Ben brings an order of risotto to the window. And Ramsay turns around and spits it out. "That's bland. No seasoning, no salt, no parmesan. That's called bland. Bland!" Is it bland, Chef?
Moving on to Paula. She's on the fish station, and misheard an order. She now needs to cook an additional Dory. Ramsay wants to keep the momentum going, and she's slowing him down.
Paula tells us she still makes mistakes, and she thinks that part of that is due to the added pressure Ramsay puts on them. "That's what Chef Ramsay is doing, he's creating a challenge." I completely agree. I think he does purposely put pressure on all of them to see how they will perform. Paula is doing well keep her head about her, whereas Ben cracks under pressure.
An order comes in for a plain mixed salad "for the vegetarian". Ben adds croutons and asks Ramsay if he wants tuna on that. That's the way to achieve your goal!
Ramsay is thrilled that he asked the question. "Oh, fuck me. It's a vegetarian." Ben thinks if you're not sure you should ask. "Sure I'll take an ass whipping for it, but at least I'll know for sure."
The thing is, if you're going to ask then make sure you get the order right. To ask, get yelled at and then still get it wrong? Dumbass.
Ramsay notices the croutons in the salad. He wants to know if this is the beginning of the end. He asks Ben if he went to school. He did. "You don't know how to make PLAIN SALAD?!"
Ben tells us that Chef Ramsay always goes at him hard. The only reason he can come up with for that is that he sees that potential for Ben to be the champ of this thing. That's why he pushes him.
Chef Ramsay asks Sous Chef Scott what a plain salad means here in America. "Just means plain...." And he cuts him off to yell out "plain salad" again. I'm enjoying this way too much.
C&A: "While Ben tries to recover, out in the dining room, one of the patrons has a special request."
He tells JP he wants to propose to his girlfriend. He wants the ring to be brought over with the dessert. BORing. Note to my non-existent boyfriend: don't ever do something this stupid and cheesy to propose to me. How many movies has that been in? Come on! Be original.
JP is super excited about it, and hurries over to tell Chef Ramsay. Ramsay is shocked! Uh huh. I'm sure he is. JP gives him the ring, and he tries it on. It doesn't even go to the knuckle of his pinky. JP doesn't think it suits him.
Danny's on garnish, and the Curse of the Garnish Station is still in effect. He's late on the garnish, and you guessed it, Ramsay is not happy. "Garnish Danny, now."
Danny says that he started getting panicked. It's no wonder with Ramsay standing there saying, "Come on Danny, come on Danny." Luckily he pulls it together and gets the garnish up.
Let's check back in with Andrea on the meat station. She's doing well. DAMMIT. She says her station was rocking. She was up on everything, ahead on everything, "It's the type of performance that I expect from myself." It's the type of performance I was hoping you wouldn't have.
More apps coming in for Ben. Ramsay tells him to drop the spaghetti, and Ben decides that it's a good time for a little water break.
Ramsay tells all of them that this is the best start they've had so far. "Don't anyone screw it." Ben. I think he's talking to you.
Paula asks Ben for a time. It's seven minutes because he forgot to drop the pasta. Oh, Ben. Will you never learn? Ramsay is, of course, thrilled. Paula thinks you can't afford to have a bad day anymore, and Danny thinks it's amusing to watch Ben crash and burn. I'd find it more amusing if it was someone else doing the crashing and burning.
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Comments (17)
This show is a joke. I pretty much watch the last 15 minutes and catch up on this recap (as chef puts it - it's not how you start, but how you finish). The fact that Andrea was not gone 6 weeks ago is appalling.
Her burning and "losing" ENTREES is reason enough to throw her off. Then she doesn't even put thought into her "Why I should stay" speech. She basically repeated what Ben said before her.
Andrea is just a pawn so Ramsay will not have a tough decision on who will go to the final 2.
I think Paula gets it.
1 of 17 | Posted by philo | Posted on April 28, 2009 8:59 AM
Nice recap PottyMouth!
I have to say that the screen grab of Danny wearing the googles reminded me of someone - then it hit me. The annoying kid on line to see Santa behind Ralphie in "A Christmas Story". Danny DOES need a makeover, and one without the goggles....I was thrilled that he finally won one - he has been consistent and deserved the win.
I'm right with you about Andrea - I began cheering aloud when GR said "the person going home is... Andrea" but even in the middle of cheering I had the nagging thought this could be a trick. Damn you GR for teasing us like that! While I never believed Ben was final material, I am so over Andrea and her whining, her holier-than-thou attitude (which you covered perfectly in the recap) and her sucky skills. Hope this week is Buh - bye!
2 of 17 | Posted by njgasmifan | Posted on April 28, 2009 9:03 AM
Kinda off topic this week, but I'm new to posting here. I recently met Carol Scott; I had rooted for her through the season, but when i met her she was kinda bitchy.
So now I'm glad she didn't win.
I think Andrea should have gone home before Ben did and can't believe GR kept her around. Hoping she has a total meltdown next week.
I love your recaps PottyMouth! they make my day.
3 of 17 | Posted by tngirl06 | Posted on April 28, 2009 9:10 AM
I too didn't understand the exchange Ramsey had with Andrea when she messed up the food. It looked like she burned it and Ramsey just scraped off the burned part. I also was thinking wtf???
And what was that whole, "5 Wellies for the night", thing about?? I was totally confused. They only had 5 Wellington's available for a whole night's service??
4 of 17 | Posted by LisaMay | Posted on April 28, 2009 9:17 AM
How enthralling is this show? Well, with only a handful of episodes left this season, I actually forgot it was even on and missed it.
Thank goodness for your recaps!!!
I'm glad to see Ben go, and look forward to Andrea and her snotty attitude following shortly.
I'm on Team Danny.
5 of 17 | Posted by cattyfan | Posted on April 28, 2009 10:49 AM
I missed this episode. Andrea didn't get the axe?
God, what kind of dirty does she have on Ramsey????? That makes me so mad I wish I had PrettyGirl tied up in the back yard so I could go out and kick her. Of course, I must say I am not sad to see Ben have to pack up his free Ramsey cookware and head back to the deep fryer at McDonalds. I can only think the decision is strategy on Ramsey's part to make sure there is a screw-up in the mix right until the end to up the drama.
6 of 17 | Posted by Snortles | Posted on April 28, 2009 11:37 AM
5 all day. all day is a kitchen term meaning the items in an order that are completed and yet to be completed at end of service.
So 5 wellingtons were on order at the end of service. Andrea came up short for some reason but apparently they found the missing wellingtons. Ben was looking quite suscipious at Andrea's station.
There wasn't enough pastry in the wellington. That was the exchange. They always scrap off something to make it look perfect. Andrea didn't cut it right to his standards. It wasn't burnt it was a piece of the meat that was dangling out.
7 of 17 | Posted by yeschef | Posted on April 28, 2009 11:48 AM
The slate was wiped clean. Gordon told him he wasn't going to judge them on past performances just the ones from now on. So since Ben effed up more during the service he was sent home Andrea. If he had delivered a better service it would likely have been Andrea who would have been sent.
Ben is inconsistent. He has high and lows of such frequancy it's like two different people are switching the handling of the cooking duties. You have been the great cook with expierance and then you have Ben the short order cook who forgets things and makes simple mistakes he shouldn't be making.
8 of 17 | Posted by yeschef | Posted on April 28, 2009 11:52 AM
I too am on Team Danny. While I like Paula, I agree that she hasn't stepped up as a leader like he has.
And...I kind of have a crush on Danny, I think! Haha. Well, he's quite young, only 23.
I think that Andrea was kept around just for the drama because there is NO WAY that she is making it over Paula or Danny. Paula has messed up more than Danny has, but I don't think that either of them have been screamed at like Andrea has, much less kicked out of the kitchen.
I am looking forward to this week. Great recap!
9 of 17 | Posted by georgiababe | Posted on April 28, 2009 4:39 PM
Ben And Andrea's dish is the exact same dish.
Poor editing.You can obviously see that Bens dish on the right is Andrea's dish before someone took a bite from it.
Geesh..
10 of 17 | Posted by Robinez | Posted on April 28, 2009 7:31 PM
Love these recaps!
I agree: Andrea is majorly annoying and a lot worse than Ben in the kitchen! Ramsay made a huge mistake or else is trying to pump up ratings and drama.
I really hope Danny doesn't crash and burn at this point. I always thought he'd be there till the end, especially when they hardly featured him in the first few eps. Plus, gotta root for my Florida boy!
And I bet it's the family episode...there's no other reason for them to get that excited!
Love ya!
Topaz
11 of 17 | Posted by fierytopaz | Posted on April 28, 2009 8:17 PM
": Andrea is majorly annoying and a lot worse than Ben in the kitchen!"
Not that night. Also Ben is inconsistent. He can start high crash then resume. This happens each service.
Andrea on the other hand has had more perfect services or rebounds from a low to a high or stays crap the entire service. Sometimes the crap is due to the efforts of other people. Ben is all over the place with only himself being sabotaged.
12 of 17 | Posted by yeschef | Posted on April 29, 2009 12:40 AM
rainbows and boobies -- heh heh!
Annoying kid from classic Christmas movie reference notwithstanding, I *LOVED* that Danny did his confessional wearing those goggles.
CUTE!
13 of 17 | Posted by Donna Martin Graduates! | Posted on April 29, 2009 1:10 PM
Great recap! I couldn't stop giggling at Danny's goggle picture. I thought he had a weird sort of John Malkovich thing happening with them on. I mean, he looked a little like (a young) Malkovich, not that he had people in his head controlling his movements.
Sorry, I'm babbling. Did I mention that it was a great recap?
14 of 17 | Posted by kizarny | Posted on April 29, 2009 2:22 PM
I'm thrilled Ben and his "mangina" are gone. As much as I can't stand Andrea, I just got grossed out looking at that dead rodent on Ben's face. Love the recaps Potty!!!
15 of 17 | Posted by FANCYPANTS | Posted on April 29, 2009 8:30 PM
philo: I’m glad I can catch you up on the first 45 minutes! I’m pulling for Danny for the win, but I’d be just as happy with a Paula win. As long as you know who is off tonight!!
njgasmifan: Good call on “A Christmas Story”! I knew he reminded me of someone, I just couldn’t place it. From your lips to Ramsay’s ears about Andrea!
tngirl06: Thanks! And I don’t consider sharing dirt about the contestants to be off-topic – Dish! Dish! Dish! Not surprised about the bitchiness. Carol seemed like she could go that way.
LisaMay: I was thinking if it was earlier in the competition he would have lost it on her. Maybe he went easy on her because she told him? I don’t care – I wanted to see an ass whooping and was disappointed not to get one!
cattyfan: Oh no! Well, you’re all caught up now. I’m on team Danny as well.
Snortles: No, Andrea did not get the axe. Damn, it STILL makes me sooooooo mad. OMG – I totally lost it when I read your comment about kicking PrettyGirl! Priceless!
yeschef: I knew I could count on you to explain to us what 5 all day meant. Thanks! I hear you about the slate being wiped clean, and your comments about Ben, but I still think Andrea should have gone home. Of course, it’s because I can’t stand her, so I’m not saying it’s a rational reason……
georgiababe: There is something very endearing and cute about Danny (when he’s not calling himself a culinary god). I go back and forth between thinking he’s a cutie, to thinking he’s all redneck. A makeover could go a long, LONG way, I think.
Robinez: I’ll have to go back and take a closer look – I didn’t notice that before.
fierytopaz: Thanks! I will completely lose it if Danny screws up and is sent home. Really him or Paula. If Andrea is in the final, well, I can’t even think about it.
Donna Martin Graduates!: I loved the goggles too! As soon as I saw him wearing them, I knew I’d have to put them in the recap.
kizarny: It would have made for some good TV if people were in his head, controlling his movements. Imagine the fun!
FANCYPANTS: Hahahaha! Dead rodent! That was spot on.
Well, we only have tonight and next week to get through. I’m sending out a plea to all of you to keep your fingers crossed for an Andrea booting. I don’t think my brain can take much more of this! Thanks so much for reading and commenting, you guys make my day!
SWAK, PottyMouth
16 of 17 | Posted by PottyMouth | Posted on April 30, 2009 10:57 AM
Pottymouth, honey, I totally feel your pain, there is nothing worse than (at least in a reality TV show) when the obvious doucheface stays and stays and stays like pubic crabs and the people you'd really like to see win the damned thing get picked off by bad luck or one little mistake. I love the way you illustrate it, though!
love, J-Mo :)
17 of 17 | Posted by J-Mo | Posted on April 30, 2009 11:49 AM