(Dimmock2) Episode 201: Back To Basics

The new chefs cooked their signature dishes in front of Vaughan, while a terrible dinner service occurs for one team and one chef fails to stay in the competition.

## Intro

The chefs arrived at Las Vegas, Nevada. Vincent said he was super stoked being at Hell's Kitchen and said he was ready to win. JP stated in his confessional that he was the best chef there and said everyone there were weaklings to him. Kennedy expressed how she came from a hard background after both of her parents were fighting in the war and said it impacted her life but said cooking inspired her and kept on cooking. Then Vaughan greeted the chefs along with his two sous chefs Gage and Ivette, and his Maitre d' Aldo. Vaughan then explained that the chefs had to cook their own signature dishes in 45 minutes and finish in time, the chefs then were set into the kitchen to cook.

## Signature Dish Challenge

Brent explained how cooking was his passion and had some down and ups after his mom died 10 years ago, but stated his dad inspired him by cooking which led himself to be a sous chef. Tara was shown being frazzled, which led AJ telling her to calm down. Vincent asked if anyone had raspberry sauce, which Brent said he had. Tara revealed that she was a stay at home mom and said her kids was her biggest inspiration, but expressed that she's in Hell's Kitchen to prove to her kids that if they want something, they have to fight for it. Spencer explained that he wanted to score a good score, as being the oldest in his team. Jennifer said she was super happy to be cooking her dish, but explained she had to score a bullseye to make a good impression to both Chef Vaughan and her team. JP rudely pushes Spencer out of the way, then Spencer said in his confessional that he was starting to dislike JP as to being super cocky and rude, but explained he had to deal with him for the longtime. Dahlia was caught cracking jokes, and singing which forced Vaughan to tell her to shut up. AJ said it would be a dream winning this competition as to watching the previous season but said it was her time to rise and shine. Eventually, the contestants plated their dishes under their silver domes and finished on time.

The first pair to have their dishes judged were Jennifer and Harrison, and Jennifer said she was excited to have Vaughan taste her dish and said she was confident that she could make a great dish, and her wild mushroom risotto was said to be simple, but executed perfectly which got her a 4/5, and she did a dance in her confessional. Meanwhile Harrison's snapper was said to be cooked perfectly then Vaughan said the presentation looked like a mess which got him a 3/5. Nicole and Spencer were next, Nicole's pan-seared halibut with a carrot puree was deemed nice, but the carrot puree was said to be watery which got her a 3/5. Spencer's duck breast with anchovies was cooked perfectly, but his presentation looked clumsy which got him a 3/5.

The third pair to have their dish judged were Rachel and Brent, Rachel presented her salmon, which turned out to be raw and it made Vaughan disgusted, then Rachel said under her breath ''fuck'' and Vaughan could only give her a 2/5. Meanwhile Brent and his wild mushroom gnocchi impressed Vaughan for being perfectly cooked, and the presentation was stunning along with the creativity which got him a 5/5. Brent expressed how happy he was and said he made his family back home proud. The next pair was Vincent and Meerah, and Vincent's lamb with raspberry sauce was said to be weird, and the lamb was raw and Vaughan said he was struggling for a 1. While Meerah and her tandoori chicken was said to be delicious which got her a 4/5.

The fifth pair was Phillip and Dahlia, then Vaughan asked Phillip how old he was which the latter responded 39 while Vaughan said he looked like 29 and the latter responded he was 39. Phillip said all of his co-workers said that they thought he was in his 20's. Phillip's pork chop with a beurre blanc sauce was said to be delicious, and was cooked to perfection which got him a 4/5. Dahlia presented her salmon, and Vaughan said it looked like a horror show which Dahlia said it did not, which Vaughan told her to shut the fuck up and he gave her a 1/5. The next pair was Ross and AJ, and Ross said he was nervous of Vaughan but said he was happy at the same time, and Ross's meatballs with spaghetti was said to be cooked beautifully which got him a 4/5. While AJ's New York Strip was said to be perfectly, but the garnish with was disgusting because the carrots bitter which got her a 3/5.

Next pair to be judged was JP and Kennedy, and JP said he would be crowned the winner straight away and knew he would win, but his seabass with eggplant was said to be horrible which got him a 1/5. JP said it was complete bullshit getting a 1, and stated he would give himself a 5 if he could. Meanwhile Kennedy's cod was said to be a bullseye which got her a 5/5. Kennedy said how happy she was getting a 5/5 and stated her parents would be proud of her. Next pair up was Kerry and Yanny. and Kerry presented his stuffed chicken breast with hash browns and roasted greenbeans. His chicken was dry, and the green beans were burned giving him a 2/5. While Yanny's ribeye with carrots was said to be on-point which got her a 4/5. The last pair to have their dishes judged was Declan and Tara, and Declan said he needed to have a good score, Declan's scallops with palenta was deemed nice and the presentation was beautiful which got him a 4/5. While Tara's ceasar salad pizza was revealed by Tara to be store bought which annoyed her team and Vaughan and he did not even taste her dish and immediately gave her a 1/5. Which tied the teams up so Vaughan called the best dish from each team which was Kennedy and Brent. Vaughan praised both dishes but ultimately gave the win to Brent which made the blue team win.

## Reward

The blue team went to the Vaughan Speciality to meet Season 1 winner Satyajeet Apoorva, Brent said it was so nice winning for his team and felt happy seeing Satyajeet. Satyajeet greeted them and sat down with the chefs, Harrison asked how did he win Hell's Kitchen, Satyajeet responded he worked hard and was consistent throughout and said if they work hard they'll succeed in the competition. Declan said it was nice hearing from one of the winners and said it inspires him to do Vaughan proud. While JP said he didn't care, and claimed he already knew he would win. Kerry explained how he wanted to grow from being a Chef De Cuisine to being a Head Chef at Vaughan's restaurant, and said it will change his life forever.

## Punishment

The women had to both kitchens, Sous Chef Ivette led them to the kitchens to clean them, and Dahlia was shown cracking jokes which annoyed AJ and told her to focus and stop messing around. Yanny blamed Dahlia, Rachel, and Tara for losing the challenge, and Tara got pissed at Yanny and they both got into a heated argument which led Jennifer and Meerah intervening. Jennifer said she had to deal with silly people and bossy people, but stated that they had to put their differences aside and work together for dinner service.

## Before Service

The men got back from their reward, and both teams prepped for dinner service, then Vaughan told them to line up and said they would have a good dinner service which they all responded ''yes chef'' and Vaughan told Maitre d' Aldo to open Hell's Kitchen.

## Service

 **Meat** | Rachel and Kennedy
 **Fish** | Dahlia and Nicole
 **Garnish** | Meerah and Tara
 **Tableside** | AJ

Vaughan arranged a tableside appetizer which was a dim sum to be served by AJ from the red team and Ross from the blue team. The first ticket came in, Everyone in the blue team responded except from JP, which Vaughan noticed and berated him for not responding. Then he asked JP to repeat the order which he failed to do so. Spencer got annoyed at JP and was confused on why he couldn't repeat the order. JP sent up the halibut but it was immediately sent back for being raw, which Vaughan forced JP to refire. While Kerry sent out his scallops, but were brought back for being rubber which he also got berated and was also forced to refire. Meanwhile in the red kitchen, Rachel sent out her first order of scallops, which were accepted along with Nicole's halibut which impressed Vaughan. In the blue kitchen, JP sent out his refired halibut but was rejected again for still being raw which Vaughan told him to wake up. Vaughan asked Harrison how long on garnish, but he failed to respond then asked again, but he still didn't respond which made him get berated for not responding. Harrison sent out garnish, but got brought back for being undercooked which frustrated Vaughan and demanded him to do it again. Back with the red kitchen, Yanny sent out her first order of scallops which were accepted, while Tara's garnish was sent back for being crunchy which forced Vaughan to tell her to refire. Yanny said she knew Tara was a weak link, and wanted her gone out of the competition. Tara sent out her refire which was accepted, and Vaughan praised her for bouncing back. Back with the blue kitchen, Kerry brought up his refire of scallops which got rejected for still being rubber. While JP's refired halibut was also sent back along with Harrison's garnish, which annoyed Vaughan and told them to wake up.

Back with the red kitchen, they are getting food out quickly, while with the blue kitchen they are dragging behind as Kerry sends his refire of scallops which still gets rejected as with JP's halibut which causes Brent jumps on scallops and manages to send out scallops and Vaughan praises Brent for helping and JP finally manages to send out perfect halibut and Vaughan tells the blue team to bounce back. Meanwhile in the red kitchen, Tara sends out perfect garnish, while Yanny sends out perfect scallops impressing Vaughan. While in the blue kitchen, Harrison sends out his refire of garnish which gets accepted while, Brent sends out his lamb which also gets accepted but is waiting for Kerry's scallops and JP's halibut which they both bring the halibut and scallops to the pass but they both get sent back for being raw and rubber again which forces Vaughan to tell the whole blue team to regroup themselves. Declan said JP and Kerry needed to bounce back or else Vaughan, will kick all of the blue team out. Kerry served the fifth refire of scallops but it got brought back for being undercooked, which forced Vaughan into kicking the blue team out of the kitchen. Declan said he was so pissed getting kicked out and stated that he would go back into service and finish. The red kitchen managed to serve all diners and finish service strong. Rachel said she was so proud of the red team, and said they would become a powerful team.

## Post-Mortem

After service finished, Vaughan then lines both teams up and praises the red team for their great service then he berates the blue team for countless mistakes but praises Brent for stepping up and leaded his team, then Vaughan names him the Best Of The Worst and tells him to nominate two people up for elimination then dismisses both teams.

During their discussion, Brent had one easy decision and instantly nominates JP for messing up on fish, but has a hard time choosing between Harrison or Kerry. Harrison felt embarrassed of messing up on garnish as he knew how to cook garnish. Brent said it was hard choosing but had to chose who did the worst tonight and stated he could possibly hurt feelings.

## Elimination

Vaughan said the blue team were a complete claustrofuck tonight, and told them that they should be very ashamed of their performances. Brent announced JP as the first nominee for his countless mistakes on halibut, and Kerry as his second for wasting so many scallops and kept sending them rubbery. Vaughan liked the nominees but also called down Harrison for his poor performance on garnish. During their pleas, JP said he had the attitude, and the passion to make it further in the competition and stated he was not done yet. Kerry said he knew that he screwed up on appetizers, but said that was a fluke and claimed he would never do that again. Harrison expressed how embarrassed he was serving undercooked garnish but claimed he didn't ruin the whole pace of kitchen and said his journey in Hell's Kitchen was not over. In the end, Kerry was eliminated for his poor performances on appetizers. During his exit interview, Kerry said he was so sad leaving this early but claimed the wrong person went home tonight.

Vaughan, told Harrison and JP to bounce back for next service then Vaughan dismissed the chefs and congratulated the ladies for their awesome service. Tara said how happy she was bouncing back, and said the women did awesome tonight. Harrison said how petrifying being nominated is, but expressed how relieved he was getting another chance for another day. Yanny said how great she felt winning, and said the boys would be dropping like flies if the women kept on winning services.

Vaughan's comment: ''Kerry had little passion, the only passion i saw from him was during his plea but unfortunately it was way too late.''