Episode 17: Down To Four

As the final four returned to the dorms there was mixed emotions, Troy was sad to see Zara go but happy that she was going to get that amazing opportunity and whilst Max agreed, he pointed out that at this point any mistake during service could send a potential winner home.

The one who took that night's events the hardest was Jazz as she had just barely survived elimination over Zara after a poor performance on garnish, Jamie was able to get her spirits up at which point Jazz admitted that she was hoping to face Zara in the finals as a battle of the young guns type deal, whilst Jamie was understanding of this, she still pointed out that there was a chance that could still happen things to Troy still being in the competition which Jazz agreed with.

## Individual Challenge

The final four were driven to an offsite location for the next challenge where four food trucks had been set up, each with a different cuisine, Ramsey explained to the remaining Black Jackets that they would have to sell food from the food trucks with all the proceeds going to charity and had already picked the food trucks for them, Jazz would be cooking American cuisine, Jamie would be cooking Italian, Troy would be cooking French and Max would be cooking Mexican with the chef who made the most money winning the challenge.

Whilst the food truck challenge mostly went off without a hitch each chef had their own problems, Max was inexperienced with Mexican cuisine and struggled to think of authentic Mexican cuisine whilst Jame's ambitious plan to make pasta from scratch had to be scrapped when she realized that there wasn't enough space in her food truck to do it properly prompting her to come up with a new plan, Troy's prawn tacos idea had similar problems as he had to make the tortilla shells from scratch whilst Jazz had problems sorting through the ideas in her head.

By the end of the challenge the Black Jackets had raised a lot of money between them which Ramsey promised to match when the time came to donate the money, he then revealed the results: Max had made the last amount of money (which Max had expected since he had no experience with Mexican cuisine) followed by Troy and then Jamie leaving Jazz as the winner of the second Black Jacket challenge! Ramsey then told Jazz that she could bring along one other chef on the reward with her and she named Jamie reasoning that she had hung out with Max and Troy enough up to that point.

## Reward

Jazz and Jamie were treated to a night on the town which the two women pretty much used as an excuse to catch up and (for Jazz at least) to unwind after a hectic night on garnish, they finished the night with Jazz saying that, if they were the final two, let the best woman win with a toast which Jamie agreed with.

## Punishment

Max and Troy were tasked with prepping the kitchen for that night's service.

## Before Service

Once Jazz and Jamie returned from their reward Ramsey informed the Black Jackets that tonight's service couldn't be a repeat of the previous night's service whilst looking right at Jazz making the meaning clear.

## Dinner Service

 Dessert

Jamie got the Black Jackets off to a strong start on apps but Max had problems with the scallops from the first order as he kept sending up raw or overcooked Scallops, once they were on to the entrees Jazz redeemed herself from the previous night by rocking the meat station and bailing out Max at the same time, Troy also had his worst service that night as his garnish station was a disaster requiring Jamie to take over,, despite all this though the Black Jackets were able to get their entrees out and finish service.

## Post-mortem

Ramsey congratulated the Black Jackets on their recovery but made it clear that the problems were still persisting, as he saw them as the two strongest Black Jackets that night he told Jamie and Jazz to name two nominees for elimination.

## Elimination

Jamie and Jazz nominated the men for the same reason, they had to bail out their stations at this point in the game, however Ramsey decided to spare Max and Troy because they were able to recover from a near disastrous service but warned the Black Jackets that they were out of chances and that someone would be going home next.

Ramsey's comment: "In the end, the Black Jackets recovered nicely from their mistakes during service which is why I saved Max and Troy, but when we're this close to the finale? I can't afford to hand out any more free passes."