Terrence Mozzarella

**Dr. Terrence Leonard Mozzarella** **Sr.** (January 17th, 1951-November 13, 2022) was a contestant on Hell's Kitchen Roleplay: Season 3. He finished in 17th place.

## Personality

While his time in the competition was short, Terrence is labeled as one of the most hated chefs in the competition's history, due to his awful skill in the kitchen and particularly weird personality. While initially being seen as a bumbling but well-meaning man, Terrence would later be exposed as a vile, disgusting pervert who had a creepy obsession with Abby. In the kitchen, he was also known for his terrible signature dish, which Gordon described as one of the foulest things he's ever tasted in the competition. During service, he was much more of a hinderance than help, and his belief he had potential nearly led to him assaulting Mick despite Mick being ample help, as well as being the first chef to refuse to give Ramsay his jacket upon being eliminated from the winning team, only cemented his position of one of the most notorious chefs in the competition.

## Season 23 (RP)

### Episode 1

Terrence was one of eighteen contestants seen on the bus to Hell’s Kitchen. He wasn't seen much, but when Abby said she always smelled pretty, Terrence decided he would be the judge of that and immediately sniffed her, concerning and disgusting some of the other chefs on the bus. He also revealed that he used to be a doctor, but faced multiple charges of sexual harrassment after performing a breast exam. When he said he wanted to go to the "whore house" he was told that he would be going to Hell's Kitchen instead, but Terrence said that he was content as long as Abby was there, which disgusted Brynn, who Terrence then said was ugly and therefore will not be subject to his advances. Eventually, the bus crashed near the Grand Canyon and after walking a few miles, Brent eventually called up a limo for all the contestants, so that they could arrive at Hell’s Kitchen both quickly and safely.

In the dorms, when Brent said he planned on ordering pizza, Terrence offered to make pizza for everyone instead, namely one with banana, pineapple, fish and an egg. Upon seeing the pizza, Brent decided to order pizza from Pizza Hut anyways. He then continued his perverted advances by flirting with some of the chefs on the red team, such as Lydia and, as usual, Abby.

Afterwards, Chef Ramsay came on the screen and announced the prize restaurant being at The Conrad, Tokyo as well as the teams. Back in the blue dorms, Terrence attempted to sneak into the red team's bedroom in order to find Abby. Brent then confronted him and when asked what he was going, Terrence claimed that he heard someone screaming in the red bedroom, but a dubious Brent told Terrence that he did not hear anything. A rudely awaken and irate Brynn told Terrence that the red team was all trying to sleep and did not need to be interrupted. When he overheard Brynn telling Brent to lock Terrence in the blue bedroom, Terrence said that he would be content if he and Abby were locked in a bedroom together, as well as claiming that the latter "needed coaching" . He also announced to the entire team that he stole a pair Abby's panties, much to the shock of everyone.

During the Signature Dish challenge, Terrence was not seen much during the cooking process. When asked how old he was by Ramsay, he said he was 71 years old, and thus Ramsay announced that Terrence was the oldest chef to ever compete on Hell's Kitchen. He then presented his pizza with banana, pineapple, fish, and egg. Ramsay was beyond shocked by the presentation and asked if he smoked since one would have to be under the influence of drugs to approve of the idea. He immediately spat the dish out after tasting it and gave the dish a 1 out of 5. Despite this, the blue team eventually won the challenge 29-24. They were rewarded with a VIP night at Caesar's Palace Las Vegas, however he wasn't seen much on the reward.

During dinner service, Terrence was on the meat station with Pory. Terrence was called out by Ramsay for just standing and not doing anything productive. Eventually, Brent got Terrence to help with the meat station, but he kept cutting the meat improperly, which caused Mick to tell him to back off and stop trying to help. In response, Terrence blamed this on Mick for showing him how to do it the wrong way. Terrence continued his attempts to help Brent but the latter continued to reject his help since he was on the wrong section. When Ramsay called out the first order of entrees, Terrence neglected to answer and was berated for not doing so. Terrence responded saying that he *was* communicating. Ramsay then asked angrily if he wanted to raise his voice at him and he told him to wake up. When Terrence finally did actually work on the meat station, he did not initially respond to Brent's status check, and when he eventually responded, he said that the meat would be ready "in a bit." Ramsay then sternly reminded him that "in a bit" is not a valid time in the kitchen and that he needed to give a numerical amount of time. He continued to give ambiguities in his timings moments before the food went to the pass, claiming that "it's ready when it's ready." He also continued to not respond to Brent when asked if he was good and then later when the next ticket was called he did not respond with a time until he was reminded to, albeit he was unsure of the time, and then by the end of the ticket, he once again neglected to respond. He then said he was ready to walk a meat even though the entire ticket was still two minutes out. This forced Brent to jump on meat with Pory and Ramsay told Terrence to get out. Initially, Terrence refused, saying that he could cook, but after Ramsay issued a more stern and angry warning, Terrence relented and left the kitchen. Despite this, the blue team won the service.

Although he was on the winning team, Ramsay eliminated Terrence for his poor performance and for being "so out of your league, that it is not even funny." Additionally, Ramsay retrieved Abby's panties from Terrence's pocket and demanded the latter's jacket. However, Terrence said that he was going to keep it. Ramsay then called security and had them forcibly remove Terrence's jacket and escort him out the building.

Ramsay's Quote: *"Terrence's performance tonight only showed that he wore the panties in the family. As for Shaggy...well he solves mysteries...only mystery for him left to solve, is why he even thought he had a chance at winning Hell's Kitchen."*

## Trivia

* He is the first RP contestant to pass away after his time on the show.
* He was arrested after the show for aggravated assault.
* He died in prison on November 13th, 2022. He is survived by his son, Dr. Terrence Leonard Mozzarella Jr.
* He was the oldest contestant of the season, at 71.
* He's a unique chef in the fact that he had intense rivalries with multiple chefs during the single episode he was on the show. These rivalries included basically anyone with a sense of morality.