2 , ▁became ▁the ▁new ▁sous ▁chef ▁for ▁the ▁red ▁team , ▁she ▁replaced ▁Gl oria ▁F éli x ▁who ▁was ▁the ▁sous - che f ▁for ▁the ▁previous ▁two ▁seasons . ▁ ▁Open ing ▁sequence ▁The ▁che fs ▁appear ▁in ▁a ▁Hell ' s ▁K itchen ▁style ▁car n ival . ▁A ▁second ▁version ▁was ▁shown ▁from ▁episode ▁ 2 ▁on wards ▁featuring ▁Robert ▁taking ▁the ▁place ▁of ▁Dave ▁who ▁now ▁appears ▁before ▁T enn ille . ▁ ▁Cont est ants ▁Initial ly , ▁six teen ▁che fs ▁began ▁the ▁competition , ▁and ▁were ▁joined ▁by ▁a ▁sevent e enth , ▁Robert ▁H esse ▁from ▁the ▁previous ▁season , ▁after ▁the ▁first ▁dinner ▁service , ▁marks ▁the ▁second ▁season ▁to ▁feature ▁an ▁odd ▁number ▁of ▁contest ants ▁after ▁season ▁ 4 . ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁Cont est ant ▁progress ▁Each ▁week , ▁the ▁best ▁member ▁( det erm ined ▁by ▁R ams ay ) ▁from ▁the ▁losing ▁team ▁during ▁the ▁latest ▁service ▁period ▁is ▁asked ▁to ▁nomin ate ▁two ▁of ▁their ▁team m ates ▁for ▁elim ination ; ▁one ▁of ▁these ▁two ▁is ▁meant ▁to ▁be ▁sent ▁home ▁by ▁R ams ay . ▁On ▁some ▁weeks , ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁variation ▁in ▁the ▁nom ination ▁process , ▁depending ▁on ▁the ▁losing ▁team ' s ▁( or ▁even ▁winning ▁team ' s ) ▁performance . ▁ ▁Epis odes ▁Each ▁episode ▁consists ▁of ▁a ▁challenge ▁with ▁a ▁reward , ▁a ▁service ▁and ▁an ▁elim ination . ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁▁