Hell’s Kitchen (Season 6, Episode 9) – “8 Chefs Compete”

The teams are tied 4 and 4, and while the men are fairly harmonious, the women are still struggling to get along. Suzanne is the outsider and while she makes an attempt to get along the other women don’t buy it. I think it seemed like a fairly good attempt to make amends, but who knows what goes on behind the camera.

So on to the challenge. Gordon tells them to make 4 crepes each. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and a desert crepe. Each team has a terrible time trying to actually make the crepes. And while Gordon makes it look easy, it’s not. When I was in Paris, I ate a bunch of crepes from street side vendors. Getting good at making crepes takes practice, it’s not something you pick up right away. While they all did fairly well, I think Sabrina was the obvious clear winner, not only with the ingredients that went into her crepe but with the actual making of the crepe itself. And next to Dave’s crepe, it looked like it was made by a master. The women win the challenge and they get the reward. Pantomime lessons and dinner at La Cachette French restaurant.

Back to the kitchen and right before service is about to start, Andy accidentally slices off the tips of 3 fingers while slicing potatoes on a mandolin. Ouch…! He’s off for stitches, but shows up right in time for service to start. Andy starts with a few bad crepes, but Kevin helps out. Dave steps up to help Andy with risotto. And Gordon gives Dave a big kudos on doing a good job with one hand. Meanwhile the girls look like they’re falling apart. Bad risotto from Sabrina, delays from Suzanne. Back to Andy and more problems.. this time with salads.

At this point, it looks like the red teams crashing and then the blue teams seems to be sliding down the same slope. Gordon’s blown his top and sends Andy, Sabrina and Suzanne out of the kitchen. Heather steps in and Ariel and Tennille step up to finish service. The blue team finishes with Kevin, David and Van. Gordon says no team wins since both teams were incomplete and says both blue and red need to come to a consensus on who goes. This should be no brainer. Suzanne and Andy in my opinion. And I was right, the first nominee is Suzanne and the second is Andy. Gordon sends Andy packing, telling him he has a big heart, but to stop panicking. And to throw a little surprise he asks Sabrina to step up. He says he wants the old Sabrina back and then tells Suzanne to take of her jacket. She think’s she’s out, but Gordon sends her to the blue team. The men don’t look to happy. He tells Suzanne, she better start rising.

Watch the ending of this episode here: