Ewan McMurphy

* RP S4
* RP S2

**Ewan McMurphy** was a contestant on Season 2 of Hell's Kitchen Roleplay (Season 22) and on Hell's Kitchen Roleplay: Season 4 (All Stars). He ranked in 12th place in Season 2, and ranked in 3rd place in Season 4.

## Personality

Ewan was an energetic, loud, yet incredibly professional chef with great cooking skills. Due to this, he is one of the most popular contestants in the history of the competition.

In Season 22, Ewan was a loud, quirky, yet charming and hilarious chef who prided himself on his Scottish heritage, who also had a number of memorable quotes. Despite his rambunctious personality, Ewan was incredibly professional in the kitchen, and was willing to let everyone's voice be heard. Additionally, Ewan was notable for being able to help struggling chefs have stronger services, resulting in chefs like Craig and Danny managing to stand out a lot more. However, Ewan did have a bit of a temper, even to the extent he would make threats, particularly towards chefs who particularly annoyed him. In the kitchen, Ewan was one of the more consistent chefs during service, but would tend to struggle during challenges, although he would often lose under rather dubious circumstances. Despite this, he was one of the stronger leaders of the season and was an early front-runner until a nasty injury forced him out of the competition. He got along well with the majority of the chefs, especially Danny, who he had a sort of mentor-apprentice friendship and had close friendships towards Droidette, Mehgan, Craig, Akshay, and Hal. He initially had a dislike towards Jangue due to his abrasiveness, but eventually resolved his issues with him, although this would soon be undone due to Jangue's attitude. He had notable rivalries with Smelly, who he had an explosive feud with due to Smelly's arrogance, and a more explosive one with Chris, due to his arrogance, behavior towards Mehgan, and his attempt at sabotaging him during the Cook For Your Life Challenge.

Upon returning in All-Stars, Ewan would immediately establish himself as a major front-runner, getting a five on the Signature Dish challenge once more and taking on a strong leadership role, allowing him to shine above the rest of the notoriously cutthroat and inconsistent blue team. It would also appear that his temper had toned down considerably, no longer getting extremely heated and instead keeping his head up, while retaining his sense of humor, which would also allow him to be perhaps the sanest chef of the blue team, which also resulted in him being well-liked by the red team. He got along well with Anthony, Angie, Kelly, Zach, and Dee, while resuming his rivalry with Jangue due to him constantly surpassing Jangue leadership wise, and getting into a few arguments with Bobby due to Bobby's frantic nature.

## Season 22 (RP)

### Episode 1

Ewan was one of the chefs to be on the bus before it crashed and was one of the chefs to not arrive early. During the trek, he bonded with Danny and Hal, and after it was revealed that whoever didn't arrive would be eliminated, Ewan would carry Danny, Denise, and Droidette to the restaurant. Upon arriving, he would soon get into an argument with Smelly over Smelly's refusal to learn the menu, and was furious when Smelly mocked his accent. However, after Sous Chef Toasty told them to stop bickering, he agreed. He was then in agreement to put Smelly as the captain, and while he didn't like Smelly, he was hoping that if Smelly crashed, it would be an excuse to get rid of him. He later would discuss strategy with Droidette and Danny, and helped Danny with memorizing the menu.

During the signature dish challenge, he went up against Michael, and he cooked a Beef Suya with ground peanuts, paprika, ginger, garlic, and cayenne pepper. The dish was praised for being seasoned perfectly and delicious, and he would score the first five of the night. Despite this, the blue team would lose, and be punished with cleaning the dorms. During the punishment, Ewan, along with Jangue, would get into an argument with Smelly once more over his laziness.

During service, Ewan was on the garnish station with Danny, where he would tell Danny to work on the mash while he did the carrots. When Smelly sent up multiple unaccepted wellingtons, he told Droidette and Kelly to take over, much to Smelly's anger. He would also taste Danny's mash three times, which allowed it to be successful and pass. However, the team were still kicked out after too many mistakes on the meat station.

During deliberation, he was in disbelief when Smelly was said to announce the nominees, and defended himself and Danny, as they had perfect garnishes. He would then consider Craig for elimination, as he should've been helping on the meat station. While he was briefly considered by Smelly, Smelly admitted that Ewan didn't mess up.

Ewan was not nominated for elimination, and was overjoyed when Smelly was eliminated. On the way back to the dorms, he told Jangue to not get an attitude, as they just got rid of Smelly.

### Episode 2

Upon returning to the dorms, he would have a discussion with Mehgan about the leadership, and after Mehgan asked why he didn't want to lead, he explained it was because he wanted to give everyone a chance, and was surprised no one took the shot. He then agreed to let Mehgan try out leading, and said that if she failed, either he, Droidette, or Kelly could take over. During the discussion, he claimed that Jangue was only tasting the mash for Danny, resulting in Jangue defending himself stating that he also did the flatbreads. He would then receive advice from Toasty, stating that they all needed to work together, to which Ewan would agree with. Early the next morning, Ewan would apologize to Jangue for last night.

During the challenge, Ewan would say he knew what mirepoix was, and he managed to get four accepted. The red team won, and they were rewarded with a trip to an apple farm. During the reward, Ewan would manage to climb a tree to get apples, and nearly was out of breath when he got a bunch of SpongeBob popsicles, and later managed to steal some.

During service that night, Ewan was on the garnish station alongside Droidette. He would give directions to Denise, and expressed annoyance that Denise was lost and the timing was already off. After Denise was relegated to desserts, he told Danny to hold the scallops, and helped get out food. He later was annoyed that Craig wasn't helping Danny with the scallops. Later, he ended up bringing up cold garnish, but managed to get his refire accepted. It wasn't enough however, as the red team was kicked out.

In the dorms, Ewan comforted Danny, saying that he shouldn't go up as Danny rocked appetizers while suggesting Craig for not helping, and Denise for being lost. Upon being called back down, he said goodbye to Denise, and welcomed Michael as a new teammate.

### Episode 3

Upon arriving in the dining hall, he greeted previous season's winner, Shane, and made a jerk chicken with the ingredients used. Shane would say however it was the worst due to it being over seasoned and overcooked. During prep, he was disheartened over his poor performance during the challenge, and promised to bounce back.

During service that night, he was on the meat station along with Jangue. He would tell Mehgan and Tanner to walk their apps, and managed to send up a good New York Strip, during which, he joked that he grew his own meat himself after Jangue complimented it. He also told Droidette to help with the branzino's. The red team were victorious that service, and he was excited over managing to redeem himself for his poor challenge performance. Back in the dorms, he considered Marcy a loose cannon.

### Episode 4

On the patio that night, Ewan had a discussion with Craig over his poor performances in service. Craig stated that he didn't mean to freeze up and not help, he was just quiet. In response, Ewan would tell Craig that he can clearly cook, as he didn't place last in the challenge, and told him to be a bit more vocal.

During the fish challenge, he was selected to be one of the five chefs who participated, and went up against Hal, and he picked salmon for his protein. Before his dish went up, he expressed pride that Craig managed to start breaking out, and when Chris presented his poorly cut yellowtail, he compared the size of it to his ego, stating that he was previously quiet, but suddenly became arrogant. When he went up, he made a sweet chili oven baked salmon with a lemon garlic sauteed broccolini and some cilantro, which was praised for being delicious, but lacked a bit of seasoning. He ended up losing the round to Hal, and the blue team won the challenge. The red team were punished by drinking gross soups, during which Ewan downed two, stating he's had worse.

In the dorms, Ewan tried to calm down everyone after they blamed Danny for their loss, and after Danny wanted some time alone, he told everyone to not go after him and give him space. Later, he went to comfort Danny along with Droidette, and along with her and Craig, told him they had his back.

During service that night, he was on the garnish station with Tanner. As the first apps started, Ewan reminded Danny about the mussels in the capellini, and reminded Droidette to check her flatbreads, as he worried they would be undercooked. When the flatbread argument occurred, Ewan told everyone to work on their dishes and argue later. Later, he managed to communicate with Jangue, Droidette, and Mehgan. Later, when entrees started, Ewan was confused on timings for a bit, and ended up a bit behind, but managed to send up acceptable garnishes. Ewan was then able to prevent Craig from dropping his burger too early, and successfully managed to lead the red team on the final order, and the red team were able to win the service.

### Episode 5

After elimination, Ewan was shocked that Jangue requested a team switch. Back at the dorms, Ewan was suggested to be the leader by Mehgan after his strong performance previous service, and he accepted the role. Later, at the hot tub, Chris asked how he could impress Mehgan, to which Ewan replied that he just had to do well in service. Before bed, he decided to sleep against the door, in case Chris tried to pull anything on Mehgan.

In the morning, Ewan arrived at the campsite for the challenge, where he would manage to hunt down a boar. While skinning the boar, Danny showed off a vulture he was planning on using for his dish. Ewan would argue against it, stating that vulture was a bad idea to try eating, and told Danny that he could get someone like Chef Emily very ill. He later would join Mehgan as he required help getting honey, as he was allergic to bees.

During the challenge, he went up against Akshay, and he expressed confusion on where he got the ingredients. For his dish, he made a honey glazed boar filet with some wild collards and some smoked parsnip. While the dish was praised for being cooked well, it was criticized for the lack of honey taste and boring sides, and he lost the round to Akshay, much to his annoyance. The red team won the challenge however, and they were rewarded with a canoeing and camping trip. During the trip, Ewan would try to catch a smore, but fell out of his canoe.

During service that night, Ewan was on the fish station, and looked to help Mehgan on the apps station. After Mehgan uncooked the capellini, he told her to get the water to a boil, and then jumped to help her out. While he got his capellini accepted, Mehgan didn't once more. After he finished apps, he started working on scallops, and initially told Danny he had it down, but relented and let him help, remembering that Danny was usually pretty good on scallops. When Mehgan continued to struggle on apps, he expressed shock that Mehgan was doing this terribly, and told Michael and Droidette to help her on apps. When entrees arrived, he managed to get all his accepted, but accidentally called out a wrong time, confusing the team. Thankfully they were able to recover and finish service, which Ewan described as rough but not awful.

Both teams lost and were said to nominate one person for elimination. During deliberation, he said that unfortunately, there was no way Mehgan could avoid going up tonight, and joined the red team in a group hug.

He was not nominated for elimination, and was devastated when Mehgan was eliminated.

### Episode 6

On the bus ride back, Ewan was still devastated over Mehgan's elimination, stating she was one of his closest friends. On the bus, Kelly asked for the opportunity to be a leader, and while Ewan said he was the leader, he would allow her to lead for one night only to see how she does, and give Danny praise for his strong performance that night. Back at the dorms, Ewan would compare Ben's and Chris's argument to clucking chickens.

In the challenge service, Ewan expressed shock that he was cooking for Hell's Kitchen alumni. That service, he was on the meat station, and reminded everyone of the times. He told Tanner when to drop the omelettes, and together, they got their dishes accepted. When the next order came in, he told Craig when to drop his steak, and told Droidette to jump onto the french toast station when Michael was quiet. He later managed to help get their dishes accepted. Later, he prevented Tanner from dropping the sausages early, and told Danny to help on french toast, stating his goal was to make everyone shine. He then told Danny to drop the toast in a minute and then told him to drop, and managed to keep communicating with the kitchen, telling Kelly when to drop the sausage and telling Tanner when to start the fried eggs. After managing to get more food accepted, he told Craig to do the medium steaks, and managed to get their final ticket accepted, winning the service.

For their reward, they got to mingle with the alumni, and eventually went on a trip to Disneyland. While there, Ewan said "treasure for adventure", admitting he got excited way too easily.

Upon returning, Ewan expressed confusion when they were being taken to the Chef's restaurant, and was worried as anything could happen. There they were introduced to the Cook For Your Life challenge. The first dish created was Steak Frites with Bearnaise sauce, and expressed confusion when Shaun tried to do a lobster risotto. His dish was criticized for having a stuck sauce, and he was not one of the first to be called safe.

In the second round, he managed to guess peking duck for the next dish, and while making it, Chris spilled water on it, ruining the dish and enraging Ewan, who threatened to boil him alive. Due to the sabotage, his dish wasn't selected to be perfect, and when Chris was revealed to be his final challenge, Ewan was determined to beat him.

In the final challenge, both Ewan and Chris had to make a poached chicken roulade, which he managed to replicate perfectly, and ended up surviving over Chris, and reunited with his team. He would then say goodbye to Droidette and Kelly as they were transferred over to the blue team, and welcomed Akshay and Hal as they were transferred over to the red team.

### Episode 7

Back at the dorms, he expressed relief that he survived, and wondered if he was doing something wrong, and requested a meeting with Chef Emily. He would ask how he could do better in challenges, as that seemed to be his weak point. Emily would then suggest that he start focusing on himself during challenges, and Ewan would agree. In the dorms, he informed everyone that they would be on their own during challenges, and expressed worry that now Craig's and Danny's weaknesses would be exposed.

In the Angie's choice challenge, Ewan said that Jangue was quite wordy when describing his dish. For his dish, he would make a pancetta wrapped beef tenderloin with a bourbon mushroom sauce and some collard greens. The dish was praised for tasting great and being cooked wonderfully, although Angie said the greens were a bit bland. It was excused however, and Ewan would score for the red team. The red team would win in the end, and were rewarded with a shopping trip. During the trip, Ewan would pick up a ring, and when Danny asked him about it, Ewan said that he was planning on proposing to his girlfriend if he won.

During service that night, he was on the meat station along with Akshay. He would tell Danny and Hal about the times on the tuna, and reminded them when to flip. When Tanner said carbonara was four minutes, Ewan would correct him, saying 6 minutes instead. He would then help communicate with the egg rolls, during which he praised Danny for starting to come into his own as a leader. Later during entrees, he would communicate with Hal and Danny on the fish station. He would manage to send out acceptable entrees, but gave a wrong time for the branzinos, which he would immediately apologize for. Despite the mistake, it was fixed, and he would help the red team send out the rest of the entrees and desserts, and the red team would win the service.

In the dorms, he praised Danny for emerging, Craig for staying consistent, Hal and Akshay for being great additions, and Tanner for bouncing back. At elimination, he said goodbye to Danny as he was transferred over to the blue team.

### Episode 8

Back in the dorms, Ewan was saddened over Danny's transfer, but said that he would do great things as he was emerging, as long as Jangue didn't throw a hissy fit.

During the protein identification challenge, Ewan was paired up with Michael. He managed to help Hal and Akshay get the first protein in alligator, and despite messing up initially on venison by mistaking it for lamb, he bounced back. He would then help Tanner and Craig guess veal, Hal and Akshay guess duck breast, and immediately guessed salmon correctly. Despite that, the red team lost the challenge, and were punished with cleaning up the dining hall.

During the punishment, Ewan was injured after a razor slashed him and the vacuum cleaner he used degloved his hand. Despite the pain, he tried to do service, but was on the verge of passing out. Sous Chef Toasty would then bring him back into the pantry, and after he was asked if he could do service, Ewan said he couldn't. After confirming Ewan's hand was injured, Toasty would have Ewan be sent to the hospital.

At elimination, Ewan would return from the hospital, as Tanner and Michael were up for elimination. He would then inform Emily that the hand injury was too severe for him to keep continuing, and would be forced to withdraw from the competition. Emily would allow him to keep his jacket, and would receive a standing ovation from everyone except from Jangue. In his exit interview, he said despite being sad by his elimination, he stated he was proud of what he did on the red team, and said that all he had to do now was rest and propose to his girlfriend, Abby.

### Episode 19/20

Despite his injury, Ewan was one of the twelve chefs to return for the final service. He was Danny's first pick, and the first overall, and was eventually joined by Craig, Droidette, and Michael. Back in the dorms, Ewan reminded Danny that he was in charge, and Danny had to pick the brigades.

During dinner service, Ewan was on the apps station, and during his first order, he made perfect crostinis, but burnt the toast, resulting in Michael jumping in to help him on the toasts. The two managed to get the refire accepted. He would state that if there was anything he wanted to do most, it was to help Danny win. He and Michael would continue to work the apps station without any problems. After Craig was ejected by Danny, Ewan was shocked, and wondered if that would backfire for Danny, and eventually managed to recover the garnish station. After service, he would wish Danny luck. Danny eventually won the finals over Jangue and Hal.

## Season 24

### Episode 1

Ewan was the seventeenth All-Star to arrive at Hell's Kitchen, and upon arriving, Angie would note that he lost weight, and Jangue didn't recognize him, but upon doing so, made a snide comment towards him. Ewan would state that he was excited to be back and said he was healthier, slimmer, and his hand was fixed so he could flip off Jangue. When seeing that Danny had become Sous Chef of the Season, Ewan was happy, and noted that Jangue looked like someone shit in his cereal.

During the Signature Dish challenge, stated he learned from what happened last season, and said he was going to be the one to beat and said the signature dish was going to make first impressions. He was the seventh person from the blue team to have their dish judged, and went up against Elise. Before presenting his dish, he was asked about whether his hand was safe to show, and he would show his hand, saying it was safe for TV. He made an arctic char with beetroot orzo, harissa and dill yogurt, roasted yellow beet, kale, and a beet puree, it was compared to a band where everything on the plate was good, and combined even better, and he scored a perfect five. The blue team lost the challenge 32-31, and were punished by setting up the dining room and prepping both kitchens. During the punishment, he expressed annoyance about Jangue being lazy and Zach and Steve arguing, and told the latter two that they could tear each others throats out later. While setting up the tables, he talked with Dee about their seasons. While prepping, when Jangue expressed worry that Zach would sabotage, Ewan stated he would handle Zach, stating he knew a thing or two about sabotages. In the dorms, he noted that only a few of the chefs on the blue team were sane right now, and they couldn't bring negativity into service, and managed to convince Steve to study the menu.

During service, Ewan was on the meat station with Anthony, and he would help Dee and Hunter to get their apps out. Later, he would manage to get his entrees accepted. The blue team would win the service, and he excitedly stated that that was how service was done.

### Episode 2

During the Creative Pasta Challenge, Ewan immediately thought of an Italian dish, and he gave Hunter some pesto. He would also remember how last time, his dish was one of the worst, and wanted that pass. During judging, Ewan was named the first blue chef in the top three and that made him believe he deserved to be there. He made tagliatelle dish with chanterelles with some white wine, bacon, and parmiagiana. Toast loved the taste of his dish, and the white wine added to it. He lost the challenge after Jangue dethroned him. After the challenge, he would check on Droidette after her injury, and encouraged his team to rebound.

During service, Ewan was on the garnish station with Bobby. He managed to help apps get sent out perfect but had to tell Zach multiple times to respond to times, and wondered if Droidette's accident affected them. When Dee, Jangue, and Zach started to have a communication breakdown, Ewan stated he was willing to step up as a leader, and after Dee and Zach were taken into the pantry, he told Jangue to get on apps and he would handle fish. The two of them would get their apps accepted. During entrees, Ewan managed to get his garnish accepted, but Anthony's raw swordfish would cause another breakdown, forcing Toast to send Ewan over to recover the station. While he managed to do so, the garnish was unacceptable, and the blue team were kicked out.

The blue team lost the service, and they were asked to nominate three people. During deliberation, Ewan would suggest Anthony for the fish station meltdown and Jangue for causing the communication breakdown, and he would suggest Dee due to him failing to lead despite him promising.

Ewan was not nominated for elimination, and expressed annoyance that Jangue wanted to switch teams again after he was nominated.

### Episode 3

After elimination, Ewan would talk with Danny, with Danny being happy that he was back, and the two would talk about their families, with Ewan mentioning he and his wife were trying for kids. While talking, Ewan noted that Jangue and Dee were arguing, and went to the dorms to calm Dee down.

During the International Cuisine challenge, Ewan chose to go up against Mae, and their country was Vietnam. While making his dish, Ewan was worried as he hadn't worked on much Vietnamese cuisine, and usually it takes more than forty-five minutes for more advanced stuff. He was the third chef from the blue team to have their dish judged, and presented his grilled lemongrass chicken. It was praised for tasting good, but the chicken was slightly dry. He lost that round to Mae. The blue team would eventually lose the challenge 4-3, and they were punished by making cookies for a nearby bakery. After Jangue used his punishment pass to switch with Elise, he was shocked as Jangue just got out of what he considered a very simple punishment. During the punishment, he talked with Elise, Dee, and Hunter, and stated that he didn't have a lot of faith in the blue team right now, as only him, Bobby, and Hunter were the only blue team members who could have a shot.

During dinner service, Ewan was on the meat station along with Bobby. He managed to help out with leading on the apps station, and when Bobby revealed he messed up Jangue's oven, Ewan stated that Bobby could be way too eager to jump in, and he needed to breathe. When Hunter revealed that the mussels were never started, he told them to get them started. He would continue to help out on apps, and once entrees started, he would help Bobby with leading. After Bobby messed up on the wellington and lamb both times, as well as being a more laid-back leader, Ewan would take over. While he got the order to the pass, the garnish was salty, and the blue team were kicked out. Both teams were declared joint-losers, but Ewan was named "Best of the Worst" for the blue team for his strong performance and managing to get the kitchen back in order during entrees.

During deliberation, he brought up everyone's mistakes that service, and said he wouldn't nominate Jangue and Hunter despite their mistakes because they bounced back, and brought up that he had to take over for Bobby due to his poor leadership.

Ewan named Bobby as his first nominee for his poor leadership and meat station problems, and Craig as his second for his lack of vocalness and contributing to the downfall of the kitchen. He would then say goodbye to Craig as he was transferred to the red team.

### Episode 4

Before the creative pizza challenge, Ewan elected to team with Dee and Bobby for the challenge, and upon arriving at the restaurant, he expected for there to be a sudden Cook for Your Life Challenge, as he remembered last season. During the challenge, he would suggest a Thai shrimp pizza, and during the challenge, he noted that Bobby was clearly shook up after last service. He, along with Dee and Bobby would go up against Mae, Carol, and Tennille, and would present a Thai curry pizza with sweet and sour shrimp, zucchini mozarella, and roasted peanuts. It was praised for the components coming together, and the peanut being surprisingly workable, and they would score over the red team. The blue team would win the challenge after a tiebreaker, and were rewarded with a trip to the Pizzeria Mozza. While there, he would join the toast to Zach and Steve for their dish being the best of the day, and while eating, he stated he was taking in all the ingredients and loving it, although his stomach would hate him later.

During service that night, he was on the fish station with Jangue, where he would help lead out the apps, and noticed that Jangue was off when he hesitated on dropping the scallops, saying that he had a bad challenge and wasn't as vocal. Later when Jangue was hesitant on communication, he told Jangue he needed more talking. During entrees, he managed to get all his food accepted, and when Zach and Dee started to argue a bit, he told them to knock it off.

Both teams were declared the winner, and after service, he tried his best to calm down Dee and Zach when they started to shout at each other, and noted he was probably the sanest person on the blue team.

### Episode 5

During the winner's ingredients challenge with Talia, he questioned if Zach was going to be able to make his wellington in time with the time they had. Before presenting, he joined the team in deciding between Dee's and Zach's dishes, and when presenting, he went up against Mae, and presented a new york strip steak rubbed with chili powder with green beans, wagyu tallow roasted potatoes, and a carrot puree. It was praised for tasting good and being cooked well, with the chili powder working very well with it, and he scored over Mae. After Zach brought up his dish, he stated he knew it was a bad idea to put his up.

The blue team lost the challenge 3-2, and were punished with delivery day. While doing so, he made sure the numbers on the box were correct, and when Sous Danny helped, he called him Sous, stating that while Danny was his friend, he called him his Sous out of respect. Later before service, he worried about Bobby, and said that while he was a good kid, he had to work twice as hard as Bobby was very eager to wander off.

During service that night, he was on the apps station with Bobby, and he managed to get the apps station off to a strong start, telling Zach and Steve when to start, and managed to get all his stuff accepted while working a lot with Zach, comparing the two of them to a well-oiled machine. Later during entrees, he helped Dee with knowing which garnishes to cook at which time, and told the others which chef was leading on their orders. When the five-top order was rejected, he worried that after Bobby went to go help Hunter with his proteins, Dee would start struggling as he was likely to get overwhelmed, and after Dee nearly went ahead, he said he called it. He would then offer to help Dee on garnish, but was rebuffed by him, before eventually helping Dee on garnish and completing service.

The blue team would lose the service, and were assigned with picking two nominees for elimination. During deliberation, he would suggest Hunter for his problems on meat and Bobby for abandoning Dee on the garnish station. After Bobby asked why, he would get into an argument with him, Bobby would suggest Ewan for elimination for not helping Dee on garnish, which the rest of the team disagreed with, with them pointing out that Ewan helped out on garnish. Later, Zach tried to convince him to nominate Jangue and Dee, due to their egos, which Ewan was not sure about due to Jangue bouncing back and Dee's problems on garnish not entirely being his fault.

He was not nominated for elimination, and while heading back to the dorms, he said the egos on the blue team have gotten worse, and while he was trying, it was getting increasingly harder to deal with them.

### Episode 6

Back in the dorms, he elaborated to Bobby on why he was suggesting on putting him up, and said that Hunter should've asked him for help instead of Bobby, as Bobby was already helping Dee, and said he needed to stop jumping into the fray. Later, he would join the hot tub along with Kelly, where he discussed the problems within the blue team, saying that now the red team has gotten rid of all their weak links, the blue team will lose more people. He would then talk to Kelly about their parents, where he mentioned his wife and him were trying for a kid of their own, and mentioned his dad was not as crazy about him giving up his rugby scholarship to cook.

During the scallop prep challenge, he managed to get all his scallops accepted, and upon seeing Bobby's plate, he wondered if he didn't use a shucking knife. His and Kelly's dish was eventually used as the tie-breaker, and the blue team won the challenge, but were not rewarded, as the worst performers would be nominated for the Cook For Your Life challenge.

Due to his performance, he was not nominated for the Cook For Your Life challenge, and while in the dorms, congratulated Kelly on nearly beating him, and welcomed back Dee when he returned to the dorms.

### Episode 7

Upon arriving for the King of the Mountain challenge, he expressed confusion after Toast said Guttentag, and replied with Hola in response. During the challenge, he was the first from the blue team to present his ribeye, and made a ribeye spinalis roulade, with a molasses steak sauce, cauliflower soubise, and cauliflower and red potato gratin with Emmental. It was praised for being cooked well and the gratin, but the sauce was watery and needed more salt and failed to dethrone Tennille.

The blue team won and were rewarded with an overnight stay at a hotel and spa. When meeting the spa lady, he said that something better than a day out of the kitchen relaxing was a beautiful woman, and said his wife would kill him once he said that. He would then imagine the woman as his wife, before saying this didn't help his case and apologizing again.

During service, he was on the garnish station, and managed to help out with leading Bobby on the fish station. After Zach's and Bobby's dishes had problems, he told the two of them to finish it off, and later expressed worry that Bobby wasn't going to have his lobster accepted due to the timing. On the next app ticket, he told carbonara to lead, and continued to help out Bobby on the fish station by giving him correct times, and when Bobby's scallops were overcooked, he told Dee to wait and if Bobby screwed up again, he could jump in. On the third ticket, he told Jangue to lead on risotto, and said that Bobby has been off since his first nomination. During entrees, after Bobby had more problems with salmon and halibut, he told Zach to help out Bobby, and after a brief communication breakdown, he managed to get them together long enough to get the order to the pass, but both proteins were raw, and the blue team was kicked out.

During deliberation, Ewan suggested both Bobby and Jangue for nomination, and when Jangue asked why, Ewan stated that he just told them stuff they already knew, and when Jangue argued Ewan did the same, he stated that when he did it, it kept the pace of the kitchen going.

He was not nominated for elimination, and said goodbye to Jangue and Steve as they were transferred to the red team, and welcomed Angie and Mae to the blue team.

## Post Hell's Kitchen

* Following his appearance on Hell's Kitchen, he would propose to his girlfriend Abby, and is currently engaged to her.
* Ewan would open up a bar along with his wife, where he would become head chef before returning to All-Stars.

## Trivia

* He is allergic to bees.
* He is the first Scottish contestant in the history of the show, and the fourth European-born contestant, following Salvatore (Season 7), Declan (Season 19), and Bobby (Season 21).
* He is the second chef to score a perfect five in Signature Dish in two different seasons, following Heather (Season 16).
* He is the second chef and first RP chef overall to keep their jacket after elimination.
* He is the first and only chef to be the first pick for the final brigade in two different seasons.

### Season 22

* He is the 31st contestant to keep his jacket after elimination, following, Ji, Ariel (season 6), Jillian, Elise (season 9), Dana (season 10), Jon, Melanie, Sterling, Ashley (season 15), Heidi, Elise, Jennifer, Milly, Robyn, Nick (all from season 17), Bret (season 18), Motto, Nikki, Cody, Declan, Steve, Brynn, Kiya, Daisy, Corny, Bobby (season 21), Jake, Elise (season 21), Dee, and Mehgan.
* He is the first medical evacuation to score a perfect 5 out of 5 on the Signature Dish challenge.
* He, along with Michael, are the first two chefs to come back for the final dinner service after being hospitalized during the competition.

### Season 24

* He is the second contestant to score a perfect 5 on the new format of the Signature Dish Challenge in two different seasons, following Heather (Season 16).
* He is the lowest ranked contestant to return for All-Stars, at 12th place.

## Quotes

### Season 22

* "Smelly, if you even think of hopping on my back, I'm going to bury you in the dirt."
* "I may be a fat fuck but the power of Scotland and drugged mash will compensate!"
* "If it looks like a rat...smells like a rat...then that's not a rat, that's Smelly."
* "Droidette and I got a fucking five, A FIVE. And we didn't win because the guy who licks toe cheese all day decided to make bullshit on a plate!"
* "Smelly, get the wax out of your ears and fucking listen you health hazard!"
* "Hey, don't get the attitude now, we just got rid of a cancer, we don't need a yeast infection."
* "Oh, trust me, you should've seen it. It was like seeing a fridge filled with expired meat rolling down a hill."
* "Earth to Denise! We're on Earth! Not Pluto!"
* "Isn't that right Mr. Apple, wouldn't you love to go into a delicious apple pie to become even more delicious?!"
* *(In response to Jangue praising his meat)* "Thanks, I grew it myself."
* *(In response to Danny still wanting to use the vulture meat}* "Dan, I'm going to say this in the nicest way; Please do not do the vulture, because if you get Chef sick from that, which you probably will, regardless of all the science stuff you do, he will not hesitate to kick you out, and even if he doesn't, I don't think I will be able to protect you from everyone else's reaction."
* *(In response to Chris's filets) "*Apparently the salmon slices are like his ego. Fucking massive."
* *(In response to Chris sabotaging him)* "You motherfucker! Chris, I will fucking stick your head in the boiler!"
* *(After withdrawing)* "I didn't think it would end like this...I proved that I could hang with so many people, and show why I belong, and it ends like this. But I don't regret what I did for my team, not in the slightest...I guess my next goal, is to go home, get rest, and finally ask that question to Abby..."

### Season 24

* *(Upon arriving at Hell's Kitchen)* "I'm so PUMPED to be back! I'm slimmer, faster, and my hand is great so now I can flip Jangue off with twice the effort!"
* *(Upon seeing Danny and Jangue's reaction)* "Goddamn, I'm so happy to see Danny back. And I'm looking over and looks like someone shit in Jangue's cereal."
* *(In response to getting a 5 on his signature dish)* "BACK TO BACK FIVES! The power of the Scotland courses through my veins!"
* *(During the reward)* "I'm taking in everything on this pizza. I'm tasting the tomato, I'm tasting the mozzarella, the olives, the achovies, the chiles, the fried peppers, it's just so damn good...my gut is going to be disagreeing with me later...but goddamn!"
* *(During the top ten celebration)* "Man with all this food, I'm going to be back to Season 2 in no time..."
* *(During the reveal of the dunk tank) "*Oh man, a dunk tank...I'm so glad that I lost that weight, otherwise that drop would've registered on the Richter scale."