Saturday, September 28, 2024

SEASON #23: Head Chefs Only. - Kyle

EPISODE #1:  Hell's Heads East.


HOST: Gordon Ramsay.

SOUS CHEFS:  Red - Michelle Tribble,

                           Blue - James Avery.

MAITRE d:  Marino Monferrato.

PRIZE:  $250,000

NEW LOCATION:  Foxwood Resort Casino,

                                  New London, CONN.


                         PLAYERS (18)

1.  AMANDA CURRIE  39  Exe. Chef           Orlando, FLORIDA

2.  AMBER EVANS  32  Head Chef           San Diego, CALIFORNIA

3.  ANN MARIE STAUBER  34  Exe. Chef Highlands Ranch, CA.

4.  ANTHONY JOEVO  28    Exe. Chef    Sacramento, CALIFORNIA

5.  BRANDON KERR  34  Co-Rest. Owner  Lafayette, INDIANA

6.  BRITTANY ELLSWORTH 37 Exe. Chef  Homer, ALASKA

7.  CORBIN EMILIO 36 Rest. Owner       Appleton, WISCONSIN

8.  EGYPT DAVIS 31 Ex. Banquet Chef  Chicago, ILLINOIS

9.  HANNAH FLORA 31 Country Club Ex  Dekalb, ILLINOIS

10.  JOE TARTAMALLA 35 Exe. Chef   Staten Island, NEW YORK

11.  KYLE TIMPSON 29          "      "   Phila., PENNSYLVANIA

12.  LULU DANGERFIELD 36 "    "     Puebla, MEXICO

13.  MAGALI ORT 28        "            "   Huntington Beach, CA.

14.  MEGAN ELLIS 37     "         "        Honolulu, HAWAII

15.  MICHAEL LOVANO 27 "    "        Hudson, OHIO

16.  SHANT HALAJIAN 29 Corp. Ex. Chef Glendale, CA.

17.  URI ELBAUM 27      Ex. Chef        Long Beach, NEW JERSEY

18.  WHIT THOMAS 35     "    "     Reidsville, NORTH CAROLINA


The chefs arrived by small coast guard boats to the Coast Guard Academy. Then take to Resorts where they will stayed & cooked.


SINGATURE CHALLENGE:  Make your signature dish in 40 minutes.

             WINNER:  Women won.

REWARD:  dinner at the resort & Gordon will join them.

PUNISHMENT:  Delivery Day of all the supplies need to stock the restaurant & clean-up the kitchen.

Then, they were given their recipe books.

NEXT DAY:

-The Press was outside & Gordon was with a flame thrower.


EPISODE #2:  The Flame Game.            Still 18 Left.

Continue with Flame Thrower.  Gordon light the pitchfork on the sign in front of the kitchen.


CHALLENGE:  Create an incredible, delicious Flambe meal in 40 minute.

                        JUDGING/REULTS

Must pick the Top 3 to present to Gordon.

RED:  Whit, Magali, & Meghan.

BLUE:  Brandon, Joe, & Michael.

Now, Tell the Gordon the BOTTOM 2 Dishes:

RED:  Ann Marie & Brittany

BLUE:  Shant & Egypt.

ELIMINATED:  No-One.                     Still 18 Left.


DINNER SERVICE:  Opening Night.

- The Chefs were given their HexClad knives.

- Run through the dishes.

TABLESIDE:  Flambe of Ribeye Appet.:  

  BLUE:  Brandon & Kyle,

  RED:  Meghan & Brittany.

BOTH TEAMS were kicked-out & had to nominated 2.

RED:  Nominated:  Magali & Amber

BLUE:  Nominated:  Michael & Shant.

ELIMINATED:  Amber - didn't cooked the scallops.


EPISODE #3:  Shucking Hell.                           17 to Start

NEXT MORNING:  5:26 am The Sous chefs woke them up to come to front immediately.  Marino was there wearing fishing gears.


  Must unload a truck full of boxes of seafood.

- Two Blue Chefs, Uri & Shant complained of injury themselves.

CHALLENGE:  Seafood Tower Fan.


- In 30 minutes feature only hot seafood appetizers using only only 8 proteins:  Squid, Crabs, Lobsters, mussels, Prawns, Clams, Scallops, & Oysters.

               Red- 6 & Blue - 5.

WINNER:  Red Teams.

PRIZE:  Red Team:  Kayak down the scenic  Mystic River.

PUNISHMENT:  Blue Team:  Preparing the seafood.


- Shant went to the hospital & out of the completion.


DINNER SERVICE:  

- Before they got started, Uri announced he is not feeling well & quit.                     

                                                                     15 Left.

CHEF'S TABLE GUEST:  Red:  Trey Hendrickson, Cinnn. Bengals,

                                      Blue:  Matthew Judon, NE Patriots.

TABLESIDE:  Red:  Magali, 

                         Blue:  Anthony.

Both Teams finished Service.

WINNING TEAM:  Red Team.

Blue Team:  Nominated Two:  Egypt & Corbin.

ELIMINATED:  Corbin - he was disconnected. 


EPISODE #4:  In a Pickle.

  Staying on top on of the lastest trends - Pickling.


CHALLENGE:  Playing a made-shift game of pickle-ball by throwing a ball into a barrell of ingredients that would like to use in 45 minutes.

                    JUDGING/RESULTING

GUEST JUDGE:  Dan Barber, Executive Chef of Blue Hill at Stone Barn.

WINNER:  Blue Team.  PRIZE:  Overnight on Grace Island, an private own island.

PUNISHMENT:  Red Team.  Going to Long Table Farm removing 15 tons of cow manure.  Whit uses her Punishment Pass in exchange for Egypt.

- Amanda got ill at the farm.


NEXT DAY:  Dinner Service.

CHEF'S TABLE:  Red Table:   Sheryl Swoops, 3X Olympic Gold Medalist,

  Blue Table:  Vernon Davis, Super Bowl Champion.

KICK OUT OF KITCHEN:  Both Teams.

NOMINATED:  Red:  Magali & Ann Marie,

                           Blue:  Michael & Egypt.

ELIMINATED:  Michael.


EPISODE #5:  Homesick in Hell.

NEXT DAY:  Earlier POS system for taking orders to tablets.  CHALLENGE:  Cook a Classic  on Burgers.  Head-to-Head cooking 7 amazing proteins: dry aged beef, lamb, pork, chicken, venison, short rib & bison.  35 minutes. 



GUEST JUDGE:  Chef & Owner of Hamburger America, George Motz.

VENISON BURGER:  Magali & Egypt:  Both get a point,

BISON  BURGER:  Ann Maria & Brandon:  Blue get the point,

CHICKEN BURGER:  Meghan & Lulu:  Megan get the point,

BEEF BURGER:  Brittany &  Kyle:  No point to either. Kyle forget 

   something,

PORK BURGER:  Amanda & Anthony:  Anthony get the point,

SHORT RIB BURGER:  Hannah & Joe:  Hannah get the point,

LAMB BURGER:  Whit & Kyle:  Whit get the point.

     WINNER IS:  Red Team.

PRIZE:   Going Bowling at Foxwood Luxury Lanes.


PUNISHMENT:  Rolling patties for sliders for dinner service.  Brandon DOESN'T USE his pass.


DINNER SERVICE:  

- Egypt want to quit the competition.  Chef talked to him & he doesn't quit.

SLIDER APPETIZER:  

- On Red Team Whit is not talking with Hannah & put the scallops down early.   

Some issues:  Lack of communication on both teams.

WINNING TEAM:  Both Teams.

ELIMINATION:  No One.


EPISODE #6:  Hell on Wheels.


CHALLENGE:  Versatility.

- Working with the versatility ingredients:  Pasta.


GAME:  Pasta Pachinko (Pinko) from The Price is Right.  working in pairs. 

 KYLE/ANN MARIE:  Pappardelle,

 LULU/AMANDA:  Cannelloni,

 HANNAH/JOE:  Fettuccine,

 BRANDON/BRITTANY:  Tortellini,

 ANTHONY/MEGHAN:  Cavatelli,

 EGYPT/MAGALI:  Orecchiette,

 WHIT/No-One:  Tortellini with Brittany & Brandon.

in 40 minutes.

GUEST JUDGES:  married couple:  Angie Rito & Scott Tacinelli.

                          JUDGING/RESULTS

- A Tied of 6.  Breaking the tie.

   WINNING TEAMS:  Blue Team with Joe as the Winner.

PRIZE:  A day go-karting at the Casino with Chef Gordon.

PUNISHMENT:  Red Team:  Working at The Resort Commissary preparing pasta from scratch for the workers.

- Whit's dish is not selected by her team & Brittany is.


                        DINNER SERVICE

KICK-OUT:  Red Team - cause Magali wasn't talking & had to do the Halibut three times.

NOMINATED 2:  Brittany & Meghan

                BUT

Ramsay told them back in line & told Magali to step up.

ELIMINATED:  Magali - 3x poor performance.


EPISODE #7:  Harmony in Hell.

NEXT DAY:

The Yale University Students Whiffenpoofs, a singing group.

                   HARMONY is the clue.


CHALLENGE:  a game of grap the ingredients when the music stop. (a Hell's Kitchen favorite).

                  WINNING:  A Tied - to break the tie - the best dish will break the tie.

            BEST DISH:  Egypt of the Blue Team.

PRIZE:  Blue Team.  A Pool Party & day at the Norwich Spa.

PUNISHMENT:  Red Team.  Steak Night. Prepare Butter & all essentials needed for Steak Night.

- Hannah had moment of quitting, she lost her husband to suicide 3 yrs ago.  She talked to Michelle & didn't quit.


                           DINNER SERVICE - Steak Night.


CHEF'S TABLE:  Patti Stanger, Businesswoman & Matchmaker.

CHEF'S TABLE:  Nikki & Brie Garcia, TV Hosts & Personalities.

  WINNER OF DINNER SERVICE:  Blue Team.

LOSER:  Red Team. Amanda served Raw Veal & Meghan was TOO forced on Ann Maire instead of her salmon.

NOMINATED 2:  Ann Marie - she was so in serving her garnish,

                              Meghan - her Salmon wasn't cooked.

ELIMINATED:  Meghan.


EPISODE #8:  Get a Clue.

CHALLENGE:  Communication is Important.

- Secret Ingredients - play a game guessing the ingredients like "Password" that will go with 3 proteins:  Chicken, Pork or Cod.  Then create a dish with them in 45 minutes.

- Blue Team has to drop a dish since they more members & drop Egypt's pork chop, which comes to back them in the back.


WINNING TEAM:  Red Team w/Hannah, Brittany, & Whit with the only points.

PRIZE:  The Resort Smash Avenue, Smash Room then dinner at Grace by Nia, the resort supper club.

PUNISHMENT:  Compost the garbage.

   DINNER SERVICE - No Service tonight

- But, the 5 chefs didn't have points will have to cook for their life:

  Lulu, Amanda, Anthony, Ann Marie & Brandon.

CHALLENGE:  Lobster in 45 minutes.


- Brandon was first to be sent back to the dorm, then Lulu, then Amanda leaving Anthony & Ann Marie.

ELIMINATED:  Anthony.


EPISODE #9.  Lonely in the Kitchen.

Continue with Ann Marie being saved.

NEXT DAY:  Special team of chefs:  The Gastro Gang:  they were in in sync & demoing Wellington.  The Industrial Rhyme.

CHALLENGE:  Cook & Create a menu:  5 items:  2 Hot items:  3 entrees:  1 1 white meat, 1 red meat & 1 fish.   45 minutes.

- 1 chef leaving the kitchen, Amanda   Kyle & Hannah are left in the kitchen.

BATTLE OF THE SHELLFISH APET:  Hannah vs. Lulu  Both Win

2ND HOT APET:  Brittany vs. Egypt.    Both Win

THE FISH DISH:  Ann Marie vs. Brandon  Both Win.

THE RED MEAT DISH:  Amanda vs.  Kyle  Both win, again.

THE WHITE MEAT:  Whit vs. Joe  Both teams win.

  TIE BREAKER:  BEST DISH:  Hannah. win.

PRIZE:  Red Team:  Send them overnight to the New York City.100 floor of at the Edge of the Hudson Yard.


PUNISHMENT:  Blue Team.  Prepare homemade baked bead overnight.  Use his Punishment Pass:  Brandon-  he does & replace with Ann Marie.


                        DINNER SERVICE

Red team - Brittany is messing up

Blue Team - Lulu is also messing up.

    - Kyle & Lulu are not in sync.

KICKED OUT OF KITCHEN:  Blue Team.  Must Nominate 2.

WINNING TEAM:  Red.

BLUE NOMINATED:  Lulu  & Kyle.

ELIMINATED:  Lulu.


EPISODE #10:  A Sticky Situation. 

CHALLENGE:  The Blind Taste Test.:  Ramsay's Bed & Breakfast.  

- syrup will dump first, then other breakfast items. (cereal, & eggs)


   WINNER:  Red Team.  9 - 3.

PRIZE:  To Dessert Party - Also, a prize in the dorm.

PUNISHMENT:  Clean up all the maple syrup, etc. from the dinning room.


                    DINNER SERVICE

- Joe is homesick.

CHEF'S TABLE:  Lamar Odom, Former Prof. Basketball player.

CHEF TABLE:  Penn and Tell, world-renowned magicians

BOTH TEAMS COMPLETE SERVICE:  Blue Team winners

- Red Team must nominate 2.

NOMINATED:  Brittany & Ann Marie.

ELIMINATED:  Brittany.


EPISODE #11:  A Soap Opera in Hell.    8 Left.

- Kyle is acting very immature.

I will wrote much 'cause of my stroke.


CHALLENGE:  must create an international dish going against your opponent.

GUEST JUDGE:  Vikas Khanna.

- Blue Team won.  Best Dish:  Egypt.


DINNER SERVICE:  Charity Night

- RED TEAM:  America Heart Assoc.

- BLUE TEAM:  Special Olympics

BEST ON BLUE:  Kyle.

  "         "   RED:  Hannah.

Must Nominated 2:  Blue - Joe & Egypt

                                 Red - Amanda & Anne Marie.

ELIMINATED:  Anne Marie & Joe.


EPISODE #12:  Black Jacket Time.      6 Left.

Three Challenges to get 5 Black Jackets.


 - all 6 must create a dish from the 7 ingredients. Received the first jackets:  Hannah & Brandon.  

- Must create anything in 23 minutes.  Received their jackets:  Whit & Kyle.

- Finally create a dish inspired by your mentor.  Finally:  Egypt.

ELIMINATED:  Amanda.


EPISODE #13:  Walk into Hell.            5 Left.

CHALLENGE:  Teach comedians Chef Ramsay's Lobster Ravoli dish.  Jeff Dye, Jim Norton, Judy Gold, Druski, & Yamaneika Saunders.

   WINNER:  Whit.  Won:  A shopping spree.  Take Kyle with her.

PUNISHMENT:  Clean-up both kitchens.


DINNER SERVICE: First Black Jackets Service.

- Brandon kept making mistakes.

ELIMINATED:  Brandon. 


EPISODE #14:  Hell at the Pass.    4 Left

  FINAL 4:  Kyle, Whit, Egypt, & Hannah.

Chef Ramsay introduced 4 Executive Chefs from the resort:  Preston Mitchell from Alta Strada,

Todd Sicolo from Golden Dragon, Michael Yaffe from Cedars Steaks & Oysters, & Matt O'Neill from David Burke Prime.

CHALLENGE:  Cook & prep in 1 hour to serve them & their brigade tableside.

  WINNER:  75% Kyle - won yacht at Mystic Seafood Museum.  (not a large yacht but a medium size sailboat)


PUNISHMENT:  polish glassware, etc.


DINNER SERVICE:  

- Each will have a turn at the pass.

Only 3 will advance.  Egypt, Hannah, & Kyle.

ELIMINATED:  Whit.


EPISODE #15:  One Hell of a Ride.      3 left.

CHALLENGE:  Design a menu.  Chef Kesha Tatro.

NEXT MORNING:  Family Visit.  Now, take the final 3 on "shopping spree".  Back to Hell's Kitchen - Still need to make The Final Challenge. - 5 Course Meal. 60 minutes.

- Kyle is in the finals.  Hannah is in the finals

ELIMINATED:  Egypt.

KYLE'S TEAM:  Brandon, Joe, Whit, &Lulu.

HANNAH' TEAM:  Egypt, Brittany, Amanda, & Anne Marie.


EPISODE #16:  Hell's Finish Line.     2 Left.

The chefs prepare their menu.  Lulu doesn't like what Kyle has doing.

NEXT DAY:  The Final Cook.

Battle of the Head Chef:  Kyle - Blue & Hannah - Red.

- Joe(Kyle team) is messing on scallop.


Dinner Service is over.


  THE WINNER IS:  KYLE!


    ( from Philadelphia, Pa)  

 



               


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