Hell's Kitchen Season 8: Gail Wins & Loses

After sassy Sabrina tried to mow Gail down last week she managed to bounce back in the final five of Hell's Kitchen season 8. The bounce only lasted for the reward challenge though. By the end of dinner service Gail was ready to vote herself out. Chef Ramsay did it for her. Poor Gail, from hero to zero in one episode of Hell's Kitchen.

Here's a quick recap, or scroll down to watch the Hell's Kitchen videos.

Russell, Nona, Jillian, Trev and Gail had to make a signature dish to serve at a "power lunch". They went to get ingredients, and then were told the lunch would be prepared and served from food trucks in a parking lot. It would not affect most of the chefs, but one would have trouble with the ambiance.

Hell's Kitchen Season 6: Season Finale 10/13/2009

Dave Wins Hell's Kitchen Season 6

Tonight was the two hour season 6 finale of Hell's Kitchen. The final three to do battle: Kevin, Dave and Ariel. The prize: $250,000 and head chef position at Iraxi (Gordon Ramsay's newest elite restaurant) in Whistler, British Columbia.

Kevin has been my hands down favorite for professionalism throughout the season. He just seems to know how to operate a kitchen. Dave has surprised me with his ability to come up with extravagant dishes in Hell's Kitchen reward challenges. Ariel... I thought she was stronger in the beginning. I don't think she will make it to the final hour.

Hell's Kitchen started with the reward challenge. Each chef had to prepare a dish from a country they chose blindly. Ariel drew Chinese, Dave drew Indian and Kevin drew Mexican.

The chefs had 45 minutes to present a unique main course for Chef Ramsay and three guests: Vikas Kharman, Thomas Ortega and Eddie Wong. All premier chefs.

Ariel presented her Chinese duck w/noodle and sauce first. It did not go over well as the sauce was "too watery". It even looked watery on the plate so it did not present well.

Kevin forgot the sauce to his Mexican dish, but still got high praise for flavor.

Dave was scared from the start of the challenge, having never cooked Indian food. He apologized for before he served, never a good sign. Dave explained that he thought India worshiped cows so he chose a pork dish. He was quickly corrected; pork is not a good meal for Muslims. He should have chosen chicken or seafood. Well, it did not matter. Dave won on flavor... and what else really counts in a food competition.

Dave won a set of Dinour cookware and lunch from the top chefs. He also got to eat with his fiance and sister.

The final three dinner service had the finalists each taking a turn at the pass. Working in place of Chef Ramsay in the position they would hold in the Iraxi restaurant.

Kevin took over first. He showed a laid back style and it nearly bit him in the ass. Ariel had trouble with her apps... he got his payback later. Kevin passed all of his quality control tests.

Dave took over at the pass and got things off to an obnoxious start. Screaming and kicking like a Ramsay mini-me. Things got tense, but food started moving. Dave missed his first two quality control tests. He bounced back with an easier one, and I think it showed that Chef Ramsay was more likely to choose Dave to win. Ramsay took him outside the kitchen to chastise him in a more private way.

Ariel took the reigns and Kevin basically went on break. He completely forgot how to cook scallops.... seriously? Kevin completely stalled the kitchen and there was just not a thing to do. Ariel did not kick and scream and that likely cost her the Hell's Kitchen competition.

It was an easy choice for Chef Ramsay: Kevin and Dave move into the Hell's Kitchen season 6 finale. Ariel was allowed to keep her jacket and Ramsay had nothing but good things to say about her.

In the second and final hour of Hell's Kitchen season 6, Dave really started to shine. He had been the hard worker throughout the season, but Kevin had shown more originality in dishes. Originality doesn't matter if the taste is not there.

They dropped the whole 'design your dream restaurant', which was stupid anyway. Now the final 2 chefs competed in a taste test for a reward.

Dave made a venison dish with vegetable puree.

Kevin made lobster (something fishy about Kevin).

Dave won the final taste test judged by five well known (in the chef world) executives and food critics. Of course they made it a 2-2 tie with the final vote deciding it, but I think all five judges wanted Dave's dish.

So it all came down to the final night's service in Hell's Kitchen. Each finalist making their own menu.

Dave kept things simple: Dave's menu (I'll post links as soon as they become available)

Kevin kept things artsy (and guess what, fishy!): Kevin's menu

Teams of previous cast members were chosen.

Dave: Ariel, Robert, Suzanne
Kevin: Van, Amanda, Sabrina

Dave had an aggressive start and only a few missteps by Robert. Food was flying out.

Kevin had an abysmal start with Amanda having a complete meltdown over scallops. She was chosen for her strength in fish cooking...oops! Finally Van came to the rescue, of all people. Van would make an impressive chef behind a strong head chef. He pulled the whole kitchen together like a pro.

The final was a pretty easy call. Not much was mentioned by Chef Ramsay about the 'taste' vote from the diners. He did say it was the closest call in Hell's Kitchen history (imagine that). In the end, Dave's door opened.

Congratulations Dave!

*Best part of the Hell's Kitchen finale was the end... cut outs of Gordon Ramsay saying "I ain't no bitch" at various times throughout the competition. It was hilarious!

Hell's Kitchen Season 6: Chef Ramsay Cuts the Staff to Final 3

Tonight Chef Gordan Ramsay brought us one step closer to the season 6 finale of Hell's Kitchen. After yet another poor dinner performance, Tennille became the latest victim of Ramsay's hatchet. I was a little surprised at Tennille's elimination from Hell's Kitchen. It was definitely the correct decision by Ramsay, but I thought Tennille would do better during service.

The reward challenge was preparing a vegetarian dish.... the chefs did not know (though they should have) that they were cooking for kids. Kevin was in trouble immediately with his beet dish. Kids + beets = ick.

Tennille won the reward challenge overwhelmingly with a pureed vegetable dish. There ya go, puree veggies for the kids, winner every time!

My pick is still Kevin to win Hell's Kitchen season 6. Dave is just annoying to me. I know Dave has not made many mistakes and is working with one arm. I also think Chef Ramsay is taking that into account and not screaming at Dave as much. Kevin seems much more mature, and able to handle the stresses of running a major kitchen.

I'll post the Hell's Kitchen Episode 13 videos here as soon as they are available.

Hell's Kitchen Season 4 - LouRoss Gets The Knife 5/27/08

Chef Gordon Ramsay Offers Matthew A Diaper
Fox Tuesday 9/8c 5/27/08

After firing Roseanne last week, Chef Gordon Ramsay warned the remaining 7 chef wanna-bes that they were all on thin ice. As always.

It is pretty obvious that Hell's Kitchen 4 come down to Corey, Bobby, and Petrozza. All 3 show cooking talent, though Bobby shows no effort to work as a team player. Chef Ramsay is letting him slide on it for now, but just you wait Bobby it's coming!

Tonight the Hell's Kitchen recruits had to race against time to bring Chef Ramsay 3 courses fully prepared for his tasting. The Red team (Christina, Corey, and Matthew) won barely. Jen, from the Blue team, forgot to put the sauces on the dishes as the final step. Chef Ramsay told her they would have won had she finished the sauces.

Jen would not be put off, she continued to boss and domineer the Blue team throughout the dinner service. Especially targeting LouRoss.

Each team got to plan their own dinner menu for tonight's service in Hell's Kitchen. The Red team did well planning, but Matt fell apart during the dinner service. Corey and Christina finished alone after Chef Ramsay screamed at Matt for sweating into the food, causing it to be too salty! Yuck!

Then Chef Ramsay asked Matt if he wanted a diaper since he was acting like such a big baby. Matt looked like he was crying.

The Blue team did barely better, LouRoss completely fell apart on the meat station. It was hard to watch as he ruined Filet Mignon after Fitet Mignon. Too raw, so he throws them in a frying pan and sears them! OMG!

In the end, Chef Ramsay chose the Blue team as the winners of a bad night, and Petrozza as the "best of the pigs". Petrozza is covered with food and his station is always a mess.

Petrozza nominated Jen and LouRoss to be fired. Then Chef Ramsay asked Petrozza who should take off their jacket and leave, LouRoss was the answer. Chef Ramsay completely agreed, saying LouRoss was all speed and no knowledge.

Gordon Ramsay then called out Jen and Matt and told both to take off their jackets. Both thought they were going home... he told them to switch back to their original teams... and we are back to women vs. men.

The final 6 Hell's Kitchen contestants are:
Corey, Christina, Jen, Bobby, Petrozza, and Matt

Matt will surely go home next week, the previews show him totally losing his mind. Would you trust him with sharp knives?

Stay tuned for the video!

Hell's Kitchen Season 4 - It's Always Fun Until Somebody Loses A Thumb!

Chef Ramsay Sends Roseanne Home
FOX Tuesday 8/9c 5/21/08

After Chef Gordon Ramsay sent Ben packing last week, he asked one person from the Red team to volunteer to the Blue team to even things out. After arguing most of the night, Jen 'volunteered' the following morning.

The cooking challenge involved making a specialty dish using just a limited number of ingredients. Matthew decided to add 'thumb' to his meal!

Check the video:



The blue team lost in a weird little twist, poor LouRoss.
Here is the video:



After losing the challenge, Jen was up in LouRoss' business throughout prep. Two important food critics would be at dinner service tonight. This will be interesting!
Here is the video:



The dinner service did not go well for the Red team, Chef Ramsay finally kicked them out of the kitchen. The Blue team finished both their own tickets and the Red teams. Chef Ramsay told Correy to nominate 2 people from the Red team for firing. Corey chose Matt and Roseanne, Chef Ramsay called out Christina to join them. He then made his decision to fire Roseanne. Watch the nominations now:



Roseanne gets fired from Hell's Kitchen:



See you next week in Hell's Kitchen!

Hell’s Kitchen - Season 4 Picking Peppers

Hell's Kitchen FOX 4/15/08

The first task of the night the teams had to properly (up to Chef Ramsay's standards) cut and prepare chicken. The men, Craig in particular, lost miserably and had to pick peppers on a farm all day.

The women got to go with Chef Ramsay to a ranch, where they met Aron from last season, and goofed around. Then they began to plot how to get rid of the men. Gordon enjoyed the conversation. He always seems easier on the women, unless he really thinks that they are useless in the kitchen.

The men know that the biggest liability on their team is Jason in the kitchen.

Bobby and J.P. had to be in the dining room serving tableside. Chef Ramsay sentenced Jason to desserts and told him not to eat any. Then asked Jason what the desserts were, and Jason didn't know.

Craig had trouble on the appetizers right away, but it got a compliment eventually.

Rosann screwed up the first appetizer out of the women's kitchen. The women pulled it together and got food out.

Jason went out on the patio to learn the menu, couldn't repeat it to Chef Ramsay and quit. Right then and there!

I think that there is nothing that Chef Gordan Ramsay hates more than a quitter. If he has pushed you too far, he backs off. He would rather see someone try to the bitter end than quit without reason.

Jason pulled his head out, rambled off the dessert menu and stayed to the end. Chef Ramsay commended him.

Vanessa failed on the meat station, and cried. All of the women had to bail her out.

Ben did no better on the men's team. No communication in the kitchen at all.

Meanwhile the women started a near fire taht Chef Ramsay had to put out, literally.

By the time the men's team started desserts and Gordon had to work with Jason again, he went to an empty counter and banged his head over and over again. He later complained of a headache.

After 3 hours of a terrible dinner service, Ben's raw salmon caused Gordan to call the teams together and shut down the kitchen without letting the dinner guests know. No one won the service, bothe teams had to pick one person to put up for firing.

Petroza from the men's team and Christina from the women's team had to nominate one each.

Pretroza chose Jason for his poor cooking and communication skills.
Christina nominated Vanessa who all but offered herself up.

Chef Ramsay was just not impressed with anyone, but Jason was the worst (and the cause of the headache). Jason was also the one who quit earlier in the night, so he was the obvious choice.