It has only been a few months since D.C. last had a reality TV star/contestant to fall behind — unless you include our very own Marion Barry and the saga of his various trials and tribulations.

But somehow it has escaped our attention that local chef Rahman “Rock” Harper, Executive Chef at B. Smith’s in Union Station, has been competing in this summer’s season of Hell’s Kitchen. The oversight could be due to the fact that his bio on Fox’s website indicates that he is from Spotsylvania, VA, a scant 70 miles away from Union Station.

Now into its 10th week, the show began its two-part finale last night, where Rock Harper faces a head-to-head challenge against Bonnie Muirhead… a nanny/personal chef from California. Compared to the semi-stiff competition that local chef José Andrés faced from Bobby Flay, most Hell’s Kitchen aficionados, as well as Gordon Ramsey himself, agree that the final competition is Rock Harper’s to lose.