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*In Season 6, [[The Ditz|Amanda]] presented Margareta French Toast with Tequila Butter, a dish that only takes 3 minutes to make.
**Melinda's Poached Lobster Tail with Portobello Mushrooms lacked the key ingredient: the lobster tail! Ramsay trashed that one without tasting it.
**Suzanne's risotto had undercooked rice in it, but she tried to argue that it wasn't, prompting Chef Ramsay to have her opponent, Dave, taste it as well. Even he told her it was undercooked.
**Even [[Determinator|Dave]] couldn't get a leg up with his Ostrich and Brussels Sprouts; the meat was seasoned well and had a lovely colour on it, but he undercooked the sprouts, which on their own cost him a point. Same thing with Joseph's veal chop, which had the same criticism as Dave's dish. Only difference is that Joseph started getting lippy about it.
*In Season 7, Jamie's
**Holli, that season's winner, presented Halibut wrapped in banana leaves. As she struggled to name the part of India it was supposedly from (desperately trying her damnedest to save face), Ramsay tossed the leaves, and then the rest followed after one bite. This however, along with a few others after her, shows that a bad signature dish doesn't rule that contestant out of the running.
**Salvatore used pre-made bucatini in his signature dish, which is a double fail because not only is pre-made food a cardinal sin in HK, but Salvatore is Italian, the country known for freshly made pasta! Oh yeah, the pasta was undercooked as well. And finally, just to really stick the knife in further (metaphorically speaking of course), Benjamin, who isn't even Italian, actually did make his pasta from scratch, completely upstaging the Italian native!
*Antonia's Mardi Gras gumbo caused another regurgitation, as Ramsay starting puking into the bin next to him; this time though, he got the other chefs to share the pain by having them take a mouthful of stuff and pass it along. In particular, Rob called it repulsive (and said he'd rather have a cat shit in his mouth), Nona couldn't even describe it, and Vinny likened it to a bowl of mud. Naturally, Ramsay used it as the tie breaker against the women.
*Jonathon's Punch Drunk Chicken: it already looks a mess when you look at it, but what really annoyed Gordon though is that he pulled the pineapple ring out of a can, giving the excuse that he had a limited time to make it. Gordon threatened to eliminate him on the spot for that one!
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*The following season (13), JP finished his Boston-style baked Haddock with 20 minutes to spare, meaning he had to cook it a second time; it ended up being very dry. As expected, Ramsay threatened to give him the boot on the spot for it.
**That season's winner, La Tasha, served grilled watermelon! Unsurprisingly, it scored a 1/5.
*Monique used jarred sauce for her pasta dish, then decided to argue with Chef Ramsay over it, claiming he should've told her himself that he only wanted fresh ingredients.
*Kevin (no, not ''that'' Kevin) from Season 15 served Chef Ramsay what looked like a Caesar Salad on top of a pizza, which on its own baffled him, but Kevin then reveals that he used a pre-made pizza base '''''and''''' pre-made Caesar dressing! Like with JP, Ramsay threatened to eliminate him on the spot.
*In the All Stars season, Robyn prepared a salmon dish for Ramsay; but not only did he have her opponent Benjamin taste the skin (he called it very salty), but she was the only contestant that season to score a 1/5.
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=== Season 2 ===
=== Season 3 ===
*Episode 3 featured two cases of unsanitary kitchen practises:
**First, Jen threw some pasta when she noticed that Julia had enough on for two orders...only for Chef Ramsay to call the next ticket, which happened to have an order of spaghetti. Panicking, Jen pulled the tossed pasta out of the trash, washed it, and tried to cook it off. Luckily, Julia's quality control stopped Jen from going any further.
**Joanna later took a serving of crab spaghetti to the pass, but Chef Ramsay noticed the crab smelled awful; the crab was stale, which is of course, lethal. He proceeds to chew Joanna out for this, thankful none of the rancid crab had gone out yet, but the latter continued to act apathetically about it.
***Both ended up on the chopped block that night (though Jen put herself up), and had to plead their cases for why they should stay in Hell's Kitchen despite committing such atrocities. Joanna argued that Jen should be sent home for pulling pasta out of the bin and trying to serve it. However, Chef Ramsay questioned this, asking if she wouldn't serve trashed spaghetti, but had no problem serving rotten crab meat. Joanna is eliminated by her own logic, and Jen is warned to stay away from bins.
*The now infamous "Lame Duck" incident in Episode 5; under Melissa's leadership, the Red Team attempted to serve a [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|duck breast]] to a soon-to-be married couple for their wedding reception, but the team had no time to prepare any garnishes for it. And on top of that, the meat was unseasoned, and was overcooked. Gordon was [[Captain Obvious|furious]].
*Josh hasn't had a good service while he was on this show, so many fans were curious as to how he made it to black jackets, but that's besides the point: in the first service of that season's black jackets, Josh irritated Chef Ramsay early on by cooking multiple pans of risotto before they had even opening the restaurant. Even after being reprimanded for this, Josh continued to cook food ahead of the orders, this time spaghetti. When one of his pre-cooked risotto's comes back undercooked, Gordon has enough and ''eliminates Josh mid-service'', becoming the first contestant to be eliminated before service had ended.
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* During the Pork challenge in Episode 5, Nilka had served Chef Ramsay an unflattering dish consisting of blood sausage with a prune puree (with a lot of prodding from Scott). It is apparently so nasty there Ramsay also threw up from it. What really cost the Red team in this challenge however, is the final dish served by Maria; it was a sweet potato soup with a ham hock garnish. The problem with it is that the ham hock was supposed to be the '''''main''''' ingredient, and the sweet potato was the garnish. Ramsay disqualified it as a result, giving the men ([[My Friends and Zoidberg|and Autumn]]) the win.
** Fran
*** That last point is one that Fran has absolutely '''NO''' excuse for considering Mikey was eliminated three episodes back despite not being nominated that night, so she has seen this happen first hand, and
=== Season 8 ===
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*Episode 3 was Family Night, and an episode were the Red Team performed so poorly that Gina (who served as maître'd that night) was asked to lead her team into the dining room and [[Humiliation Conga|apologise to every table]] that was affected by their crap performance. To twist the knife in further, everyone on the Red Team - including Gina - was ejected from service immediately afterwards.
*In Episode 5's High School Reunion Challenge, the Red Team suffered a 3-0 defeat thanks to Elizabeth's poor leadership and communication. For context, Elizabeth and Paul were called up to Gordon's office to listen to the Reunion Committee's likes and dislikes, which include Hawaiian dishes, one of the guests even telling them point blank that she only ate fish. Elizabeth even asked if the guests wanted a Surf 'n' Turf right after this! While Paul relayed every bit of detail to his team, Elizabeth missed every singled cue and served bacon wrapped scallops and had her team prepare Asian dishes. Understandably, the rest of the Red Team were not happy with Elizabeth after this.
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*In Episode 7, both teams are tasked with cooking dishes using six different proteins, and the challenge ends in a tie at 2-2. However, Ramsay names the Red team the losers for two reasons:
**First off, Krupa's dish was presented as what she thought was veal, but was in actual fact, '''''fillet mignon;''''' meaning they didn't even use all of their proteins. Ramsay spotted this almost immediately, but that wasn't the biggest blunder the Red's made, which was...
**...that in the 45 minutes the teams had to cook their dishes for judging, ''no one on the Red team noticed!'' '''Actually:''' Elizabeth did question if Krupa's chosen protein was veal during the selection process at the start, but backed down when the latter assured her that the meat was veal, but that doesn't change the fact that none of the other women noticed it.
*Krupa's pathetic performance in the season finale, where she screwed up on fish so badly that Will demoted her to desserts for the remainder of service while he had Natalie take her place. Unfortunately, Will made this move far too late, and lost his chance to win.
=== Season 10 ===
* The opening service was a disaster for both teams, as neither of them managed to serve any entrees before Ramsay shut both kitchens down. Tavon had managed to butcher the men's entire supply of scallops, while Christina repeatedly served up raw wellingtons. The blue team came off worse though, since they didn't even complete appetisers before they were thrown out. In fact, to indicate how shitty this season's opening was, no entrees were served within the first two episodes!
* Royce pissed off Chef Ramsay in Episode 8 by serving a seafood dish to some Michelin Star chefs that had a giant hair in it! What's more, he had left the "shit sack" in there as well, cementing the Blue Team's defeat!
* In Episode 9, the Red Team lost the Steak Slots challenge after Robyn had presented an overcooked piece of rib eye steak with a flour and coffee rub that apparently tasted foul. Furthermore, Kimmie's dish (that was sat out since the women had an extra member) was deemed to be miles better than Robyn's, and would've won them the point, and thus the challenge. Also, Dana and Patrick both received common steakhouse ingredients, but both ended up botching their dishes; Dana's was full of liquid, and Patrick's was too salty.
* Brian sent up burnt fish [can't remember which one], which Chef Ramsay forced him to eat, but when asked what it tasted like, he got the brilliant idea to reply with: ''"It tastes like fish, Chef."'' Even he could not believe he said that!
* In the final episode of the team phase, the challenge was a total disaster for both teams; as no one scored a point, Ramsay declared both teams losers and, in an unprecedented move, had '''''both teams''''' partake in the punishment for sucking so badly! Dana summed up the whole spectacle as such:
{{Quote|'''Dana:''' ''Hell's Kitchen Season 10, making history. Only making history because we SUCK!''}}
=== Season 11 ===
* Sebastian clearly didn't understand the phrase "there's a time and a place for everything", when he tried to ease the tension by cracking jokes and using childish nicknames like "Mikey-Wikey". But he took it to its apex when Chef Ramsay heard him address Zack as "Zacky-Wacky". He then proceeded to try and re-enter the kitchen not once, not twice, but '''''three times!''''' It was only when Chef Ramsay threatened to kick him out through the front doors that Sebastian finally stopped poncing around, but he was kicked anyway.
=== Season 12 ===
* Gaurav was foolish enough to taste the risotto he was making '''with his finger!''' Chef Ramsay booted him later that night after the former kept insisting he did nothing wrong.
=== Season 13 ===
=== Season 14 ===
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*The Red Team had a dreadful start to the season, losing the first two challenges and services, the latter of which they were kicked out of both times. Even worse is when you remember that the Red Team had an advantage in the second challenge, The Seafood Tower, in which they had a 30 second head start over the men, and they still lost.
*Josh...oh boy. First, he made a bad first impression by scoring 2/5 in the signature dish challenge, worked at a snail's pace during services, and took several levels in dumbass since Season 14. But after transferring to the Red Team, in Episode 5, Josh was doing so badly on garnish that Ramsay threw him out until service was over. Rather than stay put, Josh thought it was a good idea to [[Too Dumb to Live|re-enter the kitchen]] against Ramsay's orders, who then decided he couldn't deal with him anymore and eliminated Josh on the spot mid-service.
*The Red Team's performance on the Blind Taste Test this year was truly something to witness: Dana and Jennifer got all four of their ingredients wrong, while Barbie only managed to get 2/4 right. Elise, who scored 3/4 in Season 9, got 3 of her ingredients wrong, ending her round early as she had no chance of closing the gap. The final result was 8-2 to the Blue Team, and the only BTT challenge that [[Forgone Conslusion|ended before going into the final round]], since Michelle didn't even get to
=== Season 18 ===
* In Episode 3, Jen (originally from Season 4) struggled to get garnish up to the pass, but she decided it would be an excellent idea to accuse ''Gordon Ramsay'' of all people of sabotaging her when she gives him under portioned garnish. Naturally, Ramsay wasn't going to take kindly to this, and kicked her out on the spot.
* Trev put his team in the crapper immediately in the first round of the Blind Taste Test by scoring 0/4, and then getting mocked by everyone around him afterwards
* Trev's avocado kisses in Episode 11's Dessert challenge were so poorly received that the guest judge, Valerie Gordon, ripped him apart for it, describing it as everything she hates about combining desserts and healthy eating, likening the taste to a bush.
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