This week on Hell's Kitchen, not only did someone start the weekly kitchen fire, but this time Chef Yumsay was burned by it. Time for yet another week of watching donkeys try to cook...
After elimination, the culinary warriors head back to the house like they always do to smoke like they always do and discuss what just happened like they always do. Christina says that it will be tough to continue being stuck in the house with Jen. Jen, of course, has something to say. She says that the people there feel threatened by her, and maybe it's at a point where she should try to make friends. Sounds like a plot is starting to bud.
So in a strange strategy, Jen actually tells Christina that she appreciates her honesty and is not insulted that she was just put on the chopping block. Is it crazy backwards day or something? Something seems fishy. And it's not the John Dory. Christina almost starts to believe the fake niceties, but luckily Corey calls it like she sees it and says, "She's fake, dude." I kinda like Corey. Now that she's done with seducing random people in the hot tub, I think she's pretty honest and cool.
Now that Cringing Matt is gone, Jen seems to be filling his shoes. In total Matt style, she goes back to her room to grump around and talk to herself. She tells herself that she's not going home, and then she agrees with herself. Nothing makes for great tv like schizophrenia!
The next morning, our final four meet RamJam in the kitchen for the mother of all challenges. Each contestant will come up with a dish and cook that dish for 80 customers. And these won't be just any customers -- they are super picky mystery customers. Jen muses that she hopes the customers are celebrities -- Beyonce, Jay-Z and 50 Cent. Jen is ridiculous. But wouldn't it be awesome if 50 Cent were on this show? He'd casually sip his wine, only to have it pour out of all the bullet holes in his body like a watering can! The contestants will have one hour to prepare their food, and the mystery guests will vote to determine the winner. Aaaaaaaaaand GO!
Christina prepares an island turkey sandwich. It looks quite yummy. I love avocado! She's afraid that the diners will be kids because if they are, they will hate the curry and avocado. True. 50 Cent might not like curry and avocado either though. So this could be a risky choice.
Corey is making a grilled salmon BLT. Fascinating. She even makes chips from scratch! Nice! The best part is that Gordon asks what she's preparing, and she says, "I'm making chips, Chef!" And he says, No for the challenge, "you BANANA!" I don't know when fruits and vegetables became insults, but I am definitely picking up what he's putting down. I love it, you crazy tomatoes!
Petrozza is cooking a Monte Cristo Sandwich with a toned-down zip. I really enjoy the Monte Cristo. We used to have a really tasty one when I worked at Bennigan's. But one bite of it would send you directly into cardiac arrest. The survival rate of those finishing one of those sandwiches is only at 10%.
Jen is making a calypso grouper. (RE: A fish wearing a tall hat made out of fruit, singing the Chiquita Banana song and stomping around in clogs.)
Time flies and everyone is moving at the speed of light. Corey gets completely frantic while Christina takes the opposite approach, creating a lovely song about the heirloom tomato. She should do a duet with the Calypso Grouper. Now that, I would pay to see.
In the dining room, there are stations set up, which are basically just tables for their food labeled by their names. And all of our warriors are assigned a different color of plate for their dish. Corey is lagging behind and barely gets her food on her table in time. And, I must say, it's a little stressful.
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Comments (8)
Love the recaps!!
I'm so glad Jen is gone!
I just have to agree that being pregnant really feels like your reenacting that alien scene. I thought that often, but I think of the Spaceballs parody of it in the diner. It's no less creepy or less alien-like when it's you that's pregnant. The worst was when my daughter would wedge her toes/fingers between my ribs!! Good times!
1 of 8 | Posted by rt12345 | Posted on June 23, 2008 11:10 AM
Did anyone else notice the snarky comment Jen made when Christina came back from her shopping spree? She said
"I don't like metallics"
or something equally douchey. I'm sorry, but wasn't that YOU, Jen, sporting a gold metallic shirt on the first episode? And what about JUST ABOUT EVEY TIME you win a prize and have to dress up? Was that not a metallic belt you had on a few episode's back? Somebody stab me in the eye.
anyway, glad she's gone. Goodbye, you cocky, mediocre line cook. Goodbye.
2 of 8 | Posted by escape(ism)artist | Posted on June 23, 2008 3:35 PM
Ding Dong the Jen is gone. And not a moment too soon.
3 of 8 | Posted by FreewayShark | Posted on June 23, 2008 4:06 PM
The mystery guests have to be family members. So we'll get to see Corey's boyfriend, who can ask "what have you been up to" and she'll say "just trying to seduce a rival."
Another board also pointed out to watch the replay last week. After Ramsey burns his left hand, he's seen rinsing his right hand under water! Wow, a scripted scene on "Hell's Kitchen." Impossible.
4 of 8 | Posted by belmont | Posted on June 24, 2008 12:11 PM
I will never forget the day that Jen was evicted from Hell's Kitchen. Mostly because I was lying on my side on the kitchen counter trying to coax the excess oil and wax out of my ear, and I gleefully started singing "Ding dong, the witch is dead".
Anyway, good recap. I'm totally not liking the preview for next week (which is tonight actually) where Petrozza and Corey are both saying that Christina (who I'm rooting for)should go home. But at least with Jen gone, I will, theoretically, be fine with any of these people winning.
5 of 8 | Posted by alex_w | Posted on June 24, 2008 12:38 PM
You are not at all alone, MandaMo, with your Alien/gut-busting pregnancy concerns.
Refer also to David Lynch's dystopian nightmare (aka Eraserhead) that evolved after he was told by his gf she was pregnant (poor Jennifer Lynch!)
Fiddy raining wine from his bullet holes -- ROFLMAO!
6 of 8 | Posted by Donna Martin Graduates! | Posted on June 24, 2008 4:57 PM
I posted this comment on last week's recap, only a couple of days ago.
Yes, I was ready for Jen and her loud mouth to go, but I'd been wanting that slack-jawed loser 'The General' to go since the very beginning, esp when he was the so-called leader (ep 1?) and couldn't delegate or get anyone to get anything done! So NOT chef material.
Then again, none of them is...
As MandaMo mentioned, the winner (I am not sure who) is the soon-to-be *sous* chef at Ram Jam's new (and apparently fairly crappy with mini, mean & exe portions) resto at The London Hotel (formerly the very cool Bel Age Hotel, where once I saw Jimmy Page from Led Zepplin!!!!!! as well as a few other visiting Brit celebs).
NOT 'head chef' *at all*, as trumpeted all season long.
Because they just aren't nearly good enough.
*sigh*
7 of 8 | Posted by Donna Martin Graduates! | Posted on June 24, 2008 5:08 PM
Great recap.
Thank God Jen is finally gone. She was horrific...sure, she could belt out a nice risotto or two but c'mon, it's friggin rice and peas.
I'm thinking that Christina is gonna go home on the next episode (which is tonight). Bottom line, the best in the kitchen is Petrozza.
8 of 8 | Posted by jaded | Posted on June 24, 2008 6:47 PM