Episode Report Card Monty Ashley: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Final Showdown
By Monty Ashley | Season 4 | Episode 15 | Aired on 07.08.2008
Six hours to go! Prep begins and the redesign of both restaurants is behind schedule. Christina is still complaining about the stripes she asked for. Petrozza's got bigger problems, because the booth upholsterer is supposedly missing.
Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Gordon Ramsay is nosing around and checking on things. So Jen decides this would be the perfect time to ask him for a letter of recommendation! Christina is shocked and delighted and rushes around to tell her entire team with an enormous smile. Ramsay walks away without answering (as far as we can tell) and Corey comments that she officially hates Jen. I guess I'm in charge of recording these things for posterity, so: Hello, alien overlords from the future! Corey hates Jen. Just so you know.
Speaking of crazy team members, Matt is saying random things that are supposed to be funny. It's the sort of free-form semi-joke that Michael Scott specializes in, where someone mentioning chutney means you have to adopt an Indian accent for several sentences. Finally, Christina actually grabs him by the shoulders and tries to get him to act normal. Meanwhile, Jen is kind of quiet and nonresponsive to Petrozza, although she does snap at Ben for calling her "sweetheart". In an interview, Ben describes Jen as "pissy". Petrozza goes with "pouting" and "bitch". It does look like she's getting madder and madder that it's not her in the final two.
We go to commercial with a barrage of hype for the finale (which, hello, I'm already watching) and a commercial bumper that involves confetti. And there's a commercial for the new Mummy movie. There's an abominable snowman in it! Yay!
Sorry. Didn't mean to express enthusiasm for something. I know that's not cool. Back to this turkey! Jen continues to be snotty. One hour to go, and Chef Ramsay is ready to review the dishes. Each team has prepared three appetizer, three main courses, and three desserts. But they're not all being listed. Phooey. Christina's got a trio of sliders as an appetizer, but they're all the same thing. Chef Ramsay thinks they need to be sexed up. One of her main courses is a New York Strip, and Chef Ramsay suggests slicing it up instead of serving it as one giant slab of meat. Her tropical sundae is "fantastic", but there are still notes. She seems worried about making dishes too complicated for her kitchen.
Petrozza goes through the same gauntlet. His lobster strudel appetizer might be overcooked, his filet mignon has stiff risotto, and his vanilla soufflé is perfect. Petrozza plans to implement all the changes. Chef Ramsay claims that Petrozza's menu is highly imaginative that will have great rewards if he pulls it off, while Christina is playing it safe and should sex things up a bit.