HELL’S KITCHEN IS AMERICA’S LONGEST-RUNNING CULINARY COMPETITION ON A BROADCAST NETWORK and is and one of the hottest dining tickets in LA. As the country’s appreciation for all things culinary has broadened over the past decade, Hell’s Kitchen has been both a mirror and a catalyst for food trends. It’s no coincidence that food has become sexier since Hell’s Kitchen has come onto the scene, and the show is obsessed with what’s in—from small plates to molecular gastronomy, pop-ups, and food trucks. If it’s hot, Hell’s Kitchen has it covered!
Winning Hell’s Kitchen is an incredible feat of stamina, persistence, and skill. Throughout each season, contestants must survive grueling challenges and emotional struggles to make it to the final face-off in the most important night of their cooking careers. Starting with the first episode’s lineup of chefs presenting their signature dish and continuing with the battle of the sexes that rages throughout the season, we witness the contestants’ ups and downs as they sweat through dinner service for a hundred guests who demand perfection. Additional challenges—from the “Blind Taste-Test” to “Taste It, Make It” to surviving the elimination rounds—push contestants to the max.
Hell’s Kitchen elevates entertainment to culinary education, giving viewers a backstage, uncensored view into the workings of a professional kitchen. The show has served as a launching pad for some serious culinary talent, with one lucky chef taking home the title of head chef at a major restaurant at the end of the show.
While winning the competition is the fulfillment of a dream for one truly gifted chef, the show is all about bringing out the rising chef in us all. In the pages that follow, the passion and perfection of Hell’s Kitchen will be brought home to you: You’ll learn how to set your kitchen up like a pro, practice mise-en-place and knife skills, and cook over one hundred stupendous recipes from the series, all prepared according to the show’s exacting standards. For the first time ever, the Hell’s Kitchen repertoire—the trial by fire that serves as culinary boot camp to Hell’s Kitchen contestants—is within reach of your home kitchen! The book concludes with an assortment of menus based on restaurant-worthy dishes contestants have prepared on the show. Now’s the time to up your game and cook with the best of them… Hell’s Kitchen is open!