Jake Marshall

**Jacob "Jake" Marshall** was a contestant on Season 1 of Hell's Kitchen Roleplay (Season 21). He ranked in 5th place.

## Personality

Jake was one of the nicest and friendliest chefs of the season, as well as one of the funniest. In the kitchen, he was one of the most underestimated and hard-working contestants, as despite his inexperience, he managed to keep up with the majority of chefs, even managing to outperform them on occasion, making him a major underdog of the season. However, Jake had a habit of being incredibly harsh on himself, and thus, being unable to bounce back when it mattered most. This resulted in him barely missing out on the final four, after his inexperience came back to haunt him, resulting in a disastrous performance on the fish station. However, he managed to redeem himself by providing a strong service in Shane's finale, despite Shane being the main reason he was eliminated. Jake formed a close friendship with Angie due to their underdog personalities and had notable friendships with Elise, Dee, and Mae, while having minor clashes with Life due to his inconsistency and temper, and Civ due to Civ's initial belittlement of him.

## Season 21 (RP)

### Episode 15/16

Jake was one of the eight returning chefs that came back for the final dinner service. He was Shane's second pick, after Dee, and was followed by Corny and Life. After being selected, he remembered how Shane was the person that resulted in his elimination, but said he would stay professional regardless. He also worried how much input Dee was putting into Shane's revised menu, worrying that could cost him.

During dinner service, Jake was initially on the appetizers station, and managed to send out send out multiple accepted oysters alongside Life, despite forgetting the cervil on one of the oysters. Later, after a customer returned a vegetable medley, Shane told Jake to refire it, which he successfully did. He would later offer help to Dee on the meat station, and eventually moved to the garnish station, managing to successfully send out garnishes. He would later have an undercooked eggplant, which he fortunately managed to fix. As both teams cleaned down, Jake wished Shane luck in victory. Shane eventually won the finals over Angie.

## Nomination History

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## Season 22 (RP)

### Episode 6

Jake made a cameo as a customer for the Hell's Kitchen reunion dinner service, He was eating at the same table as Angie, Shane, Bobby, Elise, and Dee.

## Post Hell's Kitchen

* After his appearance on the show, Jake would finish off the Harbinger series and begin working at The Angus Barn, where he is currently a Sous Chef.
* He was approached to come back for All Stars, but he turned it down as he recently got married.

## Trivia

* Prior to appearing on the show, he was the main writer and developer for the acclaimed Harbinger video game series.
* He was the sixth chef to score a perfect 4 out of 4 on the Blind Taste Test.
* He is the second chef to be called forward by Ramsay as a nominee while being on the winning team, following Matt (Season 4).
* He is the only black jacket of the season to never be in the red kitchen.
* Jake holds the record for most times announcing the nominees during the season, with three regularly, and one being best of the worst.
* He is the third black jacket that didn't originally have a job involving food, following Jimmy and Jessica (both from Season 1).
* He is the second RP chef to receive the "Best of the Worst" title.

## Quotes

* "I gotta heed his words. I need to do way, way better, and now that we're in the top 8, I can't hide. I need to emerge."
* "Holy shit! Black jackets! I actually have a shot! As long as I don't mess up, I got this!"
* "Tonight, I fucked up bad, really bad. But I know I can bounce back. I didn't get this far just to fall before the finish line. I didn't put my head down whenever I fucked up, I took responsibility for my mistakes. I may be a game developer, but I tried my damndest to get to where I am, I proved myself time and time again that I have what it takes to be in this competition, and I am not giving up without a fight."
* *(After elimination)* "It really sucks that I left when I did...I thought I actually had a shot. Unfortunately, I misfired tonight, but that's okay. I know that my inexperience truly hurt me in the long run, and I met some amazing people while there. All I can do is just take it on the chin and live with it. That's life you know."