Ben starts it off by saying his choice is Andrea. She starts to chime in, and then says she'll let him finish. He thinks the experience he has in the kitchen, running a brigade; he's several levels above her. He tells us he thinks she's horrible and he wouldn't want her working for him under any circumstance.
Andrea's decision is Ben. Yeah, I could never see that one coming. She's basing it on tonight's performance.
Danny thinks that Andrea with the Wellingtons was devastating. She says she counted "with my own two eyes, they were all there." Where'd they go, Andrea? Did they grow legs and walk away? Shit, take responsibility for the fact that you fucked up.
Danny now asks Andrea if she's ever run a kitchen. She has. Andrea, your kitchen at home doesn't count. He asks her how many people were in her kitchen. She doesn't want to go into details. Of course she doesn't. He thinks that at this point in the competition experience is kind of important. "Experience is everything in this business."
Andrea is not going to run down her fucking credentials for any of them. Of course she isn't. THAT'S BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANY.
Paula thinks that Ben always crashes and burns at some point. He's floored that she's saying that. Paula says he's fucking high on his horse about how experienced he is, but yet he makes simple mistakes. She wants to know why he's having these issues on his station. "I'm not a line cook! I don't cook on the line."
That's interesting right there. It's an issue for guys that run a kitchen without spending any time on the line. Those skills get rusty quick. Paula doesn't think that's an acceptable excuse. Ben tells Paula she had more issues than both him and Andrea tonight. She doesn't agree. I don't either.
Ben cannot believe that Paula would put him up before Andrea. He thinks it has to be some sort of friendship thing. He goes back to Andrea, telling her she went down tonight, and harder than she thought. Dirty!
She is on to him, though and tells him there is no way she's shifting her decision to herself. Yeah, that one's a no-brainer. She says she would never ever do that.
They head downstairs, still at an impasse. Ramsay asks them if they've come to their consensus. Nope. He wants to know what happened. Andrea tells him they are tied between her and Ben. Fine. Both of you step forward.
"Same faces, different day. Ben, truthfully, why should you stay inside Hell's Kitchen over Andrea?"
Ramsay thinks that was short, sharp and powerful. "Andrea. What makes you think you're much better than Ben?"
Ramsay says this is really hard. No it's NOT. Kick off Andrea! It's just that easy!
His decision is......Andrea (yes!!!!!!!!)......you're staying. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME WITH THIS?!?!? I think I am about to stroke out. This is all kinds of bullshit.
He tells Ben to take off his jacket and leave Hell's Kitchen. Ben thanks Ramsay for the opportunity, and Ramsay says to him, "Your effort and attitude has been extraordinary. You have an amazing amount of energy that any chef would love. Hey! Keep all of that. Well done."
That was nice. Ben has a great attitude in his exit interview, saying he's not sour or upset. He's walking away knowing what a great experience this has been. Nice exit, Ben. You were a pain in the ass, but probably a decent guy in the real world.
Ramsay says now he's looking at the best of the best (wrong!). Paula thinks it's been a long, long battle and she's taking this to the end. Andrea says she's the underdog, but she's not done fighting. She thinks she has what it takes to win this. I think you all know just how much I disagree with that statement. Danny says he's proven that he's a competitor, and he's the one to beat, "I'm a fucking culinary prodigy, man."
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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