Category: hell’s kitchen 8

Following a lame non-elimination ceremony, nobody was sent home in Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 7 because they finally had a good service after six trainwrecks. Tonight is the 100th dinner service for Hell’s Kitchen.

Jillian says that she didn’t think Sabrina did badly. So why vote for her when the instructions were to vote based on the service?

The teams meet at a market to create beef, pork, lamb, and chicken dishes. Each person is responsible for cooking one dish (Jillian and Gail will be partnered). They are given $60 and 20 minutes to shop. Russell considers shopping with his team to be like shopping with three children. On the other team, Sabrina wants to do lamb and lentils. Oh, and by the way, Sabrina wants to do lamb and lentils. Yeah, I don’t think they care. Blue team is on budget, but red team exceeds their budget by $6.97. They take out one chicken breast, blaming Sabrina, who told them over and over and over again she was doing lentils, while they completely ignored her.

After the shopping trip, they have 45 minutes to cook their dish. Let’s hope Sabrina has enough time then because her lentils take exactly that long. They ask if she needs help, but she doesn’t want it, hoping to prove she deserves to be there. Russell, who refused to help Rob at the last service, now wants to be the boss of everybody.

The meat dishes will now be priced by the judges.

Nona and Rob are up with the beef. Nona’s beef is very tender, but her broccoli leaves something to be desired. Rob’s food is very light and nice, but why are there so many onions? Nona gets $32, while Rob gets $26.

Boris and Gail cooked the pork. Boris’ color is good, but his pork is dry. Gail’s peaches are great, but her pork is a bit bland. Red team gets $28; blue team gets $26.

Russell and Trev are up for the battle of the chicken. This should narrow the gap. Russell’s chicken is juicy and flavorful, but the potatoes are undercooked. Trev’s skin is cooked nicely, but the carrots are undercooked. Trev gets $22, while Russell gets $26.

Vinny and Sabrina have the final dish, lamb. Sabrina’s lame is cooked really well, and the judge likes the red wine sauce. Vinny’s dish has plenty of flavor, although it doesn’t look very good. Blue team gets $23; red team gets $28.

Red team wins the challenge, with only Trev failing to impress. As much as they want to get rid of Sabrina, there’s clearly a weaker link.

For their reward, the red team will get a waterfront dinner. The blue team will clean up the place for a black tie dinner. They will also cover up the kitchens for fumigation. Russell blames his teammates for the loss. His win against the weakest competition counts for something in his mind.

Trev says he’s glad, feels he’s on the right team now, and he thinks he’s earned his spot with them. They disagree.

Boris is tired of Russell, who hopes Boris gets deported tonight. On the other team, Trev has a bad attitude (different than his normal bad attitude).

The VIP’s at this evening’s service are Rock, Christina, Danny (unrecognizeable with his male length hair), and Holli, the winners from seasons 3, 4, 5, and 7.

Boris is falling behind at the beginning. Rob insists on stepping in to help bail him out. In the other kitchen, Nona starts out fine. Problem is she makes the same mistake Vinny made last time, using the risotto, with the assurance of Gail that it will be okay.

Boris continues to struggle, but Rob continues to help him out, while Russell continues to stand and watch. Rock has decided he likes Boris.

Trev’s falling apart on garnish. He doesn’t know what he’s supposed to be cooking or what goes with what. When he does deliver, it’s not good. The winners think he’s a goner.

One diner on the blue side has returned “chewy” lobster. Vinny dismisses it as just one dish. Same table, same complaint again, three times altogether.

Although he protested before, Trev eventually demands help from Sabrina. He could use a hand from Nona, too. Ramsay says that Gail may as well get on garnish as well to round things out. We are amused.

Rob asks what he needs. He’d really like to know. Russell doesn’t care. He deliberately ignores him. I’ve never seen anything quite like this. This guy needs to be thrown out.

Still unable to get his act together, Trev can go outside and take some fresh air. That should improve things for the red team. Nona hops on garnish, and the team begins to get things done.

Vinny follows the lack of chicken from Rob with poorly cooked lobster. When Rob finally delivers chicken, it’s pink. That’s bad news. The blue team is dismissed.

Trev returns for the final table for the red team. He may have returned, but they didn’t need him, having been better off without him.

Obviously, the ladies won tonight. Oh, and Trev’s lucky enough to be on their team. The blue team will pick two nominees.

Rob says they all suck. Russell votes for Boris as usual, as well as Vinny. Boris votes for Russell and Rob. Rob votes for Boris due to him being behind (at least he has a reason) and Vinny. Vinny votes for Rob for inaccurate times and Boris because he doesn’t want to vote Russell. That brings us to Boris and then one other person. How do they break the tie?

Boris is the first nominee. They still haven’t broken the tie between Rob and Vinny. All three can step forward, while that jackass Russell remains safe. The person leaving Hell’s Kitchen is Boris.

It’s not over yet. Ramsay needs to hear from Trev. To be continued…

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Melissa was eliminated in Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 6 because, uh, well, why not?

Having dodged the bullet again, Sabrina asks if she can start off with a clean slate. Gail says they don’t have anything against her. Really? Okay, maybe Gail doesn’t, but Nona and Trev sure do, as did Melissa. Nona’s plan is to get rid of Sabrina, still. That plan blew up in Melissa’s face. I’m sure willing to watch it happen to Nona, too.

Ramsay unveils a roulette wheel. There are 18 letters on the wheel, which the contestants will use to pick their ingredients. Vinny will spin twice.

Blue team: kale (Vinny), yams (Vinny), miso (Boris), striped bass (Rob), asparagus (Russell)
Red team: rutabaga (Trev), cauliflower (Jillian), bok choy (Sabrina), fennel (Gail), salmon (Nona)

Boris’ choice of miso does not impress anybody, but the blue team pulls it together when Rob finally selects a main ingredient.

On the other team, rutabaga is the first food that pops into Trev’s mind when given the choice of something beginning with R. Really? Adding to their misery, Sabrina selects bok choy. For their last choice, Nona finally selects something that had a mother. Lucky letter S.

Boris will stick by his choice of miso, and they reluctantly agree the choice is not so bad after tasting it. Unlike Boris, Trev is not so lucky. His rutabaga chips are burnt and bitter, but he does impress one person. Himself.

The red team has made a grilled salmon dish in cauliflower puree with baby bok choy, pan-roasted fennel, and rutabaga chips. Salmon is cooked perfectly, and the fennel is delicious. However, Nona’s cauliflower puree has too much butter, making it look terrible, although it tastes good. The bad news continues with Trev’s bitter chips.

The blue team has cooked pan-seared striped bass with braised kale, asparagus, and fried yams in a light miso broth. Presentation has a wow factor. The fish and kale are cooked perfectly, and the miso tastes delicious. Rob’s asparagus and yams, though, were lazy.

Red team wins the challenge. Trev can’t believe “we” (the rest of his team) pulled this off. For their reward, they are going to Vegas, where they are surprised by Penn & Teller. The blue team will remain behind to prepare potatoes for the next service. Forgetting that Rob cost them the challenge, they turn their anger toward Boris.

Jillian, Sabrina’s lone ally, has decided that she’s tired of Sabrina’s attitude, too, and will be nominating her if they lose. Regardless of how service goes? Same basic criteria as the rest of the team I see.

Amongst the diners will be Ramsay’s family, as it’s time for family night, complete with a kids menu.

Ramsay is still pushing Trev as the leader for the red team. I’m still not clear what has transpired that would lead him to believe this is so.

Vinny is cooking too much risotto. At least the quality of the food is not bad. Jillian is less lucky, and she wants to kick the risotto’s ass.

Blue team gets stuck with Ramsay’s family. Good luck with that. Vinny grabs the risotto he previously made because there was nothing wrong with it. Wrong answer. It’s old. Even if there is nothing wrong with it. Does he want to go home? Over this? Get a grip.

Sabrina’s not sure about the meat, so she asks Trev for his assistance. He grants her request but still hates her, helping her deliver perfectly cooked meat. Boris has cooked his meat perfectly as well, but he fails to clean his board before slicing another one.

Nona’s running behind on garnish. She calls out a time of 15 seconds. Trev goes up to her and starts counting down. This guy needs to be slapped. Repeatedly.

Like Nona, Rob falls behind on garnish. He is angry with Russell for not sliding over to help him out. Russell has no intent of helping Rob or anybody else. There is no Russell in team.

As Trev bosses Sabrina around, she has decided she doesn’t want to take it, so she tries to put him in his place. Not happening. His ego continues to grow. He’s running the show, and she will do as he demands, while shutting up. Sabrina considers him to be a maniac, not in a good way. She delivers raw chicken after getting the okay from Trev to go with it.

Back in the blue kitchen, Rob continues his struggle on mac and cheese. Ramsay will feed the rest of his family first then. His son will have to wait.

90% of the customers left happy, but elimination will still proceed. Each team will come up with two suggestions based on tonight’s service.

So obviously the first nominee is Sabrina, based on the rest of the season. Did anything get sent back? Trev mentions the chicken, to which Sabrina responds that if she goes up for that, he should, too. Jillian votes Sabrina as planned. Gail points out that Nona struggled and put them behind.

Speaking of going after people based on the rest of the season, the blue team’s first choice is obvious: Boris. Boris in turn nominates Vinny. Vinny votes for Boris and Rob. Rob doesn’t appreciate Russell’s lack of assistance, so he nominates him.

Red team has nominated Sabrina and Nona; blue team has nominated Boris and Rob. When nominating Rob, Russell says that everyone was trying to help him. Everybody other than Russell that is, although Russell lies and claims otherwise.

Ramsay chooses one suggestion from each team: Nona and Rob, the two garnish people who held up their kitchens. In his defense, Rob makes sure he throws Russell under the bus. With all that fake drama out of the way, nobody is going home. It was a great service.

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Unable to deliver on the fish station, Emily was sent home in Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 5.

Sabrina is not happy that Melissa was not sent home. She should have put her up against stronger competition then.

Melissa is called forward, but not to go home. She will be joining the blue team. In her place, the red team needs a leader. They get… Trev.

The challenge is to come up with an entree salad. Each team will create five salads, and the best one will be featured in Bon Appetit magazine. Trev has decided already that Jillian is clueless, and he isn’t interested in being her leader.

The senior food editor of Bon Appetit will be doing the judging.

Boris and Gail go first. Boris is sweating before the results are revealed. His salad is soggy to match. Gail’s salad looks and tastes beautiful, and she scores a point.

Nona and Rob are the next pair. Rob is concerned because he didn’t have enough time to cook his scallops, but those are perfectly cooked. The problem is the dressing is overwhelming. Nona’s food appears to have been run over by a truck. The blue team is tied 1-1.

Vinny’s salad is flat, while Jillian’s lacks a main ingredient that would qualify it as being an entree salad. No point for either of them.

Russell’s salad is lovely, but Sabrina’s reminds her of a hot dog. That gives the blue team the 2-1 lead.

Trev and Melissa, the two who switched teams, are up last. Trev’s dressing is assertive but works to bring together a lovely salad. Melissa’s duck breast is fatty and underseasoned, and the cheese is overwhelming. They are tied 2-2.

The best salad will break the tie. Rob wins the magazine spread and the challenge for his team. For their reward, the blue team will be dining in Malibu and going to a museum. The red team will be cleaning and doing the prep, and they’re eating flowers and bugs for lunch.

Trev’s angry. As usual. Thanks for nothing, bitches. He doesn’t really want to be a leader, until they get back into the kitchen and the opportunity to start bossing Sabrina around presents itself. After the blue team returns, he complains to them that he’s upset.

Ramsay poses a question: is the blue team stronger without Trev? Rob thinks so. So now Trev is mad at him, too.

There will be a chef table in each kitchen tonight with VIP guests at each. Blue team gets Kelli Williams, who apparently is an actress. Red team gets Mo Gaffney and Nancy Grahn. I take it they’re also in show biz. Jillian and Rob will be their servers.

Russell’s risotto is excellent. He just needs the shrimp from Boris. When Boris finally delivers, it’s rubber. Russell is going to watch over Boris’ every move.

Gail’s lobster spaghetti is delicious.

Rob’s salad may have won the challenge, but he’s struggling to finish it now because of the scallops. He blames Melissa; Russell blames him. Nona, too, is struggling on the scallops, and in spite of the delay, they’re raw. Then raw again. Maybe Trev can do it better. Meanwhile, Rob refuses to accept any of Melissa’s scallops. Eventually, they run out. They’ll have to substitute rock shrimp.

Ramsay asks for gnocchi. Sabrina claims meat has been doing it, which Trev denies. She’d better get to cooking it, end of story.

Vinny is waiting on Boris’ garnish. He and Russell rush him through it, so he just delivers what he has, which is unseasoned. Russell demonstrates his great leadership skills, resorting to calling Boris a dumbass, although that’s not worse than anything Ramsay has called him.

Trev is getting on Sabrina’s nerves with his constant yelling. She tries ignoring him, but that doesn’t work. If she doesn’t respond, he’s just going to keep yelling and getting louder. So then she starts responding. He doesn’t hear her. After hearing Trev screaming and forcing her to yell, Ramsay steps in and tells her to shut it. Really? It’s her fault that she’s screaming because her new “leader” is making her?

With one entree left to go, Boris is thrown out of the kitchen. Okay, now you have an excuse to get rid of him, unlike that dishwashing stupidity.

The winning team is… nobody again. Both teams will nominate one person.

The blue team will have to choose between Melissa and Boris.

Nona wants to blame Sabrina. Why even ask her opinion any more? The response is always the same no matter how Sabrina does. Nona is the other consideration.

The red team has nominated Sabrina. The blue team nominated Boris. While they were thinking about their nominations, Ramsay was thinking about who else needs to be up there. Nona and Melissa can also step forward.

The person leaving Hell’s Kitchen is Melissa. I’m not even convinced she screwed up tonight so much as that Rob sabotaged her, but she was on her way out one way or another. I’m not sure how Boris survived.

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After he was thrown out of the kitchen during service in Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 4, Louis ended up being the one to be sent packing.

Boris will be given another chance, as if that whole dishwashing thing really made any difference in the first place. However, everybody on the red team (aside from her girl Jillian) still hates Sabrina.

They will be hosting the prom for Beverly Hills High School, complete with Dylan and Brenda presumably. These kids have no interest in burgers and hot dogs.

For the challenge, after speaking to three kids from the school, they will have to prepare a menu. As much as they claimed to be over Boris washing dishes, the men refuse to listen to each other, or more spefically to him. The women, however, do decide to listen to each other. Sabrina would rather not stand her team as winners than losers. After they’re finished cooking, the men use this time as an excuse to gang up on Boris.

The judges for this challenge will be the kids they video chatted with earlier. The women get rave reviews for their appetizer. Not so lucky, the men get shot down by two of the three. With 2 of the 3 votes, red team wins the first point with Sabrina’s crabcake dish.

For their entree, the women have combined tuna with steak, which only one of the judges appreciates. The men should be able to run away with this, but their very dry dish isn’t winning any fans either. The ladies get 2 out of 3 here as well to win the challenge with Nona’s dish.

Although the victory has already been decided, Ramsay would like to continue with the second entree and see if there’s anything worth more than just 2 of the 3 votes. Emily’s dish delivers.

For their reward, the women will be going to an amusement park. As for the men, their punishment is to decorate for the prom, to the specifications of the same three picky kids. Eventually, Russell wants them to get the hint that he’s not there to serve the whims some kids with attitudes. Vinny hopes they have a lousy prom and spill something on themselves.

Vinny and Nona will assist in plating the food for service.

Emily’s crabcakes are rejected for being soggy, but Gail helps her get them right the second time. Boris, meanwhile, has decided to cook 10 crabcakes, although they only have orders for two.

Melissa has moved on to entrees, and lots of them. Uh. Only three tables of appetizers have been served so far.

Boris’ crabcakes are now cold. So how about the halibut? They’re going to have to wait one whole minute for it, which is the end of the world it seems.

Sabrina’s appetizers are nicely cooked.

Gail delivers food that Ramsay cannot recognize what it’s supposed to be. Then Emily has some raw fish for him.

Russell’s plan: start screaming at his team. Strangely, this seems to be working.

Melissa decides to slice into undercooked steak. This leads to Ramsay screaming. Rather than waiting for him to finish his tantrum, Nona decides to start talking. Now his attention is on her.

Sabrina and Jillian, the red team’s two outcasts, are leading the charge to finish service.

The winning team tonight is the men, and Russell gets congratulated for his leadership. Adding insult to injury, Sabrina is the best of the worst. Nona would like to disagree with that statement (Melissa would, too, but she’s less animated about it).

Sabrina gets to nominate two people, who this time won’t be able to nominate her just because they hate her. Who do they think should put up, besides her? They just want her to say her decision and don’t have any input. Emily and Melissa are her choices. That said, the men would rather see a different nominee, such as Gail, instead of someone like Emily who will self destruct on her own.

The first nominee is Melissa; the second nominee is Emily. Ramsay is not there to teach Melissa common sense, but Emily lacks effort. Emily will be leaving Hell’s Kitchen.

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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.

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Curtis was eliminated in Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 2, apparently because Ramsay considered him too boring (surely his performance wasn’t the worst).

Meanwhile, that lunatic Raj is still around, and he’s acting stranger as the night progresses. Trev believes Raj will listen to him.

On the other side, Jillian thinks that bitch Emily needs to go.

At 5AM, two hours after Raj is done screaming, they are awakened by EMTs telling them to do things like bend over and cough. The chefs will be making breakfast for them and the rest of the paramedics in the city. Hopefully there are no major catastrophes in LA in the next couple hours.

Nothing can be sent out until the fruit is gone. Ramsay tells them maybe they should consider getting 2 or 3 people on fruit. The women heed this warning, but the men let Rob go it alone. He delivers after a while, but forgets the pineapples. Once they’re done with the fruit, Boris messes up the eggs. Raj’s eggs are better… just unseasoned. So he sticks his head in the fridge again. The women, however, seem to be doing fine, altough they hate Emily’s guts still, as she fails to watch the bacon and lets it burn. Regardless, they easily finish first to win the challenge.

For their reward, the women are heading to Santa Monica for a poolside lunch. Supposedly it will get better than that. I hope so. The big surprise is they go to trapeze school.

For their punishment, the men will be polishing dishes and cleaning the kitchens. This presents another opportunity for people to argue with Raj, fighting with him just because they can. If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.

Sabrina, a prep chef by trade, does not want to do prep with the rest of her team, viewing the task as a waste of time and beneath her.

Trev and Sabrina are put in charge of the cocktails for the service. Perhaps without Trev in his face, Raj will do better tonight. No such luck. On the first table, he cooks the scallops too early.

Emily insists something is wrong with Jillian’s taste buds because it’s obvious to her that there’s not enough salt. She adds more salt. And more still. This dish is promptly rejected. Ramsay makes them taste the dish, and Emily thinks it tastes just fine.

Raj’s cooking techniques are not cutting it with Ramsay, but Melissa sees to it that he’s not alone. Then Raj tries again. Still no good. It’s raw. Raw! (Where are Boris’ impressions when you need them?) Not content to keep quiet, Raj would like to stop to explain himself. No explanation wanted. Vinny jumps in to help him finally get the fish out.

Nona’s mad at Emily for not doing her work for her.

Boris is unable to deliver the meat because it’s raw. At least he realizes this on his own rather than trying to serve the food. No entrees are leaving the kitchen, but Raj is getting hungry, so he starts munching.

Gail’s food catches fire. She doesn’t notice. However, her next attempt is successful.

Back to Raj. He’s finally got the hang of things. With that, it’s time to cook and cook and keep cooking. Who cares if they need all the food he’s making? Adding to his woes, he’s run out of the sole special. When he goes out to the kitchen to talk to the customers, the men start working together.

The winning team will be based on customer comments. The men’s customers loved the food but hated the wait. The percentage of customers who rated their experience above average was 54. For the women, they only scored 50%. That’s a loss, no matter how relatively well they are working together.

Jillian votes for Emily. Gail agrees. Nona, too. And Sabrina. Obviously, she is the first nominee. Sabrina votes for Melissa. Jillian agrees with her. Nona votes for Sabrina based on prep. With a 2-2 split, Gail will be the tiebreaker.

Joining Emily is Sabrina. Ramsay has the same argument as Sabrina had to defend herself. She wasn’t anywhere near service. Why has she been nominated? The result here is obvious (unless Ramsay throws a curve ball), but not before Sabrina calls Melissa more horrible than Emily, who by the way sucks. With that outburst out of the way, the person leaving Hell’s Kitchen is… Raj. He should have been sent home last week, not Curtis.

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Before the first service began in Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 1, Antonia passed out, and she did not return from the hospital. After the service, Lisa was eliminated as well.

Nona defends herself by saying that everybody snores. Just not as loudly as she does.

The challenge will be to recreate Masaharu Morimoto’s specialities. They divide into teams of two, and are given 10 minutes to prepare the food. After that, since they have the extra pair, the guys have to decide who sucks most. Curtis and Trev willingly volunteer.

Melissa and Gail have made four pieces of tuna. They were supposed to make five. It doesn’t matter because everything is thrown to the side anyway.

At least Nona and Gail can count. They score 8 out of 9 points. Emily and Sabrina are the final team for the girls. They score 7 out of 9, bringing their total to 15 points.

Louis and Rob are the first pair for the men. Their rolls are good, but the tuna is all rejected. That gives them 4 points.

Russell and Raj are the second pair. They score 4 as well. Like the first team, their big failure is forgetting the wasabi.

That means Vinny and Boris will need to score 7 to tie. They score 8 to win. For their reward, they will be going to San Francisco for wine tasting. Raj interprets wine tasting to mean gulping. The women will be doing the prep for the sushi that they will be serving. Additionally, they must eat delicacies from around the world. Gail enjoys the food, but Sabrina takes one bite and starts throwing up. Gail finds Sabrina’s attitude toward what could reasonably be called gross food (and hence why it’s part of a punishment) to be an insult toward her and her culture.

Jillian and Vinny will be assistant maitre’ds for the evening. Jillian’s very quickly nervous about this task. At least she can find the tables, whereas it takes Vinny over 30 minutes to deliver his first ticket.

Ramsay calls out the ticket. What did he just call out? Raj doesn’t know. It would be nice if he could at least start cooking before screwing up.

Gail’s risotto is very nice. So is Sabrina’s sushi.

The boys have an additional problem. Curtis, whose team failed miserably in the challenge, is responsible for sushi. This quickly gets sent back. Trev doesn’t understand how sushi can be coming back. It doesn’t need to be cooked. Like salad? Or Trev’s portion of the sushi from the challenge?

Unlike the blue team, the red kitchen is going just fine and has moved to entrees. That’s where it stops. Emily’s meat is undercooked.

Vinny has a new plan. Tell the tables to not order sides. He has zero confidence in Raj. Of course, this gets back to Ramsay. Vinny can get out.

Once that’s done, it’s time to go back to Emily. Her meat is still not cooked. She doesn’t know how to cook it.

Boris, who’s supposed to be cooking dessert, believes that Trev is sinking, so he takes over on fish. Bad plan. Ramsay is unimpressed by his cooking.

Melissa’s on the wrong ticket, and what she’s cooking is wrong anyway. She can now swap places with Jillian so that she’s not cooking anything.

Meanwhile, Curtis continues to be unable to make sushi. Rob says that he could slide over and help, but his team sinking is not his problem. Curtis can now get lost as well.

Contrary to Vinny’s theory, Raj is not having any problem cooking the sides. He just keeps cooking and cooking as the pans pile up. He can go cool off in the dorm, sticking his head in the freezer.

For that matter, the whole blue team can get out. It goes without saying which team wins tonight’s service. Somehow, this leads to a shouting match, with Raj as the target. Boris calls him a waste of life. Wow.

Raj is the obvious first nomination. Curtis will be the second, although Boris isn’t winning any friends either. When his name comes up, that changes everybody’s minds. Boris, instead, is the second nominee.

It’s not done there, though. Ramsay calls Vinny forward. I don’t know why they didn’t nominate him in the first place. Then again, he tried to sabotage Raj, which they’re all completely okay with.

The person leaving Hell’s Kitchen is Curtis, for his inability to make sushi. Harsh. Raj has been a complete disaster, but he’s good for drama.

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That didn’t take very long for Hell’s Kitchen to return, and tonight we kick off season 8 with a new cast of 16 contestants.

When the chefs arrive, the doors are locked. JP is not there. Rather, they are greeted by James, another maitre’d with an accent. He tells them to put on some blindfolds and go somewhere else. They are taken to the restaurant where somebody will become a head chef at the end of this season. So pretty much no exotic far off locale. Rather, it’s in LA. Now they can turn around and go back to Hell’s Kitchen, where they will cook their signature dishes in 45 minutes.

Emily is having difficulty keeping her entire body in her shirt. Sabrina complains that she doesn’t get taken seriously. She wishes she were male, older, and/or fatter.

The teams are divided into men vs. women once again.

First order of business is for Ramsay to make Emily cover up her far too large assets.

Emily’s dish is nice and cooked perfectly. She hopes her duck breasts are what he remembers. Russell’s dish is undercooked, but the delivery hits the mark. Both of them score a point.

Nona’s asparagus is thrown away. Then her honey fried chicken gets spit out for being too sweet. Vinny is from Queens, and quite possibly auditioning for a part in a mob movie. Although his dish looks horrible, it tastes quite nice. That’s enough to score the point.

Sabrina yawns as the next two step forward. This causes Ramsay to get bent out of shape. Seriously? After a commercial break, he gives her a chair and moves on. Lame.

Antonia’s gumbo ends up in the trash, prompting the question “Are you crazy?” He makes all the other chefs take a bite. It’ll be hard for Curtis not to top that. Better than the first dish, but still not enough for a point.

Jillian’s eyebrows are tattooed on. A little weird and very noticeable, but easy to maintain at least. Her dish is delicious. Rob’s food is thrown away because it’s clearly not cooked properly. That makes it a 2-2 tie.

Gail and Trev both fail to score a point. Lisa and Lewis face the same fate.

Boris, however, scores a point against Melissa to take the 3-2 lead.

Raj and Sabrina are the final pairing. Sabrina’s dish is beautiful, and the fish is cooked perfectly. Raj creates a dish big enough for the whole family, a seafood and vegetable pancake (a what?). The seafood tastes quite nice, but the dish looks shockingly bad. That makes it a 3-3 tie.

They’re only as good as their weakest link. Antonia’s dish means the ladies have lost. For their punishment, they will have to clean up the mess in the kitchen. Emily doesn’t want to clean… she has people who do that for her. The men go for some champagne, caviar, and massages.

Antonia is feeling ill an hour before the reopening. What, did she eat some of her own gumbo? She mysteriously passes out. When she gets up, she’s unable to say what is wrong with her, just that she doesn’t feel good, so she is hauled away to the hospital.

Emily and Raj will be taking orders. Raj is stumbling over everything.

Boris and Melissa both start off fine on the pizza station. That does not last long, though, before she delivers something raw. Overhearing Ramsay yelling about how it’s raw, Boris does his best Ramsay impression. Awesome.

Jillian’s pasta is very nice. However, Trev is not so lucky on the salad. Who doesn’t know how to make salad?

Lisa’s slow.

Sabrina cooks her food, but she’s apparently not paying attention to the tickets. Believing she has done a good job anyway, she brings it up. She just wants to show off her work, whether the others are done or not.

Raj is a little worried about Ramsay’s karma. With good reason. Anyway, Raj is assigned to help out with pizza, but that’s not good. Boris thinks he’s crazy and starts yelling.

Lisa has finally delivered her fish. Too bad it wasn’t supposed to be sushi.

After more than two hours without any entrees having been delivered, the diners start walking out. Everybody can now get thrown out of the kitchen.

Raj receives a bunch of votes. Salad guy Trev is also nominated. His hope is that the crazy guy goes instead.

Gail nominates Lisa, who realizes it didn’t look like she knew what she was doing. Nona thinks it should be Sabrina, who responds saying that it should be Nona. Jillian calls Sabrina her girl, so she’s not liking Nona right now.

Word from the hospital is that Antonia will not be returning. One additional person will be going as well.

The blue team nominates Raj and Trevor; the red team nominates Lisa and Sabrina.

Who does Sabrina think should go home? Nona. That wasn’t one of the choices, but she’ll say it anyway because Nona is good for nothing and snores.

Sabrina can get back in line, and she can shut it. Trev can as well. The person leaving Hell’s Kitchen is Lisa for being in a little over her head. A fair decision.

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