Lovely finally met the end of her rope in Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 4.

The challenge is to come up with an appetizer and two entrees to serve to the wife of a soldier who just got home from Iraq. Robert and Suzanne must learn the likes and dislikes of the staff sergeant and pass that information along to their teams. Robert has a collaborative style of leadership, while Suzanne dictates to her team (except she doesn’t dictate anything useful). With 5 minutes left, she asks her team how they feel about the menu. A little late for that.

Women: Caesar style salad with baked prawns
Men: Spicy seafood style bouillabaisse
Both are good, but the women get the point.

Women: Bacon wrapped filet with grilled shrimp
Men: Four cheese maccaroni, stewed collards, and buttermilk fried catfish
Both good again, but the men win this point hands down.

Women: Broiled lobster tail with pasta
Men: Bone in New York strip with mashed potatoes and grilled lobster tail (grilled was the key that they heard during their meeting, or at least Robert heard)
Again complimentary to both, but the men score the point and win the challenge.

The men will be fighter pilots for the day. For their punishment, the women will be redecorating the dining room ahead of the special event, the surprise return party.

The women never heard the words soul food, which Tennille could have done and offered to do.

Because they won the challenge, the blue team’s menu will be featured. That means they will need to teach the women how to cook the dishes. If they want to anyway.

Sabrina’s holding up her team. Ramsay’s waiting for her mushrooms, and when he gets the dish, it’s stone cold. As the women finally start to get their appetizers out, the men have already finished theirs.

It’s apparently steak night. Good luck keeping up, Jim. What does he need anyway? Kevin, tell him quick while the chef isn’t looking.

In the red kitchen, Sabrina and Tek have finally completed their appetizers. Then Tek moves to meat, which is blue. She blames the amount of people who are working on the station. After some more time, her steaks are well done. Really well done.

The men are concerned about Dave, the one handed man. He wants them to back off unless he gives them a reason to worry.

Tek is working on the first entrees. Still.

Dave thinks that Ramsay is picking on Jim, but it’s unwarranted. Jim blames Kevin’s mouth for this lack of credit he’s receiving.

The blue team has finished sending out their final entrees. As for the women? Still working on getting something out. Seeing Tek in a panic, Amanda delivers raw lobster in an effort to just deliver something.

Since it’s been an hour and a half with no entrees delivered, the men will have to bail out the women. This isn’t just a loss. It’s insulting.

Sabrina wants to target Tennille, who didn’t do anything wrong.

The first nominee is Tek, for obvious reasons. The second nominee is Tennille. The reason Tennille gives: it’s a load of some word that’s bleeped out. If it were up to Tennille, Amanda would be the other nominee. Ramsay is okay with letting Amanda be the third nominee.

Tennille can get back in line. Although Ramsay doesn’t see anything left in Amanda, Tek is leaving Hell’s Kitchen.

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Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 3 turned out to be entirely pointless, or at least 59 minutes worth of pointlessness. In the “dramatic” conclusion of the previous week’s to be continued episode, Chef Ramsay (with two security guards standing between himself and Joseph) stood up for himself and threw Joseph off the show, sparing multiple other disastrous contestants for one more week.

Lovely realizes she just dodged a bullet. Tennille is ready to slap Suzanne in the mouth. Van, likewise, is sick of Andy.

For the next challenge, they will be paired up:

Tennille & Suzanne
Van & Andy
Robert & Jim
Ariel & Sabrina
Kevin & Dave
Tek & Lovely
Amanda is sitting out

The challenge is to make sausage. The perfect sausage is 6 inches. Once they’ve got length and girth in mind, they will begin their challenge. The first team to complete 6 chains of 6 sausages up to Ramsay’s standards will win. Suzanne and Tennille score a point for the women. Kevin and Dave score a point for the men. Ariel and Sabrina bring the women to 2. Tek and Lovely make it 3-1. These girls sure know their way around sausages. Van is screeching at Andy, but it’s enough to get one done. Ariel and Sabrina score their second point. Kevin and Dave score their second point to make it 4-3. Van and Andy have tied it at 4. Tennille and Suzanne score another point to lead 5-4. Ariel and Sabrina bring up their third links, but they get rejected due to small size. Lovely and Tek make another attempt, and they win the challenge for the women. The only team not to score any points is Robert and Jim.

The men will be cleaning the dorms. For their reward, the women get a German style party.

Kevin’s muttering about how the chefs can’t even make a sausage. With that, Robert explodes. Then he’s calm for a while. Then there’s a bunch of bleeping and a broken broom.

Until Dave hears something bad from the doctor, he’s going to keep going as usual. So here comes the bad. He has a fracture. The standard is to put him in a long arm cast without the ability to move his thumb for two weeks. He has decided to go ahead and get the cast, but he will be sticking around anyway.

Ariel will be the greeter for the women; Jim will be the greeter for the men. They will serve as greeters, in addition to their appetizer prep.

Hell’s Kitchen is located in the middle of Hollywood, and you never know who may show up, like Drew Lachey, ex-brother in law to Jessica Simpson.

Jim’s slow greeting is not helping his team’s opinion of him any, as it puts his team behind on their appetizers.

Tennille’s risotto is very nice, whether Suzanne likes it or not. Tek’s spaghetti, however, is rejected because it is too salty. Tennille bails her out.

Robert’s salad is good. He’s impressed the chef, as well as himself.

Lovely’s dish is rejected due to bland seasoning. Suzanne continues to lecture. Sabrina, however, pitches in to actually get things done.

Kevin’s fish is cooked perfectly. As for Andy’s meat, it’s not even hot. Then he tries again. Robert’s focusing his energy and exceptionally loud voice that the whole restaurant can hear to getting Andy busted.

What’s going on here? Lovely’s drawing a blank. She don’t know.

For his third attempt at the lamb, Andy finally got it right. Notice the lack of Robert’s screaming associated with that?

Suzanne, likewise, is having difficulty with her lamb because it’s bite-sized.

As blue kitchen is struggling with poor communication and two men down, Dave returns with his new cast and gets right to work.

They’re down to three tickets each. It’s anybody’s game. The boys just hope that Andy’s raw chicken doesn’t cost them. His next attempt is sufficient, and it’s neck and neck. Down to who can get the sides done first. Not Lovely. The men finish dinner service first. Not content with merely having lost, Suzanne would like the chef to give her a play by play. His play by play for her: they got beat by a team down by 3 arms, so she should probably shut her yap.

Sabrina was the hidden jewel and will make the nominations. She is worried that Tek’s getting weaker, which may well be enough to save Lovely. Again. Tek is the first nominee due to her performance. The second nominee is Lovely, also due to her performance on the evening.

Who would the girl with the big mouth, Suzanne, send home? Lovely. Ramsay completely agrees. The ride for her never was very lovely, and she will be leaving Hell’s Kitchen. If people were named for their cooking, it would be Useless, rather than Lovely. Suzanne’s interpretation of this: he listened to her. No, he had his mind already made up. He just asked for an opinion to create fake drama.

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Before we could find out the final results of Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 2, Joseph, who presumably just tried out for the show to put that ass Gordon Ramsay in his place, wanted to take things out into the parking lot.

Joseph tells Ramsay he ain’t nothing but a bitch. It’s funny because it’s true. Joseph has now been kicked off the show. Yeah, we had to wait a week to see that.

Back to where we were before Ramsay started whining about Joseph giving him a taste of his own medicine. Tony and Andy were nominated for the blue team, which followed Lovely and Tennille having been nominated by the red team. Tony has been eliminated. Since the men are now down by two, Robert will be switching teams again, back to the men’s team.

The chefs are ready for a little sleep. At 2:05AM, they find out it’s very little sleep. A bunch of fire trucks show up. For a fire drill. So this is where my tax dollars are going. And this is the drama they focused on in the promos?

The challenge is to serve food to the firemen. Whoever feeds their side of the dining room first wins. Each table must receive their garlic bread before the pasta goes out.

Lovely’s not together yet. I don’t think we can wait for her to get together.

On the other team, Andy is using 2 out of the 5 ovens. How hard is is to make bread?

Ariel jumps in, allowing the red team to get some garlic bread out.

The pasta’s ready for the blue team. How about the bread?

Red team has completed the garlic bread service. Now they’re moving on to the pasta entrees. Meanwhile, the blue team is still waiting on Andy. The bread’s finally going out for them, so they are also moving on to entrees.

Sabrina’s pasta has one piece of chicken in it. That won’t cut it.

The women are up by two tables all along, and it looks like they’re going to win, so it’s time to introduce a bit of drama into it. Tek has served up a pink meatball. At least it was to a firefighter and not to a pregnant lady, which last week proved to be the worst crime in the world.

The men catch up, getting both tables down to one ticket left, but it’s not enough. Red team wins the challenge. The ladies will be going to a spa via helicopter. For their punishment, the men will be hosing down dirty fire equipment and trucks. Then they’ll clean the dining room.

Dave hurts his hand washing the truck. He feels his wrist start to swell up right away, but he just hides it because he does not want anyone to know. Then Kevin trips going up the stairs, injuring both ankles. Dave, meanwhile, can’t hide his pain any longer, so he asks the medics for some assistance since they’re there anyway. They’re off to the hospital.

Dave has a torn FCR and a slight fracture. He says he’s fine to work. Kevin has a stretched ligament and a severely sprained ankle. Having to stand in the kitchen all day, that could be a problem.

Dave volunteers to be the waiter for the blue team; Lovely will be the waitress for the red team.

Van is on appetizers. His shouting is not impressing Ramsay, but his risotto is delicious.

Tennille has way too much oil for her scallops, or so Suzanne tells her, not that she’s going to listen. Maybe she’ll listen to Ramsay instead.

Andy is attempting to help Robert with his scallops, which just leads to them blaming each other for things not working out.

Back in the red kitchen, why are the scallops boiled? Suzanne uses this as an opportunity to give an I told you so to Tennille, who puts the same ones back in the pan. Then she’s told it’s time to start over, which ultimately leads to her starting a fire. She can’t handle too many people talking to her at one time. How’s she plan to run a kitchen then? With that behind her, though, she is delivering the scallops.

Lovely’s running behind. 42 minutes to take one order?

Amanda delivers 8 chops to Ramsay. 3 3’s are what? 3. So what’s 3 times 3? 6. Might wanna try 9. When she figures out the numbers, she’s unable to deliver an acceptable final lamb chop.

Bad feet or not, Kevin’s not having any trouble running around the kitchen.

The men are 1 ticket away from finishing. Robert forgot the salmon. He’ll need 12 more minutes. This allows the women to get to their last ticket, and they push ahead to finish first. While the men complete the service, the big error at the end cost them.

Red diners rated their experience 81% above average. Blue diners rated their experience 83% above average. Despite the brief moment of joy the women experienced, they are the losing team. Ariel is the best of the worst, so she will have to think about two individuals she’d like to drop.

Lovely is the first nominee due to her lack of experience. Tennille is the second nominee. Amanda skates past thanks to two people being worse than her. Neither of them will end up winning, but Lovely is safe. Tennille also is not going home because Joseph “took himself out of the competition.”

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Louie was thrown off the show, Melinda was eliminated, and Robert from season 5 returned in Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 1.

Robert’s there to give the girls some advice, and they’re thrilled to have him.

The next challenge is to work with shrimp, cleaning them to meet Chef Ramsay’s standards. Lovely will sit out. They are given 10 minutes to clean as many as possible. Lovely’s attempting to be a cheerleader. Both teams want her to shut up.

Sabrina: 7
Amanda: 9 out of 9
Tek: 7
Ariel: 6
Tennille: 1 out of 8
Suzanne: 10
Robert: 4
Red Total: 44

Andy: 7 out of 8
Van: 9
Tony: 9 out of 10
Joseph: 5
Dave: 4
Kevin: 9 out of 9
Jim: 2
Blue Total: 45

Blue team wins the challenge. Tennille, who performed the worst, gets the blame.

For their punishment, the red team will have to make a shrimp cocktail for the next service. The blue team will go to Newport Beach, where they will go on a yacht.

Hoping to make up for the fact that she screwed them over in the challenge, Tennille tries to take control of the punishment, which just earns her more contempt from her team.

Joseph isn’t there for lunches or conversations. What is he there for anyway?

Robert intends to be the leader for the red team.

Kevin sees Tony cutting grapefruit and shows him the right way to do it. Tony says he’s not a moron and can cut grapefruit. So then Ramsay comes up and complains about the way they’re being cut. Tony blames Kevin. I thought even a moron could cut these, though.

Van will be a waiter. He hopes his charisma will help him through. Tennille will work at tables as well. She might consider smiling like Van is.

Tony’s still struggling with the grapefruit. Looking to get past this, he’s already cooking scallops. Uh, nobody ordered them yet.

Lovely is trying to cook with the stove off. Tek told her they were on. She has to be told?

Next stop for Tony, he’s serving up raw scallops. Kevin has to take the fish away from him so that they can get some appetizers out.

Robert’s off to a rough restart.

Jean Philippe wants Van cool in front of the customers. He also might need to serve the blue tables instead of the red tables. What’s wrong with these two anyway? There’s a language barrier. Van speaks Texan, while JP speaks whatever he speaks.

Red team’s trying to get appetizers out quickly. Too quickly. Their first table gets some raw shrimp. Nobody wants to be responsible for a pregnant lady eating raw shrimp.

JP’s ready to beat down Van. Ramsay has to pull them aside to give them a lecture.

Tennille’s backed up by 6 tables.

Andy has made some raw chicken, but at least he realizes it before he gives it to the chef. Not that this saves him because Ramsay finds something else to pick on him about. The question Joseph has is: why’s he keeping the meat thermometer on his arm instead of using it?

Sabrina has also cooked raw chicken. Suzanne warns her, but she doesn’t listen and brings it up anyway.

Tony is ready to impress with the fish. Or at least Kevin is anyway, taking over for him again.

Lovely’s fish is raw. She wants Ramsay to get his eyes checked because he is getting kind of old. After refiring, she returns with seabass that’s not raw. It is, however, burned.

Kevin has returned with raw fish. So now Joseph offers to cook it. Two other people do as well.

Sabrina’s now burned the chicken on the red team. Since nothing’s going out anyway, they can at least serve shrimp cocktail. Not cooked, not seasoned. A group of idiots could handle it, or at least that’s what he hopes. Once everybody gets shrimp cocktail, it’s time to shut down.

Both teams will have to come up with two names for elimination. Tony is willing to nominate himself. Andy, who was on the same station, is not. Tennille almost served a pregnant woman raw fish, so she’s getting a lot of fingers pointed at her. She shouldn’t have been given the raw fish in the first place, and in the second place she couldn’t have known the woman was pregnant. Lovely wants her nominated because she could have almost killed someone. Van’s got himself an attitude problem. JP should have punched him.

Tennille has been nominated for serving raw food. Lovely has been nominated based on overall performance and experience.

Who’s the first nominee for the men? Joseph’s response: they can speak for themselves, but they know who they are. Okay, try again. Who’s the first nominee and why? Answer: Tony and Andy. First nominee and why? Tony. He knows why. Try again. First nominee and why? Joseph doesn’t want to hear any more from anybody. Instead, he’d like to meet Ramsay out in the parking lot.

To be continued…

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Gordon Ramsay is back again to yell for no good reason.

This year’s prize is to become the head chef at Araxi in Whistler in British Columbia, Canada. Hope you like snow.

Sabrina’s mind is telling her she’s spicy, sweet, and sexy hot.

The first task is to cook their signature dishes. The girls are the red team, and the boys are the blue team. They will go head to head.

Suzanne: fontina fonduta risotto. Rice looks undercooked before even being tasted. It’s a little chalky. Or a lot.
Dave: ostrich with pan-seared brussel sprouts. Ostrich is cooked perfectly, but the brussel sprouts are undercooked.
Neither gets a point.

Tek: Honey grilled shrimp. Nice. Cooked beautifully.
Louie: Sausage gravy with biscuits. Oh, f*** me. Tastes like gunk.
Ladies get a point.

Joseph: Chop and vegetables. Lovely color. Brussel sprouts are rock hard.
Tennille: Lamb chop with balsamic glaze.
Ladies take the lead 2-0.

Joseph’s biggest issue: he’s not animal. He wants a fork. Cavemen eat with their hands.

Amanda: margarita french toast with tequila wine butter. She’s not joking.
Tony: Muscles with chorizo. There’s potential there. Nice.
Men get a point.

Melinda: Poached lobster and portobello mushrooms. Where is the lobster tail? She had some “challenges” during the cooking process.
Jim: Seared ahi tuna. Tastes delicious.
Men tie it at 2-2.

Neither Kevin nor Ariel score a point.

Lovely and Andy don’t score either.

Sabrina: Chiopotle wrapped pork tenderloin. Why’s it so hot?
Van: Seared foie gras. Intriguing.
Men win 3-2.

As their punishment, the women must clean up the kitchen to prepare it for the opening of Hell’s Kitchen. Their dinner will be bologna sandwiches. The men will get a special dinner from Ramsay’s restaurant. Because the men are partying and not apparently ready to stop any time soon, the women have the advantage of studying.

Scott is back to run the blue kitchen, while season 2 winner Heather will run the red kitchen.

Lovely starts off not so lovely. She’s already screwing up before the restaurant’s even open, having already overcooked things when there are no orders yet.

Tek is already bringing out the (raw) scallops. Lovely’s overcooked her pasta, which she blames on Tek.

Jim has cooked three scallops cut in half. Or at least he’s cooked two scallops cut in half anyway. Count to 6 now.

Robert from last season is back. He’s not just there for dinner, though. He is being given a second chance to compete in Hell’s Kitchen. Ramsay will break the news to him later.

Jim’s and Kevin’s second attempt at appetizers is sufficient.

Red team, however, continues to struggle. They have to start over. And over.

Louie puts unseared, unseasoned lamb into the oven.

For the eighth time, can the red team deliver appetizers? Nope, not cooked. So how much of this food is being throwed away?

Back to Louie again. Why’s he cooking spinach on the meat station?

So where’d Lovely go? She needed a break. After drinking 4 bottles of water, well, she’s still sitting around.

The salmon is stone cold. Amanda put it in the freezer instead of the fridge.

Back to Louie. Get out and pack your bags. Oh, like this wasn’t planned. Dinner service is over because it’s going nowhere, but there’s a replacement already lined up in the dining area. Robert’s back for a second chance.

Melinda, Lovely, and Amanda all screwed up for the girls. Since they served 0 entrees, a new record, they’ve lost. Despite this terrible loss, it was someone from the men who was thrown out. Amanda made a stupid move, but it was an honest mistake, even if it was a big mistake. The other two, who got them stuck on appetizers (and then there was Lovely’s coffee break), need to go up.

Melinda is the first nominee. Amanda is the second nominee.

Melinda, who’s been a deer in the headlights the whole time, has been eliminated. She’s being sent back to whatever planet she came from.

Robert has been moved over to the girls, which should give them somewhat of a boost.

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Hell’s Kitchen 5 Episode 14 was essentially a filler episode, with the only useful information we learned being who the teams are for tonight’s finale. Danny chose Ben, Giovanni, and Carol. Paula chose Andrea, LA, and Lacey. Tonight, either Danny Veltri or Paula Dasilva will be crowned the Hell’s Kitchen season 5 winner.

Danny didn’t get Lacey. He is very pleased. Paula, not so much. Saddling someone with Lacey is a hell of a handicap.

Carol is not happy being on Danny’s team. Yeah, he’s not happy to have you either. He just took you because he didn’t want Lacey. Carol would rather see Paula win.

Giovanni would rather be at home. He couldn’t care less. He’s still bitter that he wasn’t good enough to win.

Next we get a Lacey montage. Someone tell the producers she’s really not that interesting. She hates her team, knowing they hate her back.

Ben realizes it’s not about him. Well, he’s trying to realize it anyway. He plans to support Danny, who he feels is the underdog.

Lacey’s creme brulee is curdled. She’ll have to start that over.

Andrea refuses to let Paula down. Oh, I’m sure it’ll happen sooner or later.

Ramsay thinks Paula’s pasta is delicious. He is worried about her halibut being dry. That’s a danger zone. Andrea will have to cook that properly. The banana creme brulee is not creme brulee. She can’t serve that.

Danny’s duck needs to be cooked more in his duck salad. Ramsay likes the filet. The dessert is undercooked.

Paula’s restaurant, Sunergy, receives a good review from Chef Ramsay. He does not seem quite as impressed with Danny’s restaurant, Velvet Hammer, not to be confused with an adult video. What’s up with the fish on the wall?

Lacey realizes she could screw everything up. Ya think?

Danny’s staff is having good communication, which is something Danny made sure would happen. By comparison, Paula’s team is pretty silent.

Andrea overcooked a scallop, and Lacey put it on the plate and turned it over, apparently hoping to hide it from… someone.

Carol’s backed up on appetizers. Danny thinks Carol sucks.

Paula is waiting for Andrea to cook the halibut. She’s never done that before. It’s obviously overcooked, but she asks if it’s too dark anyway. Her next try needs a little longer.

Danny sends out his first entrees, while Andrea continues to struggle.

Giovanni’s monkfish sauce is way too salty. He still doesn’t care and just wants to go back home. Not doing himself any favors if he bombs on national TV.

Lacey’s all confused. She says that Paula’s menu is too complicated. Everybody is screaming at her from all directions, but she’s not getting anywhere. The entire team will try to bail her out.

Paula’s starting to find her way, two hours into the service.

Danny finishes getting out his food first, but Paula manages to finish off her service strong as well.

LA says that it’s a toss up. She thought Paula had it, but Danny rocked.

Chef Ramsay has made his decision, which he calls the most difficult one he’s had to make in Hell’s Kitchen.

Danny and Paula step up to their doors. Danny’s door opens, and he is the Hell’s Kitchen season 5 winner. At age 23, he proved to be the prodigy he said he was. Paula gave him a run for his money, performing consistently throughout the season. Ramsay says that Danny grew more than any other chef he’s ever seen, and he now has the talent and maturity to be a great head chef.

Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 has already been announced, and it’s coming in July.

Andrea was finally sent packing in Hell’s Kitchen Season 5 Episode 13, bringing us down to the final two.

Ramsay tells them they’ve got a lot of work to do, but they’d rather celebrate and get drunk. It’s approaching 2:00 in the morning, and they’re still awake and drinking. At 6:30, the alarm goes off. Wrong day to have a bad day.

Now it’s time to get to work. They need to design their own restaurants and menus.

Danny wants to hang up some big fish on his restaurant, Velvet Hammer. Neither the mounted fish nor the name seem to suit an upscale place. As for Paula, she plans to call hers Sunergy.

Their signature dishes sound like they’ll work out better than their restaurant planning, though.

Ramsay tells them they’re going to Atlantic City, but they can’t afford to leave the restaurants unattended while they’re there. Their family will oversee the restaurants while they’re away. That should relieve them and works out better than having some disastrous former contestants do it for them. They’ve got 5 minutes to get their vision across. I think it’s pretty fair to say it really doesn’t matter how their mock restaurants end up looking with that in mind.

Paula has said she wants a lot of candles. One of her ideas has been rejected by the fire marshall.

Meanwhile, Danny’s girlfriend is making her opinions known.

When they arrive, Ramsay has made a way to let them video conference with their loved ones.

Danny’s dad and girlfriend report that there are a lot of compromises being requested. They have some fish also.

Paula and Danny are about to find out why they had to leave town. They are greeted by 500 staff members of the resort. They also meet Larry Mullin, the Chief Operating Officer of the Brigada.

Their next challenge is to cook the dishes Larry has requested. They have 45 minutes to cook all three dishes.

Danny is preparing his Caribbean jerk lobster tail, a crispy duck salad, and pan-seared filet of beef. Paula is preparing warm wild mushroom salad, shellfish medley, and roasted black sea bass.

The chefs who already work there will be judging. Paula is told the flavor of her salad is nice, but it’s a little bit too dressed. Danny’s dish has a nice balance, but the chef doesn’t taste lobster in it at all. He chooses Paula’s dish.

Paula’s seafood medley is cooked well. Danny’s salad is yummy. They’re both really good, but Danny is the winner.

It comes down to the entrees. Larry Mullin will judge this. Paula’s sea bass is good. Danny’s beef is done very well. Danny wins the challenge.

With that done, they return to check on the progress of their restaurants. Paula’s mostly just happy there is no pink, purple, or pastel. Danny got fish on his wall anyway. He insists that they put the booth along the wall.

The next day is when they will be running their restaurants. They’ll need some help. So who gets stuck with Lacey?

As the winner of the final challenge, Danny gets to pick first. He chooses Ben. Paula picks her buddy Andrea. Danny gets Giovanni. Paula picks LA. Carol’s not happy. Danny gets Carol because he doesn’t have a choice. Speaking of not having a choice, Paula gets Lacey.

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Somehow, Andrea survived in Hell’s Kitchen 5 Episode 12, and Ben was sent home.

The final three are allowed to spend ten minutes with their family.

They will be serving lunch to 100 very special distinguished customers. They have 90 minutes to cook 100 small tasty portions.

Andrea’s flustered, as usual.

Their customers are chefs from across the area, including executive chefs with the highest honors. If they were expecting a bunch of kids to judge their food, they were wrong. This is going to be a tougher group than usual.

The guests will sample each of the dishes and vote for their favorite and least favorite.

Over 76% thought one dish was the worst. Danny loses the challenge, perhaps his poorest moment in the series thus far. Over 76% also chose one dish as their favorite. Paula wins the challenge. She will be given the full Hollywood pampered treatment for her reward.

As for the losers, they will clean and set the dining room ahead of the service. Then they get to do the laundry.

Following her makeover, Paula gets to do a live TV talk show.

Meanwhile, the others get a part two as well. They get to clean some more, while watching Paula’s debut.

Paula’s risotto is very nice. Andrea’s first appetizer is nicely cooked as well.

Paula is the first one to get the chance to run the kitchen. She’s stumbling and nervous initially.

Her first test is the carrot puree. Gloria has substituted the squash puree for it. Paula doesn’t notice. Ramsay has her taste it again. She notices it tastes like squash.

Scott brings up the next sabotage. He made spinach soup instead of watercress soup. This time she catches it.

Now it’s Danny’s turn. He believes he should nail this because he does it every night at home, but he’s fumbling initially as well.

He gets his test right off the bat. JP has sabotaged the first ticket. Danny didn’t notice.

He’s feeling insecure at the pass because he knows Ramsay is scrutinizing everything.

Danny’s next challenge was unplanned. Andrea gave him well done scallops, which he sends back.

Then Gloria gives him his next test. Rock hard potatoes. He doesn’t notice again.

After a rough start, Danny has recovered and is becoming more confident.

Now it’s Andrea’s turn. She’s aggressive, which is working.

Her first test is the wrong fish. It’s halibut, not dory. She doesn’t notice.

She bounces back a dish to Gloria because it has too much salt. Then she bounces the sauce back to Scott and tells him it needs to be seasoned. He responds that she doesn’t know what she’s talking about. She keeps sending him back more and more dishes. He hates her guts.

After the service is over, Ramsay is smiling. That’s new.

They will go back upstairs and come to a decision who should not be in the final two. Andrea votes for Danny because of his performance that night. He will vote for her since he’s been stronger than her throughout the competition. Paula votes for Andrea also because of her performance throughout the competition, and she agrees that Andrea was too aggressive at the service.

Paula has made the finals.

Andrea has used up her ninth life, and Danny joins Paula in the final two. A worthy finale.

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Andrea won immunity in Hell’s Kitchen 5 Episode 11, but after her horrible performance, Ramsay decided if he couldn’t get rid of her, he wouldn’t fire anybody. Robert, however, had to go home due to medical problems.

Chef Ramsay has made some food for them to eat. The majority of them like the fish stew, so they’ve got half an hour to make it. Danny uses the red snapper, while the others use halibut. Andrea goes for bay scallops, while the others use sea scallops. Paula uses water as a base, while the others use fish stock. Danny and Paula use white wine, Andrea uses sambuca, and Ben covers his choice with a cloth so nobody else sees it. Andrea’s not confident and peeks at what the others are doing.

Danny’s the only one to get the fish right. Ben had it in his hand but changed his mind. Ben was the only one to get the liquor right. Andrea was the only one to get the scallops wrong. Ben had too much saffron in his dish. Nobody wants yellow lips. It’s between Danny and Paula. Because he used fish stock instead of water, Danny wins.

The others will hand polish the crystal and cutlery. They will also prep for dinner service that night. For his reward, Danny hops in the limo that takes him to a biplane.

Andrea’s complaining nonstop. The good news is she shouldn’t survive much longer anyway.

Before service, Ramsay has given them a gift: Gordon Ramsay Cookware by Royal Doulton.

The slate’s been wiped clean. Danny liked his slate.

Ben’s messing up the orders early, but his risotto’s nice.

Everything seems to be going smoothly, but Ben jumps ahead and Ramsay wants him to listen closer.

Andrea’s meat is cooked perfectly. Time to speed up the appetizer production. This time, Ben’s bland risotto has been rejected.

Paula doesn’t hear the order and falls behind by not cooking enough. He tells her she’s the slowest so far.

Back to Ben. He’s struggling with the salad.

Next it’s Danny’s turn. He’s falling behind on the garnish station.

Andrea’s continuing strong on the meat. This is different.

Ben forgot to drop the pasta. Danny is amused with Ben burying himself.

Andrea has started going south. She messes up her wellingtons and is afraid to tell Ramsay. They’re good enough to serve.

In between Ramsay’s yelling, it’s time for a happy moment. One of the customers proposes to his girlfriend.

Back to the grind. Andrea doesn’t know where two of her wellingtons have gone. That botches what had been a great service with just three tables left.

The four of them will have to come up with a consensus who needs to leave. Ben picks Andrea based on her overall performance. Andrea picks Ben based on tonight’s performance. Danny picks Andrea based on how she crashed and burned at the end of the night’s service. She says she has experience but doesn’t feel the need to list her credentials. Paula picks Ben because he’s not as great as he thinks he is. It’s obvious they won’t reach a consensus.

Ben and Andrea step forward. Again. Andrea has by some miracle survived again, but Ben has run out of chances.

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Giovanni was sent home in Hell’s Kitchen 5 Episode 10, although I’m still not sure why. After that was done, Ramsay pretended to shut down Hell’s Kitchen. Yeah, we really believed that.

They’re all going to Atlantic City. Yeah, he really left us with a cliffhanger that lame. They are all taken to the Borgata via private jet. This is the resort that will become home to the winner’s own restaurant. They’re having a great day seeing the space for the winner’s restaurant and getting spa treatment and a dip in the pool.

Then they get a fancy dinner. About 10 minutes through dinner, Robert gets up and seeks medical attention. His blood pressure is 160/100. He’s instructed to go to the hospital. The ambulance drives him off, although the other contestants have no idea anything’s even wrong. He calls Ben to let him know. They’re not sure what’s wrong. It may have been a heart attack.

The remaining chefs all return to Hell’s Kitchen, minus Robert. After a couple days without any word on Robert’s progress, Ramsay calls them for a meeting. Robert is back, but he’s not feeling well. He has periocarditus, which is a swelling around the sack that leads to heart disease. He will not be returning to the competition. This is the type of scene I’d expect from The Biggest Loser, rather than a cooking competition, although it’s not entirely surprising to see a chef this overweight. That said, hopefully Robert uses this as a wake up call to drop the weight.

The show must go on. The challenge is for the chefs to prepare what would be their signature dish at their restaurant. They can use any ingredients they want from the kitchen.

Danny: pan-seared sea scallop with citrus basil champagne sauce, not the most creative dish in terms of presentation but delivers in taste
Andrea: green tea crusted tuna, delicious and goes very well together
Paula: smoke salmon seviche, delicious with perfect seasoning
Ben: pan-roasted tiger prawns, pretty dish but definitely not safe

Andrea is the winner, which means she’s in the final three. Oh, now that’s just ridiculous.

That night, the final four will have to work together on a service, which hopefully will be better than the final six service was.

Danny is told his food is very nice.

Andrea’s scallops are raw. Yet she’s safe tonight. She doesn’t like to cook on high because the kitchen’s too hot. Her next attempt is rubber scallops.

Ben’s struggling to keep up. When he delivers his dish, it’s cold.

Paula’s food is ready, but she’s waiting for Andrea’s fish to be finished. Ramsay basically tells her to go ahead and let Andrea fall on her face.

Ben continues to fall apart. He doesn’t know what he’s doing. He’s slowly but surely accepting that he can’t please Ramsay.

Andrea’s raw salmon has been returned.

Ben has finally woke up. As for Andrea, she’s still asleep, so Danny has to give her a hand on the fish. Yet she’s still delivering raw fish. Perhaps if Paula helps her, too.

As a team, they’ll need to pick two people to nominate. Can they pick Andrea? They all want to pick the other two and not themselves. So Andrea’s the tie breaker.

Ben is the first nominee due to his performance. Paula is the second nominee due to lack of communication.

Paula can get back in line. Andrea can now step forward. She couldn’t handle her station, and she sunk Ben in the process. Nonetheless, she’s still safe. Because someone already went home and Ben’s performance was not as bad as Andrea’s, Ben will get one last chance.

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