Hell’s Kitchen - Season 10 Episode 7 - Recap - 13 Chefs Compete, Part 2

Tonight’s episode featured the first ever Fashion Night at Hell’s Kitchen; it included a successful dinner service and three catwalks (one for Designer Ina Soltani’s collection, one for Designer Amanda Che’s collection, and one for Designer David Meister’s collection). In the previous episode, it seemed like Clemenza was about to be kicked out of the kitchen for wasting 4 portions of scallops before opening hours... but it wasn’t as dramatic as it appeared. It was just clever editing. Also, Red Team members Kimmie and Robyn rekindled their friendship tonight. If you missed Episode 6, you can read my recap here.

Appetizer Service:

1st Segment of Fashion Show: The first catwalk featured Designer Ina Soltani’s “Ready-to-Wear” collection. The models dressed accordingly. Assigned Waiters:

• Red Team: Kimmie
• Blue Team: Royce

The Red Team members are: Robyn, Tiffany, Kimmie, Barbie, Dana, Christina. Red Team member Dana was a bit jealous of the models; she said, “They don’t even eat. Why are they at a restaurant?” She’s really funny. Dana has a good head on her shoulders (most times)... so that is one of the reasons why I expect to see her in the finals. I also expect to see Christina standing alongside Dana in the final four... I think these two ladies are the strongest chefs on the Red Team. Here is a mistake from tonight’s appetizer service: Tiffany didn’t sautee her scallops properly; she handed Chef Ramsay overcooked, colorless scallops. Highlight of the appetizer service: The Red Team completed their appetizer service well before the Blue Team did. The Blue Team members are: Guy, Royce, Justin, Brian, Patrick, Clemenza, Roshni. All of the Blue Team members (except for Roshni) got googly-eyed over the models. In my previous recaps, I said Patrick would most likely end up a finalist, and I still believe that... but he isn’t my most favorite contestant anymore. Even though he is a consummate professional, he isn’t very entertaining to watch on TV (it might be due to editing though). I’m beginning to root for Brian and Clemenza now. Brian’s humor and Clemenza’s passion is intriguing. Here are some mistakes from tonight’s appetizer service: Clemenza tried to cook 16 scallops at the same time; and, Guy tried to help Clemenza by cooking a few scallops of his own (but he overcooked them). Highlight of the appetizer service: The Blue Team completed their appetizer service after Brian took over on scallops.

Dinner Service:

2nd Segment of Fashion Show: The second catwalk featured Designer Amanda Che’s “Swimwear” collection. The models dressed accordingly. Assigned “Designated Platers” (they put food on dishes instead of cooking):

• Red Team: Kimmie
• Blue Team: Royce

The Red Team completed their dinner service tonight. For the first time this season, no Red Crew members were kicked out of the kitchen. I think this dinner service went smoothly overall because not only did they serve hungry people, but they accommodated for a fashion show as well. They made two mistakes tonight though: Robyn ran out of beef to cook because she overcooked the last portion of beef she had left... so she asked her teammates to run over to the Blue Kitchen to grab some of their beef (but they didn’t comply with Robyn because they didn’t want to get in trouble); and, Tiffany made Christina grill the swordfish even though Tiffany was responsible for the Fish Station. When Chef Ramsay demanded to know why the swordfish was cold, Tiffany threw Christina under the bus by saying that Christina cooked the swordfish... Dana labeled Tiffany’s actions as “fugly.” Highlight of the dinner service: Chef Ramsay congratulated Kimmie on her nice dish plating. The Blue Team completed their dinner service tonight as well. None of the Blue Crew were kicked out of the kitchen. Here are some mistakes from tonight’s dinner service: Guy was too busy watching the models walk the catwalk, that he forgot he was cooking beef... he charred the beef; and, Royce wiped plates with a dirty rag. Do you think Royce was nervous or careless? Highlight of the dinner service: Clemenza redeemed himself from the scallop incident, by cooking perfect swordfish.

After the Dinner Service:

3rd Segment of Fashion Show: The third catwalk featured Designer David Meister’s “Evening Wear” collection. The models dressed accordingly.

The Red Team had a small misunderstanding. Since Robyn and Kimmie made up in this episode, Robyn picked a fight with another teammate: Christina. During the appetizer service, Dana and Christina were about to finish serving appetizers... until Robyn interrupted them. Robyn didn’t have anything else to do so she tried to help Dana and Christina with the final appetizers. Christina said she didn’t need Robyn’s help because they were almost done with the appetizers... so Robyn took this personally. Robyn is a drama queen; whereas, Christina doesn’t like drama at all.

The Blue team also had a misunderstanding. Chef Ramsay asked the Blue Team to only cook 7 swordfish, but Clemenza cooked 18 swordfish (wasting 11 of them). Before Clemenza cooked the swordfish, Royce asked Clemenza to serve “16 + 1” swordfish. This error was due to Royce’s misunderstanding of Ramsay’s instructions and Clemenza’s miscalculation. I still don’t understand how Clemenza came up with 18 swordfish, but not 17. Clearly, 16 + 1 = 17. Ha ha. Also, I don’t understand why Royce said “16 + 1” instead of plain, old “17”.

The Blue Team are now 4 for 6 in dinner services. The Red Team, however, are 3 for 6.

Result: Tonight’s losing team was the Blue Team. They nominated Clemenza and Guy for elimination. Chef Ramsay eliminated Guy.

Watch Guy’s elimination here:

Guy’s Elimination Video:

https://www.youtube.com/v/rBfYCG6SN78?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0

Guy’s elimination wasn’t shocking. He can improve with more culinary experience under his belt. Clearly, Clemenza is the more passionate chef of the two. Chef Ramsay told Clemenza, “You have passion. Use it.”

The other Blue Team members wanted Clemenza to leave tonight. I think they just want Clemenza out of their sights because he’s a threat. I think it’s all part of their game strategy: To kick out one of their strongest teammates so that they can have a better chance at winning the $250,000 grand prize.

Chef Ramsay’s Quote of the Night:

“You don’t go over to the Blue Kitchen and get what you want. It’s a competition, you silly cow.” - Chef Ramsay yelling at Robyn because she wanted to go over to the Blue Kitchen to grab some of their beef (since she overcooked the last of her beef).

12 chefs remain. The next episode airs Tuesday, 6/26, at 8pm ET.