Fran was finally sent home in Hell’s Kitchen Season 7 Episode 9 after being nominated again and again and again.
The red team’s surprisingly happy to have Autumn back.
For the challenge, they have to get creative with 10 pound lobsters. They’ll have 45 minutes to divide the lobster between themselves so that they can each create a unique dish.
Ed grills his lobster tail, which concerns Jay, although Ed is unconcerned about all of Jay’s talk. Ben and Nilka are fighting over their tail. Once again Ben gets his way. When he rips it out of the shell, Nilka’s going to have to change her plans.
Red team is granted 30 seconds to decide who has the weakest dish. Not another lame attempt at mock drama with a fake tie. This time they have the sense to taste the dishes, although it doesn’t look like they would have without Autumn there. Nilka’s dish is the reject. It was lobster with potato puree. The judges will be Michelin starred chefs.
Holli’s dish is good. Ed’s dish is slightly rubbery, as Jay feared. Ed’s dish is more creative, but Holli’s is executed better. Red team leads 1-0.
Jay has cooked something really quite massive, which could feed a family of four (or be a one person meal in some cases, mostly in America). Fairly good flavors, and the lobster’s not too bad. Autumn’s stir fry is overflavored. Blue team ties it 1-1.
Ben’s presentation is sloppy. Jay’s lobster is raw. No winner.
Now there will be a tiebreaker. Saw that coming. But it won’t be based on Nilka’s dish. Rather, the person with the best dish overall will score the win. That would be Holli, despite her lack of creativity.
For their reward, the red team will go to a caviar house, then they will have a $1,000 shopping spree. Blue team will have to clean the dorm top to bottom. Jay disagrees that you can undercook lobster, and that chef was wrong.
When red team gets back from their reward, blue team has none of their own stuff prepped. At least they prepped for the other team. The lucky break for them is that the kitchens have now been combined into one.
Holli will be serving caviar tableside.
Nilka plans to show chef her full capability. On the very first table, she delivers raw food.
Jason’s beef is cooked perfectly. The same still can’t be said for Nilka, who’s going from bad to worse. Raw food, dropping things, and not delivering the correct items. Once Nilka starts to recover, Ed is struggling to not burn the place down. It’s not long before Nilka falls apart again, though. She doesn’t know where her spoon is, and she doesn’t know how much time she needs. And her lobster is raw. Out she goes. Not content with merely being thrown out, Nilka yells that she’s going, so now she can take her jacket off as well. She should know better than to act like that without thinking his ego’s going to get in the way.
Not ready to leave just yet, Nilka returns to plead her case. He doesn’t want to hear anything from her. After some more badgering, she finally accepts her fate. Ramsay’s waiting for out in the parking lot, but he does not have any thugs waiting over his shoulders to defend him (unlike last season). He tells her she’s not quite ready for the head chef job, but she did well. Oh, and he wants that chef’s jacket back.
Following their best service ever, they can go upstairs and decide which two people are weighing them down. Jason nominates Ed and Autumn. Jay would also pick Autumn. Ben and Autumn nominate Ed and Jason. This despite the fact that Jason has been told his meat cooking was perfect for the night.
Ed is the first nominee; Autumn is the second nominee. All this drama leads to one thing. They’re in the final six, and they can switch over to black jackets.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Hell’s Kitchen Season 7 Episode 11, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on Fox.