Although Suzanne screwed up worse than anybody else in Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 11, Van was eliminated instead.
Dave’s upset that Tennille changed her mind. He went with a stupid decision, so he got what he deserved. Kevin is happy to sit back and watch them fight.
The first individual challenge is about focusing on presentation. It will be judged by the editorial staff of Bon Appetit magazine. Apparently, people still buy magazines. Kevin is making a Caribbean seabass, Suzanne is preparing a calamari salad, Dave is cooking a rack of lamb, Ariel is making a prosciutto-wrapped John Dory, and Tennille is cooking an Asian red snapper.
Tennille’s fish breaks at the last minute. She’s screwed. Dave knows he has made a pan-seared, uh, something.
In fifth place is Tennille. Suzanne comes in fourth, still believing her dish is a piece of art. The highest scoring chef is Kevin. Coming in second is Ariel. She will battle Kevin for the win, to be decided by a tasting. Both of them end up winning in a tie. As a reward, they will be featured in Bon Appetit.
The losers will make LA more presentable by cleaning up Hell’s Kitchen’s adopted street. Dave’s still whining about Tennille. They’ve been given nice orange jumpsuits to pick up the trash in. When they return, they get to continue cleaning Hell’s Kitchen.
After the punishment, Dave’s reinjured himself again. Kevin would like to see that send him home, so he talks to him and pretends he cares.
Dave’s struggling as they prep for service. He tells others there are certain things he can’t do that they can.
In addition to the regular menu, tonight the two winning dishes will also be featured.
Dave is on cold appetizers, while Tennille is on hot apps. Suzanne is on fish. Which will screw up first? Suzanne isn’t delivering the scallops. She blames Tennille.
Ariel warns Tennille that her risotto is mush. She thinks it’s okay. Nope. Denied. Then Suzanne burns some scallops.
Tennille’s next attempt at risotto is also mushy. Ramsay believes he has discovered the problem. Who cooked the rice? That would be Kevin. They’re both willing to accept the blame because they should have known better.
So is Ramsay done yelling after they get new rice? No, he wants them to come over to him. So why’s he yelling at them to come over? To tell them the risotto is now perfect.
Ariel says she doesn’t plan on messing up again. The undercooked chicken would indicate that isn’t going according to plan.
Back to Suzanne. Raw fish that may well be classified as sushi.
An hour and a half into the service, only half of the diners have received their entrees. Ariel’s attempt at lamb is not helping matters any, so Ramsay takes her out into the dining room to yell at her.
Two and a half hours in, and everything’s still coming up piecemeal. When it’s not screwed up, Ramsay’s having to send each individual item out separately. On the last table, they’re still dragging, but at least they haven’t been shut down. Not quite the service that would have been expected from the final five, though. There’s no best of the worst tonight.
Suzanne picks Ariel and Tennille. Ariel nominates Kevin and Tennille. The group seems pretty well divided, each merely hoping they sucked less than the other.
The first nominee is Ariel due to her inconsistencies and performance tonight. The second nominee is Suzanne, who thought she had a good service despite her multiple mistakes.
Despite the fact that Ariel’s getting worse as time goes by, Suzanne’s already had enough last chances. Suzanne has been eliminated, but Ariel’s left with a warning that she should be going, too. For no apparent reason, Tennille’s also warned that she dodged a bullet.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 13, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on Fox.