Ariel isn't the only villain winner. I would consider Michael from season 1 to be a villain mostly because of his strategic play and intentionally sabotaging other contestants. Especially compared to Ralph who was being portrayed as the hero all season
I’m surprised Michael being a villain isn’t brought up more. Maybe because it’s season 1? I do know for a fact that with Ralph and Michael, I was rooting for Ralph because I saw Michael as conniving. Was I disappointed that Michael won? Not really, I expected it, but didn’t change the fact that I was rooting for Ralph.
@@babyt556 I guess it’s because Ariel was rarely, if ever, portrayed positively as a person. She was shown to be a talented chef, but she was mostly shown getting in fights with her competitors and making shady remarks in the confessionals. And in certain crucial story-telling moments, like when she nominated Vanessa for elimination over Manda, she was almost edited to have betrayed the team by going against their choices, like she was in the wrong by doing that. So in a way, she got a sort of villain edit.
@@heymistercarter. that’s true, but you also have to consider how Ariel throughout the season without the edits looked. Most likely, she was a outspoken and talented chef that wouldn’t sway or change her opinion because of others. It was also very likely the editing team understood that they would need a late stage villain for the show so they took one of the black jackets that talked the most out of everyone and choose which clips should go where to have a villain portrayal.
Holli Is the prime definition of a silent protagonist. You look at her and think "simple, basic, not all the way there, and quiet" but re-watching the season Holli is a beast. She barely messed up AT ALL. Hell I think she only got yelled at once for not running up to the pass ahead of her team. She was on the worst red team in Hell's Kitchen history and yet she didn't let that get her down. She barely bitched or whined like a baby, she took it and just focused on her future. All of those punishments SHE had to endure and none of it was even her fault. I'm glad she won and I'm even more glad she's doing well in life in general.
I know Petrozza should have won, but I feel like Christina won because Petrozza was 47 years old at the time and had more experience while Christina had less experience but proved to everyone that she could win. If Petrozza had been 10 years younger, then I guarantee you that he would’ve won.
Petrozza is the real winner of Hell’s Kitchen. He’s so loving, kind, a true leader and respectful. May he be at rest with great pride in his performance and be an incredible angel like he was on earth
Christina proof that she wasn´t the real winner when in season 11 the past HK winners come to compite with the black jackets of s11, and the only one who makes a mistake was her. If you are a winner that shouldn´t happen.
I have a few suggestions: 1. History of surprise eliminations - Basically going through each season and mentioning eliminations you didn’t expect/disagree with - OR you can mention all the times when Gordon went against the nominations and eliminated a chef despite not being nominated 2. Hell’s Kitchen’s most forgettable chefs ever - The name speaks for itself
Forgettable chefs are going to just basically be like half of the chefs who got booted out first and had very little screen time and/or memorable moments. Dominic (S4, Jason should’ve gone before him), Carolann (S1) etc.
“Holli won because she has grown as a chef more than any other chef in Hell's Kitchen. At the start, she was barely noticeable, but then, she got her confidence. She emerged and there was no holding her back. I'm absolutely thrilled she'll be working with me at the Savoy Grill in London.” “Kori is everything I could want in a head chef. She's decisive, levelheaded, and most importantly, passionate. From the moment she stepped into Hell's Kitchen, she was an instinctual and natural-born leader. She'll be a great asset to Hell's Kitchen in Lake Tahoe." “Right from the very beginning, Ariel let her presence be known. She was always outspoken but she backed up her confidence with her cooking. Creative, talented, and unique, she is an out of the box thinker who will make a great head chef at BLT Steak." “Paul won tonight because he's probably the most passionate, determined chef ever to enter Hell's Kitchen. He'll make a great head chef because his enthusiasm is contagious. I'm so proud to hand him over to BLT Steak in New York City.” “ Christina had the least amount of experience coming into Hell’s kitchen, but I saw something in her that was quite special. She had the best potential out of any other chef in Hell’s Kitchen, and in my business, I think long term I definitely, definitely made the right choice.”
Holli and Kori in the end didn't take their position tho. Holli for her visa problem and Kori for family reason. Ariel already quit of her position because of her getting married.
@@margarethmichelina5146 if memory serves, didn't Holli expect Ramsey to handle her visa? Am I remembering wrong? I do appreciate that Kori didn't take the job for family reasons I did hear that Ariel worked at the winning restaurant for a short time, didn't know that it was for her wedding
Will and Paul are the prime example of one student kicking ass the entire semester, and doing subpar on the final exam. While the other, performed okay during the semester and then completely acing the finals with flying colors.
I was absolutely convinced that Mary Lou was going to win so I was surprised when Kori ended up winning. She did deserve to win, but I personally favoured Mary Lou and Declan (who was my favourite in that season) over her. Definitely think Jay should have won season 7. For me, he was stronger then Holli.
The reasons why Mary Lou losts: Her brigades ruin her. She got Lauren the dumb blonde who got caught walking around doing nothing and Amber the spoiled whiny rich kid who ruined her fish or chicken (I don't remember which one) many times until Mary Lou has to switch her with Cody and also Amber whined to Kori for not picking her as her teammate instead of Jordan like a kid who complained to their parents if they didn't get her toys. Same happened with Paula who lost to Danny on Season 5 because she got lazy Lacey who ruin everything by being whiny crybaby. Meanwhile, Paul can somehow manage Elise and Carrie who don't like each other work together on his team which is absolutely a miracle.
I definitely thought Mary Lou was going to win I watched that season originally, but I really enjoyed all of the final four so it didn't matter much to me who won. I definitely have no issues with Kori, she was a beast during the show and it's certainly understandable why Gordon chose her.
I think one of the things you have to remember about season 4 is that Christina shined in challenges. The Blue Team almost never won a challenge in that season. I think they got one or two and, when it came down to the Black Jackets, Christina won every individual challenge except for one that she narrowly lost to Jen. She was a very impressive contestant.
My only problem with that is that her job following the show would be to lead a group of chefs, not shine as an individual. In season 14 Michelle shined during the challenges, but wasn't a good team player.
@@seanswinton6242 Christina was a good team player. I don't know if you've seen season 4, but the only people she had trouble working with were Jen and Matt. And those two didn't work well with anyone.
Will losing was definitely a shocker however for Paul to lead a team with Elise and Carrie definitely showed great quality leadership. Honestly one of my favorite finales.
Hell, just a team with Elise, who is the textbook definition of a villain on the show who overstayed her welcome. If she didn't goad Will and Paul into betraying Jennifer, she would have been eliminated in the final 5 straight up.
I give credit for Elise in Season 9 final service by working her ass off to make Paul win and even side off her rivalry with Carrie. But, in Season 17 final service, she's clearly trying to sabotage Michelle as much as possible as she still hates her. Even she cried when Michelle won!
The only mistake Will made all season was choosing Krupa over Carrie. It not only gave Paul ammo to prove his leadership abilities. It also gave Will a super weak cook.
To Elise's credit, she did a great job, and if she acted like that all season, she might have actually won. Because she was the biggest reason Paul won.
@Eyal Inbar I'd say Tiffsny from Season 3! Two huge reasons are she couldn't simply cook AN EGG to Chef Ramsay's specifications and, most importantly, her pompous disrespect and degradation of Julia because she worked at a Waffle House diner! Had it been a family owned one in the Northeast where diners are abundant, she likely MAY have said nothing. As much as I didn't like Melissa as well, at least she did one good thing while on HK!
Maybe the editing was just that, but I just re-watched season 8, and it felt like we waited until the absolute last couple of episodes where Russell's villainy (?) started to show.
@@iandude1 i think it might be because the more he stayed in the competition and got praise, the more the ego got to his head. Russell even had a supervillain look lol he was so scary looking
@@iandude1 He definitely first showed his ass as a villain when he was a snippy jackass to the teens during a punishment. There have been chefs frustrated by the committees but not full blown snapping at them.
Here’s the difference between Dave and Ariel. Dave actually broke his arm due to the one punishment. Ariel broke her foot because she was being an idiot while drunk. Ariel also complained way more than Dave did the entire season.
I’m not defending Ariel,but Dave broke his arm because instead of telling someone his hand was stuck and getting help, he pulled it out and fucked it up, completely sober. Like… that was just stupid. I love Dave, but he fucked his own hand up 😂😂
And then there's Andy who complained about his broken thumb on his elimination plea while Dave was suffering for weeks with broken arm without complaining
@@chelscara not to mention it was a firetruck so I'm pretty sure there were folks qualified to extract him safely...I love him but that was a dumb move 😅
I don't mind as much as most fans that Cori won, that final 6 (Excluding Amber, but including Niccy) was one the strongest final 6 we've ever seen, and Cori on top of that was a very strong chef
I don't mind either fans should be happy about it. I love Mary lou to both were definitely deserving of the win, but I think the right person won that season. Which also happens to be one of my favorite seasons
Honestly, the top 4 of Season 19 are so strong and likeable and anybody can win on that season and one more thing, nobody's a crybaby on that time after Amber got eliminated.
Ariel M. definitely has the most villainous personality of every HK winner (except maybe Michael in S1, but he was more subtle), but agreed, she's not bitchy like your Sabrinas or Elises.
I never understand when people say Ariel is the only villain winner, cause imo Michael from season 1 was one. He was so manipulative and always found ways to throw people under the bus or sabotage them.
@@Andrewtops781 which he honestly didn't need to do. Season 1 was already a two horse race between him and Ralph, and Michael already was more consistent then him. It shows his character that even in a competition where he was already the probable winner, he resorted in sabotaging his competition. Sorry, but for me, likeability wise, Michael is the worst winner.
Petrozza also did a sneaky move when he sliced a steak to make it look like it was done correctly and passed by sous chef Scott. Lou Ross said, "That is the most ghetto thing I've ever seen in a kitchen" or something like that.
That's one of my favorite Petrozza moments. He could have let Lou Ross sink for an edge in the competition, but was a team player that went above and beyond. Right up there with him nominating himself for elimination when he felt he was among the weakest in service that night.
Ironically, in the same episode where Petrozza helping Louross to trick Scott, in red team, nobody helping Christina on dessert stations! And it's supposed to be her and Jen's job but Jen refused to help. Chef Ramsay asked Corey to help her even though Corey was resistant.
Alright, another future video suggestion from me. This time: Biggest HK Heel-Turns or Character Transformations. Like chefs who started off as heroes or villains on a season, only to change their personality either over the course of the season or on coming back from one season to the next.
Robyn and Benjamin on All Star seasons. Remember, they used to have bad personalities on their original seasons only later they're becoming nicer and mature in that season. And then, there are Elise and Jen who are still the same.
There were a few winners who I wasn't surprised won their seasons because they dominated. Christina Wilson(season 10), Meghan Gill(season 14) Ariel(season 15) and Rion(Season 16).
Honestly, for Season 16, I thought it's gonna be Heidi because that girl is awesome from beginning. Ryan is too shy and quiet until she's finally showing her confidence mid season and she even volunteered to move to that awful Blue Team. Heather is good, but she mostly cocky and her relationship with Andrew is so hard to watch because Andrew had a fianceè back then and his fianceè even appeared in one episode later! So, Heidi was robbed in final 3 as she should've been competed with Ryan.
The funny thing is, Christina Wilson might have actually gotten eliminated in the first episode due to her struggles with the beef wellingtons; only reason she survived was because the red team was made winners that night for at least serving apps. But that was probably the only time she screwed up THAT badly, and she dominated the rest of the season
Despite his plea, I never liked Paul that much, especially when he came back in future seasons acting all high and mighty. I really wish Will won between the two of them. I think had Will taken Carrie instead of Krupa he would've won.
I just rewatched Season 15 and I don't agree Ariel is a villain. Almost every time she was right about something and someone wouldn't listen and it bites the team in the ass later. I thought time and time again, Ariel had the right to be annoyed. That clip you showed of Ariel yelling at Dannie is unfair because later on the same thing happened again between Dannie and Hassan -- the problem was CLEARLY Dannie's attitude. And yes, Jackie is a bigger villain in the season, but the fact that Dannie left her own station and rage quit off dinner service, Jackie just swooped in and SAVED everything for Ariel -- I call that a redemption arc.
+kleeTheDarkKnight Agreed. I think that the only "villainous" thing that Ariel did was cause Vanessa's elimination when she was innocent that week, going against the other women's wishes. But aside from that, she wasn't that bad.
@@PintheDog People just liked Kristin better, which is fine, but that doesn't make Ariel a villain (I was pleasantly surprised to see Ariel win too). Her confessional about Ashley's dads not giving her a restaurant still cracks me up.
@@PintheDog Vanessa wasn't totally innocent that week she couldn't remember orders and forgot a lobster tail plus she had no confidence in herself if you have no confidence in yourself in HK you won't last. Also Ariel going rogue saved Messe plain as day because if it had been Manda nominated alongside her Meese would've been a goner all day long.
I think Ja'Nel's win on season 11 was sort of shocking. Yea Mary had a shit start but pretty much after the final 15 I think, she dominated and I would argue did better than Ja'Nel in the second half of the competition. And Mary easily did better than Ja'Nel at the final 4 performance and the finale service. I guess her bad start ended up costing her in the end.
It would’ve been nice to see Mary win honestly because I always like to root for the underdog. I also just really liked Mary as well. Not that I didn’t like Ja’Nel, I just liked Mary more.
I always felt Mary was put in the finale to ensure Janel would win. And then Mary performed amazingly in the final service that I actually thought she could pull it out.
@@patrickdepew4976I would disagree, if you saw Jon’s hot plate performance, you would understand why he was the last chef eliminated before the final. He was phenomenal all season until then, maybe he just wasn’t ready to lead at the time. However, he may not have won hk, but he was the real winner that season.
Dan has said that editing made Mary look better than she was, but Ja'Nel was an easy winner off camera. He also said Andi was the one who told Mary to kick him out during the final dinner service, but that didn't make the final cut. I don't know how much of that is true, since Dan wasn't exactly the most upstanding person in his season and could be exaggerating to save face, but I thought it was worth bringing up.
I generally agree with the whole list, especially number 1 (I think it's pretty much accepted that the literal only reason for that result was Petrozza's age).
I think where Petrozza blew it in the S4 finale was when he ran out of ingredients for his appetizers, and he completely froze up until Bobby came up with a solution. Christina was probably always likely to win for the reasons stated in the video, but Petrozza's moment of indecision probably ended any remote chance he had of winning.
Personal comments: 1. Mary Lou only lost because that wretch Amber managed to sabotage her serve. 2. Ariel won because she continued her service despite being abandoned by one of her members (Danny). 3. Christina won by managing to finish her serve without having kicked out that useless Matt.
Petrozza was such a wonderful man I truly believe that, while of course disappointed, he had no anger for Gordon or Christina for how things ended up in Season 4. If he couldn't win because of his age I don't think there was anyone else he would have rather won than Christina and so I can also accept her win
Not at all. They said this because strategically they knew Jennifer was a bigger threat and wanted her eliminated for that reason. I would have done the same
Here's a topic: Each Season's True Winners. As in, each season's most successful contestant post-Hell's Kitchen run, prioritizing the finalists and then the black jacket's. That, to me, seems to be the most objective way in determining whether or not Gordon Ramsey made the right call in hindsight. For example, Christina was definitely the right choice over Petrozza as she went on to become one of the most successful chef's in Hell's Kitchen history. The first four seasons were definitely pretty good at making stars out of their eventual winners (even though Michael had quite arguably the most tragic falls from grace of any winner in history).
Could you do a ranking of the third-place contestants? I’ve always been interested in who didn’t get to compete in the final dinner service (based on skills, creativity, and leadership).
Yes, Petrozza was a phenomenal chef, one of the best contestants in thr whole show, but Christina was on fire from the moment she went into black jackets, she won 3 challenges in a row and imo ran her kitchen better. Yes she burnt ramsay twice, but that doesn't mean her food was bad, she barely made any mistakes in service. All the times she was put up for elimination, was purely out of spite for her because the others I.e. Corey and Jen wanted her gone, not because she was a bad chef. I know she's a controversial winner, but I honestly stand by it tbh, there are many arguments to make for both sides, but I respected this one
it's not really surprising Petrozza didn't win as Ramsay tends to prefer younger chefs as they have more to learn, and Christina seemed a lot more sure of herself and confident in the finale whereas Petrozza seemed a bit out of his depth designing his own menu. I read a thread for season 4 on Television Without Pity and most people on there aren't shocked at all by her winning.
I think Ariel M was the show's attempt to produce a Sandra Diaz-Twine like winner. I feel like Ariel in S15 was more of an anti-villain as she did make some foul comments towards Kristen and Dannie, but then stood up to Jackie. Ariel M confuses me, but is an interesting case study within the show.
I always get kinda shocked when I remember Paul won S9, I always imagine Will as the winner of the season so when I remember Paul won it always takes me by surprise
I don’t see why people dislike Ariel or think of her as a villain, she was a great chef that was consistent and didn’t put up with other peoples crap, and I don’t think that there was anything that she did that people dislike that wasnt justified
I mean yes christina was younger but petrozza also just didn't really have the sorta finesse you expect from a hells kitchen winner. His signature dish was infamously terrible, his final menu wasn't really as creative, and he was often very messy on his stations. He no doubt was a beast in service but christana definitely showed more potential during the season. RIP
I was a Wyll fan all through Season 9 and totally expected and wanted him to win. I really felt that nothing Paul could do would really outshine how consistent in service and strong in challenges he had been. But after watching Paul’s performance in that finale I fully felt like both these guys absolutely deserved to win. To me that will always speak to just how amazing Pauls performance really was in the finale.
Will was already at the peak and happened to know how to stay there, Paul made it all the way to the peak. "if i had to lose to anybody i'm glad it was paul"
How can you not remember Kori where most of the Red Team always calling her "Mama"? And there's a running gag of her always refered her as single mom or a mom.
Wolfgang Puck got turned on by Kori let's be real..... "sExY.... jUsT liKE yOu cHEf..." Also the Mexican challenge pissed me off... as a "Mexican mom..." no manches that was hard to watch
I remember watching that scene. He gave Declan a 7 for his dish despite his dish looked better than Mary Lou and Kori. There was some favoritism there. 🙄
i have never gotten mad about who won hell's kitchen, because the only cooking experience i have is from watching gordon, but when i tell you i screamed when i found out christina won. i was livid. i was pissed. petrozza deserved that win more than anyone else. ariel is a bit on the nose. i couldn't stand her purely because of her sense of entitlement. you'd think someone like megan, the only one who completely dominated her season, would win, and she did. completely deserved, btw, considering how damn experienced she was. but man, when i saw ariel win, i kind of had to cock my head to the side and say "huuuuh????" because i was so shocked he'd want someone so stuck up and entitled being in his kitchen, knowing how much he hates entitled people.
Genuine thought on all of your choices, because yeah most these are the right picks… Jay - if you didn’t know he lost, you would’ve thought he was the winner based on him working with Ramsay Kori- this is the only one I kinda disagree with you. I called her win when we got down to the final 9. Ariel - if only Ashley didn’t suck at the final 3. I think she beats Ariel. Ariel’s final service was actually really strong. She did a great job keeping her team composed after Dannie quit. Paul - Will lost when he let Krupa just flounder around and go down. Hard. Comparatively, Jonathon stunk it up, and Paul immediately sent Elise over to clean up the mess. Petrozza - this one still frustrates me. I wish he had won. If he was even 7 years younger he wins. Ugh.
I loved Kori throughout the entire season. One of the main reason why Marylou was so endearing was her outgoing personality unlike Kori, who did have some personality but compared to Marylou’s pale in comparison. She was the voice of season 19 with her iconic confessionals, making her memorable. But when it came to challenges and dinner service both Marylou and Kori slayed. If u thought Kori winning was a shock, then you definitely fell under the most basic reality TV trap there is.
I remember her winning Cutthroat Kitchen and knew Kori was going to win that season of Hells Kitchen it was very obvious since she has already made a name for herself on TV. The last 3 season winners were pretty obvious with Kori and her TV history, Trenton won because Gordon would have never let Megan win since she already won a previous season. Gordon wanted new blood Megan proved to him already that she is head chef material. Alex was head and shoulders above the other competition.
Holli winning is just further proof they make decisions based on what will make the audiences happy or make it interesting instead of what the best choices are. She was never a leader or executive chef material at any point throughout the show. It was a safe choice for TV ratings which was what made her win. Kori was not the wrong choice, despite being a boring personality, but it was just a season full of middling chefs in general. Ariel deserved to win in comparison to her final competition, but there were other contestants eliminated earlier on that showed more potential and better leadership that should have stayed, which is what makes her win the most disappointing while being a villainous personality as it would not have happened otherwise since she hit a ceiling so early on. Unlike Russell, who was a prick and would have been a winner that made everyone angry, but had flat-out no better chefs than him that season. Even with that disappointing final round. Paul winning over Will is another thing proven about this show. Which is that they want to make interesting storylines by pretending like Will has hit a ceiling and is a great chef but not executive chef material while Paul grew to the same level with more room from there and more leadership qualities. Despite the exact opposite being the case. Will was just flawless throughout almost the entire show and was still improving while having leadership qualities. They do this a lot with older chefs as well. They also only do this so the finale part would actually feel like something super important where, no matter how you performed throughout the rest of the show, you could make it up there and get the win. There is no way in hell this should have ever happened though. Petrozza was amazing throughout the entire show, kept improving, never hit a ceiling, and showed the most leadership qualities. Literally the only reason he lost was because of his age.
Season 12's opening night was the worst because no appetizers were sent out. Gaurav was sticking his fingers in the food while the ladies were too busy "team building" instead of cooking.
Seriously Jay goes onto be sous chef 13 season later! Not even with the power of hindsight does her winning makes sense! I was upset that Holli won like seriously?
I remember being surprised that Trenton won in season 20. Not that he's a bad chef or was undeserving but by the end of the season the show was making him out to be a jerk and the other chefs didn't like him whereas Meghan was respected by the other chefs. Again skill-wise I can see why he won but storyline-wise I was surprised he won.
I was too. I remember rooting for Steve for almost the entire season (then leaks came out spoiling his elimination), and then watching his last performance was heart-shattering. Yet I agreed with Gordon that Steve wasn't ready yet and I imagine the door was really open for him to improve his leadership skills outside the show. I fully believed from there that Meghan had the competition in the bag, but pleasantly surprised Trenton won. I enjoyed both chefs so it going either way wouldn't have bothered me.
Trenton surprised me when he started making headway. Like he wasn't focused on too much but once he got a black jacket I was like "yup he's going to win." I also think Kiya was the only one who couldn't stand him. Megan was good but I felt she was too quiet. Trenton was a bit cocky but he never came off as a villain.
Trenton is actually a quiet guy if you're comparing him to Antonio and Sam who are talkatives especially Antonio. But, overall he's a good chef and he, Steve along with Megan and Emily mostly carrying the Blue team. He's finally showing his confidence in mid season and even copying Chef Ramsay's style by putting the pencil on his ear like he always does. And he's never been put up in elimination and yes, I don't count his nomination on "Chicken Gate" incident along with poor Antonio and Sam who is the real culprit as nomination because that shit is too stupid and hillarious because Gordon doesn't understand the situation. My heart also breaks when I see Steve is suddenly going quiet and I got a PTSD of Adam being too quiet on garnish station and got eliminated on same night and he as part of Black Jacket curse got eliminated first in Black Jacket rounds. I honestly can't stand Megan the most because she talks like either a typical Valley Girl or a Kardashian at the same time and she's too nice and chill even in final and Christina has to tell her to stop being nice. But, I also didn't expect Kiya would be in 3rd place either because she's been strong and never been in bottom only to breakdown on Sabotage in Black Jacket round.
TBH Ariel wasn't that surprising to me. Earlier in the season when she gave her nomination over the team's nomination, no one corrected her in front of chef. That chef was eliminated, too, so her and Ramsay were on the same page. That gave me the impression that she had the type of executive chef personality Ramsay was looking for at the time. (Even if she didn't keep the job cause she was too mean lol)
I disagree I think Kori had a huge presence on the red kitchen often being called the mama of the team. I knew from the beginning she had it in the bag and I loved her sportsmanship. She even brought back Declan and Mary Lou gifts when she won the shopping spree. Edit: I did love Mary Lou as well. She was amazing and I loved her personality. She was such a good sport.
I hate knowing who already won season 21 thanks to Netflix leaking episodes in the Philippines in December 2022 for a brief time and some clown not spoiler proofing their comment, but without spoiling it, the contestants we got in the final five are probably the best final five by quality matched with quantity. Had Nikki been a black jacket in season 19, I would have ranked them slightly above season 21's final five. Now down to the final three, they really are some of the best-of-the-best and if I didn't know who won, I wouldn't be bummed at all if it wasn't the contestant I've been rooting for. I'm so excited to watch the finale, then read everyone's thoughts on it. The wait has been the painful part of knowing lol
Well Paul is a big deal after all! Will was better all around chief to for the whole season! But Paul had the better finale performance! Will lose and I’m sad and did remember he betrayed Jennifer too and go okay not as mad!
This one wasn't really any sort of robbery but I thought Paula should have won over Danny in Season 5. However, both of them had dominant performances and I still was not surprised to see Danny win.
Will got too clever at the end by sticking Paul with Elise and Carrie and took the significantly worse Krupa. If he had dragged her off of her station earlier than it wouldn't have been too bad but he did it too late.
What I find even more fascinating is every season you have chefs who should be eliminated but seem to keep squeaking by week after week because someone else was even worse that week vs the chefs who should have gotten black jackets but make one mistake on the week no one else did. So many of these shows (not only Hell's Kitchen) should base wins and eliminations on consistency when they make the final cuts to the final few.
what i like about these finales, aside from the occasional saltiness (hello russell), is that the runner-ups are usually nice about their defeat. sure, they may be disappointed that they didn't win, but they usually say nice things about the winner & display their confidence that they'll find job opportunities in the future, which can show good sportsmanship
With Petrozza getting screwed over right at the end it makes me quite nervous that Alex is going to get the same treatment despite the fact that season was supposed to have chefs that were 40+
@@Andrewtops781 I more so mean in the terms of age compared to their competition but who knows, maybe this fear is unfounded this time since this season is supposed to be people in their 20s versus people in their 40s.
To use the nominations as an argument against Holli is not working. Those are cut together for literally every contestant and in reality have no stuttering at all.
I think that Christina won because she had a good final dinner service. Maybe Petrozza didn't win because he ran out of food. I wasn't a big fan of Paul, Michael, Meghan and Ariel. Maybe there are other reasons apart from 'it looks good on TV' that some people won Hell's Kitchen and surprised viewers.
If ya wanna check, spoilers are out due to Netflix in another country accidentally putting out the whole season instead of one episode at a time. Not writing it here though, spoil at your own risk
spoilers for s21 hk hopefully i went far enough. the most recent season of hk is battle of the ages so 20s v 40s. Knowing that Ramsey typically goes for younger chefs, rather than older, having Kori be the oldest winner so far, i am incredibly scared for Alex. He clearly proved himself as the best chef of season 21. He beat out all the other older chefs very early in the season, the latest being Tara. His leadership skills are better than most and respectfully he had a few mess ups here and there, but he managed to bounce back quickly, where it wasnt a problem. Having knowledge of how hk works, basically knowing the 'script' , its going to be him v one of the young folks, my prediction is Alejandro. Alex had a heart warming backstory, having his restruant close bc of covid. None of the other chefs have that. So here, im praying and HOPING Ramsey doesnt screw him over in the end because Alex deserves the win more than anyone. Age shouldnt define a chef. I understand Ramsey's point, but having seen Ben from S17 and Petrozza from S4, older chefs are more than capable than doing what younger chefs can do.
I've been cheering for alex to win s21. He outshined all the 40 something chefs. He's so level headed and likeable. If he doesn't win I'm going to feel just as sad as when Petrozza lost.
I think Michelle is a pretty good cook tbh. She usually dominates challenges and her creativity and ability to think of recipes outside of the box is probably the best i've seen in hk. And that's what a head chef job is actually about. Creating menus and recipes
I've wondered that too, but it's hard saying. The guy was a habitual smoker before entering the competition, and given his messy habits in the kitchen for a good part of the season, I don't know if he would have quit smoking had he won. And even if he did, I don't know if it would already be too late. We lost him too soon.
Nah I'm not having that. Christina 100% earned that win. She made plenty of mistakes yes but she grew so much and by the end I genuinely believe she was the better leader. Christina is awesome.
Ramsay made it clear over the seasons that he tends to prefer younger contestants who have good growth. He also seems to be somewhat biased towards those with a good palette (Nona, Virginia, Bonnie, etc). So most of these didn't surprise me. However, I did think he made the wrong choice with Holli and Christina.
Petrozza “ I’ve met so many beautiful people, how priceless is that? “ man, he was the best
And one of those was when he looked in the mirror. He might have been an old candidate but he definitely left the world way too soon.
@@drstihl2007 RIP Petrozza
Your hen in a pumpkin was a funny intro
the sweetest guy ever rip man forever be missed
Ariel isn't the only villain winner. I would consider Michael from season 1 to be a villain mostly because of his strategic play and intentionally sabotaging other contestants. Especially compared to Ralph who was being portrayed as the hero all season
I’m surprised Michael being a villain isn’t brought up more. Maybe because it’s season 1? I do know for a fact that with Ralph and Michael, I was rooting for Ralph because I saw Michael as conniving. Was I disappointed that Michael won? Not really, I expected it, but didn’t change the fact that I was rooting for Ralph.
I don’t get how Ariel was a “villain winner” such a weird stupid statement honestly.
They were both villains to me after their childish behavior towards Elsie.
@@babyt556 I guess it’s because Ariel was rarely, if ever, portrayed positively as a person. She was shown to be a talented chef, but she was mostly shown getting in fights with her competitors and making shady remarks in the confessionals. And in certain crucial story-telling moments, like when she nominated Vanessa for elimination over Manda, she was almost edited to have betrayed the team by going against their choices, like she was in the wrong by doing that. So in a way, she got a sort of villain edit.
@@heymistercarter. that’s true, but you also have to consider how Ariel throughout the season without the edits looked. Most likely, she was a outspoken and talented chef that wouldn’t sway or change her opinion because of others.
It was also very likely the editing team understood that they would need a late stage villain for the show so they took one of the black jackets that talked the most out of everyone and choose which clips should go where to have a villain portrayal.
Holli Is the prime definition of a silent protagonist. You look at her and think "simple, basic, not all the way there, and quiet" but re-watching the season Holli is a beast. She barely messed up AT ALL. Hell I think she only got yelled at once for not running up to the pass ahead of her team. She was on the worst red team in Hell's Kitchen history and yet she didn't let that get her down. She barely bitched or whined like a baby, she took it and just focused on her future. All of those punishments SHE had to endure and none of it was even her fault. I'm glad she won and I'm even more glad she's doing well in life in general.
I freaking loved Holli. She and Jay were possibly the two most likable final two ever.
@@abbyduke7103 one of them
Yeah, she’s great. That finale was just as good as the previous season’s finale, Dave and Kevin from S6
@@abbyduke7103Mary Lou and Kori were pretty great as well
@@roadtodawn8088Kori was the most boring chef ever on there.
I know Petrozza should have won, but I feel like Christina won because Petrozza was 47 years old at the time and had more experience while Christina had less experience but proved to everyone that she could win. If Petrozza had been 10 years younger, then I guarantee you that he would’ve won.
You are literally parroting the exact explanation FlynnMasters just gave in the video.
Not with that finale, he wouldn’t have.
@@KRS_two OK but it’s literally the thought everyone had when Christina walked through that door!
Christina won for completing her serve without having kicked out that useless Matt.
RIP Petrozza
Petrozza is the real winner of Hell’s Kitchen. He’s so loving, kind, a true leader and respectful. May he be at rest with great pride in his performance and be an incredible angel like he was on earth
There's a small part of me that wished he was in season 6. That would have been perfect for television
@@adamd5849 you’re not the only one that wishes that
Christina proof that she wasn´t the real winner when in season 11 the past HK winners come to compite with the black jackets of s11, and the only one who makes a mistake was her. If you are a winner that shouldn´t happen.
@@miljos3044 I know right. Especially since after she won she worked at Gordon Ramsey restaurants
RIP petrozza
I have a few suggestions:
1. History of surprise eliminations
- Basically going through each season and mentioning eliminations you didn’t expect/disagree with
- OR you can mention all the times when Gordon went against the nominations and eliminated a chef despite not being nominated
2. Hell’s Kitchen’s most forgettable chefs ever
- The name speaks for itself
The name speaks for itself, they know who they are
Most forgettable chefs is a good
Obviously it's Hassan going home over Dannie in Season 15
I can't remember any forgettable chefs.
Forgettable chefs are going to just basically be like half of the chefs who got booted out first and had very little screen time and/or memorable moments. Dominic (S4, Jason should’ve gone before him), Carolann (S1) etc.
“Holli won because she has grown as a chef more than any other chef in Hell's Kitchen. At the start, she was barely noticeable, but then, she got her confidence. She emerged and there was no holding her back. I'm absolutely thrilled she'll be working with me at the Savoy Grill in London.”
“Kori is everything I could want in a head chef. She's decisive, levelheaded, and most importantly, passionate. From the moment she stepped into Hell's Kitchen, she was an instinctual and natural-born leader. She'll be a great asset to Hell's Kitchen in Lake Tahoe."
“Right from the very beginning, Ariel let her presence be known. She was always outspoken but she backed up her confidence with her cooking. Creative, talented, and unique, she is an out of the box thinker who will make a great head chef at BLT Steak."
“Paul won tonight because he's probably the most passionate, determined chef ever to enter Hell's Kitchen. He'll make a great head chef because his enthusiasm is contagious. I'm so proud to hand him over to BLT Steak in New York City.”
“ Christina had the least amount of experience coming into Hell’s kitchen, but I saw something in her that was quite special. She had the best potential out of any other chef in Hell’s Kitchen, and in my business, I think long term I definitely, definitely made the right choice.”
Holli and Kori in the end didn't take their position tho. Holli for her visa problem and Kori for family reason. Ariel already quit of her position because of her getting married.
@@margarethmichelina5146 I guess Gordon can pick the winner, but the question is if he can pick *a* winner.
@@margarethmichelina5146 if memory serves, didn't Holli expect Ramsey to handle her visa? Am I remembering wrong?
I do appreciate that Kori didn't take the job for family reasons
I did hear that Ariel worked at the winning restaurant for a short time, didn't know that it was for her wedding
@@fnafsummoners5679 from what she has said of the situation, the company didn't file it's half of the paperwork for her to get a work visa in England.
Will and Paul are the prime example of one student kicking ass the entire semester, and doing subpar on the final exam. While the other, performed okay during the semester and then completely acing the finals with flying colors.
I was absolutely convinced that Mary Lou was going to win so I was surprised when Kori ended up winning. She did deserve to win, but I personally favoured Mary Lou and Declan (who was my favourite in that season) over her. Definitely think Jay should have won season 7. For me, he was stronger then Holli.
Also, both of Holli and Kori didn't take their position though. Holli for having visa problem while Kori for having family reason.
@@margarethmichelina5146 I knew about Holli, but not Kori.
So was I. I was convinced that Mary Lou was going to win as well!!! I still don’t understand how she didn’t still.
declan was robbed
The reasons why Mary Lou losts:
Her brigades ruin her.
She got Lauren the dumb blonde who got caught walking around doing nothing and Amber the spoiled whiny rich kid who ruined her fish or chicken (I don't remember which one) many times until Mary Lou has to switch her with Cody and also Amber whined to Kori for not picking her as her teammate instead of Jordan like a kid who complained to their parents if they didn't get her toys.
Same happened with Paula who lost to Danny on Season 5 because she got lazy Lacey who ruin everything by being whiny crybaby.
Meanwhile, Paul can somehow manage Elise and Carrie who don't like each other work together on his team which is absolutely a miracle.
Ok, but can I just say Frank eating a sandwich while Danni and Ariel argued at 6:20 was actually hilarious
He must be thinking: "Damn, these women fight a lot. Oh well, better eat my sandwich then."
He needed a snac for the entertainment he got 🤣🤣
Remember, she only won because he lost, and that isn’t a win
tbh the entire background was so fucking funny the way that everyone was just minding their bizz while those two argued
Everyone in that room was the definition of the "that's none of my buisness" meme
The most shocking winner was Tavon from Season 10. He hasn't even defrosted.
Or Raj from Season 8
@@ItsAaronsaccount05 Anton was more surprising imo
Lmfaoo
That just shows his true skill. Won the whole season without even trying. Gives Dave a run for his money
They can speak for themselves, they know who they are.
Not gonna lie, Kori winning is honestly just showing how much Ramsay really does pay attention to Chefs.
It killlsssss me that Mary Lou didn’t win but you’re 100% correct. Honestly, either of them winning is a treat
I definitely thought Mary Lou was going to win I watched that season originally, but I really enjoyed all of the final four so it didn't matter much to me who won. I definitely have no issues with Kori, she was a beast during the show and it's certainly understandable why Gordon chose her.
the opinions of his souchefs really matter i figure if christina likes you you will likely win
@@sydneyps I think that final 4 has been the most likeable final 4 in HK history. I wanted them all to win.
I thought it was obvious kori was gonna win . She was easily the best one there
I think one of the things you have to remember about season 4 is that Christina shined in challenges. The Blue Team almost never won a challenge in that season. I think they got one or two and, when it came down to the Black Jackets, Christina won every individual challenge except for one that she narrowly lost to Jen. She was a very impressive contestant.
My only problem with that is that her job following the show would be to lead a group of chefs, not shine as an individual. In season 14 Michelle shined during the challenges, but wasn't a good team player.
@@seanswinton6242 Christina was a good team player. I don't know if you've seen season 4, but the only people she had trouble working with were Jen and Matt. And those two didn't work well with anyone.
Elise's run is LITERALLY the same as Heather's run in Total Drama Island.
Heather had somewhat of a redemption arc when she came back. Same can’t be said about Elise 😅
@@reign8195 also. Heather's TDA apperance wasnt as insane compared to the first season, ulike Elise
@@reign8195 Heather didn't deserve to win Total Drama. Alejandro was better
@@AlessandroChiarellilucky for you, there are 2 versions of the finale for the season with Alejandro winning in one.
To be fair to Christina she has more than proved to be worth it as she’s one of the few (if not only) HK winners to actually have a Michelin star
declan has one too and he came 3rd
Will losing was definitely a shocker however for Paul to lead a team with Elise and Carrie definitely showed great quality leadership. Honestly one of my favorite finales.
Hell, just a team with Elise, who is the textbook definition of a villain on the show who overstayed her welcome. If she didn't goad Will and Paul into betraying Jennifer, she would have been eliminated in the final 5 straight up.
I give credit for Elise in Season 9 final service by working her ass off to make Paul win and even side off her rivalry with Carrie. But, in Season 17 final service, she's clearly trying to sabotage Michelle as much as possible as she still hates her. Even she cried when Michelle won!
The only mistake Will made all season was choosing Krupa over Carrie. It not only gave Paul ammo to prove his leadership abilities. It also gave Will a super weak cook.
To Elise's credit, she did a great job, and if she acted like that all season, she might have actually won. Because she was the biggest reason Paul won.
R.I.P Petrozza. You are still one of my top 5 favorite chefs.
Petition for FlynnMastets to make a first boots list ranked from worst to best
Worst: Louie, Tavon, and Chrissa
Best: Pat, Ben, and Ava
that'd be a fun one to watch, i mostly forget about the first boot contestants unless they really, really made themselves known somehow.
He should include JR from season 3
@@eyalinbar4845 a first boot contestant so forgettable, he only exists in a few frames
@Eyal Inbar I'd say Tiffsny from Season 3! Two huge reasons are she couldn't simply cook AN EGG to Chef Ramsay's specifications and, most importantly, her pompous disrespect and degradation of Julia because she worked at a Waffle House diner! Had it been a family owned one in the Northeast where diners are abundant, she likely MAY have said nothing. As much as I didn't like Melissa as well, at least she did one good thing while on HK!
As you mentioned, Flynn, Ariel's "villainy" paled in comparison to Jackie and Frank's. And was especially a drop in the bucket compared to Russell's.
Maybe the editing was just that, but I just re-watched season 8, and it felt like we waited until the absolute last couple of episodes where Russell's villainy (?) started to show.
@@iandude1 Roughly around when he got belligerent and cursed up a storm at those teens during a punishment?
@@iandude1 i think it might be because the more he stayed in the competition and got praise, the more the ego got to his head. Russell even had a supervillain look lol he was so scary looking
@@iandude1 He definitely first showed his ass as a villain when he was a snippy jackass to the teens during a punishment. There have been chefs frustrated by the committees but not full blown snapping at them.
Here’s the difference between Dave and Ariel. Dave actually broke his arm due to the one punishment. Ariel broke her foot because she was being an idiot while drunk. Ariel also complained way more than Dave did the entire season.
I’m not defending Ariel,but Dave broke his arm because instead of telling someone his hand was stuck and getting help, he pulled it out and fucked it up, completely sober. Like… that was just stupid. I love Dave, but he fucked his own hand up 😂😂
And then there's Andy who complained about his broken thumb on his elimination plea while Dave was suffering for weeks with broken arm without complaining
@@chelscara not to mention it was a firetruck so I'm pretty sure there were folks qualified to extract him safely...I love him but that was a dumb move 😅
I don't mind as much as most fans that Cori won, that final 6 (Excluding Amber, but including Niccy) was one the strongest final 6 we've ever seen, and Cori on top of that was a very strong chef
I agree. Frankly, she proved that Chef Ramsay should have older winners. Why allow them to participate, if he knows he doesn't want them. That's foul.
I don't mind either fans should be happy about it. I love Mary lou to both were definitely deserving of the win, but I think the right person won that season. Which also happens to be one of my favorite seasons
They need to do another all star season of HK. The last three seasons have been cast filled with great competitors and likable characters.
Honestly, the top 4 of Season 19 are so strong and likeable and anybody can win on that season and one more thing, nobody's a crybaby on that time after Amber got eliminated.
Gordon was surprisingly calm over Christina burning time TWICE in the same service. You'd think he'd kick her off the show then and there
Ariel M. definitely has the most villainous personality of every HK winner (except maybe Michael in S1, but he was more subtle), but agreed, she's not bitchy like your Sabrinas or Elises.
I never understand when people say Ariel is the only villain winner, cause imo Michael from season 1 was one. He was so manipulative and always found ways to throw people under the bus or sabotage them.
@@matheusmoreira9951 the only time Michael sabotaged was the famous quality control sabotage.
@@Andrewtops781 which he honestly didn't need to do. Season 1 was already a two horse race between him and Ralph, and Michael already was more consistent then him. It shows his character that even in a competition where he was already the probable winner, he resorted in sabotaging his competition. Sorry, but for me, likeability wise, Michael is the worst winner.
@@matheusmoreira9951 why do you like Michelle more than Michael? She sabotaged her teammates more than Michael did.
@@Andrewtops781 So did Season 15's Ariel Malone.
Petrozza also did a sneaky move when he sliced a steak to make it look like it was done correctly and passed by sous chef Scott. Lou Ross said, "That is the most ghetto thing I've ever seen in a kitchen" or something like that.
That's one of my favorite Petrozza moments. He could have let Lou Ross sink for an edge in the competition, but was a team player that went above and beyond. Right up there with him nominating himself for elimination when he felt he was among the weakest in service that night.
Ironically, in the same episode where Petrozza helping Louross to trick Scott, in red team, nobody helping Christina on dessert stations! And it's supposed to be her and Jen's job but Jen refused to help. Chef Ramsay asked Corey to help her even though Corey was resistant.
Alright, another future video suggestion from me. This time: Biggest HK Heel-Turns or Character Transformations. Like chefs who started off as heroes or villains on a season, only to change their personality either over the course of the season or on coming back from one season to the next.
Oh, there's some good material in that prompt!
Russell from Season 8 and Zacky Wacky from Season 11 would definitely be on here.
top 5 biggest heel turns AND face turns. a double top 5
Robyn and Benjamin on All Star seasons. Remember, they used to have bad personalities on their original seasons only later they're becoming nicer and mature in that season. And then, there are Elise and Jen who are still the same.
There were a few winners who I wasn't surprised won their seasons because they dominated. Christina Wilson(season 10), Meghan Gill(season 14) Ariel(season 15) and Rion(Season 16).
Honestly, for Season 16, I thought it's gonna be Heidi because that girl is awesome from beginning. Ryan is too shy and quiet until she's finally showing her confidence mid season and she even volunteered to move to that awful Blue Team. Heather is good, but she mostly cocky and her relationship with Andrew is so hard to watch because Andrew had a fianceè back then and his fianceè even appeared in one episode later! So, Heidi was robbed in final 3 as she should've been competed with Ryan.
@@margarethmichelina5146 this is very true!
The funny thing is, Christina Wilson might have actually gotten eliminated in the first episode due to her struggles with the beef wellingtons; only reason she survived was because the red team was made winners that night for at least serving apps.
But that was probably the only time she screwed up THAT badly, and she dominated the rest of the season
Scott only showed his dominance during black jackets
Despite his plea, I never liked Paul that much, especially when he came back in future seasons acting all high and mighty. I really wish Will won between the two of them. I think had Will taken Carrie instead of Krupa he would've won.
I just rewatched Season 15 and I don't agree Ariel is a villain. Almost every time she was right about something and someone wouldn't listen and it bites the team in the ass later. I thought time and time again, Ariel had the right to be annoyed. That clip you showed of Ariel yelling at Dannie is unfair because later on the same thing happened again between Dannie and Hassan -- the problem was CLEARLY Dannie's attitude. And yes, Jackie is a bigger villain in the season, but the fact that Dannie left her own station and rage quit off dinner service, Jackie just swooped in and SAVED everything for Ariel -- I call that a redemption arc.
+kleeTheDarkKnight Agreed. I think that the only "villainous" thing that Ariel did was cause Vanessa's elimination when she was innocent that week, going against the other women's wishes. But aside from that, she wasn't that bad.
@@PintheDog People just liked Kristin better, which is fine, but that doesn't make Ariel a villain (I was pleasantly surprised to see Ariel win too). Her confessional about Ashley's dads not giving her a restaurant still cracks me up.
@@PintheDog Vanessa wasn't totally innocent that week she couldn't remember orders and forgot a lobster tail plus she had no confidence in herself if you have no confidence in yourself in HK you won't last. Also Ariel going rogue saved Messe plain as day because if it had been Manda nominated alongside her Meese would've been a goner all day long.
@@classicsportclassictiyl8547 Meese just ended up going home next, though, so all Ariel did was delay her ouster by one week.
@@PintheDog she was lucky to get even that far was Meese
Here’s a couple suggestions. Top 5 punishments that were more rewarding than the actual reward, and top 5 worst rewards.
The river-cleaning punishment from season 7 would probably make that list
the in-the-dark restaurant reward + Suzanne's yapping.
quite the assault to the senses.
The last "as of this video" was EXTREMELY well put 😂😂😂
Thank you for another great content
I think Ja'Nel's win on season 11 was sort of shocking. Yea Mary had a shit start but pretty much after the final 15 I think, she dominated and I would argue did better than Ja'Nel in the second half of the competition. And Mary easily did better than Ja'Nel at the final 4 performance and the finale service. I guess her bad start ended up costing her in the end.
It would’ve been nice to see Mary win honestly because I always like to root for the underdog. I also just really liked Mary as well. Not that I didn’t like Ja’Nel, I just liked Mary more.
I always felt Mary was put in the finale to ensure Janel would win.
And then Mary performed amazingly in the final service that I actually thought she could pull it out.
@@patrickdepew4976I would disagree, if you saw Jon’s hot plate performance, you would understand why he was the last chef eliminated before the final. He was phenomenal all season until then, maybe he just wasn’t ready to lead at the time. However, he may not have won hk, but he was the real winner that season.
Dan has said that editing made Mary look better than she was, but Ja'Nel was an easy winner off camera. He also said Andi was the one who told Mary to kick him out during the final dinner service, but that didn't make the final cut.
I don't know how much of that is true, since Dan wasn't exactly the most upstanding person in his season and could be exaggerating to save face, but I thought it was worth bringing up.
I generally agree with the whole list, especially number 1 (I think it's pretty much accepted that the literal only reason for that result was Petrozza's age).
I think where Petrozza blew it in the S4 finale was when he ran out of ingredients for his appetizers, and he completely froze up until Bobby came up with a solution. Christina was probably always likely to win for the reasons stated in the video, but Petrozza's moment of indecision probably ended any remote chance he had of winning.
I love how Dani and Ariel are arguing at 6:18 and Frank’s just in the back eating a sandwich
Personal comments:
1. Mary Lou only lost because that wretch Amber managed to sabotage her serve.
2. Ariel won because she continued her service despite being abandoned by one of her members (Danny).
3. Christina won by managing to finish her serve without having kicked out that useless Matt.
And Ashley only won because Frank lost. That's not a winner.
That's not a winner.
@@HESHRocketWarhead And Dave's victory knows who it is. It can speak for itself.
11:45 this has since changed with the Alex being the winner of season 21 and being 40+
Hey Flynn you should do, most likeable contestants in the shows history
Sterling, Rochelle, and Will would be there for sure.
@@teamguido555 how did you not mention Petrozza
@@Dolek135 and Jon from Season 11 and Devin from 16
@@chazztreat8317 Devin is likable, but nowhere near as likable as the chefs mentioned above
Petrozza, Sterling, Jon, Rochelle, just to name a few :)
Petrozza was such a wonderful man I truly believe that, while of course disappointed, he had no anger for Gordon or Christina for how things ended up in Season 4. If he couldn't win because of his age I don't think there was anyone else he would have rather won than Christina and so I can also accept her win
I bet you the producers told Paul and Will to say that Elise was a better chef than Jennifer because they wanted drama
There still would’ve been drama if Elise had left though because Jennifer would’ve stayed and been furious with both of them
Not at all. They said this because strategically they knew Jennifer was a bigger threat and wanted her eliminated for that reason. I would have done the same
Here's a topic: Each Season's True Winners. As in, each season's most successful contestant post-Hell's Kitchen run, prioritizing the finalists and then the black jacket's. That, to me, seems to be the most objective way in determining whether or not Gordon Ramsey made the right call in hindsight. For example, Christina was definitely the right choice over Petrozza as she went on to become one of the most successful chef's in Hell's Kitchen history. The first four seasons were definitely pretty good at making stars out of their eventual winners (even though Michael had quite arguably the most tragic falls from grace of any winner in history).
To this day the winner reveled to be Holli over Jay still blows my mine but still Jay was the real winner in the end
Could you do a ranking of the third-place contestants? I’ve always been interested in who didn’t get to compete in the final dinner service (based on skills, creativity, and leadership).
Imo the winner would either be season 11 Jon or all stars Nick.
Yes, Petrozza was a phenomenal chef, one of the best contestants in thr whole show, but Christina was on fire from the moment she went into black jackets, she won 3 challenges in a row and imo ran her kitchen better. Yes she burnt ramsay twice, but that doesn't mean her food was bad, she barely made any mistakes in service. All the times she was put up for elimination, was purely out of spite for her because the others I.e. Corey and Jen wanted her gone, not because she was a bad chef. I know she's a controversial winner, but I honestly stand by it tbh, there are many arguments to make for both sides, but I respected this one
it's not really surprising Petrozza didn't win as Ramsay tends to prefer younger chefs as they have more to learn, and Christina seemed a lot more sure of herself and confident in the finale whereas Petrozza seemed a bit out of his depth designing his own menu. I read a thread for season 4 on Television Without Pity and most people on there aren't shocked at all by her winning.
I think Ariel M was the show's attempt to produce a Sandra Diaz-Twine like winner. I feel like Ariel in S15 was more of an anti-villain as she did make some foul comments towards Kristen and Dannie, but then stood up to Jackie. Ariel M confuses me, but is an interesting case study within the show.
I always get kinda shocked when I remember Paul won S9, I always imagine Will as the winner of the season so when I remember Paul won it always takes me by surprise
Paul in my opinion has the best winning reaction ever at 9:20!
I don’t see why people dislike Ariel or think of her as a villain, she was a great chef that was consistent and didn’t put up with other peoples crap, and I don’t think that there was anything that she did that people dislike that wasnt justified
This was shocking but not near as shocking as Kori not picking Amber for her final team in season 19.
I mean yes christina was younger but petrozza also just didn't really have the sorta finesse you expect from a hells kitchen winner. His signature dish was infamously terrible, his final menu wasn't really as creative, and he was often very messy on his stations. He no doubt was a beast in service but christana definitely showed more potential during the season. RIP
I was a Wyll fan all through Season 9 and totally expected and wanted him to win. I really felt that nothing Paul could do would really outshine how consistent in service and strong in challenges he had been. But after watching Paul’s performance in that finale I fully felt like both these guys absolutely deserved to win. To me that will always speak to just how amazing Pauls performance really was in the finale.
Will was already at the peak and happened to know how to stay there, Paul made it all the way to the peak.
"if i had to lose to anybody i'm glad it was paul"
7:50 Just gotta point this out, but thank you Christina!! One of my favorite moments from Season 15, even if Ariel won that season.
I absolutely loved both Paul and Will from season 9 and especially Christina and Petrozza from season 4.
I honestly had no idea who Kori was until like the final four when watching that season through the clips on the Hells Kitchen channel lol
How can you not remember Kori where most of the Red Team always calling her "Mama"? And there's a running gag of her always refered her as single mom or a mom.
Wolfgang Puck got turned on by Kori let's be real.....
"sExY.... jUsT liKE yOu cHEf..."
Also the Mexican challenge pissed me off... as a "Mexican mom..." no manches that was hard to watch
I remember watching that scene. He gave Declan a 7 for his dish despite his dish looked better than Mary Lou and Kori. There was some favoritism there. 🙄
i have never gotten mad about who won hell's kitchen, because the only cooking experience i have is from watching gordon, but when i tell you i screamed when i found out christina won. i was livid. i was pissed. petrozza deserved that win more than anyone else.
ariel is a bit on the nose. i couldn't stand her purely because of her sense of entitlement. you'd think someone like megan, the only one who completely dominated her season, would win, and she did. completely deserved, btw, considering how damn experienced she was. but man, when i saw ariel win, i kind of had to cock my head to the side and say "huuuuh????" because i was so shocked he'd want someone so stuck up and entitled being in his kitchen, knowing how much he hates entitled people.
Genuine thought on all of your choices, because yeah most these are the right picks…
Jay - if you didn’t know he lost, you would’ve thought he was the winner based on him working with Ramsay
Kori- this is the only one I kinda disagree with you. I called her win when we got down to the final 9.
Ariel - if only Ashley didn’t suck at the final 3. I think she beats Ariel. Ariel’s final service was actually really strong. She did a great job keeping her team composed after Dannie quit.
Paul - Will lost when he let Krupa just flounder around and go down. Hard. Comparatively, Jonathon stunk it up, and Paul immediately sent Elise over to clean up the mess.
Petrozza - this one still frustrates me. I wish he had won. If he was even 7 years younger he wins. Ugh.
personally I didn't find Kori's win surprising at all. She was my prediction to win it all once it was down to the black jackets
I don’t really see Ariel as a villain. She had like only one person she was mean to and most of that felt justifiable
To be honest, I thought Christina would win Season 4 because of logic. The boy then girl pattern stuck with me until Season 6.
I loved Kori throughout the entire season. One of the main reason why Marylou was so endearing was her outgoing personality unlike Kori, who did have some personality but compared to Marylou’s pale in comparison. She was the voice of season 19 with her iconic confessionals, making her memorable. But when it came to challenges and dinner service both Marylou and Kori slayed.
If u thought Kori winning was a shock, then you definitely fell under the most basic reality TV trap there is.
I remember her winning Cutthroat Kitchen and knew Kori was going to win that season of Hells Kitchen it was very obvious since she has already made a name for herself on TV. The last 3 season winners were pretty obvious with Kori and her TV history, Trenton won because Gordon would have never let Megan win since she already won a previous season. Gordon wanted new blood Megan proved to him already that she is head chef material. Alex was head and shoulders above the other competition.
Holli winning is just further proof they make decisions based on what will make the audiences happy or make it interesting instead of what the best choices are. She was never a leader or executive chef material at any point throughout the show. It was a safe choice for TV ratings which was what made her win.
Kori was not the wrong choice, despite being a boring personality, but it was just a season full of middling chefs in general.
Ariel deserved to win in comparison to her final competition, but there were other contestants eliminated earlier on that showed more potential and better leadership that should have stayed, which is what makes her win the most disappointing while being a villainous personality as it would not have happened otherwise since she hit a ceiling so early on. Unlike Russell, who was a prick and would have been a winner that made everyone angry, but had flat-out no better chefs than him that season. Even with that disappointing final round.
Paul winning over Will is another thing proven about this show. Which is that they want to make interesting storylines by pretending like Will has hit a ceiling and is a great chef but not executive chef material while Paul grew to the same level with more room from there and more leadership qualities. Despite the exact opposite being the case. Will was just flawless throughout almost the entire show and was still improving while having leadership qualities. They do this a lot with older chefs as well. They also only do this so the finale part would actually feel like something super important where, no matter how you performed throughout the rest of the show, you could make it up there and get the win.
There is no way in hell this should have ever happened though. Petrozza was amazing throughout the entire show, kept improving, never hit a ceiling, and showed the most leadership qualities. Literally the only reason he lost was because of his age.
I think I can agree with them all
@@ColeJJJTurner what you said.
The fact that Holli isn’t even a chef anymore kinda shows that Jay was a better choice to be the winner.
Top 5 worst dinner services (aka ones where both teams were awful in service, both team getting kicked out, and both teams losing)
Season 12's opening night was the worst because no appetizers were sent out. Gaurav was sticking his fingers in the food while the ladies were too busy "team building" instead of cooking.
That one dinner service in Season 5 where the food got sent back, one of the red chefs spilt the spaghetti and both teams got kicked out
Seriously Jay goes onto be sous chef 13 season later! Not even with the power of hindsight does her winning makes sense! I was upset that Holli won like seriously?
I remember being surprised that Trenton won in season 20. Not that he's a bad chef or was undeserving but by the end of the season the show was making him out to be a jerk and the other chefs didn't like him whereas Meghan was respected by the other chefs. Again skill-wise I can see why he won but storyline-wise I was surprised he won.
I was too. I remember rooting for Steve for almost the entire season (then leaks came out spoiling his elimination), and then watching his last performance was heart-shattering. Yet I agreed with Gordon that Steve wasn't ready yet and I imagine the door was really open for him to improve his leadership skills outside the show. I fully believed from there that Meghan had the competition in the bag, but pleasantly surprised Trenton won. I enjoyed both chefs so it going either way wouldn't have bothered me.
Trenton surprised me when he started making headway. Like he wasn't focused on too much but once he got a black jacket I was like "yup he's going to win." I also think Kiya was the only one who couldn't stand him. Megan was good but I felt she was too quiet. Trenton was a bit cocky but he never came off as a villain.
Trenton is actually a quiet guy if you're comparing him to Antonio and Sam who are talkatives especially Antonio. But, overall he's a good chef and he, Steve along with Megan and Emily mostly carrying the Blue team. He's finally showing his confidence in mid season and even copying Chef Ramsay's style by putting the pencil on his ear like he always does. And he's never been put up in elimination and yes, I don't count his nomination on "Chicken Gate" incident along with poor Antonio and Sam who is the real culprit as nomination because that shit is too stupid and hillarious because Gordon doesn't understand the situation.
My heart also breaks when I see Steve is suddenly going quiet and I got a PTSD of Adam being too quiet on garnish station and got eliminated on same night and he as part of Black Jacket curse got eliminated first in Black Jacket rounds. I honestly can't stand Megan the most because she talks like either a typical Valley Girl or a Kardashian at the same time and she's too nice and chill even in final and Christina has to tell her to stop being nice. But, I also didn't expect Kiya would be in 3rd place either because she's been strong and never been in bottom only to breakdown on Sabotage in Black Jacket round.
TBH Ariel wasn't that surprising to me. Earlier in the season when she gave her nomination over the team's nomination, no one corrected her in front of chef. That chef was eliminated, too, so her and Ramsay were on the same page. That gave me the impression that she had the type of executive chef personality Ramsay was looking for at the time. (Even if she didn't keep the job cause she was too mean lol)
Well Season 21 bucked the trend of a younger chef winning the competition as Alex who’s a 40 year old defeated Dafne to win.
I disagree I think Kori had a huge presence on the red kitchen often being called the mama of the team. I knew from the beginning she had it in the bag and I loved her sportsmanship. She even brought back Declan and Mary Lou gifts when she won the shopping spree.
Edit: I did love Mary Lou as well. She was amazing and I loved her personality. She was such a good sport.
With the Season 21 final 3 around the corner, It would be surprising if Dafne won, but I think that it will be likely either Alex or Alejandro.
I hate knowing who already won season 21 thanks to Netflix leaking episodes in the Philippines in December 2022 for a brief time and some clown not spoiler proofing their comment, but without spoiling it, the contestants we got in the final five are probably the best final five by quality matched with quantity. Had Nikki been a black jacket in season 19, I would have ranked them slightly above season 21's final five.
Now down to the final three, they really are some of the best-of-the-best and if I didn't know who won, I wouldn't be bummed at all if it wasn't the contestant I've been rooting for. I'm so excited to watch the finale, then read everyone's thoughts on it. The wait has been the painful part of knowing lol
@@james_fisch oooh who won? Would you mind spoiling it?
@@RazorBladezX alex
@@irvincruz9609 yessssssssss!
@@RazorBladezX My personal favorite of the season
Well Paul is a big deal after all! Will was better all around chief to for the whole season! But Paul had the better finale performance! Will lose and I’m sad and did remember he betrayed Jennifer too and go okay not as mad!
This one wasn't really any sort of robbery but I thought Paula should have won over Danny in Season 5. However, both of them had dominant performances and I still was not surprised to see Danny win.
Tommy sounds like Howard from big bang theory
Based on the current season being dubbed "Battle of the Ages," I think Gordon's taking that "no over 40 winner" criticism and running with it.
Could you do the best winner reactions? Heather, Danny, Christina s10, etc?
I was actually rooting for Christina and Hollie to win. However, Paul winning over Will? That one was a shock to me.
Will got too clever at the end by sticking Paul with Elise and Carrie and took the significantly worse Krupa. If he had dragged her off of her station earlier than it wouldn't have been too bad but he did it too late.
What I find even more fascinating is every season you have chefs who should be eliminated but seem to keep squeaking by week after week because someone else was even worse that week vs the chefs who should have gotten black jackets but make one mistake on the week no one else did. So many of these shows (not only Hell's Kitchen) should base wins and eliminations on consistency when they make the final cuts to the final few.
Petrozza is the GOAT
Yes!
Christina might won it by paper, but Petrozza won our hearts.
what i like about these finales, aside from the occasional saltiness (hello russell), is that the runner-ups are usually nice about their defeat. sure, they may be disappointed that they didn't win, but they usually say nice things about the winner & display their confidence that they'll find job opportunities in the future, which can show good sportsmanship
With Petrozza getting screwed over right at the end it makes me quite nervous that Alex is going to get the same treatment despite the fact that season was supposed to have chefs that were 40+
Alex is way better than Petrozza, so not really a fair comparison
@@Andrewtops781 I more so mean in the terms of age compared to their competition but who knows, maybe this fear is unfounded this time since this season is supposed to be people in their 20s versus people in their 40s.
News Flash: Alex ended up winning last night
@@amazingtoludada300 Based.
To use the nominations as an argument against Holli is not working. Those are cut together for literally every contestant and in reality have no stuttering at all.
I think that Christina won because she had a good final dinner service. Maybe Petrozza didn't win because he ran out of food. I wasn't a big fan of Paul, Michael, Meghan and Ariel. Maybe there are other reasons apart from 'it looks good on TV' that some people won Hell's Kitchen and surprised viewers.
I hope Alex doesn't get scammed because of his age in this season's Hell's Kitchen as he is probably the best and most consistent chef.
I have that concern, too, but I think his backstory is propelling him to the win, combined with his consistently high performances.
If ya wanna check, spoilers are out due to Netflix in another country accidentally putting out the whole season instead of one episode at a time. Not writing it here though, spoil at your own risk
@@chelscara I saw the spoilers, which is how I already know that Alex wins this season
@@amazingtoludada300 It wouldn't kill you to refrain from posting spoilers.
@@HESHRocketWarhead I watched the finale when it aired last night, and yes, he did actually win
spoilers for s21 hk
hopefully i went far enough. the most recent season of hk is battle of the ages so 20s v 40s. Knowing that Ramsey typically goes for younger chefs, rather than older, having Kori be the oldest winner so far, i am incredibly scared for Alex. He clearly proved himself as the best chef of season 21. He beat out all the other older chefs very early in the season, the latest being Tara. His leadership skills are better than most and respectfully he had a few mess ups here and there, but he managed to bounce back quickly, where it wasnt a problem. Having knowledge of how hk works, basically knowing the 'script' , its going to be him v one of the young folks, my prediction is Alejandro. Alex had a heart warming backstory, having his restruant close bc of covid. None of the other chefs have that. So here, im praying and HOPING Ramsey doesnt screw him over in the end because Alex deserves the win more than anyone. Age shouldnt define a chef. I understand Ramsey's point, but having seen Ben from S17 and Petrozza from S4, older chefs are more than capable than doing what younger chefs can do.
I've been cheering for alex to win s21. He outshined all the 40 something chefs. He's so level headed and likeable. If he doesn't win I'm going to feel just as sad as when Petrozza lost.
I think Michelle is a pretty good cook tbh. She usually dominates challenges and her creativity and ability to think of recipes outside of the box is probably the best i've seen in hk. And that's what a head chef job is actually about. Creating menus and recipes
6:45 Ariel was a villain? Was I watching A different season? If Ariel was a villain, then what was Meghan? She was twice as nasty as Ariel ever was.
I wonder if Petrozza would still be alive today if he had won Hells Kitchen
How's one related to the other?
@@Dolek135 Winning Hells Kitchen do be changing your entire life.
@@citywokbesitzer6834didn’t some of them get arrested or became drug addicts
I've wondered that too, but it's hard saying. The guy was a habitual smoker before entering the competition, and given his messy habits in the kitchen for a good part of the season, I don't know if he would have quit smoking had he won. And even if he did, I don't know if it would already be too late. We lost him too soon.
I don't think his winning would have prevented his cancer.
9:52 Come Ramsey Tommy Winning! What Have Been Awesome! Better Then Jackass We Got As The Final Three!
Nah I'm not having that. Christina 100% earned that win. She made plenty of mistakes yes but she grew so much and by the end I genuinely believe she was the better leader. Christina is awesome.
RIP Lou Petrozza
Who’s here after Alex’s win?
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Holli is super underrated. She deserved to win.
Russel dinner service was dreadful he didn’t deserve a w
Please do a video on what happened to the mystery contestant JR on Season 3!!!
Paul wrangling the Elise-Carrie rivalry helped him win more than most people think.
Russell being so salty about losing and blaming everyone on his team was insulting and disrespectful. I am so glad he lost to this day
Ramsay made it clear over the seasons that he tends to prefer younger contestants who have good growth. He also seems to be somewhat biased towards those with a good palette (Nona, Virginia, Bonnie, etc). So most of these didn't surprise me. However, I did think he made the wrong choice with Holli and Christina.