Carlos Sanchez

* First

**Carlos Sanchez** is a contestant on Hell's Kitchen Season 28, he finished in 9th place.

The only Hispanic member of the season's cast (being from Cuba originally), Carlos entered the competition to make a better life for his family.

## Personality

Carlos is a chill dude and a laid back guy off the line, but on the line he is a serious voice and a good cook.

## Season 28

### Episode 1

Carlos's signature dish went up against Kayla's in the signature dish challenge and that round ended in a high scoring tie, with both dishes earning a 4/5, the Blue Team went on to win the challenge after Max trounced Chloe's poor signature dish and broke the tiebreaker against Jazz.

He was seen enjoying the reward and was later enraged at Vince's sexist comments towards the women.

### Episode 2

Carlos wasn't seen in the Burger Challenge and was seen congratulating Steve and Jazz for winning the Punishment Pass.

Carlos was on apps with Vince during the opening night's service but had to take over from him after Vince was kicked out, despite Tyler's ineptitude on fish the Blue Team went on to win the service.

### Episode 3

Carlos wasn't seen during the Crab Relay Challenge and the Blue Team went on to win the challenge, Carlos was seen covering his ears as Tyler butchered Walk This Way on the karaoke award.

Carlos was on the Garnish Station with Tyson that night but the Blue Team went on to lose their first service thanks to Tyler's failures on the Meat Station, Tyler was eliminated that night over Vice and Kenny for not taking the competition seriously.

### Episode 4

Carlos faced Zoey in the Mac & Cheese round of the Southern Cuisine Round, both chefs were praised for their takes on loaded mac and cheese earning a point each and the Red Team went on to win their first challenge after Zara's Shrimp and Grits dish defeated Troy's.

Carlos was on desert that night and wasn't seen much, the Blue Team went on to win the service and whilst he was shocked at Zara talking back to Ramsey he was relieved when she survived elimination over Kimmie following her passionate plea.

### Episode 5

Carlos wasn't seen much in the Breakfast Service Challenge but was frustrated with Vince's leadership, the Red Team won the challenge after Zara rallied the Red Team and they came in to help them finish service, impressing Carlos with Zara's comeback in the process.

Carlos was on Garnish that night and the Blue Team went to lose service after Carson and Vince bombed on their stations, ultimately they, alongside Kenny, were sparred from elimination as both teams had finished service without anyone getting kicked out.

### Episode 6

Carlos went up against Jamie in the the battle of the Fillet Mignon and whilst his dish was delicious, it ultimately fell short to Jamie's efforts and the Blue Team went on to win the award.

Carlos was on tableside with Jamie that night and wasn't seen much, the Blue Team went on to win the service and Carlos was shocked by the reason Jazz had put herself up for elimination, however he still welcomed her to the Blue Team after she was saved over Kenny.

### Episode 7

Carlos was seen giving Jazz encouragement following her anxiety attack, assuring her that he didn't think any less of her for being more open about her mental health issues.

Carlos did well in the dogpen challenge and produced a good dish with his version of fish and chips, however it ultimately fell short to Zoey's middle eastern duck dish and the Red Team went on to win the challenge after Zara's steak dish beat Jazz's.

Carlos was on apps with Steve that night and did well, the main problems being on the meat and fish stations, the Blue Team went on to lose the challenge but Carlos was relieved to see Vince go after his sexist remarks towards Jazz earned him a vicious tongue lashing from the Australian woman,

### Episode 8

Carlos faced Amy in the final round of the Spell's Kitchen challenge despite his confidence knowing that Amy wasn't usually that good when it came to challenges.

Carlos was on fish with Max that night but was a victim of the domino chain felt in both kitchen caused by the poor performances on apps by Amy, Zoey, Carson and Mike, ending in Zoey's elimination and Carson and Zara swapping teams.

### Episode 9

Carlos welcomed Zara into the Blue Team and was happy to have another of the Red Team's young guns on their side which Zara was thankful for.

Carlos's round in the Blind Taste Test wasn't shown but the Blue Team went on to win the challenge thanks to Zara and Jazz's perfect scores in the Blind Taste Test, though the win was bittersweet due to Tyson breaking his leg and withdrawal from the competition during the reward.

The Blue Team went on to have their best service so far that night after dedicating it to Tyson and Ramsey opted not to eliminate Harper or Amy due to Tyson's injury.

### Episode 10

Carlos was one of the last chefs to go up and had figured out what Jazz's plan was and was happy that the pieces were falling into place, they just needed some heat, something Carlos would provide (and them some) when he named Scotch Bonnet Chillis, Jazz's jerk chicken dish went on to trounce Amy's dumplings dish, both because of how delicious the dish was and because Amy's dipping sauce was horrible.

Carlos was on garnish that night and the Blue Team had another excellent service, securing another win, though Amy and Harper's argument in the Red Team didn't help matters and resulted in Harper's elimination.

### Episode 11

The Elk round would end in another tie between Carlos and Kayla, the Blue Team went on to win the reward after Zara's risky venison dish won the day over Carson's.

Carlos was sparred from the Cook for Your Life Challenge and was relieved to see that Zara had survived the challenge.

### Episode 12

Carlos's offal dish wasn't shown but Zara won her second challenge in a row, despite being flustered after realizing she had to cook Bull's Testicles.

Carlos was on meat with Jazz that night and whilst the Blue Team won another service they lost Mike due to him leaving a parchment paper in his halibut dish.

### Episode 13

Carlos's downfall arguably started in the the Greek Food Challenge as he cost the Blue Team the challenge by serving Raw Chicken to Gordon and George, he would never recover from this as he and Steve had a terrible night on meat and fish respectively with Carlos getting the Blue Team kicked out by serving a whole table's worth of raw chicken.

Zara was named Best of the Worst that night, a position that she hated, however Carlos assured Zara that it was alright and that he wouldn't take it personally and went home that night.

## Nomination History

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## Trivia

Carlos is the only Hispanic member of the cast.

## Post Hell's Kitchen

Carlos returned to Miami and later married his girlfriend, he has since gone into private catering but keeps in contact with the other cast members regularly, including helping Zara with a pop up in Miami.

## Quotes

"Hey Jazz, you okay?"

"I'll be okay, just feel like crap right now." (Jazz sighs) "I never wanted you or the other chefs to see me like that, I'm supposed to be this badass female cook who can kill it on the line, but I instead had no choice but to lay out my mental health problems in public."

"Look, your not any less of a person for admitting that okay?" \*Jazz nods in appreciation\* "You've been an extremely impressive chef since the first day of the competition, I don't think any less of you for being open about your struggles."

"Thanks Carlos." (Carlos talks to Jazz after her anxiety attack)

"Carlos, Steve, I can't believe that you are both in this situation, I thought the two of you would at the very least reach the Black Jacket Challenge!"

"I understand chef but I will keep fighting if you let me stay."

"And I say the same as Carlos, I wasn't at my best tonight but I know I can do better."

"You both can, which is why it saddens me that I have to eliminate..........." \*Steve and Carlos share a look\* "Carlos." \*Carlos nods as he walks forward\* "You completely destroyed any chance the Blue Team had of winning the service, and I can't overlook that!"

"Understood chef."

"Good night." (Carlos is eliminated)

"This is heartbreaking man, I was doing so well but at the end of the day all it took was one bad service to see the end of my dream! The door to winning Hell's Kitchen may be permanently closed for me but other doors will open now that I've been on the show." (Carlos's elimination statement)