Memes / Hell's Kitchen

Hell's Kitchen (the US version) has spawned so many memes, they're now worthy of their own page.

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Series Wide

• "YOU FUCKING DONKEY!"^Explanation  Gordon's signature insult
• "GET OUT!"^Explanation  Sometimes, Gordon has had enough with a contestant's (or team's) incompetence, he throws the person/team out of the kitchen, and in rare cases, eliminates him/her from the show entirely.
  • "You, you, you (repeat for the number of contestants to be ejected) and you: GET OUT!"
• "SHUT IT DOWN!"^Explanation  See above, but if things get really bad (as in, there is no hope of turning things around), Gordon will save whatever face he has left and terminate service early.
• "Oh my god..."
• "Fuck off with you, yeah?"
• "Piss off."
• "You stupid COW!"
• "AND THE EVENT THAT FOLLOWED WAS..." *cue commercial*.
• Expect every episode for Gordon to say... "IT'S RAW!"
  • Usually followed by "YOU'LL KILL SOMEONE!"^Explanation  Raw or undercooked food poses serious health hazards. or Gordon spectacularly smashing it with an open palm.
• "It's FROZEN!"
• "Oh, fucking hell..."^Explanation  Gordon's reaction whenever someone sends up undercooked, overcooked, or overall botched food to the pass
• "All of you, come here!"^Explanation  When someone messes up big time on a plate at the pass, Gordon will call all members of that someone's team to him to snap about the dish. He'll usually get them to touch undercooked food, taste an underprepared dish like risotto, or kick someone out. Fans joke that those are the few words that the contestants fear the most.

Season 1

• "Jean-Phillippe, could you escort these two ladies back to plastic surgery..."
• "I thought cold water was supposed to boil faster than hot water."^Explanation  When the Blue Team were held up at the start of service by their water pots not yet boiling, Wendy explained that she had filled them with cold water for this reason. What Wendy was referring to was the Mpemba effect, where hot water freezes faster than cold water, but Wendy mistakenly assumed it also worked the other way around, which is not true.
• "You're not a quitter? Hey, you're not a fucking cook, either."^Explanation  A remark that Gordon made to Jeff in what turned out to be the latter's final service. Despite the latter's claim to be "not a quitter", he pulled a Rage Quit less than a minute later.
  • "If you don't like me, I don't know what to tell you. You're an asshole!"^Explanation  Jeff's last words to Ramsay before he pulled a Screw This, I'm Outta Here and quit the competition.
• "You guys cook like old people fuck!"^Explanation  Michael's attempt to motivate his brigade in his final service. It seemed to do the trick, seeing how he won.

Season 2

• "Right now, I'd rather eat poodle shit than put that in my mouth."^explanation  Polly's signature dish, which was intentionally "half-baked"; she was the first cook eliminated that season.
• "That's why it's called fucking Non-STIIIIIICK!"^Explanation During the Final Five service, Sara was having trouble with her scallops sticking to her non-stick pan and Ramsay was so frustrated by this that he screamed out this line, his voice cracking at the word "stick"
• "Don't fucking dare! Don't fucking dare! Missy, missy, come here, you fat-mouthed little stupid bitch! You're pissing around with something that's not working! Has that fucking clicked?! IT'S FUCKING RARE!"
• "Fuck off you, you fat useless sack of fucking Yankee Dankee Doodle shite!"
• "Right. Well, I'll get you more pumpkin and I'll ram it right up your fucking arse! Would you like it whole or diced?"
• "Would you like me to fucking email that to your BlackBerry? Move your arse!" ^Explanation  Gordon's response to Gabe when he has trouble remembering an order.
• "Dude, you don't have the fucking gas on, stupid!"^Explanation  Giacomo notified Sous Chef Scott about an issue that he (Giacomo) had with getting the oven to work. As Scott easily points out, Giacomo had failed to turn the gas on. It would mark the end of Giacomo's time on the show, as he was sent home later that night.
  • "You're not sure!? You DONKEY!"
• "What'd I say about taste, taste, taste?!"
• "Where's the fucking turbot!?"
• "Would you mind taking your breasts off my hot plate?"^Explanation  Gordon's quip to a rude customer; she would ruin two dishes ready for service in revenge and was ultimately escorted out by security.
• -_- "OH MY GOD... THE DUCK'S BURNT! YOU'RE COOKING IN A BURNT PAN, YOU FUCKING DICK!!!"
  • "Oh, my god! Leave it, leave it, LEAVE IT! JUST FUCKING LEAVE IT!!"
  • "You're gonna blow fire in your face, you fucking DONKEY!"
  • "Keith! Get on the meat section and stay next to him, and don't let him cook a fucking thing!!"
  • "And you, open those big eyes and watch what the fuck this guy is doing!!!"
  • "Yes, Chef!"
  • "SHUT IT and watch!"
  • "Yes, Chef!"
  • "SHUT IT!" ^Explanation This exchange was preceded by Tom’s meat pan catching fire, and Tom not only still trying to cook with it, but even blowing on the fire. Needless to say, Gordon was not pleased, and Tom was eliminated after that service.
• "YOU SHOULDN'T BE IN WHITE!"^Explanation  Gordon laying into Garret when he keeps screwing up, considering that Garret's in the final five.
• And last, but definitely not least, the infamous and often-quoted "WHERE'S THE LAMB SAUCE!?"

Season 3

• The best of Season 3.
  • Same stuff, sans censorship. Lots of uncensored swearing ahoy.
• "You, you, you, you, you, you, fuck off out of it! Get out. Get out!!!!"
• "Hey, Josh!" "Yes chef!" "Fucking lil' bastard."
• "The crab is off! It's fuckin' rancid!"
  • "YOU'LL KILL SOMEONE!"^Explanation  During one dinner service, Gordon noticed that some crab was well past the expiration date. Joanna was about to serve it, and she was eliminated after service.
• "Take the giraffe back to her table, yes?"
• "OOOOOHHHHH... FUCK ME SENSELESS."
• "It tastes like gnat's piss."
• "Oh no... oh no..." *spits* "ALL OF YOU! TASTE IT!" *spits* "It's inedible! It's way too peppery and you wouldn't even serve it to a fucking pig!"^Explanation  Overpeppered risotto was sent to the pass.
• "You just confirmed to my mind you're not trustworthy! So fuck you!"
• "Yes chef, no chef."
• "There you go chef, there you go." *drops and smashes plate against the floor*
• The Lame Duck Breast.^Explanation On Episode 5, Red and Blue Teams were creating meals for a wedding couple, but thanks to Melissa's incompetence, Red Team had only made a plain Duck Breast that was overcooked and rubbery. Melissa tried to not get Jen to send it up, but they ultimately had to.
  • "Get. Out. My Sight."^Explanation Ramsay was so cross over this, he completely forgot a word
• "What the fuck is so original about a Crab and Lobster Bisque? Nothing!"
• "Take that [jacket] off, and fuck off out of here! Get out! GET OUT! Hey, you! Leave the jacket and GET OUT! GET OUT! Gimme the jacket, gimme the fucking jacket! Fucking useless sack of shit! Get out! GET OUT!" ^Explanation  Josh was kicked out of the competition completely, becoming the first HK contestant to be eliminated during dinner service. What led to it? First, he cooked multiple plates of risotto before it was called to order, then he cooked spaghetti—twice—before it was called to order. The last straw was when one of the risottos that was sent out was returned because he didn't cook it completely, leading to Gordon eliminating him and following him out of the kitchen to take his jacket. In a later documentary, Josh admits that he considered going back and asking Gordon for a second chance, but opted not to, fearing that things would get even more heated.
• "Hell's Bitches!"^Explanation  The first dinner services had the Red Team at each other's throats mostly through Tiffany and Joanna. Ramsay thus coined this term for them.
• "She works in a fuckin' Waffle House. I mean come on."^Explanation  Tiffany's last Confession Cam has her state this about fan-favorite Julia, heavily intoxicated.

Season 4

• "I'm the four-star general!"
  • "I'm like the black Gordon Ramsay!"
  • "You can call me Chef Bobby."
• Matt's infamous exotic tartar, the first signature dish to actually make Gordon puke.
• "Bobby! I'm looking for someone to take control of this disgusting, embarrassing mess. He [Jason] doesn't give a fuck, he's [Dominic] dreaming, he's [Matt] standing there pissing his pants looking for his tartar, caviar, white chocolate crap! ...And he's [Louross] just running around like a toilet brush! Is no-one going to take control?!" ^Explanation  Gordon trying to get the Blue Team to come together during their disastrous first service.
• "Jason? Jason!" (echoes) "JASON!!!"^Explanation  Jason was still in the dorms instead of helping his teammates prepare for dinner service, so naturally, a certain someone had to call him down nicely.
• Gordon's response to a failed souffle... repeated head-desks.^Explanation  Jason's souffles looked awful after the oven, and after Gordon asked if Jason was going to do anything, he was going to try to rub some sugar and butter on the rim of the cup... then Gordon went slack-jawed and head-desked (For those not familiar with souffle-making, the sugar and butter thing is the very FIRST thing you do when setting up souffles).
• THAT'S WHAT YOU GET, BITCHES!
• "And YOU'RE just all over the place! And YOU'RE just hopeless! AND YOU DON'T CARE!"^explanation  In the same order: Vanessa was an emotional wreck, Jason failed to make the souffles properly, and Ben sent up a raw salmon to the pass, casually responding with "Huh, maybe a little longer." when it was brought back to him.
  • "Yeah, I wouldn't go looking for an applause right now. Right now is the wrong FUCKING TIME!"^explanation  Bobby was caught waving to customers on his way out of the kitchen. Considering what just happened beforehand, Gordon obviously wasn't in the mood for it.
• "SHUT IT DOWN! TURN IT OFF, YOU DICK! STOP IT!"^explanation  Gordon lashing out at Ben for undercooked Wellingtons and Ben not responding, leading to Gordon ending the service early (he's only shown saying, "SHUT IT DOWN!" in the blue kitchen, but the next shot shows the restaurant closed, meaning he informed the Red Team to stop cooking as well off-camera; Gordon originally took a mocking tone with Ben, saying "Take a break", but Ben talked back, leading to that quote); unsurprisingly, Ben was eliminated after that service.
• "You've stopped! You've given up! You're setting the place on fire! And you're sending me raw fish, when it's fucking cold. It's fucking raw!" ^explanation In order: Sharon's awful performance on the meat station, Christina's lack of fightback and taking control, Matt letting his garnish catch fire (which Gordon accused him of setting the kitchen on fire simply because he might not win), and then a customer returning a raw fish cooked by Jason.

Season 5

• "LOOK AT THE FILET!" ^Explanation  After Seth completely destroyed an expensive filet while trying to clean it.
• "Oh my God! Unbelievable! No! No no no no no...NO! GET OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! Take your jacket off and fuck off!" ^Explanation  J's disastrous night on the fish station (coupled with completely overcooking the entire supply of rice from both—yes, both—red and blue kitchens for the risotto) comes to a close, leading to him getting kicked out mid-service.
• "I'll cook in my boxer shorts, I don't give a shit." ^Explanation  Robert rips his pants during a dinner service and forges on as if nothing happened.
• "What is that?! The fucking bone's thicker than the meat!" ^Explanation  During Lacey's distastrous last service, she gives Gordon some lamb with hardly any meat on it.
  • "It's not good enough! GET OUT! YOU'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH! PISS OFF!" ^Explanation  Followed by Gordon saying this to Lacey—who had already been on thin ice numerous times earlier in Season 5—it being the final straw for her (after she had lost track of orders and repeatedly complained that she couldn't cook meat), and she was eliminated then and there, much to the delight of her teammates and viewers who wished that she had been eliminated much earlier.
• "DICKFACE!"

Season 6

• "LOOK! LOOK! LOOK! What the fuck is this?!"^Explanation  Gordon's reaction to Louie butchering the beef so badly that Gordon sends him home on the spot, but also dubbed into an earlier incident of Melinda having thrown out plate after plate of undercooked pasta with a completely clueless look on her face.
  • "He can kiss! My! Fucking! Ass!"^Explanation  Louie's reaction to his aforementioned undignified exit.
• "Listen! Listen! LISTEN TO ME!" ^Explanation  The culmination of Van and Jean-Philippe's short-lived rivalry. What happened? First, Van didn't appreciate Jean-Philippe trying to give him tips on working in the dining room. Next, Van went and served customers in the red team dining room (he was on the blue team), which didn't sit well with Jean-Philippe. The final straw was when Van was running back to the kitchen to retrieve a pan and Jean-Philippe warned him not to run, starting the argument. Gordon (who was watching their behavior up to this point) would take both of them to the pantry and calm them down.
  Tony: Whoa! Whoa! J.P., I thought he was going to pound him down! Damn!
  Andy: I cannot believe I'm seeing this!
  Kevin: He's gonna fucking hit him! D:
  Jim: HIT HIM! :D
  • "Ladies first."
• Joseph challenging Gordon fucking Ramsay of all people. Nuff said.
  • "They can speak for themselves, they know who they are."^Explanation  Joseph's Non-Answer to Chef Ramsay asking for the first nominee; often used as a catch-all term for any question in general.
  • "I ain't no bitch! I'm NOT no bitch!" ^Explanation Joseph states that he doesn't have to take that shit because he "ain't no bitch." However, since he didn't say that he wasn't a bitch, he technically is calling himself a bitch.
  • "I ask the fucking question, you give the fucking answer!"
  • "You want my fucking jacket? Let's go step outside motherfucker!"
  • "You ain't nothing but a bitch!"
  • "And I've got one more thing to say and it's for all of you: I'm nobody's bitch."
  • "Watch the step."
    • "Yeah, watch the step, bitch."
  • Gordon himself mutated this when at the end of Season 6 during the outtakes, when it's revealed he tells Dave and Kevin (the two finalists) that, "You are nobody's bitch."
  • Oh, and Joseph actually started the fistfight too, just like Jeff from Season 1. Gordon is a black belt, as well as a professionally trained Boxer. No points for guessing what happened in both occasions. Spoiler: not only did they get sent home, but they were dragged out by security after getting their asses beat by Chef Ramsey himself. Talk about humiliating!
• "Holy fuck... Look at that! It's like a bison's penis! What is that shit!?"^Explanation  Amanda accidentally put salmon in the freezer, so it looked god-awful and obviously wasn't cooked right.

Season 7

• "Eh, where's fucking Smurf? SMURF!" ^Explanation  Chef Ramsay referring to Jay, who has dyed blue hair.
• "Chef Ramsay, he's like the Jay-Z of fucking restaurants! You don't talk back to a man like that!" ^Explanation  Andrew thought it would have been a wise idea to mix runny mashed potatoes with a fresh batch. It wasn't, Gordon caught onto him, and Andrew disagreed with Gordon's methods, giving us this quote from Jason. Andrew would walk himself out of the dinner service and the competition, despite Jean-Philippe's efforts to get him to stay.
• "You know what, they can take my shoes!" ^Explanation  Andrew's response to Jean-Philippe's telling him that many people would like to be in Andrew's shoes at that moment. Followed by Andrew actually removing his shoes and walking out of the building.
• "Fine dining?! A fine FUCKING MESS!"
• "DON'T EVER! COME UP TO MY PASS! AGAIN!! AND TRY TO TAKE MY FUCKING PLACE!"^Explanation  Benjamin attempted to take over the pass while Gordon briefly stepped away. Of course, Sous Chef Scott was having none of that.
• "Up and down, up and down, UP AND FUCKING DOWN!" ^Explanation  Various mistakes from both teams (with the blue team getting kicked out of their kitchen first) caused Gordon to end service early after evicting the red team from their kitchen.
• The entirety of Nilka's elimination. ^Explanation  Nilka had some decent dinner services up to this point. However, in "7 Chefs Compete," it all went downhill after she started panicking: First, she sent up raw turbot, and then sent up a lobster with the wrong sauce and then sent up another lobster that was raw. After Gordon kicked her out, she snapped at him and was eliminated then and there. Nilka refused to leave, but finally accepted her elimination 2 hours into dinner service.
  Gordon: Madam! MADAM! MADAM!!
  Nilka: Yes, chef?
  Gordon: TAKE YOUR JACKET OFF AND FUCK OFF!!!
  Nilka: NO, CHEF, DON'T SAY THAT, PLEASE!!

Season 8

• "It's raw! It's fucking raw!"^Explanation  Boris decided to mimic Gordon's reaction to a pizza that Melissa had undercooked. Unfortunately for Boris, the real Gordon overheard him and wasn't impressed at all.
• Raj was a walking, talking version of a meme in this season. Pretty much everything he did/said falls into this category.
• "Roll. The fucking. Pizza dough." ^Explanation  Boris losing his patience with Raj's inability to roll out what should be a simple pizza.
  Raj: Here's more mozzarella.
  Boris: Roll the fucking pizza dough, what are you doing?!
  Gordon: Why aren't you two working as a team?!
  Boris: We're doing the best we can, chef.
  Gordon: We're screwed on a fucking pizza.
• "It looks like Gandhi's flip-flop!"^Explanation  Gordon's reaction to Melissa's overcooked Dover Sole.
  • "Gandhi didn't even wear flip-flops, he lived in the jungle, I don't even think the dude had shoes!"^Explanation  Jillian found Gordon's comment on the aforementioned Dover Sole hilarious and wondered where he came up with it.
• "If I tell you to get out there, I don't give a fuck if you've got a thong up your fat crack! Get out there!"^Explanation After Raj used up the team's entire supply of Dover Sole just serving the first table, Ramsay ordered him to go into the dining room to apologize to the other customers who'd ordered sole and get replacement orders. Raj tried to refuse because his clothes were dirty, leading to this line.
  • "PUT IT DOWN, AND GET OUT THERE!"^Explanation  After Ramsay was unmoved by his protestations about his dirty clothing, Raj for some reason decided that he'd have more luck pleading his case to sous chef Scott. Instead, it just got him yelled at even louder by Scott, who then ejected Raj from the kitchen.
• "He brings that pissing over...and the big surprise is that the fucking bass is FUCKING RRRRRRRRAW!"^Explanation  One of the chefs, trying to make up for previously bringing Gordon undercooked meat, tries to impress him by bringing him some bass. The bass is also raw, leading to this memeable moment. This was also made into a music Fanvid here (warning: contains flashing lights and loud sounds).

Season 9

• "Brendan, you SUCK, you SUCK!"^Explanation  Will's opinion about Brendan
• "I'll stick your head in the oven and talk to you through the gas burner!"
  • "DO IT!"

Season 10

• How do you like me now bitch?
• Protein protein protein protein duck duck duck duck...^Explanation One challenge had the chefs roll a dice with letters on it and then come up with a food item. Robyn on the Blue Team rolls a "D" and, in the confession cam, Brian has already come up with a perfect one - duck, a protein they need. He says this in a very catchy song. For the record, Robyn chooses dragonfruit
• "You have such a fucking attitude. Why don't you take a walk?"^Explanation  Sous chef Andi, after Tiffany back-talked her under the mistaken assumption that Ramsay was the only person with the power to eject chefs from service. Andi quickly proved her wrong by throwing her out.
• "Hey, 'it's coming, baby'!? (Sorry, chef.) You cook like a fucking baby! (Won't happen again, chef.) GET OUT!" ^Explanation  After giving Brian an order to which he replied, "Coming right now, baby," Gordon rips him a new one and kicks him out of the kitchen.
• Kimmie is from the south. ^Explanation  Kimmie is quite notable for the amount of times she says or alludes to the fact that she is from the south.
• Tavon won Hell's Kitchen. ^Explanation  At the end of the final dinner service, Ramsay jokingly declares Tavon (who was the first eliminated), the winner of the series. Fans have jokingly declared Tavon to be the best winner the show has ever had due to this.

Season 11

• ZACKY WACKY!!!^Explanation  Sebastian, the first chef to be eliminated, attempted to give each chef a nickname during dinner service, culminating in a moment where he shouted ZACKY WACKY!!! at the top of his lungs to get Zack's attention, an act which utterly flabbergasted Gordon and got Sebastian a particularly swift cashiering. In a service where a record 12 chefs were thrown out, Sebastian was the first to go.
• "I've never worked in a brigade before."^Explanation  Danielle's excuse for her shortcomings, despite being an executive chef.
• "Listen, listen, listen, listen: fuck off, fuck off, fuck off, fuck off! GET OUT!" ^Explanation  Gordon's amusing ejection of the Blue Team in one episode.
• "Excuse me, madam? "Fuck me"? How about "Fuck you"?" ^Explanation  On one Red Team kick-out, Cyndi said "fuck me." Gordon retorts with this.
• "Titanic ain't got shit on us!" ^Explanation  One of Zach's lines summing up the Epic Fail of that season's Blue Team.
• "YOU'RE A BITCH! DEAL WITH IT!"
• "Hey JP! Take him and yourself back to fucking Belgium!" ^Explanation  Gordon says this after Barret messes up with writing a ticket order.

Season 12

• "Go back to the grocery store, motherfucker!" ^Explanation  During Jason's and Mike's argument in the third episode, Jason tells him this after Mike tries to argue against his nomination.
• "I am so FLUSTRATED!" ^Explanation  Kashia's strong accent leads to an amusing and narmy pronunciation of the word frustrated.

Season 13

• "French toast, creeepes, Florentine, how looooooong..." ^Explanation  Sterling's musical interpretation of leading the Blue Team during a breakfast challenge.
• "JP! Just PATHETIC! JR! Just RIDICULOUS!" ^Explanation  For context: JP and JR screwed up the fish station during the opening dinner service. Both of them were kicked out of the kitchen, and the rest of their team would follow suit after mishaps with halibut. To stick the knife in further for the blue team, the Red Team's dinner service was just about flawless. And to stick the knife in even further for JP, he was the first to be sent home.

Season 14

• "So I was in the cookie aisle" ^Explanation  Gordon asking Chrissa where she got the inspiration for her signature dish.

Season 15

• "He may be an astronaut, but you're a fucking space cadet." ^Explanation  Gordon says this to Kevin, who nearly put already cooked wellingtons for Buzz Aldrin's table back in the oven.
• "I've been inside prison and they serve food better than this shit! ^Explanation  On Meese serving mashed potatoes dumped on a tray for Kris Jenner's table; for this, the Red Team was thrown out of the kitchen.
• "Do me a big favor: Get your apron off, get packed, and fuck off out!" ^Explanation  Kevin was eliminated on the spot after repeatedly sending up raw scallops. It wouldn't seem like a good reason to be kicked out had it not been for Gordon literally showing him how to cook scallops properly beforehand.
• "She only won because I lost. That's not a winner." ^Explanation  Frank cost his team a point in an early challenge by breaking a rule. His response in the following confessional was widely mocked by viewers.

Season 16

• "If I hear you talking one more time about a fucking camera, I'll stick a GoPro up your ass so you can see how shit you are!" ^Explanation  During the opening night, Matt sent up raw scallops, but tried to blame Andrew for it, even going as far as suggesting to use the cameras as proof. However, Gordon wasn't going that way, hence the quote above.
• Bitch server. ^Explanation  Definitely not one of Koop's greatest moments after the contestants make a mess on the floor with cracked open ostrich eggs, and Koop leaves a comment that a bitch server will be the one to clean it up afterwards. His team would lose that challenge.
• And Koop has delivered undercooked salmon. ^Explanation  During a service, Koop would deliver undercooked salmon, prompting Ramsay to smash it.

Season 17 (All Stars)

• "ALL STARS!? NO STARS!!!" ^Explanation  Season 17 was an All-Star season with some of the best chefs to appear on the show returning. But when they screw up royally, Gordon yells out this.
• "Ratchet Girls!" ^Explanation  A description Van used to describe the infighting of the Red Team.
• Jared comparing ties to kissing his sister.
• "Medic!"^Explanation  Jared, who is struggling on the garnish station, lied about a cut on his finger leading Gordon to shout this line.
• "BOOP!" ^Explanation  Elise, probably HK’s most infamous contestant, has brought this new phrase as a way of shutting other chefs up. In-Universe, other chefs use it against her.

Season 18 (Rookies Vs. Veterans)

• "You tryin' to clown me, Chef!"^Explanation  Jen (who had already picked up where she left off from her original appearance in Season 4) struggled with garnish, sent up underportioned garnishes, and then tried to blame Gordon for sabotaging her. To no one's surprise, Gordon wasn't happy and Jen was sent packing.
  Bret: What the fuck is she thinking? She having a yelling match with the OG—Triple OG, the fucking jefe? She was going to be the first one to go, anyway.
• Bret is Italian.^Explanation  Bret constantly mentioning about his Italian heritage and making dishes based on that.

Season 19 (Las Vegas)

• "Y'all owe me 20 dollars!"^Explanation  Mary Lou says this after she slips during a flowrider reward, allowing the viewer to briefly catch a glimpse of her breasts.
• Kori should've picked Amber for her final brigade. ^Explanation  After Amber ended up on Mary Lou's team instead of her friend Kori's, Amber did not take it well, saying multiple times she should've been on her team. Based on her performance in the finale, Kori made the right choice.

Season 20 (Young Guns)

• "Bounce back, baby! Bounce back! Bounce back!"^Explanation  Antonio attempts to show leadership skills... which appear to consist entirely of repeating this phrase over and over.
• "Chickengate"^Explanation  In the third episode, Alex served raw chicken. Instead of taking responsibility, he just randomly blamed Antonio and Trenton for the incident. Ramsay got so flabbergasted that he had to retreat to his office, and the red team attempted to help the guys sort out what actually happened. When he finally came back, Alex tried to blame his teammates again, this time calling out Sam. Somehow, he managed to survive another day, and the rest of the blue team was furious with him.

Season 22 (The American Dream)

• "I'm a professional Quidditch player"^Explanation  In the first episode Tad told everyone that he played Quidditch professionally in college. Everyone including Gordon made fun of him throughout his run on Hell's Kitchen as a result.

Fanon

• Fans have taken to making up their own Ramsey-style metaphors calling out failures:
  • This chicken is so uncooked that a skilled vet could still save him!
  • You've used so much oil the US is trying to invade the fucking plate!
  • This fish is so Raw it's still trying to find Nemo!
  • This fish is so Frozen that it's still singing "Let it Go!"
  • The lamb is so undercooked the Welsh are trying to shag it!
  • This Squid is so raw it's raping a Japanese Schoolgirl!
  • This crab is so uncooked it's stealing my money!
  • This steak is so raw it's jumping over the moon!
• Ramsay chasing Josh. ^Explanation Season 3's iconic elimination of Josh, in which Ramsay constantly yelled at him to "Get Out!" as turned into Ramsay as some sort of Determinator, hunting down Josh wherever he goes and shouting "GET OUT!"
• The Holy Trinity. ^Explanation  What fans tend to call Petrozza, Rochelle, and Sterling, as they are considered the most overall wholesome chefs of the entire series.
• Jon "won" Season 11. ^Explanation  After his elimination, Jon would be hired to be apart of the Gordon Ramsay group. Due to Ja'Nel not getting the job and Mary placing second, many fans took this to mean that Jon technically "won".
• Waterphone Sound Effect. ^Explanation  A sound effect of a waterphone that is usually played during dramatic moments. However, due to its overuse, it's poked fun of by fans.
• Joyless. ^Explanation  Due to Joy from Season 12's habit of throwing other contestants under the bus (especially Scott) because she refuses to ever nominate her friend Kashia, as well as her disdain for the male chefs in general, her detractors often take to calling to her Joyless.
• Mich-L. ^Explanation  Due to Michelle's controversial win in All-Stars and perceived lack of skill, some fans started taking to calling her Mich-L, refusing to believe that her in Season 14 and All-Stars were the same.
• Final Black Jacket Curse. ^Explanation  Since Season 14, the last person to receive their Black Jacket has been the first one eliminated in the Individual phase. This has led many fans to deem it a curse that effects all those chefs, even the ones that were consistent from the beginning. The curse has seemingly been broken as of season 22, as the final chef to get their Black Jacket (Ryan) would ultimately avoid elimination and ultimately win the season.

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