<P> Gordon Ramsay is the head chef . Jason Thompson is the narrator . Jean - Philippe Susilovic, a Belgian maître d'hôtel, comes from Petrus, one of Ramsay's London restaurants and appeared in the first seven seasons and later returned for season 11 . He left after season 12 and was replaced by Marino Monferrato for season 13 . Susilovic was also the maître d'hôtel for the first series of the original British version . James Lukanik replaced Susilovic for seasons 8--10 . Each team also has the services of one of two sous - chefs . The sous - chefs are season 10 winner Christina Wilson and Aaron Mitrano (since season 15). Previous sous - chefs were Mary Ann Salcedo, Gloria Felix, season 2 winner Heather West, Scott Leibfried, James Avery and Andi Van Willigan . In season 15, Wilson filled in for Van Willigan - Cutspec who was getting married at the time of filming but returned for one episode when her reception was one of the themed dinner services for that season . Van - Willigan returned in season 16 but was replaced by Wilson again for the all - stars season . </P> <P> The theme song is Fire by the Ohio Players . When the U.S. version is broadcast in the U.K., Italy, Portugal and some countries (shown on the table below), it features only the instrumental version . The instrumental version also appeared in the uncensored DVD release for the U.S. version . </P> <P> For the show's first two seasons, the Hell's Kitchen restaurant set itself was housed in the former studios of Los Angeles television station KCOP at 915 North La Brea Avenue, in Hollywood, which at one time hosted production of game shows Tic Tac Dough and The Joker's Wild . KCOP was acquired by News Corporation in 2001 and its studios were integrated with those of Fox affiliate KTTV in 2003, leaving the La Brea facility vacant . Originally the studio was put up for sale, but in the end they were retooled for the production of Hell's Kitchen . The dining room area was the location of the former KCOP news studios, and living quarters for the contestants were built behind the restaurant . Before season three, the Hell's Kitchen facility was moved to Century Studios at 3322 La Cienega Place in Los Angeles . Since the fourth season, Hell's Kitchen's venue has been located at 8660 Hayden Place in Culver City . According to Arthur Perkins, the soundstage is only open for audience members when taping is taking place . The studio sits on the former location of the famous RKO Forty Acres backlot, which was used in movies such as Gone With The Wind and television series such as The Andy Griffith Show and Adventures of Superman . The studio building sits on the location of the military camp seen in the television series Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. . </P> <P> The series has drawn numerous online and editorial accusations of staging and dramatic license, mostly due to editing techniques of the producers which splice together several hours of footage from a dinner service, in order to make certain contestants appear as poor performers, later justifying their elimination . This was most obvious when one episode featured clips showing an already eliminated contestant in the background, still cooking . </P>

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