(S04E03) "I'm not going to put my head down like some bitch."
That's just one of the many classy quotes from Jason, Hell's Kitchen contestant and future President of NOW. I guess he would call Chef Ramsay a bitch too if he saw the picture above. Let's take a look at what happened on the show tonight, including more gems from Jason.
Jen is still upset about Corey picking her and Christina for elimination last week. She says that "the dumb blonde" was stupid to pick the most intelligent person in the group and one of the strongest in the group, though she doesn't clarify which she is. Ben is right when he observes that Corey played her hand way too early in the game.
The elimination challenge this week is to cut up a chicken (Ramsay wakes everyone up by saying over the loudspeakers "Wakey wakey, grab your chicken," which is actually how I start my day), break it down into eight parts. I have to admit that in all my years working in restaurants I never once had to cut up a chicken. Though I did have to peel a bunch of shrimp over the years. That's my version of a Vietnam flashback and maybe some day you'll read about it over at Slashfood. The contestants have five minutes to cut up the chicken into pieces that resemble different parts of the chicken or Ramsay is going to yell at them. The women actually do very, very well (many get all parts), and while a few of the men do quite well too, Craig screws up and gets only two of the pieces correct and that means the men lose (by the way, is it fair for the guys to be so ticked at Craig? Wasn't it just the luck of the draw that he had to show Ramsay his chicken when he did? It could have been any one of them. I don't think Craig was the last guy to show his chicken to Ramsay).
Jason Quote, referring to the women: "This isn't the dusting and cleaning show."
The men lose badly, and their punishment is picking peppers in the sun, which I also believe is the title of an album by the 70s group America. The men dress in their overalls and hats and go off in a rickety bus to man the fields in the blazing heat. The reward for the women? They get to go to the Saddle Ranch restaurant on the Sunset Strip, where they not only eat dinner (and meet up with Aaron, the crier from Season 3, who happens to be there for some reason), they also get on the old mechanical bull. This is a reward?
The women decide that they have to seduce one of the men to find their weakness. Corey actually says (and I'm not kidding) "Obviously I knew that some of the guys would be attracted to my body." Well, obviously! It doesn't work with Ben, but Jason is all too eager to take off his clothes, grab a beer and a cigarette and hop into the pool and sell out his teammates. Which brings us to another...
Jason Quote: "I don't do manual labor." Gee, good thing he's going to be a chef then!
In short, it's another disastrous service. Ramsay has some great plans for the night, for it to be the best service yet, but it's comical. Bacon doesn't come on time (Craig is completely lost), salmon is undercooked, meat is overcooked, Jason tries to fix the desserts like MacGyver and Ramsay just goes to a counter and bangs his head several times. He then says he has a headache, which is no surprise. I think this is the most frustrated we've seen him in this series. Maybe because it's his restaurant on the line this time.
It's so bad that Ramsay tells Petrozza to pick one guy for elimination and Christina to pick one girl (though he doesn't scream his customary "shut it down!" so I'm not sure if they close the restaurant or not). Petrozza picks Jason and Christina picks Vanessa, who cries a lot and can't believe she's doing so badly. But she gets to stay another week, while Ramsay hits Jason over the head with an All-Clad pan. Well, OK, not really. But Jason is gone from the competition.
Parting Quote From Jason: "Maybe if I cried like some pansy, some chick, I'd be upstairs chilling right now." Ah Jason, we hardly knew ye.
Quote of the Night: Actually, it doesn't even come from Jason. It's something Ramsay says, and I'm not even sure it will be funny typed here, but here goes. When Craig (finally) brings the bacon over, he says to Ramsay "behind you," in that way that kitchen coworkers say when they want to warn you that they're behind you with a plate or a pan or whatever. Ramsay just calmly says to Craig, "Put it down. F**k off."
The Louross Word of the Night: "Ganky" (describing the condition of the bus the guys had to go to the fields in).
Next week: family night at Hell's Kitchen! Should be fun to see Ramsay swearing in front of the kids.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-16-2008 @ 1:46AM
Michael said...
I think this review is an improvement from last week. I feel like it encompasses the episode much better.
First, my own opinion quickly. I think it's fair to blame Craig. Because the women did so well, getting only 2 out of 8 made it impossible for the men to win. Two of the men got perfects, which meant that out of the other 4 men, they could have gotten one wrong here and there. But missing 6 all by himself when the women missed a total of 4 among them all?!
Now, back to your review. I think you missed a really crucial part of the service. You missed Jason not being able to name the desserts (this is clearly becoming a trend) and then giving up. This was Gordon's reason for eliminating him, which I think is a big deal. Remember, a summary is good, but the crucial parts are much more important than letting me know about a 70s album.
Oh, and by the way, the most important part is accuracy. Corey did NOT pick for the women, it was Christina (which again is also important because [1] she had the power over Corey this time and [2] she didn't pick Corey) which I think leads to my quote of the night by Christina, "you keep your friends close, but your enemies closer." That sounds up a great strategy for this game!
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4-16-2008 @ 2:08AM
Toolman said...
A$$Hole.
4-16-2008 @ 2:40AM
Derek said...
When the ladies missed 4 total, and Craig missed 6 by himself, its fair to blame Craig. If the other men were 100%, they'd still lose.
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4-16-2008 @ 3:32AM
Johari said...
I don't think it's fair to blame Craig. He's the scapegoat because he only got 2 out of 8. But we don't know for sure that the remaining men would have done any better than him. Any of them could have gotten a 2 or even a 1 out of 8. We don't know.
BTW, Hung from Top Chef 3 would have killed this challenge.
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4-16-2008 @ 7:27AM
Brent McKee said...
Jason reminds me of this guy I saw once while watching the New York Marathon. Greta Weitz was the top woman marathoner in the world at the time. This guy was ahead of her as they approached the finish, but she was gaining on him. Every time she pulled ahead of him he put on a burst of speed to pull ahead of her. When she finally passed him and he had nothing left he just stopped running, as if he was disgraced by being beaten by any woman. That was Jason, or as I called him tonight, Porky (the chauvinist) Pig.
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4-16-2008 @ 8:51AM
rick cokely said...
They must get the dumbest least skilled people they can for this show; any "Chef" that can't cut a chicken into 8 pieces should immediately be thrown out of the kitchen. Sorry, but this is just basic skill and one of the first things you learn in culinary school.
I watched this show all of last year and I just don't care for Ramsey. Its not that he is a jerk or mean to people, I just don't care for him as "talent". He seems so disingenuous when he goes on trips with the wining teams. If they are going to make him a bad guy in the kitchen, I think he needs to stick to that role and not try and play Mr. Niceguy outside of the kitchen. I mean I realize they don't want him to appear like a monster, but really you can't have it both ways imho.
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4-16-2008 @ 2:33PM
Brent McKee said...
I disagree with your comment about Ramsay being "a bad guy in the kitchen." He's not, he's being a demanding task master; he wants his "employees" (since they're working under him in his restaurant) to perform at a high level of quality. Think of him as a drill sergeant in the Marines. A drill sergeant will yell and abuse and get int he face of the recruits he is training but he does that because performance in the field requires you to live up to standards. Now admittedly failure in a restaurant kitchen isn't like failure in Afghanistan - you don't die; at worst your restaurant goes broke and your reputation is destroyed - but the principal holds. This is the way that Ramsay was trained by Marco Pierre White, and this demand for perfection is why his restaurants have a total of seven Michelin stars - they don't give those away in boxes of cereal you know.
4-16-2008 @ 9:22AM
Sarah said...
i like the juxtaposition of Ramsey as a nice guy on reward trips and asshole in the kitchen. truth be told, he is only an ass when they fuck up. he has nice things to say when people do what they are supposed to do. i understand its a high pressure situation, but i have never been to culinary school and i know how to butcher a chicken and how many minutes it takes to get a medium cut of meat.
it was so funny seeing Ramsey bang his head on the table. "i think i'll use some butter and cocoa powder to see if that helps them rise." isnt that what youre supposed to do when making souffle?!
BTW, gangky is a slang term, not coined by Louross, but it is funny. he was sure cocky last night too.
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4-16-2008 @ 10:45AM
Adam said...
Quote of the night: "I can't do anything with a chicken, I'd be better off if you gave me the Bloods and the Crips to works with"
-Bobby, 4 star general, black Gordon Ramsey, grade A moron
Not only was that comment irrelevant, it was also the dumbest thing ever uttered on TV
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4-16-2008 @ 11:38AM
kevjohn said...
I love KHK, but I am really starting to question the level of cooking talent they brought in this season. No one seems to have the slightest idea how to cook... ANYTHING. I don't think it's just a matter of them cracking under the pressure, as talented chefs have done in previous seasons. There just doesn't seem to be much skill in this year's group.
I still think this show is hilarious! You won't learn one damn thing about cooking, or running a restaurant, or what it means to be a head chef, but that's besides the point. There's Top Chef, Iron Chef, and the whole damn Food Network for that.
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4-16-2008 @ 2:20PM
champ said...
It's Christina who got to nominate the girl.
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4-16-2008 @ 2:59PM
Mohaski said...
Yes, the talent level of the participants this year is abyssmal.
I've done alot of line cooking in my past, which doesn't exactly call for the best of culinary skills - just being able to grill a steak to the right temp, being able to broil fish without burning it, etc, and most importantly, keep the food moving out of the kitchen and into the dining area.
Some of these contestants call themselves "chefs" with years of experience, and after five minutes of viewing, it's pretty apparent that they couldn't handle line cooking at a pub'n'grill, let alone call themselves "chefs".
Man, I love this show.
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6-30-2008 @ 5:21PM
sdallen69 said...
I really think that the title of this, "Hell's Kitchen" is not a good title. A Better one would be, "Kitchen Nightmares II". But that's Fox. They like to have shows where the titles are inappropriate just to boost their RATINGS!
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