Episode Report Card Monty Ashley: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Sparkle-licious
By Monty Ashley | Season 4 | Episode 6 | Aired on 05.06.2008
Over at the ...wooden patio area? ... Matt is badmouthing Bobby to Louross. He believes that Bobby is a sloppy cook, which I guess is possible. We haven't really seen much of Bobby's cooking, have we? However, I don't think I agree with Matt's claim that "Ben and Bobby are the ones that are ruining this team," because there's plenty of ruination to go around. He also believes that "once they get rid of me and Louross, they'll turn around and stab Petrozza in the back." Okay, we can also skip the lecture about how this is a game and how people should stop being offended when they realize that other people intend to win, right? Excellent. Anyway, Matt is rambling on to Louross, complaining that they're not working as a team. Again, I think it's less "bad teamwork" and more "uncooked food" that's annoying Chef Ramsay.
The next day, the contestants are outside at a Farmer's Market while Chef Ramsay goes on about how much he loves fresh food. Here's Ramsay's recommendation from every episode of Kitchen Nightmares: "Use fresh ingredients in a simple dish. Also, clean this place up a bit and maybe fire the head chef." He looooves (yes, four "o"s) the fresh ingredients. Here, he's going on about figs and porterhouse steaks. He also mentions the challenge: a Sweet Sixteen birthday party. Cooking for teenagers. Each team gets 25 minutes and a hundred bucks to come up with one appetizer and two entrees. Then, when they get back to the kitchen, they have 45 minutes to prepare. Go!
At a place that sells meat, the men throw out ideas. Sausage! Big shrimp on a skewer! Sushi pizza on a tortilla! Wait, what? Matt, what is wrong with you?
The women are throwing ideas back and forth, and I note that Corey and Christina seem perfectly able to listen to each other and build on concepts from the group. Also, they're brainstorming somewhere other than right in front of the stall they're planning on buying from, which I think looks a little more professional than forming an unruly mob right in front of the vendor.
The men are agree on one thing: ignoring Matt. As Matt repeatedly tries to point to a "little supermarket type of thing" (wouldn't a "little supermarket" just be a "market"?), the team just goes about the business of getting some hot sauce so Bobby can make hot wings. At this point, Matt is just repeating the same sentence in a monotone in hopes that someone will pay attention to him. I've seen 5-year-olds try that, and it rarely works even for them.