As the Red Team starts over on their Wellingtons, the Blue Team begins to catch up on their main courses. One diner tells Jean Philippe that her fish is too salty so he brings it over to Chef Ramsay, who makes all the guys taste it. Next a diner complains that his spaghetti is undercooked, so again it comes back to Chef Ramsay. Chef Ramsay says, "Where is that pretty boy sushi man?" inexplicably referring to Josh as pretty. Josh tastes the spaghetti and confessionals that there was nothing wrong with it. Chef Ramsay decides it's time to gather everyone around for a good tongue lashing. He reminds them that the customers are deciding their fate tonight and marvels that they are still sending out crap. He warns them that if one more dish is sent back, he's bleeping shutting it down!
Chef Ramsay jumps right back onto Bonnie asking her for an ETA on some chicken and Wellingtons. When she tells him that her Wellington is done but her chicken is still cooking, Chef Ramsay becomes upset again because chicken should only take half as long as Wellington. He tells Bonnie that he has to break things down for her into "nannified" terms so that she can understand. Bonnie cries in a confessional that no one takes her seriously because she is just the nanny with the good palate. Personally I don't take her seriously because she flirts like a little girl with Chef Ramsay, parades in her panties, and cries a lot. It has nothing to do with her being a nanny. Bonnie presents Chef Ramsay with two chicken breasts, both of which are all wrong and Chef Ramsay is about to flip out. Just then Jean Philippe arrives with another sent-back dish. This time it is cold chicken.
Bonnie forgot to turn on the oven at all.
True to his threats, Chef Ramsay calls the chefs around him and drops the latest sent-back plate onto the floor, shattering it everywhere. Then he tells everyone to get out and clear down.
While the customers fill out their comment cards Bonnie bursts into tears - again. She bawls that she's not cut out to be here and she can't cope with it. I agree, but Julia tells her not to start talking like that. It's back to another teary Bonnie confessional, where she says that in real life she only cooks for four people and if something isn't ready it's okay because they all know her. Boo hoo I want to go home!
"At my nanny job the kids always tell me the oven temperature!"
As the guys do their clear down, Rock paces around saying over and over again that they panicked. When both teams line up to hear tonight's verdict, Chef Ramsay tells them that according to the comment cards the customers liked the majority of the food, but 65% of them would never come back because the food took too long. A restaurant would fail with those numbers, so no one wins tonight! Chef Ramsay tells Rock that he was solid... as a rock, ha! So he gets to nominate one team member. Chef Ramsay advises him to cut the crap and get straight to the heart of the problem. Next he turns to Melissa who gets ready to hear that she was great tonight, but instead he tells her that she was bad and will not be nominating anyone. So there, Melissa! Next Chef Ramsay imitates Bonnie being confused about her chicken and he does a little confused twirl while saying, "What chicken?" He complains that he can't even get a straight answer from her. In the end Jen gets to nominate someone because she wasn't brilliant, but she wasn't bad. Now fudge off back to the dorm! Chef Ramsay watches them go while shaking his head and muttering more profanity.
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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