Ramsay thinks that Petrozza's restaurant is more warm and rustic. Not as contemporary. And actually, the flowers placed directly onto the table look great. Gordon's favorite part is the fireplace. He says he feels like he's in the Hamptons. I'm really thinking that he's enjoying Petrozza's everything better so far. This is a good sign for our ol' boy.
Now it's time for Ramsay to impart some final advice. He reminds Petrozza and Christina that they are competing to be his executive chef...err sous chef... He'll be watching how they handle every single ticket. Both contestants get their teams rallied up. Let's do this! After 15 solid weeks of this, I am SO ready to get this show in the road!
Each team has 13 tables with 50 diners tonight. Christina asks her team to keep the energy up. Matt is being a little quiet and it's worrying Christina. No mistakes can leave their kitchen. In Petrozza's kitchen, the General says they all need to man up. Jen -- never missing an opportunity to be a jerk -- says, "How about womanin' up?"
Hell's Kitchen is open!!! Christina and Petrozza both start calling out orders for their kitchens, and both teams start off strong. Ramsay comes back to us for a little update. He says that whoever keeps up the momentum will be the winner. Corey says that she's going to do everything in her power to make sure that Christina wins, so she delivers up an amazing trio of sliders. Appetizers start flying out of the kitchen! Are you guys excited or what??
The General tells us that Petrozza went for a complicated menu, so it's pretty hard to execute. But he's just going to keep cool and cook his ass off. Not good enough though. He serves up cold lobster strudel. Put that stuff back in the toaster! Luckily, Petrozza catches it though and asks him to put foil over it and reheat it. He stresses to his team that they need to check everything before it comes to him. Gordon tells us that he's pleased to see Petrozza's quality control. The second try at the strudel is much better, and they are back to being Super Blue!
In the Red Kitchen, Toilet Brush is getting flustered and is causing the kitchen to become backed up. Christina asks Matt to help him out, but he's not much help because he's Matt. Matt loafs around and doesn't seem to know quite what he's doing. He has to ask a question about every tiny little thing instead of using his own brain. And they are making SALAD. Salad, people! Christina and Ramsay both yell at Matt, causing him to become frantic and start dropping things.
Petrozza's kitchen has over half the appetizers out, but now they've run out of the blue cheese that goes on the frise salad. Crap. And now they are out of strudel. What?! Chef starts threatening to shut it down.
Petrozza asks the General what he can make for him and tells him to make whatever he can to fill the gaps in the menu. The General offers to make a risotto. Of course risotto! It's all risotto all the time in Hell's Kitchen! Luckily, people in the dining room love the risotto.
Meanwhile, Christina has moved onto entrees. Tragically, the entrees are "lukewarmish" and food comes back to the pass. The food is so cold that the butter isn't melting on it. Corey gets behind because she has to re-fire two steaks, so she needs Matt's help with the garnish. Instead of helping, he starts the KITCHEN FIRE OF THE WEEK! Yay! Everyone applaud! Christina yells at everyone and Ramsay enjoys her assertiveness.
Petrozza's customers are waiting as he delicately places asparagus on the plates. Chef tells him to ask his team for help because he's trying to do it all by himself, and so the food is just sitting there at the pass. Working together, the entrees leave the kitchen.
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Comments (6)
MandaMo,
Enjoy your mini vacation away from recapping.
I truly think Matt is psychotic. I wonder how long it will be before we read about him going off the deep end? And Jen? Ugh! Delusional, delusional, delusional.
I was impressed with Corey's attitude...for someone who was kind of bitchy at the beginning, she certainly changed throughout the season.
Great job on the season, MandaMo!
1 of 6 | Posted by KikiC | Posted on July 14, 2008 2:17 PM
Great recap as always, especially the captions.
I'm so so glad Christina won.
And don't worry; Bobby was kind of schtecking me ohn this episode too (the glasses make him look smart) but not as much as Louross (I just love those spunky Phillipino guys).
2 of 6 | Posted by alex_w | Posted on July 14, 2008 4:49 PM
Yay! Christina!
I'd actually felt Petrozza was overrated the whole season. And he really only came on strong from the midpoint of the season and on. Christina was solid throughout the season, though.
So congratulations, Christina!
3 of 6 | Posted by Dale | Posted on July 14, 2008 11:27 PM
Anyone else laugh so hard they almost wet themselves when Cringing Matt was talking about how the fish was only undercooked in the "CREEvice"???
4 of 6 | Posted by wintersux | Posted on July 15, 2008 4:27 PM
Jen is a nasty, hateful piece of bile. Someone should throw acid in her face and the douse her with gasoline. See how cocky she is then.
5 of 6 | Posted by ReeseWitherspoon | Posted on July 17, 2008 2:20 PM
Great season MandaMo. Your recaps were excellent.
All in all, I'm glad Christina won. She really got on my nerves most of the time and I couldn't decide whether she was cute or not (final decision in case anyone cares: she's ok in the right light). Petrozza was the man, but Chef's reasoning made sense to me. Christina has some great potential ahead of her, so hats off. And Petrozza, you still friggin rock!!
Oh, as for Matt and Jen...who cares. They'll be slaving away at Applebees or TGI Fridays from here on out, if they're lucky. Hope they enjoyed their psychotic 15 minutes of fame.
6 of 6 | Posted by jaded | Posted on July 26, 2008 7:47 PM