Last night's 2 hour premiere of the latest trip to Hell's Kitchen, on FOX, delivered on the entertainment, hooking me from the first episode. That has never happened before. Usually I start watching a few weeks in.Last night's 2 hour season premiere was actually 2 episodes, back to back. Which works for me.
In episode 2, weight-challenged Robert, he with health issues, from the previous iteration of Hell's Kitchen, is back. He was put on the girl's team. Chef Gordon Ramsay acted as if Robert was a culinary genius. My memory of Robert was he got yelled at a lot by Ramsay, which was soon to be the case again.
Good entertainment was provided by several people. There was this Melinda girl, way in over her head. Could not get pasta cooked right. Kept throwing it away and trying again, til Ramsay found the garbage can full of noodles. Melinda had the best overwhelmed, deer in the headlights, bug-eyed panic look I think I've ever seen. She was the first to get the boot.
Well, actually a guy named Louis got the boot first. Louie didn't even make it through the dinner service. He was so incompetent, Ramsay kicked Louie, the diner operator, home.
One of the boy chefs is a guy named Van, born in Georgia, currently a neighbor of mine, in Dallas, Texas. Van has anger management issues. He was assigned the table side, cook the shrimp duty, where he proceeded to botch it up, including sending frying pans flying several times. Maitre 'd, Jean-Philippe tried to reign Van in, to no avail. Van would not listen to JP, got downright feisty and threatening to the mild-mannered Belgian.
Finally, Ramsay pulled JP and Van off the floor and told them to knock it off and that they had to communicate better, telling them that they both spoke English, so communicate. To which Jean-Philippe said, in his French-Belgian accent, "I speak English. He speaks Texan."
Apparently Van is a trained chef and works in one of Dallas' top eateries. But, unfortunately, Van seems to be the latest bad Texas Reality Show Stereotype, following closely on the heels of Wes the Heel from Austin, on ABC's The Bachelorette.
And then there was ex-Marine, Joesph. Even worse anger management issues than Van. He seemed very high strung, yet competent. At the turn in your knives and leave Hell's Kitchen segment of the second episode, Ramsay asked Joesph to name the two up for the boot, and why. Joesph said the 2 names. But not why. Ramsay repeated the question. Joesph kept being obtuse. Ramsay then got more irate, with some choice name-calling, the details of which I don't remember.
And then Joesph lost it, in one of the best Reality TV meltdowns I have ever seen. He started ranting about not being a bitch, said he didn't need to be here, tossed off his chef jacket, then moved on Ramsay, spewing invective, to the shock of Ramsay and the rest of the chefs, who had made feeble attempts to get Joesph to calm down and be reasonable.
Joesph stood face to face, screaming at Ramsay, incoherently, wanting to settle it out in the parking lot. The look of astonishment on Ramsay's face was a great moment. And then, "To Be Continued."
I really don't think there is any way Joesph can be redeemed at this point.
The previews showed all sorts of drama next week, fire trucks, emergency teams, ambulances.
Very entertaining.
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