"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> And then there were FIVE...
>
> The Red team screwed up their the initial challenge at the beginning of
> the
> show and had to clean and then check in orders. They failed to properly
> check each box as it came off the truck. As a result they wound up with
> turbot skeletons (used for fish stock) rather than actual turbot fillets;
> snapper fillets without the skin on. Pretty much everything they checked
> in
> was sub-par. The Blue team, having won the initial challenge got to play
> paintball, all three against Chef Ramsay. Ramsay kicked their asses! LOL
>
> There's one in every crowd. With Melissa gone it became Jan's turn to be
> the bitch on the Red team.
>
> The goal tonight was for each team to create their own menu for the dinner
> service. In the planning stages Julia wanted to put NY Strip steaks on
> the
> menu. Jan unilaterally vetoed it, saying it wasn't fancy enough.
> Granted,
> I've only eaten in one 5-star restaurant in my life but they definitely
> had
> steak on the menu.
>
> When their menu was presented to Chef Ramsay he asked Julia which of the
> items on the menu was her contribution. (He's not stupid!) She said,
> "None, Chef." He asked what she would have put on the menu. She replied
> NY
> Strip. He said, "Add it." Turned out to be the most ordered item off
> their
> menu and they were all cooked perfectly to order.
>
> Jan simply stopped speaking to anyone on the Red team and Bonnie was
> upset.
> Bonnie takes things like that very personally, IMHO, and probably spent
> more
> time worrying about that than anything else. She got confused about the
> orders and didn't perform well. In fact at one point she was "cooking"
> but
> the gas wasn't even on! Actually, the entire team didn't communicate
> tonight, which was surprising given the way they pulled together last
> episode.
>
> The menu for the Blue team was primarily created by Brad, who then
> couldn't
> follow through on his own creations. He had a lovely lamb chop dish but
> when the orders came in they weren't cooked to order. The first batch
> didn't even make it out of the kitchen. Entrees were being sent back from
> the Blue team menu. Didn't happen with the Red team. And Josh was
> screwing
> up *everything* he touched.
>
> In the end, the Red team won and Julia had to nominate someone to be sent
> home. On the Blue team, they were asked to collaborate and collectively
> decide who should go. (Personally, I thought it should be Josh.)
>
> Bonnie was nominated by Julia from the Red team. I could tell it was with
> some regret, because Julia does have excellent ideas (like the grilled
> lobster from the last episode, which Ramsay said was "ambitious" and she
> cooked to perfection) and a great palate. She just can't quite handle the
> pressure of actual dinner service. But Jan, although she can cook, turned
> out to not be much of a team player on this round. I think it's because
> her
> veto of the NY steaks was overturned by Ramsay. She was pouting.
>
> Brad was the Blue team choice, although I suspect he actually volunteered
> thinking Bonnie would be voted off. Josh kept whining about how he was
> tired of being the "whipping boy". From what I've seen, he deserves to
> be.
>
> In the end, Ramsay told Brad to go home. He said Brad is a capable sous
> chef but he's not a leader and couldn't run a restaurant resort kitchen.
> It
> was sort of a silent acknowledgement that Bonnie has talents and simply
> needs to step up in the kitchen when it comes to actually cooking.
>
> Next week they'll all be on the same team. This should be interesting
> given
> the shift in Jan's attitude and Rock's take-no-prisoners stance I'm
> betting Josh won't last next week, unless Bonnie screws something up in a
> major way.
>
> Jill
>
>

Julia did an outstanding job tonight, from taking their "lumps" for losing
the competition, right through plating the last steak. And no drama. She's
definitely a contender.