Now guys this is something I've wanted to talk about this for a while now cause this is one of most interesting hidden mysteries in HK history let's talk about J.R. Now before anyone says anything no I'm not talking about the black J.R. from season 13 no I'm talking about the mysterious disqualified contestant from season 3 who I didn't even know existed until people in the old comment section before it was taken down and behind the scenes info on the wiki told me about him and I've it got me to raise a lot of questions about him that desperately need to be answered.
Now for those who don't know there was a 13th contestant in Hell's Kitchen season 3 with the initials J.R. he was originally suppose to compete in the season but unfortunately due to him spreading malicious rumors about Joanna as well as possibly leaking spoilers about the season online he was immediately disqualified and was briefly seen during the signature dish challenge wearing a brown shirt and white undershirt and during Joanna's coat hanging and burning portrait sequence J.R. coat and burnt portrait was seen next to her. So that's basically all we know about J.R. but it's fascinating how much we don't really know about him.
Erza Plays made an interesting video about him that I definitely recommend checking out here's the video right here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY00Xf7A6hY&ab_channel=EzraPlays
During this video he explains how he tried to get in contact with the other season 3 contestants on Instagram asking them if they knew anything about J.R. and the ones he managed to get in contact with were Brad Miller, Rock Harper and Joanna Dunn and while Joanna didn't respond at all Brad and Rock did respond and said they don't know anything about J.R. or who he even was hell Rock himself even asked Chef Ramsay if he knew anything about him but got no response.
Now with all that in mind I was just so intrigued by this cause it got me asking so many questions about J.R, and I'm about to list them all off to you right now.
Question 1: Who was J.R.?
I mean like what kind of a chef was he? Was he a line cook, a sous chef, was he a good or bad chef? We know absolutely nothing about and unfortunately the producers had completely cut him out including the season picture I think with a huge blank space on the top of the stairs of the season 3 picture which is where I believe J.R. was suppose to stand. I mean I even tried searching up online for anyone named Chef J.R. but all I got were a bunch of MasterChef Junior stuff and the JR from season 13's Instagram account but nothing about season 3's J.R. so it's almost like not only did he leave the competition but he also like he just faded out of human existence entirely cause there is no other evidence I could regarding his existence rather than the HK wiki like he has no online trace of his leaked spoilers, there's no Instagram accounts that exist with him, there aren't even any people online that actually know him either. This could be due to the fact that we don't know his full name but this is one of those strange where trace of this guy is literally non existent online.
Question 2: What was the plan for J.R.?
Like I started thinking about the idea of having J.R. in the competition and it makes me wonder how exactly would Season 3 work with him in it cause think about it in season 3 there were 6 men and 6 women but with J.R. included that would make 6 women and 7 men so was there going to be a different idea for the teams rather than just men vs women yeah that may sound weird but back then there were only 2 other seasons in HK that were season 1 with mixed gender teams and season 2 with battle of sexes so it's possible that they could have originally wanted to do something different with the teams or was there going to be another female contestant going to compete as well to even out the teams which means there's probably an even more mysterious 14th contestant that none of us know about and plus how good would J.R. have done if he stayed would he have gotten black jacket? we may never know.
Final question: Where is J.R. now?
Like what is J.R. doing right now? Is he still cooking or has he retired? Is he planning on coming back to compete and actually do something? Did he get so embarrassed that he killed himself? Did he turn himself black and then later compete on season 13? I don't know I have no idea where he is now or what's he doing with his life and my god I feel like that's something I really need to know.
This is really something I want to make a discussion about because this definitely a mystery that I don't just feel like needs to be talked about more but also needs to be solved I feel like someone needs to research more into this and uncover the true secrets behind J.R. from season 3 cause I'm not going to lie when I say that J.R. is the most interesting contestant in HK history he's actually even more interesting than any of the other HK contestants why because his whole existence is a mystery, J.R. himself is a mystery, a mystery that needs to solved and we need to all talk about him more so please everyone leave a comment telling your thoughts on J.R. and the story behind him cause it is without a doubt the most interesting to talk about thank you.
