Rock Solid: The Story Of Rock Harper - Hell's Kitchen Season 3

[@TB-vz8xg]

Rock went from serving frozen gnocchi to becoming one of Hell's Kitchen's most successful winners.

[@lastdayonearthmysteryman48498]

Yes! Talk about incredible journey!

[@margarethmichelina5146]

And he's the only winner who gets invited a lot in future Hell's Kitchen seasons as the guest. I think the last one he appeared was in Season 12, I think when he along with Dana and Paul became the guests.

[@lastdayonearthmysteryman48498]

@@margarethmichelina5146 Yes! Unlike the other two coming back was great to see! Paul was an absolute jack ass? Dana did it win didn’t get second place why would she do? Why was she in the calendar? Just so many why?

[@margarethmichelina5146]

@@lastdayonearthmysteryman48498 Maybe because she presented for Season 10 because Christina was busy at that time?

[@lastdayonearthmysteryman48498]

@@margarethmichelina5146 I guess so but honestly she just wasn’t that good in my opinion! Sometimes I forget she was on All Stars because she did nothing!

[@shanewashington6335]

The fact that he won despite Josh’s screw ups just goes to show how he can overcome anything 💯💯💯

[@chazztreat8317]

Also, Chef Scott literally tore into Josh and Vinnie after the credits

[@gradel888]

Josh may go down as the worst black jacket contestant in Hell’s Kitchen history

[@Vegitoblue66]

Rock's rage was justified imo because literally the only person who is kinda somewhat decent is Brad but being inconsistent doesn't get you anywhere and Rock carried his team

[@phanpyken986]

I feel like they kinda got robbed from the challenge because Gordon wanted the women to win the photo shoot reward

[@margarethmichelina5146]

Also, he's so pissed that the women made simple dish with lobster bisque while the Blue Team made complex dish. He was mad over lobster bisque!

[@ariffenus310]

@@phanpyken986I also believe this is true because it was very close.

[@moonbook12]

Bonie: Rock I'm hungry Rock: eat! Classic quote

[@Factor.X]

i was looking for this comment

[@ryhi5]

Rock absolutely carried the Season 3 Blue Team! Nobody else in that season stood a chance against him! And to think he started the season with Frozen Gnocchi!

[@EpicAndrew97]

Brad should have made black jackets though

[@margarethmichelina5146]

And then there would be Danny who will serve grill Banana and won Season 5 and somehow never get nominated throughout Season 5 and don't forget he was the youngest winner of Hell's Kitchen being 23 at that time tied with Trenton from Season 20

[@AlessandroChiarelli]

@@EpicAndrew97 Yea. And both Bonnie and Josh shouldn't have made it...

[@matthewlabbe8395]

Rock’s rant after losing the lobster challenge is one of my favorite moments. “ORIGINALITY! BEING CREATIVE!!!” Rock’s a fucking beast. He’s on my HK Mt. Rushmore and in terms of my fave winners, he’s just below Alex.

[@years-ti7xl]

Who could've guessed that the same guy who served a premade dish end up being the winner of the whole thing is still crazy.

[@NerdyHippy]

I lost count of how many had a lousy ice breaker of a signature dish and went on to win it. But Rock is always one of the first ones to come to mind in that, alongside Danny and LaTasha.

[@art.of.verser]

I cannot help but remember how up and down Rock's journey in HK was, but he really was an awesome contestant. And now that I realize, he was a mix between Heather and Michael, especially with the edits. But, boy, was it an interesting ride, particularly the finale. He also has a podcast and wrote a book about healthy cooking for kids. Thank you for the upload, Flynn and have a Happy New Year!

[@margarethmichelina5146]

Yeah, he can be shady like Michael and also hard working and carrying the team like Heather. Except Michael was more strategic to play the mind game while Rock already showing his resentment towards Brad and Josh on their face.

[@KayBellaDolce]

Up and down ? He was solid the whole competition he barely had issues.

[@joellenglass2344]

I’ve seen Rock quite a bit after this. He was on a few Kitchen Nightmares episodes and came back as an All-Star on Hell’s Kitchen. He’s doing well for himself.

[@benryan7686]

No why would he come back if he won?🤣 you thinking of milly?

[@Elsinlock]

which episodes of kitchen nightmares was he in?

[@SagittariusQueen1980]

I had such a huge crush on Rock while watching season 3 and to this day I'm glad he won, he deserved it.

[@deelove7518]

He's married homewrecker

[@chyaboi11]

​@deelove7518 Alright, calm down. She just said she had a crush, nothing more.

[@faaaaah]

Would love to see S12 Scott for this journey video, simply because it's so satisfying to watch him turn from being everyone's scapegoat to the winner. It's astonishing how he remained calm and positive through it all.

[@ariffenus310]

Rock was supportive to Aaron cause Aaron was honest about how he was feeling and never got above himself meanwhile Josh claimed he could cook but fucked up a lot.

[@charteon9092]

Really love this, I think the only problem I have with it is the awkward pauses in between each episode. Makes it feel weird to listen to especially when your not looking at the screen.

[@soulvoices7228]

I love rock genuine reaction towards Melissa coming to the blue team holding his head down..

[@heymistercarter.]

In terms of future videos for this channel, what about failed twists that seemed made to have a big moment, but more or less went nowhere? Examples include: The Jacket Probation Twist, where four chefs on Season 11 handed their jackets over with the threat of being eliminated if they didn’t prove themselves by the next episode. Thing is, all of the above won their jackets back by the end of the next episode anyway. The All-Stars Bar Menu Immunity Challenge, where Milly (AKA HK’s Boston Rob) won immunity from elimination that night through making a bar menu dish. Thing is, he didn’t even need it that night anyway, since the Blue Team won that service. The Pre-Service Punishment Pass/Elimination Challenge on Season 21, since the person who would’ve been booted there, Ileana, just pleaded her way out of being eliminated there. You could also arguably put the Punishment Pass on Season 18 here, since Bret (who won the pass) used it on his first challenge loss… and then went on to lose almost every challenge after that. Any others I’m missing?

[@user-kb7ln3hf7h]

That would be interesting!

[@InkAndPoet]

How is Milly HK's Boston Rob? Like he's a likable villain?

[@lastdayonearthmysteryman48498]

@@InkAndPoetMilly is more so an sometimes crybaby! Like with the punishment in all stars and whatever that Mexican Chief things was in season 14!

[@margarethmichelina5146]

-The Sous Chef Free Day where The Sous Chefs got free time since Season 14 to 16 and let the Black Jacket team take in charge. It only succedded on Season 14 because that season is full of talented people but Season 15 & 16, both of the Black Jacket team failed because of their incompetence and this section never appear again Season 17 forwards. -The winners or runner ups vs The Black Jacket Team. The last time happened was on Season 11 and it never happened again. -The Best of The Worst Category dissapears for many seasons because of so many people nominate wrong people for their personal reason and it appeared again in Season 22 as Dahmere got this category twice, really show how much big threat he is.

[@user-kb7ln3hf7h]

@@margarethmichelina5146 These was some interesting things that HK did! I think best of the worst is the best one but because of everyone nominating people they don’t like it went away! The Sous Chef was interesting in one season and sucked other toe season! I remember the returning chief vs current chief that was interesting but what can do after all winners?

[@hogunthegrim5464]

You should cover Jay Santos, next. From a showmance to a snubbed win to being the current sous chef on the blue team. He has had quite the HK journey.

[@daprofessakid]

Rock hands down was my favorite winner and was my 2nd season watching live. Remember being inspired by him watching him move. And he was somewhat local for me as he was from about an hour from where I was.

[@saffronia2992]

Rock is still my all time favourite winner! I will say on rewatch I noticed he sometimes had a bad attitude but he had the talent to back it up and it was just passion at times.

[@EpicAndrew97]

I feel bad for Brad though, he definitely deserved a black jacket over Josh

[@davidmarch22]

Cool fact, this year is when I first started watching HK so all I have to say is Happy New Year’s Eve and thank you Flynn most of all.

[@user-kb7ln3hf7h]

Rock is the first and only chief to ever make can food and goes onto to win HK!

[@blatherama]

One of my favorite edits/moments: Bonnie: Rock... Rock: What? Bonnie: I'm hungry. Rock: EAT!

[@redlox2]

season 3 Rock was solid. enough said

[@thespd6785]

Rock solid.

[@gradel888]

How can you cut out rock telling Brad to say his name in episode 7? That was one of the best rock moments from that episode.

[@heymistercarter.]

In terms of chefs to do future “Story Of” videos, I can already think of three: Dave Levey Jay Santos Christina Wilson

[@seanswinton6242]

Meghan Season 14

[@Big2000YT]

Jay didn’t win, but it’d still be an interesting story to look back on.

[@Sixersszn0]

I think a Sterling video would also be interesting

[@Dman333WS]

And I don’t dislike these people

[@Hello_World_not_taken]

I guess you can say he ROCKed it? I’ll see myself out…

[@lastdayonearthmysteryman48498]

Rock was completely justified getting mad about losing the photoshop!

[@ChiefToad619]

Goated man

[@lastdayonearthmysteryman48498]

My Top Five Favorite Winner 1. Dave 2.Rock 3. Christina Wilson 4. Alex 5. Michael

[@connellychase573]

Now we need to see flynn do all the other wonners especially season 6

[@sharmilamehmood]

Hey Flynn! Love your video! Btw, for 2024 would you make a video about who Chef Ramsay’s most hated chefs are from every season?

[@christopherballero866]

Rock was a likeable guy overall though sometimes he was a jerk but very few contestants remained calm throughout HK especially in those early seasons when Gordon & the show were much more into drama

[@kailamobley1798]

Rock is one of my favorite winners and the first season i watched

[@nglijie5716]

Mine was Heather West from Season 2. ❤

[@sweethysteria8737]

Up next! Christina from season 4 :D Next Danny And then one of my personal favs: The one armed Bandit!

[@TMX1138]

Rock: Made gnocchi with frozen gnocchi Heidi from Season 16: Actually made her gnocchi from scratch and scored the winning 4 out of 5 for the ladies’ team on the signature dish challenge

[@margarethmichelina5146]

And then there's Danny and LaTasha who grilled fruits and won their entire season (5&13) and somehow never get nominated at least once

[@TMX1138]

@@margarethmichelina5146 Danny was actually nominated in the final 3.

[@AlessandroChiarelli]

@@TMX1138 Yea but tecnically it doesn't count since there literally were 3 people and we knew who was the weakest of the three

[@justalpha9138]

I hope you all have good New Years! :)😊

[@chyaboi11]

I am so confused as to what people are seeing in this guy. He was a good chef for sure, but in terms of the person he is/was he is not likeable at all, I'm genuinely baffled at how people are saying he is. I can see that sometimes it's passion, but a lot of the time, it's just his temper, which was more unjustified than justified. Constantly snapping for little to no reason because of his own perception about how the person said it or meant it. He also didn't have many good moments (as a person) that balanced out his bad. He also acted over the top about his macho personality constantly yet bitched about losing a lot of the challenges, which made other people uncomfortable with how much of a baby he was being that entire time, snd not just the moment him and his team found out they lost the challenge(s). It is frustrating, and it's even more annoying that people seem to like him. Can someone help me out here? Thanks.

[@littlemacisunderrated412]

Omg I always thought this but I've never watched the season on its own so I didn't really comfortable sharing that opinion

[@williammoore6128]

Oh shit here's my guy!!!

[@redlox2]

8:34 yeah this moment is kinda THE moment I remember him for (besides being a solid winner).

[@nashzahm]

I would love to see you do videos like this for every winner of the first 10 seasons as to show comparisons between the best like Danny, Dave, and Christina and some of the less talented ones like Nona.

[@DittoGTI]

Ive only watched S3. BIN SPAGHETTI and also Josh's mid service elimination

[@teamguido555]

Crazy to think that, of all people, Vinnie was Rock’s MVP in the finale. He was a jerk during the regular season, but he was a big part of why Rock had the better final service.

[@ariffenus310]

Rock is all of us when Ramsay makes a questionable decision. We all love Ramsay but some of his decisions are head scratchers

[@MTN6516]

Really love these, is this going to become a monthly feature?

[@kayleighlehrman9566]

You should do a list of the top five or top ten best underdog runs in HK!

[@trippysiren7966]

I truly feel like Rock is the best example besides LaTasha of a great chef with a dog-water signature dish. Also, I had to google what a langoustine is.

[@Precision_Peter]

"I'm hungry" "Eat" 😂

[@cashcloakburmy]

A small editing thing, silence during the episode card is really awkward. Consider finding something to fill the void. Loving this video series otherwise!

[@kylebroussard6826]

Happy New Year FlynnMasters

[@nglijie5716]

Rock Harper: throw a stone at me, I'll ricochet it back at you. Not once, but twice.

[@anthonymartinez9847]

I really like this series😂

[@89Mangerhero]

Rock I’m hungry 😂😂

[@nglijie5716]

Rock: (Then go and) EAT! 😂

[@rebeccamcdermott9259]

Rock is still one of my favourite HK winners. Love the guy.

[@jameswhiteii9129]

8:11 Most INFAMOUS is NOT FOR THE BEST REASON? What a surprise! 😂

[@floatinrocktubetalk3768]

As a long time chef myself. It wasn’t a vendetta against Josh. It’s really annoying to have to work with a shitty know it all. Rock knew this off top and was being honest. Ramsay probably knew and kept josh for entertainment purposes. I mean look at the edit.

[@lastdayonearthmysteryman48498]

When we get to Paul form season nine! Should be interesting since as an Chief he good as an person not so much!

[@jacktemple8525]

My favourite thing ramsay said to rock was i see why your called rock your rock solid

[@duncan3932]

Ik you are just doing winners but the story of Tennile would be interesting, from almost early boot to top 4

[@bobbynewman9321]

18:01 nah Bonnie had the best pass that season

[@Goldsbro]

I'mma be real honest, I do still think saying out right that Rock's signature dish was terrible is kinda disingenuous *just* because of frozen gnocchi. Like, I get the actual point, Ramsey wants you to use fresh food, and that's perfectly fine. This is also still the first time this happened, and the rest of the dish could easily have been good; this is Rock we're talking about.

[@alexbentley7257]

I wonder if there is going to be a journey about Christina(season 4) or Petrozza

[@MegaMr46]

5:22 No pun intended

[@frankieseward8667]

Please do Scott, Meghan, Cory, and especially Alex

[@MidwestMachete]

Sad that you left out the confessional clip where he looks over his shoulders and says "Who the fuck are you talking to?".

[@augusthawks6576]

It's Rock! He's from the hood.

[@gradel888]

Next up: season 4 winner Christina

[@kylekrueger5368]

Rock The Dwayne Johnson

[@paul_5670]

I think Rock is one of most overrated winners in HK

[@margarethmichelina5146]

I feel bad for Rock that he has to carry the Blue Team Season 3 as he is actually the only good chef on that team. His teammate sucks: -Eddie is a small man who has a small voice -Aaron was too oversensitive and his heart wasn't in the right place for Hell's Kitchen (Also, R.I.P Aaron) -Vinnie is an arrogant douchebag and likes to argue with Ramsay a lot -Josh is just sucks -Brad is also a good chef but he is so inconsistent and even missed his chance to get Black Jacket So, his anger in punishment is justifable as he's tired for always carrying the Blue Team a lot. Also, in the deleted scene of finale, his teammates are so pathetic, Sous Chef Scott has to jump in and nag them one by one just to help Rock to win.

[@floatinrocktubetalk3768]

*Bonnie is a brat* Flynn: “ She creating an interesting dynamic with rock” *Rock Breathes* Flynn: “What a putrid attitude, we sympathize with him for being poor” This is Flynn’s worst video.

[@floatinrocktubetalk3768]

Flynn this is has been pretty bad narration on your part. You’re treating Rock’s assessment of Chefs as a chef like its survivor. He was trying to get better chefs eliminated early. He was picking who he thought sucked and even in your narration you say how many times he’s later proven right. It sounds like you have a vendetta against rock using your logic on this one.

[@floatinrocktubetalk3768]

You talked down on rock crazy near the end to. And hold nobody else accountable for their bad attitude this season. Talk about bad attitude towards someone in a video. This is wierd from you.

[@wadewilson8011]

No disagree with you. I think you're being too presumptuous. I mean honestly if anyone is a fan of Hell's Kitchen, they should have seen all this already. So it's not a secret, as if we didn't know what was going to happen at this point. Rock didn't show any type of villainy side towards Josh. He called out the trash exactly and exposed what he was.

[@wadewilson8011]

You seem to be biased towards women for some reason. He wasn't wrong for putting Jen in her place. She tried to sabotage Rock by out "shining him" by making it seem as if he didn't kmow what he's doing. Carmen in season 22 did the same thing and cost Dahmere his spot in the finals by not acknowledging his cook times. And the result was sabotaging him and throwing his time off by walking up to the pass too early. Rock caught Jen trying to do the same thing to him, but he put her in her place. Dahmere was going to be the next Rock. Carmen was definitely the pretentious P0S just like Jen in season 3. Rock's voice an intuition gain him to win. While Dahmere trying to be "nice" cost him the win by a natural snake who was Carmen. That's what ACTUALLY happened when you pay attention.

[@JuliaTheTransPeacock]

These retrospectives are great, and I cannot wait to see all the other winners you’ll talk about. I wanna try and predict what titles you’ll have for them in your next retrospectives. I’m thinking… Christina M - The Complete Package Danny - A Tale of Growth and Maturity Dave - The One-Armed Bandit Holli - Playing the Cute Factor Nona - Top Tier Palate Paul - A Big F***ing Deal Christina W - The Start of a Legend Ja'Nel - Flying Under the Radar Scott - The Ultimate Underdog La Tasha - Ain’t No Fool Meghan - The Most Dominant Winner Ever Ariel M - When the Villain Wins Ryan - Finding What You Love Michelle - The Young Gun Ariel F - The Face of Consistency Kori - Kickass Mama Trenton - Small Town Kid, Big Time Winner Alex - Iron Man

[@Pentaholic88]

You can skip next season’s winner. She’s not that good

[@RyanSchilling-fg9qn]

i hate Rock imo should of been first gone this season. serving frozen food isnt not executing your dish good its litterly being lazy and insulting ramsey.

[@samurzo]

It was a simple mistake. He was able to push back and become one of the best Hells Kitchen winners. Hating a man and thinking he should've been the first-boot over 1 dumb mistake followed by good leadership, supporting his team, and great cooking is just absurd.

[@RyanSchilling-fg9qn]

It’s not a mistake a mistake is doing something you didn’t know would be bad. There is a 0% chance he thought Ramsey wouldn’t care about frozen food it was lazy. Flat insulting lazy

[@margarethmichelina5146]

Ramsay doesn't care if the signature dish was bad even though he got served with canned food, package food or frozen food or even the food that made him puke such as Matt's exotic tartare and Antonia's Gumbo. He wants to test if the contestant can learn from their mistakes or not throughout the competition to see their progression. He has threatened so many people if they want to go home immediately with bad signature dish but no one's going home too early so far. Also, the reason why some of contestants will serving canned or package food is from the producer to test if the contestant is stupid or not to take it either they want to take shortcut or they want to show their skills.

[@samurzo]

@@RyanSchilling-fg9qn Are you slow? The definition of mistake is "an action or judgment that is misguided or wrong." so what Rock did was a mistake. Plus, you're not calculating all the stress and pressure he was feeling. The best chef in the world will taste his food, with cameras watching his every action. He slipped up and served him canned food. And despite his comeback and becoming one of the best Hells Kitchen winners, here you are being stubborn and ignoring all of his ups, only focusing on his first major mistake.

[@samurzo]

@@RyanSchilling-fg9qn Plus thinking that he deserves to go home over his signature dish is down-right stupid. Many chefs have had terrible signature dishes. Does that mean they also deserve to go home due to a bad first impression?