Episode Report Card Monty Ashley: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Rivalry
By Monty Ashley | Season 4 | Episode 7 | Aired on 05.13.2008
The blue team does not enjoy cooking. Matt claims to be a metrosexual. Sous chef Scott calls up and makes Ben bring the women iced tea. He does not do it particularly gracefully, telling Matt that he looks like an idiot. I'm not saying he's wrong, you understand.
Down in the kitchen, the teams prep for service. Somebody calls Petrozza "Trozzy". Matt starts poaching quails eggs and rabbiting on about redemption. I resist the urge for an Angel joke. Chef Ramsay gathers everyone together and exhorts the men to pull it together, and then abuses Jean-Philippe a little: "Get off the sun bed and open Hell's Kitchen, please!" It's on!
Before the orders come in, Chef Ramsay reminds Rosann that he's still watching her and harasses Ben about responding. Rosann's on fish, and Chef Ramsay doesn't like the first scallops. The second try works, though. On the blue side, Louross's eggs are not ready for Bobby's fish, and there is the expected amount of yelling and blaming. So the red team is on entrees when the blue team is still on appetizers. Jen says not to start a dish and Chef Ramsay jumps down her throat: "Look at me. Don't dare start pulling tables away." She complains about this in an interview, but I don't think that will do any good. Then we see her sullenly refusing to respond to anyone.
On the blue team, Louross makes a salad that Chef Ramsay really likes. On the red team, Rosann has made a piece of fish that is not acceptable. In the course of calling everyone over to feel it, Chef Ramsay calls Jen "Stroppy Face" and tells her she's given up. Then there's a lot of bleeps, most of which were Gordon, and the phrase "raw, stone-cold langoustine!" a few times. Chef Ramsay is not happy with the way everyone is just trudging back to their stations. It was mostly Rosann and Jen getting the abuse there, while Matt, Corey, and Christina were just bystanders.
Now it's the blue team's turn. Ben's got some pink chicken, which prompts a lecture about how no one's making eye contact or communicating. Ben: "Chef, I'm not used to the brigade system. It takes a little time to get adapted to it. And... that's it." He kind of trails off as he realizes that Chef Ramsay is staring at him with a mixture of disbelief and contempt. And I don't think it's the usual contempt, either. I think this is the genuine article.
Chef Ramsay's response, which we see interspersed with some gloating from Matt, goes like this: "D'you know what? Hey. You are so [bleep] sad. Hey. Every time I ask you something, you give me the limpest excuse, d'you know that? [Ben: "I'm just being honest."] Yeah, I know that. I'm being [bleep] honest with you. You're one of the most [bleep] saddest I've ever met in the [bleep] kitchen. 'It takes a little time.' 'I can't get used to this.' Sounds like a [bleep] weirdo on Dr. Phil. I'm about to snap with you. LOOK AT ME!" He's "about" to snap?