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Title: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: marigold on March 23, 2009, 11:53:38 AM
 :hearts: yippie

Fox plans more Gordon Ramsay reality

Good news for Gordon Ramsay fans: Fox has ordered another season of the internationally known chef's realty series "Kitchen Nightmares."

Ramsay will continue giving tough love makeovers to restaurants in need next season as part of a renewal agreement with Granada America, Optomen and A. Smith & Co.

The network also is expected to shortly announce that Ramsay's other series, "Hell's Kitchen," will return for a new season this summer. "Kitchen" recently shot back-to-back fifth and sixth seasons. Rather than continuing to parcel out the show one season per year, Fox will take the unprecedented step of airing two consecutive seasons.

Combined with the new order of "Nightmares," there's a good chance fresh episodes of Ramsay's reality fare will continue airing regularly on the network through the end of next year.

"Kitchen" is currently airing on Thursday night and holding up well under the pressure of the most competitive time period on television. Fox is planning a live special called "Cook Off" starring Ramsay at some point, and is developing a new Ramsay series with details still kept under wraps.

http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/03/fox-orders-more-gordon-ramsay.html (http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/03/fox-orders-more-gordon-ramsay.html)
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on March 23, 2009, 01:33:55 PM
YAY!!!!!!  :jam: :yess:
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TARAsia Fan on March 23, 2009, 02:37:50 PM
Excellent! :yess: :yess:

More yelling by Chef! :hellkitchen :hellkitchen :hellkitchen
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on March 23, 2009, 03:59:08 PM
Is there some confusion of titles with "Hell's Kitchen 6"? Since that is not what this thread is about, how about "Kitchen Nightmares," which is what it is about.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: marigold on March 23, 2009, 04:12:55 PM
Is there some confusion of titles with "Hell's Kitchen 6"? Since that is not what this thread is about, how about "Kitchen Nightmares," which is what it is about.

I can see how the wording is confusing but it is Hell's Kitchen Season 6

The network also is expected to announce shortly that Ramsay's other series, Hell's Kitchen, will return for a new season this summer. Kitchen recently shot back-to-back fifth and sixth seasons. Rather than continuing to parcel out the show one season per year, Fox will take the unprecedented step of airing two seasons back to back.

.... more of the same: http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/story.html?id=1418964 (http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/story.html?id=1418964)

another here: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i2ded48a3101e540b7370907c1e0d222d (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i2ded48a3101e540b7370907c1e0d222d)
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: marigold on March 23, 2009, 04:27:08 PM
Also.....

Ramsay's other show, Hell's Kitchen, may also be back sooner than expected. The Hollywood Reporter also says Fox will announce that the sixth season of Hell's Kitchen, in which amateur chefs compete against each other under the brutal tutelage of Ramsay, will air this summer.

Because two seasons of Hell's Kitchen were shot back-to-back, season six is already in the can despite season five currently airing on Fox.

Hell's Kitchen can be seen Thursday nights at 9 p.m. on Fox. Are you ready for more Ramsay?

http://www.tv.com/story/13319.html?ref_story_id=13319&ref_type=1101&ref_name=story (http://www.tv.com/story/13319.html?ref_story_id=13319&ref_type=1101&ref_name=story)
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TARAsia Fan on March 23, 2009, 07:18:00 PM
I had no confusion.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: marigold on March 24, 2009, 02:55:08 PM
I had no confusion.

Thank you for informing us. I am so glad, good for you  :tup:
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: marigold on March 27, 2009, 04:00:40 AM
 :jumpy:  :wohoo:

SUMMER SIZZLES BEGINNING THIS MAY ON FOX

Fox Press Release

“SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE” BEGINS ANOTHER SEARCH FOR AMERICA’S FAVORITE DANCER MAY 21

NEW MEDICAL DRAMA “MENTAL” DEBUTS MAY 22

GORDON RAMSAY TURNS UP THE HEAT ON “HELL’S KITCHEN” JULY 21

“TEEN CHOICE 2009” CELEBRATES TEEN ICONS MONDAY, AUGUST 10

Television’s hottest summer season begins this May with Season Five of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE and the premiere of new medical drama MENTAL. Fan-favorites heat up the summer with the next installment of culinary competition HELL’S KITCHEN and all-new episodes of DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS!, ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5th GRADER?, COPS and AMERICA’S MOST  WANTED.

As previously announced, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, the high-stepping summer sensation, again promises to keep viewers moving to a different beat, as dancers skilled in styles ranging from street to ballroom compete to be named America’s favorite. Featuring host Cat Deeley, judges Mary Murphy and Nigel Lythgoe and some of the country’s greatest choreographers, Season Five of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE kicks off with a two-night, four-hour premiere Thursday, May 21 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and Wednesday, May 27 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).

Once the DANCE auditions conclude, weekly performance shows will air Wednesdays (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), and weekly results shows will air Thursdays (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).

Medical drama MENTAL will debut Friday, May 22 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). The series follows Dr. Jack Gallagher (Chris Vance), a dynamic, young psychiatrist who serves as Director of Mental Health Services at a Los Angeles hospital. At work he must reconcile his effective, yet highly unorthodox treatment methods with his conservative boss, hospital administrator Nora Skoff (Annabella Sciorra), a woman with whom he shares a romantic past. As Gallagher takes on new cases, he is confronted with patients battling unknown, misunderstood and often misdiagnosed conditions. Gallagher delves inside their minds to gain a true understanding of who they are, allowing him to uncover what just might be the key to their long-term recovery.

The summer gets even hotter when the next installment of HELL’S KITCHEN kicks off with a special two-hour premiere Tuesday, July 21 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). The intensity continues Tuesdays beginning July 28 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) as Chef Gordon Ramsay narrows down the field of competing chefs until only one remains standing in the kitchen.

DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS! returns to lock-in the lyrics with all-new episodes Friday, May 22 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), and ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5th GRADER? heads back to the classroom for summer session and all-new episodes Friday, July 3 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT). The most arresting night of television continues on Saturdays with a mixture of all-new and encore episodes of COPS (8:00-8:30 and 8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT) and all-new episodes AMERICA’S MOST WANTED (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).

As previously announced, TEEN CHOICE 2009, the annual special that celebrates the year’s hottest teen icons in film, television, music, sports and fashion, will air Monday, August 10 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). The coolest stars, best films and best TV shows of 2008-2009 will receive coveted Teen Choice Award Surfboards in categories such as Choice Breakout TV Show, Choice Reality/Variety Show, Choice Breakout Artist, Choice Male Hottie, Choice Female Athlete and Choice Hookup.

Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: marigold on March 27, 2009, 01:14:57 PM
From Variety:

Fox lines up summer slate

'Dance' and 'Mental' will return to network

Fox is kicking off its summer slate in late May, starting with the return of "So You Think You Can Dance" and new drama "Mental."
As previously announced, "Dance" launches its fifth season on Thursday, May 21, with a two-hour special (the night after the "American Idol" finale, as has become tradition at Fox). "Dance" will also air a two-hour special on Wednesday, May 27.

Show then will fall into a regular series pattern, with two hour performance shows on Wednesdays and one-hour weekly results shows Thursdays at 9 p.m.

The new drama "Mental," meanwhile, will air Fridays at 9 p.m. starting May 22. Fox TV Studios and Fox Intl. Channels shot 13 episodes of "Mental," starring Chris Vance and Annabella Sciorra, in the fall at Fox TeleColombia in Bogota, Colombia.

Simultaneous to its run on Fox, "Mental" will air day-and-date on Fox Intl. Channels outlets in 35 countries.

"Mental" will be paired with the return of reality skein "Don't Forget the Lyrics," which will air Fridays at 8 p.m. starting May 22. Then, on July 3, reality competish "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" will take over that slot.

Also in the summer, Fox will air the next edition of "Hell's Kitchen," which kicks off Tuesday, July 21 at 8 p.m. with a two-hour opener. Show will continue to air in the Tuesday 8 p.m. slot.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118001750.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118001750.html?categoryid=14&cs=1)
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: marigold on March 27, 2009, 01:17:01 PM
.... more

Fox unveils lineup for summer

'Dance,' 'Hell's Kitchen' coming back

Fox announced the return of "So You Think You Can Dance," another round of "Hell's Kitchen" and a new scripted psych ward drama called "Mental" for the summer.

The postseason lineup launches a little early, in late May, something NBC is doing too as networks jockey to premiere their next round of programming while viewing levels are still high. Fox also is rolling out "Don't Forget the Lyrics" and "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader."

"Dance" has a two-night four-hour premiere starting Thursday, May 21, and Wednesday, May 27. Once auditions conclude, two-hour weekly performance shows will air Wednesdays at 8 p.m. with one-hour results shows on Thursdays at 9 p.m.

"Mental" will air Fridays at 9 p.m., debuting May 22. "Lyrics" will serve as "Mental's" lead-in at 8 p.m. launching the same day, and will be swapped with "Grader" starting July 3.

"Hell's" is airing back-to-back installments this year and will return with a two-hour debut on Tuesday, July 21 at 8 p.m. Also, Saturday night staples "Cops" and "America's Most Wanted" will continue into the summer.

There's no new reality shows listed here, though that could change -- and likely will the summer gets closer.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ie96e4a3e8c042db21f141c6fc0c70512 (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ie96e4a3e8c042db21f141c6fc0c70512)
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TARAsia Fan on March 27, 2009, 03:20:38 PM
It's nice to have HK in the summer to take us through what is usually a slow period for TV.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: marigold on March 27, 2009, 09:10:52 PM
It's nice to have HK in the summer to take us through what is usually a slow period for TV.

 :hearts: I agree thanks Fox

I’m glad it’s moved to Tuesdays I’m hoping BB wont air that day of the week and picks any of the other 6 days. I’m worried their ratings will kill HK’s first shot during the summer.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: marigold on March 27, 2009, 09:44:10 PM

HELL'S KITCHEN SEASON 6 PROJECTED SCHEDULE

7/21/09 (Tu.) 8:00 PM FOX (HK-601/602) 16 Chefs Compete/15 Chefs Compete ** Premiere

7/28/09 (Tu.) 8:00 PM FOX (HK-603) 14 Chefs Compete

8/4/09 (Tu.) 8:00 PM FOX (HK-604) 13 Chefs Compete

8/11/09 (Tu.) 8:00 PM FOX (HK-605) 12 Chefs Compete

8/18/09 (Tu.) 8:00 PM FOX (HK-606) 11 Chefs Compete

8/25/09 (Tu.) 8:00 PM FOX (HK-607) 10 Chefs Compete

9/1/09 (Tu.) 8:00 PM FOX (HK-608) 9 Chefs Compete

9/8/09 (Tu.) 8:00 PM FOX (HK-609) 8 Chefs Compete

9/15/09 (Tu.) 8:00 PM FOX (HK-610) 7 Chefs Compete

9/22/09 (Tu.) 8:00 PM FOX (HK-611) 6 Chefs Compete

9/29/09 (Tu.) 8:00 PM FOX (HK-612) 5 Chefs Compete

10/6/09 (Tu.) 8:00 PM FOX (HK-613) 3 Chefs Compete

10/13/09 (Tu.) 8:00 PM FOX (HK-614) 2 Chefs Compete

10/20/09 (Tu.) 8:00 PM FOX (HK-615) Winner Announced ** Finale
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: marigold on March 27, 2009, 09:47:52 PM

The schedule suggests that are 2 eliminated chefs in the 2 hour season premiere

Also episode 12 to 13 shows 2 eliminated chefs as well

** Reminder that it is a projected schedule only and I will update it when Fox releases more details
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on June 24, 2009, 04:36:44 PM
Fox reveals the identites of 'Hell's Kitchen's sixth-season contestants


By Christopher Rocchio, 06/24/2009

Fox has revealed the identities of the 16 culinary contestants competing on Hell's Kitchen's sixth season, which will premiere with a special two-hour episode on Tuesday, July 21 at 8PM ET/PT

Beginning July 28, Hell's Kitchen's sixth season will settle into its regular Tuesdays 8-9PM ET/PT time period.


Hell's Kitchen's sixth season will begin with the 16 contestants being asked to create their signature dishes -- however unlike past seasons, the challenge will become a team endeavor pitting the men against the women.

In addition, one of the contestants will also go "head-to-head" with Ramsay, leading to the "most explosive, most outrageous and most intense elimination round ever seen" on the show, according to Fox.

The eventual sixth-season winner will receive the head chef position at Araxi Restaurant in British Columbia, Canada -- which was established in 1981 at the base of the Whistler ski resort. In addition, the winner will also join executive chef James Walt at the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver.

The 16 contestants competing on Hell's Kitchen's sixth season are:

The Red Team

- Amanda, a 27-year-old sous chef from Vancouver, WA who currently resides in New York, NY

- Ariel, a 27-year-old sous chef from Santa Cruz, CA who currently resides in Los Angeles, CA

- Lovely, a 23-year-old children's camp executive chef from Chicago, IL

- Melinda, a 38-year-old private chef from Chad Fords, PA who currently resides in Philadelphia, PA

- Sabrina, a 34-year-old restaurant manager from New Caney, TX who currently resides in Phoenix, AZ

- Suzanne, a 24-year-old sous chef from Milwaukee, WI who currently resides in Las Vegas, NV

- Tek, a 27-year-old line cook from Greenwich, CT who currently resides in New York, NY

- Tennille, a 28-year-old executive chef from Hampton Roads, VA who currently resides in Fairfax, VA

The Blue Team

- Andy, a 39-year-old executive chef from Seattle, WA who currently resides in Boston, MA

- Dave, a 32-year-old executive chef from Chester, NJ who currently resides in San Diego, CA

- Jim, a 34-year-old sous chef from Mendham, NJ who currently resides in Nashua, NH

- Joseph, a 27-year-old sous chef from Massapequa Park, NY

- Kevin, a 35-year-old executive chef from Plymouth, MA who currently resides in Middleton, CT

- Louie, a 45-year-old diner owner from Fitchburg, MA

- Tony, a 30-year-old culinary store manager from Chicago, IL

- Van, a 26-year-old fish cook from Buford, GA who currently resides in Dallas, TX


http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/fox-reveals-identites-of-hell-kitchen-sixth-season-contestants-9160.php
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on June 25, 2009, 04:33:50 PM
 :wohoo: :jumpy: :wohoo:

We don't have long  to wait!!!

 :hellkitchen
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on June 25, 2009, 04:49:39 PM
Chef Amanda
Name: Amanda Age: 27 Occupation: Sous Chef Currently Resides: New York, NY Hometown: Vancouver, WA RED TEAM
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on June 25, 2009, 04:50:08 PM
Chef Andy
Name: Andy Age: 39 Occupation: Executive Chef Currently Resides: Boston, MA Hometown: Seattle, WA BLUE TEAM
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on June 25, 2009, 04:50:43 PM
Chef Ariel
Name: Ariel Age: 27 Occupation: Sous Chef Currently Resides: Los Angeles, CA Hometown: Santa Cruz, CA RED TEAM
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on June 25, 2009, 04:51:52 PM
Chef Dave
Name: Dave Age: 32 Occupation: Executive Chef Currently Resides: San Diego, CA Hometown: Chester, NJ BLUE TEAM
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on June 25, 2009, 04:52:33 PM
Chef Jim
Name: Jim Age: 34 Occupation: Sous Chef Currently Resides: Nashua, NH Hometown: Mendham, NJ BLUE TEAM
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on June 25, 2009, 04:53:13 PM
Chef Joseph
Name: Joseph Age: 27 Occupation: Sous Chef Currently Resides: Massapequa Park, NY Hometown: Massapequa Park, NY BLUE TEAM
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on June 25, 2009, 04:53:57 PM
Chef Kevin
Name: Kevin Age: 35 Occupation: Executive Chef Currently Resides: Middleton, CT Hometown: Plymouth, MA BLUE TEAM
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on June 25, 2009, 04:55:44 PM
Chef Louie
Name: Louie Age: 45 Occupation: Diner Owner Currently Resides: Fitchburg, MA Hometown: Fitchburg, MA BLUE TEAM
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on June 25, 2009, 04:56:19 PM
Chef Lovey
Name: Lovely Age: 23 Occupation: Children¿¿¿s Camp Executive Chef Currently Resides: Chicago, IL Hometown: Chicago, IL RED TEAM
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on June 25, 2009, 04:56:58 PM
Chef Melinda
Name: Melinda Age: 38 Occupation: Private Chef Currently Resides: Philadelphia, PA Hometown: Chadd Fords, PA RED TEAM
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on June 25, 2009, 04:57:38 PM
Chef Sabrina
Name: Sabrina Age: 34 Occupation: Restaurant Manager Currently Resides: Phoenix, AZ Hometown: New Caney, TX RED TEAM
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on June 25, 2009, 04:58:27 PM
Chef Suzanne
Name: Suzanne Age: 24 Occupation: Sous Chef Currently Resides: Las Vegas, NV Hometown: Milwaukee, WI RED TEAM
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on June 25, 2009, 04:59:07 PM
Chef Tek
Name: Tek Age: 27 Occupation: Line Cook Currently Resides: New York, NY Hometown: Greenwich, CT RED TEAM
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on June 25, 2009, 04:59:44 PM
Chef Tennille
Name: Tennille Age: 28 Occupation: Executive Chef Currently Resides: Fairfax, VA Hometown: Hampton Roads, VA RED TEAM
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on June 25, 2009, 05:00:27 PM
Chef Tony
Name: Tony Age: 30 Occupation: Culinary Store Manager Currently Resides: Chicago, IL Hometown: Chicago, IL BLUE TEAM
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on June 25, 2009, 05:01:02 PM
Chef Van
Name: Van Age: 26 Occupation: Fish Cook Currently Resides: Dallas, TX Hometown: Buford, GA BLUE TEAM
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on June 25, 2009, 05:02:46 PM
thanks to zapit (http://www.zap2it.com/news/custom/photogallery/tv/sns-hells_kitchen_season_6,0,3889087.photogallery?index=1)
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on June 25, 2009, 08:18:33 PM
I'd like to get my scissors out and fix Lovey's bangs! I'm already liking Chef Dave.  :sucks
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on June 25, 2009, 10:11:17 PM
Why do i know chef Jim? ... must research!
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: grimmig on July 04, 2009, 11:23:06 PM
OMG, puddin. love this show!!   my 2nd favorite reality show.
i was doing cart wheels when i found out!   then i realized.... wait....
i can't do cart wheels. haha.   :jumpy:
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: Kiwi Jay on July 04, 2009, 11:26:04 PM
I remember when this show was in its first season. I really need to start watching again!
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on July 04, 2009, 11:57:15 PM
I just saw a commercial it looks so awesome! Cant wait!
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on July 05, 2009, 10:36:12 AM
OMG, puddin. love this show!!   my 2nd favorite reality show.
i was doing cart wheels when i found out!   then i realized.... wait....
i can't do cart wheels. haha.   :jumpy:

 :funny:  I can't do them either but if I could I would!!! Can Not Wait!!!  :hearts:

Welcome to RFF grimmig~

:bigwelcome
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on July 05, 2009, 02:46:27 PM
video/commercial

Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: grimmig on July 05, 2009, 10:19:00 PM
OMG, puddin. love this show!!   my 2nd favorite reality show.
i was doing cart wheels when i found out!   then i realized.... wait....
i can't do cart wheels. haha.   :jumpy:

 :funny:  I can't do them either but if I could I would!!! Can Not Wait!!!  :hearts:

Welcome to RFF grimmig~

:bigwelcome

thanks fellow TEXASlady.   :neener:
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on July 05, 2009, 10:27:00 PM
Whoohoo! Another Texan!!  :tup:
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TARAsia Fan on July 06, 2009, 12:00:59 AM
After Ramsey's tirade against the Australian news anchor, I am not watching this season. His apology was not enough.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on July 06, 2009, 02:49:15 PM
After Ramsey's tirade against the Australian news anchor, I am not watching this season. His apology was not enough.
So sorry you feel that way Ken! Don't know how much time I could put into HK either with BB10 and all so we'll see how it goes.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/HellsKitchen
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on July 10, 2009, 02:51:55 PM
sneek peek

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/HellsKitchen
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: Pedaler on July 11, 2009, 10:20:54 PM
I can't wait for this show to start up again later this month.

Maybe they'll even bring back Lacey like they did in Big Brother with the bodybuilder  :tup:
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on July 12, 2009, 12:29:29 AM
I can't wait for this show to start up again later this month.

Maybe they'll even bring back Lacey like they did in Big Brother with the bodybuilder  :tup:
:lol: :lol: :lol: stupid twists!
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on July 12, 2009, 07:25:27 AM
LOL... No! No bringing back Lacey!  :meow:   :funny:
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on July 12, 2009, 01:57:34 PM
Practices used on BigBother do not apply to the real world. However, bringing back Ji would be appropriate and I would like to see it (although it looks like it won't happen in HK6). Her skills were obvious quickly and that in my opinion earned her a second try after her unfortunate injury.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: Belle Book on July 12, 2009, 02:53:36 PM
Practices used on BigBother do not apply to the real world. However, bringing back Ji would be appropriate and I would like to see it (although it looks like it won't happen in HK6). Her skills were obvious quickly and that in my opinion earned her a second try after her unfortunate injury.

I agree.  I was distinctly unhappy when Ji had to leave, partly because I've got a soft spot for Asian Americans, partly because I knew she was talented and Colleen and Lacey weren't.  Incidentally, I'm on the Reality TV World boards, and when Ji left they made a sigpic for me which I used on the Hell's Kitchen subforum.  It had a picture of Ji and the words, "Sometimes life just isn't FAIR!" -- that was the way I felt when Ji left, and I suggested those words.  I hope Ji returns in HK7 or HK8.

Belle Book
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on July 13, 2009, 11:21:06 AM
Practices used on BigBother do not apply to the real world. However, bringing back Ji would be appropriate and I would like to see it (although it looks like it won't happen in HK6). Her skills were obvious quickly and that in my opinion earned her a second try after her unfortunate injury.


It was devastating when she left, it totally changed the season. I really hope he does bring her back at some point. Not going to happen this season but hopefully in the future!
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on July 14, 2009, 08:58:54 PM
The latest from FOX network on the premier episode(I am missing a good class at church to see it, so I hope it is particularly good):

It's going to be red-hot! They're turning up the heat on food and wine pairing as Chef Ramsay matches his favorite recipes with delectable Rosemount Estate wines.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on July 15, 2009, 10:41:51 AM
The latest from FOX network on the premier episode(I am missing a good class at church to see it, so I hope it is particularly good):

It's going to be red-hot! They're turning up the heat on food and wine pairing as Chef Ramsay matches his favorite recipes with delectable Rosemount Estate wines.

We don't have long to wait either!!!  :wohoo:
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on July 21, 2009, 08:31:34 AM
Almost one week later, HK6 is ready to kick off tonight at 8pm special 2 hour iinitial episode) on FOX. 17 new chefs plus one partially discredited (for displays of his legendary temper to the press) Gordon Ramsay as the major domo. We'll have to assess teh chefs to see who might have teh right stuff. Each season I attempt to predict the final 4 or so using just the position title of the chef.

The executive chefs in HK6 are:

Andy
Dave
Kevin
Tenille

In addition, Louie is a diner owner and Sabrina is a restaurant manager. I predict the winner of HK6 will be one of these 6.

to replay the application of that technique for HK5, I predicted that these executive chefs would do particularly well:

Ben
Danny
Giovanni
Paula

Clearly, they did do well with all in the top 6.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on July 21, 2009, 08:39:21 AM
Thanks for the reminder apskip!!!!!!  


 :wohoo: :jumpy: :hearts: :hearts: :jumpy: :wohoo:

OHHHHHHHHHHH!! Just checked, it's a two hour show and my DVR had already picked it up and set to record! (Just in case.)
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on July 21, 2009, 10:57:27 AM
No, thank you, Texas Lady. I was thinking 9pm and one hour episode. 8pm tow hour episode is correct this week only.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on July 21, 2009, 02:47:13 PM

Hell's Kitchen's Gordon Ramsay Promises Big Food, Bigger Attitudes
    * Jul 21, 2009 02:22 PM ET
    * by Adam Bryant


Hot flames and high tempers are nothing new on Hell's Kitchen. But this season, it's not just Gordon Ramsay who is turning up the heat.

The sixth-season premiere of the Fox series (Tuesday at 8/7 CT) features a crop of 16 aspiring chefs, and a handful of them don't show any sign of intimidation. In fact, one contestant whose attitude is more pro wrestler than gourmet chef even asks Ramsay if he'd like to step outside to handle their disagreement.

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Ramsay said he encourages that kind of confidence, as long as the culinary skills back it up.

"When you have the arrogance and you can't cook, then you're only going to look stupid," he said. "I suppose they've watched the show and they think they want to come in with bravado, but I always say [to] let your food do the talking."

The cook whose food talks the loudest this season will earn $250,000 and a job as head chef at the Araxi Restaurant in Whistler, British Columbia. Since all of the produce used by Araxi is grown within 100 miles of the restaurant, Ramsay deems it a unique place for any chef to hone his or her craft.

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"That's a dream come true for any chef," he said. "[It's great] for a young winner to be in that position and to learn and respect what it's like to use things only when they're available, as opposed to have a fascination with fresh ingredients that can be obtained from all around the world."

Another added bonus to the Araxi job: Whistler will host the 2010 Winter Olympics.

With such a prize on the line, Ramsay said he has raised the bar at Hell's Kitchen. And despite the bevy of boneheaded moves made by the cooks in the premiere, Ramsay promises that the overall skill level "is far greater" this time around.

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"We've been a lot more creative in terms of the challenges, and entered in a few twists and turns that are completely different [this season]," he said. "This year is going to be very interesting."

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Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on July 22, 2009, 06:26:07 PM
I watched the first 2 episodes of HK6 last night. There are rumors that this cast has the most skills of any HK cast ever. I must admit that I did not observe that. Their first-night perfcormance was ludicrous. What the Blue team does have is high testosterone. We were treated to what looked like a fake staged confrontation between Jean- Pierre and Van, then a serious one with Joseph challenging Gordon Ramsay to a brawl in the parking lot. There are not the type of challenges that make Hell's Kitchen worth watching! The ToBeContinued happened before there was any closure on the brawl. I have to guess that Joseph either figures out or is told by other Blue team members that beating up Gordon Ramsay is not the way to a $250,000 salary. Not that Joseph would ever be considered real potential for it, because he wouldn't. Van might but he is not going to lasty long in HK6.

I am going to classify the members of each team into losers, don't know, and winners:

RED
Losers - Melinda, Lovely, Amanda
Don't Know - Suzanne, Sabrina, Ariel, Robert
Winners(it is too soon to really tell so this is my best guess) - Tek, Tennille

It would be nice to put Robert in the winner's circle, but he just doesn't deserve it. He may last a long time, but he will not win HK6.

BLUE
Losers - Louis(already gone), Joseph and Van (note- Joseph and Van are too stupid to understand kitchen hierarchy even though they may have undiscovered skills)
Don't Know - Andy, Dave, Tony, Jim, Kevin
Winners - it's too soon to rate any here

This is a bit premature, but after they clear out their weak performers the RED team should allow multiple from the Don't Know category to blossom into Winners. For the BLUE I expect the same process with fewer total entries in the Winners category. We'll see.

The singature dish challenge can't be beat any time. I hate to mention this, but it's just like how Top Chef, a vastly superior food show, would do it. The shrimp cleaning challenge is also one worthy of being on Top Chef, the ultimate standard. I found the "cook your signature dish" classic and any chef not ready for that at the beginning is a fool. The shrimp cleaning challenge in ep. 2 was also a good one. I loved seeing pounds of shrimp fall out of the ceiling and (mostly) in the vat on the table.

I think there is too much staged B.S. for this show to be ultimately a total success. In episode 2 there was the Van vs. JP incident and the "pregnant woman gets questionable shrimp" appeared to be equally phony. I will continue to watch Hell's Kitchen because it's fun to write about, but I might not if writing were not an issue.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: RHR on July 22, 2009, 07:44:58 PM
This is a bit premature, but after they clear out their weak performers the RED team should allow multiple from the Don't Know category to blossom into Winners. For the BLUE I expect the same process with fewer total entries in the Winners category. We'll see.
The problem is that it'll take until we get down to the final two before we've ridded the group of the weak performers. In Season 4 you could see any of the top four winning (even the bitch), whereas this past Season the final four was a joke and we all knew it was going to be Danny and Paula in the end. Last Season downgraded the overall talent, and from the first look at this new group I see the trend of "more drama, less talent" continuing.

And I agree, the staged crap needs to just stop.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: Belle Book on July 22, 2009, 09:22:44 PM
I watched the first 2 episodes of HK6 last night. There are rumors that this cast has the most skills of any HK cast ever. I must admit that I did not observe that. Their first-night perfcormance was ludicrous. What the Blue team does have is high testosterone. We were treated to what looked like a fake staged confrontation between Jean- Pierre and Van, then a serious one with Joseph challenging Gordon Ramsay to a brawl in the parking lot. There are not the type of challenges that make Hell's Kitchen worth watching! The ToBeContinued happened before there was any closure on the brawl. I have to guess that Joseph either figures out or is told by other Blue team members that beating up Gordon Ramsay is not the way to a $250,000 salary. Not that Joseph would ever be considered real potential for it, because he wouldn't. Van might but he is not going to lasty long in HK6.

I am going to classify the members of each team into losers, don't know, and winners:

RED
Losers - Melinda, Lovely, Amanda
Don't Know - Suzanne, Sabrina, Ariel, Robert
Winners(it is too soon to really tell so this is my best guess) - Tek, Tennille

It would be nice to put Robert in the winner's circle, but he just doesn't deserve it. He may last a long time, but he will not win HK6.

BLUE
Losers - Louis(already gone), Joseph and Van (note- Joseph and Van are too stupid to understand kitchen hierarchy even though they may have undiscovered skills)
Don't Know - Andy, Dave, Tony, Jim, Kevin
Winners - it's too soon to rate any here

This is a bit premature, but after they clear out their weak performers the RED team should allow multiple from the Don't Know category to blossom into Winners. For the BLUE I expect the same process with fewer total entries in the Winners category. We'll see.

The singature dish challenge can't be beat any time. I hate to mention this, but it's just like how Top Chef, a vastly superior food show, would do it. The shrimp cleaning challenge is also one worthy of being on Top Chef, the ultimate standard. I found the "cook your signature dish" classic and any chef not ready for that at the beginning is a fool. The shrimp cleaning challenge in ep. 2 was also a good one. I loved seeing pounds of shrimp fall out of the ceiling and (mostly) in the vat on the table.

I think there is too much staged B.S. for this show to be ultimately a total success. In episode 2 there was the Van vs. JP incident and the "pregnant woman gets questionable shrimp" appeared to be equally phony. I will continue to watch Hell's Kitchen because it's fun to write about, but I might not if writing were not an issue.

Actually, I'd put Tennille in the Don't Know category and maybe Ariel in the Winners one.  Other than that, I agree with you.

Belle Book
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: KitKat on July 23, 2009, 08:59:59 AM
I loved it. This season of Hell's Kitchen is going to be awesome!
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: Queenycastle on July 23, 2009, 10:56:14 AM
I just can't get over Joseph wanting to fight Gordon!  Thats just insane!  WOW.   :meow:
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on July 23, 2009, 01:43:05 PM
The fact that Joseph does not understand how insane that is is incredible. He's all caught up in his macho persona and has missed the fact that the head chef totally controls the lives of everyone in that kitchen. If you don't like it you get out, but you cannot fight it.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on July 24, 2009, 11:33:14 AM
Joseph must not have ever watched HK. Ramsay asks people to give the names and reasons for the people chosen to be eliminated for a reason. It's a process by which I believe he sees who is a leader and who isn't. Joseph failed miserably.

I must say we are off with a bang this season! I don't like the staged events either. Just let the show proceed!
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: EnduranceRealityFan on July 24, 2009, 03:27:51 PM
I'm new here but I have a poiler on who the final 11 chefs are based on the preview at the beginning of the first episode. pm me or send me a message if you want to know who they are or even just one specific person.

I think Joseph is an act though. I'm rooting for Kevin and Ariel

Ji was better than Robert why is he back?
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on July 28, 2009, 06:41:13 AM
I'm new here but I have a poiler on who the final 11 chefs are based on the preview at the beginning of the first episode. pm me or send me a message if you want to know who they are or even just one specific person.

I think Joseph is an act though. I'm rooting for Kevin and Ariel

Ji was better than Robert why is he back?

Welcome to the HK thread and to RFF EnduranceRealityFan! It wouldn't bother me for you to post your spoiler. (I'll let others chime in as well.) Now I'll have to review that first preview!  :tup:

 :welcome3:
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on July 28, 2009, 04:54:21 PM
Reminder!! Hell's Kitchen is on again tonight!! 8PM EDT/7PM CDT

Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on July 28, 2009, 07:59:50 PM
I'm no ones bitch!  :lol:
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on July 28, 2009, 08:06:59 PM
spoiler >> highlight >> Joseph was kicked out for being bitchy .. Tony was eliminated and the blue were spared after they lost to the girls due to Joe's exit. Oh and Robert is now on the blue team seeing as they were 2 men down.   
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on July 29, 2009, 10:54:17 AM
HK6, ep. 3

Those of you following Ep. 2 know that it ended with a "cliff-hanger" due to Joseph being about as insulting as could possibly happen to Gordon Ramsay. There were security personnel prominent on camera as their verbal battle finished. Ramsay said that Joseph wanted this to be "up close and personal" but that was not appropriate. He told Joseph that he "had no respect" (wow, is that true) and "now get out." Jim says that Joseph got totally out of control and that he was glad to be there with a "front row seat."

Joseph is rightly sent packing. Then Ramsay asks Kevin for the nominations and why. Kevin responds that Tony is nominated for his consistent bungling on the meat station and Andy is also nominated for his "chicken nuggets" problem. Tony rightly gets eliminated, but the imbalance in the teams causes Robert to shift to the Blue team. Somebody on Blue comments that this is a win for the Blue team.

At 205am. Scott and Heather wake and then direct all cheftestants to exit the building immediately. This is Ramsay's idea of fun and games. He wakes them so that a group of firefighters (or more likely based on the behavior I saw FOX extras playing firefighters based on the portrayals of them in several TV shows and movies) can be fed and the chefs will theoretically learn preparation and teamwork from them. This Challenge is first team to finish serving all firefighters wins. Now, what do we know from the history of all past challenges? The Red team always wins if personal services are the reward. It turns out that the reward is a helicopter trip to a spa, although we only know that after the fact. Anybody can clearly see that the challenge is deliberately stage managed so Red wins. The Blue team has initial problems with garlic bread which must be served before any food can be. Red stays ahead on the pasta and chicken as Blue teamwork and individual performance shortcomings allowed the Red team to finish first and win the reward. The men got to clean the firetrucks. While doing so, Dave's hand was injured and heading back inside Kevin injures both ankles. The get first medic and then ER attention. Kevin gets a boot for one ankle and an air cast on the other one. Dave gets a splint for his wrist. Both elect to continue when Ramsay asks them.

Service is about to start and Ramsay nominates Lovely for the dining room position. Dave volunteers so he isn't a burden to those in the kitchen. Ramsay has all repeat the mantra "We must complete this dinner service."

Robert comments that Van is like a pit bull. Van has the appetizer station and starts Blue off with a risotto Ramsay calls delicious. Tennille is having her problems with cooking scallops. She does not know the proper technique, which uses a small amount of olive oil. Ariel is trying to help her but Tennille pushes on with it, only to discover that Ramsay rates here scallops as unservable as a result of the cooking technique. On the Blue team, Andy is trying to cook scallops with 14 in a small pan. Robert tells him to move half to a second pan. Lovely takes 45 minutes to get the first order into the system, as she was asked by Jean-Pierre to find a special bottle of wine and she was incrediably inefficient. Amanda brings 8 lamb entree plates out when the correct number is 9. Ramsay runs her through a simple multiplication test (which she fails not once but again at the end of this episode). Ramsay also asks the Red team if there is better lamb available than what has been plated. I did not see a specific resolution to this, but it must have been solved by the Red team. Ramsay sees Ariel as emerging as a leader of the Red team. Robert had a 12 minute delay for salmon, which allowed Red to finish first. However, speed of finish was not as important as the feedback from comment cards. Red's dishes were rated 81% above average and Blue's 83%. Ramsay awarded victory to Blue.

Ariel is asked to nominate the 3 weakest member of her team. She picks Lovely, who is an obvious choice for her inexperience, and Tennille for her screwups and lack of teamwork. Ramsay says that he doesn't think either of those 2 is going to win (which tells you that they won't be eliminated) and then that they are both safe. He used the room created by the elimination of Joseph as the end of Ep. 2 to allow both to stay. Lovely and Tennille both got a reprieve that neither of them deserved. I wanted to have Ramsay tell me he was bringing back Chef Ji into that spot. Then, to mock Joseph by using his stunning line to finish the evening, Ramsay states that he "is nobody's bitch".


Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: EnduranceRealityFan on July 29, 2009, 12:12:50 PM
So next week (spoiler in text) Dave quits due to his injury and Lovely more than likely gets eliminated at the ceremony which leaves us with the final 11
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: EnduranceRealityFan on July 29, 2009, 12:16:35 PM
sorry about that last one I haven't figured out how to get the print white so I'll just give you all a spoiler tag. If you want actual names then just pm me

SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILERS
















One chef can't handle the competition anymore

while either the same week or next things don't turn out quite so lovely
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on July 29, 2009, 01:26:53 PM
endangered reality fan, don't be sorry because you did the spoiler tag correctly in post #71. You do know how to do it. It was post #72 that was mush.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on July 29, 2009, 01:49:03 PM
Thanks ERF for the spoiler.

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Dave's hand was injured and heading back inside Kevin injures both ankles. The get first medic and then ER attention. Kevin gets a boot for one ankle and an air cast on the other one. Dave gets a splint for his wrist. Both elect to continue when Ramsay asks them.

This made me angry last night. I wish they would stop with the punishment stuff, especially with the chance of someone getting injured. I wish they would slow down the urgency to get everything done. I can see one team prepping but washing the firetrucks was over the top. Same way as in other years when they had to unload a truck and Heather had to carry heavy boxes. Or when they had to carry bags of ice in.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: EnduranceRealityFan on July 29, 2009, 02:35:30 PM
Thanks ERF for the spoiler.

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Dave's hand was injured and heading back inside Kevin injures both ankles. The get first medic and then ER attention. Kevin gets a boot for one ankle and an air cast on the other one. Dave gets a splint for his wrist. Both elect to continue when Ramsay asks them.

This made me angry last night. I wish they would stop with the punishment stuff, especially with the chance of someone getting injured. I wish they would slow down the urgency to get everything done. I can see one team prepping but washing the firetrucks was over the top. Same way as in other years when they had to unload a truck and Heather had to carry heavy boxes. Or when they had to carry bags of ice in.

I agree! they lose most of their good chefs due to these punishments. Ji anyone? That was so painful to watch as they wheeled her out. WHY IS ROBERT BACK AND NOT JI? and what ever happened to Julia?

and thanks apskip for helping with my spoilers haha
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: Belle Book on July 29, 2009, 04:05:41 PM
I'm glad to hear about the spoiler.

Belle Book
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on July 30, 2009, 01:29:00 PM
I wonder, perhaps Ji just doesn't feel like it is worth it to come back. ??? I would love to watch how she works in the kitchen. I hate she left so early.  :(
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: EnduranceRealityFan on July 30, 2009, 06:28:36 PM
I wonder, perhaps Ji just doesn't feel like it is worth it to come back. ??? I would love to watch how she works in the kitchen. I hate she left so early.  :(

I agree but at least we had Ben and Carol for the rest of the season  :funny: not
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on August 04, 2009, 08:01:26 PM
EnduranceRealityFan was half right  (highlight text) >>>  Lovely is gone but Dave pushed on with his injury   
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: EnduranceRealityFan on August 04, 2009, 09:19:03 PM
EnduranceRealityFan was half right  (highlight text) >>>  Lovely is gone but Dave pushed on with his injury   

I know! what screwed me up was a screencap from the preview and Dave was in the hospital getting his cast off! So it looked like he was gone gone oh well good for him!

was it just me or was Robert really irratating this episode? I hope Kevin and Ariel are the final 2!
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on August 05, 2009, 10:26:52 AM
HK6, episode 4

This episode started with Dave getting a call from the doctor. He is told an MRI reveals a fracture and that his left wrist needs to be immobilized in a long arm cast for 2 weeks. He will not be able to move his left thumb. He talks to Gordon Ramsay, but he really wanted to continue and Ramsay does his best to encourage that. Notice that they have the actual operation scheduled so he will return in the middle of dinner service. This gives the Blue team a serious manpower deficit for over half of the service.

The challenge was to make sausages 6 inches long and a width in between two calipers. we were shown the "can't be greater than one" but never shown the "can't be less than" one. Ramsay pairs each Blue team member with another one and the same with the Red team but Suzanne has to sit out.  This exercise is supposed to demonstrate how to get proper length (6 inches; now where I have heard that?; oh yeah, it was Amazing Race 11 in Krakow Poland) and to promote sorely needed teamwork. The team of Robert and Jim struggles as Jim is super slow. They do not succeed in producing a single group of 6 sausage links. 6 groups of 6 links are needed for a team to win. The Red team is ahead the whole way but 3 links short of finishing Ramsay pulls a fast one on them and claims a sausage is too thin. It looked just like the other 3 which had passed and no caliper for thinness  was shown being used to measure it, only the the caliper for thickness. It looked like a typical FOX attempt to invent closeness and drama which did not exist. The Blue team almost catches up but Red finishes the 6th group and wins.

Red's reward is to take a bus with an Oom-pah band to the Old World Village restaurant in Huntington Beach where they sample "every different type of sausage that exists" and copious beer to wash it down. Blue team members had to clean the dorms, meaning rooms, bathrooms, carpets and floors. It was a dirty, thankless job. Robert is pissed off at the end of that because the Blue team is falling apart. Robert in a fit of pique breaks some cleaning apparatus as Scott is criticizing him for talking a good game but not actually playing one. Jim stated that "Dave's wrist, Kevin's ankle and Robert's morbid obesity are holding the Blue team back."

Teams rest up and are ready to start dinner service. Ramsay decides that Suzanne will serve an amuse-bouche to all Red tables. Kevin steps up and volunteers because it will make him less of a drag on his teammates in the kitchen. Suzanne did a competent job of this, but Kevin wanted to chat with the customers too long. No Blue team appetizers could be served to a Blue table until he was finished (and the same for the Red team and Suzanne).

Things get rolling and Lovely is a consistent problem child in the Red kitchen becuase she can't remember th order so doesn't know what to cook. In the Blue Andy ruins 3 sets of lamb by having it undercooked or not looking right. Ramsay explained to Suzanne that the lamb cutlet width should not be narrower than the width of the accompanying bone. There is a verbal altercation  between Robert and Andy. Robert gets his face within inches of Kevin and chews him out for his slow efforts dragging down their team. Scott gets involved in separating them and Ramsay tells them to keep it down and don't continue being heard by the diners. Andy is a consistently relaxed and slow performer with a bad attitude. He will not last long with that attitude. High energy and good attitude can save you if you get in trouble, but low energy and bad attitude will be noticed by Scott first and then by Ramsay and you are as good as gone (which Andy will be soon).  Ramsay says "we're busy but we stay in control."

There are celebrities in the audience, including tom Green of Celebrity Apprentice 2 fame.

Dave returns and is assigned by Ramsay to the Dessert station. He immediately draws kudos for his high energy level. Of course he hasn't been slaving in a hot kitchen for more than an hour, so why shouldn't he be full of energy? His return is claimed as pivotal in the recovery of the Blue team, who had been operating one man down. The Blue team catches up to make it 3 orders each team to complete the service. Ramsay states that the team finishing all 3 first will win.  Lovely screws up with no creamed spinach when it is needed. It goes right down to the wire (isn't it truly amazing how often that happens in Hell's Kitchen when statistically it seldom should? Do I heard the words "manufactured drama?"). Andy has to redo some undercooked meat (I think it was chicken) to coordinate with one of the final orders Scott is releasing to the server. He does in time and the men win. Lovely is told by Ramsay "Beaten by the side dish."

The women are devastated. Suzanne asks a question on how they lost because she thinks they were cheated. Ramsay reacted strongly to that and explained that the women lost because he said they lost; end of conversation on that subject. Ramsay tells them that Sabrina was the only bright spot on their team, so he gives her the authority as "Best of thte Worst" to nominate 2 Red team members for him to consider for elimination. She makes the obvious choices of Lovely, who I think should have been eliminated sooner and Sabrina thinkks had a poor Garnish station performance, and Tek who had a poor performance one night. Ramsay says to Lovely that "she is moving so fast that he cannot see it." Just before a commercial Ramsay is shown addressing Suzanne to misdirect you into thinking that Suzanne is vulnerable for mouthing off. Ramsay is way too intelligent to use something like that to remove a team member whose performance was at least mediocre. He merely wanted to solicit her opinion as an outspoken non-politician on which Red team member deserved to go. She emphatically said Lovely and I and Ramsay also agree. Lovely had no place being in Hell's Kitchen right from the start. Ramsay gives her the axe with the snide comment that if people  named for their food "Lovely" would be "Useless" instead. Ramsay says to Tek she is on a tightrope and there is no safety net for her.

Ramsay tells both teams to be ready for a really big event at the next dinner service. Previews show that it is the homecoming of an Iraq war veteran named Otis James.

It is unbelieveable how raw the commentary taken in the confession booth from the chefs ridiculing their teammates has been. It is OK to have opinions and judgments, but I think they are over the top, encouraged no doubt by the HK6 producers into mouthing off at anyone and anything. It is obvious that the tendency to mouth off is one of the criteria used to select the cast of chefs for Kell's Kitchen.


Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: Alexis on August 05, 2009, 12:54:01 PM
I'm not liking this season as much...the contestants are a lot mouthier than I remember them. There's no one to root for! I hate them all!
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: EnduranceRealityFan on August 05, 2009, 03:20:14 PM
I'm not liking this season as much...the contestants are a lot mouthier than I remember them. There's no one to root for! I hate them all!

I'm actually enjoying this season as much as season 3! I really like Kevin and Ariel!
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on August 05, 2009, 04:12:40 PM
I agree with Alexis. The mouthing off just shows the immaturity of many of the cheftestants. Now where have I seen immaturity in action recently other than Hell's Kitchen?
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on August 06, 2009, 12:43:20 PM
News from the FOX Network:

Chef Gordon Ramsay is bringing his culinary expertise to homes across the U.S. as he invites viewers to cookalong with him from the comfort of their own kitchens during GORDON RAMSAY: COOKALONG LIVE. Based on the U.K. smash hit, Ramsay will star in a live one-hour special airing Tuesday, Dec. 15 (9:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) where he'll be giving America a one-on-one cooking lesson, providing viewers with a real-time demonstration and step-by-step instructions on how to cook a delicious three-course meal in just 60 minutes and he's going to do it all LIVE.

In addition to the previously announced seventh season order, FOX has picked up an eighth installment of HELL'S KITCHEN, the sizzling series that puts aspiring chefs through a rigorous culinary boot camp as Ramsay searches for the one worthy of a life-changing grand prize.

GORDON RAMSAY: COOKALONG LIVE will be the biggest cooking event America has ever seen as viewers slice, dice, chop and filet with Chef Ramsay. Viewers will be prepped in advance with the list of ingredients, utensils and cookware they will need to ensure they can keep up with the chef and not get thrown out of the kitchen. When the live hour is over, viewers will have prepared a delicious three-course meal to share with their families.

The sixth season of HELL'S KITCHEN currently airs Tuesdays (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX, and will cumulate in a two-hour season finale Tuesday, Oct. 13 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on August 12, 2009, 09:41:38 AM
Rev up your engines. HK6 ep. 5 is in overdrive. Things start with David testing his ability to open a package of what looks like frozen vegetables. He really can't do it and is heckled to keep trying until he does get it.

Ramsay announces that a very special dinner service is ahead, a surprise party for returning Iraq war veteran Otis James and his family. Ramsay then poses a Challenge to design a 2 entree/1 appetizer menu and cook it for testing by James' wife to make sure he will like it. Robert and Suzanne are slected by Ramsay to go spend time with Latasha James to find out what Otis James particularly likes. They return and display totally different styles. Robert shares the information with his team in a true collaborative fashion. Suzanne tells her team tell what to do, not trusting them with the raw data. Each team develops and individuals are somehow assigned to cook the dishes on the Red and Blue team menus. Ramsay and Latasha James collaborate on the judging. Now let's stop here for a moment's reflection. For obvious reasons, the prize for winning a challenge is never revealed until after it is completed. This time it will be piloting fighter jets for real under the supervision of experienced pilots. Now you tell me which team will win this challenge. Did you guess Blue? That is as close to a non-brainer as it gets. The judging results will be stage managed to come out Blue 2 Red 1. I must admit that it is possible that the producers do not select the prize until after the winning team is known, but I don't think this is what really happens. I like the conspiracy theory better.

First is appetizers with Ariel vs. Kevin. She has basically an embellished salad and he has a bouilabaisse. I would always pick bouilabaisse but Otis James' tastes are not mine. Latasha and Ramsay pick the Red team salad.

Second is an entree with Andy vs. Amanda. Andy has a 4 cheese mac and cheese with collard greens and fried catfish (that's a lot on one plate). She has filet and grilled shrimp. He wins, as you know he had to because this is a Hell's Kitchen challenge with its own peculiar rules.

Third is another entree cooked by the team captains. Suzanne has broiled (Robert is quick to point out it should have been grilled instead for maximum impact) lobster tail and seafood with a white wine sauce. Robert has bone-in NY strip steak with twice-baked potato mashed and grilled lobster tail. She is confident of victory but nobody told her about the challenge prize yet. What a surprise, Blue 2 Red 1 as he wins. One other Red team member asks why they did not put up Tennille's soul food as one of the dishes. The unstated answer to this rhetorical question is Suzanne had an iron fist.

The blue team gets to go fly those jets and the pilots relinquish the controls briefly. Jim does a dogfight with Van and gets a "kill" with fake smoke. Robert was allowed in the jet as there was no weight restriction. The men are very pleased with their adventure.

Ramsay tells the Red team they will be doing the decorations for the party, a big job. He announces that there is only one person he would trust to oversee this important job, his wife Donna. So she starts in with how it will be done and one of the Red team members says that with Donnas's love of precision it will take all day and it is not surprising that she is Ramsay's wife. Would Donna take that as a compliment? I don't know.

For the service Ramsay enmphasizes that teamwork is key. I notice that there are not many diner tonight as JP opened the dining area It looks to me like Ramsay wants to make it special by keeping the volume down so quality will be high. Otis James arrives and is given the hero's welcome he deserves. He is pleased to see his wife and son and Ramsay has a special VIP, his mother.

The menu for the evening was:
Amuse Bouche - Devilled Egg for the Table
Appetizers - Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad; Spicy fish Soup w/ Cheesy Garlic Bread; Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms; shrimp cocktail for the kids' app menu
Entrees - Surf and Turf bone-in NY strip steak, baked?? lobster tail, Bocca(apparently these are fingerling) potatoes, broccolini; Cornmeal coated Catfish w/ collard greens; Herb-Roasted Chicken Breast, Sauteed spinach and Sweet CornPolenta

The blue team has to teach the Red team the menu item recipes. The Red team claims that they are begin sabotaged. Jim and Andy are on the appetizers station. They get high marks from Ramsay. Sabrina's first app is a stone-cold mushroom. Jim is on the meat, particularly grilling steaks. He says that "it's Steak-A-Roni in Hell's Kitchen" time as most diners are ordering steak. What a pity that the more interesting items on the menu are ignored so people can order the steak they could put on their own grill or in their own skillet or oven. As the Blue team finishes appetizers, the Red team has yet to serve any. Are we heading for a wipeout?

Tek is having many problems in grilling steaks and when she finally gets that right 2 of the accompanying lobster tails were fragmented. Tek is singled out as being the bad apple for the Red team. Amanda states "we haven't put anything out. Do something, Tek." Well Ramsay does something. The Blue team is finished so he orders the women to get out of the way so the Blue team can take over the Red kitchen and finish the dinner service, which they do rapidly and well. It is total annhilation. The men are rightly pleased with themselves. It looks to me like Tek will be toast. Who else could they pin it on?

Ramsay had stated his embarrassment and reputation loss if lousy food gets to the dining room, but the quality control system holds and none did the entire evening (or at least they did not televise any breakdowns). Nothing was sent back to the kitchen. With only a war hero's friends and family to feed and without those picky FOX studio extras to create trouble, the dining experience in Hell's Kitchen is much smoother.

Ramsay tells the women to hold a meeting and nominate their 2 weakest, considering all dinner services to date on HK6. One is obviously Tek. The second could be Tennille (who did not get much of a chance to perform tonight) and Amanda  (who did and did not do well). Ramsay asks Tennille who the 2 nomiees are and why. She says Tek is #1 and, over major objections, she herself is #2. Ramsay asks what she thinks about that and she is vociferous in not believing that her skills warrant nomination as one of the two weakest team members(I agree with her). Ramsay asks her who should it be? She says Amanda. Ramsay tells Tennille to get back in line and Amanda to step forward. He does not leave them in suspense long. Everybody knows it will be Tek and it is.


Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on August 12, 2009, 10:59:55 AM
We have completed 1/3 of the episodes of HK6. Who is looking good and who isn't? I see these chefs as being eliminated over the next 5 episodes:

Amanda
Andy
Dave
Kevin
Tennille

That will leave for the final 6 these chefs:

Ariel
Jim
Robert
Sabrina
Suzanne
Van

Note- appparently I can't do simple counting as I had listed the number of chefs in the going ahead category as 5 when recount proved it to be 6.
Check back in 5 weeks and we'll see how close this speculation turns out to be.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: EnduranceRealityFan on August 12, 2009, 03:44:56 PM
We have completed 1/3 of the episodes of HK6. Who is looking good and who isn't? I see these chefs as being eliminated over the next 5 episodes:

Amanda
Andy
Dave
Kevin
Tennille

That will leave for the final 5 these chefs:

Ariel
Jim
Robert
Sabrina
Suzanne
Van

Check back in 5 weeks and we'll see how close this speculation turns out to be.

To be honest I don't really see how Kevin ISN'T in the final 5 at least!

My final 5 would be: Kevin, Dave, Ariel, Sabrina and its a tossup between Suzanne (getting a very similar Melissa edit from s3 started out strong turned into an unworkable bitch) and Robert (most likely the latter if his health allows him to stay)
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: Belle Book on August 12, 2009, 04:35:13 PM
I think Ariel, Kevin, Sabrina and Suzanne will be four of our Final 5.  The fifth spot is a toss-up between Dave and Van.

Belle Book
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on August 12, 2009, 07:08:40 PM
Well, those 3 lists are not hugely different. I appreciate others being willing to put their thoughts into this thread. The 4 executive chefs in this competition are Tennille, Kevin, Andy and Dave. Tennille and Kevin do not project like an executive chef and Andy appears to be hapless much of the time. Dave is and acts like one. Jim does project as an executive chef even though he isn't one.  Neither Sabrina nor Suzanne is an executive chef but they both project like one. Robert is not an executive chef and he does not project like one, but his experience in HK5 is extremely valuable.

EnduranceRealityFan, the answer to why not Kevin is that he appears to be a scheming asshole trying to steal all the credit from others who deserve it. That will catch up with him as the others find subtle ways to retaliate and he will be eliminated as a result.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: EnduranceRealityFan on August 13, 2009, 12:14:08 AM
Well, those 3 lists are not hugely different. I appreciate others being willing to put their thoughts into this thread. The 4 executive chefs in this competition are Tennille, Kevin, Andy and Dave. Tennille and Kevin do not project like an executive chef and Andy appears to be hapless much of the time. Dave is and acts like one. Jim does project as an executive chef even though he isn't one.  Neither Sabrina nor Suzanne is an executive chef but they both project like one. Robert is not an executive chef and he does not project like one, but his experience in HK5 is extremely valuable.

EnduranceRealityFan, the answer to why not Kevin is that he appears to be a scheming asshole trying to steal all the credit from others who deserve it. That will catch up with him as the others find subtle ways to retaliate and he will be eliminated as a result.

True. but I think Kevin sneakiness is a little more light hearted whereas Suzanne I could 100% see your scenario happening to! We all have opinions and thats what makes dicussing this show great! Last season I said Danny would come in 7 at best and look what happened. I thought Christina and Petrozza in S4 were early boots. . . you never know in Hell's Kitchen!

btw did anyone see Ramsey on Conan tonight? very funny!!!!
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on August 18, 2009, 08:03:42 PM
Spoiler >>>>>>>>>>  Robert and Jim are gone! Ramsey picked Jim and Robert because of his health again 
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on August 18, 2009, 10:21:15 PM
puddin, I believe you missed the previews of coming attractions for next week. Someone is clearly there you would not expect based on your spoiler. I will have a full recap tomorrow morning but nothing more on that.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on August 18, 2009, 11:52:25 PM
puddin, I believe you missed the previews of coming attractions for next week. Someone is clearly there you would not expect based on your spoiler. I will have a full recap tomorrow morning but nothing more on that.
hmm i didn't see him in the previews I'll rewatch later
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on August 19, 2009, 12:02:21 AM
the previews show Robert with the question will he return to HK? and he says about his health and I'm not seeing him in the kitchen so I dunno?
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: EnduranceRealityFan on August 19, 2009, 10:19:37 AM
the previews show Robert with the question will he return to HK? and he says about his health and I'm not seeing him in the kitchen so I dunno?

I agree but that could have been a reused screencap from last nights episode. Robert is probably fine after the first night but they wont have him show up until the last minute for more drama.

Kevin/Ariel FTW! I actually really liked Sabrina this episode too and thought she carried her team in the first challenge so i was glad she didnt go!
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on August 19, 2009, 11:43:27 AM
HK6, ep. 6

This episode starts with the Low Calorie Quickfire Challenge. Cheftestants are given some education on how many calories a given portion is and must keep the total for an appetizer, entree and dessert to less than 700 calories. If you were told that the prize was volleyball on Venice Beach, would that help you guess which team will win it? I found no way to guess who did win it, as beach volleyball is of interest to both men and women. There is 45 minutes to plan, cook and plate the dishes chosen. It was difficult for both teams to develop an acceptable menu. The Red team was having a tough time and ended up at 694 calories, just under the limit. The blue took even longer; after an initial attempt was 1051 no-dessert calories, they reduced it to 597 calories, 103 under the limit, by reducing the portions of pork and soba noodles. This would in theory give the women the edge since more calories is related in most people's minds to more flavor. There was a nutritionist for each team to verify the calorie count. Both teams broke into sub-teams of 2 to get the job done, so there was considerable room for sniping when one team member did not agree with the other but decided to swallow their criticism (except for the confessional).

Tennille opened the presentation with a scallop with mango chutney dish. She went against Kevin with a grilled seafood salad (including shrimp) and mango. Ramsay gave them 1 point each for good dishes.
Ariel presented the Red team entree cottage cheese and musrhoom stuffed pork chops. Jim countered with a dry pork cutlet, soba noodles and broccoli. The judging was 1 point to Red.
Dessert started with the Red team dish of fresh fruit bowl with lemon riccotta cheese cream by Sabrina and Amanda. Dave and Andy countered with an egg white crepe filled with fruit compote with vanilla and yoghurt cream. Red won 1 point for a total of 3.

The Red team demolished Blue and won the prize, which was an afternoon at Venice Beach with volleyball lessons from Olympic team member Annette Davis. The Blue special assignment was to clean the kitchen and then to peddle a 6-way party bike up a big hill to get a bag of onions and a bag of potatoes. The latter was a serious health challenge for Robert, who is not in the best of shape. On return, he was evaluated by the Medic (who is apparently at all shows) and sent to the local hospital emergency room. He is not going to be cooking for the evening's service, so that makes the teams 5 vs. 5. Could this have been staged to give the women an even chance? It's FOX and producer Arthur Smith, so of course it could but my best guess is that it was real. The real question was "why do this party bike exercise at all?" What was the point? Was the "teamwork value" worth it?

Ramsay asked who is going to step up and emerge tonight? The answer is everybody thinks they can do it. Dinner service starts with the formal opening of Hell's Kitchen. Andy has a problem with not listening to Ramsay carefully on order presentation (he says Ramsay deliberately talks too fast and I think he is right). Ariel does scallops that Ramway calls "broiled mush" so he directs her to redo them by proper searing.  Jim puts too much pepper in the risotto. He says Ramsay likes too little, but when Jim redoes the dish it is too bland like baby food and also rejected. Jim says he likes the taste of baby food. Eventually Andy's inability to get the risotto right is affecting the reputation of Hell's Kitchen with the table that oreedered it, so Ramsay directs souf chef Scott to get it done, which happens almost instantly.  Tennille on Garnish puts 12 portions of spinach to cook all at once. Ramsay tells her to stop it and cook them to order as always done in Hell's Kitchen. Tennille's mashed potatoes are insufficient portions, not what Ramsay wants. Tennille criticizes him and this starts a desultory exchange where Ramsay tells her to leave the kitchen (but only temporarily so he can "chat with her") and her telling him to "Shut Up" and "**** You". This ends in a stalemate with Tennille back at her station so Ramsay couldn't have felt that strongly about it. Sabrina somehow loses a chicken, which gives Ramsay the opportunity to utter the famous line "where's the chicken?" Andy has to redo halibut. Sabrina's undercooked pork is returned so she must start over. Andy has pork that is overdone, then undercooked. He acknolwedges to the Blue team that he is "in the weeds" meaning in jeopardy for potential elimination.

Ramsay has had enough. He shuts the dinner service down and declares that neither team wins as this service was a disaster. Both have to nominate one individual. Blue considers Andy and Jim but thinks an end-run with Robert is worth a try. Van proposes that but Ramsay puts the kibosh on that immediaetly. He states that Robert must be able to cook at the next dinner service (which in the real world was 24 hours, not a week) or he is out. So Andy is nominated for inability to handle the pressure. Ramsay asks Andy about that and he says that he is still learning the system and needs more time. He claims Ramsay he makes him nervous (with his intimidation tactics). Tennille and Sabrina were considered but Sabrina is the nominee for the potential impact of serving undercooked pork.

Ramsay makes the decision to eliminate neither Sabrina nor Andy, as he fires Jim. Ramsay says that he can teach people to cook but not to have heart. Jim's low-key approach to life clearly bothered him: "All the time I thought Jim was sleep walking; the real problem was he had no passion". I have news for him. Dave's tendencies to slow things down are just as negative for a kitchen team.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on August 19, 2009, 11:58:38 AM
I have a little rant.  (:;)  

Three times this season someone has been injured doing the stupid penalties. Kevin and Dave were injured cleaning a fire truck. !!! Now in what looked preplanned to me, Robert who weighs well over 300 lbs and has a history of heart problems has to participate in a 6way bike contraption, ride up a hill and back down with the bike packed with heavy potatoes and onions. What if he had just fallen off the thing right there in the street with a heart attack. I grant that we don't know how serious his condition is, it could be nothing, it could be serious. I just question why they would risk a morbidly obese person's health like this.

Why do I think it was a rigged competition, could the girls have pedaled that contraption? I doubt it.

When Heather was burned or Ji turned her ankle, they were kitchen accidents and accidents happen in kitchens. I'm not cool with what I see this year. I wasn't particularly happy in the past when they had to carry heavy boxes from trucks to the kitchen or lug ice but this is way beyond a competition for a head chef position in Canada. (I'm particularly thinking of Heather who had to go to the men's team and had to carry heavy items to the kitchen. She was a trooper!)

/rant
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on August 19, 2009, 11:59:52 AM
Quote
It's FOX and producer Arthur Smith, so of course it could but my best guess is that it was real. The real question was "why do this party bike exercise at all?" What was the point? Was the "teamwork value" worth it?

Exactly!!  :knuckles:
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on August 25, 2009, 09:03:35 PM
Well Robert did come back and his team was not happy but in the end Robert got his and went ba bye anyway  :waves:
The men won a fab trip to Vegas too by the way
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on August 26, 2009, 09:47:42 AM
Robert may be overrated by many. He got to the final 6 of AK5 before injury forced him out, but he was not going any further because he did not have the chef skills to reach the final 4. In HK6, he was totally unimpressive in his one episode as part of the Red team. He was helpful in orientating the women on a number of points, but he failed to produce himself. He was not part of the Blue team mentality, which flourished in his absence. He appeared to me to be set in his ways and not capable of learning a lot of new skills. No tears should be shed for Robert's departure.

Now, let me open a can of worms by stating that the comeback and elimination of Robert looks like a typical producer Arthur Smith gimmick. I believe that there is a greater than 50% probability that Robert's medical diagnosis was much more negative than he reported. I think it may have prohibited him from further participation in Hell's Kitchen. Why didn't Ramsay mention anything about Robert at the beginning of the service? He had stated publicly that if Robert did not return he would be eliminated. I think they attempted to put one over on us, not exactly the first time HK producers have tried that. I think Robert's return at the last minute was stage managed and his defeat was preordained. Would Robert make the kind of simple errors that he was shown doing last night? I don't think so. I believe that he did them on purpose to make the case for his own elimination since he could not continue anyway.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on August 26, 2009, 10:45:27 AM
It's time for my HK6 ep. 7 Recap. This one will have some drama! I promise.

This episode opened with a High Roller challenge. What looked like dodecahedral dice (that would be 12 sides) had a letter on each face. Each team rolled the dice 6 times, one for each chef and one representing the absent Robert. The letter revealed on top would be the first letter of an ingredient to be selected for that team to use to cook a dish. Here are the results:

RED TEAM
Suzanne R for Rabbit
Amanda H for Haricot Verts
Tennille T for Potato
Sabrina G for Garlic
Ariel another H for Ham Hocks

BLUE TEAM
Andy H for Haddock
Dave F for Figs (Kevin thought it should have been Fennel and argued with Dave about that)
Van A for Angel Hair Pasta
Kevin A for Apples
Rolling for Robert T for Tomatoes

Teams have 30 mintues to cook those dishes. Ariel does the Garlic into a puree and it has a very strong flavor so Tennille tells Ariel to soften it with sugar. Ariel ignores her and later Ramsay comments on the same thing.

The Red dish is Roasted Rabbit, pan-roasted w/ rosemary, green beans, garlic puree.
The Blue dish is Braised Haddock with a delicious sauce featuring figs and tomatoes and apples plus over angel hair pasta.

If you are a continuing reader of my HK6 recaps, you know that I believe the prize determines who wins the challenge. This one was a night in Las Vegas. Which team do you think won? Ramsay declares both dishes as worthy and awards the victory to the Blue team due partly to too much garlic flavor in the puree. The Prize Prediction would clearly indicate that the men would win if you knew about the Las Vegas trip prize.

The Blue Team goes off to LAX, then by Southwest Airlines to Las Vegas, then by limo ot the Palms Resort and Casino. There they have the Hardwood Suite with jacuzzis for each one, a half-basketball court, and a well-stocked bar. They return to LAX and Hell's Kitchen sometime the next morning.

The Red Team has a miserable day ahead. It is Delivery Day, so any trucks arriving with provisions must be unloaded and their contents put where it belongs. In addition, the women had to clean both kitchens (pehaps not too bad because the challenge had not disturbed them much) and prep everything for the the upcoming dinner service for both the Red and Blue kitchens. They finish late at night, but then one final delivery arrives at 115am and they are woken up to unload wine cartons for Jean-Pierre.

The next day dinner service is about to commence. After the Blue Team had just discussed how much better it had been without him, Robert returns unexpectedly (unless you know how FOX producers think; see my prior posting on this subject). Ramsay announces there will be Chef's Tables in each kitchen for the first time in Hell's Kitchen. Sitting at them will be 2 executive or senior chefs from his New York restaurants and 2 more from his Los Angeles restaurant. Each team will be responsible for taking care of these special guests. The dining room is fully booked, so cheftestants will be hopping this episode.

Hell's Kitchen is opened and the guest chefs arrive. Dave is attentive, but perhaps oversteps his bounds by ordering risotto for the 2 in at the Blue Chef's Table. The Red team overlooks the chefs at their Chef's Table for more than 10 minutes but eventually an order of scallops is taken.  The Blue guest chefs are impressed with the risotto served them and Dave starts the evening with high marks, with Ramsay noting the outcome. The scallops Ariel serves do not meet the same acclaim. They are not sent back, but they are not judged first-rate.

Van is on the Fish Station (a natural since he is a seafood chef) and has a problem with leaving waxed paper on fish to be discovered by the diner. She returns it and Van is in trouble with Ramsay. Then exactly the same thing happens a second time. Now Van is in deep trouble. The Blue Chef's Table was now the one neglected. It looked like Van was the culprit again, as he offered them menu choices of fish but no meat. Amanda and Tennille do well in getting their food out. Robert is struggling with lamb. Ramsay disgustedly orders him to redo them by making the meat twice as wide as the bone (the last time this came up in a prior episode, it was only "wider than"). Robert is sending out rabbit uncooked. Ramsay is really upset by this and shuts down the Blue kitchen, which has almost certainly lost this service. The feedback from the Chef's Tables was then revealed. The Women did well and those chefs would return. The Men did poorly,as their Guest chefs did not want to come back. The women win and are ecstatic. Dave is singled out by Ramsay as the "best of the worst" even with his disability limited him severely. He is charged with nominating 2 Blue chefs to be considered for elimination.

Dave ponders his alternatives, but does the right thing and nominates Robert for his having a bad night and Van for his problems with the waxed paper reaching customers twice. Andy was also considered but his sins that night were not significant even though his prior record is bad. So Robert and Van are called forward by Ramsay. he continues to ask Andy to join them. Robert snipes hard at Andy, but finally Ramsay calls for order. He tells Van he needs to fix his carelessness ASAP, but go back into the line. He tells Andy ... to go back into the line. He tells Robert to take off his jacket and leave Hell's Kitchen. He says that he expected much more from Robert's experience. Based on last night's performance, that was the right decision.

Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on August 26, 2009, 08:01:17 PM
You could be onto something. It was a foregone conclusion that Robert was going to be the one to leave. I thought it was odd that all of a sudden the Blue team started bad mouthing him. He surely knows how to cook better than he did in this episode.

For me, the only two who stand out, Kevin and Dave, no one on the Red team impresses me.

One more comment about Robert. It makes me sad to see him so heavy. He has skills and leadership ability,  I hope he can deal with whatever his issues are, he has some, he's hiding behind his weight.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on August 27, 2009, 06:50:58 AM
TexasLady,
It's not good for his health but what can you do. I have 2 children in their early 20s and they are not as big as Robert but still too large. I am very unhappy about this, but what impact does what I say have on adult children? The impetus to be right-sized has to come from within or you just can't get there. Weight loss is a very difficult thing to accomplish. Witness the millions of adults who are continuously trying it without permanent success.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on August 27, 2009, 07:24:18 AM
Apskip, there isn't anything that either one of us can say or do except put them in our prayers.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: ugot2bekidinmeny on August 27, 2009, 04:33:28 PM
I was happy robert got the boot.. i don't think he should have came back.. i think there musta been some other crazy foool that coulda been in his spot.

 robert came on that show  last season  UNHEALTHY. that's HIS problem.. not the shows. and what happens this year?? same stufff and he gets a BY week cause of it.. totally unfair..

he was obnoxious and thought he  was better  but you have to perform to be better  and he simply did not do that

 i like ariel from the red team.. i think she can get pretty far..

 time for a woman to win AGAIN anyway!! :lol:
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on August 27, 2009, 04:36:06 PM
I think Robert in his one on one's is a hoot.. But it was time for him to go.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on August 27, 2009, 06:20:04 PM
good luck, ugotto2bekidinmeny. I think you have the Impossible Dream that a female will win Hell's Kitchen 6. Who do the women have left? Ariel, Suzanne, Tennille, Amanda and Sabrina. Which of those strikes you as capable enough to win? The answer I have is NONE OF THE ABOVE. They all appear to be second-raters.

On the Men's team, Dave, Van and Kevin look promising. Andy's days are numbered but each of the other 3 look like potential winners.

Please identify which female you think is able to compete head-to-head with any of those 3 men.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on August 28, 2009, 12:39:17 AM
I love Van hes adorable with that mouth full of marbles when he talks  .. to cute!
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: Belle Book on August 28, 2009, 06:51:55 PM
I see only Ariel as being able to compete with the guys on a regular basis, Apskip.  The others -- not so much.

Belle Book
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on September 02, 2009, 01:26:27 PM
HK6 ep. 8

This episode beings with the other women criticizing Suzanne for lack of teamwork. Ramsay gleefully starts a Blindfold Taste Challenge. Tennille sits out beause Red has one more chef. Here is what happened:

Ariel vs. Van -  Cream Cheese  Y  N  Venison  N  N  Pecans  N  N  Leeks  Y  Y   Ariel 2 Van 1
Suzanne vs. Dave -  Turkey  Y  Y  Zucchini  N  N  Quince  N  N  Egg Yolks  Y  N  Suzanne 2 Dave 1
Sabrina vs. Kevin -  Iceberg Lettuce  N  N  Pink Grapefuit  Y  Y  Oregano  N  N  Clams  N  N  Sabrina 1 Dave 1  Red 5 Blue 3
Amanda vs. Andy  -  Lychee  Y  N  Avocado  N  Y  Ahi Tuna  Y  N   Amanda 2 Dave 1  Red 7 Blue 4
The Red team wins and get the prize of a limo to the Orpheus in-the-dark restaurant. The blue team has to unload fruit shipments and break up mixed frozen balls of Blackberry, Raspberry and Blackberry into its component parts. They also have to prepare Pomegranate, Watermelon and one unidentified fruit for palette cleansing sorbets. When finished, they get to wash the glassware used to serve sorbets. This sounds to me like one of the easiest punishments of HK6.

Suzanne comments that the girls are so catty. She just wants to do her job and not have to interact much with he teammates, but they are not going to tolerate that. Ramsay assigns Ariel to do tableside service of the sorbets followed by returning to the kitchen to help out when done. He assigns Kevin to be the first of a rotation from the Blue team to do sorbet service. Andy is assigned the critical Garnish station which directs the teamwork of the Blue Team. Tennille criticizes Suzanne's scallops as overly brown, but Ramsay loves them and that shuts Tennille up for a very short period (it's impossible to expect more than that from her as she is always critical of everyone else although it's done in the confessional so they don't know that until they watch the episodes along with us). Kevin's risotto gets a very nice from Ramsay and then he goes to do sorbets, replaced on appetizers by Van. Van's risotto is criticized and returned by customers. Ramsay asks "Where's the lamb?"and "Where's the halibut?" both rhetorically and for effect since he alredy knew the anwer was not ready yet. The question that should be asked and isn't is "Where's Heather?" as the sous chef for the Red Team seldom gets seen on camera unlike Scot. What is she doing? We have no basis to know. Suzanne on Fish and Sabrina on Meat fail the work-together test to coordinate their cooking times so food is not getting cold or not ready in concert with the other part of a table's orders. Sabrina's lamb is then raw. She is sent by Ramsay to the bar to eat it as-is. She does that without complaining and is then allowed back in the Red kitchen.  While she is gone Tennille does a lamb dish and gets a good rating from Ramsay. Van gets a "perfect." for something. Andy on Garnish is short 3 orders of potatoes. Dave volunteers to rescue him and is able to quickly whip up some additional mashed potatoes that are just enough to finish the last dishes for the Blue Team. Red team diners are going hungry at this point. Suzanne was cooking halibut in response to pressure from Ramsay. Amanda stopped it cooking and plated it. When it came back for being stone cold, the finger pointed initially at Suzanne but she was able to explain what happened and Amanda lost stature for interfering without getting it right. If she had interfered and it had been a positive outcome, she might have been a heroine for the same action.

Ramsay sums up this dinner service as both teams' weak performances, but Blue the winner. He liked Dave's performance best, particularly the mashed potato rescue operation. He tells the Red team that Blue was one chef down but still whipped their asses.  Tennille is rated the best of the worst and gets to nominate 2 people. She hates Suzanne, so it is clear that Suzanne will be one of the nominees (and that was probably the right thing to do anyway given Suzanne's marginal performance lsat night). Suzanne was accused and given multiple examples of how her actions make teamwork difficult. Tennille must also nominate  Amanda or Sabrina for the 2nd slot.  Tennille nominates Suzanne and gives consistent inability to work with the rest of the team as the reason. For Sabrina her litany of mistakes that evening made her an obvious target. It looks like Amanda might squeak by, but Ramsay is not letting her off the hook. Ramsay asks her "can you win Hell's Kitchen?" and the viewing audience knows the real answer to that is "Hell no", but she comes up with some pap. Ramsay isn't buying it. His coup de grace on her is "sweet girls do not make great head chefs." Suzanne and Sabrina live to fight another day and fight each other they surely will.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: ugot2bekidinmeny on September 04, 2009, 07:40:16 PM
good luck, ugotto2bekidinmeny. I think you have the Impossible Dream that a female will win Hell's Kitchen 6. Who do the women have left? Ariel, Suzanne, Tennille, Amanda and Sabrina. Which of those strikes you as capable enough to win? The answer I have is NONE OF THE ABOVE. They all appear to be second-raters.

On the Men's team, Dave, Van and Kevin look promising. Andy's days are numbered but each of the other 3 look like potential winners.

Please identify which female you think is able to compete head-to-head with any of those 3 men.

 i already stated that i liked Ariel.. in my first post but since you asked  I'll say it again ARIELand whether she wins or not i think she is the strongest of the women.

i don't care for any of the men since men find it  part of their own entertainment to bash/berate a woman whenever they get a chance.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on September 09, 2009, 04:40:36 PM
 :ascared From the preview for next week, we might be losing another chef due to injuries.  One of the ones I thought could win.  :'(
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on September 10, 2009, 10:35:30 PM
HK6, ep. 9

Teams start even at 4 men, 4 women. Tennille is on Suzanne's case for poor teamwork. Ariel is also on Suzanne's case. They are fortunate to be performing well enough that they have earned the right to criticize others.

Ramsay says that he will teach how to make crepes. He zips through it in about 20 seconds and a perfect crepe results. So nobody is surprised when the Challenge is about making 4 different types of crepes - breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert. Teams have 20 minutes to make suitable crepes and it looks like nobody has figured out how to do it. Ramsay says that he could not find another French pallette to judge this with him, so he got the next best thing, Jean-Phillippe from Belgium. The final dishes are:

Breakfast
Van -  bacon and quail eggs and pepperjack cheese 0 (due to crepes damp and spongy; ingredients were good)
Ariel - smoked salmon herbs and honey                                      1
Lunch
Andy - ham and chees, prosciutto, fresh avocado sauce                                      1 
Tennille - pepperjack chesse, bacon and shrimp in black bean sauce 0 (Ramsay and Jean-Phillippe say it's too spicy)
Dinner
Kevin - seafood,  with scallops and crab, and goat cheese                                    1
Suzanne - onions and poached quail eggs 1 Suzanne says there was no Voila in my finish (like Ramsay got).
Dessert
Andy - mixed berry sauce that looked like glop; Ramsay refused to even taste it 0
Sabrina - cinnamon and Grand Marnier 1
which results in a score of Blue 2 Red 3 and Red wins.

The reward for the women is to go to a pantomine lesson in proper costume and makeup. They then go to the La Cachette, a new but acclaimed French restaurant in Los Angeles. They have a fine time.

The punishment for the men is prepping both kitchens for everything but particularly the new menu items of crepes, escargot and frog's legs which are on a special Vive la France menu. Their lunch was actually quiet reasonable, head cheese, cow's tongue and baguettes, very country and tasty French food. Dave cuts his left (most used) hand slicing something in a mandolin and chops off the tips of 3 fingers. The medic sends him to the hospital for stitches. It looks like the men will operate 1 short, but Andy does return just as Hell's Kitchen is opening (isn't that amazing how the timing always works out that way?). He has to quickly learn the new dishes and he doesn't do a good job of that.

The rest of the Blue team "help" Andy but basically they do his work. That goes on all night as Dave and Kevin step in to "help" but it does not go unnoticed by Ramsay. Dave did Andy's first risotto over and got a "very good" from Ramsay for his efforts. Sabrina has 3 risottos that have to be redone. Ramsay notices tha Dave's crepes are poorly constructed and will not pass a simple visual test. This time Kevin slides over to help. It is obvious that Andy can't keep up. He whines how his injury cannot be compared to Dave's (no use of his entire arm) or Kevin's ankle injury. I have felt throughout HK that Andy was living on borrowed time. Suzanne tells the others she needs 6, then 8 , then 6 then 5 then 6 minutes to cook several plates of lamb, all apparently within the same minute. She is having a poor night, with tremendous inconsistency. Ramsay asks her what is slowing down the Red Kitchen. She answers "lamb".  Ramsay tells Dave that he is "10,000 times" better as a one-handed than 2-handed chef.  He is ignoring that Dave has learned a few things from being in Hell's Kitchen in the interim. Suzanne slices the lamb early to get ahead, but that is a dumb thing to do most of the time because Ramsay then asks why and there is no defense. You lose the juices, which are critical to good taste. Andy continues to screw up and Ramsay asks him if he has given up. Suzanne is diagnosed by someone as being disorganized, inconsistent and stupid. Touche, although I think it is a temporary phenomenom if she gets the opportunity to continue. Ramsay has his blowup about the other blue team members bailing Andy out but Andy doing nothing to help himself out. He sends Andy upstairs. On the women's sides this was not a good time for Suzanne to overcook lamb and Sabrina also did something stupid. They were both sent upstairs. The remaining 2 women and 3 men were able to do the small amount left to finish.

Ramsay declare neither team a winner and tells the 8 chefs to get together and decide which 2 to nominate for elimination. It is fairly obvious, Andy and Suzanne, but a sidebar discussion on why not Suzanne and Sabrina (to force Suzanne out) is considered but rejected. So for Andy inconsistency is the reason stated by Ariel for his nomination. For Suzanne it is her timing failures and lack of teamwork. Ramsay asks Ariel and Tennille what they recommend. They tell him to fire Suzanne. He gives the usual hangman's last statement to both Andy and Suzanne. He then selects Dave to leave and Suzanne to take off her jacket. However, the purpose is for Suzanne to be able to don a Blue team uniform. Both Suzanne and Sabrina are told that they had better get it together very quickly or they will be gone.

I must comment that Tennille's extensive commentary is very self-serving, frequently inaccurate and turning me off on her despite her strong culinary talent. Why do I want to listen to this bitch? I don't want to is the answer. If she wants to audition for comedy roles there are plenty of opportunities in greater Los Angeles.

Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: redwings8831 on September 15, 2009, 07:06:12 PM
No HK tonight, but a two hour episode next week.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on September 15, 2009, 07:26:25 PM
No HK tonight, but a two hour episode next week.
Thanks redwings! I saw this and thought I missed it again ... I'm so used to it being on Thursday nights.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on September 17, 2009, 10:17:17 AM
No HK tonight, but a two hour episode next week.

I thought I missed it too! Thanks.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on September 22, 2009, 11:10:23 PM
Im so sad Van is gone  :'(  .. he so had a bad night , Sabrina is gone as well.  :yess:
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: KitKat on September 23, 2009, 11:45:41 AM
Van was doing so well until last night's show and then it seemed he just went into a meltdown   :'( I have to say I dang sure didnt see that one coming  :groan: Van was one of my faves :hearts: I am pulling for Dave to win now!!!!!!! :jam:
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on September 23, 2009, 11:49:16 AM
I'm sorry to see Van go, NOT sorry to see Sabrina go.

For the first time ever, I was really annoyed at Ramsay, smashing the halibut, pieces of it flying into Dave's eyes. Stupid!
Tennille stepped it up and from what we could see did a good job running the kitchen. Dave and Kevin also did well and I think we see the final 3. If I had my way it would have been Suzanne leaving instead of Van, she refused to take leadership when she had the opportunity to do so.

KitKat, I agree, I'm pulling for Dave to win.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on September 24, 2009, 10:50:44 PM
HK6, ep. 10

This episode started with the chefs assembled before sous chef Scot, who wanted to play show them a live video hookup on a large screen strategically placed in the dining room. Ramsay claimed to be in Whistler BC at the Araxi restaurant checking up on things. He promised to arrive in 2.5 hours and bring something special. Now that was predominantly pure FOX/Arthur Smith b.s. The most convenient commercial airport in the vicinity of Whistler, Blackcomb, British Columbia is Vancouver International Airport (YVR). Vancouver International Airport is located 7 miles south of downtown Vancouver, BC, which is 76 miles from Whistler. Driving time to Whistler, BC, is typically an average of 1 hour and 50 minutes. Average flight time is 2 hours 54 minutes from Vancouver airport to LAX. That means it is 4 hours 44 minutes to get to LAX and then to get tranportation and to wherever the restaurant is. I hear it's at 915 North La Brea avenue, in Hollywood, which at least 30 minutes from LAX. So, Ramsay's 2.5 hours means that he is not starting from Whistler. I recommend to FOX and Arthur Smith that trying to misguide viewers is never a good thing. Also, Sasha Cohen’s Hometown is Laguna Niguel, California. Jonny Mosely appears to be living in the San Francisco Bay area. What would Cohen or Mosely be doing in Whistler in the summer 2009 when Hell's Kitchen was taped? Nothing, as it was unlikely that they were there at the time.



It is late now, so I will have to finish this probably Saturday night. The 2 episodes were very nitty gritty, but the right chefs were eliminated.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on September 25, 2009, 08:34:46 PM
Thanks apskip. I missed the opening because of a phone call, I'll watch it again and take notice. :tup:
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: tory on September 27, 2009, 04:41:01 PM
I'm sorry to see Van go, NOT sorry to see Sabrina go.

For the first time ever, I was really annoyed at Ramsay, smashing the halibut, pieces of it flying into Dave's eyes. Stupid!
Tennille stepped it up and from what we could see did a good job running the kitchen. Dave and Kevin also did well and I think we see the final 3. If I had my way it would have been Suzanne leaving instead of Van, she refused to take leadership when she had the opportunity to do so.

KitKat, I agree, I'm pulling for Dave to win.

meee tooo tex lady he is the one with the broken arm right?? he remindes me of the guy who won last yr only he is nicer jmo.  :hearts: and yea gordon needs to dial it down a notch again jmo :hellkitchen
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on September 28, 2009, 04:25:54 PM

meee tooo tex lady he is the one with the broken arm right?? he remindes me of the guy who won last yr only he is nicer jmo.  :hearts: and yea gordon needs to dial it down a notch again jmo :hellkitchen

Tory:  :waves:  He does remind me of Danny but yes, he is nicer (maybe that is more controlled) and perhaps a better chef. I want to see how he controls the line when he has the opportunity as well as Kevin. My son and DIL don't like Tennille. (But she's a character and while I don't think she will win, I do like her, she can step it up when she has to.)  :tup:  
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: tory on September 28, 2009, 06:08:20 PM
 :waves: tex  yea i like tennell's comments she is funny, but i don't think she is going to cut it lol.. i hope dave wins, oh and my theroy for this show is they brought bk robert for the funny comments. jmo and i did like the southner guy that got the boot last week i think it was her was lol also. i like my chef with some personality  :happy:
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: KitKat on September 28, 2009, 10:17:47 PM
Suzanne's downfall IMO will be her inability to be a team  player. Ramsay already sees this. Tennille is really funny in her one on ones but no way will she win. I don't think Ariel has a shot either. I really think it will come down to Dave and Kevin and Dave will win.  :jam:
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: KitKat on September 29, 2009, 11:11:24 PM
I am glad Suzanne is gone  :yess: I think Tennille will be next and then Ariel will follow her as long as Dave isn't out of the competition due to his broken wrist....that is what the previews tried to lead us to believe anyway!
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: Belle Book on September 30, 2009, 05:51:07 PM
I think that Ramsay will have no choice but to get rid of Dave ... and Tennille will follow him at the next dinner service, leaving Ariel and Kevin in the Final 2.

Belle Book
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: tory on October 02, 2009, 01:46:58 PM
i hope not areil and kev f2 = boring kev will win for sure. it would b a great f2 if dave could hang in there and it was him and kev f2..
also jmo i think arel  is going next and then tennell and then f2 dave and kev. i have noticed in previews every week that dave's injery comes up?? he would make a great head chef jmo he is calm when he needs to b and tough as nails doing all he has with his hand/ arm in so much pain..
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: silent_Jhenz on October 04, 2009, 09:59:08 PM
It should charge to apperceive that if you had your way it would accept been Suzanne abrogation instead of Van, she banned to yield administration if she had the befalling to do so.



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Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on October 05, 2009, 12:58:29 PM
Welcome to RFF silent_Jhenz! I wish she'd gone before Van too.

 :welcome:
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on October 05, 2009, 01:00:43 PM
Here's a spoiler for tomorrow night's episode.

"IT'S no surprise for "Hell's Kitchen" contestants to be verbally humiliated by nasty host Gordon Ramsay.But they're in for a shock on tomorrow night's episode when they're cut down to size -- not by Ramsay..."

If you want to know more: http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/hell_little_devil_KF1C8nAcjmaI3EVlhgVVdI
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on October 05, 2009, 01:35:39 PM
Here's a spoiler for tomorrow night's episode.

"IT'S no surprise for "Hell's Kitchen" contestants to be verbally humiliated by nasty host Gordon Ramsay.But they're in for a shock on tomorrow night's episode when they're cut down to size -- not by Ramsay..."

If you want to know more: http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/hell_little_devil_KF1C8nAcjmaI3EVlhgVVdI
Oh we finally get to see mini Ramsey  :jumpy:
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on October 05, 2009, 05:14:00 PM
This ought to be good eh? LOL
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on October 05, 2009, 07:37:12 PM
This ought to be good eh? LOL
Yes! I'm looking forward to this episode TL although I'm not loving any of the contestants this season so much.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on October 06, 2009, 06:02:26 PM
My schedule has been brutal, which prevented me from issuing these when they should have been posted. I have 3 consecutive episodes (due to 2 back-to-back) and they will be posted separately. I may elect to go back later and tidy up a few things, mostly information that is lacking or handwriting unclear in my notes.

HK6 Ep. 11

I covered the opening of this epsiode in my post # 121 on 9/24. The bottom line is that Ramsay has brought two Olympic stars to highlight the fact that the 2010 Winter Olympics will be held in Whistler BC and it is the Araxi restaurant there which the winning chef will be employed at. Sasha Cohen and Jonny Mosely are the designated tasters who will decide which team gets the prize. Teams work with a designated gorup of ingredients and it helps itf they know by sight what they are.

Kevin has Caramelized Salmon and Pan Seared Leg of Lamb. Ariel counters Grilled Salmon with Melted Leeks and Grilled Shrimp. Chef Ramsay tells her that the leeks were too heavy. Both Jonny and Sasha award the blue team a point.

Dave and Tennille both present Rack of Lamb with Cranberry Sauce. Jonny thinks the Blue sauce is really good. Sasha likes the Red team complexity and flavors over the Blue. Jonny also thinks this red dish is great.  One point to each team.

Tennille's meat is really venison, which Sabrina knew but chose to keep to herself since it made one of her Red team colleagues look bad. Tennille say she knew it was venison, but I think she is blowing smoke as she looked pretty confused. Tennille is famous for her comments in what she obviously regards as the venting booth where videos of chefs mouthing off are captured, but many of hers have no justification or substance. I see her as a blow-hard who can cook when she decides to. I am sick of her ranting and raving about almost every other chef and about Ramsay.

Van and Sabrina do the final dishes.  Sabrina presents Lamb with Mushrooms and Artichokes. Chef Ramsay compliments the appearance of the dish.  Van's dish has shrimp, with the heads still on, Grilled Shrimp with Braised Kale and Roasted Tomato. Sasha and Jonny both feel that the Red dish was too salty. The Blue team wins the challenge as Van got the decisive point.

Blue won and their prize is a trip to Mark Peel (a Top Chef Master's competitor) and his Campanile Restaurant. The Blue team got to chat up Gordon Ramsay about his trip to the Araxi. They ate grilled cheese sandwiches as Peel wanted to demonstrate that simple food can be great. The women have a day of heavy cow-milking and cleaning of a pigpen, then prepping ahead. Ramsay has got them uniforms which say Hell's Kitchen Maintenance on them.

The service will be a competition between Red and Blue with each developing a menu of 3 appetizers, 3 entrees and 3 desserts. The Red menu, as best I could decipher it, was:

Ravioli
Asian salad
Pan-roasted Duck Breast w/polenta
Rack of Lamb
Swiss Chard
Broccolini


The Blue menu, again as best I could decipher it, was:
Roasted Butternut squash soup
Heirloom tomatoes
Prosciutto and aged balsamic vinegar
Pan-seared Scallops w/caviar and lemongrass
Halibut w/fennel  
Chanterelle Mushrooms

The assigned stations were:
Meat - Sabrina
Fish - Van
Ariel - Appetizers
Tennille - Garnish

Tennille asks for help as she does not know how to cook swiss chard. She doesn't really get it and flounders. Van cannot count scallops properly (remember his low math competency from an earlier episode?). Ariel does ravioli stone-cold not once but twice. Van has black specs on his scallops. Dave injurs his arm again and goes to the medic, then returns to finish the service. He knew that he would be vulnerable if he packed it in. Sabrina does not have rib-eye ready when Ramsay needs it. Van failed to wipe one of the diner plates clean. Tennille elected to spend precious time sweeping the floor when Ramsay wanted her to be cooking broccolini. Van has raw halibut, casuing an "Oh dear, Oh dear!" form Ramsay. Ramsay comments that Van can't cook in the kithen as he shuts down the dinner service. Sabrina also served raw halibut; you have to ask what the Meat station person was doing cooking fish.

Neither team won, so each has to nominate one. Blue nominates Van based on this service, although Dave comments that he thinks Suzanne is the weakest of the Blue team. Sabrina was judged the weakest of the Red team. Ramsay says that they both presented raw halibut. Ramsay asks Sabrina "What have you got that I haven't seen?" but he obviously knows the answer is nothing as he eliminates Sabrina.
 




Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on October 06, 2009, 07:33:54 PM
Next Tuesday is the 2 hour season finale!? I was clueless  :yess:
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on October 06, 2009, 07:50:17 PM
 :jumpy: :jumpy: >> highlight to see who left tonight  >>  Tennille  :yess:
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on October 06, 2009, 10:33:33 PM
HK6, Ep. 12

This episode starts with Ramsay combining the teams into one Black team with Black trim jackets. The challenge is Taste It and Make It with a special dish Ramsay has prepared. The teams are Van/Ariel, Tennille/Kevin and Suzanne/Dave. The basic ingredients of this dish are a fish, a vegetable puree, a granish, spices and a citrus-based sauce. Calamari is visually on the plate, so all 3 teams get this right(although kevin does fail ot plate it). All 3 teams use the correct fish, turbot. All have parsnip as the puree; it was white onion; tricky. Kevin has ? and spinach. Ariel has chervil and spinach. Dave has tarragon, chervil and spinach.  For the sauce Ariel has starfruit, Suzanne had passion fruit and Kevin grapefruit. Suzanne was right and she and Dave won this challenge. They got a meal with Ramsay at London Hollywood West restaurant, including the opportunity to hob-nob with HK5 winner Christina. The losers had to clean the kitchen, unload trucks, transport unloaded items to storage and prep.

It is Couples Night in Hell's Kitchen. Key menu items are Chef's salad for 2 and Porterhouse Steak for 2. Kevin is assigned to tableside serving part-time. Suzanne is on Appetizers and starts by serving 3 tortellini when the menu calls for 2. Ramsay catches Van "sweating in the food" as his perspiration is so heavy he cannot help himself. Van gets behind by 2 halibut and later a halibut is raw. Ariel overcooks lettuce. Ramsey is so disgusted with the way things are progressing that he takes Sous Chef Scot with him and leaves the kitchen. Tennille tries to take control and actually does a decent job, very surprising since she has never shown any managerial skills before. Dave says that Ariel appears to have given up, but I don't agree with him. Suzanne tells Van that he should not lose confidence in his ability to cook fish (it is after all his specialty).
 
Ramsay returns and decides to send Van, Ariel and Suzanne out of the kitchen. Tennille, Kevin and Dave are allowed to finish this service and they clearly won't be in jeopardy. Van makes a reference to that "psychotic British guy." Ramsay states that this was the first time in 5 years of Hell's Kitchen that he had walked out in the middle of a service. The 3 better performers are asked to nominate 2 of the 3 others. This is a somewhat moot exercise since you know Ramsay will be considering all 3 for elimination. I think that the chefs overrate the value of their nominations, which are advisory only and meant to test their veracity.

The nominees are Suzanne and Ariel. However, Tennille changes her mind and tells Ramsay that Van earned being in that group. Ariel is ordered back in line and Van is asked to take off his jacket. Ramsay tells Van that he can cook, but he needs to let his food do the talking for him. Ramsay tells Tennille he appreciates her sticking her neck out. Ramsay's final word on Van is that he may be a poissoniere but his cooking of fish is lacking.
 
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: redwings8831 on October 06, 2009, 11:48:51 PM
Next Tuesday is the 2 hour season finale!? I was clueless  :yess:

According to the preview, next week cuts it from 3 to 2 chefs. So the 2 hour final is probably the week after.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on October 07, 2009, 07:17:11 AM
From TVGuide redwings

Hell's Kitchen Episode: "3 Chefs Compete/2 Chefs to Winner"
Episode Synopsis: Chef Gordon Ramsay picks a winner in the Season 6 finale following the final dinner challenge, but first there's another dinner challenge to pare the field to two. And before that, the three remaining chefs must prepare dishes from around the world that are judged by an international panel of culinary experts. The challenge winner's family gets to sample those recipes, prepared by executive chefs. Original Air Date: Oct 13, 2009


Hell's Kitchen Episode: "3 Chefs Compete/2 Chefs to Winner"
Episode Synopsis: Chef Gordon Ramsay picks a winner in the Season 6 finale following the final dinner challenge, but first there's another dinner challenge to pare the field to two. And before that, the three remaining chefs must prepare dishes from around the world that are judged by an international panel of culinary experts. The challenge winner's family gets to sample those recipes, prepared by executive chefs. Original Air Date: Oct 13, 2009
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on October 07, 2009, 08:00:11 AM
redwings 8831,

I hope you are not disappointed that the announced FOX schedule is:
10/6/09 (Tu.) 8:00 PM FOX (HK-613) 3 Chefs Compete

10/13/09 (Tu.) 8:00 PM FOX (HK-614) 2 Chefs Compete

10/20/09 (Tu.) 8:00 PM FOX (HK-615) Winner Announced ** Finale

That is the way FOX has always been done, with 2 one hour episodes one week apart for the Finale.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on October 07, 2009, 09:03:18 AM
HK6, ep. 13

This episode started with the remaining 5 chefs discussing how and why Tennille ratted on Van during the prior nomination of worst chefs to Ramsay. My contention is that Ramsay already knew what he was going to do and why. In my opinion, all the positioning of the chefs is useless and they ought to stop worrying about who said what about whom.

Next is the introduction of a team of editors from Bon Appetit magazine led by Editor-in-Chief Barbara Fairchild. They are judging a challenge to produce the most eye-appealing food. It still has to taste good, but looks are a major factor in the decision. This is the first individual challenge on AR15, with the 5 remaining chefs competing against each other. The creating, cooking and plating must be completed in 45 minutes.

The underlings judge all 5 dishes to decide which two get to be tasted by Ramsay and Fairchild.The first dish ready for consideration is Tennille's Asian red snapper with mushroom sauce. Even she thinks it stinks and the judges discard it immediately. Suzanne had calamari salad. Dave had lamb. In what is likely to be a preview of the final 2, it is Kevin vs. Ariel for the two dishes going to the honchos. Kevin has Caribbean Sea Bass and Ariel has Prosciutto and Sage Wrapped John Dory. Ramsay and Fairchild do not want to choose between 2 excellent dishes. They award them both 1st place, which means a lunch at Shutters on the Beach restaurant in Santa Monica with a photo shoot for Bon Appetit included plus their dishes featured on the night's dinner service. Ramsay said it was a prize to die for and I think the winning chefs would agree with that. The losers got to do community service by picking up trash along some roads.

In the dinner service, Tennille started with overcooked risotto but she was able to make the valid argument that it was Kevin's rice that had been overcooked during prep. So they both were in trouble, Tennille for presenting inferior food and Kevin for bad prep work. I think Dave went into the back to get some cooked rice he knew of so that risotto could be cooked with decent rice before a new batch of rice was ready. Ariel had raw chicken and sent unacceptable pieces of lamb to the pass. Suzanne over-seared the scallops and then she did the opposite and served halibut raw. Dave was the only chef who did not have major errors and as usual he was doing this with only one hand free. Unbelieveable. Kevin spent some time running the pass, but when he had to go to tableside Suzanne had a go and was unable to make any decisions because she felt she did not know what she is doing. IS she the chef to run the Araxi restaurant? I think not.

The group had to nominate the 2 worst. It was obviously Ariel and Suzanne. In front of Ramsay, Suzanne tried to spin a tale of how things would be better, but the fact of her 4th appearance before Ramsay in his special court spoke for itself more eloquently than anything Suzanne could say. Ariel was judged as having a weak performance, but Suzanne was eliminated.

That leaves Dave, Kevin, Ariel and Tennille. I expect that Tennille will be the next out. Then any of the remaining 3 chefs could win it.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on October 07, 2009, 11:20:24 AM
HK6, ep. 14

There are 4 chefs still standing, but one will be gone near the end of this episode. It opens with a 9 year old Ramsay-as-a-midget look and act alike. The kid tries out his regular routines on the chefs, but they just take it as hilarious comedy. Ramsay comes in to tell them he wanted them to have some fun. What he didn't say is that it is the calm before the storm. He states that fine dining establishments have to be prepared to cater to the dining needs of vegetarians. The chefs are to create a vegetarian dish to be enjoyed by 80 difficult and demanding diners. Those dishes are:

Kevin - sweet and sour style Mushroom crepe with Beet Carpaccio
Tennille - mushroom stuffed eggplant w/ creamy mushroom sauce and brown rice
Ariel - Grilled Eggplant Lasagna w/ tofu and fresh mozarella
Dave - Polenta Tower w/ goat cheese and Roasted Peppers

These all sound like interesting dishes to me, but Ramsay has a twist for the chefs: The diners are kids, who are known to not like vegetables. Those kids eat each color-coded dish and then vote for their favorite color. A problem during this task was that none of the chefs had finished 80 portions in the allotted 1 hour, so they were late in getting food to some of the kids. Those kids responded by chanting "I want food". Ramsay gives them each a bag of treats and sweets. Presumably this is to improve their attitude, but it also creates a bit of a mess in the dining room. Ariel calls the kids' reactions to the treats/sweets "maximum chaos."

Ariel offers to help Dave, but he refuses it because he does not want to show weakness. Ariel's offer was genuine and she thinks his ability to perform with one hand is very impressive.

The votes have been tabulated and 40% voted Kevin as their least favorite dish so he is out. the top 2 are Dave and Tennille, which puts Ariel out in spite of the fact that lasagna is popular with kids (although she did have tofu in it and kids and many adults don't like that). The best dish wiith 55% of the vote was Tennille's. I think mushroom sauce, which is pleasant and kids like, was the decisive part of her dish. Tennille wins, which is a good thing. I don't think Dave would have enjoyed the makeover which was half of the prize very much. However, dave would have loved the other half that Tennille got, which was lunch with Ramsay prepared by world-famous sushi chef Nobu Masuhisha in his Los Angeles restaurant bearing his first name. Among the exquisite items she ate were sashimi, king crab and "several tempuras". Tennille said "thank you, thank you little kids!" twice to express her joy at winning this challenge. She also wins a set of hand-crafted J. Henckel sushi knives.

The losers have to clean the mess in the dining room. A few tray dumps in a trash can of all the plates and cups would have been easy. Cleaning the floor would have been not too bad, but the awful aspect of this task was the need to clean gum stuck underneath the tables. I'll bet that Ramsay's bag of treats had several balls of gum. The losers are prepping as Tennille returns.  Kevin says it will give him an advantage for dinner service and he is right.

Tennille says that it is her most important dinner service and she must rise to the occasion or she will be going home. The FOX special effects people designed a bottle containing clear liquid and 3 objects which are shown sinking to the bottom. I think you can guess what Tennille's fate will be.

Ramsay opens dinner service by stating that "the key ingredient is passion." Kevin is on the Appetizers Station, Tennille on Fish, Ariel on Garnish, which leaves the Meat Station for Dave. Tennille starts by having scallops "rubbery and bland" according to Ramsay. Her 2nd try they are perfect. Ramsay wants to know why she did not know the difference the first time. Dave collapses in pain as Ramsay is calling for his lamb to be taken to the pass. Dave leaves the kitchen briefly but is determined to press on. Ramsay criticizes Tennille for sea bas that are unevenly cooked. Ramsay went to inspect Tennille's station and found it a mess. Tennille serves a halibut which is unacceptable. With the need for coordination of dish completion timing of all parts of a meal, she has effectively shut down the rest of the kitchen. She tries to recover and tells Dave it will be 2 minutes until she i ready. he finishes a lamb dish for the same table based on that. Then one minute later she tells Ramsay 6 minutes until she is ready. Dave is totally pissed and Ramsay is not impressed. He tells her that the halibut she produces is perfect but at this point with nobody else making any mistakes the die is cast. Tennille says it is her worst service ever.

Ramsay cuts the usual baloney short this time as Tennille is the only possible candidate for elimination although they do try to create some faux-drama with Dave's potential inability to continue. Ramsay says that Dave has shown the maximum he has ever seen of ability to tolerate pain. Dave carefully says that his good hand is fine and pain-free. Ramsay tells Tennille she had a bad service and is eliminated.

Ramsay tells the other 3 that they are released, expecting them to celebrate. They start that when he calls them back. He scares Dave but then tells him he is confident Dave can continue. Then he introduces some special guests:

Kevin's wife and son
Ariel's fiancee and mother
Dave's fiancee and sister 

Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: redwings8831 on October 07, 2009, 05:25:14 PM
redwings 8831,

I hope you are not disappointed that the announced FOX schedule is:
10/6/09 (Tu.) 8:00 PM FOX (HK-613) 3 Chefs Compete

10/13/09 (Tu.) 8:00 PM FOX (HK-614) 2 Chefs Compete

10/20/09 (Tu.) 8:00 PM FOX (HK-615) Winner Announced ** Finale

That is the way FOX has always been done, with 2 one hour episodes one week apart for the Finale.

apskip, that's what I meant with what I posted but I messed up what I posted.  :funny:
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on October 07, 2009, 10:25:23 PM
Thanks Redwings for posting the schedule.  :tup:

Apskip, wow.. thank you for doing all the hard work for us, recappng these!

I always look forward to reading them.  :hugs:
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on October 07, 2009, 10:46:46 PM
 :res:

HELL'S KITCHEN
"Winner Announced" - 8 \ 7c

**2-HOUR SEASON FINALE**
-- "HELL'S KITCHEN" -- (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT)

THE FINAL THREE CHEFS BATTLE FOR THE GRAND PRIZE ON THE ALL-NEW TWO-HOUR SEASON FINALE OF "HELL'S KITCHEN" TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, ON FOX
 

Chef Ramsay wants to check out the three remaining chefs' international culinary skills by having them each create one dish from various parts of the world. To add a bit more pressure, he invites international culinary experts to serve as guest judges. The winner of the challenge gets to sit back and relax while the executive chefs cook and serve their signature dishes to them and their family. Then, after dinner service, one more chef gets eliminated and the final two chefs are announced. Meanwhile, in the second hour, the kitchen heats up as the final two chefs go head-to-head in their final challenge and last dinner service. At the end of the episode, one chef is crowned the winner of HELL'S KITCHEN and will become a head chef at the Araxi Restaurant in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Don't miss the two-hour "3 Chefs Compete / 2 Chefs to Winner" Season Finale episode of HELLS KITCHEN airing Tuesday, Oct. 13 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (HK-614 / 615) (TV-14; D, L) CC [VIEWER'S NOTE: SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE is preempted this night - DANCE will air only tomorrow, WED 10/14, this week] Cast: Gordon Ramsay



Visit The HELL'S KITCHEN Site

http://www.fox.com/schedule.htm#week:2009-10-11
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on October 09, 2009, 10:07:38 PM
puddin was so gracious to provide this latest information:

**2-HOUR SEASON FINALE**
-- "HELL'S KITCHEN" -- (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT)

THE FINAL THREE CHEFS BATTLE FOR THE GRAND PRIZE ON THE ALL-NEW TWO-HOUR SEASON FINALE OF "HELL'S KITCHEN" TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, ON FOX

My information was based on the FOX broadcast schedule from before HK6 began:

10/6/09 (Tu.) 8:00 PM FOX (HK-613) 3 Chefs Compete

10/13/09 (Tu.) 8:00 PM FOX (HK-614) 2 Chefs Compete

10/20/09 (Tu.) 8:00 PM FOX (HK-615) Winner Announced ** Finale

So it is obvious that the original 10/20 broadcast has been collapsed into a 2 hour finale 10/13. The question is why?

I think I have the answer and I cannot believe that FOX planning was so lacking that thye were not aware of this much sooner. The American League Championship Series will be braodcast by FOX once it starts, probably near the end of next week. The National League and American League tend to alternate prime-time games, but there is ALCS planned schedule available now:

1 Friday, October 16 7:57 PM
2 Saturday, October 17 TBD
3 Monday, October 19 7:57 PM
4 Tuesday, October 20 7:57 PM
5* Thursday, October 22 7:57 PM
6* Saturday, October 24 TBD
7* Sunday, October 25 8:15 PM

So, I conclude that it is the ALCS that caused the change to the Hell's Kitchen Finale schedule.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: KitKat on October 13, 2009, 09:20:37 AM
Come on Dave  :jumpy: :jumpy: you can do this   :yess:      I want Dave to win !!!!!!!!!!!!

Dave for the Win!
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on October 13, 2009, 08:58:43 PM
SPOILER >>>  highlight >>  It came down to Dave and Kevin, Dave kicked ass and so deserved the win and he did win!
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: puddin on October 13, 2009, 09:01:15 PM
A very interesting article


'Hell's Kitchen' Claims about Araxi a Tad Overdone
Cooking show says winner gets to be 'head chef' at a top Whistler restaurant. Actually, no.



http://thetyee.ca/ArtsAndCulture/2009/10/13/HellsKitchen/
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: tory on October 14, 2009, 10:47:39 AM
i am soooo happy dave won!!!!! :hearts: :hearts: also i wondered about the job thing becuse i rember the head chef being on hk and he was judging a dish.. hummmm it all makes sence now.
 two yrs in a row i danny and dave yea!!!! :hearts: :hearts: :happy: :happy: :party: :hellkitchen
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on October 14, 2009, 10:56:53 AM
puddin,
That was a fascinating article. Thanks. For the 4 HK finales that I have watched, Gordon Ramsay always hypes the positions that winners get to make them seem more important than they really are. HK6 is the first time that I saw a slight dose of reality in making clear that Araxi Restaurant already has a top chef, as he was highlighted as a diner with the most votes in the HK dining room on last night's teelcast. The fact that Dave will be #4 in the hierarchy there is not that important; the key is that he is not #1 as you would have expected based on FOX and HK publicity from earlier this season. The $250,000 "salary" is out of line for even the top position. Hell's Kitchen is doing its winners no favors by raising unrealistic expectations. A cash prize would be a much more appropriate way to go, but FOX and Granada America executive producers Arthur Smith and Kent Weed have elected to go with less than full disclosure.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on October 14, 2009, 02:06:30 PM
HK6, ep. 15, Semi-Finals

We start this episode with Dave, Kevin and Ariel still standing, but by the end of this episode one of them will be gone. Only 2 chefs will be moving on to the finals. Who will those lucky 2 be?

An International Challenge was immediately offered, 45 minutes to cook a meal of the nationality identified by random draw. It turned out that India, Mexico and China were the 3 cuisines and there was a generous array of ingredients to use in the dish chosen. A chef whose expertise is that cuisine was part of the judges' panel:

Vikas Khanna from the VK Hospitality Group
Elio Wong from the Mr. Chow's
Thomas Ortega from Ortega 120.

In designing an Indian dish, Dave had to consider the meat preferences of the major religious sects in India. I would have chosen fish if I was not sure. Vikas during judging told Dave that his choice of not-beef was good because Hindus consider cows sacred. However, Moslems, a subtantial minority in India, find pork unmentionable.  Vikas told him that chicken or fish would have been the best choice. Dave chose pork, but I think the decision will be based on his flavors and textures, not on Moslem beliefs.

The dishes selected were:
Dave - pork tenderloin with a bean puree
Ariel - duck breast marinated with plum-lychee puree over noodles with broth
Kevin - orange and cumin marinated pork tenderloin with mole chocolate sauce

All judges plus Ramsay taste all of those dishes. Comments were:

On Ariel's dish, the comments were "not together", interesting and good but Wong supplemented with "watery" (the killer remark).
On Kevin's dish he forgot to put the mole on. Mole is my favorite Mexican food and I order it almost always when in a Mexican restaurant. Without the mole, it was just pork and Dave had a better pork dish. Kevin still received some positive comments from Khanna and Wong, but Ortega sealed his fate with the statement that it would have been good with the mole to balance out the flavors.
On Dave's dish all chefs really liked the flavors he developed from Indian spices.

The vote of those chefs was 3 for Dave and 0 for Kevin and Arial. As winner, Dave got to have the signature dishes of those chefs prepared by them especially for Dave, his fianee and his sister. Thomas Ortega explained that his mole has 27 ingredients (which is fairly typical for a good mole).

The losers got the usual drudgery. They got to polish a huge amount of silverware under the exacting supervision of Jean Phillippe, restock and do the initial prep for the dinner service. Dave later joined them on the prep.

Ramsay gave a speech before dinner service. He points out that he will test each one of them at running the kitchen and the quality control responsibility which comes with it. He tells them he has never thrown anything at this stage of a Hell's Kitchen season. That's supposed to be a joke, but given the reality of life in Hell's Kitchen too much reality was involved so I think it fell flat on the floor.

Hell's Kitchen opens with its usual flair. It takes little time for Ramsay to put Kevin at the helm of the pass. Kevin is a bit rough in my opinion in ordering Ariel around. Always watch out for anything coming from the sous chefs is what I have learned from past seasons of Hell's Kitchen. This time the producers don't even show Ramsay's culpability in giving the orders for various types of sabotage. The first "quality control test" is Scot substituting halibut for sea bass. Kevin is on the ball and catches it. Ariel was slow on lamb, then she showed Kevin a set of bone-in lamb chops that were done that way to help it cook evenly. Kevin ordered the bones out and the lamb refired. It was no surprise to Ariel or to me that it came out overcooked. Orders could not leave the kitchen for lack of lamb components, so all of this made Kevin look bad. I am sure that he decided to reatliate when it was Ariel's turn at the pass.

Dave was next leading the pass and he was very aggressive and directive. It was almost as if he wants to demonstrate how macho he was. Asparagus risotto became spinach risotto. Dave did taste it but failed to notice the difference other than minor taste discrepancy as he sent it out, but it was immediately intercepted by Ramsay. Next, he got a second QC test with tuna not seared or having requisite sesame seeds and he failed again. In semifinals of seasons 3, 4 and 5 any chef failing the first two tests would have his stint terminated precipitously and they would be prime candidates for elimination later. Ramsay obviously wants Dave to succeed as he is given 3 more chances. One was tuna overcooked and the others no sauce on asparagus and no salt on potatoes. Dave was more vigilant and he caught all of them.

Next it was Ariel's turn. Heather prepared parsnip puree to substitute for the desired potato puree. Ariel tasted it but missed the flavor difference. Scot sends a salmon to substitute for sea bass. Ariel caught it. Next Ariel faced her biggest challenge, retribution by Kevin on multiple scallop dishes for what he preceived Ariel had done to him earlier. It did not matter what Ariel tried to motivate Kevin. He was going to punish her no matter what she did. Ramsay gave her low marks for leadership.

Ramsay rated hot plate performance at the pass good. He asked each of the 3 to nominate one of their colleagues for elimination. As always, I feel this is unfair and demeaning. Anyone but a fool knows that Ramsay makes the final decisions so these nominations are just window dressing to torture the chefs and occsaionally to calibrate them (but not in the finals). In this case Dave and Kevin nominated Ariel and Ariel nominated Kevin. I rated it as anyone's game, with Dave in the lead by a little and Ariel lagging a little. Ramsay called Dave a one-armed bandit, Kevin a country club chef and he eliminated Ariel. However, he expressed his belief that Ariel is a fine chef by asking her to keep her Hell's Kitchen jacket.



Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on October 14, 2009, 06:06:54 PM
HK6 ep. 16, Finale

So, it's Dave vs Kevin, with Ariel already eliminated. The chefs got a challenge right after that decision was announced by Ramsay. They were asked to follow Ramsay to a few stories up in a large building in Los Angeles and they went out onto a balcony overlooking a crowd of maybe 100 spectators. It looked as if FOX sent a significant number of its extras to supplement Dave's and Kevin's relatives. Dave and Kevin have 45 minutes to create a dish, cook it and plate it.

Kevin chooses for his menu petit clambake with poached lobster and corn pudding. Since almost everyone loves lobster I think he gave himself an edge. Dave chooses rack of venison with sour cream.

The judges are brought up to the podium to sample and vote.
Judge 1 is Alain Gayot from Gayot Publications. He picks Dave's dish.
Judge 2 is Jamie Maw an international food/wine critic from the Vancouver area. He picks Dave's dish.
With the score 2 to 0 anyone who has watched any episode of Hell's Kitchen knows that the producers will even the score to make it 2 to 2 before the final deciding vote can be cast. That means the next judges are shills who are going to vote to create a tie, whatever that takes. The other thing I consider very likely is that someone from the Araxi Restaurant will be the individual breaking the tie. Let's see if that happens like usual.
Judge 3 is Tanya Steel, Editor of Epicurious magazine. She picks Kevin.
Judge 4 is Warren Geraghty, executive chef of West in Vancouver. He picks Kevin.
So it's 2 to 2 and who steps up to the "plate". It's an unknown entity, Colman Andrews of Gourmet magazine from Vancouver, a contributing editor and western columnist for them. He casts the deciding vote for Dave.

Based on past history of Hell's Kitchen we know Dave will get an advantage of some sort. What will it be? The next morning Dave and Kevin each develop their menus of 3 appetizers, 3 entrees and 3 desserts. Each of them will have half of 100 covers, as a customer is known in the restaurant trade. Ramsay tells them that Dave gets Scot and the Blue kitchen while Kevin has Heather and the Red kitchen. Ramsay then leads them outside to a truck where a secret ingredient is waiting. It's 6 eliminated chefs coming back to serve as sous chefs! Not exactly a surprise, but there was good news. Tennille is not among them. We do not have to listen to any more bitching from her. Dave got first pick and then they alternated. Dave picked Ariel (a no-brainer), Robert and Suzanne. Kevin picked Van (expected), then made a controversial choice of Amanda because she was good with fish and was left with Sabrina as the last chef available.

Kevin's menu is Caramelized Scallops, Risotto, and an unrevealed third appetizer; coffee cured beef tenderloin and petit clambake and a third entree; creme brulee trio and 2 other dessrts. Dave's menu is Wild Mushroom Risotto, Prawns and an unrevealed third appetizer; Roasted loin of venison, salmon and a third entree; dark chocolate mousse stack and 2 other desserts. Ramsay does a quick sample of all 18 dishes that the two teams have prepared as a guide for what it should look like. Ramsay rates the Kevin's menu as much more complicated (although Robert says "if it tastes as good as it looks then the Blue team is in trouble") and Dave's as simple but easily capable of winning. The key will be execution.

Ramsay gets a special chef coat for Dave and for Kevin and tells Jean Phillippe to open Hell's Kitchen. There are 4 chefs from the Vancouver and Whistler areas among the diners in last night's telecast:

Frank Pabst, Blue Water Cafe
James Walt, Araxi Restaurant and Bar  (note- as the hiring manager he gets more effective votes than anyone else)
Thierry Busset, Cin Cin
Warren Geraghty, West restaurant

"the Robert that everyone loves" is shaking, twisting and shouting for joy of being in Hell's Kitchen, but unfortunately that does not last long. Amanda is on the Red Meat/Fish station and she is in trouble from the start. She messes up scallops, then cannot provide replacement scallops for a long time and is leaving the impression that she is a total airhead who should not be there. Kevin has no options but to put her on a different assignment. Van is brought over to do Meat/Fish and he solves the problem except that Amanda is screwing up risotto. In the Blue kitchen Ariel is having trouble with overcooking Fish and Meat on the venison. Robert is not getting support he expects from Dave and he threatens retaliation by not giving his all. It is just hot air, as he does not appear to act on this threat.

It reaches a point where Kevin is behind 6 tables left to complete to 4 tables left to complete for Dave. Kevin announces a strategy termed by Ramsay as "brilliant" by cooking two orders simultaneously. Duh, that's not brilliant, it's rather obvious. I guess for a normal audience what is obvious becomes "brilliant" when we are dealing with chefs. They finish at about the same time, with Dave telling his team he's very proud of their efforts and accomplishments and Kevin telling his team that they finished strong.

Who will win? it looks like Dave to me, by a small margin. In addition to his actual menu design skills and kitchen leadership skills, Dave has the aura of someone who want it so badly that he tolerated great pain and performed with only one arm from almost the beginning. Kevin has showed high presentation skills and ability to handle complex food, but those probably aren't what will win this competition. Ramsay says the results are the closest ever. He leads them to the famous doors. On his count, they simultaneously attempt to open the door they are behind. One opens and the other does not. Dave's door opens. He is the winner of Hells' Kitchen 6. I conside that a satisfactory outcome as he was the best overall chef and think of what he might be like with two functional arms. Ramsay explained that it was Dave's sophisticated palate and natural ability which won for him.

HK6 was probably the best of the entire Hell's Kitchen series. We had 3 semi-finalists who were quite close in skills and ability. The chef who wanted it the most won this, which is satisfying from a psychological perspective.




Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: KitKat on October 17, 2009, 09:53:20 AM
This was one of my most favorite seasons. Can't wait till the next season!
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on October 17, 2009, 11:30:24 AM
Whoohoo!!! Dave won! I was SO happy!!! We were visiting our kids so I had to make my celebration low key but inside I was yelling YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!! I thought he would and SHOULD be the winner.

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Who will win? it looks like Dave to me, by a small margin. In addition to his actual menu design skills and kitchen leadership skills, Dave has the aura of someone who want it so badly that he tolerated great pain and performed with only one arm from almost the beginning.
Apskip, you were so right about Dave having the edge, he endured a lot of pain but still performed. Thanks as always for your excellent recaps!  :-*

Every year there is someone with the sour grape attitude, this year was Robert but as Apskip noted, it didn't stop him from performing in the kitchen. (All for show.) I was surprised that Tennille didn't return. Van made up for his one really bad performance and showed that he is valuable in the kitchen, a one man powerhouse.


"Hell's Kitchen is hosted by Gordon Ramsey, the celebrity chef and human aneurysm who has been entertaining Fox TV audiences for years with his particular brand of staff abuse." http://thetyee.ca/ArtsAndCulture/2009/10/13/HellsKitchen/    :funny:

All in all, a great season! Hope the next season starts soon!

Title: Cookalong Live With Gordan Ramsay
Post by: TexasLady on December 14, 2009, 08:30:38 PM
This is as good a place as any.  :cmas16

Cook along with Gordon Ramsay
Tuesday 12/15/09, 9/8PM Fox Broadcast.


Gather your ingredients before hand and he'll show you how to use them.


Starter Course: Angel Hair Pasta with Shrimp, Chili and Tomatoes 

Main Course: Steak Diane With Sautéed Potatoes And Peas

Dessert: Quick Tiramisu

Ingredients: http://www.fox.com/cookalong/_media/downloads/Cookalong_Shop_Equip.pdf

For more information: http://www.fox.com/cookalong/

Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: apskip on December 15, 2009, 08:18:01 AM
TexasLady,

Take a peek at the thread specifically devoted to the Gordon Ramay Cookalong tonight. You will find it under Dec. 10, 2009 11:39:16 in the list of threads. I have supplied equipment lists and ingredient lists and anything else Ramsay has made available on the Internet to allow people to participate. Note that these ingredient lists are quite long. Maybe that is the secret of his 3-star Michelin success, that he uses a lot of ingredients to get complex flavors.
Title: Re: Hell's Kitchen Season 6
Post by: TexasLady on December 19, 2009, 01:00:01 PM
Thanks apskip! I missed it. My bad!  :cmas20


:MC: :cmastree :HH: