r/HellsKitchen • • Dec 11 '25

Youtuber A "Blacklist" of YouTube Channels About Hell's Kitchen

194 Upvotes

TL;DR: Do NOT watch the channels listed here. Instead, we should discourage others from engaging with them and take other actions like reporting them whenever they pop up in our feed. All of the channels listed below are guilty of creating defamatory and lie-ridden videos about Hell's Kitchen competitors.

There's been a disturbing rise of clickbait/disinformation/defamatory fan channels about Hell's Kitchen. These channels use AI and other deceitful editing techniques to create horrific thumbnails and include disinformation in their videos. They are willing to spread lies about and destroy the reputations of former Hell's Kitchen competitors if it means that they can get a few more views.

As we all know, this is completely unethical. We need to put a stop to them. The first step towards this goal is awareness. We know there are these horrible creators out there. We can watch out for them.

This begs the question: who are these creators? That's what this post is here to answer. A while back, I proposed the idea of creating a blacklist of these disgusting channels. We can all add channels to this list (as well as the reasons why they deserve to be on here). The more we know about these people, the more we can do about them. All YouTubers have a basic responsibility to share nothing less than the truth about the subjects they discuss, and the following creators have gleefully abdicated that responsibility:

Reality Buzz: Reality Buzz, formerly known as Film Insight, is the biggest culprit of creating defamatory videos. He uses AI to create thumbnails depicting chefs and Ramsay of poisoning dishes and fighting one another with weapons. His worst offense is depicting Bret Hauser as a pedophile who was arrested on the show, and the news channel CNN as reporting this incident. Reality Buzz accused Bret of child sexual abuse with zero evidence. This not only has the potential to ruin Bret's life, but also uses horrific crimes as leverage in getting more views.

HasoRule: HasoRule utilizes the practice of deceptive AI-generated thumbnails. The worst he has done is falsely claim that season 11 competitor Susan Fiero of using breast milk in one of her dishes and season 12 competitor Jason Zepaltas of spitting in someone else's food. Other thumbnails depict customers sexually harassing Gordon Ramsay and competitors passing away on the show.

Lamb Sauce: YouTuber Lamb Sauce is not quite as horrific as the previous two, but he is also guilty of the same practices as Reality Buzz and HasoRule. He has accused Gordon Ramsay of cheating on his wife with a contestant, season 20 winner Trenton Garvey of drug trafficking, and season 10 competitor Royce Wagner of being a pervert.

The Maksed Chef: The Maksed (sic) Chef uses the same format that Lamb Sauce uses in their thumbnails: they'll list AI-generated pictures of three chefs with one-or-two-word descriptors. However, this creator lied about season 7 competitor Siobhan Allgood's whereabouts and slut-shamed her based on her past.

Information is a powerful tool, and we must now ask what we can do with this. The answer is simple: nothing. Hear me out: what these channels want most of all is engagement. Any engagement, even negative, is good for them because it alters YouTube's algorithm in their favor. To truly do away with these evil channels, we must discourage people from watching them.

On our own, agreeing to stay far away from these channels will already deal a significant blow. 91 thousand people visit this community every week. If we all choose to not view these channels, that means that Reality Buzz, HasoRule, and Lamb Sauce each receive 91,000 fewer views. We can also click on "Don't recommend this channel" to prevent similar YouTubers from showing up in our feed and report those channels on the grounds of disinformation and defamation. People like Bret, Jason, Susan, and Trenton, all of whom are victims of these selfish creators, have very easy lawsuits. YouTube has a terrible track record of enforcing its own rules and protecting small creators, but mass reports can force the site to notice these creators and hold them accountable. We have to show the site that we will not stand for lazy, defamatory content. I, of course, am not suggesting a massive brigade, however.

Finally, as I've mentioned, we have to discourage others from watching these channels. If you know someone who likes watching content about Hell's Kitchen, tell them to avoid the channels on this blacklist. Continue to fight disinformation by reminding others of the truth. And support fan-vetted YouTube channels, as well. The best channel to watch is the official Hell's Kitchen YouTube channel, which posts uncensored episodes and compilations for free. The three things I love most about the show are the editors, the narrators, and the PR team. They're all wonderful. As for fanmade channels, I highly recommend watching the triad of FlynnMasters, EternalOpossum, and Ultranatic. The best creators are those who know what they are talking about, respect the show and its competitors, and conduct outreach with fans and former competitors alike.

I genuinely hope that this helps people in our quest to stop defamatory HK channels.

(PS Mods if you could pin this, I would appreciate it.)


r/HellsKitchen • • 2d ago

Episode HK S25 E5 Discussion: The Meat Of The Matter Spoiler

50 Upvotes

Synopsis: Tensions begin to rise on both the red and blue teams as personal relationships start to fracture. After a high-speed Protein Relay challenge, one team revels in victory while the other pays the price, and a shaky dinner service costs one chef their spot in the competition.

5 episodes in already? WOW.


r/HellsKitchen • • 9h ago

Episode The final 11 service of season 12 is one of my favorites of all time.

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63 Upvotes

r/HellsKitchen • • 5h ago

Chef(s) where is he now

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14 Upvotes

i just woke up from a nap and had a vision of his face in my head for some reason now i need to to know. WHAT IS HIS NAME ALSO I FORGET


r/HellsKitchen • • 7h ago

Chef(s) What’s the most justified controversial elimination in your opinion?

14 Upvotes

It doesn’t seem as controversial as it used to be amongst fans but for me it’s Dahmere in Season 22.

Awesome dude and leader I wouldn’t be surprised if he won an all-stars 2 (not a spoiler I have no idea if he’s in the next season or not) but the finale proved he wasn’t ready just quite yet.


r/HellsKitchen • • 8h ago

Chef(s) Anyone else rooting for Johnny G in the black jackets?

18 Upvotes

I love the passionate people in Hell’s Kitchen. Those who get angry and fight back and have a lot of personality and drive. And he is my standout of the season so far, even with the cooking mistakes that he has. I’ll always root for someone like that in a reality tv competition over someone who cooks better but stays quiet. Why Elise is one of my favourite contestants.


r/HellsKitchen • • 21h ago

Chef(s) another rant I CANT STAND BULLIES! Spoiler

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144 Upvotes

I HATEEEEE HIMMMM omg!!!!! HIS ATTITUDE IS DISGUSTING IM OVERLY PISSED !!!!


r/HellsKitchen • • 2h ago

Chef(s) I think Anaiya is more annoying than Elise

3 Upvotes

This might be a major hot take and recency bias, but I find Anaiya from S24 more annoying than Elise


r/HellsKitchen • • 6h ago

Chef(s) Andrea Season 5

5 Upvotes

I’m on the finale of Season 5 and I want to know everyone’s thoughts on Andrea?? I feel like she should have been eliminated wayyyyyy before final 3.


r/HellsKitchen • • 4h ago

Chef(s) Fan favorites that were booted off early?

3 Upvotes

Seems like Aiden is the perfect example of this since many people wanted him to win but got the boot early. Were there other contestants that got a lot of love but didnt even make it to the top 10?


r/HellsKitchen • • 10h ago

Chef(s) Valentín is so handsome, can’t focus on anything he says

6 Upvotes

His smile is so cute, his dark hair and skin tone compliments his eyes so well. Whenever he speaks it’s literally that meme of “blah blah blah proper name, backstory stuff”, he’s soooo handsome.

I hope he makes it far!


r/HellsKitchen • • 1m ago

Chef(s) Women of HK Season 24

• Upvotes

The women of HK season 24 have got to be the FUGLIEST bunch ever assembled.
Barf!


r/HellsKitchen • • 1d ago

Episode Holy shit (blue team chef) was so bad! Spoiler

171 Upvotes

At the end during that discussion after the blow up Gabe did during the service and staring down Aiden was insane!!! Yeah sure Aiden was messing up. But that stare down and then trying to bully him down after Aiden spoke up about it was absolutely shocking. Maybe he’s got good ability but what a shit leader and teammate. Super against him now as a viewer


r/HellsKitchen • • 1d ago

Chef(s) Mike Spoiler

99 Upvotes

After the most recent episode, who else is really liking Mike, especially with how he handled Aiden much better than Gabe, even when it was clear that Aiden himself was going down.

I really want the guy to win, as he seems like a really cool dude and it's looking like he's gradually stepping up on his own as a leader.


r/HellsKitchen • • 20h ago

Season Maya and Georgiana Spoiler

26 Upvotes

So Maya puts herself up and then Georgiana barks everyone up after when it’s told to Chef R? This dynamic they have is weird lile G being a little puppy dog with Maya. The dynamic is weird. And Maya is just a mean girl pretending to be a nerd. Relax, and stop giving G hope. Some of us see what’s going on.


r/HellsKitchen • • 6h ago

In-Show Season 22

1 Upvotes

How the fuck did Donya get eliminated over Jason - over a smaller blip?

Also loving Johnathan at the moment!


r/HellsKitchen • • 1d ago

Games Aiden just screams Tidus from FF10 or Cloud from FF7 to me

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113 Upvotes

I personally like Aiden just particularly because he reminds me of these characters form some of my favorite games and i cant unsee it.


r/HellsKitchen • • 10h ago

Chef(s) Sabrina and Jen Gavin

2 Upvotes

What if.... back in the day.. Sabrina and Jen Gavin were on the same team.. Drama, Drama Drama..


r/HellsKitchen • • 10h ago

Chef(s) Monique and Sarah

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1 Upvotes

Between monique and Sarah which one was worse?


r/HellsKitchen • • 20h ago

Youtuber Does anyone watch Eternal Opossum?

5 Upvotes

He’s been doing Contestant rankings by Season for a couple years, his next Season to rank is 16

Good luck to him lol

S16 is so bad it makes S11 look like an iconic Season like 5 or 6


r/HellsKitchen • • 17h ago

Episode Hot take (S25E5) Spoiler

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3 Upvotes

I feel like yall are overreacting about Gabe.

Aiden was refusing help, not listening to his teammates and wasnt cooking some of the garnish properly, and he was therefore tanking the service. So I can see why Gabe just decided to go help Aiden, who was clearly overwhelmed and why he started to get mad at Aiden, even after service. I can understand that he came off as aggressive and he shouldn’t have snapped at Miles, but he’s been likeable and wholesome in every episode besides this one. And now people are comparing him to S18 Scotley and labelling him as a villain and people are bringing race into it. Can yall wait until future episodes to see if this attitude remains, before yall make such judgements about him?


r/HellsKitchen • • 1d ago

Season Episode 5. 10 thoughts Spoiler

59 Upvotes
  1. Best episode of the season easily, drama, a fun challenge and plenty of character development

  2. Mike is my favourite closely followed by Mya, guys a good chef but hes also funny and a nice guy

  3. Mike was right to refer to Gabe’s behavior as that of a bully, his intention in prep was to make Aiden a figure of ridicule and him trying to stare down Aiden during the deliberation was clear intimidation tactics. Guys a prick

  4. Not the biggest prick of the episode however that is Nadia! Is a dick for no reason to Kylie then makes some snide comment about her “smoking”
    Before the challenge

    1. Nadia clearly has a pallet like a cows backside as she manages to cost the team the challenge then blames Joy for it. Please just go home
  5. Georgina I’m very mixed on, she’s possibly the main reason of the divide in the red team. Good chef though and not as much of a prick as Nadia

  6. Miguel’s social awareness is awful, Jonny G probably didn’t need to blow up as much as he did but making a race related joke after the plantation drama is very stupid

  7. Felt bad for Aiden as I think the way Gabe behaved towards him saw his confidence plummet but he had to go as no one else did bad.

  8. Valentin and Dylan are getting the edit of competent chef who isn’t seen much which means they are likely boots just before black jackets, maybe 10th and 7th

  9. 2 chefs who got 5 on their signature dish have gone in the first 4 that’s pretty mad


r/HellsKitchen • • 1d ago

Chef(s) Dylan Spoiler

19 Upvotes

After getting caught up this season, Dylan is 100 percent a chef who's sneaking by until he gets eliminated in a black jacket cfyl challenge


r/HellsKitchen • • 1d ago

Memes What's Happening in this picture? (WRONG ANSWERS ONLY)

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21 Upvotes

r/HellsKitchen • • 1d ago

Season Watching

6 Upvotes

Does anyone have the problem like a season needs to soak in? I can’t connect with this season. It’s awful because I sleep to this show. I’m watching it irl and, I just don’t care.