Episode Report Card Daniel: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT I'm Kind of A Big Deal
By Daniel | Season 9 | Episode 15/16 | Aired on 09.19.2011
Anyway, Paul and Chris are off to Dodgers stadium, where they're greeted by the legendary Tommy Lasorda, who is keen to find out which one's the chef because he wants some pasta fagioli, something that, at the risk of sounding mean, doesn't appear to have been hard to find for Mr. Lasorda here.
The brothers go out on the field while the Dodgers and the Cubs are warming up, and they meet some players, including Yankees icon and current Dodgers manager, Don Mattingly. The brothers do their best to maintain their composure until he leaves, then commence freaking out.
Meanwhile, the losers are cleaning out the dorms, and there disgustingly seems to be leftover food under all the women's beds. Elise blames every plate of half-eaten nachos and hamburgers on Jennifer.
Back at the game, Ramsay is now wearing a No. 7 Dodgers jersey and throwing out the first pitch while the brothers watch from some great seats. Ramsay throws it high, but Paul seems to be developing a crush on him anyway after noticing how good Ramsay looks in a baseball uniform. Afterwards, Ramsay delivers some hot dogs and beer to their box (I can't help but notice that the die-hard Yankees fans are both sporting Dodgers caps), and this has officially become the reward I am most envious of.
The next day, the chefs prep the kitchen for what we're told is the most important dinner service of their lives. Elise says she thinks Tommy's made it this far by coasting in the backseat, but now he's next (this wouldn't have anything to do with him saying she's the weaker chef, I suppose).
Anyway, tonight's dinner service will determine who goes to the final two. It's all about leadership, and each of them will have a turn running the pass. Will says the fact that two people will be gone after tonight makes it that much more real, which sounds exactly like what all the nimrods on The Bachelor say when the roses come out.
Anyway, James opens the restaurant, which features Rex Hudler. We're told he's a former major league ballplayer, but the ID wisely declines to explain that he's a career .261 hitter.
Paul's running the pass first, and he wants to show everyone what a big deal he is, but Tommy's doing his vow of silence thing again before serving up undercooked fish. And then Chef Scott intentionally puts shrimp instead of lobster in the capellini. Paul starts to plate it, without noticing. Ramsay has to point it out, and Paul has to go back to Scott to tell him to do it again. Other than that, he's doing well.