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S23.E15: One Hell of a Ride

KeithJ

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PhoneCop

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I was pulling for Egypt, but that early pep talk with Gordon struck me as something they probably wouldn't show if he were the actual winner. Surely it's Hannah's to lose, even with her slightly understated edit; I can't imagine Gordon handing the keys to Kyle, who's pushing 30 and yet comes off as much, much younger and not in a good way.

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AZChristian

AZChristian

23 minutes ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

The Hell???!!!!!

Egypt got booted out in favor of...Kyle of the Smuggery?

Well, I won't bother to watch this or the finale. I'll just read here who wins...

One of the many good things about living in Arizona is I can check here and see who wins before the show airs here.  If Hannah doesn't win, I'll be skipping this episode, too.

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milkyaqua

milkyaqua

Yeah, that whole Gordan telling the final taster how many points each had and how many points would be needed for this one or that one to advance seemed wrong to me.  Even being fine with Hannah being in the final.  No matter how good Kyle's food is, he comes across as immature.  I get he's playing for the camera but he seems to forget that it's also a job interview.

I'm sure Egypt will be fine and Gordan might even offer him a position at another one of his establishments.  It did seem like Whit didn't want to be there but I do agree with her that Hannah chose folks she likes instead of going with folks who might work better in the kitchen in general like Kyle did.

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KeithJ

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1 hour ago, milkyaqua said:

It did seem like Whit didn't want to be there but I do agree with her that Hannah chose folks she likes instead of going with folks who might work better in the kitchen in general like Kyle did.

I think you have to think about the source though. Whit's comment was "He picked on skill and Hannah picked on friendship".  I'm sure Whit is still hurt about Gordon sending her home and then even more hurt that Kyle and Hannah only think of her as the 5th best of the remaining chefs.  With Kyle picking first, I'm really not sure how else the picks should have gone:

Kyle - Brandon
Hannah - Egypt
Kyle - Joe
Hannah - Brittany
Kyle - Whit
Hannah - Amanda
Kyle - Lulu
Hannah - Ann Marie

Maybe Whit is better than Brittany but I wouldn't have wanted Whit on my team.

Granted we only see a little bit of what goes on, but I would have taken Egypt with the #1 pick instead of Brandon. When Brandon got in the weeds, he got in them bad and he's the only one Gordon sent home immediately after service.

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Sir RaiderDuck OMS

Sir RaiderDuck OMS

1 hour ago, milkyaqua said:

It did seem like Whit didn't want to be there but I do agree with her that Hannah chose folks she likes instead of going with folks who might work better in the kitchen in general like Kyle did.

Hannah's probably seen some season finales where a finalist picked on the basis of pure skill and ended up with one or two malcontents who were technically good chefs but DGAF who won and had no interest in putting forth an honest effort.

Filling her team with people who genuinely like her would minimize that risk.

And Whit's continued sourpuss act is doing her no favors.

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milkyaqua

milkyaqua

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I can see KeithJ's point about not wanting Whit on either team and did find it odd that Kyle didn't choose Egypt first.

Sir RaiderDuck OMS makes a good point as well.  I haven't watched a full season of this show in awhile so I can see where choosing folks you get along with might work better than choosing some folks who might be better technically but also feel entitled and not necessarily looking to be as helpful as they could.

And yes, Whit can be disappointed but her scowling isn't endearing.  For someone who's apparently done competition shows before and worked at a Marcus Samuelsson joint, she's not doing herself any favors. 

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mlp

mlp

I didn't have time to watch last night.  I planned to watch this evening but accidentally got spoiled while scrolling on the internet and I was shocked to learn that Egypt was eliminated.  

I usually finish what I start but I'm not going to bother watching now -  or next week for that matter.   Egypt was the only one I liked.  I'm meh on Hannah and I can't stand Kyle so I'm out.  I'll check back here to find out what happens.  

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Yeah No

Yeah No

On 1/30/2025 at 8:31 PM, Pepper the Cat said:

The more Kyle talks the more I dislike him. 
I don’t know why but he just rubs me the wrong way.

I have a theory about this. The talking heads are filmed after the entire season has wrapped so they already know by that time whether or not they're the winner. The losers have nothing to lose so some of them like Kyle decide they're going to "let it all hang out" and act like divas or whatever. Or maybe production puts them up to it to create more drama for the show. Kyle tends to act a little overconfident but not quite as obnoxious in the actual competition. He is only OTT like that in the talking heads. 

Yeah No

Yeah No

On 1/31/2025 at 4:42 PM, milkyaqua said:

Sir RaiderDuck OMS makes a good point as well.  I haven't watched a full season of this show in awhile so I can see where choosing folks you get along with might work better than choosing some folks who might be better technically but also feel entitled and not necessarily looking to be as helpful as they could.

I have seen both strategies backfire on this and "Top Chef", actually. If the better chefs are also not good at taking direction, that's a problem. If the weaker chefs are good at taking direction and are positively motivated to help but still too weak, that's also a problem. 

On 1/31/2025 at 10:12 AM, GHScorpiosRule said:

The Hell???!!!!!

Egypt got booted out in favor of...Kyle of the Smuggery?

Well, I won't bother to watch this or the finale. I'll just read here who wins...

Going back to my Gordon YouTube how to cook now...

Yeah, that bugged me. I was sooo hoping Kyle would go home and it would be an Egypt/Hannah finale. I'm rooting for Hannah now, but I think it's a foregone conclusion that she'll win given Kyle's obnoxiousness in his talking heads.

On 1/31/2025 at 10:36 AM, AZChristian said:

One of the many good things about living in Arizona is I can check here and see who wins before the show airs here.  If Hannah doesn't win, I'll be skipping this episode, too.

Oh I never watch the show live, I DVR it, so even on the East coast I can just wait until after the show has aired to check here first before watching. But I think I'll probably watch it anyway because I am pretty sure Hannah will win. If she doesn't I'll be very pissed, though!

BTW, another reason I doubt Gordon would pick Kyle is that Hannah would fit in far better at that particular restaurant. I dined there last year and paid attention to the chefs and staff and I personally think Kyle would be a disaster.

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ljenkins782

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On 1/30/2025 at 9:15 PM, mojoween said:

Well fuck.

Hannah has been telegraphed as the winner all season.  Kyle is way too immature (at his age!) to be GRR’s head chef.

LOL, I accidentally clicked into this thread before seeing the episode, saw only this post and totally misunderstood this to mean Hannah was the eliminated one.

So I was spoiled about Kyle unexpectedly making top 2, but didn't realize Egypt was the one going home. 

I'm not sure this challenge is necessarily the right criteria for picking a head chef. Kyle apparently made great food and had a creative vision, but if he's working in a Gordon Ramsay restaurant, I'm not sure he's going to be in charge of creating the menu and running the kitchen is the bigger element of the job. 

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The family episode on every single reality show is always the worst part of the season.

With the exception of Egypt, this was the most muted family episode I've ever seen. I didn't even realize that Hannah's family or Kyle's family were their own people, they reacted like strangers had walked in. 

I got a kick out of Kyle's aunt thanking gordon for putting up with him and also the way both the mom and the aunt acted very disaffected until the competition part, where you could see them silently, but fervently, rooting for him.

Chef Sherry and Egypt have exactly the same dimples, they almost looked related. Chef Sherry's facial expression after tasting Kyle's dish kind of told the tale of Kyle's food in that challenge overall, it must have been really, really good. 

NJRadioGuy

NJRadioGuy

I can't see either of the finalists being able to handle doing 500 covers a night, every night or whatever number they said if I'm honest. Egypt could have handled it, I think, and maybe either Brandon or Joe. Kyle is definitely a more creative head chef and has a better palate, and I think Hannah may be as well, but a HK job doesn't seem to be about creativity, and I posted that in a previous thread. I just don't think either of them will thrive in that atmosphere.

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