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Meanwhile, Jen is being a crazy person per usual. Sigh. It never ends with her, does it? With Petrozza out of the kitchen, she is ignoring her prep work and asking RamJam for favors! She actually asks him to write her a letter of recommendation!!! Ramsay has to ask her to repeat herself twice because even he's surprised to hear those words. As expected, Christina and her red team find it incredibly tacky. I don't know if it's just funky editing or what, but Chef seems to not respond. Any thoughts on what this recommendation is for? I like to believe it's to be a character witness for some court case that might result in her being sent to the loony bin. "Loony bin" being a technical term, of course. Anyway, it certainly can't be for a job because if any chefs saw her on this show, I can't imagine that they'd ever want to work with her.

Matt, unsurprisingly, is busy flexing his weird muscle too. He's singing songs to his ingredients and speaking in strange accents. I'm not sure this guy should be allowed to use knives. Ever. Not even to butter his bread. Seriously. He freaks me out. Christina asks him about the pea puree, and he says, "Now you said you wanted me to pee in the puree?" Obviously he's joking, but what a weird joke. Corey tells Christina that she needs to make sure that Matt gets serious, and that makes him mad just like everything else.

And now it's back to Jen's crap. She's doing her bad attitude pouty thing again. She's all smiles when Chef is around, and the second he leaves the room, she puts on her other face. She's pissed that she didn't make it to the final two and is taking her anger out on everyone. Petrozza asks her if she needs help sweeping, and she snaps back, "If I need help sweeping, then I wouldn't trust me to work a line." Geez lady. Just take your meds, and you'll be just fine.

It's one hour until Hell's Kitchen opens, and Gordo is ready to review the dishes. Each finalist has three appetizers, three entrees and three desserts. Christina presents her trio of beef sliders, New York Strip Steak with Succotash, and tropical sundae. Gordon recommends using other meats for the beef sliders because all three being beef isn't exciting. It's too late to find different meat, but Gordo says she can sex them up with different spices. It's true. Who just wants to sit around and eat three burgers right in a row? Okay, maybe me, but that's beside the point. As for the strip steak, he says to slice it so it's not just a big clump of meat. The slices make it look like you've cared. He does enjoy the sundae. She tells us that she doesn't like things to be over complicated, but Gordon wants her to go that extra mile and pull out all the stops.

Petrozza's menu includes a lobster strudel appetizer, filet mignon with carmelized risotto and crispy onion ring, and a vanilla soufflé with whiskey crème anglaise. Ramsay says that the strudel seems over-cooked and curdled. Maybe he left it in his toaster too long. And where's the little packet of icing? That's the best part. Next, Gordon thinks the risotto is too stiff and that the onion ring needs to be bigger. Gord says the soufflé is brave and delicious. Doesn't whiskey crème sound weird? I would think that sounded nasty except that I've had something similar before, and it's strangely fabulous. It must have truly been created by an alcoholic though. "You know what would make this dessert better? BOOZE!!!" Drinking and eating at the same time is that ultimate in multi-tasking. I approve!

Gordon runs over and has a little aside with the camera. He says that Petrozza is daring and going for inventive and dangerous foods. Christina, on the other hand, is playing it safe and being a Plain Jane.

Thirty minutes before the opening, and Petrozza's booths have finally arrived. And now that I think about it, I haven't seen the General in awhile...Maybe he slipped out to make some empty threats. Christina's restaurant is fully complete and ready for Ramsay's review.

Christina explains that she wanted her dining room to be elegant yet comfy. Gordo says it's very contemporary and the chairs are very comfortable. It actually does look very beautiful. Nicely done, chica.

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