Bonnie is having trouble of her own cooking meat. She has a chicken breast in a pan that is apparently still raw. She slices it in half and puts both halves back in the pan. Chef Ramsay asks her if she has indeed sliced the chicken and continued cooking it. She points to some chicken on the counter and says, "That chicken?" Yes Bonnie. Chef Ramsay is asking if the chicken sitting on the counter is in the pan. Chef Ramsay almost loses his rag, telling Bonnie that every time he asks her a sensible question he gets a dumb blonde answer. He calls her a stupid cow. Next he asks if some chicken is in the oven and Bonnie says, "Yes Chef," while lining it up on a pan to go in the oven. That's all Chef Ramsay can stand and he screams, "I've had enough now! Stop lying to me! You're saying 'yes' all the bleeping time, yet nothing's done!!" Bonnie sits there with her usual bewildered look. She doesn't understand how Chef Ramsay could so quickly forget that she complimented his voice in the dark earlier.
"Did this afternoon mean nothing to you, Chef?"
Herr Narrator tells us that two hours into the dinner service the Red Kitchen has served 14 entrées, but the Blue Kitchen has served only six. Jean Philippe is making his rounds letting the diners know that there will be a "slight delay" on the entrées. One tall lady says that they haven't even gotten their appetizers yet, they don't need any more bread, and they want food! Apparently quite familiar with Hell's Kitchen and quite keen to be on-camera, this lady decides to march over to Chef Ramsay herself and complain about the long wait. Chef Ramsay tolerates her presence long enough to find out which table she is from and then tells Jean Philippe to take the "giraffe" back to her friends. The giraffe is highly offended and wants to fight, but Chef Ramsay just says, "Move your bleeping arse, will ya?"
"What's it going to take for me to get on-camera?"
"I said I want a close-up!"
Next Chef Ramsay is riding Vinnie's butt about his Wellingtons and Vinnie finally produces a group of entrées. The Wellington is supposed to be medium and someone says to Chef Ramsay that Vinnie is "flashing" Wellingtons in the oven after they're cooked. Oh no. Chef Ramsay yells, "Stop, stop, stop, stop, STOP! Blue donkeys come here!" They all have to come over and touch the "medium" Wellington to discover that it is rare. He accuses Vinnie of just not caring anymore. Vinnie confessionals that Chef Ramsay was on him tonight with his hawk eye. Nice excuse, Vinnie. Vinnie quickly comes up with another Wellington, but this time Chef Ramsay discovers that there is raw pastry on the meat that hasn't been trimmed off. He orders Rock to tell Vinnie to trim the pastry. Chef Ramsay continues berating Vinnie about his Wellingtons, asking him if every other one is correct, or only one in three. Vinnie claims to have a perfect Wellington in his hands, but Chef Ramsay is curious to see how many he screwed up and threw away. He comes over to examine Vinnie's bin, which contains six Wellingtons and one chicken. He tells Vinnie that this much error would have closed a restaurant and then he utters some very risqué profanity.
Chef Ramsay debates whether or not to serve food from Vinnie's trash bin.
Guess who is in charge of the beef Wellington over in the Red Kitchen. It's our resident genius Bonnie. Bonnie tells Chef Ramsay that her Wellington has three more minutes to go. She then looks around and says she has no idea what is going on. Well there's a shocker. Martyr Melissa steps in and announces very loudly that she will be helping Bonnie with the Wellingtons. Bonnie says she doesn't even know what the oven temperatures are anymore. The Wellingtons are supposed to be medium and they're rare, so Bonnie blames Melissa for stepping in. Chef Ramsay notices that something is amiss and starts jumping up and down screaming, "Look at them!" referring to Melissa and Bonnie. He says that too many cooks are messing up the Wellingtons tonight. Bonnie announces that she has to start over.
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Comments (5)
How are they hanging out in the apartment at 3AM complaining about no sleep? Um, go to bed, then!
So to the tasting… These are professional foodies, right? It’s not like Ramsay was asking them to pick out the wild American shrimp versus the foreign farm-raised shrimp, right? Or identify that they’re actually eating a cicada. Seriously, they were eating potatoes, carrots and egg yolks. Is it really that hard?
As for the “nasty plate”, I’ve eaten tongue (Mom liked it, and with enough horseradish, it wasn’t awful, other than the texture of the bumpy taste buds) and tripe (ugh). I’m impressed they kept all of that down. And I totally agree that the domino thing would have happened, and been BAD!
The nominations were idiotic. I’m just surprised Ramsay didn’t give both Vinnie and Bonnie the boot. They both deserved it.
Oh, and Honey, pancetta is basically bacon that hasn’t been smoked. So it’s not really jerky-like ;-)
1 of 5 | Posted by ChicagoGal
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Posted on June 30, 2007 8:23 PM
He tells Vinnie that this much error would have closed a restaurant and then he utters some very risqué profanity.
Heh. The line of the night- F*ck me senseless!
And I couldn't decide which was the better pantomime; the boob-adjustment or the Chicken Dance ("What chicken?"), so they tie for best Ramsay performance of the night.
In fact, I think this was probably my favourite ep of the season thus far (though ep #1 was a gem). There was just enough yelling and cursing by Gordon, and just enough stupidity by the donkeys.
As much as it pains me to defend Bonnie, Chef Ramsay did NOT say "bok choy stem", he simply identified it as "bok choy". So Vinnie's claim that she heard what it was and repeated exactly what Chef said is as bullshit as his ability to cook a Wellington. Ass.
2 of 5 | Posted by coolbyrne
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Posted on July 1, 2007 3:56 PM
AAAAAHHHHHHH
honey you seem to be coming around to the charms of our dear chef ramsay....... i thought it might take longer than this but I am glad you are on board.
I really think they could have found better cooks to be in this kitchen.....
but the show is perfect and a great start to the week.. i love Monday nights!
3 of 5 | Posted by GIFFORDSAZ
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Posted on July 2, 2007 9:42 AM
honey, this is my first season watching hell's kitchen as well. thank you for taking the time to look up what some of these foods are. i've heard of most of them, but wasn't really sure what the dishes were comprised of. i feel that you and i are on the same wavelength with a lot of your comments. seriously, when the bimbo said that she thought chef ramsay had a nice speaking voice in the dark, i didn't know whether or not to vomit or throw my remote at my tv. did she honestly think that a man with that kind of personality would be won over by a ditzy comment like that? ugh. she makes me ashamed to be a woman.
also, thrilled to see vinnie go. he was a pompus ass.
4 of 5 | Posted by BlueEyedAngel
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Posted on July 2, 2007 11:25 AM
The guys lost the tasting challenge and went upstairs to smoke - hmmmm.... wonder if those cigarettes have anything to do with their inability to taste food?
And to reward people who for the most part struggled with picking out flavors in the dark ----they get to go eat in the dark. They could be serving them anything since no one (but Bonnie) would really know the difference. But it did make me wonder if the wait staff has to wear night vision goggles. And it sucks for those waiters and waitresses who tend to get more in tips for being cute. Then again - those with sexy voices would clean up. Well, that is if the patrons could find their wallets in the dark.
Having watched this show for three seasons now, I have learned that each season they cook Risotto and Beef Wellington. If I was going to sign up to be on this show I would make damn sure that I knew how to make those dishes in my sleep. I can't believe how much these people struggle with the same dishes each episode.
As for Bonnie flirting with my beloved Gordon, the women flirt with him every season. They also flirt with him on all his other shows and on those shows you see he shamelessly flirts back (tsk tsk married man). I get the sense that this show just doesn't show how cute he is in his down time because it goes against the "Hell's Kitchen" theme.
Nice job Honey - I am really enjoying your recaps. :)
5 of 5 | Posted by TinkerbellAPixie
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Posted on July 7, 2007 8:22 AM