The seventh episode of Season 3 of Hell’s Kitchen aired on Fox, on July 16, 2007. On that episode, the team’s menus were put to the test, and an early front runner’s time was soon over.

Intro

On their way back to the dorms, Bonnie expressed surprise that Melissa was eliminated so quickly, but Rock expressed relief as it meant one less person for him to compete against. With the teams now back to gender division, Josh declared that it was game time. In the red team, Jen noted that the blue team was acting really cocky, but Bonnie expressed surprise that she was up against two Sous Chefs and an Executive Chef, and was ready to beat them.

Team Challenge

The next morning, both teams made their way down to the dining room to meet Ramsay. Ramsay noted that there were six chefs left, and with it being pretty obvious that the battle of the sexes was back on, he urged them all to take their skills to the next level. Then, Ramsay announced that for their next challenge, they would all work with leftovers as a test to turn previously used food into a stunning new dish. Each team would make one appetizer and two entrées from a tray of identical leftovers in 30 minutes.

During the challenge, while the blue team had a clear idea what their dishes would be, the red team struggled on deciding their ideas and wasted nearly half of their time on it. With 10 minutes to go, the blue team was midway on cooking their dishes, while the red team was just able to figure out their ideas. Both teams finished up their dishes and plated them.

The appetizer round took place with Bonnie and Brad going head to head. Brad presented his curry bass with crustacean tomato pasta, and Ramsay praised Brad for the amount of work he placed into his dish. Bonnie, who felt less confident after seeing Brad’s dish, presented her rustic chicken stew, and Ramsay also praised it for tasting nice. Because it was hard to identify what dish edged out the other, Ramsay gave a point to both teams and the teams were tied at 1 each. Jen and Josh were up next in the first entrée round. Jen presented her steak and eggs dish, but Ramsay said it looked like something Julia would make at work, and that he expected more from Jen. Josh presented his chicken leg with pea tendrils, but Ramsay also had some criticisms of his heavily acidic sauce, and that the chicken was undercooked. Ramsay even stated he expected more from Josh as he was a professional chef. Disappointed in both Josh and Jen, neither of them scored a point and it still remained a 1 point tie. The final pair up was Julia against Rock for the second entrée round. Rock presented his surf and turf dish that consisted of a petit ribeye and a pan seared bass and not only did Ramsay call it delicious, he praised Rock for cooking it with finesse. Soon, Julia presented her fish and chips dish, and while Ramsay said the dish was nice, it was only just fish and chips and he expected more. So, Rock won that round, and the blue team won the challenge 2-1.

Reward

The blue team was rewarded with a paintball excursion, and would compete against Ramsay in a three against one game. That excited the men as they finally had a chance to get back at Ramsay for his constant yelling at them. At the Hollywood Sports Park, the three geared up and had target practice with both the red team and Ramsay’s faces on the targets. Then, the blue team was ready to take on Ramsay, who was hiding out in full paintball gear himself. While the men were able to get some hits on Ramsay, he was able to take out Brad, Josh, and Rock in that order. Despite losing to Ramsay, the blue team said that it was their best reward yet as no one had ever got to shoot at Ramsay before.

Punishment

The red team was punished by participating in both spring cleaning and Delivery Day. When they were taking in deliveries, Bonnie was in charge of making sure they had what they needed. But when they brought everything inside, Julia noticed that they took in boxes of turbot skeletons instead of the full filets. That dismayed Bonnie as the truck had already left. After Sous Chefs Mary-Ann and Scott double checked the list, it was soon revealed that not only did they also take in snapper filets that had no skin on them, but also took in unsalted butter instead of the salted variant they use. Because of those mistakes, the delivery truck had to be called in again, and the red team had to fix their mistakes late in the night. When the blue team returned from their reward at 9:05 pm, Jean-Philippe suggested that the men could help out the red team, but the men laughed at the idea and kept walking, much to his disgust.

Creating new menus

The next morning, both teams came downstairs and expected to begin prep for service. But Ramsay announced that for that night’s service, he was letting both teams have a hand in their own menus. Both teams were required to create a menu that had 3 appetizers, 3 entrées, and 3 desserts. Ramsay told them that he expected both creativity and teamwork from this and sent them back upstairs, and they had 1 hour to create their menus.

For the red team, Jen and Bonnie came up with their ideas but ignored Julia’s suggestion on a New York strip steak idea due to her position as a Waffle House Cook. For the blue team, Brad took the lead again and inputted a lot of high-end dishes on their menu while ignoring Josh’s suggestions and deciding to call Rock’s macaroni and cheese idea a cassoulet, even though Rock argued that it was not a true cassoulet.

Before service

As both teams went downstairs for prep, Jen expressed her concern to Bonnie about their menu, but Bonnie told her not to become a bitch right now, which angered Jen. When Ramsay looked at the red team’s menu, he noticed that Julia did not have any input on it. Julia revealed her steak and shrimp dish idea, and Ramsay told the red team to put it on the menu. For the blue team, Ramsay was concerned that their menu looked very risky and asked if they could pull it off. All three of the men expressed confidence in it, and Brad expressed hope that the customers would order from their menu the most.

Both teams began prepping their kitchens. Bonnie asked for some suggestions, but Jen and Julia ignored her causing Sous Chef Mary-Ann to remind the red team that this was still a team effort. With both teams ready, Ramsay ordered Jean-Philippe to open Hell’s Kitchen.

Dinner service

As the diners placed their orders in, it became very clear that the red team’s menu looked more appealing to the customers than the blue team’s. The red team got their first ticket, and more orders soon came flooding in for them which Ramsay informed the blue team about. Julia informed Ramsay that she needed 5 more minutes on Bonnie’s bacon wrapped rabbit dish as it was not cooking right, and Ramsay had Bonnie help Julia, which upset Jen as this meant Bonnie never made the dish before. As Ramsay suggested an alternate way to cook the rabbit, Julia was upset about getting screwed by Bonnie.

30 minutes into dinner service and the blue team finally received their first order of tickets. Brad sent up his ravioli dishes, but they soon came back due to the ravioli being stone cold, and Ramsay ordered Brad to make a shrimp salad as a replacement, and also told him to concentrate. In the red kitchen, Julia finally brought up the rabbit appetizer and Ramsay urged her to keep the momentum going. Now onto entrées, Julia’s steak dish was shown to be the most requested item on the red team’s menu, much to the surprise of both Ramsay and Jean-Philippe. The blue team began to work on their entrées as well, but Rock noticed that Josh’s pan was not hot enough for the lamb entrée, even though Josh argued that it was. Julia sent up her steak dishes and Ramsay was impressed by the perfect cooking and the size of the portions, while praising her for her good job so far. Josh did not communicate with Ramsay on his lamb, and one of his orders was boiled. That frustrated Ramsay and told Josh that his actions confirmed to him that he cannot cook at all and that his time in the competition was running out. A freaked out Josh started calling for times, but Ramsay told him he would not trust him with a hotdog stand.

The red team’s entrées were moving at a great pace although some tables with two different menu orders had a different dining experience. When one of the female customers complained to Jean-Philippe that she felt insulted that the gentleman at her table was served first before her, he relayed it back to Ramsay who yelled at Josh for his lamb. Josh’s next attempt at the lamb, however, was raw, and Ramsay ordered him to get out of the shit. Ramsay ordered Rock and Brad for at least one of them to help Josh out, but neither one of them wanted to help him, much to Josh’s dismay. In the red kitchen, Ramsay noticed that Jen was not doing much and was about to clear down her station and ordered her to get a grip. Josh finally got an acceptable order of lamb out, and the blue team managed to get their entrées out to the diners. Ramsay turned to the red kitchen and informed the ladies that the blue team had overtaken them. Also, Ramsay pointed out to Bonnie that she was cooking the garnishes with no gas turned on, and mocked her shocked expression. Bonnie got disappointed by her own incompetence in the competition, and Ramsay told her that she should be ashamed of her poor performance.

Two hours into dinner service, and the blue team was almost finished with their entrées. However, some of their dishes were sent back as Brad’s sauce for the turbot was both bland and salty, which Ramsay compared to baby vomit. With the red team on their final ticket, Julia soon got confused as too many people were crowding her, and Bonnie had to redo the steak’s garnish as she burned the initial one. Their teamwork started to collapse, and Ramsay admitted that he was starting to get pissed off. Despite that, the red team managed to communicate well enough to send their last entrée out, while the blue team managed to get desserts out before finally finishing. The red team’s communication continued to collapse as Jen and Bonnie were arguing over the desserts. Even though the blue team finished, Josh felt that he could be going home after that performance.

Post-Mortem

When both teams were lined up, Ramsay told the red team that their performance on the last four tables was embarrassing. Then, Ramsay told the blue team that there was no teamwork at all and while Josh’s performance was a disaster, he was more disappointed in Rock and Brad for not even attempting to help Josh and that the people who suffered the most were the customers. There was no winning team for that night, but Ramsay named Julia the “Best of the Worst” for the red team as her steak dish was the most popular item of the red team’s menu, and she did not get one order ruined. Ramsay told Julia to think about one person from the red team for nomination, while ordering the blue team to agree on one person for nomination.

Back in the dorms, Julia weighed her options, but was leaning more towards Bonnie since while she was a good cook, she could have been a little stronger on the execution. On the blue team, Josh knew he would be an easy choice since he was up three times already, and Brad argued that he himself should not go up. As Rock left for a bit, Brad accused Josh of being bitter that Rock put him up for elimination twice in the past, but Josh argued against it. When Rock returned, the three seriously discussed who to send up.

Elimination

At elimination, Julia nominated Bonnie, and Brad announced that the blue team’s nomination was himself based on his poor leadership, though Rock argued that it was Brad himself who took control of the menu. After listening to both nominees pleas, Ramsay called Bonnie’s name, but told her to wake up. After that, he eliminated Brad for his poor leadership skills in service. During his exit interview, Brad felt that Rock and Josh nominated him out of fear he was the better chef on the blue team, and still felt he was the best.

Ramsay’s comment: “Brad was a hard worker. Unfortunately, he worked with his back rather than his brain. He lacked finesse to become a great chef.”

My opinion

Bard was a better chef than Josh but it was he menu more than the other chefs in the blue team. I think Bonnie needs to stop moaning that she not doing good. I agree that Julia was the better chef tonight.

My comment: I would’ve pick Josh to go home tonight. But for Brad he could have pick a better menu.

The fifth episode of Season 3 of Hell’s Kitchen aired on Fox, on July 2, 2007. On that episode, a wedding service was held, one chef’s poor leadership caused their team to alienate them, and for the first time ever, Ramsay decided to not eliminate anybody.

Intro

On their way back upstairs, Rock asked Josh if he made the wrong decision by not nominating Vinnie initially, to which an angry Josh agreed with. Rock tried to explain to Josh that his problem was that he was rushing through things, but Josh saw it differently, much to Rock’s annoyance. Now that the blue team had only three members left, all of them agreed to start getting their act together and finally win something.

Bonnie confronted the red team for ignoring her after she was up for elimination, but Melissa reminded her that they were in a competition. That caused Bonnie to believe that she may not have what it takes to be there.

Team challenge

The next morning, Sous Chef Scott called the two teams and ordered them to go outside and get in the SUVs. Arriving at the Bristol Farms grocery store, Ramsay revealed that for the first time ever, Hell’s Kitchen will be catering a wedding reception. Both teams had to create an appetizer, a fish entrée, and a meat entrée, and had a $100 budget to shop for their ingredients. With a time limit of 30 minutes, both teams raced to get their ingredients. Melissa took the lead for the red team and suggested they use duck as their main dish, though the rest of them were a little concerned about it. By the end of the time limit, both teams made it to the check out in time, but the blue team was over budget which forced them to remove some of their items.

Once back in Hell’s Kitchen, the two teams had one hour to cook their dishes. In the red kitchen, Julia was going to sear the duck breast, but Melissa butted in and told her to do something else while also insulting Bonnie by telling Julia not to listen to her. In the blue kitchen, the three men communicated well and dealt with their own dishes. Melissa put Julia’s duck breast back in the oven so it would stay warm, but this caused more bickering, and an open ear Rock hoped that the bickering between “Hell’s Bitches” would be their downfall. With only two minutes left, the men tried to use what little they had for their dishes, and Melissa and Julia found out that the duck breast was overcooked, even though Melissa refused to take responsibility for it. With time running out, both teams plated their dishes.

After cooking, Ramsay asked if everyone used their time wisely, but the red team stated they did not, much to Ramsay’s shock. Bonnie explained that there was too much arguing going on, and Julia blamed Melissa for her dictatorship. Melissa argued that she was not trying to do everything at once, but Ramsay reminded her that he never put her in charge and the challenge was supposed to be a team effort. Ramsay then revealed that he would not be judging alone, as he invited the bride and groom, Carlota and Cyrus, to help him. This horrified Melissa, who told Ramsay that the red team should not serve their food to the couple, but Ramsay told her he was not going to let her attitude spoil the couple’s wedding.

The first round of appetizers was presented by Brad for the blue team, and Melissa for the red team. The blue team made a crab salad dish with thyme and grapefruit aioli, while the red team made a puff pastry with brie cheese and strawberry. While the couple liked both dishes, they went with the blue team as they felt the red team’s dish was more of a dessert, giving the blue team a 1-0 lead. The next round featured the fish entrées presented by Josh for the blue team and Julia for the red team. The blue team made an herbed convene sea bass with a vegetable broth, while the red team made a sea bass with collard greens and bacon. The couple preferred the red team’s dish as they felt the blue team’s broth tasted a bit foul, tying it at 1. In the final round, Rock was ready to present the blue team’s meat entrée, but Melissa tried to stop Jen from presenting their dish. However, Ramsay told Melissa that he was getting pissed off by her attitude, and ordered the red team to send up their meat dish. As the red team feared, Ramsay was extremely embarrassed when he saw the overcooked duck breast with no sides and made it publicly clear to Jen. Rock presented the blue team’s meat entrée which was a pan seared dry aged ribeye with a wild mushroom cream sauce. Since the duck breast was too rubbery to cut through, the red team’s dish was disqualified and the blue team won the challenge 2-1. That excited Josh since not only had the blue team finally won a challenge, but they were getting ready to see the red team get reamed out.

After the couple left, Ramsay let loose and told the red team, once again referring to them as “Hell’s Bitches”, that he had never been more embarrassed inside Hell’s Kitchen in his entire life and they should all be ashamed for their joke of a performance.

Reward

The men were sent to the Exhale Spa for a day of pampering. As this was their first reward since being in Hell’s Kitchen, the men were excited by it. The spa treatment managed to relax the men, and it made the three closer as they toast to an eventual victory.

Punishment

The red team was forced to decorate the dining room for the next night’s service, based on the instructions of Francisco the Party Planner. Bonnie, Jen, and Julia all agreed that the duck fiasco was all Melissa’s fault and were getting tired of her disrespectful attitude. Melissa deflected their criticisms, and her arguments made Bonnie even angrier as she was almost ready to strangle her with some chiffon. When it came to decorating the dining room, Melissa continued to dictate the red team, though the other women ignored her. Her attitude eventually annoyed the women, and Bonnie asked her what happened to her since they began the season.

Before service

The next morning, both teams began to prep for service with that night’s menu featuring the winning dishes from both teams. Melissa asked Rock for the potato dish recipe, but her overcomplicated questions frustrated him. Meanwhile, the wedding ceremony took place, and Carlota and Cyrus got married. With only an hour until service began, Ramsay found out that Melissa cooked Rock’s potatoes incorrectly, and were all black. While Melissa tried to argue that Rock told her a different way, Ramsay retorted that he had no time for her excuses as they had little time before the wedding reception. Melissa’s second batch of potatoes turned out black as well, and as the wedding guests were arriving, Ramsay chewed her out. Jean-Philippe introduced the newly married couple and Ramsay put Jen in charge of the potatoes, and she got to work redoing them.

Dinner service

Since the blue team won the challenge, they had the honor of cooking for the bride and groom’s table. The couple’s order came in, but Josh’s lack of communication got Ramsay frustrated. Sous Chef Scott informed Josh that his risotto was not ready, so Ramsay had Brad help Josh to move quicker. That caused a hold on the red team’s first order, but Bonnie delivered her first order of scallops even though Ramsay told her not to. After some initial problems, the blue team was finally able to send the bride and groom’s appetizers. The red team managed to put their differences aside and to serve their appetizers, and Ramsay took note of Julia’s performance as she was tasting a lot more since they began the competition. Francisco told Jean-Philippe that the parents have not been served yet, and was sent over to Ramsay since Jean-Philippe did not want to deal with him. Sure enough, Ramsay pushed Francisco away from the hot plate.

One hour into dinner service, and all of the appetizers had made it to the tables for the first time ever. Rock was especially proud that the blue team was finally coming together. Entrées began, and the red team got their first order. However, Melissa stalled them with her ribeye garnish, and even though she said she needed four minutes, she still sent it up, much to her teammate’s confusion. Then, Ramsay asked Melissa what she was trying to do, and told her that she shut off completely. Despite that, the red team was getting entrées out, and Ramsay praised Jen’s leadership. In the blue kitchen, Josh sent up the fish sauce, but it was stone cold, forcing him to quickly heat it up again. While the entrées were stalled up, the diners were distracted by the speeches for the newlyweds.

In the red kitchen, Ramsay asked for the sabayon, but Melissa realized that she accidentally put it in the dish water, and it spilled into it. Melissa went over to the blue kitchen to get some more, but Ramsay caught her. After pulling Melissa back to the red kitchen, he ordered her to make some more and accused her of trying to sabotage the blue team. Despite these problems, the red team recovered, and the entire dining room was served for the first time that season. Near the end of the reception, Ramsay gave Carlota and Cyrus a honeymoon gift at the Green Valley Ranch Resort and Spa.

Post-Mortem

Ramsay noted that even though both teams started off slow, they did eventually get a good pacing. Then, Ramsay announced that the blue team were the winners for finishing 3 minutes ahead of the red team. Ramsay singled out Jen as the “Best of the Worst” for the red team due to her strong performance, and asked her to come up with two nominees for elimination.

As the blue team was celebrating their victory, Melissa pleaded to Jen on her case to stay, followed by Julia. Jen knew that she would nominate Melissa, but her difficulty was between Bonnie and Julia. Bonnie feared that if she was up with Melissa, she would be sent home.

Team switched

At elimination, Jen announced that Melissa was her first nominee and Bonnie was her second. Both pleaded their case with Melissa claiming she has tried to carry the red team, while Bonnie stated that she has only started to realize her potential. After much consideration, Ramsay called up Melissa’s name and told her to take off her jacket, but shocked everyone when he announced that she would now be on the blue team. He told Melissa that a new environment might fix her downward spiral, but warned her that she was on her last chance. He then told Bonnie to get back in line, and dismissed everyone. This marked the first time in the show’s history that no one was eliminated, and someone was reassigned to another team without evening the numbers. At the end of the episode, when Ramsay was about to hang up Melissa’s red jacket, he stopped midway and retracted.

Ramsay’s comment: “I’ve never seen anyone go from being a strong chef to being such a terrible chef so quickly. And that’s why tonight I’m giving Melissa one more chance. Her only hope now is that she fits in better with the boys than she did with the girls.”

My opinion

Well this is going to be short but Melissa deserves to be up on the chopping board tonight.

No comment because no one left.

The fourth episode of Season 3 of Hell’s Kitchen aired on Fox on June 25, 2007. On that episode, the annual Blind Taste test occurred, a disastrous dinner service, and a shocking move by Ramsay at elimination.

Intro

Back in the dorms, morale was very low as Jen still felt guilty over her “trash pasta” incident, but Bonnie managed to comfort her. Vinnie railed on Jen’s decision and stated that he would have kicked her out if she did that in his kitchen, much to Bonnie’s annoyance. Bonnie admitted that the long nights was getting taxing, and believed they were in actual Hell.

Team challenge

The next morning, both teams came downstairs to the kitchen and met with Ramsay, who reminded Jen of her “trash pasta” incident last night, along with Vinnie’s raw egg. Then, Ramsay revealed that one of the biggest factors behind a great chef was the taste, and said that none of them had yet pushed their palates. Because of that, Ramsay introduced the annual Blind Taste Challenge.

The first pair up was Brad against Julia. Ramsay had three different ingredients prepared for them, and both wore blindfolds and headphones with music playing. The first ingredient was American cheese, which Julia got correct, but Brad mistook it for cheddar cheese. The next ingredient was fried chicken, and both answered correctly. The last one was boiled carrots, but neither answered correctly, making the score 2-1 for the red team. Ramsay noted that Brad, a Sous Chef, lost to Julia, a Waffle House Chef. The second pair up was Rock against Melissa. Their first ingredient was boiled egg yolks which Rock answered correctly, but Melissa thought it was a potato. Both correctly scored on the potato, but neither could correctly guess venison, making the score a 3 point tie. The third pair up was Bonnie against Josh, though Bonnie informed Ramsay that she could hear him before they started tasting. Neither scored on the lobster, but Bonnie was able to correctly guess bok choy and pear while Josh failed on the two. The score was 5-3 for the red team after three rounds, and Ramsay remarked he could not believe a sous chef lost to a nanny, but told Bonnie that she did well. The final pair was Jen against Vinnie. With the red team having a huge lead, Ramsay warned the blue team that if Vinnie got the first ingredient wrong, the challenge would end. Sure enough, Vinnie mistook tuna for pancetta, ending the challenge, and the red team was declared the winners.

This marked the first time a team lost three challenges in a row since starting the competition.

Reward

The red team went on a special lunch excursion with Ramsay by eating in the dark.

Punishment

The blue team was forced to prep both kitchens for that night’s service. In addition, because they lost the Blind Taste Challenge, Ramsay had them eat a platter of offal which included; cow tongue, stomach lining, cow liver, and kidneys. Vinnie accused Bonnie of cheating since she was able to hear Ramsay earlier, but Bonnie argued against it and told the red team that any sympathy she might have had for the men were gone. While eating the offal, Rock almost came close to puking, and Brad was concerned about the domino effect it could come to.

Before service

As the men were prepping both kitchens, the women returned to the dorms and relaxed for a bit. The men showed exhaustion due to the lack of sleep and pushed themselves to finish prep in both kitchens.

As both teams were lined up, Ramsay revealed that for this service, he would have the customer comment cards decide which team would be the winner. Once everyone was ready, Ramsay told Jean-Philippe to open Hell’s Kitchen.

Dinner service

Josh, on appetizers, sent up his first risottos, but Ramsay found that he did not cook them properly and told him to get a grip. In the red kitchen, Melissa told Julia that she needed two more minutes on her appetizers, though Julia found out that her scallops were overcooked. Despite telling Melissa about the problem, Melissa ignored both Julia and Bonnie’s pleas and still called for times. While Ramsay praised Julia for her honesty, he criticized Melissa’s poor teamwork skills, and threatened to kick her out. Melissa then chewed out Julia since Ramsay expected more from her due to her skills. Josh was caught not doing anything on his station, causing Ramsay to order Rock to take over his station.

45 minutes into service, and because of Rock’s efforts, the blue diners were getting their appetizers. Moving on to entrées, Vinnie prepped his Wellingtons but told Ramsay that he needed 15 more minutes as he overcooked his initial ones. That shocked Ramsay and criticized Vinnie’s performance. In the red kitchen, Bonnie worked on her meat, but Melissa butted in and found that Bonnie’s chicken was still raw. Ramsay then discovered that Bonnie sliced the chicken in half and placed back in the pan. After Bonnie gave an unconvincing answer, Ramsay derided Bonnie’s performance so far as she has given him nothing but “dumb blonde” answers, and declared that the chicken was now dry. Then, Ramsay got angrier when Bonnie mistakenly lied about a refire and ordered the red team to work together. Despite the problems in the red kitchen, they managed to serve 14 tables of their entrées while the blue team only managed to get 6. One of the blue team’s tables got impatient on the long wait, and a diner went up to the hot plate herself despite Jean-Philippe pleading her not to. Ramsay called her a “giraffe”, and pushed her away.

Vinnie did not communicate back to Ramsay as expected but managed to bring his order of Wellingtons up. However, Sous Chef Scott revealed to Ramsay that Vinnie flash grilled them in the oven, and it was still rare. That caused Ramsay to deride Vinnie for not caring for the customers, and when Vinnie tried to send another one, it had raw pastry still on. It was then revealed that Vinnie had to bin 6 Wellingtons and a chicken, much to Ramsay’s dismay. In the red kitchen, Bonnie needed 3 more minutes for her Wellingtons to rest and admitted that she had no idea what she was doing. Melissa and Julia checked on them and they turn out to be raw, causing more confusion for Bonnie. Ramsay then complained about there being three cooks at the meat station and that none of Bonnie’s Wellingtons being ready. Bonnie herself got frustrated by the lack of communication with Melissa.

The blue team started to catch up to the red team as they had served 21 entrées, while 28 went out for the red team. However, one of their fish orders was sent back for being too salty, and one of Josh’s crab spaghetti orders was sent back for being raw. Almost reaching his breaking point, Ramsay brought both teams together and reminded them that the customers held their fate that night. He got them back to work, but warned them that if one more dish was brought back to the kitchen he would shut down the restaurant. Bonnie continued to struggle on the meat station, and Ramsay continued to criticize her performance. Jean-Philippe came back with a cold chicken, and that happened to be the final straw for Ramsay as he closed down both kitchens.

While clearing down, Bonnie broke down and believed that she did not deserve to be in the competition any longer. Meanwhile, Rock told his team that they need to stop panicking on entrées, and any momentum they had at the start should continue.

Post-Mortem

Gathering both teams up, Ramsay told them that he looked through the comment cards, and while the majority of the customers liked the food, over 65% stated they would not return to Hell’s Kitchen due to the fact the food took too long to go out. Because of that, Ramsay declared that there was no winning team. Ramsay turned to Rock, praised his solid performance, and named him “Best of the Worst” for the blue team. Turning to the red team, Ramsay made it clear to Melissa that her pathetic performance in service meant that she would not be “Best of the Worst”, and further criticized Bonnie’s poor performance. Instead, Jen was named “Best of the Worst” since, while her performance was not outstanding, it was not terrible. Both of them were asked to name one person from their team for elimination.

Back in the dorms, Rock had already decided on who he would send up, while Jen struggled with her decision. However, Vinnie reminded Jen that she could not let her emotions override her decision.

Elimination

Ramsay asked Rock and Jen who their nominations were. Rock nominated Josh as he believed that he was no longer an asset to the blue team, while Jen nominated Melissa based on her poor performance in service. However, Ramsay criticized both of their choices, decided to overrule them with his own choices, and called Bonnie and Vinnie down instead. After much deliberation, Ramsay eliminated Vinnie for his poor performances and not taking responsibility for his mistakes. During his exit interview, Vinnie admitted that he could not do what Ramsay does due to the latter’s experience, and while he wanted to redo a couple of things, he knew he did not deserve a second chance.

Ramsay’s comment: “Vinnie talks the talk but he doesn’t walk the walk. The bottom line with Vinnie is, he’s a crap cook.”

My opinion

Gordon was right to over rule the nominated, Bonnie and Vinnie was the worst chef tonight.

My comment: Vinnie spend more time stick his head under the oven when he serve a wellington.

The third episode of Season 3 of Hell’s Kitchen aired on Fox, on June 18, 2007. On that episode, a breakfast service challenge has one team on top, one chef’s poor health finally caught up to him and was forced to leave, and a disastrous service has Ramsay question one chef if they cared about the diners.

Intro

Back in the dorms, Josh was not happy with Rock about being up for elimination and felt that Rock was trying to get rid of him. Rock talked to Josh, and reminded him that they were not leaders yet, though was annoyed with Josh’s attitude. Aaron’s condition was not getting better, and he still wondered about his place in the competition.

The red team was happy about their victory, and Julia hoped they would keep winning since as the underdog, she wanted to learn more and eventually win the competition.

Team challenge

At 5:58 AM the next morning, a group of navy officers and army soldiers woke the teams up and ordered them to get dressed. Aaron was once again cramping though Rock and Brad helped him getting ready. Bonnie herself was not happy as she was in the shower when it was going on, and had to quickly get dressed and meet with her team.

With both teams down in the kitchen, Ramsay remarked that he was still disappointed in the teams, since none of them had exhibit consistency and teamwork yet. To fix that, he opened Hell’s Kitchen for breakfast for the first time, exciting Julia as she cooked breakfast food for a living. For the Army and Navy Service Challenge, both teams would serve both those units with different breakfast items. The blue team cooked for the navy, while the red team cooked for the army. The team that would finish their tables first would win.

Sous Chef Mary-Ann urged Julia to step up as a leader. Julia took the role seriously and delegated her teammates to different stations and food items. However, the blue team was severely disorganized as Aaron’s omelet pan caught fire and threw two burnt orders in the trash. In the red kitchen, the women were getting food out in quick succession with 20 tables already served in 17 minutes. The navy had not received their food yet, and Aaron’s poor performance on omelette was slowing momentum, causing Brad to name Aaron the blue team’s weakest link in a confession. Josh and Brad took over Aaron’s station, and the blue team finally sent food out to the dining room. The red team continued to send food out fast, but one of Joanna’s order of hash browns was sent back for being raw. Joanna’s problem caused a domino effect as momentum halted with a raw and salty hash brown, and Ramsay told her that he has had it with her attitude and inconsistency.

In the blue kitchen, Brad’s omelets turned out cold, and Ramsay asked Brad if he was “consistently shit”. Along with Aaron’s own problems, communication in the blue team went down. In the red kitchen, the women completed their final orders and were the winners. Ramsay praised Julia for her performance and told her to go over to the blue kitchen and help them getting sorted out. With Julia’s help, the blue team managed to serve all their tables, although Brad, Josh, and Vinnie were upset that the blue team could not get their act together. Ramsay was especially upset by the fact that none of them had step up as the leader, despite asking for one, though none of them answered.

Reward

The red team went on a helicopter ride and had lunch with Ramsay on the USS Midway.

Punishment

The blue team was forced to do KP duty, which included prepping a thousand pounds of potatoes and onions. With that being their second challenge loss in a row, the men were upset by it. Unfortunately, more problems arose for them as before peeling, Aaron collapsed, much to the concern of his team. They called for medical help, and Aaron was sent to the hospital in an ambulance. The remaining four continued their punishment, but Rock was still annoyed with Josh trying to take the leadership role as Rock thought that Josh had no skills for it.

Before service

The women returned from their reward and relaxed as the blue team finished their punishment. The blue team decided to discuss who should be the leader of the team. After a lengthy discussion, Brad was named the leader, though Rock knew that Josh changed his vote out of spite for being nominated by him.

The next morning, the blue team headed down to the kitchen with renewed energy as they had a leader now, though Rock just wanted to see how Brad would handle that position for that night. In the red kitchen, the women began prep as well, though the team’s confidence in Julia began to falter when she admitted to Mary-Ann that she did not know how to make crème brulée.

Aaron Exit

Meanwhile, Ramsay called a hospitalized Aaron, and told him that he spoke with the doctors, and because of his health problems, he could not return to Hell’s Kitchen. However, Ramsay praised Aaron efforts to try and come back and wished him well. Immediately after hanging up, Aaron expressed disappointment in being forced to leave like that, and received the coat hanging and burning picture sequence.

Ramsay informed both teams the bad news, but the blue team still expressed the hope that they could do it despite being a man down. Ramsay then informed the blue team that as the second part of their punishment, they would have to take in deliveries of water during service. With both teams ready, Ramsay had Jean-Philippe open Hell’s Kitchen.

Dinner service

The first order for the blue kitchen came in, but Ramsay criticized Rock for cooking risotto the same way as an omelet, and chewed him out for his unintentional winking due to the sweat in his eyes. In the red kitchen, Joanna cooked her risottos, but it was too salty. Rock managed to redeem his mistakes with a good risotto, and dishes were coming out of the blue kitchen. Jean-Philippe told Ramsay that they were running low on water, and Ramsay sent Josh out to help, though Josh was still exhausted from the previous punishment. In the red kitchen, Ramsay found out that Bonnie’s scallops were raw, but he was even angrier at Bonnie’s dumb question about it. With Josh returning, the blue team managed to send more food out with Ramsay praising how much the blue team’s dynamic has changed. In the red kitchen, on their third attempt at the first ticket, Ramsay smelled something foul and found out that the crab Joanna was using had gone rancid. After berating Joanna for using it for the customers as it would have killed someone, Ramsay kicked Joanna off appetizers, and sent Julia to replace her.

One hour into dinner service, and none of the red team’s orders have gone out, while the blue team has sent out nearly half of their tables. Vinnie, however, started getting slow on scallops, and Ramsay noticed a raw egg on the dish, smashing it on Vinnie’s chest. This caused Ramsay to declare he was not trusting Vinnie anymore, though Vinnie restrained himself from lashing out. The red team finally got food out, thanks to Julia and Jen. When Jen tossed out cooked spaghetti not needed, Ramsay asks for some on the next ticket. In a panic, she grabbed some tossed pasta from the trash, but Julia convinced her not to serve it, though it stalled the red team. Brad and Josh worked on their entrées, but when Josh said he was not ready with his turbot, Ramsay accused him of trying to sabotage Brad.

Two hours into dinner service, and the red team had finally served all their appetizers. In the blue kitchen, they were still working on their first ticket of entrées. Ramsay caught Brad doing something, and it was revealed that Brad was trying to scrap the burnt parts of the Wellingtons off. That pissed off Ramsay as he threatened to ram the meat up Brad’s ass if he would try to serve them, and angrily yelled if the blue team could get their entrées together. Problems in the red kitchen continued as all of Jen’s Wellingtons were all overcooked due to the slow start on appetizers, frustrating Ramsay as they still had 17 on order. As impatient customers were leaving, Ramsay reached his breaking point, ripped the tickets up, and shut down the restaurant.

Post-Mortem

Ramsay admitted that by that point, he was shattered and physically drained by the constant mistakes. He turned to the blue team and reminded them that they had not completed one service yet, criticized Brad’s performance and poor leadership skills that service, but praised Rock’s performance saying it was his best one yet. For the red team, he informed them that 95% of their customers have not been served an entrée, and was still furious about Joanna’s crab incident, along with Bonnie’s poor performance. There was no winner that service, but the red team were deemed the worst of the two for all of them making embarrassing mistakes. He then told them to come to a group consensus for two nominees.

As the blue team celebrated their victory, the red team gathered for discussion. Joanna believed that she was up for elimination, something Bonnie agreed with. Julia was disappointed with Jen trying to recycle trashed pasta, but Jen tried to deflect her mistakes. Bonnie and Melissa brought up Julia’s name since her inexperience with the fine-dining food made them believe she could not win. After much discussion, the women agreed with Joanna and Julia, though Jen still felt guilty over her actions.

Elimination

At elimination, Joanna announced herself as the red team’s first nominee, and Julia as the second. After that announcement, Jen interjected and said that she was the second nominee by explaining the “trashed pasta” incident. Ramsay was disappointed by the fact that there were three nominees, but asked all three of them to step forward. After discussing with Julia, Ramsay sent her back in line. After discussing with both Jen and Joanna, Ramsay eliminated the latter for her poor performances and the fact that she refused to admit her mistakes. During her exit interview, Joanna refused to let her elimination stop her and felt she grew stronger being here, before declaring that she would obtain her ultimate goal of opening her own restaurant.

Ramsay’s comment: “Not only did Joanna serve rancid crab that could’ve seriously made a customer ill, she completely gave up, screwed her team, and if you can’t handle one individual section, you got no chance of running a business.”

My opinion

The two easy nominated ever in hell kitchen so far, I don’t know why was Julia up where. Jen and Joanna make the worst mistakes ever in the kitchen.

My comment: Joanna was the right people to go. She mess up easily but could have kill someone.

RIP Aaron

The first episode of Season 3 of Hell’s Kitchen aired on Fox, on June 4, 2007. On that episode, we got to know the contestants of that season, the teams were divided, and one team’s dysfunction suffered massively during the first service.

Intro

In the dining room, Ramsay, dressed in normal attire, stated that during that season, he will be nicer, will not yell nor swear, while admitting he was only kidding. Then, a trailer appeared with the narrator explaining what the past two winners of Hell’s Kitchen have been up to, with Season 1 winner Michael Wray opening up his own restaurant called Tatou, and Season 2 winner Heather West working in her own restaurant Terra Rose at the Red Rock Resort.

The twelve new aspiring chefs were heading down to Hell’s Kitchen in SUVs, while getting to know each other on the ride. Meanwhile, Ramsay looked over the newly redesigned Hell’s Kitchen dining room, while the chefs arrived at the restaurant soon enough. Jean-Philippe introduced himself, but before he could go into how he and Ramsay met, the latter appeared and told the contestants to cook their signature dishes.

Signature Dish Challenge

Each of the chefs created their own dishes which were judged by Ramsay himself. Vinnie was up first with his Christo crusted pink snapper, and Ramsay found the dish way too hot. Vinnie argued against it, which lead Ramsay to call him a fucking jerk. Joanna’s parmesan chicken with spaghetti was called dry and salty by Ramsay, and told her to get her Raspberry Bellini and herself back in line. Rock’s dish was scallops with potato and gnocchi, and while Ramsay was impressed with the presentation, it was ultimately ruined when Rock revealed the gnocchi were pre-made frozen. As a result, Ramsay refused to taste it. Josh’s dish was foie gras, and it turned out to be both raw and salty. Bonnie created a contemporary cheese course, which Ramsay noted was not only different, but showed how inexperienced Bonnie was at the moment. Eddie and Brad’s scallops were judged at the same time, and both were criticized for being raw and having an unneeded vanilla sauce respectively. With seven poor dishes gone, Ramsay stated that this was not looking good so far.

Before she went up, Jen was not feeling so well as she started to panic when she saw what Ramsay was telling to the previous contestants. Jen’s Vanilla Crepe with Peaches was up next, but Ramsay criticized it for being a thick pancake and having too much alcohol. Melissa’s peppered crusted steak was given the first positive review and Ramsay was pleased for tasting something delicious finally. Both Julia and Tiffany’s dishes were judged at the same time. Julia’s fried chicken penne was good, but overly peppered. Tiffany’s seafood tostada was given another positive review. Aaron was the final contestant to be judged, and presented his finger food dish. Ramsay liked it, but said that there were too many things on the plate.

Teams

Ramsay admitted that the signature dish tasting was disappointing, and told them that all of them needed to up their game. He also announced that the winner of that season would be given a head chef position at a restaurant in the Green Valley Ranch Resort & Spa, in Las Vegas, with a salary of $250,000.

As with the previous season, the teams were divided by gender, men in the blue team, working with Sous Chef Scott, and women in the red team, working with Sous Chef Mary-Ann. Ramsay introduced the Sous Chefs for their respective teams, and told the contestants to go up to the dorms and rest for the first service.

Before service

The next morning, both teams began prep for service. Brad took the lead for the blue team and got them organized and focused, while on the red team, Julia was ignored by her team despite her insistence to help due to her position as a waffle house cook. Aaron struggled making the blue team’s ice cream, but Rock came to help him. In the red kitchen, Joanna exhibited poor leadership, and dictated everything to her teammates, leaving Bonnie frustrated by that process, and Melissa and Sous Chef Mary-Ann concerned over the lack of harmony on the red team.

Once prep was completed, Ramsay gathered everyone to ask them how they were feeling. Julia admitted there was no communication in the red team, but Joanna and Tiffany shut her off. Aaron broke down crying, and while Ramsay tried to calm him down, Jean-Philippe stalled the waiting diners outside the restaurant. Once Aaron calmed down, Ramsay told Jean-Philippe to open Hell’s Kitchen.

Dinner service

The first order for the red team came in, but Joanna found out that Bonnie put the garlic in the risotto already when she wasn’t supposed to. That lead to an argument between the two of them as Tiffany tried to defuse it, all while a concerned Ramsay watched. It soon got worse when Tiffany’s quail eggs were overcooked, and Julia was forced by Tiffany to prep apples when she tried to offer help. In the blue kitchen, Vinnie’s spaghetti was overcooked, and was caught laughing over Ramsay’s slang.

41 minutes into service, no appetizers left either kitchen. Tiffany told Ramsay that she had to restart as the eggs were not cooked well. Ramsay told Bonnie to help Tiffany but Bonnie broke the yolks in the process, as Julia watched everything while peeling apples. One hour later, neither team has sent any appetizers out. Vinnie needed more vegetable stalk for his risotto, but Rock told him that they were out of it. Vinnie put water in the risotto, thinking it would work as well, but Ramsay spat it out and compared the taste to gnat’s piss. Then, Ramsay kicked Vinnie off appetizers, relegating him to washing dishes for the rest of the night, and Brad was sent there to rescue the station for him. The red team’s teamwork continued to sink as Julia, once again, offered help, but Tiffany continued to push her away. That caused Julia to break down in tears, and told Ramsay about her dilemma. Ramsay gathered the red team, and noted that there was more infighting going on than cooking. Melissa and Julia were now delegated to the appetizers, and Ramsay told them to get some food out, while asking them to work as a team.

Meanwhile, the blue team has sent out 29 appetizers, thanks to Brad’s strong performance, and the diners were happy. Aaron sent up his first order of chicken, but it was black on the bottom. As Aaron tried to redo the chicken, Julia and Melissa managed to get 17 out for the red team, though Melissa’s nitpicking on Joanna’s station caused another argument. In the blue kitchen, Aaron started to get dizzy and left for a while, and Ramsay came to check on him at the back. Josh took over the meat station but found out that all of the meat Aaron cooked was ruined, leaving the blue team no meat to continue service, and a dismayed Sous Chef Scott asked how they could they be out of meat if they have not served any. As the customers started leaving due to the lack of food, a frustrated Ramsay closed down the restaurant.

Post-Mortem

Gathering both teams up, Ramsay said that this service was embarrassing. He chewed out the red team for their infighting throughout service and dubbed them “Hell’s Bitches”. Afterwards, he reprimanded Vinnie for his risotto fiasco. Vinnie argued that Ramsay never told him exactly what he wanted, leading Ramsay to call him a two-faced lazy little fucker. Vinnie got angry at being called lazy, but Rock calmed him down and got annoyed that Vinnie was arguing with Ramsay. Deciding on a losing team, Ramsay named the red team for failing to keep up with the blue team, and for their infighting. He named Melissa “Best of the Worst” for getting food out and told her to nominate two people for elimination.

Julia, Tiffany, and Joanna came up to Melissa and pleaded their cases on why they should stay. Joanna and Tiffany both stated that Julia should leave due to her position as a waffle house cook.

Elimination

Despite Tiffany and Joanna’s pleas, Melissa nominated Joanna as her first nominee and Tiffany as her second. After listening to their pleas, Ramsay eliminated Tiffany for making too many basic mistakes and being the reason for the appetizers being slow. During her exit interview, Tiffany admitted that she had no idea how intense the competition would be, and did not want to go home, but knew Ramsay made the right decision based on heart.

Ramsay’s comment: “To be a great chef, you need great attention to detail, passion and great work ethic. Tiffany worked hard, but that was it. Nothing else.”

My opinion

Joanna try to flirt with Ramsay was never going to work because Ramsay care about the food. Josh must like raw sex. For the dinner service the girls were moaning all the time mostly Joanna. It take the girls one hour to cook a egg.

My comment: Tiffany moan about working in a waffle house but she should have learned to cook a egg.

Season 3 of Hell’s Kitchen aired on Fox between June 4 and August 13, 2007. Executive chef Rock Harper, from Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia, was the winner of that season and became Head Chef at the Green Valley Ranch resort and spa in Henderson, Nevada, near Las Vegas, with a salary of $250,000.

Contestants

12 contestants competed during this season. The teams were divided by gender at the beginning, male contestants in the blue team, and female contestants in the red team. The contestants were (in alphabetical order):

Contestant	Age	Occupation	Hometown
Joanna Dunn	22	Assistant Chef	Detroit, MI
Vincent “Vinnie” Fama	29	Nightclub Chef	Milltown, NJ
Melissa Firpo	29	Line Cook	New York City, NY
Rahman “Rock” Harper	30	Executive Chef	Spotsylvania Courthouse, VA
Eddie Langley	28	Grill Cook	Atlanta, GA
Brad Miller	25	Sous Chef	Scottsdale, AZ
Bonnie Muirhead	26	Nanny/Personal Chef	Santa Monica, CA
Tiffany Nagel	27	Kitchen Manager	Scottsdale, AZ
Aaron Song	48	Retirement Home Chef	Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Joshua “Josh” Wahler	26	Jr. Sous Chef	Miami Beach, FL
Julia Williams	28	Waffle House Cook	Atlanta, GA
Jen Yemola	26	Pastry Chef	Hazelton, PA

Contestants progress

At the end of each episode, one chef from the losing team is eliminated by Ramsay, after being picked by the “Best of the Worst”, determined by Ramsay after the last dinner service.

1. Rock
2. Bonnie
3. Jen
4. Julia
5. Josh
6. Brad
7. Melissa
8. Vinnie
9. Joanna
10. Aaron
11. Eddie
12. Tiffany
13. JR

Episode

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5

Episode 6

Episode 7

Episode 8

Episode 9

Episode 10

Final

Info

The tenth and eleventh episodes of Season 2 of Hell’s Kitchen aired on Fox, on August 14, 2006, as a double feature. On those episodes, Heather and Virginia designed their new restaurants, picked their brigades for the final service, and one of them is declared winner of Hell’s Kitchen.

Intro

The episode began with a recap of the first nine episodes of the season, mentioning what happened, and who got eliminated when.

The episode began exactly at the point where the last episode ended. Heather and Virginia were celebrating in the dorms with some champagne glasses, and somebody was knocking at the door. When it opened, it was revealed that those people were Heather’s parents, and Virginia’s mother and husband. Both of them were thrilled when they walked through the door, and hugged their respective loved ones. The finalists told them what they have done so far on the show, with Heather reminding the dumpster dive on episode 2 and her friendship with Rachel, and Virginia telling she won the Blind Taste Test and the Taste It, Now Make It Challenge. After some very appreciated time, the families left, and the two finalists hugged each other, telling it was a sweet gift.

Press conference

The next morning, the two finalists were back to business, aware that only each other were standing between their dreams. Virginia was trying to stay focus by giving kicks into a punching bag. The telephone rang and Heather picked it up. Ramsay told her to get down in the kitchen, along with Virginia. When the two finalists entered the blue kitchen, some members of the media were waiting for them in the dining room, holding cameras and taking pictures. After Ramsay talked in the microphone, reporters asked a series of questions to the finalists. At some point, Virginia declared that if she was to win, she would hire her husband who was also a chef. Moments later, the finalists revealed the dance they made up in the dorms, which Heather was embarrassed about. But, they did it anyway, much to our amusement. After that, Ramsay revealed the final challenge, and a huge red blanket came down from the ceiling. He told both finalists that the restaurant is divided, Virginia would work the blue kitchen, and Heather the red one, and that both of them would design their dream restaurant. Before they left to the dorms, Ramsay gave them their head chefs jackets. Back in the dorms, both of them were really excited, and changed in their new outfits.

New restaurants design

Back downstairs, both finalists stood on their respective sides of the restaurant, thinking about how they could design their restaurant. Heather declared that she could die now, and Virginia wanted to give art on the plates and on the wall, so the customers could understand who she was. With 36 hours left until the last dinner service, Ramsay introduced them to John Janavs, the designer of Hell’s Kitchen, and Albie Colotto, the designer of the Red Rock Resort & Spa. He told them to work with them, and after, work with Jean-Philippe for the uniforms and atmosphere of their restaurants. He concluded by telling Virginia she would work with Sous Chef Maryann for her menu, and Heather with Sous Chef Scott.

After that, both finalists met all those people and explained them their visions of their dream restaurant in details, and the construction began. They later met their respective Sous Chefs to design their menus.

Individual challenge

After some hard work from both finalists, Ramsay announced them to pack their bags as they were going to Las Vegas. Heather was extremely excited about that trip, and as they were going to the dorms, Ramsay joked that somebody should mop the floor. They went to Las Vegas in a huge GMC limousine, and on the way to Vegas, Ramsay reminded their signature dishes on the first day, Heather’s burn on episode 2, and Virginia’s incredible challenge winning streak.

Arrived in Las Vegas, Ramsay introduced the Final Signature Dish Challenge, where each of them had one hour to prepare their new signature dish to the customers of the casino. Virginia prepared her chicken roulade which she served on episode 6’s challenge, while Heather made a Chilean sea bass with puréed cauliflower. During the judging, both dishes were neck-and-neck, with a very close score the whole time. After a tie at 10, one last customer was approached to taste the dish. The customer clinched the victory for Virginia.

After the challenge, Ramsay invited the finalists to the top of the restaurant to admire Las Vegas, and inviting both of them to London as VIP guests at his own establishment to come and enjoy themselves. Both of them were very excited about the gift. After that, they went back to Hell’s Kitchen.

Restaurants design continuing

Arrived in Hell’s Kitchen, Virginia learned that the color of the column was too dark and would not fit with her waterfalls. Colotto suggested to get some lighter colors, which she agreed. On her side, Janavs told Heather that her stairs were missing the Plexiglas they needed. So he suggested a color to go with the rest of the dining room, which Heather agreed. Colotto was also concerned about Virginia’s waterfalls as he was struggling to think how he could make them work well during the night. Finally, Heather’s booths were not set up properly, which made her really concerned about the progress of her restaurant. After that, both of them went to sleep, exhausted, but having a lot of things on their minds.

Team select

The next morning, the two finalists woke up, getting ready for the big day. Then, their former teammates came back in the dorms to greet and congratulate them. Rachel was the first one to enter, and was hugged very hard by Heather. Rachel was very happy to see Heather in the finals. She was also surprised to see Virginia there, as everybody else. The others were Tom, Sara, Garrett, followed by Keith and Giacomo who were holding platters of breakfast food. Then, the phone rang and Ramsay ordered Virginia to come down to the kitchen, along with Heather and all their friends to pick the teams. Ramsay told all the returning contestants he was happy to see them back, and each of them received a quick flashback of one of their highlights during their run in Hell’s Kitchen.

Because Virginia won the final challenge, she got the first pick. She chose Keith as her first pick, which he was not very happy about it as he would rather be on Heather’s team. Rachel was Heather’s first pick, which both of them were very happy about. For her second pick, Virginia chose Tom, which surprised everybody, including Tom himself. After Heather declared she was happy to not have him on her team, she picked Sara as her second pick. That decision made Virginia happy as she was not friend with Sara. For her last pick, Virginia chose Giacomo, thinking it would boost his confidence for not being picked last, and Heather was left with Garrett, which surprised him, but was happy to be on her team. Heather was also happy to have him on her team as she knew exactly how she could get what she wants from him.

After the selection, both teams got back in the dorms for briefing time. Virginia managed to “demotivate” her team by saying she picked the people who everybody thought were weak, apart from Keith, and see what she could do with them. She told Keith that she picked him because he could carry Tom and Giacomo over. On her side, Heather was happy with her team. Rachel acknowledged her short-lived feud with Sara, but both of them declared she had nothing to worry about as they want to see her win. Also, both teams were happy about the respective menus, Keith saying that Virginia’s menu was adapted to his style, and Garrett saying Heather was smart about her menu and that she designed it for the team to succeed. On Virginia’s side, Keith said he would only work hard for her if she guarantees something for them at the end. Virginia was reluctant the first time, but she eventually promised $1000 each if she was to win. Tom, being unemployed, was happy about that gift.

Before service

The next morning, both teams started prep, and on Heather’s side, Garrett was very confident, while Rachel and Sara were focused on their own things. Moments later, Colotto came and talk to Heather about a minor problem with her booths. She agreed, along with Janavs, to trim off a small section of the booth, so it could fit on the wall. In the blue kitchen, Virginia was concerned about Tom and Giacomo as they were the weakest under pressure. When she got in the dining room, Janavs and Colotto declared that her waterfalls might not be ready for the opening as they were already supposed to be ready. Virginia was worried about it, but the two architects told her to concern about her food, and let them focus on the dining room.

4 hours before opening, the design of both dining rooms were way behind schedule, but fortunately, the kitchens were running smoothly. When Heather presented her menu to Ramsay, he said the chicken on her salad was chewed up, the sea bass was boring, but praised the desserts. For Virginia, he praised her presentations, but told she had to match ingredients that taste well together.

Minutes before opening, Heather presented her dining room to Ramsay. He found it very vibrant, elegant, and the only negative review he had was the child graffiti on the wall, written with a blue sharpie marker. The architects revealed to Virginia her waterfalls, who finally came alive. She was very happy about them. When Ramsay was presented her dining room, he found the color nice, and praised the lighting. After that, Ramsay told the finalists that he was proud of them both, and that he will not run the kitchen for them. He also reminded them that their teams are not their friends. Then, Heather and Virginia briefed their respective teams one last time, telling them what they want from them during that service, and service started.

Dinner service

For one time, Tom wanted to be on the winning team. Ramsay joked to Giacomo that he should have his oven on, with Giacomo reminding that he checked it four times already. In the red kitchen, Heather was controlling her brigade and everybody seemed confident and focused. In the blue kitchen, Virginia struggled to be understood by her team as they told her to speak louder. After she called out her first ticket, none of her team members called back. After that, it was revealed that the president of the Red Rock Resort, along with his wife, would sample each menu. Ramsay hid that information to the finalists, only telling them VIPs were in the dining room and that they had to have a great quality control. In the red kitchen, Sara sent the team off to a good start with her salad appetizers, making Heather very happy about it. Many starters went out of the kitchen very fast, but in the blue kitchen, it was not as fast as the red kitchen as Virginia was taking way too long to plate her dishes. She even pushed Giacomo and Keith, who were trying to help her, away. In the red kitchen, more than half of the diners received their appetizers, but one of them came back in the kitchen for being not hot enough. So, Heather asked for a scallop soup on the fly, determined to not leave that night not a winner. In the blue kitchen, Virginia told Giacomo to refire a salad order as the last one he sent had too much salt in it. Ramsay praised that decision, and told Giacomo to wake up. When Virginia told her team to begin going faster, Tom started to give her attitude, thinking he does not want to be talked like that because of his age.

An hour into service, most of Heather’s customers received their appetizers. Unfortunately, in the blue team, Virginia did a good quality control, but Giacomo was slowing the kitchen down because of the raw food he was sending. Ramsay then told Virginia that he was worried of the little food that was coming out. He also told her she needed help on the plating station. So, she asked Keith to come and help her, but he started to give her attitude, bothering her. Despite that, she was catching up on the red kitchen and most of her customers finally received their appetizers. Many of her customers were enjoying their starters, but the Red Rock Resort president complained that his pasta was a little bit too thick. In the red dining room, Heather’s appetizers received mixed reviews. When a salad came back for being too salty, Heather ordered once again a scallop soup on the fly. She was worried because Sara and her weak performance could get her chances of winning away from her. Rachel had to refire an order of meat because it was not cooked enough. When she sent it back to the hot plate, Heather told her it was perfectly cooked. The Red Rock Resort president enjoyed his meat dish. In the blue kitchen, Tom was caught not doing much by Virginia. When she told him to get moving, he gave her attitude saying he could take any shit from a man, but not a woman. After that, when Tom was slicing the chicken roulade, he cut his finger really bad, and rinsed his hand under water. He showed his injury to Sous Chef Mary-Ann, and she told him to go see a medic. Giacomo informed Virginia about the bad news, and she started feeling very concerned. When Tom went in the back to get some bandages on his finger, he showed his injury to Ramsay, who told him that was nothing and that he did not need a big drama queen. Tom came back in the kitchen minutes later, asking what was needed. Virginia called out the order, and Tom successfully sent out acceptable main courses. Virginia was determined to catch up with the red team, leading the main courses to be delivered to most of her guests. The Red Rock Resort president really enjoyed his chicken roulade. When Tom asked what was on the ticket, Ramsay told him to move his big fat ass and check the ticket himself.

Three hours into service, Virginia was rushing to get her entrées quickly, but a little too much as a customer complained about his dish containing too much oil. When Virginia asked for a reorder of snapper, Keith revealed they ran out of snapper. So, she started to panic at the same time we could see Keith eating some of the food. In the red kitchen, Heather started to push desserts out. She told Sara to replate some of the desserts because she was not satisfied with them. When she sent them for the second time, the plates were not the same, and told Sara to replate them once again, which she acknowledged it was becoming obnoxious. After that, Ramsay told Heather told the cream of the dessert was underneath the plate, so she told her brigade to clean underneath the plates. In the blue kitchen, Virginia started to panic when she realized she ran out of snapper, but the customers asked for their desserts anyway, so she ordered her team to get the desserts going. Both teams rallied to send their final desserts out, and the Red Rock Resort president enjoyed both kitchens’ desserts. Both finalists congratulated and thanked their respective teams, with the blue kitchen celebrating with champagne glasses. Keith declared he only wanted to win the $1000 Virginia promised.

Post-mortem

When the teams were lined up, Ramsay congratulated both teams and asked for a big round of applause. After that, Ramsay revealed that the president of the Red Rock Resort was dining in both restaurants that night, and he came in the kitchen to give his reviews about the different dishes. Heather’s sea bass was praised for the great presentation and delicate taste. Virginia’s short ribs were declared the best he has ever had. Ramsay told both finalists to say goodbye to their staff and wait in the dorms. Before they left, Virginia told Tom and Giacomo were always known as the weak links, and that if she could win despite them, she could prove everybody wrong. On her side, Heather gave a long hug to Rachel saying that if she does not win, she could say that she had a great restaurant for one night.

Back in the dorms, Heather and Virginia were drinking beer, and both of them told how nervous they were. After that, Ramsay was seen sitting in his office, thinking about making a decision based on his own observations, the Red Rock president’s reviews, and the customer comment cards. After a few minutes, the Sous Chefs went knocking at the dorms’ door to get both of them in Ramsay’s office.

Winner announced

Arrived in Ramsay’s office, Heather and Virginia stood in front of a door each. Ramsay praised Heather’s great improvement and maturity throughout the competition, and Virginia’s palate, which he said it was a gift. He declared he read every customer comment cards, and that one of them holds a slight advantage in front of the other. After giving both finalist a key each, Ramsay declared that one of those keys would not only open the door, but also their very own restaurant in Las Vegas. After waiting nervously for Ramsay’s countdown to end, both finalists turned their keys, but only Heather’s door opened.

Heather became the winner of Hell’s Kitchen, and Virginia the runner-up. Virginia took her defeat graciously, saying she trusted Ramsay’s decision and that she hopes to be as successful as Heather one day.

Ramsay’s comment: “Heather won Hell’s Kitchen because of her determination. She stuck to what she knew best, and she controlled her kitchen from start to finish. Heather clearly has great leadership qualities, and this, for a 25-year-old cook, is a phenomenon. This woman is going to be a big success. My work is done, it’s been a phenomenal journey, I’m ready for the next challenge, and fuck you all!”

Epilogue

Three months later, Heather was introduced to her new staff at the Red Rock Resort where she gave a very emotional speech and thanked everybody from Ramsay to her parents, who were as emotional as her during her speech. The season ended with a big firework on top of the Red Rock Resort & Spa.

My opinion

I think that Virginia pick the worst team which was Tom and Giacomo but she pick Keith one of the best chef.

My comment: Heather is a better chef than Virginia so she was my winner tonight. If Virginia pick a better team I think she would have won.

The ninth episode of Season 2 of Hell’s Kitchen aired on Fox, on August 7, 2006. On that episode, the final three are taking control of the kitchen one by one, and a shocking elimination happened, where one of them is being very rude to Ramsay.

Please watch the full episode before you read (below) to avoid spoilers about this episode.

Intro

Back in the dorms, Virginia started crying because she was still feeling ashamed about her poor performance, and questioning her place in the competition. Heather told her she was surprised by her move, but Virginia told her she really meant what she said in front of Ramsay. On his side, Keith was feeling secured against Virginia as he felt he could easily beat her in the kitchen. When Virginia asked them if she was better than Sara, both Heather and Keith yawned in her face, as it was not important. Virginia left the patio table, and took a moment to herself in the bathroom, where she motivated herself so she could finally convince herself she deserves to be there. The next morning, Virginia, being determined to not fail on another service, asked many questions to Heather, but Heather refused to answer her, thinking she would not help her win the competition.

Individual challenge

When the final three entered the kitchen, Ramsay was cooking for them. He presented them his signature dish, told them to smell it, and then taste it. This made him introduced the very first Taste It, Now Make It Challenge, where each chef had 20 minutes to recreate the dish. During the challenge, Keith used the Chilean sea bass, while the two women used the wild stripped sea bass. For the purée, Heather and Keith used mashed potatoes, but Virginia used Tuscan white beans. For the sauce, Keith tried to hide couscous, which was what he thought was right, but Virginia convinced him to give her some of it. He agreed reluctantly. For the sides, Keith and Heather used cilantro, while Virginia used grapefruit.

In the end, Ramsay congratulated all three of them for having very good individual dishes. After deliberation, he declared Virginia the winner as she correctly guessed all the ingredients of the original dish. Ramsay praised her palate, and told her she have to use it from now on. Virginia was very proud of herself.

Reward

Virginia enjoyed some quality time with Ramsay in the kitchen, to ask him as many questions as she wants. He would give her some tips on how to cook on the line, run the hot plate, and eventually become a top chef. During the reward, she made Ramsay and the Sous Chefs laugh when she was simulating running the hot plate.

Punishment

Heather and Keith were punished by spending some time with Jean-Philippe in the dining room, polishing all the glasses and silverware of the entire dining room. Before the punishment, Heather accused Virginia of taking the recipe of the dish used in the challenge in the recipe book she got during her reward on the previous episode. Virginia accused Heather of being jealous of her success, and did not listen to her as she was proud of herself. Heather told Keith she would not help Virginia anymore, something with which Keith agreed to do also. During the punishment, both of them tried to listen to what Ramsay was saying to Virginia.

Before service

When all three of them finished their duties of the day, Heather gave cold shoulder to Virginia when she asked her if she was mad at her. Heather told she does not want to be her friend anymore. Keith showed attitude to Virginia when he told her Ramsay picked a dish only she was knowing because he was attracted to her. Virginia told him to shut the fuck up, and that he was being rude. When Heather went to sleep, Keith joined her, laughing and having fun with her, leaving Virginia alone in her bedroom. She was sick and tired of being an outsider, and got on her knees, in front of her bed, to send some prayers.

The next day, when the final three was prepping the kitchen, Heather refused to answer Virginia’s questions as she did not want anybody to take her dream away from her. Virginia was annoyed by Heather and Keith’s behavior as both of them thought they already won. She took it as extra motivation to prove everybody and herself wrong. When the chefs were lined up minutes before service, Ramsay reminded them that all three of them would run the hot plate, one at a time. They were stepping in Ramsay’s shoes.

Dinner service

on the first ticket, Virginia burned her two salmons, and trashed them. Ramsay asked her to get them out of the bin, and schooled her on her careless attitude, asking her if that was the start of what would come that night, which she answered no. When Ramsay asked for the chicken, Heather panicked, saying it needed 30 seconds more. Unfortunately, she sent it burned. Ramsay asked her to start again without doing the same mistake over. After that, Keith was the first who was told by Ramsay to run the hot plate. On his first ticket, Sous Chef Scott sent an overcooked lobster spaghetti, but Keith passed the quality control test by spotting it. However, Ramsay told him to show some energy in running the brigade and be more assertive to what is going on. When Keith called his second ticket, Virginia did not answer, and Ramsay had to tell him that she had to answer him. She was unable to give him a proper time, which Keith did not gave himself. During his time on the hot plate, Keith gave a very inconsistent leadership, which included being very soft with his brigade, and allowing them to give him time they need. Heather acknowledged he had to take the reins himself, and not let everybody take the reins for him.

When it was Heather’s turn at the pass, she asked Sous Chef Scott and Virginia a proper time on their food to be ready. She had a tendency to rush because of the pressure on her shoulders, so Ramsay had to told her to stop panicking and calm down. When Keith gave an unacceptable risotto and Ramsay was telling him the problem, he refused to look at him in the eyes and talked back to him. Ramsay told him his attitude was stinking, and asked him to give a beautiful risotto. Ramsay also told Keith, who seemed to have a careless attitude, that he does not have to wait until the end of service to kick him out. When Heather asked Keith a time on his risotto, he gave her seven minutes, but she gave him six. Her good leadership abilities managed the team to send many appetizers out. After that, Ramsay pulled Sous Chef Mary-Ann aside to tell her she could attempt a sabotage. So, she served lumps instead of mashed potatoes. Heather failed to spot the mistake, and when she started arguing, Ramsay lost his patience and told her to stop. After that, Heather was sent back to her station.

Two hours into service, despite some struggles from different chefs on the hot plate, they managed to send out many of the main courses to the dining room. Virginia was told to get on the hot plate to run it. On her first ticket, she was not taken seriously by Keith, who thought she sounded like a cartoon character, and Heather asked her to repeat the order because she did not understand her well. Despite her rocky start, she was very energetic, and Ramsay told Sous Chef Scott to send a Chilean sea bass instead of salmon. Virginia succeeded to spot the mistake, and asked for a salmon. Ramsay praised her quality control. With that compliment from Ramsay, Virginia was determined to finish her turn at the pass strong. She gave clear instructions to Heather, and with three tables left, Ramsay took control of the hot plate back. He reminded the remaining chefs that although they all fight individually to stay in the competition, they have to work as a team as well. Virginia started to struggle on fish, and lacked communication and teamwork with Heather. Despite that, the team rallied to send the last tables and complete dinner service for a third time in a row.

Post-mortem

Ramsay reminded the final three it was a good service, and that a great chef have to make tough decisions. He asked them to nominate one person who they do not think deserves to go in the finals. During deliberation, Virginia said she would not be surprised if she would leave, Heather deemed Virginia as the weakest line cook, but Keith as the weakest leader, and Keith was confident to go through, thinking he killed it. When Heather was about to tell him that he could have been louder, he told her to not fuck around. Virginia was already packing her bags.

Elimination

Keith and Virginia, nominated each other, and Heather, while acknowledging that Keith could have been louder, in the end, nominated Virginia. After hearing from both Virginia and Keith, Ramsay told it was his most difficult decision ever in Hell’s Kitchen. In the end, he eliminated Keith for lacking leadership skills. After Keith gave his jacket to Ramsay, he stood in front of him, and started to question his judgement, telling him how he was a better leader than anybody since the beginning of the competition, with people who did not knew much about working in a kitchen. When Ramsay told Keith he did not think he was ready to lead, Keith accused Ramsay of dropping him in favor of Virginia because he has a “hard-on” for her. Ramsay schooled Keith on his rudeness, and told him this proved he made the right decision, and that his attitude was indeed stinking. Keith hugged Heather, ignoring Virginia, and received a retrospective montage of his run during his exit interview.

Ramsay’s comment: “You got two choices. You run the team, or the team runs you. And sadly, the team ran Keith. If Keith could only lose the attitude, underneath all that, there’s one talented, talented cook.”

Celebration

After Keith left, Ramsay congratulated Heather and Virginia for making it to the final two. He told to get back in the dorms, and get some rest. Arrived in the dorms, both of them were excited and shouted all over the place, when they saw champagne bottles waiting for them on the table, with a letter of congratulations. They opened a bottle, drank a glass, and somebody knocked at the door. Before the people were revealed, the episode ended in a cliffhanger.

My opinion

A lot of people said that Keith should not have been elimination and in the final. I agree and disagree with this.

Agree

I agree because I think Keith was a better chef then Virginia at the dinner service and be more a challenge for Heather.

Disagree

I also disagree because Virginia was better at the challenge then Keith and was better at leading a team so I think Gordon make the right decision about Virginia leading the team better.

My comment: By having the agree and disagree I make a decision that keith should have been in the final with Heather but agree with that Virginia was better leading a team then Keith.

Gordon choose keith to leave.

The eighth episode of Season 2 of Hell’s Kitchen aired on Fox, on July 31, 2006. On that episode, immunity was given for the first time in Hell’s Kitchen, but the chef who received it made a shit performance, not worthy of it.

Please watch the full episode before you read (below) to avoid spoilers about this episode.

Intro

Back in the dorms, Virginia went lying on her bed, crying and ashamed about her poor performance and being nominated a fourth time. She said she does not want to be there if she does not deserve to. Sara was thinking that Virginia had no skills whatsoever, and that Heather and Keith were her biggest competition. On his side, Keith joked with Heather about the fact he was the last man standing, declaring he had to get rid of the dudes as he was a pimp. He reminded his nickname “K-Grease”, and Heather said to him that he had to pick her if he was to win the next challenge, or she would punch him in the throat.

Individual Challenge

The next morning, when Ramsay asked the final four who they think was the strongest chef, everybody answered themselves, except Virginia who was still feeling ashamed about her last dinner service performance. Ramsay declared they were all strong chefs, and named the reward of the next challenge before explaining it, which was a guaranteed spot in the final three. After that, the chefs put blindfolds on and were taken to a secret location where they would run their own individual restaurants.

Ramsay introduced the 100 Portions Constructions Workers Challenge, where each contestant had 1 hour to prepare 100 portions of a meal for the same number of construction workers for lunch. Virginia prepared a turkey, prosciutto, and feta cheese sandwich, Sara made seared quail with salad and fresh berries, Keith served a poached lobster and greens, and finally, Heather cooked a grilled chicken sandwich with French fries. While serving her plates to the construction workers, Sara spoke in her native tongue which was Spanish, and on her side, Virginia used a very flirtatious approach. After every worker sampled each plate and voted for their favorite and least favorite dishes, the contestants went back to Hell’s Kitchen with Ramsay.

Arrived in Hell’s Kitchen, Ramsay announced that Heather’s dish was voted the worst, which made her feel her heart dropped. He also announced Virginia’s dish as the one who was voted the best, making her the winner of the challenge.

Reward

Virginia was rewarded with immunity at the next elimination, which means she went through to the final three, and a shopping spree of $1000 at the Sur La Table boutique, where she shopped with Ramsay. In the end, she bought for close to $970 worth of kitchen items.

Punishment

Heather, Keith and Sara were punished by prepping crab for the next dinner service. Heather and Keith felt that Virginia won not because the workers liked her dish, but because they liked her. Keith said she won only because she is the hottest and was flirting with them, saying things like “I’ll take you home”. Both of them also plotted against her, where they agreed to leave her on the side if she would need help during service. During the punishment, the three chefs punished trash-talked about Virginia and said they were tired to see her win, which included she was successful only on the fish station, which was the easiest one. Sara entered in the other two’s conspiracy to keep Virginia aside during service.

Before service

When Virginia came back from her reward, she received very cold shoulder from her teammates, as she gave them cheap presents, and did not want her to be there as they did not want to be friend with her any longer. Virginia took her bags, went to her room and got to sleep.

The next morning, during prep, Virginia was not feeling secure even though she was safe, so Heather, Sara, and Keith were given more pressure as one of them would go home that night. Although he was not safe from elimination, Keith was feeling confident.

When the chefs were lined up, Ramsay revealed that three top chefs would be eating in the dining room that night. The final four were given extra pressure as Ramsay reminded them that was not a table they would like to mess up.

Dinner service

Virginia was up to a good start with her crab amuse-bouche that she was serving in addition of taking care of the garnishes. Keith and Sara also took the kitchen off to a great start by sending many appetizers out, Keith serving them in record time. It took only 30 minutes for the kitchen to move on to entrées. Ramsay praised that service start, and told the chefs he wants to keep that momentum. After, when Ramsay called out a six-cover, Virginia was caught staring at him, not doing anything. He told her that she had to move her ass by mimicking what she was doing. Heather was running around her station, knowing she could be eliminated that night. On her station, Virginia was looking for the green beans and started panicking when she could not find them. She told Ramsay she wanted to move fast as many things were going at once, but he told her to communicate well with Heather, who has just sent out perfectly cooked Wellingtons. Ramsay told it was the best start they have ever had.

One hour into service, nearly half of the dining room received their entrées, and the three master chefs arrived, greeted by Jean-Philippe. Ramsay declared to the team each of them would choose a dish to serve them as they were VIP guests. Keith would serve a lobster spaghetti, Sara would serve one monkfish and two scallops, but Ramsay told her to get all three of them the same dish, so she chose the scallops Saint-Jacques. Heather would serve beef Wellingtons. When a minor fire erupted on Keith’s station, he reassured Ramsay telling him he was in control, and the fire disappeared. When he realized his pasta was undercooked, he took a chance and put it back in the boiling pot. On her side, Sara declared she needed two minutes on the salmon, so Heather had to take her duck back. When she acknowledged her mistake, Ramsay said he knew it was her mistake and claimed the duck was perfectly cooked and that she was holding the entrées back. When Sara said she needed two minutes again, Ramsay was discouraged and Heather had to refire her duck. Ramsay said to Sara that she cannot sabotage this service as it was immaculate going on. When the master chefs finished their appetizers, Keith realized his gamble of reboiling the pasta did not pay off as the pasta was still too watery, and Ramsay told him to not give up on Ramsay, as Ramsay did not give up on him. Then, another minor fire erupted on Keith’s station. After that, Sara declared she was running out of salmon for the night. Ramsay did not believe her, and she told him she was serious. She checked with Jean-Philippe if she could serve turbot instead, and after that, when Ramsay was schooling her about her performance, she talked back to him saying “come on!”. Ramsay became furious when she kept talking back to him, and sent Heather to the fish station so she could help her. Sara refused her help and told her she was fine. Ramsay threatened her with elimination. When her scallop dishes made it to the chefs’ table, it received mixed reviews.

Determined to insure the quality of her food, Heather had to communicate well with Virginia. She repeated one of her orders to her when she did not understood it well the first time. After a minor fire erupted on Virginia’s station, Heather was sent there to help her. She went to the back store looking for bok choy, and when Virginia asked Keith if he could run to get her cream as fast as he could, he categorically refused to. When Ramsay asked Virginia if it was because she was safe that she was panicking like that, she answered no and reminded that Heather was working her station for her. Despite this, Heather succeeded to get her entrées out, and more than half of the diners received their main courses. When Jean-Philippe returned to the kitchen with the chefs’ dishes, he said to Heather that the meat was cooked perfectly, but Virginia’s peas were burned. Ramsay provoked Virginia by saying that because she was safe, she was playing against Heather and not with her.

Heather was determined to complete service, with or without help. When Sara asked her to slow down, Ramsay made her count the tickets, which there were 10 left, and made her apologize to Heather. After that, Virginia told her to slow down as well as she could not make it in time, leading Ramsay to tell Heather she was screwing her. Then, Virginia told Ramsay she burned the cabbage, which made Heather taking her meat back. This is when Ramsay decided to take Virginia’s immunity away from her, which made Heather smile and thank god. After that, Virginia became confused and panicked on time she needed, which discouraged Ramsay. Two and a half hours into service, the team was about to complete its second dinner service in a row, which Ramsay was eager about it. After the last ticket was sent out, Ramsay congratulated Heather and made everybody clear down.

Post-mortem

When the chefs were lined up, Ramsay reminded them it was their best start ever, but when it became the middle, it shut down. Referring to the chefs’ comment cards, the Wellingtons were the most enjoyed, and because of that, Heather was named “Best of the Worst”, and Ramsay asked her to nominate two of her teammates for elimination.

Back to the dorms, Virginia convinced Heather to put her up as she was so ashamed about her performance. Heather respected that decision and went to the patio to tell the news to Sara and Keith that Virginia was taking herself out. They celebrated being the final three and clang their beer bottles together.

Elimination

Heather nominated Virginia as her first nominee, and Sara as her second. During her plea, Virginia was given the opportunity to take her immunity back by Ramsay. After deliberating about how she wants to be in the final three because she deserves it, Virginia eventually changed her mind and declared she wants to stay in the competition. Ramsay respected her decision and eliminated Sara for her poor performance on the fish station, but praised her hard work. Before she left, she gave a Texan farewell to Ramsay saying “Kiss my grits!”, and received a retrospective montage of her run during her exit interview.

Ramsay’s comment: “Sara’s not good enough as a cook, she made so many simple mistakes, she definitely didn’t merit to win her own restaurant. Hello sweetheart, kiss my grits!”

My opinion

Sara and Virginia should went up and they did went up but I will choose Virginia to go home but Gordon choose Sara. I think Virginia got the revenge on Sara when she backstab her in week 4.

My comment: I would choose Virginia to go home but Sara went home. So kiss my grits Sara.