Who said it first?

[msstarlyte]

if you can't take the heat get the hell out of the kitchen

[Quizmonster]

President Harry S Truman was quoted as saying: "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen", as quoted in 'Time' magazine in April 1952. (There may have been earlier versions, but this is the first to be recorded.)

[MrsCheeks]

Gordon Ramsey

[Quizmonster]

Nah, Mrs Cheeks! Gordon would have used a choicer word than 'hell'.

[BLUEWILLOW]

Eve