one of the unfortunate things about hell's kitchen  compared to other shows is that the final part of  

the episode can be rather dull as it's usually  pretty obvious by the time service ends as to  

which chef is going to be the boot that night  and 90 of the time chef ramsay does make the  

obvious decision and even if it is a decision that  could go either way the elimination is usually  

justifiable but throughout the 20 seasons of  hell's kitchen there have been some eliminations  

that have baffled the fans watching to the point  where it's even ruined certain seasons and makes  

you wonder what on earth chef ramsay was thinking  what's going on guys i'm flynn masters and today  

we're going to be counting down the top 10 most  unfair eliminations in hell's kitchen history  

whether these chefs were screwed in order to  create drama or ramsay must have been on something  

while making this decision these chefs were all  unfairly eliminated and deserve some recognition  

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kitchen community here on youtube with all that  said let's get this list started with number 10.

we start off the top 10 with the most recent  unfair elimination which comes at the final  

nine of season 19. season 19 was such a breath of  fresh air as it was an all-newbie season after two  

seasons featuring returning players and a whole  bunch of unnecessary drama but while this season  

was overall really good it still had his issues  the only real controversial contestant this season  

was mark as he was a loudmouth and he wasn't  afraid to voice his opinion and at the final nine  

after being inconsistent all season it  looked like his time had come to an end  

as he was put up for elimination along with  adam who was a front runner at that point

um what ramsay's reasoning here was that he put  adam on garnish that night hoping he would shine  

but he ended up having a mediocre performance  and yeah as you'll see throughout the list a  

lot of these eliminations are obviously somewhat  rigged as a guy like mark made for far better tv  

than adam which is what i think truly swayed  ramsay to make this decision but like come on  

at least have a somewhat logical reasoning to  send him adam again i don't think the dude had  

made one mistake up until that point and i'm  sorry a bad communication moment or two on the  

freaking gardener station doesn't mean adam  is a bad leader ramsay really stretched here  

for adam's elimination all for one more  episode at a mark i hope it was worth it

at number nine is hostage elimination at  the final 11 of hell's kitchen season 15.  

i'll be honest with you guys i've always found  this elimination somewhat justified but i do  

understand why the community harps on it in season  15 hossen absolutely dominated on the blue team so  

much in fact that he was switched to the red team  after episode 4 since they had lost three straight  

services he continued to do well on the red team  up until episode 7 where he had his worst service  

and just like that he was gone yep one service  did him in after doing great the entire season  

so what did him in well i really think  unfortunately this just may be the worst  

timing in hell's kitchen history to have a bad  service unbelievably hosting was nominated along  

with chad jared and danny that night which was the  first time the three of them had seen the chopping  

block the entire season as well while many people  think danny should have been the bootier i can  

understand why ramsay might have felt he had his  hands tied and since hossen was supposed to be  

the leader of the red team his bad performance  made him stand out in this group of four but the  

thing to me is this could have easily just been  a non-elimination episode especially since we  

got that the very next episode again i'm not as  harsh on this elimination like most fans are but  

man hassan really should have been given a second  chance since haasen is an elimination that i think  

is overheated let's reverse it now and talk about  possibly the most forgotten unfair elimination in  

hell's kitchen history this elimination comes from  season 13 hence the reason why it's probably so  

forgettable and the person who took the fall  was ashley sherman even though ashley is as  

forgettable as they come she was the main driving  force for the woman on night one absolutely owning  

the meat station leading the red team to complete  the first true great opening night dinner service  

she was mostly consistent throughout the rest  of the season as well up until episode 6 it was  

the knight unfortunately she got the red team  kicked out for overcooking the scallops this  

got her put on the chopping block along with  roe aaron and steve who had all been far more  

inconsistent than ashley up until that point yet  ashley would be the one sent home i guess i've  

always remembered this elimination so well as  i never really understood it again there's been  

plenty of eliminations throughout the years that  were for the sole purpose of keeping drama around  

but not only were chefs like steven aaron worsened  ashley but they weren't even good characters  

so why was ashley sent home over them now of  course chef ramsay is literally the best chef  

in the world and he has his reasonings but this is  an elimination that i simply never understood and  

really the first time i was ever blindsided by an  elimination watching the show live i didn't expect  

to get eliminated tonight because people have  done way worse in this competition than i have  

this is all i wanted to do but i mean chef ramsay  obviously just thought that i wasn't good enough

it's a common thing in hell's kitchen for a  chef to be nominated because long term the  

team thinks this chef will be their weakest link  and will put him up for elimination even if they  

didn't do anything wrong we've seen this happen  to people like don gabriel sabrina and many more  

but pretty much every time ramsay spares these  chefs and even scolds the team for nominating  

them in the first place in season 16 this looked  to be the case with 22 year old aaron given his  

age and his mediocre start to the season he was  seen as a weak link by the blue team so much so  

that after they lost the episode 5 service they  put him up for elimination despite literally doing  

nothing wrong that night no service mistakes no  lack of communication nothing and yet he was sent  

home that night now to be fair to chef ramsay  he was put in a bit of an awkward position as  

the other nominees of johnny and devin have  been really good up until that point and it  

would have been a case similar to hassan to  see one of them go due to bad timing of a poor  

performance along with unlucky circumstances but  still do a fake elimination or something ramsay  

because the blue team litty got kicked out that  night and yet aaron would be the one to take the  

fall for it i get he was never winning anyway  but knowing what we know now about the season  

16 blue team i would have loved to see how much  eren could have possibly progressed this season

i still am like baffled on why i got eliminated

at number six is curtis going home over  raj now first things first curtis had  

an abysmal performance and under different  circumstances his elimination would be justified  

but his illumination in episode 2 of season 8  is simply unfair and heartbreaking first off  

the reward challenge of episode 2 was a sushi  challenge and curtis absolutely sucked so take  

a wild guess at which station chef ramsay put  him on that night curtis working on against yeah  

[ __ ] off look at this fat [ __ ] [ __ ]  [ __ ] fat [ __ ] look at that there  

look at that look look at that come here you it's  not good enough for me it's not good enough for  

me yes jeff working now [ __ ] luckily for curtis  he wasn't nominated that night in fact he wasn't  

any of the three nominees as ramsay called  out vinnie along with the nominations of raj  

and boris but in the end curtis would still be  the one sent home again not only was it crew of  

ramsay to put curtis on the station he knew he  would struggle at but eliminating him over raj  

is simply a decision made to keep raj around who  was obviously an all-time great character no other  

way around it man you gotta feel for curtis and  his final message good god is it heartbreaking  

words can't even describe how i feel right  now i mean this experience meant so much to me  

so much to my family i'm sorry daddy kate was his  best but i swear to god i'll make it up to you

the very first true shocking and unfair  elimination in hell's kitchen comes from the final  

three of season two going into the final three  it was a two horse race between keith and heather  

virginia had somehow managed to make it to the  final three despite literally being nominated  

at almost every opportunity she could be and  in general struggled most of the season but  

to her credit she absolutely dominated the past  that night while keith wasn't exactly top tier  

but still keith ludy had dominated the blue  team up until that point and virginia could  

have been the first boot for god's sakes no  way ramsay actually eliminates keith here right

keith

wow just wow i won't call this rigging per  se but i do think ramsay at this point knew  

heather was going to be his next head chef and he  used this as an opportunity to shock the audience  

along with showing the viewers and future chefs  that there are more things that go into his  

decisions than what meets the eye i personally  think that you have a hard-on for virginia

hell's kitchen all-stars a season that is  plagued by its infamous unfair eliminations  

however there are some eliminations that stand  out more than the others and vans elimination is  

certainly one of them ban was pretty much the  same upbeat personality he was in season six  

and you could argue he improved talent-wise in all  stars but then pretty much out of nowhere he was  

eliminated at the final 10. the reason for his  elimination was lack of communication which is  

out of character for van but like there was only  one bad communication moment shown that service  

and other than serving up an overcooked salmon  his service that night was fine so not only was  

the reasoning for being sent home fishy but just  look at the nominees who stayed over van elise  

was her usual inconsistent self and was put up for  the third time barbie and robin were each put up  

for the fourth time and even millie arguably had a  worse service than van and yeah in case you can't  

tell by now ban wasn't even one of the original  nominations so not only did band really not do  

much wrong to be the boot tier but he was also  sent home over four chefs who were all nominated  

and have been far worse than van up until that  point is drama really that important to you chef  

ramsay it's on oh you opened the can of worms it's  on now baby just know just know it's a competition

at number three comes from the final seven of  season 11. season 11 is the longest season in  

hell's kitchen history and due to the  length we saw the slow demise of zack  

he of course single-handedly finished the first  dinner service of the season for the blue team  

after everyone else was kicked out and he had an  overall good run in hell's kitchen but there's  

no denying how inconsistent he was especially  towards the latter half of the season he was  

put up for elimination a total of five times  failed to be a good leader for the pathetic  

season 11 blue team and he was lucky to even  make it to the final seven in the first place  

as you could definitely argue that michael  going home over zack deserves a spot on the  

list as well but while we can argue all day long  about zack's other survived eliminations there's  

absolutely no reason why he should have stayed  over anthony at the final seven well actually  

there's a very good reason why but it's extremely  unfair anthony dominated the entire season along  

with jon despite the season 11 blue team at  the time being hyped up as the worst team in  

hell's kitchen history so ramsay and production  wanted to push this narrative as hard as possible  

and unfortunately it came at the expense of  anthony knowing zach had struggled throughout  

the season and would likely continue to struggle  chef ramsay spared him over anthony in hopes of  

zach having another bad service at the final  six to which he did finally sending him home  

and making jon the only male to make it to the  black jackets i know i hate to blatantly accuse  

ramsay and the show of rigging but anthony was so  dominant up until that point and the narrative of  

the season simply wouldn't be as marketable had  both john and anthony made the black jackets  

instead of just one of them by sending home the  consistent anthony over the inconsistent zach that  

put ramsay and the producers in the best situation  possible to produce a compelling tv narrative  

man if they only knew that the true worst blue  team of all time would come five seasons later

forever i thought this on fair elimination would  be number one it's an illumination so blatantly  

unfair that it even turned the audience against  will and paul after having her ups and downs  

throughout the season elise was able to make  it to the black jackets and while you could  

definitely argue her staying over chefs like jamie  and elizabeth was the right call even the biggest  

elite stands have to call bs on her surviving over  jennifer after a service where i believe she had  

17 service mistakes elise knew she was going on  the block for the seventh time this season along  

with jennifer so in an act of desperation she  got into the heads of paul and will to protect  

her over jennifer in case ramsay asked what  their opinions were and yeah i'm willing to bet  

that ramsay and the producers faces all probably  lit up with excitement when they realized they  

had a golden opportunity to spare elise once  again who is the weakest chef ah-ha honestly  

will solely based on cooking chef uh pure cooking  i think elise is a stronger cook than jennifer  

are you [ __ ] serious you are kidding me i'm  not saying you can't cook who's the worst cook  

jennifer thank you [ __ ]  kidding me i'm j i'm being honest  

you know what you better hope i [ __ ]  go home the person leaving hell's kitchen

jennifer good night keep your head up jennifer  [ __ ] you even if jennifer was never winning  

anyway it's an insult to the integrity of the  show for her to go home over at least at this  

stage oh well at least she made it farther than  elise and all stars oh yeah speaking of all stars

at number one is the most infamous unfair  elimination in hell's kitchen history and that is  

nick not making it to the final two of all stars  so for starters the fact that he was even in this  

predicament to begin with is bs as the first ever  final three finale in hell's kitchen history just  

so happened to save michelle from coming in third  place once again but okay it's an all-star season  

let's just see how this goes will we have a final  three dinner service will it be a final three  

finale service well the falling angel of this  season would in fact be decided by a challenge the  

usual five plate finale challenge okay not exactly  what we were hoping for but it is what it is wait  

why isn't gordon ramsay judging these plates oh no  please don't tell me is it benjamin or is it nick

benjamin in a season featuring the best  chefs in hell's kitchen history the final  

two would be decided by mark fresora not chef  ramsay heck not even a chef a freaking ceo  

just brutal and absolutely ridiculous  that nick went from a deserving winner  

of an all-star season to not even making it  to the final two just knowing you lost and  

you disappointed your sous chef and your  chef no one wants to have that feeling

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