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Hell's Kitchen: Day 11 - VIDEO
(S04E11) "I've never cooked spaghetti in my life, but I've heard about it." - sexy cooking school student
I'm not sure if Gordon Ramsay and FOX planned it this way, but I think they invented a new reality show tonight: The Real Housewives of Hell's Kitchen. One of the challenges has a bunch of scantily-clad women teamed up with one of the contestants to make a meal within 45 minutes. The kitchen was all about boobs and boiling lobsters.
And I think that last sentence will give you a clue as to who went home tonight.
As Corey and Christina bond and Jen says she has better cooking skills than anyone else, the first challenge is the one mentioned above: teach a complete amateur how to cook spaghetti and lobster in 45 minutes. The cooks can't help them prepare, chop, cook, or plate the food, they can only give directions. Petrozza is completely distracted by jiggling breasts like a horny teen, and Jen tries to cheat by helping her student chop food more than once (though Chef Ramsay only tells her not to do and doesn't scream at her, which I would have done in this instance).
Everyone finishes their meal, and it comes down to Corey and Christina. Both are outstanding, but Ramsay decides that Christina's is the best. While the rest of the players have to clean fryers and ovens and floors, Christina gets to get lunch and cooking lessons from Mark Peel and Ben Ford. She then tries to push her knowledge on the other players as they prep for that night's service, and they're irritated by it. Though I think if they were being honest with themselves, they would do the same thing that she does.
Tonight's service in Hell's Kitchen will include one large party where they have to serve 12 appetizers, 12 entrees, and 12 desserts, which will be intense (especially with this group, which often has trouble serving food all at the same time). Oh, the 12 diners? A team of Hawaiian Tropic models! I'm sensing a theme tonight.
Though they did actually finish service tonight, it wasn't without problems. Some observations:
- Bobby screwed up tonight (overcooking some meat, undercooking other meat, celebrating too early), but doesn't it seem like Ramsay likes him a little more than the others? Even when he's giving him a dressing down, you sense it comes more out of love and respect and a "you can do better Bobby" more than a "f**k you, you screwed up you &^%$#!" It really stood out tonight.
- Ramsay's confrontation with Jen: I'm not a Jen fan at all, but was she in the wrong tonight? Yeah she's slow and mopey and full of herself at the same time, but was the bad timing of the food going out actually all her fault? It seemed like he wouldn't let her explain herself.
- Petrozza is always yelled at because of his messiness, but many of the cooks I've worked with had a certain messiness that we dealt with.
- I was waiting for Ramsay to explode against Jean-Phillipe when he found out that JP was pushing the meat because the fish wasn't coming out right (and then chicken after the meat was screwed up), but it never happened. But JP walking into the glass door was one of the highlights of the season. He needs his own spinoff.
The team actually completes service, but Ramsay thinks that they're still making too many mistakes, especially at this point in the game. Christina was by far the best tonight (maybe the lessons with Peele and Ford actually did help). She chooses Bobby and Jen to be up for elimination, and Ramsay agrees. Who goes home?
I really thought it was going to be Jen, because of her attitude, but it's Bobby! (My clue at the beginning was the words I used...boobs, boiling, and now Bobby). This is probably a bad decision, even if Bobby wasn't the best at challenges. He seemed like a competent cook and a good leader and at least tried. I don't really see Jen's cooking skills being so unbelievable that it negates her attitude.
Next week: the team cooks for celebrities!
| Corey and Christina | |
|---|---|
| Corey and Jen | |
| Corey and Petrozza | |
| Jen and Petrozza | |
| Jen and Christina | |
| Petrozza and Christina |
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