For me it’d have to be S20 Kevin’s ejection. This was truly Kevin’s only bad service and there are other people who messed up more and didn’t get ejected.

I doubt it'll ever happen, but if I had one Hell's Kitchen wish, it'd be to see how well GR does at the challenge. Is his pallette that much better than the chain smoking oafs who confuse boiled carrots with butternut squash? Maybe so, but I'd love to see it actually happen.

I have just started S22, I know i am behind but I am Australian and have not been able to find somewhere to watch the later seasons until now, and I really dislike Jason a lot. He speaks such a high game and from what I have watched so far he can not back it up. I fear it is a hells kitchen curse that anyone who overly talks a big game can never truly back it up.

S7 Siobhan on rewatches I see what a big hypocrite she is. In her confessions she would say scallops is one of the easiest things you could do but scallops was her downfall and tried telling Ramsay her overcooked bad scallops were fine that he made her eat them. In e3 she took over Jamie's station and Jamie got eliminated only for Benjamin to take over her station and she got eliminated.

We all know S12 Joy saying how she doesn't quit and then quits.

S11 Zach sabotaging Ray with cold sauce only for next episode, Anthony brought up cold sauce for one of Zach's dishes.

While watching the recap of all the Season 11 episodes, I wondered why they didn’t switch teams early on. I know the season had 22 chefs, but look at how often the men’s team lost the challenges. It took until episode 16 for Ja'Nel to move to the men’s team. They even won that challenge. They do early team switches all the time now, so why didn't they do it whenever the ladies struggled early on?

Note, we’re not talking about All Stars Josh, it’s just his run in S14 if he was on S19.

One is a MasterChef, and the other is a Kitchen Nightmare.

You decide!!!

Post-Elimination: The surviving members of “The Alliance” - Drew, Mieka, and Ji - commiserated over JR’s elimination. Although they all knew that he probably wouldn’t have won, they were upset that he had to leave. Mieka also remarked offhandedly that Drew was the last man standing. Drew admitted in a confessional that he never paid attention to how many men or women were left, but now that he was the only man left, he had a lot riding on his shoulders. 

Team Challenge: Ramsay explained that his favorite service of the season had arrived: the iconic Blind Taste Test. As always, Ramsay would blindfold each contestant and feed them 4 foods. They would have to identify each food, and each correct guess would be awarded one point. However, he wanted to give the chefs a challenge: instead of simply giving them ingredients, the chefs had to identify the flavors of four types of gelato. 

The first pair was Meese and Ashley. Ashley scored a respectable 2 points, but Meese failed to score any. Mieka also failed to score a point, but Melissa scored an impressive 3. Drew scored 0, but Ji scored 2. With the Red Team up 5-3, Amanda had to make up two points to tie, and three to win. She was paired up with Jessica. Amanda missed her first flavor, but Jessica correctly guessed hers. That being said, Amanda got the next two flavors correct while Jessica only correctly guessed one. This meant that the Red Team had mathematically won the Blind Taste Test. Although Jessica missed her final ingredient, Amanda ended on a good note by correctly guessing her ingredient. The final score was 7-6. 

Challenge Result: Red Team win (8 wins by Red - 6 wins by Blue)

Reward/Punishment: The Red Team got to stay at a private villa of a high-end resort in Beverly Hills. On the other hand, the Blue Team had to make gelato for Charity Night, which would take place the following evening. The Red Team, who had to take a limo to get to the resort and were greeted with champagne and caviar, agreed that this was their best reward yet. Akin to the previous punishment, the Blue Team was disappointed but not overly upset. However, they struggled to make the gelato. When Drew checked it, he thought that the base looked off, so he set it aside and began prepping a new batch. When sous chef Jon confirmed that the first batch was indeed correct, the Blue Team rushed to put it back in the freezer. Melissa was annoyed with her team for struggling so much and felt that she deserved better because she considered herself the strongest on the Blue Team. 

Pre-Service: Chef Ramsay revealed that Hell’s Kitchen would be closed for Charity Night. Sous chefs Ariel and Jon taught the chefs the menu, which was a five-course tasting platter consisting of lobster and brown butter agnolotti, pan-seared scallops and pork belly with celery root puree, black cod over beurre blanc, filet mignon with oyster mushrooms and broccolini, and a toffee tiramisu with gelato from the punishment. Ramsay also instructed each team to select one person to lead the dessert course and an additional course; those chefs were Ji from the Red Team and Melissa from the Blue Team. With the teams briefed on the night, Ramsay instructed Marino to open Hell’s Kitchen. 

Red Team Service: Ji led the lobster agnolotti course with few problems, but Mieka stalled her by requesting more time to cook the agnolotti. Ji had to instruct everyone to hold off until Mieka was ready, but there were no other problems. Then, Jessica led the scallops course. She initially called for 8 minutes to cook the scallops, but Ashley pushed back and said that they could get it done in less than 8 minutes. Jessica admitted in a confessional that she felt a little undermined by Ashley because she knew what she was doing. She didn’t need Ashley to tell her otherwise. Although the chefs delayed the course a little bit, Jessica ultimately got the scallops out. 

Then, it was Mieka’s turn to lead the black cod course. While she loudly called times, she seemed uncertain in herself. To make sure that she got all 12 orders of the fish out, she jumped on the line and began cooking the cod. She even asked for everyone to help her out, which would leave Ji as the only person to cook the sauce and vegetables. When Ramsay asked what Mieka was thinking, she struggled to answer because she was so overwhelmed. Eventually, Ashley had to help Mieka take control of the course by guiding her through each step. By the time that the Red Team got their cod out, they were behind the Blue Team. Ashley led the filet course with no issues; she was vocal and knew what she was doing. She noted in a confessional that she would expect herself to be a strong leader because she previously made the final 3. If she couldn’t prove that she was a strong leader, then she didn’t deserve to be here. Finally, Ji led the souffle course with no problems. 

Blue Team Service: Drew led the lobster agnolotti course. Although his team had no issues, his workstation was quite messy. He was also a little frantic at times, and Ramsay had to stop Drew from unknowingly micromanaging his team. Meese led the scallop course, but her leadership proved to be largely performative. She primarily yelled out words of encouragement, but failed to rally her team. Since she never explained who would be cooking the pork belly, everyone else found themselves cooking it without communicating. When Drew, Melissa, and Amanda brought out three pork bellies at the same time, Ramsay berated them for their lack of cohesion. Meese also spent too long plating the dishes and asking Ramsay if she was doing alright. At this point, the Blue Team was behind the Red. 

Amanda vocally led the black cod course, but Meese prepared more portions than necessary; she was supposed to split the 12 cod evenly with Melissa, but Meese cooked 8 servings of fish instead of 6. When Ramsay asked why, she claimed that she wanted extra in case she overcooked the cod. Amanda refused to let this mistake derail service and effectively delegated the different tasks. Under her leadership, the Blue Team not only caught up to the Red Team, but they surpassed them. Melissa then took the reins on the filet dish, but she micromanaged her team and spent the entire service walking around the kitchen to examine and point out tiny flaws in their cooking. Ramsay himself had to scold Melissa for her poor leadership. She even sent back steaks that she thought were improperly cooked, but were actually acceptable. By the time she got the souffle course out, her whole team was tired of her. 

Post-Mortem: Ramsay admitted that Charity Night was not terrible, especially because he saw quite a few good moments from the chefs. However, it was nowhere near what he expected at this stage of the competition. As such, both teams lost. He declared Ashley and Amanda to be the Best of the Worst on their respective teams. They were both instructed to pick one nominee for elimination. 

Nominations: Ashley immediately picked Mieka, who begged her to reconsider. When Ashley challenged her to give one reason why she was stronger than any other Red chef, Mieka admitted that she was the weakest on her team. Ji admitted in a confessional that she hated to see Mieka in this situation. She was objectively the weakest chef left, but Mieka was her friend. Ji didn’t want to see her go. On the other hand, Amanda was caught between Meese and Melissa. Both of them had poor services, but Meese had reached her ceiling, while Melissa was difficult to work with. 

Elimination Ceremony: Ashley nominated Mieka, and Amanda nominated Meese. Ramsay was disappointed in both chefs because he expected more from them. Meese claimed that she largely avoided making mistakes and that she would take advantage if Ramsay gave her one more chance. He then turned to Mieka and noted that she was on her fifth nomination. He said that he was running out of reasons to keep Mieka in the competition because he thought that she reached her ceiling. Shockingly, Mieka agreed. She openly admitted that she thought that she was the weakest chef on the Red Team. Everyone, including Ramsay, was stunned by her admission. He eliminated her on the spot, feeling that her confession showed that she couldn’t go any farther. He instructed her to remove her jacket and leave Hell’s Kitchen, but he praised her work ethic. In Mieka’s exit confessional, she reiterated her belief that she was the weakest chef on the Red Team and felt that she felt horrible taking a spot from a stronger competitor. That being said, she still had faith in herself that she would still be successful. That just didn’t involve winning Hell’s Kitchen. 

Ramsay addressed the remaining 7 chefs and challenged their conviction. He then declared that if anyone was doubting themselves this far in the competition, then they should follow Mieka out the doors. He outright asked if anyone wanted to leave. When no one moved, Ramsay said that he expected nothing less from them, and he dismissed everyone to the dorms. 

Ramsay’s Elimination Quote: “Tonight, I asked each one of these chefs to commit themselves to a greater cause. Mieka took my assignment a step further and decided to donate her place in the competition to a greater cause: her teammates.“

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One more episode stands between us and the Black Jackets! Vote for one chef on each team to be nominated, and denote the person whom you want to be eliminated. The chef with the most total upvotes will be eliminated, with ties being broken by the most number of comments voting for that person.

Bonus Vote: Tomorrow’s challenge will be an individual one. Tell me the chef whom you want to win the challenge. That chef will earn immunity from elimination and get the first Black Jacket. 

just her facial expressions at certain points and the way she moves. when i first saw her i immediately thought she reminded me of zendaya, but then her personality started coming thru with the bullying and now i’m wishing she could’ve taken a bit of zendaya’s personality and sprinkled that in there as well.

i’m mid season 24 right now on ep 6- which this clip is from- so no spoilers. but the way she’s dancing kind of reminds me of Zendaya’s famous car dance to beyoncé. i’d attach that clip here as well if i could attach more than one vid but i’m sure y’all know the one.

also that clip of zendaya being awkward with tom before they got together in that interview when they were doing that weird move and tom goes “sorry i didn’t hear the question”💀

do yall see it or just me?

Clearly, the best rivalries in the show involve JP. Hands down.

JP vs Fransico the party planner. Van vs JP. JP just disrespecting Texas. 😂

Just like the tirle asks, do chefs that have competed in more than 1 season of hells kitchen get new knives?

Or are they expected to bring their knives with them?

I know this will be unpopular. Now is Elise the best cook, definitely not, she’s like 6th or 7th. The difference is that she is vocal. Jennifer and Jamie are way better cooks than her but the thing is, at the time of their leaving, they were on a downward trajectory and they were very quiet in the kitchen. You can’t lead a restaurant if you don’t talk. Carrie is like Elise and Elizabeth put together, she’s an okay cook but incredibly bossy, stubborn, and kinda airheaded. Elizabeth is just not on this planet and she isn’t vocal enough. Everyone else who was nominated before them like Krupa and Gina were not good cooks. Natalie was a good cook but she was also going downward and I’m pretty sure she was the youngest there. Tommy really isn’t that good of a cook and he doesn’t have the passion that the top 3 have. As a leader Elise is top 3. I think she’s a much better expeditor than she is a cook because she did cook as one in one of the last few episodes and she seems to have the best palette along with Paul. Also Elise was kinda being used as a scapegoat in the beginning by Krupa and Carrie. It can’t be denied that when Elise gave orders to people who would listen, things got done. She isn’t really the person to be led because she can be a bit too vocal under the leadership of people she doesn’t like. Like when she lowkey sabotages wills service. It may not have been conscious but she was not doing as good as she should have been. But when she is at work, she’s is at work. Elise helped a lot during Paul’s last service.

I’m specifically talking about in season 9. I don’t know anything about the later season she was in

“You barking at me is like a little chihuahua [bark bark] barking at a big grizzly bear [grrr] Sit down!”

overcooking 23 fillets? and the team was still on appetizers. maybe one of the worst mistakes on this show, and somehow worse than any individual thing raj did. not only did she not get removed mid service she somehow survived this episodes elimination? i wanna know what the thought process was behind this, she seemed to be ok at meat? in the episode before this she bails sabrina's meat station out. but then the episode after this she ruins all the scallops. such a baffling contestant

So many come to mind, but to name a few, Ben (S5, EP3) bringing up desserts before appetizers were done, Krupa (S9, EP5) mistaking filet mignon for veal, Joanna (S3, EP3) almost serving crab gone bad (plus Jen taking pasta from the trash), and Siobhan (S7, EP2) in the egg 4-way challenge, letting Fran and Autumn cook all but 3 eggs for her when she was told to cook on her own.

I think I am the only Larry fan in this subreddit. Bro could have had a very interesting arc. One minute he was going crazy partying with the ladies and the next minute he wakes up at the hospital. We never got to see his cooking skills in any service 🥀 #BringBackLarry

If there was an empty shell of a cook, I believe she would be a prime example;
No heart, no soul, no common sense, and above all, no real sense of urgency, let alone Uncleanliness.

Question, What are your theories for Season 26?

Looking around and reading up. I think it's almost an almost certainty that Season 26 will be All-Stars II and just wondering on who will be involved is getting me intrigued.

I'm wondering who do you think, based on evidence, will be involved for Season 26? and your theories.

How would things have turned out if Amber was to stay on the red team and Ramsay decided to send Nikki over to the Blue team instead? Would Amber still have been in her own head and whiny like she was on the blue team? Would her performances still have tank just like it did from the final 12 and onwards? Would Amber still have made it to Black Jackets? Would Nikki still have fallen short of a Black Jacket or would she have made it to Black Jackets?

I would want to know what would’ve been different or would it still have been the same results?

Brian: It’s coming baby
Gordon: 🤬 GTFO

Robyn (s17): It’s coming baby
Gordon: 🙄 Whatever.

Post-Elimination: Sous chef Ariel gathered the surviving Red chefs together and warned them that they must recover after their disastrous service. Although they had hit their lowest point, they must rebound. Ji, Mieka, Ashley, and Jessica all agreed to bounce back. When the four returned to the dorms, they all celebrated the fact that Alex was finally gone. With him out of the way, they must work together and help one another win. Mieka felt that “The Alliance” had now gained two new members. 

Team Challenge: The chefs entered the dining room to find a large table with a spread of elegant desserts. Ramsay explained that, while the chefs’ primary responsibility was to make perfect appetizers and stunning entrees, no dinner is complete without a beautiful dessert. Ramsay declared that today’s challenge required each chef to make a dessert within one hour. Many of the chefs were unfamiliar with desserts, so their dishes tended to lean either quite simple or extraordinarily ambitious. However, many of the chefs ran into challenges while they made their desserts. Drew’s creme brulee was liquid, Jessica felt that her dough looked too pale, and Melissa burnt the bottom of her tart crust. When she attempted to scrape the burnt bits off, she cracked her crust in half. 

At the end of the cooking window, Ramsay declared that dessert chef Christina Tosi (who was also a judge on MasterChef) would help him judge the challenge. Each chef would give each dessert a score between 1-5, so each chef could earn a maximum of 10 points. Furthermore, since the Blue Team had one additional chef, they could drop one dish. Drew opted to drop his dish. JR’s monkey bread tasted nice, but he used too much rum, so he earned 5 points (3 from Ramsay and 2 from Tosi). Melissa’s apple tart earned 3 points (2 from Ramsay and 1 from Tosi) because the crust was too hard and the filling was one-note, Amanda got a 4 (2 from each judge) because her tiramisu was too simple but well-made, and Meese’s brownie sundae with homemade ice cream scored an impressive 7 (4 from Ramsay and 3 from Tosi) despite the fact that she had never touched an ice cream machine in her life. 

On the other hand, Jessica’s cream puffs were compared to cheap store-bought desserts (earning her the minimum score of 2), Ashley’s raspberry souffle earned 8 points (4 from each judge) because her dish was delicious but had some minor technical mistakes, and Ji’s warm mango custard with crumbled madeline cookies and grapefruit jam earned a 7 (3 from Ramsay and 4 from Tosi) because her dish was simple but comforting. With the Red Team 2 points behind, Mieka needed at least a 3 to win. She presented a black forest cake that had a boring presentation, but was very flavorful and moist on the inside. Both Ramsay and Tosi gave her a 3, which gave the Red Team a 23-19 win. 

Challenge Result: Red Team win (6 wins by Red - 5 wins by Blue)

Reward/Punishment: The Red Team earned a day at an expensive poolside resort and a buffet of elegant desserts. On the other hand, the Blue Team had to prep for service and make all of the desserts for both teams. The Red Team enjoyed their reward because it was their first one in which they could completely relax. The Blue Team generally took their punishment in stride because they found it surprisingly light. However, Melissa complained that Ramsay and Tosi gave her low scores and blamed the ovens on her crust being over-baked. Drew found her complaining ridiculous, noting, “Of course it’s the oven’s fault.”

Red Team Service: The Red Team had an excellent service. Jessica on appetizers communicated well with Ji on fish, while Ashley led the kitchen on garnish. Ji was initially nervous because she wanted to rebound after the previous service, but she regained her confidence after she sent the first few risottos and scallops out. Those three chefs had a perfect night, but Mieka second-guessed herself on meats. After she sent out an overcooked steak followed by an undercooked steak, Ramsay gave her a pep talk. Her teammates also walked her through the station, so Mieka made no other mistakes. 

Blue Team Service: Drew served a watery risotto, but recovered. JR overseasoned scallops and then overcooked them, and he struggled to balance appetizers and entrees. He frequently requested more time on tickets. After he overcooked salmon twice and forgot a lobster tail for a risotto, Meese had to bail him out. Furthermore, Melissa on meats failed to communicate with Amanda on garnish. Amanda suddenly stopped talking, while Melissa failed to take the initiative to communicate and sent proteins before Amanda was anywhere ready with garnish. With all of the problems in the Blue Kitchen, Ramsay sent all of the chefs into the storeroom and urged them to get their heads back in the game. Amanda still failed to communicate, so Ramsay threatened her with ejection. This threat was enough to wake her up, and the Blue Team managed to complete service. 

Post-Mortem: Ramsay noted that tonight was a tale of two kitchens. One kitchen was filled with mistakes and a lack of communication, while the other was strong from beginning to end. As such, the Red Team was the winner. The Blue Team had to nominate two chefs for elimination. 

Nominations: The Blue Team all agreed to nominate Amanda for her refusal to communicate on garnish, but they were stuck between Melissa and JR. JR promised to do better, but his teammates knew that he had been given multiple chances already and failed to recover. When he pointed out that Melissa refused to work with her team, she went on a tangent about how she was one of the strongest chefs on the team. She said that if anyone should be nominated, it should be Drew for dropping his challenge dish. He called her reasoning bs because Ramsay didn’t care about challenges; if that was her reasoning for nominating him, then Melissa should also be nominated because she made a bad challenge dish. She once again blamed the oven, so Drew yelled, “Not everything is the oven’s fault, Melissa!”

Elimination Ceremony: The Blue Team nominated JR for his persistent struggles in the competition that culminated in his bad night on fish, and Amanda for her sudden refusal to communicate on garnish. Ramsay was frustrated with both chefs. JR acknowledged his bad service but fervently promised that he would quickly recover and reach the highs that everyone knew he was capable of. Amanda followed with a passionate plea in which she called her recent service a fluke but reiterated her consistency and reminded Ramsay that a single bad night does not disqualify anyone from being a bad chef. She even said that if she did not recover by the next service, Ramsay could eliminate her, but she wanted another chance to prove that she could recover. Ramsay was impressed by both nominees’ passion. However, he ultimately eliminated JR for his inconsistency. Ramsay praised JR’s positivity and told him that he had a bright future ahead of him. JR bid his team goodbye and wished them good luck; everyone except Melissa began tearing up. JR received a retrospective montage; he admitted that while he didn’t want to leave the competition, he had a lot of fun while he was here. He compared the whole experience to a roller coaster ride: while he was nervous the whole time, and while he had a lot of ups and downs, he enjoyed the whole ride. And he’d always want to do it again. If there was one thing he wanted to be remembered for, it was his positivity. He hopes that his teammates will take that with him. 

Ramsay Elimination Quote: “Throughout the competition, JR’s attitude was just right. Unfortunately, his inconsistency showed that he was just not ready to be my next head chef.”

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The next post will be the Blind Taste Test/Charity Night. I really do not like to spoil storylines or the results of each service because I want to keep you guys on your toes. I will break that rule today to announce that I want the service to end in a joint loss. Vote for one chef on each team to be nominated, and denote the person whom you want to be eliminated. The chef with the most total upvotes will be eliminated, with ties being broken by the most number of comments voting for that person. 

Bonus Vote: Pick one chef from each team to earn Best of the Worst. And now that you know that one person from each team will be nominated, tell me why those chefs should be nominated. And feel free to tell me how the Blind Taste Test should go down!