7.2/10124 votes#1 - 16 Chefs Compete
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2010
Sixteen chefs compete in the premiere of the eighth season of Hell's Kitchen. Chef Ramsay divides the chefs into teams of women and men, and their first challenge is to create their signature dishes. An early injury sends one chef to the hospital. Massive delays during dinner service lead customers to exit Hell's Kitchen.
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7.3/10106 votes#2 - 14 Chefs Compete
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/2010
The remaining fifteen chefs face added pressure following the first elimination of the season. The chefs compete in their second dinner service.
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7.5/10104 votes#3 - 13 Chefs Compete
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/2010
The remaining aspiring chefs compete in the third episode of Hell's Kitchen.
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7.2/10105 votes#4 - 12 Chefs Compete
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 9/29/2010
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7.3/10104 votes#5 - 11 Chefs Compete
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 10/6/2010
Chefs created a menu of an appetizer and two main dishes for a high school prom. The winning team went to an amusement park, while the losing team cleaned the kitchens and helped the prom committee put up decorations.
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7.4/10107 votes#6 - 10 Chefs Compete
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 10/6/2010
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7.3/10106 votes#7 - 9 Chefs Compete
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 10/13/2010
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7.4/10103 votes#8 - 9 Chefs Compete Again
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 10/13/2010
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7.4/1098 votes#9 - 8 Chefs Compete
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/2010
Chef Ramsay is disappointed when his aspiring chefs praise fast food items disguised as five-star hotel food, with only one identifying the chicken wings from his own five star hotel as their favorite. He challenges the chefs to a blind taste test and another of them proves to be a standout, allowing their team to enjoy a day of shopping, followed by dining in a top restaurant. The losers are made to sort trash for recycling.
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7.5/1098 votes#10 - 7 Chefs Compete
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 11/10/2010
Chef Ramsay tests the chefs' teamwork by thrusting them into a challenge requiring them to cook three appetizers in thirty minutes in turns, with only 15 seconds to communicate in-between switching. The winning team is rewarded with a shopping spree at a cooking store, while the losing team is placed on delivery duty.
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7.4/10100 votes#11 - 6 Chefs Compete
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 11/17/2010
The remaining seven chefs compete in their first dinner service as a merged team. Chef Ramsay does something he's never, ever done before at elimination time.
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7.4/10102 votes#12 - 5 Chefs Compete
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 11/24/2010
The remaining six chefs compete in the twelve episode of the eighth season of Hell's Kitchen. Chef Ramsay becomes infuriated during dinner service when the remaining chefs put in a performance not worthy of the final six.
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7.1/1099 votes#13 - 4 Chefs Compete
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 12/1/2010
Only four chefs remain, and the pressure is on for each contestant to prove to Chef Ramsay that he or she has the chops to move forward in the competition. In a challenge designed to test the chefs’ ability to identify key ingredients and rely on their palate, Chef Ramsay asks the contestants to recreate a brilliant dish using only sight, smell and taste…
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7.4/10102 votes#14 - 4 Chefs Compete Again
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 12/8/2010
The challenge: create a balanced fusion dish. The judges: Top L.A. chefs Philip Dubose (Asia de Cuba), Helene An (Crustacean) and Lee Hefter (Spago). Then, at dinner service, tempers flare and Chef Ramsay must intervene.
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7.4/10104 votes#15 - 2 Chefs Compete
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 12/15/2010
In the Season 8 finale, the final two chefs must prepare five-course meals to be judged by five L.A.-area executive chefs and food-service executives. The winner receives a head-chef position at LA Market at the JW Marriott Hotel in Los Angeles.
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The Best Episodes of Hell's Kitchen Season 8
Every episode of Hell's Kitchen Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Hell's Kitchen Season 8!
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 8 Ratings Summary
"16 Chefs Compete" is the best rated episode of "Hell's Kitchen" season 8. It scored 7.2/10 based on 124 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/22/2010. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "14 Chefs Compete".