Did anyone else notice that three curveballs Ramsey threw at the contestants weren’t equal? K-Grease could only have known the spaghetti was overcooked by tasting it. Heather had lumpy potatoes which you can see and verify by tasting. But, all Virginia had to do was tell the difference between salmon and sea bass which look nothing alike.
That’s because Ramsey’s got a hard-on for Virginia. 
It’s pretty easy to spot lumpy potatoes too. I can tell if pasta is undercooked without tasting it (but GR expects his expiditers to taste everything anyway), and spotting the salmon substutution was really more a test of whether she was keeping track of her orders rather than being able to spot the difference. I don’t think the tests were that unfair and I don’t think it would be at all Ramsay’s style to play favorites.
Yeah, I thought that, too. On the other hand, in order to tell by looking, you actually have to look. Last year, Ralph, who was a stronger candidate than any of this year’s knuckleheads, sent out a dish that Michael had sabotaged in a reasonably obvious way, IIRC. He was just in a hurry and not paying attention, which could have happened to Virginia. I’m honestly not sure if Gordon was deliberately throwing her a softball, or not.
Do people really believe this? Do people really think that GR would sabotage one of his own restaurants or his professional reputations for a piece of fluff? It just doesn’t seem like his personality to me. He’s too obsessed with the quality of his food. Plus he’s married. If he was going to chase some strange, I doubt that he’d do it on camera.
Nope, just quoting K-grease.
The only thing I can say about the sabotage was that by going last Virginia probably had an idea that she needed to be looking for something from one of Gordon’s sous chefs.
Now, now. Be fair. Heather is a whiner too.
When Keith made that last crack (um, no pun intended), Ramsey should have said, “I don’t have a thing for Virginia, I just have an aversion to chefs who LOOK LIKE A (BLEEPING) DEAD FISH! You’re (BLEEPING) Sloth from the Goonies! You’re the (BLEEPING) missing link!” Sure, it’s probably not fair, but clearly Keith didn’t lose because of his skills in the kitchen – he lost because he looks, dresses, and acts like a 5th grader. I don’t think Ramsay could live with himself if he gave a top-of-the-line restaurant to a guy like that. Virginia was smart to point out that, despite her faults, at least she is teachable; that was a good strategy to use against Keith in particular, because she knew she couldn’t compete with him in other areas. (Plus, you know, there are the boobs. 
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Last week I was predicting Heather would win this easily, but now she’s really wigging out, and I’m not so sure anymore. It would be a lot easier to root for her if she wasn’t such a spiteful banshee.
My prediction for the final challenge: Heather and Virginia must keep Tom’s nose sweat out of the food while simultaneously keeping Garrett away from the knives. And Virginia will, for reasons left unexplained, be required to work in a bikini top.
OK, last night I watched the broadcast starting about 10 minutes in, just as GR was judging the dish recreation challenge.
Watching everything before that, I find Virginia to be rather dim, batshit insane, and completely oblivious. I can’t possibly root for her.
Heather may not be as good as she thinks she is, but at least she lives on this planet.
Especially after she “accidentally” flashes them - which, so far, is the only talent Virginia has shown consistently, which doesn’t say “executive” in any way, shape, or form to me. Novelty restaurant hostess, perhaps, but she has shown no leadership ability; I can’t see her in charge of anything.
Well the resturant is going to be in Vegas…
Anybody else wondering how much the returning contestants are going to sabotage Virginia and Heather. This seasons bunch has either been tremendously incompetent or mildly competent and nasty.
I don’t think it’s so much a lack of intelligence/obliviousness as it is a lack of confidence on Virginia’s part. She knows her stuff. It’s the lack of experience of putting it all together that’s holding her back. Plus I’m willing to bet that she probably has never had experience supervising.
Heather may have the chops and the experience, but she’s just too “out there” to be in charge. She needs to be on a more even emotional keel if anybody’s going to take her seriously.
BTW, who thinks Ramsey will make the same offer to this year’s winner as last, the option to come train with Ramsey in England instead of the restaurant?
No way. Uh-uh. I really think that Gordon wants to be as far away from this year’s nightmarish crop of losers as possible. Especially if Virginia wins. So far all her flirting appears to be falling on deaf ears- we’ve never seen him respond in any way- but there’s no way he’d be able to live down the favoritism thing if he tried to bring her to England.
Besides, what would her husband think? 
…speaking of whom, do you think that’s who’s coming into the door at the last second? Along with somebody dear to Heather?
Must’ve stopped watching before the previews, eh? The shit-canned cast members are coming back next week and will be split into crews under Psycho Blonde and Brunette.
Regarding the pop-psych aspect alluded to above, funky creative people tend to be off the rails. The brunette will win because of her creativity and menu planning. A business manager will do the money; a “real” chef will run the show. The brunette will become a crative genius. The stuff she’s come up with on her own has been stunning; she just needs to be surrounded by right-brain types.
I think this last episode is the first one they’ve actually shown Virginia smoking. I was pulling for her because I thought she was the only non-smoker but obviously that was wrong.