Early on in the first episode, Boris boldly claimed that he was the strongest chef on the Blue Team. It was obvious that Vinny took that personally. It was decided that Boris would lead the team during the next dinner service. That didn’t happen. Boris had trouble getting the rest of his team to listen to him. He struggled in the kitchen for both dinner services and he got kicked out by Ramsay. I think the funniest moment involving Boris was when he was presenting his salad during one of the challenges. He might have been nervous, or it may have been warm in Hell’s Kitchen – Boris was sweating like a pig! Chef Ramsay’s reaction was priceless. He gave Boris a little signal to tell him that he should wipe his face. Check out Ramsay’s face!
A few interesting things happened this week. Chef Ramsay put Melissa on the Blue Team and moved Trev to the Red Team. That change gave Russell a chance to really step up and take more of a leadership role in the Blue Kitchen. Vinny and Nona were given the chance to help plate the dishes during dinner service, and the Red Team had to eat raw flowers after cleaning both kitchens. It was funny to watch Trev get on Sabrina’s case during dinner prep. Trev would not let up; he kept after her the whole time. That’s just what the Red Team needed – Sabrina is too lazy during prep, it was refreshing to see someone put her in her place. Also, I’d like to point out that the tease we saw about Sabrina making the Red Team’s lives hell didn’t come true. She didn’t sabotage the team like we were led to believe. Another reason why you can’t put too much stock in what we’re told about upcoming episodes.
Now, let me address a vicious rumor. I have been asked questions on this from several different people. The most notable being from my brother, how could you be so mean to Raj like that?” My youngest brother pointed it out during the first episode. “Damn, what are you doing on Hell’s Kitchen?” Needless to say – my wife laughed hysterically! When I think about it, I think it’s kinda funny too. Apparently, Trev and I look alike. I’ve been told that I look like previous contestants before. Ironically, by the same people that think Trev and I look alike. This time I think they are closer to the mark. Take a look at this comparison photo and let me know what you think. After studying both photos you can clearly tell that I’m not Trev, and I’m not a contestant on Hell’s Kitchen. My cooking skills would have given me away before the first episode aired! I hope that Trev sticks around for awhile. I know he’s not truly a chef but I can’t help it, I like watching myself on TV!

Unfortunately, again, last week’s teaser turned out to be nothing at all. All the commotion we saw with all of those ambulances was just a ploy to get us to watch this week. It turned out that the chefs had to prepare breakfast for 100 EMTs; and apparently they all arrived in ambulances. Weird. It’s become somewhat of a joke around our house – “the most outrageous episode of Hell’s Kitchen ever” or for the first time ever on Hell’s Kitchen”. We’ve heard those teasers so many times that we shake our heads whenever we hear them.
During the breakfast service, Chef Ramsay was hoping that both teams would be able to focus on teamwork. The Red Team did pretty well overall; the women finished service and had to go to the men’s side to help finish theirs. From the men’s point of view, that’s humiliating! As punishment the men had to polish stemware and clean both kitchens. During the punishment they were all focusing on Raj and attacked him exclusively. He eventually had enough and got in Trev’s face, “you’re picking on me in a vicious fashion.” Even when he’s pissed off, he can still seem funny to me! He went on to call the rest of his team a “bunch of snakes”. Prior to dinner service he boasted to the camera about his cooking skills, “Google my name.” Well, I did! Here’s what I found. At dinner service, in was in over his head and a lot of his food was not fit to serve. That didn’t stop him from enjoying it! Eat up Raj! The Red Team went on to lose the challenge and put Emily and Sabrina up for elimination. In classic Ramsay fashion, Raj was sent home instead. He definitely was out of his league, but I really like watching him. I’m going to miss him.
In the next episode, the chefs had to make ravioli from scratch, go head-to-head and have Chef Ramsay decide which dish he liked the best. Interesting tidbit: a few weeks ago my wife made ravioli from scratch and it was DELICIOUS! Thanks baby!! The men went on to win the challenge thanks to Trev. The rest of the Blue Team doesn’t respect Trev as a chef, so it was nice to see him do well. During the reward Trev let his team know that he’s not happy with the level of teamwork – he feels like he’s not really included. I think him telling his team the way he did will only alienate him from them. On the Red Team, Sabrina flat-out admitted to us that she’s not a team player. Are you kidding me? What do you think Chef Ramsay is looking for? It’s moments like these that make me wish that Chef Ramsay watches the segments where the chefs talk to the camera. He could learn so much. Heck, if it was my show, I would!
During dinner service Boris decided to wash dishes as his team was struggling. Needless to say, Chef Ramsay was not happy. He went on to comment on Boris, “What a Muppet.” At that moment, I thought – “I could see him as a Muppet.” Once again, the women had to help the men during dinner service. Only this time, both teams got kicked out of the kitchen and Chef Ramsay finished with the help of Scott and Andi. Each team nominated 2 chefs for elimination and Louis was sent home. As the episode ended, we heard from Sabrina that she was going to make life Hell for the rest of her team. Yeah right, we’ve seen this before haven’t we? This is just another tease that will amount to nothing. I could be wrong though. Tune in next week and we can find out together.