Episode 202: Go Big or Go Home

Vaughan tasked the chefs to prep lobsters, while in service both teams crumble and a chef's low standards gets them eliminated.

## Intro

As the chefs returned to the dorms, JP expressed how he dodged a bullet, and said he needed to wake up for next service. Meerah said the red team did good tonight, and said they were there to stay. Brent explained how scared he was that his decision would split his team up and cause them to stumble, but said he wanted to emerge as a leader and do Vaughan proud.

Harrison explained that he didn't want his team to see him as a weak link, and wanted to prove his team wrong and show that he did know how to cook. Once the chefs were in the dorms, Brent held a meeting with Vincent, Declan, Ross, Spencer and Phillip, they discussed about how JP's ego was affecting them, and did not want him to cause drama and also considered him as a weak link along with Harrison. Phillip said he was concerned of JP's nature, and wondered if that was going to affect the team.

## Challenge

Sous chefs Gage, and Ivette woke them up and told them to go downstairs, Vaughan announced the Whole Lobster Prep Challenge, where they had to clean a single lobster, and the team with the most lobster cleaned wins.

Phillip said he never cleaned a lobster or even seen one, then stated he hoped for the best outcome. Yanny said the men would not even beat them, and claimed the challenge would be easy. Then Vaughan, showed a quick demonstration of how to clean the lobster, and then gave the chefs 45 minutes to prep. JP said he knew he would do well, and stated he didn't even need to watch Vaughan do it. Tara was shown struggling to prep the lobster, Meanwhile Nicole's lobster was shown to be butchered, Nicole said she was angry with herself and wanted to cry. Harrison said he wanted to redeem himself, and prove to Vaughan that he did deserve to be his next head chef. While Brent said he was confident in his abilities to clean a lobster. The chefs were finished except for Tara, who was far behind and Vaughan told her to hurry up then, she finally brought up her lobster and eventually plated on time.

Vaughan gave the red team 10 seconds, to decide which chef will sit out to even the numbers and Nicole decided to sit out after hers looked like it was butchered. Brent's attempt was looked at first and Vaughan, called it exceptional giving him a point. Meanwhile, JP's attempt was missing a claw which failed to score a point. Vincent's attempt was deemed perfect. Because of that, he scored a point. Along with Phillip, Declan, Spencer and Harrison. While Ross's attempt, was also deemed good which also got him a point. After the end of the round, Harrison said he was so happy getting a point, but was also wondering if the blue team were gonna win another challenge.

Meanwhile with the red team, AJ's attempt was praised high which got her a point. Meanwhile Yanny's was deemed bad, and she failed to get a point. Tara's attempt was accepted for being perfectly extracted, along with Jennifer, Rachel and Kennedy. Meerah's was missing a claw, and she failed to get a point. Dahlia was the last one to present her lobster and it was butchered and did not have any claws and she did not score. Which meant the blue team won 7-4.

## Reward

The blue team, went to a yacht-party. Spencer said it was nice winning another challenge, and stated the blue team were on a winning streak. Ross said he missed his wife along with the rest of the blue team, except for Declan and he revealed he did not have a wife. JP said this was nice bonding and claimed the women were getting smoked during the challenges.

## Punishment

The red team, were punished by shucking 100 raw oysters. Yanny said this was all Meerah's fault, but Meerah said to Yanny that she also screwed up along with Dahlia, and also stated there was no excuse. Yanny commented on how irritated she was with Meerah, and wanted to punch her in the throat. Tara called Yanny a over-dramatic bitch, which led into a huge fight between Tara and Yanny, which made the rest of the red team defuse the situation. And Dahlia, was shown cracking more jokes. Which led Nicole to tell her to shut the fuck up. Tara said she can't handle Yanny's overbearing attitude and wants her gone.

## Before Service

During prep, Yanny said in her confessional, that her team are bunch of catty bitches and had some grudge against her. Vaughan then lined the two teams up, and told them they both need to have a good service and do him proud. Then Vaughan tells Aldo to open Hell's Kitchen,

## Service

 **Meat** | Dahlia and Meerah
 **Fish** | AJ and Jennifer
 **Garnish** | Yanny and Tara
 **Desserts** | Rachel

Vaughan called out the first ticket, Harrison sent out his halibut and it was deemed perfect. Harrison said he needed that from Vaughan and was expressed how happy he was. Declan sent out scallops, while Phillip sent out his garnish and they both were accepted impressing Vaughan. Meanwhile in the red kitchen, Dahlia sent out her lamb but was brought back for being undercooked, Vaughan then told her to refire. Yanny sent out garnish but was brought back for being crunchy. Vaughan asked the red team what was going on, and Yanny responded that she was having a hard time, Vaughan told Yanny to start over. Yanny said her garnish was cooked beautifully, and claimed Vaughan was full of shit. Back with the blue kitchen, Ross sends out his lamb, but gets brought back for being overcooked, and he gets berated by Vaughan. Spencer said he didn't expect Ross to mess up, and hoped he could pull it together. JP decides to takeover and send out the lamb, but got rejected for being way undercooked. Brent said in his confessional, that he didn't understand why his team was messing up and stated they needed to get their act together. Back with the red kitchen, Yanny sends out her refired garnish, but is waiting for Dahlia's lamb and asks her how long but Dahlia doesn't respond and Vaughan calls her a sleepy-head. Dahlia finally brought up her lamb, but gets brought back for being still undercooked. Meerah says that Dahlia needs to bounce back, and cook the lamb perfectly. Then Vaughan reveals that Yanny's garnish is still crunchy, Vaughan berates the whole red team and tells them to regroup. Rachel said in her confessional that she had enough, and wanted to take charge. Rachel decided to takeover for Yanny, Rachel sends out garnish and it gets accepted impressing Vaughan, and praised her for her leadership. Nicole says that Rachel is like superwoman, and stated that she is killing it. Jennifer then sent out her first fish which got accepted impressing Vaughan.

Back with the blue kitchen, Declan helps the meat station then he sends the lamb out, and it gets accepted. Vaughan then praised Declan for taking control and told him to keep on going. Declan expressed it felt good getting complimented by Vaughan, and said he was seen as a strong link on the blue team. Meanwhile with the red kitchen, Dahlia sends out her third refire of lamb, but again got rejected for being still undercooked. Vaughan got super frustrated with the red team, and sent them into the pantry to regroup. Jennifer felt super angry with the red team, and stated that they needed to refocus and not mess up. Rachel said they needed to bounce back, and prove to Vaughan that their mistakes was a huge fluke. Vaughan said to the red team that if they make one more mistake, they'll be kicked out of the kitchen. Back with the blue team, JP sended out his refired lamb, which got accepted and Vaughan praised JP for bouncing back. JP said he was glad he bounced back, and now he needed to not make anymore mistakes. Meanwhile, Spencer sent out his scallops which got accepted. Spencer expressed how happy he was, then he stated he needed to be in his zen-mode. Meanwhile in the red kitchen, Yanny sends out her refired garnish, but Vaughan immediately brings it back for being under seasoned and AJ's halibut also gets brought back for being raw, which forces Vaughan to kick the red team out of the kitchen. AJ said she felt so pissed off with herself for getting the red team kicked out of the kitchen, and wondered if she just blew her chance of being the next head chef. Harrison sends out the halibut which gets accepted, and Vaughan praises him. Then Vaughan, sends the blue team into the red kitchen to finish serving their diners. They manage to serve all diners, and finish service very positive, then Vaughan congratulates them for their good service.

## Post-Mortem

Vaughan lines both teams up, and congratulates the blue team for their good service, Vaughan then berates the red team and calls out Dahlia, Yanny and AJ for their poor perfomances. Vaughan tells the red team to nominate two people for elimination, then dismisses both teams. Nicole said the red team's service was a nightmare and needed to get rid of their weak links. Dahlia immediately nominates herself for elimination, AJ says that Dahlia is starting to take this competition seriously, and does not want her to go home. Dahlia calls out Yanny for her poor performance on garnish, but Yanny refuses to go up and said that AJ should be the one going up. AJ responds and said that she only made one mistake while saying that Yanny, made three and definitely deserves to go up for elimination. Yanny said that the team were completely full of shit, and claimed that they were picking on her.

## Elimination

Vaughan told the red team, he was not impressed and said tonight's service exposed their weaknesses. Rachel announced Dahlia as the first nominee for her bad performance on the meat station, and Yanny as the second for screwing up on garnish. During their pleas, Dahlia said she was a fighter, then saying she will be able to bounce back next service and claimed she will show Vaughan more. Yanny claimed that she was only up for elimination because of her attitude nothing else. Vaughan then asked the red team if that was true, but Rachel said the reason why she was nominated was because of her attitude, and her poor performance on garnish. In the end, Yanny was sent back in line, and Dahlia was eliminated for screwing up on the meat station. During her exit interview, Dahlia said Vaughan made the right choice sending her home, and then says that AJ was her friend and wanted her to win the competition and was rooting for her. Vaughan told AJ that she dodged a bullet, then told Yanny to wake up. Vaughan then dismissed the chefs. Yanny said the red team can go fuck their selves, and claimed she did not deserve to be nominated. Tara expressed how pissed she was that Yanny was still here, and said if she carries on with that attitude she will get eliminated. Declan said Vaughan sees him as a leader, and wants him to do well and states that's what he's gonna do.

Vaughan's comment: ''Dahlia was full of energy and a funny woman, but the only thing i found funny was her departure."