When I worked in a restaurant our head chef had been on Hell's Kitchen, so whenever he was being a jerk I'd go home and go watch a compilation of Gordon Ramsey yelling at him, it was pretty great lol

When Gordon was yelling at Robert and calling him Bobby but when Robert opened up that the reason he hated it was because it was his abusive father's name and Gordon instantly (getting it on a personal level) was like ''Sorry'' and NEVER called him Bobby again

my favorite "next on hell's kitchen" moment was when they lied about gordon ramsay getting third degree burns on his face and having to go to the hospital, when in actuality he just put out a pan and had smoke in his face

Gordon cracking up about the "cooking like old people fuck" line gets me every time lmao

With those "Next Time on Hell's Kitchen" fake outs, I remember in an All-Star season, the editors made it look like a chef received news of a loved one dying, but it was actually just the risotto being taken off the menu. That changed me as a person

omg when that guy said "you guys cook how old people fuck" it was so funny to watch gordon try to not smile bc it WAS really fucking funny

This feels like listening to ur best friend going on a passionate rant about something u have no idea about at a coffee shop catch up but u enjoy listening anyway because u love them

YES THE LYING! 😤 me and my husband stayed up way past bedtime once because we really thought someone set the kitchen ON FIRE only for it to be a slightly miscalculated flambé 🙄

Cooking is seen as a women's job, yet men are often the ones at the top of the field. Like how nursing and caretaking is seen as a women's profession, yet doctors are mainly men. Women aren't the authority on what they do. I do think there is a lot of sexism on hell's kitchen, though it's usually not explicit, it's more that it's baked into the cooking industry

a 50 minute analysis of hell's kitchen is exactly what i needed on this wednesday evening

Christina is the GOAT of Hell's Kitchen. She survived arguably the most toxic red team of all time. And has had the most successful career IRL out of any contestant.

The amount of joy I felt when Sterling's "fast food" beat Aaron's crab cake was unreal. All you need is a little bit of love and don't be a hater.

the taste test was so cute i love it

I'm glad we're giving props to the HK editors... They were the most ruthless savages in reality TV, idc what you think

In case you are wondering. JP has now moved back to his Native Belgium. And now owns and runs a restaurant called "Kiss The Chef" He was actually Ramsey's real life Matire d since 1994.

I have a soft spot for Gordon Ramsay, while he's this larger than life celebrity he seems like he does care about the people that compete or appear on his show and like he wants them to succeed

The blind taste test bit was literally everything . I love them

I think the change in his aggression during the show was probably down to a) that’s when he started getting therapy for his anger issues and b) people’s attitudes towards reality tv stars mental health started to get more compassionate. Of course he still has to be ‘the angry chef’ because that’s what the show is known for but it’s not vicious like it was. He’s talked about his abusive childhood as well as working under MPW who would scream/name call and throw saucepans at him and stuff which triggered him a few times to breaking down in tears because of his abusive childhood. Im really glad he got help for that because looking back at the ways he used to treat some of the contestants 😳 on a brighter note it’s so wholesome seeing how supportive and caring he is with the child contestants and with his own kids 😂 cried with pride almost every week when his daughter was on strictly

My dad was a chef and knew some people who “worked” on the show. For the most part, the losing team usually has to do prep work and all of them complain, whine, bitch, and moan about doing it. My dad said that the show hired people to do a lot of the prep work. So basically the “work” that the losing team does isn’t actually that much since most of the prep work was done by other chefs that weren’t contestants on the show.

*I* asked for a 7000 word script about the tv show Hell's Kitchen

I wasn’t prepared for how adorable your boyfriend is. He’s a natural and we need more. Also a collab with Mikes Mike would just make my year honestly.

17:17 actually he wasn't the only contestant that got to keep his jacket ; in the early seasons, a contestant choose to leave because she injured herself pretty badly, and Gordon told her to keep her jackst

I loveee this show & Im a black woman and I would get so frustrated with the treatment of black contestants specifically women. Its like they were constantly being gaslit and are always the "aggressors" and the issue. Im sooooo glad you brought it up because I seriously thought I was reading too much into it

Jean Philippe was the real star of that show. I watched Hell's kitchen for years and I gotta wonder - why a more popular show is becoming progressively cheaper. They used to redecorate the dining room and all that at first. Their rewards were great. Now it's like eeeh. Also, watch season 1 because of Heather- she is a total badass.

Everytime you discuss reality tv and racism, it reminds me of watching big brother growing up and the blatant racism that was shown on the show through the series. In the most recent season, the African American contestants on the show formed an alliance called "the cookout" and decided to fight together until the end to ensure that one of them would win and make history on the show. The backlash that this alliance received just brings to light the racism that still exists on tv today! I can't watch older seasons because things that I missed as a kid are so obvious and disgusting to me now!

The men always got so salty when the women had to save their butts during service, especially since every season the guys have such high ego and are always saying rude stuff about the women.

"You know I'm so impatient about internalized misogyny" an iconic line by an icon

Another person who was a subject of racism is autumn in season 7. Her only problem is that she talked too much but she was never malicious to her team. Actually she was orrery helpful

Did I ask for a video essay about a Gordon Ramsey™ show ? No Was a video essay about a Gordon Ramsey™ show exactly what I needed? YES! Also it might be Gordon’s show but I come for Wolfgang every time 💁🏾‍♀️

honestly i think the most obviously disgusting misogynistic hells kitchen contestant was DEFINITELY jason from season 4... he was so honest and obvious about it like he genuinely called the women useless

i have an unhealthy love for kids masterchef, they’re so kind to each other and u can tell that they all have so much fun while they’re there and just so happy for the opportunity😭

I’m really glad you brought up Jason’s incident with Sandra. I remember people were on Jason’s side at the time because Sandra was edited as a villain during that season and Jason was edited as funny and likeable, but I felt really bad for Sandra in that moment and I started to strongly dislike Jason, and was happy he lost in the end. I wouldn’t give that guy a leadership role that important either.

I'm not positive but I think Gorden might have talked about how he had anger management issues due to his childhood and there was a switch during the show when he started working on those issues and got into therapy? Also, I'm also really glad you mentioned the racism- season 10 was hard to watch because of it.

His behavior changed because of his children. They began to ask him why he acted that way, and asked him to stop cursing so much.

Fun Fact: Ji from Season 5 was actually the first contestant on the show to keep her jacket. She had to leave her season early due to illness, but she was amazing in both of her dinner services. I also really like Rochelle, she was just as nice as Sterling, and I liked her nervous laugh.

I feel like Ramsey is one of the only celebrities I know that presents himself as a jerk and is said to be really nice in real life. I feel like it’s always the other way around

... the power brunette Jordan has.

I really appreciate the disclaimer in the beginning about how the opinions you have about the people in the show are a reflection of the way the show is produced and not how they actually are as humans. It’s easy to forget that there’s a difference. Secondly, I very much enjoyed the taste test section. You looked lovely and your boyfriend is adorable!

I'm so glad someone spoke on the racism in Hell's Kitchen, it feels shockingly common from season to season that PoC contestants will seriously get singled out. Honestly so sad since some of those contestants tended to be some of the best in the series.

christina and dana somehow emerging from that godawful red team in season 10 with their sanities intact is incredible, feels like they should be subject to financial compensation lmao

An interesting video topic in the future would be the class dynamics in Masterchef. Because the contestants in Masterchef tend to be home cooks, only the wealthy contestants have to opportunity to receive training and have access to a broader range of ingredients before they even enter the competition. Whereas poorer contestants have to make due with whatever they can find in their local grocery store which arguably makes them better chefs but when they have to experience a learning curve, especially live, unlike the wealthy contestants, it puts them at a disadvantage. I remember watching Masterchef with my flatmate, he's middle class and I'm working class. One of the contestants was assigned a tri-tip steak as her protein to cook and they had mentioned throughout the series that she was a home cook and only had a budget of $40 a week for a family of four. When this contestant said that she'd never cooked a tri-tip before, my flatmate was shocked, he couldn't believe that someone would've never cooked a nice cut of steak before. Then I told him that I've never had a tri-tip steak, and of course this contestant would never spend her entire family's food budget for a week on one piece of protein. That season was later won by a very wealthy stay at home mom who clearly had had loads of access to culinary training and high-end ingredients, far more than her competitors, one of which was a Burmese immigrant and another a Bostonian bartender. Their talent would never compete against her access.

that blind taste test was so funny I won't even lie. I was so invested in this video

kimmie was incredibly frustrating because she was a clear case of 'can dish it out but can't take it', it's so annoying to see someone threatening to beat someone up start crying because someone said her cooking wasn't good also season 15 frank is a marine which means i instantly don't respect him!

I love when non-Scottish people say someone has a thick Scottish accent and can't understand them then that person speaks and I'm like yeah I know so many people who talk like that. Idk I guess I've never understood how it would be hard to understand them since I sound the same.

and your point about racism on hell’s kitchen, how black contestants are often alienated & treated horribly is such a trend in reality television, especially in shows like big brother and survivor. subreddits for these shows are awful if you want to have any meaningful discussion about how racism impacts player’s experiences on these shows

SOMEONE FINALLY TALKING ABOUT THE BARBIE AND STERLING RACISM UGH I FEEL SO VALIDATED FOR HATING HOW THEY WERE TREATED. OMG. THANK YOU!!! I FEEL STRONGLY

The blind taste test is harder because the headphones they wear are blaring music really loud. Several contestants and stated that it gives them sensory overload making it hard to tell what they’re tasting

Genuinely had such a good giggle at u guys doing the taste test, loved thissss

I love this “I watched a show and I just want to talk about it” but in the style of a video essay. Extremely wholesome. 10 out of 10 would watch again.

I'm loving this like ... mike's-mic-ification of jordan theresa. i can never get enough of video essays on silly reality tv shows.

Theres way more racism and misogyny in earlier seasons. Two women of color got the short end of the stick in the earliest seasons. Season 1, a Mexican mother of six named Elsie was essentially ganged up on and sabotaged by the final 3 chefs. Season 3 has everyone on Red team being very racist and classist towards a Black Waffle House chef named Julia when she had the most solid cooking skills of almost the entire team and made it to Black jackets despite her team mates not wanting to listen to her.

The intro on Nona’s season with Gordon Ramsey getting tied down and everyone is shrunk and torturing him with food related items is ICONIC.

"I hope you enjoy the rest of the video!" "Part seven: racism and misogyny." I am surprised you didn't mention (perhaps you don't know, it's an older season) Jason from Season 4, who is probably the most notorious misogynist of the whole series. Also if I could drop a recommendation as a fellow Hell's Kitchen enjoyer, I actually really enjoyed Hotel Hell. It's quite fun watching Gordon rip into people that are actively endangering their guests' lives, but you get a heartfelt stories of well-meaning people that just can't make it work sprinkled in here and there and it's refreshing.

The absolute savage double-cross with that marmite after he was giving you easy foods to guess! 🤣Also, absolutely agreed on justice for Nick!! Happy Holidays! 🎊🥂

I know you're worried in the start that this vid might not be good and no one would care but it's actually very comforting and entertaining. This feels like chatting with a friend about a show we just watched. More of these plsssss

I don't think the misogyny has ever been fully addressed in this show. It's drenched in it. even in this video it's glossed over

i honestly had a smile on my face for the whole segment with your boyfriend you two are a DELIGHT

This is taking me back to my childhood where I looked forward to watching Hell’s Kitchen with my mom every week, as she constantly reminded me that curse words were to not be repeated outside of the house lol. Thanks for the video!!

Omg thank you! Most of the time they were hating on Barbie for no reason sure she had her moments but she wasn’t that bad and was a team player

Mary is one of my all-time favorite contestants ever, glad you gave her some of the attention she deserves 😌

I dont watch cooking shows and never watched hells kitchen, that being said, this was an absolute joy to watch and I hope your other viewers feel the same way C:

I think it's meant to simulate high energy, high stress kitchen jobs. Everything that gets accidentally dropped, ruined or forgotten is time counting against you and your kitchen crew or team.

"Are you giving me cleaning products? Bleach, chef"

idk if its just me being autistic but some of the "punishments" they did sound so fun to me😭😭 like i WANT someone to dump thousands of coins on the floor for me to sort out idk

I was literally thinking the other day "hell's kitchen is MADE for an in depth youtube analysis" and was immeasurably disappointed to find only kitchen nightmares video essays. I want you to know, if nobody else, I ASKED FOR THIS and I've never been so excited to see a video suggested to me, you're doing God's work

i am obsessed with hells kitchen and had a phase of binging it at the beginning of the year so this video was something i didn't even know i needed

Ahhh, the blind taste test was so cute 🥰 that was a really fun addition to the essay

I love extended breakdowns and analyses of shows I've never seen, bring it on queen

just from the title I'm like, merry christmas to me. exactly the essay I didn't know I needed

the amount of times Gordon Ramsay called women ‘bitches’ or ‘lippy’ was astounding. i can’t remember what season or which girl but Gordon said “oh, go and put some more makeup on” to a girl when she messed up

I remember watching this show as a child and calling it “Heck’s Kitchen” lmao

Julia on Season 3 is my favourite underdog. No experience at all and yet did so well, also thrown under the bus a lot at the start until people realised she was not to be fucked with.

Honestly girl this has been so fun. I absolutely did not ask for a Hell’s Kitchen video, but it was perfect. And maybe I’m biased because I’ve been dying my hair red for a decade- but I cannot get over how much I love the red on you ❤️

Honey. Don't apologize for calling out misogyny. Part of internalized misogyny is we feel like it's too far to assume misogyny when it's pretty obvious. If he's not a misogynist, at best he's a person comfortable with not only publicly physically intimidating a woman who was avoiding eye contact, he was comfortable enough to do it while on camera. I think I can speak for all of us when I say I'm sorry for anyone in that person's life.

This has been one of my favorite videos! I was smiling the whole time (: I went into it expecting a more serious video-essay like the usual ones but ended up pleasantly surprised and smiling the entire time. Super light-hearted and fun and -as a Hell's Kitchen fan myself- I was just thinking "So true," the whole time !

the comparison between her stepdad and nick HELLOOOO THEY ARE LITERALLY IDENTICAL LMFAO

Oh my god finally a person who shares the same sentiments as I do about Barbie! I always found it so strange that her team hated her so much when literally Tiffany was the center of all drama?? Like sure Barbie had her moment at the very beginning but after that, she stayed out of drama and even carried the team in a lot of dinner services? It never made sense to why they continued hating on her so I find it highly likely that it could have been racially motivated...

I often watch this show with my dad and our favourite part is often how overly-dramatic the next episode preview is. Especially when it’s implied somebody sustains a horrific injury but what really happens is they knick themselves a bit with a knife, put a plaster on and that’s it. Which is still an unpleasant thing to happen, granted, but the way the preview sets things up you’d reckon somebody’s about to get amputated

Honestly I loved Brent. Espically in his All Stars season. He treated every service like he was one bad service away from elimination, yet he never let the competition get in the way of his respect for his teammates or other black coat members

who asked for this video?? me. i did. i’m very much enjoying it.

The mysogony on hells kitchen always bugs me, even if it is kinda lowkey at times. But on almost every season, when the teams start to mix up there is always a comment from one of the men about how they don't want a woman on their team and that she is way too weak to handle the blue team. Also if one team is asked to help the other finish dinner service, the women takes the help no problem, but the men always fight it and always get so angry that they had to get help from women.

Yeah, the insults are super funny, but I prefer Sweet Gordon (tm). Gordon with kids is just adorable, he’s so good with them. And his cooking instructional videos where the entire point is to teach the viewer how to cook something- he’s so calm and smooth and o watch them just to calm me down and make me happy. And I think as he’s gotten older, he’s less willing to hung it on, he’s gotten a bit sick of it. I mean sure, he’s still strict, he still expects a lot and has no time for fools, but a lot of the really mean stuff was put on. And as he became more successful, and more people like me popped up, who prefer that other, calm and sweet side of him, I think he was able to let go of the branding exercise a little. Just a theory.

I know you said you felt like no one asked for this video or it would be bad, but I love it when you make videos like this! I find it really fun to listen to you talk about your favorite shows or weird shows from obscure tv history. Sending love!

I've never watched this show, I hate shows where being yelled at and insulted is a thing that entertains people... BUT geez, I seriously enjoyed this video and appreciate all the analysis you made, this is a gem! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and explaining what's the show about for us who had no idea, haha. Oh, and I loved the little section with your boyfriend! You are hilarious and so cute together, hope to see more of you two :)

God I love this show, but when I got to barbies season I had to skip it. They called the soft spoken perfectionist “ghetto”. That was clearly rascally motivated because she wasn’t ghetto at all.

you and your boyfriend are hilarious LMAO i loved that little taste test segment

I've never seen any of videos from this channel but I gotta say this was some really entertaining stuff! I think making this really paid off.

Gordon has definitely become much nicer over the seasons. He doesn't do personal insults now like he did before and I much prefer it. Season 19 is my favorite so far. I think having actual professionals in the kitchen has made service run smoother and everyone seemed to get along in that season. I really hope it continues to go in this direction.

The bit with you and your boyfriend was so wholesome 😭

It's so weird watching Gordon in this show and then watching him with children and he's suddenly a big teddy bear 😂

I found your channel from this video so thank you for this "unnecessary" analysis lol. Also I loved the blind taste test with your boyfriend! My husband and I just started binge watching the show this year too and we keep saying we're gonna do a blind taste challenge at home too. Last month we went to the Hell's Kitchen in Vegas and that was super awesome!

This is the first video I’ve ever seen of yours that came in my recommended. 1. I absolutely love you already, you’re hilarious 2. You and your bf are adorable 3. I love hella kitchen and the blind taste test was always my favorite too!!

i heard gordan became relatively nicer in later seasons bc of the mental health of the contestants on those earlier seasons was so greatly affected. i know that @ least 1 person committed suicide after leaving the show (but idk for sure if it was directly because of hell’s kitchen). today each eliminated contestant is evaluated by a mental health professional to make sure they won’t harm themselves or others

omg I’m so happy you mentioned the editors lying because I distinctly remember watching like two seasons ago with my boyfriend and they had a clip where they said one of the chefs hit on Tilly and like asked her for her number and Gordon freaked out so me and my boyfriend were freaking out and so excited to watch the next episode and then we did and literally nothing happened

this was so much fun! the interlude with your bf was adorable, and i enjoyed how well-rounded your discussion of the show was. it's so important to be able to enjoy things while also being critical of them. 👩‍🍳 thanks for the video!

i loved this video, the concept of such an in depth analysis of an otherwise simple show worked super well! the section with your boyfriend was super cute too!

does anyone remember what season it was where the blue team got a fancy dinner and the red got stuck doing shrimp all night? the blue team made hella misogynistic jokes about the women “belonging” in the kitchen

Christina is the best Hell’s Kitchen alumni because she had to make it through the season 10 red team.

the taste test segment was so sweet, and watching you two interact in such a fun way makes me 🥲

I am by no means a Barbie Stan but I literally despised Kimmie, and Tiffany from season 10 and they were literally the problems of that team!! I didn’t have any real issues with Barbie, she just scared me sometimes and Robyn made me uncomfortable. I loved Christina and she is honestly one of my favorites. Also, I’m surprised Frank from season 15 wasn’t in your hate list! He was actually misogynist and was vocal about not liking women being in the kitchen and in his space. Also, girrrrl you’re so pretty with and without makeup!