Well it has been a while since my last post I am sorry and will not let that happen too often. As you can imagine the last few weeks were a bit crazy.
Let’s just dive right into it shall we. I will start with Ariel. The show seemed to depict a feud being started with myself and Ariel. I would have to disagree on my part. I do not know Ariel’s full point of view but I will tell you mine.
FOX made it seem that Ariel was bringing me several Lambs that were all wrong. I would like to say yes there was a few but not to the extreme you saw. Ariel did not do to bad but was a bit less consistent than Dave. That is not what bothers me the most. The “scallop incident” is where I get a bit uneasy. I wish you all were there to see what was happening; I will tell you in my own words. Ariel was not a strong communicator. Both I and Dave kept asking each other, “what did she just say” and ”what is it that she wants”. We had a hard time together, understanding where she was and what she was picking up. I do want to stress, it was only for one brief time that we were confused and after that she was ok. But during this time I wanted to get the food out so I started to ask Scott and Heather if they knew what she said, and of course they had nothing. At this point I just looked the tickets and started to tell everyone where we were and to pick up in that order. Chef Ramsay did not like this and well you saw his reaction.
So the scallops fall right in the middle of what I was just saying. Yes I have been very good on the fish side so for the subpar scallops, it happens!! I did have more but again she confused both me and Dave as to pick up and orders. Sabotage, I think not. I will not cheat to gain an edge. If you saw a lot of the behind the scenes and reflect back to some scenes you did see. You will find I was always helping and organizing our team. Not always solo but the blue team knows what was what. The end of the day you work as a team but need to show individual strengths. Just to clarify a bit more, chef has many cameras and people telling him everything he cannot see, and he does get information and uses it. So remember it is not just Ramsey’s eyes there are ALOT of eyes.
So of course Ariel wants me on the block and I wanted Ariel. Dave was the deciding factor. As Dave said the communication was the issue. No one said anything about the lamb or scallops and in the end Chef Ramsay made the choice of me and Dave in the finals.
I think Ariel has a very bright future and I hope we stay in touch. I hope this clears a bit up but in the end there was six of us in the Kitchen and we are the ones who saw it all!! Until next time,
Happy cooking!!!! Chef Kevin
Go Kevin!!
I love hearing your take on things…. I still tell you Kevin ‘we’ are still disappointed in the ending.. we really thought it was you hands down… Dave just honestly never hmmm ‘had it’.. I think he is good and all but it was like he was always just kind of outta it… I chalked it up to medication he might have been taking for his hand…lol – but really in the end I just really thought there was no one stronger than you.. . Okay can we ask you something…????? In that final challenge do you think missing your sauce set you back a litte??? I expected Dave to sit there saying ‘ummmm I cooked ummmmm”… LOL But he did fair well in front of the other chefs….I will say one more time to you on Finale night your menu was awesome…..you picked up and finished right along with Dave and his subpare menu….in my opinion that showed a much stronger leadership.. in the end isn’t that what a head chef does…. ???? Okay I will get off my soapbox now…
I suppose there is a lot we didn,t see , but even with you missing the sauce, I still think you were the best Chef there. Darien said, it was you that was the best Chef to us. love Darien
Thank you for taking the time to post your side of what happened there. It’s really interesting to see it from a different view than we get just watching it on tv. It makes it all the more real. I wish they didn’t edit things to make them seem so sensationalist, but, I guess it all makes for Good TV and Good Ratings!
Thanks again…can’t wait to hear your take on what happened on finale night… personally, I was in shock with Dave’s win. Thought you had it in the bag!
Becky
I’m still waiting for cookies from you and Van after coming to Brooke’s rescue with the baby the night that she babysat for both of you. I’m sorry that you didn’t win but at least we don’t have to break in a new family in the neighborhood and it seems like your son likes his school (without saying any names of where he goes) I did get my hearing back the next day. Boy can that little girl scream and to think that she wasn’t even crying the whole time. Well I hope to see you and your family next time I’m at Mary’s or walking about the complex. Just don’t let Sunny dog knock you down. Glad that your still here. Karin
Just caught up on my Hell’s Kitchen finale (DVR is a beautiful thing) and I must say, I’m incredibly disappointed that you didn’t win. I was rooting for you almost since the beginning and I hope you continue to follow your dream. Best wishes!
How are your ankles? Two days ago I sprained my right ankle (went all the way over on it like you did) and it’s purple and hurts like hell. What type of therapy did you use to get back in action so fast?
Hi. this is kind of an “wacky” query, but have other readers asked you how get the side bar to look like you’ve got it? Is it just the theme that is doing this? I also have a blog and am really trying to change around the theme, but am scared to death to mess with it for fear of screwing something up. I am very new to all of this …so i’m just not certain exactly how to try and do it all yet. I’ll just keep working on it one day at a time
Thanks for any help you can offer here.