Hell’s Kitchen - Bye Bye Melissa
10 July 2007Ding Dong the witch is dead!
After getting thrown over onto the blue team at the end of last week’s episode, Melissa is finally out of Hell’s Kitchen. And none too soon, too. Because that girl was a frightening nightmare.
The challenge this week was a simple one: grab three live lobsters from the aquarium, make three lobster dishes that are both good and creative, and serve them to Chef Ramsay in hopes that he won’t throw it back in your face. The team with the most approvals from the chef gets an exciting prize. The losing team gets a major let down. It ended up being neck and neck on this one, with a lobster bisque being a common dish between the two teams. Chef Ramsay hummed and hawed for a while, finally giving the prize to the red team.
Rock was not happy. Oh, was Rock not happy. His team’s punishment: Not as bad as other punishments, they had to separate plastic, glass, papers, etc. out of the trash bin and clean them up for recycling. Rock threw a number of childish fits about this, screaming that the bisque… the bisque! He hated the bisque! The blue team should have won!!! ARGHHH!!! And on and on it went.
In the mean time, the girls got to go over to a hoity toity magazine and pose with the chef for a photo shoot. They were all glammed-up for the event, and had a really good time with the chef. In the middle, Rock got sent over to the photo shoot. When he got there, Chef Ramsay pointed at the garbage can on the set and told him that he missed that one. As can be expected, this did not make Rock happier. No, no. This made Rock angrier. Much angrier.
After tempers cooled down, it was time for everyone to reconvene at the kitchen and prepare for the dinner service. Melissa fits in much better with the guys than with the girls, but personality alone isn’t going to save her. She starts screwing up right from the start.
The red team starts out well. They push out more than half of their appetizers before running into some bumps. The chef is having a good time screaming at both teams. However, unfortunately, and I say this with great sadness in my heart, there are no donkeys in this episode, nor the previous one. So we are still at:
Donkey Count: 7
Bonnie nearly sets the kitchen on fire with a giant flame. She decides that the best thing to do would be to pick up the burning pan, walk with it a bit, then set it on the floor. Huh? Chef Ramsay runs over and scolds her for that, telling her that you should just step back form the flame and hope the whole place doesn’t burn down. From there, it all just goes downhill for both teams.
The losers: the Blue team. They are to choose two people to put up on the chopping block. Chef Ramsay doesn’t really even want to hear who they are. He has Melissa step forward and turn in her jacket. Then, in a small surprise, he has Josh and Brad to step forward, asking both of them why they think they should stay in the competition. Huh? Is he going to eliminate two people this week? It would make sense, since he didn’t eliminate anyone last week, he just sent Melissa to the other team. But no, he sends both chefs back in line with a quick slap on the wrist. Until next week.
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