The inaugural season of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen premiered on Fox on May 30, 2005, and concluded on August 1, 2005. Gordon Ramsay was the host and head chef, while Scott Leibfried was the Blue Team's sous-chef and Mary-Ann Salcedo was the Red Team's sous-chef. Jean-Philippe Susilovic was maître d'.
The season was won by professional chef Michael Wray, with fellow professional chef Ralph Pagano finishing second.
Twelve chefs competed in season one.
Each week, the best member from the losing team during the latest service period ("least bad" as determined by Ramsay) is asked to nominate two of their teammates for elimination; one of these two is sent home by Gordon Ramsay.
Each episode consisted of a challenge with a reward, a service, and an elimination. <onlyinclude>
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