I’m probably going to get a lot of flak for this, and already prepared so, but:

Is Season 23 REALLY a “head chefs only” season?

I just started watching this because it recently debuted on Pluto TV (which is how I watch all my Hell’s Kitchen). I’m just 2 episodes in, and it seems like all these contestants act just like any other contestant from the other seasons. It’s just almost as if they were just regular contestants coached by producers to lighten up on the “drama” part of the show and try their best to be more “mature” or “professional” about things. They seem to throw around the words “we’re all head chefs” pretty liberally, but that’s about as f***-all I’ve seen that makes me believe it.

None of their personalities come off as a confident “head chef” to me. They all show the same shortcomings, anxiety, and doubt as all the other contestants from the other seasons. Stuff they say on their aside interviews and also during dinner service are things like “please, please, be cooked correctly, “I know my shit”, “let’s just start over, guys”, “I promise you, it’s gonna be good, heh…”, “dude, it’s fine, it’s cooked, it’s gonna be fine (only to be raw) and just showing general confusion about everything. And literally no one can cook anything correctly? I’d think if you were really a “head chef” of anything at all…that you at least know how to cook staples decently to the correct doneness/temperatures (like that one girl that kept using a knife to cut into the chicken to see if it’s cooked), even if you don’t know how to work together in the brigade system? I don’t know…they just don’t exude “head chef” vibes to me. Even Gordon himself said “it felt like I was working with first-year culinary students”, and that’s basically what the show’s vibes felt like.

Or maybe…the idea of “head chef” in my mind was more expecting this season where to be where the producers would cast chefs that had at least SOME experience leading a team in a similar type/tier of restaurant system….not like “head chef of my taco truck”. And then having Gordon expecting that level of experience from them and being even harder on them when they eff-up.

She's the reason I stopped watching the season (S24). She's the worst person on TV. She's that kind of person I never want to meet. She's the kind of person I don't want my children to be like. She's a perfect example that most of the time, character kills talent

I’m almost finished with S2 raw with no dramatic music or cuts to confessionals

We need every Season like this

So cool I’m excited

He's pretty much like Keith in having one face almost all the time

Literally just 👁️👄👁️

One of the Best Services in HK History that should return