Episode 6: Ya Aint Nothing But A Hound Dog

Things were tense following Saraya's disqualification, Chelsea was especially down as she was reeling from being at the forefront of Saraya's last rant before Ashley stepped, the older chefs told Chelsea in no uncertain terms that she was a much better person and chef than Saraya and that she shouldn't let that get to her which Chelsea appreciated, stating in a confession cam that her main focus was too get past not just the bad service and being up for elimination for the first time, Xander told her that the her aunt was already proud of her for standing up for herself like that.

## Individual Challenge

The next morning the chefs were awoken by the sounds of dogs barking outside the dorm rooms, the chefs got out of the dorms to find the sous chefs playing the sounds on a tape recorder before they led them outside.

Ramsey was waiting for the chefs outside in front of a large playpen full of dogs of various sizes at which point Ramsey announced the return of the dogpen challenge from Season 28, telling the chefs that the dogs had the names of proteins on their collars and that the toys within the pens would have ingredients written on them.

Chelsea and Xander were the first volunteers for their teams, Chelsea because she needed a pick me up after the previous night and because she loved dogs and Xander's reasoning was much the same, by the end of it the chefs had the following pairings: Chelsea and Xander had ribeye and mushrooms and hanger steak and bell peppers, Ashley and Chris had Sea Bass and Lemon and Salmon and Tomatoes, Ava and Stephan had pork chop and maple syrup and rack of lamb and mint, Fiona and Grant had chicken and chorizo and halibut and rosewater, Cora and Miles had Duck Breast and Oranges and lobster and lemongrass, Lisa and Tai had mahi mahi and paprika and scallops and applies, Dylan and Sophie had prawns and rice and langoustine and truffles leaving Devon and McKenna with scampi and peas and Haddock and Red Wine.

The chefs performed well for the most part but there were some exceptions, Fiona and Grant respectively undercooked and overcooked their proteins and Miles didn't have enough lemongrass in his dish ultimately Chelsea's seared ribeye and mushroom five ways won the red team the challenge over Xander's hanger steak tartare at which point Xander decided to use his punishment pass, swapping places with Fiona.

## Reward

The Red Team (and Xander) were brought to a local dog show and got to meet the dogs before the show and they had a wonderful time.

## Punishment

The Blue Team (and Fiona) had to return the dogs used for the challenge after cleaning them and then prepped both kitchens for service.

## Before Service

Once the Red Team returned and Fiona swapped places with Xander Ramsey told both teams that he wanted their best possible service which the teams promised, right before service started Christina checked in on Chelsea to make sure that her head was in the game following last night before doing the same for Ashley and both women assured her that they were ready for action.

## Dinner Service

 **Appetizers** | Chelsea and Ashley
 **Meat** | Fiona and Cora
 **Fish** | Ava and Lisa
 **Garnish** | Sophie
 Dessert

McKenna and Miles served a tableside appetizer of shrimp scampi, calling this service a disaster was putting it mildly as Tail and Grant proved to be a disaster on Apps eventually getting them both kicked out and forcing Ramsey to move Xander to the apps, in the Red Team Chelsea and Ashley rocked the apps station getting food out at a good pace, come the entrees though........

### Fiona's elimination:

Fiona and Cora had a complete meltdown on meat and Ramsey moved Chelsea to the meat station to help them, at which point she found a large tray piled high with different meats in the meat station's oven and reported it to Ramsey, after some prodding from both Ramsey and Christina Fiona admitted to putting the meat tray in the oven whilst she was prepping the kitchen with the Blue Team during the punishment hoping that the meats would be perfectly cooked in time, not only were the various items overcooked but Ramsey pointed out that the massive amount of cross contamination would get any restaurant shut down, promptly eliminating Fiona on the spot, after Fiona left Ramsey kicked Cora up to the dorms for dropping the ball so hard (though made it clear that she wasn't being eliminated) before telling Chelsea to work the meat station solo.

Chelsea was nervous at first, getting flashbacks to the previous night's service, but she proceeded to have her best night in the kitchen so far, sending up excellent meat orders several times, with her help and the Blue Team rebounding the kitchens finished service.

## Post-mortem

Ramsey informed the Blue Team of Fiona's elimination before announcing that they were the losers as the Red Team had a stronger service, Tai and Grant was easy names for nomination.

## Elimination

Once the Blue Team announced Grant and Tai as their nominees Ramsey announced that he felt that it wasn't enough and called Cora forward for being Fiona's station partner and a disaster on meat in general, after the chefs gave their pleas Ramsey eliminated Grant for his lack of improvement.

Ramsey then told the chefs that he was not done, calling Chelsea and Ashley forward, first he sent Cora back in line after warning her that she was on her last chance before announcing a team change, Chelsea and Ashley were being swapped to the Blue Team, being exchanged with Stephan and Miles.

Fiona's elimination statement: *"I tried to be ready ahead of time but it ended up being a huge mistake and just like that? I'm gone, I'm out of the competition all because of one tray of meat! How could I fuck up so badly?!"*

Grant's elimination statement: *"I can't believe that I'm in this position, going home after the Red Team already lost a member! But that's how it goes sometimes I guess and now I'm on my way home, welp, at least I'll have something to tell the grandkids someday!"*

Ramsey's elimination comment: *"I haven't seen a service that bad in years and I needed to wake the teams up, Fiona and Grant are gone but that's not nearly enough, now that Chelsea and Ashley have swapped with Miles and and Stephan I expect better from the remaining chefs!"*