We’re down to five contestants in the popular reality TV series Hell’s Kitchen 4. The winner gets to be a “senior sous chef” at one of Gordon Ramsay’s top restaurants – not quite as sexy as the “executive chef” position that earlier press releases had described, but it still beats flipping burgers.

Bobby Anderson, who is already an executive chef in Niagara Falls, was the favorite at press time at 11-10. Brooklyn’s Corey Earling is a very close second at 6-5; Christina Machamer of St. Louis has fallen to third at 2-1 after losing some of the confidence Ramsay showed in her earlier.

One of the difficulties in projecting a winner is that Ramsay can apply, ignore or change the rules at his discretion. The “Red vs. Blue” format was thrown out the window in the previous episode, when all six remaining chefs at the time were lumped together into the “Black” team. Is Vince McMahon running this show?