Hell’s KitchenDay 10
Original Air Date: June 3, 2008
Kara – TwoCents Reviewer
kara@thetwocentscorp.com
This week, we got to see one contestant completely lose it and another win the biggest reward so far. We also got to check up on last year’s winner, Rock and see what $250,000 looks like in those silver cases that may or may not be bulletproof. I still question that. And surprise, surprise, Gordon loses his temper and takes it out on more than one chef.
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Hell’s Kitchen
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Original Air Date: June 3, 2008
Kara – TwoCents Reviewer
kara@thetwocentscorp.com
This week, we got to see one contestant completely lose it and another win the biggest reward so far. We also got to check up on last year’s winner, Rock and see what $250,000 looks like in those silver cases that may or may not be bulletproof. I still question that. And surprise, surprise, Gordon loses his temper and takes it out on more than one chef.
The episode starts up with a trip to the roof of a building, where Gordon shows them $250,000 in briefcases held by men with secret service earpieces in as if this is a matter of national security. Fox really loves overdramatizing things. The challenge is their first individual challenge and they’re to make innovative dishes out of the specific meat they were given. Much to everyone’s chagrin, Jen wins and finds out she gets to go to Vegas. She doesn’t take Miss Second Place, Christina. No, Jen takes Corey. Why, I couldn’t tell you. I still don’t get it.
I have a message for Corey. Corey, dear, when you call Jen fake and then there you are pretending to be buddies with her while you’re packing up for Vegas, guess what? You’re fake too. Corey has got to be the most fake person in the house. You can always find the fake person in a group of people. Just go find the one who’s calling everyone else fake. Too bad Corey never got the memo on that one.
While in Vegas, they meet up with Rock, who’s doing well and gives them some words of encouragement. Meanwhile, the rest of the chefs are on delivery duty and have to bring in all the food from the waiting trucks outside whenever they honk their horns. Big, bad, baby Matt throws the biggest tantrum ever, complains, whines and all out aggravates everyone. Christina tells him to knock it off, since they’re all doing the same amount of work and Matt doesn’t take to the criticism well. They fight for the entire time Corey and Jen are gone. One thing that becomes abundantly clear in this episode, if you hadn’t felt so already, is that Matt is absolutely insane. The defense that Christina acts like a child when he’s making crazy, ugly faces and throwing tantrums is the worst defense on the planet.
Service is rocky, thanks to Gordon putting both Matt and Christina on the meat station. Okay, here’s a bad plan: let’s put two people who have been fighting all day on the most delicate station, the one everyone consistently screws up and have them try to cook Jen’s rib eye dish, the one Gordon said himself is hard to pull off. Good plan! Gold star, Gordon Ramsay. It’s the same as it usually is, raw meat, overcooked meat, messed up appetizers, people complaining that they’re hungry.
Screw ups of the Night:
Matt. I should just end it there but honestly, he couldn’t have possibly screwed up more, short of punching Gordon Ramsay in the face. He’s eating people’s food, serving meat raw, whining about a migraine and being the biggest baby known to man. I don’t understand how you can work so hard after cutting part of your finger off but you have a total meltdown at a migraine. Migraines are terrible, absolutely immobilizing, yes, but I can tell you right now, I could function more with a migraine than after I cut off part of my finger! I’d be passing out left and right, seriously, just from the IDEA of having cut my finger off.
Corey. She takes a page from Matt’s book and acts like a four year old. She whines, she cries, she tells Gordon no over and over when he tells her to leave. Right, because that’s going to work.
Christina. The meat station is hard and so is working with Matt but you don’t cook two different kinds of meat in the same pan. I’m sorry.
Bobby. Same goes for Bobby, except he’s allergic to shellfish and it still slipped his mind that cooking salmon and scallops in the same pan might be a very, very bad idea!
Who Should Go Home:
MATT. I’m not even saying who should be nominated this week. Matt should go home like a million yesterdays ago.
Who Goes Home:
Matt. FINALLY. Matt got so bad at service, I just wanted someone to knock him out. You could tell when Gordon took his arm and led him out of the kitchen, he absolutely wanted to just deck the guy. Matt’s the type of guy that if he and Gordon ran into each other somewhere else in life now, you know Gordon’s going to quickly turn the other way so he doesn’t have to deal with him ever again. And it’s always a bad idea to tell Gordon you might want to go home. Stupid man. Bobby said it best, “He should be kicked off the universe.” Petrozza suggested the lock the doors behind Matt to make sure he can’t come back. Now, that’s a good idea.
So what did you think? Would you ever eat a restaurant if you heard Matt was cooking there because I’ll tell you right now, I wouldn’t eat anywhere within five miles of where Matt was cooking. He’s crazy. Seriously. So now that Matt’s gone, who do you think will step up for the title of Craziest Chef? Leave your TwoCents in the comments! I’ll tell you right now, it’ll be Bobby, for sure. He’s been itching for that crown since day one.