Ashley Prange

**Ashley Prange** was a contestant on Hell's Kitchen Roleplay: Season 6. She ranked in 15th place.

## Personality

Ashley described herself as a Hell's Kitchen fanatic, claiming to know all about the show, and was extremely eager and excitable in the kitchen, even to the point of obnoxiousness. Despite her knowledge however, she was easily one of the weaker chefs of the season, and it was made even worse with her general cluelessness and lack of social skills, resulting in her being generally disliked by her team. Despite this, she never meant any sort of harm, and was generally nice to her teammates, up until her final service, where after being beaten down and finally realizing how terribly she was doing, she started to lash out at her teammates, ultimately culminating in quitting the show.

## Season 26

### Episode 1

The eighteen new chefs arrived in Los Angeles in a bus heading to Hell's Kitchen. The bus arrived at Hell's Kitchen, where they were greeted by Gordon. Ashley declared it was a dream come true arriving, stating she was the biggest Hell's Kitchen fan in the world. Ramsay announced the Signature Dish Challenge and gave the chefs 45 minutes to cook their dishes.

During the Signature Dish Challenge, Ashley finished her dish early, and stood around while waiting for the time to run out. After Jared said his dish was something made in the Viking's kitchen, Ashley wondered if it was actually made in the Viking's bathroom. She was the eighth person from the red team to have to have her dish judged by Ramsay and went up against Nick. She presented a low carb mousse with avocado and cocoa powder. It was criticized for looking like she shit in a bowl, causing her to get one point.

The red team lost after 29-30, and were punished by cleaning the kitchen and dorms. While heading to the dorms, she said that she could recover from this. During the punishment, she was targeted by April for her signature dish, but she maintained a positive attitude, and kept cleaning, even cleaning the dishwasher after Bob's mishap with the mayonnaise.

During service, she was on garnish with Abigail. When the communication breakdown occurred, she told the lamb to lead. Later, she started getting too excited, causing Ramsay to compare her to a chihuahua, and told her to calm down. However, Ashley was ecstatic that Gordon yelled at her. When April was continuing to struggle on fish, she asked April several times if she could help, only to be rebuffed. At one point, she brought up liquidly garnish, which proved to be the last straw, and the red team was kicked out. While in the dorms, she continued to annoy her teammates making clown noises after being compared to a clown by Saige.

Both teams were named joint losers and Saige was named "Best of the Worst" for the red team. During deliberation, Skylor and April tried to convince Saige to put up for her performance on garnish, but Ashley argued her only mistake was at the end that got them kicked out.

Ashley was Saige's second nominee for elimination, with April being the first, and joined Bob from the blue team. After Ramsay mentioned that she was living in a different plain of existence, and asked her why should be kept around, she acknowledged she messed up and she wanted to be here, saying she had more to offer than her signature dish and felt her performance wasn't that bad in general and begged Ramsay for another chance. Ramsay said that she was clueless, but stated she did perform better than April and Bob, and sent her back in line. She survived elimination, and while being dismissed, she still didn't understand why she was sent up in the first place.

### Episode 4

For the Chicken Butchering Challenge, Ashley only got two pieces, and both of them were destroyed regardless, and she stated she was starting to get the feeling she sucked.

While her dish was voted on to sit out, her dish was requested to be tasted regardless. Ashley presented a chicken breast with cauliflower puree and mushroom pan sauce. While it was initially stated to be good, Ramsay was revealed to have lied and said that the chicken was burnt on the bottom.

The Red Team lost 5-2 and were punished by cleaning the dining room. During the punishment, Ashley stated that she knew she fucked up, and was ready to prove herself as a team player.

During dinner service, she was on the meat station with Larissa, and told herself she wasn't going to fuck up. On the first order, she led the order, feeling confident. However, upon bringing her wellington to the pass, it was discovered that she had sliced them badly. Not only that, both had raw pastry, and one was raw while the other was overcooked. During the refire, she accidentally grabbed a hot pan being handed by Larissa, causing her to get burnt. However, Larissa didn't mention this, and let Ashley take the fall for it.

When Ashley was brought up by Ramsay, she stated she didn't want to quit, and went back to check on her strips. When they were brought up however, they were shown to have no sear with one being overcooked and another being raw. She was then kicked off the station and reassigned to desserts.

Both teams were named joint-losers, and they were asked to nominate one chef each. During deliberation, she was considered by the team for her performance on meat, before furiously snapping and saying she didn't care about the team anymore, and at least she didn't serve chicken nuggets and burn someone, referring to Larissa.

During elimination, she was the red team's nominee, and she was called down with Max, and was later joined by Larissa. After Ramsay asked her why she should stay, she hesitated, much to the Red Team's amusement. After Ramsay asked her if she really wanted it, Ashley replied that she didn't want it, and said she quit. A shocked Ramsay would grant her request, and despite saying it was an honor, Ramsay told her that he hoped to never cross paths with her again. During her speech, she admitted she thought she wanted it, but knew she was in over her head. However, she said she could now be a veterinarian, and was happy she didn't burn anyone at least.

Ramsay's comment: "Ashley has clearly never entered a kitchen before. However, she almost slipped by again. But when she told me she didn't care, I realized something. Neither did I. See you never, Trashley."

## Post Hell's Kitchen

* After Hell's Kitchen, she hung up her chef jacket, and now works as an exotic animal veterinarian.

## Trivia

* She is the first RP chef to try nominating an already eliminated chef.
* She is the second RP chef to quit the competition, after Olivia.
* She has the lowest placement of anyone to announce the nominees, placing 15th.

## Quotes

* *(Upon arriving at Hell's Kitchen)* "Oh my god! We’re here! In Hell’s Kitchen! I've been such a big fan!"
* *(Upon hearing Jared's comparison)* "More like the Vikings bathroom."
* *(Upon heading back to the dorms)* "It won’t be so bad! I can still recover from this!"
* *(Upon seeing Jamal) "*Wowie! Jamally is so Hotty!"
* *(Before service) "*Okay, meat station. Last time I was there, it didn’t work out. I can do this!"
* *(After quitting) "*I thought that I wanted Hell's Kitchen. I was a big fan of the show, I thought I knew everything. I really thought I did. Unfortunately I was in over my head. At the very least I can do what I was always meant to do and be a vet, and at the very least I can say that at the very least I didn't burn anyone."