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Hell's Kitchen Season 6
puddin:
--- Quote from: TexasLady on October 05, 2009, 05:14:00 PM ---This ought to be good eh? LOL
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Yes! I'm looking forward to this episode TL although I'm not loving any of the contestants this season so much.
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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.
puddin:
Next Tuesday is the 2 hour season finale!? I was clueless :yess:
puddin:
:jumpy: :jumpy: >> highlight to see who left tonight >> Tennille :yess:
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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.
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