Episode Report Card Monty Ashley: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Death of a Blowhard
By Monty Ashley | Season 7 | Episode 6 | Aired on 06.22.2010
Red customers complain that they haven't gotten their appetizers. But the blue side is being served. There's a moment when Salvatore is unsure if he needs one or two risotto, and he ends up adding rice to a risotto that's almost done. Chef Ramsay claims that working with a cook that tells lies is ten thousand times worse than a cook who can't cook. That seems a little extreme.
Back on the right side, Nilka brings up a risotto, but there is no lobster. [Wait, the kids get lobster? - Zach] Nilka curses reflexively, and Chef Ramsay reminds her about the children in the kitchen. Then there are some charming shenanigans in the dining room.
Fran brings up some overcooked scallops, which makes Chef Ramsay shout a few [bleep]s (in full view of the child-infesting dining room) and also use the word "shambolic."
On the blue side, Jason has a chicken that's not ready. He tries cooking it longer without reporting the situation, and Chef Ramsay reacts about as you would expect. Both kitchens are moving to entrees. Scott holds the red team up when he claims that he was told one Wellington instead of two. He vaguely blames his teammates, which fails on two counts. First, it doesn't give Gordon a target for his wrath, and second, it doesn't satisfy his teammates, either. Holli accurately points out that Scott should be listening to the tickets and not blaming other people. In an interview, Scott explains that the reason he keeps screwing up is that his teammates don't have fine dining experience. Then we see him bring up some raw Wellingtons. He thinks much more highly of his abilities than seems strictly merited. A new order comes in, and Chef Ramsay says that everyone should tell Scott he's got a beef on. Everyone dutifully choruses, "Scott, you've got a beef on!" That was fun.
Blue side. Benjamin tells people what to do and then brags in an interview about being a natural leader. Jay claims that he's only pretending to let Benjamin tell him what to do.
Red side. Chef Ramsay hates some chicken and beef and makes everyone touch it. That's always fun. He throws everyone out, at long and obscene length. The twist is that he won't let them switch the ovens off; he says that he'll finish the service himself. Awesome! I've always wanted to see him do that. It will be nice to see him do some actual cooking on this show, and I suspect he'll enjoy it as well.
So the red side is now being staffed by Chef Ramsay, Sous Chef Scott, and Sous Chef Andi. They complain about the state of the stations, but they also get to work. The red team, meanwhile, is upstairs complaining at each other. Scott tries to blame some nebulous "the way you guys do things," which is somehow completely different from the way the blue team operated. That doesn't explain his numerous mistakes.