We skip forward to the next morning. Prep time. Wait! I thought the losers had to prep as part of their punishment? Now I'm confused.
For the first time, it will be one kitchen serving all of Hell's Kitchen. Paula says the strongest people are left. They should be able to crank it out tonight. Hope you're right, Paula.
Ben tells Paula he's excited about working with her. He doesn't repeat that sentiment to Andrea. I wonder why. Oh wait, I don't. He tells us he is not worried about being outshined by anyone. Well, his chicken made it onto the menu tonight, so congrats for that, Ben.
Robert says, "Chef Ramsay is going to be on us like white on rice, man. He's going to find anything and everything. So you gotta just cook your ass off."
It's time for the pre-service pep talk. Ramsay tells them: "This service is going to be our best, because tonight you're going to show me why each and every one of you are worthy of being in the final six. Is that clear?" Crystal.
He goes on to say that the best way to show him that they are all strong individuals, is by being phenomenal teammates. What if they're just a bunch of assholes, Chef?
JP, open Hell's Kitchen.
First order is in. Gio tells us that only the strong will survive, so he'll find out if he's one of the strong. Sous Chef Scott tattles on him for opening and closing the oven door, and Ramsay tells him he's going to be sorry if he keeps doing that.
This may be a stupid question, but how else is he supposed to get the food in and out of the freaking oven? Is there a food teleporter in the kitchen that we haven't been told about?
Andrea is trying to get ahead on the garnish station. Oh, that never works out well. Apparently she is putting potatoes in a cold pan, which will make them fatty and greasy. Sounds like the diner down the street. Maybe she can get a job there when she gets kicked off.
She then goes to throw away the pan of potatoes, and gets yelled at for that. Not off to a good start, is she?
C&A: "With Chef Ramsay's attention focused on one kitchen, each dish is under more scrutiny." No shit. "And the Caesar salads are no exception."
Ramsay wants to know who dressed the Caesar salads. It was Paula. "Very nice." He also thinks her risotto is delicious. Good job, Paula!
Thirty minutes into dinner service, Gio is ready with his first entrée, which is Ben's chicken special. The drum's bloody. That's not good. Maybe if he was allowed to open the oven doors he would be able to tell when it was done.
He says it was one of those dishes he didn't know much about. The dish was new to him. He probably wasn't paying attention when Ben was explaining it either. Or he fell asleep trying to listen to Ben explain it.
Ben's excited to have a dish on the menu, and he thinks people will enjoy it, if Gio can figure out how to cook it right. Well maybe if you could explain it in less than three hours, he could cook it right.
Another order: "Two Wellington, two chicken, one lamb, one Dory. Wellington medium." They all answer, "Yes, chef." He asks Andrea what's going. She does not respond. There's a plan that always works.
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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