Dianne Butler
July 02, 2008 12:00am
FOR the survivors who've hung in to the last, it's pretty obvious who the winner's going to be in the final episode of Hell's Kitchen: Gordon Ramsay.
WE survived the squid cleaning, and Jeff's - or possibly Geoff's - kidney stone, and the shock sacking of Chris the executive chef, and Ralph's controversial halibut, and many mentions of how reminiscent of dog s--t a particular dish is, or how much it resembles pig s--t, and now it's the last dramatic episode of
Hell's Kitchen.
I don't care that I've seen this before, it's still good television.
Plus if you've been watching from day one, it's pretty obvious who the winner's going to be: Gordon Ramsay.
Tonight the last two, Michael and Ralph, get to do their thing.
Should I tell you what the big challenge is?
Maybe not.
I thought it was interesting though, the focus wasn't on the food as much as you might imagine.
Michael's the one with all the tattoos.
I don't recall ever seeing his naked stomach and chest region before this episode but it's riddled with artwork of some sort too.
And he actually has one of those knuckle tatts you generally find on bank robbers that say LOVE on one hand and HATE on the other.
They're very fetching.
His appears to say HEAD and CHEF.
I noticed he also has a picture of a fish on his hand, so there's clearly a theme at work here.
He seems to know his way round an osso bucco though, and I suppose that's the main thing.
Although as I say that I'm reminded of one bit where he carts a plate of osso bucco out on to the street for a random tasting and he's got a fag lodged in his mouth, it's a great look.
But he does have a pretty face - from some angles he looks somewhat like Tommy Lee, Motley Crue drummer/former husband of Pamela Anderson.
But mainly
Hell's Kitchen is about Gordon Ramsay.
There's a great moment tonight where Michael seems to be earnestly praying - he is from California after all - and it turns out he's worshipping at an enormous billboard of Gordon.
And fair enough - this would be a very different series if Ramsay wasn't in it.
Can you imagine this with Maggie and Simon, from The Cook and the Chef, running the show?
One small point: by my clock this episode of
Hell's Kitchen goes for about an hour and 21 minutes.
Yet I see Nine's got it down for an hour.
I'd like to think this means
The Footy Show will be substantially shorter but I'm probably dreaming.
And tomorrow you should Google tonight's winner and find out what's happened in the three years since.
butlerd@qnp.newsltd.com.au
Last night with UK chef Gordon Ramsay in Hell's Kitchen
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