Fran… was not eliminated in Hell’s Kitchen Season 7 Episode 8. Instead, the petty Ben got what he wanted and got rid of Siobhan.
Ben has his sights set on Fran now.
Ramsay pulls out a TV dinner. They all love it. Not that they were going to trash something they thought the yelling chef cooked. So who has got the best palettes?
Fran and Autumn step forward with blindfolds and headphones first. Fran guesses the brussel sprouts are white cabbage. Autumn agrees. Autumn goes with turkey for the pork tenderloin, while Fran thinks it’s roast beef. Sweet potatoes? Autumn says carrots; Fran says parsnip. Coconut is the last ingredient. Autumn finally gets one right. Fran, however, says potato. Potato.
Holli and Ed are next. Ricotta cheese is the first item. Ed guesses creamy polenta. Holli agrees. For the chickpea, Ed says turnip, and Holli says lima beans. Holli thinks the heart of palm is pickled cabbage, and Ed says artichoke. Trout is the last ingredient. Ed says canned tuna. Holli is finally right.
Benjamin and Jason are the third duo. Ben guesses fennel correct, and so does Jason. They are both wrong on kidney beans, butter lettuce, and mussels.
Nilka and Jay are the last pair. Kobe beef is their first test. Jay goes with corn beef; Nilka thinks it tastes like turkey. Both are in the nut family for cashews but not close enough. Silantro is guessed correctly by both of them. The final ingredient is eggplant. Nilka guesses prunes. Seriously? Jay is correct, and the blue team wins 4-3.
The reward is a VIP pass to SeaWorld. They’ll be swimming with Shamu and the dolphins.
For their punishment, red team will have to unload everything on delivery day. Holli blames Fran for not getting any right. Ben takes control of the delivery. After they unload everything from one truck, JP informs them it was delivered to the wrong place. Ben might want to read what he’s signing.
The teams are to create their own menus. Red team will apparently be making whatever Ben tells them to make, which does not include things like rice (rice is poor food). Blue team wants to keep it simple and not go with anything that nobody knows how to make.
Before service, Ramsay will taste everything. Red team’s first dish is bland. Their second dish is spit out. Their other dishes are all just okay, and Fran is glad that all of Ben’s dishes fell flat. The bright spot is that Holli gets compliments on all her desserts. Jay’s salad is too much like rabbit food. The rest of their dishes are similarly bland and boring, except for Autumn’s dessert that passes for terrible. He’s not falling for their plan, which was too simple.
Blue team jumps right into making improvements. The red team, though, plans to stick with what Ramsay told them was no good.
With diners from the same table ordering from both menus, both kitchens must bring food to the pass at the same time. Ed gets ahead of everybody else, but both kitchens manage to get in sync after some shouting.
Ben has shrimp pasta rejected because both the shrimp and the pasta are undercooked. The women want him to communicate if he needs any help. His theory is that if he ignores him they will shut up. After Ramsay yells at them, Ben agrees to let Nilka put his food on a plate. Or not.
Blue team is getting all the orders for some tables. Because of that, Jay’s struggling to keep up.
Fran doesn’t know which part of the chickens are to be cooked.
Autumn delivers raw pork. She can go out in the dining room and explain why their meals are stalled.
Nilka has decided to change the menu because she’s unable to cook the asparagus correctly.
Jason’s bacon gets turned down. Then he gets flustered and unresponsive.
Fran is upset because nobody talks in her kitchen. After that, she decides she wants them to leave her alone so she can bring up the meat.
Apparently, Autumn’s attitude stinks. She’s not yelling and running around, so therefore she sucks. She will be exiled to the dessert station, where she manages to recover.
Fran has finally delivered her chicken. It’s raw. Bad Fran.
Both teams lose. They can each pick one nominee. Jason’s not happy that they lost despite the fact that their menu was the clear favorite. Fingers point at Jay and Autumn. Fran continues to harp on lack of communication. Holli thinks Ben has a large share of the responsibility because he had a lot of input into the menu, and she’d like to see a threat go home anyway.
Autumn has been nominated by the blue team; Fran has been nominated by the red team (again). Fran is finally gone. Autumn can take off her jacket as well, so she can go back to the red team.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Hell’s Kitchen Season 7 Episode 10, which airs next on Fox.
