Ben Newton

* HK Luskia

**Benjamin "Ben" Newton** is a contestant who competed on the second season of *Hell's Kitchen Luskia*. He ranked in 6th place.

## Personality

During his stay, Ben had a quick temper, an explosive attitude and he was shown to have terrible teamwork skills. As a result, he didn't get along with his fellow contestants. Despite being a solid performer in challenges, he was an inconsistent performer in services despite flashes of brilliance, and was known for his dreadful attempts at leadership. He didn't get along with either team, and most notably had feuds with Kieran and Mila.

## Hell's Kitchen Luskia

### Episode 1

The chefs arrived at Hell's Kitchen, and they had to cook their signature dishes. He faced Mila in the first round, and his steak au poivre with roasted root vegetables scored 3/5. Eventually, the blue team lost the challenge, and they were punished by having to prepare the restaurant.

During dinner service, Ben was on the garnish station. At one point, he told Owen that he didn't make enough salad, however it turned out that there was too much. Later, the red team came in to help the blue team, and at one point, he got annoyed with Kelly's direction. The blue team lost the service, and he was not nominated for elimination.

### Episode 2

Kenneth introduced the Scallop Cleaning challenge, and he was paired up with Nathan. They didn't have any attempts accepted, and the blue team eventually lost the challenge.

During dinner service, Ben was on the fish station with Tim. He wasn't seen much, but at one point, he sent up raw halibut that caused the blue team to get kicked out of the kitchen. The teams were named joint-losers, and he was not nominated for elimination.

### Episode 3

In the morning, the chefs got a rude awakening and Kenneth introduced the Navy Lunch Service. He was on the garnish station with Nathan. At one point, he told Owen to walk his burgers, but then told him to stop when he started walking them, and Owen accused him of trying to lead but not knowing how to. Later on, when Nathan sent soggy fries, he took over and had the refire accepted.

During dinner service, Ben was on the fish station with Jason. He was not seen much during service, and the teams were named joint-losers, with Owen being named Best of the Worst. He was not nominated for elimination.

### Episode 4

Kenneth introduced the Creative Pork challenge. He went up against Jana in the first round, and his barbecue pork was deemed spot-on and won the round. The blue team eventually won the challenge 4-3, and they got to board a yacht, and he was seen celebrating along with the rest of his team.

During dinner service, Ben was on the appetizer station with Owen. At one point, he was caught doing nothing, and he was told to move his ass and get in the game. He took this as a sign to take charge, and he tried to do so, but unfortunately, he told his team to fire the wrong ticket, so Tim corrected him. Later on, he sent up plain capellini with no lobster despite Tim trying to stop him, and Owen accused him of being both a bad cook and a bad leader.

The teams were named joint-losers, and Tim was named Best of the Worst. At one point, Tim told Ben that he screwed up by being a shitty leader, and Ben got irate about the decision, and yelled that there was nothing wrong with his leadership, but Tim calmly reminded him that he did call out the wrong ticket. Kieran mocked Ben which caused him to continue to rage until Lincoln calmed him down. He was named Tim's first nominee, and during his plea, he claimed to be a natural-born leader, but Kenneth said that all he did was lead his team to failure, and he couldn't believe that he tried to call out the wrong ticket. Eventually. Kenneth asked him for his jacket, and he noted that he promised leadership before telling him that he had a chance to prove himself in the red team, and asked him to go to his new team.

### Episode 5

At the start of the episode, Mila said that Ben probably wasn't much of an upgrade over Diana. Meanwhile, Kieran was shown mocking him and told him that he would get on better with the red team as they were already used to having pussies, to which Ben told him to shut up. This led to an explosive argument that ended in Tim intervening.

For the Protein Identification challenge, the chefs were split into pairs to identify proteins. He was paired up with Casey, and Mila said that she was nervous about having him on the team. While they initially guessed the tacos to have chicken, Casey suggested rabbit and they got it on their second attempt. Eventually. the red team won the challenge, and they got to visit an aquarium.

During dinner service, Ben was on the meat station with Jana. At one point, Mila was seen on the meat station and he told her to leave him alone, to which she said that she knew that they would fail. He told her not to cut into his chicken as it wasn't fired yet, but she sent it up anyway and Kenneth asked them who cooked it, which led to an argument as Mila was claiming that Ben was the one who cooked it while Ben argued that it wasn't supposed to be sent up and that she sent up chicken that he told her wasn't ready. This led to a screaming match where Ben called her a bitch and Mila accused him of being the worst teammate in the world and said that she would have Diana back just to have him out.

The red team lost the service, and while deliberating, Mila put up him as the second nominee, and he told her that he didn't do anything wrong and that she deserved to go up for throwing him under the bus. Mila then started crying, saying that the argument upset her and that what he did was hurtful. While Fiona was brought up, Ben claimed that Jana and Mila were the worst that night, however Mila said that it was sad that he kept targeting her over one argument, and Fiona said that they needed to stop arguing. He was announced as the second nominee for elimination, with Jana being the first, but he argued that Mila deserved to be nominated.

For his plea, Ben said that he should stay as he didn't have that bad of a night, and that Mila was making him look bad and said that the red team wasn't willing to give him a chance. Mila said that she found it disgusting that Ben would throw her under the bus like that, to which Ben told her that she did it in service. In the end, Jana was eliminated.

### Episode 6

Back in the dorms, the women were telling him that the way he acted was disgusting, to which he said that they were being annoying and that they should just leave him alone, to which Casey reminded him that he was part of their team, and he replied that since he was part of their team, they should treat him like a team member.

Kenneth introduced the Creative Soup challenge, where each chef had to make a soup. Kenneth then introduced his own wife and mother, and said that they would be judging as well. He presented his butternut soup, and while they liked it, he lost the round to Kelly. Eventually, the red team won the challenge, and they got to meet Season 1 winner Erik Shields at the King's Crown.

During dinner service, Ben was on the meat station. At one point, he had steaks rejected for being burnt, and he was asked to do better. Later, he told Ashley to cook tuna not on order, but Kenneth corrected him and called him stupid. The red team lost the service, While deliberating the nominees, he said that Casey was the first nominee. The red team told him that he also fucked up, and he said that he knew that he did, and he was decided on as the second nominee. He was named the red team's second nominee, with Casey being the first, and During his plea, he said that he was an amazing leader, but Kenneth reminded him that it was his third time in a row on the chopping block, told him that the team clearly doesn't respect him like a leader should be respected, and said that his time is running out. In the end, Casey was eliminated. Later on, Ben said hello to Lorenzo again as the latter moved to the red team.

### Episode 7

TBD

**Kenneth's comment:** *"I'm looking for a chef who is mature, who can take command of a kitchen and can be seen as a strong leader. I didn't really get that from Ben."*

## Quotes

*(To Kelly)* "Can you just leave me?!"

*(To Owen)* "No! I didn't tell you to send them up!"

"There's nothing wrong with my leadership!"

*(To Kieran)* "Shut up! Shut up, bitch!"

"Mila, you're a bitch!"

*(To Mila)* "I don't deserve to be up! You, YOU deserve to be up for throwing me under the bus!"

*(To the red team)* "You bitches! I know I made mistakes but I'm just making a point because you all have something against me!"

"Can you stop abusing me!?"

"Communication is key!"

"I'm not throwing a tantrum! It's just, nobody likes me!"

*(About the ice skating reward)* "It's embarrassing how much I fell, but I had a lot of fun."

"Ashley! Don't send it unless you're confident that it's right!"

"Well I don't know what else to suggest!"

"I'm getting FUCKED! I don't deserve this shit, I was never treated as a team member!"