Hell's Kitchen (season 4)

Season 4 of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen began airing on the Fox Network starting on April 1, 2008. The show was originally planned to air later in the season, but instead was aired as a replacement for shows that were affected by the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike.

The winner of this season was TBA.

This season was preceded by Season 3 and followed by Season 5.

Production location
This season was filmed in the warehouse district in Culver City, California.

Sous chefs and Maître d'hôtel

 * Sous chefs - Scott Leibfried and Gloria Félix
 * Maître d'hôtel - Jean-Philippe Susilovic

Opening sequence
Unlike the previous three seasons, this is the first season to feature a cinematic intro using live-action. It depicts the chefs, all shrunken down as they work about the kitchen.

Contestants
There were 15 chefs (8 men and 7 women) who competed in season 4 and was the only Hell's Kitchen season to have an uneven number of chefs compete compared to 12 from the previous three seasons.

Contestant progress
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.