The fourteenth episode of Season 4 of Hell’s Kitchen aired on Fox, on July 1st, 2008. On that episode, Christina and Petrozza redesigned their own restaurant, competed in their final challenge, and selected their brigades for the final service.

Intro

The episode began with a recap of the first thirteen episodes, mentioning what happened, and who got eliminated when. During that recap, Corey received the burning picture sequence for the first time since her elimination.

The episode began exactly at the point where the previous one left off. Two giant screens came down from the ceiling, Petrozza was given the blue side of the restaurant, and Christina was given the red side. When she saw her face, Christina said she was looking angelic as she never saw her face 20 feet long. Ramsay tasked both of them to create their dream restaurant and their own menus. Petrozza was very emotional, saying it was a dream come true. Ramsay added that their restaurants would go head-to-head, so he could see who is the better chef, and concluded by saying they would meet the designer of the restaurant the following morning. Then, the finalists got back to the dorms, and Christina was excited, thinking it would be awesome.

On the patio, both of them got to work on their menus, and Christina thought her menu would be easy as she worked in restaurants since her youth. Petrozza declared it was hard for him despite having made menus all his life, and said to Christina that he would go to bed, before both of them congratulated each other. Christina worked on her menu all night long. The next morning, Petrozza acknowledged it was time for him to design his menu, so he went on the patio to do it, but was still having a tough time. Christina joined him moments later and she declared her menu was complete.

New Restaurant Design

36 hours before the final service, Petrozza was still not having a clue of what he would cook, but in the dining room, Christina was already visualizing what her restaurant would look like, declaring that nothing is easy in Hell’s Kitchen. On his side, Petrozza acknowledged the stakes were high and that he had to focus in order to win. Then, they got a meeting with John Janavs, the architect of Hell’s Kitchen. During his meeting with him, Petrozza did not know what he would like to do, and Janavs was not convinced. Christina had a very strong idea of what she would like her restaurant to look like, and Petrozza eventually got some ideas of his own, and even proposed to put a lot of flower arrangements all over his dining room. Janavs was interested by the idea, and declared he got a lot of work to do.

After that, the finalists got a meeting with Jean-Philippe for the uniforms of their staff. He introduced some options to the finalists by inviting some waiters wearing different outfits, but Christina was not satisfied with any of them so she clearly expressed her vision. On his side, Petrozza was satisfied with Jean-Philippe’s suggestion, even wanting to mix some of them into one new uniform.

Then, both finalists got in their respective kitchens to work on their menus. Christina was working with Sous Chef Gloria, while Petrozza was working with Sous Chef Scott. In the blue kitchen, Petrozza finally had a clear idea of what he would put on his menu, with Sous Chef Scott loving his ideas. In the red kitchen, Christina took a lot of consideration from Sous Chef Gloria and was very confident about her menu. In the end, Petrozza was confident as well about his menu, saying it would rock.

Trip To New York City

After both of them finished discussing their menus with the Sous Chefs, Jean-Philippe called them to go and see Ramsay in his office immediately. Arrived in his office, both of them declared they were nervous, but Ramsay declared he was more nervous than them, even wondering if he had the right finalists. After some deliberation, he declared he knew he did, and both finalists were relieved, with Christina even joking that Petrozza was old and his heart could not take it. Then, Ramsay asked both finalists to pack their bags as they would go to New York City on-the-spot. The excited finalists quickly came to the dorms and packed their bags, before leaving in the Hell’s Kitchen SUVs. Meanwhile, the constructions in their restaurants began.

They arrived at the runway where Ramsay waited for them. He jokingly said to Petrozza that he was looking clean for once, and all of them entered a private jet. Petrozza was excited as her never been in a private jet in his life. During the ride, Ramsay recalled Petrozza’s hen-in-a-pumpkin signature dish on the first episode, Christina’s first nomination when she started to cry on the second episode, as well as Petrozza almost quitting that same episode before he was saved by Bobby. Ramsay also called Petrozza the dirtiest and messiest contestant in the history of the show, and recalled how messy his station was during the second black jacket service. Finally, Ramsay told Christina she broke the record for the most challenge wins for one contestant in the history of the show, with nine. Petrozza was impressed, acknowledged she was good but was determined to give all he had inside him. Christina declared she was ready and the most important thing was to win.

Then, all three of them arrived in New York City, where they rode in a limousine to Times Squares. Christina was excited to be there as there was lights and people everywhere, and then, Ramsay introduced both of them to a surprise, which was one of the Times Squares screens which could be read “NYC welcomes Christina and Petrozza Hell’s Kitchen finalists” on it. Petrozza did not believe it was happening to him. After that, Ramsay got them another surprise by inviting both of them to Dubai, so they could spend five days there and come eat to his restaurant. Their next stop was the London West Hollywood of New York City, where they walked in the kitchen and met Ramsay’s executive chef Josh Emett, before Ramsay gave the finalists their chefs jackets. Petrozza thought he could see himself working under Ramsay. Finally, Ramsay concluded by introducing the final challenge. Christina was confident going in the challenge as she felt she was on a roll.

Final Challenge

Christina and Petrozza were given 45 minutes to cook their new signature dish. Petrozza made a filet mignon with a caramelized onion risotto in a red wine balsamic glaze, declaring he wanted to be the best and a star as cooking was the only thing he knew, and added his signature dish was unbeatable. When she saw his hair brushed onions, Christina thought she would wipe the floor with Petrozza. On her side, Christina prepared a New York strip with sweet corn succotash and roasted potatoes. She thought her dish was pretty as when she thought it was delicious, other people would think so either, and that she had it in the bag. Both of them plated and served their dishes in time.

For the judging, Ramsay revealed the five judges would be five of his executive chefs. The first judge was Mark Sargeant, Ramsay’s executive chef at Claridge’s, in London. He enjoyed both dishes, and despite saying he did not like Petrozza’s hair brushed onions, he gave the point to him. The second judge was Angela Hartnett, Ramsay’s executive chef at Cielo, in Boca Raton, Florida. She eventually gave the point to Petrozza as well, giving him a 2 point lead over Christina. The third judge was Stuart Gillies, Ramsay’s executive chef at Boxwood Cafe, in London. He gave Christina her first point, closing the gap at a 2-1 lead for Petrozza. The fourth judge was Simone Zanoni, Ramsay’s executive chef at the Trianon Palace, in Versailles, France. After he said that Petrozza’s risotto was not fitting well with his filet mignon, Petrozza questioned his judgement by saying he could change the way a risotto is being made. Zanoni gave the point to Christina, tying the score at 2. The final judge was Josh Emett, Ramsay’s executive chef at the London West Hollywood in New York City. Christina was intimidating by him as he was her potential future employer. After some tense deliberation, Emett gave the point to Petrozza, making him the winner of the challenge. Petrozza was awarded with the first pick at the selection of the brigades, and he was happy about it because that meant Christina would have to pick last. Finally, Ramsay introduced the finalists to Whoopi Goldberg, who was a big fan of the show and wished them good luck, before the finalists headed back to Hell’s Kitchen.

Restaurant Design Continuing

Arrived in Hell’s Kitchen, Petrozza was extremely satisfied with the progress that was made on his restaurant, but not Christina, who noticed the stripes on her columns that she did not enjoy at all. She was very upset, saying that she wanted to vomit as she found them really ugly. Petrozza thought it was good for him, and then, she suggested Janavs that the columns would be dark inside and bright outside to make a contrast. Janavs agreed with that suggestion, and both finalists went to their room to try and get some needed rest, with Petrozza wondering if he would be able to sleep that night.

Team Select

The next morning, Christina and Petrozza understood how much that day was important for both of them as it was their last day in Hell’s Kitchen. Petrozza declared he had work all his life to get there. Then, the phone rang, and Ramsay ordered both of them to get down in the kitchen right away. Arrived in the red kitchen, Ramsay introduced both of them to their brigade. Bobby was the first one to enter the kitchen, and Christina noticed how cute he was looking. Ben entered the kitchen second, happy to see Petrozza in the finals and declaring he would love to be on his team as he did not give a rat about Christina. Corey was the third to reveal herself, followed by Matt, who declared his migraine was finally gone, Louross, and finally Jen. All of the returning contestants were given very short flashbacks of one of their highlights during their run. When Ramsay asked Jen what was the matter because he noticed she was down a little bit, she answered that she was all right. But moments later, she declared it was rough returning as she thought she was far better than any of the group and that her goal was to make Ramsay second guess himself when he got rid of her. After that, Ramsay reminded the returning chefs that Christina and Petrozza would depend on them for that final service. Petrozza picked first as he won the final challenge, with Christina wishing he would not pick Corey. His first selection was Bobby, declaring he was a rock star and that he could not pass that service without him. Christina immediately picked Corey as her first pick, and Petrozza followed by picking Ben, declaring he was talented and strong. Christina picked Louross as her second choice, saying she needed some energy in her kitchen, and Ramsay added that she definitely got that in him. For the last pick, Petrozza was left between Jen or Matt, knowing those two were the most hated chefs of that season, but before his decision was announced, the episode ended in a cliffhanger.

 

The thirteenth episode of Season 4 of Hell’s Kitchen aired on Fox, on June 24, 2008. On that episode happened the Taste It Now Make It Challenge, the three finalists ran the hot plate one at a time, and two of them became the finalists of Hell’s Kitchen.

Intro

While going back upstairs, Corey and Petrozza hugged each other, Christina said she thought Corey was going home, and Corey also did, but added that it was not because she was lucky to be there, it was because she was a good chef. She also said that winning was so close she could taste it. On the patio, the three of them talked about how they were happy Jen was finally gone, with Petrozza saying Ramsay made the right decision, and Christina saying that she would rather lose to them than losing to Jen.

After that, Christina acknowledged that even though she and her two remaining teammates were the best of the best, there would only be one winner, and she was determined to be that winner. Then, they congratulated each other by giving high-fives, and Petrozza was impressed by the fact there was only three chefs left. They went to bed, wishing each other good night, and Corey congratulated Christina by jokingly calling her a “fucking biyatch”. Christina concluded by asking who would have thought it would be herself and Corey still standing, with Corey answering definitely nobody.

Individual Challenge

The next morning, the chefs woke up and got ready for the day, with Petrozza saying he did not know what was coming up. They lined up in the dining room, where Ramsay congratulated them for being the final three. Then, he announced he would cook lunch for them as a celebration, but before he did, he introduced the chefs to some special guests, which were their loved ones. Corey was visited by her mother and boyfriend, Christina got visit from her parents, and Petrozza saw his father and girlfriend. All three of them really enjoyed that special time with their families, saying they were thrown away by their visit and starting crying. The families sat down to one table each where they ate Ramsay’s dish. Corey and Petrozza did not care what they were eating as they wanted to enjoy the moment with their families, but Christina knew that after the families would leave, the chefs would have to do something related with that dish. So, she enjoyed the moment with her parents while guessing what were the ingredients of the dish. After the lunch, the chefs said goodbye to their families, who left, and lined up in front of Ramsay. He asked them if they enjoyed the moment, which Corey answered she did.

After that, Ramsay introduced the Taste It Now Make It Challenge, where each chef had 45 minutes to recreate the dish they have just eaten. Corey thought she was screwed as she was too overwhelmed by her family’s visit. The countdown began and a sample plate was given by Ramsay on the counter. Petrozza and Corey went to the pantry room to look for some ingredients, with the latter saying there was ten different meats in the fridge. Corey chose the filet of buffalo as her cut of meat, as well as Petrozza, but Christina used the venison striploin. As Petrozza tasted the sample dish a few more times, he changed his mind and went also with the venison striploin. With 20 minutes gone, the chefs chose their other ingredients. All of them selected pancetta, carrots, onions, cabbage, and parsley for the vegetables, but Christina did not find white beans in the fridge, convinced it was the last ingredient. So, she went back to taste the dish, still believing it was white beans that were missing, and then, she found them on the top shelf of the fridge. With 15 minutes to go, Christina decided to make a white beans purée, Corey made a potato parsnip purée, and Petrozza did not make any purée whatsoever. For the sauce, the chefs made a red wine reduction, but Corey tasted some sweet, and changed the base of her sauce, hoping she would be right. The chefs plated and served their dishes in time.

Ramsay tasted each dish while the chefs described their respective dishes, revealing what ingredients they used. Corey was relieved when Ramsay stated her sauce was correct, but she missed the protein as she chose buffalo when the correct one was venison. So, she was automatically out, leaving Petrozza and Christina still in the running. After some tense deliberation, Christina was declared the winner for at least having put a purée, even if it was the wrong one, as Petrozza did not put any. He was furious at himself, asking why did he left the purée aside.

Reward

Christina was rewarded with a three-course meal around Los Angeles with Ramsay, as well as a tour bus. While getting ready, she was excited and thought the reward was cool, but wished that her parents would join her. When she got outside of the restaurant, a double-decker bus was waiting, Ramsay greeted her, and her parents were there as well. She was excited and hugged them, before entering the bus. Everybody went up to the top floor where Shana, a tour guide from Los Angeles, was waiting for them. They made a tour of Los Angeles, before stopping at Grace restaurant. Inside, Ramsay congratulated Christina and said she won the most consecutive challenges. She enjoyed that compliment saying they were rare and that she loved to enjoy it with her folks. For their second stop, they went to AOC restaurant, where Ramsay revealed Christina was one service away from making it to the finals. When she came back to Hell’s Kitchen, she said goodbye to her parents, saying that the fact they were there with her was the best part of the reward. She also said that she had to get back to business because of the very important dinner service that would happen in a few hours.

Punishment

Petrozza and Corey were punished by hand crushing huge ice blocks by themselves as the ice bags ran out, and polishing all the glasses from the restaurant under the supervision of Jean-Philippe. Corey said the day would suck because of that punishment. While they were breaking the ice, Corey and Petrozza joked about how they were looking like cavemen, even imitating cavemen, and Corey said she visualized the ice being Jen. When they moved on to the glass polishing, Petrozza said his shoulder was sore because of the way he was wiping the glasses, and then, Jean-Philippe came over and spotted some dirty spots that were still on the glasses, so Petrozza said he would do all of them one more time, much to his dismay.

Before Service

Christina joined Corey and Petrozza for prepping the kitchen ahead of dinner service. Corey acknowledged that winning all the challenges was fun, but it would not help Christina win the competition in the end. She added that Christina was not having the full package to win. Petrozza said there was no second place in Hell’s Kitchen, only a first place. Christina said that because it was the last service before the finals, she would have to give everything she was having.

When the chefs were lined up, Ramsay reminded all of them that one of them would be the head chef at his new restaurant in Los Angeles. He also declared that all of them would be running the hot plate during that service one at a time, testing their ability to run a kitchen. After that, everybody got on their station, but Ramsay pulled Petrozza in the blue kitchen for an assertive test. Ramsay called Petrozza a gentle warm big-hearted lump, before simulating an undercooked Wellington mistake. Petrozza declared he was a quiet man in life, but got very aggressive during that simulation, impressing Ramsay. Then, Christina was pulled aside for the same test, but on her first attempt, where Ramsay simulated a risotto that was too salty, she was compared to a cheerleader by him, which insulted her. On her second simulation, which was undercooked Wellingtons, Ramsay liked her assertiveness more than the first try. Finally, Corey got her turn at that test, but she declared she was nervous as she was not a good actress. When Ramsay simulated bringing her raw fish, Ramsay was not impressed as she was too soft and he showed him how to do it properly, smashing a plate to the ground in the process. In the red kitchen, Petrozza heard it and was envious, saying he did not have to break a plate. On her second attempt, she was a lot more aggressive, and Ramsay reminded her she had to run the hot plate and not the other way around. After, everybody got in the red kitchen, where Ramsay wished luck to all the finalists, saying it could be their last service, before asking Jean-Philippe to open Hell’s Kitchen.

Dinner Service

When Ramsay called the first ticket out, Christina acknowledged she had to make sure that everything she was touching was on point, knowing she made mistakes in every services since the competition began. Her first attempt at the scallops was accepted and served to the dining room. A half hour into service, the team completed four tables of appetizers and were moving on to entrées. The Sous Chefs would fill the gasps during the chefs’ turns at the pass, but also test their quality control. Ramsay pulled Sous Chefs Scott and Gloria in the blue kitchen for a private talk, where they discussed the potential sabotages.

Petrozza was the first chef to run the hot plate. Under him, the kitchen ran very smoothly with a lot of appetizers being sent out. Then, Sous Chef Scott sent his first quality control test with a risotto without peas in it. Unfortunately, Petrozza failed to spot the mistake, and Ramsay told him, before he told Sous Chef Scott about it and asked him to start the risotto over. Ramsay told Petrozza to wake up, and he continued to send appetizers out. But, Christina brought an order of scallops which were too dark. Petrozza asked her to redo them, and when she checked her salmon, it was overcooked and declared she needed three more minutes. Corey acknowledged Christina was going down, but said it was good for herself. The second salmon Christina brought to the pass was raw, which Petrozza was not happy about, and Ramsay schooled her for that mistake, threatened her with elimination, and told her to wake up. Petrozza asked for the salmon, furious about waiting for the stuff and the fact that it was making him look bad, and when she brought it, she forgot the prawns. Ramsay noticed it and asked Petrozza to ask her where were they. Christina became confused, thinking she sent them, and when Ramsay asked her if she was trying to sabotage Petrozza, she answered she was not, asking why she would sabotage him by looking like an ass herself. Then, she dropped one of her pans to the ground, and Ramsay told her that even though she wanted to sink the service, he did not. Christina acknowledged she was screwing up left and right. Petrozza was also annoyed by her screwing up, but when she finally sent her prawns, he served them, and Ramsay congratulated Petrozza for being able to run the kitchen, and not the other way around.

More than an hour into service, it was Corey’s turn to run the hot plate. When she called her first ticket, she got confused as there was only 5 entrées written on the ticket compared to 6 appetizers. She told Jean-Philippe about it, and he corrected the problem. When she called the ticket once again with the missing order, only Sous Chef Scott answered back, so she asked if anybody else would like to say “Yes Chef”, and Christina did, but she had to ask Petrozza one more time, and then he did. Petrozza acknowledged Corey was all business. She managed to send many entrées out to some satisfied customers. But, Sous Chef Scott tested her by sending the wrong sauce with the Wellingtons. She spotted the mistake, but a little too late as she already plated it with the Wellingtons when she noticed it. She sent back the tray to Sous Chef Scott, and was ashamed to not have spotted that mistake. When she got back on her station, she was worried as she felt she did not performed well on the hot plate.

Christina was the last chef to run the hot plate. Ramsay told her to redeem herself as she had a very poor start on fish. When she called her first ticket, she asked for a time, but Ramsay told her it was her call and that she must not let the team run her. So, she gave four minutes. Then, she declared being at the hot plate was a much more enjoyable experience as she would run the team and yell at her brigade. Corey brought her Wellingtons to the pass, and Ramsay told they were perfectly cooked, urging her not to stop. Corey appreciated a moment for herself, hoping that it would be enough to get her in the finals. Meanwhile, Christina asked Sous Chef Scott for the salmon, and when she told him to move his ass, he told she better watch herself. He brought the salmon to the pass and she accepted it. Ramsay said it was not a bad start, and then, she asked Corey for a time, which she answered three minutes. Corey revealed that Christina’s voice was high-pitched and that it could be annoying at some time. After that, Sous Chef Gloria brought mashed potatoes with the wrong seasoning, and Christina succeeded to spot the mistake and told her about it. Ramsay congratulated her for spotting the mistake, and Christina was confident that she did well on the hot plate, hoping it would be enough to make her into the finals.

For the last minutes of the service, Ramsay took the control of the kitchen back, and the team rallied to finish the tickets before moving on to desserts. While plating the desserts, Corey and Christina discussed about who would be sent home that night as they all put off good performances. The team completed service and the morale was very high.

Post-Mortem

When the chefs were lined up, Ramsay told they made his job difficult as he did not know who should be eliminated. After, he reminded Corey that she perfectly run the meat station but not the hot plate, Christina that she perfectly run the hot plate but not the fish station, and Petrozza that he was careless on the hot plate without being bad. Ramsay asked each of them to nominate one person for elimination.

On the patio, Petrozza acknowledged it was a lot of pressure put against them and said that Ramsay would base his decision on what they would say. Corey said that even though she was liking Petrozza and Christina, her ultimate goal was to win and that she would fight for her place. Then, she declared she was not feeling safe, and Christina revealed she was not either. Christina also stated that she loved working with Corey in the kitchen, but acknowledged that Petrozza may deserved it over the two of them as he was having the most experience. Finally, Petrozza said that all three of them had grew really close during the competition, and that his decision would be extremely difficult.

Elimination

Before asking for the nominees, Ramsay announced to the final three that he was proud of all three of them as he grew really close to them, and that moment was the one he hated the most. Then, Corey and Christina nominated each other, while Petrozza nominated Christina. After that, Ramsay announced Petrozza as the first finalist, and Petrozza thanked Ramsay for that. Following that, Christina and Corey had to plead their cases, and in the end, Ramsay declared Christina was the one joining Petrozza in the finals, therefore eliminating Corey. Before she left, Corey hugged her fellow teammates, with Christina promising she would be picked on her team, and Ramsay praised her talent and told her to follow her dream. During her exit interview, Corey received a retrospective montage of her run.

After Corey left, Ramsay congratulated Christina and Petrozza for being the final two, and both of them hugged each other. Then, Ramsay announced their final test would begin at the moment, and two screens fell from the ceiling, with the episode ending in a cliffhanger.

Ramsay gave no comment on Corey’s elimination, and she did not receive the coat hanging and burning picture sequence.

My Opinion

On tonight service all the remaining chefs ran the hot plate. With Corey been the worst but Christian been the wrost on service. I agree with Petrozza begin the first chef to go to the final and Christian to go as well.

My comment: it unlucky that Corey didn’t go into the final but I agree with Ramsay’s choice.

The twelfth episode of Season 4 of Hell’s Kitchen aired on Fox, on June 17, 2008. On that episode, 80 hidden customers also ate with their hosts during the challenge, one chef made an unforgivable mistake twice at dinner service, and a disrespectful loud-mouth is finally eliminated.

Intro

While going back to the dorms, Christina acknowledged the elimination was tough, but the fact of having Jen still there was not pleasant as she would become even more vicious and out for herself. Jen was happy to have made it to the final four, but thought at that point, her competition would be threatened by her and that it was probably the time to make some friends. On the patio, Jen thanked Christina for her honesty at elimination, saying she did not feel insulted whatsoever about what she did because she did what she had to do. Corey said it was crunch time as everybody was out there trying to make themselves look good, but that everybody would be out for themselves anyway.

After Jen left the conversation, Christina questioned if she really meant what she just said, but Corey felt Jen was fake. She apologized about feeling that, but also declared that she was tired of worrying about everybody else’s feeling and walking on eggshells. She also realized that if she would not step up as a leader, she would be kicked out. Then, Corey declared to Christina and Petrozza they would have to get rid of Jen, but Christina said the final four was interesting and did not know if she could trust anybody. In her room, Jen unpacked her bags, saying it was not time for her to go.

Individual Challenge

The next morning, the remaining chefs lined up in the dining room, where Ramsay reminded them the ultimate prize, which was an Executive Chef position at his brand new London West Hollywood, in Los Angeles. Then, he stated that everything they would do was critical and the competition just turned up a notch. After that, he introduced the 80 Portions Pregnant Women Challenge, where each chef had one hour to cook 80 portions of one dish to serve to 80 very demanding customers, with their votes influencing who would win.

When the countdown began, the four chefs ran into the kitchens and started to prepare their dishes. Christina decided to prepare an island turkey sandwich with avocado. During that process, she feared the customers would be children as she did not think green avocado was a children’s favorite. Corey made a grilled salmon BLT sandwich on a toasted brioche with vegetables on the side. She was confident, saying she could pull it off. On his side, Petrozza decided to make a Monte Cristo sandwich with ham, turkey, and a spicy sauce. He was worried of keeping the sip toned down to please the masses. Finally, Jen prepared a Calypso grouper, containing a mango salsa on the side. When Ramsay announced there was 30 minutes to go, Jen and Petrozza acknowledged it was not a lot of time. In the red kitchen, Corey acknowledged she was not very well organized, as she had trouble taking off the skin of her salmon and dropping a zucchini to the floor, and wondered what happened to her. She also took a look at Christina and noticed she was calm as a cucumber and even being silly. With 10 minutes left, Jen commented Petrozza’s dish, saying it would provoke a heart attack because it was dipped in eggs, and that her dish looked a lot better. Petrozza put his sandwiches in pans, saying it was do or die for him. With 2 minutes left, Ramsay told the chefs to start plating their dishes, and Corey to move. He also motivated Petrozza, and Jen motivated herself. The chefs went to their stations in the dining room to get their plates on their tables with the help of Jean-Philippe, but Corey was the only one who was not ready yet. When time was over, she was only having a dozen of plates on her table, and Ramsay asked Jean-Philippe to let the customers in.

When the customers entered, Ramsay told he lied when he told the chefs would serve 80 customers because they would serve 160 as the customers were pregnant women. Jen felt relieved, saying that pregnant women would eat pretty much anything. While serving the customers, Corey ran back in the kitchen to get more plates, with the pregnant women being very impatient. Corey declared it was the worst challenge ever, and was upset because if the customers were men, she could use it to her advantage, but instead, they were bitchy pregnant women. While she was in the kitchen, Christina went to her station to serve the women who were still waiting, saying she was trying to pimp herself out there. Petrozza was charming the customers, acting a little bit like a salesman, and revealing he was a father himself. Jen was confident as she had the most complicated dish, and said that because the other chefs made sandwiches, her chances of winning were good. Meanwhile, Corey was still in the kitchen preparing and plating her sandwiches, and Ramsay schooled her for being slower than everybody else. Finally, she came in the dining room with some more plates, and on his side, Petrozza declared he could see the light at the end of the tunnel.

After the lunch, Ramsay thanked the pregnant women for helping declare the winner of the challenge, while jokingly congratulated them for not giving birth. Then, everybody applauded, and Ramsay announced the results. First, he declared Corey was having the worst dish, which she was not happy about it, saying that Ramsay would see a roller coaster ride going down from that moment on. After that, Jen was declared ranking in third place, which shocked her because she thought she put a great dish. Then, before announcing who the winner was, Ramsay revealed that only two votes separated the winner from the runner-up. Christina was declared the winner, and Petrozza was really heartbroken as he lost by only two votes. Ramsay concluded by thanking the women and asking Jean-Philippe to escort them outside.

Reward

For her second consecutive challenge win, Christina was rewarded with a trip to Beverly Hills with Ramsay, where she would blow over $1000 on a shopping spree at the most amazing boutiques. She was excited and ran to the dorms so she could get changed. On her way, she declared her three years of experience paid off as she was kicking asses in individual challenges. During the limousine ride to Beverly Hills, Christina was happy to have some one-on-one time with Ramsay, thinking it would boost her chances of winning. Both of them arrived at the Lisa Kline boutique, where they were greeted by Lisa Kline herself, who helped Christina picking the right clothes. Christina declared she was needing it as she was clueless in fashion. When she came out of the fitting room with her first dress on, Ramsay said she was looking great. After that, she put many more dresses on, with Ramsay impressed by all of them, leading Christina to think that he started flirting with her. At the end, she got to pay, but she said her bags were too heavy, while wishing for many more days like that to come to her in the future.

Punishment

Jen, Petrozza and Corey were punished by cleaning the dining room ahead of that night’s dinner service, followed by prepping the red kitchen. When Jen learned what Christina’s reward would be, she became envious, saying she was more fashionable than Christina and that it would have been the perfect reward for her. After a heartbreaking loss, Petrozza declared he did not want to clean the dining room. During the punishment, Petrozza was still complaining about the two votes that separated him from the win, Jen was eating the remaining food, and Corey was jealous of Christina as she was enjoying shopping herself. She also added that Ramsay picked the wrong girl to go on that reward as Christina was the least fashionable person of the remaining contestants. While they were cleaning the silverware, Petrozza tried to be friend with Jen, but she was not interested, saying she came there to win, not to make friends.

Before Service

When Christina came back from her reward, the three punished chefs were still cleaning silverware. She showed them her new clothes before getting to the dorms and change, but none of them were impressed. After she left, Jen even stated her new clothes were ugly and that she was licking asses. Petrozza thought Corey and Jen were boiling, while acknowledging the game was becoming vicious.

While Christina was changing into her black jacket, the three other chefs began prep, determined to shine. In the dorms, Christina was feeling good as she won yet another challenge, and thought that it would show in service. Corey thought she could use her reward to her advantage as Christina would still think she would be on clouds. When Christina entered the kitchen, her teammates were really unresponsive when she asked what she could do. Jen said that the competition at that moment was everybody for themselves. Christina thought their behavior was a little cold when she asked the same question for a fourth time. Then, Christina took her frustration on a ice bag that she pounded to the ground, but eventually, Petrozza helped her, even though acknowledging it sucked that she won, saying that it was still teamwork first. Corey also helped her, telling it was not about winning challenges, but winning Hell’s Kitchen.

When the chefs were lined up, Ramsay reminded them the competition would get tougher as they were now only four left. He also told that each of them were having a chance of winning the prize, and that they had to work as a team while emerging as individuals. After, the chefs got on their stations, and Ramsay asked Jean-Philippe to open Hell’s Kitchen.

Dinner Service

When the first ticket was called out, Ramsay told Jen to put the risotto on. Jen stated that she would be trying to prove herself, now that they were down to the final four, and that she had to take care of her business and man it up. Jen told Corey to fire her scallops, which she did. Corey revealed she was not feeling safe at that point, and that she had to give a great performance in order to stay in the competition. Both of them communicated well, giving time on their respective dishes. Corey’s scallops were beautifully cooked, and Jen brought her first risotto a few seconds later, and it was stunning. Ramsay praised that, saying it was the best start they ever had.

25 minutes into service, appetizers were flying out of the kitchen. Everybody was eager to give a good service as all of them wanted a spot in the final three. Jen brought another risotto to the pass, but it was mush. Ramsay schooled her on that mistake, asking her if she gave up and doing her risotto himself while telling her to understand what he was saying. Her second attempt at the risotto was excellent, which Ramsay said it was confirming how lazy she was because of her inconsistency. Jen acknowledged Ramsay was not playing any game, and the team moved on to entrées. Petrozza and Corey brought their entrées to the pass, with Ramsay saying Corey’s salmon was beautifully cooked, and then, a minor fire erupted in one of Christina’s pans. Ramsay asked for the salmon garnish, and Christina brought her carrot purée to the pass, but did not tell Ramsay that the handle of the pot was sitting over the fire. That led to Ramsay burning his hand when he placed it on the handle, and told Christina to not look stupid like some thick cow, before going to the sink and rinse his hands. When he came back to the hot plate, he told her to say something if a handle was over the flame. Christina acknowledged the mistake and promised it would not happen again. But, when she brought her second garnish to the pass, she did the same mistake and Ramsay burned himself for the second time. He was furious about the situation while rinsing his hands once again, and pulled Christina over to show her how hot the handle was. So, he poured water over the handle and it sizzled, leading Ramsay to tell her once again to say something if a handle was over the flame. Despite that problem, Ramsay asked the team to start the table over.

After that, Corey and Jen had to communicate well to finish the appetizers, but when Corey asked Jen for a time, she was slow to answer and declared she was only concentrating on one risotto, without frying the quail eggs as asked to. Christina was given the proof that Jen was not a team player and fried the eggs herself. She also accepted to send the eggs for Corey, but they became burnt as a minor fire erupted on the garnish station, so she dedicated Corey to get some more quail eggs in the back store. Ramsay impatiently asked for the scallops and the eggs, but when Jen said they needed two scallops, Corey told she and Christina were fucked already with the eggs. Ramsay told Jen to be a team player and that she had to think about the team before herself. After he told her that, she broke some eggs, and Corey said she was sneaky and wanted to shine in front of Ramsay without caring who she was hurting along the way. Despite that, all the appetizers went out after an hour.

When the teams moved on to entrées, Corey was dragging behind by a couple of minutes, but Ramsay wanted the John Dory, so she sent it, thinking she would be yelled at anyway. After a nervous wait, Ramsay plated her entrée and served it, making her smile. However, it did not stay in the dining room very long as it was returned for being undercooked. Ramsay told her John Dory was raw, and she acknowledged that when someone would be 10% not sure of themselves in Hell’s Kitchen, it would come back to bite in the ass. Ramsay said that everything was perfect so far, but she was dropping standards like Jen was. Corey gave 30 seconds on her John Dory refire, and when she sent it to the pass, it was accepted. After that, Petrozza sent a nicely cooked order of beef to the pass, and the team started to get back on tracks. However, Ramsay caught Petrozza having a very dirty and disorganized station, and he told him to clean his station as he did not want beautifully cooked meat on a messy station. Petrozza gave ten seconds for his Wellingtons to be ready and started counting out loud. When he brought his filet mignons to the pass, Ramsay deemed them absolutely beautiful, and told him he did not care any longer if he was working on a messy station, with Petrozza being happy that he was now seeing over the mess.

An hour and a half into service, almost all the customers received their entrées. Ramsay motivated the team, which rallied to complete service by sending desserts out. The service was completed, Ramsay told the chefs to switch their stoves off, but Petrozza said it would suck because one of them would go home that night.

Post-Mortem

When the chefs were lined up, Ramsay congratulated all of them for having a great service, by giving each of them a high-five. Petrozza was happy that Ramsay was finally having a sense of humor after cursing and yelling at them, saying it was phenomenal. Ramsay continued by saying the most important was that they bounced back, but brought the chefs down to Earth by asking them to come to a group consensus on which two of them should be nominated for elimination.

On the patio, Christina said it sucked, with Petrozza saying the same thing, but then he reminded half of them would go up, and Corey asked how they would figure it out. Then, Jen said she was getting her heart out, but Petrozza called her a cold bitch saying she was feeling having a heart because she knew her ass would go on the chopping block. After that, Corey suggested to put down two names on pieces of paper, without repeating the same name twice. While compiling the votes, Corey noticed that Christina’s name was put down three times, and concluded that because she did not put her, and Christina did not put herself, somebody wrote her name twice. Jen was immediately given responsibility for that, but she left to her room so she could pack her bags, stating she did not need to be nominated and that people were putting her up because they were threatened by her, thinking nobody there deserved the prize more than she did. On the patio, the three remaining contestants talked about how they could get rid of Jen, deciding who should be nominated with her. Petrozza did not bother going up, but Corey felt she was deserving more to be nominated than him. She did not feel secure about that plan as she said it could go either way and bite her in the ass.

Elimination

Before asking for the nominees, Ramsay thanked the final four for a great service, but reminded them despite that, one of their dream would be shattered. Christina declared Jen was the team’s first nominee for being the weakest at that point, and Corey as the second because the team was expecting more of her. After listening to both of their pleas, where Corey said she was a more honest person than Jen and the latter saying she was a great team player, Ramsay told Corey to say goodbye to Jen, who was eliminated for being the weakest link at that point and because of her poor attitude. However, Ramsay praised her growth, her maturity, and told her she finally listened. Jen received a retrospective montage of her run during her exit interview.

After Jen left, Ramsay asked the final three to give each other a hug, jokingly telling that even though Petrozza was fat, he was not that ugly. The final three gave each other a group hug, with Christina saying she was so happy that Jen was gone. Then, Ramsay reminded them about their near perfect service, and told that for the next service, they would have to be even better. Corey acknowledged there was no room for mistakes as she came there to win. After that, Ramsay told Petrozza he was the last man standing once again, with Petrozza not believing he was still there.

Ramsay’s comment: “A great chef should not only be consistent with their cooking, but with their attitude. I never knew which Jen I was going to get at dinner service. And that’s why it was her time to go.”

My Opinion

Tonight service was the best service for this season of hell’s kitchen so far. Jen and Corey did make some mistakes but a good performance from the team. Jen and Corey to go up but Jen to go home.

My comment: Jen was a moody chef, that was her downfall in hell kitchen. One day she will think someone will sabotage her. Oh wait (Season 18)

The eleventh episode of Season 4 of Hell’s Kitchen aired on Fox, on June 10, 2008. On that episode, the first cooking school opened in Hell’s Kitchen, one chef is mystified by their student, and a fan favourite is sent home.

Intro

While going back to the dorms, Christina jokingly asked if she could be called down without crying. On the patio, Petrozza revealed he was happy Matt was gone, which Bobby was either. Petrozza also declared that it was anybody’s game after Matt’s elimination. After that, Christina trash-talked about Jen and the way she was thinking she was flawless and perfect, by saying that she was on her last leg as far as her attitude was going. She also added that because of her attitude, Jen would be more vicious as the competition would go on, but that she would undo herself. Bobby added that Jen would have to stop playing the hero, and Petrozza gave up on her saying she would be pissed at anything.

Back in the dorms, Jen and Corey were making themselves lunch, with Jen declaring that she was not there to make friends and that if people would dislike her because of her attitude, she would not care because she had all the culinary skills faded in herself. Later, Christina and Corey went to bed, where they trash-talked about Jen, saying that she was on her way down and that the problem was that she was still thinking she was having it in the bag. Both of them also acknowledged that drama would come because of Jen.

Individual Challenge

The next morning, the five remaining chefs came down in the red kitchen, where they lined up in front of Ramsay, and Ramsay announced that a lobster spaghetti special would be on that night’s menu. Then, he made a demonstration on how to cook it, with everybody watching very carefully, and Bobby saying that he was loving it when Ramsay was cooking because it was like if he was telling a story. After his demonstration, he revealed to the chefs that a cooking school would open in Hell’s Kitchen for the first time ever. Petrozza was confident, saying he was a good teacher and that he had good chances of winning the challenge. Ramsay introduced the Cooking School Challenge, where each contestant had 45 minutes to teach one student the lobster spaghetti while not being allowed to touch anything. Bobby declared he would very like to win the challenge as he was sick of losing. Then, the students arrived and they were revealed to be middle-aged domestic housewives, which Corey stated were wearing mini-skirts and popping their breasts out. When he saw them, Bobby said his mouth dropped, and then, Ramsay asked Petrozza if he was excited because of how glamorous they were. Petrozza responded that Ramsay was trying to distract him, and was lost for words, mumbling sounds with his voice. Then, one of the housewives was holding a dog in her hands, so Ramsay asked her what was the name of her gerbil, which she answered Zeus. He took the dog and jokingly asked Sous Chef Scott to take it and put it in the steamer. After, he dedicated each chef to the housewife standing opposite them as their respective student, and the 45 minutes delay began.

Every chef got with their respective student, with Jen being worried that her student’s breasts would not get in the way as they were ridiculously huge. Corey instructed her student to roll the pasta as the first thing to do, and her student declared she never made pasta before, even though she heard about it. Then, Jen was caught for the first time touching the food herself despite not being allowed to. Christina was very nervous because her student was constantly cutting the food in her hand and could likely get injured. On his side, Petrozza was more excited as he was constantly helping his student put her apron on and tying her hair. Corey noticed it and said he would have to be more focused about his task. Ramsay laughed about Petrozza’s situation, and on the other hand of the kitchen, Bobby announced to his student she would kill a live lobster. She was scared as she never did it before, but Bobby was tired to babysit people and declared that a kitchen was not a daycare. When his student put the lobster in the boiling pot, she screamed and everybody was looking at her. When there was 15 minutes remaining, Corey was confident as she thought her student was stronger than the others and that her chances of winning would be good. After that, Jen was caught for the second time touching the food herself, which Christina said it was Jen showing her true colors. Ramsay threatened Jen with disqualification if she would do it again, which made Christina grin. With 2 minutes remaining, the students rallied to finish and plate their dishes, which they all successfully did in time.

In the dining room, the chefs were lined up behind their respective students, and Ramsay asked the students if they enjoyed it, which they all answered they did. He also asked them if it was their first time holding a knife, which they answered it was as well. Petrozza’s student was the first one to get her dish judged by Ramsay. Ramsay praised the seasoning and the perfect cooking of the lobster, and deemed the dish delicious. However, he noted the pasta was overcooked and too thin. Petrozza said because his student was way hot, it was difficult for him to concentrate and should have known that the pasta was too thin. Christina’s student received praise for the taste of the dish, but also for the perfect cooking of the pasta. When Jen saw that, she declared she was not afraid, thinking she could cook circles around Christina any day of the week. Bobby lifted his dome, wanting to win the challenge very badly, but Ramsay noticed the pasta was all jammed in one piece, jokingly comparing it to Zeus’ dinner. When he tasted it, Ramsay said it also tasted like a dog’s dinner, because the dish was badly seasoned. Bobby stated his student screwed the challenge for him, and that because she entered the kitchen with a dog, he was already halfway screwed right there. Corey’s student was the fourth to be judged, and Ramsay praised her dish for having perfectly cooked pasta and great seasoning. Corey was very proud of her student, saying she gave her a lot of knowledge and thinking she deserved to win. Finally, Ramsay understood that Jen’s student never cooked in her life as he could taste it. The dish was bland, contained no tomato sauce and the pasta was jammed in one big lump. Jen put all the responsibility of her loss on her student because the latter never cooked in her life before, with Jen not realizing that none of the other students did either. After deliberation over Christina and Corey, Ramsay declared Christina the best teacher of the first ever Hell’s Kitchen cooking school, making her the winner of the challenge. Christina was excited, thinking that from that moment on, she could teach anybody who would want to learn. Corey was mad as she thought she was the most deserving to win the challenge. Before they left, the domestic housewives were given cookware designed by Ramsay as a gift. Sous Chef Scott brought the gifts to them, and they thanked Ramsay for them, before leaving the restaurant.

Reward

Christina was rewarded with a lunch with Ramsay and two of Los Angeles’ premiered restaurant tours, who would cook for her, as well as eating with her. Christina was excited as she got some alone time with Ramsay and pick brains. When she came down in the blue kitchen, she was greeted by Ramsay, who introduced her to Mark Peele and Ben Ford, who would be cooking her the lunch. She listened very closely about the dishes that the two chefs were making and their tips. For the lunch, the two renowned chefs cooked a salmon dish, which Christina really enjoyed. At the end, all four of them sat around a table and shook hands, while Christina was determined to use their tips to her advantage.

Punishment

Bobby, Jen, Petrozza, and Corey were punished by cleaning the restaurant, which included emptying the fryers, scrubbing the floors and cleaning the ovens. Bobby said that because he lost almost every challenge, he was not taking the punishments kindly any longer. On the patio, the four punished chefs talked about Christina, with Corey saying she only won by luck because she thought Christina was not a strong chef, and Jen saying that her culinary skills were not there. Bobby added that she was a little bit slow. When they came down in the red kitchen, Sous Chef Scott gave them clear instructions on how to clean the kitchen. Petrozza was annoyed by Christina rubbing elbows in the opposite kitchen while the rest of them were cleaning, thinking it sucked. Corey was watching Christina and declared that reward would not be good for her ego as she could become more cocky about her success. When Jen got in the blue kitchen to clean, she managed to spy on Christina’s reward by listening to what Ford was saying to her. She came back in the red kitchen inspired, having used that time to her advantage. When Christina and the three chefs finished their lunch, Ramsay called Bobby to clean the plates. When he did, Jen used that time to taste the dishes, stating that she did what she had to do to win. Bobby said that Jen tasted food that would go in the garbage, saying it was weird.

Before Service

The next morning, the final five began prep ahead of that night’s dinner service. During prep, Christina was sharing her newly acquired knowledge to her teammates, but Jen and Corey were more annoyed by it than anything else, with Jen saying she wanted to throw her across the other side of the kitchen, and Corey saying her voice was getting under her skin.

When the chefs were lined up, Ramsay announced for that night’s service, there would be a twelve-top attending. Petrozza acknowledged it would be a very busy night, and Ramsay reminded the chefs they had to put the performance of their lives. Ramsay asked the chefs if they were ready, which they answered they were, and Jean-Philippe to open Hell’s Kitchen.

Dinner Service

Before tickets came in the kitchen, Ramsay walked around the kitchen watching all what the final five would do and commenting on their actions. When he came to Jen, he told her to not be static and show some energy, with Corey acknowledging that Jen should shut her mouth and that it would only be a matter of time before Jen would break. Then, Ramsay asked Jean-Philippe for some tickets, but when Jean-Philippe was about to enter the blue kitchen, he head butted the door, which Ramsay laughed about and joked that the door should contain a sign where it would be written “Open your eyes, you Belgian twat”. When Ramsay called the first ticket out, he said to Christina that he wanted a perfect start. She brought one spaghetti dish to the hot plate, but two were called out. Ramsay asked Christina where was the other one, which she answered she heard only one. Ramsay schooled her, and Corey found it funny. When she sent her second spaghetti, Ramsay deemed it very nice and served both of her spaghetti dishes.

30 minutes into service, Christina bounced back from her rocky start and appetizers were flying out of the kitchen, with the customers extremely satisfied. When Bobby sent his first entrée of meat, it was not sliced properly and Ramsay asked him to start again. After that mistake, Bobby acknowledged Ramsay would be watching him all night long. Then, his Wellingtons were overcooked and, once again, not sliced properly. Ramsay schooled him and told him to wake up and start again. Jen declared that Bobby was having issues and that she was not making mistakes like that. After that, Jen sent a raw John Dory, she apologized to Ramsay, and Jean-Philippe, having heard that, told the waiters to push the meat. On her second attempt at the John Dory, Jen sent it overcooked, and she was schooled by Ramsay, who asked her what was going on. Once again, Jean-Philippe told his staff to push the meat. Meanwhile, Bobby tried to redeem himself, but his Wellingtons were burnt. Ramsay asked Bobby why he was not giving his best, and Bobby answered that he was trying to. Jean-Philippe told his staff to push the meat once more, and Petrozza acknowledged Bobby was struggling and pushed around a lot by Ramsay. Because of Bobby’s struggle, some customers were becoming impatient.

After that, Petrozza brought Jen’s John Dory to the pass, but he brought it too early, and Ramsay schooled Jen for a mistake she did not do. She started to talk back to Ramsay, telling she did not bring it, but when Ramsay asked her if she wanted to argue, she answered she did not. Jen acknowledged it was tough to bite her tongue, but kept telling to herself to shut up, but she could not resist talking back by saying one more time she did not bring it, and Ramsay told her to not yell at him. Then, Ramsay brought Jen in the pantry room to berate her on her attitude and the fact that the customers were not getting fed. When she talked back to him one more time, Ramsay threatened her with elimination, and after that, he told her to show some energy. When she came back in the kitchen, Petrozza acknowledged Jen was having a problem with authority and there would be nothing good that would happen about being disrespectful to Ramsay. After that, the team tried to regroup and complete the table, with Bobby comparing it to war. Bobby and Jen brought their entrées together and successfully completed the table, with the customers being satisfied. Then, Jen became a vocal leader, calling out the following order, which Bobby and Petrozza heard.

The team continued to send out many entrées, but their biggest challenge arrived, which was the twelve-top table. A group of beautiful women entered the restaurant, and when they were greeted by Jean-Philippe, they declared they were out for a ladies’ night and were wearing bikinis for a living. In the kitchen, Ramsay called the twelve-top ticket out and told Corey to help Christina on appetizers, which she did. Christina acknowledged that table would be a real challenge because all twelve appetizers needed to go at the same time. Ramsay told Christina that four spaghetti appetizers were needed, and she started to rush. In the dining room, Jean-Philippe was enjoying his time with the women at the twelve-top, talking with them, and they revealed they were all Hawaiian Tropic models. So, Jean-Philippe jokingly suggested to go to the beach the next day. In the kitchen, Christina sent spaghetti dishes, but the risotto was still missing. She told they were coming up, and Corey, who went to the dessert station, came back to help her. Corey stated that she and Christina were hating each other but working well together. Finally, all the appetizers of that table came to the hot plate at the same time, and Ramsay served them. They arrived at the twelve-top table together and were enjoyed by everybody.

After that, Christina and Corey went to prepare desserts, and the attention shifted to the other three chefs for the entrées of the twelve-top. Petrozza was determined to finish strong, saying it was that time during service where he asked himself what was left inside him. Bobby, Jen and Petrozza rallied to complete the last table, but Jen was schooled on her slowness and sent raw John Dory to the pass. Ramsay asked her and Bobby, who was also struggling, if it was a game between both of them, and pushed Jen to the side and cook the John Dory himself, much to Jen’s dismay. Corey saw that situation and hoped Ramsay would get rid of Jen. Then, Ramsay asked for the garnish, but Petrozza did not sent all of what was needed. So, Ramsay schooled him for that mistake, and asked him to send a polenta really quick. After that, a fire erupted in one of Bobby’s pans, discouraging Ramsay, who told Bobby and Jen they were inconsistent, and Petrozza he was dreaming. Despite their problems, all three of them started to become vocal and rallied to complete the table, much to Ramsay’s relief. The twelve entrées left the kitchen and were served to that table at the same time. The twelve women really appreciated their entrées, and Jean-Philippe was satisfied as well. With that table served, the service was completed and the chefs were relieved, but Ramsay was not impressed. He asked Bobby if he was happy, which Bobby answered he was not, and told everybody to switch their stoves off.

Post-Mortem

When the chefs were lined up, Ramsay reminded the team completed service, but said it was too painful. He added that they did not work as a team, it should not be that painful this far in the competition, and that being the final five, he expected more of them. Then, Ramsay singled out Christina for her strong performance on appetizers, naming her “Best of the Worst”, and asked her to nominate two of her teammates for elimination.

On the patio, Christina talked with Petrozza about his performance, telling she heard Ramsay asking for the garnish many times, and considered him for having a weak performance and being dirty. After that, she talked with Corey about Bobby, where Corey recalled his 15 years of experience and seemed like he never tried to push himself. Back on the patio, Bobby said that service was hardcore cooking, and talked about his own performance and Ramsay watching him closely. Jen declared that Bobby and Petrozza should be nominated as she felt she was not the worst performer that night, but also reminded that she was not friend with Christina, so she could be nominated. Then, she went to her room and pack her stuff, while Corey and Christina were talking about how Jen was so full of herself, and that she could not win with that kind of attitude. Both of them concluded by saying they hoped that Jen would be the one eliminated.

Elimination

Christina named Jen as her first nominee because of her poor attitude and team spirit, and Bobby as her second because of his inconsistent performance that night. During his plea, Bobby thanked Ramsay for stopping his poor food going up to the customers. After listening to both of their pleas, Ramsay asked Christina who should be eliminated, which she answered Jen. In the end, Ramsay did not agree with her and eliminated Bobby for a downward spiral and failure to step up as a leader. During his exit interview, Bobby received a retrospective montage of his run.

After Bobby left, Ramsay reminded the final four what was at stakes, and wished them luck while dismissing them. On their way back to the dorms, Jen said she was booted off elimination because she was one of the strongest. Petrozza also stated it was becoming hardcore, and Corey said that those who would not step up as leaders would be voted off as they were now only four remaining.

Ramsay’s comment: “Although Bobby was big in stature, he fell short in a number of areas. I kept on waiting for him to emerge, but he never did. That’s why I have to say: Over and out, General Bobby.”

My Opinion

I think that service was a bit better than last service but could be better. Bobby and Jen deserves to go up. I think Bobby went because he was the wrost chef on tonight service even though I would sent Jen home.

My comment: Tonight Bobby was the black Jamie Oliver.

 

The tenth episode of Season 4 of Hell’s Kitchen aired on Fox, on June 3, 2008. On that episode, the remaining chefs were given black jackets, a former Hell’s Kitchen winner made a cameo, and one chef totally lost it and had the mother of all meltdowns.

Intro

While going back to the dorms, Jen tried to convince Christina and Corey that she would be liable and was doing her prep work. But, Christina was not trusting her and declared she was glad to have gotten rid of her, but was not to welcome her back. Also, Christina and Corey talked about how they could not believe Petrozza got rid of Louross, with Corey saying that she thought Louross would be there until the end. Corey stated that she lost a friend, referring to Louross, and gained an enemy by getting Jen back. On the patio, Petrozza and Jen talked with Bobby about Matt, with Petrozza asking what was he still doing there, and comparing him to a hemorrhoid.

Trip To The London West Hollywood

The next morning, the phone rang and Corey answered. Then, she told everybody to get outside immediately, with Petrozza and Matt wondering what was going on. The six remaining chefs got into the Hell’s Kitchen SUVs, with blindfolds on, not knowing where they were going. Arrived at the secret destination, all the chefs were lined up in front of Ramsay, who asked them to take off their blindfolds. Bobby stated the sun was so bright he could barely see Ramsay, at the point that he thought he was coming down from the sky. The chefs were each standing in front of one table with a dome on. Then, Ramsay revealed they were on the roof of what would be the new London West Hollywood, where one of them would become the executive chef. After that, Ramsay asked the chefs to lift up their domes, and underneath, black jackets were hidden. The final six put their new jackets on, congratulating each other, with Bobby stating it was a dream come true and that it boosted his confidence to win the competition. After that, two men holding briefcases and wearing black suits came in, and Ramsay asked them to open their cases, revealing $250,000 in cash to the contestants. Matt stated it would have been awesome only to touch or smell it. Ramsay added that if it was not inspiring the chefs, something was missing. Then, everybody went downstairs to see the construction works of the restaurant, with all the chefs wondering what the restaurant would look like, while Ramsay explained the setting. Jen was motivated, saying she would get it or die trying.

Individual Challenge

The contestants came back to Hell’s Kitchen inspired. In the dining room, Ramsay asked them if they were ready for their first individual challenge, which everybody answered they were. So, Ramsay introduced the Main Protein Challenge, where each chef would create one dish based on a given protein. The chefs were standing in front of one dome each, and when Matt lifted his, he got veal. After, Christina got sea bass, Bobby got duck, Jen got beef, and Petrozza got chicken. Before Corey lifted her dome, she guessed pork would be her protein, but a live lobster was underneath the dome, concluding she would use lobster. She was not very comfortable working with lobster despite loving to eat it, saying it was not the best ingredient. Ramsay gave the chefs 45 minutes to create something unique.

When the countdown started, everybody got to work, with Jen being very confident, proclaiming herself as a culinary artist and that her food was a reflection of herself, which was vibrant, creative, and bold. Corey said that for the first individual challenge, she would do something that would not only look good but taste good as well. So, she came up with the idea of a lobster soup. Petrozza had the idea of stuffing his chicken, and Christina acknowledged she had to be careful with the sea bass as the fish had to be the star of the dish. All the chefs rallied to complete and plate their dishes in time, which they all did. When the time was up, Jen acknowledged 45 minutes was really fast, and that it was a very close call.

The first chef to present their dish to Ramsay was Matt. His roasted veal loin was deemed very nice by Ramsay, who also praised the flavor. Matt said he could smell the victory. Christina presented her pan-seared sea bass with tarragon and Beurre Blanc, which was appreciated by Ramsay, who was impressed with the strong start. In the process, she said that challenge was nerve-racking as if she would fuck up, she would be the only one to blame. Because of her strong dish, she gave a high-five to Matt. After that, Petrozza served his prosciutto, duck confit and vegetables stuffed chicken, which impressed Ramsay, who jokingly added he never seen anyone do so much with a breast. Corey revealed her asparagus, pea and lobster soup, but Ramsay did not notice a lot of lobster in it and told he expected she would use the whole lobster. After that, Jen served a sliced rib-eye, and when Ramsay asked her why she would slice it so thinly, she answered she was just trying to do something interesting with it. Then, Ramsay asked if she was happy with it, she said she was, but also showed signs of nervousness as she knew she was known for being cocky and arrogant, but tried to use the challenge as a way to redeem herself. Corey was annoyed by her way of being nervous, and Ramsay asked Jen what was the matter, she answered she was nervous. Ramsay declared her dish was dangerous to execute as the flavor of the meat could go away because of the way it was sliced, but added that she managed to pull it off as the beef was still moist. Finally, Bobby made his own version of a duck soup, which was served with noodles and garlic bread. Ramsay praised the flavor of the soup, but noticed the duck was overcooked. He also added that it would have been perfect if the duck was cooked properly. During deliberation, Ramsay said it was a very close call as they all had great dishes. Then, he asked Christina and Jen to step forward with their dishes, saying it was between both of them. Jen wanted to win so bad because she knew that after all that happened with her, if she would lose, she would be screwed. Ramsay praised both dishes for being clever and highly imaginative. Christina appreciated that compliment from Ramsay, saying they were rare, and Jen congratulated herself saying all the components of her dish were there and that she never saw anybody slice a rib-eye like she did. After some much tense deliberation, Ramsay announced Jen as the winner. She was very emotional about that win and very proud of herself.

Reward

Jen was rewarded with a trip to Las Vegas and a meeting with Season 3 winner Rock. When she learned what was her reward, she became even more emotional, with tears coming out of her eyes. She was also allowed to pick one of her teammates to go with her, so she chose Corey, which shocked everybody, even Corey herself. Matt compared that decision as the cobra and the mongoose hanging out together. Christina was upset about losing the challenge but, on the other hand, did not want to go to Las Vegas with Jen because she was a bitch. While getting ready, Corey declared Jen’s decision of picking her to go on the reward was just showing how fake she was, as she chose the person who she trash-talked the most about. Arrived there, Corey and Jen went to the Green Valley Ranch Resort & Spa, and when they entered their suite, they were really excited as both of them got their own bedrooms and bathrooms, Corey said the closet was bigger than her apartment, and they had a private swimming pool outside. Both of them seemed to get along with each other. Later that evening, they went to the Terra Verde restaurant, where they were greeted by Rock, now an executive chef at that restaurant. Jen said it was the best reward ever, and all three of them picked a seat at a table. Rock revealed that if they were that far in the competition, it was because they were deserving it, and urged them to continue what they were doing. Then, Jen said that every time Ramsay was yelling at her was because of her personality. After, Rock reminded the two women that Ramsay was not looking for a great cook and that he was looking for a future chef. Corey appreciated being picked by Jen, but also stated that she was there to win and Jen would not stop her. The three of them clinked their glasses and drank them.

Punishment

Matt, Christina, Petrozza, and Bobby were punished by taking part of Delivery Day. When the first truck arrived, all four of them ran outside, and Christina planned to be a leader on dedicate that day. She told the three men what was written on the papers, and when Matt dropped a box, she told him to keep moving. Matt was annoyed by her behavior, saying she was not a boss and that she should shut her mouth. When Christina suggested they should keep their old herbs in the kitchen while taking the new ones at the back, Matt gave her attitude saying it was ridiculous. When the Sysco truck arrived, Christina continued dedicating job to her teammates, while Petrozza said he was tired and exhausted as every part of his body were aching. When the ice truck came in, Christina was once again leading and waiting for the men, and Sous Chef Gloria suggested they should carry two bags at once. Matt was complaining that his shoulders were killing him because of the weight of the ice, and when he whined that he should be sent home, Christina told him his attitude sucked. Matt told her to shut up and that everybody was in their own shit anyway. Then, Christina reminded Matt that he could quit at anytime if he was not happy, but Matt told her once again to shut up and that she should go home instead, calling her a whiny little fuck in the process. Petrozza noticed Matt was crazy, and Christina reminded that it was not like he carried the ice all by himself and that they all did. Then, Matt told everybody to go fuck themselves, which made Bobby laugh and acknowledge that he really lost it, and was worried about him. Then, Matt sharpened a knife, and declared he should be in Las Vegas at the moment, before angrily throw a towel on the counter.

Before Service

The next day during prep, Matt was feeling inspired and talked out loud about how he was motivated and feeling good, while telling his teammates to eat his ass. Christina said that he was driving her nuts, but Matt did not care and added that he had to be the best during the next service as he needed to send Christina home. Petrozza tried to calm both of them down, and Bobby was annoyed about their constant bickering saying it should end until the beginning of the service. Then, Jen and Corey came back from their reward, and when Christina whispered to Corey that Matt was crazy, Matt heard her and mimicked Lethal Weapon character Martin Riggs by slapping his own head several times by saying that was crazy. Christina acknowledged he snapped and that something inside him broke, and feared it would not be fixed before service. Then, Matt mimicked whining on the counter, and Jen and Corey went to the dorms and got changed. Christina said to Matt he was scary, and he told she needed to grow up, and both of them told each other they do not want to be anywhere near during service. Christina provoked him by asking if he would hit a girl and asked if they could finish with Matt as she could not work with him any longer. Matt took a knife in his hand to check if it was sharp enough, implying that he would unconsciously like to kill her, and told that everybody were just a bunch of fucking pussies around there. When Corey came in the kitchen, she acknowledged there was some tension between the two of them but did not care if they were having issues, only wishing that it would be fixed before service. Christina and Matt told each other to shut up, and Ramsay entered the kitchen and made all the chefs lined up.

When the chefs were lined up, Ramsay reminded them the work was doubled as they had to feed the entire dining room in one kitchen. Jen and Petrozza was dedicated on the appetizer station, Bobby on fish, Corey on garnish, leaving Christina and Matt, who were having a feud going on, on meat. Christina was ready to kick him off the station if he would be a useless piece of meat standing next to her, and Matt said that Christina needed to grow up as she was a nasty little bitch with a lot of cellulite on her ass. Then, Ramsay asked Jean-Philippe to open Hell’s Kitchen.

Dinner Service

Jen’s challenge-winning rib-eye was on the menu that night as a special. When the first order was called, Ramsay reminded the team they had to be twice as fast that service. Meanwhile, a fire erupted in one of Matt’s pan and he tried to blow it by getting the pan two inches from his face. Ramsay told he was pouring oil in his face, called him an idiot, and told him to get the pan in the sink instead. Christina knew that Matt would screw her up and that she would have to watch him despite being half his age. Then, Ramsay told Matt he was watching him like a hawk, which Matt understood. After, Jen, determined to have a good service and be vocal, sent her first risotto to the pass, which was accepted by Ramsay. When Petrozza sent his first appetizer, Ramsay noted the bottom of the plate was very dirty, and asked him to show his hands. Ramsay told Petrozza he was such a dirty pig, which Petrozza agreed, and to wipe the bottom of the plate. His second attempt was accepted, with Ramsay saying he was such a dirty pig despite producing amazing food. Jen sent her second risotto while telling that she knew she was a better chef than anybody in there, but it was too salty, and Ramsay asked her to taste it. Therefore, she had to start again.

30 minutes into service, Jen and Petrozza have sent half of their appetizers to the customers despite some setbacks. Then, the team moved on to entrées, but when Ramsay called an order out, Matt was not able to repeat it several times, infuriating Ramsay. He schooled Matt for that, calling him an idiot, and Christina declared that working with Matt was painful as he never knew what he needed or what he was doing. Ramsay asked both of them to communicate with Bobby and Corey, but Matt did not understand that part, and Ramsay told him to communicate with the team a second time. Bobby asked the team to communicate with Corey for the garnish, and Matt asked her if she was ready with her vegetables. Corey answered she was not and that she needed more time. Because of the lack of communication, Corey was lost on garnishes and acknowledged Matt did not have his head in the game. Ramsay asked Corey why she was finding so difficult to reheat her food, which she answered that nobody was communicating and that it was fucking her up, and she became emotional. Ramsay asked her to show some respect and that her face was like a cow’s back side. That insult made Jen grin, but Corey was determined to get the job done no matter what, despite not working as a team. Then, she sent her bacon to the pass, and Ramsay called the next ticket. Matt convinced Christina to do it as a team despite their earlier clashes, which she agreed. Matt asked Bobby for a time, and Bobby answered that he was ready, so Matt sent his filet mignon to the pass, as well as Christina with her rib-eye. Entrées were finally leaving the kitchen, with the customers being very satisfied. After that, Christina was caught cooking chicken and beef in the same pan by Ramsay, who asked her what if the customer did not like red meat. She took it out of the pan, saying she did it because there was not enough room on the burners. Moments later, Bobby was also caught doing the same mistake as he was cooking salmon and scallops in the same pan. So, Ramsay asked him if he was allergic to seashells, which Bobby answered he was, but he did not give any excuses.

An hour into service, less than half of the customers received their entrées, and they were getting impatient. One order of rib-eye came back for being undercooked. Ramsay was discouraged and schooled Christina and Matt for that mistake. Jen told that Christina was fucking up her rib-eye dish and that she did not have anybody else to blame but herself. When she was refiring it, Ramsay asked Christina for a time, which she said four minutes. Then, he asked her who told her it would take four minutes, and she answered Jen. When Ramsay asked Jen if that was true, she answered it was not, leading Christina to call Jen a liar and full of fucking crap. Then, a chicken order was sent to the pass, but Corey was not ready yet with her garnishes. When a fire erupted, she tried to take it out by putting the pan on the floor, but she burned her hand in the process. Christina noticed it and did not know if she was hurt or not. When Corey told Ramsay about her injury, he told her to go see a medic, but she categorically refused to. Bobby was surprised at how Corey was taking her injury and said she took it like a pussy. Ramsay asked Corey several more times to go see a medic, but she continued refusing over and over, prompting Jen herself to say that she must be cuckoo in the head to talk back to Ramsay like that. Finally, Corey got out in the back store to see a medic, crying and saying that everything was like in slow motion. Meanwhile, in the dining room, customers started to get impatient, so Jean-Philippe asked the staff to serve more water to them. After that, Ramsay caught Matt eating a bit of one of his Wellingtons, and he schooled him for that, saying he was more eating than the customers. Christina said Matt was a complete mess, and pushed him to the side. He continued eating, and Corey got back in the kitchen, bouncing back from her injury, while bringing some pans in the meantime. She got back on her station, acknowledging she needed to keep pushing forward.

After that, Ramsay called the next ticket and asked Christina to repeat the order, which she was not able to do properly. He schooled her for that mistake and told her he would not repeat the order for the fifth time. Then, he asked Matt to repeat the order, which he declared he did not know. So, Ramsay repeated the order, and asked Bobby where was the order John Dory, which he answered he only heard one. When Ramsay revealed one John Dory was waiting on the hot plate, Bobby acknowledged he was ready and sent the other John Dory, saying he was cool as a cucumber despite the others being all stressed out. With that, some entrées finally made it to the dining room, but Matt sent raw Wellingtons and overcooked filets mignons. Ramsay asked everybody to come and touch them, but when Matt could not answer one of his questions, Ramsay became even more furious, and Corey said Matt was like a 5-year-old in a 35-year-old body because he did not know when to stop. Matt went to the hot plate to check the ticket, giving the excuse of a migraine he was having at the same time, which discouraged Ramsay once again. When Matt got back on his station, he told he was busy getting yelled at again, but Ramsay heard him, called him a fucking idiot, and asked him what did he just say. Matt repeated what he said, but Ramsay reminded him he sent overcooked meat, which Matt blamed his teammates for, saying he was a great team player who did not have team players around. Corey noticed Matt was going down in flames when he grabbed a hot pan with his bare hand, and Petrozza said he was fried. When Matt wished to be sent home and a vacation, Bobby said that something bad was going on inside of his brain. When Ramsay called the next ticket, Christina asked Matt for a time, but he gave the excuse that he was working through a migraine. Corey said that his excuse was bullshit as he should go through it instead of being a crybaby. She asked him for a time, and he answered three minutes after hesitating. Then, Ramsay called the team a bunch of fucking losers, and asked Matt what was going, which he could not answer properly. Once again, he blamed that mistake on his migraine, and ripped a bag containing a headache pill, which he took in the kitchen, in front of everybody. Ramsay told Sous Chef Scott to take a look at that situation, and Bobby laughed at Matt, who said it was not funny. After, Ramsay called Matt forward to tell him that he was having a migraine ever since the first time he saw him. Matt was arguing with Ramsay, telling him he did not feel anything in his hands, so Ramsay took him by the hand, pulled him in the back store, and kicked him out of the kitchen, ordering him to go in the dorms to lay down. On his way, Matt told he wanted to work through it, but Ramsay yelled him to get out. Ramsay returned to the kitchen mocking his excuse, and Jen said that Matt was not taking any responsibility for his mistakes, adding that her brain was about to explode but she was not giving up. Meanwhile, in the dorms, Matt laid on his bed and put a pillow on his head. In the kitchen, when Ramsay called the next order, Christina noticed some burnt rice still sitting on the appetizer station, and Ramsay took the boiling pot, revealed the rice, and when he asked who put it on, Jen revealed herself, acknowledging the mistake, leading Ramsay to kick her out of the kitchen as well. After, he said to Christina that she was standing next to it for an hour without noticing it, so he kicked her out, as well as everybody else, shutting down the service.

Post-Mortem

Matt came back in the kitchen later than everybody else, and when the chefs were lined up, Ramsay said he did not expect a service pathetic like that from the final six. He concluded by asking them to nominate two people for elimination by coming to a group consensus. While being dismissed, Matt raised his hand for a private conversation with Ramsay, and said to him that he was still having a migraine and asked him if he should give up or stay in the competition. Ramsay answered that he could not make that decision for him but that he would like to see some manliness from him. He finished by saying that if he was in his shoes, he would fight for his place big time. After that, Matt went back to the dorms and joined his teammates to discuss the nominees. While going back, he said that he was deserving to still be in the competition, and that if Ramsay would not want him to be there anymore, he would have been gone by that moment.

Arrived on the patio, Matt learned that his teammates already nominated him unanimously, but he retorted that anybody who would want to nominate him would be a waste of time as he would fight for it, and concluded that they could all fuck themselves and kiss his ass. Those insults discouraged Corey, but Matt was convinced that all his teammates would go home before him, and he left the conversation, while Corey flipped the birds in his back and acknowledged he was out of his mind. Bobby laughed out loud at the situation, saying Matt was a loose cannon and deserved to be kicked off the universe. Despite thinking all his teammates would go before him, Matt was already in his bedroom packing his bags. For their second nominee, Corey suggested Jen for her poor communication, which Christina agreed with, but Jen did not agree saying that everybody had poor communication that night. She also added that Christina had a worst performance than her, and that if she would go home that night, it would be bullshit. Then, she asked Bobby who should go up, which he answered that the meat station went down hard, therefore nominating Christina and Matt. Then, Corey announced she would like to put herself up because of her poor performance, saying she was not having a problem going up for elimination. After that, she asked Petrozza who he would be nominating, but he said it was a tough decision as he did not want to take somebody’s dream away from them.

Elimination

Petrozza announced Matt was the first nominee because of his poor performance during service and his poor attitude during the previous few days. After, Corey announced Christina was the second nominee because she and Matt sunk the meat station, but added that she should be nominated instead. Ramsay agreed with her, and called her down along with the two original nominees. Ramsay said Corey she seemed to get weaker as they go on, but she insisted she should be up but not be eliminated as she fucked up royally. She also added that despite her injury, she did not give up like Matt did. Matt insisted that despite his migraine, he was not the worst cook that night and named Christina in that position when he was asked to. When Ramsay told Christina she had been only cooking for three years, she cleared up that she had only been cooking professionally for three years and had cook for a long time. When Ramsay said she should get more experience, she got emotional and revealed she thought it was more about heart than experience, and said she never gave up for one second. After that, Ramsay said the person who would go home was going for all the right reasons. Therefore, he eliminated Matt, but told him to not stop and wished his migraine would clear up. During his exit interview, Matt received a retrospective montage of his run.

After Matt left, Petrozza revealed he was happy to see him go and hoped he would be in a different state while locking the door behind. Then, Ramsay urged the final five to go back to the dorms and think about uniting as a team, before dismissing them. While being dismissed, Bobby said everybody was a strong competitor and that being in the finals would be brutal. Christina acknowledged she was getting stronger as the competition was going on.

Ramsay’s comment: “There once was a boy named Matt, whose kitchen performance fell flat. He was far from neat, miserable on meat. So I kicked him out, and that’s that.”

My Opinion

The service was rubbish with two chef leave before all the team leave. Matt was off his head and need to go home.

My comment: Matt said he got a headache but he give me a headache.

The ninth episode of Season 4 of Hell’s Kitchen aired on Fox, on May 27, 2008. On that episode, both teams created their own menus, Ramsay made a shocking move at elimination, where one chef made an even more shocking one.

Intro

Back in the dorms, Matt apologized to Corey for letting her down, but she said that it did not matter any longer. Then, Corey acknowledged Matt gave up and let the team down during the previous service, and suggested he should be better at something else despite enjoying cooking, like being a car salesman. Matt acknowledged he had to work his ass off in order to stay, and remembered that Ramsay said he was on borrowed time. After that, Bobby declared that from that moment on, he would let his food talk, adding that Jen was a big baby and that what she did was not impressing at all. Bobby even compared the blue team’s situation with Jen as walking on eggshells.

Team Challenge

The next morning, both teams lined up in the dining room, where Ramsay greeted them. Ramsay revealed the big issue that everybody was still struggling with, which was timing. That statement led him to introduce the Relay Challenge, where both teams would cook scallops, John Dory and chicken from the existing Hell’s Kitchen menu, with only one chef in each kitchen at a time being given 6 minutes to cook and 15 seconds to communicate to the next one. The blue team having one extra member, were given 15 seconds to decide which of them would sit out. Jen immediately convinced Bobby and Petrozza to make Louross sit out. That plan worked, which annoyed Louross, questioning Jen’s judgment saying that if he really got no skills, why was he still in the competition. When Ramsay asked who was sitting out, Louross angrily raised his hand, and Ramsay was surprised as he was moving fast in the kitchen. Louross declared he was surprised as well. Then, both teams lined up beside their respective Sous Chefs, with Bobby acknowledging the blue team did not win as much challenges as the red team, and that it was starting to hurt.

After Ramsay finished his countdown, Matt and Petrozza ran to their respective kitchens, and Petrozza poached the chicken during the first 15 seconds. When Matt was running, Ramsay jokingly said the earth was shaking when he did. The first thing Matt did in the red kitchen was also poach the chicken, knowing it would take 10 minutes to poach properly. Petrozza, wanting a win very badly, was looking for some pans to put garnishes in for the following person. In the dining room, Christina was nervous as they were far from the kitchen so they could not see what was going on. When time was up, Matt said 6 minutes was not a lot of time even though it seem like it was.

On the next round, it was Christina and Bobby who went up for their respective teams. During the 15 seconds relay, Matt was too quick communicating with Christina that she did not even understood what he said. On the blue side, Bobby was very satisfied with the information Petrozza gave him. In the red kitchen, Christina took the chicken out of the boiling pot, but it was still raw. So, she cooked it in a pan, and Corey saw that, knowing that would be a problem as the chicken would likely become overcooked. In the dining room, Jen was very confident and believed in herself.

On the final round, Jen and Corey finished for their teams. During the 15 seconds relay, Christina told Corey about the chicken being raw, and in the blue kitchen, Bobby did not say anything as Jen was constantly talking over him. Despite that, she was confident to finish strong as Bobby and Petrozza got all she needed right there, so it was very easy for her to plate. On the red side, Corey started panicking because there was some things that were not ready yet and were located at different places in the kitchen. Both of them rallied to plate their dishes, and in the dining room, their teammates were encouraging them. Louross stated that as long as Jen was putting herself on top saying her dishes are flawless and perfect, he would love her to prove herself. Both women plated and served their dishes in time.

The first dish that was tasted were the scallops. Ramsay noticed the red team’s dish was missing the salad, which Corey said she forgot, and the blue team’s eggs were overcooked. When Ramsay tasted the red team’s dish, he said the scallops were nice and seasoned beautifully, and for the blue team, the scallops were raw in the middle, but Jen was in denial about it saying Ramsay did not know what he was talking about. The red team scored the first round, giving them the lead 1-0. The next dish was the John Dory. For the red team, Ramsay said all the components were there, but the sauce was too thick and the presentation was dreadful. For the blue team, Ramsay noticed the sauce was missing, and when Jen mumbled about it, he schooled her on her laid-back attitude and mumbling, saying they were in a professional kitchen and that they were chefs. Then, she declared the sauce was burnt, so she left it on the side. After deliberation, where he said the blue team was missing the sauce and the red team’s presentation was shocking, Ramsay gave the point to the blue team, tying the score at 1 each. The final dish was the chicken. When Ramsay tasted the red team’s dish, he said the chicken was cooked beautifully, every components were there, except the baby leaves. When he tasted the blue team’s dish, the chicken was also cooked beautifully and moist, but it was missing the sauce. After deliberation where both dishes were missing one ingredient, Ramsay declared the red team winners. Matt was very happy about the win as it was another one for his team, and Petrozza knew that Jen was the only one to blame because she forgot to put the sauce. Ramsay added that if she would have put the sauce, she would have won it for her team.

Reward

The red team was rewarded with a day at the beach, and were transported there in convertibles. Matt was so happy about that win that he even stated that red was now his favorite color. While getting ready, Christina declared she was looking so pale as she did not see the sunshine in weeks and was very excited to have a great day. Corey was excited about the convertible trip. Arrived at the beach, Matt was excited to see Ramsay wearing a wet suit and holding surf boards. All three of them put their wet suits on and learned how to surf. Matt said even though he banged his head on the bottom of the ocean, he had a great time, Christina said she was happy as surfing was an experience of a lifetime, and Corey said she wanted to keep her cool and not look like an idiot. Then, Jean-Philippe arrived and handed the red team towels. Ramsay was seen surfing on his own, with Matt thinking he was enjoying it more than all of them. After, Ramsay picked Jean-Philippe up, and threw him in the water.

Punishment

The blue team was punished by being the Hell’s Kitchen maintenance crew, spending all day taking care of the restaurant, cleaning the red carpets as well. Louross was envious as he wanted to go to the beach as well. The first thing the team did was scrubbing the Hell’s Kitchen sign outside, and Petrozza said it was a mess. At one point, Bobby accidentally sprayed some liquid soap in Petrozza’s face. After, all of them got into white suits, but Louross wanted the punishment to be fun, so he entertained his teammates by putting the suit all over his head and walking around like that. Jen said she was more laughing at him than with him, and Bobby was sick and tired of her bossy attitude when she told him to hold on. Then, the two of them got into an argument where Bobby said to Jen that she was not running anything and that he was, with Jen asking who he was talking to. Later, all four of them were cleaning the red carpet, with Jen saying that she was tired of punishments.

Create New Menus

The red team arrived from their reward and entered the restaurant by walking on the red carpet the blue team have just steamed. Louross tried to tell them not to, but they did it anyway, leading him to declare he was tired to waste his breath as nobody was showing him respect.

The next morning, both teams lined up in the dining room, where Ramsay announced they would get rid of the menu for the next service, and that both teams would create their own menus. He gave one hour to the teams, who headed back to the dorms. Christina was excited about that as it was the first time they got to make some inputs on the menu. On the red side, all three members were working as a team, shooting ideas, which Matt really appreciated as they were bonding as a team. On the blue side, Jen was dictating the process, not listening to her teammates’ ideas and only putting her inputs. Louross was so annoyed by this that he stopped writing down when she moved on to her desserts, and lit himself a cigarette. In the end, Matt, wearing gigantic orange plastic glasses on his head, was very happy and confident about his team’s menu, while nobody was on the blue side except Jen. Louross was annoyed by Jen’s way of controlling everything and shutting everybody down, and Bobby was as well, saying he wanted a good menu, but would let Jen hang herself. Louross stated it was not a blue team’s menu, it was a Jen’s menu.

Before Service

In the red kitchen, both teams were lined up, and Ramsay asked them if they were excited and confident, which everybody answered they were. Christina recited the red team’s menu, and Ramsay was excited, saying they would be strong contenders if they could execute it properly. Matt declared he was happy to be teammate with Christina and Corey, even stating that he wished to open a restaurant with those two. When Louross recited the blue team’s menu, Ramsay was making questioning expressions at each item. Louross noticed it and understood why he was making those faces. Ramsay stated their menu sounded horrible, leading Louross to say that the zucchini and squash-wrapped halibut was Jen’s idea. When Ramsay asked Louross if he was happy with the menu, he answered he was not really, discouraging Ramsay. Jen was not happy about Louross throwing her under the bus, but also wondered why he did not talk about it back in the dorms when they were creating the menu. Ramsay asked Jen what were her inputs, which she answered almost every item, leading Ramsay to conclude that she came up with nearly 70% of the menu. Ramsay thought the menu was hideous, and Petrozza said that Jen wanted to be the captain of the team but she drove the team towards an iceberg. Ramsay asked the blue team to change their menu and urged Louross to find his voice, which he did. Bobby also came up with new ideas, stating that he knew Ramsay would allow them to make some changes and that he had it all planned. After, Jen recited the menu, which Ramsay liked much more than the previous one, and asked both teams to start prep.

In the red kitchen, morale was at its best and Matt declared once again he was happy about the menu, which was a result of them working as a team. In the blue kitchen, Jen was still bullying Louross about how he had to open up and say what he was thinking, but Louross said he did but nobody listened to him. Petrozza noticed Jen could be a bitch, but acknowledged that Louross could be more vocal. While Louross was still complaining that nobody was listening to him, Ramsay asked Jean-Philippe to open Hell’s Kitchen.

Dinner Service

Each customer would have the choice of ordering from the blue or red menu, with the popularity of the menus determining that night’s winning team. The first orders came in even for both kitchens. When the first ticket got called in the red kitchen, Christina was worried that Matt could not execute her pasta appetizer, but hoped that he could. The first pasta appetizer Matt sent to the pass was too salty. Ramsay made everybody taste it and asked Matt to start again. Corey acknowledged Matt was careless as he was making stupid mistakes, and declared she would be on her ass all service long as she did not want to lose. In the blue kitchen, appetizers were going out at a good rate. However, Ramsay caught Petrozza putting lettuce in his appetizers without washing it. Ramsay schooled him on that mistake and told him to keep his station clean. Petrozza acknowledged his station was a mess as usual, and Ramsay said P was for Petrozza, but was also for Pig.

Finally, the red team’s appetizers came out as well, but Jean-Philippe returned an undercooked pasta dish to the kitchen, leading Ramsay to tell Matt would have to refire one quickly. Moments later, two more pasta dishes were sent back to the red kitchen for salty sauce, discouraging Ramsay. When Ramsay found out Matt was sweating in the pasta, he understood that was what caused the saltiness of the dish. Matt put a white bandana over his head, and Corey demanded him to not let the team down and work harder, but Matt started giving her attitude. Then, Ramsay asked why he was behaving like a baby and schooled him on his attitude and the saltiness of his pasta dishes. After that, yet another pasta dish came back for being bland, discouraging Ramsay, who asked the whole team to taste it. Christina was discouraged as well, and Corey asked her to take over the appetizer station, dedicating Matt nowhere. He said to never do that to anybody as he would have wanted to keep trying. In the blue kitchen, the team moved on to entrées and were delivering them very quickly, but perhaps a little too quickly as one order of steak came back in the kitchen for being undercooked. A discouraged Ramsay told Louross about the mistake, and Louross showed a clearly disappointed face, leading Ramsay to mimic him and say he was performing for the Oscars. Ramsay schooled Louross, saying that if his cooking was as good as his acting, he would be talented. Louross acknowledged he was going downhill when another order came back. Ramsay asked him, along with Jen, to touch it, got on his knees and told it was raw, calling Louross a fucking idiot in the process. Jen acknowledged Louross was having a horrible performance, and a minor fire erupted on his station. Another steak dish came back, and Ramsay told Louross he was putting his team in the shit. Louross declared he was now hating the word filet mignon, and stated that if he would ever see another filet mignon, he would throw it at somebody’s face. Then, Ramsay threatened Louross with the shutdown of the kitchen if another steak would come back.

In the red kitchen, Matt moved on to the garnish station trying to redeem himself, but the first Brussels sprouts he brought to the plate were disgusting. He apologized to Ramsay, who told his teammates he gave up. Matt insisted he did not give up and threw a pan away in anger. Corey schooled him on his behavior and threatened him to be kicked out the team if he would continue. This led the two of them to have an argument, where Corey said he was acting like a girl, and Matt saying that she was a bitch. For the second time of the service, Matt was kicked off a station. In the blue kitchen, Louross finally delivered a properly cooked steak, but the table who ordered it already left. Ramsay became furious, ripped that table’s ticket and threw it at Louross, who declared he had never been that disappointed at himself in his life. He also added it was the first time a table walked out on him.

Two hours into service, the blue team only delivered half of their entrées, while the red team served nearly all of theirs. Corey and Christina were having a great communication while leaving Matt doing nothing on the side, sending out many entrées. Christina herself was surprised about that because of those two’s problems at the beginning of the season. Ramsay noticed Matt was doing nothing and congratulated him for becoming the ass of the red kitchen. Meanwhile, the blue kitchen was moving on to desserts, but Bobby was not comfortable working on that station because it was a mess. Jen came over to clean it up, and when Bobby called her “honey”, she did not like it, saying her name was Jennifer. She stated she did not know who Bobby thought he was, but needed to call her by her first name instead of “honey”, “baby” or any other king of nickname like that. The first soufflé Jen brought to the plate was raw, infuriating Ramsay who broke a plate in the process, and told her to fuck off. Jen said it was not her fault, but despite that, Bobby rallied his team to complete their desserts. Everybody was helping, and in the red kitchen, Christina vocally led the dessert station, much to Matt’s annoyance. Both teams rallied to complete their orders of desserts, and when they did, they congratulated each other.

Post-Mortem

When both teams were lined up, Ramsay reminded it was really red team against blue team because every customer got the choice between either menu. Ramsay declared the teams were almost even on the quantity, so he based his decision on the quality. He reminded the chefs that they were off to a good start, but something happened halfway and food started to come back. The red team was stalled because of the pasta, and the blue team was because of the filets mignons. Then, Ramsay asked Matt to take his bandana off as he was not Homer Simpson, and told him he gave up and was sloppy because of his sweat in the food. For the blue team, Ramsay reminded the meat station was going down in flames, referring to Louross’ constant mistakes. Ramsay named the blue team losers, and Petrozza “Best of the Worst” because he led the team to a strong start on appetizers despite being such a mess during service. Then, Ramsay asked him to nominate two of his teammates for elimination.

Back in the dorms, Petrozza was not happy about being in that position, saying it sucked. During deliberation, Jen said she did not do anything wrong and she was deserving to be there, by adding that Louross performed far worse than she did. Then, Petrozza pulled Louross aside, and Louross told him it would be poison if he would go home over Jen because of her attitude. On the red side, Matt and Christina talked about who Petrozza would nominate and quickly said that Jen should go because of her attitude. Bobby was not worried to be nominated because he was more experienced than Louross and Jen, not only in cooking but outside the kitchen as well. Petrozza considered Louross for being the weakest team member, Jen for her poor attitude, and Bobby for being a strong competitor.

Elimination

Petrozza announced his first nominee was Louross because he lacked cooking abilities, and Jen as his second because of her thought of being on top of everybody despite having a lot to learn. Both nominees were called down, and Ramsay announced he would do something he never done before. Then, he asked Petrozza who should go home. That responsibility dedication shocked everybody, and despite everybody wanting Jen gone, Petrozza said Ramsay should eliminate Louross. Ramsay agreed with that decision and eliminated Louross for being the worst performer of the night and lacking cooking abilities.

Team Switch

Immediately after Louross left, Ramsay declared he was not done. He reminded the chefs he gave them total control of the menus, and that they let him down. Then, he called Matt, from the winning team, down, and Matt joined Jen on the chopping block. Ramsay told Jen that even though she was able to manipulate her team, she could not manipulate him, and after, he told Matt he was lucky to be there. When Ramsay told Matt he was out of his depth, Matt responded that he was not, and Ramsay asked both of them to take their jackets off. Christina was euphoric, thinking they would be eliminated, but Ramsay transferred both of them back to their original teams, much to everybody else’s dismay. Before dismissing the chefs, Ramsay announced that the following day, they would start again. While going back to the dorms, Matt declared he felt his heart stopping as he thought he would be going home, adding he did not want to go back to the blue team, but needed to do what he had to do and hope he would make it to the end. Corey stated that getting Jen back would be challenging but that she and Christina would be in charge of the red team. After, Jen thought the red team were intimidated by her and stated that she was not there to make friends.

Ramsay’s comment: “Louross was never short on energy. He was just short… on cooking ability.”

Louross never received the walk of shame sequence, and his exit interview was never aired.

My Opinion

The red team was better than the blue team tonight. Jen choose 60% of the menu from her idea. Matt and Louross was rubbish tonight. Louross and Jen to go up. Louross to go.

My comment: Louross may not win a Michelin star but he may win an Oscar

The eighth episode of Season 4 of Hell’s Kitchen aired on Fox, on May 20, 2008. On that episode, one red chef became a blue chef, there is bullying on one team, but that team managed to bounce back at dinner service.

Intro

Back in the dorms, both teams were talking about who from the red team would join the blue team. On the blue side, Louross stated he did not have any problems with the women and would gleefully welcome another team member. But, he also reminded his teammates that despite that, they would have to stand their grounds. On the red side, Corey tried to convince Jen that it would be a good thing for her to be transferred, but in reality, she just wanted to get rid of her so she could have her voice back in the red kitchen. Rosann agreed with Corey, but Jen called Corey a manipulative ass bitch, thinking she considered her as stupid. However, Jen did not say no, only that she would sleep on that.

Team Switch

The next morning, when the teams were lined up in the dining room, Ramsay asked the red team if any of them was volunteering to go to the blue team, but they were slow to answer. Finally, Jen expressed herself, saying the red team was safe and that she would like to stiff out her competition. The blue team felt comfortable with that announcement, with Louross saying he was curious to see how she was working in the kitchen. Ramsay agreed with her choice and gave her a blue jacket, before telling her to stand alongside them. Christina declared she was happy to see Jen go because her presence were blocking the red team the doorway.

Team Challenge

After that, Ramsay announced the next challenge would test the chefs’ creativity. He also revealed a tray of the same 20 ingredients in both kitchens, and introduced the 20 Ingredients Challenge. Each chef were given 45 minutes to create a dish of their own, but in no circumstances the ingredients must repeat themselves between the team members, and both teams had to use all the 20 ingredients. When the countdown started, in the red kitchen, Corey grabbed a piece of paper and a marker to list the ingredients as it could avoid confusion. Then, they started to cook their dishes and were having a great communication. However, in the blue kitchen, Jen was already getting on her teammates’ nerves as she was picking everything for her dish without asking anybody. The blue team were still dividing their ingredients after 10 minutes. In the red kitchen, they were focused on their own things and had great communication, but Matt cut himself really bad, even stating he took the tip of his thumb off. When Ramsay learned that news, he told him to go see a medic, which he did. In the back store, a medic put a bandage on Matt’s thumb, and in the red kitchen, Christina was worried that being down one person could jeopardize their chance to win the challenge. So, the three remaining women rallied to complete their own dishes before taking care of Matt’s. When Ramsay came back, he asked where was the top of the finger, and the women started looking for it. Then, he jokingly told they were cooking with 21 ingredients, calling his dish a finger pancetta. Despite this, the red team continued rallying with great communication, but in the blue kitchen, all the chefs were silent. This led Sous Chef Scott to tell them they had to communicate to make sure everybody was having different ingredients. Bobby acknowledged his team was quiet and compared it to a pack of dogs. In the red kitchen, Matt made a heroic return, determined to pull it off for his team as he did not want to be the reason of the loss. Ramsay told him to calm down and focus, while reminding him he was still having nine fingers left. In the blue kitchen, Bobby said his veal was not turning out the way he wanted to, so Jen suggested he could do a Surf n Turf. Louross did not appreciate as he was not comfortable doing a Surf n Turf. With a few minutes left, both teams rallied to cook and plates their dishes, with Jen being annoyed by Louross because of his not properly plated veal, and when time was up, Louross acknowledged he forgot an ingredient, infuriating him, and Jen tried to convince him to lie and tell he used five ingredients instead of four. Louross categorically refused to, saying it would haunt him forever.

For the first round, Christina went up against Petrozza. Christina served a fried snapper with crab meat and a Hollandaise sauce, containing 5 ingredients. It was praised for the clever idea of using the Hollandaise for the eggs. Petrozza presented a warm crab salad with an onion soufflé, containing 5 ingredients as well. Ramsay congratulated him for being brave to make a soufflé and that it turned out perfect. Both of them scored for their respective teams. For the second round, Matt and Jen faced off, and Jen presented a pancetta wrapped and roasted quail, containing 4 ingredients. Ramsay said it was tasting nice. After that, Matt served a pan-roasted quail, containing 6 ingredients. Ramsay found it weird because the liver was tainting the flavor of the quail. Jen gave the lead to the blue team 2-1. For the third round, Corey made a Colombian sour lemon chicken with braised artichokes, containing 3 ingredients. Ramsay appreciated the taste, but because she only used 3 ingredients, he was expecting more of her. Bobby prepared a walnut crusted mozzarella chicken with a balsamic glaze, containing 6 ingredients. Ramsay disliked the glaze, which he said was too much, and gave a point to Corey, tying the score at 2 each. For the last round, Rosann went up against Louross, who was more concerned about the amount of ingredients he used. Rosann served a pan-seared veal with a cream sauce and onion, watercress, and roasted potatoes, containing 6 ingredients. Ramsay deemed it really clumsy and compared it to a dog’s dinner because of the giant bone inside it. Louross made a red snapper with an oyster-mushroom sauce. Ramsay liked the dish for the taste of the quail and the overall presentation, but when Louross announced he only used 4 ingredients, Ramsay became furious as that made the total of the blue team at only 19 ingredients. When Ramsay asked Louross where was the veal, Jen answered that he had the idea of making a Surf n Turf but did not put it at the last minute. Ramsay berated the blue team, saying they failed miserably, and the red team automatically won the challenge. Petrozza declared he was blown away because the veal was two inches away from Louross.

Reward

The red team was rewarded with a photo shoot and interview for InTouch Weekly Magazine, with Ramsay. When they were getting ready, Christina felt like a diva and wondered how Jen was feeling as she just transferred team and missed that incredible reward. Arrived at the photo shoot, Ramsay introduced the red team to the photographer, and they began the makeup session while drinking champagne. During the shooting, all the women were wearing red dresses while Matt was wearing a black suit and standing behind a car door. Ramsay joked that Matt should have his tummy behind the door, and Rosann said her daughter would be proud of her when she would see her in InTouch Magazine and that it was such a wonderful feeling.

Punishment

The blue team was punished by taking part of Laundry Day, washing all the tablecloths, dishcloths, aprons, jackets, and serviettes by hand. Louross felt extremely guilty for that loss and apologized to Petrozza. Then, he went in the hallway to think about the loss, being very emotional and saying he was such an idiot. Jen started to rub salt in the wound by saying the veal was all cooked right and ready to be plated, adding that Louross was stupid. After, Jean-Philippe gave them the laundry to do, while asking Jen to put a smile on her face. Later, Jean-Philippe tried to entertain Jen by bringing a crab to her and saying he was as grumpy as she was. But, Jen was still unresponsive, saying she was still mad at Louross for being the cause of the loss. Petrozza compared Jen’s attitude to a volcano, saying it could erupt and negatively influence the rest of the team. Jean-Philippe asked Jen to put a smile on her face, but she said she would not, and when he asked her if she would be bitchy the whole day, she answered she would. She also added her dish was flawless and that she did not blame anybody but Louross, calling him a stupid-ass. But, Louross did not care what she was saying and that he was not scared.

Before Service

When the red team came back from their reward and the blue team almost finished their punishment, Matt noted that Jen was not looking happy, which the team was happy about. Jen did not want to talk or look at anybody and was just thinking about herself. Bobby acknowledged Jen was out casting herself from everybody else and added it could be a dangerous game she was playing. After that, everybody went to bed.

The next morning, both teams began prep for that night’s service. In the blue kitchen, Jen and Louross were constantly picking at each other, with Jen telling Louross what to do. Petrozza was annoyed by it, saying that dumbass bickering could not happen during service or they would be in trouble. When he asked them to stop, Jen sarcastically said there was love in the air, with Petrozza understanding the joke and continuing it by saying it was incredible how much love was there. In the red kitchen, morale was at its best, with all the chefs being confident, especially Matt who said he was really happy. Christina declared the red team was glad that Jen, the big bully, was gone as it was now their chance to get along and win by working together.

After, Ramsay made both teams lined up and asked them how they were feeling, with both teams answering they were feeling great, despite Jen and Louross not getting along. When Ramsay asked the red team how it was like not having Jen, Christina answered it was great, and then, Jen aggressively looked at Christina. When Ramsay asked the blue team if they were working together or against each other, Jen answered that they bonded as a team that day and that they were working together as a team, with all of her teammates knowing she was lying. After that, Ramsay announced that during that service, two of the United States’ finest food critics would eat in the dining room, and that their comments would decide the winning team. He also added that he did not know at which table they would be eating, so the chefs had to consider that every table was a critic. After, each chef got on their respective station, with Jen still bitter about Christina saying the red team was happy to get rid of her, thinking she was victim of a backstab, but one thing positive was that it boosted her confidence and determination to win the service. Her teammates got in that mood as well, and in the red kitchen, they were as confident, saying they should rock the service out. Then, Ramsay asked Jean-Philippe to open Hell’s Kitchen.

Dinner Service

Sophie Gayot, from Gayot Guides, and Merril Schindler, from Los Angeles Zagat, were the two food critics that attended this service. They entered the restaurant at the same time as the other customers. When the first ticket got called in the red kitchen, Corey was working on her first risotto and communicating with Christina, who said her first scallops were ready. Corey was determined to have a good service now that Jen was gone and that it was her time to shine and find her voice as a leader. The first appetizers that Corey and Christina sent to the pass were accepted and went to the critics’ table. Both critics enjoyed their appetizers. In the blue kitchen, Jen and Louross worked on their first appetizers, with Louross acknowledging that, because he messed up the previous challenge, if he would perform badly, he would be the one sent home. Jen sent her first risotto, but Louross was thirty seconds behind. Despite that, he managed to send his first scallops just in time and Ramsay deemed them beautiful. Ramsay also urged Louross to keep all of his scallops that way, makingLouross extremely proud of himself. The critics also enjoyed their appetizers from the blue kitchen.

45 minutes into service, more than half of the red customers received their appetizers. When the red team moved on to entrées, Matt was berated by Ramsay for having three tenderloin filets that were different sizes. During his outburst, Ramsay compared the three cuts to a family, with the daddy, the mommy and the baby. Matt acknowledged the tenderloin would shrink during cooking and that he was such an idiot because he knew better than that. Ramsay told Matt to wake up, and Matt told his team to wake up, especially himself. In the blue kitchen, they were eager to keep their good momentum, but Petrozza sliced a beef tenderloin three minutes ahead, despite Jen telling him not to do it. Ramsay schooled Petrozza for that mistake, and asked him if he would serve his cloth containing all the flavor from the meat, which Petrozza answered he would not. Petrozza responded that he could not contain himself from checking if the meat was cooked right, and acknowledged he should have never done it, but hoped it would not affect the team. Because of Petrozza’s mistake, Louross had to go faster on his order of salmon, needing one more minute, while Ramsay reminded Petrozza he was deserving to lose.

10 minutes later, all the customers have finished their appetizers and were waiting for their entrées. In the blue kitchen, because of Petrozza’s mistake, Louross went faster to cook his salmon, but Bobby told the team to stop panicking. Louross sent his salmon to the pass, along with Petrozza’s already sliced steak, and Ramsay accepted and served it. When Petrozza asked Ramsay to call back the next ticket, Ramsay called him an idiot while saying it was the next table. Louross tried to motivate Petrozza, while Jen was praised by Ramsay for her communication on her risotto. In the red kitchen, Corey took vocal control of her team, but when Christina sent her salmon to the pass, it was beautifully cooked on one side and overcooked on the other. She refired her order of salmon, but needed seven minutes. Corey said it was not that long cooking a salmon, and when Ramsay asked Christina if she could do two things at once, she said she was on an order of salmon and another of scallops. That led Ramsay to state that if she was not able to multitask, she should not be there. Then, he told her to shut up and asked her for a time on her salmon. Christina acknowledged her timing was wrong, but managed to redeem herself by sending an acceptable second attempt, with Ramsay calling her a fucking lazy cow and telling her that it was not her night. When Christina’s salmon arrived at the critics table, it received mixed reviews. In the blue kitchen, Louross sent his order of salmon to be tasted by the critics, who enjoyed it more than Christina’s.

More than two hours into service, the blue team served nearly all their entrées and impressed the critics. However, the red customers did not receive any of their entrées. Despite Corey’s leadership, Rosann was behind on garnish, and a minor fire erupted in one of her pans, causing her food to burn. Corey declared Rosann was not organized and that she was screwing up the rest of the team. Ramsay told Rosann she was not trustworthy during service, and then, Rosann declared she was short of gnocchi, which discouraged Ramsay. She apologized to him, but he was unresponsive, asking for the carrot purée. Everybody asked for the carrot purée, but Rosann declared it was not ready yet. That caused to be the breaking point of Ramsay, who started smashing his head several times against the glass wall. Meanwhile, the blue team rallied to get their final entrées out, with Bobby vocally leading, and Petrozza and Louross communicating on the Wellingtons and salmon. Petrozza brought his Wellingtons to the pass, and Ramsay said they were beautifully cooked and urged the team to keep the momentum up. Petrozza said they were remarkable and could be called “Super Blue”. In the red kitchen, Ramsay berated Matt for having raw beef that he could see from the hot plate. Matt became furious at himself, Christina asked him to bounce back, and Ramsay told him to get his beef back in the oven, which he did. When he sent it, Ramsay was discouraged as it was overcooked and looking like a pile of shit. Ramsay asked Matt to serve it, which Matt refused to, and then, he called the whole red team to ask them if they would serve it. After, Ramsay kicked the whole red team out of the kitchen, which embarrassed Matt who said it was the worst thing. Back in the dorms, Matt was crying, ashamed about his performance, and Corey was also crying because she was tired of looking like an idiot despite trying her best. Back in the kitchen, Ramsay sent the whole blue team over to the red kitchen so they would finish service for the red team. Jen was ecstatic about coming over to the red kitchen and save the day, calling the red team bitches in the process. The blue team successfully completed dinner service for the red team, sending the desserts out, and Ramsay told them to switch everything off.

Post-Mortem

When the teams were lined up, Ramsay said the blue team was much more better than the red team, which he called embarrassing. While reading the critics comment cards, Ramsay said the blue team’s food was well-arranged, and congratulated them for that. The red team’s food was sloppy, lacking passion and flavor. Therefore, Ramsay named them losers, and Corey was named “Best of the Worst” for her good performance on the appetizers. Then, Ramsay asked her to nominate two of her teammates for elimination.

During deliberation, Corey was annoyed because all her teammates were throwing everybody else under the bus, with Rosann commenting on Matt’s performance, Christina saying that Rosann fucked up more than she did, and Matt saying he, at least, did not give up. Corey even stated that if she could, she would put all three of them up for elimination.

Elimination

Corey named Matt as her first nominee because of his poor performance on meat, and Rosann as her second because of her desire to never want to work with her ever again during service. In the end, Ramsay also nominated Christina for her poor performance as well. All three of them were called down, and after listening to all of their pleas, Ramsay sent Rosann back in line, but eliminated her anyway a few moments later. After Rosann left, Ramsay warned Christina that she had to bounce back, and told Matt he was on borrowed time. Christina acknowledged she had to make a great comeback if she would like to stay as she thought her days were numbered, and Matt said that despite all the insults that Ramsay was giving him, he would never give up. While dismissing the chefs, Ramsay congratulated the blue team.

Ramsay’s comment: “If the size of one’s mouth corresponded to the size of one’s talent, then Rosann would have been a world-class master chef. Unfortunately, she just has a big mouth.”

My Opinion

The blue team was the better team than the red team at service. I think that Jen is getting too cocky for herself. Corey was the only good chef in the red team. Rosanna to go for me.

My comment: Rosanna has be die to go before tonight service but tonight she went.

The seventh episode of Season 4 of Hell’s Kitchen aired on Fox, on May 13, 2008. On that episode, the annual Blind Taste Test occurred, one chef made an unlikely comeback, and one of the early favorites was shown the door.

Intro

Back in the dorms, Matt threw a huge tantrum at Ben for hiding behind Bobby and declaring himself he was the best. He also added that he was not afraid of anyone, and that now that he was not on the blue team anymore, anything that could happen to them were not concerning him. Ben laughed at his outburst and even provoked him by saying the strong were staying with the strong, referring to Bobby. Matt left in the middle of the argument, calling Ben an asshole, and Ben said that the women were not having an inclining of what Matt was all about.

Jen guaranteed that Matt did not know what he was going to get himself into. In his bedroom, Matt tried to convince himself that he did not do anything wrong during the previous service and that he, at least, was not hiding behind anybody. Back on the patio, Corey questioned his desire to be on the red team. She also stated that it was not fair to get rid of one of their weakest cooks, referring to Shayna, and get him afterwards. She concluded by saying that Matt’s days with the red team are numbered, and that he would be the next one voted off.

Team Challenge

The next morning, the chefs lined up in the red kitchen, with Matt still having his blue jacket on. Ramsay asked Matt how it felt to be on the red team, but he did not know what to answer as he did not have any challenges or services yet with them. Then, Ramsay asked Ben if he was missing Matt, which he answered he was not at all, even saying the blue team was glad he was gone as they were tired of looking at his face.

After, Ramsay had the contestants taste some dishes he prepared, saying that morning’s test would be about taste. But, what he did not told to the chefs was that the dishes were missing the meat. His chicken parmesan was actually soy protein, the beef stew was actually a soy-based substitute, and the sausage ravioli was actually meatless ground. During the tasting, Ben claimed he had the best palate in the world, saying he tasted a lot of food in his days. When Petrozza tasted the beef stew, he came the closest to identify the non-existing meat, telling the texture was odd, and he really enjoyed the ravioli saying it was wonderful. After tasting the dishes, Ramsay revealed the truth, much to the amazement of the chefs, and recalled Petrozza almost identifying the wrong thing about the beef stew, but added it was not enough. Then, he introduced the annual Blind Taste Test and, before the challenge occurred, gave Matt a red jacket, saying he was looking terrible in blue.

Both teams were lined up in the dining room, and Ramsay made Jen sit out to even the teams at 4 members each. That news broke her heart as she always hated when she was put on the side when her team was doing something. Each chef had to taste three different foods and identify as most of them as possible. For the first round, Rosann and Petrozza went against each other. Corey declared she was not confident at all in Rosann because she never tasted food from around the world. On the first try, Rosann missed chicken, but Petrozza got it right. Then, Rosann got sweet potato and Petrozza missed it, tying the score. For the last food, Rosann redeemed herself by correctly identifying nectarine, and Petrozza missed it. After one round, the score was 2-1 for the red team, and Ben called Petrozza an idiot.

For the second round, Corey and Louross, being best friends, faced off. Both of them missed the first two ingredients, but Corey correctly identified turnips, while Louross missed it, giving the red team a 2 point lead. For the third round, Christina went against Bobby. Both of them missed shrimp, but Christina correctly identified radish despite second-guessing herself, while Bobby missed it. On the final ingredient, which was chopped truffles, Christina immediately recognized it and even asked for some more, while Bobby guessed mushroom. Jen could not believe that Bobby missed that last ingredient, saying truffles could be smelled miles away.

Before the final round, with the score being 5-1 for the red team, Ramsay recalled some great rivalries in the past, including “Yankees VS Red Sox”, which Matt inclined for the Yankees, and “Tyson VS Holyfield”, and then announced another great rivalry, Matt against Ben. Both of them stepped forward, but blindfolds on but not the headphones. For this final round, Ramsay announced he made a dish consisting of ten ingredients and that each of them would score a point if they would correctly guess one of them. After taking a bite each, Ben guessed lamb, which was accepted, and Matt guessed potatoes, which was accepted as well. For a third ingredient, Ben guessed cream and got it right, and Matt got thyme correct. With the score at 7-3 for the red team and six ingredients left, Ben guessed celery and scored, while Matt correctly guessed onion. With four ingredients left, everybody in the room was feeling nervous, Ben guessed fresh parsley, and after a nervous wait, Ramsay announced he scored one more point, reducing the red team’s lead at 8-5. For his final guess, Matt said he tasted carrots, and clinched the victory for the red team 9-5. After both of them took their blindfolds off, Ramsay revealed the dish was a basic clam chowder, and the red team celebrated by congratulating and hugging Matt. While celebrating, Matt said it was a great introduction to his new team, and reminded Ben he wanted him off the blue team, with Ramsay also congratulating him. On his side, Ben was jealous of Matt’s 15 minutes of fame and did not want to talk about him.

Reward

The red team was rewarded with a day of pampering, relaxation and spa treatments on the patio. Arrived there, they were greeted by two women offering them some champagne. Corey really enjoyed that reward saying it was time for her to finally let loose, relax and have a great day. When Matt announced his team he was getting a truffle mask, Jen jokingly told him to not eat it. Then, he jokingly said he was getting a metro sexual treatment, and Corey reminded he wanted to switch teams and that it was the perfect timing. When Matt reminded he helped the women win the challenge, Jen acknowledged he was happy to be on the red team. Finally, he told Jen that someone’s trash was somebody else’s treasure, referring to the blue team cleaning the dorms at that same time. Arrived on the patio, Ben saw Matt having a great time, but told he did not care because only getting rid of him was a reward of its own. While serving iced tea and Corey and Jen asking some extras in theirs, Ben told Matt how of an idiot he was looking like with his beauty mask and cucumbers on his face, only for Matt to tell him that despite that, it was feeling good. After Ben left, Matt declared to the red team he would love to see Ben be eliminated before he would, and was determined to kick ass during that night’s service.

Punishment

The blue team was punished by cleaning up the dorms, from returning the beds to washing the toilet bowls. During the punishment, Ben was furious as he was cleaning the stove despite not having cook anything on it since his arrival, Bobby was envious as he would have also enjoyed a little therapy session, and Petrozza noticed how Ramsay was not joking when he said the dorms needed to be cleaned. He found women’s hair in the bathroom, saying it was disgusting. Later, the phone rang and Ben picked it up. Sous Chef Scott dedicated him to serve iced tea to the red team, which he did. After he left the patio, Ben came back to the dorms and told Bobby he was mad the latter did not see what was happening.

Before Service

Later that day, both teams began prep for dinner service, with the blue team feeling confident. Petrozza declared he wanted to win service because if they would not and the red team would, they would look like assholes. On the red side, Matt was extremely happy to be in a new team as he saw it as a perfect opportunity of redemption. However, Corey was not feeling the same way and was more annoyed by his company, saying he would be the next to go. Matt concluded by saying he was seeing a capital V for the red team that night.

When both teams were lined up, Ramsay reminded the blue team to come back during that service as they performed poorly during the Blind Taste Test. He also reminded that service would go back to a fine-dining menu, without any special events. Then, everybody got on their station, and Ramsay asked Jean-Philippe to open Hell’s Kitchen.

Dinner Service

Before tickets came in, both teams were seen very confident, with Louross even pumping up his team himself. In the red kitchen, Matt guaranteed his female teammates they would win, and Ramsay told a confident Rosann to get on her station. When Ramsay called the first ticket in the blue kitchen, Ben did not responded and Ramsay lectured him on his laid-back behavior, saying he was more laid-back than an ironing board. After that, Ben responded and Ramsay thanked him for it, calling him “Chef Ben”. In the red kitchen, Rosann sent her first scallop appetizer to the pass, but they were boiled on one side and not cooked at all on the other. Ramsay felt disappointed and asked her to start over. She started to get frazzled, but Matt tried to comfort her and tell her she could do it, while Corey noticed Rosann was not prepared on her station and was worried she could turn the service into a disaster.

45 minutes into service, the red team served their appetizers to the customers. In the blue kitchen, Louross and Bobby were working on their first scallop appetizer, but while Bobby was ready with his scallops, Louross said he needed five minutes for the quail eggs to be ready. That infuriated Ramsay, who told Bobby he had to communicate and not going out for himself. Bobby talked back to Ramsay, telling Louross said it was coming from his part, and seeing that, Ramsay was disbelieved and told Louross to hurry up. In the red kitchen, they moved on to entrées, but when Jen told Rosann to not fire her order yet, Ramsay schooled her, saying she would not start to pull the team down. It was at that moment that Jen started to reveal her ugly side when she said that Ramsay liked vocal and loud people, and that she was trying to be a vocal leader, which she thought she was, but it was not good. After that, Ramsay came to Jen and made it clear that he was calling out the orders while she was cooking. After that, Christina knew that Jen would start to undo herself, and she asked her a time, Jen was completely unresponsive and clamed up, feeling angry at Ramsay about her incident with him. In the blue kitchen, Louross sent an impressive Caesar salad and received a compliment from Ramsay, who said every of his portions had to be like that one. Louross that compliment and a moment of pride to himself. In the red kitchen, Rosann sent raw langoustines, which infuriated Ramsay who schooled her on her mistake. Then, he pulled the whole team over to touch the langoustine, and when he did, he accused Jen of giving up. When she was about to talk back, Ramsay told he has had enough, and Jen was confused as she did not know what he wanted between being vocal or silent. After the team touched the langoustine, Ramsay angrily tossed it and it hit Matt. When Ramsay asked Matt if it hurt, he answered it did not, but Ramsay invited Matt to fucking sue him. Ramsay continued his outburst by schooling the team on their response, Rosann for her mistake, and told Jen to take her garnishes back.

In the blue kitchen, Ben sent undercooked chicken to the pass, so Ramsay schooled him about his mistake and told the team to start communicating. After Ben gave the excuse that he was not used to the brigade system, a disbelieved Ramsay schooled him on his laid-back behavior one more time, with Matt really enjoying what he was seeing from the red kitchen. After that, Christina asked Matt if he could bring her beef entrées to the pass, which he accepted. Ramsay complimented Christina, saying the beef was perfectly cooked. She felt good inside herself as she was getting more confident, but when she thanked Ramsay for it, he replied to not thank him as there were still 20 tickets to go before they could celebrate and pee their knickers. With that, the red customers were enjoying their entrées, while the blue diners were still waiting, with one female customer being embarrassed for the restaurant because she was eating a snack. Moments later, Ramsay schooled Petrozza about the disorganization of his station, stating there was a lot of crap on top of each other. Petrozza acknowledged he could have been more organized as the garnish station was a mess. Meanwhile, in the red kitchen, Ramsay made Matt taste his risotto, only to tell him it was perfect. Matt enjoyed his success, even attempting to convince Christina to taste it, before giving a speech to thank his family, friends and the Sous Chefs for making him the person he was at the moment.

Back in the blue kitchen, Ramsay asked Ben for a time on two Wellingtons to be ready, but Ben only answered that he had two Wellingtons. When Ramsay asked him one more time which of them was ready, Ben declared that none of them were ready, much to Ramsay’s dismay. So, Ben asked for six minutes, which made Ramsay confused, but told him once again that was the time he needed. When he was struggling, Ben started giving excuses and even blaming Ramsay himself. When he asked Petrozza where the meat supply was because he was three lamb short, Ramsay heard that and became furious. Ramsay asked him to come to the pass and make him realize the order came in an hour and a half ago, before learning they ran out of lamb. Ben tried to reassure Ramsay that he had it, but Ramsay was still upset, even calling him a “weirdo on Dr.Phil”. Seeing this from the red kitchen, Matt was amused and saw that as a revenge from Ben considering him as a scapegoat, and now that he was not there anymore, he got nobody to blame. While Ben restart on his Wellingtons, in the red kitchen, Rosann sent a raw salmon to the pass, which proved to be the final straw for Ramsay. He schooled Rosann on her mistake, and she acknowledged she had a poor performance and that she let herself down. When Ramsay asked Jen if she had her garnishes ready, she answered she did not, while not looking at him in the eyes. When she tried to talk back to him, he schooled her on her cocky attitude, which infuriated her, and after, Ramsay took the tray of the table and angrily threw it on the garnish station. Jen said she was tired of getting disrespected like that, and Ramsay schooled her for not being able to tell her anything as she was always clamming up after taking criticism. He finished by reminding Rosann of her poor performance and left the kitchen by the back store. Rosann became extremely emotional as she knew she let everybody down.

Two and a half hours into service, no food was leaving either kitchen, and customers started to feel angry. When a Wellington order was sent back for being undercooked, Ramsay has had enough and schooled Ben for his mistake, calling him a schmock and a jerk. Ben continued to give excuses, saying he had a lot of pride in what he was doing and that he would keep trying to get the food out. However, Ramsay threw another outburst at him, much to Matt’s pleasure who said that karma was biting in the ass, where he told Ben he was not taking the competition seriously and that he would end his misery by shutting down the kitchen. When Ben said he was determined to continue his station, Ramsay ordered him to shut it down and called him a dick.

Post-Mortem

When both teams were lined up, Ramsay told the chefs they were overconfident, lazy, slow, and somewhat pathetic. However, he praised Matt’s strong performance on appetizers, saying it was the best risotto that ever went out in Hell’s Kitchen. When Ramsay asked Matt why he waited so long to emerge, Matt declared it was because the women were listening and showing respect to him. After that, Ramsay declared the blue team losers, and asked each member of the team to come up with one name for elimination.

While being dismissed, Matt enjoyed his success saying he had his ass kicked since day one and that it was finally time for him to shine. Back in the dorms, Petrozza and Christina congratulated Matt for Ramsay’s great compliment to him. On the blue side, Ben acknowledged it was his worst performance yet, but tried to get strategic by convincing everybody he would nominate himself. Bobby told he would do that also, but Louross categorically refused to nominate himself.

In their bedroom, Ben tried to convince Bobby to nominate Louross because he did not man up to his actions, and later tried to convince Petrozza to do the same. However, Petrozza declared he could not nominate Louross and that he still had not made his decision. So, Bobby tried to make an agreement that both of them would nominate each other.

Elimination

When Ramsay asked the blue team if their decision was difficult, only Petrozza answered it was. First, Louross announced Ben as his nominee, and after a long relieving speech, Ramsay said Louross he said enough and that he just grown two more inches. Second, Ben nominated Louross, and after that, Bobby nominated Petrozza for lacking the heart of becoming a head chef in a fine-dining restaurant. Finally, after Petrozza said it was a tough decision, he shocked everybody by nominating himself. He declared he could not pick any of his teammates saying they busted their asses. Ramsay praised his outstanding level of maturity and said that he was the most gracious man on the blue team. In the end, Ramsay eliminated Ben for being the worst performer of the night, his laid-back behavior and not admitting his mistakes.

After Ben left, Ramsay told the chefs to forget the past and focus on what was waiting for them, and concluded by asking the red team for a volunteer to go to the blue team the next morning, as it was down two chefs. Matt immediately refused to volunteer, saying he would rather be called a woman all day than to go back in the blue team. While dismissing the chefs, Ramsay told Petrozza he was a gentleman, who said it was meaning a lot coming from him. Petrozza became very emotional and declared he already felt like a winner despite still having a long way to go.

Ramsay’s comment: “Ben left a manual labor job, shoveling ditches, to get back into cooking. But all he did in Hell’s Kitchen was dig himself into a hole. A hole too deep to get out of.”

My Opinion

I think both team were rubbish for tonight service. Matt prove that the blue team were not better without him gone. Jen turn into moody Jen. Ben to go in the blue team and Rosanna to go in the red team.

My comment: Ben shouldn’t have quit his day job too early.

The sixth episode of Season 4 of Hell’s Kitchen aired on Fox, on May 6, 2008. On that episode happened the very first Sweet 16 party in Hell’s Kitchen, Jean-Philippe encountered somebody he did not wish to see any longer, and one chef turned the birthday girl into a vegetarian.

Intro

While going back to the dorms, Christina congratulated Louross for having survived elimination, and Louross and Ben were holding each other, with Ben padding Louross on the shoulders. However, Louross said that Ben calling him the weakest link was high school crap. Corey was feeling stressed out because Christina was put on the chopping block one more time, and thought she would continue to be there. Shayna did not feel Christina was condescending, but Corey insisted that she was since day one. After Petrozza noticed that Christina got herself a glass of wine, she said she deserved it as she was put on the chopping block more than anybody else. Then, Christina declared she was a complete package in the way that she was looking great in high heels, she could read a book and she could cook. After, Corey confirmed that Christina would be on the chopping block again.

On the blue side, Ben and Bobby talked about how Matt was lazy, saying that he always focuses on the things he was doing right when there was a zillion other things he was not doing right. On the patio, Matt talked to Louross about how Ben thinks he was the best cook but was hiding behind Bobby, and that both of them would backstab Petrozza after getting rid of himself and Louross. Then, Matt declared he was tired to be on that team as he was tired of losing.

Team Challenge

The next morning, while Bobby acknowledged the morale of the blue team was a little low, the contestants drove over to the Farmers Market, where Ramsay explained the Sweet 16 Planning Challenge. Each team would have 25 minutes and $100 to shop for their ingredients, divided in one appetizer and two entrées. After, they would get back in Hell’s Kitchen and have 45 minutes to cook those dishes to be presented for the birthday girl. During the shopping part, Matt made a suggestion of a sushi pizza on a tortilla, but was denied by his team as they thought it would be disgusting. Bobby hoped that Matt would shut his mouth because if he was having those weird ideas at this point in the competition, something would not be right with his brain. On the red team, the women were having a clear idea about what they would like, with Rosann, who had a 16-year-old daughter at the time, understanding that girls, at this age, could be very picky and would not try something they do not recognize. On the blue team, they continued ignoring Matt’s suggestion, infuriating him, especially when he suggested to go to the little supermarket not far away a lot of times to his teammates. On the red team, Corey made one last suggestion of buying a pomegranate, which the team agreed. At the end, both teams finished their shopping in time, inside their budgets, and drove back to Hell’s Kitchen.

Back in Hell’s Kitchen, the 45 minute delay began and Ben took command of the blue team by dedicating tasks to his teammates. On the red team, it was Corey who took vocal command, and was not afraid to tell Shayna she had to go faster because her ass could be put on the chopping block. In the blue team, Ben told Matt how to properly slice an asparagus, but Matt totally lost confidence in what his team was making, and said he would no longer suggest anything as he was tired to waste his breath. With 10 minutes to go, both teams became vocal, and on the blue team, Matt was tired of everybody telling him what to do, and even considered quitting the competition. Everybody plated their dishes and placed them underneath the domes in time.

Before the judging, Ramsay asked both teams if they used the time wisely and if they thought about the plating also, which they answered they did. When he asked if anybody celebrated a Sweet 16 birthday party recently, Matt raised his hands, and when Ramsay asked him if he had any inputs on his team’s menu, he answered he did not. Ramsay was stunned, and his teammates were as well, wondering what he was talking about. After that, the teams lined up in the dining room, and Ramsay introduced Melissa, the birthday girl, and her mother. When he saw that, Petrozza started to be worried as it was not a professional’s opinion anymore. When Ramsay asked Melissa what she did not like, her mother said she had simple tastes. After that, Ramsay called the appetizers down, and Shayna described her team’s Tuscan shrimp scampi appetizer, and Bobby presented his team’s stuffed chicken wing appetizer. During the tasting, Melissa revealed she never tasted shrimp before, which shocked Rosann and Jen. Rosann declared she could not believe a California girl would not taste shrimp by the time they were 16-year-old. Melissa found the shrimps crunchy, disappointing Rosann. After tasting both dishes, Melissa gave a point to the blue team’s chicken wings, giving them the lead 1-0. For the first round of entrées, Jen served a Caribbean halibut with a mango and avocado salsa, and Ben presented a sweet potato mash with sautéed asparagus and shrimps. After tasting both dishes, where the mother said the fish was dry and the rice undercooked for the women and Melissa saying she did not like asparagus at all for the men, Melissa gave a point to the red team, tying the score at 1 each. The tiebreaker round of entrées featured Petrozza against Corey. For the red team, Corey served a grilled steak with homemade French fries and pomegranate sauce, and for the blue team, Petrozza served a “Sassy Surf n Turf”, which was a grilled filet mignon. After tasting both dishes and after a very tense deliberation, Melissa finally chose the blue team’s entrée, giving them the challenge win 2-1. While the men were celebrating by hugging and giving high-fives to each other, Jen remarked that Melissa would go for the red team but her mom negatively influenced her decision, which the rest of the red team agreed. Jen stated her mother was so annoying as she never let her daughter answer by herself.

Reward

Ramsay did not announce the reward straight away, only saying the blue team would feel like teenagers again, and asked them to get changed. Arrived at Malibu Speed Zone for a go-kart activity, all the men were enjoying their race, with Petrozza saying he took some good bumps, and in the end, Bobby won the race. Later, they went to Kerry Simon’s restaurant to taste some homemade candies, with a fine-dining touch on them. Matt and Louross really enjoyed that moment as it was special.

Punishment

The red team was punished by decorating the dining room ahead of the Sweet 16 party, along with Francisco the Party Planner and Melissa’s mother. When Francisco entered the room, Jen noted his bright orange suit and knew he would get under her skin at one point. When he started giving instructions, Christina started mimicking him, and everybody else was laughing at his bizarre metaphors. Christina was already disliking him. Later, Melissa’s mother arrived and said she was not liking what they already made, making comments about everything, going from the plates to the napkins. Jen called her the Wicked Witch of the West Coast, and Shayna made a suggestion on how to fold the napkins, which annoyed Corey, who said she was acting as the Party Planner’s assistant and that she should go back to party planning. The mother agreed on Shayna’s suggestion, but Corey said it looked stupid.

Before Service

When the blue team came back from their reward, Louross and Corey started flirting with each other, with both of them saying they loved the other. When Corey stripped to jump in the hot tub, Louross followed her, and she thought he was attracted to him, and that it was just what she wanted as she would do anything to win the competition. However, no romance was building up as Louross was not interested and Corey said she was much more taller than him, and that she already had a boyfriend.

The next morning, both teams got in their respective kitchens, ready to prep. On the menu, there was the three challenge-winning dishes, including the stuffed chicken wings and beef tenderloin from the blue team, and the halibut with mango salsa from the red team. In the blue kitchen, Ben deemed the mango salsa to be elementary and easy to do, and declared he was doing this when he was 17-years-old. Shayna came in the blue kitchen to tell Ben how to properly cook the salsa, but both of them got more on each other’s nerves than anything else. Ben started mimicking her, and Shayna called him a “fucker”. When she came back in the red kitchen to prep her own salsa, Shayna took all her time to do it, annoying Corey, who said it takes 5 minutes to make a salsa, and Jen, who said they have much more things to do.

A few minutes before the doors would open, Ramsay made both teams lining up, and reminded the contestants that even though they were hosting a Sweet 16 birthday party, the standards were the same. He also reminded that Melissa would turn 16 only once. After that, Ramsay asked Jean-Philippe to let the teenagers in.

Dinner Service

After Jean-Philippe opened the doors, guests started to come in, taking pictures, and Jean-Philippe joked with Francisco about his non-matching blue sky outfit and being “sparklelicious”. Melissa’s mother commented on how her daughter was on fire and that she was loving it, gifts were handed and the first orders were taken. In the blue kitchen, the men were confident, with Bobby and Louross giving each other a triple low-five, and in the red kitchen, the women, especially Corey, were worried about Shayna. Meanwhile, Francisco announced the birthday girl, and Melissa came down the stairs, wearing a shiny red dress. Everybody in the room applauded, with Ramsay jokingly saying to not trip down the stairs, and saying to Melissa that she was looking great.

The first order came in the red kitchen, and Ramsay declared it was Melissa’s table. Christina sent her first risotto to the pass, but the mushrooms were missing. Ramsay asked her to put the pan on the stove and add more mushrooms in it. In the blue kitchen, the first chickens wings sent to the pass were dry and missing the sauce. Ben scrambled to look for the sauce, while Bobby wanted to take charge, saying he did not want to lose another service, even if he had to cook all the food by himself. Ben brought the sauce, and the chicken wings were sent to the customers, who were satisfied. When he saw that, Ben had a little celebration with Louross. In the red kitchen, Christina’s second attempt at Melissa’s risotto had a lot of mushrooms, but was missing the parmesan and chives. Although Christina said it was really frustrating, she managed to bounce back, and her second attempt was accepted. In the dining room, Melissa was satisfied with her risotto.

45 minutes into service, almost every customer received their appetizers. When the red team moved on to entrées, Rosann, who recalled her own daughter being 16 in a couple of years, wanted to give Melissa the best birthday party as possible, and sent Melissa’s order of beef, which was accepted. In the blue kitchen, everybody was ready to send the mother’s entrée to the pass, but Matt said the fish was still in the oven. That infuriated Bobby, who said to Matt that he had to be quicker. Ramsay told Matt to speed up, and Ben asked Matt for a time, leading Petrozza to say that Matt was hanging by a thread. Finally, Matt sent the halibut for the mother, which was accepted. However, on another hand, Melissa stopped eating because her beef was not cooked right. She asked for a refire, but when Jean-Philippe told Ramsay that it was Melissa’s dish herself, he became disappointed and asked Rosann to refire another one quickly by putting it in the oven. Rosann declared she was feeling terrible because of that mistake, but when the mother’s fish came back, Ramsay was furious and schooled Matt for it. Hearing Ramsay in the dining room, Francisco told everybody to keep on having fun and said to Melissa that she was looking gorgeous. Matt acknowledged that because it was one of the hosts’ food it was embarrassing, but said that even if it was not one of the hosts, it would still be embarrassing. After that, Ramsay told Matt to wake up, which he answered he was. When Ramsay came back in the red kitchen, he asked if Melissa’s beef was on, and Rosann answered it was not, which discouraged him, at the point that he pushed her aside and cooked the beef himself. Rosann was embarrassed of messing up like that, and Melissa, because of Ramsay himself, finally received her properly cooked steak, which satisfied her. In the blue kitchen, Matt’s second attempt at the mother’s fish was raw, which infuriated Bobby, to the point that he pushed Matt from his station, acknowledging it was going down in flames, and cooked the halibut himself, which infuriated Matt, who kept trying to come back without success, saying Bobby was a control freak. Finally, Bobby sent the mother’s halibut to the pass, and it was accepted by Ramsay, who gave his apologies while sending the order.

Back in the red kitchen, Ramsay asked for Shayna’s garnishes, which she answered it was coming. Ramsay told her how slow she was, and Corey said she was slow during prep and during service. Sous Chef Gloria told Shayna she had three orders of beef to cover, and Ramsay told Shayna that he was not slowing down for her. In the blue kitchen, Bobby took Matt’s station over, much to Ramsay dismay, who told Matt there was a difference between teamwork and running the section. He schooled Matt and told him to lead his station by himself. Matt became furious and threw Bobby under the bus.

More than an hour and a half into service, entrées were coming out of both kitchens, and Melissa and some of her guests were enjoying the chocolate fountain in the middle of the dining room. When Jean-Philippe noticed that Francisco was also enjoying that fountain, he pulled him to the side, asked him to focus on his job and stop doing it, otherwise he would be kicked out of the restaurant. When Jean-Philippe left, Francisco came back to the fountain to eat one more piece of banana secretly.

Two hours into service, both teams were sending out desserts. While they were eager to finish their tickets, in the blue kitchen, there was a power struggle as the team was constantly telling to Matt how to properly plate his desserts. Despite that, both teams finished their tickets, celebrated, and when Melissa and her mom came to the hot plate, Ramsay announced Melissa there was another surprise waiting for her outside. Jean-Philippe led her outside and introduced The Pink Spiders, Melissa’s favorite band, where they performed “Seventeen Candles”.

Post-Mortem

When both teams were lined up, Ramsay announced he would refer to the customer comment cards, written by all the 16-year-old girls in the dining room that night, to decide the winning team. The blue team got a 98% come back rating from the customers, which they were really proud about, and the red team got a 99% come back rating. The red team celebrated but Ramsay announced he could not pick a losing on a difference of 1%, and named both teams joint-winners. Matt thanked him for his generosity, but Ramsay brought him down to earth hilariously, and asked for one nominee from each team for elimination.

While being dismissed, Matt already gave up, knowing he would be the one chosen from his team, and was already packing his bags. While he was going back to his room to pack his bags, the blue team mocked him and laughed at him, with Bobby saying his face seemed like he was crapping his pants while standing there. So, because of that, the blue team quickly agreed on Matt. In the red team, Shayna, because she was too slow, and Rosann, for being the worst performer, were considered.

Elimination

Ben announced Matt as the blue team’s nominee, a decision which Ramsay agreed immediately considering he served overcooked fish to the birthday girl’s mother. Ramsay also stated that something worse than that would be serving undercooked meat to the birthday girl herself, directly referring to Rosann, expecting she would be nominated, but Christina announced that Shayna was the red team’s nominee. After Ramsay asked Christina who she would nominate personally, she answered Rosann, which Ramsay said it was making sense. Ramsay called Matt, Shayna, and Rosann down, and when Matt pleaded his case, he angrily threw Ben, for hiding behind Bobby, and Bobby, for taking his station over during service, under the bus, but Ramsay recalled his own stature, saying that he was weighing 250 pounds and that Louross’ balls were bigger than his. After that, Matt requested to be transferred to the red team as he did not have a voice in the blue kitchen any longer, saying he had no shame of working with women in a kitchen. After hearing that, Ramsay sent him back in line, and eliminated Shayna for being too slow, but praised her big heart and being a solid cook.

Team Switch

After Shayna left, Ramsay told Rosann she turned a 16-year-old girl into a vegetarian, sent her back in line, before announcing that for the next service, they would go back to fine-dining. Ramsay concluded by accepting Matt’s request and transferring him to the red team, much to their dismay and the blue team’s relief.

Ramsay’s comment: “Shayna has a big heart, but at times I felt her heart wasn’t here, it was back home, with her new born baby. She made far too many simple mistakes, and that’s why she’s going back to something she’s good at: changing diapers.”

My Opinion

Both team were rubbish at tonight service with both team mess up on an important night. With the red team mess up the mam dinner and the blue team mess up the daughter dinner. I agree with the blue team nominee but not the red team. I thought that Rosann was going to go.

My comment: Shayna was too slow at service so I hurry her up to leave hell kitchen.

The fifth episode of Season 4 of Hell’s Kitchen aired on Fox, on April 29, 2008. On that episode happened the very first pizza delivery, an emotional withdrawal and an unusual strategy to get the food out.

Intro

Back in the dorms, Ben was still in shock about his nomination, everybody wondering what he fucked up during the previous service, and him saying that he did not fuck up anything, and despite that, Ramsay nominated him. He added Ramsay never gave an explanation on his nomination. After that, Bobby asked Vanessa if she was all right and what was going on, which she answered she had to see a plastic surgeon, worried that it might take her chances of winning the competition away.

After that, Ben and Bobby went to bed, and Ben told Bobby that the competition was harder than boot camp. Then, Petrozza came in the bedroom and offered some cookies.

The next morning, all the chefs were getting ready for the next challenge, but Vanessa, because of her injury, could not do anything on her own, frustrating her. So, Shayna helped her combing her hair, understanding her frustration as she did not want to let the team down. Vanessa said she was feeling like a jackass.

Team Challenge

When both teams were lined up in the dining room, Ramsay asked Vanessa how she was feeling about her burn, which she answered she was fine. Then, he asked Louross what was on his mind that morning, which he answered it was game time. After that, he told the contestants that a great chef could turn something simple to something extraordinary, and introduced his white truffle pizza to them, stating it was costing $200 in his restaurant Maze, in London. Shayna was flabbergasted by that news, saying she did not even have a $200 pair of shoes. Following this, he introduced the Fine Dining Pizza Challenge, where each contestant had 45 minutes to create a stunning fine-dining pizza.

Jen was excited about that challenge as it was the perfect opportunity to be creative. Everybody was talking a look at all the available ingredients, which Bobby described as a “sea of… merchins”, saying it with a lot of difficulty. On the red team, communication was not an issue as everybody were answering everybody’s questions. Vanessa declared that as long as she was in the kitchen, she would try to do something, while Corey was writing down what she wanted to do, and Christina was really excited to create something of her own. On the blue team, Matt was asking questions to his team, but nobody answered as they were focused on their own things, which infuriated him declaring that was the reason why the team was not winning. Petrozza has had enough and told Matt to shut the fuck up and focus on his thing. After that, each chef focused on their own pizzas and cooked it in time. When they were finished, they had 15 minutes to decide which pizza from each team would be judged by Ramsay. So, everybody tasted everybody’s pizza, and on the red team, the women quickly agreed with Jen’s pizza, disappointing Vanessa who became emotional. With their decision made, they worked fast to perfect Jen’s pizza. On the blue team, Matt’s pizza was tasted by Ben and Bobby, and Ben described it as different, but not more, worried he would upset Matt. But, Matt was upset anyway, became furious, stating that his pizza was phenomenal. Then, the men tasted Bobby’s pizza, Louross’, and Ben’s, with finally making their choice on the latter. When they made their decision, Petrozza was upset as he was still putting his pizza together and nobody got the chance to taste it. With 10 seconds left, both teams rallied to place their chosen pizza under the domes.

For the judging, Jen and Bobby brought their respective domes to Ramsay. Jen described her pizza as a little bit of Italy and a little bit of France, with a herb crust, some sliced prosciutto, sundry tomatoes and basil. Ben described his pizza which was made with duck confit, chanterelle mushrooms, caramelized onion, and cream sauce to go on the bottom. During the judging, Christina said she was very nervous and that her hands were sweating. After the contestants waited very nervously for Ramsay’s decision, Ramsay asked to the blue team who washed the mushrooms, which Ben answered he did. Ramsay told him they were not washed properly as he still had some grit down the throat. That infuriated Matt who questioned Ben’s cooking abilities, and after that, Ramsay declared the red team winners, saying that despite Ben’s pizza had a great taste, it was spoiled by the dirt on the mushrooms. When Ben apologized for letting Ramsay down, Ramsay reminded he let his team down instead.

Reward

The red team was rewarded with a lunch at the restaurant Square One, home to the $90 burger, in Santa Barbara, with Ramsay, and were transported there by a helicopter. Rosann was very excited as it was one of her dreams to ride in a helicopter. Also, Jen’s pizza would be on the menu for that night’s service, making her very proud. Shayna was excited about the helicopter ride and could not wait to see the Pacific coast, while Vanessa told the view was amazing. Arrived at the restaurant, Ramsay and the red team made a toast to Jen’s pizza, and ate the restaurant’s signature slider, which Jen really enjoyed. Christina declared the best part of the reward was getting out and having lunch with Ramsay. When they came back from their reward during the night, Rosann almost slipped in the stairs, being a little inebriated, and hold on to Shayna when she was about to.

Punishment

The blue team was forced to prep all the pizzas for the next dinner service. When they learned their punishment, Petrozza put his hand on Louross’ shoulder, but Louross aggressively pushed him back, telling he was pissed. In the kitchen, Ramsay gave a little pep talk to the team, saying even if they do not appreciate each other, they have to bond as a team, and that the difference would be surprising. While he was speaking, Louross put a white towel on his head and walked around, being very emotional. Ramsay asked him what was the matter, but he answered he was fine. Ben said they did not need a whiny ass little punk bitch walking around, referring to Louross. After Ramsay left, Matt declared he wanted to win the next service and wanted to taste the red team’s blood. After that, he tried to communicate with his team, wanting to succeed, but they were very little responsive, which infuriated him saying they would lose again and that they had to enjoy it. Petrozza stated that even though Matt was a nice guy and meant well, he was driving him nuts. During the punishment, Louross and Ben got into an argument, where Ben called Louross a bitch, and both of them told the other one they were breaking down. For lunch, they were served a simple plain burger, without condiments.

Vanessa’s Exit

The next morning, both teams were finishing prep in their respective kitchens, but Vanessa was struggling because of her injury. So, because she was feeling useless, she decided to go to Ramsay’s office and talk about the situation with him. She told him her injury was painful, and that the fact she was not able to work in the kitchen the way she was used to was killing her. Ramsay reminded her that she still had every chance to win the competition as they allowed burns in the pass. This led him to give her the choice of whether to stay in the competition or leave, and after some deliberation, where she said she was not a quitter or weak, she decided to withdraw from the competition, saying she did not want to be there if she was not able to be at 100%. Ramsay said it was a shame, but respected her decision, before asking her to pack her stuff and leave Hell’s Kitchen, and finishing by wishing her good luck. Back in the kitchen, Vanessa announced her departure to her teammates and hugged them, before getting to the dorms, packing her stuff, and leaving by the front door with her bags. During that process, Shayna questioned her decision, thinking she was a little tougher than that.

Ramsay’s and my comment: “It’s unfortunate that Vanessa’s burn took her out of the competition. We’ll never, ever know if she really had what it takes to win Hell’s Kitchen.”

Before Service

After Vanessa’s departure, the Sous Chefs brought all the contestants outside, where Ramsay announced that for the first time ever, Hell’s Kitchen would be offering pizza delivery. Then, a plane came across the sky announcing a banner saying “Pizza delivery tonight!”. Jen was honored as it was her pizza that would be delivered, saying it was huge. Ramsay also announced that because the blue team lost the challenge, they would be in charge of the deliveries, inside the Hell’s Kitchen three-wheeled delivery cart, which was driven by Jean-Philippe. He bumped into a step, almost losing balance in the process, which made everybody laugh in disbelief. Then, he parked the cart, got out, and thanked Ramsay when the latter said it was fantastic. After that, Ramsay ordered the chefs to get back in the kitchen as they were having a busy night ahead.

In the red kitchen, the loss of Vanessa made the team more bonded, at the point where Corey was glad she was gone as the team was getting stronger. But, in the blue kitchen, the men were still divided, making Louross ask God for a miracle. After that, Ramsay asked Jean-Philippe to open Hell’s Kitchen.

Dinner Service

Before the first ticket got called out in the red kitchen, Corey motivated her team saying they had to say “Yes Chef” when he would be calling it out. When Ramsay called the first ticket, the red team did exactly what Corey told to do. Jen was determined to get a good service being on the hot appetizers, and her first attempt at the risotto was successful, sending it out in a record time. After that, the first calls for pizza deliveries were taken in by the Sous Chefs, and Ramsay dedicated Ben to do them. Meanwhile, Matt was ready with his first entrée of scallops and quail eggs, but they were rubbery, and Ramsay compared them to Pamela Anderson’s breast implants. Ramsay made Matt eat his eggs, which he enjoyed as he liked quail eggs, and asked him to start over. On his second attempt at the eggs, Matt broke the yolk, and Bobby, annoyed by this mistake, decided to take over the cooking of the eggs, acknowledging it was his time to become a leader. When he asked for the eggs, Louross said they should give him the eggs, and Petrozza gave him the tray. With Bobby taking control of the quail eggs, the blue team sent two tables of appetizers, and the red team sent four, in 20 minutes.

When the red team moved on to entrées, Shayna sent her first beefs and Wellingtons to the pass, but they came out raw. Ramsay schooled her on that mistake, she slapped herself in the face, and was asked to communicate with Corey, on the fish station. After Ramsay asked the red team to start the table again, Corey asked a question to him, but he told her she should ask it to Shayna and that she should work with her. In the blue kitchen, Ben put a new hat and apron on, beginning his pizza deliveries. He went to the three-wheeled delivery cart, started driving it, but could not find his way as he never went to Los Angeles before in his life. When he arrived, he had trouble parking the cart, but successfully found the correct addresses finally. Back in Hell’s Kitchen, Shayna succeeded on her second attempt at the Wellingtons, but Rosann sent runny mashed potatoes, which infuriated Ramsay. He told her to wake up, and started mimicking her actions by taping on the pan with the spoon, and when she got confused, he pushed her away by doing her job himself, but her other attempt at the mashed potatoes was not salty enough. So, Ramsay sent the entrées without the garnish, and when Rosann was ready to bring her other attempt at the potatoes and carrots, he told her to fuck off as the entrées were already gone. Ramsay became disappointed, got in the back of the red kitchen in disbelief, and told Rosann it was not good enough.

An hour and a half into service, nearly all the customers received their appetizers, but Rosann’s problems on garnish was stalling the red kitchen. This led Ramsay to ask Jen if she could take Rosann’s station over, which she did. Because of Jen, the red kitchen was finally sending out entrées. In the blue kitchen, Louross’ steaks were undercooked, and Ramsay asked him to get them back in the pan. When Ramsay asked Louross if he could cook a steak, and Louross answering he could, Ramsay asked him why he was not doing it then. When he brought his second attempt, Sous Chef Scott told him they were overcooked, and schooled Louross, telling him he fucked it up and tried to get it passed him. So, Louross was looking for some beautifully cooked steaks, along with Petrozza. When he could not find any, Petrozza got an idea and brought back the steaks that were deemed overcooked, and secretly sliced off the burnt sides of the steaks, not convincing Louross it would work. But, when Petrozza sent the steaks to the pass, Sous Chef Scott accepted them, saying it was much better, and impressing Louross, who said it was the “ghettoest” thing it could ever happen in a kitchen. After that, Louross was feeling relieved.

Two hours into service, more than three quarters of the diners have received their entrées. When the red kitchen got ready to move on to desserts, Christina was struggling on that station as she burnt four soufflés, and told she was 20 minutes behind. When she acknowledged Jen was supposed to be with her on desserts and was asking for help, Jen told she was having a meltdown on desserts, but that she was nobody’s mother and that she should show some initiative. When he saw Christina struggling on desserts, Ramsay asked Corey to help her, which she reluctantly did, saying she should spoil herself and that she did not want to help her. With Corey’s help, desserts finally came out, and in the blue kitchen, Bobby led the dessert station, where he was helped by Ben and Petrozza, and desserts came out of the blue kitchen as well. After that, both teams were sending their last ticket out, and when they did, Ramsay made both teams lining up in the red kitchen, and congratulated them on finally completing a service.

Post-Mortem

After customers left the restaurant and both teams were lined up, Ramsay told the service was not brilliant, but they managed to complete it. Then, he said that one chef was a big surprise, and revealed it was Louross, and added he was surprising because his performance was crap, deplorable, uninteresting, and shocking. He concluded by saying to Louross it was a disappointment because before that service, he was good. After that, Ramsay said to Rosann that on the last few tables, he had to send the entrées separately from the vegetables as he did not want the tables to wait any longer. Before dismissing the contestants, Ramsay announced both teams winners, and asked them to nominate one person each for elimination.

While going upstairs, Matt knew he was safe that night. Back in the dorms, Bobby said he already had his idea, which was Matt because of his personality, but while discussing with Ben and Petrozza, Ben also considered Louross for being the worst performer. On the red side, they quickly agreed on Rosann based on that service, but Rosann said she did not want to go home. When Matt joined a conversation between his teammates, he declared he would nominate Louross, which was not there, and Ben told if it was not Louross, it would be Matt, who immediately disagreed. Then, Louross came over and admitted he fucked up and disappointed everybody, including himself. On the red side, Jen and Rosann plotted to get Christina out because of her annoyance, and they quickly convinced Corey and Shayna with that decision. When she learned that news, Christina became angry as she was victim of a backstab, and acknowledged that herself was the only person she could trust anymore.

Elimination

Ben announced Louross as the blue team’s nominee because of his lack of culinary skills, and Christina announced that herself was the red team’s nominee. When he learned that, Ramsay could not believe it, and asked Jen for an explanation. Jen explained that Christina was talking the talk, but that she could not run a brigade properly. Ramsay responded he was not believing that explanation, and asked Jen if she was threatened by Christina’s intelligence. Jen answered she was not, and added that she was deciding her fate in Hell’s Kitchen, which Ramsay immediately responded that it was his job. After that, Ramsay asked Rosann if she felt she was a better cook than Christina, which she answered that she did, but Ramsay reminded her that she completely screwed her team during that service.

Then, Christina and Louross stepped forward, and when Ramsay asked Louross who was the weakest chef on the blue team, he answered Matt, who became confused. When Ramsay asked the same question to Christina, she answered that Rosann was. After listening their pleas, Ramsay announced that the only person who would leave Hell’s Kitchen that night was Vanessa, who already left. Ramsay announced that as a gift to both teams for completing dinner service. He also added that they should not take that for granted as he was expecting a complete service every single night. While dismissing the chefs, Ramsay reminded that the competition would get tougher. Louross said that because he was a small Filipino man, he would get criticized and underestimated not matter what, while Christina acknowledged that not everybody was out for the team, and that those people would be taken out soon. Finally, Vanessa received the coat hanging and burning picture sequence.

My Opinion

I agree with the service was good but could be better. I agree with the blue team nominee but not with the red team. I agree with Ramsay that none should have went.