Hell's Kitchen (season 4)

Season 4 of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen began airing on Fox 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 three and followed by season five.

Chefs
There were 15 chefs (8 men and 7 women) who competed in season 4. It is the first season to begin with an odd number of contestants, as well as continue again to season 6 with total of 17 contestants (despite the competition starts with 16 contestants in the beginning, because the addition of the contestants from previous season).

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.