Why Did Motto Leave?

Motto bowed out of the show last week, saying he wants to return to Baton Rouge to continue helping raise the city's culinary standards. Wanting to start a family was one of the reasons chef Chris Motto, shown here with Brooke, gave for bowing out of the 'Hell's Kitchen' competition.

What happened to motto from Hell's Kitchen?

He voluntarily left the show in Hell's Kitchen Season 18 episode 14 to take the culinary skills he had learnt back to his home town. ... After Hell's Kitchen, Motto returned to his role of Executive Chef at Mansurs On The Boulevard in Baton Rouge and has raised money for a number of local charities with cookery events.

Does Moto work for Gordon Ramsay?

Motto reached celebrity chef status thanks to his celebrated turn on FOX's Hell's Kitchen earlier this year, where the recognized favorite bowed out of the competition in the second-to-last episode—passing on a chance to join host Gordon Ramsay's Las Vegas restaurant, saying his place was back home.

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