Tavon Hubbard

Tavon Hubbard was a contestant on Season 10 of Hell's Kitchen. He ranked in 18th place.

Season 10[]

Episode 1[]

Main article: Episode 1001 - 18 Chefs Compete

The eighteen chefs arrived to Hell's Kitchen via SUVs and police escort, and as they walked in, Sous Chef Scott told the chefs he shaved his head to prove his commitment to Ramsay and showed a picture of him with a full head of hair, before deciding to shave the chefs' heads. After two chefs got their heads shaved, really Sous Chef Scott's friends, the latter was about to shave Danielle's head until Ramsay stopped him and told her to get back in line. He told the chefs to get in the kitchens to cook their signature dishes.

During the Signature Dish Challenge, Tavon was the eighth person from the blue team to have his dish judged by Ramsay, and went up against Dana. Before his dish could be tasted by Ramsay, he revealed that he was an Executive Chef at age 22 running a brigade in Washington D.C., which surprised Ramsay. He made shrimp, scallops, and crab over Fettuccine Alfredo with Whiskey-infused sauce. Ramsay found it was drenched in vinegar, and claimed it be hideous and rank. He ended up losing the round to Dana and took offense, claiming it was the first time anyone said his food was "so fucked up on so many different levels". The blue team lost the challenge 3-5 and were punished by having to clean up both kitchens. During the punishment, Tavon was annoyed about having to clean, claiming he would never wash dishes especially when wearing white skinny jeans. Later that night, the men spent their time studying the menu, and were well prepared during prep.

During dinner service, Tavon was on the appetizer station with Guy and Royce. He sent up raw pigeon, and an angry Chef Ramsay claimed it to be so raw it could still fly. Royce called him "a fucking moron", Ramsay questioned if he was actually an Executive Chef, and Patrick claimed Tavon was going down in flames. Later, when Ramsay criticized Justin's under-cooked scallops, it was revealed that they had been sliced appallingly by Tavon and that Justin had been sabotaged. Patrick described the scallops as mutilated, Clemenza claimed they'd been butchered with a paper clip, and Brian claimed that they had been treated like a homeless rat. Ramsay angrily asked him why he was performing so poorly despite being an executive chef, but Tavon simply claimed he froze. Ramsay told him he hadn't even defrosted but Tavon simply laughed it off, angering Ramsay, who threw Tavon out of the kitchen to the dorms. Tavon claimed it was the first time he'd ever been thrown out of a kitchen and called Ramsay "a fucking douchebag". He was soon joined by Royce, and after a raw onion tart from Chris, the entire blue team was kicked out.

The blue team lost the service, and they were asked to nominate two people for elimination. During deliberation, Tavon was considered for elimination by Patrick and Brian, but when Don was was considered, Tavon defended him and questioned the men’s logic by not picking Royce, his station partner who had fucked up as much as he did.

Tavon was the blue team's first nominee for elimination with Don being the second. However, Chef Ramsay called the consensus crap, and instead, Tavon and Royce were called down. During his plea, Tavon took responsibility by admitting he'd been the main reason that happened. Ramsay asked Tavon to rate his performance based on kitchen positions, to which Tavon answered with "Prep cook thrown the line". Ramsay disagreed with this, stating it was more worthy of a dish washer. He was eliminated, much to the relief of the other chefs, for his poor performance on appetizers, poor cutting of the scallops, and failing to hold up to Ramsay's expectations due to his executive chef position. During his exit interview, he stated he was annoyed being the first one eliminated but felt happy to go home and watch Royce fuck up the following week.

Ramsay's comment: "Tavon may have been an Executive Chef at 22, but he did little to impress me in his short stay in Hell's Kitchen." ^[1]

Episode 20[]

Main article: Episode 1020 - Winner Chosen

Ramsay was about to pick either Christina or Justin after the final dinner service, but he tricked them by naming Tavon as the winner, which led to a montage of the highlights of his time on the show.^[2]

Nomination History[]

Post Hell's Kitchen[]

• After his appearance on the show, Tavon opened his own private chef business called Chef Tav, which offers catering classes and private dining experiences. The business has overwhelmingly negative reviews.

Trivia[]

• He is the first contestant from the capital city of Washington D.C.
• At age 22, he was the youngest of the season and is also the youngest contestant ever to be eliminated on the opening night.
• He is the fifth male contestant to get eliminated on opening night, following Dominic (Season 4), Wil (Season 5), Louie (Season 6), and Steven (Season 9).
• He is the first contestant to be ranked 18th place as a result of being eliminated.

Quotes[]

• "That's the first time anybody said my food was so fucked up on so many different levels. This is horrible!"
• "Can't get no fucking worse than this, having Tavon washing dishes. I have on skinny white jeans, like I just don't... wanna wash dishes!"
• "I guess I froze, I mean..."
• "What else - what else do you want me to say?"
• "This was the first time I've ever been kicked out of a kitchen in my career. Chef Ramsay, you're a fucking douchebag!"
• "Royce is a fuck up, and all over the place."
• (After his elimination) "Being the first to be eliminated sucks of course, nobody wants to be first but I did what I did. I messed up, but now I'm looking forward to sitting on my couch and see Royce's ass go the fuck home next week."

Gallery[]

• Chef
• Dish

Tavon's Intro Spot

Tavon in Blue Jacket

Tavon's Confessional

Royce and Tavon Nominated

Tavon Eliminated

Tavon's Signature Dish (Episode 1)

External links[]

• Tavon Hubbard on Twitter
• Chef Tav on YouTube

References[]