Hell’s Kitchen Season 2 Show 5

Tom was eliminated last week despite Sara’s bitchy, backstabbing behaviour. There’s only seven participants left in this reality show from hell, and only one, maybe two, are worthy of being the winner, in my opinion. My money is on Heather, who can not only keep a cool head, but knows how order people around without being obvious. She’s a take-charge girl.

But Chef Ramsay wasn’t going to let her or anyone else off easy. He made them go through a series of taste test, amazed at how bad they their collective palates are. The two remaining men seem to have the worst taste, compared to the women. And given that there’s just Heather and the boys on Team Blue, they lost to the four girls on Team Read.

Interestingly, for the service, Chef Ramsay let Red go against Blue, despite the latter only having three members. Last season, when there was a discrepancy, he made one participant go work the floor. I’m guessing he thinks that the teams are evenly matched.

Me, I think that the as far as cooking goes, Blue has the advantage, despite being a person short. That’s if Heather can stop trying to micro-manage - something she didn’t do in the previous episodes.

Well, I’m collapsing time here, but the service stunk, and Rachel is in trouble. And despite the crap Chef Ramsay dished out to Keith, he later told him to ditch the attitude and he could really shine. Wasn’t expecting that.

Which team lost tonight? My guess, Red, with Rachel getting the boot. Sara and Maribel stayed in the background, and Chef Ramsay complimented Virginia.

And that was exactly what happened. Chef even picked Virginia as the “best of the worst”. Who’s she picking? Maribel says Rachel. Rachel, Virginia and Heather (from Blue) pick Sara because of how she lied in the previous episode.

Virginia proves herself a backstabber and picks Rachel as her first choice, and a double-stabber for picking Maribel, even though she disliked Sara. Weird. I’m now sure that Sara is hand-picked for a role, not as a contestant.

Chef agreed and picked Rachel, but complimented her for her hard work. As I’ve said before, Ramsay does not favour older chefs.

Now, there’s only the dirty half-dozen left. Who’s going home next time? Unfortunately, I think it’s Heather, who seems to have lost cool resolve. Or it’s Virginia for taking her small victory and turning it into a cat-scratch session at the end.