Amanda Colello last night became the second contestant to be eliminated from the 2011 season of Hell’s Kitchen USA.

The 26 year old personal chef, who hails from Sun City, was voted off the show by Mr Nasty himself, Gordon Ramsay, after the entire red ladies team found themselves kicked out of the kitchen.

Read more & comment »

The fourth sizzling series of Hell’s Kitchen USA is back tonight and sees fifteen wannabe restaurateurs vying for Ramsay’s attention in the hope of winning the ultimate culinary prize – a one-year contract as Senior Sous Chef at Ramsay’s new restaurant, Gordon Ramsay at the London West Hollywood with a $250,000 salary.

The multi-Michelin Star chef, demands absolute perfection from the Stateside, frazzled chefs and piles on the pressure in his hellishly intense culinary boot camp. The kitchen is hotter than ever and with more contestants and more dinner services, the fireworks are sure to fly when Gordon’s sharp-tongue and fiery temper are added to the mix. Read more & comment »

In tonight’s episode, Chef Gordon Ramsay gathers the four remaining trainee chefs and breaks the news that he has invited three top chefs to dine in Hell’s Kitchen tonight. As is traditional in Ramsay’s restaurants, the kitchen will be selecting the menu for them. The contestants opt for a menu of spaghetti with lobster, Salade St. Jacques and Beef Wellington.

Out in the dining room, the three master chefs have finished Keith’s appetiser and Jean Phillippe is at the hot plate with their feedback. Unfortunately, the pasta wasn’t cooked uniformly and the chefs were not impressed. Things only get worse when Sara informs Ramsay that she does not have enough salmon to complete the service.

Despite all the trouble, the cooks complete their second consecutive service. They get through the last ticket and Ramsay commends Heather for a job well done. He asks her to pick two competitors for elimination. In the dorms, Virginia takes a radical step and asks Heather to eliminate her. Virginia simply does not feel like she is ready to run her own restaurant.

The four cooks return to the dining room and Heather promptly chooses Virginia and Sara, as she promised. Ramsay reminds Virginia that she won the previous challenge and he promised her a place in the final three. Being a man of his word, Ramsay does not want to withdraw his offer. Fighting through tears, Virginia admits that she does not want to go.

Hell’s Kitchen Raw is a Granada Entertainment USA Production for ITV2. It airs on Friday 27 October 12:30 AM to 1:30 AM

This week, Chef Gordon Ramsay presents the remaining trainee chefs with his signature dish. He then gives them 20 minutes to recreate it. All three contestants are quite intimidated by the task. They rush around the kitchen, searching for the proper ingredients. Keith chooses Chilean sea bass, while Virginia and Heather go for wild striped sea bass.

Fish selected, the cooks try to recreate the puree that accompanies the dish. Keith and Heather start preparing mashed potatoes. However, Virginia, who has spotted Tuscan white beans on a rack in the back, thinks that is the base of the puree. The last seconds tick away and the cooks plate their recreations. Now Ramsay will taste each dish and determine whose mirrors his the most. Ramsay congratulates each dish for being tasty and artfully produced, although only one faithfully recreated Ramsay’s signature dish. Virginia correctly used the striped bass, white bean puree and grapefruit from the original plate and Ramsay therefore compliments her palate. For her reward, Virginia will get to spend time with Ramsay, where he will divulge as many of his secrets and as much information about the intimacy of cooking as possible.

Virginia enters the kitchen for her personal training session. At the same time, Keith and Heather set out to polish all of the glassware and silverware. After showing Virginia some cooking tips, Ramsay moves on and teaches Virginia how to expedite and run the line. His main piece of advice is to scare the chefs, because when you scare them, they remember!

As Heather and Keith set to this week’s punishment they point out that the challenge dish is featured in Ramsay’s cookbook. The very same cookbook Virginia purchased the other day. Keith and Heather vow to not let Virginia win.

Hell’s Kitchen USA 2 is a Granada Entertainment USA Production for ITV2. It airs on Monday 30 October 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM