7.8/1088 votes#1 - Let the Battle Begin
Season 21 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2022
Each chef must cook a signature dish, to be rated on a scale of 1 to 5.
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7.5/1080 votes#2 - Just Wingin' It
Season 21 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/2022
Both teams are put to the test as each contestant is challenged to make their best chicken wings. Then, the teams take on their first dinner service of the season.
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7.4/1077 votes#3 - Clawing Your Way to the Top
Season 21 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2022
The most-decorated skater of all time, Tony Hawk, and 13-year-old Olympic medalist Sky Brown join Gordon to teach the contestants a lesson on hard work and success. Then, each team has 10 minutes to shell and cook a lobster after watching Gordon demonstrate it to perfection.
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7.4/1072 votes#4 - Slipping Down to Hell
Season 21 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/2022
The contestants are introduced to the HK Water Park and are to launch themselves down a giant slip 'n slide into a pool of ingredients. Then, each team is to create an amazing spin on four different types of sliders, containing unique ingredients.
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7.5/1073 votes#5 - Breakfast 911
Season 21 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/2022
Both teams are tasked at serving a delicious breakfast for a group of first responders, firefighters and EMTs. The winning team earns a celebration in the Hollywood Hills, as the losing team is left at Hell's Kitchen to sort the trash from the dumpster.
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7.4/1073 votes#6 - Til Chef Do Us Part
Season 21 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2022
Season 20 winner Trenton Garvey and soon-to-be-wife, Macee, enter the kitchen and challenge the contestants to create their upcoming wedding menu. It's a once-in-a-lifetime challenge when they find out who the dinner service is for.
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- 7.4/1071 votes
#7 - Wok This Way
Season 21 Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/2022
Chefs are put to the test when Gordon and special guest James Beard Award Winner Stephanie Izard challenge the chefs to make the perfect dish with obscure ingredients... only in a wok.
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- 7.9/1073 votes
#8 - Game On!
Season 21 Episode 8 - Aired 12/1/2022
The chefs step up to compete one-on-one in an ingredient game show, where contestants who win can either choose the fate of that ingredient or sabotage the other team; chefs Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo join Gordon in the dining room.
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- 7.6/1073 votes
#9 - Putting the Carne in Carnival
Season 21 Episode 9 - Aired 12/8/2022
One chef from each team goes head-to-head in different carnival games to gain a major advantage in the challenge.
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- 7.6/1067 votes
#10 - Everyone's Taco'ing About It
Season 21 Episode 10 - Aired 1/5/2023
The final nine chefs are put to the test, creating elevated tacos with various proteins; actor-turned-restaurateur Danny Trejo joins Gordon to judge each of the tacos.
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- 7.7/1067 votes
#11 - 21st Annual Blind Taste Test
Season 21 Episode 11 - Aired 1/12/2023
Chef's face the ultimate test of their individual pallets in the 21st annual blind taste test challenge; actor Eric McCormack and professional baseball player Justin Turner attend the dinner service for their respective charities.
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- 7.7/1069 votes
#12 - What in Hell's Kitchen?
Season 21 Episode 12 - Aired 1/19/2023
The final seven chefs compete in several challenges to earn their black jackets; two chefs are eliminated
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- 7.4/1061 votes
#13 - The Fab Five Take Flight
Season 21 Episode 13 - Aired 1/26/2023
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- 7.6/1065 votes
#14 - Lights, Camera, Sabotage!
Season 21 Episode 14 - Aired 2/2/2023
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- 8.0/1079 votes
#15 - A Finale for the Ages (1)
Season 21 Episode 15 - Aired 2/9/2023
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- 7.0/103 votes
#16 - A Finale for the Ages (2)
Season 21 Episode 16 - Aired 2/9/2023
The previously eliminated contestants return to help the final two as they go head-to-head for the last time in Hell's Kitchen. Only one chef will earn the Head Chef position at Hell's Kitchen in Atlantic City, the $250,000 cash prize, and the coveted title.
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The Best Episodes of Hell's Kitchen Season 21
Every episode of Hell's Kitchen Season 21 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Hell's Kitchen Season 21!
Aspiring restaurateurs brave Ramsay and his fiery command of the kitchen as he puts the competitors through an intense culinary academy to prove they possess...
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Season 21 Ratings Summary
"Let the Battle Begin" is the best rated episode of "Hell's Kitchen" season 21. It scored 7.8/10 based on 88 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/29/2022. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Just Wingin' It".