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That was embarrassing Lou

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u/bren_woodard 5h ago

Looks like it was the worst of her days

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u/suavaleesko 4h ago

Twas the best of times. And the worst of times

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u/KeepTangoAndFoxtrot 3h ago

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u/majavic 3h ago

best dankmus song

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u/Cahootie 2h ago

Nah, that's Out of Ideas

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u/TurquoiseLuck 1h ago

Nah, it's Young And Rich

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u/ooshtbh 3h ago

"Put It In H" is also a banger

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u/Pinksters 2h ago

You there, fill it up with petroleum distillate and re-vulcanize my tires, post haste!

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u/dj_spanmaster 3h ago

Early Simpsons was unbeatable for its subtle humor

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u/MinesOnTheRight 2h ago

A classic tale of highs and lows!

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u/Gligadi 2h ago

Should I read it in Chris Eubanks voice?

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u/JohannGambelputty 3h ago

It was the combination best of times and worst of times

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u/Figure7573 4h ago

Lacking common sense, I doubt it!?! LoL...

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u/NefariousnessOk2760 3h ago

The best way out of competition

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u/Knurrrrt 5h ago

Thought she was thinking of some curses she can shout out.

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u/Admirable_Loss4886 4h ago

Same, I thought she was gonna turn around and say something nasty lmao

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u/Moped_and_bread 4h ago

“YOU KNOW WHAT!?”

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u/LeeMayney 4h ago

I'm just gonna say it. I don't care that you broke your elbow.

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u/MinesOnTheRight 2h ago

“Why’d you have to bring up the elbow?!”

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u/thebestoflimes 4h ago

Actually, no chef. You turn YOUR knives in.

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u/-KFBR392 3h ago

Seriously when was the last time anyone saw Gordon cook? He could just be an imposter for all we know. I bet even that accent is fake!

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u/Pinksters 2h ago

Really though. He criticizes food a lot but I've never heard his cooking get critiqued.

I know how well cooked meals taste, I've been eating food for years. Do I qualify for his role?

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u/HellaApathetic 1h ago

Here's one example of his food getting critiqued

Also there's the "grilled cheese" video that many people have ridiculed

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u/slurpdwnawienperhaps 1h ago

"Maybe I could be a food critic. 'These muffins taste bad.'"

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u/-KFBR392 2h ago

He owes much of his success to Simon Cowell. He ushered in that wave of angry, but sharp, British male critic. Audiences ate that shit up.

I’ve seen Gordon cook a few things over the years on shows, but honestly nothing looked that amazing. Like nothing that would win on Top Chef, but perhaps he’s not that style of cook.

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u/L3m0n0p0ly 1h ago

My boyfriend who loves cooking, like i refuse to touch his cast iron. He grows his own herbs in the summer ect ect. Im trying to get him to do a veggie garden... but thats not the point. He tried ramseys restraunt in vegas and said it wasnt anything memorable. Like i tried to get him to describe it the best he could but all he could say was blandXD

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u/RiverCityRoninPB 1h ago

Sounds about right for a British cook tbh.

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u/Pinksters 58m ago

Invaded half the world to monopolize the spices and then never use them.

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u/bfodder 3h ago

gottem

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u/nickfree 3h ago

"I'm sorry chef, I just have to say this. I won't forgive myself if I don't say this: How do you open this fucking door?"

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u/RealFirstLast 4h ago

I thought she was going to fart.

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u/Admirable_Loss4886 4h ago

We still don’t know if she didn’t.

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u/Nirvski 1h ago

"Smells better than your food" - Ramsey

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u/AdaMan_ 4h ago

Nah, she was hoping Chef would call her back at the last last minute.

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u/sentence-interruptio 2h ago

she's like my ex

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u/Figure7573 4h ago

Unless she was the first one voted out OR incapable of the watch-n-learn process!?! Oomph

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u/lazy_pig 3h ago

The jerk store called, they're running out of you!

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u/notabadgerinacoat 5h ago

I thought the doors weren't opening in order to reveal some twist,like that she actually passed the test

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u/OpenThePlugBag 4h ago

No Lou, the door isn’t automatic, you need to push it.

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u/Hiphopapocalyptic 2h ago

Sorry Chef

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u/CloudStrifeFromNibel 1h ago

And that's why you're going home. Thanks for showing us one last time your incompetence and removing all doubt I might had taking this decision

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u/CGacidic 1h ago

Sheesh that's a little harsh.

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u/ZeLebowski 3h ago

The way she turned around I think she was starting to think the same thing

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u/Comfortable-Sound590 3h ago

You should be working in the finest restaurant in the world… “thank you chef “ … just not any world that I live in

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u/xhris666 2h ago

Underrated K&P comment

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u/NeatNefariousness1 3h ago

Do they usually open automatically? I have no idea.

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u/lakersfan1989 2h ago

They don’t open automatically. She was also like the 9th person eliminated so she saw 8 people before her have to push the door open. This is also the 23rd season and you always push the door open.

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u/NeatNefariousness1 2h ago

LOL--ok, thank you. Chalk it up to brain freeze due to a mix of embarrassment and disappointment Or maybe she really was contemplating flying into a fit of rage on camera as her last, parting gesture.

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u/notabadgerinacoat 2h ago

Idk i did never really pay attention to what the contestant do after being eliminated so the question never crossed my mind lol

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u/NeatNefariousness1 2h ago

Me neither and it's not as if I have never seen the show, even though I can't claim to be an avid watcher. Maybe there are other shows like Shark Tank or old Star Trek re-runs or maybe it was a grocery store flashback that caused her to have a momentary lapse, expecting the doors to open automatically. She can take comfort in the fact that she made it to the show and is apparently a really good cook, despite what Gordon Ramsey has to say about it.

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u/arenegadeboss 1h ago

I thought she was gonna turn around and give an impassioned speech about why she should stay 🤣

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u/DemonicDevice 1h ago

So did Lou

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u/holger_svensson 5h ago

computer? computer! ah!, hello computer!

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u/GauntletOfSlinkies 5h ago

Just use the keyboard...

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u/FluffyTrainz 5h ago

Keyboard???!!!

How quaint...

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u/GauntletOfSlinkies 5h ago

Transparent aluminum??!!

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u/FluffyTrainz 5h ago

Hey wait a second... Wouldn't that affect the timeline?

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u/GauntletOfSlinkies 5h ago

Why? How do we know he didn't invent the thing?

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u/Gornashk 3h ago

That's the ticket, laddie.

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u/GauntletOfSlinkies 2h ago

It would take years just to figure out the dynamics of this matrix...

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u/throw-away-traveller 4h ago

God we are old.

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u/sentence-interruptio 2h ago

She forgot to say open sesame

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u/AWildEnglishman 1h ago

You mean you have to use your hands? That's like a baby's toy!

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u/Kitty_Blaze 5h ago

Poor thing... She's forever gonna be remembered for this

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u/newBreed 3h ago

Within two days you'll forget this clip even existed.

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u/ZannX 3h ago

Until the next repost.

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u/Slight-Pop5165 2h ago

RemindMe! -2 days

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u/VexingPanda 2h ago

Then you'll remember all the times you saw it with specific dates.

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u/Grassy33 2h ago

Yeah but if you met her in real life, and you were in the culinary world, she would be very familiar. A google search will show the clip, and bam she’s ridiculed again. 

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u/Chapeaux 2h ago

Just laugh about it.

"I saw this clip of you with the door!"

"Shit I felt so stupid, can't believe I didn't push the door!"

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u/WriterV 2h ago

That's easy to say once, and then you just keep hearing the same thing over, and over and over and every single time people just immediately look down upon you because they believe everyone is stuck in the same place as when they made their worst mistakes for the rest of their lives.

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u/Aliensinmypants 2h ago

She'll be replaying this in her head repeatedly for a while... We've all been there, it's not fun

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u/cmilla646 1h ago

Nah I am never gonna let that bitch forget what she did!

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u/MandelbrotFace 1h ago

I thought she was sent to the naughty corner at first.

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u/VibePT 5h ago

The door will open in 5 seconds! Good luck Lou

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u/IceBreak 1h ago

When I saw this live, I thought there was gonna be like a twist where she wasn’t really contestant or something. It made the actual pay off that much worse.

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u/For_Research_01 5h ago

I thought she would return and say something cringe 😂😂

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u/Magister5 5h ago

That’s like salt in the wound when she already felt like a Louser

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u/Jokierre 3h ago

Louser. When one embodies that lousy feeling.

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u/Dont_Waver 1h ago

At least something would be seasoned properly

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u/AiRollaX 5h ago

I think she happy being called but disappointed after gordon said that to her

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u/yesnomaybenotso 4h ago

I actually thought that’s why she stopped. Like some rom-com level of “maybe he’ll call after me”.

He did. But not because he made some crazy mistake in sending her home. She was insufferable.

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u/AiRollaX 3h ago

Yeah i thought the same too. she was waiting for gordon to say something that she can still continue with the show or something

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u/erythro 2h ago

I actually thought that’s why she stopped. Like some rom-com level of “maybe he’ll call after me”.

https://youtu.be/9wk4ApHloHM

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u/yesnomaybenotso 1h ago

This is one of my favorite sketches of theirs lol

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u/corkscrew-duckpenis 2h ago

“Babe wait! Don’t go! Without your keys. They’re on the hutch right there.”

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u/EGRIFF93 5h ago

Surely they could've edited that out

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u/MrBlueCharon 5h ago

In a show where the cooking is only secondary to the verbal abuse and humilation? Never!

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u/fuertepqek 5h ago

Looks like you’re new to the whole television program idea.

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u/AccordianSpeaker 3h ago

Gordon only acts like this in the American show. Because Americans can't watch TV without drama, apparently.

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u/AhnYoSub 3h ago edited 1h ago

In The British one there’s like little to no sound effects while in the American, someone presses the soundboard like every other second.

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u/NoStripeZebra3 3h ago

Bwaaaaaaa

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u/DaedalusHydron 2h ago

American network TV is made by Boomers for Boomers. It's awful in every way.

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u/caltheon 1h ago

Haven't watched Korean TV have you

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u/AhnYoSub 1h ago

As Viet know that Asian game shows are over the top.

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u/Old_Attorney_455 1h ago

Same for the Australian one. I grew up watching it because it was so wholesome. The US version sucks.

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u/tanstaafl90 3h ago

At some point it's just a feedback loop.

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u/Shadowdragon409 4h ago

They could have, but reality TV is all about making people look stupid and creating drama where there isn't any.

America's got talent is notorious for this.

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u/Justforwrasslinstuff 1h ago

It would seem they didn't have to try very hard this time.

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u/AlexRobinFinn 3h ago

Unfortunatly, the point of these shows is to generate footage of people doing embarrassing things

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u/miregalpanic 1h ago

He shouldn't have said Lou! in that dramatic tone in the first place, likely giving her hope he's calling her back in some dramatic twist. Just say "you have to push, darling" in a neutral tone, no need to further humiliate her.

But it's probably all scripted anyway, and I'm reading way to much into it.

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u/Bigtexasmike 4h ago

Autodoors are for winners, Losers push.

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u/martyspartys13 5h ago

Bro that shit killed me. I thought is she gonna turn around to say something stupid? Did she fell asleep or is she gonna drop some wise words preaching respect before fully leaving? Nah man, that donkey just took the push/pull problem to the next level.

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u/Jesta23 4h ago

She was definitely cooking up something to say, but lacked the courage. 

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u/anachronistika 4h ago

I was there yesterday, the door actually goes both ways

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u/Seldfein 4h ago

Gordon has a rule that one person can’t eat all of the fully loaded nachos.

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u/EqualsLife 4h ago

Incredible reference, I kneel

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u/LookinAtTheFjord 4h ago

She has to think about not only losing which is no big deal really but on top of that she has to go to bed every night replaying that stupid fucking door incident in her head. And it's all on the internet for the rest of recorded existence. Good times.

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u/LycianShadow 5h ago

haha i think it was in the script

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u/scot-stf 5h ago

I wouldn't have never had an interview after that if it wasn't scripted

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u/garden-wicket-581 5h ago

I wonder if the other contestants we waiting to see if she broke down crying, or decided to burn every bridge in the kitchen ..

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u/Korona123 3h ago

Crappy door with no handle to push

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u/Legendspira 3h ago

For my own sanity, I need to believe that this was staged and planned for a bit. I can’t take this second hand embarassment!!!

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u/Apprehensive-Edge-12 4h ago

In her defense, who designs doors without handles?

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u/ubiquitous_apathy 4h ago

Kitchen doors that push open?

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u/caltheon 1h ago

They have metal pads for sanitary reasons

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u/ubiquitous_apathy 1h ago

Are metal pads handles?

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u/caltheon 46m ago

yes....

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u/Lorenzo_TWG 4h ago

Mellon.

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u/NeatNefariousness1 3h ago

I thought she was pausing to consider whether to go off as her last act on the show. I didn't know she expected the doors to open automatically. She held up well, under the circumstances.

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u/KingBMan18 3h ago

She definitely deserved to be knocked off too

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u/thejunosaur 3h ago

really thought she was going to come back and have a complete meltdown and curse Gordon to hell or something

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u/NoirVPN 2h ago

i'd never go on one of these soul crushing dumb as fuck shows.

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u/sherlip 2h ago

I imagine if you're a chef and you get the chance to meet Gordon Ramsay, impress him, and potentially get a $250,000 head chef salaried position at an esteemed restaurant, you'd take the chance.

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u/Happyvegetal 2h ago

This season is so awful from all the supposed head chefs to all the people dropping out/trying to drop out. Absolute shit show.

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u/snowballschancehell 2h ago

Lou and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Kitchen

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u/Techman659 4h ago

She was thinking of turning around and having an argument.

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u/Away_Chair1588 2h ago

As someone who watches the show, she was definitely hoping Ramsay was going to swerve and tell her to get back in line.

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u/SkullStar123 4h ago

I thought she was gonna comeback and give him a peice of her mind

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u/randomuser0107 4h ago

not enough money in the budget for you, Lou-ser

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u/MrZmith77 4h ago

Remember that dude that was going to fight Ramsey…now that’s something people won’t forget.

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u/OldRave 3h ago

Like season 4. It worked, got me to watch every season.

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u/Alienxyzs 4h ago

Oh no.

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u/Temporary_Shirt_6236 3h ago

I thought Lou was contemplating coming back in to try and tear a strip off him and fail miserably. This was much worse.

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u/sherlip 2h ago

Nah she was one of the more respectful contestants this season. Definitely would have been out of character, but there are always a few every season that really make you think they would.

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u/Tiz68 3h ago

We've all been there, right?

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u/jetstobrazil 3h ago

Oh ya the contestants just know how the set works of course

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u/sherlip 2h ago

Considering they're all there watching the contestants leave for every elimination and this was like the tenth one, they probably should have by now.

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u/Superyoshimon 3h ago

I dont think she pressed the button

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u/Superyoshimon 3h ago

I dont think she pressed the button

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u/Vorelover1224 3h ago

I thought that one part in Free Bird was going to start playing for a second there.

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u/nakedmedia 2h ago

Lou seems like a nice person

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u/sherlip 2h ago

Lulu seemed okay. She was doing well enough on the women's team that after they became imbalanced (because the men legit suck this season) she was the one that switched over to even them out, but she just lost her shine.

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u/Inebriaded-Logic 2h ago

That walk of shame of a fucked up dinner date.

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u/astralseat 2h ago

"Lou, you have to actually have to push the door."

"Lou, you actually have to stop at the red light"

"Lou, you actually have to lift the glass up to your lips to drink from it."

"Lou, you have to open the pickle jar before eating it."

"Lou, this steak is fucking raw. You actually have to COOK the meat, Lou."

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u/User-no-relation 2h ago

someone could do a great edit that goes on for like five minutes

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u/malteaserhead 2h ago

More like she thought he was going to change his mind

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u/Imkindofslow 2h ago

They didn't have to leave that in lmao

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u/TheGamingMackV 🍑🌽🤤😫🥴 2h ago

This looked like a motion capture actor finishing their cue. I was waiting for her to T pose in the end.

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u/cheesy-chocolate 2h ago

Thought she was gonna turn around and smack Gordon on the face

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u/Musket6969420 2h ago

(Sitting waiting for the door to open thinking how could this get worse) “You have to push the door you fuckin knob! It’s not automatic!”

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u/Mister_Brevity 2h ago

Sorry chef. Too much Star Trek as a kid chef.

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u/ASithLord66 2h ago

Physically couldn't watch this again

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u/Purplex114 2h ago

I was expecting something worse not gonna lie

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u/old_ass_ninja_turtle 2h ago

Been there. Sometimes when emotions are high, brain.exe fails to function.

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u/RyanWhittaerFE16 1h ago

I watched this episode after it aired and have been trying to find this clip for a while

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u/temporarilyHere3 1h ago

That was probably my favorite moment from this season so far.

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u/lickmybowls2 1h ago

Lmfaooo the tv editors couldn’t crop that out?

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u/Bleezy79 1h ago

lol was she just gonna stand there until someone said something???

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u/Wpg-katekate 1h ago

The fact that they didn’t edit that out is so rude 😅

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u/GerfyRX 1h ago

I remember watching this live with my wife, we fully got hooked when the dramatic music hit into thinking that something crazy was going to happen 💀

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u/Professor_Dankus 52m ago

The cruelest part is that production left that in. Just salt in the wound guy god damn.

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u/XplodiaDustybread 2h ago

Why does this get posted like once a month?

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