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The voiceover guy sounds hilariously nonchalant when he dryly states: “Vinnie wants to impress Chef Ramsay with his meat.” Hee!

I’ve watched HK since Episode 1, Season 1 and I’m just noticing that Scott is kind of hot. Wish I could get a good look at what’s under that chef’s jacket.

Oh how the mighty have fallen -- when did Bonnie officially get the Nanny moniker instead of Private Chef? Bet she now wishes she cooked at The Waffle House.

I sort of like Rock, but he’s got a real burr up his ass about Josh, doesn’t he? That’s the second time Rock’s nominated him. Wonder what we don’t know/see about their interactions. But Rock's Mr. T-like third person references are starting to bug.

Next week looks wild and crazy!

Let's see...

-The taste test.
-Throwing bread at the ladies at Opaque
-Turning in a circle saying "What chicken?"
-Adjusting his imaginary boobs.

Chef Ramsey set a new standard for hilarity this evening. And Vinnie seemed to be relived that he got tossed. Though I was sure Bonnie was a goner.

Next week...oh man. They wanted top quality food, so the bride and groom decide not to spring for a caterer and instead figure "Hey! Let's get chefs in training to make our food!"?

Boy... the guys were a bunch of wusses with the "gross food". I was almost jealous that they got herring.... I've had a huge craving for it lately. I'd have switched places with them!!

ENOUGH with the girls being all flirty with GRrr. It demeans ALL women when they pull that giggly flirty crap.

I *love* the episodes where the scheming contestants forget that they're really not running the show or making the decisions. This ain't your usual reality show. Someone is not going to get voted off just because you don't like them.

And is it mean that I hope they make the bride cry next week???

Or, "Bonnie tries to master her meat." Meta, that.

Wow, the men did awful in the challenge. Re: Bonnie and the hearing, didn't she miss one? If she was going to cheat I would imagine she wouldn't have even opened her mouth in the first place. Dudes should stop the whining. Funny Melissa did the worst among the women given how much she whines about how Julia not knowing enough.

Love when they bring in the comment cards annoyed we didn't hear more. Chef Ramsey caught on to Melissa trying to do her own thing with the appetizers real quick. Seemed pretty clear that Melissa was trying to vocalize that Julia messed up instead of adjusting. It seemed the women were doing alright until Bonnie messed something up and the chef yelled at her and she completely wilted after that.

Men were a mess, again. Rock, continues to be competent. Josh and Vinnie continue to struggle and drive the chef nuts.

Rock obviously doesn't like Josh, known that for several episodes. Jen nominating Melissa? Hmm, you know thing is, I think Melissa is bad for the team because of some shady tactics during service but she is certainly far more competent at this point. Vinnie was worst of the bunch so I think he was the right one to go.

My money would still be on Julia at this point.

I think I'm pretty much on Josh's side now. Rock is a dick and Rock speaks in the third person. I don't care for this power struggle, when it seems like Rock is pretty much the only person concerned over it.

"Vinnie wanted to impressive Chef Ramsey with his meat".

ROFL!

"What chicken?" LOL

What a bunch of idiots... Vinnie, Vinnie, Vinnie... Bonnie, Bonnie, Bonnie. Rock, Rock, Rock and Jen, Jen, Jen for the stupid nominations.

LOL at the "giraffe" comment.

I love the taste-testing, always one of the highlights of the season each year. Tonight was hilarious.

Next week looks like a disaster. Hell's Kitchen is really The Real Wedding Crashers.

I almost forgot about "f*ck me senseless"... LOL

Rock, Rock, Rock....your stock's going down fast...like Enron-down fast. It was stupid nominating Josh...stupid! Don't these people know that it will impress GR more to nominate the one whose done the worst, not nominating to get out your rivals. And GR even gave you a clue tonight!

Ugh, I cannot be-LEEEEEVE how effing sanctimonious Melissa is! I actually agreed with Jen's decision to nominate her just because her attitude is so shitty. I loved when GR yelled at her because she was fucking up, and she took it as a "he's pushing me because he knows I'm special" sign. No, he's yelling at you because he knows you suck. Big difference. Get it through your thick skull. I so hope she goes next week.

And Josh? No one's after you becuase you are competition, they want you gone because you stink. Deal.

I have to ask, what good is going out to dinner with GRrrr if you can't even see him? (well, yes, there is the accent, but come on!)

This episode had me giggling like a 12 year old. Bonnie likes sticking things in her mouth and Vinnie wants to impress people with his meat. Oh my.

And when Rock was talking in the third person about "The only person that can beat Rock is Rock" (or whatever stupid thing he said), I yelled at my TV, "Not Rock, Paper!"

Did they show Jen getting the tuna right in the taste test? I must have missed it, because unless she did, the guys would not have automatically lost.

I don't think that Bonnie cheated, but I was a little suspicous too during the Reward Challenge. If somebody could really hear Chef Ramsey, they wouldn't get the first one right, because that would seem too obvious.

Thanks promo people from the beginning of the season. There was no suspense for me at the end tonight because I knew from the promo at the beginning of the season that Bonnie had to stay, because she hadn't said "Chef Ramsey should be really worried tonight." yet.

I like Chef Ramsey, but I'm not that sorry for him in the promo coming up for next week. What did he expect was gonna happen?

I hope Keckler picks "Fuck me senseless" as the best quote; it was my favorite.

For some reason, this season is really producing the Seinfeld references. That's all I could think of when Rock kept referring to himself as Rock, again. Stop it!

I hate Melissa. I don't care if she has a little talent. She really annoys the shit out of me. Personally, I didn't think anything she did was helpful in the kitchen. If anything, I think she was largely responsible for fucking everyone up. That being said, Bonnie, if you don't think you're up for this challenge and you're just the "nanny with the good palate," then go home.

I missed what Gordon said to the obligatory "female who comes to talk with Ramsay at the pass". Apparently it was rude (shocker!). Did anyone catch it?

Are wellingtons really THAT hard to cook? Don't they use timers and ovens with temperature controls?? Glad to see Vinnie go, no love for the Vin man. Great to see Chef Ramsey overrule their "strategic" nominations. Didn't seem to be as bad of a service as some of the others. Bonnie is turning into the new Aaron, lol. I wonder why Julia wasn't mentioned AT ALL. We don't know whether she did good or bad. Although she did well in the palette testing. GREAT show this is definately one of my favorites on TV right now. Keep watching (Ô¿Ô)

Okay, the LINE of the Seaons, kids...

"Oh, Fuck Me Senseless!"

Abso-fuckin'-lutely, Gordon, abso-fuckin'-lutely!

The tasting challenge was crap; fried chicken, American cheese, pears, carrots... none of them have pallets for even the most basic ingredients? None of this lot deserves to win. And uh, Melissa, I believe Julia answered more correctly than you did.

Rock's 3rd person act is killing me, one minute I think I like him, the next shit like that comes out of his mouth.

Our first "Shut it down!" of the season, though it was much too low-key.

Was NO ONE checking the temp of the Wellington's before they sliced into them? WTF?????

Cathode Tube wishes Rock would be cooler and allow her to like him. Also, she requests that Bonnie go back to her poopy diapers and EasyMac.

I've always wondered, do the people going there know the show is filming before they make the reservations or do they actually believe that competent chefs will be serving them? Because I can understand if they thought they were getting a top quality meal. But if they know that a bunch of amateurs are in the kitchen, then they shouldn't be so surprised when their food takes forever to come out and then its under/over/poorly-cooked.

I thought they were shut down last week.


I think she's an awful leader. A leader cannot spend her time simply taking over when someone is having trouble. They have to be able to spot the problem, and help the person having trouble because in a real kitchen the head chef won't have time to take over every station that has a problem.

Aside from GRrrr, the narrator/VO guy, is the best thing on this show for me. He's so snarky and funny!

Oh Bonnie. . .poor little Miss Bonehead Bonnie. You only cook for 4 people? But at least you, unlike Julia who you were oh-so-dismissive of last week, 'know the product.' Choke on your knowledge bitch!

And how much did I love that the so-called 'pros' sucked the most at the palate challenge? Yeah, I'm looking at you Melissa. I had a feeling on Day 1 that she would bug and boy, does she with all that snotty 'I'm a real chef, I know stuff, I'm experienced!' crap she's pulling. No, honey, maybe Chef Ramsey is hard on you because YOU SUCKED.

If it came down to Julia and Melissa, I'd go with Julia any day. Julia's hungry. I'd take a 'green' newbie with real, driving hunger over someone like Melissa who thinks her past experience is enough to let her do JUST enough because experience? Can be acquired. Hungry ambition and drive. . .not so much. I can totally see Julia pouring everything into that restaurant because she wants to make it work and prove herself as opposed to Ms. Melissa who would be all. . 'See? I told you so. I knew I'd win. My sous chef can do the work. I have to comb my (rather ugly) hair!'

I could literally FEEL GRrrr's frustration radiating off the screen tonight. Whoo!

I'm starting to hate Rock too just because he keeps talking about himself in the 3rd person. Lord do I hate that.

I *knew* I couldn't be the only person giggling like a 12 year old at the "Vinny, is ready to impress Chef Ramsay...with his meat." It was the pauses that made it hilarious. The voiceover guy most definitely paused before saying, "with his meat." I remember reading about that restaurant he took them too someplace. Or if not that restaurant, the whole concept of eating in pitch black. It's like a new thing.

At this point, I feel I have some idea as to how each of the women are doing; by contrast, I feel I have little idea what's going on with Josh or Brad.

Other than Bonnie, I'd score what we've seen of the women from "reasonable" to good. Julia is holding her own (speaks volumes about working in a commercial establishment); Jen seems steady; and Melissa has fallen a notch, but has a decent record (overall).

I kinda accept GRrr's earlier assessment that Vinnie just "didn't care anymore." Given Vinnie's earlier surliness, I figured he wouldn't leave HK without at least some sort of smartass comment.

The group seems to have shrunk pretty quick. I suppose a good part of that comes from the double drop -- Aaron & Joann -- last week.

Mmm, cow tongue. I love cow tongue. What's so disgusting about eating tongue? It's just another piece of meat. One time I managed to get my husband to try it, he spat it out when I told him what it was. Oh well, more cow tongue for the those of us who appreciate it!

I would have loved to see Melissa gone. Something about her grates me the wrong way, her arrogance, I think. And what's happening to her chin? In the previews she looked like she had a goatee.

Add me to the list of people who hate how obnoxious Rock is being.

That's exactly what I was yelling at her through my TV screen. I had a certain amount of respect for Melissa up until tonight (not a HUGE amount, but some) in spite of not liking her, but after tonight, feh.... I'm sick of her and her hair.

I don't see what was so wrong with Rock nominating Josh. At one point he was just standing around with his thumb up his butt. That would seem to indicate general cluelessness to me.

Spot on with the Melissa-hate. She's supposed to be one of the more experienced people on this show, and she doesn't seem to get that early in the game, if your team screws up, you go down with it. Hold off on the strategy till later. It's not time for sitting back and letting everyone else hang themselves.

I'm still liking Rock. Yes, his third-person-ness grates, but, he certainly knows his mind and keeps his cool.

Bonnie only saved herself by rolling over on her back and peeing all over herself. Unless she rescues a batch of live puppies from a vivisectionist next week all while turning out a perfect batch of Wellingtons, she's toast.

What, no love for "Vinnie wrestles with his meat?" right before Bonnie mastered her domain?

I second the "sick of Melissa's hair" sentiment. It was annoying me last week, but this week I came close to yelling at the screen "put it in a bun" because first, hers is the least tamed in the kitchen, and second, she's Lady Godiva with it the moment the kitchen is shut down. Part of me almost wants to say she uses it as a curtain or shield and her mouthy bitchiness is a defense mechanism, then I think of how she was when she got to nominate that first week and think she's exactly what she seems like.

Josh's little nod after he was nominated cracked me up - he completely expected it.

I knew Jen would be the one to nominate as GR went down the line, and pretty much for the reasons he stated.

ETA: The comment GR made to the guest who complained in person was something like "show the giraffe back to her table".

The palate testing
Josh embarassingly got none of the answers which kind of supports Rock's goal to eliminate him. However, Chef Ramsey makes the point that Josh has a stellar résumé so that might explain furthermore why Rock is trying to eliminate him. Jen congratulates her team and herself even though she won by basically doing nothing.

Melissa was kind of a pain in the ass. I think she was not listening when Julia told her that her scallops were overcooked rather than Julia not speaking loud enough. She also overlapped her stations once again and when she could not help Bonnie, she kept quiet...way to go teamwork!

Rock still made a biased choice for the chopping block...and he could not resist talking in the third person at the end of the episode. Jen got influenced by Vinnie the shit stirrer. If she eliminates Melissa, her team is going down in the dinner service with no one else being talented enough.

Bonnie got destroyed by Chef Ramsey. She was too scarred to say the truth and got disoriented when she had too much stressed on her shoulders...And she cooks for 4 people (the family where she works as a nanny?) who don't mind if she takes too long.

Preview: The chefs are shopping and cooking for a special occasion: a wedding...also Melissa attempts to overrule Bonnie's judgement and undermine her in front of Julia.

Memo to anyone planning to apply for the Season 4 cast: start practicing those Beef Wellingtons now. Given the fact that the menu has so far been the same every night, you'd think that after a couple nights of total screwups everyone would have learned from their mistakes, but on the whole that doesn't seem to be the case.

The meal of miscellaneous bovine and porcine parts reminded me of the gross Argentine barbeque in The Amazing Race season 7, only there wasn't quite so much of the stuff in HK.

I think Vinnie and Bonnie's failures were just so big that GR could not accept anyone else being up.


This is the sad part, I think Rock and Melissa have promise, but neither seems to have any idea how they come off. Melissa is clearly the worst offender here, but Rock referring to himself in the third person is pretty damn obnoxious.

Add me to the list of 12 year-olds on the boards - and I'm not ashamed of it!

I wonder if the Giraffe wrote anything on her comment card about GRrrr? I was actually surprised that GRrrr would say something not so flattering to a customer. I always thought in his mind the customer came 1st?

Can someone tell me what American Cheese is exactly? We don't have Canadian cheese. I always thought cheddar in the US was called American Cheese.

-Vinnie [paraphrased]: "Gordon knows caviar from Japan, spices from India, blahblahexcusesblah." You know what else he knows, Vinnie? How to fucking cook a fucking beef wellington, you fucking donkey! Start there next time and worry about the spices later. You can study with Melissa- it only took her ten years.

-Boy, Chef was in full form tonight, wasn't he? I counted at least 55 bleeps, and he's increasing with each episode. (Though I figure this will be the apex of cursing- with less donkeys, he's gotta find less to bleep about, yeah? No?)

-Does Melissa have some bizarre soul patch under her bottom lip??

-Two "donkeys" and a "doughnut" tonight.

-Bonnie: "I love to put things in my mouth." Often, Barbie, it's your foot.

-Is it just me or is the idea of Gordon putting food in my mouth a really hot image?

-Scratch that, is it just me or is the idea of having dinner with Gordon in the dark kinda blazing hot? He can playfully throw bread at me anytime.

-Poor Bonnie. Math is hard, I know, sweetie. But if one item takes 10 minutes to cook, and the other 5 minutes, you should put the 10 minute one in first, then at the 5 minute mark, put the 5 minute item in. That way, BOTH will be done... at the same time. A mystery, I know, but trust me, it will work!

-The Chicken Dance by Gordon was priceless.

-As was his adjusting his imaginary boobage.

-To JP: "Oh, fuck off. Fuck off. Fuck off."

-But without question, the gem of the night? "Fuck me senseless!" Oh, Gordon, I love you.

It also does seem as if Vinnie's been completely useless on every dinner service. Plus, nominating Josh twice instead of the more boot-worthy Vinnie makes it seem as if Rock's just playing a game rather than doing a good job of sizing up his kitchen staff.

From a food website:

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Food-Safety-Issues-767/cheese.htm

Jen is an idiot for not nominating Bonnie and Rock is an idiot for not nominating Vinnie. I mean, REALLY. These are the two people GRrr spends all night yelling at and you don't think they should be nominated for dismissal?? Donkeys, the both of them.

God, Rock, shut UP. I don't really like him very much.

At this point, I'm all about Brad and Julia by default.

Jen was all "boohoo, I have to nominate someone" and I'm like "hey, shut it, garbage girl." Who knew that Vinnie and I would have something in common?

Joanna is no longer with us.

For the record:

Julia - 2
.. American Cheese - correct
.. Fried Chicken - correct
.. Boiled Carrot - incorrect

Brad - 1
.. American Cheese - incorrect
.. Fried Chicken - correct
.. Boiled Carrot - incorrect

Melissa - 1
.. Egg Yolk (hardboiled) - incorrect
.. Potato - correct
.. Venison - incorrect

Rock - 2
.. Egg Yolk - correct
.. Potato - correct
.. Venison - incorrect

Bonnie - 2 (plus: "Ever since I was little, I've loved to put things in my mouth.")
.. Lobster - incorrect
.. Bok Choy - correct
.. Pear - correct

Josh - 0!
.. Lobster - incorrect
.. Bok Choy - incorrect
.. Pear - incorrect

Jen - 1?
.. ??? (but she must have gotten the tuna correct for the win)

Vinnie - 0
.. Seared Tuna - incorrect

The customer may come first, but I think the people who answer the cattle call for a free meal on this show don't rank that high. And I wouldn't be surprise if some are "plants".... it's never 500 pound dude or dudette with a skin problem and greasy hair that marches up there to complain about the food.

Nah, the people who actually try to complain are wanna-be starlets who want their five minutes on camera.

Ahhh, how the fine dining experts have fallen. Bless you, HK producers. After last week’s bitchfest, it was pretty sweet watching Airhead Bonnie and Melissa get chewed out by GRrrrr again and again and again. Bimbo! Barbie! Stupid Cow!—God, I love that man!

So, Airhead Bonnie is a nanny now? What happened to that whole “personal chef” thing?

Melissa’s steadily becoming bitchier and bitchier. Hate! Also, she needs to step away from bitching at Julia and trying to blame her for her mistakes. Newsflash,: GRrrr is yelling at you because you suck!

Speaking of Melissa’s suckage: Palate challenge results-- Julia: 2, Melissa (and her 10 years learning herbs): 1

Rock needs to shut-up ASAP. Talking about oneself in the third person is not cute. And his weird Josh obsession is creepy as hell and so transparent. God help me, he’s starting to make me root for Josh.

Vinnie was annoying, so I’m not sorry to see him leave. I am, however, more upset about being teased with Bonnie’s exit and then having it sadly ripped away. God, that girl’s voice is annoying.

Go, Julia!

Yes, it is. <g> But hey, she's just ASKING for it, signing up to have her reception at Hell's Kitchen. Hmmmm.....my daughter is getting married next year.....wonder if I could talk her into this??

Yeah, it happens every season. She actually got off lucky if he just called her a giraffe.


It might be, if he wasn't also sticking his fingers in every other contestants mouth. Seriously, if I were a contestant, I might have to risk some verbal abuse and ask that he use some Purell in between.

Thanks for the cheese link. I honestly always think of American cheese as just a Kraft product used to make grilled cheese.

I know it could just be the editing, but I was under the (perhaps deliberately created) impression that Jen didn't have to taste a thing if Vinnie blew it on the taste test, because GR kept saying that if he didn't get the first one, it was all over. Not sure how a tie would make it "all over" - the first team to attain that score wins? Blah blah blah seared tunacakes.

I did think it was pretty arrogant of Jen to brag about their win considering that as far as we know, she didn't have her palate tested at all.

Edited to add that during Julia's palate test, I would swear a thought balloon appeared over Melissa's head indicating "of course she would know American cheese and fried chicken" - neither of which are creme brulee. Just me on that one?

The hard part about cooking beef wellington is that you don't want to overcook the puff pastry/foie gras to cook the meat more or undercook the meat to get just the outside crust done. I don't know how they do the individual slices, but it's usually done with a big beef roast. It's the only thing I like with foie gras. Normally, I hate it.


Maybe this is how she keeps her "private chef" job. Snerk.


Normally, "American" cheese is any overly processed cheese such as Kraft or the individual slices of cheese in a plastic sleeve that are good for making grilled cheese sandwiches (any kind of cheese will do, though).

Stellar night for the Ramster. MMMM

Just remember, American Cheese is a fake and processed blend of Chesses from other countries, much like the country.

Not a half-bad episode. I'm stunned Blondie is still with us, though.

Yeah, Melissa will have to tone down the "I'm all that" crap. I loved when Grr called her on speeding through the appetizers to make Julia look bad. Looks like next week her bitchiness continues. I hope she falls on her face... and soon.

BTW, this is the second week that I've selected the right person to leave, but haven't sent a text. I could use $10,000. Maybe next week.

Re: Melissa's flowing locks, my roommate put it very succinctly: "No one with a head that small should have hair that big."

Despite the dumb-ass words that came out of her mouth..... I think she should have gotten at least a half point for the answer, because she gave "langoustine". Depending on where you are in the world and which foodie you're talking to, a langoustine can be either a small lobster or something that is similar to a prawn and a lobster, but closer to a lobster (and if you have a good source and can be sure they're langoustines and not just "damned big prawns", they are some tasty eats). I guess in the UK (judging by the bbc site) they use it more to mean "prawn" or "shrimp", but in America, when you say "langoustine", you usually mean something waaaay different than the things that go in to the fryers at Long John Silvers.

And boy, since none of the chefs knew that (or at least seemed to say anything) I reall hope the winner doesn't open a seafood place.

How can you get pear wrong? I find that fruit to have a distinct taste, and the texture would be a dead giveaway IMO. Is there another fruit that rivals it? Was Josh's answer a good second choice? BTW, I don't remember what he said.

Is it me or are none of the people this season, except Julia (who I love) and Brad (who seems nice enough) not all that worth watching? Some of them are nasty, but they're also boring. I don't have that "love to hate" sense I had with K-Grease.

Every time Rock refers to himself in third person, I hate him a little more. That and his constant power plays which go nowhere.

I don't understand why Ramsay was going on about how the "Waffle House cook" beat Brad. Didn't she guess right for carrots and fried chicken? Do they not have those at Waffle House??

Maybe she should have paid attention to Julia when she went over to the blue kitchen. She went around, boom, boom, boom, told the guys what needed to be made, how long it needed to cook and to move it. She went back to her station and bam, they were done.

No coming over, making a comment, walking off, coming back to gawk and walk away again.

A very simple way to help Bonnie when she said she was flustered and couldn't remember the proper temps to look for. TELL HER THE TEMPS IDIOT!



I am still giggling over, ''Fuck me senseless.''

Bye Vinnie, though you kinda screwed yourself. If you hadn't talked to Jen about putting up her strongest competition she would have nominated Bonnie. That may have appeased GR enough to keep Josh on the block and send Bonnie home.

So, Bonnie's great personal chef experience is cooking for a family of four. Ok.