Christina Wins Hell's Kitchen Season 4

Christina Takes the Cake and Prize Job
On Hell's Kitchen Season 4 Finale
FOX Tuesday 9/8c 7/08/08

While Petrozza seemed to be the shoe in for the finale prize of Executive Chef for Gordon Ramsay's new L.A. restaurant, Christina showed him up in the end. After all she had won 9 individual Reward Challenges in a row to get to the finale.

Petrozza is, without a doubt, the nicest and hardest working contestant to be part of Hell's Kitchen since Season 1 (the winner, I think his name is Michael, in particular). Working hard, and getting people to work hard for you, are two entirely different things. I don't think Christina will actually be put in charge as the Executive Chef (maybe on a relief position), but she will win the money and get an extraordinary position as a sous chef under some of the best in the world.

Christina appeared to be a hard worker as well, and she has the...um...language skills to be a great chef.

The teams for the final service were:
Red Team:
Christina - Corey, LouRoss, and... Matt (dum,dum,duuuuuummmm!)

Blue Team:
Petrozza - Bobby, Ben, and... Jen (eek!)

This was not a great service for either team and Gordon Ramsay had to be thinking, "What the f--k have I done!" But they somehow managed to finish the dinner (I think because they had to).

Both finalist let the kitchens run them, of course both were dealing with attitudes. Welcome to the kitchen of any restaurant. Matt proved that he is emotionally underdeveloped, and Jen is just a bitch. Both pouted and stomped their way through a sloppy service doing only enough to make things...interesting! Matt kept telling Chef Ramsay to shut up, knowing he could no longer be fired, that was pretty funny.

In the end Gordon Ramsay made the only decision he could, take a piece of clay and mold it into a great chef. Petrozza simply didn't offer this option. While Petrozza is a great chef, I don't see him running a Five Star restaurant kitchen (he doesn't even seem comfortable).

Christina may have a lot of learning to do considering she told he mom that the hard part is over now. She also mentioned several times on the diary camera that this would be her last stressful service (I hope she meant in Hell's Kitchen). Oh man, has she ever worked in a real restaurant, there are usually utensils flying at some point - every night!

Good luck Christina and Petrozza, it was a fun season in Hell's Kitchen.

Chef Gordon Ramsay, we will see you later in the summer on Kitchen Nightmares!


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Corey Can't Take the Heat in Hell's Kitchen Season 4 6/24/08

Petrozza and Christina Will Face Off
Next Week on the Finally of Hell's Kitchen Season 4
FOX Tuesday 9/8c 6/24/08

The three remaining contestants on Hell's Kitchen Season 4 (Christina, Corey and Petrozza), got rewarded for being the finalists tonight. Chef Gordon Ramsay let them eat lunch that he prepared with their family members.

Christina stayed in game mode, tasting and memorizing the dishes as she ate. Her mother even tried to advise her on a sauce ingredient (but did Christina listen to her mother, nooooo!)

Petrozza was in tears with his father and his girlfriend (not sure, but I think it was the father's girlfriend). He did not even notice the food.

Same with Corey, she had her boyfriend and mom visiting so she was busy chatting.

When the challenge was to recreate the dish, again it came down to Christina and Petrozza. Corey used the wrong meat... oops! Petrozza had no puree on his dish, and Christina did not use cream like her mother told her to do. In the end, Christina won her fourth (I think) consecutive individual challenge. Gordon Ramsay took her and her parents on a sightseeing and food tasting trip around LA.

Corey may have sealed her fate by not winning a single challenge in the end weeks, and having such a mild manner in the kitchen. I think she is a hard worker, but others will walk on her.

Watching the chef contestants yell at Chef Ramsay in practice for taking over the hot plate area was a riot. The girls were wholly uncomfortable, even as awkward as Ramsay tried to act he is still the 'sexy professor' type! Corey turned red trying to yell at him.

The Hell's Kitchen dinner service went well, all the contestants ran the point relatively well. Petrozza seemed the most in control during the chaos of a Christina meltdown on the fish station. Corey lost her place reading a ticket because an entree order was missing. None of the chef contestants seemed to be able to notice the small problems that were set up as stumbling blocks. Christina did the best, but it was an easy tasting issue.

Season 4 of Hell's Kitchen still seems to have the weakest crew yet. I hope Chef Ramsay can entrust a new kitchen to one of them. Remember the first season of Hell's Kitchen? I think the winner's name was Michael, that guy could cook with the greats! All of the contestants seemed to have a lot more experience. Maybe I'm just getting old!

So the two contestants going head to head next week in the finals of Hell's Kitchen Season 4 are:
Petrozza and Christina

Good Luck to both and see you next week in the Hell's Kitchen Finals!


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