Later when the girls return to Hell's Kitchen, there is no time to rest because we are heading right into our next dinner service. Rock has worn himself out with all of his throwing and screaming (lava) so he has retreated to a quiet corner outside where he sits and concentrates really hard on being a silent baby (magma). He confessionals that he's ready now to go back to being his team's leader (when did that happen?), and return to his sanctuary and do what he does best - cook. Rock, I've never tasted your food, but it looks to me like what you do best is flip out.
Rock focuses the rage.
During prep time, Melissa is totally subservient to her new team members. Gone are the days of Boss Melissa demanding that all questions come to her and that she will be the one to save the day. Now she meekly follows orders and tries not to get the guys mad at her. She knows she's on her very last leg. The guys do positive affirmations, saying it's their night.
The Red Team, still in glorious makeup, is also feeling very confident, mainly due to the fact that Melissa is no longer screaming in their faces. Bonnie is worried because there is still the same amount of work to be done, but only three people to do it all. I think Jen washed her makeup off. Aren't you glad I'm here to point out the important details?
Chef Ramsay arrives and gathers the chefs around to give them some last minute instructions. Tonight Bonnie's stellar grilled lobster salad is going on the menu as a main course. Oh, what do you have to say about that, Rock?
"You can get that at the Corner Bakery!"
I guess since it is so easy and boring you won't mind whipping up plate after plate of it for the diners to rave about. But wait, there's more. Since the Blue Team lost the lobster challenge, it is their job to run to the tank and fetch lobsters every time an order comes in for Bonnie's salad. Before people run for cover from Rock's next blow-up, Josh volunteers to be the one to fetch all the lobster. Thank you for saving us all Josh. Rock, skip the tantrum please. Chef Ramsay finishes by reminding Melissa that this is her very last chance. Jean Philippe opens the doors to Lobster Night in Hell's Kitchen!
The Red Team starts taking orders and Chef Ramsay is giving them some uncharacteristically sweet words of encouragement. This is his kind mentor side showing through and I find it quite endearing, like he's gratified that he's made real chefs out of this rag-tag bunch of wannabes. I secretly think Julia is one of his proudest achievements. She immediately needs a lobster and Josh goes running out to fetch one for her. He confessionals that tonight he is the lobster bitch and it sucks. Yes Josh, but we all thank you for not letting Rock do it. That would have led to the tanks being smashed all over the dining room and the lobsters escaping and pinching all of the soaking diners while Rock threw broken glass around.
As dinner gets underway Rock tells Melissa to just lean on the team and ask questions if she has them. He confessionals that he's not really concerned for Melissa, but he just wants his team to win. That makes sense and Melissa has been a hindrance lately. Chef Ramsay notices some spaghetti soaking in a pot of not-boiling water and is immediately disgusted. Rock removes the spaghetti - he is the team leader after all.
The Red Kitchen is doing a great job being in sync and getting their dishes out in a timely manner. They are like clockwork and Chef Ramsay is complementing them right and left. On the other hand, the Blue Kitchen is still fumbling. Brad sends up a bloody risotto that no one has ordered and Chef Ramsay starts getting really annoyed. He calls it a little gift that he doesn't bleeping need. "Stop panicking! Unbelievable." The Red Team is still doing everything right.
The Blue diners are mostly still sitting around waiting for their appetizers and poor Jean Philippe can only thank them for their patience. Melissa has messed up some scallops by making them too thin. Chef Ramsay calls her a gremlin and says that she screws everything she touches. Ha! A gremlin. That is some great imagery.
Melissa looks for scallops.
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Comments (14)
Frankly, I don't see how any of these people could be given the top spot at a huge luxury resort.
The men are awful in one way or another; no matter how much, Julia learns, she can't be the top chef creating dishes; Bonnie is just too ditzy to be the boss and Jen picks up stuff out of he garbage.
I just don't like any of them.
1 of 14 | Posted by jmchez
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Posted on July 11, 2007 8:21 PM
Wow, swift recap! We only watched it last night and then - dey it is!
Great stuff with the rock/lava metaphors.
Yeah, the gals won the photo shoot prize -- QUELLE SURPRISE!
The gals did scrub up quite nicely, but I am surprised you didn't include a screencap of the moment when Jen turned to her left and presented us with her profile -- my god, that woman has a schnozz (a huge, honking nose) on her!
Actually I want to give Rock props for keeping his cool when he had to do that humiliating task of collecting the garbage at the photo shoot. He calmly asked, "Is that all you needed me to do?" then departed, (mostly) saving his ire for the confessional.
Very cool.
I think it may be a showdown btw him and Julia, which would be very interesting.
LOVE the gremlin pic! LOL.
Oh yeah, note the massive boobs jutting out as Melissa took her jacket off. Wonder how many times they got her to do that before they settled on the best camera angle?
jmchez - I agree it's a weak line up, but Rock (hissy fit aside) still delivers the goods.
2 of 14 | Posted by Donna Martin Graduates!
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Posted on July 11, 2007 9:52 PM
OMG You almost made me choke with the gremlin picture. TOO hilarious!!
I agree though that Rock should've been called out on his piss poor attitude.
I mean I can understand getting upset, but he just went insane with rage.
3 of 14 | Posted by Shollia
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Posted on July 11, 2007 10:25 PM
Wow. I just don't understand these people. The women's team did well, but they still talk crap about Julia behind her back. Shut up Bonnie! You have performed WAY worse than her so far - stupid nanny should shut her trap.
And some of the other things in this episode...geez:
1) Picking recyling out of the trash. Who cares? The pile that they were given was almost ALL recyclables anyway and it's not like they didn't have gloves. If you smell afterwards, who cares? Take a shower.
2) The fire in the pot thing. I learned in grade 7 cooking class that when a pot is on fire you A) smother it B) take it off the heat soure/turn the heat off. How can you become a chef and not learn these things? Cripes.
3) The whole spaghetti thing was ridiculous. I am not a professional chef (although I am a pretty good cook, if I do say so myself) but I know that you don't add pasta until the water is boiling. Isn't that like, one of the basics of cooking? Geez.
None of these people seem competent to run a restaurant. Jen could, but she's too much of a wuss. Bonnie and Josh are idiots, Rock has a pissy attitude and Julia, much as I love her, would need to learn more before she could have her own restaurant. Brad seems to me to be the best candidate, but even he has made some Grade-A idiot mistakes.
Who knows? Who cares? That is the question.
~Georgia~
4 of 14 | Posted by georgiababe
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Posted on July 11, 2007 11:06 PM
The gremlin pic totally cracked me up, but you missed the great inadvertant double entendre by Ramsay- "You screw everything you touch!" That's right up there with the blissfully unaware Bonnie saying, "I've always liked to put things in my mouth."
And I have to say, your photo captions are getting funnier and funnier. They're the icing on the cake. Or in Josh's case, the potatoes with the Wellington.
5 of 14 | Posted by coolbyrne
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Posted on July 12, 2007 8:54 AM
Didn't the girls win the photo shoot challege last year, too? Besides, who would you want to hang out with? I'd cheat for them too.
As for Julia, I agree that she'd need more study before being appointed the head of a fancy restraunt. But I think she could run the hell out of a Roscoe's or something. Too bad Hell's Kitchen doesn't have a fan favorite. That could be the prize.
6 of 14 | Posted by mesha
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Posted on July 12, 2007 1:54 PM
Didn't the girls win the photo shoot challege last year, too? Besides, who would you want to hang out with? I'd cheat for them too.
As for Julia, I agree that she'd need more study before being appointed the head of a fancy restraunt. But I think she could run the hell out of a Roscoe's or something. Too bad Hell's Kitchen doesn't have a fan favorite. That could be the prize.
7 of 14 | Posted by mesha
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Posted on July 12, 2007 1:55 PM
lol. "melissa looks for scallops"... the caption and picture made me bust out loud. thank you!
8 of 14 | Posted by nurseratched
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Posted on July 12, 2007 1:58 PM
ho wow honeyG... your recaps just keep getting better each week... and so fast.. that is a feather in your cap! (not that taking 5 days like one of my other favorite recappers is bad... but the next day!!! that is unheard of!!)
And onto the Rock heard round the world... it was quiet the over reaction but I think Chef Ramsay must have saw just a bit of himself in that little tantrum and didn't mind.. and the recycling was only seperating recyclables anyway.. there was not rotten food in there, no maggots, no over cooked risoto..... and how freaking long would it take to get that many wine bottles??
and do I think the challenge was set to have the girls win.. yep because a soup beat out poor brad ans his contemporary Bisque? no way.. he just wanted the chicks in the shot.. and Bonnie... does she look like Elizabeth hasselbacks little sister or what..... a ringer if you ask me... and hat is the tat on Julia??? isn't she a bit old for that?
The something drastic Chef will do next week is mix the teams up... bet ya a plate of elk meat risoto!
9 of 14 | Posted by GIFFORDSAZ
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Posted on July 12, 2007 4:24 PM
Yes, I have to agree the Gremlin pic is great!
Honestly, Rock would be the only one I could see winning this thing. Everyone else is pretty much worthless.
Can you imagine any of these hacks on Top Chef? Those are the real cooks.
10 of 14 | Posted by Saabotage
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Posted on July 12, 2007 9:00 PM
Personally I think Chef is getting soft in his old age. The Chef Ramsay of the previous seasons would never have given anyone a second chance like he did to Melissa last week and the boys this week.
Anyway great recap! Very funny!
11 of 14 | Posted by abbeylane
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Posted on July 13, 2007 5:52 AM
As a life long Philadelphian (Go E-A-G-L-E-S), I can tell you all that Le Bec Fin is and has been for quite a long time considered the finest of the fine dining in the city. For Jen to say she worked there isn’t a small omission. That’s like saying you had a desk job during “the war” and later casually mention you knew everyone on the Manhattan Project. And it wasn’t mentioned in the recap but Jen rattled off a few other fine Philly restaurants that she worked at not the least of which was Morimoto whose owner and head chef you Food Network watchers will remember is… wait for it… an IRON CHEF.
I don’t think G-Ram is getting soft. I think they lost an episode when Aaron left so they made up for it by keeping Mellissa an extra week. That and they knew that she was a complete screw-up and would create some good drama in the Blue Kitchen. The almost elimination of one of the boys - that’s was just a reality show fake-out. We should be used to that kind of trickery by now.
As for Rock’s magma explosion (wow, that sounds dirty) it’s a stressful competition and I think he’s just frustrated with losing all the time. Yeah he probably over reacted but at least when it came time for the dinner service he pulled it together and was a professional. Give the man his due; we’re all entitled to freak-out every now and then.
Great recap. Great screen caps. Keep up the good work. Until next week, SHUT IT DOWN!
12 of 14 | Posted by MODULUS
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Posted on July 13, 2007 7:49 AM
^ Very nice analogy, there, Modulus (the war one) unlike most people who compare the oddest things and try to tell you it's the same...
13 of 14 | Posted by Donna Martin Graduates!
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Posted on July 13, 2007 3:00 PM
Seems like the best matchup for final two would be Rock and Julia. Who would want to eat at a restaurant run by Jen, the dumpster diver? The other two men are just a couple of lugs. And Bonnie seems like an overprivileged sorority girl who's working as a "nanny" while waiting for her big break in Hollywood.
14 of 14 | Posted by MarshmallowPie
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Posted on July 14, 2007 2:10 PM