Gordon Ramsay scared everyone on the set of “Hell’s Kitchen,” according to former contestants who are speaking out about the fast-talking chef’s aggression on set.
Addressing what the atmosphere was like behind the scenes of the popular cooking competition show, several former stars – including winners Michael Ray and Ariel Malone – opened up about the intense atmosphere of the kitchen on Vice TV’s “Dark Side of Reality TV.” Told about.
In an exclusive clip from the upcoming episode obtained by PeopleJournalist Ivy Knight compared Ramsay’s series to “throwing children into the lion’s mouth”.
Elsie Ramons – who competed in Season 1 and finished fourth during the show’s 2005 debut – alleged that “everyone was scared” on the set.
“Let’s just put it like that. Everyone was scared,” Ramos claimed.
Ramsay has built his brand on his adventurous and hot-headed personality in the kitchen for decades Busting Heads with Lisa VanderpumpHowever, Ramos told Vice that he “didn’t expect to see that fiery a scoundrel.”
Tech Moore, who finished 12th in Season 6, echoed Ramos’s claims.
“Chefs know how to get people’s stomachs out verbally,” he shared.
But only a few people took the British chef’s sudden boldness to heart.
Ray won the first season of “Hell’s Kitchen,” received the $250,000 grand prize, and addressed the allegations against the chef-turned-TV host.
“None of these people who came on the show had ever worked in a kitchen before, they all approached it the same way,” he shared. “He took it personally.”
The same could not be said for Ray, who recalled, “Gordon, he told me, ‘You never tell your employees they’re doing a good job. As soon as you tell them, that’s when they put in the effort. Let’s stop doing it.
Malone, who won Season 15, has the same viewpoint.
“When you’re in karate class, is your sensei a scoundrel or is he your teacher? It’s the same thing,” she shared.
23 seasons of “Hell’s Kitchen” have aired since its premiere in 2005. Ramsay has hosted the competition series – now on Fox – for the past 19 years. The show has spawned several franchised restaurants with the same name across the United States, including cities such as New York, Miami, Las Vegas, Washington, DC, and Atlantic City.
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“Hell’s Kitchen” has earned five Primetime Emmy nominations.
Ramsay previously talked about his on-screen persona, revealing that he is very different at home compared to TV. The Michelin star chef and his wife, Tana, whom he married in 1996, have six children – daughters Megan, 26, Matilda (née Tilly), 22; sons Oscar, 5, Jesse James, born in 2023; and twin brothers, Holly and Jack, 24.
“I think everyone has a good and bad side,” he said told people In 2023. “I’m very good at exposing evils that turned into something incredible.”
Ramsay credits his children for softening him.
“Children evoke the most emotions in me,” he said. “It’s funny, isn’t it? Because everyone thinks, ‘Oh my God, you must be perfect. donkey Stay at home together. [But] Tana’s extremely fiery self, an ex-Montessori school teacher. That’s why I’m soft-natured.”
,The dark side of reality TV” Ramsay’s episode of “Hell’s Kitchen” airs Tuesday, October 8 at 9PM ET on Vice TV.
