As they head off to bed Bonnie says she is totally shocked she was kept over Brad. (I second that thought)

As they gather before Chef Ramsay the following morning he tells them there is no more red team or blue team the 5 of them are one team and new jackets are waiting in their rooms. But first he gives them champagne … and not just to drink. He sprays it all over them and Josh is able to catch some in his mouth. Chef says at least they have discovered his talent.

After getting their new jackets they reassemble for today’s challenge which will be individual rather than as a team. They are going to be serving lunch to trend setters. Julia envisions doctors and lawyers while Josh dreams of cooking for celebrities. They are blind folded and taken to a secrete destination. They will be serving these trend setters, not in Hell’s Kitchen but in a high school cafeteria. They are dropped off in front of a high school and told they will be creating dishes and serving 100 high school students in one hour.

Their dishes are: Rock – Kobe beef meatloaf; Josh – baked salmon; Julia – grilled chicken and cheese sandwiches; Bonnie – fried goat cheese; and Jen – baked chicken fettuccini.

Chef tells them to sell their dishes. Each student is given one of each dish. When they are finished eating the students vote for a winner. With 51% of the votes Julia is declared the winner of the challenge and wins a trip to Las Vegas with Chef Ramsay. She is then told she has 30 seconds to choose someone to go with her. Jen is the lucky one. (I was pulling for Rock myself)

The losers are told to go back to Hell’s Kitchen because Jean Pierre has some nasty tasks for them.

The ladies arrive at the airport only to discover they will be traveling with Chef Ramsay in a private jet.

When the 3 left behind arrive back at HK Jean Pierre informs them they will be cleaning, ironing and steam cleaning the floors. Poor Josh can’t figure out how to turn on the steam cleaner. Neither Bonnie nor Rock will give him any assistance. Jean Pierre finally comes out and tells him it isn’t rocket science and it doesn’t run on solar energy … he needs to plug it in. (I just cracked up at this …. how could anyone be so dumb as to not know the thing needed to be plugged in. Josh is … well I can’t come up with words to describe him though I am sure Chef will.)

Bonnie and Rock also get into insulting each other. Rock thinks she is worthless. She can’t iron, she doesn’t clean, what does she know how to do. She is a chef (so she says).

Meanwhile back in Las Vegas the women are whisked off to the Green Valley Ranch resort where they are given a room that is to die for. Julia was blown away by the bathroom. She asked Jen what one piece of equipment was and Jen said a bidet. Julia says oh a booty washer.
The next surprise is a trip to the Red Rock Inn where last year’s winner, Heather is head chef at her own restaurant, Terra Rossa. She welcomes them, gives them some advice – keep your friends close and your enemies closer … how original … yet Jen says it was great advice she’ll keep with her for the remainder of the competition. Heather then served them some of her dishes, which they thought were fabulous.

Chef once again hugged and congratulated Heather and told the ladies it was time to get back for the evening’s service. Those left behind had to do the prep for the evening. Bonnie threw away the monk fish. When Chef Mary Ann asked where it was she admitted she tossed it because it smelled bad. Chef Mary Ann asked where it was and Bonnie showed her. She took it out of the trash and smelled it. Said it smelled like monk fish. She had Rock smell it and he said it smelled like monk fish. Chef Mary Ann told Bonnie that was all they had. (she did not pull it from the trash). Bonnie of course breaks down into tears and says she knows she will be going home.

Finally the ladies return from their trip and walk in just as the 3 losers were trashing Julia, saying if she had tried to serve her dish in Hell’s Kitchen it would have been lame. I don’t know if she heard what they were saying or not but she didn’t mention it. Jen was all excited and telling them about how huge the place is and what an honor it was to meet Heather.

What impressed Julia the most …. the ‘booty washer’ which she says ‘hits you right here, and points to her backside, where you need it.’ (Oh to be so easily impressed by such a silly thing – but it’s nice to know they make such a thing for the toilet paper challenged)

As they prepare for the evening service Chef Ramsay tells them they must work together.

Josh is on appetizers and he decides this is his night to shine. He precooks tons of risotto and spaghetti. Chef comes over and asks what in the world he is doing. Spaghetti is to be cooked when it’s ordered. He tosses out what Josh has made. Then Rock tries to serve burned scallops. Julia has lost her garnishes and isn’t prepared when the veggies are called for. Ramsay gets on her back and she says “whatever” and he tells her not to start getting an attitude. Bonnie on the mean station is doing a good job.

Meanwhile Josh has continued to pre cook things that haven’t been ordered yet. Finally the appetizers start getting served …. and are returned because the risotto is undercooked. Chef goes over to Josh to yell at him about it only to discover he has precooked more spaghetti. (you have to give the guy credit … he is consistent) Ramsay dumps the spaghetti and tosses Josh out of the kitchen. He follows him out and tells him to give him his jacket and get out, get out, get out.
Alone, Josh says winning this was his dream and now his dream is gone. (As unqualified and inexperienced as Julia is she has turned out to be twice the cook as this supposedly experienced chef)

Jen is put on the appetizers and the food begins to get out correctly. Chef tells them they are doing nice work and to keep it up. All stations are working well except for Julia’s. She keeps saying she knows she put the veggies up, but they aren’t there. Chef says she looks like she has given up. He tells her to just get it done.

Bonnie called Rock out for not being ready when Chef called for an entrée. Chef says Rock has hit rock bottom.

Jen decides to take over the kitchen … without being asked or told to do so (sounds like Melissa has returned) and her and Rock butt heads almost immediately. At one point Chef calls for something and Jen tells Rock not to go up or it will screw her. He goes anyway and delivers his part of the dish. Jen is reminding me so much of Melissa tonight.

They finally begin serving desserts and Jen is still trying to boss Rock around. He says he isn’t taking orders from the princess. Chef hits a metal vent and tells them to shut up. It doesn’t work they continue bickering at each other. Jen calls Rock, ‘big man’ and he keeps calling her ‘the princess.’

The service is finally completed. Chef tells them he THOUGHT this week he had the best five and then four. He called Bonnie out and from her expression you’d have thought she was getting fired on the spot. Instead Chef told her this was her best service ever and she is to go back to her room and choose two for elimination.

Jen says people hate her and she just wants to go home
Rock says he didn’t like the way Jen approached him but he should have kept that to himself until the service was over. He is disappointed in himself and has disappointed his family. He knows he is better than that.
Julia is not offering herself up for nomination because she wants to stay.

Back downstairs Chef Ramsay asks Bonnie for her nominations. She immediately says Rock because he lost his temper and ability to communicate.

When asked for the second nomination she wasn’t as quick with her answer but finally nominates Julia because she struggled on the garnish station and still has a lot to learn. (like Bonnie doesn’t?)

Chef calls them forward and asks each why they should stay. Rock said his performance tonight was uncharacteristic of him and he can and will do better. Julia says just because she wants to stay.

Ramsay says Rock is very driven to win this and Julia is the most improved. He says personally this is his toughest decision.

In the end he asks for Julia’s jacket. (sorry Dfleminator) However Chef Ramsay isn’t quite through with Julia. He tells her he is going to personally send her to culinary school and when she finishes he expects her to come back here and win hands down. He also gives her a big hug and tells her he is very proud of her.

Julia leaves saying she doesn’t want to go home but is happy about the culinary school.

The final 3, Bonnie, Jen and Rock are sent off to get some sleep.
Bonnie says this is surreal, she actually has a chance to win this.
Jen says she has what it takes
Rock says he is excited to be here and the victory is his to lose.

Chef Ramsay really did like Julia. He has never sent someone out with such compassion. He says that to be a great chef you have to have some natural talent and Julia has that. With the culinary schooling he sees her becoming a great chef.

So we are down to the final 3. Next week each will be given a chance to run the kitchen, taking over Chef Ramsay’s position. Come back to see who is able to make it to the final two.

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So much for big surprises! I always believed that Ramsay knew he would have to eliminate Julia, but I always wondered when and under what conditions she would go. It was good of Ramsay to say the kind words and send her to culinary school: I have no doubt that when she completes that, she will be a winner. I hope to see her come back on the show and doubt many will be able to compete with her experience and new knowledge base.

The school lunchroom exercise was kind of interesting.
Rock had a Kobe beef meatloaf on Ciabatta bread.
Josh had a baked salmon with pineapple sauce or glaze.
Bonnie had fried goat cheese over baby greens
Jen had baked chicken fettuccine
Julia had a grilled cheese with chicken sandwich with onion rings.

As usual, I was more in tune with the chefs than I was the kids. As a friend of mine said, "What is it kids want to eat? They want fried food... and lots of grease!" She may have been right. All but one of the chefs missed the mark totally....because what they presented was interesting for more sophisticated adult palates but not for kids. Frankly my mouth watered for Rock's ciabatta bread with a Kobe meat loaf... what a burger that must have been! Was it made with Kobe beef or was it just some ground beef with some soy added? I love ciabatta bread, especially with rosemary. Gee, the fifteen year olds didn’t? Shame on them!!

Bonnie's focus was clearly a bit too elevated (probably what she does with silver spoon kids as a nanny) and Jen's looked like a big mess of fettuccine with chicken in it. I wish we had more details on what she did. I would have loved the salmon too, but I gathered the kids were focused elsewhere. Other than the onion rings, I doubt I would have even tasted Julia's, but then I am crazy for good onion rings; the sandwich itself was boring. When I heard one kid say "I could make this myself at home" I was sure he was talking about the grilled cheese. It is a moot point because she won.

However it was all worth it in the end, not because I thought Julia should go to Las Vegas, but the discussion about the bidet was a howl. I confess that it quickly degenerated into way too much information when Julia told everyone else how well it worked. On the other hand, I seem to be the only person in the entire world who is not impressed by Las Vegas. Glitz and glamour and let me take your money where the house has the odds! OK, I'll stop.

Back at the restaurant, Josh couldn't manage to read the directions on the steam cleaner. You know, they make the directions almost idiot proof, but you DO have to read them and, as that prig Jean-Philippe pointed out, you have to plug it in. Bonnie and Rock ironing was pretty funny also; he evidently thought a nanny should know how to iron. Bonnie was insulted, but I would have thought a nanny took care of the kids and she might do their laundry or something. Evidently Rock and I were wrong. I would have been as inept as anyone with the ironing, especially tablecloths. I have no idea what Jen was doing, but it was a very "masculine" moment when Josh ran over the bones on the floor with the vacuum cleaner. They definitely make a racket, but we guys insist that the vacuum pick the stuff up, no matter how much damage it does to the sweeper.
The service was pretty pathetic: Bonnie throws out the monkfish? Yes, they really do smell a bit off normally, but she should have asked someone first! What was with Josh starting 5 risottos? I guess he was thinking he wouldn't fall behind if he did the prep up front. On top of that Rock burned the scallops. He KNOWS better than that and they were clearly burned. You just don't serve that kind of food!! Later we find that Josh's risotto is undercooked: he was one person I NEVER saw taste his food. Making a decent risotto is not much more rocket science than timing, except to keep it from turning into glue. What was Josh thinking by cooking more spaghetti ahead? Ramsay was right to throw himout: I would love to hear his exit interview about why he did what he did.

Julia was trying her best but she started melting down doing garnishes, which I think included doing the vegetables. She either didn't get what to do or, more likely, they serve different garnishes/vegetables at the waffle house. Back to Josh, he doesn't get how to cook spaghetti to order: what in the heck was the spaghetti dish anyway? They are always cooking spaghetti but I never see the sauce for it or hear the name of the finished dish: it is clearly not spaghetti with meat sauce. Was that the green pea sauce I saw? It must have been an appetizer. I finally saw the sauce for the Wellington and it is apparently a Madeira sauce which is fine. Why don’t we see anyone making this sauce?? I didn't see how the turbot was prepped. I wish we could see the front service line to see the dishes as they come to be served.

Lastly Rock lost his cool. Some friends of mine say that he is a typical arrogant black man who has the ubiquitous chip on his shoulder. Without any attempt at political correctness, I think that's over the top. While Rock definitely has an arrogance about him many people do not like, I think he is smart, driven and, best of all, talented. At the end, he KNEW he had made a mistake going after Jen for telling him what to do.

The whole thing was a kind of snafu anyway: Ramsay told him to get his scallops up to the front and Jen told him that she needed more time. Rock correctly chose to obey Ramsay and Jen got pissed. Unfortunately, Rock reacted badly to being scolded and that is probably a personality flaw. Unfortunately, it's probably more forgivable than either Bonnie's constant need for reassurance or Jen's petulant frenzies. For what it’s worth, I do think Rock has a chip on his shoulder, but he recognized his mistake and I feel sure he apologized later.

I look forward next week to Bonnie running the service board and yelling about the quality of the food she is being delivered. Frankly, I wouldn’t have thought she could pull that off realistically. I guess she learned her lesson when they fooled her on the deliveries. Good girl!

Then why say it? Why bring his race into it, only to say that you don't fully agree with the people who made this comment? Unless you were looking to start a race debate, this statement was unnecessarily inflammatory. But then, after your previous comments about Melissa's "girl thing", I wonder if these "friends" even exist or if you just enjoy judging people based on their gender and the color of their skin.

I offer my apologies for those offended by my remarks. I have replied to the person who voiced her objections to my comments in private. Nevertheless, I stand behind what I said, although my comment about Melissa was somewhat tongue in cheek. In this perhaps I am guilty of insensitivity or the offended party of overreaction. Personally I would rather it been handled privately.

In the case of Rock, others voiced what I thought an unfair criticism. I care not a whit whether anyone believes that others said it or not: racism is not destroyed simply because it remains silent in a forum. My intention was merely to suggest that his race was not an issue in his temper issues. Of course, as always I could be wrong. If I thought his race played a part, I would also have said so. Tosay that neither one's gender nor race can ever affect one's actions is patently false, despite whatever injustices have been applied in the past.

On a lighter note, tonight I went to the movies to see Ratatouille and loved it. I was on my guard because it did not receive great local ratings. I tend to think one has to have some appreciation for what goes on in a kitchen and how the food is prepared in order to enjoy it. I was stunned at the detail: for example, on two wines which were mentioned, a 61 Latour and a 47 Cheval Blanc, they both used what appeared to be authentic label drawings. Unlike some movies which throw out old wine vintages and bogus bottles willy-nilly, these two remain authentic stunners in the old Bordeaux category.

The comment wasn't made privately. Hence there is no reason to respond privately.

I am not sure if this is a response to my comments or not, but I have read and reread my post and see nowhere in it that suggests that one's gender or race never plays a part in their actions. I was just trying to convey that, if you felt Rock's race was not an issue, there was no reason to bring up the race issue just to shoot it down, unless you were trying to start a discussion about racism. I had enjoyed reading this board, where people posted their comments about this and other reality shows without making sweeping attacks. I am not saying I would like to bury my head in the sand and escape the controversy of other people's prejudices in any setting; it was just nice to be able to avoid it here. I would hate to see that come to an end.

Come on guys, lets kiss and make up and I am not being 'cute' by saying that. ARTs is a great place to be and at times we need to set our personal issues aside and at times we need to stop and consider if what we are saying could be offensive to people.

I agree with both of you on certain points. Racial issues will not be settled in this forum. But maybe this forum is not the place for them. We have a lounge where you can talk about anything you choose to a point.

Let's just talk about the show here. Chef Ramsay is the most unpolitically correct person I have ever heard, so let's let him keep that "honor" and here at Arts, lets be considerate of each other and not read too much into anyone's comments.

It would be best as mentioned by one of you to keep this conversation on a private level. And it would be beneficial to maybe hold ones tongue even if what they are saying is repeating something they heard.

You are both a great asset to this forum and I for one have enjoyed both of your posts.

I can ditto pretty much everything chairo said (except the forum name is ART, not ARTS :giggle: )

I'm glad that we have girlchef for her take on the kitchen, and Bentley as well for his in depth analysis. Both of you are an important part of this site in my view.

Now let's all sit and sing kumbaya :giggle:

I loved Ratatouille! The rats were a little too real in some sometimes!

I can't wait for tomorrow's episode of HK. I think Rock is going to win, Melissa and Jen just don't seem to have the confidence.