Episode Report Card Monty Ashley: D- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Take One Down, Pass It Around
By Monty Ashley | Season 7 | Episode 13 | Aired on 07.27.2010
More orders are called out, to which Ben says "Oui, chef!" I don't think he's kidding, either; he appears to have just automatically answered in French. No big deal is made out of it. I just thought it was neat. He's got two duck and two beef to make, which he has to sync up with Holli's two Dory. But he won't answer her when she asks how long it will be! She asks four times how long it will be, and he doesn't answer. Finally, Chef Ramsay shouts at him, "Benjamin, talk to your brigade!" And he gives a distinctly unsatisfactory answer: "What's that order, Chef? I'm sorry." Oh dear. Someone (I think Autumn) tells him he's on the hook for two duck, two beef. He answers, "Two duck, two beef?" But he doesn't say how long! Chef Ramsay shouts at him repeatedly to talk to his team, while Holli asks how long the two duck and two beef will be. Benjamin says nothing, which I think is a mistake.
Benjamin is still rushing around cooking stuff, but he's not talking to anyone. Autumn brings up some garnish, but it's cold. And so is the replacement garnish. Make a note: Chef Ramsay does not like his spinach cold. Holli is a little slow with some John Dory, so Chef Ramsay comes over and micromanages her, making sure there's enough oil in the pan and adding salt. You know, that sort of thing. We punctuate with yet another clip of Benjamin insulting Holli's cooking skills. I think the problem might be that Benjamin just sat there for hours, trashing both Autumn and Holli, which means that his interviews are useful for spackling together an episode.
JP comes out to a table in the dining room and stalls. Meanwhile, back in the kitchen (the part of the show that matters), Chef Ramsay catches Autumn not listening to an order being called out. She guesses what it was, but is not successful. And over on the meat station, Ben's beef wellington is falling apart because he's using the wrong knife. And it's not cooked enough, which does not please Chef Ramsay. When Ben puts it back in the convection oven, Jay looks over his shoulder and helps him out. Then Ben goes off to do something and has Jay check on his steaks. Jay reports that they are currently rare, not medium rare.
Things start to sound good, with people calling out how long their food is going to be and what the next tickets are and all that. Chef Ramsay loves hearing things like "How long you got? Two minutes?" "Two minutes!" And that seems to translate into food going out to the customers. And none of it comes back, which Chef Ramsay claims is the first time ever. That can't be right, can it?