It was your typical "misdirect" show.
Bonnie starts by not addressing an issue raised by Melissa on what the recipes and quantities of ingredients are. She just says that it will all come out all right. Remember these words! Rock contrasts by giving his recipes to his team hours before the competition begins so they can make sure everything is going to be available.
Rock and Bonnie before the opening of Hell's Kitchen for the final night of competition are micromanaging their staff. I bet Ramsay was really proud watching them, as they were modeling their behavior on him.
Each finalist is asked to present an appetizer, main course and dessert for review by Ramsay.
Bonnie chooses a Chevre Salad, Egg Fettucine with Prawns, and Chocolate Truffles.
Rock chooses a Chicken ap, RibEye steak with rice and vegetables, and Vanilla Milkshake with cookies.
Ramsay thinks the chocolate truffles are not quite enough portion. He tells Rock that garlic on the rice is off(I could not figure out too much or too little) and the cookies are not right.
Ramsay summarizes Bonnie's menu as elegant and vibrant. He summarizes Rock's menu as robust.
For room decor, Ramsay calls Bonnie's choices sophisticated, classy, elegant, and clean with panache.
Rock's room decor is rated elegant, sumptuous and smart.
Bonnie as the service beings states for the camera that "Jen and Julia are not my friends tonight. They must obey me." she tells her staff that "I want to hear you respond with Yes, chef all night long."
As appetizers are cooking, Josh is screwing up everything, particularly crabcakes. After Ramsay counsels him, Rock does not give Josh a second chance to get things back in order. He switches Vinnie and Josh, with Josh going to a warming station. Vinnie saves the day on aps for Rock.
Bonnie is winning the battle of on-time quality appetizers. However, as they go into main courses Bonnie runs out of fettucine and must switch to spaghetti as a substitute. Later, she also runs out of prawns. Her signature dish is a shambles due to her lack of translation of her menu into ingredients. She is paying the price for just winging it.
Toward the end of the evening, Bonnie gave Julia an order of the "Do this now" type that Julia refuses to comply with. Bonnie tried to get control of this as Ramsay looked on, but Julia balked again. The task was not important and Bonnie probably should not have overrated its criticality.
After the restaurant officially closes, Ramsay asks both what they would have done differently. Rock says picked Jen first and not picked Josh at all. Bonnie would have double-checked portion sizes(but not done an inventory of ingredients after deteremining the amount of ingredients she expected to need). Ramsay says both demonstrated a lot of leadership(his style), meaning barking at the staff. He tells Bonnie she demonstrated a level of assertiveness. He tells Rock that he was rock solid. He said that he needed time to review the feedback from customers before he could make a decision.
It is time for the decision. In a cheesy FOX move, there is much delay before it is revealed. Rock wins. I felt he had earned it because he ran a good kitchen whereas Bonnie made some fundamental planning errors. The problems I expected from Julia did not really materialize. The problems I expected from Josh did, but Rock overcame them. Rock won a $250,000 annual salary as head chef at the Green Valley Ranch.
