I actually agree with s22 being the best black jacket brigade. It was really refreshing to see that many likable, talented chefs make it to the top when the season aired.
@@jamesdshannon99What are you talking about? She’s never had any true performances that were extremely bad to the point where she should’ve gotten eliminated. I mean both her final 9 service and final 6 service, she was never really in danger of going home compared to the others.
Honestly Season 8 being the worst was no surprise. At least with Season 2, most of them were not professional chefs. Season 22 being the most talented brigade was awesome too as anyone could have easily won on other seasons.
Season 9 was a worse talent than season 8 imo, Elise should have been eliminated before the black jackets and Tommy had 1 good service on his ride to the black jacket, considering Salvatore in season 7 was eliminated due to only having 1 good season, Tommy in other seasons, even in season 8 would be an early boot
@@eltoro_ttv Louross pretty much declined in his run. I mean yes Matt was much worse at the final 7 but he was on the winning team at that time. Ramsay didn’t break that rule until the next season with Carol(S5). Not to mention, not only did Louross have a few steaks come back into the kitchen but he had a couple of tables walked out on his disastrous performance on the meat station so pretty much it was over for him. I was sad to see him go but I do think Petrozza made the right call when given the decision by Ramsay for him to make.
@@rayewaddell9668 Ngl, I feel like Carol’s elimination was Ramsey realizing he screwed up with giving Matt a black jacket over Louross. Not to mention Carol was legit eliminated conveniently the round before the black jackets were handed out 💀
@@d_xsti3811 True because he probably already had a headache dealing with chefs like Josh(S3) and Matt(S4) who made it to Black Jackets and with Josh(S3) being the only person in Black Jacket getting eliminated during service and Matt being a train wreck in the first Black Jacket service, Ramsay didn’t play around anymore and because Carol’s menu night was so atrocious, that’s when he decided to really break his own rules more. If it wasn’t for that movement, then yeah Ben would’ve been eliminated over Robert at that point. I mean if anything Ramsay could’ve made both teams losers at the final 7 in both seasons 4 and 5 but hey, what do I know of course.
@@d_xsti3811 True and if anything Ramsay could’ve eliminated Matt during service at the final 7 and still eliminate Louross after service at the final 7 so that would mean that there would be only 5 Black Jackets at the very best. Although considering that this was season 4 and with the options being down to between Louross and Jen, Petrozza had to make that call that was given from Chef Ramsay on who to eliminate. While Jen was disorganized, a couple of tables walked out after Louross kept screwing up on the meat station so pretty much I do think Louross was kinda the right choice at that point. Not to mention it’s not the first time he’s struggled on the meat station.
Ngl, the bromance of Ryan and Johnathan kinda gave away the fact that they would be the final 2. Nonetheless, they completely deserve that as I personally believe they are one of the best final 2s ever.
I can't remember seeing Ramsay look and sound as demoralized at any other time as he did at 8:43 here, not even when he was forced to give up on Amy's Baking Company on KN. He legitimately sounds like he's in pain.
@@eltoro_ttv True but Julia did have a poor performance at the final 5/4 during the same time Josh got eliminated during service so it was either her or Rock at the final 4 and because Ramsay did a non elimination a few episodes back by moving Melissa to the blue team, Julia just got unlucky there. I was sad to see her go, I do understand why it happened and it was the right decision over Rock.
@@davidanthonymercado7064 Bonnie was lucky that she had a good service at F5/4... Otherwise she would have been a goner because she did really awful in the middlegame and should have gone over Brad
Given how, from what I heard in the grapevine, Michelle is going to be the red team's new sous chef in Seasons 23 and 24, Ramsay wasn't wrong when he said Michelle would have an amazing culinary career.
Damn, that’s surprising. Kinda sad to not see Christina these next seasons, but it also doesn’t hurt to change it up a bit. We’ve had her for S15 and S17-S22. What about Jason though?
@@d_xsti3811 Blue team’s sous chef went back to James who was sous chefs from seasons 11-14. I’m surprised Ramsay didn’t hire Alex, Ryan, (if we’re also including non-winners) Will or (if we factor in Michelle’s friendship with him) Nick.
I would honestly want to see Jon from Season 11 to be Blue Team Sous Chef too someday. He also has succesful career after the show and also the only shining light of the awful of Season 11 Blue Team.
Next please do top 5 Best and Worst Finalist Brigades or in other words, which team of finalist can help the finalist to win and which team of finalist who made the finalist lose and it also depends of the finalists themselves if they can lead the kitchen or not. For example: Russell's team on Season 8 finalist is the best example of worst finalist team as Rob and Vinny making mistakes and Russell constantly sending 3 tickets at same time which backfired him and he's also losing his composure to Rob.
@@jamesdshannon99Especially how Virginia telling her teammates they suck but she promised a $1000 if she won. And one of her teammates was Keith, one of the most talented chef on that season. Bruh.
Virginia intentionally picked TOM, one of the worst chefs in the entire series bc she thought she would look better winning with bad chefs. I'm still baffled.
Thank you for putting Season 22 as the number 1 best black jacket team. I do think a very close second was Season 14, but Season 22 was the biggest surprise when it came out as I was stunned yet delighted they went back for the final six and I definitely agreed that all six were easily the best of the best!
I think this channel is forgetting to acknowledge one thing about Jay Santos from season 7: before becoming a sous chef in Hell’s Kitchen, he was (and still is) a Culinary expert on Bar Rescue working under Jon Taffer.
Season 8 being the worst is expected but I just gotta imagine how that season would've gone if Raj was a Petroza level chef but still a complete lunatic.
Corey and Jen inconsistent? They fell flat during BJ but still they earned BoB and BoW like Petrozza did. Christina as well was not inconsistent and was nominated due to be a big time threat
Right! Most of the nominations Christina got were BS truthfully. Corey, Jen and her all had their moments of shining. Bobby was good too but he did decline during the black jacket phase too.
Well that’s what a talented season does. They’re great but because they make less mistakes there’s less yelling alongside Ramsey really toning it down in terms of anger in more recent seasons
I first watched seasons 19-22 then went back and started s10 and went up from there and couldn’t help but feel disappointed seeing some of the black jackets from the earlier seasons as they were no where near the black jackets recently lol
A interesting video idea is looking at the black jackets and theorising where they would place in other seasons. I know Dave one of the fan favourites struggled his season and probably wouldn't make it in a season with the cook for your life challenge. So it be interesting to see where the others will land.
So, video idea an individual ranking of every Black Jacket chef and in a tier list, so here's how the tiers would look Tier 1 Ramseys best the winners of their season and such here Tier 2 is super strong. These are chefs like Hiedi and Ashley, and I'm super strong in their season but just not winner material Tier 3 the underdogs these are chefs that could be strong but are inconsistent Tier 4, the fall ins chefs, who could be a mid-season boot, and no one would have been shocked Tier 5, the HOW these people are like Josh (S3) and Matt, who you question how they made it that far
I totally agree with you on #1 best brigade. All of them were extremely talented. And I feel like Carmen started to mature a bit throughout the competition.
Yea, she really did. Icl, I laughed when she really tried to sell her dish for the punishment pass. As the competition went on though, she truly put her skills to the test, and really put her head down. Unlike my boy Jason 😭
If the producers continue to find talent like they did from season 18 onwards the black would be strong. Modern HK focus more on talent than the drama and Gordon is getting old too
I'm surprised that Season 15 is not considered one of the worst. You had Manda and Jared who was heavily inconsistent throughout the competition, Ashley who got into her head from the halfway mark, Kristin who didn't bloom until the black jackets and Ariel Malone who you have said multiple times in your videos is one of the worst winners of all time. They sucked!
@@d_xsti3811 Yes. S20 brigade was even better than S7. In S7 you have the inconsistent Autumn, the downfalling Benjamin and Ed and of course the silent leader Holli. In S20 everyone was talented, even Brynn despite crying too much
Season 3, there's no way Josh should have gotten a black jacket over Brad. Season 19, Nikki should have gotten a black jacket over Amber. Season 8, I genuinely felt bad for Vinny not getting a black jacket. For Season 14, I liked Josh but I thought there were more deserving chefs like Alyson, Randy and Bret (had he not gotten injured).
Its criminal that you did not include season 6 or 12 considering you mentioned they were the 2 best HK seasons in history. Season 6 produced 2 of the best HK winners in history in Dave and later Ariel season 18, and even kevin one of the best runner ups was consistently good given he had a bad anckle for the whole season, tenille suzanne and Van although 2 were bad attitude wise at times, they were consistent and very talented chefs. Season 12 also being one of the most talented casts in HK history also had a talented black jacket team with a potential exception of kayshia but despite both rochelle and Scott being nominated for trivial reasons they were very talented, given rochelle had less experience and not to mention a complete teddy bear Season 15 and 9 had to be mentioned in place of 1 and 2, although seasons 1-3 didnt always have actual chefs and hells kitchen was more concept based than competition based, i always think its unfair including them. Season 9 mentioned as the WORST season on this channel in another video had elise who escaped elimination too many times, tommy who had only 1 decent service in his run to the black jackets and was carried by the red team being a trainwreck and Paul who won due to Will's final performance not going as well as it could have, not to mention Paul could have been a pre black jacket boot on 2 occasions. Season 15 is one of the weakest casts as mentioned by this channel, not only that, every chef like in season 8 was nominated at least 1 time during their run to the black jacket, 3 returning black jackets came to all stars and were unsurprisingly early boots
I can understand why S12 wasn’t on there. We literally had a top contender **QUIT** in the middle of service. Not even just quit, she RAGEquit. To me, that just isn’t black jacket material, let alone WINNER material.
@@AA-dy3qw Season 6, maybe, but definitely not Season 12. Scott was pretty inconsistent despite making a big comeback. Kashia, Jason, and Melanie were also inconsistent as well. And as much as I would like to put Season 6 in the Top 5 best BJ, I just can't overlook how bad their first BJ service was. Not to mention, Suzanne was pretty inconsistent and Tennille had a terrible performance at the final 4.
@@LooneyMachineTo add on, Van was spiraling pretty hard a little before the Black Jacket phase and Ariel during the Black Jacket phase started to lose her momentum a little bit.
Seeing that both S2 and S8 were rather terrible regarding the Black Jacket Brigades, I would've kept S8 as the worst of the bunch and S2 at the silver spot as well (on my personal list), considering Keith and Heather being the biggest standouts for the Final 2. Too bad that never came with Keith's dismal pass performance. On another note, I do consider S22 rather strong as a Black Jacket Brigade (and no doubt my top pick of the best). I mean, S19 onwards had no shortage of stacked talent, even though some of the contestants were weaker than others. Hopefully it will be the case when S23 comes around eventually; then see whatever happens from there. Great video, dude!
Yea, if these modern seasons are a sign of what’s to come for S23 and S24, then I’m all for it. However, I can honestly see the black jacket brigades going back to 5 black jackets since it will be very very hard to top S22.
@@d_xsti3811 ditto. S22 was a welcome surprise seeing 6 Black Jackets after S12. Still, yeah, it's likely HK will stick to 5 Black Jackets for the next two seasons.
@@alexandercook3483 You have Dave, Kevin and Ariel, three of the greatest chefs in HK history; Tennille who bounced back, Suzanne had potential despite her downfall from F9, same for Van
@@AlessandroChiarelli The Season 6 version of Ariel is not one of the greatest chefs in HK history. Probably the Season 18 Version of Ariel. Season 14; and 17 to 22 black jackets are better than the Season 6 Black Jackets.
Awesome list. Everything is spot on and I agree with all of it. Yeah, as much as I would like to put Season 6's Black Jackets in the Top 5 best Black Jackets, I just couldn't overlook how badly they did during their first black jacket service, with Ramsay literally walked out of his own restaurant. With that being said, Season 22 was just a flawless season, with there being no real bad chefs in the final 10 and they were all very talented. Even though, Jason can be a dick, at least he can back it up with his skills.
Jason was inconsistent throughout the season (not to mention that charity night dinner service 💀). However, he was nowhere near as bad as the other villains on the show.
@@d_xsti3811 I mean, even Jason had his own standout moments, such as when he tried to help Jermaine out when the guy was struggling, or naming Ryan as the best leader when Ramsay asked him who was the best. However, he did talk back to Chef Christina. But yeah, other than his arrogance, saying that Jason is one of the worst chefs in the show is quite a huge stretch.
@@AlessandroChiarelli Yeah, but it wasn't that bad to the point of Ramsay leaving his own restaurant like in Season 6. Plus, Van and Suzanne were already inconsistent even before Black Jackets.
I still remember watching that episode live like it was yesterday. Truly an absolute wholesome moment. Not to mention we all had to wait around 3 weeks due to the holidays. However, it was well worth the wait and will always remain as one of the most legendary HK episodes of all time.
It is incredible that the best BJ brigade had one of the worst services, mainly because of frontrunners like Dahmere and Jonathan and consistent pillars like Leigh
Say what you want about the black jacket brigade of season two but they brought about one of the best memes from the show with Gordon brining up “non stick!” 😂
How did S6 not make it? Dave, Kevin and Ariel are complete legends of the show, while Tenille had a spuer fight and Van and Suzanne were very strong in their own right They are not as good as S14 or S22 but should have been there instead of the copout of S18 or the much inferior S7
Van and Suzanne were very inconsistent, while Tennille had a horrible final 4 performance. Not to mention, their first BJ service literally had Ramsay walk out of his own restaurant due to how bad it was.
@@LooneyMachine the rhing is he is judging this based on the BJ overall performance, not just how they performed while in the BJs... And in that category both Van and Suzanne were at the very top of their teams until losing steam towards the BJs (and probably should have been replaced by Robert and Andy if not due to horrific injuries) while Tenille has a comeback story only second to S12 Scott
@@איתןשי Van and Suzanne were already inconsistent even before their BJ phase. Not to mention, even Dave and Kevin made their own fair share of mistakes despite not being nominated once. If this was the Top 6, then I would have Season 6's BJ in it. But Top 5? Probably not. I'll say that it's a close race between Season 6 and 7, though.
@@איתןשי Also yeah, Tennille and Scott both have amazing comeback story, but that still doesn't take away from how inconsistent they were. Hence why, Scott was ranked pretty low in the top winner's list.
@@synyster5469 I can’t say season 6 was the best because their final 6 dinner service was pretty atrocious. I mean Dave and Kevin were the only strong contenders in that brigade. Van was spiraling a little bit before the Black Jacket phase, Ariel started to have her hiccups in her Black Jacket run, Suzanne despite her team hating her, started to lose steam as well and Tennille was almost an early boot and while she had a great comeback, her final 4 service was pretty atrocious to the point where Ramsay didn’t even need to have any nominees. So pretty much, 4 contenders weren’t even that good compared to both Kevin and Dave so that’s probably why it didn’t make the list.
@@AlessandroChiarelli True on that part but to be fair, despite them 6 chefs having a few hiccups in their run in S22, I just feel like they were a little bit more consistent compared to the 4 contenders in season 6. Not saying that they were fully terrible but it’s either some lost their momentum before Black Jackets or some who lost its momentum during the Black Jacket phase.
Bonnie was alright, Jen was also pretty good, Julia had the most improvement out of everyone there, and Rock was just Himothy. Josh shoulda been replaced with Brad imo.
Nona is a criminally underrated black jacket I think, she was first to get 3/4 on the blind taste test with hard ingredients and won the hard taste it now make it challenge which better HK contestants like Danny and Dave won She had a fantastic pallete
S22 will always hold a special place in my heart. Such a goated season. Leigh had barely any experience, and was still very consistent throughout. Same with Carmen, had little to no mistakes all season, and although her problems were mainly communication, she made that up with a pretty top tier pass performance despite not making the cut to be in the final 3. Sammi was honestly solid throughout as well, pretty much being the best on the red team throughout. Johnathan and Ryan were just genuinely cracked even before the first dinner service. Dahmere, last but definitely not least, was arguably the absolute best leader out of this bunch, and possibly one of if not the best leaders of all time on HK.
finally its nice to see Heather get some recognition. She is always noted for the andrew thing but come on she's really talented, but it sucks that controversy always takes the conversation
Yeah, I agree. Heather is not only underrated, but also overhated as well. I've heard that many fans of the show even went out of their ways to send her death threats. Disgusting.
Also, the final 3 of Season 16, Ryan, Heather and Heidi never been nominated at least once. But, too be fair, Heidi should be in top 2 with Ryan instead of Heather because Heidi has been dominated since Day One, also Ryan and Heidi are besties, I honestly wanna see female version of Paul vs Will in the finale. Still, Ryan deserved to win because she started out as quiet mouse to be improve and finally find her voice
@@LooneyMachine I’m not surprised. I’ve seen this too for S22 after the first black jacket dinner service. People were bashing the hell out of Carmen, and there was still people bashing Jason over this season as a whole too. There was even a subreddit related to the winner of the season in Ryan, where people said that his wife did not look too happy when he won the season and that she was probably cheating on him. Like legit, realistically speaking, this season took place literally 2 YEARS ago, and we already know that most of the chefs on the show do not act like this outside the show and certain people act differently than each other. At the end of the day, we have to realize that we shouldn’t judge others so much without getting to know them more, and that it is quite sad to see people get this upset over a TV show. Futhermore, we also have to realize that just about anybody would do anything for a prestigious job worth $250K.
Season 9 is my least favorite black jackets bridge because of Elise, Paul and Will! Tommy and Jennifer the only good people to make the black jackets that season! But the least talented? No!
Iam still pissed that Booby still got eliminated over Jen, and how the hell dos she and Matt get a black jacket, plus I agree season 2 was definitely the worst black jack team cause this season was a really terrible group of chefs aside from Heather and Keith Also Declan just love that accent
Matt was on the winning team at that time so it all came down to Louross and Jen and with Louross declining, Petrozza made the right call when he had to choose on who to eliminate. Now granted Ramsay wouldn’t start eliminating chefs off the winning team until the next season with Carol(S5). While Jen was a pain at times, Bobby did decline during his short run during the Black Jacket phase so I kinda see why he got eliminated at the final 5.
Don't forget that while Trev was considered to be one of the worst Black Jackets in Season 8, he would nearly make it to the Black Jacket again in Rookies vs. Veterans. Truly a polarizing figure!
@@איתןשי Except that wasn't the case and Trev has improved a lot compared to Season 8 lmao. If you want to say who was actually kept for ratings, that would be Scotley.
Motto wasnt gonna be the runner up if he didn't quit. They would've done a F3 menu challenge (guaranteeing Mia a spot in the F2) and he would've either won or been 3rd. Most likely just would've been 3rd
I don't think this is a guarantee because Bret could've easily been the third person as well. Also, S17 and S18 were filmed literally a month apart, so it's possible they wanted to do one season with the final 3 twist and one more without just to be safe and see how it turns out. In a standard final 2, if it's Mia vs Motto for the second spot, I think Motto absolutely makes it in despite the red team's ridiculous losing streak that season.
@@DubstepJoltikMia was so dominant in challenges that season tho and Motto had zero leadership in the kitchen on either team, it was between Ariel and Mia for half the season honestly, Motto wasn’t close
@@DubstepJoltikI think a final 3 was planned and Bret was going to be 4th(hence why he went home after the final 2 announced) but due to Motto quitting they had to change it back to a final 2
Even josh in s14 wasnt that bad. He went out with a strong service. (S17 is a different story, seriously its only been 4 years but its like watching 2 different chefs)
Yes. At least in S1 people like Micheal, Ralph, Jessica, Elsie and of course Chris and Mary Ellen proved to be worth of a BJ. In S2 instead Heather, Keith, and maybe Garrett were the only capable chefs
12:04 Also, Sammi was actually a finalist, since chefs are officially named as finalists once they made it to the final challenge. So the better term would be "non-final 2 chefs".
@@d_xsti3811 Well, that's you personally. But it's already been like this since All-Stars. Chefs are officially named as "finalists" once they make it to the final challenge. Ramsay even made it clear that "for the first time ever, 3 chefs would be going in the finale" when this format was first introduced in All-Stars.
People said so much shit about Russell when he blamed his team for his final defeat, but it was warranted, honestly. It's a good thing that his steakhouse in Chicago is doing really well and is very successful.
Great video! You should do a ranking of all the “fallen angels” (3rd place finishers). Would expect to see Declan (19), Jon (11), Heidi (16) and of course, the robbed nick (17) at the top!
The weirdest thing to me about Josh from Season 14 is that when he came back, he looks like he'd put on like 75 pounds of lard, and he looked 10 years older. Those two seasons are like 3 years apart.
Technically, most of the males in Season 17 are chubbier than their previous season like Ben, Benjamin, Josh, Giovanni, and even Milly. Jared, Nick and Van still looks the same
I hope there is a chance you see this comment, but I was hoping to see the funniest contestants from each season to match the other each contestant from each season.
How does season 6 still get so massively underrated even with Dave being one of the most popular winners ever? Dave/Kevin/Tennille/Ariel were baller and Van was surprisingly good too. And then there was Suzanne who might have been unlikable but it's not like she was bad or anything. Season 6 should definitely be in the top 5.
Suzanne and Van were pretty inconsistent, while Tennille would go on to having a terrible performance at the final four. And even though Dave and Kevin were never nominated, they still made a fair share of mistakes. Ariel also didn't really shine until Season 18. Not to mention, the first black jacket service in S6 literally had Ramsay walking out of his own restaurant due to how bad it was. So yeah, as much as I would like to put Season 6 in the top 5 bests, I simply couldn't overlook all of those.
@@ragnaricstudios5888 Michelle still deserved her Black Jacket that season. IDK what you’re talking about but she managed to hold her own, especially with Elise despite a few hiccups here and there. Van unfortunately just got unlucky with Barbie and Elise on the block with him but he did have some emergency that day from what I’ve heard and as for Jennifer, most definitely. Although they could’ve done 6 Black Jackets instead. Then again she was happy that she beat Elise that time around so there’s a positive movement about All Stars.
Michelle deserved her black jacket. Although it is surprising that she managed to pull off the win. Nick was arguably the best chef that season and the clear favorite to win had this final 3 challenge not happened.
@@d_xsti3811 Now I do agree that Nick should’ve won All Stars of course but me personally I was one of the few people who didn’t mind Michelle winning. My only issue is that the editors didn’t edit her well enough so it’s not her fault that she won the season. That’s more of the producers fault. If she got a better edit this season, then maybe All Stars wouldn’t be as hated that much by the HK community.
I actually agree with s22 being the best black jacket brigade. It was really refreshing to see that many likable, talented chefs make it to the top when the season aired.
Except carmen
@@jamesdshannon99 She got way better by the second half of the season imo
@@jamesdshannon99 Dawg, she was really good. Even her finish was extremely strong, she had an incredible pass performance. Y’all needa chill on her 😂
@@jamesdshannon99What are you talking about? She’s never had any true performances that were extremely bad to the point where she should’ve gotten eliminated. I mean both her final 9 service and final 6 service, she was never really in danger of going home compared to the others.
@@d_xsti3811 Obviously, the guy skips episodes lol
Honestly Season 8 being the worst was no surprise. At least with Season 2, most of them were not professional chefs. Season 22 being the most talented brigade was awesome too as anyone could have easily won on other seasons.
S21 and S22 were talented but had the worst BJ services of all time
@@AlessandroChiarelliSeason 6 14 19 21 and 22 final 4s was the best ones
Season 9 was a worse talent than season 8 imo, Elise should have been eliminated before the black jackets and Tommy had 1 good service on his ride to the black jacket, considering Salvatore in season 7 was eliminated due to only having 1 good season, Tommy in other seasons, even in season 8 would be an early boot
@@AA-dy3qwElise is a complete Karen.
@@AA-dy3qw Paul and Will were better than Russel and Jillian. Jennifer, Elizabeth, Natalie, Jamie and Jonathan had potential
Matt getting a black jacket over Lou Ross still bugs me
@@eltoro_ttv Louross pretty much declined in his run. I mean yes Matt was much worse at the final 7 but he was on the winning team at that time. Ramsay didn’t break that rule until the next season with Carol(S5). Not to mention, not only did Louross have a few steaks come back into the kitchen but he had a couple of tables walked out on his disastrous performance on the meat station so pretty much it was over for him. I was sad to see him go but I do think Petrozza made the right call when given the decision by Ramsay for him to make.
@@rayewaddell9668 that's a fair take
@@rayewaddell9668 Ngl, I feel like Carol’s elimination was Ramsey realizing he screwed up with giving Matt a black jacket over Louross. Not to mention Carol was legit eliminated conveniently the round before the black jackets were handed out 💀
@@d_xsti3811 True because he probably already had a headache dealing with chefs like Josh(S3) and Matt(S4) who made it to Black Jackets and with Josh(S3) being the only person in Black Jacket getting eliminated during service and Matt being a train wreck in the first Black Jacket service, Ramsay didn’t play around anymore and because Carol’s menu night was so atrocious, that’s when he decided to really break his own rules more. If it wasn’t for that movement, then yeah Ben would’ve been eliminated over Robert at that point. I mean if anything Ramsay could’ve made both teams losers at the final 7 in both seasons 4 and 5 but hey, what do I know of course.
@@d_xsti3811 True and if anything Ramsay could’ve eliminated Matt during service at the final 7 and still eliminate Louross after service at the final 7 so that would mean that there would be only 5 Black Jackets at the very best. Although considering that this was season 4 and with the options being down to between Louross and Jen, Petrozza had to make that call that was given from Chef Ramsay on who to eliminate. While Jen was disorganized, a couple of tables walked out after Louross kept screwing up on the meat station so pretty much I do think Louross was kinda the right choice at that point. Not to mention it’s not the first time he’s struggled on the meat station.
I loved the camaraderie that the season 22 BJ group had with each other- something that's been pretty rare in HK history, I feel.
Ngl, the bromance of Ryan and Johnathan kinda gave away the fact that they would be the final 2. Nonetheless, they completely deserve that as I personally believe they are one of the best final 2s ever.
I can't remember seeing Ramsay look and sound as demoralized at any other time as he did at 8:43 here, not even when he was forced to give up on Amy's Baking Company on KN. He legitimately sounds like he's in pain.
I literally asked last week if Flynn was gonna rank/talk about the Black Jacket Brigades, so I'm eating good today :)
"That looks like Dewberry's dog's dinner" LMFAO 😂
It would have been funny if he said that in a later season then they’d be like “who tf is that?”
I love how Josh is the only black jacket chef to ever get ejected from the show
That’s actually really sad LMFAO
They only problems in the BJ team of Season 3 were Josh on the blue side and Bonnie on the red side. Neither of them deserved a black jacket
Agreed, Julia and Rock should've definitely been the final 2. I knew right away Rock had it in the bag. No way Bonnie was winning. Same with S2
Bonnie at the least proved her worth during the black jacket section. Josh fell flat on his face.
@@eltoro_ttv True but Julia did have a poor performance at the final 5/4 during the same time Josh got eliminated during service so it was either her or Rock at the final 4 and because Ramsay did a non elimination a few episodes back by moving Melissa to the blue team, Julia just got unlucky there. I was sad to see her go, I do understand why it happened and it was the right decision over Rock.
@@davidanthonymercado7064 Josh had no business being a black jacket over Brad
@@davidanthonymercado7064 Bonnie was lucky that she had a good service at F5/4... Otherwise she would have been a goner because she did really awful in the middlegame and should have gone over Brad
Given how, from what I heard in the grapevine, Michelle is going to be the red team's new sous chef in Seasons 23 and 24, Ramsay wasn't wrong when he said Michelle would have an amazing culinary career.
Damn, that’s surprising. Kinda sad to not see Christina these next seasons, but it also doesn’t hurt to change it up a bit. We’ve had her for S15 and S17-S22. What about Jason though?
@@d_xsti3811 Blue team’s sous chef went back to James who was sous chefs from seasons 11-14. I’m surprised Ramsay didn’t hire Alex, Ryan, (if we’re also including non-winners) Will or (if we factor in Michelle’s friendship with him) Nick.
I would honestly want to see Jon from Season 11 to be Blue Team Sous Chef too someday. He also has succesful career after the show and also the only shining light of the awful of Season 11 Blue Team.
@@d_xsti3811 i heard christina is now the vice president of one of ramsays things, i forgot what it's called again. but maybe that's why she's busy.
@@usmanya5110She is in charge of his US Reaustrants I believe they have expanded to open more
Next please do top 5 Best and Worst Finalist Brigades or in other words, which team of finalist can help the finalist to win and which team of finalist who made the finalist lose and it also depends of the finalists themselves if they can lead the kitchen or not.
For example: Russell's team on Season 8 finalist is the best example of worst finalist team as Rob and Vinny making mistakes and Russell constantly sending 3 tickets at same time which backfired him and he's also losing his composure to Rob.
Ralph and Virginia setting themselves up for failure with their finale brigade
@@jamesdshannon99Especially how Virginia telling her teammates they suck but she promised a $1000 if she won. And one of her teammates was Keith, one of the most talented chef on that season. Bruh.
Virginia intentionally picked TOM, one of the worst chefs in the entire series bc she thought she would look better winning with bad chefs. I'm still baffled.
Thank you for putting Season 22 as the number 1 best black jacket team. I do think a very close second was Season 14, but Season 22 was the biggest surprise when it came out as I was stunned yet delighted they went back for the final six and I definitely agreed that all six were easily the best of the best!
S19 also is easily the most likeable black jacket team, all got along well and supported eachother
Apart from one individual that shall not be named…
@@croppersfc3163 Not to mention this certain individual was not picked to be on Kori’s team
@@d_xsti3811An individual who is no longer a fan of CodyLou?
@@alexandercook3483 A certain black jacket that shall not be named
@@croppersfc3163you sir are a hero
Hot take?
The final four of Season 19 is the strongest in Hells Kitchen history
I don't know if the strongest is S19 or S20. In S20 you have Trenton, Megan and Kiya, and Brynn was also great despite crying every three seconds
yeah no sorry. love those bunch but 14 and 20's top 4, hell, top 6 is far more superior in terms of talent
When it comes to the best, you got the right 5
I think this channel is forgetting to acknowledge one thing about Jay Santos from season 7: before becoming a sous chef in Hell’s Kitchen, he was (and still is) a Culinary expert on Bar Rescue working under Jon Taffer.
Season 8 being the worst is expected but I just gotta imagine how that season would've gone if Raj was a Petroza level chef but still a complete lunatic.
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Ayo 💀
It’s for his back
Corey and Jen inconsistent? They fell flat during BJ but still they earned BoB and BoW like Petrozza did. Christina as well was not inconsistent and was nominated due to be a big time threat
Right! Most of the nominations Christina got were BS truthfully. Corey, Jen and her all had their moments of shining. Bobby was good too but he did decline during the black jacket phase too.
@@rayewaddell9668 Yes. I understand Matt was a bad chef but he was the only problem in that brigade
@@rayewaddell9668 That first nomination reason Corey made on Christina had me dead 😂
I always love seeing the difference in the quality between the beginning and the black jackets
Jessica was good (earned 2 BoW) but fell flat during BJ. Elsie was nominated just once before BJs. Jimmy was never nominated
I agree with S22 being the best brigade, but my god it was such a dreadfully boring season
Well that’s what a talented season does. They’re great but because they make less mistakes there’s less yelling alongside Ramsey really toning it down in terms of anger in more recent seasons
Such a great video! Thank you Ryan for finally breaking the black jacket curse!!!
I agree with Season 7 being the 5th best but for the reason of Jay (or Jason Santos) has success post HK joining Jon Taffer on Bar Rescue
I first watched seasons 19-22 then went back and started s10 and went up from there and couldn’t help but feel disappointed seeing some of the black jackets from the earlier seasons as they were no where near the black jackets recently lol
A interesting video idea is looking at the black jackets and theorising where they would place in other seasons.
I know Dave one of the fan favourites struggled his season and probably wouldn't make it in a season with the cook for your life challenge. So it be interesting to see where the others will land.
top 20 funniest punishments
Since you already did the worst challenge rewards in HK History, you should do the best challenge rewards
Where are the winners and first boots now please!
He already did both of those
season 22 gotta be one of the most likable, talented and heartwarming seasons of all time
...except for jason, what a selfish dude
@@oopsiedGD He's a prick but he can be likeable at times and cares for the team even though he held a bit of an high opinion of himself.
So, video idea an individual ranking of every Black Jacket chef and in a tier list, so here's how the tiers would look
Tier 1 Ramseys best the winners of their season and such here
Tier 2 is super strong. These are chefs like Hiedi and Ashley, and I'm super strong in their season but just not winner material
Tier 3 the underdogs these are chefs that could be strong but are inconsistent
Tier 4, the fall ins chefs, who could be a mid-season boot, and no one would have been shocked
Tier 5, the HOW these people are like Josh (S3) and Matt, who you question how they made it that far
i wonder why they decreased the black jackets to only 5 at season 15
Ryan O'Sullivan will forever go down as my favourite HK winner... even over Dave.
it's honestly sad how season 22's black jacket being the most talented brigade crashed and burned during their first black jacket dinner service.
I totally agree with you on #1 best brigade. All of them were extremely talented. And I feel like Carmen started to mature a bit throughout the competition.
Yea, she really did. Icl, I laughed when she really tried to sell her dish for the punishment pass. As the competition went on though, she truly put her skills to the test, and really put her head down. Unlike my boy Jason 😭
He was weak anyway. I'm not gonna argue her surviving against people like Sandra, Atoye, Donya and Jason, but still... She should have finished 6th.
I wonder how s23 and s24 will pan out
If the producers continue to find talent like they did from season 18 onwards the black would be strong. Modern HK focus more on talent than the drama and Gordon is getting old too
They will be even more talented
interested in a season of hk where only the winners of past seasons compete
So Hells Kitchen: Winners at War
Nona would be the first boot
I'm surprised that Season 15 is not considered one of the worst. You had Manda and Jared who was heavily inconsistent throughout the competition, Ashley who got into her head from the halfway mark, Kristin who didn't bloom until the black jackets and Ariel Malone who you have said multiple times in your videos is one of the worst winners of all time. They sucked!
Seasons 15 and 16 are very similar
I’m still recovering from dahmere not winning lol
Hell's Kitchen Season 7 Black Jacket Brigade is my personal favorite. I do like Season 12's Black Jacket Brigade but it has some issues.
The final 4 of S19 were incredible.
But no season will top 14.
*Season 22 has entered the chat*
@@d_xsti3811 haven't seen 22 yet which is why I went for the final 4 of S14
@@callumcjham4478 Watch S22, you will not be disappointed.
I think season 20 should be on here, I thought they were pretty good
Yea I thought S20 was gonna be on there.
@@d_xsti3811 Yes. S20 brigade was even better than S7. In S7 you have the inconsistent Autumn, the downfalling Benjamin and Ed and of course the silent leader Holli. In S20 everyone was talented, even Brynn despite crying too much
Imo Season 2 is worse
Talent wise in almost every way besides the winner to Season 8
Season 3, there's no way Josh should have gotten a black jacket over Brad. Season 19, Nikki should have gotten a black jacket over Amber. Season 8, I genuinely felt bad for Vinny not getting a black jacket. For Season 14, I liked Josh but I thought there were more deserving chefs like Alyson, Randy and Bret (had he not gotten injured).
Vinny was on a downward spiral in S8.
@@SteveHodge-rq9lp Unfortunately Vinny’s last 3 or 4 services before Black Jackets were pretty atrocious so I do think his elimination was justified.
Vinny was in a downfall and was nominated against Gail, who was called for the first time all season.
Its criminal that you did not include season 6 or 12 considering you mentioned they were the 2 best HK seasons in history. Season 6 produced 2 of the best HK winners in history in Dave and later Ariel season 18, and even kevin one of the best runner ups was consistently good given he had a bad anckle for the whole season, tenille suzanne and Van although 2 were bad attitude wise at times, they were consistent and very talented chefs. Season 12 also being one of the most talented casts in HK history also had a talented black jacket team with a potential exception of kayshia but despite both rochelle and Scott being nominated for trivial reasons they were very talented, given rochelle had less experience and not to mention a complete teddy bear
Season 15 and 9 had to be mentioned in place of 1 and 2, although seasons 1-3 didnt always have actual chefs and hells kitchen was more concept based than competition based, i always think its unfair including them.
Season 9 mentioned as the WORST season on this channel in another video had elise who escaped elimination too many times, tommy who had only 1 decent service in his run to the black jackets and was carried by the red team being a trainwreck and Paul who won due to Will's final performance not going as well as it could have, not to mention Paul could have been a pre black jacket boot on 2 occasions. Season 15 is one of the weakest casts as mentioned by this channel, not only that, every chef like in season 8 was nominated at least 1 time during their run to the black jacket, 3 returning black jackets came to all stars and were unsurprisingly early boots
I can understand why S12 wasn’t on there. We literally had a top contender **QUIT** in the middle of service. Not even just quit, she RAGEquit. To me, that just isn’t black jacket material, let alone WINNER material.
@@d_xsti3811 this is polarising in a way, because Joy if you overlook the rage quit was really talented and a frontrunner
@@AA-dy3qw Season 6, maybe, but definitely not Season 12. Scott was pretty inconsistent despite making a big comeback. Kashia, Jason, and Melanie were also inconsistent as well. And as much as I would like to put Season 6 in the Top 5 best BJ, I just can't overlook how bad their first BJ service was. Not to mention, Suzanne was pretty inconsistent and Tennille had a terrible performance at the final 4.
@@LooneyMachineTo add on, Van was spiraling pretty hard a little before the Black Jacket phase and Ariel during the Black Jacket phase started to lose her momentum a little bit.
The video is about best and worst Black Jacket brigades, not best seasons.
Seeing that both S2 and S8 were rather terrible regarding the Black Jacket Brigades, I would've kept S8 as the worst of the bunch and S2 at the silver spot as well (on my personal list), considering Keith and Heather being the biggest standouts for the Final 2. Too bad that never came with Keith's dismal pass performance.
On another note, I do consider S22 rather strong as a Black Jacket Brigade (and no doubt my top pick of the best). I mean, S19 onwards had no shortage of stacked talent, even though some of the contestants were weaker than others. Hopefully it will be the case when S23 comes around eventually; then see whatever happens from there.
Great video, dude!
Yea, if these modern seasons are a sign of what’s to come for S23 and S24, then I’m all for it. However, I can honestly see the black jacket brigades going back to 5 black jackets since it will be very very hard to top S22.
@@d_xsti3811 ditto. S22 was a welcome surprise seeing 6 Black Jackets after S12. Still, yeah, it's likely HK will stick to 5 Black Jackets for the next two seasons.
Keith and Heather had less services to deal with compared to Russell and Jillian, otherwise I would agree.
i would say one of the best is season 6 they all were pretty good especially my boi dave
Season 6 black jackets are average.
@@alexandercook3483 agree to disagree
@@alexandercook3483 You have Dave, Kevin and Ariel, three of the greatest chefs in HK history; Tennille who bounced back, Suzanne had potential despite her downfall from F9, same for Van
@@AlessandroChiarelli The Season 6 version of Ariel is not one of the greatest chefs in HK history. Probably the Season 18 Version of Ariel. Season 14; and 17 to 22 black jackets are better than the Season 6 Black Jackets.
@@alexandercook3483 S6 Ariel was a standout but fell flat in BJ having 2 bad services all season.
I wonder how Gordon find these guys cooking skills some of them proved that they couldn't cook
Season 22 is the only season I haven’t seen.
Awesome list. Everything is spot on and I agree with all of it. Yeah, as much as I would like to put Season 6's Black Jackets in the Top 5 best Black Jackets, I just couldn't overlook how badly they did during their first black jacket service, with Ramsay literally walked out of his own restaurant. With that being said, Season 22 was just a flawless season, with there being no real bad chefs in the final 10 and they were all very talented. Even though, Jason can be a dick, at least he can back it up with his skills.
Jason was inconsistent throughout the season (not to mention that charity night dinner service 💀). However, he was nowhere near as bad as the other villains on the show.
@@d_xsti3811 I mean, even Jason had his own standout moments, such as when he tried to help Jermaine out when the guy was struggling, or naming Ryan as the best leader when Ramsay asked him who was the best. However, he did talk back to Chef Christina. But yeah, other than his arrogance, saying that Jason is one of the worst chefs in the show is quite a huge stretch.
Even Season 22's first service was awful
@@AlessandroChiarelli Yeah, but it wasn't that bad to the point of Ramsay leaving his own restaurant like in Season 6. Plus, Van and Suzanne were already inconsistent even before Black Jackets.
There was no dought to me that s22 would be in the top 5. That black jacket episode was one of the best episodes ever of hells kitchen
I still remember watching that episode live like it was yesterday. Truly an absolute wholesome moment. Not to mention we all had to wait around 3 weeks due to the holidays. However, it was well worth the wait and will always remain as one of the most legendary HK episodes of all time.
The outlier is obviously the first BJ service of S22. Dahmere, Jonathan and Leigh all tanked that service
I know this might be unlikely, but let's hope to see seven black jackets in the next season or two
Nah, 6 is enough. Everyone (and I MEAN EVERYONE INCLUDING THE FIRST BOOT) would have to be near flawless for that to happen.
It is incredible that the best BJ brigade had one of the worst services, mainly because of frontrunners like Dahmere and Jonathan and consistent pillars like Leigh
What happened to the quality
This needs 2 follow ups
Top 5 best and worst red teams in Hell's Kitchen history
Top 5 best and worst blue teams in Hell's Kitchen history
Ultranatics has done a similar video.
I’m guessing it’s settled.
I feel like season 20 should be in top 5 best
For some reason I did not care for Mia and glad she did not win
Virginia is the 3rd worst black jacket chef, period.
Say what you want about the black jacket brigade of season two but they brought about one of the best memes from the show with Gordon brining up “non stick!” 😂
How did S6 not make it? Dave, Kevin and Ariel are complete legends of the show, while Tenille had a spuer fight and Van and Suzanne were very strong in their own right
They are not as good as S14 or S22 but should have been there instead of the copout of S18 or the much inferior S7
Van and Suzanne were very inconsistent, while Tennille had a horrible final 4 performance. Not to mention, their first BJ service literally had Ramsay walk out of his own restaurant due to how bad it was.
@@LooneyMachine the rhing is he is judging this based on the BJ overall performance, not just how they performed while in the BJs... And in that category both Van and Suzanne were at the very top of their teams until losing steam towards the BJs (and probably should have been replaced by Robert and Andy if not due to horrific injuries) while Tenille has a comeback story only second to S12 Scott
@@איתןשי Van and Suzanne were already inconsistent even before their BJ phase. Not to mention, even Dave and Kevin made their own fair share of mistakes despite not being nominated once. If this was the Top 6, then I would have Season 6's BJ in it. But Top 5? Probably not. I'll say that it's a close race between Season 6 and 7, though.
@@איתןשי Also yeah, Tennille and Scott both have amazing comeback story, but that still doesn't take away from how inconsistent they were. Hence why, Scott was ranked pretty low in the top winner's list.
S7 should have been replaced with S20
Honorable mention for best would be season 6s brigade and dishonourable mention for worst would be season 9s
@@synyster5469 I can’t say season 6 was the best because their final 6 dinner service was pretty atrocious. I mean Dave and Kevin were the only strong contenders in that brigade. Van was spiraling a little bit before the Black Jacket phase, Ariel started to have her hiccups in her Black Jacket run, Suzanne despite her team hating her, started to lose steam as well and Tennille was almost an early boot and while she had a great comeback, her final 4 service was pretty atrocious to the point where Ramsay didn’t even need to have any nominees. So pretty much, 4 contenders weren’t even that good compared to both Kevin and Dave so that’s probably why it didn’t make the list.
Yes I agree. Tommy was weak, Elise was also weak and Jennifer fell flat during BJ.
@@rayewaddell9668 Even S22 first BJ service was awful, but it is still considered the best brigade
@@AlessandroChiarelli True on that part but to be fair, despite them 6 chefs having a few hiccups in their run in S22, I just feel like they were a little bit more consistent compared to the 4 contenders in season 6. Not saying that they were fully terrible but it’s either some lost their momentum before Black Jackets or some who lost its momentum during the Black Jacket phase.
@@rayewaddell9668 Yes, in fact I would also say S22 is the best brigade despite Carmen being an obvious outlier
I haven't watch season 20-22 so the number 1 spot I'm like
😮 Ok 😂
I would have picked S20 and S21 as top tier brigades over S7
Watch Season 22. You truly would not be disappointed.
I disagree with season 3 because I think that only Josh was the weak link and the other 4 were strong chefs
Bonnie was alright, Jen was also pretty good, Julia had the most improvement out of everyone there, and Rock was just Himothy. Josh shoulda been replaced with Brad imo.
@@d_xsti3811 definitely
Bonnie was weak as well... Not as weak as Josh but she didn't deserve a BJ over Brad
YESS!
Raj was robbed of a black jacket! No denying
Are you serious right now? Black jacket????
He was robbed of his WIN, for God’s sake!!!!!
He prob would have won again if he came back all star season
Personally if we’re factoring personality into these rankings as well. I’d confidently say that Jillian was the only good black jacket in season 8
I’d say season 8 ruined the prestige of the black jackets, not just Josh (3) and Matt (4)
Lol even when I'm rewatching s8, I still find myself rooting for Jillian even though I know she doesn't make it. Everyone else was simply unlikable.
@@isukatgeetar15 I don't disagree lol, I liked Nona but she never felt like a "winner" she kind of just felt like she lucked into it
Russell was good in terms of cooking but attitude cost him lol
Nona is a criminally underrated black jacket I think, she was first to get 3/4 on the blind taste test with hard ingredients and won the hard taste it now make it challenge which better HK contestants like Danny and Dave won
She had a fantastic pallete
Season 14, 19, 18 and 20 are the benchmark of talent. Should be a blueprint for top tier talent
22 instead of 20
S22 will always hold a special place in my heart. Such a goated season. Leigh had barely any experience, and was still very consistent throughout. Same with Carmen, had little to no mistakes all season, and although her problems were mainly communication, she made that up with a pretty top tier pass performance despite not making the cut to be in the final 3. Sammi was honestly solid throughout as well, pretty much being the best on the red team throughout. Johnathan and Ryan were just genuinely cracked even before the first dinner service. Dahmere, last but definitely not least, was arguably the absolute best leader out of this bunch, and possibly one of if not the best leaders of all time on HK.
finally its nice to see Heather get some recognition. She is always noted for the andrew thing but come on she's really talented, but it sucks that controversy always takes the conversation
I personally woulda switched Kanae with Heather for the black jacket, but yea I agree. Heather doesn’t really get enough recognition.
Yeah, I agree. Heather is not only underrated, but also overhated as well. I've heard that many fans of the show even went out of their ways to send her death threats. Disgusting.
Also, the final 3 of Season 16, Ryan, Heather and Heidi never been nominated at least once. But, too be fair, Heidi should be in top 2 with Ryan instead of Heather because Heidi has been dominated since Day One, also Ryan and Heidi are besties, I honestly wanna see female version of Paul vs Will in the finale. Still, Ryan deserved to win because she started out as quiet mouse to be improve and finally find her voice
@@LooneyMachine I’m not surprised. I’ve seen this too for S22 after the first black jacket dinner service. People were bashing the hell out of Carmen, and there was still people bashing Jason over this season as a whole too. There was even a subreddit related to the winner of the season in Ryan, where people said that his wife did not look too happy when he won the season and that she was probably cheating on him. Like legit, realistically speaking, this season took place literally 2 YEARS ago, and we already know that most of the chefs on the show do not act like this outside the show and certain people act differently than each other. At the end of the day, we have to realize that we shouldn’t judge others so much without getting to know them more, and that it is quite sad to see people get this upset over a TV show. Futhermore, we also have to realize that just about anybody would do anything for a prestigious job worth $250K.
Season 9 is my least favorite black jackets bridge because of Elise, Paul and Will! Tommy and Jennifer the only good people to make the black jackets that season! But the least talented? No!
What's wrong with will
@@MrNormal321the stunt he and Paul pulled saying Elise was stronger than Jennifer people lost respect for both guys cause of that
@dannibookeddan8914 yeh but elise didn't make it much further anyway and I couldn't see Jennifer making it much further either
@dannibookeddan8914 Yup it was in that moment even though Tommy wasn't the best chef in the world I wanted him to win.
@@MrNormal321 Saying Elise was a better chef than Jennifer.
Iam still pissed that Booby still got eliminated over Jen, and how the hell dos she and Matt get a black jacket, plus I agree season 2 was definitely the worst black jack team cause this season was a really terrible group of chefs aside from Heather and Keith
Also Declan just love that accent
Matt got lucky that he was on the winning team before the Black Jackets. Otherwise he would have probably been eliminated.
Matt was on the winning team at that time so it all came down to Louross and Jen and with Louross declining, Petrozza made the right call when he had to choose on who to eliminate. Now granted Ramsay wouldn’t start eliminating chefs off the winning team until the next season with Carol(S5). While Jen was a pain at times, Bobby did decline during his short run during the Black Jacket phase so I kinda see why he got eliminated at the final 5.
Other than Heather, Keith and Garrett, everyone else was bad
@@AvenFallen If the red team lost, he would have been the boot 100%
Ramsay should've kicked Matt out the same night as Louross. He would've been the first person eliminated on a winning team instead of Carol.
Don't forget that while Trev was considered to be one of the worst Black Jackets in Season 8, he would nearly make it to the Black Jacket again in Rookies vs. Veterans. Truly a polarizing figure!
Trev (along with figures like Elise) was kept for ratings
@@איתןשי Except that wasn't the case and Trev has improved a lot compared to Season 8 lmao. If you want to say who was actually kept for ratings, that would be Scotley.
He also came back in Season 9 too, didn't he? I think he did pretty well there
@@completerandomness4342 Trev wasn't in Season 9 wtf?
For me, the season 20 black jackets its so much better than season 7
Motto wasnt gonna be the runner up if he didn't quit. They would've done a F3 menu challenge (guaranteeing Mia a spot in the F2) and he would've either won or been 3rd. Most likely just would've been 3rd
I don't think this is a guarantee because Bret could've easily been the third person as well. Also, S17 and S18 were filmed literally a month apart, so it's possible they wanted to do one season with the final 3 twist and one more without just to be safe and see how it turns out.
In a standard final 2, if it's Mia vs Motto for the second spot, I think Motto absolutely makes it in despite the red team's ridiculous losing streak that season.
I think that Ariel was making the final 2 no matter what, so it was between Mia and Motto for who was joining her
@@DubstepJoltikMia was so dominant in challenges that season tho and Motto had zero leadership in the kitchen on either team, it was between Ariel and Mia for half the season honestly, Motto wasn’t close
@@DubstepJoltikI think a final 3 was planned and Bret was going to be 4th(hence why he went home after the final 2 announced) but due to Motto quitting they had to change it back to a final 2
Mia was worse and more inconsistent than Motto
Season 14 definitely has the best Black Jackets especially when you look at who were there.
Even josh in s14 wasnt that bad.
He went out with a strong service.
(S17 is a different story, seriously its only been 4 years but its like watching 2 different chefs)
Very talented season but it was a little unfair that Megan is prolly the most overqualified person to ever be on the show
Eh, for me, S22 clears 14. Everyone in S22 was very strong in their own right. Josh on S14 kinda tanks them considering he was on a downfall.
@@d_xsti3811 Yes. The only outlier in BJ team was Carmen
I'm surprised S20 wasn't here but I'm not complain about your top 5 best BJ brigades, though.
Yes. Even Brynn was great despite crying every three seconds
Three worst cheffs in the black jackets are named Josh??????
SEASON 2 OF HELLS KITCHEN WAS THE WORST HANDS DOWN
Yes. At least in S1 people like Micheal, Ralph, Jessica, Elsie and of course Chris and Mary Ellen proved to be worth of a BJ. In S2 instead Heather, Keith, and maybe Garrett were the only capable chefs
12:04 Also, Sammi was actually a finalist, since chefs are officially named as finalists once they made it to the final challenge. So the better term would be "non-final 2 chefs".
I personally wouldn’t consider her a finalist. I see the final 3 challenge as the trial for the grand finale.
@@d_xsti3811 Well, that's you personally. But it's already been like this since All-Stars. Chefs are officially named as "finalists" once they make it to the final challenge. Ramsay even made it clear that "for the first time ever, 3 chefs would be going in the finale" when this format was first introduced in All-Stars.
Too be fair Jessica From s1 was actually doing really good, her downfall has begun only when she got her black jacket
Did you export this video weird or something
Season 8 was terrible cause they didnt have Raj there😔
People said so much shit about Russell when he blamed his team for his final defeat, but it was warranted, honestly.
It's a good thing that his steakhouse in Chicago is doing really well and is very successful.
I think you should a remake of the worst black jackets ever, in case there were any new contenders since then
Ngl, modern HK hasn’t had any truly terrible black jackets yet. Everyone who reached black jackets in modern HK were actually pretty good.
@@d_xsti3811 well maybe there were some that he missed or over looked from last time. That always tends to happen
I disagree with season 7 I think season 6 was better. The one armed bandit and Kevin where amazing, tenele was quite good and so was ariel
Chef Ramsay is getting too soft in his older years. I don't think any of these people would have made it in the first 10 seasons.
Great video! You should do a ranking of all the “fallen angels” (3rd place finishers). Would expect to see Declan (19), Jon (11), Heidi (16) and of course, the robbed nick (17) at the top!
Elise would be the worst third placer, second worst is Jessica S1
Also forgot to group in Keith (2) in that high tier… RIP Keith
@@synyster5469 Alejandro, Sammi, Declan, Nick, Bret and Kiya are better
Also people tend to forget how Nick was not the same as the Nick we saw in S17. Remember he got nominated three times.
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I thought we were gonna see season 6 as one of the best tbh.
A bit of a hot take but Bret doesn’t deserve his black jacket. All he cooked was Italian food and even Christina teased him about it
he got nominated only once all season.
Who should have got the black jacket instead?
The weirdest thing to me about Josh from Season 14 is that when he came back, he looks like he'd put on like 75 pounds of lard, and he looked 10 years older. Those two seasons are like 3 years apart.
Yea, lowkey, wtf happened to bro. He REALLY fell off in S17
Technically, most of the males in Season 17 are chubbier than their previous season like Ben, Benjamin, Josh, Giovanni, and even Milly. Jared, Nick and Van still looks the same
@@margarethmichelina5146jared also looks like he gained weight between 15 and 17.
@@synyster5469 Oh yeah, Jared too. Pretty much everyone but Nick and Van are chubbier in Blue Team. Van is getting swole while Nick is still average.
I'm surprised season 6 wasn't part of the top 5 XD
I still think Season 4 Matt is the worst black jacket, not Josh. I've said it before, but Matt was much more childish than Josh.
I hope there is a chance you see this comment, but I was hoping to see the funniest contestants from each season to match the other each contestant from each season.
I never realised the non-stick thing was during a black jacket service 😳😳
Gee Flynn thanks for the video that many of is wanted , you always delivered 🎉🎉❤
Love the hk content bro keep it up
How does season 6 still get so massively underrated even with Dave being one of the most popular winners ever? Dave/Kevin/Tennille/Ariel were baller and Van was surprisingly good too. And then there was Suzanne who might have been unlikable but it's not like she was bad or anything. Season 6 should definitely be in the top 5.
Suzanne and Van were pretty inconsistent, while Tennille would go on to having a terrible performance at the final four. And even though Dave and Kevin were never nominated, they still made a fair share of mistakes. Ariel also didn't really shine until Season 18. Not to mention, the first black jacket service in S6 literally had Ramsay walking out of his own restaurant due to how bad it was. So yeah, as much as I would like to put Season 6 in the top 5 bests, I simply couldn't overlook all of those.
Honestly if All-Stars had Van and Jennifer instead of Michelle and Robin, it’d easily be the best black jacket brigade ever
@@ragnaricstudios5888 Michelle still deserved her Black Jacket that season. IDK what you’re talking about but she managed to hold her own, especially with Elise despite a few hiccups here and there. Van unfortunately just got unlucky with Barbie and Elise on the block with him but he did have some emergency that day from what I’ve heard and as for Jennifer, most definitely. Although they could’ve done 6 Black Jackets instead. Then again she was happy that she beat Elise that time around so there’s a positive movement about All Stars.
Michelle deserved her black jacket. Although it is surprising that she managed to pull off the win. Nick was arguably the best chef that season and the clear favorite to win had this final 3 challenge not happened.
@@d_xsti3811 Now I do agree that Nick should’ve won All Stars of course but me personally I was one of the few people who didn’t mind Michelle winning. My only issue is that the editors didn’t edit her well enough so it’s not her fault that she won the season. That’s more of the producers fault. If she got a better edit this season, then maybe All Stars wouldn’t be as hated that much by the HK community.
Michelle was fine. Robyn was the clear problem