Hell's Kitchen 2010: Holli Takes Home the Big Job

In what was at least edited to appear as an upset, Holli Ugalde won Hell's Kitchen Season 7. Blue haired Jay appeared to be in a confident and commanding lead after winning the opening reward challenge. Holli held her own in her kitchen with a more complex menu and a less than adequate crew.

Holli wins $250,000 and a post as head chef at the Savoy Grill in London. A big job for any chef, I hope it works out for her.

You can watch the entire *bleepin* episode here:
Hell's Kitchen Season 7 Finale Video




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Hell's Kitchen: Chef Ramsay Cuts It to the Final Two

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Tonight the final four contestants in Hell's Kitchen faced off knowing that Chef Ramsay would cut them down to two at the end. Jay, Holli, Autumn and Ben were the contenders.

The reward challenge was a taste and recreate competition. Since none of these cooks have great taste abilities it was a coin flip for the winner. Jay came closest but chose a flank steak instead of Venison for the main protein, a fatal error in the challenge. Holli eked out the win even with the wrong sauce (since it was a lesser error than Jay's).

Ben got mad, and even more arrogant (I did not think that was possible). He worked silently through the punishment portion, not a big change. When it came time to prep for dinner though, Ben claimed his back was too hurt to continue. He slept through the day and called in a chiropractor. All for naught, he still said he was giving up and went as far as to congratulate the other and concede victory (obviously to Jay).

After a sit down with Gordon Ramsay though, Ben had a miraculous recovery. They did not show much of the meeting in Ramsay's office but I'm assuming it went something like this:

Hell's Kitchen 2010: The Final Four

We are finally down to the final four chefs on Hell's Kitchen 2010. Chef Gordon Ramsay could have easily cut the cast to the final two last week, but stretched things for a little extra cussing and drama. The final four are: Jay, Holli, Ben and Autumn.

Ben and Autumn should have been cut last week if what we saw on TV was anything close to what really happened. Autumn continues to fumble through the kitchen and "helping" other chefs, and usually earning a stiff reprimand from Ramsay (of course Autumn never takes responsibility for her mistakes so Ramsay is screaming to the wind).

Ben, on the other hand, started out leading Hell's Kitchen with Jay. His lack of communication and utter disdain for the other cooks has left him at the bottom with Autumn. Both are circling the drain.

Hopefully Chef Ramsay will name blue haired Jay (ick) and Holli as the final two contestants next week on Hell's Kitchen. Then they will rejoin teams of evicted chefs and the drama will start again for the finale.