On the plus side, the patrons are provided free drinks to pass the time while waiting for Ramsay to finish screaming at the contestants. Yet, according to Mashed, several contestants have found a way to keep the cameras off them : Sing a famous song. Music rights are expensive and Fox can't just shell out more cash for a Taylor Swift tune popping up. No matter the voice, belting out a song is the best way to get the camera off you.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Ramsay summed up how he despises supposed "chefs" whose experience is limited to "they think they can cook because they hosted a dinner party. It's why the interview process is intense as the producers want folks with real cooking skills and knowledge, not just looking to get on TV.
Ramsay has made it clear that only the truly serious chefs are right for his Kitchen. A man like Gordon Ramsay isn't just your average TV host. The man took his passion for cursing and cooking and rolled with it, becoming one of the most popular chefs in the world. So when I hear something like Gordon having a slew of bodyguards around him, I'm not surprised.
He's a wanted man. As many viewers of the show know, Gordon pushes these contestants' buttons, and at times, they get sick of being yelled at and can get a little physical.
This is where the bodyguards come in, not just to protect Ramsay, but because Fox isn't down to see blood on screen. I don't know if many people know this, but there are a ton of reality TV shows where contestant's aren't paid for being on the show. Sometimes the only person that sees the money is whoever wins the competition. They essentially quit their jobs and all their experience for one opportunity that they think they can win.
Those competing on The Bachelor do not get paid — nor are they stipend for all those damn gowns they have to buy. On the contrary, according to The Richest , contestants on Hell's Kitchen are paid for leaving their life's work while being on the show. They're paid a modest salary throughout the show, which is kind of touching since so many shows are cheap in that way. When you think about all the single parents who show up on Hell's Kitchen , it's nice knowing they're not completely left dry from this experience.
When I think if interviewing to be on a reality TV show, I think of recording myself, telling the camera my life story and why I want to be on the show. I would probably expect an arranged meeting and then that would be it. However, according to Sous Chef Ariel Malone—who appeared on the show in —the application process is quite long.
Malone went on to add that entire process took months of interviews until production figured she was right for the show.
This, of course, means that the same time was spent on other contestants as well. Not only food, but the entire food industry. He loves what he does and respects what he does. His passion, however, comes with a heated hot-head and a whole lot of curse words. If you're messing up — gordon isn't going to sugarcoat things, he's gonna give it to ya straight. But is he really always a bad guy?
Former contestant Ariel Malone begs to differ. I like the mentorship he gives. It's a no bull[expletive], 'I expect the best from you' style, and he's actually really genuine and nurturing. All the contestants are crammed into a house or a flat to share until the end of the season, and sometimes people get friendly, or other times people get Former season six contestant, Kevin Cottle explained how there's more than just cooking and sleeping going down.
People are so stressed, they're sleeping with each other After a Reddit: Ask Me Anything , someone asked if there were any weird secrets of the show, to which is replied, "Not weird, but contestants [do it] on the show all the time.
Especially since most of the 'at home' scenes are in no way sensual; they're pretty much the cast chilling out with some wine and snacks. Nope — they were cooking, even though they'd all gotten dressed up for it. She had to trade her 6-inch heels for something kitchen-safe, but otherwise, they just had to deal with what was thrown at them.
She also says that producers would go out of their way to keep contestants guessing. If it seemed they were getting too accustomed to getting up at a certain time, the wake-up call might come a few hours early, or with a deafening burst of music.
No clues, no hints, no schedule, and pressure of knowing the call to get in the kitchen and cook could come at any moment? It's no wonder they're stressed! While you might not be able to score a meal at the "real" Hell's Kitchen, there's a next best thing. This one was going to be in Caesars Palace, and it was an interactive experience designed to make diners feel like they were actually in Hell's Kitchen.
Is there anything that's more Las Vegas than that? Customers would even get to use the confessional booths popularly visited by contestants, and also have the chance to judge the teams and vote for their favorite.
And yes, Ramsay says that it was built with the idea that it would be featured in the show at some point. It hasn't all been smooth sailing there, though. In , Hell's Kitchen dropped a menu item from the lineup after it sent a few guests to the hospital. It was the Rum Donkey, a tiki-style drink served on fire, and predictably, people got hurt. According to Fox News , they "removed the flame component of the drink at issue. Gordon Ramsay might be super intimidating when it's all-hands-on-deck, go-time in the kitchen, but Hell's Kitchen contestant Ariel Malone told Delish that off-camera, he's anything but.
I like the mentorship he gives. When Ramsay talked to Variety about which show is his favorite to make "It's whatever's in production. Say what you will about Ramsay, you can't say that he doesn't make it very, very clear what he expects from those working for him. Think you've got what it takes to be a contestant on Hell's Kitchen? You might! But, be warned — the audition process is a very long, very intense one.
Ariel Malone told Delish that she spent somewhere between two and three months doing interview after interview before she even had an inkling that she was going to make it on the show. Interviews started on the phone, then were on camera, and then, they were in person.
And they would ask the same questions over and over again, and she says that there were some specific goals in mind. They wanted to know how each person learned, how readily they adapted to new and stressful situations, and how likely they were to be all right with change.
She added: "During the on-camera interview, the questions were more situational, like, 'if you're in the kitchen and somebody burns you, how do you respond? Season 9 contestant Carrie Keep talked about the interview process with D Magazine , and said there weren't just interviews, there were background checks, a deep dive by a private investigator, and screenings by doctors and mental health professionals.
But most surprising of all was that there was one thing that she didn't have to do. What's that? It's no secret that there's a few dishes that Ramsay will get inevitably mad about on Hell's Kitchen — risotto, anyone?
He starts yelling about that one pretty regularly, but when he talked to Entertainment Weekly , he revealed that there was a little more to the anger we see on the show than just frustration at the fact chefs just can't seem to get this one right.
When somebody lies to you it's worse than working with somebody who can't cook. Because when you trust someone with your reputation and they cross that line, they want [the food] out of their sight and they tell you they finished it, and you know they're lying, that's the worst. Of course, that's not the only thing about contestants that sets Ramsay on edge. There was a lot that changed in , starting with all the new restrictions and regulations put in place to try to stop the spread of coronavirus.
Masks and social distancing became a way of life, but when Season 19 of Hell's Kitchen aired in January , there was something amiss: there were no masks, no social distancing, and no precautions being taken whatsoever. That, says the Las Vegas Review-Journal , is for one simple reason: it had been filmed more than a year before it finally aired. Season 19 finally made it to TV sets across the country on January 7, , but it had been filmed in the spring of — and that's a long time for contestants to keep their secrets.
By the time the show was broadcast, the troupe of performers who ushered in the Vegas season had been on hiatus for about nine months. Masks had been a requirement for going out for so long, not seeing them seemed odd. So, what gives? Why did it take so long to air? Smith, however, was optimistic, saying, "Another way of looking at it is, we're going to be back to this. We're going to be back to Vegas on fire and restaurants jam-packed with action and all the good stuff.
Anyone who's watched Hell's Kitchen has done it: From the quiet and comfort of our home sofas, it's easy to sit and yell at contestants for making seemingly obvious mistakes But when Delish talked to executive producers Kent Weed and Arthur Smith, they learned why we should all cut contestants a little slack.
A season is filmed over the course of five weeks, and it's insanely stressful. In addition to being completely secluded from the outside world — including friends and family — contestants are also kept to a rigid schedule. Their days start at 7 a. Most days, that doesn't happen until around 2 a. That's not all for sleeping, either. Contestants have access to their own kitchens and need to cook their own meals. Most opt for the quick-and-easy junk food route, so not only are they getting somewhere around just a few hours of sleep a night for weeks on end, but they're also running on whatever food they're not too tired to make.
Each season of Hell's Kitchen brings a slew of new faces and personalities to root for or against. Usually the main players — Gordon Ramsay and his sous chefs — remain constant, but Season 19 brought someone new to the game: the sous chef of the blue team, who — appropriately — was hard to miss with his bright blue hair.
His name, according to Boston , is Jason Santos. Longtime fans might think he looks kind of familiar, and there's a very good reason for that: Santos was the runner-up on Season 7 of Hell's Kitchen.
Both seasons 19 and 20 were filmed in , and have been sitting on a shelf since—kind of like what happened to The Amazing Race season And while Fox broadcast a season last summer, that was a rebroadcast of season Read on to find out why.
Why now? The change in venue offered a lot to the production. Outside of the set, as we saw in episode one, the production even built a faux airport check-in and waiting room, complete with Allegiant Airlines product integration, to try to fool the contestants into thinking they were being flown back to L.
It takes just 18 production days to film one season. The much-lengthier process is post-production, which took six months.
Both seasons were entirely completed back in , and Rosen told me that there was no re-editing or going back to the shows now.
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