Hell's Kitchen -- final five

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Hell's Kitchen -- final five; Can you say incompetent AND jealous?
Topic Started: Jun 10 2008, 10:17 PM (872 Views)
chairo	Jun 10 2008, 10:17 PM Post #1
Opinionated Posts: 5,733 Group: Admin Member #317 Joined: August 14, 2005	Well folks we’re down to the wire with only five budding chefs left: the student, Christina, the egomaniacal Jen, steady Corey, pigsty Petrozza and General Bobby. One would think at this point in the show these would be the cream of the crop … not SOUR cream as most of them appear to be. There is so much bad blood between Jen and everyone else that even sworn enemies, Corey and Christina have bonded over their dislike for Jen. She is moody, constantly pouting, always singing her own praises and falls apart when criticized. Jen is the evil witch of the season and that is the only thing everyone else agrees on. When the chef hopefuls arrive in the kitchen Chef Ramsay shows them how to make lobster spaghetti, perfectly and efficiently. It is a joy to watch him prepare this dish after so many weeks of fires and bad cooking by the Executive chef wannabes. Chef tells them that for the first time ever Hell’s Kitchen is going to have a cooking school and they are going to teach their students how to make the dish, Ramsay just prepared. They are NOT to do any hands on work, the student is to do everything. He tells them a great chef should be a great teacher. About that time 5 very sexy, very pampered housewives arrive at Hell’s Kitchen … one even carrying a dog, that Ramsay takes and gives to someone else to watch. During the course of the contest Jen is constantly being very hands on when Ramsay isn’t watching. When he does catch her for the second or third time he tells her to stop or she will be disqualified. Typical Jen, decides she has to do things herself if she wants something done right, but with the threat of disqualification she decides to abide by the rules. The house wives, have never cooked before and one is horrified she has to kill at lobster, but bucks up and dumps it into the boiling water. When they are done Ramsay judges each person’s ability to teach by the quality of the finished product. Petrozza’s student (who he could barely stop oogling) did well enough but the spaghetti was too thin. Christina’s student receives high praise with a ‘perfect’ verdict from Ramsay. Bobby’s student didn’t fare so well. The spaghetti was chopped up and the seasoning was not good. Corey’s efforts to teach received another very well done. Last and definitely least was Jen’s student. The spaghetti was all clumped together and there was no sauce. Ramsay announced the best teachers in Hell’s Kitchen were Christina and Corey. Christina got the win, and the pampered house wives who have never cooked before and will probably never cook again received a set of Ramsay’s own cookware, which will probably make nice gifts for them to pass on to some less fortunate house wives they may know. The losers punishment was to make Hell’s Kitchen sparkle. None, needless to say were very happy about this, especially Bobby and of course Jen. Bobby blamed his always losing on other people and Jen felt she did better than the others, she just had a stupid student. Christina won a special lunch with Ramsay being cooked and served by two Executive chefs, Ben Ford and I believe the other said his name was Mark Peel, but won’t swear to that one. They prepared the meal in Hell’s Kitchen and showed Christina many of their secrets for success. Jen of course kept finding reasons to clean near them so she could hear what they were saying. Then Ramsay called Bobby over to take the leftover and put them in the garbage … but as it turned out Jen was the garbage can … she wanted to taste what had been prepared. Bobby was really disgusted that she was eating what amounted to garbage. Mean time, while Christina was basking in the joy of the win, ALL of the others were trashing her and saying how she didn’t deserve the win. Corey was upset because she felt she had done the better job and was a better chef. Isn’t it amazing how jealousy can rear its ugly head when you are on the losing side. None of these people ever want to take responsibility for their failures. It’s always that someone else was worse or some undeserving person stole their reward. As they were all getting prepared for the evenings meal Christina tried to share with the others some of the things she had learned but they all tuned her out and both Jen and Corey wished she’d just close her mouth. Ramsay told them tonight would be a tough hurdle for them, because in addition to the regular diners there would also be a 12 pop. I sure didn’t know what the heck he was talking about and from their expressions it didn’t appear that some of the others did either. Ramsay told them there would be 12 appetizers, 12 entrees and 12 deserts, so I assumed it just meant they would have to make 12 different things in each group. I was wrong (I spoke this in a whisper … don’t tell anyone I admitted to being wrong) Our student chef was a standout tonight. She was on appetizers and did them fantastically after one slight misstep in the very beginning. Corey was also working appetizers/deserts and the two were working together like they were best friends. The restaurant was filled to capacity with 120 guests. This seemed to undermine the rest of the cooks/chefs. Bobby messed up the first of the meat. Jen kept serving undercooked or overcooked fish. Petrozza was just in a world of his own. Having seen Jen mess up the fish twice, Jean Phillip got concerned and told the waiters to push the beef. No sooner had the words left his lips then he went back to the kitchen only to discover Bobby was messing up the beef. So he went back and told everyone to push the chicken. This was actually quite hilarious but you probably had to see it to get it. At one point Petrozza picked up one of Jen’s fish dishes and took it to the counter. Ramsay didn’t see who did it but jumped all over Jen because the order was complete. Jen tried to talk to him and he cut her off and said if denial and blame were that important to her when people were out there waiting for their food, maybe she just wanted to go home. She continued to try to talk and he continued to get angry at her. OF course in her little one on one with the camera, she was angry she was getting blamed for something she didn’t do … but she said nary a word about how she abused the fish by under and over cooking it. I am sure that will turn out to be someone else’s fault too. Finally I found out what a pop 12 was. Twelve people all coming in together at the same time and everyone in that group have to be served at the same time. With problems, except for Christina and Corey’s stations, service is completed for the first time. Corey said in her camera time that even though she and Christina hate each other they do work well together and that’s as it should be. Ramsay chose Christina as the outstanding chef of the evening and gave her the responsibility of nominating two for eviction. Jen and Bobby he called incompetent and Petrozza he called a dreamer (also a slob, but that's my opinon) Of course Jen knows because she is the best chef and the stiffest competition Christina will nominate her. (This girl is a legend in her own mind) When the time came Christina nominated Jen and Bobby. Jen for her attitude and how she brings everyone down and Bobby because he did such a bad job tonight. Once again Jen sang her own praises and how she has changed yada yada yada. Bobby typical excuses. Sent home … Bobby. Why can’t Ramsay just send Jen home and be done with it? So irritating, especially after he asked Christina who should go home and she said Jen. We leave for this week with Jen still saying she is the strongest chef and everyone else is just afraid to compete with her ……… give me a break, PLEASE evict this woman. Edited by chairo, Jun 17 2008, 09:41 PM.
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chairo	Jun 10 2008, 10:26 PM Post #2
Opinionated Posts: 5,733 Group: Admin Member #317 Joined: August 14, 2005	Can I ask again? Will someone please send Jen home? Pretty please!
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Deleted User	Jun 10 2008, 11:09 PM Post #3
Deleted User	Tonight's show had me laughing at so much and cringing at the rest. I could not agree more with Chairo about getting rid of Jen. What was going through Ramsay's mind? Getting rid of Bobby? Too late in this series, I have finally discovered something: Petrozza typically speaks the unvarnished truth. His assessment of any given situation is usually spot on. I have no idea why I never got this before. I wish he were pretty enough to win this, but I think that will hold him back. His food may be good, but he always looks like a mess. Frankly some of the old time great chefs were like that and had to change their aprons before they went into the dining room to speak with guests. Tonight's additional dish was lobster spaghetti. I tend to think that tomato sauce kind of works against lobster, but feel free to disagree. Boil the lobster, cook the spaghetti, remove lobster meat from shell, add fresh chopped tomato as sauce and cook until heated through and season. It just doesn't sound that great to me. I would use s&p, a touch of crushed hot peppers and thyme. When the 5 unidentified women came in to learn how to cook the dish, I almost fell on the floor when Corey snottily referred to them as "middle-aged women." However old they were, each of them looked one heckuva lot better than Corey on her best day! Jen thought that the lady she worked with had gigantic boobs. Has Jen ever looked in the mirror lately? At least the woman's boobs were in the right place! (two weeks and two boob comments, but it's not my fault if it's a trend!) A few of these women were almost hopeless when it came to cooking and I couldn't figure out why none of them ever cooked anything, by their own admission. Jen tried to do most of the work, but Christina's student did a credible job of the dish. Corey reacted in a Corey way. Inexplicably, Ramsay awards each of the classy women with a full set of his cookware. Didn't they already admit that they don't cook? It would be crass of me to suggest any other rationale for this. Watching a fine chef cook something can be deceptive: they make things look easy. Ben Ford and Mark Peel are no slouches. I liked the cedar planked salmon, but it would have been commonplace without the herb sauce. Unfortunately we didn't learn how he created it. The other dish was a tenderloin which was filled with something which looked suspiciously like a creamy cheese. I am sure I heard the word "concasse" but I can't figure how that related, as it usually refers to vegetables. The chef seemed to imply that most of the stuffing was lost when the beef cooked, so you have to wonder if it was just to keep the interior moist. When Christina tried to tell her co-workers, Jen and Corey, about what she learned from the chefs, the claws came out. I don't think Christina was being a smart ass, but really think she wanted to relate what she had learned. Corey is just a bitch, seconded only by Jen. At dinner, the appetizers worked well, done by Corey and Christina.Christina messed up one order by forgetting there were two. She corrected herself with Ramsay yelling at her. On the entrees, Bobby overcooked the Wellingtons. Jen served first raw fish and then rubber fish. Petrozza was just a bit behind and out of sync; he didn't appear to do anything really wrong, but Ramsay yelled at him anyway. Petrozza in bringing Jen's fish to the window early raised Ramsay's wrath against her. Jen cannot take criticism and has a huge chip on her shoulder. No one appears to want to work with her. Just when you think they are through for the night in walks 12 women for the center table. We learn surreptitiously that they are all Hawaiian tropic models. They all appear pretty hot. I didn't even look at their boobs, I swear! Corey and Christina get all 12 appetizers out perfectly. Jen screws up the fish. Bobby sets the steaks on fire in the pan. petrozza seems a bit lost but is still there. Ramsay yells again. Ho hum! they finally work and get the whole thing out. The pretty women like the food. Christina is singled out as the best of the night. Corey is pissed again at this, but tries to influence her decision. She puts up Jen and Bobby. they were the ones who were a bit hopeless this evening, for sure. When ramsay chooses Bobby, I didn't believe it. I am quickly losing faith in reality shows' authenticity.
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chairo	Jun 11 2008, 06:58 AM Post #4
Opinionated Posts: 5,733 Group: Admin Member #317 Joined: August 14, 2005	I've always said, Bentley, you know the technical jargon better than I do. I am more interested in the people and how they bicker and backstab than what they cook, so nice of you to fill that in.
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Deleted User	Jun 11 2008, 11:54 AM Post #5
Deleted User	Buh bye Bobb-ay!
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Deleted User	Jun 12 2008, 03:00 PM Post #6
Deleted User	Wonderful recap Chiro and great insight Bentley. Chairo, in case it ever comes up again its a 12 top. Just refers to the number of diners. When me and my kids go out to eat, we sit at a 4 top. Smiles!
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chairo	Jun 14 2008, 08:24 AM Post #7
Opinionated Posts: 5,733 Group: Admin Member #317 Joined: August 14, 2005	Thanks Squishy I knew that .. had it in my notes that way .. but it got late and I started getting blurred vision. Will admit though I had never heard the expression before and oddly it seemed at least a couple of the contestants hadn't either due to the look on Christinas face at least.
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Deleted User	Jun 15 2008, 12:29 PM Post #8
Deleted User	chairo, I agree that 12-top is not that common a restaurant term. I will bet that Petrozza, the oldest and most experienced chef in the competition, knew what it is. I will give a slight variation to squishybut's definition of n-top where n is a positive integer. It refers to the capacity of the table, not the number of diners present. It's the maximum number of diners that can be seated at that table.
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