantsbattlingeightreturningveterans.ForthefirsttimethewinnerofthisseasonwillreceiveapositionasanexecutivechefatGordonRamsayHell’sKitchenRestaurantatCaesarsPalaceinLasVegasNevada.Thisisthefirstseasonsinceseason1tonotbeginwithmenontheblueteamandwomenontheredteam.Itisalsothethirdofthelastfourseasonstofeatureachefeliminatedduringservicethefirstseasonsinceseason13thatnocheffromthewinningteamwaseliminatedandthefirstseasonsinceseason12wheretwochefsquit.Thisisalsothefirstseasontohaveachefquitbeforethefinals.ArielContreras-FoxwhopreviouslyfinishedinthirdplaceonSeason6wonthecompetition;sheisthesecondconsecutivereturneeandsixthconsecutivewomantodoso.SheisalsotheninthcontestanttowinthecompetitionwithoutbeingnominatedforeliminationonceafterKimberly-AnnRyanMeghanGillLaTashaMcCutchenChristinaWilsonHolliUgaldeDaveLeveyHeatherWestandMichaelWray.