Hell's Kitchen-Premiere

I love Hell's Kitchen, why? Being a restaurant owner once, I love the challenge of the kitchen, I love food and I love, love, love Gordon Ramsey. He's such an adorable Sharpei with a mean bite. 15 aspiring chefs gather in the bus to take them to Hell's Kitchen. Little do they know, Ramsey is also on the bus but in disguise and what a disguise. Long scraggly hair and a big nose. On the bus, Ramsey gets a up close look at the would be chefs. Bobby, a tall handsome black guy names himself as the black Gordon Ramsey. There is one guy, Craig who boards the bus with a 10 gallon chef hat. You mean to tell me he wore that thing on his trip, in public? He is apparently suffering from little man complex and as Ramsey says to him later, are you suffering little boy syndrome down there?

Once at Hell's Kitchen, Gordon removes his disguise much to the chagrin of the contestants. Then it's off to cook their signature dishes. The one crazy dish that stood out was the Cornish game hen in a cooked pumpkin. What is this, Halloween? Why would you want to put a game hen in a pumpkin in the first place? Ramsey's reaction was, I would have been happier with a candle stuck in it. Jen, a garde manger, said she could carve Ramsey's face in a watermelon, yeah but what about cooking? The scallop dish made by Vanessa was the one that Ramsey gave a thumbs up to. Ramsey informs them that the prize of Hell's Kitchen is the executive chef position of Ramsey's new LA eatery, called LondonLA. Once again the teams are split men vs women. Immediately the girls chose Vanessa as team captain and Bobby chooses himself as captain of the guys team. Bobby needs to be taken down a few saute pans. The guys go to bed and the girls stay up to study the menu which pays off the next day when Ramsey ask them what are the five entrees on the menu? On the guys side, sound of crickets, while the girls recite and could probably make the entrees blindfolded, well maybe. Go girls! The first dinner service is as expected, a disaster. Bobby and Vanessa have no leadership skills in the kitchen, while Jason is outside picking his feet and smoking. Finally frustrated, Ramsey chooses Jen and Louross to take over, does Louross pluck his eyebrows? The girls manage to get out appetizers but not before the crowd begins to leave, but are declared the winners. The losing team with Louross as team captain, has to nominate two for the hot seat. Louross nominates Dominic and Bobby to be fired. I think Ramsey's rationale for firing Dominic, the stay at home dad, is because he has no professional experience cooking and ultimately, Dominic knew that. So long Dominic, it's back home to cook for your kids and family. And Bobby, close call, get your act together, because a firing would do you good. -Single D