| “ | I'm just Jocky! | ” |
James "Jocky" Petrie was the sous chef for the blue team on Seasons 17 and 18 of Hell's Kitchen.
Biography[]
Petrie began his formative career in Scotland in the hotels of Edinburgh and Kinnaird Estate in Perthshire. He then moved south to one Michelin star Hambleton Hall before leaving the UK for Virginia in the United States, to work at two Michelin Star The Inn at Little Washington. In 2001, Petrie joined The Fat Duck in Bray, Berkshire where he rose to head pastry chef role, during which time the restaurant achieved a third Michelin star and was ranked 1st on the list of The World's 50 Best Restaurants. In 2009, Petrie was appointed Head of Development of The Fat Duck Experimental Kitchen, later that year the restaurant was given a top score of ten out of ten in The Good Food Guide. His role also included development of dishes for all of Heston's restaurants and brands, including The Hinds Head and 2 Michelin star restaurant Dinner by Heston Blumenthal in central London. Petrie resigned from his post at The Fat Duck in 2013.
In 2014-15 he completed a specially created year-long post as Head of Development at two Michelin Star and award-winning London restaurant The Ledbury, winner of Best UK restaurant three years in a row and UK’s best restaurant Observer Food Monthly.
Petrie joined the Gordon Ramsay Group in 2015 in the specially created role of Executive Head of Development. His role with Ramsay includes overseeing, creating and developing dishes for all 14 of Ramsay's UK restaurants with a focus on the fining dining restaurants.
Personality[]
As Ramsay's Sous Chef, Jocky acted as Ramsay's right-hand man in the services. He held the same standards as Ramsay and would often get irritated by contestants' constant mistakes. Unlike previous Sous Chefs, Jocky was significantly calmer and more mellow. However, he was not above berating chefs that did not follow the rules.
Main Highlights[]
Season 17[]
- On episode 1, he made his debut with Ramsay introducing him to the spectators and the chefs.[1]
- On episode 3, he joined the blue team on their reward and told them that he was not going to massage their egos and wanted the best from them. He was later playing soccer with them and scored a goal, with Milly stating that it looked like he bended like soccer player David Beckham.[2]
- On episode 5, he expressed concern over Van boiling eggs over an open fire, but his concern turned out to be unfounded, as Van won the point for his team with his barramundi and nicoise salad dish.[3]
- On episode 9, during the red team's punishment, he caught Barbie trying to dump the fish shake in the trash, and ordered the rest of the team to finish every last drop of their shakes.[4]
- On episode 12, he and Sous Chef Christina tasted Robyn and Jennifer's dishes during the final Black Jackets Challenge, ultimately picking the former's.[5]
- On episode 13, he yelled for the halibut sauce when Michelle took too long on it. This has been compared with Ramsay yelling for the lamb sauce on Season 2.[6]
- On episode 15, he helped Michelle prepare her menu for the final dinner service.[7]
Season 18[]
- On episode 1, he supervised the veteran's punishment, and caught Jen trying to make duxelle without cleaning them first. When Jen started giving attitude, he asked her to repeat herself, but she left the kitchen for a while. That led to him commenting that it was going to be an interesting few weeks.[8]
- On episode 2, he berated Trev for improperly prepping the Wellingtons as it proved to him that the latter did not pay attention to the demonstrations.[9]
- On episode 3, he rejected Jen's mashed potatoes for not being seasoned enough, leading to an argument between the two when she refused to believe that.[10]
- On episode 4, he kept rejecting Trev's batches of poached eggs as they were not up to standard, but eventually accepted a decent batch.[11]
- On episode 11, he joined the blue team for their reward and had lunch with them.[12]
- On episode 13, he and Sous Chef Christina joined Ariel and Mia's indoor skydiving reward, and at lunch, asked Ariel about what was different to the previous time that she got a black jacket.[13]
Trivia[]
- James Petrie is the first Sous Chef in Hell's Kitchen not to originate from the United States.
- He also appeared in MasterChef (UK, Australia and Greece).
- He is the only blue team Sous Chef to not have a winning final brigade.
- After Season 18, he left to run Gordon Ramsay's restaurant Lucky Cat, which opened in 2019.
Quotes[]
- "HALIBUT SAUCE!"
- "This is gonna be a fun few weeks."
- (To the red team) "Is that how you go to work, you just wonder into work, do you? It's not funny, yeah!"
- (To Trev) "Oh my god, what are you doing!? What the fuck is that? Right, I just knew you weren't paying attention, I could see you weren't listening! This is really bad work, bad bad work! are you thinking you're gonna get away with that?"
- (To Jen) "This is still bland, this is still bland..."
- (To Trev) "You are the eggman!"
- (To Trev) "Nope, I'm just Jocky!"
- (About Mia's instructions) "What the fuck is going on?"
Gallery[]
.png "Sous Chef Jocky's Intro Spot (Seasons 17 and 18).png (840 KB)")
External links[]
Jocky Petrie on Instagram- Jocky Petrie on Twitter
References[]
| Hell's Kitchen Staff |
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| Head Chef/Host |
| Gordon Ramsay |
| Maître d'hôtel |
| Jean-Philippe Susilovic (Seasons 1-7, 11-12) • James Lukanik (Seasons 8-10) • Marino Monferrato (Seasons 13-Present) • Matthew Childs (Season 21; Episodes 2-9) |
| Blue Team Sous Chef |
| Scott Leibfried (Seasons 1-10) • James Avery (Seasons 11-14, 23-Present) • Aaron Mitrano (Seasons 15-16) • Jocky Petrie (Seasons 17-18) • Jay Santos (Season 19-22) |
| Red Team Sous Chef |
| Mary-Ann Salcedo (Seasons 1-3) • Gloria Felix (Seasons 4-5) • Heather West (Season 6) • Andi Van Willigan-Cutspec (Seasons 7-14, 16) • Christina Wilson (Season 15, 17-22) • Michelle Tribble (Season 23) |