DAY 8 UPDATE

Aperitif

ALL CHANGE PLEASE!

Marco called a surprise meeting after yesterday’s steak tartar masterclass – and switched the teams, mixing the girls up with the boys.

Marco said: “We had a little vote this morning and it was 7 to 1 that we have a swap round and a change, so I am going to have a swap round.”

But the swap didn’t see Jim and Brian parting company as both might have hoped – they both moved to the red team swapping with Kelly and Abbey.

The new red team is Jim, Brian, Adele and Anneka.

The new blue team Abbey, Kelly, Barry and Paul.

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Starter

IN THE RED CORNER – IT’S ADELE V JIM

After a day preparing for service in their new teams, it became clear during that Adele and Jim didn’t see eye to eye. They fought all evening over who was doing what, timings, pigs trotter and burnt blinis.

As Jim constantly checked up on Adele, he pointed out that she had messed up two ragouts in a row.

“We all make mistakes Jim,” Adele shouted at him.

“I know I’m just pointing them out,” Jim responded. “But that’s two f***ing ragouts now you’ve put in and two you’ve f***ed up…chatting to Brain don’t get things cooked.”

Later when Adele tells Jim to ‘stop moaning’ about his blinis being burnt Jim muttered: “I’m leaving this team if you keep moaning at me. I’m not going to help I’m going to work on my own instead.”

Adele, riled and frustrated by Jim’s behaviour turned to Brian to vent her anger.

“I’ve been accused of stealing his f***ing palette knife, palette knife I’ll stick it up his f***ing arse, c**t,” Adele raged.

Sous chef Matt asked a teary-eyed Adele if she was alright and she explained the situation that was brewing between her a Jim.

“You’ve got a big personality you’ve got to f***ing tell him,” said Matt. “You’ve only got to tolerate him for a couple of days because he’ll only be f***king gone I’m telling you,” Matt said.

Adele doesn’t believe him so Matt put his money where his mouth is.

“How much do you want to bet? £100 says he goes before you do,” said Matt and they shook on it.

Anneka then joined them and upped the stakes: “I bet £500 he will go before you!”

Later in the confessional Adele reflected on the new set up in the red team.

“When we had all girls we worked spot on as a team. Tonight with Brian and Jim – Brian I’ve no problem with whatsoever – but Jim, the team work wasn’t up to scratch,” said Adele.

“I don’t think he dislikes me, I just think he’s come from working with Barry who’s probably one of the nicest guys I’ve ever met to coming to work with a young, ditsy girl and he probably doesn’t like that.”

She went on to say: “He works on his own terms and that is really hard when you’re working as a team. We aren’t wearing these red silly hats and aprons for nothing. We are the red team regardless of boys and girls now being mixed, we are the red team we should work together.”

Adele then said she nearly lost her cool with Jim.

“I just had to take some really deep breaths because I thought I’m either going to go one way and punch him in the face or the other way and cry. I’m not going to allow myself to do either, not over JD anyway.”

Brian, who isn’t exactly Jim’s biggest fan, also spoke later and said: “I feel sorry for Adele because Jim was really having a go at her and it’s really upset her and it’s horrible.

“She’s been there for eight days working hard at perfecting what she’s doing like I have and all it takes is one big meany to make you doubt yourself and that’s not fair.”

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Main

FELTZ FEELS THE WHITE HEAT

Vanessa Feltz suggested throwing her Hell’s Kitchen starter at fellow diner Edwina Curry – complaining it was ‘too chunky’.

After ordering the Osiestra Caviar – Blinis a la russe – she said: “I chose the caviar and the blini and the caviar was fine – good vintage but the blini is chunky …a big fat thing.

“I would use that against an enemy attack – I would lob that blini at someone I don’t like. In fact I don’t much like Edwina Curry. I’m thinking of throwing it at her, I don’t like her at all. She once said anyone could be Vanessa Feltz. Take this blini Edwina where the sun don’t shine

Nick went to report Vanessa’s complaint at the pass and Marco said:

“She is used to those canapé pubs where you get take away’s from Marks and Spencer it’s her favourite shop she always told me.”

“I notice she didn’t complain about the caviar did she? Was it a big enough portion ask her.. she likes a big portion. Anything for attention this woman.”

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Dessert

MARCO EJECTS ANOTHER DINER AND NICHOLAS IS LEFT RED FACED

Vanessa Feltz and Oliver Skeet weren’t the only diners who sent food back to the pass last night. One more diner – celebrity photographer Nicky Johnston – dared to brave Marco’s wrath at the pass on his own to complain about his veal.

A bald-headed Nicky strode to the pass and said to Marco: “Can I have a word?”

All looked up and sneered: “Get a haircut.”

Nicky pressed on: “Look at the veal.”

Marco: “It’s pink, its medium rare.”

Nicky: “It’s fatty!”

Marco: “Well you’re not too slim yourself are you? Stop being an egotist.”

Nicky refused to take the exchange any further and walked back to his seat as Marco said: “Just because he’s bald don’t take it out on me. He needs a wig, tell him he needs a wig not a meal. What a total cock he was.”

Marco then instructed Maitre D’ Nicholas to clear Nicky’s table.

“Take everything off his table. Let’s spoil his evening because he’s spoilt mine.”

Nicholas returned to Nicky’s table and delivered Marco’s message: “You’ve ruined your own evening he says,” said Nicholas. “You shouldn’t have stormed up to the pass.”

Nicky was horrified and responded: “I’ve never been thrown out of a restaurant in my life! You complain about something and you get thrown out!”

But Nicholas was left looking a little more red faced than Nicky when he turned away from the table and fell down the steps, knocking over water as he went!

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Petits Fours

ADELE VERSUS JIM – THE AFTERMATH

After service had ended, the weary celebrities retired to their living quarters, where the altercation between Adele and Jim earlier that evening rumbled on.

Anneka and Adele sat outside and discussed Jim’s behaviour during service.

Adele: “I’m a 26 year old girl, Jim is a 50 year old man, he’s like my Dad [in age]. It’s derogatory, it’s degrading, it’s s**t basically.”

“Honestly I’m having the best time and everyone is so lovely and I just think it’s hard enough as it is without having somebody looking down at you.

Anneka: “Can I just say don’t answer him back, promise me you’ll try not to answer him back? Because when you do that just brings you down to his level.

Meanwhile in the living quarters Jim was having his own bitching session about Adele.

“F***ing hell what am I going to do tomorrow down in that red team? Someone help me out here. I just cook,” moaned Jim to Barry, Paulo and Kellie.

“How can I tell her [Adele] to stop burning my f***ing toast?” he asked them.

Kellie diffused the situation quickly and told Jim he should watch his own toast in future. And Jim fell silent.