Hell's Kitchen"Day Three"
Original Airdate: 4-15-08
Kara - TwoCents Reviewer
Another week, after crazy day in Hell's Kitchen. I didn't realize that each episode is one day right after the other. I don't know how they do it. I would be so exhausted from the lack of sleep, the yelling, the stress and the cooking in super high temperatures. That's why I'm not a chef and is yet another reason why I wouldn't sign up to be on Hell's Kitchen.
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Original Airdate: 4-15-08
Kara - TwoCents Reviewer
Another week, after crazy day in Hell's Kitchen. I didn't realize that each episode is one day right after the other. I don't know how they do it. I would be so exhausted from the lack of sleep, the yelling, the stress and the cooking in super high temperatures. That's why I'm not a chef and is yet another reason why I wouldn't sign up to be on Hell's Kitchen.
Gordon wakes the chefs up early and tells them they each have to catch a chicken. Oh, yes. There's a bunch of chickens running through the dorm. Gordon makes like they're all going to have to kill their chicken, complete with him positioning a cleaver over a chicken's neck. Many people might not have believed for a second he was going to do it but I've seen Gordon Ramsay's F Word on BBC America and I've seen him do a lot worse to a turkey. Thankfully, I didn't have to see such a thing twice as he lets the chicken go and goes about showing the chefs how to break down an already dead chicken into eight parts.
Then it's time for the team challenge. Each person has five minutes to break a chicken down and whichever team has the most acceptable pieces wins. On the women's team, Vanessa, Rosann, Christina and Corey all produce eight acceptable pieces. On the men's team, Petrozza and Ben both have eight acceptable pieces as well. Jason talks a lot of smack about the women and ends up having only six okay pieces and gets picked on by Gordon a bit. Craig, the guy who had the huge chef's hat in the first episode, only gets two pieces in and makes it impossible for the
men to win.
As punishment, the men must dress in farmer's clothes complete with straw hats and are bussed off to a field where they spend the day picking peppers in ninety degree heat. The women get to go to Saddle Ranch where Aaron (the crier) from last season is riding a mechanical bull. At that point, you know the women have to be asking themselves if this is this a reward or punishment. Gordon has the women all ride the bull and at lunch, the women explain to Gordon their plan to take the men out one by one.
When the women return to the dorms, they're true to their word and strip down into bathing suits (and in one case, I'm pretty sure underwear) and get in the hot tub. None of the men go for it, except Jason, which is no big surprise. Yes, of course the one who bashes all the women in his interviews would be the first to climb in the hot tub with them. He quickly spills all sorts of dirt on the men, which makes the rest of his team really angry. Before service, Jason is quizzed on the desserts, which he can't remember. He is banished to the dorms until he's learned them and everyone else takes to the kitchen. The men struggle due to some bad communication problems and Gordon says to the women, "Welcome back, bitches from hell," after Rosann talks back to Gordon about the Caesar salad she messed up.
Jason finally comes back from studying the menu and says, "I have nothing left." The real question is, did he ever have anything in the first place? Jason declares himself done and tells Gordon he wants to go home. Gordon encourages him to name the desserts and helps push him through it. He soon has some shred of confidence back and joins the men in the kitchen. Vanessa sends raw meat to the pass, which is always on the list of Top Three Things You Do Not Do in Hell's Kitchen. She's humiliated by this and is very upset. She isn't delusional like most chefs are on this show when they try to send out some deadly food. She is actually distressed by what she tried to do, which tells me she's not crazy. Of course, I don't want raw meat but if someone's trying to send it to me, I at least want to know that they know it's not an acceptable thing to do.
Ben is next to mess up and while Gordon does yell at him, Scott yells at him much worse. Scott totally one-upped Gordon this week to win the title of Scariest Person to Have in Your Face Yelling at You. Bobby is on tableside and while the customers are waiting for half of their order, he offers to cut the half that's ready into portions for everyone, which his customers go for. Meanwhile, there's a slight pan fire in the kitchen which Gordon extinguishes himself, throwing the pan into the sink, making the fire leap up before it dies out. Gordon Ramsay, Lord of the Flames. Jason screws up the souffle, causing Gordon to walk away and repeatedly bash his head hard on the counter. All of this takes its toll on Gordon but it's Ben, who tries to send out raw salmon, that makes Gordon decide to shut Hell's Kitchen down.
No team won but Gordon chooses Christina and Petrozza as Best of the Worst and they're to pick one nominee from the women and one from the men. On their way out of the kitchen, Bobby gets loud praise from some of his tables and Gordon rips him a new one for acknowledging the positive reaction. Clearly, Gordon had a bad day. Petrozza chooses Jason and Christina surprisingly chooses Vanessa. It seemed like she was going to pick Corey for nominating her last week but Vanessa's raw meat seems to have trumped voting for personal reasons. Gordon sends Jason home and I do a happy dance. All he can seem to do is insult the women some more in his final interview, proving that he really didn't have much more to offer.
And that, my friends, was day three in the wonderful, the scenic, the ever peaceful Hell's Kitchen.
I'm always shocked at the time tables for some of these reality shows; that they really do film them day after day after day without breaking. I know it's how they crank them out so fast, but I'm not sure how neccessary it is for shows other than Survivor. ANTM, Top Chef, Project Runway... they are all filmed this way!
ReplyDeleteAlthough, the crankier the contestants the higher the drama, so, you know, I won't complain too much. :)