The History Of Self Nominations In Hell's Kitchen

[@TPRules17]

Honestly Cody and Petrossa are the only two people that I feel like their self nominations worked, Cody pulling an +200 IQ move that forced Gordon to get rid of Marc and Petrossa for being so selfless.

[@robfalter2522]

petrossa should have nominated ben. he sucked as a chef and was a total scumbag in the dorm. one of the worst contestants in the history of the show

[@charlottehardy822]

I agree, Cody made the best move for the team and Gordon knew it.

[@alexs5368]

​@@robfalter2522 how was ben a scumbag? Not disagreeing, I just wanna know because i havent heard what he did

[@cameronheaton5351]

​@@alexs5368 he was rude to Ramsay, he was a cocky bastard, was the main culprit in bullying the likes of Matt, Louross and Craig, was manipulative especially towards Bobby, and he also left spit bottles around the dorm which was disgusting. He even got called out for this by the red team but started acting like a dick towards them

[@emperorvince200.]

​@@cameronheaton5351 Not to mention his arrest in 2019 for assaulting a woman

[@PartyPickles101]

cody's self nom will forever be iconic. it was risky, he played his cards correctly, and it worked to his, and everyone on the blue team's, favor.

[@donlee.4308]

Yup. And IF and only IF GR chose Marc over Cody at that time. Fans would’ve erupted on GR and the show will get ratio in social media.

[@XanderMatthews-nv9zf]

I still wouldn’t have really blamed Ramsey from eliminating Amber without nomination, she was honestly worse than Marc especially personality wise

[@alexandercook3483]

Kori and Nikki were impressed.

[@tallyikroe2476]

@@donlee.4308 pretty much

[@AlessandroChiarelli]

It would have been BS eliminating Cody over Marc

[@yee2854]

Antonio’s nomination will always be so funny, the gaslighting makes me bust out laughing

[@bugarungus8124]

There's a huge difference between the selfless self nominations and the giving up self nominations. I find it really frustrating that at some point in the show Ramsay switched away from respecting those who nominated themselves. Sometimes it's neither selfless nor giving up, it's just an admission that they could have performed better, and I don't think those people always deserve to go home.

[@brancor618]

I think part of it is that it appears that Ramsey changed what he asked for in nominations at some point as in early seasons he just asked for nominations and why while in the later ones he says who are the weakest links and why. So it looks worse to nominate yourself as the weakest link on your team than it does to nominate yourself without that attached.

[@tallyikroe2476]

In a lot of those cases, there was a palpable reason they self nominated themselves and in that case it made chefs like Petrozza more respectable because of the context. while in other cases in more modern day, nominating yourself can show to gordon that you are not ready for a head chefs position. the exception is when chefs would nominate themselves all the damn time in Season 21. because the vibe of that season was a lot of chefs were actively taking accountability for their actions. especially on the Blue Team, Red team is mixed (except for Nicoles Nomination which that was completely fair. no way in hell that was BS when Gordon asked for the 3 weakest members. Nicole was never good at all and their argument was actually more sound then anything. Except for Alyssa's reason for nominating Nicole)

[@adamhopkins1421]

Request: the least passionate chef from each Hells Kitchen Season

[@margarethmichelina5146]

Tiffany (Season 10) Nicole (Season 12) Genaro (Season 16) Are the holy trinity of the least passionate chefs

[@jburnaquatic]

Oooh that's a good suggestion! :D

[@teamguido555]

I really respected Corey for risking it. It wasn’t foolproof like Cody’s was, and it was a bold risk for her to take. A very likable moment from an otherwise unlikable chef, IMO.

[@vitomcsween974]

I always loved how JP encouraged salvatore never to give up

[@willielloyd7422]

I think Cody nominating himself was great because he wanted to get out marc and he did a good job of it

[@EpicAndrew97]

Would’ve preferred Marc to stay over Amber

[@rayewaddell9668]

@@EpicAndrew97Well the team hated Marc way more than Amber and despite Amber being way too whiny, Marc was just way too much of a talker but couldn’t back it up as time went on and he got more worse.

[@jamesdshannon99]

@@EpicAndrew97YES

[@Jayshiver]

I’ve always felt bad for Salvatore because I feel like he was one of the best bad HK chefs. One of his bad services (the one in this video) had nothing to do with his cooking ability, he only really had 4 bad cooking nights out of 6. He was probably better than Jimmy, Matt, Virginia, and definitely Josh so I think he could’ve gotten a black jacket on the earlier seasons

[@donlee.4308]

Cody & Petrozza will always be the S-Tier of self nominations or ballsy move in HK history.

[@redlox2]

Aka I feel self nomating matters little in the long run Considering that Gordon can ignore nominations altogether if he wants. I feel the key to success on the show is -be good at cooking -have a drama worthy personality (cough Elise) -however don’t be so toxic the show, audience and even other contestants hate you (cough Russel cough) As anyone can be eliminated at any time unless you bossy the shows ratings

[@TMX1138]

Note for context: Season 5 self-nominee, Sarah, was known as “Wil” at the time.

[@universe7soap]

How about one on the best guest judges, the Chinese chef from S11 is definitely #1

[@alejandroarroyo5124]

It's unbelievable that he could witness the [almost] only victory of the blue team

[@DubstepJoltik]

How about the lady who MACERATED Trev's avocado kisses in S18 lmao

[@bugarungus8124]

@@universe7soap I always especially enjoy the guest judges who explain their judging in an educational way and Martin Yan is definitely top of my list too.

[@rossomac21]

Is that the episode where we got "BOK CHOI FOOL" 😂

[@mothost6929]

New video idea, Every time Ramsay rejected an nomination and selected someone else, either through total surprise or from the teams picking bad choices.

[@eddieolshefski6467]

Another great HK video Flynn. Every week I get excited seeing these videos. I have a couple ideas of future HK videos. * History of Eliminations from the Winning Team. It began in Season 5. * Former Contestants who passed away. You should make your own memorial video on those who passed away from the show.

[@clusterofreds6705]

Those videos would be great too. Here's mine: Road of Redemption Series (16 contestants who didn't get a black jacket and deserve a second chance) Best and Worst Final Team selections that made a final service (e.g. Paul picking Elise S9; Christina picking Patrick S10) and broke a service (e.g. Will picking Krupa S9, Russell picking Rob S8) Best chefs in challenges (e.g Mia S18, Trenton S20) Most brutal elimination quotes (DeMarco S12, Elliot S19, Shayna S4, Melinda S6) Angriest / most bitter elimination interviews (Koop & Matt S16, Barbie S17, Roe S13, Brendan S14)

[@williamindayang4205]

Here's my video idea: The most likable bad chefs in HK history (example: Salvatore) HK contestant's outburst that no one saw coming (example: Milly)

[@RascallySkramp]

One thing I really miss from HK was the old themed openings. Season 12s noir crime theme is a real stand out

[@WolfLandmaster]

Don't know if this has been done yet but I think it would be a fun video to highlight chefs that were not very good during their stay but managed to make Ramsey happy once. Example: Kevin in season 15; made that Caesar salad pizza as his signature dish, I don't think he got many dishes out during services and had the brutal elimination during a service. But there was a challenge where I think they had to made potstickers or dumplings in pairs and Ramsey was pleased with him and Joe's end result.

[@hannieregis1578]

Antonio self elimination????? will forever be hilarious.

[@lastdayonearthmysteryman4849]

Yes it will be!

[@margarethmichelina5146]

What's hillarious is, when he asked to replay the footage, he really indeed nominated himself.

[@lastdayonearthmysteryman4849]

@@margarethmichelina5146 The producers immediately showed him to be a liar!

[@hannieregis1578]

@@margarethmichelina5146 They simply showed what he requested lmao

[@AlessandroChiarelli]

And how did he not get nominated is beyond me

[@margarethmichelina5146]

Tips: If you want to nominate yourself in Hell's Kitchen, never do that in earlier competition when the number of the contestants are still much. Do it in the middle or almost the end of competition and you need to know your opponent very well like Cody to Marc.

[@philipaguila6202]

4:30 Petrozza self nominate was humble and he's doesn't care whether he's eliminate or not. Rip my idol Petrozza

[@heymistercarter.]

For context, for those who don’t know: the person who nominated themselves in Season 5, while she identified as male on the show, has since transitioned and goes by Sarah now. Hence why Flynn refers to her as such. I also won’t refer to her by the name she used on the show because of Rule #2 with Transgender People: do not use a transgender person’s dead-name.

[@djfriedman5539]

Wil

[@nashtheneet]

He is still a dude, i don't care what he calls himself

[@XanderMatthews-nv9zf]

Trans rights for the win 🏳️‍⚧️ 🎉

[@jamesdshannon99]

@@djfriedman5539common sense

[@jamesdshannon99]

@@nashtheneetcommon sense

[@andy7376]

13:32 The replay…were about to ruin his career

[@lastdayonearthmysteryman4849]

Cody self nom was it get rid of Marc which is baller move!

[@Fulgore2005]

When Katie nominated herself instead of Roe (who the team wanted to put up) will never make any sense to me. Yeah, she wanted to (but couldn’t) put Sade up, but she still could have nominated Roe.

[@scottylewis8124]

Katie during the ceremony: *katie.exe has stopped working*

[@tallyikroe2476]

She could have likely put Sade up. she didn't want to because if she had put Sade up, she feared that if she lived through that elimination (which she most likely would have given how badly Kalen did in contrast to Sade), that she was going to make her life hell afterwards. So she didn't want to take that risk for some reason and fumbled on who to nominate. and accidentally nominated themselves

[@MajicMiranda]

Hey, I don't often comment but this is sort of a general comment for all your videos. I really appreciate the effort that you put into these, and you've made a Survivor fan into a HK fan too. Also I want to thank you for the care you take to address people with their preferred names and pronouns. It would be easy to not look into things, especially for contestants that have long since passed out of the spotlight. So I want to applaud you for going the extra mile there.

[@NeiasaurusCreations]

Honestly I can respect someone realizing they messed up and didn't belong there a lot. Because I think the ability to realize something like that, is the opportunity to grow and improve. And realizing you're not suited for something and wasting no one's time further, is better for all. So I respect it a lot actually.

[@angelval4038]

Maybe you should go over Ryan’s story from The American Dream. Please! He’s My Favorite Winner!

[@jamesdshannon99]

Dave will always be the GOAT for me but as an Irish man, S22 Ryan is up there for definite!

[@hannieregis1578]

He's doing the winners in order so it will be a while till we get that video.

[@angelval4038]

@@hannieregis1578 He Didn’t Talk About Danny-

[@hannieregis1578]

@@angelval4038 OH that's true. I wonder why...

[@mauve.lunaris0602]

Cody was such a badass! That scene alone was so iconic that it must not be forgotten. But honestly, that episode where Keisha lashed out at her team (Melanie, in particular) was too annoying to watch.

[@bobbynewman9321]

Kalen did not have a good service 💀

[@patrickdepew4976]

Flynn's always gotta get in a dig on Virginia whenever he mentions her.

[@scottylewis8124]

I'd like an in depth look at the 2nd worst cast in HK. The cast of S10. Aside from Christina, Justin, Brian, and Clemenza, Almost everyone else looked like they weren't there to actually win. Similar to season 8.

[@pfelipens8522]

Flynn, I think you need to rewatch Kalen's elimination episode. Kalen - ELIMINATED- 20 mistakes, 17 mistakes in service (chicken, pork, overcooked and dry pasta with mussels in the pass, long times, pasta station delayed kitchen, overloaded and needed help, different times, communication, appears to be cooking in first gear, said she did well, was eliminated because she lives in a dream world thinking that every dish she sent was perfect)

[@JuliaTheTransPeacock]

Yeah, I seriously don’t get why Flynn still insists Kalen did well that night. Everyone on the red team said she was the weakest link and she was the catalyst for why they fell far behind the blue team. Why Katie nominated herself as the second weakest link is a mystery, but come on, Kalen more than deserved to go home after dragging ass for 3 episodes straight.

[@AlessandroChiarelli]

Also the fifth service in general, since he said it was the best of the season. I would choose 9th or 10th service

[@tallyikroe2476]

Theres a ton of moments where Flynn gets wrong with Season 13. mainly due to finding it boring as hell. which is something I personally disagree with

[@pfelipens8522]

@@tallyikroe2476 Without Sterling it would be boring. Mr. 100% saved this season for being the worst season (that place is for Season 16).

[@tallyikroe2476]

@@pfelipens8522 theres actually a lot that happened in this episode that if you give it the chance and think a little bit. you would find the season to be very enjoyable

[@rayewaddell9668]

Self Nominating yourself maybe a sign of honesty for most people but it’s a sign of giving up in Ramsay’s eyes. Rule of thumb; Always fight for your spot!

[@lastdayonearthmysteryman4849]

2:38 There was that too!

[@lastdayonearthmysteryman4849]

The only season where no self nom was 14 and 15! Every other season have at least one person to so!

[@JonJay717]

I know I requested this a few videos ago but maybe opening night services ranked?

[@AlexOvTheAbyss]

I'd nominate myself if I was with Trev. Dude looks like a serial killer

[@scottylewis8124]

I'd nominate myself if I was on the S16 blue team.

[@Hydons]

Why is Antonio here? He literally didn’t nominate himself????

[@donlee.4308]

He’s still trying to bounce back up to this date.

[@farhanrahman27]

Please do the "Undeserving challenge dish wins." Next.

[@johnderose8921]

How could you not have Motto,as your top number 1???

[@rossomac21]

"Nobody who ever wants to be a head chef would ever nominate themselves" is clearly not true 😂

[@nglijie5716]

Putting yourself up for nomination is one of the most ballsy moves to do in HK. You either stay on or get eliminated. ⚒️

[@leviapplegate7250]

Can you do a video on the best signature dishes in every season of Hell's kitchen

[@flamesaber3223]

What's your favorite Gordon Ramsay elimination quotes Flynnmasters?

[@Alex-eo9rh]

Demarco, demented, demoted, denied

[@tallyikroe2476]

the one for Raj

[@o__o1544]

Top 5 best/worst signature dishes next!

[@lastdayonearthmysteryman4849]

11:46 Shut Up! It would have been better season!

[@scottylewis8124]

I bet Barbie regrets that.

[@pfelipens8522]

Wil -ELIMINATED- 15 mistakes, 13 service mistakes (appearance looked like he had fallen on the floor, delay in garnish, burnt gnocchi delayed team, delay in taking dish to pass, stood still with a hot pan in his hand, shitty service, needed help in his station of his entire team, more delay in garnish, he lacked will and nominated himself)

[@heymistercarter.]

@@pfelipens8522 *Sarah. She’s a transgender woman now.

[@kinjapleb4228]

​@heymistercarter. He was still Wil when the show was airing, I don't think it's necessarily disrespectful to call her Wil when talking about the "Hells Kitchen Contestant". If we're talking about them today,we should use their current name.

[@heymistercarter.]

@@kinjapleb4228 when it comes to transgender people and the names they had before their transitions, there’s a reason they’re called “dead names”. That part of themselves is in the past, and they’re living their lives as the people they are now. Calling them by those names is incredibly disrespectful, even if it’s in reference to their previous selves. It’s almost like calling someone the same name they used when they were a toddler when they’re in their thirties.

[@kinjapleb4228]

@@heymistercarter. I think that's a stupid comparison. What about Nicknames? Raj was actually named Ranjit. Is it disrespectful to not call him by his actual name? If someone went by a specific name during Hell's Kitchen but had that named changed today, going to look back on it, we would still call them by their Hells Kitchen name when referring to the Hell's Kitchen contestant. Wil was the Hells Kitchen contestant, Wil was not Sarah yet.

[@AlessandroChiarelli]

He wasn't as trainwreck as Seth was still and had a better signature dish

[@ReshiHerrera]

oh ya flynn uu da goat

[@scottylewis8124]

What about Brad from S3? He nominated himself.

[@pfelipens8522]

Jessica - ELIMINATED- 22 mistakes, 5 service mistakes (lost on what to do and asked sous chef Andy for direction, lost the point, overcooked pasta and looking like mush in the dining room caused her to be called by chef and kicked red team, nominated herself, packed her things and told her team, didn't fight for Kimberly to be nominated showing that she had given up, admitted to chef that she put herself in elimination to avoid arguments because she hates fighting but her team wasn't even fighting, admitted to Gordon that she packed her things, she's not ready and doesn't inspire confidence because a chef who avoids confrontations is the same thing as a boxer who doesn't want to take hits and she threw in the towel)

[@lastdayonearthmysteryman4849]

That is a lot!

[@pfelipens8522]

@@lastdayonearthmysteryman4849 Yeah, she didn't bounce back

[@lastdayonearthmysteryman4849]

@@pfelipens8522 No she gave up!

[@AlessandroChiarelli]

@@pfelipens8522 Kim or Gia had to go home still. Kim in particular had a bad service with a bad signature dish, she definetly had to go home. 19 SERVICE MISTAKES are not acceptable

[@GamerBoi2000]

Where’s motto? I didn’t see him

[@kevindavidtz]

he was a punk no one wants to see him

[@kylemanocchio5044]

What the fuck was Jessica thinking?

[@heymistercarter.]

@@kylemanocchio5044 she seemed like she was done with the competition. She said during her plea that she was tired of all the yelling and fighting, since she’d been around it all her life (which, to quote a bit from Survivor that Ultranatic Productions also used, “Did anyone tell her what show she was doing?”). Not to mention, she’d been relentlessly bullied by the blue team members that episode because… reasons. So I guess, no wonder she wanted out.

[@Amelia-ju2iv]

Motto?

[@johnquinones9669]

Who is Sarah?

[@scottylewis8124]

Wil. But now goes by Sara.

[@johnquinones9669]

@@scottylewis8124 Lol ok thanks.

[@hames9590]

Damn man can you please stop exhaling all of you air at the end of you're sentences video is good but geez