‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Season 23: Meet the Contestants (PHOTOS)
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It’s almost time for another service at Hell’s Kitchen. Fox’s long-lived cooking competition series returns for its 23rd season this week, and it looks like the heat is going to be on again in Gordon Ramsay’s kitchen.
The theme of this season is “Head Chefs Only,” and for the first time in the show’s history, it will take place at the Foxwoods Resort Casino Mashantucket, CT.
The logline for the new season reads, “These eighteen talented head chefs that come from all ages, backgrounds, culinary specialties, and restaurant types are used to calling the shots. With such proven leaders in the kitchen, Chef Ramsay is setting the bar higher than ever before.”
In the premiere, titled “Hell Heads East” as a nod to its new locale, the chefs will present Chef Ramsay with their signature dishes before the first dinner service.
Michelle Tribble, who won Hell’s Kitchen Season 17, will be on hand to help guide the Red Team to victory. Meanwhile, the Blue Team will be overseen by sous chef James Avery.
Hell’s Kitchen, Season 23 premiere, September 26, 8/7c, Fox
Amanda
Hometown: Orlando, FL
Currently Resides: Pompano Beach, FL
Amanda is an executive chef is described as a “go-getter.”
Amber
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Currently Resides: Palm Springs, CA
Amber is a head chef but is regarded as “the least experienced of the team.”
Ann Marie
Hometown: Highlands Ranch, CO
Currently Resides: Denver, CO
She is an executive chef who describes herself as being “very loud” and “certainly the craziest person on the team.”
Anthony
Currently Resides: Sacramento, CA
Anthony is in executive chef and is also quite young.
Brittany
Currently Resides: Dallas, TX
When describing this executive chef, Tribble said simply, “What a personality.”
Brandon
Hometown: Lafayette, IN
Currently Resides: Arvada, CO
Brandon is an executive chef and restaurant co-owner who is described as having some great plating skills.
Corbin
Currently Resides: Appleton, WI
Corbin, an executive chef and restaurant owner, is expected “to get in that kitchen and take charge,” based on his credentials.
Egypt
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Currently Resides: Riviera Beach, FL
Egypt is an executive banquet chef who Avery hopes can help command the team.
Hannah
Hometown: DeKalb, IL
Currently Resides: Boynton Beach, FL
Hannah is a country club executive chef who describes herself as a “funky personality” and “a fart in a skillet.”
Joseph
Hometown: Staten Island, NY
Currently Resides: East Rutherford, NJ
Joe is an executive chef who Avery describes as someone who “looks like he wants to win this thing.”
Kyle
Hometown: Dennis Township, NJ
Currently Resides: Philadelphia, PA
Kyle is an executive chef whose wild sartorial choices might make him “underestimated,” according to Avery, but “he means business.”
Lulu
Hometown: Puebla, MX
Currently Resides: Jacksonville, FL
This former soccer player is now an executive chef who is described as “used to competitions.”
Magali
Hometown: Huntington Beach, CA
Currently Resides: Hartford City, NJ
Magali is an executive chef but is also the youngest contestant of the season and said she wants to “think outside the box.”
Meghan
Hometown: Honolulu, HI
Currently Resides: Ewa Beach, HI
This executive chef is described as having a “poker face.”
Michael
Hometown: Hudson, OH
Currently Resides: Lakewood, OH
Michael is an executive chef but is said to have “a lack of experience.”
Shant
Currently Resides: Glendale, CA
Shant is a corporate executive chef who admitted, “I have no idea what’s going on right now.”
Uri
Hometown: Buenos Aires, AR
Currently Resides: Long Branch, NJ
Uri, also an executive chef, is described as having “a lot of energy.”
Whit
Hometown: Reidsville, NC
Currently Resides: The Bronx, NY
Tribble regards this head chef as a natural team leader, and she describes herself as “confident.”
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