Warning: This post does contain spoilers about the 7th season of Hell’s Kitchen on Fox. If you have not watched the season finale and don’t wish to know who was the winner, please stop reading. If you don’t Really care, then proceed on at your own will.

Spoilers are after the bump.

First, let me just say this. Every season of Hell’s Kitchen seems to get worse every time. It seems the chefs who compete are not chosen for their skills in the kitchen, but instead on the amount of drama they can generate. I understand the entertainment value. I Really do. But I like to see a genuine competition between chefs of equal caliber.

Top Chef, for instance makes Hell’s Kitchen look a lot like Jersey Shore. A Really big joke. Hell, I’ll even say that Gordon Ramsay’s newest series, Masterchef, makes Hell’s Kitchen look like a joke. I Really did not like any of the competitors in Hell’s Kitchen at all. There were a couple of people I thought might be worthy to win, however, a majority of the contestants this season were a joke. Seriously. Some of them I’d say you’d easily find them as line cooks in Old Country Buffet. Not to say they don’t belong there. But I have to admit the screening process could be better.

Anyways, enough of my complaining and on to the winner.

Congratulations to Holli as winner of Season 7 of Hell’s Kitchen. Let’s hope she Really does end up being the head chef of the Savoy restaurant in London. If you were faithful and watched this season, you’d notice that Holli was a sleeper. At first you weren’t quite sure if she was up to the challenge, but she Really did pull through. I thought she did a great job with a lot. I also want to add that she’s from San Bernadino, CA and I used to live in Redlands, which is just about the same place, and it was almost like rooting for a home team.

I also want to say while Jay, her competition, while skilled, did not impress me as a person and came across as a pig. I want to say that 60% of that was probably editing. I want to give him the benefit of the doubt and say they probably put a lot of words into his mouth because that causes more ratings and thus, more viewers. It was a bit too bad, however, since he did seem very skilled in the kitchen. Although I have to admit on the pass, when he was in charge, Ben had to lend a hand, which I thought was not a good thing. Let’s not forget the incident where Chef Scott just about lost it and yelled at Ben when he tried to help out with the pass for him. A matter of opinion I’m sure. But honestly, if someone else started doing my job, right in front of me, and breaking my pace, I’d have to yell at them too. And believe me, they would have felt like they shouldn’t have woken up that morning.

I think if Jay had probably concentrated more on his work, and less time wondering if he was going to sleep with Holli, he probably would have won. He Totally underestimated Holli, I think, and he paid the price for it by being the #1 loser of Hell’s Kitchen.

Can you tell I was a fan of Holli? I’m gonna go ahead and stop you right now and say it wasn’t because I thought she was attractive or anything. It was because of 2 simple reasons: 1. She was the underdog. I always root for the underdog. 2. She Really was a skilled. She actually had improvement as the season progressed. Everyone else thought they were already the shit and didn’t improve as much as they should have.

So there you go. Were you team Holli or team Jay?