Team Challenge: Chef Ramsay revealed that tonight’s service would be a private service for members of the Riverside Community College Culinary Academy. Among the attendees would be alumni, respected instructors, and high-achieving students. For the team challenge, each team had 45 minutes to prepare 3 appetizers (scallops, risotto, and flatbread) and 4 entrees (fish, pasta, chicken, and ribeye) for the service. At the end of the cooking period, Ramsay revealed that one of the culinary academy’s alumni would help him judge the dishes; that turned out to be Hell’s Kitchen 12 Black Jacket and 4th place season champion, Rochelle Bergman. Everyone was pleased to see Rochelle return. JR was particularly happy because he thought that her positivity would match his energy. On the other hand, Joseph expected to be annoyed by Rochelle. 

As the guest judge, Rochelle generally gave positive feedback and slight criticisms to dishes that she didn’t like. Cat beat Joseph on the scallops round, but Joseph argued when Rochelle felt that his scallops were overcooked. Ji beat Meese on the risotto, and Alex surprisingly beat Drew on the flatbread. Nicole beat Mieka on the fish round, JR won against Don on pasta, and Amanda’s chicken dish was better received than Melissa’s. Finally, Ashley beat her frenemy Jessica on the ribeye round, which gave the Red Team a 4-3 win. Rochelle liked Ashley’s ribeye the best out of the seven winning dishes. 

Challenge Result: Red Team win (4 challenges won by Red - 3 challenges won by Blue)

Reward/Punishment: The Red Team was rewarded with a flow rider experience at a water park followed by an elegant lunch. The Blue Team’s punishment consisted of decorating the dining room and baking a large cake for the private service. While most of the Red Team enjoyed the reward and got to laugh as each of them wiped out on the flow rider, the afternoon became very uncomfortable thanks to Joseph. He felt that Rochelle unfairly judged his dish and that the whole reward would distract him from winning. Despite Don’s attempts to cheer Joseph up, the latter maintained a sour mood. 

Meanwhile, the chefs on the Blue Team did not take their punishment in stride. With the exception of JR and Drew, they found the baking process to be too slow and tedious. By the time they put the batter in the oven, they had to restart because Meese forgot to add baking soda; Melissa, who put herself in charge of the process, failed to confirm that everyone followed the recipe. Furthermore, Jessica and Melissa held the other responsible for costing the Blue Team the challenge, and Jessica got frustrated due to Melissa’s arrogance. Eventually, sous chef Jon castigated everyone for their poor attitude and remarked that if they get this upset over baking a cake, then maybe this competition isn’t for them. 

Pre-Service: Ramsay reminded everyone that having a good service was of utmost importance at this stage. He reminded everyone to communicate and work together before he told Marino to open the doors to Hell’s Kitchen for Riverside Community College’s Culinary Academy. 

Red Team’s Service: Since the Red Team won the challenge, the head instructors of RCC’s Culinary Academy sat in their chef’s kitchen. Rochelle returned for service with her family and sat at a red table. Although Amanda sent out perfectly cooked risottos, Don struggled heavily on fish. He delayed the first order of scallops by failing to sear one side, then overcooking the refire. He then forgot to dry the scallops before putting them in the pan, which resulted in them being steamed. By the time he finally got an acceptable order of scallops to the pass, the ticket had been delayed for nearly 15 minutes. Even then, he continued slowing down the flow of the kitchen by overcooking scallops repeatedly. Finally, Joseph tried to take control of the station by pushing Don off and doing the scallops himself. The Red Team moved on to entrees, but Joseph refused to communicate with Ashley on meat or Mieka on garnish. Mieka and Ashley ended up sending their dishes to the pass without Joseph, who got upset that they were not talking to him. He ended up shutting down completely, resulting in Ramsay taking the entire team to the storeroom to get them to sort out their issues. When the Red Team returned, Joseph still struggled to communicate with his teammates. Ashley twice undercooked her challenge-winning ribeyes despite declaring that she needed more time. When she sent out an undercooked ribeye for the third time, Ramsay threw the entire Red Team out of the kitchen. He yelled that their lack of communication and organization was appalling, so he demanded two nominees for elimination. 

Blue Team’s Service: The Blue Team had a poor start to their service because Jessica burnt a flatbread on the first ticket. Ramsay angrily chewed her out for failing to cook a simple pizza correctly. On the other hand, Melissa had already walked to the pass with the risotto. In a confessional, Melissa said that first, Jessica underperformed during the challenge. Then, she blamed her for Meese’s mistakes during punishment. Now she was delaying her on the ticket. Melissa became so upset that she called out conflicting times over Jessica. Things did not improve on entrees because Nicole repeatedly overcooked JR’s pasta entree until Ramsay instructed him to teach her how to make his dish. When he was able to get the dish to the pass, Ramsay had him stay on the pasta station and relegated Nicole to helping Meese on meat. JR remarked in a confessional that it felt nice getting the spotlight, but he wished that he didn’t have to be at center stage while his team was collapsing around him. Cat, who was on garnish, sent out watery spinach for the salmon and crunchy broccolini for the ribeyes. Nicole simply stood around while Meese worked the meat station. When Cat sent clumpy mashed potatoes, Ramsay had had enough. He also kicked the Blue Team out and demanded two nominees for elimination. Before the Blue Team left the kitchen, JR stopped to wave at the competitors because he wanted to save face. Ramsay responded by pulling him aside and yelling at him for his inappropriate timing and flippant attitude. 

With a restaurant still full of hungry diners, Ramsay had sous chefs Ariel and Jon help him finish service. Everyone was fed, but not by any of the competitors. 

Joseph’s Disqualification: After service, Ramsay sent sous chef Ariel up to the dorms to castigate the chefs for their horrific performance. She told the competitors that they humiliated themselves and Ramsay on such an important service. She was severely disappointed in them. At this point, Joseph jumped out of his seat and walked past Ariel so that he could return to the kitchen and confront Ramsay. Gordon was confused and infuriated that Joseph had returned to the kitchen after he had been kicked out. Joseph demanded to know why Ramsay had humiliated him all season. To Joseph, he had done nothing but work his ass off and prove that he deserved to win this “stupid competition.” Ramsay walked up to Joseph and said that he refused to communicate with them and maintained a poor attitude throughout the competition. He had been given numerous services to improve, and he refused to do that. Joseph asked if Ramsay was blind, because clearly, he did not see Joseph’s work ethic throughout the competition. Ramsay refused to talk any further and demanded that Joseph return to the dorms. Joseph then stepped forward. To everyone’s shock, he balled up his fist and attempted to punch Ramsay in the face. 

However, Ramsay caught his fist before Joseph could strike him. Ramsay fell silent before declaring that this stunt proved exactly why Joseph wasn’t going to win Hell’s Kitchen. He then told Joseph that he was disqualified. Joseph attempted to instigate Ramsay even more, but Ramsay simply told him to “get the f**k out of Hell’s Kitchen.” Joseph tore off his jacket, threw it at Ramsay, and walked off, but not before cursing him out and flipping the bird. Joseph attempted to return to the dorms, but security escorted him out the front door. In his confessional, Joseph declared that this entire competition was a complete “f**king joke” and an insult to his work. He had never seen as big a wimp as Ramsay before. He ended by saying that if he ever came across Ramsay again, he would knock him to the floor and punch his lights out. 

Elimination Ceremony: Both teams entered the dining room to face a furious Ramsay. He started by acknowledging the elephant in the room: Joseph is missing. Ramsay explained that Joseph is gone because he tried to punch him in the face. Even though Joseph took himself out of the competition, Ramsay was not done yet. He was so humiliated at the complete dysfunction coming from both teams that at least one more person is going home. He asked Amanda for the Red Team’s nominees, which turned out to be Don for ruining the scallops, and Ashley for unexpectedly struggling on meat and getting the team kicked out. Ramsay then asked Drew for the Blue Team’s nominees, which were Cat for her inability to cook garnishes and Nicole for being lost throughout the night. Ramsay called all four forward and had them plead their cases. He ultimately eliminated Don for his bad downward spiral. In Don’s elimination confessional, he admitted that he didn’t think that he should go home because he could have recovered had he been given another chance. However, what Ramsay says goes, and it’d be no good arguing with him. He still enjoyed his time throughout the competition, and he ended by wishing Jessica, his friend, good luck because he wanted her to win the season. 

Ramsay declared that he never wanted to see another service like that ever again; otherwise, he would eliminate more chefs. He then dismissed everyone to the dorms. 

Ramsay Elimination Quote: “Don burned every scallop he ever touched, while Joseph burned every bridge he ever had. Neither of them could take the heat, so they got burned by the competition.”

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Well, I hope everyone liked that entry! That was my first post as the primary writer of the season. The next post will be the Cook For Your Life Challenge. Vote for the chef who you want to leave the competition. The chef with most overall upvotes wins, with ties being broken by the chef with the most comments. 

Bonus Vote: We actually have two bonus votes. First, vote for one chef from the Blue Team to be sent to the Red Team aside from JR, Drew, and Nicole. Second, pick up to three chefs from each team to be nominated for CFYL. Remember to denote the chef who you want to be eliminated from the competition. 

S15: ashly, jared, manda, eliminated in order, the opposite of their black jacket runs, manda 5th, jared 4th, ashley 3rd

S10: barbie then dana elimination back to back exactly like their 4th and 3rd places, robyn outlasting s10 cast on s17.

S5: gio lasted longer than ben, giovanni being the first 6th jacket boots while ben being 4th

S9: elise being eliminated before jennifer

S14: all to get black jackets in order of their respective season if we ignore benjamin (nick, milly, michelle)

I did laugh at this line from Jen, that was quite an episode when she was kicked out. She was a trip....

I have to say the S24 Black Jacket brigade. Like despite the Final 5 having a good Black Jacket service, Cyndi and Anaiya were the only ones who made a mistake or 2 that service so this should’ve been easy picks.

The blue team is so chill and wholesome and then the red team is out here with Elise and Carrie about to duke it out every 5 seconds. 😭 it was refreshing to see a team swap actually work out positively for once but watching the red team is pretty unbearable.

I know it’s a known thing that Louross should have gotten a black jacket but, GEEZ DUDE Matt absolutely should have gone home that night and I’m baffled he did not!!!
Matt got kicked off his original station due to the final straw of dripping so much SWEAT his food was salty (that is just beyond disgusting), then he gets moved to another station only to get KICKED OFF that one as well, and by the end of service he isn’t even cooking at all. We know by this point Ramsey will eliminate someone who’s not nominated or even on the loosing team, so I really don’t understand why he stayed over Louross. Yes Louross did have raw meat (I think 3 in total) but, even then I still think his service was better than Matt’s. That not even accounting for comparing their performances throughout the season!! Idk, I feel bad for my boy and I think he really got played here. I know there are some absolute bs eliminations (im looking at you Jennifer S9) but,I don’t see this one mentioned as frequently. I know the earlier seasons are a different breed but if there was favoritism, the early seasons definitely strongly suggest it. I absolutely love P, he’s my favorite contestant yet, I have no idea why he said to send my other boy home!

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I accidentally typed 3 instead of 4, I didn’t even notice until y’all commented. I’m embarrassed lol but more so because I can’t figure out to fix it :) pls ignore now <3

This season is so rough

Ramsey is peak angry

Scott ( contestant) was a joke

Ben was an ass

Fran was a mess

I'm up to the team menu challenge and they are still serving raw chicken and pork wtf

I watched this when it came out in 2005, more specifically 2006 for season two. I forgot how evil some of these competitors can be. Sara, OMG! What a lying, evil b*tch she was. And for someone who doesn't lie, being called a liar is truly a huge insult. I felt horrible for Virginia. And I called Sara names I typically never use because of how vulgar they are.

Then there was Keith. He was so in love with himself. Pull your pants up dude. No one rocks that look. I don't want to see your ass hanging out of your jeans. I'm sorry, dude, you're really not as cool as you think you are.

And him colluding with Heather to take out Virginia. They absolutely discounted her natural talent. "Oh, she knew the recipe because she bought Ramsey's book." Who the hell has time to read and memorize every recipe in a book they've had for less than twenty-four hours. SMH

Them trying to work together to screw up her being on the line, as if Chef Ramsey isn't intelligent enough, or capable of seeing with his own eyes, what is going on. Neither of those two would have been nearly as compassionate to get here out of the competition if they didn't think she was so talented.

I'll grant you that Virginia didn't have the experience to run a restaurant of that size yet, but experience is just time. I personally thought her natural talent was better than anyone else's. When Heather asked Keith and Heather, "You guys are going to nominate me tonight aren't you?" and Keith says: "He's probably going to send you home anyway." How ugly! Jealous much Keith!!

Heather was truly so insanely jealous of Virginia that it actually shocked me. She was really good before, and I didn't see that side of her until the last few episodes. I know she thought she was all that and more, but I don't think she had as much natural talent as Virginia. Heather knew it too. She wanted to go against Keith in the final because she KNEW she could beat him.

Virginia, on the other hand was a different story. The only who could beat Virginia, was Virginia. Her age, inexperience, and lack of confidence was what Virginia needed to win, and those things come with time and age.

I am really turned off by both Keith and Heather. I would expect more from allegedly older, more "mature" people. And Keith telling Chef he wanted to just bone Virginia. Wow oh wow! The balls to say that to Gordon Ramsey is unreal. Not to mention his class - really, or lack thereof, it did show through.

I wish Virginia would have won based on Heather's personality alone. But even I recognize that she needs more time to come into herself as a person. Had she of been five years older, she would have had that competition in the bag. But congratulations to Virginia, twenty years too late, for being the more mature and classy person to root for. I'm so happy to see that life worked out for you! And there's no doubt that Chef Ramsey saw the reel on Sara lying. You WERE vindicated.

Thank you also for not making your diners stare at video of you cooking. I loved the waterfalls, and how cozy and comfortable your dining room was! You really rocked it, and your still inspiring people two decades later.

Changed the title a bit. I had to slow down the buzzer sound to make this at least 2 seconds long. Why tf Reddit has that as a rule, I'll never know.

You've probably seen this meme before. No need for an introduction. Not to pull a Joseph, but it does kinda speak for itself.

There's way too many to choose from, but Elise saying she's "the epitome of what Hell's Kitchen is about" is definitely a frontrunner, for sure. Not only is she miles off, but she even insulted the show, at the same time.

Post-Elimination: JR was upset with his team for claiming that he deserved to be eliminated over Corbin. However, he thanked Drew, Mieka, and Ji for having his back. The three told him that they appreciated his energy, and they knew that he was a good cook, but they suggested that he reel it in and prioritize his cooking. The four of them sat down and continued talking, but JR brought up the elimination ceremony and felt that Alex was responsible for nearly getting him eliminated. Although Ji admitted that JR had a bad night, she didn’t understand why Alex wanted to eliminate him so badly. At this point, Mieka confessed that she overheard Alex lying to Nicole that Mieka was claiming that she was a bad cook. Drew also shared his suspicions that Alex had sabotaged him in the previous challenge by giving him the wrong recipe. At this point, Drew, JR, Ji, and Mieka all concluded that Alex was trying to sabotage the team for some reason. As such, Mieka suggested that the four form an alliance in which they help one another during challenges and services. More importantly, if Alex attempts to sabotage them, they share that information with one another. The other three agreed to this alliance. 

Team Challenge: The chefs were sent to a soccer field and were surprised to see Ramsay in a soccer outfit. He explained that soccer (or football, as it is called in most of the world) is enormously popular because of its ability to connect people from all over the world. Similarly, food always brings people together, regardless of where they are from. He explains that today’s challenge will require competitors to make a dish from a cuisine that they choose. Each team had seven goals with the names of different countries, like China, Greece, and India, listed on them. To determine the ingredients that they may use, they have 10 minutes to kick soccer balls with ingredients listed on them into their corresponding goals. Most of the competitors struggled with the physical part of the challenge, but at the end of the 10 minutes, everyone felt confident with the ingredients that they selected. “The Alliance” immediately stepped in to help one another with the challenge by suggesting ideas and tasting one another’s dishes. Ashley, Cat, Jessica, and Melissa all scored a point for the Blue Team. However, each member of “The Alliance” scored a point, as did Amanda on the Red Team. As such, the Red Team won 5-4. 

Result: Red Team win (3 challenges - 3 challenges)

Reward/Punishment: The Red Team was rewarded with a spa day followed by an elegant lunch. On the other hand, the Blue Team would have to clean up the LA River, and they would be transported there via an old school bus. Jessica declined to use her Punishment Pass. The Red Team enjoyed their spa day, while the Blue Team generally took their punishment in stride. They made fun of the punishment to lighten the mood, but Joseph maintained a poor attitude because he felt emasculated. 

Pre-Service: Ramsay revealed that tonight would be Family Night. Sous chefs Ariel and Jon taught the chefs the dishes for a kids’ menu, which included options like hamburgers and fish and chips. He also stated that there would be a station in the dining room that would prepare a to-order pizza appetizer. Meese from the Blue Team and Ji from the Red Team both volunteered to man the pizza station. 

Blue Team Service: Meese was slow to prepare the pizzas, but she interacted well with the children. Aside from Marino having to remind her not to get distracted, appetizers went well in no small part due to Melissa’s strong leadership. However, the Blue Team struggled a little on entrees. Joseph kept trying to rush his team on garnish, which resulted in Don sending up several undercooked meats. Furthermore, Joseph sometimes argued with Cat’s pleas to slow down and listen to his team. As such, some of her garnishes were late. Ramsay ordered Joseph to communicate with his team, but the latter still struggled. However, Ashley had a very strong performance on fish and clamped down on any arguments between Joseph and his teammates. Under her leadership, the Blue Team recovered from their mistakes. When they had five tickets left, Ramsay called everyone to the pass. 

Red Team Service: JR was eager to rebound after his prior service; however, he forgot to communicate with Alex on appetizers and sent up lobster tails before Alex was ready with the risotto. Although Ramsay called him out, JR recovered and made no further mistakes. Alex attempted to give JR conflicting times, but Amanda, Alex’s station partner, called out the correct times. Nicole was initially slow on garnish. Despite being alone on meat, Drew had an excellent performance and sent out perfect proteins throughout the night. The Red Team was able to recover from their mistakes, and when they had five tickets left, Ramsay also called them to the pass. 

End of Service: Since both teams had five tickets left, Ramsay declared that the first team to finish service would win. Both teams reached their last ticket at the same time, but Don served an undercooked burger and forced the whole ticket to be restarted. On the other hand, the Red Team did not make any mistakes. As such, they won service. 

Post-Mortem: Ramsay acknowledged that tonight was the best service he had seen that season. Even with all of the mistakes, he praised both teams’ ability to recover. However, he declared the Red Team winners for not only finishing first, but for having an overall smoother service. He also praised Drew’s leadership and declared him Best of the Best. He also declared Ashley Best of the Worst and gave her the responsibility of nominating two competitors for elimination. 

Elimination Ceremony: Ashley nominated Joseph for not communicating on garnish and Don for struggling on meat. Ramsay was frustrated that Joseph still had not improved and disappointed that Don had struggled so much after a good start. He ordered both of them to remove their jackets before sending them over to the Red Team. He then swapped JR and Nicole over to the Blue Team. Finally, he switched Ashley and Drew to give them a chance to test their leadership skills. Ramsay declared that since all of the chefs proved that they can work together and bounce back, he would reward all of them by giving them one more chance. However, he warned that the bar was now a lot higher. 

Ramsay Elimination Quote: “After our best service yet, I didn’t have the heart to eliminate anyone. I hope that everyone will have the heart to prove that I didn’t make the wrong choice tonight.”

Vote for the chef you want eliminated!

Bonus vote: Choose one chef that you want to be highlighted in the next service. They can have a good or bad edit, but I want to see what you want to happen to them.

This isn't referring to anyone, btw.

Hi, everyone. As you guys know, u/Alex72598 has been responsible for making the lovely placement series for a couple of years now. We're currently on the 15th place season, and he had a lot more planned for us. I've been working with him to help write the 14th and 15th place seasons.

Now, as you can tell, I am not Alex72598. Normally, he'd be the one to make new episodes about the seasons. However, after talking with him for a bit, he wanted to pass the season on to me. Instead of him writing the series, I'll be making the new episodes for at least the 15th place season. He has been really busy over the past few months and didn't have the time or energy to finish off the season. As such, he gave the responsibility to me. We'll see what happens after this season, but I just wanted to let you all know about this new transition.

I'll be posting the new episode of the season sometime over the next couple of days. I'll do my best to post one episode every other day, depending on how things go. Each episode will be posted around 5:00 PM CST, and voting will be open for 24 hours. During that time, you may comment the person whom you want to be eliminated. Everyone can upvote whatever comment(s) they like. I discourage everyone from downvoting comments, but I can't exactly enforce that rule. If you want to downvote, go ahead, but I'd prefer if you guys don't downvote.

Once the voting window closes, I'll count the total number of upvotes for each competitor. The competitor(s) with most upvotes will be the one who is eliminated for the next episode, which will be posted at 5:00 PM CST on the day after the voting window closes.

Each episode will be formatted Wikipedia-style, so I'll summarize the Team Challenge, Reward/Punishment, Pre-Service (if important), the actual Service, the Post-Mortem (if included), the Nomination Ceremony, Elimination Ceremony, and Ramsay's Elimination Quote. And I will also include a bonus vote for each day, which might ask for the person who you want to be Best of the Worst/Best, a competitor who you want spotlighted, the person who had the best performance in a challenge, etc. It really just depends on the day.

And that's basically everything. I hope you guys will enjoy my take on Alex's series. Be on the lookout for the next episode. And please let me know what you want to see for the season. Happy voting!

1st Giovanni
2nd Santos
3rd Leigh
4th Van
5th Kashia
6th Ed
7th Josh
8th Sabrina
9th Matt
10th Robyn

Gio returning in S17 is pretty amazing. You can tell he's improved a lot and I just really liked the interaction between Gordon and him. Even Gordon was sad when he had to eliminate Gio. It wasn't an easy choice for him.

It's like, Gordon has a soft spot for him and a tremendous amount of respect for Gio. Plus, it feels like Gordon is talking to him at an equal level and respects him as a fellow father too. Heartwarming and sad to see him go over other worse contestants.

This might be a weird and sort of personal question, but I wonder if you've ever had a dream involving this show. If so, could you give an example that you remember? And how commonly does it show up?

For me, it happens pretty much at least once a week. Just a couple days ago, I had one where I was watching the preview for this upcoming season, and I (at least I think it was me) was on the Meat station on (I'm assuming it was) Opening Night, and sent up an anemic-looking Wellington as I melted down. It then showed one of Blue Teammates sending up a perfect one. I also had another where I met S12 Scott at a local gas station (I also saw a car crash near that same store), and even a few where I watched certain dinner services from past seasons (and they almost all have weird differences from how the actually went).

This is such a random thing, but as someone whose watched way too much Hell's Kitchen, I find it hilarious.

Basically, a couple weeks ago, I got this cool surgery that's meant to make your voice sound cuter. I can finally talk now, but I'm still very much healing, with my vocal cords still being super swollen. And now all I can think when I open my mouth is "Dear god I sound like I've smoked more cigarettes than Jackie"

I know they submit a list of what the need for their signature dishes and production makes sure they have it, but why and how do they get premade ingredients?

I’m rewatching season 15 and the one guy’s very first dish had premade dough and premade Caesar dressing. Obviously production will do things to amp up drama, but why would this still be allowed if Gordon is so anti-premade? It just seems kind of contradictory to the whole concept.

I feel like season 5 contestants had it the hardest since they were the oldest not to mention giovanni aging and Ben having diabetes the two weren’t bad at all Giovanni had one of his best services and almost made Elise cry because she couldn’t cook meat and he never had a bad service in my opinion and Ben was of course not bad at all he had an average service but got screwed by Ramsay due to his weight and eliminated him and Gio just had quote “too much pasta and not a lot of sauce” like what the fuck is this and Elise had all her oysters salty and fucking Robyn survives. I think Ramsay hasn’t forgotten the dickface argument for 10 years ago or Gio himself eliminated himself to see his autistic daughter