So we're down to the final six in Hell's Kitchen. What will this week bring us? Incredible teamwork? Amazing food? Or incompetence and whining? Join me after the jump to find out.
Up at the bitch/smoke session Ben tells Robert he was ready to take his coat off. Robert tells him that he was not going to throw him under the bus. Which is true. Robert said he thought he was better than everyone, not just Ben.
He goes on to tell us: "Ain't no friend of mine here, I don't need no friends, I will step on the back of their necks to get to the top any time I feel it's necessary." So, in other words, he's willing to kill to win? I'm pretty sure none of them would survive Robert's neck-stepping.
Ramsay tells Ben and Andrea to step forward. Ben, why should you stay in Hell's Kitchen?
Andrea, why should you stay?
Ramsay tells them he hates to do this, but they both need to take off their jackets. They step forward, removing their jackets. But it's a giant fake out. They're all taking off their jackets and getting the black jackets. That was dumb.
Andrea is so relieved. She thought she was going to be the first person to get eliminated from Hell's Kitchen for doing nothing.
Now it's time for their first individual challenge. Ramsay has an amazing prize for the winner. He will be taking the winner with him to one of the top culinary cities in America. San Francisco. Oooo, that's a good prize.
Danny really wants to win this one. Aside from never having been to San Francisco, Danny wants to spend time with Chef Ramsay. Alone time.
So for this challenge each chef has the same fourteen ingredients. They must create a phenomenal dish using every ingredient. Piece of cake, right Andrea?
They have thirty minutes. "Off you go!"
C&A: "For the first individual challenge, the chefs must use the same fourteen ingredients, which include: red wine, penne pasta, mushrooms, rosemary, and chicken." Hey C&A! That's only five ingredients. What are the other nine?
No answer.
At Paula's station, I can also see red onion and lemon, but I can't make out anything else. So we only know half of the ingredients they have to use.
Andrea tells us her dish evolved immediately, when she picked up the rosemary. She is using the rosemary sprigs as skewers for her chicken. Meh.
Ben tells us that Danny saying he's the weakest member of the blue team was enough to really push him forward. He is going to bring the heat. And then he sets his dish on fire.
And time! Let's see how they did.
Andrea has made rosemary skewered chicken kabobs with rosemary au jus and caper tomato sauce. Ramsay says "That's it?"
Ben tells us that for one as classically trained as himself, the rosemary skewers are like culinary school 101. I just think they're boring.
Andrea knew putting the rosemary skewers on the plate was a huge risk. Especially after last week's crab earrings. Then why put them there?
Ramsay tells her that it's a lot better then it looks. He just wishes there was more chicken.
Next up is Gio. He made a pasta pomodoro. He stuffed the chicken breast, and made a sauce with merlot, chicken stock and mushrooms. Ramsay thinks it's nice. He likes the contrast between the tomatoes and the richness of the sauce. WTF is that green thing on his plate?
Paula, you're up. She made a mélange of mushrooms, tomatoes, capers. The chicken is basted with the sherry wine (I thought C&A said red wine?) and herbs. Ramsay thinks it's delicious.
« The Unusuals: The Beginning | Main | Survivor: And Now, The Most Anticlimactic Episode Ever »
Comments (10)
Funny recap, as usual... but I'm sure you tire of hearing that all the time.
Ugh! One of my three picks to win was eliminated!
Gio...! What happened, man? Well, it's not like I thought he could run a "top class" restaurant, anyway.
It stinks that two of my three picks to win were singled out for elimination- Robert and Giovanni. At least my other pick, Paula, was the one who had to choose the candidates for elimination.
If anyone's interested in what's happened with previous Hell's Kitchen winners, you should check out the Wikipedia entry for the show. I'd post the URL here, but it's not allowed.
1 of 10 | Posted by Streaker | Posted on April 13, 2009 3:20 AM
Great recap, but a blah episode generally. I guess this thing is Paula's to win if she can keep her head out of her arse.
2 of 10 | Posted by Snootchy Bootches | Posted on April 13, 2009 4:03 AM
Great recap for a piss-poor episode, PottyMouth! I bet Gordon would love to set fire to the casting director right about now. I wouldn't want any of those morons running my top-notch restaurant. Especially Ben. How annoying is that idiot?
I did like seeing the softer side of JP -- too bad his sweet nothings were wasted on Andrea. Yuck.
3 of 10 | Posted by jennaboa | Posted on April 13, 2009 6:27 AM
Friendly's Strawberry Fribble - snicker, snort.
I'm tired of the whining and lackluster performances. I had Gio to go all the way, but it seemed like he checked out this week. Between his attitude during the deliveries and his space cadet kitchen performance, it was time to go. The hot pan in the fridge was huge - of course he did not "mean" to hurt anyone, but what did you think would happen?? Still sorry Andrea the wicked witch did not get her walking papers too - but now that she has no one to blame for mistakes and no one to hide behind her lack of skill is obvious. Rosemary skewers? Really? Applebee's calling...
Potty Mouth, you did a bang up job with the junk we had this week. Thanks for the Princess Bride reference at the end (I do not think it means what he thinks it means)- loved it!
4 of 10 | Posted by njgasmifan | Posted on April 13, 2009 9:22 AM
PottyMouth! Thanks for the almost naked ass shot of my bubba Robert (and I do love a nice pair of double-Ds on a fella, LOL!). Great job on this episode, I can always follow the action here, and thank you for calling out Ramsay on his professional use of "fuckface"! That kind of thing is totally appropriate in his "Kitchen Nightmares" scenarios where these idiots have been fucking up for years at a time, but it's not really much of a motivator when you're trying to work with someone...
love, J-Mo :)
5 of 10 | Posted by J-Mo | Posted on April 13, 2009 11:25 AM
Haha, as soon as I saw Robert lying in his bed almost topless I knew it would be a screencap here! Great recap!
6 of 10 | Posted by rubinia | Posted on April 13, 2009 12:09 PM
Dear Pottymouth,
I'm so sad, I really thought Gio was going to win this trainwreck, and I can't believe Andrea is still there. The woman gives me a headache.
Love your recaps : )
Hugs,
Yenta
7 of 10 | Posted by yentapatrol | Posted on April 13, 2009 2:26 PM
Great recap PottyMouth!
I was wondering what was up with the whole shutting down Hell's Kitchen twist at the end of the episode. Seems like the only 2 chefs worthy of the title are Paula and Danny. Maybe the dead weight should just be cut off now and let's fast forward to the season finale.
My heart was broken when I didn't see Andrea's bitchy self get tossed out on her ass at the end of this episode, but with Gio spacing out, I guess it was bound to happen. Maybe next week we'll all get lucky and see a double elimination of Andrea and Ben. What a douche.
8 of 10 | Posted by jaded | Posted on April 13, 2009 2:52 PM
Dear God, why oh why is Fat Bastard still around? REALLY could've done without seeing his nudey folds laying around in bed! Andrea has been up on the chopping block almost every episode; if Gio wasn't such a whiny, lazy pain, it probably would've been here.
9 of 10 | Posted by TheGreatAndPowerfulShaz | Posted on April 14, 2009 7:59 AM
Streaker: I was sad to see Gio go as well, but I really think it may be Paula or Danny who wins this.
Snootchy Bootches: I agree on the blah-ness. Hopefully this week will be a little more exciting.
jennaboa: I love any time we get to see JP. I just wish he had let Andrea GO!
njgasmifan: That hot pan in the fridge was ridiculous. He looked to me like he just got too tired to even care anymore.
J-Mo: You are most welcome! I knew I couldn’t deny you that pic!
rubinia: How could I resist? :)
Yenta: Hopefully Andrea will go tonight. I don’t know if I can stand looking at her for much longer!
jaded: I will keep my fingers crossed that you are right and we are headed for a double elimination.
TheGreatAndPowerfulShaz: He can actually cook better than some of the other people who are still there. I’m still hoping Andrea goes tonight.
Thanks for reading and commenting! I’ll be curious to see how long the “closing” lasts tonight. I’m thinking it won’t go past the fifteen minute mark.
SWAK, PottyMouth
10 of 10 | Posted by PottyMouth | Posted on April 16, 2009 4:32 AM