Hell’s Kitchen is Back!

Chef Gordon Ramsay is back and Hell’s Kitchen is open once again. This season Chef Gordon Ramsay started off by riding incognito on the bus with the contestants to Hell’s Kitchen. He looked ridiculous, but it was a good way to get some insight into their personalities.

The first challenge was for all the contestants to cook their signature dishes in 45 minutes. Chef Ramsay was not impressed with most of the dishes and he even spit out (and/ threw up?) Matt’s dish. It was an exotic tartar with raw venison & diver scallops topped with caviar and white chocolate. It just sounds disgusting!

Rosann and Vanessa were the only two contestants that were somewhat successful at this challenge. Rosann made a spicy mussel soup that Chef Ramsay thought was seasoned perfectly and Vanessa made a pan-seared halibut that looked really good.

Chef Ramsay berated the 4 star general, Bobby, who calls himself “the black Gordon Ramsay”, for deep frying his fish. Petrozza did not fair any better with her bizarre pumpkin dish and greasy potatoes.

After watching this challenge, I am wondering who picked these people???!!

As the episode progressed, it did not get much better. The dinner service was the worst ever and an entrée was not even served by either team. My favorite moment was when Chef Ramsay called Louross, who has a mohawk, a “toilet brush”. How funny… where does he come up with this stuff??? However, in the end, the little guy was the best of the worst and when the Blue team lost; he was chosen to nominate two people for elimination.

Although the Red (female) team, did not by any means do a good job, the men were actually worse. Louross nominated Bobby, for his poor leadership as captain and Dominic, who could not cook a scallop properly. It was the end for Dominic, who was sent home after throwing numerous scallops in the trash.

Although this season’s contestants leave a lot to be desired, the prize on this season of Hell’s Kitchen is the best yet. The winner gets to be the Executive Chef at Gordon Ramsay’s new London LA restaurant. I hope that this group can get their act together so we can actually see some cooking next week.

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Hell’s Kitchen

Chef Gordon Ramsay does it again! He manages to yell out more expletives in an hour than I can count! It is hysterical to watch him torment the contestants.

The girls team managed to win the first challenge. They had to identify common foods with a blind fold and ear phones in order to test their palette. Vinnie lost the challenge for his team when failing to identify seared tuna. He said it was pancetta!?

The reward was a dinner with Chef Ramsay in a restaurant that served you in the dark. Kind of weird but a unique concept. Meanwhile, the boys had to taste some really gross food; the stomach lining, liver and tongue of various animals, among other things. It was really disgusting to watch. This is not Fear Factor, it is a cooking show! I actually felt bad for them.

Finally, at dinner service, both teams performed equally bad. The customers rated their performance and 65% said they would not return because the food took too long. Chef Ramsay told Melissa and Rock to each nominate a person from their team to go home. Then, he overruled their picks and chose Vinnie and Bonnie. After his usual debate, he chose Vinnie to leave. Vinnie could not cook the Beef Wellington properly and he had an attitude. I think this is why Chef Ramsay wanted him out. He does not like attitude from anyone in his kitchen! Even though Bonnie’s crying and whining can be annoying, she at least admits her errors and wants to learn from them. We will see what happens next week…..

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