It’s been a few weeks since I blogged about my impressions of this season in Hell’s Kitchen and I thought I would put together a quick update to who has been axed so far along with my take on them and who’s left. As of this week, they are down to 10 in the kitchen and things are really starting to get good. Oh and obviously…there are spoilers here if you haven’t been keeping up, so don’t complain…I warned you.

This past week wasn’t that shocking to me personally. The latest to leave Hell’s Kitchen was Scott. Originally I said “Another executive chef that better watch himself. I like him so far.” about Scott and I was partially right…I ended up hating him but he should have watched himself. His downfall was his cocky attitude. He bitched over and over about how tough it was to work with lesser people and that him being in the kitchen with people beneath his level of culinary talent was making him perform poorly. Riiiiight. My guess is you being a big-headed douche didn’t help things much Scotty boy. Not to mention, for an Executive Chef, you sure made a lot of bonehead mistakes. He deserved to go honestly, anyone that makes excuses like that can’t run a top restaurant.

So far, here are the others that have been eliminated:

Episode 2: It was 2’fer Tuesday! The creepy farmer Andrew just walked out during service, completely left the building and show. Ramsey was really up his ass for sure but he just couldn’t handle it. He was also to the point of being a major smart ass to the Chef, which wouldn’t have helped him if he stayed. Later in the show during the actual elimination, Mikey was sent packing. I warned you Mikey, that tattoo was too much for karma to pass up on!

Episode 3: Jamie was sent home after making a few mistakes. Honestly, I kind of liked her and think she has the right tools but just wasn’t taking it seriously enough.

Episode 5/6: This was a 2-part episode, which had 2 eliminations. Scott, as previously mentioned, was the latter of those 2. In the first part, Maria found herself on the wrong end of things. She just wasn’t strong enough and anyone could see this one coming. Excuses, joking around, etc.

And now, for who’s left and what I think of them:

Autumn: She was swapped with Scott to mix things up on both teams. Both her and Scott seemed to clash with their respective teams and so far it’s working out for her although she is a backstabbing jerk when it comes down to it.

Ben: Ben has actually stepped it up since my original analysis. He is one of the more consistent cooks in the kitchen and with Scott leaving was sent to the ladies team. I have a feeling it won’t end well, but he has the skills.

Ed: He has managed to fly under the radar and not make any major mistakes so far. You have to admire the gamesmanship that goes along with being a good cook. If he keeps this up he can ride the other people’s stupidity into the finals.

Fran: She is an idiot. Ramsay must see something in her because she could have easily been booted by now. I want to like Fran, but she SUCKS under pressure. She also basically gave Nilka the “surprise buttsechs!” treatment by putting her name out there for elimination this week which was completely undeserved.

Holli: Still fairly hot, Holli is also a can and the plastic thingy that holds it all together shy of a sixer. I don’t know how she has slid by so far, probably the “Ed strategy”.

Jason: He has all of the tools, but his temper is going to get the best of him I am afraid. I like him a lot, but I just don’t know what he is thinking sometimes with the silly mistakes.

Jay: He seems to be doing pretty well so far and making few mistakes. He seems a little douchey to me, but he’s playing the game right so far. I will be interested to see how he eventually responds to having to back stab people.

Nilka: She is actually turning it on a good bit and doing better than I thought she would. After the way Fran did her this week, I am totally rooting for her.

Salvatore: He ALMOST walked out after Ramsay was riding him but didn’t. I am genuinely stunned that he is still on the show, he makes a new mistake every week. I think he is just likable, or maybe he has some pictures of Gordon that he is bribing him with…I have no idea. I guess Chef Ramsay COULD see something in him, but I don’t.

Siobhan: She has also benefited from other people being dumber and making more mistakes. She REALLY has to step it up or I could see her being out of there in a week.