As Gordon Ramsay himself might say, "Oh, &%$#!"The Hell's Kitchen host nearly plunged to his death while shooting his British show The F Word in Iceland recently.According to the (U.K.) Sun, Ramsay slipped as he was climbing and fell in a creek, where the weight of his boots kept him underwater. "I thought I was a goner," he told the Sun. "I'm an extremely good swimmer, but I couldn't get to the surface. I was panicking and my lungs were filling with water."He was eventually pulled to safety by his TV crew. Ramsay was treated for a leg injury but was not seriously injured — though his wife, Tana, was "extremely p---ed off" when she learned of his misadventure. What do you think — could Ramsay's terrifying experience mellow him? Or will this just make him more likely to "express" himself? — Nina Hämmerling Smith
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And we have a winner After a season that held according to Gordon the greatest number of highs and lows another chef has emerged Hells Kitchen with a heftier bank account and a new place to store their knives More on that a bit laterBut first after a much mercifully shorter season recap we returned to Petrozza debating between choosing Jen and Matt to be the final sous chef on his team In the end he chose Jen over Matt a wise choice in my opinion Jen may be a bit of a pain but she at least doesnt show shades of insanity But Jen was sure to remind us that her ego-stroking knows no bounds as she again said she was picked second to last because she was too strong and would outshine the finalists Yeah sure JenBut when the chefs grouped their teams together to discuss their game plan both Jen and Matt reared their bad teammate heads Matt discussed Christinas bad attitude and the fact that he didnt want to call her chef but was convinced she had matur
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After opening with the brutally long almost 10 minutes season recap the final showdown got underway Not that I didnt enjoy looking back on the events of this year but it seemed like they could have edited the package a little quicker I was shocked by how many of these people I had already forgotten about so the opening did its job I suppose for better or worseFor the final challenge the two chefs are given the task of creating their dream restaurant picking everything from the menu and dcor all the way down to the uniforms of the wait staff Create own dream restaurant Petrozza as usual got very emotional during his time of reflecting on how far hes come while Christina seemed rather arrogant Perhaps that arrogance was based on the fact that she knew exactly what she wanted on her menu while Petrozza sat scratching his head eating potato chips and ultimately going to be without finalizing his plansThe following morning both chefs met with the designer to
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As tonights ever-important episode got underway all of the chefs were remarking about how it felt a weight had been lifted now that Jen was gone Oddly enough I felt the same way even sitting at home Overall tonights episode was nice positive change from the weeks of the past with each of the cooks performing well most of the time There may be hope yetThe chefs are greeted by Chef Ramsay the following morning when they learn that they will be eating a signature breakfast dish prepared by Gordon himself As an added bonus the chefs get to dine with their loved ones Petrozza with his father and girlfriend Christina with her parents and Corey with her mother and boyfriend which gives each of the cooks a little boost Or in Petrozzas case a few tears But of course there is always a twist mdash the chefs had to then prepare the same dish Gordon served as part of the first challenge While Corey and Petrozza spent most of the time reconnecting
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As another chef leaves us were inching ever closer to this seasons possibly lackluster finale Tonights episode started as many of the others have with the entire team bashing Jen But Jen also made it clear in her confessional as she has in other ways that shes not interested in making friends and that she feels shes more skilled than all the other competitors That may be true but thats not saying muchFor the first challenge tonight Gordon taught the chefs a new lobster spaghetti dish which they chefs in turn had to teach five cute but clueless housewives one of whom even brought a dog into the kitchen Bobby and Petrozza were distracted for obvious reasons but Petrozza took it to a whole other level in assisting his student in putting her hair up and putting on her apron Bobbys student was afraid to kill her lobster Christina was afraid her student would cut herself and Jen couldnt keep herself from helping the student do all the work Corey however
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