‘Hell’s Kitchen’: Seth yammers his way into staying put

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You would think chefs — aspiring or otherwise — would know their cuts of meat. But you would be wrong.

Both the blue team and the red team butchered, literally, a challenge in which they had to identify cuts of meat both on a plate and on a fake cow. The women lost — thanks for nothing, Lacey! — and ended up getting aquainted with some additional parts of the cow. (They retched and vomited their way through the punishment: being ordered to eat leftovers such as snout, organs, etc.) The men won a trip to a California winery on a private jet.

Dinner service was, of course, a disaster. Both teams were supposed to take turns — one team would cook up steaks for diners while the other team did the actual serving, and then they’d switch places. Giovanni, who claims to be a steakhouse chef in real life, turned in a mixed performance at best. Seth destroyed a tenderloin, mistakenly trimming off far too much during the prep. Chef Gordan Ramsay repaid Seth by picking it all up and flinging it at Seth’s chest. The women didn’t do much better. (Wouldn’t you learn how serve a steak before showing up on ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ and facing Chef Ramsay?)

Still, the red team eked out a victory and sent Charlie and Seth to the chopping block.

Do you think Chef Ramsay kept Seth around for comic value? Seth probably should have been dumped just for his rambling self-defense. And for saying stuff like, ‘I’m still here, baby. I’m not going nowheres.’

Two other thoughts come to mind. Chefs love to smoke. And why does Lacey always looks so lazy (and boozy)?

— Rene Lynch

Photo: Charlie, left, and Seth on the chopping block. Photo credit: Fox