fun fact about season two winner heather west, she had to go through the entirety of her hell's kitchen career with severe tourette's, which is part of the reason why she is constantly wiping her face even when there's no sweat. she had a tick, and behind the scenes, gordon would make sure she's doing okay. heather then went on to beat bobby flay in the show "beat bobby flay". she's a badass.
@@pfelipens8522 Tiffany had some fights? Pffftt.... She doesn't care to the kids on family night, she's yelling at Barbie on dinner service in front of Ramsay, she screwed up the potato on the menu challenge theme, and her plea is pathetic: "Like a 9..."
@@margarethmichelina5146 When I mean fights I am telling about producers point of view. They knew red team was good enterteinameint and that Patrick was never gonna win anyway because he lacked the leadership. So it was a easy decision to sack him over her. And yeah, his final service that night was still worse than Tiffany, his plea was better, but that's it.
Tbf, Patrick did have a really bad service where he constantly miscooked the meat and he even struggled with calling out an order. Also, Patrick was breaking down at this point where even if he did stay, he wasn't going to last much longer. But at least Patrick got the opprtunity to lead Christina to victory with a good finale service while Tiffany didn't even show up to the finale so he definitely got the last laugh.
@@nevenpatrk9661 Patrick - ELIMINATED - 12 service mistakes (meat without sealing and just boiled, didn't listen to the order and made a mistake when speaking to the chef, undercooked fillet and the steaks were delayed, raw fillet, cooked scared and didn't recover, talked too much and didn't cook enough) Tiffany - 22 service mistakes (delayed pizza, burnt pizza, very slow service, inconsistent belinis, lack of quality control and don't care, communication, fought with Barbie in the middle of service)
Barbie didn't do anything wrong most of the time, they just targeted her because she's the only black woman on the team. Mostly to Tiffany who likes to pick up on her for no reason.
She had some bad services in the beginning, but nothing that warranted this level of vitriol. That said, Barbie and Kimmie became friends after the show, and Robyn made attempts to be more civil with her in All Stars, which is an improvement!
@@cheezbunni3530 I'd do starting from 14th, since the average number over contestants per season is just under 15, and I'm pretty sure only the first 3 seasons have less than 14 contestants.
I honestly used to hate season 10 so much but since I rewatched it a few years back, it us easily one of my favorite seasons. So much talent yet drama and the characters are so compelling to me.
I feel like it's the most enjoyable drama when it comes to the drama heavy seasons, simply because everyone was so funny even when awful imo. They're just so terrible it's funny, unlike season 9
imo drama seasons are only compelling when there is talent involved. The reason villains get by is probably bc of ratings but at least when theu can cook it feels less ridiculous.
I looove season 10. the drama is so petty and high schoolish, its entertaining... same with season 9. I just rewatched it and I was like "damn. all these grown adults acting like a bunch of fools"
"Where's The Lamb Sauce??" "How The Hell Did Matt Get A Black Jacket In Season 4??" "How Did Virginia Get All The Way Through To The Final In Season 2??"
1. It’s still a mystery to this day 2. Because Ramsay didn’t start eliminating chefs off the winning team until the next season with Carol(S5) so it was down to either Louross or Jen since the blue team lost and considering that Louross was on a decline and a table walked out on him, I do think his elimination was justified. 3. Obviously this was a pretty weak cast so I mean Virginia making it to the final 2 was expected to happen. Not to mention Keith was lacking leadership skills in his run and he totally bombed hard at the final 3 pass performance. Heather was gonna win the season from the start anyway so it’s not like anything would’ve changed.
@@rayewaddell9668Honestly I don't even think Virginia should've made it to the final 3. Her surviving over Garrett just because he served one raw chicken was dumb, and even though Sara was... Sara, everyone would be calling out her elimination as the *worst* robbery in HK history if she was remotely likable.
@@Commenter839 No but we do gotta remember now that this was an old school season. I say Heather was the only best chef out that season who was gonna win it all. Keith was good too but Ramsay had to be on his ass a lot at times. He can cook but I didn’t see enough leadership qualities out of him. Not to mention he’s been call out consistently for his poor attitude and lack of professionalism time and time again. There’s a good reason why Heather was put on the blue team to even begin with. With Heather having those qualities and Keith lacking those qualities, there’s obviously a problem here. Ramsay has given Keith multiple opportunities to change his ways but come time to the final 3, he literally doesn’t make the effort to do any of that and we got a pretty poor performance out of him. As Ramsay has always said, it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. As far as chefs like Garrett, Sara and Virginia, any other new season they’re on, they wouldn’t even make it to Black Jackets. They’ll definitely last for about only 2-3 episodes being early boots.
@@rayewaddell9668 I mean yeah the talent in S2 was bad, and Heather was obviously winning no matter what. I just don't think Virginia deserved to make it past 5th regardless. Also Keith was apparently pretty ill/in pain during the pass challenge which could've impacted his performance there, but in any case, it should've been Garrett or Sara there instead of Virginia
@@Commenter839 If Sara would've been remotely likable then she would've been eliminated in the first place. After Ramsay took Virginia's immunity from being in the final three, at the nomination ceremony he gave a choice of either staying in hell's kitchen or leaving, letting Sara, a woman who sabotaged her just because she felt like it and just being a horrible person to be around be in the final three. I think that Virginia saying that she doesn't belong in hell's kitchen or something like that, was her attempt to put salt in the injury and basically giving Sara a big "F you", that's why she decided to stay, because if she left her bully would have a chance at being in the final two (she still wouldn't have any chance at winning since Heather was WAY better).
One of the most heartwarming scenes in Hells Kithcen is Bobby in s4 going out to get Petroza back into the kitchen, Petroza was an amazing chef and person in HK and may he rest in peace, but I think Bobby was my fav chef from this season because he truly cared about the others on his team and always tried to make sure that they are doing ok and would motivate them to keep going when they were down
What people tend to forget about season 10 is that the men's team wasn't much better the women. The diference was that the men would be more quiet and backstabing while the women were vocal and confrontatitional. In reddit people complaint a lot about Christina's win because Justin had a stronger start and final service. They forget or ignore that that Justin spent a god part of the season undermining Clemenza and he made no effort to integrate Robyn on the blue team.
As insufferable as Tiffany, Kimmie and Robyn are to watch, I can't deny that its absolutely satisfying to watch them get eliminated. Though Robyn's was less satisfying since she made it to black jackets.
And who else would’ve gotten the last Black Jacket then? Brian collapsed hard at the final 7 and had Barbie take control of his meat station. I mean yeah Ramsay should’ve done 5 Black Jackets instead but that was a pretty tough decision on who deserved the last one and I thought it was kinda the right choice at that point.
Top 3 biggest mysteries of Hell's Kitchen: 1. How did Matt get Black Jacket over Louross? 2. What the hell happened on the casting choices between Season 15 to 17? 3. WHERE'S THE LAMB SAUCE????
Well the first one is because Ramsay didn’t start eliminating chefs off the winning team until the next season with Carol(S5) being the first victim to get that treatment so considering that the blue team lost at the final 7, it was down to either Louross or Jen. With Louross declining and because a table walked out on his screw up on the meat station, I say Petrozza made the right call. Even if Louross did get a Black Jacket over Matt, I can see Louross be the first Black Jacket boot at that point considering he was on a downward spiral so 6th place was the furthest he was gonna get. Season 15 was another talentless cast and the Black Jacket crew was nothing special. Jared being the only guy there but he was way too inconsistent as time went on to make it to 4th place. Manda was okay but she started spiraling as time went on. The other 3 were just okay but had their own hiccups too. Everyone was on the chopping block this season so yeah. Season 16 was just no. Season 17 All Stars, a few questionable eliminations, Elise being brought back with the same negative energy, the 3 way finale twist that’s still happening in future seasons to this day and Josh being eliminated during service. Seriously an All Star getting ejected from dinner service? Then again Josh was pretty lucky to make it to the top 6 in his original season despite being on a huge downward trajectory and of course he didn’t recover from it. To this day, the lamb sauce is still a mystery🤣
@@robertolebron2296 The exotic tatar clouded Ramsay's judgement. Matt's rissotto in the red team was bad, but due to said clouded judgement, chef Ramsay thought it was really good. We can only imagine how horrible his bad dishes actually were.
@@rayewaddell9668Yeah, Louross decline start in final 8 challenge, as he cost the team to be disqualified due to using fewer ingredients than the rules said. It begin a downward spiral for him.
S8 was extremely chaotic, but I love that. The first half is insane, with all the funny and weird moments such as the pizza dough, Raj, the weird karate Raj scene, and Vinny's absurd mistake, but then there's the toxic chaos of the black jackets. LIKE, WHAT IS THIS? Sabrina was a way too inconsistent contestant with a bratty attitude, though I will say some of her nomination reasons were... Ridiculous Gail was so boring and just okay, can barely remember her Trev was.... Questionable, though his run in HK was very interesting, also I enjoyed him more In S18 (I still despise you Scotley, an allergic reaction is dangerous!) Jillian... She's okay, but just like Gail, I don't remember her Let's forget about Russell (Horrible attitude, also stop bullying people all because they put you up) And Nona was... A chef. A chef of all time. On another note, S10's Kimmie, Robyn and Tiffany deserved to go home (though Robyn DEFINITELY should've been earlier)
@@B9TL205 Yeah that's fine, I wish I had the same opinion. I just forgot about them a lot. That and they were in the same group as Trev, Sabrina and Russell (I still hate Russell so much) and Gail not making herself known too much.
@@Rhythm_Haruka46 I agree. Trev lost me with him wishing fatal harm towards Sabrina and Raj. A heart attack for Raj? Really? I understand the opinions on Scotley, but I saw it as the same thing Trev did to Raj. Karma perhaps. Because Trev was on his second run and knew was to expect, I thought he would rise above it, focus, and cook. Then Scotley ans others would ruin themselves.
@@seanswinton6242 Yeah, I didn't really like Trev much but you do have to feel for him a little when Scotley was joking about his allergy. Even though I personally haven't had an allergic reaction, I've heard from people who have allergies and it's horrible. Thank god it wasnt fatal though. But even then, that's no excuse for his attitude (at least his S8 attitude) Speaking of which, HOW DID HE END UP AS A BLACK JACKET AGAIN? The only positive thing about that is that his talent was decently okay. Edit: God imagine if Scotley and Trev were both black jackets in S18, it'd be a whirlwind with the constant bickering XD
Paul and Will was terrified of Jennifer that they kept an Elise! Tommy should’ve went just for that alone sure he wasn’t the best chef but at least he was a good person!
It was absolutely a *strategical* move on their part, and they knew what they were doing when they were given the oppourtunity. They had a chance to take out who they considered a stronger chef and went for it, whilst Tommy stuck to his guns and voted honestly based on what was asked of him.
Yes, they had already decided that they were going to be the final two. Elise and Tommy were easy knockouts to them. Jennifer was the solid and silent killer to them. They knew if they messed up they would be gone, especially Paul. Paul had been nominated already and knew he was on thin ice.
@@seanswinton6242Honestly though Jennifer didn’t really have much leadership, her voice came out too late during her elimination. Either way, neither her or Elise would win.
I'm actually surprised that Season 1 did not make this list *or even get an honourable mention,* as its a very 'early installment weirdness' season that divides people on how they feel about it, when you consider the overall amount of talent (considering how most were not actual chefs), the show's editing being all over the place and feeling much more rough around the edges, and even down to its winner (Michael) polarizing on whether he's one of the show's greatest masterminds or ultimately a large manipulator, when you consider his tactics that led to the eliminations of Chris and Elsie respectively. I've known people who find the season very fascinating, and I've known others who just think its far too out there to be worth going back to and watching.
@@dominiklis6261Meghan from season 14 is the best winner on the show. Everyone overrates Christina. If it wasn't for Tavon, Christina would've gone home first night.
@@iam_747 I agree that if it wasn't for Tavon then Christia would've been the first boot as she likely would've been nominated alongside Roshni and as we know, Ramsay saw great potential in here. That's why I said one of the best and not the best.
@@iam_747 I agree 100%. The chaos of S10 made Christina's past easier because of the self destruction of others. Meghan S14 is the greatest. I believe that Christina's visibility on TV creates the false belief. Paula of S5 made few mistakes and made HK look easy to me. Danny won and I liked him, but Paula seemed much better and more polished. Will, like Paulafrom S9, fits that bill for me as well.
@@iam_747 Nope, Roshni would've been eliminated instead of Christina. Red team first service: 37 mistakes (31 service mistakes) - WINNING TEAM Roshni - 24 service mistakes (made too few scallops, wasted 5 scallops, 5 raw and colorless scallops, delayed appetizers, 10 raw scallops, needed to be removed from the station and didn't want to leave the service) Christina - 3 service mistakes (raw Wellington 3x)
i think the dislike she got was from how in the first elimination ceremony, she made it clear she was choosing people for tactical reasons. While it is a competition, you save that kind of reasoning for the end when it makes sense, not the first one. It paints her as a petty person that chose people based on her emotions rather than thier skills.
NGL despite Sabrina’s attitude she was right about the performances of Emily, Gail and Melissa, the so-called executive chef who deserved an EJECTION for wasting 23 filet mignon.
Sabrina Brimhall was a prep chef who had only been working in a kitchen for six months. Her attitude may have sucked and she may not have been the best team player, she did show a lot of potential. She had one of the best signiture dishes of the season and her performances in challenges was pretty good showing that her talent and creativity was better than half of her team's years of experience. She had a bumpy start with services and wasn't much of a team player, but when she learned how to work as a team especially in the last three services on the red team, she learned how to cook good food and work cohesively as part of the team. I think Sabrina was targeted by her team solely for her shitty attitude over her cooking, which was shown when she was nominated for no reason in episode three and I think that might explain why she was pretty hostile to her team, especially towards Melissa, Emily and Trevor.
@@Huh_What_Who yeah, and i think gordon just can't rush a talent, he need real prepared chef to run LA market, Sabrina just need another year of experience to be better than Nona.
Flynnmasters, you absolutely hit the nail on the head when you said about it’s disappointing that Nona is an hk winner, but Paula, Will and Johnathan are not.
I hate that in season 10 Barbie got bullied by Tiffany Robyn and kimmie even Dana hated on Barbie for no reason and I don’t think she should’ve gotten nominated on final 9
I agree and I want to add to Dana's point, that upon reviewing season 10 more carefully, she seemed like a two-faced person, always hiding behind the scenes, and her dislike of Barbie was honestly non sense. I also want to remember how she behaved in the last service for Christina, giving the slightest thing that was not tolerable. Yes people are more focused on the toxicity of Kimmie, Tiffany and Robyn, but I think Dana isn't kidding either
I think All-Stars and Season 19 should also be considered. For All-Stars we had redemption arcs for Benjamin, Jennifer, and Nick, as well as getting more of Milly, but on the other hand we had the absolute BS eliminations and more of Elise’s shit. For season 19, we had a strong cast of characters as well as some likable ones such as Cody, Mary Lou, Nikki, and Declan, but we also had some unlikable chefs such as Amber and Marc and two chefs completely throwing in the towel the moment things that got hard, essentially taking two spots away from chefs who could’ve definitely handled the heat
s17 i agree. im on the end of the stick that absolutely despises it due to petty drama, bad eliminations, and just the overall structure of the season. it was 80% omg watch the chefs argue with each other and 20% cooking wow! It's insane how unbalanced it is. s19 i would disagree. I feel like the overall... audience? (idk words sorry) enjoy the season for the positivity, new chefs after 2 "all stars", the dynamics, and the lack of drama. sure it's much more tame compared to say... season 10 which is absolutely wild. i feel there are more positives to take away than negatives. Marc, yes was a hothead, but was passionate and the only source of team drama there was. Amber was a self sabotage and stole Nikki's black jacket. There are also chefs like Jordan who never rlly took accountability for her mistakes, and blamed her downfalls on others.There were also some bs eliminations like Adam over Marc and Sy over Jordan (iirc). BUT overall, i feel there are more positives than negatives to consider it polarizing for the fandom. (i still see your argument!)
@@PartyPickles101 for season 19, my biggest issues were that Elliot and Peter essentially threw in the towel the moment things got hard which kind of pissed me off, because if you don’t think you’re ready to be a head chef and if you can’t handle the pressure, why are you going on Hell’s Kitchen in the first place. Especially when those spots could’ve been given to chefs that actually deserved to be there. And some of the eliminations like Adam, Sy, Josh, and Nikki didn’t help. But I did enjoy others like Cody, Declan and Mary Lou, and I actually found Marc to be entertaining at time. But that’s why I find season 19 to be pretty polarizing
I’d add s17, as I kind of liked all the storylines from other seasons coming into one but I understand the dislike as it seemed more of a popularity contest then actual cooking. Also another video idea is the worst draft picks for final brigades.
Jon from S11 or 12 and Nick from S17 instantly come to mind. I also thought Jillian over Nona in S8, Jennifer S9 and even though I didn't like her Dana S10.
4:08 say what you will be about season 4. I still think in the episode with the “your own menus” episode (season 4 episode 9) Despite Christina and Cory hating each other for most of the season together they steam rolled the other 5 chefs (with Matt only being safe due to the duo woman teamwork) Talk about putting your differences aside to win, (and Cory in return for the finale worked her ass off for Christina showing her rivalary was put to bed at that point)
Only because of those who bullied and made fun of Raj like Trev, Vinny, and Russell. It was bad. Raj was definitely different, not the best chef, but didn't deserve the treatment he got. Some of Ramsay's fat shaming was uncalled for especially since he works with one on MasterChef. Many other great chefs were overweight or large like New Orleans legend Paul Prudhomme and Ramsay would never say that to him. R.I.P. Chef Prudhomme!🙏
Elise making 3rd, makes this season borderline unwachable. I think I have only watched it from start to finish once. Everyother time I fast forward Elise and her mouth. I am a fan of season 4. Jason was hilarious in the fact that he sucked so much, and he didn't stay around too long, Corey grew on me. Matt is such a Donkey. But Jen surviving so long annoyed the crap out of me. I am very neutral on Season 8. I love Jillian, enjoy Raj, hate Russell. I think if we saw Sabrina again sje will be much different; she had a volatile personality but 22 is very young especially when your team dog piles you. I would actually love to see her again. I found season 2 kind of boring to be honest but am mostly neutral. Season 10...God where do I start. First it was my first season. I like the final five, yes including Robin , but the bullying of Barbie is hard to watch. Tiffany is in my top five hated characters said kids don't deserve good food, she card about cooking "like a 9". An started a lot of the fights.
I feel the same about Corey. I ended up liking her by the end. Even though she hated Christina, she was able to work with her and I think she ended up with some respect for her.
I like 9 I like 4 I love 8 I like 2 I love 10 Huh. I like all of the polarizing seasons. Interesting. Now what about polarizing chefs? Probably the people that others either love a lot, or hate a lot.
Definitely some good choices--I'd personally name Season 13 as an example. I know it's one of your bottom 2 and I can see the argument, but I've also seen people sing its praises to high heaven, and I personally would count its winner as one of my all-time favorite contestants. Also another watershed for revamping the sig dish challenge and making Blind Taste Test more interesting.
Oh Season 9, my very first season of Hell’s Kitchen. You know I ended up watching this after watching Season 2 of Masterchef. Which seems to be a polarizing season of that show based off what Masterchef fans have said about it. I sure have stumbled onto these shows at some interesting times and continued watching them.
A fun idea for a series could be the funniest moments from each season. For example in Season One you have Dewberry’s Brad Pitt’s Wife comment and Michael saying “You guys cook like old people fuck” and making Gordon laugh. Season Two with the fake gourmet meal (mock caviar and hot dog “pate”). I mean there are so many funny moments over the years, it could make at least a couple of videos.
I would honestly say season 12 as well. It’s main strengths were that it was unpredictable and it had a likeable winner but similar to season 10, there was a lot of bickering, this time from both kitchens and it went on for too long.
Great video as always! If I may make a gentle constructive suggestion, though: It would help if you slowed down a bit with your talking points. You speak very fast and it makes you more likely to mispronounce words (I kept hearing 'poralizing' instead of polarizing), as well as blend your words together to the point that I needed to repeat certain parts of the video to hear you correctly. I don't know if anyone else had the same issue, so I won't speak for them. Other than that, I enjoyed the video. 😃
Season 13-I know this season is disliked for being somewhat boring and forgettable but I think it's overhated. I definitely enjoyed it much more than seasons 9, 11, 15, and 17 mainly due having a much more likeable cast or less one-sidedness. Season 16-While this season is disliked I did enjoy watching every toxic person getting eliminated. This blue team definitely sucked but unlike Season 11, I didn't feel sorry for them as they were mostly arrogant jerks and won over half the challenges anyway. Season 17-Many looked forward to seeing chefs return but most of them were brought back for drama (especially Elise) with there being many unfair eliminations just to keep the drama going with some like Barbie becoming more villainous or others having a downfall. Although it was also satisfying that chefs like Ben and Robyn (villains in their original seasons) redeemed themselves and became much more likeable as personality goes. Also, there are mixed opinions about the finals with Michelle being the winner as some believe Nick deserved the win. Others believe Michelle deserved it as she was constantly harassed by number 1 villain Elise during the season and therefore her winning was a slap in the face to Elise.
4 was definitely step down from 3 such a shame 8 ended the golden age definitely 18-22 have been pretty good. Definitely the 2nd Renaissance era like 12-14
I hate Clamenza. He was lazy and blamed everyone for his mistakes. Dude started randomly cooking before the restaurant opended and decided he should have 0 blame because his team should have told him not to be a moron. Honestly people who love him confuse me.
I'm kind of in between with him. Loved his passion and genuinely think he had a good heart. But he was a pretty weak chef most of the time. And I didn't like his attitude when he ended up on Justin's brigade in the finale.
#5 - Paul winning over Will made me dislike season 9 more than Elise's pot stirring tbh. #4 - Petrozza was never winning after he gave up and Bobby had to talk him back into it. Petrozza was one of the kindest in the shows history, but Christina deserved and earned that win. #3 / #2 - No additional comments #1 - Biggest beef not mentioned is that Clemenza stayed way too long - like honestly Kimmie had one big crash and burn, while he was pretty consistently sub-par - he also had two HUGE food waste moments, which we saw in the past with contestants like Season 8 Melissa was calls for elimination. People always hype up his pleas to stay but I never felt like they were good enough to justify his staying over multiple other chefs.
Would seasons 11, 15, and 16 count also? I mean season 11 can be a major chore to get through due to the blue team’s challenge losing streak and seasons 15 and 16 were a major step down after seasons 12-14.
Season 15 has grown on me big time. The three episode stretch starting at the Final 9 is some of the most entertaining HK content. Though it's lacking talent-wise, it made for a more fun competition.
I might have to put a pitstop on Paul and Wil for them backstabbing Jennifer. I don’t know if it is just me but Paul became really unlikeable after his season such as his appearance in season 12 that I actually agreed with Jason’s sentiments of him being a massive tool after his win. He and Nona got a massive ego issue after their season wins.
@@KL-ki8db Which is kind of shocking since if both Russell and Will had a good final service (or at the very least the same as thei winners) then they wouldn't win. As Frank (a sexist EX marine) once said "she only won because I lost"
Season 9 is so close to being amazing for me. So many times I've wanted to go back to that season to watch that blue team again mainly, and then I remember that's the season with Elise and I don't watch it lol
I like Michelle in season 14, couldn’t stand her in all starts. As painful as it is to admit Elise is absolutely right about her. So many instances she sabotaged.
@@lastdayonearthmysteryman4849Let’s just say that they should’ve done All-Stars back in Season 9 instead of 17. There were so many All-Stars that deserved a Second Chance instead of most of those Losers.
Season 9: Yeah... I just can't with this season. Elise really is that unbearable for me. Season 4: I'm not the biggest fan of the older season (1-4), but this one isn't really that bad. Season 8: I love this season because of how bad the cast is, but I can definitely see why other people don't like it. Sabrina, Trev, and Russell can be very hard to watch at times. Season 2: I mainly know this season from all the clips, but not so much of watching it. I just find the older seasons a bit slow for some reason. Season 10: I have such conflicted feelings about this season. The fighting is very hard to watch, but maaaan, I'd be lying if I didn't get a good kick out of almost all the services and nomination pleas. Also, some very satisfying eliminations.
@@phanpyken986 Gordon eliminating him on the winning team would be tough and shocking, but yeah, I agree the blue team deserved that win. Only him and Royce screwed up.
when it comes to Christinas win in Series 4 being part of the reason that season was polarizing part of that is not only down to how likeable Petrozza was but also the fact that Christina in the Final 4 service burnt Chef Ramsay TWICE and only survived because otherwise the final 2 would have been Corey and Petrozza with Jen in third. That final 4 incident basically destroyed the credibility then and there of anyone buying into a Christina win over Petrozza due to how late it had occured if it had occured earlier in the season where someone like Shayna could get booted and Christina would have the rest of the season to rebound and regain credibility as a winner then her win would be less polarizing but the lateness of when it went down did Christina no favours in credibility at all.
I love season 4. Jason doesnt bother me too much because he's too cartoony to take seriously and he was an early boot. Yeah he's atrocious but he hasn't said anything that some women on the show have said about men but everyone gives sexism a pass when it comes from women. Petroza will forever be the GOAT in my eyes.
Bro hot take but season 10 for me is a top tier season for me and here is the people I rooted for Kimmie Christina and roshni for blue team Justin, Clamenza and Don (btw this is based on signature dish
From S10 Red team bully fest i actually really enjoyed Kimmie. I don't know if it's my wrong interpretation, but i saw her as softer, less agressive Robyn. Her biggest outburst was towards Robyn in fact, and i think it was kinda justified. Also, i liked her confessionals a lot, and felt bad for her, because she seemed underappreciated by most of her team in some situations. On the other hand, Christina seemed to respect her some and they communicated well with each other. Tiffany and Robyn were actual worst IMO, and Kimmie was maybe not the nicest out there, but (again IMO) she don't deserve to be seen as in the same bully league as these two. Honestly i wouldn't be mad if she stayed until Black Jackets over Robyn, but she tanked too hard on southern night.
I find Robyn hard to hate as I first saw her on "Cutthroat Kitchen" and "Chopped", and her attitude is different from how she looks on "Hell's Kitchen".
I believe Robyn has gone on record saying that she hated how she came off appearing in Season 10 with her attitude, you can tell how much she was trying to course correct when she returned for All-Stars.
Season 10 overall for me is hard to sit through upon rewatch. Everyone other than Justin and Christina is either a horrible person, yells a lot, is a terrible cook, doesn’t care, or is delusional.
Sorry, but Season 10 is the most polarizing of all of the seasons of this show in my personal list. Like, there are some moments I enjoyed, while other moments (as well as a certain hasty a-hole female chef in the season) were just boring; boring, on a scale of one to ten, like a nine.
I hate Elise’s attitude and the drama on the red team is obnoxious but yeah Season 9 is actually one of my favorite seasons and season 8 yeah everyone in that season talent-wise suck except Russell who is an asshole
the season 10 red team is ridiculous honestly, Like it's fun TV to watch but at times it just irks my eyes. We all know about the terrible trio. Dana and Barbie are good but they tend to be somewhat snarky at times, Barbie had that time with the banging and that time of prep with the mussells, and Dana feels like a Secret Villain in S10, she also somewhat feel like a lowdown and there's that possibility of Sabotage during the endgame, I wonder how much backlash would happen if Dana wasn't friends with Christina,
I agree with most of what you said. Barbie was treated badly so I understand her retaliation in the dorms with the dishes, the mussels not so much. I totally agree with your assessment of Dana. Dana basically gave the facade of innocence while being passive aggressively underhanded-a backstabbing. She quietly rode the coattails of Christina and used her for cover. Then when given the opportunity, she tried to sabotage Christina. Dana brought the same grudge with Barbie to S17 years later and rode Michelle's coattails constantly nominating Barbie. My biggest disappointment was with Christina who never stood up for Barbie once and they were supposed to be teammates. That symbolized a bad leadership trait for me. Meghan of S14, was way better. Fewer cooking mistakes and showed leadership. She confronted the team for bad performance and told them, like her or not Monique was still apart of the team until she was eliminated. Meghsn gave advice to teammates as well. It was why she was respected. Milly in particular respected Meghan greatly and she returned it. In spite of Milly's lack of experience. That's true leadership.
The main reason why I hate Season 9 is because of how rigged it is, I usually aren’t too fussed about bad personalities making it far if they’re actually talented or better then the majority of their team like with Season 8, 10 and 16. But Elise making it past the fourth nomination and black jackets is just ridiculous. It is annoying when they keep contestants around for the sake of TV, especially when it screws over really talented, but usually they’ll only be spared once or twice and then after that they’ll be eliminated for good.
The same could apply to Carrie, who IMO was worse than Elise when it came to cooking. She deserved to go the time Amanda was eliminated - as Gordon put it she was a sandwich girl.
@@myu5519 Amanda's service was worse. Amanda - ELIMINATED- 11 mistakes in the second service (overloaded, spilled sauce on the stove, caused smoke and mess, raw fish was delayed because it wasn't sealed and cooked in a single pan, times, forgot to cook the fish, without any fight) Carrie - 11 mistakes, 3 mistakes in breakfast service, 6 mistakes in the second service (overloaded, she was fighting with Elise, running around like a headless chicken, using the vacuum cleaner with something inside and breaking it, communication,, she thought there was a hamburger in the order, she stood there doing nothing with her hands on her hips, raw lamb on her plate and tried to argue with the chef, overwhelmed again at the meat station)
@@myu5519 I don't know about her being worse than Elise, but yeah she kept around for too long as well. She should have been eliminated two episodes sooner.
I legit cannot watch season 9 at all because of Elise. It's not even polarizing for me; she single-handedly makes it impossible to get through a single episode, and this is one of the very few seasons of the show I would believe was actually scripted if someone tried to convince me of it. On the flip-side, I love season 4 despite Jason and Jen.
Hey at least Robyn and Kimmie got better (similar to Benjamin and Trev) unlike some Season 9 chef. Kimmie gave an interview where she revealed to have made up with Barbie and Robyn in addition to regretting her attitude.
Elise always had a tendency to start confrontations with her fellow chefs (Carrie and Michelle being her biggest targets) and refused to ever take accountability for her actions, always trying to point the blame to someone else (even once trying to point the blame to Tommy for scoring Wellingtons, despite him saying on camera that he would not be scoring them for her). She also went way further than she should've, Season 9 especially, where most agreed that she was largely kept because she was good for the ratings, despite being a very inconsistent chef in terms of her cooking abilities.
fun fact about season two winner heather west, she had to go through the entirety of her hell's kitchen career with severe tourette's, which is part of the reason why she is constantly wiping her face even when there's no sweat. she had a tick, and behind the scenes, gordon would make sure she's doing okay. heather then went on to beat bobby flay in the show "beat bobby flay". she's a badass.
pfft. thats pretty ironic considering he refuses to face off against gordon ramsay
Also, when she suffered a serious burn, she wouldn't stop giving directions to her team even as Ramsey and JP were assinting her.
To this day, I cannot for the life of me figure out how Tiffany survived over Patrick, when her nomination plea was as raw as Tavon's pigeon
Because chef Ramsay's prize was for a steakhouse, Patrick screwed on meat and Tiffany had some fights with Red Team. It was a easy decision.
@@pfelipens8522 Tiffany had some fights? Pffftt.... She doesn't care to the kids on family night, she's yelling at Barbie on dinner service in front of Ramsay, she screwed up the potato on the menu challenge theme, and her plea is pathetic: "Like a 9..."
@@margarethmichelina5146 When I mean fights I am telling about producers point of view. They knew red team was good enterteinameint and that Patrick was never gonna win anyway because he lacked the leadership. So it was a easy decision to sack him over her.
And yeah, his final service that night was still worse than Tiffany, his plea was better, but that's it.
Tbf, Patrick did have a really bad service where he constantly miscooked the meat and he even struggled with calling out an order. Also, Patrick was breaking down at this point where even if he did stay, he wasn't going to last much longer. But at least Patrick got the opprtunity to lead Christina to victory with a good finale service while Tiffany didn't even show up to the finale so he definitely got the last laugh.
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Patrick - ELIMINATED - 12 service mistakes (meat without sealing and just boiled, didn't listen to the order and made a mistake when speaking to the chef, undercooked fillet and the steaks were delayed, raw fillet, cooked scared and didn't recover, talked too much and didn't cook enough)
Tiffany - 22 service mistakes (delayed pizza, burnt pizza, very slow service, inconsistent belinis, lack of quality control and don't care, communication, fought with Barbie in the middle of service)
“You ain’t never jogged a day in your life and your ass shows it” 😭😭 10:54
That was Barbie's best quote of S10. In S17, I liked Barbie's statement to Robyn, "I apologize... THAT YOU CAN'T COOK FISH!" 😂
@seanswinton6242 honestly HOW BOUT I GET THAT SPINACH MICHELLE was just barely better in s17
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Barbie was a fucking savage for that one
11:07 The guys yelling "People are trying to sleep!" is amazing
It's either Bryan or Justin who yelled, probably Bryan.
The most polarizing seasons can speak for themselves, they know who they are.
Lol but nah, Season 6 is awesome albeit a little predictable
What did Barbie do these women exactly?
Barbie didn't do anything wrong most of the time, they just targeted her because she's the only black woman on the team. Mostly to Tiffany who likes to pick up on her for no reason.
Fucking nothing, that's for damn sure.
@@margarethmichelina5146 That Sad!
Other than her banging the pots and pans in the morning as revenge for the crappy way they treated her, Barbie really didn’t do anything wrong.
She had some bad services in the beginning, but nothing that warranted this level of vitriol. That said, Barbie and Kimmie became friends after the show, and Robyn made attempts to be more civil with her in All Stars, which is an improvement!
Idea: Worst chef to finish in each place. Like worst chef to be eliminated in 10th, 9th, 8th, etc
I Think from 10th to 1st is too long maybe 6th to 1st
It might be a bit tough since different seasons have a different number of contestants
a lot would be in season 2
There's only 2 options for the 20th and 19th person eliminated
@@cheezbunni3530 I'd do starting from 14th, since the average number over contestants per season is just under 15, and I'm pretty sure only the first 3 seasons have less than 14 contestants.
I honestly used to hate season 10 so much but since I rewatched it a few years back, it us easily one of my favorite seasons. So much talent yet drama and the characters are so compelling to me.
I'm love and hate with that season. Christina is my favourite HK winner. The amount of respect and admiration I have for that woman is enormous.
I feel like it's the most enjoyable drama when it comes to the drama heavy seasons, simply because everyone was so funny even when awful imo. They're just so terrible it's funny, unlike season 9
imo drama seasons are only compelling when there is talent involved. The reason villains get by is probably bc of ratings but at least when theu can cook it feels less ridiculous.
I looove season 10. the drama is so petty and high schoolish, its entertaining... same with season 9. I just rewatched it and I was like "damn. all these grown adults acting like a bunch of fools"
SEASON 9 was just too much
"Where's The Lamb Sauce??"
"How The Hell Did Matt Get A Black Jacket In Season 4??"
"How Did Virginia Get All The Way Through To The Final In Season 2??"
1. It’s still a mystery to this day
2. Because Ramsay didn’t start eliminating chefs off the winning team until the next season with Carol(S5) so it was down to either Louross or Jen since the blue team lost and considering that Louross was on a decline and a table walked out on him, I do think his elimination was justified.
3. Obviously this was a pretty weak cast so I mean Virginia making it to the final 2 was expected to happen. Not to mention Keith was lacking leadership skills in his run and he totally bombed hard at the final 3 pass performance. Heather was gonna win the season from the start anyway so it’s not like anything would’ve changed.
@@rayewaddell9668Honestly I don't even think Virginia should've made it to the final 3. Her surviving over Garrett just because he served one raw chicken was dumb, and even though Sara was... Sara, everyone would be calling out her elimination as the *worst* robbery in HK history if she was remotely likable.
@@Commenter839 No but we do gotta remember now that this was an old school season. I say Heather was the only best chef out that season who was gonna win it all. Keith was good too but Ramsay had to be on his ass a lot at times. He can cook but I didn’t see enough leadership qualities out of him. Not to mention he’s been call out consistently for his poor attitude and lack of professionalism time and time again. There’s a good reason why Heather was put on the blue team to even begin with. With Heather having those qualities and Keith lacking those qualities, there’s obviously a problem here. Ramsay has given Keith multiple opportunities to change his ways but come time to the final 3, he literally doesn’t make the effort to do any of that and we got a pretty poor performance out of him. As Ramsay has always said, it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.
As far as chefs like Garrett, Sara and Virginia, any other new season they’re on, they wouldn’t even make it to Black Jackets. They’ll definitely last for about only 2-3 episodes being early boots.
@@rayewaddell9668 I mean yeah the talent in S2 was bad, and Heather was obviously winning no matter what. I just don't think Virginia deserved to make it past 5th regardless. Also Keith was apparently pretty ill/in pain during the pass challenge which could've impacted his performance there, but in any case, it should've been Garrett or Sara there instead of Virginia
@@Commenter839 If Sara would've been remotely likable then she would've been eliminated in the first place. After Ramsay took Virginia's immunity from being in the final three, at the nomination ceremony he gave a choice of either staying in hell's kitchen or leaving, letting Sara, a woman who sabotaged her just because she felt like it and just being a horrible person to be around be in the final three.
I think that Virginia saying that she doesn't belong in hell's kitchen or something like that, was her attempt to put salt in the injury and basically giving Sara a big "F you", that's why she decided to stay, because if she left her bully would have a chance at being in the final two (she still wouldn't have any chance at winning since Heather was WAY better).
As soon as you mentioned Survivor Gabon I instantly knew you were gonna talk about season 8
Me Too!
I once called Season 8 the Gabon of Hell's Kitchen
@@lucasmarble2572 Yep!
Survivor Gabon doesn't have a Raj.
@@pfelipens8522 yea but Gabon has Sugar & Randy it balances out I think
One of the most heartwarming scenes in Hells Kithcen is Bobby in s4 going out to get Petroza back into the kitchen, Petroza was an amazing chef and person in HK and may he rest in peace, but I think Bobby was my fav chef from this season because he truly cared about the others on his team and always tried to make sure that they are doing ok and would motivate them to keep going when they were down
What people tend to forget about season 10 is that the men's team wasn't much better the women. The diference was that the men would be more quiet and backstabing while the women were vocal and confrontatitional. In reddit people complaint a lot about Christina's win because Justin had a stronger start and final service. They forget or ignore that that Justin spent a god part of the season undermining Clemenza and he made no effort to integrate Robyn on the blue team.
As insufferable as Tiffany, Kimmie and Robyn are to watch, I can't deny that its absolutely satisfying to watch them get eliminated. Though Robyn's was less satisfying since she made it to black jackets.
I agree, Robyn got too many chances on both S10 and S17 while being the common denominator of conflict along with Tiffany and Kimmie.
@@seanswinton6242 Robyn was more chill in All Stars than season 10 lol.
And who else would’ve gotten the last Black Jacket then? Brian collapsed hard at the final 7 and had Barbie take control of his meat station. I mean yeah Ramsay should’ve done 5 Black Jackets instead but that was a pretty tough decision on who deserved the last one and I thought it was kinda the right choice at that point.
Top 3 biggest mysteries of Hell's Kitchen:
1. How did Matt get Black Jacket over Louross?
2. What the hell happened on the casting choices between Season 15 to 17?
3. WHERE'S THE LAMB SAUCE????
Well the first one is because Ramsay didn’t start eliminating chefs off the winning team until the next season with Carol(S5) being the first victim to get that treatment so considering that the blue team lost at the final 7, it was down to either Louross or Jen. With Louross declining and because a table walked out on his screw up on the meat station, I say Petrozza made the right call. Even if Louross did get a Black Jacket over Matt, I can see Louross be the first Black Jacket boot at that point considering he was on a downward spiral so 6th place was the furthest he was gonna get.
Season 15 was another talentless cast and the Black Jacket crew was nothing special. Jared being the only guy there but he was way too inconsistent as time went on to make it to 4th place. Manda was okay but she started spiraling as time went on. The other 3 were just okay but had their own hiccups too. Everyone was on the chopping block this season so yeah. Season 16 was just no. Season 17 All Stars, a few questionable eliminations, Elise being brought back with the same negative energy, the 3 way finale twist that’s still happening in future seasons to this day and Josh being eliminated during service. Seriously an All Star getting ejected from dinner service? Then again Josh was pretty lucky to make it to the top 6 in his original season despite being on a huge downward trajectory and of course he didn’t recover from it.
To this day, the lamb sauce is still a mystery🤣
The answer for #1 is simple…
Matt had a migraine
@@robertolebron2296 The exotic tatar clouded Ramsay's judgement. Matt's rissotto in the red team was bad, but due to said clouded judgement, chef Ramsay thought it was really good. We can only imagine how horrible his bad dishes actually were.
@@rayewaddell9668Yeah, Louross decline start in final 8 challenge, as he cost the team to be disqualified due to using fewer ingredients than the rules said.
It begin a downward spiral for him.
1) Louross was as weak as Matt and was on the losing team.
Tiffany, Robyn, and Kimmie all called Barbie crazy at some point, yet they acted way more insane than she did all season...
S8 was extremely chaotic, but I love that. The first half is insane, with all the funny and weird moments such as the pizza dough, Raj, the weird karate Raj scene, and Vinny's absurd mistake, but then there's the toxic chaos of the black jackets. LIKE, WHAT IS THIS?
Sabrina was a way too inconsistent contestant with a bratty attitude, though I will say some of her nomination reasons were... Ridiculous
Gail was so boring and just okay, can barely remember her
Trev was.... Questionable, though his run in HK was very interesting, also I enjoyed him more In S18 (I still despise you Scotley, an allergic reaction is dangerous!)
Jillian... She's okay, but just like Gail, I don't remember her
Let's forget about Russell (Horrible attitude, also stop bullying people all because they put you up)
And Nona was... A chef. A chef of all time.
On another note, S10's Kimmie, Robyn and Tiffany deserved to go home (though Robyn DEFINITELY should've been earlier)
Jillian and Gail were my favourites of that season actually
@@B9TL205 Yeah that's fine, I wish I had the same opinion. I just forgot about them a lot. That and they were in the same group as Trev, Sabrina and Russell (I still hate Russell so much) and Gail not making herself known too much.
@@Rhythm_Haruka46 I agree. Trev lost me with him wishing fatal harm towards Sabrina and Raj. A heart attack for Raj? Really? I understand the opinions on Scotley, but I saw it as the same thing Trev did to Raj. Karma perhaps. Because Trev was on his second run and knew was to expect, I thought he would rise above it, focus, and cook. Then Scotley ans others would ruin themselves.
@@seanswinton6242 Yeah, I didn't really like Trev much but you do have to feel for him a little when Scotley was joking about his allergy.
Even though I personally haven't had an allergic reaction, I've heard from people who have allergies and it's horrible.
Thank god it wasnt fatal though. But even then, that's no excuse for his attitude (at least his S8 attitude)
Speaking of which, HOW DID HE END UP AS A BLACK JACKET AGAIN? The only positive thing about that is that his talent was decently okay.
Edit: God imagine if Scotley and Trev were both black jackets in S18, it'd be a whirlwind with the constant bickering XD
I think the red team with Christina, Dana, Barbie, Robyn, Kimmie and Tiffany is the single most iconic team in the show's history
Paul and Will was terrified of Jennifer that they kept an Elise! Tommy should’ve went just for that alone sure he wasn’t the best chef but at least he was a good person!
He was soo lucky that he managed to make it to the top 4 . Every episode he have a problem especially communication
@@hoaang9455 Still, he's one of the few chefs that I'm happy that they outstayed their welcome.
It was absolutely a *strategical* move on their part, and they knew what they were doing when they were given the oppourtunity. They had a chance to take out who they considered a stronger chef and went for it, whilst Tommy stuck to his guns and voted honestly based on what was asked of him.
Yes, they had already decided that they were going to be the final two. Elise and Tommy were easy knockouts to them. Jennifer was the solid and silent killer to them. They knew if they messed up they would be gone, especially Paul. Paul had been nominated already and knew he was on thin ice.
@@seanswinton6242Honestly though Jennifer didn’t really have much leadership, her voice came out too late during her elimination. Either way, neither her or Elise would win.
If I had to choose between having Robyn and Elise running my restaurant….i’d go with Robyn
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I’d close down if those were my only choices.
I'm actually surprised that Season 1 did not make this list *or even get an honourable mention,* as its a very 'early installment weirdness' season that divides people on how they feel about it, when you consider the overall amount of talent (considering how most were not actual chefs), the show's editing being all over the place and feeling much more rough around the edges, and even down to its winner (Michael) polarizing on whether he's one of the show's greatest masterminds or ultimately a large manipulator, when you consider his tactics that led to the eliminations of Chris and Elsie respectively.
I've known people who find the season very fascinating, and I've known others who just think its far too out there to be worth going back to and watching.
s1 cant make it here exactly because it's primitive
Two things we take from this video
1) Kimmie's from the south
2) Tiffany cares about a 9
Also:
* Tavon is an executive chef at just 22!
* Clemenza is Italian
* Everyone hates Barbie
* Christina Wilson is one of the best winners
@@dominiklis6261Meghan from season 14 is the best winner on the show. Everyone overrates Christina. If it wasn't for Tavon, Christina would've gone home first night.
@@iam_747 I agree that if it wasn't for Tavon then Christia would've been the first boot as she likely would've been nominated alongside Roshni and as we know, Ramsay saw great potential in here. That's why I said one of the best and not the best.
@@iam_747 I agree 100%. The chaos of S10 made Christina's past easier because of the self destruction of others. Meghan S14 is the greatest. I believe that Christina's visibility on TV creates the false belief. Paula of S5 made few mistakes and made HK look easy to me. Danny won and I liked him, but Paula seemed much better and more polished. Will, like Paulafrom S9, fits that bill for me as well.
@@iam_747 Nope, Roshni would've been eliminated instead of Christina.
Red team first service: 37 mistakes (31 service mistakes) - WINNING TEAM
Roshni - 24 service mistakes (made too few scallops, wasted 5 scallops, 5 raw and colorless scallops, delayed appetizers, 10 raw scallops, needed to be removed from the station and didn't want to leave the service)
Christina - 3 service mistakes (raw Wellington 3x)
I disagree that Corey was disliked. I think she was pretty likeable in the second half of the season despite her being disliked in the first half
i think the dislike she got was from how in the first elimination ceremony, she made it clear she was choosing people for tactical reasons. While it is a competition, you save that kind of reasoning for the end when it makes sense, not the first one. It paints her as a petty person that chose people based on her emotions rather than thier skills.
Potentially unpopular opinion: the way Sabrina acted on season 8 makes way more sense when you remember she was only 22 at the time.
NGL despite Sabrina’s attitude she was right about the performances of Emily, Gail and Melissa, the so-called executive chef who deserved an EJECTION for wasting 23 filet mignon.
Actually for me this is a popular though
She still young, also she wasn’t terrible though. She had talent
Sabrina Brimhall was a prep chef who had only been working in a kitchen for six months. Her attitude may have sucked and she may not have been the best team player, she did show a lot of potential. She had one of the best signiture dishes of the season and her performances in challenges was pretty good showing that her talent and creativity was better than half of her team's years of experience. She had a bumpy start with services and wasn't much of a team player, but when she learned how to work as a team especially in the last three services on the red team, she learned how to cook good food and work cohesively as part of the team. I think Sabrina was targeted by her team solely for her shitty attitude over her cooking, which was shown when she was nominated for no reason in episode three and I think that might explain why she was pretty hostile to her team, especially towards Melissa, Emily and Trevor.
@@Huh_What_Who yeah, and i think gordon just can't rush a talent, he need real prepared chef to run LA market, Sabrina just need another year of experience to be better than Nona.
Stop making excuses for her, Jesus Christ she was 22 not 4!
Flynnmasters, you absolutely hit the nail on the head when you said about it’s disappointing that Nona is an hk winner, but Paula, Will and Johnathan are not.
Another great episode. Would love to see you rank Ramsey's shows, from worst to best. Shows like HK, Masterchef, Kitchen Nightmares, etc..
7:48 even without sound we all know those words clear as day
Hey Flynn, could you do a video ranking every black jacket brigade in HK?
While Season 10 did give us Christina Wilson, it gave us toxic cast members like Robyn, Kimmie "I'm from the South", and Tiffany who cares "like a 9".
I hate that in season 10 Barbie got bullied by Tiffany Robyn and kimmie even Dana hated on Barbie for no reason and I don’t think she should’ve gotten nominated on final 9
I agree and I want to add to Dana's point, that upon reviewing season 10 more carefully, she seemed like a two-faced person, always hiding behind the scenes, and her dislike of Barbie was honestly non sense. I also want to remember how she behaved in the last service for Christina, giving the slightest thing that was not tolerable. Yes people are more focused on the toxicity of Kimmie, Tiffany and Robyn, but I think Dana isn't kidding either
I think All-Stars and Season 19 should also be considered. For All-Stars we had redemption arcs for Benjamin, Jennifer, and Nick, as well as getting more of Milly, but on the other hand we had the absolute BS eliminations and more of Elise’s shit. For season 19, we had a strong cast of characters as well as some likable ones such as Cody, Mary Lou, Nikki, and Declan, but we also had some unlikable chefs such as Amber and Marc and two chefs completely throwing in the towel the moment things that got hard, essentially taking two spots away from chefs who could’ve definitely handled the heat
s17 i agree. im on the end of the stick that absolutely despises it due to petty drama, bad eliminations, and just the overall structure of the season. it was 80% omg watch the chefs argue with each other and 20% cooking wow! It's insane how unbalanced it is.
s19 i would disagree. I feel like the overall... audience? (idk words sorry) enjoy the season for the positivity, new chefs after 2 "all stars", the dynamics, and the lack of drama. sure it's much more tame compared to say... season 10 which is absolutely wild. i feel there are more positives to take away than negatives. Marc, yes was a hothead, but was passionate and the only source of team drama there was. Amber was a self sabotage and stole Nikki's black jacket. There are also chefs like Jordan who never rlly took accountability for her mistakes, and blamed her downfalls on others.There were also some bs eliminations like Adam over Marc and Sy over Jordan (iirc). BUT overall, i feel there are more positives than negatives to consider it polarizing for the fandom.
(i still see your argument!)
@@PartyPickles101 for season 19, my biggest issues were that Elliot and Peter essentially threw in the towel the moment things got hard which kind of pissed me off, because if you don’t think you’re ready to be a head chef and if you can’t handle the pressure, why are you going on Hell’s Kitchen in the first place. Especially when those spots could’ve been given to chefs that actually deserved to be there. And some of the eliminations like Adam, Sy, Josh, and Nikki didn’t help. But I did enjoy others like Cody, Declan and Mary Lou, and I actually found Marc to be entertaining at time. But that’s why I find season 19 to be pretty polarizing
whose to say those 2 spots wouldn't be taken by other chefs that would potentially throw in the towel too?
I’d add s17, as I kind of liked all the storylines from other seasons coming into one but I understand the dislike as it seemed more of a popularity contest then actual cooking. Also another video idea is the worst draft picks for final brigades.
Idea: Greatest chefs that never got to the finale
Jon from S11 or 12 and Nick from S17 instantly come to mind. I also thought Jillian over Nona in S8, Jennifer S9 and even though I didn't like her Dana S10.
@@seanswinton6242 season 12 is Joy
@@seanswinton6242Nah! Jillian shuld have been in the finals over Russhole, the toxic, violent, antagonizing bully.
4:08 say what you will be about season 4. I still think in the episode with the “your own menus” episode (season 4 episode 9)
Despite Christina and Cory hating each other for most of the season together they steam rolled the other 5 chefs (with Matt only being safe due to the duo woman teamwork)
Talk about putting your differences aside to win, (and Cory in return for the finale worked her ass off for Christina showing her rivalary was put to bed at that point)
I love season 9 it’s so good I love the togetherness of late season blue team and the chaos of red team
How can people hate the season that gave us Raj? It's personally my third favorite behind season 6 & 14. Yes I like season 8 over 19.
Only because of those who bullied and made fun of Raj like Trev, Vinny, and Russell. It was bad. Raj was definitely different, not the best chef, but didn't deserve the treatment he got. Some of Ramsay's fat shaming was uncalled for especially since he works with one on MasterChef. Many other great chefs were overweight or large like New Orleans legend Paul Prudhomme and Ramsay would never say that to him. R.I.P. Chef Prudhomme!🙏
@@seanswinton6242What I heard is Raj has been losing weight now and even friend with Sabrina.
There are very few individuals to like from Season 8. If it weren’t for Raj, this season could have potential of being the worst season of this show.
@@marioponce8482 I personally love laughing at all the lack of talent on the season
@@seanswinton6242Russell never made fun of Raj, he a rare chef that show respect to Raj, along with Curtis
Elise making 3rd, makes this season borderline unwachable. I think I have only watched it from start to finish once. Everyother time I fast forward Elise and her mouth.
I am a fan of season 4. Jason was hilarious in the fact that he sucked so much, and he didn't stay around too long, Corey grew on me. Matt is such a Donkey. But Jen surviving so long annoyed the crap out of me.
I am very neutral on Season 8. I love Jillian, enjoy Raj, hate Russell. I think if we saw Sabrina again sje will be much different; she had a volatile personality but 22 is very young especially when your team dog piles you. I would actually love to see her again.
I found season 2 kind of boring to be honest but am mostly neutral.
Season 10...God where do I start. First it was my first season. I like the final five, yes including Robin , but the bullying of Barbie is hard to watch. Tiffany is in my top five hated characters said kids don't deserve good food, she card about cooking "like a 9". An started a lot of the fights.
I feel the same about Corey. I ended up liking her by the end. Even though she hated Christina, she was able to work with her and I think she ended up with some respect for her.
You should do a updated hells kitchen winners ranking
That's what I'm saying, thank you!!!
Ranking by their career after winning hell's kitchen.
Top 3 Seasons for me are
1. 12
2. 18
3. 19
10:40 Barbie helps Robin 😂
Season 10 is one of my favorite seasons because of how iconic it is. It's honestly entertaining because of how much bitchiness the red team puts up.
I like 9
I like 4
I love 8
I like 2
I love 10
Huh. I like all of the polarizing seasons. Interesting. Now what about polarizing chefs? Probably the people that others either love a lot, or hate a lot.
Kind of a side note, I really wish ramsay would go back to kicking out individual chefs over the entire team
Seriously, Robyn and Kimmie's fight is one of my favourite ever HK moments. Robyn was so toxic in that season.
Definitely some good choices--I'd personally name Season 13 as an example. I know it's one of your bottom 2 and I can see the argument, but I've also seen people sing its praises to high heaven, and I personally would count its winner as one of my all-time favorite contestants. Also another watershed for revamping the sig dish challenge and making Blind Taste Test more interesting.
Oh Season 9, my very first season of Hell’s Kitchen. You know I ended up watching this after watching Season 2 of Masterchef. Which seems to be a polarizing season of that show based off what Masterchef fans have said about it. I sure have stumbled onto these shows at some interesting times and continued watching them.
I love the drama of seasons 9 and 10. it's hilarious
A fun idea for a series could be the funniest moments from each season. For example in Season One you have Dewberry’s Brad Pitt’s Wife comment and Michael saying “You guys cook like old people fuck” and making Gordon laugh. Season Two with the fake gourmet meal (mock caviar and hot dog “pate”). I mean there are so many funny moments over the years, it could make at least a couple of videos.
I would honestly say season 12 as well. It’s main strengths were that it was unpredictable and it had a likeable winner but similar to season 10, there was a lot of bickering, this time from both kitchens and it went on for too long.
Agreed! But unpopular opinion on this channel cause i think it's one of his favorites 😁 proves the point of the video though
I used to work at the restaurant Virginia opened, got to meet her once. Was very cool
8:10
Ain’t no on else catch that?😂😂😂
Great video as always! If I may make a gentle constructive suggestion, though: It would help if you slowed down a bit with your talking points. You speak very fast and it makes you more likely to mispronounce words (I kept hearing 'poralizing' instead of polarizing), as well as blend your words together to the point that I needed to repeat certain parts of the video to hear you correctly. I don't know if anyone else had the same issue, so I won't speak for them. Other than that, I enjoyed the video. 😃
Season 13-I know this season is disliked for being somewhat boring and forgettable but I think it's overhated. I definitely enjoyed it much more than seasons 9, 11, 15, and 17 mainly due having a much more likeable cast or less one-sidedness.
Season 16-While this season is disliked I did enjoy watching every toxic person getting eliminated. This blue team definitely sucked but unlike Season 11, I didn't feel sorry for them as they were mostly arrogant jerks and won over half the challenges anyway.
Season 17-Many looked forward to seeing chefs return but most of them were brought back for drama (especially Elise) with there being many unfair eliminations just to keep the drama going with some like Barbie becoming more villainous or others having a downfall. Although it was also satisfying that chefs like Ben and Robyn (villains in their original seasons) redeemed themselves and became much more likeable as personality goes. Also, there are mixed opinions about the finals with Michelle being the winner as some believe Nick deserved the win. Others believe Michelle deserved it as she was constantly harassed by number 1 villain Elise during the season and therefore her winning was a slap in the face to Elise.
4 was definitely step down from 3 such a shame
8 ended the golden age definitely
18-22 have been pretty good. Definitely the 2nd Renaissance era like 12-14
Petrozza got screwed over big time in 4
I hate Clamenza. He was lazy and blamed everyone for his mistakes. Dude started randomly cooking before the restaurant opended and decided he should have 0 blame because his team should have told him not to be a moron. Honestly people who love him confuse me.
I'm kind of in between with him. Loved his passion and genuinely think he had a good heart. But he was a pretty weak chef most of the time. And I didn't like his attitude when he ended up on Justin's brigade in the finale.
@@rebeccamcdermott9259I agree, and he was just sloppy in the kitchen.
@@seanswinton6242 oh, yeah!. He was like a pig rolling round in poop as Ramsay would say!!.
#5 - Paul winning over Will made me dislike season 9 more than Elise's pot stirring tbh.
#4 - Petrozza was never winning after he gave up and Bobby had to talk him back into it. Petrozza was one of the kindest in the shows history, but Christina deserved and earned that win.
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#1 - Biggest beef not mentioned is that Clemenza stayed way too long - like honestly Kimmie had one big crash and burn, while he was pretty consistently sub-par - he also had two HUGE food waste moments, which we saw in the past with contestants like Season 8 Melissa was calls for elimination. People always hype up his pleas to stay but I never felt like they were good enough to justify his staying over multiple other chefs.
Would seasons 11, 15, and 16 count also?
I mean season 11 can be a major chore to get through due to the blue team’s challenge losing streak and seasons 15 and 16 were a major step down after seasons 12-14.
S11 have too few nice moments/characters to be truly polarizing
"My personal techniques are not working for Chef Ramsay." "DISGUSTING!"
have not watched yet. guessing 4 , 8 , 9 ,10 are definitely in here
Season 15 has grown on me big time. The three episode stretch starting at the Final 9 is some of the most entertaining HK content. Though it's lacking talent-wise, it made for a more fun competition.
Season 9 is one of my favorite seasons. I can look past Elise and everyone else was likable.
Final five that was terrible Jennifer got screwed!
I might have to put a pitstop on Paul and Wil for them backstabbing Jennifer. I don’t know if it is just me but Paul became really unlikeable after his season such as his appearance in season 12 that I actually agreed with Jason’s sentiments of him being a massive tool after his win. He and Nona got a massive ego issue after their season wins.
@@KL-ki8db Which is kind of shocking since if both Russell and Will had a good final service (or at the very least the same as thei winners) then they wouldn't win.
As Frank (a sexist EX marine) once said "she only won because I lost"
Season 9 was the Survivor: Samoa of Hell's Kitchen. Point blank.
8:12 f*cking hilarious 😂
Season Ten: 'Bleep bleep bleep' all day long.
you should rank the intros
Ohright! Huge plus one
Season 9 is so close to being amazing for me. So many times I've wanted to go back to that season to watch that blue team again mainly, and then I remember that's the season with Elise and I don't watch it lol
The reason I don't mind Elise staying, it's because she had talent
whoever said “yo dude were trynna sleep” is amazing
It was Bryan and ironically, they didn't wake up by Barbie washing dishes too loud but by Tiffany's yelling
@@margarethmichelina5146 it sounded like him or justin
So everyone agree that All Stars is not pluralizing. It just sucks.
Yeah, for me on premiere it was an ok season.
On rewatch: “Why did I like this season again?”
I like Michelle in season 14, couldn’t stand her in all starts. As painful as it is to admit Elise is absolutely right about her. So many instances she sabotaged.
@@marioponce8482 Yeah! I mean when you bring back the worst person to ever be on the show how can you be good!
@@jamie5626 Michelle didn’t deserve to win!
@@lastdayonearthmysteryman4849Let’s just say that they should’ve done All-Stars back in Season 9 instead of 17. There were so many All-Stars that deserved a Second Chance instead of most of those Losers.
Christina became a Hell’s Kitchen icon!
I agree with Flynn on Season 9, although I think it's because of both Elise *and* Carrie.
The return of "poralizing"
Season 9: Yeah... I just can't with this season. Elise really is that unbearable for me.
Season 4: I'm not the biggest fan of the older season (1-4), but this one isn't really that bad.
Season 8: I love this season because of how bad the cast is, but I can definitely see why other people don't like it. Sabrina, Trev, and Russell can be very hard to watch at times.
Season 2: I mainly know this season from all the clips, but not so much of watching it. I just find the older seasons a bit slow for some reason.
Season 10: I have such conflicted feelings about this season. The fighting is very hard to watch, but maaaan, I'd be lying if I didn't get a good kick out of almost all the services and nomination pleas. Also, some very satisfying eliminations.
Season 10 is my second favorite season of the series behind 12.
Polarizing is such a broad word. It can literally mean a lot of things. However, I believe that these 5 seasons mentioned are fairly accurate.
How about a top 5/10 worst services that didn't result in elimination (yes Clemenza plea gave me the idea)
Season 16 was terrible because of the men and Season 10 was bad because of the Red Team. At least the blue team in Season 10 were mostly positive.
Mostly Andrew, Matt, Johnny, and the guy who made the Black Jacket round. Devin was fine, but he was being targeted by them.
Sadly the blue team in S10 were awful service wise only winning 1 service(okay 2 if you want to include the episode where Patrick got robbed)
@@phanpyken986 Patrick wasn't robbed. Can't cook meat can't handle a steakhouse.
@@pfelipens8522 okay but still his team should have won dinner service because the blue team finished the red team’s service
@@phanpyken986 Gordon eliminating him on the winning team would be tough and shocking, but yeah, I agree the blue team deserved that win. Only him and Royce screwed up.
when it comes to Christinas win in Series 4 being part of the reason that season was polarizing part of that is not only down to how likeable Petrozza was but also the fact that Christina in the Final 4 service burnt Chef Ramsay TWICE and only survived because otherwise the final 2 would have been Corey and Petrozza with Jen in third.
That final 4 incident basically destroyed the credibility then and there of anyone buying into a Christina win over Petrozza due to how late it had occured if it had occured earlier in the season where someone like Shayna could get booted and Christina would have the rest of the season to rebound and regain credibility as a winner then her win would be less polarizing but the lateness of when it went down did Christina no favours in credibility at all.
I love season 4. Jason doesnt bother me too much because he's too cartoony to take seriously and he was an early boot. Yeah he's atrocious but he hasn't said anything that some women on the show have said about men but everyone gives sexism a pass when it comes from women. Petroza will forever be the GOAT in my eyes.
Please rank all 3rd place chefs
Poor Dana and Christina
Bro hot take but season 10 for me is a top tier season for me and here is the people I rooted for
Kimmie Christina and roshni for blue team Justin, Clamenza and Don (btw this is based on signature dish
From S10 Red team bully fest i actually really enjoyed Kimmie. I don't know if it's my wrong interpretation, but i saw her as softer, less agressive Robyn. Her biggest outburst was towards Robyn in fact, and i think it was kinda justified.
Also, i liked her confessionals a lot, and felt bad for her, because she seemed underappreciated by most of her team in some situations. On the other hand, Christina seemed to respect her some and they communicated well with each other.
Tiffany and Robyn were actual worst IMO, and Kimmie was maybe not the nicest out there, but (again IMO) she don't deserve to be seen as in the same bully league as these two.
Honestly i wouldn't be mad if she stayed until Black Jackets over Robyn, but she tanked too hard on southern night.
I find Robyn hard to hate as I first saw her on "Cutthroat Kitchen" and "Chopped", and her attitude is different from how she looks on "Hell's Kitchen".
I believe Robyn has gone on record saying that she hated how she came off appearing in Season 10 with her attitude, you can tell how much she was trying to course correct when she returned for All-Stars.
Season 10 overall for me is hard to sit through upon rewatch. Everyone other than Justin and Christina is either a horrible person, yells a lot, is a terrible cook, doesn’t care, or is delusional.
Sorry, but Season 10 is the most polarizing of all of the seasons of this show in my personal list. Like, there are some moments I enjoyed, while other moments (as well as a certain hasty a-hole female chef in the season) were just boring; boring, on a scale of one to ten, like a nine.
Ranking Chefs who came 3rd would be cool.
I hate Elise’s attitude and the drama on the red team is obnoxious but yeah Season 9 is actually one of my favorite seasons and season 8 yeah everyone in that season talent-wise suck except Russell who is an asshole
the season 10 red team is ridiculous honestly, Like it's fun TV to watch but at times it just irks my eyes. We all know about the terrible trio. Dana and Barbie are good but they tend to be somewhat snarky at times, Barbie had that time with the banging and that time of prep with the mussells, and Dana feels like a Secret Villain in S10, she also somewhat feel like a lowdown and there's that possibility of Sabotage during the endgame, I wonder how much backlash would happen if Dana wasn't friends with Christina,
I agree with most of what you said. Barbie was treated badly so I understand her retaliation in the dorms with the dishes, the mussels not so much. I totally agree with your assessment of Dana. Dana basically gave the facade of innocence while being passive aggressively underhanded-a backstabbing. She quietly rode the coattails of Christina and used her for cover. Then when given the opportunity, she tried to sabotage Christina. Dana brought the same grudge with Barbie to S17 years later and rode Michelle's coattails constantly nominating Barbie. My biggest disappointment was with Christina who never stood up for Barbie once and they were supposed to be teammates. That symbolized a bad leadership trait for me. Meghan of S14, was way better. Fewer cooking mistakes and showed leadership. She confronted the team for bad performance and told them, like her or not Monique was still apart of the team until she was eliminated. Meghsn gave advice to teammates as well. It was why she was respected. Milly in particular respected Meghan greatly and she returned it. In spite of Milly's lack of experience. That's true leadership.
Season 10 is my favorite season
9 - hate
4 - fave season
8 - hate
2 - hate
10 - very on the fence
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The main reason why I hate Season 9 is because of how rigged it is, I usually aren’t too fussed about bad personalities making it far if they’re actually talented or better then the majority of their team like with Season 8, 10 and 16. But Elise making it past the fourth nomination and black jackets is just ridiculous. It is annoying when they keep contestants around for the sake of TV, especially when it screws over really talented, but usually they’ll only be spared once or twice and then after that they’ll be eliminated for good.
The same could apply to Carrie, who IMO was worse than Elise when it came to cooking. She deserved to go the time Amanda was eliminated - as Gordon put it she was a sandwich girl.
@@myu5519 Amanda's service was worse.
Amanda - ELIMINATED- 11 mistakes in the second service (overloaded, spilled sauce on the stove, caused smoke and mess, raw fish was delayed because it wasn't sealed and cooked in a single pan, times, forgot to cook the fish, without any fight)
Carrie - 11 mistakes, 3 mistakes in breakfast service, 6 mistakes in the second service (overloaded, she was fighting with Elise, running around like a headless chicken, using the vacuum cleaner with something inside and breaking it, communication,, she thought there was a hamburger in the order, she stood there doing nothing with her hands on her hips, raw lamb on her plate and tried to argue with the chef, overwhelmed again at the meat station)
@@myu5519 I don't know about her being worse than Elise, but yeah she kept around for too long as well. She should have been eliminated two episodes sooner.
I'm not that shocked that season 9 gets the lowest because of one contestant Elise Harris yay
I legit cannot watch season 9 at all because of Elise. It's not even polarizing for me; she single-handedly makes it impossible to get through a single episode, and this is one of the very few seasons of the show I would believe was actually scripted if someone tried to convince me of it.
On the flip-side, I love season 4 despite Jason and Jen.
I was very upset when petroza did not win
I have to be in the mood to watch season 8 because of how much of a trainwreck it is.
I haven't seen season 4 because mainly season 2 traumatize me please don't ask why.
Hey at least Robyn and Kimmie got better (similar to Benjamin and Trev) unlike some Season 9 chef.
Kimmie gave an interview where she revealed to have made up with Barbie and Robyn in addition to regretting her attitude.
Out of curiosity, why do people not like Elise?
Elise always had a tendency to start confrontations with her fellow chefs (Carrie and Michelle being her biggest targets) and refused to ever take accountability for her actions, always trying to point the blame to someone else (even once trying to point the blame to Tommy for scoring Wellingtons, despite him saying on camera that he would not be scoring them for her). She also went way further than she should've, Season 9 especially, where most agreed that she was largely kept because she was good for the ratings, despite being a very inconsistent chef in terms of her cooking abilities.