The Idiot Sandwich meme originated from a 2015 comedy sketch titled Hell's Cafeteria on The Late Late Show with James Corden. In this parody of his show Hell's Kitchen, celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay holds two slices of bread against the ears of Julie Chen and demands to know what she is, to which she replies, 'An idiot sandwich.' Though the moment was scripted for the sketch, the visual of Ramsay's intense face and the literal bread ears became an instant internet classic. It is now the go-to format for mocking moments of stupidity or making self-deprecating jokes about mistakes.