Episode Report Card Keckler: C- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Day 7
By Keckler | Season 3 | Episode 7 | Aired on 07.15.2007
Next up are Jen and Josh. Jen says she did a "classic take" on steak and eggs. What we see are some sad brown chunks of beef, two fried eggs, three tomato slices, pepper over everything, and some sort of unidentifiable yellow sauce, which may or may not be broken yolks. Ramsay expresses his displeasure in Jen's lack of ingenuity by making a predictable comment about the dish coming off of Julia's Waffle House menu. Ramsay expected more from Jen. To us, Jen is pissed since steak and eggs was Bonnie's idea. Yeah, but you cooked it. You could have done more with it. Josh stuffed chicken legs with pea tendrils but doesn't explain what the fried things are. Ramsay tastes the dish and is repulsed by the acidity of the sauce. He calls a tie here as well, zero-zero.
Finally, Rock uncovers his turf 'n' turf of petit rib eye and pan-seared bass, which Ramsay deems, "delicious." Moving on to Julia's dish, Ramsay swears something awful before we go to commercial. Okay, and then we're back from commercial, and although we get a recap of the few seconds before commercial, we don't again get the swearing, so I have no idea what that was all about. Anyway, Julia made fish and chips. They're nice fish and chips, according to Ramsay, but they are still just...fish and chips. Rock wins the challenge for the boys.
The girls have to scrub down the entire kitchen as well as receive and shelve the delivery order. The boys, on the other hand, get to take out their pent-up aggressions in a paintball war with Ramsay at Hollywood Sports Park. At the park, Ramsay explains that it's the three of them against him -- they get to shoot the hell out of him as many times as they want, but if he gets them just once, they're out. The boys start with a little target practice in the form of photos of Ramsay and the girls, and then we get some slo-mo footage of the suited-up guys going into battle with Ramsay. Josh proclaims Ramsay to be "a little bit of a sniper." The whole thing seems to be over in a matter of minutes, but I'm sure it lasted much longer. Ramsay eventually manages to nail the guys and they all smile and laugh with each other. I get the feeling that Ramsay doesn't ever want to actually talk to the boys. Both times they've won a prize, it hasn't been to have some intimate lunch or dinner with Ramsay where they get to work on their sparkling conversation skills.
Back at the kitchen, Bonnie is put in charge of checking in the order while Jen and Julie carry the stuff back. This is not going to go well. At one point, Bonnie makes a big show of smelling the crab and determining, "It's...fresh." However, inside and after the delivery truck is totally gone, they discover some major problems. Julia holds up a fleshless turbot and asks, "Where's the rest of the fish?" Turns out, Bonnie signed off on fish stock skeletons rather than actual filets. "I hate feeling like I'm the dumbass," Bonnie whines to us. Honey, you're not just feeling it, okay? Bonnie drops her head to her hands and moroses a bit. Jen bellows at her to stop with the drama because it's not the end of the world. "Yes, it isssss!" Bonnie whimpers, "You guys didn't doooo it, it's meeeee!" Mary Anne arrives to swear over Bonnie's turbotched job. And then she finds that Bonnie also okayed skinless snapper. And then Scott drops a useless box of salted butter at Bonnie's hapless feet. (The kitchen only uses unsalted.) This results in the Reds still being involved in a redelivery when the Blues roll up. Inside, Jean-Philippe stops the boys from going upstairs and suggests how nice it would be if they helped out. "Unfortunately, I would like to help," JP says, touching his lower back gingerly, "But I have a severe back pain." Hee, of course you do, JP! Rock responds, "I have the same problem, Jean-Philippe and I empathize with you, so I'm gonna take it upstairs." HA! Nice one. The boys all leave and JP hisses, "It's deezgusting!" to Bonnie.