Raj has been skating on thin ice for some time. As heavy as he is, that was bound to crack eventually, and in Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 3, he was eliminated, in spite of being on the winning team.
The men are excited to be rid of Raj.
About half of the people there smoke. Ramsay asks that they (try) not (to) smoke for the next 48 hours. Louis is onboard. Trev couldn’t care less.
For the challenge, the chefs will be creating their own ravioli from scratch. They have 30 minutes to create one ravioli dish, after which they will taste each other’s dishes and rank them from 1 to 6. Sabrina doesn’t know how to do, well, anything, including but not limited to opening the fridge. Louis views Trev merely as a tool to be used. When they are done with their rankings, the men stay put, but Gail would like to be ranked last.
Melissa and Vinny are up first. Melissa’s dish is very nice and balanced. Vinny’s is delicious, but his raviolis have burst. 1-0 for the women.
Jillian and Rob are the second pair. Jillian’s dish is delicious. Rob’s is, too. Both receive a point.
Nona and Russell (there’s a Russell on the show?) are next. The men are now tied.
Emily goes up against Louis, who promptly loses with probably the worst dish of the bunch.
Boris and Sabrina both have delicious dishes, but Sabrina’s have burst. That ties them at 3.
The final showdown is Trev and Gail in the battle of the lowest ranked dishes. Gail’s dish is nice, and she should have had more confidence in herself. Trev has cooked his nicely, too. The problem is one of the dishes is underseasoned. The men win the challenge. Not content with the win, Trev throws his team under the bus and says that nobody bothered to taste his dish.
Vinny’s ravioli is going on the menu. Just don’t burst them.
For their punishment, the women will be cooking pasta and mozzarella from scratch and prepping both kitchens. The process of making fresh mozzarella starts with milking cows. Sabrina continues to grate on the nerves of the others. The men will be going to Palos Verdes by helicopter for a round of golf. Trev views this as an opportunity to whine some more. And some more after that.
When Vinny returns, he says that the women have not made the raviolis correctly.
Status update on smoking? Trev and Brenda have cracked already. Nona and Vinny have not.
Melissa starts off by not delivering enough raviolis. When she does deliver the second one, it’s another mistake, as she rushes it out. Afterward, she demonstrates she can’t count to 9 either. Russell, however, gets the men off to a successful start on appetizers.
Problem is that once again the men are failing on fish, with Louis delivering uncooked salmon. Can Sabrina get it right for the other team? That would be a no. She doesn’t know how long it will be, or when it’s done for that matter. Melissa bails out her nemesis.
Rob serves up pizza that’s burned on the bottom, so he has to go eat it as a punishment. I don’t think he’ll take issue with this.
After much drama, Sabrina finally delivers perfectly cooked pork on her own. However, she leaves Gail hanging without a time, which means they have to wait for her pasta. Once served, though, the pasta is crunchy, so they’re going to have to wait some more.
Back to Louis and his continued struggle on the grill. Boris decides this would be an opportune time to wash dishes. So… after he gets thrown out, Louis delivers raw chicken. Now he’s out, too. Vinny views this as a chance to save the day.
The red team, finally working together as a team, once again finishes first, so they’re sent over to help out the guys, who don’t know what’s going on. This does not last, and everybody gets thrown out.
Do the men lose as they should this time? No. Both teams can nominate two people.
Sabrina nominates Melissa and Gail. Jillian agrees with her. An angry Nona still wants to get rid of Sabrina.
Rob nominates Louis and Boris. Boris nominates Rob in turn.
The first nominee for the women is Melissa, and Gail is the second nominee. Or is it? No, it’s Sabrina. Are you sure about that, Nona? The men have nominated Louis and Boris (because he washed dishes).
Melissa can get back in line, a surprise to her. Boris can get back in line as well. The person leaving Hell’s Kitchen is Louis.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 5, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on Fox.