Chef Ramsay continues to pump up the Red Team, saying they've had a phenomenal start and if they screw up now it will be their own fault. And just when it looks like the Red Team can do no wrong, Bonnie starts an enormous fire in a pan.
Hell's Kitchen gets literal.
She kind of panics and picks up the pan to move it, not really knowing what to do. Chef Ramsay is screaming at her to put the pan down and stop. She ends up putting it on the floor and Chef Ramsay picks it back up with the fire somehow miraculously out. He tells her not to ever pick up a burning pan, but to step back and not panic. Then he starts talking about Bonnie evacuating the place and how burning down the whole restaurant would be a first. And just as they were doing so well!
Over in the Blue Kitchen Josh is pouring what looks like cake batter from one bowl into another. It turns out that it is mashed potatoes and even I know that looks dead wrong.
Mmm... cake.
Josh needs to add more salt and Chef Ramsay starts kicking the garbage cans (bins) and calling the Blue Team a bunch of bleeping babies. The Red Team is back to their former glory, with perfect mashed potatoes and beautiful Beef Wellington. Blue Brad, meanwhile, has overcooked his bloody risotto and Chef Ramsay tells him in his ear that this has been his worst service ever. Brad tells us that Melissa is the one who ruined the risotto. That's no surprise.
Our little Julia takes a bit of a tumble in the Red Kitchen when she becomes flustered and starts giving Chef Ramsay the wrong information. He quickly becomes exasperated and tells her to stop and focus. She keeps trying to cook while he lectures her which makes him very irritable. Personally I think he is desperate not to see his little protégé making silly mistakes.
Next on the Blue Team Melissa presents Chef Ramsay with overcooked monk fish. Josh is called over to confirm that the monk fish is ruined, and then Chef Ramsay goes to each member of the Blue Team separately to tell them that Melissa can't tell when monk fish is overcooked. Even Sous Chef Scott has a look. Chef Ramsay says it looks like regurgitated dog crap and then we learn that Melissa has not only destroyed the monk fish, she has also run out of it. So now everyone who has ordered monk fish is out of luck. How do you think Chef Ramsay takes this information? That's right, not well. He screams at Melissa to get off the fish station and on to the garnishes. Rock is ordered to take over for her. He tells the Blue Team that we never give up.
"Why must you sabotage me?"
It looks like the Red Team has just about achieved a splendid victory as they are working on delivering their two final tickets. But just before all ends well, Julia tells Bonnie her Wellingtons are done and Bonnie is not in agreement. She says it's her station and to put the Wellingtons back in the oven. Julia calmly asks Bonnie not to talk to her like that (you know, like she's a complete moron), and Bonnie says, "Julia, then listen, okay?" Bonnie then, of course, confessionals that Julia is overwhelmed because of her lack of experience and she just can't keep up. How many times to we have to hear this already? Julia has done so well! Tonight is the first time Chef Ramsay has even had words with her and still the other girls keep harping on the fact that she has less experience. She's never started a fire or dug food out of the trash. What gives? It's so irritating. Apparently Julia thinks so too because she begins to cry as she is clearing down her station. Who can blame her? Am I playing favorites?
Well guess what has happened in the Blue Kitchen. Melissa has run out of potatoes. Chef Ramsay is nearing the breaking point and then a table of six sends back all of their entrées, saying that the lobster is dreadfully overcooked. I bet I know who cooked it! Chef Ramsay has had it and delivers the following speech: "Hello! Look at me! Thanks for the overcooked monk fish! Thanks for shafting me on the mashed potatoes! And thanks for being (incomprehensible) appetizers! It's just so sad. SHUT IT DOWN!" It's all over for the Blue Team. One diner sadly asks if they don't even get dessert. Jean Philippe tells him when it's closed, it's closed. Shut down!
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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