Marino Monferrato

“

Subito!

”

Staff Profile
Name	Marino Monferrato
Hometown	Torino, Italy
Occupation	Maître d'hôtel, Restaurant Manager
Season	13-present

Marino Monferrato is the current maître d' of Hell's Kitchen, since Season 13.

Personality

As the Maître d'hôtel, Marino serves at the front of the house of Hell's Kitchen and would be the person handing out tickets to Ramsay more than often. If there is a tableside dish, he is also responsible for showing the assigned chefs how to make it. Unlike the two previous maître d's, Jean-Philippe and James, Marino is significantly more laid-back, as seen from his general interactions with the chefs, including when they were making mistakes.

Main highlights per season

Season 11

• On episode 19, Marino first appeared as a guest judge for the Burger Portion Challenge, along with other maître d's, who were called "Jean-Philippe's friends".

Season 13

• On episode 1, he made his official debut as the new maître d'. He was late getting his first ticket to Ramsay, causing the latter to ask if he was suffering from jet lag.
• On episode 2, he was called into the red kitchen to taste Janai's risotto, and he said that it was mushy.
• On episode 3, he was seen at the blue team's reward where he served the men their dishes while describing them. During dinner service, he told Fernando that he was serving his tableside appetizer at the wrong table.
• On episode 6, he joined the blue team at the Santa Barbara wine country, and gave the men a lesson on wine tasting as he was a professional wine taster.
• On episode 7, he lectured Sade after she dropped a pan on the dining room floor, as it could have burned a diner.
• On episode 13, Marino showed Roe that her billboard was already up in Los Angeles. During dinner service, he told Ramsay that one table has gotten annoyed after waiting 20 minutes for their appetizers.
• On episode 16, he met up with La Tasha and Bryant at Palm Springs, and took them sightseeing at the Parker Palm Springs.

Season 14

• On episode 1, he led the red team to Ramsay's office to grab the acceptance letters as part of their punishment.
• On episode 3, one of the waiters told him that a customer found plastic on his scallops, and he brought it to the pass.
• On episode 8, he served as both a bartender, and a judge during the Alcohol Challenge due to his background as a sommelier.
• On episode 12, he was forced to serve an incomplete table due to Alison's poor performance on fish, which put him in a very awkward situation.

Season 15

• On episode 1, he welcomed the 18 new chefs to Hell's Kitchen, and announced that they were to going to Las Vegas immediately. During dinner service, he urged Eddie and Mark to eat their raw risotto quickly, and later, informed Ramsay that one of the blue team's table left out of frustration.
• On episode 2, he welcome a group of 10 last minute VIP diners known as The Game to Hell's Kitchen, telling them that i was a pleasure to have them here. When The Game revealed that they did not have a reservation in hell's kitchen, he told them to give him a second, enjoy a drink at the bar while he go talk to Gordon Ramsay. Ramsay agreed to serve them and told 2 waiters to merge 2 tables together for the VIPs.
• On episode 5, his family dined at Family Night, with it also being his daughter's birthday.
• On episode 9, he was dressed in cowboy gear for Cowboy Steak Night, much to Ramsay's disbelief.
• On episode 12, he appeared in an ice cream cart wearing a traditional ice cream suit. He later gave out samples to the chefs as a prelude for the annual Blind Taste Test.

Season 16

• On episode 1, he supervised the blue team during their punishment, and when Andrew complained about losing, he reminded the latter that they lost because Matt invented pigeon Bolognese.
• On episode 3, he was not happy to see the mess from the challenge, and compared it to a war. During dinner service, he found out that Jessica's tagliatelle was overcooked, and brought it to the red kitchen for Ramsay to see.

Season 17

• On episode 3, he joined the blue team, along with Sous Chef Jocky, in their reward, and introduced them to Alyssa Naeher and Julie Johnston.
• On episode 6, the Pizza Fusion Challenge took place in his own pizza restaurant, DeSano Pizza Bakery. He was also a guest judge along with Steve Samson.
• On episode 10, he was seen catching the burnt potatoes Ramsay was tossing out of the red team, with a big grin on his face.

Season 18

• On episode 5, a small fire erupted on his station while giving a demonstration to both Chris and Heather. That lead Ramsay to ask him if he needed a fire blanket, and even gave him a fire extinguisher.
• On episode 8, Ramsay showed everybody a picture from his teenage years, which had him wearing short shorts on a motorcycle. However, he soon got revenge by showing everybody a picture of Ramsay as a teenager.
• On episode 10, he came out in a gelato bike and handed out samples as a prelude for the annual Blind Taste Test.

Season 19

• On Episode 1, he greeted the 18 new chefs at the real Hell's Kitchen restaurant.
• On Episode 2, he gave Ramsay the Punishment Pass for that season, but was scolded for freezing it instead of preserving it like Ramsay asked.
• On Episode 4, his family dined in the dining room for that night's service.
• On Episode 9, Marino came out wearing a soda jerk outfit and gave out milkshakes to the chefs. These were used as a prelude for the annual Blind Taste Test.

Season 20

• On Episode 3, he came out in lifeguard gear to overwatch the Whole Squid Prep Challenge. Ramsay said his job was giving any drowner mouth to mouth, but he could not finish the sentence without laughing. During dinner service, he saw the blue team's raw chicken and claimed that he could cook one better.
• On Episode 6, he took Megan Ramsay's Pad Thai back to the red kitchen when it turned out it was bland. Then, he rubbed salt in the wound by revealing that the blue team's Pad Thai had flavor.
• On Episode 10, Marino joined the blue team on their bowling reward and played some games with them. During lunch, he asked them what the hardest part of dinner service was.
• On Episode 11, Marino had to apologize to a table waiting for a chicken order thanks to Sam's poor performance.

Season 21

• Although Marino greeted the new chefs in Episode 1, he is not seen afterwards as it was revealed that he had returned to Italy to visit family. He is replaced by another maître d', Matthew.
• On Episode 10, Marino returned as the maître d'.
• On Episode 11, Marino presented dishes Ramsay claimed were family recipes. However, they were frozen products and it was used as a prelude to the Blind Taste Test.
• On Episode 13, Marino was dressed up as a flight attendant while claiming bags for the King of the Hill Challenge.

Season 22

• In Episode 2, Ramsay dumped seafood on Marino when trying to get to the scallops, but he took it in stride.
• In Episode 6, Marino served as referee during the blue team's bubble soccer game.
• In Episode 7, Marino served as the chairman of the parade Ramsay held prior to the Grilling Challenge. During service, he came into the blue team’s kitchen to remind that the customer complained about the incomplete order on the six top.
• In Episode 11, Marino was seen dressed as an astronaut, only for Ramsay throw food at him to show how hard it was to eat without gravity. However, Marino had enough of Ramsay's abuse and threw food at the latter, instigating a food fight.
• In Episode 16, Marino handed Ramsay some champagne during the celebrations, only for the latter to throw it in his face. In response, Marino chased Ramsay down the hallway with a spraying champagne bottle.

Season 24

• In Episode 8, Marino supervised the red team during their punishment at the Foxwood Resort and threw pails of golf balls at them as payback for all the miscooked food they made over the last couple of services.

Trivia

• He made his first appearance as a guest judge in Season 11 before joining Hell's Kitchen as the maître d' on Season 13.
• He currently holds the record for the most seasons as the maître d' and a staff member, with twelve.
• He also made an appearance in the show Recipe Hunters as a judge.

Quotes

• "Sì, chef?"
• "Subito!"
• "Con piacere!"
• "Andiamo!"
• "Oh minchia! That's... that's not good at all."
• (After Chef Ramsay puts an octopus on his head during the start of a challenge) "I feel like Bob Marley."

Gallery

Marino as a guest in Season 11

Marino's Intro Spot (Season 13)

Marino's Intro Spot (Season 14)

Marino's Intro Spot (Season 15)

Marino's Intro Spot (Season 16)

Marino's Intro Spot (Season 17 and 18)

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Marino during Cowboy Steak Night

External links

• Marino Monferrato on Instagram
• Marino Monferrato on Twitter