Based off the Long Runner cooking competition show, Hell's Kitchen, The Hell's Kitchen Roleplay is a roleplay based off the show hosted on Discord.
The roleplay itself plays out pretty much identical to the show, with there being 16-20 chefs competing in various cooking challenges and in dinner service in order to become Gordon Ramsay's next head chef. Like in the show, Ramsay, or whoever is hosting, will not show mercy to chefs who mess up, as it is their kitchen, and after every dinner service, Ramsay will or will not send someone home. This will continue until only one chef remains.
Where the Roleplay differs though however is with the characters...
From actual robots on the show to characters with unfortunate names, the Roleplay features far wackier, over the top, and batshit insane chefs than even the most notorious chefs on the actual show. Regardless, some of these chefs can go on to become some of the most well-respected or hated chefs in the show's history.
There is also a spin-off known as Hell's Kitchen: Amateurs, featuring chefs with very little experience. A season is currently going on right now.
These tropes are RAW!:
- Anyone Can Die: Well, not die, but just like the actual show, several chefs have been sent home despite them being on the winning team.
- Season 2 had Smelly, who was eliminated after the first dinner service after completely screwing up service and managing to annoy everyone with his terrible attitude.
- Season 3 had Terrence, who was eliminated after his awful performance on fish and his creepy personality.
- Badass Crew: Like in the show, the final six black team are supposed to be this. For the most part, it's averted however as they still have bad nights.
- The returning winners in Season 1 were billed as this, but it is ultimately averted when the current black jacket chefs earn a decisive victory over them, putting THEM into this trope instead.
- Beware the Nice Ones
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing:
- Plenty of examples, most notably Season's Daisy.
- Born Unlucky: Despite being the strongest and most consistent of the amateurs from beginning to end, Heather lost all 6 dinner services and suffered eight punishments, mostly due to her teammates' ineptitude. Subverted in the end by winning the season.
- Breather Episode: For the chefs at least. On occasion when the chefs do exceptionally well, Ramsay will decide not to eliminate anyone as reward for their hard work. Of course, they aren't told this until after the nominations are made and he's asked them who and why they've decided to put up.
- The Bus Came Back:
- In episode 11 of Season 1, a team of winners from the actual show are brought in to challenge the current team. Season 6's Dave, Season 11's Ja'nel, Season 17's Michelle, Season 18's Ariel, Season 19's Kori, and Season 20's Trenton competed, but ultimately lost to the Season 1 Black Team of Shane, Bobby, Jake, Angie, Elise, and Dee.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Several.
- Season 3 had Terrence.
- Amateurs had Charles, who actually made it pretty far.
- Color-Coded Characters: Like the in the main show, the main kitchen's divided into two equally-outfitted sections, one side for each team. Each team's jackets match its respective color (either red or blue), as well. When the remaining chefs advance to becoming the Black Team, the new jackets are the first reminder that they must now work together.
- Cool Old Guy: While not exactly cool old guys, since they're mostly middle-aged, most contestants' ages range from mid-twenties to early thirties, so they're the older ones by default.
- Season 2 and All-Stars had Ewan, a Large Ham Nice Guy who was easily one of the front-runners due to his exceptional cooking skills, even to the extent he could be a legitimate threat to Jangue. This even carried over to all-stars, cementing him as one of the most beloved chefs in the show's history.
