Wow! what was Ramsay thinking? Petrozza won that season hands down! He blew Christina away at the pass (despite several sabotage attempts by the troll Jen), his food was beter, and he has a heart of gold and knows how to lead people?

Gordon, what the hell were you thinking man?

Also, I have to say that the competition on Hell's Kitchen is getting pretty lame.

I mean, come on, a bunch of immature, backstabbing babies who really don't have much measurable talent to begin with.

I have been a chef for 21 years, and let me tell you people, the Hell's Kitchen menu is very BASIC and EASY.

I have to say that even the worst Top Chef contestant would mop the floor with a Hell's Kitchen finalist.

Keep in mind that even though it "looks" like Petrozza did this better or that better, it really is the job of the editors to make the show entertaining. "Reality" television is anything but that.

Recall the uproar in Top Chef this season when Dale left. Colicchio felt a need to write on his blog about the outrage, even noting that he was surprised at the results after seeing the final cut.

For all we know, Christina kicked Petrozza's ass but they just highlighted a couple of the foul ups to make things interesting.

That being said, given what I was fed by Fox, I am happy with either Christina or Petrozza as a winner. Christina did seem to grow a lot during the show. A part of me feels that while he won't get the $250K salary, Ramsey may have something lined up for Petrozza somewhere else.

I am very happy Christina won. She was very clever, and worked well with her team. I personally liked her menu over P's. I liked them both, but she had the edge. Jen is still such a horror! To ask Ramsey for a recommendation? The nerve! Bet she didn't get one. And I must say I was proud of Louross. He became such a good team player, and was all gung ho, and willing to do the job. Yeah!!!! Can't wait for next season!! Please, no monkfish.

I can't complain about the outcome. Matt and Jen were serious tools though. The monkfish fiasco and the onion ring incident were tragicomedy.

Fairly certain that there was some compensation involved for the 6 losing contestants that were brought back. There would be zero motivation otherwise. You think Jen would want to lift a finger to help ANYONE after she was there unless cash was involved?

Maybe, if you were on the winning (Christina's) team, you got $10,000 each, and losing team got $2K each, or something. I have a hard time believing otherwise.

I thought all along (well, ever since the field got whittled down to the last 6 or so) that L. Petrozza should win. The final service was very close though. Both the finalists finally showed some signs of leadership while running their teams, though it seemed to take some prodding from Ramsay to get them to put their boots in the asses of their weaker chefs.

I still think L-Pet should have won, but I can see Ramsay's point about selecting a younger person with talent and potential who can still be molded into what he's looking for. I didn't think that's what this competition was about though. Louie P. should have won.

Allison,

I think you're pretty much on the mark to a degree -- I think Ramsey takes the UK editions of his shows very seriously. However, I'd be more inclined to point a finger at Fox, notorious for sensation over substance.

I've never watched the American version of Kitchen nightmares, but I hear that it focuses mostly on the melodrama, fighting and other silliness rather than the food and the resturaunt that Ramsey is there to save.

Alternatively, my wife and I record and watch almost every edition of Nightmares off of BBC America. In every episode, Ramsey seems to actually give a damn about the people and the resturaunt, and there's alot of focus on the food.

Granted, I'm sure Fox is handing him a chunky paycheck and so he's more than happy to give them what they ask for.

I think that if the prize were for another restaurant and not Ramsey's own, he would have chosen Petrozza. Honestly, it makes sense to take the young (and cute) one so you can mold them into what you want them to be.

Clearly Ramsay got it right this time.

Petrozza is a complete SLOB. Disorganized and lacking in self confidence (remember the first episode?).

Christina will become a *star* and it makes total sense that Ramsay wants to develop her. But it is very misleading to advertise that the winner is going to become executive chef.

Frankly Christina is not ready for that position--but neither was anyone else on that show. What a joke most of those people were--clearly a show built for tv ratings.

Wow. Jen has to be the most miserable excuse for a human being that has ever been on reality TV. I've never seen someone so arrogant, so it's-never-my-fault in all my TV watching. And Matt has to be the dumbest.

The right person won, though I liked Petrozza too.