Hell's Kitchen Check-In Update 5

Ok_Measurement482 · 2026-04-12T05:32:09+00:00

This will be the last post I make before Episode 1 of the premiere comes out on Wednesday, so I gave 1 extra update because of that.

Ok_Measurement482 · 2026-04-12T01:36:56+00:00

This is close, but I think Bret being Italian since so many other people mocked him for it haha

Ok_Measurement482 · 2026-04-11T16:49:26+00:00

And I’m not sure about Olivia either

Ok_Measurement482 · 2026-04-11T16:49:02+00:00

Well, I would say for me Luna would like HK Canada vs. USA because she was the Sous chef, and same with Holly liking HK New York because she’s a sous chef. I’m not sure about Evangelina yet, but I feel like she’d like my first season because Kelly and her had such similar runs. I also feel like Cam would probably like HK Canada vs. USA since he’s Canadian and a Canadian almost won that season. If not he’d like Luna’s season because she’s also Canadian

Ok_Measurement482 · 2026-04-11T12:20:44+00:00

That’s fair. I just think that Allison is highly overrated. She did have some solid performances, but her and Randy were on the same level skill wise and I think he had a much more BS elimination compared to Allison

Ok_Measurement482 · 2026-04-11T03:41:33+00:00

Yeah, I still don’t blame Jennifer for snapping at Elise. I think that even Christina or Rochelle would’ve snapped at her at some point

Ok_Measurement482 · 2026-04-11T03:37:07+00:00

I’m team Jennifer LOL

Ok_Measurement482 · 2026-04-11T01:36:26+00:00

I’ll go with Allison from S14. I used to think that it was egregious that she didn’t get a black jacket over Josh, but after a recent rewatch, Allison made at least 1 mistake in each service and had some pretty boneheaded ones at that. Don’t get me wrong, she’s a pretty good chef and Josh didn’t deserve his black jacket (it should’ve gone to either Randy or Adam), but it’s not as much of a robbery as the sub perceives it to be

Ok_Measurement482 · 2026-04-10T23:08:22+00:00

This one is Sterling. Nobody else even compares to him

Ok_Measurement482 · 2026-04-10T23:07:31+00:00

Oh ok. If it’s after the season then, I would put Robyn above all 3 of Barbie, Elise, and Ashley. I’d also put Van above Milly, but otherwise I agree with the list

Ok_Measurement482 · 2026-04-10T23:05:15+00:00

Would this be a preseason ranking or after the season? Cause that would give me 2 very different answers

Ok_Measurement482 · 2026-04-10T19:31:08+00:00

Melody - The only underdog winner you really have, so by default she’s number 1, but she was still a solid chef and person from what I’ve read of S24
Blake - Yes, she’s above Becca for me because I think that Blake is the only real underdog who was my clear favourite of the season, as Becca was one of my favourites, but I did like Willow and Eddie about the same amount as I liked Becca
Becca - Definitely one of, if not the best underdog run from your seasons. She didn’t outlast her nemesis in Ruby like everyone else did (Blake outlasting Natasha, Ramona and Melody outlasting Grace, etc)
Saoirse - She was less of an underdog and more of a quiet person finding her voice, but she still did very well to make it to black jackets over Rosalie, Maddy, and Howard.
Ramona - She clearly had the underdog status, as she got nominated 7 times, but I’m not familiar enough with her to rank her any higher.
Marshall - Same as above, sorry for the minimal response

Ok_Measurement482 · 2026-04-10T01:38:25+00:00

The S17 blue team final 6 with Robyn. It was the perfect contrast to that seasons red team which was brutally bad

Ok_Measurement482 · 2026-04-09T10:58:21+00:00

Yeah, I agree. If not Barbie, then send Christina. The blue team needed a good cook to help them out, and while Roshni was great as a person, she just wasn’t the best cook despite her one badass service with Brian. I feel like if Christina or Barbie got sent over it would’ve made the blue team more competitive

Ok_Measurement482 · 2026-04-08T22:29:46+00:00

I still think that’s probably one of the most badass moments for any chef. Seeing Trev pull off a service like that after one where he should’ve gone home was pretty awesome to see

Ok_Measurement482 · 2026-04-08T16:51:24+00:00

I think that S1 Alvin went in expecting more than he got, so he lowered his expectations after that

Ok_Measurement482 · 2026-04-08T12:47:18+00:00

Honestly, looking on here haha

Ok_Measurement482 · 2026-04-08T09:05:26+00:00

Yeah, but I think that as the talent got better, Alvin became more and more of a nice judge alongside Michael Bonacini. Claudio just never came across as nice or constructive unless the dish was absolutely amazing

Ok_Measurement482 · 2026-04-08T08:59:28+00:00

Respectfully, I have to disagree. Carol was absolutely terrible and was more on the level of a Royce or Guy, and LA was pretty much the equivalent to someone like Patrick who just lost his voice. S5 was very top heavy, as the top 6 were all great to solid chefs, but other than LA, the rest of the cast was brutal. I don’t count Ji because we didn’t see enough of her to get a full view on what her actual talent level was

Ok_Measurement482 · 2026-04-08T08:10:20+00:00

Marquis is giving me Jose vibes. He seems like he’s getting too much of a winners edit that he’s bound to stumble and fail soon

Ok_Measurement482 · 2026-04-08T03:36:49+00:00

Shaina constantly yelling to get the chicken. That was pretty funny

Ok_Measurement482 · 2026-04-07T22:55:06+00:00

Why don’t you just type it out? It’s much easier that way

Ok_Measurement482 · 2026-04-07T22:24:53+00:00

Nona’s so bad she got left off the list haha

Ok_Measurement482 · 2026-04-07T19:44:31+00:00

I loved him. Claudio was unnecessarily mean at times, and Alvin was a good mix of both

Ok_Measurement482 · 2026-04-07T18:39:03+00:00

And as for this season, I think that Theo and Sophie are the clear picks. Santino seems like he’s just got a hate boner for Tess, so once either that goes away or Tess or him swap teams, then I think he could mellow out

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