Overview
- The Season 16 premiere airs Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on FOX in the U.S., while Canada streams new episodes free on CTV.ca for seven days starting the day after broadcast.
- Episodes post to Hulu the next day in the U.S., offering on-demand streaming after each Wednesday broadcast.
- Gordon Ramsay returns as host and judge alongside Joe Bastianich and Tiffany Derry, continuing the show’s familiar panel.
- Auditions run as regional heats under the Global Gauntlet banner across Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Americas, and Africa, beginning with Europe.
- The full contestant roster will be revealed after the audition episodes wrap around week four, as home cooks vie for the title and a $250,000 prize in a run expected to mirror recent 18–20 episode seasons.