by Joshua Krol

 

On this week's episode of Hell's Kitchen the chefs try and put their differences aside and move forward as a team. After Boris claimed to be the best chef on his team last week during elimination, Vinny tells him to put up or shut up during the next dinner service. The red team however, is still questioning why Sabrina is still around. She must be doing something right.

 

For the first time ever, Hell's Kitchen will be hosting a prom. Not just any prom though, the Beverly Hills prom will be eating and dancing the night away as long as the chefs can work like a machine. The first challenge is to create the menu for the magical night. After a short video chat with the Beverly Hills prom committee, the chefs get to work and try to create the perfect prom night menu.

 

As Chef Ramsay explains the rules of the challenge, he also invites in the prom committee in for a taste test. Now the chefs must cook two appetizers and one entrée in thirty minutes and present the dishes to the committee. As the chefs get to work, Boris tries to take the lead but fails as Vinny steps in front. Meanwhile, the women realize that tensions grow when they lose so they pull it together and focus on getting the best dishes out to Chef and the Beverly Hills prom committee. While it seems the red team is finally working as a unit, Boris is left without a dish to make altogether.

 

The first dish to be presented was the loveable Sabrina's crab cakes which were received well by the committee while Vinny's tuna dish was left to fry. Next was Nona's awkward dish of steak topped with raw tuna which was favored over Rob's dry Halibut. Emily wowed the committee with her pot stickers as Trev's rib eye did not make the cut. With the red team sweeping the blue team out of the challenge for the first time in Hell's Kitchen history, Boris complains about how his signature was not in any of the dishes. Stop trying to brown nose Chef Ramsay Boris!

 

The winners receive a fun trip to an amusement park while the losers are forced to work with the prom committee in making over Hell's Kitchen into an old Hollywood themed prom. After being told that he didn't twist the banner correctly, Russell blows up on the young committee before Trev can take charge and calm him down. Looks like Russell isn't very good with kids or being told what to do, I am not sure which one gets him swearing more.

 

The next day Ramsay calls the chefs down before dinner service and explains that prom is a once in a lifetime event for these kids and that it should be very special. The items chosen for the special night are Sabrina's crab cakes, Emily's pot stickers, and even Rob's Halibut. The red team starts out strong as they begin plating appetizers before the blue team even starts cooking. Maybe the red team is a little too confident as the crab cakes sent to plate were cold and Ramsay demands fresh ones be made. On the other side of the kitchen, Boris gets a bit anxious as he starts cooking a handful of crab cakes when only two were ordered. This was mirrored in the red team's kitchen as Melissa tries to throw in twenty-three steaks before the appetizers were even completed.

 

Despite a slow start, Boris recovers from his crab cake dilemma but is slow to cook the Halibut. Meanwhile the young Sabrina is taking over the red team's kitchen with magnificently cooked dishes and vocal guidance. Just when it looks like both teams are starting to work like the machines Gordy asked them to be, Chef Ramsay finds a mystery "baby barf" like substance on the plates as Emily is also having trouble cooking her Halibut correctly. Out of nowhere, Russell starts taking the reins on the blue team much to Ramsay's delight.

 

The red team begins to finally push out entrees until Gordy spots Melissa cutting a raw piece of meat open and placing it back in the oven. As Ramsay tries to explain why this should never occur in Hell's Kitchen but Nona interrupts Gordy which, as we know by now, only ends up in a classic Gordy rant. Nonetheless, with the leadership of Sabrina and Julian, the red team pushes out entrees as both teams complete the prom's dinner service as they stand back and watch the kids dance.

 

After dinner Ramsay points out that though the women started out strong during dinner service, they utterly deflated. The blue team wins this challenge led by Russell's vocal leadership as Gordy gives him a shout out. Nearly unheard of in Hell's Kitchen. Good job Russ. Gordy asks Sabrina to pick to members for elimination. As Melissa and Emily take a stand in front of Gordy, he asks Nona to pick who should leave. Emily is chosen to leave Hell's Kitchen.

 

To find out what happened in the second hour click here.

 

 

Hell's Kitchen airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on Fox.

 

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