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Hell's Kitchen: Episode 4
by Bob Sassone, posted Jun 26th 2006 10:28PM
(S02E04) Finally! Chef Gordon Ramsay says what I - and most of America, I'm sure - have been saying since the first episode: these contestants aren't chefs, they're just a bunch of fast food cooks, and none of them are fit to run a multi-million dollar restaurant at a billion dollar hotel. Yes! One of the truer moments in reality TV show history.This week the teams not only have to get through their fourth service, but also have to make lunch for the first time - for several screaming, hyper kids.
There are only three men left on the blue team, so Ramsay puts Heather on their team as leader. That's a big plus for them. The teams go on a field trip to Pink's, the legendary L.A. hot dog eatery, which is the busiest restaurant in the city (over 2000 customers a day). Did anyone else think that the hot dogs that the players ordered looked 10 times better than anything the contestants have made so far on the show?
They go back to the restaurant to make lunch for a bunch of screaming kids. They do well this time, but how hard can it be to make pizza, mac and cheese, and burgers for a bunch of kids? And who the hell gave the kids Silly String and noisemakers? My guess it was the producers, to add some noise and tension.
Ramsay has to tell Keith to pull his pants up again. Seriously, how hard is it for an adult to make sure his pants are pulled up? The show describes Garrett as "Former Prisoner/Chef," and I find that odd and funny.
Both teams do well, but one team has to win, and according to the kid's scores, the blue team wins 9.85 to 9.84. Um, first of all, the kids actually scored that precisely? And it was that close? Ooooooooookay. The blue team gets to go to an amusement park in Santa Monica, and have fun on the roller coaster, playing games, etc. Interestingly, Ramsay is nowhere to be found in all this fun.
Meanwhile, the red team has to clean the messy dining room, and they start to insult each other, calling one another "bitches" and throwing more food on the floor. The team is collapsing.
Before the dining room opens, Heather fixes Keith's pants.
The service is the worst yet. The ice machine is broken, so when Ramsay needs ice he's going to tell one of the red team members to go get it. Of course, I don't know if it was really broken or reality TV broken. At one point, Rachel has to go get ice (at a store? When our ice machine was broken I went to another restaurant) with no money. She falls down running back to Hell's Kitchen.
Ramsay yells at Garrett: "You want to go back to the institution?!" The meals aren't getting out. At one point, Ramsay points out to Tom that the order from an hour ago still hasn't been started. That's ridiculous.
So many things go wrong that Ramsay freaks out, screams, throws his apron at Tom, and tells both teams to get the hell out and each to pick a nominee to go home. The blue team picks Tom, and the red team picks Virginia, who was screwed over by Sara, who pretty much lied and made her look like a fool to Ramsay. Ramsay is surprised that Rachel wasn't picked because she did terrible, but he kicks out Tom, saying that he's a "crap cook" and he can't believe he even tried out to be a chef.
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