Episode Report Card Daniel: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Fifty Shades of Risotto
By Daniel | Season 10 | Episode 15 | Aired on 07.24.2012
The cod's next: Blue's is missing broth, and Red's is raw. Again, no point. Barbie blames Christina. Again, no points awarded.
Clemenza's got high hopes for the lamb, which is "basically cooked," he says, a ringing endorsement if there ever was one. I'd like that to be in waiters' vocabularies. "How's the salmon tonight?" "Basically cooked." Ramsay has to spit out Blue's cod, because the sauce is disgusting, and tastes like a gas station.
So Dana shouts at us -- why does she always shout at us during her talking heads? -- that they've got this one, but Ramsay points out Red's looked like it wasn't sliced but chewed. And he also has to spit theirs out.
Bottom line: no points, no winner, no helicopter ride to the beach in Malibu, because for the first time, Ramsay can't pick a winner. Dana shouts at us that they're making history but for all the wrong reasons.
Ramsay outlines the punishments: cleaning (including the Hell's Kitchen SUVs and front entrance) and prep for tonight's service, and Ramsay warns that he won't wait until the end of service to get rid of dead weight.
So the cleanup begins (the red convertible that would have been their transportation parked there, mocking them), with Robyn arguing with her team on how best to clean the SUVs and really getting under their skin.
When they're done -- we're not witness to much conflict beyond Robyn, but it's hard to get any video for any amount of time without Robyn opening her yap to the annoyance of someone -- they had into the kitchen where Ramsay stresses the importance of bouncing back for a better service, and brings out a domed dish for inspiration, the revelation of which will be on the other side of the commercial. Brian says he smells mint, but Ramsay's like "It's not mint, you fuckwit." He lifts the lid. It's the coveted black jacket. That's what they're cooking for tonight. How about that mint smell, Brian?
Dinner service begins. Clemenza dreams of slopping sauce all over a black jacket instead of his blue one, and despite his initial nervous lack of communication, he rocks the pasta appetizers. Meanwhile, Christina dishes up a delicious risotto, and the only complaint is that she served too much of it. Then she mixes some of the leftover with a new one, until he calls her on it. She apologizes on it, chalks it up to not wanting to waste it, and tells us it's one of the things you do in kitchens that don't have the same standards as Ramsay's.