Last night’s episode of “Hell’s Kitchen” started with the contestants being awakened by the military at 6 a.m. Aaron, of course, had cramping legs and needed help getting up. And Bonnie, of course, was in the shower at the time the bugles sounded, meaning she had to run through the dorm in a towel. Yeah, tell me that wasn’t planned!
Anyway, for the first time ever in Hell’s Kitchen, Ramsey told the contestants they would be cooking breakfast for the Army and Navy soldiers. This played right into the Red team’s strengths, because Julia is a waffle house cook. So though there were a few glitches on the Red side with uncooked potatoes, for the most part Julia led her team to victory as the Blue team could not get their shit together. So as a punishment, the dudes had to peel potatoes and onions all day while the ladies were helicoptered to a Navy ship to have lunch with Ramsey.
Meanwhile, Aaron passed out in the kitchen while peeling potatoes….and was rushed to the hospital. We’ve all had enough of this guy by now, and later in the show Ramsey phones Aaron in the hospital to tell him that since he’s been diagnosed with a serious illness, he can’t return to the show. They never say what’s wrong with Aaron, so we’re kind of left hanging. Hopefully he’s okay and can get back to work soon at the retirement community. He surely wasn’t going to win this thing anyway.
The guys elected Brad their team leader for the next dinner service, though Rock seemed pissed that it wasn’t him. In all, the guys did a much better job minus Aaron at the dinner service. The ladies, meanwhile, had a few issues. The biggest were Joanna serving, or almost serving, rancid crabmeat. Ramsey was shouting at her that she could have killed someone. Then Jen made a bad mistake of taking spaghetti out of the trash and washing it again because they didn’t have time to boil up more.
Julia was smart enough to stop Jen before they served it.
The bottom line about the dinner service? Not many entrees made it out, and people started leaving.
Soon enough, Ramsey shut down the kitchen and declared the Blue team the winners by a slight margin. So he sent the ladies to their dorm to determine which two would be nominated for elimination. Joanna rightfully nominated herself, and after Melissa, Bonnie and Jen agreed that Julia should be the second nominee because, well, she’s a Waffle House cook and knows nothing about fine dining, Jen winds up stepping up to the plate and making herself the third nominee. First of all, nominating Julia is positively ridiculous. Ramsey likes her and the fact that she stepped up and led her team at breakfast. So what if she’s never made a creme brulee? Melissa, in that annoying New Yawk accent, was up on her high horse saying “It took me ten yee-ahs to get to this point.” I seriously hope she fucks up next week and gets booted.
Okay, so then it was down to Jen, Julia and Joanna. Julia was sent back to safety, and Ramsey picked Joanna and her rancid crab to go home. Really, that was the obvious choice because it was such a crucial mistake. Just like the fish last week, I could smell the rancid crab through the TV.
Now that Aaron is gone, the ratings are being left to Bonnie…..last week they had her in panties and a little t-shirt. Last night, it was a towel, and later in a bikini getting into the hot tub. More skin next week? I guess we’ll see, and I’ll see you good people next Tuesday.
