Dale is executive chef. He should know that his neck is on the line if his team goes down. It happened to Nikki (whose team he was on two weeks ago); it happened to Tre; it happens to everyone who is the leader. If Lisa's blowing it big time, he should have done what Bourdain told him to do: lay into her until she does it right. It doesn't matter if he's not her "real life boss"--he's the boss for that challenge. If she doesn't get in line, then he made it clear he was doing everything he could to make everything right. Instead he muttered under his breath, ran around swearing (as usual), and acting like a pissy child because his avocado was brown.G. Keenan wrote:Lisa also wanted to be executive chef. They flipped for it, remember? Once the roles are picked they stick to them. They're a team; Dale isn't Lisa's real-life boss, he can't just tell her to leave the kitchen. The Laksa and the rice were already screwed up before service even began, what could be done about that? Can't go to the store and buy more ingredients to make it again. What would the point be of sending Lisa out to be front of house after the dishes were made? Do you think Spike could have fixed them back in the kitchen?BenNX74205 wrote:What he should have done was kick Lisa out of the kitchen and into the front of the house, and then got Spike back there to make the food right. If Lisa was going to quit, then she would be sent home as well. Dale was in charge and he did a bad job of leading. Lisa sucks too, but Dale was the leader. Leaders go down with the ship.G. Keenan wrote:Me either. What was he supposed to do? He can't cook the whole menu himself so he's got to delegate.
Maybe Spike could salvage some of the dishes. But they also were offering two choices for every course it seemed. That didn't seem to be part of the challenge's requirements. Dale could have chosen to pull the crappy dishes (laska, scallops, sticky rice...) and gone with one selection for each course.
Lisa may have messed up more food dishes, but Dale was ultimately in charge of everything that went out the door. Either Dale or Lisa could have gone home for their performance. The judges picked the guy who was running the operation.
If Dale had done a great job and gone home for all Lisa's screw-ups it would be a different story. But Dale also put out some crappy food, and had a crappy attitude.
