Yes, while he was saying that it hurt to bend over they showed him bending at the waist to pick a box or something up. It is very likely a result of the aforementioned creative editing though.
I really don’t understand the mindset that allows people to totally ignore reality when they don’t like it.
Take Ben after the dish replication challenge. He lost. How can he stand there and say with conviction “I should have won” when Ramsay, the guy who created the exemplar dish, has declared someone else did a better job? Somehow Ben KNOWS he is a better judge of the contest than Ramsay? Especially having to disregard the awkward fact that Ramsay got to taste all the dishes and Ben DID NOT???
How can he possibly think that way?
Besides that, given the stress Ramsay has always placed on having ‘passion’ for cooking and never giving up, you’d think every contestant would know all the way to the bone that talking about quitting would end your chances of winning IMMEDIATELY and FOREVER.
You want to quit? Quit. But just walk out the door, don’t let yourself be cajoled into hanging around because you’re totally damaged goods in his eyes from then on.
As a member in good standing (hah!) of the Broken Back Club, I know first-hand that it’s entirely possible to wake up feeling like someone parked a Winnebago on top of you overnight, get adjusted, then feel perfectly normal later that day. Especially if it’s fixed quickly - he blew something and got it corrected the next day before muscles had a chance to lock into a death grip, and keeping it moving is better than languishing in bed for days.
Then, he got the pep talk that he really didn’t deserve, and that was enough “mind over matter” to get him back in the game.
As for the finalists, anyone else worried about the antics that Holli and BlueJay are certain to get into? I’m thinking a little wine and a little hooray for us will lead to a little cootchie-coo and forgetting that they’re in a room watched over by about a dozen TV cameras.
At least I didn’t get the impression that they’ll have to design their own restaurant’s decor, which I always thought was silly, since they’ll be stepping into a position at a freshly-remodeled restaurant. The show is called Hell’s Kitchen, not Hell’s Decorator.
Anyone watch the finalè?
I am pleased with the outcome, but I would have been no matter who won.
I watched but just couldn’t manage to get very interested in it. Either seemed like an equally okay candidate.
I watched just the end to see who won, and I’m glad it was Holly (although I can’t say I cared much for either of them). Jay seemed misogynistic.
I am glad it was Holly but really was bored with this year’s season. I think Ramsey was less of a total ass this year, which would have worked great if he had stronger personalitities competing. If they could find a balance of that, it might be as good as the first two seasons again.
I wonder if he ever got into her pants.
Judging by the quality of the contestants, it seems likely that whereas at the start, fairly decent chefs thought that the show would be a good way to get some direct training from Gordon Ramsey and advance their career and so joined the competition, now anyone fairly serious is avoiding a show that will only dirty their reputation by connection and so stay far away.
I’m glad the show got to the end point faster this time around. I always disliked the penultimate shows where the contestants designed their restaurants and the competition seemed boring.
I was disappointed in not seeing the chef’s final menus and had Ramsay taste testing and commenting.
I kinda figured it would be these two maybe halfway through the season. Ben had a shot but he slowly imploded over time…he has no one to blame but himself.
At the end seemed a bit anti-climatic but was still enjoyable.
I watched it while doing other things so I’m a little confused. Jay’s only trouble during service seemed to be Jason’s lamb. (and it getting sent back), but Holly’s kitchen seemed to be a disaster with things missing, people arguing, and generally poor teamwork. How did she win? Ramsay seemed to imply that she was ‘Most improved’ from his final comment. Is that all it was?
I didn’t care who won, but editing made it seem like she had the worse service. And I know about reality-show editing, but it just confuses me that the story they wanted to present was that the unworthy chef won.
YMMV i guess.
I doubt Ramsay bases his final choice on comment cards and one service. Presumably the winner will be heading up a major restaurant of his.
While Holli’s service seemed worse than Jay’s she also had the worse chefs working for her (particularly Siobahn[sp?]). Despite that she still pulled off her service and only barely finished behind Jay.
I am guessing Ramsay saw real improvement in Holli over the course of the show, she displayed some raw talent so she is someone he can mold to be the chef he wants. Jay on the other hand would likely be more difficult…plus at the Savoy in London I doubt they want a chef with blue hair.
Don’t forget the promotability factor: Holli is young, good looking, the mother of an appealing child.
Another new twist was them getting thier Brigade of Loser Chef Helpers the night before, so Jay got cockblocked by Chef Ramsey the one night he could be alone with Holli.
I wonder if she is bringing Baby Daddy or Jay with her to London 
That is what I am wondering too!
I was wondering the same thing…
At the very end, it looked like Jean-Phillipe was in absolutely no mood to get showered with champagne. You think he’d be used to such things, having worked with Chef Ramsay for so long.
I pretty authoritively believe JP was just humorously pretending to be upset over the champagne shower. He seems like a very laid back, his sharp suits and role in Hell’s Kitchen just give the mistaken impression he’s some sort of tight ass.
Yeah, I was pretty sure he was just pretending to be mad about it, as well. He’s shown a number of moments of compassion and warmth during the series’ run as well as The F Word, so I don’t see him as the kind of guy who’d be all that worked up over it.
And yes, considering that the “family time” episode had baby + baby-daddy on (instead of, say, her mom or someone else) as Holli’s special guests, I was wondering which man (or neither!) was going to win a contest over her.
Next on FOX:
Gettin’ in Holli’s Pants
Watch as Jay and baby daddy compete in a series of trials to woo and hopefully mate with their chosen partner.
Didn’t he once get a pie in the face on the show?