Eighteen contestants set out to impress Chef Ramsay in the Signature Dish Challenge before embarking on their first dinner service.

When the punishment pass is introduced to the chefs, the pressure is on to deliver! Then, Hell's Kitchen is about to go up in flames with the fiery flambé challenge! During the chef's dinner service on opening night they get their first taste of Chef's Ramsay's wrath when their execution is not up to par and one chef will be send packing.

Rise and Shine! The chefs are in for a rude awakening that could make or break their Hell's Kitchen journey. During a fishy challenge, the chefs must go head to head in a seafood showdown where only one team can reign supreme.

Chef Dan Barber joins chef Ramsay to judge the chef's pickling challenge.

This week, it is the 350th episode of Hell's Kitchen! During this milestone episode, the chefs are challenged with putting together some fabulous burgers using an assortment of wild ingredients thrown their way by Chef Ramsay. Will they flip out under pressure? When the chefs start feeling homesick in hell, they must decide if they have what it takes to stick around.

On this week's episode of Hell's Kitchen the chefs are feeling the heat. When faced with a pasta challenge judged by pasta experts and owners of the critically acclaimed Don Angie, Angie Rito and Scott Tacinelli, the pasta-bilities are endless. Then, one team dishes out a stellar dinner service while the other must face Chef Ramsay's wrath.

The Yale Whiffenpoofs singing group perform; the chefs must model their expertise and work in harmony for their next challenge...balancing an array of ingredients to create a dish that really sings.

Communication is crucial in the kitchen, and this week the chefs will have to prove they have what it takes to communicate with efficiency. When team members must work together in a secret ingredient challenge some chefs will puzzle together a masterpiece while others need to get a clue.

Teamwork is key in the kitchen and this week it is more important than ever. When the chefs are challenged with starting their own individual dishes before leaving the kitchen one-by-one it is up to the remaining lonely chefs to complete not only their own dishes, but also their fellow contestants using only verbal cues from the team. It is time for the chefs to think outside of the box.

The chefs face a blind taste test; in a special dinner service, both teams must prove they have what it takes to stay in the competition.

The top eight chefs begin the week with an international cuisine challenge; a dinner service honoring guests from charity organizations.