<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← Previous Season 16 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of Hell's Kitchen episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> The seventeenth season of the reality series Hell's Kitchen (also called Hell's Kitchen All Stars) began airing on September 29, 2017 on Fox . This season marks the first in Hell's Kitchen history to have an all star edition as sixteen former contestants return to compete once again, and the winner of this season will receive the position as head chef at the first - ever Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen Restaurant at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada . All of the returning chefs made it onto the Black Team in their respective seasons . Gordon Ramsay returns as host and head chef, Season 10 winner (and Season 15 sous - chef) Christina Wilson returns as the Red Team's sous - chef, and British Masterchef judge James "Jocky" Petrie makes his Hell's Kitchen debut as the Blue Team's sous - chef . Marino Monferrato returns as the maître d' . </P> <P> Ramsay uses his telekinesis to destroy Hell's Kitchen while leaving the building as the intro ends with the title card featuring him and the all stars . This is the first season that doesn't list contestants individually in the intro . </P>

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