Minicap: Hell’s Kitchen

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By BlueCanary | | 9:08 am | 15 Comments

Ah, the penultimate Hell’s Kitchen episode! We’re down to the final four, and things are getting serious. Today’s challenge is the one where they all go shopping with $15 and have to make the most delicious economical dish that will bring in the highest profit. They all do well but there can only be one winner, and that person gets to go have a cooking lesson with one of the chef judges. The losers get to scrounge through the dumpster and sort the garbage into its proper ecologically responsible piles. There are many maggots and a lot of dry-heaving. It’s so appetizing!

Dinner service is the most important one to date. Each remaining contestant gets to take a turn running the pass, which leads to all sorts of drama and sabotage and miscommunication, not to mention the deliberate sabotage by Gordon and Scott, wherein the contestants’ quality-control skills are tested. No one actually gets kicked out, but they’re pretty stressed, and the tension only rises when they discover that two of them will be sent home that night. The final two will be whisked away to Vegas for the finale. It’s all very tense, so be sure to join me for the recap later this week. To catch up on last week’s while you wait, head on over here. Thanks for reading!

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15 Comments

  1. 1
    Moli Moli
    Posted August 28, 2012 at 10:00 am

    P I S S E D

  2. 2
    timgunnssister timgunnssister
    Posted August 28, 2012 at 10:20 am

    I, too, am pissed. I simply do not understand on what he based his decision.

    He told the remaining 4 to pick someone, yes? So, did I miss then telling him their choice? ‘Cause the person we saw sent home was not their choice and she was one of the top performers of the night.

    As I feared, the top 2 will undoubtedly be Justin and some female. And the winner will be Justin. I’d love for a woman to win, but I don’t see it happening.

  3. 3
    crankyguy crankyguy
    Posted August 28, 2012 at 11:25 am

    Gordan Ramsay to Zorro: “How do you like me now?”

  4. 4
    crankyguy crankyguy
    Posted August 28, 2012 at 11:26 am

    uh, Gordon, that is.

  5. 5
    JimbobJones Jimbob Jones
    Posted August 28, 2012 at 11:45 am

    Baffling

  6. 6
    PopePhilly PopePhilly
    Posted August 28, 2012 at 12:28 pm

    I would have been happy with three of the four ending up as the winner. The person that left was one of those three.

    Gordon and I are breaking up.

  7. 7
    nashuaf
    Posted August 28, 2012 at 1:17 pm

    I’m okay with “that person” going home because I think a certain LOUD person will be going too. The problem with “that person” is that you need to have the respect of your kitchen and, for whatever reason, “she” didn’t have it and I’m sure Gordon was aware of it. Additionally, I just think Justin and Christina have been the superior performers for the majority of the season.

    And how much did I LOVE Gordon for calling out Dana for her attitude!

  8. 8
    Mummy Butterfly
    Posted August 28, 2012 at 2:12 pm

    Actually, Gordon did NOT tell them to “pick one person”, he just told them to talk about the night’s service. Hubby and I discussed his change of phrasing when he said it at the end. But then, we both figured that he was sending two home last night, not one, since that’s a common twist for HK.

  9. 9
    Sharon
    Posted August 28, 2012 at 3:12 pm

    I had to kneel before tvguide.com and ask for forgiveness because I screamed very bad words at my tv last night when Barbie was sent home and then I was told I have to wait until next week to be able to know the other person who went home. I can only be pushed so far before curse words start coming out of me, people!!
    I would have been happy seeing Dana go home, they made her so obnoxious last night that you would have to be as sweetie-pie nice as Mary Tyler Moore tossing her hat to not hate Dana.
    BUT!!!!!!
    … you know, it would be just as much fun (maybe more) if Justin got eliminated and the Dana/Christine “sisterhood of the pans” got thrown into the dirt. To me, Dana’s obnoxiousness is alot more interesting than Justin and his “tuna and mayo on white bread” blahness.
    The best part of last night’s show had to be the bliss of seeing once again the sloppy-drunk-idiotness that Tiffany brings anytime she is on camera. She is so delightfully smarmy. (I did not notice her among the returnees… perhaps she could not get a day pass from whatever rehab/halfway house she is in.

  10. 10
    awfuleyebrow
    Posted August 28, 2012 at 4:22 pm

    What was with Dana leaving her hair down in Lefevre’s kitchen? Not okay! I can’t believe he let that go down. I know that they want her to look good on Tv, but why would he allow something so unprofessional and unsanitary to be broadcast from his kitchen. I don’t even wear a ponytail on the line. Tight braid or bun only. No loose floaty hair! Sorry- it’s pet peeved a I guess.

  11. 11
    awfuleyebrow
    Posted August 28, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    Or A pet peeve even.

  12. 12
    nashuaf
    Posted August 29, 2012 at 6:40 am

    @awfuleyebrow

    Why does it matter? She wasn’t cooking for anyone else and was basically just having a lesson. She’s had her hair up at every service.

    Sorry, just think you’re nitpicking (or just wanted to share that you’re a cook).

  13. 13
    awfuleyebrow
    Posted August 29, 2012 at 9:54 am

    It matters because it’s a commercial kitchen where food will be prepared for sale to the public. I have never hid what I do for living, nor do I think it’s something to brag about. It is way to pay the bills. Sometimes it is fun, but never glamorous.

  14. 14
    awfuleyebrow
    Posted August 29, 2012 at 9:57 am

    And all people in a commercial kitchen are required to follow the local health codes, whether they work there or not.

  15. 15
    chaosbutterfly
    Posted August 29, 2012 at 10:52 am

    I don’t think anyone was thinking about that…she was just presumably there to have fun and was gonna be the only one eating it. If she knew she was cooking for someone else, then I’m sure she would have tied up her hair.

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