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I'm a pimp, son, what can you expect? I had to get rid of the dudes!

Keith Greene (1977 - August 15, 2012) was a contestant on Season 2 of Hell's Kitchen. He ranked in 3rd place. He unfortunately passed away on August 15, 2012, when he drowned in a lake during a morning swim.

Season 2[]

Episode 1[]

Main article: Episode 201 - 12 Chefs

The twelve contestants arrived in Hell's Kitchen on a bus and were greeted by Jean-Philippe. Meanwhile, Ramsay was checking the contestants' profiles and pictures in his office. He called Keith, who wanted to prove that he looked the way he acted could still kill it in the kitchen, slightly demented based on his photo. Afterwards, Ramsay walked through the hallway, opened the dining room doors, and greeted the contestants by introducing himself and announcing that only one of them would win the competition. The only way that person would win, though, was to impress him, and he asked all of them to cook their signature dishes.

During the Signature Dish Challenge, Keith was the first person to have his dish judged by Ramsay. He made a 'cha-ching' sesame-crusted tuna called Leaning Tower of Pisa by Ramsay at first glance. When Ramsay asked him what cha-ching means, he said it is his slang for slammin' and money. Ramsay did not believe him when he said the dish was light as it looked like a dish for six and asked him to take his hat off so he could put the feta cheese on top in it. After tasting the dish, Ramsay deemed the sauce too hot, but when he pointed out that he was supposed to dip it in with care, Ramsay retorted that he would stop eating it with care. After the critiques, he found the inside of the hat to be soiled by the feta cheese but still deemed it wearable. After the challenge, he was placed in the blue team because Ramsay declared that, for the first time, the teams were divided by gender, men in the blue team and women in the red team.

The blue team finished prep hours after the red team. During dinner service, Keith was at the garnish station. At one point, he asked Giacomo for some ladles. Two hours into service, he received an unwelcome visit from Virginia, who tried to borrow him some lamb sauce. He categorically refused and asked her to return to her kitchen, which she did. After three hours with barely any food served, Ramsay shut down the service after some customers shouted, "I want my food!" all over the dining room. While clearing down, he was embarrassed as the men failed to kill it. The blue team won the dinner service.[1]

Episode 2[]

Main article: Episode 202 - 11 Chefs

The following day, after only two hours of sleep, the contestants were woken up by Sous Chefs Scott and Mary-Ann playing cowbells at 5:24 AM. They were told to go outside immediately. Once outside at the loading area, Ramsay recalled how the previous service was embarrassing. Afterwards, Ramsay wanted them to know how much food they wasted last night as a restaurant would never survive with a lot of waste. To get his point across, Ramsay ordered the chefs to jump into the dumpsters and pull out all the garbage from last night. After that, Ramsay told the contestants that he did not want another large amount of waste in the competition again. Now that the chefs understood the lesson, Ramsay ordered them to clean up because they stunk.

During the Perfect Steak Cut Challenge, Keith was forced to sit out to even both teams. That pissed him off because he would have loved to participate in the challenge, claiming that he had butchered 200 steaks in the past. However, he was allowed to help his teammates, and he tried to with Giacomo, only to get ignored. His concerns came true when Giacomo performed poorly, and the blue team lost the challenge 11-12. They were punished by cutting all the steaks for the next dinner service, as a steak special would be featured. During the punishment, he was angry that they lost a steak challenge, was not sympathetic to Larry's worsening condition, and considered him as a weak link.

During dinner service, Keith was a server. Still, he did not find the assignment fair as he wanted to cook in the kitchen, while Ramsay jokingly told him to lose some weight while running up the stairs. When the doors opened, he was already sweating after walking up the stairs, and his customers noticed it. He took 20 minutes to deliver his first ticket, and Ramsay did not accept it because no temperatures were written. Also, Ramsay asked Jean-Philippe to get him a towel as he was sweating a lot. However, he argued he was not cut out as a server. Thirty minutes into service, Ramsay wondered where he was as he was rewriting his first ticket. When he sent it up, Ramsay reminded him it was his team and warned him not to sabotage it. Three hours into service, he tried his best to buy his team some time, but that did not stop tables from walking out. Ramsay eventually shut down both kitchens. The blue team lost the dinner service, and Garrett was named "Best of the Worst". During deliberation, Garrett said he could not nominate him because he was not responsible for the problems in the kitchen.

He was not nominated for elimination.[2]

Episode 3[]

Main article: Episode 203 - 9 Chefs

Back at the dorms, Giacomo said they had to study harder than the women, but Keith bitterly said they already did. He was upset because he believed Tom should have been eliminated over Gabe because the former lacked more knowledge than the latter.

During the Relay Challenge, Keith was the third of his team to go. During his first 15 seconds relay, Giacomo clearly told him the batch of fresh tortellini was done and ready to be cooked. Still, he misunderstood him and started a second batch of fresh tortellini, much to the former's annoyance. When he passed the info to Garrett, the former misunderstood him about the tortellini as well. Because of the blue team's poor communication, they lost the challenge 1-2. They were punished by participating in Laundry Day.

During dinner service, Keith was at the appetizer station. As both teams received their first orders, Ramsay warned him not to slob up the risottos, but he tasted the rice with his spoon, put it on the plate, and grabbed rice with his bare hand. All of it was seen by the customers, and Ramsay told him not to do that in front of customers. He was also told to pull his pants up because the view of his ass was not appealing to the customers. He admitted that he usually wore his underwear high and his pants low because that was how rocked, and he felt that a customer would never see his crack. A half-hour later, he was about to send his last appetizers out but asked Tom to get him some tomato sauce. However, Sous Chef Scott told him they did not have time to make a fresh batch, prompting Garrett to take a batch of tomato sauce on the garnish station. Because of that, he told Tom that he did not need him to do it anymore, but the latter continued to prep tomatoes, stating he had already started. When Ramsay asked Tom what he was doing as they already had tomato sauce, the latter said he told him to, but he said he had it. Tom was furious at him and was accused of throwing him under the bus. Moments later, Ramsay made him switch to the meat station because of Giacomo's lie to Ramsay. He was dismayed to see how disorganized it was and asked what Giacomo was doing, especially when he could not find any extra Wellingtons. When Tom burned his hand, he looked at it but remained unsympathetic and told him to take it like a man and move on. Tom accused him of burying him when he reminded him about the sauce incident, leading him to say he could not take it anymore. After Tom ran out of mashed potatoes, he told Ramsay they made more mashed potatoes during prep but believed the former burned them, which Tom revealed to be the truth. After frustration on both sides, Ramsay shut down the kitchen.

The blue team lost the dinner service, and each team member was asked to nominate one person for elimination. During deliberation, Keith deemed Tom and Giacomo as the men’s weakest chefs but struggled to pinpoint which of the two was worse. Tom refused to lobby for his place to stay as he felt it was the same as quitting, but he said he was pissed about the way he worked. After, Tom challenged him to vote for him, even though the latter argued it was not an easy decision. Later, he asked Garrett if he had decided, and the latter felt that Tom had quit.

Keith nominated Tom and received no votes for elimination. Therefore, he survived elimination.[3]

Episode 4[]

Main article: Episode 204 - 8 Chefs

The next morning, Keith and the blue team welcomed Heather as a new teammate. Although he did not think he needed a leader, he was tired of telling Tom what to do. During the trip to Los Angeles, where the contestants went to Pink's Hot Dogs, he stated that Tom belonged behind the counter of that hot dog stand when the latter was fixing his hot dog behind the counter. After that, they returned to the restaurant to prep the kitchen for the first lunch service of Hell's Kitchen. He was the slowest to run because of his stature, stating that was how K-Reese rolled.

During the Lunch Service Challenge, Ramsay told Keith to pull up his pants but was otherwise not seen all day. Both teams got all their tickets out in time, and the blue team won the challenge by receiving a 9.85 out of 10 rating from the children, compared to the red team's 9.84. They were rewarded with a day at the Santa Monica Beach amusement park to feel like children again. As the blue team changed for their reward, he was happy to have Heather on the team as she was a killer. During the reward, he and Heather bonded on the Ferris Wheel, and he wanted it to be them in the final two because it matched the Hell’s Kitchen logo.

Heather helped Keith keep his pants up the next day with a safety pin. During dinner service, Keith was at the fish station. After 45 minutes, Tom revealed that the first Wellingtons that were needed were undercooked. Still, he reassured Ramsay that they could be ready in four minutes. Later, Ramsay placed him on the meat station because Tom could not deliver properly and asked him to show the latter how to cook properly. After a lot of frustration in both kitchens and only half of the dining room served, Ramsay both teams out of the kitchen. Both teams were named joint losers, and they were asked to nominate one each. During deliberation, he and Garrett and Heather nominated Tom for elimination.

Keith was not nominated for elimination and was praised by Ramsay for being the one bright star in the blue kitchen that night.[4]

Episode 5[]

Main article: Episode 205 - 7 Chefs

Back at the dorms, Keith felt that Tom was the easy choice for elimination, declared that the blue team was strong now, and with seven people left in the competition, he felt closer to the grand prize.

The following day, Keith tasted some fine-dining dishes, which included caviar, cheese fondue, pâté, and chicken kebab. After a few minutes, Ramsay revealed all those dishes were fake and introduced the Blind Taste Test. However, he said the pâté tasted good as it was made of hot dogs and that hot dogs were slammin'. He was the first person from the blue team to compete and went up against Maribel. He correctly identified potato and pear chutney because he made a batch yesterday. He also made everybody laugh when Ramsay struggled to get food in his mouth. The blue team lost the challenge 6-7, and they were punished by cleaning both kitchens that were left as they were after the previous dinner service. During the punishment, he called it the worst punishment yet, as everything was caked with leftovers. He would have rather done Garrett's job by sending champagne to the red team instead of washing dishes.

During prep, Keith predicted that a woman from the red team was going home that night and that K-Grease would kill it. During dinner service, he was on both the fish and garnish stations. When Ramsay called the first ticket, he was the only one who answered back. Ramsay told the team he was already nervous, and they had not even sent anything yet. He had great communication, running around to ensure everybody was in control of their station and helped send out appetizers. When Jean-Philippe brought an entrée back into the kitchen as it was too cold and had too many breadcrumbs, Ramsay told him that. Still, he gave Ramsay attitude and did not show any care. Ramsay schooled him on his attitude as he was not listening nor looking him in the eyes and compared his behavior to a 5-year-old. Then, Ramsay told him to lead Heather and Garrett, who Ramsay said were cooking like donkeys. When Ramsay came for the last entrées of the blue kitchen an hour later, nothing came together and Ramsay schooled him and Garrett about the communication and teamwork problems. Afterward, Ramsay shut down both kitchens because of Rachel's problems in the red kitchen.

While clearing down, Ramsay talked with Keith as the former felt he had a spoiled brat attitude that night. He apologized as he did not mean to come out that way, but Ramsay felt he had a lot of talent inside, with his concern being that nobody nursed it properly. Ramsay told him he could cook and handle it, as the first hour and a half proved, but when he made one mistake, he disintegrated and suggested that the quicker he lost the attitude, the quicker he would shine. During the post-mortem, he got irked when Heather said she should not be nominated despite a mediocre performance, seeing that as a way of getting the responsibility off her shoulders. The blue team won the service.[5]

Episode 6[]

Main article: Episode 206 - 6 Chefs

Back in the dorms, on the patio, Keith talked with Garrett about how Heather is not as strong as she thinks. However, while he felt that Heather was a little stronger than Garrett, he felt he was the strongest on the blue team.

The following day, at 6:32 AM, Sous Chef Scott and Mary-Ann woke up the contestants with megaphones, shouting all over the dorms and telling them to get outside immediately with their jackets on. Keith noticed that the blue team was up and at it already. During the Three Course Meal Challenge, he noticed that Heather was flustered by her dessert. During the cooking, he said he and Garrett would work on the appetizer and entrée dishes together as he did not want to put too much pressure on the weakest member of the blue team. He was the second person from the blue team to have his dish judged by Ramsay and went up against Virginia. He made a pan-roasted rib-eye with smocked chili, it was cooked perfectly, and even though the vegetables looked like a mess, Ramsay found them delicious.

The blue team eventually lost the challenge, and they were punished by taking part of Delivery Day. Keith felt they were cheated out of the challenge and started attacking the sunbathing red team for winning unfairly. Afterwards, the blue team made a pact to stay for the final three and take out the red team. During the punishment, the first order was boxes of wine, and he felt there was enough to last ten dinner services. During the night, he asked why they did not have an ice machine when the ice truck came, but Heather said she did not care what more was thrown at her. Afterwards, he called Heather a tough bitch, a term she liked.

The following day, Ramsay told both teams to create their own menus. While working on the menu, Keith suggested a seafood risotto but reacted terribly to Garrett's lobster Wellington idea. During dinner service, he was at the appetizer station and had his dry-aged New York steak on the menu. He got the blue team off to a strong start with perfect risottos, and Ramsay praised his work. That made him feel honorable that Ramsay saw his K-Grease style and was ready to kill it and rise to the top. He managed to send all his appetizers after an hour, and after that, he had to help Garrett, who had just sent a raw duck salad. Before he could do it, the truck horn was heard, and he, along with his teammates, was forced to do one more task of the punishment. All three of them raced outside and took in orders of wine, but he could not believe they had to do another delivery. Hours later, the blue team completed their service, and Ramsay had them go into the red kitchen and help the red team complete service.

The blue team won the dinner service, and Ramsay told Keith it was his best performance so far. After elimination, he said he would shine more than that night and would do so with fewer people in the competition.[6]

Episode 7[]

Main article: Episode 207 - 5 Chefs

Back in the dorms, the blue team speculated on what tomorrow would bring, and while Heather predicted that both teams would be merged into one, Keith felt there was still one more team service left. When Heather left the patio table, he and Garrett promised they would pick each other if one was to win an individual challenge. Garrett wanted to keep his friendship with him strong as they were the only male chefs left, and he said the two would rise and become the final two. The next morning, at 7:44 AM, he and Heather were hugging each other on the couch when the former said she formed a great bond with him, as his prediction was both of them in the finals, unaware of the deal he made with Garrett.

Before the next challenge, Ramsay announced the remaining five contestants would become one team, which was the black team. Keith was the third one to receive his black jacket. Before the 10 Ingredient Challenge, he got giddy when Ramsay announced that the winner would go to Las Vegas to see the prized restaurant. During the challenge, he was running around firing different items. He was the final person to have his dish judged by Ramsay and served a veal chop stuffed with wild mushrooms and spinach, with prawn salad on the side. Ramsay praised the color of the veal chop as he said it made people want to eat it.

Keith won the challenge and was rewarded with a trip to Las Vegas to visit the Red Rock Resort & Spa, where one of the remaining contestants would win their own restaurant. In addition, Ramsay told him he could choose someone to come with him on the reward. Despite promising Garrett he would pick him, he chose Virginia because she had the second-best dish. That infuriated Garrett, who accused him of being a liar. As they left for the dorms, he felt like a dick as he went back on the promise Garrett and he made but knew there was nothing he could do now. A pissed Garrett decided to confront him at the dorms, the former called him a liar, and he admitted that if Garrett double-crossed him like that, he would be mad. He apologized as he felt terrible, but Garrett refused it and hoped the plane crashed. During the reward, he and Virginia arrived at Las Vegas, where they drove in a pink limousine and were welcomed by Ramsay at the Red Rock Resort. They began a tour of the resort and were greeted by Albie Colotto, the architect of the restaurant project in the resort. Both visualized their dream restaurant, with himself getting more motivated, and Ramsay told them how he worked his ass off when opening his first restaurant, which was not even a third of the size the grand prize was. After that, they were left to enjoy a tour of Las Vegas.

The following day, Keith and Virginia arrived from their reward. While Virginia told more about the trip, he did not want to rub it in Garrett's face too much as he still felt bad about his decision. During prep, Jean-Philippe met with him to tell him that Ramsay would like his veal chop to be on the menu during that service. While Sous Chef Scott asked if the dish would have cha-ching in the name like his signature dish, he said he could only call it veal chop, and he felt honored about it.

During dinner service, Keith was at the fish station. A mass of orders for his pan-roasted veal chop came in the kitchen, causing Ramsay to congratulate him for that. While he and Garrett sent many entrées out to the dining room, he was reassigned to the meat station after the latter sent raw chicken to the pass. He got the kitchen back on a roll when he sent perfectly cooked Wellingtons to the pass. When the final five were lined up, Ramsay reminded the lack of teamwork, despite the completed service. However, Ramsay praised his performance, named him "Best of the Worst", and asked him to nominate two people for elimination. During deliberation, he felt that Heather deserved to stay because she worked very hard but struggled to decide between the three remaining chefs. Garrett warned him not to put him up as he only messed up once, and hoped for more time to progress, but admitted that he would be shocked if he nominated him after their fight. Sara told him how hard it was to work with Heather and asked for another chance, but he felt it was a tossup between the two remaining women. He felt Sara should have done better, while Virginia begged him not to nominate her.

Keith nominated Virginia as his first nominee and Garrett as his second. While a surprised Ramsay said he thought he and Garrett were friends, he said he would put the people he thought did the worse, without mattering who his friends were. While being dismissed, he remarked he was the only male chef lef and said it was K-Grease and the Bitches now.[7]

Episode 8[]

Main article: Episode 208 - 4 Chefs

While returning to the dorms, Keith apologized to Virginia for nominating her. Later, he joked with Heather about the fact he was the last man standing, declaring he had to get rid of the dudes as he was a pimp. He hoped that K-Grease was in the final two, while Heather told him he had to pick her if he was to win the next challenge, or she would punch him in the throat.

The following day, when Ramsay asked the final four who they thought was the strongest chef, Keith, along with Sara and Heather, answered himself. Ramsay declared they were all strong chefs and named the reward of the next challenge before explaining it, which was a guaranteed spot in the final three. After that, he put blindfolds on, along with his teammates, and they were taken to a secret location where they would run their own individual restaurants. He called that pimp as he played restaurant since he was a kid.

Keith served a poached lobster and greens during the 100 Portions Construction Workers Challenge. Although he hoped not to do another punishment, he lost the challenge to Virginia and had to prep crab for the next dinner service. Back at the dorms, he felt that even if Virginia won more challenges, they did not matter in the end before comforting Heather, who was discouraged by the results. Then, he and Heather felt that Virginia won not because the workers liked her dish but because they liked her. He said she won only because she was the hottest and was flirting with them, saying things like, "I'll take you home". The two plotted against Virginia, and they agreed to leave her on the side if she needed help during service. When Virginia was getting ready for her reward, he mocked her in the bathroom out of jealousy.

During the punishment, Keith called the prep work tedious and found it odd that Virginia kept winning challenges. Afterwards, he, Heather, and Sara planned on letting Virginia fall in the following service. When Virginia came back from her reward, she gave him crab crackers, but he felt that she should have given them better presents based on her $1000 shopping spree, especially as he picked her to come on his Las Vegas trip.

During prep, Keith felt confident as he had to keep calm and clean. During dinner service, he was at the appetizer station. He and Sara took the kitchen off to a great start by sending many appetizers out, serving them in a record time of 30 minutes. When the master chefs arrived, he chose to serve them lobster spaghetti. When a minor fire erupted at his station, he reassured Ramsay that he was in control, and the fire disappeared. Then, he realized his pasta was undercooked, but rather than announcing the mistake, he took a chance by trying to reboil it. Ramsay did not notice it and sent it to the VIP table. When the master chefs finished their appetizers, he discovered that his gamble of reboiling the pasta failed as it was still too watery and not cooked all the way through. Ramsay told Keith not to give up on him as he himself did not give up on him. Then, another minor fire erupted at Keith's station. Later, he refused to help Virginia, who asked him to get her cream at the back as fast as he could.

After service, Heather was named "Best of the Worst". During deliberation, Heather revealed that Keith would not be nominated as he had an okay performance. Afterwards, he joined Heather and Sara in a toast to being in the final three.

Keith was not nominated for elimination and was shocked when Virginia announced that she wanted to stay despite saying she wanted to leave, eliminating Sara in the process. While being dismissed, he said he was more concerned about his skills compared to the two women next to him.[8]

Episode 9[]

Main article: Episode 209 - 3 Chefs

Back in the dorms, Heather feared that had she put Keith up for elimination, he would have been gone, but he felt safe against Virginia as he could easily beat her in the kitchen. When Virginia asked them if she was better than Sara, both he and Heather yawned in her face as it was not important.

During the Taste It Now Make It Challenge, Keith used Chilean sea bass, mashed potatoes for the purée, couscous for the sauce, which he tried to hide from Virginia until he reluctantly handed it over, and cilantro for the sides. He lost the challenge to Virginia and was punished by polishing all the glasses and silverware of the restaurant under Jean-Philippe's supervision. Back at the dorms, Heather told him that she would not help Virginia anymore, something he agreed to do as the latter did not do well in services. In addition, he told Heather to beat Virginia in the finale if it would not be himself. During the punishment, he and Heather tried to listen to what Ramsay was saying to Virginia while polishing the glasses. When Heather saw Virginia at the pass, she got pissed at Ramsay for teaching the latter how to win, but he did not think Virginia could grasp it.

Later that night, Keith showed attitude to Virginia when he told her that Ramsay picked a dish only she made because he was attracted to her. Virginia told him to shut up, and that he was being rude. When Heather went to bed, he joined her, laughing and having fun with her. During prep, he said that his strategy was to shut up and cook.

During dinner service, Keith was at the appetizer station. He was the first one to run the hot plate. On his first ticket, Sous Chef Scott sent an overcooked lobster spaghetti, but he passed the quality control test by spotting it. However, Ramsay told him to show some energy while running the brigade and be more assertive about what was going on as soon the brigade would run him. When he called his second ticket, Virginia did not answer, and Ramsay had to tell him that she had to answer him. Virginia could not give him a proper time, which he did not give. As he struggled on the pass, Heather was forced to take over timings as she knew they must control the reins and asked him if he had some balls. However, he continued to struggle, forcing Ramsay to call out the order again and send him back to the line. As he went back, he refused to change who he was and refused to be a dick. His poor leadership led to only twenty-five tables receiving their orders. During Heather's turn, he sent up an unacceptable risotto, and Ramsay told him the problem. Still, he refused to look him in the eyes and talked back to him. Ramsay told him his attitude stunk and asked him to give him a beautiful risotto. In addition, Ramsay warned him that he did not have to wait until the end of service to kick him out. However, he did not take the threat seriously enough as he tried his best. When Heather asked him for a time on his risotto, he gave her seven minutes, but she gave him six. During Virginia's turn, he did not take her seriously on her first ticket as she sounded like a cartoon character. Near the end of service, he commented on how difficult it was to work together and compete against each other.

When the chefs were lined up, Ramsay told each to name one person they thought did not deserve to advance to the finals. During deliberation, Keith was confident that he had killed it, but Heather tried to talk to him about how he could have been louder. However, he told Heather not to mess around before wondering if the latter would throw a curveball at him. Meanwhile, Virginia was already packing her bags as she knew she would be sent based on her inexperience, but he reminded her about Heather’s frantic performance on the pass.

At elimination, Keith nominated Virginia for her inexperience on the line and for getting confused by her leadership. In turn, he was nominated by Virginia. During his plea, he wanted the opportunity to be in the finals and wanted to realize his dream of Vegas. He was eliminated for his lack of leadership skills. After giving Ramsay his jacket, he stood before him and questioned the latter’s judgement, arguing how he was a better leader than anybody since the beginning of the competition, with people who did not know much about working in a kitchen. While Ramsay told him he personally did not think he was ready to lead, he accused the former of eliminating him as he felt he had a hard-on for Virginia. Ramsay was furious and schooled him on his rudeness, even when he argued that he was rude to him before, and told him his comment proved he made the right decision because his attitude did stink. On his way out, he hugged Heather, ignoring Virginia, and received a retrospective montage of his run during his exit interview. He did not receive the coat hanging and portrait burning sequence.

Ramsay's comment: "You got two choices. You run the team, or the team runs you. And sadly, the team ran Keith. If Keith could only lose the attitude, underneath all that, there's one talented, talented cook." [9]

Episode 10[]

Main article: Episode 210/211 - 2 Chefs/Winner

Keith was one of the six chefs that returned for the final dinner service. When he entered the dorms, he was holding a breakfast food platter. When the chefs came downstairs, a flashback of him having his pants sag in the third service was shown. Ramsay ended it by doing his K-Grease sign, much to everyone's amusement. He was Virginia's first pick for her team, before Tom and Giacomo, and the first pick overall. He was unhappy as he wanted to be on Heather's team and did not think Virginia deserved to be in the finals. That caused him to remember his hard-on accusation towards Ramsay right after he was eliminated.

While going over the menu, Keith got offended when Virginia implied he was a weak chef, but the latter thought he would carry the weaker links. Although he liked the dishes listed, he wondered if they could pull them off. Virginia asked her team to bring her perfection, but he said he wanted something in return so he could work hard for her. Although Virginia was reluctant to give them something, he demanded something immediately. Virginia relented and promised to provide the men with $1000 if she won.

During dinner service, Keith was at the appetizer and garnish stations. He offered to help Virginia plate at one point but was rejected. Later, Virginia finally realized she needed help and asked him to help her plate. Still, he started to give her attitude over the dishes he needed to cook. That bothered Virginia as she felt he was taking advantage of her, but he did not appreciate the former yelling at him. Three hours into service, Keith revealed that they were out of snapper for a refire and snuck some food while Virginia panicked. After service ended, he declared he only wanted to win the $1000 Virginia promised. Virginia eventually lost the finals to Heather, and he did not receive his $1000.[10]

Nomination History[]

Week 1 Win
Week 2 Safe
Week 3 Safe
Week 4 BoW
Week 5 Win
Week 6 Win
Week 7 BoW
Week 8 Safe
Week 9 Nominated

Post Hell's Kitchen[]

  • After his appearance on the show, he worked at JLX along with Heather.
  • He later became an Executive Chef at Schmidt's Food Market.
  • Keith later got married and had a son and daughter.
  • On August 15, 2012, Keith died due to drowning.

Trivia[]

  • He is the first contestant to confront Ramsay at elimination.
  • He is the first contestant not to receive the coat hanging and burning picture sequence after being eliminated.
  • He is the third black jacket contestant to be eliminated on the first time being nominated, following Jimmy (Season 1) and Garrett (also from Season 2).
  • He had the most instances of announcing the nominees in Season 2, with 3, being "Best of the Worst" twice, and being involved in a vote once. This broke Ralph and Jessica's (Season 1) record of 2.
  • Keith and Sara are the first pair of contestants to be announced "Best of the Worst" during the same episode.
  • He is the first male contestant to rank in 3rd place.
  • He is the third former contestant to pass away, following Rachel (also from Season 2) and Aaron (Season 3). He is the youngest former contestant at the time when he passed away at age 35, later tied by Jessica (Season 12). However, he wasn't the youngest former contestant who passed away when adjusting for time (born in 1977).

Quotes[]

  • (After Ramsay put his food on his hat) "Kind of soiled the inside, but it's still wearable. (wear his hat)"
  • (After Ramsay asked him to pull up his pants) "I wear my underwear up high and my pants low, 'cause that's how I rock 'em! The customers didn't see my ass crack. There's no chance they did because you can ask anybody how I rock 'em, and that's it!"
  • (To Heather) "I'm a pimp, son; what can you expect? I had to get rid of the dudes!"
  • (After realizing Ramsay served a pate made from hot dogs) "The pate tasted good. It was made out of hot dogs. Hot dogs are slammin'.
  • (To Ramsay after his elimination) "I personally think that you have a hard-on for Virginia."
  • "You think you can open Hell's Kitchen without K-Grease?"
  • (After being eliminated) "I definitely deserve my own restaurant. The whole time I’ve been here, I've done nothing but kill it. He doesn’t like my personality, so fuck him, ‘cause I cook better than all those bitches! He didn't like my personality, he didn’t like K-Grease, I tried to hide him, but he fucking got out, so it's bullshit!"

Gallery[]

References[]

Hell's Kitchen Season 2
Staff
Gordon Ramsay (Head Chef) • Scott Leibfried (Blue Team Sous Chef) • Mary-Ann Salcedo (Red Team Sous Chef) • Jean-Philippe Susilovic (Maître d'hôtel)
Contestants
Giacomo AlfieriRachel BrownVirginia DalbeckGabe GagliardiKeith GreenePolly HolladaySara HorowitzMaribel MillerTom PauleyLarry SikGarrett TelleHeather West
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