Ralph Pagano

Ralph Pagano was a contestant on Season 1 of Hell's Kitchen.

Hell's Kitchen
Ralph has shown himself to be very consistent on the blue team. After losing his first service, he was named Best of the Worst, he nominated Wendy Liu and Andrew Bonito, with Wendy being eliminated. Once Michael Wray was moved over from the blue team to the red team, Ralph became the unofficial leader of the blue team. He was later nominated against Andrew, he survived and got a black jacket. Ralph eventually made it to the final 2 and lost to Michael.

Season 1
"I've said it before, win, lose, or draw, I’ve got no reservations about how I performed and what I did here. I did exactly what I said I was gonna do. I did the best I could. There's no loser, ya know, Michael just happened to win."

Post Hell's Kitchen

 * He also competed on "Iron Chef America", where he lost to Iron Chef Bobby Flay, in the battle of barramundi.
 * In June 2017, Ralph was hospitalized due to life threatening burns.

Trivia

 * Ralph is the first Runner-Up in Hell's Kitchen.
 * Ralph and Michael Wray are the first all-male final 2.
 * Ralph is the first contestant to be apart of the blue team to be names "Best of the Worst."
 * Ralph is the first male contestant to be named "Best of the Worst" twice.
 * Ralph is the first contestant to be named "Best of the Worst" on two different teams.
 * During the filming Season 10, contestant Royce Wagner was one of Ralph's Employees.