Hell’s Kitchen: Explosive Season Premiere
Yes, it seems as if Danny just won “Hell’s Kitchen” but a new one has already began. If last season seemed to have some exception chefs, this one is marred by well, let’s just say less than exceptional chefs.
Joseph started the night off angry, asking Chef Ramsay for a fork to test his dish because “I’m not an animal.” What the heck? Then, Amanda served margarita French toast with a shot of tequila. No, stop laughing, I am serious. Melinda said her dish was a lobster tail, but there was a problem and Chef Ramsay got like a slither of lobster.
Poor Louie, a diner owner, never stood a chance. He made sausage gravy over biscuits for his signature dish and Chef Ramsay spit it out. Geesh Gordon, the man owns a diner, what did you expect? Personally, I love good sausage gravy, but Chef Ramsay couldn’t take anymore when Louie’s lamb fell apart during the first disastrous dining service.
Yes, I said the first disastrous service. There were two tonight and the second was actually worse than the first. The guys took both challenges (the signature dish and cleaning shrimp). With the girls down, Chef Ramsay decided to give them a boost by bringing back Robert, who had to leave last season due to health problems. He seemed like a savior at first, but if you will remember, Robert had his share of screw ups before making it to the final five.
At least with all the screw ups, we got to see Chef Ramsay in rare form. I almost spit up when he said the frozen salmon looked like a bison’s penis. But then he had good reason to vent. Lovely forgot to turn the stovetop on, Melinda wasted like 10 pounds of pasta trying to get it right. She was eventually sent home with that deer in the headlights look she had.
After the second service was a mess, Chef Ramsay decided to have them serve shrimp cocktail because it was cold and they couldn’t screw it up with their cooking. Afterwards, he asked both the Blue Team and the Red Team to nominate two people.
The Red Team nominated Tennille, which sucked. She had been doing well and tried to lead the team, but she was put out front and served some raw shrimp to a pregnant woman. They also nominated Lovely, who Chef Ramsay had called “Dumbo” at one point.
When Chef Ramsay asked Joseph who the first nominee was and why, he said they knew who they were. Well, that’s nice, but dude, let us in on it. Tony manned up and said he screwed up his fish station (so badly so that at one point, five people were there helping him!). So, Chef Ramsay asked again for the first nominee and why, but only after calling Joseph a “smart ass.” Joseph said Tony and Andy then went on some rant about how they were men and they knew why they were nominated. Personally, I think it should have been Van. He started out good, but got into a physical altercation with Jean-Phillipe and then threatened Jim back at the rooms.
Chef Ramsay again asked Joseph to tell him the first nominee and why. Joseph said “I ain’t nobody’s bitch” about three times. Well, maybe not, but you are on Gordon Ramsay’s show and he is asking you a question, giblet head!
The other contestants began telling him things like show Chef some respect and asked if he wanted to be an executive chef. After a few choice expletives for them, he finally got angry (well no, he was already angry), told Chef Ramsay they could take it outside, took off his jacket threw it at Chef and again got in his face and asked if he wanted to go outside to settle it.
Joseph is a former Marine and it would seem to me that perhaps he has PTSD or something. He just came out of the gate tonight acting like an ass and it only got worse as the night went on. I can understand getting upset or frustrated when Chef Ramsay yells at you, but by Ramsay standards, he went rather easy on Joseph, so it couldn’t have been that.
Anyhow, the show or should I say showdown is to be continued next week.
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