The BEST & WORST of the BLIND TASTE TEST | Hell’s Kitchen

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00:00 Coming Up
00:10 Chefs get tricked by frozen meal (Season 7)
01:40 Fran & Autumn (Season 7)
03:39 Nikki & Declan (Season 19)
06:28 Giovanni & Robert (Season 5)
08:12 Devin & Kimberly (Season 16)
10:26 Sabrina & Rob (Season 8)
12:26 Mary & Zach (Season 11)
14:12 T & Milly (Season 14)
15:51 Elise & Natalie (Season 9)
17:58 Elise & Milly (Season 17)
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[@scruffythecat4]

The worst blind taste test guess has to be Jimmy's “meat tortellini with a bit of sweated onions in the background” for chicken or Frank's "Snickers" for peanut butter.

[@Slytherin1]

Andy from season 6 guessed “boiled coconut”

[@thomascampbell3435]

@@Slytherin1what’s even the point of boiling coconut lmao

[@dylanashe3659]

i mean... snickers does have peanuts in it so....not super far off?

[@wongyewxuan3880]

motto from 18 went toasted coconut@@Slytherin1

[@myfilthybean511]

@@thomascampbell3435 Then you've clearly haven't had a boiled coconut before. It goes really well with some bok chewy I gotta say

[@alexl1877]

“I’m not Hellen Keller I cook with all my senses” fair enough honestly 😂

[@lefishe6611]

He hears food

[@aydencahoon6557]

Ever hear the crunch of fresh bread?

[@thebrotatochip32]

@@aydencahoon6557 ratatouille?

[@danielmiller3845]

​@@lefishe6611you can hear it when it starts to burn.. you can smell it too.. use your head

[@ericofire]

tbf the only easy one they had was lobster. Like truffles taste very different when they're in something lol. its like asking someone to take a shot of vanilla extract vs tasting it in ice cream. its not even close

[@BigBastion623]

Robert and Giovanni’s taste test is easily the funniest of the entire show. “Pea TeNdErs…what are those?” “Do I look like I eat pea tendrils?” “He Loves it” “Taste Like sh!t whatever it was”

[@chupitrooper5878]

Robert in general is one of the most entertaining chefs imo. He may be emotional, but he's got a huge personality and a good heart. Legit the kind of guy I wanna invite to my parties.

[@MdnightWnd]

Yes! That makes me laugh so hard every time I see it.

[@P4p4Smurf]

Big Rob was awesome

[@Jayshiver]

Gordon: “Lobster.” Giovanni: “Poached egg yolk?” Gordon: “WhAAT?”

[@TrackpadProductions]

Is it just me, or does it sounds like someone is _screaming_ when Ramsay lifts the headphones off his ears?

[@art.of.verser]

It seems to me that Declan's palette will never go out of date the way he crushed the blind taste test. That well-deserved Michelin star was the cherry on top of a lovely HK sundae.

[@mimib8032]

He doesn't have a Michelin star, he trained under Michelin starred chefs. A star is awarded to a restaurant, and he isn't a restaurant owner.

[@Lokgorel]

@@mimib8032 You don't need to own the restaurant to be considered a Michelin-awarded chef. For example, Jordi Cruz is a three-Michelin star chef who doesn't own the restaurant awarded with said stars.

[@mimib8032]

@@Lokgorel You may want to see what Michelin's own webpage says. I didn't make it up.

[@mimib8032]

@Lokgorel Also, looking up Jordi Cruz, it says "The restaurant awarded 3*** Michelin, and nominated by The Best Restaurat"

[@Lokgorel]

@@mimib8032 Yes, and the chef Jordi Cruz, despite not being the owner, will still be the one recognized as a three-Michelin star chef because he's the one running the awarded kitchen. While it's the restaurants what receive the award as a whole, never, ever is their chef denied the label of "Michelin-star chef" when they don't personally own the place. In other words: the star is awarded to the restaurant, that's true, but the chef doesn't need to be the owner of said restaurant to be recognized, while heading its kitchen, as Michelin-awarded by extension. Was Declan the chef of a Michelin star restaurant without personally owning it, everybody would say he has a Michelin star because the restaurant whose kitchen he'd be running would be recognized with one.

[@loonylovesgood]

I like how they all loved the frozen dinner until they learned what it was. That’s really interesting. Kinda proves that frozen food isn’t all that bad.

[@carolinedonnelly1526]

I had a feeling they got scared to tell Gordon that it tasted off. But they shouldve spoken up!

[@iamacatperson7226]

I'm sure that's probably part of it, it's probably a bit like the placebo effect, they think it was made by Gordon so they love it

[@loonylovesgood]

@@iamacatperson7226 That’s a very good point. There’s also the possibility they were told by the producers to only say positive things. It is reality tv, I guess.

[@iamacatperson7226]

@@loonylovesgood That's also probably at least partially why

[@joliebokeh1958]

They were afraid that it was something Ramsay himself had prepared - they wouldn't dare criticize it!

[@nicoladawson2861]

I love how these went from incredibly specific (in the first seasons) to incredibly simple (majority of the time)😅

[@thereisnoneedtocallmesir]

I suspect they discovered too many contestants are smoking like a packet a day for an interesting segment with complicated foods to taste

[@vitomcsween974]

Declan was truly the best in season 19 he earned that Michelin star

[@Alex-eo9rh]

Wait has he got one? 🥺

[@crumpledNapkin]

@@Alex-eo9rhthere’s a bunch of articles saying he’s earned one but I can’t find a date of when he received it besides “after the show”. Not doubting it just not a lot of details.

[@mimib8032]

He doesn't have a Michelin star. A star is awarded to a restaurant, and he does not own a restaurant. He trained with Michelin star chefs.

[@kuyaaa_]

​@@mimib8032🤓

[@emma6648]

He didn’t earn one actually

[@Fyzer444]

Benjamin tasting Ramsay's dish : "This is a complex dish, with great flavor, unlike rice which is poor people food, blabla" Ramsay : "This is frozen food"

[@aaroncallahan119]

Woopdee foo it was frozen food. Have tasted some frozen foods that beat most people in the kitchen.

[@Grimno]

@@aaroncallahan119 Sounds like domestic abuse

[@rossomac21]

10:04 "he doesn't say avocado... not at all" 😂🤣😂

[@mimib8032]

I loved Wendy.

[@jacksonia7724]

@@mimib8032me too. She was hilarious 😂😂

[@Kim-2016]

That was my favorite part 😂😂😂

[@anthonybarber3220]

That is a major, “Have confidence. No confidence,” moment if I’ve ever seen one.

[@kaylamarie2000]

😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@itsOasus]

How do you confuse a coconut for a potato?!

[@user-vk2uk2dt5d]

the same way that someone thinks that lobster is poached egg yolk

[@xXJellyShotsXx]

“Im not Helen Keller, I’m not deaf and blind, I taste with all my senses” 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tentelite212]

The fact that Justin's perfect blind taste score from season 10 isn't here is a crime

[@PartyPickles101]

thats what im saying. he was the first person to go 4/4 in hk history

[@AhmedAnamIsmail]

Second was Milly in season 14 who got 4/4

[@romacechina]

They're saving it for future video as part of their coverage for Season Ten.

[@AhmedAnamIsmail]

Third person was Wendy and fourth was Mia then it was Declan who both got 4/4 on their seasons

[@silvernguyen5539]

@@PartyPickles101 he should have won just for that tbh.

[@smilygriffin1144]

There are actually studies that suggest sight can effect how foods taste, both for identifying what the food is and your brain predicting the flavour, and for the look/preparation making it more or less appealing/tasty. I don't know how reputable they are yet, but it's interesting and could show why these frozen meal and blindfold tests don't always go how we'd expect😅 (and in kitchen nightmare when Gorden pretends to have cooked the chefs food, because the owner always hates it when they know it's from their chef)

[@horohorosrin]

I wanna say my toxic trait is believing I could ace this challenge, but honestly, with the foods they're fed, I probably could. Turkey? Scallions? I'd just be like "MMM YUMMY :)"

[@purpleth3199]

Wrong! That's not MMM YUMMY :), it's turkey. =P

[@blackrosegardens]

I mean i have to agree cause having ADHD u have the intense ability to remember certain smells and tastes very easily

[@horohorosrin]

@@purpleth3199FUCK, a rookie mistake. I can't believe I blew it like that.

[@All-Hail-Gayle]

Ramsay saying "Choo-choo!" is my favorite thing

[@seanswinton6242]

Milly nailed this! My wish never happened. Elise was never dunked or stained in any way from a blind taste test!

[@looinrims]

Worst thing ever We needed it, proof it ain’t staged cuz they had to know we would’ve been ecstatic

[@ckstephens52]

Wish Elise would have been made to endure the spaghetti and tomato sauce and cheese punishment. But seeing her reaction to getting wet in season 17 from a fish she couldn’t catch. That was a well deserved laugh and everyone’s reaction was so worth it.

[@Joseph-km6xv]

The ingredients know who they are, they can speak for themselves!

[@smokeyson]

Declan is the absolute best. I wish he would've won his season.

[@biscuitboi9478]

It’s funny that Gordon is crucifying them for liking the frozen dish, when just the other day I was at Walmart and saw Gordon’s new line of frozen meals.

[@VoiceoftheBoa2]

My favorite: Giovanni thinking Lobster was Poached Egg Yolk

[@bennitori4]

Gotta love how they show Elise pulling throw for the team (barely) and then immediately switch to a clip of her completely blowing it.

[@emma6648]

She still good

[@L-W-ko1hn]

no she isnt@@emma6648

[@AniGamerNX]

The challenge that returns every Season!! I always like when it happens. Usually when there's 8 or 7 chefs left.

[@uncreative5766]

The most Zacky Wacky ever contributed to that season's blue team.

[@alexandercook3483]

What about the first dinner service?

[@MrGordon000]

NGL Cabbage and Brussel sprouts tastes the same, so it's an honest mistake to confuse the two.

[@nightshade9184]

They taste nasty?

[@MrGordon000]

@@nightshade9184No Brussel sprouts taste's good, but they taste's as if you're eating cabbage just a smaller version.

[@andaanton8357]

Cabbage has a sweet aftertaste while brussel sprouts are bitterly

[@joliebokeh1958]

I hate cabbage and like brussels sprouts, so not quite the same lol

[@Infodumptruck]

Nah they don't. Some people taste different compounds, so maybe to some, but objectively they don't taste the same to everyone. I like cabbage but hate brussel sprouts

[@heymistercarter.]

I’ve often said this challenge is to Hell’s Kitchen what Snatch Game is to Drag Race. It’s the challenge they have every year in some form, and really indicates who has a chance to go pretty far in the competition. Having a strong sense of taste can be a major factor in being a head chef, so this challenge can produce some majorly noticeable results for this show. And when it flops… wow is it hilariously awful!

[@erensfeet5563]

Ew drag race

[@AshtonGarland]

I’m glad I’m not the only drag race and Hell’s Kitchen watcher here :)

[@jenkem4464]

@@erensfeet5563

[@Lukemccarthy2011]

9:59 Wendy has absolute rage in those eyes in the confession cam 😂

[@coleladrillono867]

“Does it look like I eat pea tendrils” 😂😂😂

[@matthewshortle5274]

Ariel: "Hey Trev, you should've gotten nicotine as a flavor. You would've gotten that one!"

[@Funcrashmalej]

7:12 🤣🤣🤣 Poached Egg yolk?! WHAT?!?!

[@ramonmaldonado3713]

18:15 Dana is too funny 🤣🤣😭😭

[@rossomac21]

This challenge should really be called the "I can't believe you got that wrong... but I'm gonna probably get an easier one wrong" challenge ... but I guess Blind Taste Test rolls off the tongue better 😂

[@Janette-yw3hx]

🤣

[@jarlairess]

Blind isn't referring to their sight lol

[@rossomac21]

@@jarlairess yeah but again, "Sensory Deprivation Test" doesn't roll off the tongue as well, does it.

[@eugenelee7620]

0:40 Bros making a scene like he didn't go on to make his own frozen food a few years later....

[@PureAloha78]

9:58 “SAY AVOCADO!” 😂

[@Heartsilver]

Bro the Turkey sound at 13:23 really caught me off guard i was rollin man 😭😂

[@Timely_Eagle7]

I love how they always claim its too easy and then fail miserably 😂😂😂

[@xbleepxbloopx3411]

4:49 Had me laughing harder than I probably should 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@gaminghq97]

"I have a great pallet" liked the old frozen food 😂😂😂

[@fanofpink]

I love the blind taste test. I have been waiting for video like this on this channel. My favorite has be season 15 Frank going Snickers and Gordon's reaction to it.

[@08C6PaceCar]

"It’s dry, flavor is weird… egg yolk?" "It’s turkey, YOU DONKEY"

[@TP-rb3vs]

Fran: I have a good palate Few seconds later: fails miserably

[@grahamgiancola6477]

The signature dish also has been on every single season actually!

[@PaigeRobins-ky4qc]

Most definitely.👨‍🍳👩‍🍳🧑‍🍳

[@DealerCamel]

I love how Gordon was genuinely tickled at 5:02

[@vdd1001]

I wonder how the scores would look like if they didn't smoke and destroy their taste buds

[@thereisnoneedtocallmesir]

There would probably be a lot more people doing well. I assume there would still be some hilarious fails though cause some of these people may claim to cook professionally but they act like they work in a children’s playset kitchen

[@iamacatperson7226]

In partial defence to them, I've read that sight is also a pretty big thing in tasting food. I'm not totally sure the science behind it, but I think you could look it up and probably find something if you wanted to

[@CurryBoy17]

the blue guy at 3:53 tilts his head in an angle that seems to give him more of a hearing capacity, with the ear almost directly pointing at Ramsay's mouth. I bet he could hear quite decently the words

[@thesterlingstudies]

5:50 - Nikki, who sells or makes tahini (a white sesame seed paste/sauce) in cubes? You couldn't have guessed anything that can be eaten in cubes.

[@X23SSaviourGundam]

"I have the best pallet" *eats a brussel sprout* "CHESTNUTS"

[@BigTed06]

Rob with octopus and Sabrina with smoked ham was hilarious

[@95JakX]

I kind of don't blame the guys guessing chicken at filet Mignon. Lots of different, non-gamey meats with very little fat tend to be described as "tastes like chicken". Take crocodile for example, although the texture does vary between them so considering the mignon is incredibly tender in comparison to even a perfectly cooked chicken breast they should know better as chefs hoping to run upscale restaurants. That said, I would flunk the challenge and so would most of us lol

[@TheLoyalShinobi.]

"I'm not Helen Keller" that killed me 😭😭

[@DIHVLD]

“It’s very dry… is it egg yolk?” Bruh what?

[@Grimno]

Fran: *Chewing Coconut* "...Potato!" Gordon: *Pulls out a crossbow and shoots her*

[@Volkaroar]

How does a video compilation of the best and worst blind taste test not include Justin from Season 10? He was the first person in the series history to that point to get a perfect score. That's a big robbery right there.

[@joliebokeh1958]

Not gonna lie, baby food might be difficult unless it's fruit

[@caseymacmacl7463]

Yeah! I've been suggesting this for a while! I LOVE the taste tests! Thank you!

[@flavioallendes]

That zacky it's indeed very wacky

[@seanswinton6242]

And really tacky!😂😂😂

[@DreamBelief]

"He doesn’t say avocado. Not at all." Lol she has some comedic chops

[@ChrisTessmer]

Sous Chef Christina enjoys dumping food on them way too much lol.

[@yttanel]

"Poached egg yolk" "WHAT!?" Gordons reaction is incredible 😂

[@silvernguyen5539]

Gordon makes Frozen food taste good. That's a real chef LOLL

[@frankieseward8667]

Where's Justin. The first to get 4 out of 4.

[@KarinaGarcia-nk7kv]

How is Anthony saying licorice for prunes not here , or Elizabeth forgetting to speak 😂

[@connrad73]

you’ve gotta appreciate how there was not one, but two helen keller jokes made in this video.

[@josefross7337]

The disdain in Wendy's voice has me on life support 🤣🤣

[@ItsSqueaker]

How funny is this when Gordon has a frozen food line

[@mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm4663]

Robert laughing at 07:49 is actually gold

[@grahamgiancola6477]

Blind Taste Test is the OG!

[@jesterday2222]

Brussel sprouts are indeed just mini cabbages (they belong to the cabbage family) so those two ladies were not wrong! 😂😁

[@danieldieni3188]

Best video in the last 3 months, very nice!!!

[@PaperClock850]

Gordon at 0:40: "Frozen f*cking food." Some cowboy 20 miles away a few seconds later:

[@jimmybones7394]

2:36 Two senses eliminated = sensory overload. Makes sense.

[@tankmaster1018]

These blind taste tests seem like one of those things where most people (myself included) would vastly overestimate their ability, then be left standing there dumbfounded after getting everything wrong. I mean it's easy for me to sit here laughing over the fact that chefs of this caliber didn't realize they were eating carrots or chicken, but I think this challenge is so much more difficult than any of us think it is. We're used to eating finished meals, where the flavor from all the separate aspects of the dish come together in harmony to produce the final taste we are all familiar with, but I'm willing to bet we would all utterly fail if someone started handing us single ingredients that were used to make the meal, and asking us what they are from taste alone. It's just like how all of us could tell you that our car isn't working properly and needs to be taken to a mechanic, but wouldn't be able to recognize the specific parts that are causing the overall failure unless it was insultingly obvious. Honestly sort of tempted to try this challenge out with a few of my friends to see how we all do, interesting concept! Good challenge too since any chef who has a chance of winning or opening their own restaurant should be intimately familiar with all the ingredients they use before they're ever made into a meal.

[@rahilraza1344]

Declan is sooo cute teddy bear

[@Megaman11432]

I love how Jordon gets sweet dessert on her when her teammates gets all wrong answers

[@dosidicusgigas1376]

"IM NOT HELLEN KELLER BRO"

[@RahulSingh-tf2bh]

"Say AVOCADO!" "I'm gonna say turnip chef" 😂

[@joebleasdale5557]

Of all the places I thought Sabrina’s “smoked” was about to go, I did not expect “ham” 😂

[@hwile]

"It's sensory overload," she says, as two of her senses are literally gone XD

[@thesnakepit4640]

season 19, always trust the heftier guy for taste testing

[@Americanbadass47]

7:18 Ben's reaction XD

[@alenahuber5133]

15:56 Milly killed it😂

[@Stopcommentingthesamecomments]

I dont necessarly like when he gets mad at ppl for not knowing its frozen food because if Gordon Ramsey tells u he cooked something are u gonna insult that man And if they called him out for it he probably get upset that they insulted his "cooking " 😂😂😂

[@btr8jb]

I love that Gordon Ramsey just released a frozen entree line after years and years of ridiculing frozen food and mocking people who enjoy it

[@eagleeye5189]

He doesn't mock frozen food itself, he mocks the chefs for not knowing the difference in quality since they're competing to be chefs in a fine dining restaurant. Frozen food has a place, just not in a restaurant like this

[@andrewsbowlingjourney1311]

Nona's face every time they got it wrong😱😱😱😱😱😱😱🤣🤣

[@larainewhite]

Jays comment is what we call "Hindsight Bias."

[@MissSabzSays]

That going on Jordan was soooooo satisfying!

[@4EverBanishment]

Benjamin (season 7) face reaction after seeing its frozen fuckin food. LOOL

[@seanswinton6242]

That bruised his ego. So much gor being a cooking instructor Benjamin.

[@calvinthegreat69]

Some of these are surprising, but I gotta agree with Robert and Giovanni, pea tendrils are a wack thing to try and identify.

[@ghostfacekiller4371]

I was waiting for this. My favourite part of the show.

[@rohitkashyap9506]

Ten year old can answer this questions and they are playing hells kitchen 😂😂

[@AniGamerNX]

So it was Season 14 that started having penalties during the challenge.

[@michaelvashkin]

Actually it was season 13 with the water tanks and then it started getting more creative with the penalties

[@rmannayr2129]

LOL POOR JORDAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ricardasarahzoesteigmeier7970]

"you have food in your mouth, you cant hear - its sensory overload" :DDDDD

[@sithhunter126]

Gordon cracking up makes me crack up.

[@velocitygaming7037]

Declan is one of the best contestant I've ever seen

[@ytttttt411]

I lost it when she called Turkey egg yolk 😭

[@lixie3672]

2:38 girl what? You couldn't be more wrong 😂🤣 how is that sensory overload

[@XPirelz]

Why does benjamin look like a ripoff version of shaggy💀

[@kaylamarie2000]

9:58 “SAY AVOCADO!!!” 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@der_allerdollste]

Bro put microwaved food on the plate and everyone Was licking his ass 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@veeetox]

10:10 damn that was perfect LMAO