Top 10 Worst Hell's Kitchen Signature Dishes
Hell's Kitchen has given us some of the wildest, most memorable kitchen meltdowns and fiery clashes, but nothing quite compares to the cringe-worthy moments when chefs present their signature dishes to Chef Gordon Ramsay. For many contestants, this first taste is supposed to showcase their cooking skills, creativity, and flavors - yet, time and time again, they manage to serve up plates that are puzzling, poorly executed, or downright inedible. From oddly paired flavors to outright strange presentations, some of these dishes have become infamous among Hell's Kitchen fans for all the wrong reasons.Some have dishes featured on this list because their attempts to impress Ramsay with unique ingredients and bizarre combos went spectacularly wrong. Others thought that reinventing classics was the key to success, only to be met with Ramsay's legendary (and often unfiltered) critique. And, of course, there are those who served up flavorless, undercooked, or unrecognizable dishes that left Chef Ramsay wondering if they belonged in a kitchen at all.
How could someone not taste their dish in a high-stakes competition like Hell's Kitchen? It takes like two seconds to taste. Antonia would've died if Gordon made her finish her gumbo.
You know it's bad when the chef gets sick, then shares the pain with your competitors. If that tasted like mud, that's insulting to mud.
Oh God! Her dish made Chef Ramsay physically ill! Worst Hell's Kitchen signature dish ever!
1/10/2014 - I'd laugh if she actually won Season 13!
It would be Danny & Grilled Bananas all over again!
Funny how she won Hell's Kitchen - just like Danny from Season 5.
Oh no, really. I'm not used to having people spit out my food. By the way, I was in the cookie aisle.
A) There's nothing cooked. He spent 60 minutes chopping up ingredients and pressing them into a ring? Yes, I'm aware it's supposed to be tartare, but what did he do for the other 51 minutes?
B) Chocolate, raw seafood, and capers. Anyone who thinks that combination sounds remotely appetizing is either mentally deficient or on massive amounts of LSD.
C) Thinking he looks good in that silly hat. You're not Samuel L. Jackson, dude.
No one in the history of Hell's Kitchen has cooked a dish so inedible that Chef Ramsay got to the point where he was legitimately sick. It came out faster than it went in. Everything was raw on the plate, and the white chocolate on it turned me off. The combination of ingredients sucked. It's mind-blowing that Chef Ramsay gave him a black jacket over Louross.
Why would you serve a breakfast item to Chef Ramsay? Just because he has people eat that at his restaurant doesn't mean your food is good. Many people eat at McDonald's, and it probably sucks.
I bet that all of your diners will stop eating that crap.
Not only did she use jarred sauce on her signature dish, but she also argued with Chef Ramsay when he scolded her. Unbelievable.
Monique was by far the worst contestant ever on the show.
The Newcomers
Oh boy, another chef that used pre-made ingredients in their signature dish. For the third season in a row. At this point, there's no way this is a coincidence. This HAS to be scripted.
Prepped foods in the Hell's Kitchen signature dish challenge suck because they always make the contestant seem like a complete amateur.
As soon as she said, "canned clams," I knew that Chef Ramsay would give that dish a 1 out of 5.
He really thought he'd impress Gordon with something he had no experience with. Prince was right, doves do cry.
This dish was so fake and pretentious.
This guy honestly thought he had a shot at being the winner? With pre-made and packaged tortellini? Ha! Did he even know who he was cooking for?
He should have made his own pasta and tomato sauce. Chef Ramsay hates premade food.
This sounds disgusting, and using pre-made dough and Caesar salad dressing is a huge no-no! It is pretty much on the same level as Mike's packaged tortellini with canned tomatoes.
Should be in the top 10 of this list.
You should've gone home in the beginning, and Manda was right. "That should've gotten a 0."
Chef Ramsay actually liked the taste of the dish, which is surprising considering Raj's performance on the show.
Great concept, terrible execution. Such a shame since the seafood was perfectly cooked.
Just look at the size of that pancake. Worst contestant in Hell's Kitchen.
The potatoes looked like they came from an oil spill, the hen was crappy, and the pumpkin wasn't seasoned. This was a weird idea that should have stayed in his head. Memorable indeed, though. RIP Petrozza.
Runner-up or not, this dish was just laughably bad. "Hen in a Pumpkin" doesn't sound like food. It sounds like a sex position listed in the Kama Sutra.
Yes, Petrozza. Your dish was memorable... but for all the wrong reasons.
She bluffed against a seasoned, well-traveled chef and got ousted. Still intrigued she won.
Reminder: this girl was the winner!
Ramsay claims it's the worst dish he's tasted. Seth inappropriately laughs. Ramsay tells him he could be responsible for the fastest exit in Hell's Kitchen.
While the dish itself sucked, I don't feel like as many people would have brought this up had Seth not laughed afterward.
It's like four bits of ass wipe on a plate, splat.
Looked like crap. Spot on, Gordon.
She's a crook. Not only does Colleen charge $300-400 to teach people how to cook, but she also can't even cook a dish that will impress Gordon.
$300 - $400 dollars for a cooking lesson with Colleen? And she teaches you to make diapers that pass as food? I'd feel ripped off.