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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - 10:39 am
Petrozza is the only one I really like too but out of the 3 girls, I'm glad it was Jen to go first. She was too full of herself, I prefer to let other people ring your bell.
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Jodied75
Member
08-26-2004
| Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - 2:22 pm
I kind of think the final two will be Corey and Petrozza. Christina is getting too much attention to make me think she'll be in the finale.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - 7:45 pm
Corey and Christina frankly say that they don't like one another, but, when they hit that kitchen, it is cooperation to the max. And then there was Jen! Petrozza doesn't seem to me to be dirty - but dreadfully untidy. These are different things - I guess I am conscious of this because I am definitely the second but (hopefully) not the first! A couple of times a week I pick up (is this a Southern term?) the apartment and that keeps it tidy enough for me. I have a housekeeper who comes in every two weeks to keep it CLEAN.
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - 11:07 pm
Jen's sence of entitlement was very annoying.

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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Thursday, June 19, 2008 - 7:27 am
Pick up isn't a southern term unless Wisconsin is a southern state 
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, June 19, 2008 - 7:26 pm
Not one of the original ones, KL, but you - and Wisconsin - would certainly be welcome to join us!
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Thursday, June 19, 2008 - 7:42 pm
Pick up is a southern term...but it has several different meanings... It can mean to tidy up or it's a truck. Used in a sentence *ahem*....I need to pick up my pick up.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Thursday, June 19, 2008 - 8:15 pm
lol - I will say Tnt dh wont let me "fix" his dinner - he keeps telling me "what's broken?" (he's a northern boy as in Michigan - I may have spent too much time in the north - but I've got the Texas southern girl deep in my heart!) (yet I no longer warsh dishes or clothes, they get washed, mom still warshes things tho!! ;) ) I agree, Jen was young, but I think a lot of her tv personality was driven by production - so made good tv! and I hate when girls gang up on girls!!! Still cant believe Bobby's gone! lol
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Emerald_seas
Member
07-14-2005
| Friday, June 20, 2008 - 7:36 am
In response to Tntitanfan I worked in a high school cafeteria for 18+ years. We were always required to wear hairnets. Yes it was VERY hot in there and we had NO windows, only a few fans, NO ceiling fans or air conditioning. I am also quite amazed that so many BARE HANDS are preparing the foods! Shouldn't they be wearing gloves? It really makes you wonder what really goes on in the kitchen of many restaurants! JMHO I welcome your feedback!
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Jodied75
Member
08-26-2004
| Friday, June 20, 2008 - 8:58 am
I worked in a busy tourist-trap type restaurant in Toronto, and all cooks and servers were seen by the public. It was the Marche in BCE Place. I was only serving, but I had to wear a hat that completely covered all my hair except for the ponytail in the back, and I always had to wear gloves. My outfit was a pair of baggy white overalls with a white tee shirt. (I worked in the bakery department). All the workers, except for the hosts, had to wear gloves. I'm in Toronto, Canada, and we say "fix" dinner and "pick up" the apartment. I think it matters more what's said in your family rather than wear you are. Other people I know here wouldn't necessarily use these phrases. I certainly remember being yelled at to go pick up my room!
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Ahnicka
Member
08-08-2007
| Friday, June 20, 2008 - 9:59 am
My concern on the show is whether they use different spoons everytime they taste the food. They do a lot of tasting and I never see a line up of different clean spoons, someone please tell me they don't taste all the dishes with the same spoon and then send it out to the customers with their germs and DNA on it! Do any of you that have worked in restaurant kitchens know if they use different utensils with each dish they taste? I'm going to be totally grossed out if they don't.
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Jodied75
Member
08-26-2004
| Friday, June 20, 2008 - 12:23 pm
Ahnicka, that reminded me: one of the things that bothered me about Jen perhaps even more than her hair and attitude was how she was constantly eating - be it from what she was cooking, from returned plates and even from the garbage! I understand tasting before you send food out with a clean, unused spoon or fork but c'mon!
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Ahnicka
Member
08-08-2007
| Friday, June 20, 2008 - 1:50 pm
That's right, she was always eating! LOL It sort of made me cringe when she would eat off of others plates, but I also found it hilarious. Now that she's viewing the show for herself, I wonder if she realizes just how unappealing that came across.
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Chy
Member
07-19-2003
| Sunday, June 22, 2008 - 10:40 am
I just caught up watching and reading for the last four episodes this week. Whew! I think I agree with most of you. Glad Jen's gone. -- Chef was always upset about her not taking criticism well enough. The way she kept dragging her feet and munching at anything possible probably sealed her fate. Surprised Bobby was sent home -- Somehow, I'm not sure he was given a chance to shine. Ramsey keeping Jen over him was strange. Not interested in this whole crew! -- Do they have a pool to pick from and came up with this bunch, or were these honestly the best/most ready for a job with Gorden? I also see Corey going as Third. -- Just hadn't seen her in the winner's light yet. Not sure who Ramsey wants for the win though-- I'm convinced it's simply his choice at this point of the game.
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Laura11103
Member
08-13-2002
| Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 11:37 am
I was shocked and upset when Bobby was fired, seemed a very rash decision, he was great IMO. I think Corey will be the black horse that wins in the end but a few people I know think it will be Petrozza... I really don't have a preference now that Bobby's gone.
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Jasper
Moderator
09-14-2000
| Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 3:44 pm
Bobby - every time the camera was on him he seemed to be just standing there looking lost or he was refusing to help others and left them to sink or swim. I felt like Gordon gave him several opportunities in the beginning to step up and be a leader and Bobby just seemed to want to make others the patsy. Perhaps he was a strategy to get others out first so he could shine in the end but it backfired. That being said I hope he fires them all.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 6:18 pm
Is the finale tonight? Either way, anyone up to spoiling and letting us know who got kicked off (if it's not the finale) or who won (if it is)? Thanks!
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 6:53 pm
Petrozza is the first one in the finals.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 6:55 pm
Christina is the other one. Corey is gone.
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 8:33 pm
Thanks for the info - stuck at the office until major late tonight & missed the show. IMO the 2 in the finals are the 2 that should be there. I think this is Petrozza's unless he totally messes up the end.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 7:21 am
Yeah, I'm not surprised. I figured it'd be Christina and Petrozza. Both of them have done really well. Christina has won a lot of challenges, and Petrozza has been such a close second.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 7:46 am
I liked Corey better...I know...sue me. for some reason last night I kept getting a vibe that Pretrozza was a ringer... I think its his to lose.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 8:21 am
I think Petrozza will win but only because he's got the years of experience that an exec chef needs. Christina has a ton of potential, but I don't see Ramsey hiring her to run the kitchen in his new restaurant.
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Laura11103
Member
08-13-2002
| Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 8:39 am
I like Petrozza but feel he's simply not confident enough. I don't think he compares to winners in the past. Was disappointed to see Corey go, I think she's better than Christina who was a trainwreck in the kitchen yesterday. Plus Corey did catch the "setup" with the wrong sauce although she stupidly put it on the Wellington first, still she did catch it, unlike Petrozza who was about to send the Risotta pea-less... I never had Wellington but I always want it after watching this show! I did go to Ramsays restaurant a few weeks ago, it's called Maze at the London Hotel in NYC on W. 54th, it was really awesome, we got a 6 course prix fixe and again, it was pretty amazing.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 10:31 am
I was happy to see Corey go.
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