Next Level Chef (American TV series) season 4
Season of television series
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The fourth season of the American competitive reality television series Next Level Chef premiered on February 13, 2025, and concluded on May 15, 2025. Gordon Ramsay returned as host and mentor, and Nyesha Arrington and Richard Blais returned as mentors.
Starring
Hosted byGordon Ramsay
No. of contestants24 (before auditions) & 15 (after auditions)
WinnerAustin Beckett
| Next Level Chef | |
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| Season 4 | |
Promotional poster for season 4, featuring (L to R) mentor Arrington, host Ramsay, and mentor Blais | |
| Starring | |
| Hosted by | Gordon Ramsay |
| No. of contestants | 24 (before auditions) & 15 (after auditions) |
| Winner | Austin Beckett |
| Runners-up |
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| No. of episodes | 14 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | February 13 – May 15, 2025 |
| Season chronology | |
The season was won by professional chef Austin Beckett, with professional chef Beatrice Heirigs and home cook Megan Keno being named runners-up.
Production
Chefs
Note: The list below only includes chefs that made it onto the show after qualifying via an audition.
| Contestant[3] | Age[3] | Status[3] | Hometown/Home country[3] | Result[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistie Knight | 41 | Social media chef | Las Vegas, Nevada | Eliminated March 6 |
| Cathy Cann | 30 | Home cook | Stratford, Connecticut | Eliminated March 13 |
| Meg Sheley | 33 | Social media chef | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Withdrew March 20 |
| Maryam Ishtiaq | 31 | Home cook | Dallas, Texas | Eliminated March 20 |
| Jeff Kim | 35 | Social media chef | Fountain Valley, California | Eliminated March 27 |
| Iman Kawa | 35 | Professional chef | New York, New York | Eliminated April 3 |
| Natalia Gutierrez | 28 | Home cook | Los Angeles, California | Eliminated April 10 |
| Becca Guevara | 27 | Social media chef | Denver, Colorado | Eliminated April 17 |
| Arnav Kamulkar | 19 | Home cook | Ithaca, New York | Eliminated April 24 |
| Ryan Scanlon | 22 | Professional chef | Boston, Massachusetts | Eliminated May 1 |
| Bobby Hicks | 38 | Social media chef | Coconut Creek, Florida | Eliminated May 8 |
| Brandon Rogers | 36 | Professional chef | Chicago, Illinois | |
| Megan Keno | 37 | Home cook | Auburn, Washington | Runners-up May 15 |
| Beatrice Heirigs | 18 | Professional chef | Flagstaff, Arizona | |
| Austin Beckett | 30 | Freeburg, Illinois | Winner May 15 |
Elimination table
| Place | Contestant | Episodes | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 1 | Austin | Adv | Blais | Risk | Safe | Safe | Safe | Win | Win | Safe | Win | Safe | Win | Winner | ||
| 2 | Megan | Adv | Blais | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Win | Risk | Safe | Win† | Risk | Risk | Runner-up | ||
| Beatrice | Adv | Ram | Safe | Win† | Win† | Win | Risk | Win | Win† | Safe | Safe | Win | Runner-up | |||
| T-4 | Brandon | Adv | Blais | Safe | Risk | Safe | Safe | Win† | Risk | Safe | Risk | Win† | Elim | |||
| Bobby | Adv | Arr | Win†* | Safe | Safe | Risk | Safe | Win | Win | Risk | Win | Elim | ||||
| 6 | Ryan | Adv | Ram | Safe* | Win | Win | Win | Safe | Risk | Risk | Safe | Elim | ||||
| 7 | Arnav | Adv | Ram | Safe | Win | Win | Win | Safe | Win | Risk | Elim | |||||
| 8 | Becca | Adv | Arr | Win | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Win | Elim | ||||||
| 9 | Natalia | Adv | Arr | Win | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Elim | |||||||
| 10 | Iman | Adv | Arr | Win | Safe | Risk | Safe | Elim | ||||||||
| 11 | Jeff | Adv | Blais | Safe* | Safe | Safe | Elim | |||||||||
| 12 | Maryam | Adv | Blais | Safe | Safe | Elim | ||||||||||
| 13 | Meg | Adv | Ram | Safe | Win | WD | ||||||||||
| 14 | Cathy | Adv | Arr | Win | Elim | |||||||||||
| 15 | Mistie | Adv | Ram | Elim | ||||||||||||
| T-16 | Brennan | Elim | ||||||||||||||
| Jimmy | Elim | |||||||||||||||
| Keith | Elim | |||||||||||||||
| T-19 | Ash | Elim | ||||||||||||||
| Nick | Elim | |||||||||||||||
| Jake | Elim | |||||||||||||||
| T-22 | Ashley | Elim | ||||||||||||||
| Ruma | Elim | |||||||||||||||
| llena | Elim | |||||||||||||||
†The contestant cooked the best dish overall and won safety for their team or themselves.
*The contestant cooked the best dish on their team and was selected by their mentor to win an immunity pin.
The contestant advanced to the team draft.
The contestant was on the winning team or had the winning dish.
The contestant was not on the winning team nor had the winning dish, but was not chosen for the head-to-head cook-off.
The contestant was safe due to using their immunity pin and did not compete in the head-to-head cook-off.
The contestant was at risk of elimination and won the head-to-head cook-off.
The contestant was eliminated from the competition.
The contestant was eliminated during the auditions.
The contestant withdrew from the competition.
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [4][5] | Original release date [4][5] | Prod. code [4] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 1 | "Social Media Chef Auditions" | February 13, 2025 | NLC-401 | 1.83[6] |
| 44 | 2 | "Home Chef Auditions" | February 20, 2025 | NLC-402 | 1.71[7] |
| 45 | 3 | "Pro Chef Auditions" | February 27, 2025 | NLC-403 | 1.65[8] |
| 46 | 4 | "Ciao Down" | March 6, 2025 | NLC-404 | 1.69[9] |
| 47 | 5 | "Grills Gone Wild" | March 13, 2025 | NLC-405 | 1.60[10] |
| 48 | 6 | "Shoyu my Ramen" | March 20, 2025 | NLC-406 | 1.78[11] |
| 49 | 7 | "The Menu" | March 27, 2025 | NLC-407 | 1.71[12] |
| 50 | 8 | "Beat the Heat" | April 3, 2025 | NLC-408 | 1.68[13] |
| 51 | 9 | "The Thunderdome" | April 10, 2025 | NLC-409 | 1.75[14] |
| 52 | 10 | "A Very Special O' Cajun" | April 17, 2025 | NLC-410 | 1.94[15] |
| 53 | 11 | "Tapas In" | April 24, 2025 | NLC-411 | 1.61[16] |
| 54 | 12 | "Bad to the Bone" | May 1, 2025 | NLC-412 | 1.66[17] |
| 55 | 13 | "Always Crust Your Instincts" | May 8, 2025 | NLC-413 | 1.72[18] |
| 56 | 14 | "Final Level" | May 15, 2025 | NLC-414 | 1.70[19] |
Ratings
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating/share (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR (18–49) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total (18–49) | Total viewers (millions) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Social Media Chef Auditions" | February 13, 2025 | 0.3 | 1.83 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [6] |
| 2 | "Home Chef Auditions" | February 20, 2025 | 0.2 | 1.71 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [7] |
| 3 | "Pro Chef Auditions" | February 27, 2025 | 0.3 | 1.65 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [8] |
| 4 | "Ciao Down" | March 6, 2025 | 0.2 | 1.69 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [9] |
| 5 | "Grills Gone Wild" | March 13, 2025 | 0.2 | 1.60 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [10] |
| 6 | "Shoyu my Ramen" | March 20, 2025 | 0.3 | 1.78 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [11] |
| 7 | "The Menu" | March 27, 2025 | 0.3 | 1.71 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [12] |
| 8 | "Beat the Heat" | April 3, 2025 | 0.2 | 1.68 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [13] |
| 9 | "The Thunderdome" | April 10, 2025 | 0.3 | 1.75 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [14] |
| 10 | "A Very Special O' Cajun" | April 17, 2025 | 0.4 | 1.94 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [15] |
| 11 | "Tapas In" | April 24, 2025 | 0.2 | 1.61 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [16] |
| 12 | "Bad to the Bone" | May 1, 2025 | 0.2 | 1.66 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [17] |
| 13 | "Always Crust Your Instincts" | May 8, 2025 | 0.3 | 1.72 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [18] |
| 14 | "Final Level" | May 15, 2025 | 0.3 | 1.70 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [19] |