‘Hell’s Kitchen’: No more New Yawk Tawk
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We’re finally getting that promised drama from Little Miss Devious herself.
How downright earnest she sounded as she encouraged Jen to volunteer to go over to the blue team! ‘Do it so you can prove to yourself just how good you are,’ she cooed to Jen like she was her bestest girlfriend. Left unsaid -- at least to Jen’s face -- was Corey’s ulterior motive: With Jen out of the way, Corey has a better chance to shine.
Clearly, though, Corey is not rubbing off on her ‘boyfriend,’ Louross.
Louross shot himself in the foot with the most recent challenge -- the entire team had to use 20 different foods and turn them into four separate meals, without using the same food item twice. The blue team got off to an unorganized start. But with the clock ticking down, and a piece of veal needing a home, Louross dug in his heels. (He was preparing fish and absolutely refused to use veal in a makeshift ‘surf and turf’ plate -- even though Jen was hollering in his ear to do so as a way of meeting the challenge guidelines.)
‘Surf and turf -- that’s just not my thing,’ he said by way of explanation.
Perhaps losing challenges is his thing. Because that’s what happened. You have to give him props, though, for sticking to his menu and ‘fessing up at the end.
Was Jen wise to volunteer to join Louross’ team? Or is she unwittingly setting herself up for elimination? Perhaps it’s too soon to tell. One thing is certain: She’s good at game-playing herself. She was prepared to help Louross find a way out of his moronic dilemma by giving him a ready out: If the snapper were cooked in rendered veal fat that might be enough, she offered helpfully.
Louross refused to take the bait. Smart? Or not?
When it came to last week’s teasers of the episode, some of you may have been disappointed, some relieved. But the previews left us wanting more when we learned that Matt slices off the top of his finger during prep, leading someone to shout ‘Check the pancetta!’ and sending the chefs crowding around the pan looking for the body part. Matt did slice it pretty good. Nonetheless, after he was bandaged up, the always-empathetic Chef Gordon Ramsay told him to get back to work, seeing as he still had nine digits left. But, alas, it doesn’t look like Matt’s fingertip was served to an unsuspecting ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ diner.
Rosann, while nice, is the latest eliminee, and heads back to Staten Island. I will miss mimicking that accent during the commercial breaks. (Does that make me a bad person? Or just a wannabe New Yawker?)
-- Rene Lynch
