Episode Report Card Monty Ashley: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Chicken Meatball
By Monty Ashley | Season 7 | Episode 7 | Aired on 06.29.2010
With that out of the way, the red team is on entrees. Nilka wheels the cart out to the host table. Ed appears to be starting his at the same time, which I don't approve of. Guests of honor first. Chef Ramsay shouts at Nilka to hurry up, and we see that she served her food successfully and at the right time. Well, okay. Might have been nice to see her actually do it. Over on the blue side, Jason and Salvatore are having some communication trouble over at the garnish station. Salvatore is not telling people they can slice things, and he doesn't have the parsnip puree for the duck. He looks completely lost out there.
Holli brings up some duck on the red side, and there are various problems with it. It's mostly undercooked, although there's also some overcooked chicken. Out in the dining room, Nilka is trying to work while JP is in her face demanding to know where the Dijon mustard and Cognac are from. She doesn't want to be charming and chat with the customers.
Fran has some problems with garnish and gets thrown off the station and replaced by Benjamin. Chef Ramsay has a string of about ten [bleep]s in a row as he also catches Fran waving a hot pan around. Over on the blue side, Salvatore learns that the response to "Where's the garnish for the two chicken?" is not "Two chicken, chef?" Soon, Chef Ramsay is in despair, moaning, "Oh, now it's on fire." And then he kicks the garbage can and the wacky editors shake the camera. Hilarious?
Both teams are finishing their entrees amid drama about duck-slicing. Siobhan is pleased that all their food went out and none of it came back. Jay thinks the blue team finished first but that Salvatore stunk. Everyone comes out to toast the happy couple, and then all the customers are gone. It's time for the kitchen line-up!
Chef Ramsay complains about: Fran not draining potatoes, Salvatore's general lousiness, and Holli messing up the duck and chicken that one time. He's based his decision on "how difficult it was to get food out," so the red team loses. As a team, they'll pick two nominees, which should obviously be Fran and Holli.
Up in the patio, Fran suggests Holli and Ben. Ben disagrees and points out that Fran had more problems. She acts the martyr in an interview, completely ignoring the fact that we just saw Gordon call her out as having had a bad service. Nilka nominates Siobbhan and Fran, but refuses to defend it. Siobhan wants Holli and Fran.
Once there are nominees, the blue team asks for details. Jason is shocked (shocked!) that Holli could be on the list. He believes that Holli isn't the worst cook on the team, and now Nilka and Benjamin are doubting their choice, so they go back to tell Siobhan she's no good. Benjamin condescendingly tells Siobhan that she doesn't have the skills, and she points out in an interview that he's cooked with them for one service. Anyway, she didn't have a bad service, but Benjamin has decided that's not what matters.