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** Then there's the strategy of being [[The Quiet One]] or [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]. Unless pretending to be stupid involves doing something that's funny, you won't get much screentime by staying out of harm's way. That being said, if you can convince the players in control that you're not a threat at all (Natalie White, anyone?), they'll take you to the end under the assumption that you're no trouble to beat.
* In ''[[Hell's Kitchen]]'' season 3, one of the top performers was Julia, a Waffle House line cook from [[Atlanta]]. The professionally-trained chefs (especially those on her own team) [[All of the Other Reindeer|tended to treat her like crap and denigrate her skills]],<ref>Or as one of the teammates noted, "She works in a [[Precision F-Strike|fuckin' Waffle House, I mean ''come on'']]</ref> but it turned out she had precisely the skill set Gordon Ramsay was looking for (including good teamwork, promptness with her cooking, and staying cool under pressure). So much so that when she was eliminated near the end, Gordon praised her potential and dedication and then paid for her to go to culinary school
** In particular, one episode had a breakfast challenge; [[Genre Blind|instead of asking the woman who does this every day of her life for help]], the other women told her [[You! Get Me Coffee!|"go peel potatoes"]]. When Gordon noticed, he ordered the women to let Julia cook; she quickly turned the sinking ship into an overwhelming victory.
* One episode of [[Food Network]]'s Celebrity Chef Cook-Off had as its Elimination Challenge... grilled cheese. [[Cheech and Chong|Cheech Marin]] and Lou Diamond Philips made fancy sandwiches with unusual breads and extra bits thrown in, while Joey Fatone made a basic grilled cheese sandwich, the only embellishment being a smiley face made of sliced tomatoes and a pickle. However, Cheech's sandwich was greasy and LDP didn't melt the cheese, while Joey (who said [[Taught By Experience|he makes grilled cheese all the time for his kids]]) ended up winning immunity because his no-frills sandwich was perfectly made.
* Plenty of episodes in both the U.K and U.S versions of ''[[Kitchen Nightmares]]'' had chefs making extremely flashy food that was especially difficult or time consuming to cook, or had managers decorate their restaurants with flashy but gaudy styles and using tacky gimmicks to draw in customers. Gordon has them change to fit this trope. Some of the best examples of the former and the later respectively are Rococo's and The Curry Lounge.
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