So last night was the 2 hour season finale of Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 and it was H-O-T!!!
From the beginning I had a feeling it would come down to the two chefs who were injured early in the competition. Kevin rolled both his ankles and Dave severely broke his wrist, which he struggled with endlessly. They both grinned through the pain to the bitter end and found themselves facing a very proud and almost emotional Gordon Ramsay.
Throughout the season, both chefs displayed an amazing talent in preparing their individual dishes, they showed consistency in challenges and exhibited leadership during dinner services.
At first I thought Kevin would take it, since in my opinion, he was the most consistent chef of this season. In fact I think one of the only times he screwed up was in last night’s challenge, where the 3 remaining chefs had to make a dish using ingredients from a specific county taking part in the 2010 winter games in Vancouver. Kevin had to prepare a dish using ingredients from Mexico, I think there’s even a sound bite of him saying “Mexico, everybody’s made Mexican food, this will be the easiest dish ever. Unfortunately Kevin forgot one of his key ingredients, the mole sauce, when presenting to the 3 top chefs representing their respective countries. Dave was thrown a curve ball when he was challenged to make Indian food. Dave had never eaten or cooked with such ingredients, but as usual he took it with stride and prepared what he thought would please the chefs. Unfortunately Dave though he was being clever when he deduced, that since cows are sacred in India, he better cook with pork… SORRY WRONG ANSWER!!! Thankfully the Indian chef wasn’t too offended, ’cause Dave more than made up for the mistake with his superior quality dish.
As anticipated, the final dinner service not only brought back interesting characters like Van and Robert who cooked up a storm for their respective chefs, but served up one of the tightest and most intense Hell’s Kitchen finale ever.
Now in case you didn’t see it, here’s the spoiler… Dave won!!!
But let me give you my rationale for why I think he won and why Kevin did not. Again, this is my opinion, please feel free to comment with your own theories…
DAVE WAS ON DRUGS - Throughout the season he seemed very mellow, never raising his voice or a fist (not that he could even if he wanted to). Kevin on the other hand, although consistent, was not shy about “Ramsaying” up himself in the kitchen while on his own station or even worse, on the pass as we saw in last night’s final dinner service, he almost blew it before he even got started, Amanda or no Amanda.
Dave stayed cool, calm and collected from beginning to end… Something tells me it was from all the pain killers he was probably taking : )
Now that the competition is over and real life kicks in, does Dave have what it takes to run the Araxi Restaurant in Whistler B.C. for the 2010 Winter Olympics?
I would say, he could do it with one arm tied behind his back.
French cuisine is considered among the world’s best, but its traditional ingredients like butter and cream aren’t always appropriate for today’s heart-healthy diets. New World Provence is a new-style French cookbook designed with contemporary North American audiences in mind, featuring healthy, easy-to-find ingredients prepared using traditional French techniques tweaked with the home cook in mind.In this video WatchMojo.com speaks with the authors of New World Provence: Modern French Cooking for Friends and Family about their culinary approach.
Pasta, olive oil, tomatoes and fresh basil are the basics to delicious Italian cuisine. In this video WatchMojo.com sits down with Roger Costa from Weinstein & Gavinos to learn everything there is to making traditional and delicious Italian meals.
Looks like the fast food industry is trying to blur the lines between greasy food and hot sex. If you’re not convinced look at the following videos and pictures and then decide for yourself.
According to restaurant chain El Pollo Loco, the marinade for KFC’s new grilled chicken contains beef. Well, actually beef products. El Pollo Loco is planning to play up this fact in a new advertising campaign. The company feels the use of beef products in chicken is “wrong.”
KFC has not hidden that they use these beef products in their new grilled chicken; the information is available on their website, if you’re willing to look for it. It’s found on page 14 of a 37 page document online. I have to assume, though, if you’re eating at KFC, you don’t really care about the nutritional value. However, the grilled chicken was recently added to their menu as a “healthy choice.” Read more…
While it originated in Italy (probably), pizza has permeated diets across the globe – most notably the American diet. Americans have wholeheartedly accepted and appropriated the pizza. And while a traditional pizza still consists of a crust topped with tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese and oven-baked, there are so many variations on the theme it’s tough to keep track. New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Hawaii and California are just a few locations with regional-specific pizza styles. If you ever have trouble choosing which to try, it’s fortunate that GQ food writer Alan Richman outlined the top 25 pizzas across the States. Here’s the list:
- Great Lake (Chicago)
- Lucali (Brooklyn, NYC)
- Pizzeria Delfina (San Francisco)
- Pizzeria Bianco (Phoenix)
- Bob & Timmy’s (Providence, R.I.)
- Sally’s Apizza (New Haven, Conn.)
- Tomato Pie (Los Angeles)
- Co. Company (Manhattan, NYC)
- Tacconelli’s (Philadelphia)
- Totonno’s (Brooklyn, NYC)
- Tarry Lodge (Port Chester, N.Y.)
- Frank Pepe (New Haven, Conn.)
- Luigi’s “the Original” (Harrison Township, Mich.)
- Gialina (San Francisco)
- Buddy’s (Detroit)
- Antica Pizzeria (Marina Del Ray, Calif.)
- A16 (San Francisco)
- Al Forno (Providence, R.I.)
- Galleria Umberto (Boston)
- Famous Joe’s (Manhattan, NYC)
- Tomatoes Apizza (Farmington Hills, Mich.)
- Osteria (Philadelphia)
- Santarpio’s (Boston)
- Niki’s (Detroit)
- Una Pizza Napoletana (Manhattan, NYC)
Baseball food is all about the hot dogs, right? Wrong. When the new Yankee Stadium opens next week, those lucky enough to be sitting in the club and suite areas will have access to some pretty fancy fare. For example, Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto will be running a cooking station, as well as a chef from Le Cirque and Elaine’s. In the Delta 360 section, patrons will be able to check out the dining room where, occasionally, two Food Network chefs will cook in open kitchens.
In the rest of the stadium, expect carts full of Asian noodles, sushi, a southwestern grill, fresh fruit and, of course, franks. Read more…
A restaurant in Latvia serves up food that looks like body parts, such as tongues, fingers and noses. Utensils include scalpels, syringes, tweezers and others surgical equipment. Of course, there are scantily clad “nurses” to take your order, and deranged patients being escorted through the dining room periodically. Read more…
That is a picture of a vending machine that cooks pizza. That doesn’t mean the vending machine grabs a frozen pizza and zaps it: it actually mixes flour, water, tomato sauce and fresh ingredients to make a fresh pizza in about 3 minutes. Read more…
In an attempt to stand out from the standard pizzeria, Pizza Snobz has done something different. Their deep-fried pizza is high-calorie and high-fat, and is selling even better than the expected. Read more…
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