{"slug":"its-raw","name":"It's Raw","url":"/templates/its-raw.jpg","w":468,"h":480,"top":"THIS","bottom":"IT'S RAW","alternateFormats":[{"slug":"its-raw-gif","label":"GIF Version"},{"slug":"its-raw-blank-gif","label":"Blank GIF"},{"slug":"its-raw-captioned","label":"With Caption"}],"description":"Gordon Ramsay bracing himself on the kitchen counter, mouth wide open, screaming about the quality of something. Bring Ramsay's fury to anything underdone, unfinished, or embarrassingly incomplete.","keywords":"its raw meme, gordon ramsay its raw, ramsay screaming meme, its raw gordon ramsay meme, kitchen nightmares raw meme, raw meme","year":2013,"origin":"A composite of Gordon Ramsay's many \"IT'S RAW!\" outbursts across Kitchen Nightmares and Hell's Kitchen. This particular still shows Ramsay in a white short-sleeve chef's coat, leaning on a stainless steel kitchen counter with both hands braced, mouth open in a full scream, professional kitchen equipment visible behind him. The phrase became a catchphrase and then a meme, applied to anything that's undercooked, underprepared, or just not ready. While the Idiot Sandwich targets personal foolishness and Where's The Lamb Sauce is about frantic searching, It's Raw is pure quality control disgust. For general disappointment in another format, see Disappointed Cricket Fan or Picard Facepalm.","format":"classic","howToMake":["Ramsay is already screaming at the counter. Describe what earned his wrath","Top text presents the offending item, attempt, or situation. Bottom text is the verdict: some variation of \"IT'S RAW\" or your own Ramsay-style condemnation","The nearly square image puts Ramsay's scream front and center. Let his open mouth do most of the comedic work","Impact text in white with heavy black outlines for the full cooking show meltdown aesthetic","Export your Ramsay rage with Download or Copy it into a chat where someone just presented something criminally unfinished"],"exampleCaptions":["MY FRIEND'S ATTEMPT AT A STEAK","IT'S RAWWWW"],"exampleAltText":"Gordon Ramsay It's Raw meme about a friend's attempt at cooking a steak","exampleRefreshDate":"2026-03-12","seo":{"aliases":["Gordon Ramsay Raw","Its Raw Meme","Ramsay Its Raw","Kitchen Nightmares Raw","Gordon Ramsay Screaming"],"description":"Gordon Ramsay in a white short-sleeve chef's coat, leaning on a stainless steel kitchen counter in a professional kitchen. His mouth is wide open in a full-throated scream, hands braced on the counter, body tense with disgust. Kitchen equipment and blurred staff are visible in the background. Everything about his posture says someone has made an unforgivable culinary error.","definition":"Gordon Ramsay screaming at a kitchen counter, declaring something raw, undercooked, or woefully inadequate. The meme extends Ramsay's culinary fury to anything in life that is underdone, half-finished, or clearly not ready for presentation.","useCases":[{"category":"Cooking & Food Crimes","examples":["Someone's medium-rare chicken / IT'S RAW","The center of the microwave burrito that's still frozen solid","A friend's \"homemade sushi\" that looks like a war crime","Instant ramen with nothing added to it. Just noodles and sadness. That's raw"]},{"category":"Work & School Submissions","examples":["Turning in a first draft with the placeholder text still in it / IT'S RAW","A presentation with \"INSERT DATA HERE\" still on slide 4","Submitting code that hasn't been tested once / The code is raw","A resume that still has the template's sample name on it","Sending the project plan with no dates, no milestones, and no plan"]},{"category":"Fashion & Appearance","examples":["Showing up to an interview in a wrinkled shirt / IT'S RAW","A haircut so bad it looks like the barber quit halfway through","Leaving the house in an outfit you assembled in the dark / Raw","Sunburn so intense you look actually uncooked on one side"]},{"category":"Sports & Competition","examples":["A rookie's first game performance / IT'S RAW","Your fantasy team's score this week / Absolutely raw","The halftime show that was clearly under-rehearsed","A trash talk attempt so weak it hurt the person who said it"]},{"category":"Digital & Creative Content","examples":["A website that still has Lorem Ipsum on the landing page / IT'S RAW","A YouTube video uploaded without editing out the \"is this thing recording?\" at the start","An album released with audible mic feedback on three tracks","A meme with a spelling error in the punchline. Raw","A social media post with the watermark from the stock photo still visible"]},{"category":"Life Readiness","examples":["Me showing up to adult life with zero preparation / IT'S RAW","Trying to file taxes with no W-2 and a prayer","Moving into a new apartment with no furniture, no pots, and one fork","Taking a road trip with a quarter tank of gas and \"vibes\" as a navigation plan"]}]}}