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redwings8831:

--- Quote from: puddin on October 06, 2009, 07:33:54 PM ---Next Tuesday is the 2 hour season finale!? I was clueless  :yess:

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According to the preview, next week cuts it from 3 to 2 chefs. So the 2 hour final is probably the week after.

puddin:
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

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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.

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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.

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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 

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