The evening began with Bonnie lamenting that she didn’t have a good time last week and was upset that Chef Ramsay called the women ‘evil bitches.’ She felt they had a very unpleasant work environment. This woman applied to be on this show so how in the world can she appear to be so naive about what to expect? Did she think Chef Ramsay was going to magically turn into a dossal kitten and purr at them?
In the men’s section they were concerned about Aaron and for himself he was bemoaning the fact he was the oldest and weakest of the men and he doesn’t want to let them down. It really strains the mind to try to figure out why someone like Aaron who seems so overwhelmed by everything around him would have ever chosen to try out for this show, and why was he chosen when there were probably numerous applicants who would have fit in better? Questions without answers at this point in time but maybe we’ll learn them as the show progresses.
Wake up call came at 5:56 AM when the chef wannabes were awakened to the clanging of pots and pans and called to the kitchen.
Chef Ramsay continued his tirade from last week about how awful they were and how embarrassing their performance was. They ruined over $1000.00 of product. He told them they have to understand where food comes from so they were all going fishing. The few smiles at the prospect of a fishing trip were erased quickly when they discovered they would be catching the fish as they were being thrown at them from an ice truck.
Aaron who was not feeling well did not participate in ‘catching’ the fish, nor in their challenge: skinning them and removing the roe (fish eggs). The teams were given 30 minutes to clean the Dover Sole, which included pulling the skin off the fish without damaging the fish itself.
Dover Sole: “Like the flounder, the Dover sole is a pancake-flat fish with both eyes on one side of its head, making it well adapted to living on the ocean bottom. Dover sole produces a protective slime that may spread to other fish when it’s caught in a net. It can grow to a maximum of 2.5 feet, or 76 cm.
Flavor & Texture: Sole has fine, firm-textured flesh with a delicate taste.” (
Source)
The blue team got 8 done to Chef Ramsay’s satisfaction. The women did 9 winning the competition. Their reward was a fishing trip with the Chef and lunch. The men’s punishment was to prep all of the Dover Sole in the restaurant.
On their excursion Chef Ramsay was the only person who caught a fish. He said it was small like Eddie. He told the ladies they must work together as a team. Personally a fishing trip would not have been my idea of a reward but the Red team was happy just to have alone time with the ‘hot’ Chef Ramsay, per Bonnie.
Mean while back in Hell Aaron went to the guys and told them he was not up to this and was going to quit. The men told him he’d be letting the team down and they would help and support him if he stayed. He chose to stay.
When the women returned and got into clothing that was more comfortable the men enjoyed the show of scantily dressed women. Even Eddie got into the act by asking Bonnie to reach up and get him a jar of cookies which really didn’t seem to interest him once he had them.
Aaron went out and talked to Julia and told her that he felt out of place and intimidated by the other men.
When the two teams were called back into the kitchen to begin preparations for the evening service Chef Ramsay told them they would be serving pan fried Dover Sole. AND as the second part of the Blue teams punishment Aaron would be serving the fish tableside.
As the preparations began Melissa started getting on Joanna. Joanna who was feeling her mortality after being nominated last week, called to the others to work as a team tonight.
In the blue kitchen Chef Ramsay told Josh he talks too much.
Chef called Aaron over to talk to him and told him this would be an easy job for him (serving the fish tableside) and would get him out of the heat. Aaron suddenly stared out into space and went down onto a chair. He told Chef he was okay just got nervous and passed out for a second. I still can’t figure out what this man is doing on Hell’s Kitchen. He is so out of his element. He cries at the drop of a pin, sweats all over everything and has absolutely no self esteem. If he wanted to Chef Ramsay could devour him with one word, but I don’t think he’d be all that tasty.
Jean Phillipe opened the doors to the customers and Aaron started going around and greeting everyone at their tables. He told them he was a chef at Hell’s Kitchen and would be serving them this evening. Jean Phillipe pointed out to Chef Ramsay what Aaron was doing so he called him over and told him to stop.
In the blue kitchen Eddie was making a massive blob of spaghetti which of course, put him in the cross hairs of Ramsay’s verbal abuse, and brought the blue kitchen to a standstill.
In the red kitchen Bonnie was the subject of Ramsay’s ridicule for cooking 3 orders of scallops instead of the ONE he had ordered.
Back in the blue Vinnie fried two orders of Dover Sole, burning one and doing one to the satisfaction of Ramsay. It didn’t however keep Ramsay from calling him an illiterate cook.
Jen, leading the red kitchen was getting the appetizers out.
Back to the ‘sweat hog:’ Aaron was tableside boning the sole. He was taking so long that it was not hot by the time the customers got it. Wannabe chef Clueless who’s only job was boning the fish, which required separating the filets and lifting the bones out in one complete piece was messing up that job too. Every table complained that bones were left in their fish.
The poor blue team was continuing to irritate Chef Ramsay. Eddie finally got booted off his station for putting too much pepper in the risotto.
The Chef finally found something to yell about in the red kitchen, though admittedly a yell of lesser volume. Joanna got the Chef’s attitude for failing to have the lettuce cooked for the garnish. Miss helpful, Melissa then got the vocal assault for taking over cooking the lettuce when she was not asked to do so. Chef Ramsay told her to stop and let Joanna do it and to continue to stick together to get their last 3 tables served.
Tonight the men in the blue kitchen just couldn’t do anything right. Josh received the verbal blast for dry chicken and then all the men were called to attention by Chef Ramsay and sent out of the kitchen. They were told he was going to let the women finish the blue teams service. After 3 hours the women sent out the last of their meals and then worked together efficiently to get the blue teams tables served also.
The men of course were mad and said the women weren’t even cooks while the men were chefs.
Surprise, surprise the Red team won, defeating the men quite soundly. Rock was chosen as the least bad of the worst team and was instructed to go back to their quarters and select two men for nominations.
Rock talked to some of the men before making his decision. Eddie told him he knew either he, Aaron or Vinnie should go. He asked Rock to consider though that he was good on appetizers. As he said this I couldn’t help but wonder if he was so good at appetizers, why Chef Ramsay kicked him off the station after messing up both the spaghetti and risotto.
Aaron of course told Rock he knew he should be the one to go. Earlier he had said this was a top class restaurant and maybe he wasn’t top class. Maybe he is getting a clue after all.
Josh simply said he didn’t want to be the one to go home.
When the met back in the restaurant Chef Ramsay asked Rock for his nominations.
First was Eddie, because he is a small guy and Rock doesn’t know when he can come out of his shell and be an asset. The second nomination was Josh, simply because he was all over the place.
When asked why they should stay Eddie said because he had learned an important lesson. He needs to speak up. Josh, who Chef Ramsay things is a fake, said that this was his most embarrassing moment. He had never been kicked out of a kitchen before and he wants the opportunity to come back.
We say good bye to the little man. Eddie was asked for his jacket and his picture set on fire. As he walked off he said this was his fault and he was sorry he wasn’t loud enough. I think he is creating a fantasy that he can take home to his family and friends. It didn’t have anything to do with how loud he was. He just didn’t or couldn’t do the job.
Come back again next week to find out what happens next in Hell.
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