It’s hard to believe the summer is almost over, and Fox’s “Hell’s Kitchen” is barreling toward the season finale. But it’s true. Last night the final three became the final two, and the show got a little better-looking. Let me ‘splain……
First of all, Rock and Jen had a bad dinner service the previous week, and the show began with them apologizing to each other and hugging. Awww. Also, Rock, Bonnie and Jen were all upset to see their pal Julia off the show. But on to business. Ramsay brought the three aspiring chefs into the kitchen for their challenge, which was to take an American classic and turn it into a gourmet dish. But they had to pick those dishes at random. Ramsay’s mom was on hand to help out too. Then, the contestants were thrown for a loop when their own moms came out to be the judges for the challenge.
Jen started crying in a way that made me want to throw things at the TV, and I’m not exaggerating.
Bonnie chose franks & beans, and oddly, since she is a nanny, had no idea what franks & beans were. Are you kidding me? Rock chose spaghetti & meatballs, and Jen chose fried chicken. Jen’s dish won hands down as she foo-ed up her chicken with goat cheese and herbs. Blech, but that’s just me. I want the real thing. Anyway, Jen won and got to spend the day with her mom, as well as Ramsay and his mom, then also got $1000 to spend in some cooking equipment store. She cried more, and I cried more because I had to watch her crying.
Meanwhile, Bonnie and Rock had to clean the dorms and while they both didn’t want to, made the best of things. Then at the dinner service, each contestant was given the chance to play the role of Chef Ramsay, calling out orders at the pass. Ramsay tested each of them individually beforehand, seeing how assertive they could be….then had the sous chefs throw them each for a loop by omitting key ingredients in certain dishes. Jen failed that part, and Bonnie and Rock didn’t. But each of them had their glitches too..Rock was a little slow and Bonnie was a bit scatterbrained calling in the orders.
Still, dinner went off pretty much flawlessly, and Ramsay admitted it was the best dinner service in Hell’s Kitchen, ever. But someone had to go home. In the morning he invited them all in, and uneventfully sent Jen home. I admit I had no idea who was going home, but leaned toward Bonnie just because of her lack of experience in a fine dining restaurant. Still, Ramsay did us all a favor by sending Jen home because she did tend to ugly up our TV screen….there, I said it!
Anyway, now that it’s down to the cute Nanny and the “Rock,” I’m totally expecting Rock to run away with this…if he keeps his cool there really is no good reason that he can’t take Bonnie down. Oh, but first, there was a surprise at the end…Bonnie’s parents and Rock’s wife showed up to congratulate the two….and Rock asked his wife he she thought they’d give them a “conjugal.” Funny stuff.
Next week is the final square-off, then I’m guessing there will be a finale the following week announcing the winner. See you next week!
