History BaseBreakingCharacter / HellsKitchen

* Also from Season 5, Ben. His haters think he's too cocky, but others think it's not bad enough, and also point out the fact he was the only one to try and help [[{{Wangst}} Lacey]].

* While starting as a Dark Horse, Michelle's appearance in Season 17 (All Stars) made her into this. While she did gain fans in Season 17 (All Stars) due her mature and reasonable demeanor in dealing with [[TheBully Elise]], trying to make peace with her even if the latter refused to, and setting personal issues aside for the sake of professionalism in the kitchen, others found her to be less consistent than before, and having a habit of not owning up to her mistakes. She is considered the most divisive winner the show has had due to this.

* Season 2's Keith and Virginia. Keith was actually fairly popular for most of the season, but a lot of his fans jumped ship when he TookALevelInJerkass after accusing Ramsay of having favoritism for Virginia. As for Virginia, fans either saw her as cute and endearing or as a weak chef who didn't deserve to go as far as she did. It didn't help that she managed to survive over the much more popular Rachel.

* Season 2's Keith and Virginia. Keith was actually fairly popular for most of the season. But a lot of his fans jumped ship when he TookALevelInJerkass after accusing Ramsay of having favoritism for Virginia. As for Virginia, fans either saw her as cute and endearing or as a weak chef who didn't deserve to go as far as she did. It didn't help that she managed to survive over the much more popular Rachel.

* Season 2's Keith and Virginia. Keith was actually fairly popular for most of the season. But a lot of his fans jumped ship when he TookALevelInJerkass. You either saw Virginia as cute and endearing or as a weak chef who didn't deserve to go as far as she did.

* Jillian from Season 8 as well. Some think she was one of the most consistent chefs, while others think she just got lucky in a season that had noticeably lower quality chefs. Her being the OnlyFriend to [[TheScrappy Sabrina]] also doesn't help.

* Meghan from Season 14, as while some people consider her to be one of the best winners of the series, there are some people who do consider her to be quite dull and not very memorable. Her condescending attitude towards Michelle didn't help matters at all.

* Nona from Season 8. While she was well-liked in her season, in retrospect, she is often looked at as a rather weak winner compared to everyone else that came before and after her. Her [[TookALevelInJerkass diva-like behaviour]] when she returned as part of a veteran team in Season 11 didn't help.

* Nona from Season 8. While she was well-liked in her season, in retrospect, she is often looked at as a rather weak winner compared to everyone else that came before and after her. Her [[TookALevelInJerkass diva-like behaviour]] when she returned for a veteran team in Season 11 didn't help.

* Also from Season 5, Ben. His haters think he's too cocky, but others think it's not bad enough, and also point out the fact he was the only one to try and help [[{{Jerkass}} Lacey]].

* Mia from Season 18 (Rookies Vs. Veterans) has become this. Some people can agree that she has been the most consistent of the rookies, and for people who find her attractive. Other people find her arrogant to a fault, and fears that she the season is rigged for her to win (though this is ultimately {{subverted}} when she faces off and loses against Ariel in the finale).

* While starting as a Dark Horse, Michelle's appearance in Season 17 made her into this. While she did gain fans in Season 17 (All Stars) due her mature and reasonable demeanor in dealing with [[TheBully Elise]], trying to make peace with her even if the latter refused to, and setting personal issues aside for the sake of professionalism in the kitchen, others found her to be less consistent than before, and having a habit of not owning up to her mistakes. She is considered the most divisive winner the show has had due to this.

* Nona from Season 8. While she was well-liked in her season, in retrospect, she is often looked at as rather a weak winner compared to everyone else that came before and after her. Her [[TookALevelInJerkass diva-like behaviour]] when she returned for a veteran team in Season 11 didn't help.

* Nona from Season 8. While she was well-liked in her season, in retrospect, she is often looked at as rather a weak winner compared to everyone else that came before and after her.

* Nona from Season 8. While she was well liked in her season, she is often referred to as the most undeserving winner the show has had.
* Paul from Season 9 is an interesting case, as while he was well liked in that season, many people [[spoiler: believe the far more popular Will should've won over him]]. His Season 12 appearance where he became an InsufferableGenius didn't help much.

* Meghan from Season 14, as while some people consider her to be one of the best winners of the series, there are some people who do consider her to be quite dull and not very memorable.

* T from Seasons 14 and 18 (Rookies vs. Veterans). During her initial appearance she was one of the more popular contestants for almost never putting a foot wrong in service or challenges, and for consistently calling out chefs with terrible attitudes (such as Monique) or who were just unqualified to be there (such as Chrissa). However, towards the end of that season she started to become a little more divisive for her {{jerkass}} behavior toward Michelle, perhaps the most universally popular contestant from the season. Season 18 rendered her a ''lot'' more divisive, as she appeared to have TookALevelInJerkass while becoming a far less consistent chef in the intervening years, and she ended up exiting the competition at a relatively early stage, doing perhaps the most damage to the reputation of any of the chefs who came back for Seasons 17 or 18.

* Heather from both Season 16 and 18 (Rookies vs. Veterans). Most people agree that she is actually a fairly solid chef, typically holding her own in services and doing well in challenges (remarkably getting a 5 on her signature dish in both seasons). However, her detractors dislike her fairly crass attitude and mannerisms, and her moments of being a {{Hypocrite}} and NeverMyFault, especially in Season 18. Her showmance with Andrew in Season 16 (despite him being engaged) also cost her much popularity with both the audience and even other contestants. On the other hand, her supporters point out her moments of being a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, especially towards Aaron's elimination and Kimberly winning a black jacket over Andrew in Season 16. Her biggest offense typically comes from surviving elimination over other contestants who are much more well-liked and popular (Heidi in Season 16 and Kanae in Season 18).

* T from Seasons 14 and 18. During her initial appearance she was one of the more popular contestants for almost never putting a foot wrong in service or challenges, and for consistently calling out chefs with terrible attitudes (such as Monique) or who were just unqualified to be there (such as Chrissa). However, towards the end of that season she started to become a little more divisive for her {{jerkass}} behavior toward Michelle, perhaps the most universally popular contestant from the season. Season 18 rendered her a ''lot'' more divisive, as she appeared to have TookALevelInJerkass while becoming a far less consistent chef in the intervening years, and she ended up exiting the competition at a relatively early stage, doing perhaps the most damage to the reputation of any of the chefs who came back for Seasons 17 or 18.

* [[{{Joisey}} Jackie]] in season 15 has her fans for bringing such a goofy and [[LargeHam hammy]] personality to the show, making her very entertaining to watch. Her friendship with Ariel was also seen as heartwarming to many, especially in the finale episode where she seemed to be Ariel’s strongest and most vocal supporter, clearly more determined than anyone to help her win during the final challenge, and can even be heard cheering for Ariel the loudest when she won. However, she also gets a lot of hate for her subpar-to-mediocre skills in the kitchen, [[SmallNameBigEgo terrible]] [[NeverMyFault attitude]], [[ItsAllAboutMe crass behavior]], and extremely confrontational personality, with even Sous Chef Christina calling her cancer for the team at one point. She was also kept around farther than some less dramatic and roughly similar or better skilled contestants.
* Heather from both Season 16 and 18. Most people agree that she is actually a fairly solid chef, typically holding her own in services and doing well in challenges (remarkably getting a 5 on her signature dish in both seasons). However, her detractors dislike her fairly crass attitude and mannerisms, and her moments of being a {{Hypocrite}} and NeverMyFault, especially in Season 18. Her showmance with Andrew in Season 16 (despite him being engaged) also cost her much popularity with both the audience and even other contestants. On the other hand, her supporters point out her moments of being a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, especially towards Aaron's elimination and Kimberly winning a black jacket over Andrew in Season 16. Her biggest offense typically comes from surviving elimination over other contestants who are much more well-liked and popular (Heidi in Season 16 and Kanae in Season 18).
* Mia from Season 18 has become this. Some people can agree that she has been the most consistent of the rookies, and for people who find her attractive. Other people find her arrogant to a fault, and fears that she the season is rigged for her to win (though this is ultimately {{subverted}} when she faces off and loses against Ariel in the finale).
* Kori from Season 19. Some people lump her in with [[EnsembleDarkhorse the rest of the final four]] in terms of talent and likeability, most notably encouraging Jordan to not relapse on her alcoholism and her and Cody buying Vitamix blenders for Mary Lou and Declan after they lost a challenge. However, others believe she had a mean streak that primarily consisted of sabotaging and not owning up to her mistakes, citing Syann's last service and the final 4 service as examples.
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* Paul from Season 9 is an interesting case, as while he was well liked in that season, many people [[spoiler: believe the far more popular Will should've won over him]]. His Season 12 appearance where he TookALevelInJerkass didn't help much.

* Jason, the runner-up of Season 12, has a mixed reputation in the fanbase. Many fans love him for his fun, LargeHam personality, consistency in the kitchen, and a BadassBeard worthy of a Viking. Other fans don't like his moments of arrogance, and there was his [[NeverLiveItDown infamous blowup with Sandra]] (though he did at least apologize). And, similarly to Season 2's Keith and Virginia, there is a lot of debate over whether he or Rochelle should've been in the finale.

Several contests can split the fanbase on their likability. A few examples are Season 5's Ben, Season 8's Jillian, and Season 6's Tennille.

* As the main page mentions, Amanda from Season 6 is a Base-Breaking Character. You either find her ditziness cute or incredibly annoying and obnoxious.
* For a time, Season 11's Mary became one. Some believed that she had [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap clawed herself out of the scrappy heap]] and improved leaps and bounds, to the point where she rivaled top contenders like Ja'Nel and Jon, but others could not shake their first impressions of her and saw her overall performance as too weak thanks to her early troubles, and her irritating voice continued to grate on many viewer's nerves even if they did like her. [[spoiler:It peaked when it was revealed that ''she'' was one of two finalists, pushing fan favorite Jon out of the finale and denying numerous fans the Ja'Nel vs. Jon showdown they had been hoping to see the past few months. While she lost most of her Base Breaker status when she proved in the finale that it hadn't been a fluke and that she actually was capable of running a kitchen, she would have likely stayed in this territory if she had actually beaten Ja'Nel, the other fan favorite.]]
* Both Season 1 finalists, Michael and Ralph, suffer from this, especially Michael. His fans see him as one of the most badass chefs in the shows history, his detractors accuse him of being a KarmaHoudini and ManipulativeBastard who had no right to win the season. Ralph also gets this due to being a man with major SmallNameBigEgo problems, albeit an attitude he backed up in spades when in the kitchen. The fact that both sabotaged fan favorite Elsie doesn't help matters.

* Heather from both Season 16 and 18. Most people agree that she is actually a fairly solid chef, typically holding her own in services and doing well in challenges (remarkably getting a 5 on her signature dish in both seasons). However, her detractors dislike her fairly crass attitude and mannerisms, and her moments of being a {{Hypocrite}} and NeverMyFault, especially in Season 18. Her showmance with Andrew in Season 16 (despite him being engaged) also cost her much popularity with both the audience and other contestants. On the other hand, her supporters point out her moments of being a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, especially towards Aaron's elimination and Kimberly winning a black jacket over Andrew in Season 16. Her biggest offence typically comes from surviving elimination over other contestants who are much more well-liked and popular (Heidi in Season 16 and Kanae in Season 18).

* Heather from both Season 16 and 18. Most people agree that she is actually a fairly solid chef, typically holding her own in services and doing well in challenges (remarkably getting a 5 on her signature dish in both seasons). However, her detractors dislike her fairly crass attitude and mannerisms, and her moments of being a {{Hypocrite}} and NeverMyFault, especially in Season 18. Her showmance with Andrew in Season 16 (despite him being [[YourCheatingHeart engaged]]) also cost her much popularity with both the audience and other contestants. On the other hand, her supporters point out her moments of being a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, especially towards Aaron's elimination and Kimberly winning a black jacket over Andrew in Season 16. Her biggest offence typically comes from surviving elimination over other contestants who are much more well-liked and popular (Heidi in Season 16 and Kanae in Season 18).

* As the main page mentions, Amanda from Season 6 is a Base-BreakingCharacter. You either find her ditziness cute or incredibly annoying and obnoxious.