Episode Report Card Daniel: B+ | 7 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT There’s No Accounting for Taste It, Now Make It
By Daniel | Season 11 | Episode 19 | Aired on 07.18.2013
So Ja’Nel’s leading fine, but how about the quality control? Andi serves up what she says it’s halibut but it’s clearly cod. Ja’Nel catches it and Jon’s impressed with how Ja’Nel’s running the kitchen.
It’s his turn to show what he can do, but on his very first ticket, he calls out a Wellington with a "no pork" request, which is a problem because they’re pre-wrapped with prosciutto and they can’t unwrap that. After Ramsay points it out, they’ve got to call Jean-Philippe over and Ramsay gives both of them shit. Overall, Jon seems a little lost, and then Mary serves up raw lamb. He gives her hell for it, but it comes off mainly like he wants to show Ramsay how hard he is. Ramsay still has to yell at the women to tell them to get it together. So it’s not going great for Jon, but at least the entrees are getting out. By this point, he should be expecting Andi to try to fuck him (not literally) and she serves up butterfish instead of scallops. Jon plates it and serves it up. "Happy with that?" Ramsay asks him? Oh, you’re toast, Jon.
Ramsay tells him to taste it and he does. "Oh, you’re kidding me," says Jon. "Damn, this is one of those curveballs," he tells us, while we all revel in his cockiness being knocked down a peg.
Then he’s sent back to the fish station and Mary’s up to the pass now. "I’m going to own it," she promises us, like it matters to us one way or the other. Jon actually gives her credit for her high-pitched squeaky voice being able to cut through all the other chaos in the kitchen. Ja’Nel likes seeing "empowered" Mary but says she is being a bit of a tyrant. She does seem to be a little abrupt and abrasive, but you can’t argue with results. So it’s time for quality control! Andi’s serving up a Wellington stuffed with lamb instead of beef. It’s right up Mary’s alley; right away she thinks something is off with the meat and realizes it’s not beef at all. "Good catch," says Ramsay. Cyndi says, "Mary has arrived," which is nice. And also, "She’s grown some huge balls," which is a little less pleasant to contemplate. Mary did a great job tonight -- just ask her!
The final table is served, and Ramsay tells the group he has a lot of thinking to do about who’s going to stay and he also wants them to think about why they deserve to be in the final two. In the dorms, Jon decides to tell Ja’Nel that she fucked him, and Cyndi joins in on the Ja’Nel Sucks party. Ja’Nel, you might imagine, is not in agreement.