<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Next → Season 2 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of Hell's Kitchen episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> This article contains contestant information and episode summaries from Season 1 of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen . Season 1 aired starting on May 30, 2005 and concluded on August 1, 2005 . Michael Wray from Fort Collins, Colorado, won the first season of Hell's Kitchen, thus winning his own restaurant in Los Angeles named Tatou (he was offered to go to London to work under Gordon Ramsay, but later declined due to family reasons). This was the only season to date in which the teams were not separated by gender at the start . </P> <P> The show was taped in Los Angeles at KCOP, in a converted former television broadcast facility that previously hosted shows such as The Joker's Wild and Tic - Tac - Dough in the late 1970s to mid-1980s . </P>

Who wins season 1 of hell's kitchen