Episode Report Card Daniel: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Contend It Like Beckham
By Daniel | Season 10 | Episode 11 | Aired on 07.09.2012
At Red's chef's table, they'll have one of the greatest British soccer players to ever play the game. We go to commercial on this MAJOR CLIFFHANGER. Or it would be, if they hadn't told us last week it would be David Beckham, which is, yes, much more impressive than those forgettable American Idol wastes of oxygen.
And the women lose their shit when they find out it's David Beckham. Christina says she doesn't get star-struck, but what girl doesn't think David Beckham is smoking hot? "I like women, and I think he's smoking hot," she says. Heh.
We're open! Here come the American Idol people, Lee Dewyze and Haley Reinhart. Look out, Beatles! And then Beckham shows up, sadly without Posh, but without some kid named Brooklyn, who I will assume belongs to him and isn't, say, the Robin to his Batman. Christina calls him a magical creature who came in on a rainbow riding a unicorn, eating a cupcake. Helpfully, the graphics department shoots a rainbow off behind him.
Ramsay welcomes Becks and Brooklyn to Hell's Kitchen, and Dana has to fan herself after having the singular honor of taking their appetizer order for the pulled-pork pizza. Rather than building on yesterday's victory, Clemenza fucks up the very first order of scallops, earning a rebuke from Ramsay (and the amusement of the American Idol twosome who I'm sure still think they will be famous forever and won't be strung-out drunks working the lounge circuit in five years), but he rebounds quickly with the next plate. Dana's having trouble with the pizza, and calls in Kimmie for help. And then Christina comes over and she likewise has trouble with turning it, or something. Beckham's close enough to tell what's going on and he reassures them that there's no rush, and with the two teams of morons this season, there is such a "no rush" policy in effect that he and the other diners might not even get food. But their third pizza attempt is successful, and Dana happily delivers it to the Beckhams, who decide it's really good.
So things seem to be going well for Red now, but over in Blue, they're struggling with the forno oven as well, at least until Robyn successful rescues flatbread pizzas that are worthy of the stature of the American Idol contestants at the chef's table. Dingleberry from Season 10 and Binglebrat from Season 9 decide it's good as well.
In Red, the final appetizer order requires a tray of scallops from Tiffany, and she cooks them perfectly. Ramsay tells them he's never had appetizers leave that smoothly, and encourages them to keep it up. Which likely means it will all go pear-shaped before too long.