what's going on guys i'm flip masters and welcome to my ranking of the top 10 worst
black jacket chefs in hell's kitchen history so obviously earning a black jacket is a massive
honor in hell's kitchen but despite a majority of the black jacket chefs in hell's kitchen
earning their spot in the black jacket club there's been plenty of chefs who had quite a
rocky road to the final five or six it makes you question how the hell they even got a black jacket
in the first place and today i'll be looking at the 10 worst black jacket chefs ever
so for my criteria first off i'm looking at their time in hell's kitchen before they earned a black
jacket since you know obviously that's what i'm ranking so for example while a guy like trev
really sucked after he got a black jacket his performance up until the black jacket portion
of the game wasn't bad enough to land him on the list another big thing i'll be looking at is how
lucky they were to even make it to the black jackets whether that's due to them being a big
time personality and that's the only reason why ramsay didn't eliminate them a twist in the game
that propelled them or simply getting lucky that they weren't on the losing team or were shielded
by other chefs who sucked more than they did and speaking of other chefs i'll once again be looking
at the talent of their competition that season along with how big their cast size was and just
their general performance during hell's kitchen up until they earned a black jacket and all this is
going off my general knowledge you know i haven't just rewatched all seasons or anything like that
i don't use the discord that tally's mistakes you know i just use my general knowledge of the show
along with a check here and there on wikipedia when needed so with all that said let's get
this list started with number 10. to start off the list and i know this may seem pretty controversial
and i hate to look down on this guy considering he was literally the only bright spot of season
9 for me but at number 10 i have tommy stevens from hell's kitchen season 9.
and when you look at tommy you think of him you know obviously not being on will
or paul's level but still holding his own and definitely being a good overall chef
but i think people forget that even though he was only put up for elimination two times he made a
mistake in basically every service you know in the first four services he made a mistake of some sort
he was just simply overshadowed by bad chefs like chino steven and brandon who made far worse
mistakes and he probably goes home in episode 3 if the blue team loses that service as he had far
and away the weakest performance he had a couple good performances service and challenge-wise in
the middle half of the season but again from the final 10 on he made mistakes of some magnitude
in pretty much every service his mistakes got overshadowed by jonathan's performance at the
final 10. his mistakes at the final 9 were forgiven because he was on the winning team
he got put up for elimination at the final late for his bad performance but luckily carrie had
been far worse than him he had a bad performance at the final seven but natalie was seen as weaker
you know so it's not like he was ever far and away the worst chef and his mistakes were obviously
pretty forgettable but that's still not a good look for a black jacket chef now to be fair he
paul and will really dominate the final six so in that regard you know he did earn his way to
a black jacket but unfortunately as awesome as tommy is his performance this season was
simply far too inconsistent and he lands here in the top ten now at number nine and this is kind
of an interesting one here but i have sarah from hell's kitchen season two in my top ten
and yeah stats was you know it doesn't seem that bad she was only put up for nomination one time
and really had a pretty easy ride to the black jackets the thing is though she just simply wasn't
that good straight up i mean yeah she didn't have any super bad performances but she also had a
multitude of mistakes and being that this was only a 12 person cast you know obviously it didn't take
much for her to get a black jacket she just needed to get by and obviously that's not a great look to
me and in fact it's even less appealing to me than chefs like you know say ottoman row for example
who on paper had a much bumpy ride to the black jackets but also had more to prove compared to
sarah to which i feel they did prove more than sarah which is why sarah's on the list so in the
end i feel like sarah wasn't that great and made it to the black jackets for being not that great
instead of flat out bad like basically every other chef this season so because of that she lands here
at number nine now at number eight and these next three spots from eight to six are pretty similar
in that these chefs had some seriously great moments during their time in hell's kitchen
and are some of the best bounce back chefs in the show's history but that doesn't change the fact
that they were all so inconsistent with the best of the three being ben from hell's kitchen season
five and ben started off the game extremely well i mean he had a great signature dish
and really stood out as the leader those first three services but from episode 4
on he seemed to get worse and worse every episode with ramsay insulting him in ways that ramsay has
never insulted a chef in the history of the show he got nominated three times along the way and the
big knock comes at the final seven i mean he said to himself he was ready to take his jacket off but
ramsay essentially broke hell's kitchen forever and eliminating carol from the winning team
just an absolute massive break for ben there and to be honest i don't really think carol's
performance was bad enough to warrant her going home despite being on the wing team but either
way i think ramsay simply wanted to make a great tv moment and continue to gradually break his own
rules and show that nobody's safe as he evolved the show and ben just so happened to massively
benefit from that so while you certainly have to respect ben's never say die attitude and a
strong start he got worse and worse each service instead of getting better and was very lucky not
to go home at the final seven so because of all that he lands here at number eight now at number
seven i have one of the best bounce back chefs in hell's kitchen history but that doesn't change the
fact that he has so many flaws and that is clemenza from hell's kitchen season 10. now
again clemence certainly did a lot of good things during his time in hell's kitchen i do remember
him being a pretty good challenge performer he had some seriously good services such as completing a
service with only himself patrick and guy and he was a tremendous vocal leader who seemed to
always be ready for a challenge but he obviously had a lot of struggles this season as well i mean
he was put up five times for elimination with a couple very bad services like the final 13
service he was absolutely dreadful as he made so many mistakes not only during service but before
and after as well as he started cooking scallops before the service even started and wasted a whole
bunch of swordfish after the service ended so he got really lucky that he didn't go home there and
especially lucky that the blue team nominated guy over brian as i could easily see clemenza going
home over brian in that scenario he got kicked out of multiple services for making mistakes you know
obviously season 10 was the season of ramsay kicking people out individually and he could
have easily gone home in every one of those five pre-blackjack eliminations other than the final 12
you know as that was definitely a bs nomination for clemenza so clemenza was super inconsistent
all season and while he was strong in other areas of the show the amount of mistakes he made are too
much to overlook so he lands here at number seven at number six now and this chef is pretty tough
to place as you know again this chef did fight back so many times but similar to kalenza and
ben that doesn't take away from the fact that he was so inconsistent throughout the season
and that is paulie from hell's kitchen season 16. and aside from being very inconsistent throughout
the season i mean just look at the stats he was put up for elimination four times he very well
could have been the first boot of the season had the blue team gone along with nominating him as
he did offer himself up which is a big no-no for chef ramsay and the very big knock i have against
paulie is that he was only able to make it to the black jackets due to the final six challenge
now granted this wasn't like season 17 when two people got eliminated during this challenge
you know so it's not like it was impossible for paulie to make it to the black jackets
without this challenge but let's be real here as bad as andrew was personality wise this season
he far and away deserved a black jacket over paulie and if this was a normal dinner service
more than likely andrew makes it in over poly there's also some other questionable decisions
although not as bad as some of the other obviously bad decisions from ramsay throughout this list but
still you have paulie staying over coop that's pretty questionable as i think coop was slightly
better than paulie up until that point paulie's surviving over devon again devon had been doing
so well up until that point and of course don't forget that season 16 is one of the worst group of
chefs in hell's kitchen history and paulie was on arguably the worst blue team in the show's history
and obviously his leadership lacked if he wasn't able to save the team from tanking so badly
so when you add up all these flaws paulie's good performances simply can't save him from
being left off the list and he ultimately lands here at number six at number five the top half
now and this person is not only a terrible black jacket but she's a terrible runner-up and that is
virginia dalback from hell's kitchen season two and yeah the only runner up to be on the list
we should tell you a lot about her performance in hell's kitchen i've already talked about virginia
in my runner-up video so just a quick summary here she was nominated in three of the four chances
she could be and only had one good service the entire portion of the pre-black jacket phase and
not only that but she would easily get flustered especially early on in the game and similar to
sarah she was only able to make it to the black jacket simply because while she was really bad
she wasn't horrendous like all the other chefs this season so yeah not only is virginia a joke
of a runner-up but she didn't even deserve a black jacket in my eyes and is the fifth worst of all
time in my opinion despite her making the deepest run out of everyone on the list at number four and
these next two are the epitome of making it to the black jackets due to their personality and because
of that some people might consider them the two worst black jackets ever but here at number four
i have sabrina brimhall from hell's kitchen season 8. now to be fair to sabrina she did
have some really good services such as in episode 5 and the final three dinner services before the
black jackets really helping the red team dominate but pretty much everything else about sabrina is
really bad the obvious being that season 8 is the weakest group of chefs in hell's kitchen history
so making the black jackets this season isn't really much to brag about in the first place
and then throw in the fact that she was nominated six times for elimination and you know again half
these times she was nominated simply because of her bad personality but still she obviously has
some pretty bad services throughout the season as well and a big knock i have against sabrina comes
in episode four you know she was already off to a bad start and had yet another bad performance
in episode four and flat out should have gone home here over louis i mean just this is just a simple
case of you know ramsay knows he's making a bad decision in order to keep the drama around when
in any other case sabrina 100 goes home here so between being nominated six freaking times
being on the least talented cash in hell's kitchen history and only surviving episode four
due to her personality her good just simply does not make up for all the bad so she lands here at
number four on to number three and i know a lot of people think this person should be number one
as she definitely benefited from some terrible decisions and twists but here at number three i
have robin from hell's kitchen all stars and i mean you could argue her season 10 performance
also deserves to be on the list but i think her performance in all stars in some ways is the
epitome of everything wrong with modern hell's kitchen so she started off the game very badly
with two very weak services out the gate which got her switch to the blue team very early on in the
game yet despite being switched to the blue team which you know usually means the chef has won two
chances left max she survived three eliminations and lily got put up for elimination in her very
first service on the blue team and yeah we all know the problems with this season the absolute
bs eliminations and these random challenges that hugely benefited robin you know as i think
ramsay introduced these challenges as a way to protect the big time personalities such as robin
and yeah let's go through it all i mean first up we got her against giovanni and while both
underperformed that challenge i think robin's dish and overall performance was worse than giovanni's
but again obviously ramsay was going to get rid of a guy like giovanni in that spot as he wasn't
a big time personality compared to the rest of the cast then of course you have the ridiculous
van elimination i mean point blank robin should have gone home here against millie and for van
to be the one to go home after not even being nominated after a bad communication service just
flat out awful and then the final seven black jacket challenge you know once again robin was
the last one to make it in now how much of this was due to robin being better tv than jennifer
i'm not sure as at this stage you know ramsay usually takes his decisions a lot more seriously
but again the fact that jennifer dominated all season while robin was constantly weak
and yes she's the one to go home in a random 3 part challenge again it's so stupid if this was
any other season jennifer most likely isn't even in a position to go home as if this was a normal
host kitchen season with a dinner service to decide the black jackets robin most definitely
doesn't make it in so i mean robin was pretty weak throughout the entire season she didn't improve
at all when switching to the blue team when she should have got better she somehow survived the
final 10 due to ramsay eliminated van won the worst decisions of all time and she survived
two challenges over giovanni and jennifer who were clearly more talented chefs than her this season
and while you could definitely make a case for her to be number one due to all these shenanigans i
think the top two are definitely worse than robin but she does land here at number three at number
two and i think the top two are very definitive as both really squeaked by in early seasons
since the chefs back then were so much worse than they are today and they still made so many
mistakes despite being a black jacket and here at number two is matt segal from hell's kitchen
season four and i mean right away he made probably the worst signature dish in hell's kitchen history
lydia making chef ramsay throw up i mean just an awful first look now to be fair he did bounce
back nicely after that as a lot of the chefs who produce really bad signature dishes end up being
the first couple boots so in that regard that's pretty good but from episode 4 on he had a pretty
terrible run he had a terrible service in episode four and could have very well gone home it's just
that craig was a little bit worse he continued to struggle but was saved when ramsay put him on the
red team which to be fair his first service on the red team was fantastic and a massive bounce
back and really the first time in hell's kitchen history we saw a chef say themselves by bouncing
back on a new team but after his great final nine dinner service he continued to struggle
and somehow got past the final eight elimination when again you would think okay he was given one
more chance he had a bad service shouldn't he go home now and even during elimination you know it
looks like he's going home but then ramsay's like never mind roseanne you're going home now when
like he already sent her back in line so yeah to me i think ramsay just simply wanted matt around
a little longer for gray tv again a terrible look for match skill wise and at the final seven he had
another bad service but was able to make it to the black jackets due to the blue team having a worse
service so while matt does have some good moments and a very standout performance at the final nine
he was very below average the entire season and was really lucky to make it past the final eight
and throw in the fact that season four was a very bad cast talent wise as you could even argue that
some other black jackets this season were pretty weak all those factors in my opinion make him the
second worst black jacket in hell's kitchen history and finally at number one a man who
probably single-handedly caused the bigger cast in hell's kitchen as black jacket almost lost all its
meaning after this man made the black jackets in season three and that man is josh waller i
mean first and foremost the guy didn't have one good service during his stay in hell's kitchen
and to be fair it's not like he had any really bad services but he pretty much made at least
one mistake in every service he was put up for elimination three of the four times he had the
opportunity to do so and again to be fair the first two times he didn't really deserve to go up
you know obviously his services weren't great but it was more so the fact that rock just didn't like
him however since rock knew that josh was such easy competition he nominated brad instead of josh
at the final six seeing that brad was a bigger threat so if rock simply nominated josh there
he a hundred percent goes home so yeah i mean really nothing good about josh other than the fact
that he wasn't completely terrible but i mean if that's your best accolade as a black jacket chef
then something has gone terribly wrong between being nominated three times not having one good
service and only making it to the black jackets due to rock trying to get rid of a bigger threat
josh takes the cake as the worst black jacket chef in hell's kitchen history so there you go guys my
list of the top 10 worst black jacket chefs in hell's kitchen history again there were a lot of
people who you could argue should be on the list and feel free to leave a comment down below asking
why you know say person x wasn't on the list and i'll be happy to answer but with that said thank
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it getting copyrighted so i'm still playing around with those one thing i will say though is expect a
top 10 best non-black jacket ranking later this week as i'm just about finishing recording that
list as well but once again guys thanks so much for watching and i'll see you next time