Episode 11: Old McRamsey Had A Donkey

The teams reconvened in the dorms following Taylor's elimination with Freya commenting that they were getting down to the nitty gritty now, pointing out that all it would take was one bad service, Andreas agreed, saying that Ramsey was likely going to be considering everything that had happened in the competition up to that point which initially worried Freya due to her ill-advised impersonation of Ramsey in the first service though Yuri assured her that it had likely been forgotten about by Ramsey because of how much had happened since the first service, elsewhere Mark confided in Leo, Josh and Henry that he was starting to feel the pressure and was wondering how long he had left in the competition but the other men assured him that he had nothing to worry about.

## Challenge #1

The next morning the chefs were called out to the front where several farm animals had been placed in a pen, their task was to pick a protein each to cook with and produce a delicious dish but first they had to catch their desired animals, Freya had her eyes on the lamb as she hadn't cooked lamb in the competition yet and she and Rachel got their wish, Andreas picked goat alongside Leo, Mark picked pork to cook against Yuri, Matt chose to cook beef against Erika leaving Josh to cook chicken against Henry.

The challenge produced some shocking results, as Freya and Andreas produced their first bad dishes of the competition with Freya severely undercooking her lamb rack (and she knew it too) whilst Andreas's cured goat was overcooked, Leo's goat was overcooked whilst Henry's fried chicken was burnt and Erika's seared fillet was undercooked and Mark's pork tenderloin was over, ultimately the Red Team won the challenge thanks to her grilled pork tenderloin dish.

## Reward

The Red Team enjoyed a day at the races with a hundred bucks between them to bet, Andreas managed to win a decent amount of money on a race which made him feel a bit better about his bad performance in the goat round.

## Punishment

The Blue Team were tasked with cleaning the farm animals before they were returned to the farm that they were on loan from, Freya was especially hard on herself for how poorly she had cooked her lamb rack, admitting to Leo that she didn't use her punishment pass because she felt that she needed to be punished for it, Freya then realized how sexual that sounded and quickly changed the subject whilst Leo was trying his best to not die from laughter.

### Challenge #2

Once the Red Team returned the chefs were called in one by one for a performance analyses though unlike the last season, Ramsey omitted asking the chefs who they thought was the weakest on their team.

Once Matt's chat was finished the teams were called down to the dining room, Ramsey announced that he was closing Hell's Kitchen for the Cook for Your Life Challenge but because of how badly several otherwise strong chefs had screwed up the challenge earlier, they were being nominated for the challenge, putting Freya, Andreas, Leo, Erika, Henry and Mark in the line of fire and sending the other chefs up to the dorms, once the other chefs were gone Ramsey announced the theme: redemption! The chefs were given their worst dishes from the competition up until that point and told to reinvent then.

## Elimination

Freya, Leo and Andreas got their Lamb and Goat dishes from that morning's challenge, Mark got the fish dish that he had served to Jazz that had the parchment paper on it (minus the paper off course), Henry got his pork chop dish from the pork chop challenge and Erika got her steak dish from that morning's challenge, Freya, Leo and Andreas produced their best dishes so far whilst Mark's fish had bones and the parchment paper on it, Henry's pork was perfectly cooked but his sauce was runny and Erika's steak was overcooked.

Freya, Leo and Andreas were sent back to the dorms first leaving the final decision between Mark and Erika, ultimately Mark left the competition the same way he entered, being chastised for leaving a parchment paper in his salmon dish.

Mark's elimination statement: *"Ever since the signature dish challenge that damn parchment paper has haunted me and now? It's cost me my spot in the competition, I don't think I need to say what I'd change about my run in the competition but I can't deny that I had a great time, just wish that it wasn't ending this way man!"*

Ramsey's elimination comment: *"Mark was determined to redeem himself from the moment he entered Hell's Kitchen but after he made the same mistake on the salmon as he did in the signature dish challenge? His redemption was denied."*