(Soup212) 14 Chefs Compete

The first episode of the first season of Hell's Kitchen was published on October 31st, 2021. In that episode, 14 chefs entered Hell's Kitchen, and one chef leaves after being there for less than 48 hours.

## **Intro**

The season began with fourteen new chefs entering Hell’s Kitchen, with Chef Ramsay talking about how this was an opportunity of a lifetime. The camera pans to Greg as he talks about how this opportunity would change his life, and Stacey talks about how easy this will be. Ramsay revealed when the chefs first got into Hell’s Kitchen that they would be able to have a restaurant of their own, with Cody saying he would love to have his own restaurant.

## **Challenge**

For their first challenge, Ramsay said the chefs would have 45 minutes to prepare their signature dish for him.

First up were Cody and Ashley. Cody’s dish was deemed to be okay, giving it 3 out of 5, while Ashley’s sauce was salty, giving her 2 points. Next up were Krystal and Greg. Krystal's dish had good flavor, giving her 3 points, while Greg’s meat was delicious, but the other elements of his dish were lacking, giving him 3 points as well. Louie’s dish was cooked perfectly, giving him 4 points, and Jacki’s dish was also very good, Giving her 4 points as well. Both Louie and Jacki mentioned how happy they were having gotten a good score. The points were 10-9, with men leading heading into round 4, with Karl and Stacey going head-to-head. Karl's dish was a complete mess, giving 1, and Karl stated how disappointed he was in himself. Stacey’s dish didn’t fare much better, with her only getting 2 points. Next, Billy's dish was received well by Ramsay, getting 4 points, and Ramsay gave Liz the first 5 of the day, as Ramsay said her dish was the most flavorful dish of the day, with Liz seen smiling. Next, Scott and Lori headed up. Scott's dish was called nothing special, giving him 3 points, and Lori's dish was called bizarre by Ramsay, giving her only one point. Lori said that she thought Ramsay didn’t know what “good” food tasted like, in a confessional. Heading into the final round, the points were 17 to 16, with the men leading. In the final round, it was Tristan up against Chrissy. Tristan’s dish tasted good, but it was mushy, giving him 3 points. Chrissy’s dish was called delicious by Ramsay, and he gave her a 5 out of 5, letting the women win in a 21-20 vote. Chrissy said that Lori “owed” her, while Billy said how mad he was at Karl for messing up his dish.

## **Reward**

The Women were treated to an expensive dinner with Chef Ramsay at one of his own restaurants, with Ramsay asking them how it feels to have a restaurant like this, with Liz saying it would be amazing, and Krystal saying in a confessional that it would be “unreal.”

## **Punishment**

The men were punished with having to clean the kitchens and set up the dining room for service tomorrow. Billy and Louie were seen bonding, and Louie talked about how they needed to get the “weak” links, with the camera panning to Karl. Billy talked to Scott about this, but Scott said that they needed to keep good sportsmanship with their teammates.

## **Before Dinner Service**

The camera showed the teams studying up for the coming dinner service, and while Blue team studied extra hard, with Greg saying they needed to get their revenge. In contrast, comparatively, the Red studied very little, with Lori saying they still felt they would beat the men.

The next day, the chefs were then given their knives by the sous chefs, with Jacki saying how much of a treat this was. The chefs then began preparing for dinner service, with Scott asking if they were already, with the remaining Blue team saying yes. Scott said that he felt the Blue team needed a leader, so he was ready to be one, while Karl said that he thought Scott was being too bossy.

## **Dinner Service**

 **Garnish** | Tristan
 **Meat** | Karl & Billy
 **Fish** | Cody
 **Dessert** | Greg

The dinner service began with Scott, and Louie on appetizers for the Blue team, and Stacey, and Liz on appetizers for the red team. Stacey said she felt that she needed to prove herself after her failure today in the challenge, as she sent up her risotto. Ramsay showed her that the risotto was absolute mush, and told her fuck off to restart, with Liz telling Stacey she needs to get it together, with Liz helping Stacey. Stacey then sent up her second risotto, with Ramsay saying it tasted a lot better, and he sent it to the dining room. In the Blue Kitchen Scott sent up Louie’s risotto before it was done, and Ramsay sent it back, saying it would be like rocks. Louie said that he wished Scott would just wait for a second, as Scott sent off the second risotto, however, Ramsay showed Scott how the risotto was completely burnt at the bottom, and Ramsay decided to switch Tristan to appetizers and Scott to garnish, with Scott saying that everyone makes mistakes. Tristan said that if he needed to clean up Scott’s mess, he would, and his risotto was called delicious by Ramsay and sent out.

It had been 30 minutes into dinner service, and customers were only just starting to get their appetizers, with many customers saying how they were very hungry. Ramsay said that the chefs had to pick up the pace, and in the blue kitchen, Billy said that they were falling behind, and needed to catch up if they wanted to complete dinner service. In the Blue kitchen, they had moved on to entrees, contrary to what Billy said earlier, it showed Billy and Karl fighting over whether or not to send up the meat, with Karl deciding that they needed to send it up now, and Karl deciding without consulting Billy. However, Ramsay said that the Wellington was perfect, with Karl celebrating in a confessional. However, Scott's garnish was all screwed up, and Ramsay told Scott to fuck off to the dorms, with Ramsay putting Tristan back on garnish. In the red team, they had also just moved onto Entrees, with Krystal saying that her halibut would be perfect, as she sent it up to the pass. However, Ramsay told her that it was completely fucked, with Ramsay telling her to get it right, or she would be in the dorms. Chrissy said it seemed like Krystal had never cooked a halibut before in her life, and called it an embarrassment to the whole team. Krystal sent up her halibut, and Ramsay showed her it was completely raw, told her to go to the dorms, and sent Chrissy up to the fish station to cook the halibut, which she did. Krystal said she hoped this wouldn’t cost her team the win, as she joined Scott in the dorms.

One hour into dinner service everything had ground to a halt, and customers said that if they didn’t get their food soon, they would leave. In the Blue team, Billy and Karl were still fighting, with Ramsay telling them to shut up, which they both eventually did. However, this didn’t help when they sent up a raw New York strip, with Ramsay telling them to fix it. Billy wanted to do it fast, and despite Karl warning him, Billy sent up the meat to the pass. Billy said that it was Karl’s fault that the first steak was messed up and that this one would be great. However, Ramsay called the entire team over and showed them that the steak was raw, and told Billy, and Karl, to fuck off. Ramsay then put Cody on meat and told him that if he made one mistake, the entire team was out. Cody said that he needed to show Ramsay that he is a competent cook, and sent up the New York strip, however, Ramsay called the Blue team up, showed them the overcooked steak, and told the entire Blue team to go to the dorms. Cody says didn’t even know what happened, and said this couldn’t send him home. In the Red kitchen, it showed Lori bringing up the Filet Mignon, saying that she wants to stand out in this service. However Ramsay showed the Red team the raw Filet and told them to refire, but it was pointless, as customers started to leave Ramsay told the Red team that the dining room was almost empty, and told the Red team to shut the kitchen down.

The Sous chefs then got both teams down back to the Kitchen. Ramsay told both teams that they were a disaster, but the Red team got out more entrees, so he awarded the win to them, and he told the Blue team to nominate two of themselves for elimination.

## **Post-Mortem**

For elimination, the blue team, despite Scott’s protests, Scott was the first chef nominated by the Blue team, however, the blue team was divided on who the second nominee would be, with Billy saying Karl, Karl saying Billy, and some others saying Cody.

## **Elimination**

Chef Ramsay asked Greg for the first nominee, and Greg said Scott, for failing on appetizers. When chef Ramsay asked for the second nominee, Greg thought for a bit before saying Cody, for getting them kicked out. Ramsay called up both Scott and Cody, asking both why they should stay in Hell’s Kitchen. Scott said that he was passionate, a team worker, and a good cook, while Cody said Scott wasn’t a good worker, that Scott was cocky and overbearing, and that he only made one mistake tonight. Ramsay eliminated Scott, with Scott thanking Ramsay for the opportunity. Ramsay told the Blue team and Cody to step it up for the coming dinner services. Billy said that it should’ve been Karl going home tonight, while Chrissy said that she hoped the Red team would win every dinner service.

Ramsay’s quote: “Scott thought he was the best, but I think the only thing he was the best at was talking.”