Actually, I think Ramsay was going to eliminate Marc regardless of whoever was in the bottom with him. The one thing Ramsay wanted Marc to do was own up to his mistakes and take responsibility when he fucked up and Marc didn't do that. If he really wanted to send Amber or Declan home, he would have probably done a surprise elimination for them.
I want to know why every time a contestant uses that strategy...they announce it? Like, that is the most moronic thing you can do, it's like if you are playing the board game 'battleship,' and the first thing you do is say, 'oh yeah btw, my ships are at D6, C4, etc. You are literally giving Ramsay a reason to ignore your nominations because he now knows it's a strategy, not cooking related.
@@InkAndPoetyou really think that? This is clear 1,000% proof as to why Hell’s Kitchen is rigged. He literally sent Adam home just so he could keep mark around for drama and views. I garuntee had Cody not gone up, either Declan or amber would’ve been eliminated and not mark, and he’d be on the list of undeserving black jacket guys.
Honestly, Cody is probably one of the best HK chefs! He first looked like an arrogant chef who was going to get put in his place but he ended up being one of the nicest and strongest chefs in that season! If there is another All Stars season, Cody needs to come back.
I think Cody and Petrozza are the only two people to nominate themselves and get away with it, but for polar opposite reasons. Petrozza because he's just a sweetheart who couldn't bring himself to put somebody else on the chopping block, and Cody because he was playing 4D Chess to get rid of Mark.
The first person who ever nominate themselves is Jen from Season 3 because she feels guilty to try to serve dirty pasta from trash and she takes responsibility of her action.
@@TheEmpressReborn also, when she was being completely honest about her mistake and owning up to it, the person she was up against - Joanna - used that opportunity to make a snarky remark about not serving Ramsay trash. She was about to poison the whole dining room with bad crab and tried to make Jen look worse just so she'd stay.
I kinda love that simply choosing dishes you’re confident in making, and making decisions that don’t lead to big arguments in the kitchen, is such a game-breaking strategy that they stopped using that challenge.
Honestly it sounds more interesting than every other challenge they have on the show. I'd rather watch people working together than the constant arguing
The funny part about Christina picking up on the Taste It Now Make It challenge is that for as many times as her mother said the dish had cream in it, that was pretty much the only ingredient she missed in the final presentation.
To add to the Red team hacking the menu challenge, it also helped prevent arguments about the menu by keeping it simple. The only real debate they had was about the fried chicken and even then, it had demonstrably been something that was struggled with in a past service, so the concerns were valid to bring up.
Speaking of fried chicken, remember the time Sabrina told Ramsay that Nona should've made it further for cooking fried chicken on her signature dish as it's not supposed to be fine dining material? Well, she must be feel stupid to see how Joy insists to bring fried chicken on fine dining and somehow they nail it!
I think what also helped eliminate Marc on top of Cody putting himself up is that Marc once again blamed his team, saying they were "more concerned with looking out for themselves and playing politics." Plus, if Ramsay really wanted to eliminate Amber or Declan, he could have sent Cody and Marc back and eliminate one of them anyway. So I believe that Marc would have gone home regardless because he was given too many chances and not getting better.
With the Dice-rolling challenge, how about including that the Red Team wanted green beans (needing to roll G), but rolled H, so they switched languages to French in order to get what they wanted? Green Bean = Hericot Vert
You know, watching your video on the chefs Ramsay seemed to hate the most, a fun video could be chefs you know Ramsay really loved and wanted to go far. It doesn’t necessarily need to be winners, but chefs you can tell were some of Ramsay’s personal favorites. Some I can immediately think of are Elsie, Julia, Robert, Milly (AKA the Boston Rob of HK), and Nikki. I’ll add more as I think of them. Edit: I’m not including chefs like Virginia (who Ramsay seemed to keep around to ensure his winner choice, Heather, would win) or Elise (who seemed to be kept around more for ratings than because Ramsay felt much for her).
@@CapOb314Roshni’s a good one. I actually had her as my Season 10 Miss Congeniality. If they ever do another All-Stars, she’s a good one to consider bringing back. I’m sure she’s a MUCH better chef now.
What makes Milly "The Boston Rob of Hell's Kitchen" I don't get it. Is it because Chef Ramsey likes Milly about as much as Jeff Probst likes Boston Rob?
Honestly, if I was in Hell's Kitchen, I'd be paranoid that I was being tested at all times as well. If I got up in the middle of the night to get some water and saw Ramsey wearing only his boxer briefs going to the bathroom, I'd go: "Wait...the pattern on his boxer briefs...it was pineapples...can it be?!"
Honestly, not only was the Episode 5 dinner service quite the hack, but so was Michael's subsequent decision to nominate Chris instead of Jimmy. While talks of a tactical nomination did crop up the episode prior with Jessica faced with the chance to eliminate Ralph, Michael was the first to actually do it.
I'm not sure if he would have gotten away with it in later seasons when Gordon started overriding nominations, but that being said Gordon thought Chris was an absolute wanker and probably wanted to get rid of him too.
@@MrGordon000 Marc and Amber's Problems never really clashed. surprisingly whenever Amber talked down to marc they were almost always correct and in the right for those cases. and honestly. if Marc was eliminated sooner or they didn't get casted. then Amber would have gotten eliminated over Josh or Adam
Nothing against Cody but I think everyone makes way too big a deal out of him nominating himself as some heroic move to get Marc out. As if that was the only possible way for Marc to be eliminated. This isn’t Season 1 where Ramsey would just accept the nominees and choose one of them to go. It’s Season 19 and he can and will overrule nominees if he wants to. The fact that he didn’t even consider calling up someone else despite Cody being the best that night makes it pretty clear that Marc was the one going home regardless of who the other nominee was.
Would love to see you do a top 10 most hilarious punishments as well they are brutal there are some that are just plain funny looking at the honking truck constantly waking up the girls all night
2:40 This is what competent chefs do. They know what they're good at, but still keep it simple and tasty. Gordon Ramsey did a tv series on evaluating restaurants, and often found that the menus were overcomplicated, leaving the chefs little time to actually make good food.
I feel like the problem with Michael’s Lasagna strategy is that the more you make the same thing over and over, the better you get at it, so you’ll make fewer mistakes even if the dish takes longer to prepare than the other dishes I feel like the better strategy would be to try to spread your recommendations evenly across all the items on the menu, so the chefs are constantly changing what they are doing and they can’t get into a groove
If it's a pain in the ass to make, it doesn't get to be less of a pain as you go through service, it just gets exponentially more annoying... and an annoyed chef makes mistakes...
So #5 is basically Cody doing the exact opposite of what Will and Paul did 10 seasons prior. Seriously, if Elise didn't singlehandedly ruin Season 9, then it must have a *seriously* strong cast other than her.
I wonder if Cody realized the producers were just messing with Blue Team by the time he went up with Marc. Because what he did just completely screwed Ramsay and the producers, even if Marc was probably leaving that day anyways.
@@lastdayonearthmysteryman4849 I'm still pissed about the bs elimination of Keith from season 2 instead of all of the times that Virginia should have gone home. STILL.
@@jraymond1988 Yes after I watched season two for the first time an decade ago! I already knew Keith wasn’t in the final two! However I didn’t realize how bad Virginia was until I saw for with my own eyes 👀!
I actually never knew that the Red team vs Blue team menu challenge never appeared after season 12. 🤔 I mean, i understand why because of fighting or disagreeing with a dish the team doesn't want or agree with. Also wow Cody's power play by putting himself up for elimination just to get rid of Marc.
Dude Cody's season was so stacked and one of my fav seasons other than amber. I hated her. But Cody, Mary Lou, Kori, Vicki are some of my all time fav contestants
Idk if Cody necessarily “forced” Gordon to eliminate the other guy. Gordon’s gone off script multiple times, sometimes even eliminating someone from the winning team instead of the losing team. Or he’ll call out a third person from the losing team instead of choosing between the two that the team nominated.
Been seeing some people complain about the way you talk, specifically how you "end your sentences". its funny cause they dont even seem to be haters, i just dont really get what theyre talking about cause i think you talk fine, just thought id say this so you dont feel like you have to talk differently or be self conscious about it. Keep up the cool HK content!
Yeah no theres not really a problem with how they speak. he sounds genuine, unlike film traveler which is obvious as fuck that hes trying to push some woke agenda
Michael broken Hell’s Kitchen! But once it become Ramsey show it was great! Imagine if we never got mid service elimination! So Michael actually made it an better show!
Well, keep in mind it was a fresh concept at the time of Michael's season, allowing Michael to play with the rules and see what he could get away with. After this season, it's easy to see that Ramsay probably thought "wow, I need to step up my game."
@@InkAndPoet Yes it was an fresh concept at the time! What made me fall in love with Hell’s Kitchen was the unpredictability of what could! How we got Joy rage quit in season 12! Joseph meltdown in season 6! Every time both teams loser which always make the episode in my opinion! Mid service eliminations! Ones Gordon made into his own show. It became an amazing show that it’s still want to this day. He definitely step up his game in a big way in season two. Honestly, I’ve seen season one and I don’t really like it that much because cause it doesn’t feel like the same show. Gordon still yelling at people, but it just doesn’t have the same affect. It’s more strategy like big brother and survivor in season one!
I don't know if it can be count as strategic move or not: The first contestant that ever nominated themselves is Jen from Season 3 for taking pasta from trash can! But her action got stopped by Julia who thinks it's not okay which it is. And if you remember correctly, the Red Team wanted to eliminate Julia for being "LeAsT EXpEriEnce" and "WaFfLe HOuSe CoOk" but then all of sudden, Jen nominated herself because she's feeling guilty for what she's done. At that time, Julia got saved and Joanna and Jen been in bottom 2. While Jen is admitting her mistake, Joanna in the other hand is not even though she tried to send rancid crab to customer. Gordon eventually eliminate Joanna anyway because how Jen's taking responsibility for her mistake and how Joanna's been awful since first dinner service for being bossy along with Tiffany.
I like the consept of just letting them cook dishes their confident with. Itd be a good starter challenge to eliminate people who really shouldnt be there or a final challenge to see who should really win. Worst case, you eliminate someone who really should not be there, best case everyone gets a good dinner
I don't know if this counts as a successful hack, but in S6 when Andy was in the running for elimination, he suggested to the blue team putting Robert up for not showing up (forgetting or maybe hoping the team would forget he was in the hospital) and the team listened. Thankfully, Ramsay didn't buy it, but it has to count, right?
It's mostly dumb move honestly, it's like blaming as sick kid who didn't go to school at that day for not doing your homework! He's also the same guy who complained about his broken thumb and can't do anything even making a salad while Dave who suffered a broken arm with a cast for weeks never complain about it! Seriously, Andy doesn't care of his teammate getting sick or injured and I have zero shympathy with him anymore.
Hilariously enough, I had a boss pull something similar once In the recent past. Had to stay home from work one week due to family members getting COVID(I didn't), and he decided in all of his wisdom to try and cut some of the things we did during our shift(private security) that were things we couldn't get away with cutting. Well, as I predicted and had warned him about(only tried once cause he pulled rank on me and basically threatened to get me fired), he got chewed out HARD by our contract manager for doing this, and was forced to add the stuff back. His response to getting in trouble, for an action he solely approved while I wasn't even there? He blamed me, full send. Luckily my coworkers aren't idiots, and thought it was hilarious he was trying to blame his 2nd in command for something he did, while I wasn't even at work that week.
That wouldn't have ever worked once. since Robert was never actually in the fucking kitchen. so they couldn't be judged based off of the dinner service. that and Robert was a Front Runner in that season so. Gordon would have saw what they were doing immediately
You know what would be a couple of good videos for Hell’s Kitchen: Biggest unfair eliminations Chefs who you expect to do well and make it to black jackets but end up disappointing you Worst non-signature dish challenge dishes Chefs who did not deserve black jacket Funniest chefs Face turn chefs Most deserving eliminations
I always thought ramsay knew Cody went up to get Marc out, which he probably would have done anyways, but i think it showed Cody wasn't ready to be a leader if you'll put himself to get someone else off instead of picking the worst.
Did you process what you just said??????? by definition, Cody did Pick the worst member of his team and also nominated themselves so the Weakest Member would have been eliminated. I think this showed he was a leader in the kitchen more then anything really
I have an idea on how thy can remake the Black Jacket Lounge Challenge. What they should do for the final round is create their own menu and run the kitchen in a Dinner Service with some chefs they invited back from older seasons. This not only shows which chefs deserve to be there, but it can also give them a leg up on the competition if some other members had lacked in the leadership aspect At the very least. this way is actually fair and makes the challenge less random and more based on skill
I'm glad Christina got to hone in on the diah like she thought would be important. All I can imagine if my family was there is confusion and anger why Id talk about the food so much instead of doing something with them :(
OMG! I like Hell's Kitchennnn, probably why YT suggested it to meeee. But like my sentencessss, the voiceover in streches (almost)every word at the end of his sentences. I almost didn't shoot myselffff
Ramsey has definitely called out someone who wasn’t nominated by their team and eliminated them before, which could have ruined Cody’s gambit, but it paid off in the end.
The Problem is Marc was 100% the worst chef at that point in time, the rest of them had 0 argument for them being eliminated over Marc. So in a situation like what you mentioned is this: A) Eliminate the Weakest Chef B) Eliminated Amber or Declan C) Eliminate Cody Either one of these 2 would have been perfect options, however what cody did was he formulated his nomination in a way where Gordon would not pick Option B or C because the Integrity would go out the fucking window
I think season 10 blue team winning with their ingredients in the CRAPS challenge is single handedly the most amazing achievement, the fruit they had isn't commonly used in cooking either
Yeah, how tf did they win that with figs, angel hair, tomatoes, and apples?? That is like the "let's grab whatever we find in the pantry and throw it in a dish" approach, and they SOMEHOW made it work. That is both voodoo magic, but also goddamn raw talent at work.
Honestly, 90% of those contestants, including the winners, I wouldn’t want as my head chef. They’re so concerned with backstabbing, whining and complaining that they wouldn’t last a week in a fine dining restaurant. Forget “strategy.” Just do your job, and let the host of the show decide if you’re qualified to run a restaurant. But this show just epitomizes Americans. They’re the centre of their own universe and they think they have to be the centre of yours. Gordon has an ego, but he always backs it up. Most of these people would be fired in a second if they behaved that way in a professional setting, but American TV isn’t about reality. It’s about manufacturing drama. That’s why I watch Gordon’s UK shows.
I mean. this is a life changing opportunity for them, so of course they would be focused on getting a leg up on the competition. I think you fail to see how important this truly is. because if they just ""did their job" then they would just work for someone. no show would be necessary
Joy fried chicken is probably good but she not southern so as southern I can’t said she good at it! It not southern fried chicken! What was that at 3:39? These two women would be the first black jackets eliminated! One because their wasn’t good enough and the other quit!
yes he can, the problem is Cody forced him to eliminate Marc. if he didn't eliminate Marc then his integrity would fall off of a cliff because there would be no argument for eliminating cody over marc. and also it would have been obvious why Marc would still be around to everyone else. and he was already on thin Ice with Adam because Adam was 100% a better chef then marc will ever be, but Marc didn't fuck up as badly as Adam on the Garnish Station before. which that station in particular is a Do or Die Station.
You have to be trying to end your sentences as oddly as you do. You voice goes up at the end of your sentence every time, like you don't want to end the sentence and so you hold onto the syllable overly long.
The problem with him breaking the 4th wall whenever he wants to is Gordon as a TV Brand is built on realistic. if they strayed too far away from that then they would loose all credibility. For Elise they didn't loose too much credibility because she was a good chef and was actively trying to be a leader (S9 Red Team was pretty Mid on skill level tbh). However if they tried to pull a 4th wall break with marc. bYE bYE cREDIBILITY~!!!!
#1 was weak to me. You should want to win purely from your skill in cooking, not trying to cheat your way into a free win. It's about finding the best chef
This is a bit of a "me problem" I guess, but I find it hard to understand some of your commentary. That entire section at 2:42 is a wash for me. Sorry for the criticism, I don't intend for it to be negative. 🙏
This is a good video, but man, your vocal intonations make me want to drive a steamroller through a house. It's just that weird extended sound you do at the end of almost every sentence.
A fun video idea, compiling a roster for a season that I'm wanting to call "Unfinished Business", which would be second chance season of decent to good chefs who didn't make it to Black Jackets. Nikki and Adam from Season 19, Randy from Season 14, Hassan from Season 15, Ji from Season 5 (Interest permitting that is.), Anthony from Season 11, Anton from Season 12 (Even though I think he's a douchebag.), Louross from Season 4, and to save some people the trouble, I might as well throw Sterling in that mix as well, just to name a few of who I think would be good candidates for that kind of roster.
Honestly I think Dannie was the worst chef of the Red Team because of that stupid as fuck lie she told to Hassan. how they lived over them is a mystery, and how people blamed Hassan over Dannie is a bigger mystery
@@tallyikroe2476 Dannie was a snotty one for sure. And it showed out loud when Hassan got switched to the Red Team, and she got butthurt that the leadership limelight wasn't on her.
@@NerdyHippy yeah like she was a fucking dickhead that I still see people defend to this day. which was insanely stupid but most point out how he yelled and shouted at dannie. like Gordon doesn't do the exact same thing on kitchen nightmares. and how they were being sexist to Dannie. despite everyone on the red team at that point was agreeing with Hassan
Cody was the 200 iq move to eliminate mark and imo the best move to eliminate someone since he knew he would survive
Actually, I think Ramsay was going to eliminate Marc regardless of whoever was in the bottom with him. The one thing Ramsay wanted Marc to do was own up to his mistakes and take responsibility when he fucked up and Marc didn't do that. If he really wanted to send Amber or Declan home, he would have probably done a surprise elimination for them.
I want to know why every time a contestant uses that strategy...they announce it?
Like, that is the most moronic thing you can do, it's like if you are playing the board game 'battleship,' and the first thing you do is say, 'oh yeah btw, my ships are at D6, C4, etc.
You are literally giving Ramsay a reason to ignore your nominations because he now knows it's a strategy, not cooking related.
That wouldn't have worked if Cody did that move with a better Reality TV material like Russell or Elise tho
@@InkAndPoetyou really think that? This is clear 1,000% proof as to why Hell’s Kitchen is rigged. He literally sent Adam home just so he could keep mark around for drama and views. I garuntee had Cody not gone up, either Declan or amber would’ve been eliminated and not mark, and he’d be on the list of undeserving black jacket guys.
I just thought if something… If anybody did that or attempted to do that with Elise, they’d be sent home and Elise would survive
Honestly, Cody is probably one of the best HK chefs! He first looked like an arrogant chef who was going to get put in his place but he ended up being one of the nicest and strongest chefs in that season! If there is another All Stars season, Cody needs to come back.
All fact no cap
That season had some really strong and unproblematic chefs overall.
He kinda reminds me of Danny (S5). He was never shy of talking himself up, but he always seemed to justify it
From the promos, I thought he was the cool all ego, but in the end turned out to be one of the best chefs ever
But keep in mind season 19 was the talented season
I think Cody and Petrozza are the only two people to nominate themselves and get away with it, but for polar opposite reasons. Petrozza because he's just a sweetheart who couldn't bring himself to put somebody else on the chopping block, and Cody because he was playing 4D Chess to get rid of Mark.
The first person who ever nominate themselves is Jen from Season 3 because she feels guilty to try to serve dirty pasta from trash and she takes responsibility of her action.
@@margarethmichelina5146Yeah, you're right. I think the reason why she didn't get eliminated was a reward for her honesty.
@@TheEmpressReborn also, when she was being completely honest about her mistake and owning up to it, the person she was up against - Joanna - used that opportunity to make a snarky remark about not serving Ramsay trash. She was about to poison the whole dining room with bad crab and tried to make Jen look worse just so she'd stay.
I kinda love that simply choosing dishes you’re confident in making, and making decisions that don’t lead to big arguments in the kitchen, is such a game-breaking strategy that they stopped using that challenge.
Honestly it sounds more interesting than every other challenge they have on the show. I'd rather watch people working together than the constant arguing
The funny part about Christina picking up on the Taste It Now Make It challenge is that for as many times as her mother said the dish had cream in it, that was pretty much the only ingredient she missed in the final presentation.
Sometimes you gotta listen to Momma. Lol
To add to the Red team hacking the menu challenge, it also helped prevent arguments about the menu by keeping it simple. The only real debate they had was about the fried chicken and even then, it had demonstrably been something that was struggled with in a past service, so the concerns were valid to bring up.
It was a group of smart cooks too!
Speaking of fried chicken, remember the time Sabrina told Ramsay that Nona should've made it further for cooking fried chicken on her signature dish as it's not supposed to be fine dining material? Well, she must be feel stupid to see how Joy insists to bring fried chicken on fine dining and somehow they nail it!
Michael was such a strategist. I know the first season was rocky but watching Michael navigate it like a mastermind was just a treat.
And unlike some sabotages (i.e. S2 Sara and S11 Zach), his sabotages weren't so much out of malice or pettiness, but just a stronger desire to win.
Michael was playing chess while the others were playing checkers
Well, well, well how the turntables...
Michael invented Hell's Kitchen like Richard Hatch invented Survivor
Making lasagna from scratch mid service is mental wtf was up with that menu?
One of the greatest hacks is Raj putting his head in the freezer, he needed to cool off
One of the greatest hacks
LOL!
I think what also helped eliminate Marc on top of Cody putting himself up is that Marc once again blamed his team, saying they were "more concerned with looking out for themselves and playing politics." Plus, if Ramsay really wanted to eliminate Amber or Declan, he could have sent Cody and Marc back and eliminate one of them anyway. So I believe that Marc would have gone home regardless because he was given too many chances and not getting better.
Who the hell is Megan? Do you mean Amber?
@@jraymond1988 yes, I meant that.
Cody is probably the only contestant ever to know what the producers of the show were really up to
Dave’s figgs was a blessing in disguise for the blue team
With the Dice-rolling challenge, how about including that the Red Team wanted green beans (needing to roll G), but rolled H, so they switched languages to French in order to get what they wanted?
Green Bean = Hericot Vert
I think that might get them yelled at lol
@@shirothefish9688 Probably not though, considering Gordon learned his shit inside of France
What season was this
You know, watching your video on the chefs Ramsay seemed to hate the most, a fun video could be chefs you know Ramsay really loved and wanted to go far. It doesn’t necessarily need to be winners, but chefs you can tell were some of Ramsay’s personal favorites. Some I can immediately think of are Elsie, Julia, Robert, Milly (AKA the Boston Rob of HK), and Nikki. I’ll add more as I think of them.
Edit: I’m not including chefs like Virginia (who Ramsay seemed to keep around to ensure his winner choice, Heather, would win) or Elise (who seemed to be kept around more for ratings than because Ramsay felt much for her).
not sure if Sterling counts but maybe so since Ramsay wanted to give him more opportunities outside of the show?
I think Ramsay liked Roshni more than the average chef. Everyone seemed to like Roshni.
@@CapOb314Roshni’s a good one. I actually had her as my Season 10 Miss Congeniality. If they ever do another All-Stars, she’s a good one to consider bringing back. I’m sure she’s a MUCH better chef now.
What makes Milly "The Boston Rob of Hell's Kitchen" I don't get it. Is it because Chef Ramsey likes Milly about as much as Jeff Probst likes Boston Rob?
Moto for sure
Cody was a mastermind, played the game spot on
Honestly, if I was in Hell's Kitchen, I'd be paranoid that I was being tested at all times as well.
If I got up in the middle of the night to get some water and saw Ramsey wearing only his boxer briefs going to the bathroom, I'd go:
"Wait...the pattern on his boxer briefs...it was pineapples...can it be?!"
I get that it's a just an example, but I seriously doubt that Ramsay would willingly be caught wearing pineapple boxers unless he lost a bet. 😂😂😂😂😂
@@InkAndPoet Oooor....A CHALLENGE CLUE
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Honestly, not only was the Episode 5 dinner service quite the hack, but so was Michael's subsequent decision to nominate Chris instead of Jimmy. While talks of a tactical nomination did crop up the episode prior with Jessica faced with the chance to eliminate Ralph, Michael was the first to actually do it.
I'm not sure if he would have gotten away with it in later seasons when Gordon started overriding nominations, but that being said Gordon thought Chris was an absolute wanker and probably wanted to get rid of him too.
It was gangsta AF of Cody to put himself up for elimination just so he could get rid of Marc 😃
It was that or Declan or Amber leaving. Amber sure, but Declan? Nope.
Yall can all hate on marc. but the universal truth is that amber was the real problem.
@@MrGordon000 I'm a big fan of Marc in that season but it was his time to go.
@@MrGordon000 Marc and Amber's Problems never really clashed. surprisingly whenever Amber talked down to marc they were almost always correct and in the right for those cases. and honestly. if Marc was eliminated sooner or they didn't get casted. then Amber would have gotten eliminated over Josh or Adam
Michael sabotaging Ralph by serving risotto with no crab to make Ralph look bad
Yeah, and it gave Gordon the idea of quality control tests.
Nothing against Cody but I think everyone makes way too big a deal out of him nominating himself as some heroic move to get Marc out. As if that was the only possible way for Marc to be eliminated. This isn’t Season 1 where Ramsey would just accept the nominees and choose one of them to go. It’s Season 19 and he can and will overrule nominees if he wants to. The fact that he didn’t even consider calling up someone else despite Cody being the best that night makes it pretty clear that Marc was the one going home regardless of who the other nominee was.
the fact that they managed to make that weird fig pasta dish work is impressive
I would love it if you did a video on the show’s best roasts/burns.
Would love to see you do a top 10 most hilarious punishments as well they are brutal there are some that are just plain funny looking at the honking truck constantly waking up the girls all night
I second that. But if and when you do that video, I want to see screenshots of Elise in tears when you do the countdown 😃😂🤣😭
I would add Johnnys Elimination from S16 because it was insanely fucking stupid considering the music that was playing
2:40 This is what competent chefs do. They know what they're good at, but still keep it simple and tasty. Gordon Ramsey did a tv series on evaluating restaurants, and often found that the menus were overcomplicated, leaving the chefs little time to actually make good food.
I feel like the problem with Michael’s Lasagna strategy is that the more you make the same thing over and over, the better you get at it, so you’ll make fewer mistakes even if the dish takes longer to prepare than the other dishes
I feel like the better strategy would be to try to spread your recommendations evenly across all the items on the menu, so the chefs are constantly changing what they are doing and they can’t get into a groove
It still worked lol, they lost
@@WanderingKumquat Michael’s team lost that episode
If it's a pain in the ass to make, it doesn't get to be less of a pain as you go through service, it just gets exponentially more annoying... and an annoyed chef makes mistakes...
So #5 is basically Cody doing the exact opposite of what Will and Paul did 10 seasons prior. Seriously, if Elise didn't singlehandedly ruin Season 9, then it must have a *seriously* strong cast other than her.
Good content, man! Very fun to watch. I just slightly laugh because of the way you end your sentences. It's engaging!
I wonder if Cody realized the producers were just messing with Blue Team by the time he went up with Marc. Because what he did just completely screwed Ramsay and the producers, even if Marc was probably leaving that day anyways.
Cody wanting to make sure Marc went home! He risk his spot for that! Imagine if Cody got eliminated that round?
@@lastdayonearthmysteryman4849the show would have had the biggest elimination scandal since Nick's 3rd place finish!
@@InkAndPoet Yes! Still not over the bullshit elimination of Nick. That CEO Pick Benjamin.
@@lastdayonearthmysteryman4849 I'm still pissed about the bs elimination of Keith from season 2 instead of all of the times that Virginia should have gone home. STILL.
@@jraymond1988 Yes after I watched season two for the first time an decade ago! I already knew Keith wasn’t in the final two! However I didn’t realize how bad Virginia was until I saw for with my own eyes 👀!
Cody really said "this is big brain time"
I actually never knew that the Red team vs Blue team menu challenge never appeared after season 12. 🤔 I mean, i understand why because of fighting or disagreeing with a dish the team doesn't want or agree with. Also wow Cody's power play by putting himself up for elimination just to get rid of Marc.
Dude Cody's season was so stacked and one of my fav seasons other than amber. I hated her. But Cody, Mary Lou, Kori, Vicki are some of my all time fav contestants
Cody is the smartest guy in the room and a natural born leader
Idk if Cody necessarily “forced” Gordon to eliminate the other guy. Gordon’s gone off script multiple times, sometimes even eliminating someone from the winning team instead of the losing team. Or he’ll call out a third person from the losing team instead of choosing between the two that the team nominated.
Cody played the producers like a fiddle
Been seeing some people complain about the way you talk, specifically how you "end your sentences". its funny cause they dont even seem to be haters, i just dont really get what theyre talking about cause i think you talk fine, just thought id say this so you dont feel like you have to talk differently or be self conscious about it. Keep up the cool HK content!
Yeah no theres not really a problem with how they speak. he sounds genuine, unlike film traveler which is obvious as fuck that hes trying to push some woke agenda
I couldn't get? More than 30 seconds? Into this video? Because of the constant? Upper inflection? Of the narrator?
Michael broken Hell’s Kitchen! But once it become Ramsey show it was great! Imagine if we never got mid service elimination! So Michael actually made it an better show!
Well, keep in mind it was a fresh concept at the time of Michael's season, allowing Michael to play with the rules and see what he could get away with. After this season, it's easy to see that Ramsay probably thought "wow, I need to step up my game."
@@InkAndPoet Yes it was an fresh concept at the time! What made me fall in love with Hell’s Kitchen was the unpredictability of what could! How we got Joy rage quit in season 12! Joseph meltdown in season 6! Every time both teams loser which always make the episode in my opinion! Mid service eliminations! Ones Gordon made into his own show. It became an amazing show that it’s still want to this day. He definitely step up his game in a big way in season two. Honestly, I’ve seen season one and I don’t really like it that much because cause it doesn’t feel like the same show. Gordon still yelling at people, but it just doesn’t have the same affect. It’s more strategy like big brother and survivor in season one!
I like how there was a camaraderie with in Season 6 Blue Team, like Kevin, Dave, and Van are such a trio.
I dont think that Gordon Ramsay would've kept around Marc for another round anyways, his service was abysmal
#2 was like watching Food Wars in real life! haha amazing!
Matt would have created a dish of haddock tartare with angel hair pasta, figs, sliced apple with a chopped up tomato in that challenge
Flynn uploaded a new video? This day just got 10x better!
amazingly descriptive chapters, well done
Funniest jacket hang confessionals
I don't know if it can be count as strategic move or not:
The first contestant that ever nominated themselves is Jen from Season 3 for taking pasta from trash can! But her action got stopped by Julia who thinks it's not okay which it is. And if you remember correctly, the Red Team wanted to eliminate Julia for being "LeAsT EXpEriEnce" and "WaFfLe HOuSe CoOk" but then all of sudden, Jen nominated herself because she's feeling guilty for what she's done. At that time, Julia got saved and Joanna and Jen been in bottom 2. While Jen is admitting her mistake, Joanna in the other hand is not even though she tried to send rancid crab to customer. Gordon eventually eliminate Joanna anyway because how Jen's taking responsibility for her mistake and how Joanna's been awful since first dinner service for being bossy along with Tiffany.
I like the consept of just letting them cook dishes their confident with. Itd be a good starter challenge to eliminate people who really shouldnt be there or a final challenge to see who should really win. Worst case, you eliminate someone who really should not be there, best case everyone gets a good dinner
I don't know if this counts as a successful hack, but in S6 when Andy was in the running for elimination, he suggested to the blue team putting Robert up for not showing up (forgetting or maybe hoping the team would forget he was in the hospital) and the team listened. Thankfully, Ramsay didn't buy it, but it has to count, right?
I had never lost respect for a contestant quicker than Andy. In fact, I stopped watching the season after Robert got eliminated.
It's mostly dumb move honestly, it's like blaming as sick kid who didn't go to school at that day for not doing your homework!
He's also the same guy who complained about his broken thumb and can't do anything even making a salad while Dave who suffered a broken arm with a cast for weeks never complain about it! Seriously, Andy doesn't care of his teammate getting sick or injured and I have zero shympathy with him anymore.
Hilariously enough, I had a boss pull something similar once In the recent past.
Had to stay home from work one week due to family members getting COVID(I didn't), and he decided in all of his wisdom to try and cut some of the things we did during our shift(private security) that were things we couldn't get away with cutting. Well, as I predicted and had warned him about(only tried once cause he pulled rank on me and basically threatened to get me fired), he got chewed out HARD by our contract manager for doing this, and was forced to add the stuff back. His response to getting in trouble, for an action he solely approved while I wasn't even there? He blamed me, full send. Luckily my coworkers aren't idiots, and thought it was hilarious he was trying to blame his 2nd in command for something he did, while I wasn't even at work that week.
@@QuickSilverKitsune he sounds like a dick
That wouldn't have ever worked once. since Robert was never actually in the fucking kitchen. so they couldn't be judged based off of the dinner service. that and Robert was a Front Runner in that season so. Gordon would have saw what they were doing immediately
You know what would be a couple of good videos for Hell’s Kitchen:
Biggest unfair eliminations
Chefs who you expect to do well and make it to black jackets but end up disappointing you
Worst non-signature dish challenge dishes
Chefs who did not deserve black jacket
Funniest chefs
Face turn chefs
Most deserving eliminations
To be fair, a team with Dave and Kevin is really hard to lose.
Van was no slouch either
I always thought ramsay knew Cody went up to get Marc out, which he probably would have done anyways, but i think it showed Cody wasn't ready to be a leader if you'll put himself to get someone else off instead of picking the worst.
Did you process what you just said??????? by definition, Cody did Pick the worst member of his team and also nominated themselves so the Weakest Member would have been eliminated. I think this showed he was a leader in the kitchen more then anything really
I have an idea on how thy can remake the Black Jacket Lounge Challenge. What they should do for the final round is create their own menu and run the kitchen in a Dinner Service with some chefs they invited back from older seasons. This not only shows which chefs deserve to be there, but it can also give them a leg up on the competition if some other members had lacked in the leadership aspect
At the very least. this way is actually fair and makes the challenge less random and more based on skill
Season 12 was a complete steamroll menu night.
Huh. I thought they stopped doing Red Vs Blue menu services after the trainwreck service in season 10.
I am still flabbergasted why no team created a menu with stuff they knew how to do before
The contestants who broke Hell's Kitchen can speak for themselves. They know who they are.
Mark reminds me of one of my college roommates in the worst way
I forgot how legendary s6 was with FIGS
I'm glad Christina got to hone in on the diah like she thought would be important.
All I can imagine if my family was there is confusion and anger why Id talk about the food so much instead of doing something with them :(
OMG! I like Hell's Kitchennnn, probably why YT suggested it to meeee. But like my sentencessss, the voiceover in streches (almost)every word at the end of his sentences. I almost didn't shoot myselffff
Definitely could do a part three
Or times that hacks backfired
Micheal was such a brute in the HK. Although smart, but evil
YOu should do the goat of each position like first might be Megan 2 might be t third nick etc…
Cody play fucking 4d chess and managed to play it just right
Can you do part 2 of instant karma moments in hell's kitchen?
Ramsey has definitely called out someone who wasn’t nominated by their team and eliminated them before, which could have ruined Cody’s gambit, but it paid off in the end.
The Problem is Marc was 100% the worst chef at that point in time, the rest of them had 0 argument for them being eliminated over Marc. So in a situation like what you mentioned is this:
A) Eliminate the Weakest Chef
B) Eliminated Amber or Declan
C) Eliminate Cody
Either one of these 2 would have been perfect options, however what cody did was he formulated his nomination in a way where Gordon would not pick Option B or C because the Integrity would go out the fucking window
I think season 10 blue team winning with their ingredients in the CRAPS challenge is single handedly the most amazing achievement, the fruit they had isn't commonly used in cooking either
Yeah, how tf did they win that with figs, angel hair, tomatoes, and apples?? That is like the "let's grab whatever we find in the pantry and throw it in a dish" approach, and they SOMEHOW made it work. That is both voodoo magic, but also goddamn raw talent at work.
Honestly, 90% of those contestants, including the winners, I wouldn’t want as my head chef. They’re so concerned with backstabbing, whining and complaining that they wouldn’t last a week in a fine dining restaurant. Forget “strategy.” Just do your job, and let the host of the show decide if you’re qualified to run a restaurant. But this show just epitomizes Americans. They’re the centre of their own universe and they think they have to be the centre of yours. Gordon has an ego, but he always backs it up. Most of these people would be fired in a second if they behaved that way in a professional setting, but American TV isn’t about reality. It’s about manufacturing drama. That’s why I watch Gordon’s UK shows.
I mean. this is a life changing opportunity for them, so of course they would be focused on getting a leg up on the competition. I think you fail to see how important this truly is. because if they just ""did their job" then they would just work for someone. no show would be necessary
Kori Season has The best CHEF
Make other season chef look weak😂
Flynn could you do Top five most iconic episodes in hell's kitchen.
My guy narrates like he's at gun point.
This was interesting
If Cody would be a cook in Game of Thrones he would be king within a week
Joy fried chicken is probably good but she not southern so as southern I can’t said she good at it! It not southern fried chicken! What was that at 3:39? These two women would be the first black jackets eliminated! One because their wasn’t good enough and the other quit!
What's wrong with figs and fish? We regularly pair figs and fish in Australia lol
Bro was talking shit and then said apples 🥴🥴
Why do you end the last letter of ur sentence with at least and extra 3 letters
Try best contestants that fell from grace.
Hasan, soon as he went to the red team, he sunk
The #4 red team was based as hell. Work smarter, not harder.
In the first one, can’t Ramsay just eliminate whoever he wants if he doesn’t like the nominees or thinks they’re forgetting about a weak chef?
yes he can, the problem is Cody forced him to eliminate Marc. if he didn't eliminate Marc then his integrity would fall off of a cliff because there would be no argument for eliminating cody over marc. and also it would have been obvious why Marc would still be around to everyone else. and he was already on thin Ice with Adam because Adam was 100% a better chef then marc will ever be, but Marc didn't fuck up as badly as Adam on the Garnish Station before. which that station in particular is a Do or Die Station.
Micheal will be a legend for doing that and snole his way to the win
Is it me or did black team Christina look just like doctor Cameron from House
Everyone was sick of Mark
Mark went home because of that mop on his chin.
Elise getting Paul and Wil to save her over Jennifer
Van, Dave, and Kevin are like One Piece Trio of Zoro , Sanji , and Luffy.
Would nominating yourself count as a being a "pawn," or does it work differently in HK?
You could do the opposite, contestants failing to hack the competition
Idk why but I can watch this guy all day but I can’t stand film insight 💀
Michael Wray = Richard Hatch
Does Ileana pleading to stay after the chicken wing challenge count? It seemed like such a risky move, yet she managed to stay in the competition.
Considering the fact S22 did away with eliminating someone based on the challenge. I would assume so
I wish I could enjoy this video but you talk in the same pattern of tone with EVERY single sentence you say
You have to be trying to end your sentences as oddly as you do. You voice goes up at the end of your sentence every time, like you don't want to end the sentence and so you hold onto the syllable overly long.
Ok I have to point this out this is a REALITY show there is nothing saying Ramsy can’t break the 4th wall he’s done it before
The problem with him breaking the 4th wall whenever he wants to is Gordon as a TV Brand is built on realistic. if they strayed too far away from that then they would loose all credibility. For Elise they didn't loose too much credibility because she was a good chef and was actively trying to be a leader (S9 Red Team was pretty Mid on skill level tbh). However if they tried to pull a 4th wall break with marc. bYE bYE cREDIBILITY~!!!!
#1 was weak to me. You should want to win purely from your skill in cooking, not trying to cheat your way into a free win. It's about finding the best chef
This is a bit of a "me problem" I guess, but I find it hard to understand some of your commentary. That entire section at 2:42 is a wash for me. Sorry for the criticism, I don't intend for it to be negative. 🙏
How was number 2 a hack?
Look at the title of the video
Sabotage king Michael. 👑
Oh my god the way this guy ends his sentences is infuriating.
This is a good video, but man, your vocal intonations make me want to drive a steamroller through a house. It's just that weird extended sound you do at the end of almost every sentence.
A fun video idea, compiling a roster for a season that I'm wanting to call "Unfinished Business", which would be second chance season of decent to good chefs who didn't make it to Black Jackets.
Nikki and Adam from Season 19, Randy from Season 14, Hassan from Season 15, Ji from Season 5 (Interest permitting that is.), Anthony from Season 11, Anton from Season 12 (Even though I think he's a douchebag.), Louross from Season 4, and to save some people the trouble, I might as well throw Sterling in that mix as well, just to name a few of who I think would be good candidates for that kind of roster.
Honestly I think Dannie was the worst chef of the Red Team because of that stupid as fuck lie she told to Hassan. how they lived over them is a mystery, and how people blamed Hassan over Dannie is a bigger mystery
@@tallyikroe2476 Dannie was a snotty one for sure. And it showed out loud when Hassan got switched to the Red Team, and she got butthurt that the leadership limelight wasn't on her.
@@NerdyHippy yeah like she was a fucking dickhead that I still see people defend to this day. which was insanely stupid but most point out how he yelled and shouted at dannie. like Gordon doesn't do the exact same thing on kitchen nightmares. and how they were being sexist to Dannie. despite everyone on the red team at that point was agreeing with Hassan
I want to watch this but the UA-cam voice has me out of here