Hell’s Kitchen Episode #414 Recap – The Finale (part 1)
Published on: July 2, 2008 – 12:05 am by POPHANGOVER 
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Hells Kitchen Episode #414 Review and Recap
Another week – another episode of Hell’s Kitchen! We picked off where we left up last week… with the restaurant being divided in half like Jennifer Aniston’s record collection in The Break Up.
The mission: each contestant had to create their dream restaurant, from the menus to the wallpaper to the waitstaff’s uniforms. Christina told the designer she wanted her restaurant to have “simple, elegant warm colors.” Petrozza demanded “flowers and candles.” Sounds lovely. Is he going to be cooking dinner or performing a seance to reconnect with his dead grandmother?
The final 2 soon found themselves on a private plane en route to Ramsay’s restaurant in New York City. Petrozza, Christina, and Ramsay were livin’ it up, drinking champagne and reminiscing about their trials and tribulations in Hell’s Kitchen. Ramsay told Petrozza he was the “dirtiest pig” he’s ever seen, and reminded us that Christina won more challenges than any other Hell’s Kitchen contestant (9). Her head then swelled like a wave off the coast of Oahu. They are so sleeping together.
Before long, the plane landed and they were in a limo driving to Times Square as a bunch of NYC stock footage played in the background. We saw the Empire State Building, the Statue of
Liberty, and a very quick shot of a Hasidic Jew walking out of an electronics store. Ramsay said that he had “a surprise” for Christina and Petrozza – and directed their attention to the huge Jumbotron in Times Square just in time for them to see it displaying a lame text graphic of their names.
Ramsay then congratulated the two for making it this far, and surprised them with a random trip to Dubai. In a voiceover, Christina said, “That’s awesome… but where’s Dubai?” I would make fun of her, but I can’t point it out on a map either. Oh shut up. Neither can you.
Petrozza and Christina then made their signature dishes at Ramsay’s restaurant. Petrozza made filet mignon with onion risotto, while Christina prepared a NY strip steak with sweet corn succotash. The dishes then went head to head in a taste-testing challenge, judged by the executive chefs from 5 of Ramsay’s restaurants. Christina was acting SO cocky (think Tom Cruise in Top Gun) and said, “I have this one in the bag.”
Back the bus up, Christina! Despite decorating his plates with really LAME paint brushes made out of leeks and sliced onions, Petrozza won the challenge by a score of 3-2. Cut to a shot of Christina looking more dejected than a waiter after seeing Rachael Ray seated in his section.
All of a sudden… out of nowhere… WHOOPI GOLDBERG showed up. She made a loop around the restaurant, shook a few hands, and 
said, “I’m excited for both of you.” She then mysteriously disappeared. It made no sense. Her whole appearance was retarded, out of place, and unnecessary. Run along. Go make fun of Joy Behar on The View.
Christina and Petrozza then hopped on a plane and headed back to California to see how their restaurants were looking. Petrozza’s decorations were HIDEOUS. His walls were covered in this HIDEOUS floral wallpaper, accented by even more hideous draperies and silk flowers. It looked like the grieving room at a WAKE. And guess what? He loved it. What a moron.
Christina, on the other hand, was freaking out because she didn’t like the stripes on her walls. “I don’t want stripes! Get rid of these stripes! I hate stripes,” said the girl wearing the BLACK AND WHITE STRIPED SHIRT. I rest my case.
The next morning, ex-contestants Bobby, Ben, Corey, Matt, Louross, and Jen found themselves back in Hell’s Kitchen as the sous chef pool for the final competition. Since Petrozza won the cooking challenge back in NY, he got to choose first. He picked Bobby, and then Christina chose Corey. Petrozza chose Ben, and then Christina chose Louross. That left Matt and Jen standing there like two kids no one wanted on their kickball team in 5th grade.
And that’s how the episode ended! What a let down!
Stay tuned next week, when Jen and Matt and the rest of the rejects help determine who will be the next Hell’s Kitchen winner. Frankly, I’m still going with CHRISTINA to win. I think the producers of the show wanted her to win all along, and they just rigged the NYC challenge to let Petrozza win one so it wouldn’t look like Christina was winning everything.
But then again, I could be wrong. See you next week for the finale of Hell’s Kitchen!
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