San Antonio chef set to compete on FOX's Hell's Kitchen

SAN ANTONIO - A local chef is about to tackle one of the toughest challenges on television: Hell's Kitchen.

Mary Lou Davis, Chef at San Antonio's Whiskey Cake Kitchen and Bar, makes her debut Thursday on FOX's competitive cooking show.

This time, Gordon Ramsey is bringing the show to Las Vegas, as Mary Lou joins 15 other chefs from around the country to compete for a Head Chef position at Ramsey's Hell’s Kitchen Lake Tahoe.

This will be the 19th season for Hell's Kitchen, a show described as:

Each week, the competition will get hotter as the chefs are put through rigorous culinary challenges – reaping high stakes rewards and punishments, all with a Sin City flare. But only those who possess the right combination of ingredients will continue in the competition, until one is named winner. At stake is a life-changing grand prize, including a Head Chef position at Gordon Ramsay Hell’s Kitchen Lake Tahoe and the title of Hell's Kitchen winner."

The new season starts at 7 p.m. Thursday on FOX San Antonio.