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Ariel was eliminated in Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 14, bringing us down to a final two of Dave Levey and Kevin Cottle, one of whom will be the Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 winner.

Their night has just begun. There’s a limo waiting outside for them. They arrive at a hotel just before midnight because Ramsay wants to see them on the roof. Just as I think he’s ready to throw one of them off the roof, he announces a final challenge, giving them 45 minutes to create dishes worthy of Araxi. Kevin will prepare a petite clambake with poached lobster and corn pudding. Dave is cooking a rack of venison with a sour cream and chive parsnip puree.

To win the challenge, they will need to receive three votes. Alain Gayot of Gayot guide books votes for Dave’s dish. Jamie Maw, former food editor of Vancouver Magazine, votes for Dave as well. Tanya Steel, editor in chief of Epicurious, votes for Kevin. Warren Geraghty, executive chef of West Restaurant in Vancouver, also votes for Kevin, which ties them at 2 each. Colman Andrews, the restaurant columnist for Gourmet Magazine, votes for Dave. Dave wins the challenge.

Working on a couple hours sleep, they must now create their own menus for the final service of the season. Kevin gets Heather, while Dave gets Scott. Of course, they’re going to need more help than that. As the challenge winner, Dave will pick first.

Dave’s team: Ariel, Robert, Suzanne
Kevin’s team: Van, Amanda, Sabrina

Kevin’s gone with an elaborate menu, while Dave’s goal is simple cooking that his team can easily pick up.

Kevin’s menu features: caramelized scallops, coffee cured beef tenderloin, and creme brulee trio
Dave’s menu features: wild mushroom risotto, roasted loin of venison, and dark chocolate mousse

Each kitchen will serve 13 tables and 50 diners. Included amongst the diners is Chef James Walt of Araxi Restaurant and Bar, who will be Kevin or Dave’s future employer.

Amanda starts things off on the wrong foot out of the gates. Her scallops are not done yet.

Robert’s fast feet deliver the first appetizer of the evening, risotto that Dave approves.

Back in the red kitchen, Kevin’s still waiting on Amanda’s scallops. How long? Right now. Are they ready? No. So like do you want them cooked or something? Her next attempt at scallops are overcooked. At Ramsay’s suggestion to shake things up, Kevin pulls Amanda off scallops and replaces her with Van. This works. Van delivers scallops, and Amanda does well on risotto.

Meanwhile, Dave’s almost done with his appetizers. Problem is he’s almost out of mushrooms for the risotto. Dave blames Robert, while Robert blames Dave.

Well, it doesn’t look like Amanda did so well on the risotto. A diner rejects it. The rice is not cooked properly. Kevin puts Van in charge of overseeing Amanda.

Ariel misses her meat again, but this time she acknowledges responsibility, saying she has no excuse for overcooking it. She recovers in her next attempt.

Amanda’s still confused, and she seems to be confusing Kevin in the process. He wants medium rare from her, he thinks.

After much yelling, Kevin decides to take a different approach. He calms down and gets his chefs back on track. Once they’re recovering, Kevin wants to do two tables at once in attempt to catch up.

On the other side, the venison is getting messed up. Then they get salmon returned raw.

Kevin catches up and makes a run to finish service right around the same time as Dave.

It’s time for the moment of truth. Whoever’s door opens will win. The Hell’s Kitchen season 6 winner is Dave. Not quite the outcome I was expecting, but he deserves credit for doing what he did with one arm the whole time.

We are expecting Hell’s Kitchen season 7 some time next year, but no additional details are currently available.

Following a disastrous service, Tennille was eliminated in Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 13. Despite the fake drama, Dave’s wrist was not enough to take him out of the competition, even if he may well screw it up for life.

Under the domes, there are three cuisines from around the world, and each person will be expected to make what they pick. Ariel gets China, Dave gets India (he’s not happy), and Kevin gets Mexico. In the storeroom, the ingredients are set aside for each country. They are given 45 minutes to cook one entree. Dave plans to pick a dish he knows and just add something Indian to it. After 15 minutes, he still hasn’t decided. His main goal is to cook whatever animal India does not worship. At least he didn’t cook the cow, opting for pork instead.

The judges are world reknowned chefs for each type of cuisine. Ariel has cooked, uh, uh, um, noodles with duck. The Mexican cook didn’t think it was too balanced, the Indian chef enjoyed the sweetness, and the Chinese chef thought it was a good try but the sauce was watery. Kevin has cooked orange and cumin marinated pork tenderloin with Mexican chocolate sauce. Oops. He forgot the sauce. This is becoming a pattern. He forgot the garnish on a previous task. The Mexican judge thinks that maybe the sauce would have put him over the top, the Chinese cook loves it, and the Indian cook thought it was an interesting combination. Dave has cooked ming bean puree and a seared pork tenderloin. The pork choice turns out not so good because there are a lot of muslims living in India. The Mexican felt it worked well together, especially considering he hasn’t worked with the spices before, the Chinese chef enjoyed it, and the Indian judge thought it was amazing for a first try.

Dave wins by a unanimous vote. For his reward, each of the chefs will cook their signature dish for him, and he also gets a set of the cookware that they’ve been using in the kitchen. To round out the reward, he will be joined by his sister and fiancee. The punishment for the others is to polish the silverware and then prep for that night’s service.

Tonight is a chance to run the pass. Scott and Heather will fill in where needed.

Dave and Kevin start off with compliments on their appetizers. Then it’s time for one of the chefs to take over.

It’s Kevin’s turn first. He believes he’s been running things all along. He’s off to a strong start. The first sabotage is the substitution of halibut for seabass. This does not get past Kevin. His next test is unplanned: Ariel’s slowing him down on meat. When he receives her lamb, he rejects it. The next time up, she tells him she can’t cut the bone off becase it will ruin the chop. His request to her is obvious. Cut the bone off. When she does this, it ruins the chop. Does she have another lamb? His constant rejection of Ariel’s food is not doing himself any favors because him stopping her is just dragging himself down.

Dave is next. He’s a very intense leader, yelling more than Ramsay does if that’s possible. His quality control test is the substitution of spinach puree for asparagus puree. He tastes it but does not notice. The second sabotage also slips past him. He finally ends up noticing the cold tuna and the unsalted asparagus.

Ariel takes over after him. She thinks she’s gone if she fails, which she probably is. Parsnip puree has been substituted for mashed potatoes, which she’s happy with. The next sabotage dish is salmon substituted for seabass, but this time she notices. Then she starts rattling off orders one after another. Kevin doesn’t know where she’s at. She realizes she’s lost control of the kitchen and blames Kevin for dragging on purpose.

After service is over, each person is asked to name one person they don’t think belongs in the final. Kevin has chosen Ariel because she’s not quite there yet. Ariel has chosen Kevin because of his service while she was at the pass. Dave goes with Ariel because he felt most lost when she was up at the pass.

The first person to advance to the finals is Dave. The second person to advance is Kevin. Ariel has been eliminated.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 15, where we will find out who the Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 winner is, which airs next on Fox.

Suzanne finally got to the end of her rope in Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 12.

Kevin believes he knows everybody else’s weaknesses, which means that somebody better figure out his weakness or be screwed.

Little Gordon, the foul-mouthed young Gordan Ramsay from Caterer.com’s videos, is there to give the contestants a piece of his mind. The point of him being there is that they need to learn about catering… to vegetarians. They will have 1 hour to make 80 portions. Kevin is preparing asian style crepe with beet carpaccio. Tennille’s cooking vegetable stuffed eggplant. Ariel is making a vegetarian lasagne. Dave is cooking a polenta tower with goat cheese and roasted peppers. During the challenge, Dave is in pain. Yes, again. As the clock ticks down, none of the chefs have managed to complete their 80 portions. It might not matter anyway because it’s 80 kids, who don’t like vegetables. Dave hopes he can get these screaming kids to like him personally even if they don’t like his food.

40% of the kids agree they disliked Kevin’s dish the most. The top two dishes belong to Dave and Tennille. With 55% of the votes, the number 1 dish belongs to Tennille. The punishment will be to clean up the dining room, which the kids were allowed to trash. As for Tennille, she will enjoy a day of pampering in Beverly Hills so she can go eat sushi with Ramsay. The other three chefs try to justify their inability to please the kids: Tennille cooks elementary food.

Kevin’s on appetizers. His risotto is delicious. I’m guessing he didn’t cook the rice.

Tennille has cooked rubbery and bland (not to be confused with blonde when Ramsay says it) scallops. Her next attempt, however, is perfect.

All of the appetizers have been served half an hour into dinner service, so they’re moving on to entrees. Dave is on meat. And down he goes. Again. Limping in back due to another injury. This guy’s gonna do permanent damage at this rate. Ramsay wants him to get medical attention, but he insists he’s fine. Regardless, he’s still getting the job done on meat.

Tennille, however, is not getting the job done on fish. Ramsay can’t figure out what she’s done to her seabass. Aside from that, she’s got burnt pans and fish all over the place. She’d better hope somebody else screws up royally here. After Ramsay takes her into the back and yells at her, Tennille finally recovers from her disaster and cooks her halibut perfectly.

Once the service is over, Ramsay decides not to prolong this any further. Tennille has been eliminated.

That’s not it. After he sends them back upstairs, he calls them back down. He’s wondering whether he made the right decision about keeping Dave around with that injury, setting up the perfect opportunity for what’s likely to be a lame and misleading cliffhanger heading into the commercial break. After a lot of thought, his decision is… he knows he made the right decision.

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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.

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Sabrina was sent packing in Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 10.

Having made it to the final 6, the blue and red teams are now done. Break out the black coats.

The challenge is to recreate a dish based on seeing and tasting it. They will be divided into three teams of two: Van and Ariel, Tennille and Kevin, and Suzanne and Dave. Kevin knows right off the bat that the fish is turbot, and the others all eventually end up at that same conclusion. They all answer the same on the garnish, calamari. At Ariel’s suggestion, she and Van go with celery root for the puree, while the other two teams pick parsnip. For the sauce, Ariel and Van go with star fruit, Kevin and Tennille pick grapefruit, and Dave and Suzanne choose passion fruit. As time’s ticking down, Van drops the fish, running the risk of yet more undercooked fish. At least it’s not halibut this time. Ariel and Van get close in presentation, but that’s not gonna win them anything unless they’ve nailed the dish as well. Kevin put the garnish off to the side. Too far to the side, as they forgot to include it in their dish. The correct ingredients are: turbot, white onion (everybody missed it), calamari, and passion fruit. Kevin and Tennille aren’t even in this due to their lack of garnish, so it came down to the sauce, which Dave and Suzanne correctly identified to win the challenge.

For their reward, Dave and Suzanne will get to meet the winner of Hell’s Kitchen season 4 at Chef Ramsay’s restaurant. The punishment will be to do a prep for that night’s service for couple’s night with a beautiful romantic setting.

Suzanne asks Christina whether she was the know it all on her season. With a yes answer in place, Suzanne believes she can win this. Not sure what’s given her reason to believe that, but at lesat she’s staying positive. Dave’s having great fun, except for that he’s stuck being there with Suzanne.

Dave and Suzanne are treated like outcasts upon their return, but Tennille realizes that they still need to work together because every mistake costs the team.

Kevin is on tableside service, while Suzanne is on hot appetizers. The coordination of timing between the two is critical, so Suzanne cooking the incorrect quantity will not get them off to the best start. Kevin’s left having to buy time for them because Suzanne’s 2 minutes is more like 5 or so. Suzanne’s hope: you don’t have to be that perfect to win this show.

Van’s on fish again. New night. More screaming. First he starts to cook too early. Then he sweats into the food.

Tennille’s taking the lead on the meat station and is the first hint of good communication to come out of the kitchen tonight. Her lamb is also perfectly cooked.

Van delivers undercooked halibut. Oh no. Not this again. Then Ramsay ends up in the fetal position on the floor.

At least the lettuce is not undercooked. Ariel left some lettuce on a burner that’s on, then she turned around, resulting in really well done garnish.

Ramsay walks out of the restaurant. Maybe now they’ll get some peace.

With Ramsay gone, Tennille takes it upon herself to take control. She seems to be doing a good job, but Ariel’s limping around and not having it. Dave tries to bail Ariel out but realizes she seems defeated.

Then Kevin takes over at the pass to prove that they can still get this done on their own. When he gets them caught up and heads out to the dining room, that leaves Suzanne in charge. She doesn’t know what she’s doing, though. So Van has to do it for her. Her strategy it turns out is simple. Don’t do anything at all because she doesn’t want to be blamed. With that attitude, go home.

When he returns, Ramsay throws out Suzanne, Van, and Ariel, leaving Tennille, Dave, and Kevin to finish dinner service. Suzanne may have some hope here. Van’s closing in on a meltdown.

The three remaining chefs finish dinner service, and when it’s over, Tennille is told that’s the best anyone’s done on meat. Since those three are all safe, they will be able to choose who should be up for elimination of the other three.

Dave’s considering a strategic move here, which would mean the nomination of Ariel. In order for this to work, though, she has to actually go home. Not happening no matter who she’s up against.

The two nominees are Suzanne for her refusal to help at the pass and Ariel because she burned some lettuce (is that really the best excuse you could come up with?). When asked whether Ariel’s one of the weakest chefs, Tennille responds that she does not believe so. Suzanne and Van should be up there.

Ramsay asks all three of them to step forward. Ariel’s name is called, and she immediately assumes she’s being kicked off the show. Nope, she can get back in line. Next time he calls your name, staying put would show more confidence. Van can hand over his jacket. Wrong choice. For her refusal to work on the pass, Suzanne should not have been given yet another chance.

Dave is upset with Tennille for saying that Van was one of the weaker choices. In reality, it was Dave’s own fault. He should not have made that stupid attempt at a strategic play without giving it some additional thought. Burnt lettuce? Really?

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The men lost Andy, then they were saddled with Suzanne in Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 9.

The women are thrilled they don’t have to deal with Suzanne any more. The men are not so thrilled with this change, and they let her know they have no use for her. What this does do is gives the blue team a one person advantage, if she counts as a whole person.

The chefs are given a challenge to take 15 ingredients and combine 5 together into three dishes. Sabrina feels her teammates are ignoring her. As for Suzanne, the men don’t want to hear what she’s saying either. Tennille and Ariel believe they’re working with lamb, so Sabrina sabotages them and lets them keep thinking it’s lamb instead of venison. Ramsay has brought two people I never heard of before, figure skaters Sasha Cohen and Jonny Moseley. The blue team gets a point from both for their first dish. There’s a concern that the red dish is too rich. Tennille presents lamb, which Sabrina finds hilarious. She wants to see her team fall on its face. When questioned, Tennille realizes it’s venison. Despite Sabrina’s efforts to sink her team, they still get the point from both judges. Van and Sabrina step forward with the final dishes. Van doesn’t know what he’s prepared. The judges seem more split than they had been on the previous dishes, but both pick the blue dish, so the blue team wins the challenge 4-2.

For their punishment, the women will work at a local farm milking cows and cleaning a pigpen. For their reward, the blue team goes to a restaurant to learn how to make grilled cheese sandwiches.

Ramsay’s menu has been torn up, so each team will have to create their own menu. They’ve got an hour to come up with three appetizers, three entrees, and three desserts. The women are not happy with Tennille’s suggestions, and they’re clashing already. Blue team, however, are collaborating well. Sabrina doesn’t even hide the fact that she doesn’t like Ariel’s menu choice, and she tells Ramsay as much. Apparently having spent most of her time making fun of Tennille, Sabrina did not produce a menu item of her own.

Tennille’s on the garnish station but has no clue how to cook the dish she’s being asked to cook.

Ramsay asks Van to tell him what 2 times 3 is. It’s like watching Jordan from Big Brother try to figure out how many quarters there are in an hour.

Ariel has delivered frozen pork on her first appetizers. Van goes the other direction, burning his scallops. Then Ariel again delivers some more stone cold food.

Dave’s been going through this with one hand the whole time. When he lifts a pan, he’s hit with pain in that hand. Time to see a medic. Nonetheless, he’s going to push through the pain and continue with the service. Commendable effort on his part, or lame editing to try to trick us?

Sabrina needs to pick up the speed. Does she need a timer to see just how slow she’s going?

As Ramsay’s being a big baby and whining for no good reason, Van just laughs at him. Not happy being laughed at, now it’s time to blow it all out of proportion. He’s not there to fight with him, though. So who’s he there to fight with?

Tennille starts sweeping in the middle of service. Next time, she might want to serve the food first, then sweep.

Van has delivered raw halibut. Dave considers this a rookie mistake. Van’s not new to cooking halibut. His second attempt is still uncooked. He doesn’t seem to be taking too well to this being screamed at all night long.

For her part, Sabrina, likewise, is getting yelled at for uncooked halibut.

With neither team able to get their halibut cooked, they’re shut down. Nobody won. Both teams will have to come up with one name.

The blue team has a choice. Either Suzanne, who’s on her last life, or Van after his performance tonight.

Tennille and Sabrina hate each other, so it will come down to which of them Ariel wants nominated.

The red team has nominated Sabrina. The blue team has nominated Van, although Suzanne’s their weakest chef. If you’re going to nominate Van, just nominate Van. Don’t talk badly about someone who you wish to remain in the competition and be part of your team. Unless their strategy is merely to make sure they survive intact so that there’s no choice but to get rid of the other team’s member.

The person leaving Hell’s Kitchen is Sabrina. She proved she needed to go home when she laughed at her team’s mistake rather than trying to help correct it.

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Amanda’s been fumbling about for some time now, and Ramsay finally decided he’d had enough of her in Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 8.

Suzanne wants to convince her team that she’ll improve her teamwork. Ariel’s concern is that in order for Suzanne to improve, her personality has to improve.

The task is for each team to produce four crepes: breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert. Suzanne’s trying to overcompensate for how everybody feels about her. Meanwhile, nobody has a clue how to make crepes. With 5 minutes left, they’re not able to make a crepe they’re comfortable with.

Van has made his out of bacon and eggs, although the crepe is very spongy. Ariel’s breakfast is smoked salmon, herbs, and honey. Her crepe is a nice color, and the salmon’s very good. The women get the point.

For lunch, Tennille delivers pepperjack bacon and shrimp with black bean salsa. Very spicy. Andy’s dish is ham, cheese, and avocado. Nice mix of ingredients. The men get a point.

Kevin’s dinner is scallops, crab, and goat cheese. Delicious flavor. Suzanne made filet and onions, which she blabs on and on about. Everybody wants her to shut up. Perfect seasoning. Both get a point to remain tied.

When they get down to desserts, Dave’s cream cheese and mixed berry flavored crepe lacks presentation. I’d eat it, but Ramsay won’t. Sabrina makes pears, chocolate, and cinnamon. By default, she wins no matter what, but the Ramsay could see that in Whistler, so she obviously gets the point. The women win the challenge.

For their punishment, the men will prep both kitchens. They eat boiled tongue, baguette, and head cheese. As for the women, their reward is to listen to Ramsay talk more French as they head off to one of LA’s best French restaurants. They are greeted by a mime, who will teach them some pantomime, as if that’s a good thing.

Dave’s upset with himself and the knowledge that he cost his team the challenge by being unable to make a crepe.

The dinner service will include several new French dishes. Before they get to that, though, Andy needs himself a medic. He sliced his fingers. According to Dave, the tips of his fingers were literally taken off. I could have done without the graphic image. Dave figures they’re down to three people for the night.

Despite Dave’s fears, Andy does return. He just doesn’t know what the heck is going on.

Dave starts his team off well with his risotto. Sabrina, however, has delivered bland risotto of her own.

The meal tonight will include crepes, the same thing the men were unable to figure out earlier in the day. Andy’s first crepes are rejected.

Suzanne will need 6 minutes. Oh wait. Make that 8 minutes. Or 6 minutes. Maybe 5. 6. Perhaps 5.

Likewise, Andy has fallen behind. Dave said he will help Andy all night, which means he’s got to cover two stations, one arm or not.

Back to Suzanne. She’s slicing the lamb ahead of time. She thought she was catching up. No, she’s just putting them even further behind.

Over in the blue kitchen, Andy has finally found something he can do. Make salad. Maybe not. Ramsay wants to know if he’s given up.

Then back to the red kitchen, Suzanne continues to drag down her team. She’s unable to focus at all.

Not content with merely yelling at Suzanne, Ramsay turns his attention to Sabrina and her underseasoned frog.

Despite how bad Suzanne’s been doing, Andy is the one to be throwed out because he’s not doing anything. His injury is not going to be a sufficient excuse because Dave’s been doing great with one arm for some time now.

Well, then, now that one person’s been thrown out of the kitchen, let’s go for two more. Suzanne and Sabrina both feel Ramsay’s wrath and get tossed out.

With the dead weight gone, the remaining chefs manage to find their groove and complete the service. Since there were two incomplete teams, nobody wins, so they will have to come to a consensus among themselves of two individuals to nominate. They choose the two people who got yelled at the most: Andy and Suzanne. But as they begin talking, they consider an alternate strategy. How bad do they want Suzanne gone? Bad enough to use Sabrina as a pawn? Sabrina’s not having it. She will rat them out if they try that.

The first nominee is Suzanne because she brought her team down. The second nominee is Andy due to his inconsistent service.

Ariel and Tennille say they’re better off without Suzanne. They’d rather work by themselves than with her. Despite that, or perhaps because of it, Andy will be going home. Oh, he’s not done yet. Suzanne can take her jacket off. Because she’s with the blue team. Dropped one anchor to take on another. As for Sabrina, she needs to shape up.

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Robert was kicked off the show in Hell’s Kitchen 6 Episode 7 basically because he had already been there before, which begs the question: why was he brought back in the first place?

Andy’s as surprised as anybody that he stuck around. When compared to Robert, he should have been sent home.

The women are sick of Suzanne and her mouth.

The next challenge is the taste test. Tennille sits out for the women.

Ariel and Van go first. They start with cream cheese. Van guesses yogurt. Ariel is correct. The next item is venison. Ariel guesses roast beef. Van guesses tuna. Really? Their third item is pecans. Both of them guess walnuts. The last item is leeks. Van guesses correctly, and so does Ariel. The women are up 2-1.

Dave and Suzanne go next. Both of them correctly identify turkey. For the zucchini, Suzanne guesses baby pearl onion, while Dave guesses lima beans. Next is quince, which is in Hell’s Kitchen menu. Dave guesses pumpkin; Suzanne guesses a cooked apple. Their last item is egg yolk. Dave guesses squash. Suzanne gets it correct. The women are now up 4-2.

Kevin and Sabrina are next. They get iceberg lettuce. Kevin guesses romaine. Sabrina guesses butter lettuce. Next is pink grapefruit, which both get right. For the oregano, Kevin guesses sage, while Sabrina says basil. Clams are their last food. Kevin guesses spinach. Huh? Sabrina guesses tuna. What’s with these people and tuna? The women are now up 5-3.

Amanda and Andy are last. Andy’s got something to prove. As for Amanda, nobody expects anything from her. Lychee is the first food. Andy is correct. Amanda guesses pineapple. They get avocados next. Andy goes with boiled coconut. Is that a real thing? Amanda gets it right. Here’s the ahi tuna they’ve been waiting for. Andy guesses salmon. The women win the challenge. The men aren’t happy with Andy, but everybody else only got 1 right.

For their punishment, the men will be making sorbet by hand for the next service. As the men are unloading the truck, the girls’ limo pulls up. They will be dining in the dark, which is apparently supposed to be their reward. Amanda uses the time to cop a feel by accidentally bumping into Ramsay.

Tennille takes charge of the women at the service, while Andy takes charge of the men. With a vote of lack of confidence, Kevin says he’ll jump in if Andy can’t handle it.

Tennille tells Suzanne her scallops are too dark. Nope. She’s all set with them. Ramsay agrees. Kevin delivers risotto that likewise gets a compliment from Ramsay.

With sorbet being served, that pulls Ariel and Kevin out of the kitchen, which brings the men down to just 3. Van hops on appetizers for Kevin. Bland. He tries again. It gets served to the customer, who doesn’t like it. Kevin takes this as a sign that his team is worthless without him.

Amanda has delivered an entree that doesn’t look to Ramsay like it’s an entree.

Garnish man Andy is confused and lost. With him out of it, the rest of the kitchen proceeds to fall apart, too.

As the men are struggling, Sabrina and Suzanne can’t work together, so the women likewise are getting screamed at. Sabrina decides to rush the lamb so she can keep up, which results in raw lamb. So Ramsay throws her out and forces her to eat it. Hope you got a medic nearby. Tennille hops in to take over the meat station in Sabrina’s absence, which allows the red team to send out entrees again.

Andy’s running out of mashed potatoes and probably about three orders short. He ends up with barely enough, allowing him to avoid disaster, for now.

The women are dashing toward the finish line, or at least they will be when Suzanne finishes anyway. Red team will have to start over on their entrees.

Meanwhile, the men are down to their final three entrees. Now Andy’s run out of potatoes. Didn’t he and everybody else in the kitchen see this coming before?

Since Suzanne doesn’t know how to cook fish, Amanda decides to polish it off for her, except when she does it’s not cooked all the way. Suzanne points the finger at Amanda, who was merely hoping to avert disaster from someone who hasn’t been handling her station very well.

Dave’s working on the potatoes that Andy was unable to do. Andy’s got Chef Scott and Ramsay sitting on both sides of him telling him he sucks. With Dave’s potatoes done, the blue team has finished the entrees. The red team has also finally finished.

Ramsay considers both teams equally weak. The blue kitchen wins because they did well with one less person, and Dave receives kudos for his performance. Tennille also receives praise, so she will be able to nominate two people from her team. She’s already decided she hates Suzanne. Both Amanda and Sabrina agree she tried to throw them under the bus. She doesn’t get that it’s about the team. It’s entirely possible she didn’t even know there was a team.

Suzanne is nominated first. If not for the rule of having to nominate two people, Tennille would have put her up there alone. Sabrina is the second nominee. Ramsay would also like to hear from Amanda.

Despite being attacked from all directions, Suzanne can get back in line. Amanda’s finally lost her last life.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 9, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on Fox.