Andrea doesn't care what the dress code is. She's getting dressed up because she feels like it dammit.
Gio touches base with the rest of the team before leaving to ask them to put their differences aside and come together as a team. Andrea tells him she thinks they got the best from the blue team. I love Gio's response: "We're only as good as each other." I am digging Gio right now.
Downstairs the blue team has started prep. Why is Ben smelling the lamb? J starts the risotto, confirming that he should use half and half water and chicken stock. Danny tells him better to have too much rice than to run out.
While the guys are hustling, PrettyGirl is prepping at the speed of snails. And she's eating again. Does the girl ever stop stuffing her face? She's whining about how much work there is to do. They have to roll out cookie dough, mash potatoes, and it's just awful. Yeah, I think it's awful that I have to be subjected to the sight of you and your ass picking.
Out at the track, the red team is getting ready to place their bets. Andrea's pick is Victory's Lady. Of course. Ramsey is going to go for Stress Free. Well, it's nice to dream Chef. Carol wants to know if Chef has ever actually had a stress free day. He has. On the flight home to the UK. They all twitter 'cause he's just that funny.
LA thinks being around Ramsey is like hanging out with your dad. Um, LA? Does your dad swear at you a lot and compare you to farm animals?
The race starts. How exciting. Yawn.
As the horses run out of the gates, the blue team is running out of the kitchen to unload the plates. Robert has decided that PrettyGirl is going to polish their knobs the plates. She needs specifics in how to polish knobs plates. Should she just use a towel or what?
Here she is, whining again. This time it's that no one treats her as an equal. Maybe that's because you suck. Or blow. Either/or.
She continues to be, well, HER, and the guys continue to be annoyed by her. Ben has a message for PrettyGirl, but instead of telling her to her face, he bitches it to us. Oh Ben, just grow some balls already and say it to her. Bitching at us isn't going to help.
Back at the race, Ramsey's horse is in the lead. But Andrea's horse snakes in there at the last minute and wins by a nose. She's jumping up and down, shrieking like a banshee. She blathers on about how her horse came out of nowhere to win and that's going to be her in Hell's Kitchen. Blarf.
Let's get back to the guys. They are still plugging away at prep. PrettyGirl is doing something with the cookie dough; rolling it out and putting it in sheet pans? Damned if I know. The guys say she's doing it wrong. Something about paper and you're supposed to take off the paper, but I'm not a baker, so I have no idea what the fuck they are talking about. If I was working with cookie dough, I'd be eating it. Oh! Maybe that's what she keeps stuffing into her mouth!
Anyway, she basically tells them all to fuck off, if it's a mistake, it's her mistake and she's the one that will get in trouble for it. She has such a piss poor attitude. I would have strangled her by now.
Robert is sick of PrettyGirl, and he is getting ready to do a Jedi mind trick to choke the shit out of her. I think you can get sent home for that, Robert. Maybe you should hold her down and shave her head. It's worked before, I can't remember where exactly, but hey, you could wind up winning the entire competition. Maybe you should videotape while someone else does it. That might be the winning strategy.
PrettyGirl tells us: "I don't care what that fat ass has to say to me. He just needs to say it to my face instead of mumbling it under his fucking breath." Maybe you should say this to HIS face, hmmmm?
She then goes on to tell her team that if she fights with anyone, she's leaving. They react the same way I would. You're What?
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Comments (11)
Your recap really pointed something out: all the contestants have already decided somewhere in their heads that Gio should win. The blue team has acknowledged Gio as the best cook, and the red team believes they won only because of Gio's leadership. If the women are incapable of leading and need someone to guide them, they shouldn't win this thing, and if Gio cant cook circles around all the other guys and they know it, case closed. Thye should all go home and Gio get on with his new career.
Ramsey HAS to know how much work Pretty Girl has blown off. She only has a quitting tantrum when there's prep to do...and the producers have to have shown Gordon the footage. So I agree with Robert. P.G. is being kept for "entertainment" purposes.
As for the tapas trend...it's easy to see why it's spreading. Smaller portions at higher prices. It's cost effective for restaurants. I still prefer going somenwhere less ritzy where I can get enough to eat without ordering three or four dishes and running up a $150 bill for two people (before the alcohol is added.) Texas Roadhouse, anyone?
1 of 11 | Posted by cattyfan | Posted on March 23, 2009 8:35 AM
Big hugs Potty Mouth - excellent recap!
Seriously snorted at your comment that Pretty girl was working at snail's pace. When she started to complain about "alllll the haaaaard prep worrrrrk" - OMG I had to wonder why she became a chef? That's like saying I'm a nurse but can't stand the sight of blood. Robert is right, she is a cancer and a spoiled brat. This game of running off and crying whenever she doesn't feel like working makes me want to jump through the screen and smack her silly. PM, you say you've worked with people like Andrea - I've worked with people like Pretty Girl and it does make you homicidal.
Andrea is a serious witch and she is not all that when it comes to cooking. Although I am tired of Carol's whining, I can't wait to see Andrea get what she deserves and hope she goes before Carol just for the laughs.
Paula is looking like a possible dark horse (as opposed to Pretty Girl who just looks like a horse's ass). I think Ben is delusional that Chef is picking on him because of his potential. Pssst - he's picking on you cuz you suck. Let's see if Gio continues his good streak, he seems to be quite competent and able to hold it together during a rough service.
I've never worked in a kitchen, but if you read Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential it will make you wonder about what happens in the back of the house.
Thanks for the giggles Potty Mouth - Mwah! (kisses)xoxoxox
2 of 11 | Posted by njgasmifan | Posted on March 23, 2009 10:58 AM
Sorry, Cattyfan, I have to disagree. My husband and I eat out regularly and the bill at the tapas places are generally about the same as the other restaurants we frequent. I enjoy tapas because instead of having just a starter and a main course, I can have several different things.
Gio seems to be the golden boy at the moment, but remember the steak episode? He couldn't cook a decent steak to save his life. And he works at a steak house! Granted, he seems to have bounced back but I would love for the show to throw some steaks back on the menu to check it.
Hate PG. Love Robert. He cracks me up. I'm more annoyed by Carol than I am by Andrea, but both are annoying. Carol just is slightly more so.
Great recap. Thanks PM!
3 of 11 | Posted by Snootchy Bootches | Posted on March 23, 2009 12:53 PM
You know what I discovered in this episode?
Both Lacey and Robert barely have chins. Their faces melt into their necks like who you might ask?
The people on the spaceship in Wall-E. Both of them look like Wall-E people. It creeped me out. And I hope both of them lose weight before they die of some preventable issue.
4 of 11 | Posted by pixiegal262 | Posted on March 23, 2009 2:54 PM
Excellent summary, as usual!
Giovanni seems to be the front runner, as far as I'm concerned. I must say, though, that I wouldn't give any of these poor performers a restaurant of their own to run. I'm not rooting for anyone.
Lacey is an idiot and shouldn't be anywhere near a kitchen.
I'm amazed at how little experience most of the contestants have. Based on experience alone, I think this contest is between Paula, Giovanni and Robert.
5 of 11 | Posted by Streaker | Posted on March 24, 2009 2:00 AM
Snootchy Bootches...guess I need more experience eating out. Hmmmm...I'm sure it will be a trial for me, but I'll do my best to check it out. :) (Here's hoping the chefs in the kitchen are not J, Lacey, Seth, or Ben.)
6 of 11 | Posted by cattyfan | Posted on March 24, 2009 8:37 AM
Dear Pottymouth,
Please, please, please make pretty girl go away. If she isn't gone at the end of next episode, I'm giving up on this season, but I'll still read and love your fab recaps. So, if you don't mind lying and pretending that she's eliminated or maybe just combusts in a spontaneous grease fire, I'd really appreciate it.
Hugs,
Yenta
7 of 11 | Posted by yentapatrol | Posted on March 24, 2009 10:00 AM
PottyMouth! Awesome job! But didn't they have a picture of Robert in his crack-whore outfit you could have posted for his niche-market-johns like me and juddfan? LOL, kidding! Sorta.
Ugh, and PrettyGirl, Jeebus Krispies she is annoying! At least we can rest assured that she's going to have a rough time getting food work when this is done (who would want her in their kitchen? Maybe Hannibal Lecter)
Awesome recap, loved it!
love, J-Mo :)
8 of 11 | Posted by J-Mo | Posted on March 24, 2009 1:55 PM
i actually read that whole picture caption in the melody of "I will survive" and it fits perfectly.. friggin hysterical.. good job lol
9 of 11 | Posted by angelbayyb | Posted on March 24, 2009 3:21 PM
His name is Ramsay. Gordon Ramsay. R-A-M-S-A-Y. Not -E-Y.
10 of 11 | Posted by jakeinla | Posted on March 25, 2009 12:40 AM
cattyfan: I'm sure he's seen the footage too. I just wish he'd stop "entertaining" us so much.
njgasmifan: My only concern about Paula is how quiet she is in the kitchen. At some point she's going to need to step it up and prove that she can lead the kitchen.
Snootchy Bootches: I do find Carol to be annoying also. I think if Andrea wasn't such an evil witch, I'd dislike Carol more, but her "I'm so awesome” attitude just really rubs me the wrong way.
pixiegal262: OMG - Wall-E people! True. And HilARious.
Streaker: Ramsay likes to populate the show with a variety of experience levels. I mean, last year Christina won and she had very little experience compared to Petrozza. I think he likes to be able to mold them. I just wish he'd pick people that suck less. ;)
Yenta: Believe me, if I could disappear PrettyGirl from the show she'd have been gone loooooooong ago. Keepin' my fingers crossed for tonight!
J-Mo: I searched and searched and searched and couldn't find Robert's ad. Maybe it'll turn up before the end of the season. :P
angelbayyb: Thanks! I had so much fun writing that, my four year old was singing along with me!
jakeinla: Oops! How embarrassing. But where've you been for the past six episodes? You could have saved me SOME of the embarrassment, at least. Oh well. Thanks for the heads up.
Thanks everyone for reading and sharing your comments with me! You guys make my day!
SWAK, PottyMouth
11 of 11 | Posted by PottyMouth | Posted on March 26, 2009 6:29 AM