There is pretty much never a dull moment on FOX’s “Hell’s Kitchen.” Gordon Ramsay is a reality show star, because he spews profanity and makes people do what he tells them to. He is also clearly the one in charge and he proved it again in last night’s episode.

First, the sous chefs got their bullhorns out and woke everyone up at 5:45 am. Brutal. Then Ramsay made them all pull last night’s trash out of the back of a garbage truck and put it into a cylinder. Blech. But they were still all in their pajamas, adding to the drama. But he wanted them to realize how much food they were wasting, and it seemed to make an impact.

Then they had their first challenge, in which the two teams had to fillet a halibut and make perfect 6 ounce serving portions. The men finished in about half the time the women did, but were careless in the process, because they wound up tied with 41 perfect portions each. So the tiebreaker was that they had to pick one representative from each team to choose a fillet that they believed to be exactly 6 ounces. The guys chose Ben, who clocked one in at 5.9 oz. Corey represented the ladies and was fairly confident, but hers was only 4.8. So the guys won and got to go on a fishing yacht with Ramsay for the day, and eat a lobster lunch. Meanwhile, the ladies had to prep for the dinner service by cleaning fish and making fish stock.

In those clips where the contestants are interviewed, Jason repeatedly came off as sexist..and I’m not sure if it’s an act, but it’s really getting annoying, and I’m a guy!

Ramsay then asked Petrozza to recite the menu’s appetizers and he could only name one. The dude clearly has a mental block with this, and almost snapped…but then he had a miraculous recovery, aided by Bobby, who encouraged Petrozza to get back in the kitchen and get with the program. Finally he recited the menu correctly for Ramsay.

Craig and Roseann were chosen as Maitre’D assistants to Jean Phillippe for the night, and both of them did a miserable job. Roseann was holding orders back so as not to bombard the kitchen all at once, which infuriated Ramsay. Craig, meanwhile, was carrying a chair and accidentally hit some female customer in the head. Yikes.

In the end, the dinner service was a mess…the guys were bickering and the girls were bickering more.
After shutting down the kitchen early, Ramsay declared the ladies losers based on customer comments alone. He asked Corey, the best of the worst, to nominate two teammates for elimination. Instead of the obvious choice of Sharon, who was completely lost in the kitchen, Corey picked Jen and Christina, both of whom made the mistake of belittling Corey. But instead of giving in to Corey’s choices, Ramsay put down his foot and showed that he is boss. He chose Sharon because he said he just didn’t believe in her.

So here are two lessons for you……1) be careful about calling out your teammates, because now Christina and Jen will be gunning for Corey. And 2) Ramsay is not stupid, and is going to show why he is the boss every time, even if you try to play this show like the game that it is.

Next week there will be more cursing and more fire and more bickering. That’s why it’s “Hell’s Kitchen” and that’s why we watch it. See you then!