Rosann, who's on vegetables AGAIN, still doesn't know what she's doing and starts a fire. Why are there so many fires on this show? Seriously, I haven't seen a kitchen fire as big as Rosann's since my friend Claire put an extremely dry piece of bread in a toaster oven. You wouldn't think that would create a spark, but she almost burned down a whole house with it. Well, anyway, then Rosann confesses that she's running out of...well, everything. Gordo gets so flustered that he beats his head against the wall, which is never a good sign.
Then, SIGH, Matt tries to serve up raw beef. Rams yells at him so loudly that it startles the critics. So Matt tries again and serves up very overcooked beef. Rams cannot believe that Matt would even consider serving it to a critic. He throws the pan, and kicks them all out of the kitchen.
Matt gets upset for being kicked out of the kitchen and goes and cries outside. Then Corey cries because she's a hard worker but everyone else is an idiot. Whatever. The Blue Kitchen is still rolling, and Jen could not be more excited that the Red Team crashed and burned (literally.) Petrozza says they are like "Super Blue!"
The teams meet Chef Ramsay in the kitchen, and he reads the reviews from the critics. The Blue Team's food was good and well arranged. The Red Team's food was sloppy, lacked any passion and any flavor. Jen can barely keep herself from cracking up. Corey is named best of the worst and will nominate two for elimination. You know she loves the power. Rosann tells Corey that Matt should go because he repeatedly messed up the meat. Christina says that she knows she had a bad night but that Rosann and Matt mess up more than she does. Then Matt tells Corey that he should stay because he never gives up.
At elimination, Corey nominates Matt and Rosann, saying that she likes Rosann but she'd never want to work with her ever again. Gordo says that he wants Christina to step up too because she's had one bad service, and it's not her first.
Christina says that tonight's service was really bad but she knows she can do better. Gordo asks if it's time for her to go back to culinary school. She says that she's a fighter and she really wants to be there. Rosann says that she wants to stay because she's learning a lot. She's 33-years-old but she has the stamina and energy of a teenager, and she does not give up. Gordon immediately puts Rosann back in line. Matt says that he's nauseated by his own performance and can't believe it was him. (I can!)
In a surprising turn of events, Gordon randomly eliminates Rosann. It's shocking because we thought she was safe after she was put back in line. Gordo tells her that it's time to go back to her daughter. Rosann is disappointed in herself, but she says blah blah blah my daughter blah blah blah my daughter blah blah.
Christina tells us that she feels like her days are numbered, so she needs to make the biggest comeback in Hell's Kitchen. Matt says that you can call him a donkey all day or a fat pig or some other insults that are bleeped out, but that he'll never give up.
Next week, everyone on the Blue Team gets annoyed with Jen's enormous mouth. And the teams will cook their own creations. I really hope Matt's raw quail egg with caviar and white chocolate is on the menu! And Chef Ramsay will do something at elimination that he's never done before! What do you guys think it will be? I'm hoping for a double elimination!
So I'm pretty sure that Matt's good dinner service the previous week was just a fluke. And although I started to warm up to Jen, she's now working on my last nerve.
See you Tuesday!
love, MandaMo
xoxo
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Comments (8)
Was it just me, or did it seem like Ramsey changed his mind about who he was getting rid of?
I know he's an annoying bastard, but putting Rosann back in line - then eliminating her - seemed overly cruel and not his style.
Don't get me wrong, he's a total ass in the kitchen, but in general he seems like a guy who just expects perfection.
I'm ready for Jen, Matt, and Corey to go - and I'm surprised at how much Petrozza is growing on me since the first few episodes!
1 of 8 | Posted by lonebutterfly | Posted on May 24, 2008 12:08 PM
So far the only chefs I'd have any faith in winning are Bobby and Petrozza. It amazes me that a guy who stuck a hen in a pumpkin the first week is my favorite to win!
Matt's performance last week was a total fluke. He was so motivated to show up the Blue team that he willed himself to have the service of his life.
2 of 8 | Posted by FreewayShark | Posted on May 24, 2008 1:02 PM
Oh, the humanity! It was quite nauseating to see Matt lose the tip of his finger. It seems like working with Ramsay is a safety hazard. What if one day Ramsay's barking causes someone to accidentally dump a scalding vatt of porridge on themselves, burning themselves beyond recognition, disfiguring themselves and ruining their lives. All for the love of reality television. Then the poor disfigured permanently scarred chef will have to go live on some reservation and be the cook at some retreat for freakish outcasts of society where they will all dance wildly screaming "GABA GABA ONE OF US! GABA GABA ONE OF US!" as they accept the new member to their unfortunate fraternity. Well, Chef Ramsay, I hope you will be able to live with yourself when that happens, I truly do. Oh, wait, that's right Chef Ramsay, I forgot. You don't care. Hmmph. Well, anyways there are some more very fine articles on reality tv and reality in general at jviz.blogspot.com
3 of 8 | Posted by jimmyfungus | Posted on May 24, 2008 1:02 PM
The idea the working with Ramsay is a safety hazard is kind of bizarre, jimmyfungus. Have you ever watched any of his other shows? On BBC's kitchen nightmares, he spends his entire time getting really bad incompetent chefs to perform to their best. I think the problem is that FOX gives him completely awful chefs who have no real experience working in a the kitchen of a gourmet restaurant. Most of them cannot handle the pressure.
Anyway, I'd agree that Petrozza and Bobby seem the best suited for a win right now. That said, and as much as she has an awful personality, Corey rarely fucks up in the kitchen. And since the show is usually won by the person who fucks up the least, she's got to be considered a contenteder.
4 of 8 | Posted by Anonymous | Posted on May 24, 2008 4:53 PM
I, too, only eat fish for the tartar sauce. I don't know how I lived for almost 36 years without tasting Hollendaise sauce, but I will now spend the rest of my life making up for it.
Rosann being 33 totally shocked me- I would've put her closer to 40.
5 of 8 | Posted by laska | Posted on May 24, 2008 5:41 PM
I could have rooted for Jen if she didn't have such a big mouth. But I will say, she was much more reserved handling Corey than what I could ever be.
Bitch would have been socked in her mouth right about now.
6 of 8 | Posted by you you you | Posted on May 25, 2008 10:33 AM
I was shocked that Rosann was eliminated too, but only for the simple fact that RamJam put her back in line before he shoved her out the door. I totally didn't see that one coming.
I still can't get over the absolute lack of talent the show has this season. FOX didn't even go for appealing characters, since hardly anyone has yet to impress me in any way. My favorite to win right now is Petrozza, which sure enough means he will be eliminated in the next couple weeks.
7 of 8 | Posted by jaded | Posted on May 26, 2008 6:08 PM
Ugh. I agree with the general consensus here that all this seasons contestants stink.
Petrozza is alright I guess, but as jaded said, that probably just means he's the next to go.
Excellent recap though!
8 of 8 | Posted by Nemesiis | Posted on May 29, 2008 9:30 AM