Hell’s Kitchen Recap: No Help From Wendy

The chefs literally have the food on their backs and lots of fire in this episode of “Hell’s Kitchen.” Not even the inspirational words of Wendy Williams can help them.

The chefs headed downstairs expecting to find their next challenge. Instead they found the dining room lit like it is during elimination. Ramsay called out Denine and Sterling. They both thought they were getting eliminated, but instead got new jackets with recipes on their backs.

These jackets were for the day’s challenge. The challenge was to have the other chefs read the recipes on your back and you have to cook it. This was a way for Ramsay to improve each team’s communication skills. Many of the chefs got what they had to do: spaghetti and meatballs, enchiladas, empanada, frittata, burger and shepherd’s pie. Roe thought she had “some kind of tart” and La Tasha thought it was “tortilla pie.”

At tasting it was neck in neck until it was 5-4 Blue when Frank’s spaghetti and meatballs beat Sade’s. This wasn’t much of a surprise seeing as how Frank is Italian and he’s been making that dish his entire life. For what seems like a first, the Blue got the win in the third episode when Fernando’s empanada beat Roe’s. This right here is a nice change of pace from seeing the Red win the first eight or so challenges season after season.

The Blue’s reward was zip-lining on the “Venice Beach” boardwalk and lunch at the “Owen Hotel.” For someone who says he’s afraid of heights, JR did a pretty good job on the zip-line.

The Red on the hand had to bring in large bags of coffee, grind it and prep both kitchens. Denine decided it was not her job to help because it “wasn’t her fault” that they lost. She also didn’t know what the garnish station was. It got worse when she started a fire of the stove. It was like watching a train wreck only the train was a blonde.

At dinner service that night Wendy Williams was a VIP in the dining room. She got exactly what many VIPs got when they eat in “Hell’s Kitchen.”

In the Blue Fernando started his table side coffee crusted Kobe beef service by going to the wrong table. He did much better after that since we didn’t see him on camera again. The Blue did perfect on apps but ran into a few walls at entrees. Frank brought up Brussels sprouts that were so black you couldn’t tell what they were. Bryant also brought up overcooked halibut. Ramsay took the entire team into the pantry to tell them to shape up and come up with a plan. Bryant and Sterling were thrown out when they both brought up “halibut sushi.” Frank later got thrown out for brining up unseasoned spinach. They finish their dinner service.

In the Red Roe chatted it up with Wendy Williams…and caused a flare up. Williams yelling, “oh, my wig!” was pretty hilarious. Later, Kalen brought up a raw lamb. She tried to finish it in the oven, but she threw common sense out the window and kept on opening and closing the oven. The lamb was still raw when she took it out. How did she not see that it was the same color as before? Things got worse when it was time for Williams’ entrees. La Tasha brought up raw salmon and Denine brought up chicken that was as dry as a camel’s something lots of bleeps in a desert storm. Holy hell, Ramsay got creative with that one. He threw the entire Red team out. Expect views of the video where Wendy Williams talks bad about “Hell’s Kitchen” to reach a few million.

The Red nominated Kalen and Denine with Denine getting the axe. Also, we get our first To Be Continued when Jennifer passes out.

The Red Team has not been this bad in a while. It’s a nice change of pace since seeing the same thing over and over again gets boring. Jennifer passing out is a scary place to end this episode. Seeing chefs leave because of injury or illness is pretty sad.