Last night’s “Hell’s Kitchen” featured an elimination that made the five who were “safe” actually feel safe. They began by blindfolding the remaining six chefs and taking them to the roof of the building where Gordon Ramsay’s new restaurant will be, where one of them will be executive chef and earn $250K per year. Ramsay then had each of them take off their blue or red aprons, and put on black ones, signifying that they were no longer competing as teams, but as individuals.
For the opening challenge, each chef was given a type of meat that they had to build a dish around and cook it in 45 minutes. It came down to Christina’s fish and Jen’s steak, and Jen won the challenge. She started crying, showing an emotional side instead of her usual bossy attitude. Jen’s prize was a trip to Vegas and to have dinner with Rock, the Season 3 champ. Jen also was allowed to choose another contestant to travel with her to Vegas, and he surprisingly picked Corey. The rest of them had to unload delivery trucks all day, and while Christina took on a coordinator’s role, Matt was just whining all day.
For the dinner service, Ramsay teamed Christina and Matt up, knowing full well that they don’t like each other. They both were having trouble working together, showing lousy communication skills, which irked Ramsay. Food was coming back, but still the chefs managed to keep things going. That is, until Ramsay kept sending them back to the dorms one by one –starting with Matt’s migraine that he kept complaining about, then Corey’s burning her hand, and finally, all of them.
After cooling down, Ramsay lined them up and asked them to go back to their dorms and choose two consensus nominations for elimination. They chose Matt and Christina, but Corey said she felt she should also step forward, and Ramsay agreed. Then, after lashing into Christina and saying she needed to gain more experience, he sent Matt packing. I’m telling you, if I’m tired of his act, I can only imagine how the other chefs felt working with him. He’s one of those whiney people who blames everyone else for his own shortcomings, and there was no way he was going to win this thing.
I also thought Corey and Christina were contenders, but I’m not so sure now. I think it’s going to come down to Jen, Bobby and Petrozza. Down to the final five, this competition is getting down to business now that many of the pretenders have been sent home. See you next week….
