Hell’s Kitchen 3 Episode 1 Recap

D-Day! That’s right folks, the long awaited day is once again upon us. Tonight marked the season premiere of Fox televisions hit reality TV series, Hell’s Kitchen 3!

The television shows third season is gauranteed to be fantastic and I can’t wait to see what it has in store. As usual, British badass Chef Gordon Ramsay has returned to throw 12 would-be super chefs into the fire and, up for grabs this time around, is the head chef position of the new Green Valley Ranch Resort and Spa in Las Vegas! So, without further adieu, I present to you, the Hell’s Kitchen 3 episode 1 recap. Enjoy!

SE03EP01 – June 4, 2007

The show starts off with a quick fireside chat by Chef Gordon Ramsay as he tells everyone how he won’t scream or swear in this season. Ha! Good thing he was kidding. There’s also a quick update on Hell’s Kitchen season 1 winner Michael, executive chef of TaToU in Los Angeles and season 2 winner Heather, head chef of Terra Rossa in Las Vegas.

Welcome to Hell!

Next up we get a brief look at this seasons 12 contestants on their way to Hell’s Kitchen. When they arrive they are greeted by maitr d’ Jean Philippe. Jean chats with the contestants briefly before Gordon appears and tells him to shut up. He then tell’s all the contestants to quit standing around and get into the kitchen, he wants to see signature dishes!

The contestants race into the kitchen, rush around trying to create their signature dishes and present them to Ramsay.

Dish #1 by Vinnie – Chorizo encrusted pink snapper.
Ramsay’s Comment: “Where in the f**k is the snapper?” “What a disappointment.”

Dish #2 by Joanna – Parmessan encrusted chicken with whole wheat spaghetti.
Ramsay’s Comment: “That chicken’s dry. Salty, salty, dry.”

Dish #3 by Rock – Pan seared scallops by potatoe gnocchi.
Ramsay’s Comment: “You… served me, frozen gnocchi?” “The execution sucked!”

Dish #4 by Josh – No explination of the dish, but it looks like some kind of frois gras.
Ramsay’s Comment: “Unfortuantely, raw. Raw frois gras.” “Way to salty.”

Dish #5 by Bonnie – Contemperary cheese course.
Ramsay’s Comment: “Different.”

Dish #6 by Eddie – Parmesan encrusted sea scallops with vermouth cream sauce.
Ramsay’s Comment: “That is raw!” Brad also tasted it and said it was ok.

Dish #7 by Brad – Scallop terrine with prosciutto.
Ramsay’s Comment: No comment, Eddie tasted it.

Gordon unveils dish #8, asks a few times who’s it is and one of the contesants sits down. It looks like she’s about ready to faint already and Ramsay hasn’t even tasted her food yet!

Dish # 8 by Jen – Vanilla crepe with caramalized peaches.
Ramsay’s Comment: “There’s so much alcohol in there.” “I do feel drunk.”

Dish # 9 by Melissa – Pepper crusted steak and roasted asparagus.
Ramsay’s Comment: “Finally, I taste something delicious.”

Dish # 10 by Julia – Chicken fried chicken penne
Ramsay’s Comment: “I’m disappointed cause the chicken’s delicious.” Tiffany tasted it and said it’s a bit peppery.

Dish # 11 by Tiffany – Seafood tostada
Ramsay’s Comment: “I think the seafood is cooked perfectly.” Julia tasted it and said it’s good.
Dish # 12 by Aaron – Finger food.
Ramsay’s Comment: “Your biggest problem is you don’t know when to stop.”

Ramsay lets everyone know that he’s very disappointing in all of those dishes and everyone needs to step it up a knotch.

What’s on the line? Head chef spot at the Green Valley Ranch Resort and Spa, $250-salary and a share of the restaurant profits.

Ramsay seperates the teams, boys vs girls again, and the smack talking starts right away.

7:00am – Everyone wakes up, gets dressed and gets into the kitchen to prep for their very first kitchen service just a short 7-hours time.

Brad takes the lead in the blue kitchen and the red kichen has already decided to block Julia out of the pitcure.

In the blue kitchen, Aaron is stressing big time, can’t figure out how to get his ice cream working. Turns out he was doing it wrong to begin with.

The girls are already spitting fire. No one is getting along with anyone else and everyone thinks they know best. This is going to be good!

Chef Gordon Ramsay gathers the team for a pep talk before the doors to Hell’s Kitchen 3 swing open. Ramsay asks both teams how they’re doing: Julia says no one is communicating and someone quickly shuts her down while, on the blue team, Aaron breaks down in tears. Are you kidding me?! Service hasn’t even started yet. This is going to be rough.

Ramsay gives the command to swing the doors and Hell’s Kitchen 3 is officially open for business and the restaurant is filling up quickly. The first order comes in, it’s for the red team. The first dishes go to the block and are set back as Tiffany over cooked the eggs.

The blue team set their first dish on the block and it’s sent back. The pasta was starchy as all hell.

No one in the red team can manage to cook a quail egg.

1-hour into the dinner service and not a single dish has been sent out.

Appetizers are the issue for the blue team. Ramsay boots Vinnie off the section and gets Brad on the line.

On the red side of the kitchen, the team has yet to produce a decent quail egg and Julia breaks down in tears. All Ramsay can do is stand and watch as things are going down the drain quicker then ever before. Julia says all she wants to do is help and no one is letting her. Ramsay pulls Tiffany off the section and sticks Julia on the station.

Blue team, on the other hand, is rocking, having served 29 of 50 tables, but that doesn’t last long. Aaron drops some chicken on the hot plate and it looks like crap and, the kicker, he’s close to dripping snot on everything.

Things on the red side are getting better, Julia has the eggs under control and things are starting to get procuded, though Melissa is stepping up as bossman and no one is liking it.

In the blue kitchen, red loses it again. He gets dizzy, gets off the line and goes back to take a breather.

Things are going down hill quick. The red team can’t stop argueing, the blue team is a man short, guests are getting fed up and leaving, both teams are running out of main dishes and ingredients. It’s not looking good.

Ramsay gets fed up, tells both teams to come to the front and stop, the kitchen is shut down! Jean Philippe now has the honor of telling all the guests to get lost. Poor guy.

Both teams come to the front and Ramsay tears them apart. “You’re just evil and twisted hell’s bitches.”

The losing team in episode 1 of Hell’s Kitchen 3 is: The red team!

Ramsay picks Melissa as the best of the worst and appoints her the duty of picking the two worst and nominating them to get the axe. She talks to all the girls and everyone is singling out Julia as the worst, and mostly because she came from a waffle house.

Melissa announces her nominee’s:

#1 – Joanna
#2 – Tiffany

Tiffany and Joanna step forward and Ramsay has a run at them both.

Chef Gordon Ramsay makes his decision and the first person eliminated from Hell’s Kitchen 3 is:

Tiffany!

Noooooooooo! I guess my picking Tiffany as the winner of Hell’s Kitchen 3 was waaaaaaay off the mark. Crap!

Ramsay gives the crew a few parting, “inspirational” words, before sending them all to bed and there you have it, Hell’s Kitchen 3 episode 1 is done.

Oddly I have yet to pick any kind of favorite, though I do know I want Joanna and Aaron to get the boot and I really, really do not like any of the girls. Ramsay wasn’t kidding when he called them all a bunch of “evil and twisted” bitches.

Stay tuned for a full recap of Hell’s Kitchen 3 episode 2 next week!

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