Hell’s Kitchen is always a stressful experience for the hopefuls taking part, but few of them end up needing hospitalisation because of the trauma!
On last night’s season nine opener, 29 year old Jason Zepaltas ended up being rushed to hospital for medical attention, after he found himself struggling to breathe, while preparing for the restaurant’s first service.
It was a sad turn of events, as after medics failed to stabilise the Chicago man on site and transferred him to a local ER room, Gordon Ramsay informed his fellow chefs that not only was Jason out for the night, but because he would be remaining in hospital for a few days, he was out of the competition altogether.
When asked to choose two team-mates who should face elimination, the contestants singled out Steven Paluba and Monterray Keys, however after some deliberation, Ramsay decided that Chino Chang should join them as well.
It was a pointless move, as in the end he choose to eliminate Steven, a 44 year old sauté chef from Ridge, New York.
SirEnigma wonders if these people are given physicals before competing. We have seen others with too much weight have heart problems. This is a great show but stressful nonetheless. Perhaps better screening for health issues would be helpful. Just a thought!
His early departure left the Blue Team short one member and as a result, they failed miserably, not even managing to get a single entrée out to waiting customers.
When asked to choose two team-mates who should face elimination, the contestants singled out Steven Paluba and Monterray Keys, however after some deliberation, Ramsay decided that Chino Chang should join them as well.
It was a pointless move, as in the end he choose to eliminate Steven, a 44 year old sauté chef from Ridge, New York.
