Episode 112

**Opening:** After Biskit's elimination, Cookie was still upset over her previous service. Shep comforted her, while Lucky laughed it off and labelled it as "pointless showmance."

**Team Challenge:** Before the next challenge the chefs were teased with black jackets, but Ramsay said they had not earned them yet. The chefs were then given the annual blind taste test with the ingredients infused into ice-cream. Since they had one less member, Lucky volunteered to go twice for the blue team, claiming he has a great palette. In the first round, Bones guesses 2 correctly out of 4 compared to Goldie, who only guesses 1. Lucky goes next for the first time and gets 3 out of 4 correctly, and Cherry only manages 2, giving the blue team a 5-3 lead. Shep does terrible and guesses none correctly, whereas Daisy was able to get 3, giving the red team a 6-5 lead. Lucky goes again for the blue team and gets a 4 right this time, making Cookie would need 3 to tie or 4 to win. She guesses the first 3 correctly, but misses the last one, tying the score up. Since Lucky already went twice, Ramsay calls up Bones to go again against Cherry, who also got a 2. Whoever would get one right that the other gets wrong would win the challenge. They both get the first one right, but when Bones gets the 2nd wrong, Cherry correctly guesses it, giving the red team the win.

**Reward/punishment:** While the blue team prepares the foul-smelling durian fruit for a dessert to be served during tonight's service, the red team were rewarded with a shopping spree at Roland Kitchenware where each chef received $2,000 to spend. During the blue team's punishment, Shep tries talking with Sous Chef Scott, who listens for a little bit but soon tells him to shut the fuck up and just focus on the challenge, which delights Lucky and Bones.

**Service:** Both teams had flawless performances on appetizers, with no sent-backs or communication issues. However, things got worse during appetizers. In the blue kitchen, Bones and Shep once again had communication issues which led to Shep sending up a raw New York Strip. Lucky tried to get them to work better, but Bones would then bring up an overcooked red snapper. Despite these issues, they were able to fight back and complete service. In the red kitchen, Daisy forgot to turn the stove on, which led to a major setback on the initial set of entrees as garnish and fish had to refire. After Daisy sent a raw new york strip, Goldie attempted to aid her, which was successful as the red team managed to complete service. Ramsay noted that although both teams completed service, there were still rookie mistakes being made throughout, and instructed both teams to nominate one chef that they felt was the weakest left and did not deserve a black jacket.

**Deliberation:** Bones and Shep don't argue much this time and are surprisingly both able to admit that they made mistakes that aren't acceptable at this time. Lucky struggles with who to choose between the 2. The red team has a much easier time, as Daisy made the 2 major mistakes.

**Elimination:** The red team nominates Daisy and the blue team ends up nominating Shep. Before calling them up, Ramsay calls up Bones, who calls out his communication error on fish. Despite this, he does not feel he is done and rewards him a black jacket. He then individually calls up Goldie, Cherry, Lucky, and Cookie, giving them all black jackets before calling up the 2 nominees and asking why they think they deserve black jackets. Ramsay has Shep take his jacket off, but rewards him a black jacket, eliminating Daisy. Ramsay states that while Daisy is not ready to lead, she has incredible passion and tells her not to let go of that before wishing her good luck.

Daisy - "It really hurts to know I was this close to earning a black jacket but fell just short. I'm really glad I came here and I'm also really happy that Chef Ramsay was able to see my passion, but it does suck that I couldn't go all the way."