Episode 5: The Jackets Have It

The teams returned to the dorms both teams were in relatively good moods, Chelsea and Ashley's friendship continued to blossom as the two young women joked around with each other, they were joined by Cora who explained that Saraya was off brooding on her own, much to their relief, Chelsea was just eager to get through the next service which they agreed with.

Though they were a chef down thanks to Jake's elimination the Blue Team were confident that they would only get stronger from here, Xander in particular saw it as the shedding of dead weight and was confident that the cream would rise to the top.

## Individual Challenge

The chefs were greeted by Ramsey the next morning who revealed that he had an epiphany last night before telling the remaining chefs to take their jackets off, though confused, the chefs complied and Ramsey revealed that he was giving them brand new jackets with recipes written on the back, the challenge was that they'd have their communication tested because the only way they'd know what they were cooking was with the help of their teammates, making it clear that they were cooking his recipes and that they couldn't be altered.

Chelsea and Ashley were quick to help each other out, with Chelsea cooking fish and chips and Ashley cooking a burger, the rest of the Red Team had it's problems with Saraya confusing the ravioli recipe on Ava's back for dumplings and Cora making a similar mistake by telling Lisa to make lamb burgers instead of meatballs, though the rest of the Red Team were able to communicate effectively, at one point Ashley asked Chelsea if they should try altering the recipe but Chelsea said no, remembering an incident from Season 20 that saw several chefs failing to score for making that mistake, though that advice fell on deaf ears for Saraya and Cora, the Blue Team went through the challenge with little issue.

Come tasting the efforts of Chelsea, Ashley, Xander and McKenna were praised as they had nailed the original recipes but Lia and Ava were chastised for plating the wrong dishes and Saraya and Cora failed to score for altering the recipe, when Saraya claimed that no one told her that it was a bad idea Chelsea countered by saying that she had advised Ashley against the idea and that she knew Saraya could hear her, earning Saraya's ire, the Blue Team had less overall problems and won the challenge though Chelsea chose to use her punishment pass on Chris, feeling that she needed a break from Saraya.

## Reward

The Blue Team (plus Chelsea) were treated to a day at the races with $100 to bet, though Xander failed to win anything he saw it as a bonding experience with his team, including their unofficial member Chelsea.

## Punishment

The Red Team (plus Chris) were tasked with dry cleaning all the jackets and then prepping both kitchens for service, Ashley made a point to avoid Saraya as much as possible, noting that she was in a foul mood from what had happened in the challenge, Chris asked if Saraya was normally like this and the other Red Team members denied it.

## Before Service

The Blue Team returned and Chelsea and Chris returned to their respective teams, both teams were ready for another service though Chelsea was nervous when she learned that she was running the meat station solo that night.

## Dinner Service

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

Sophie and Chris served a tableside crab cake throughout the night, whilst the Blue Team were able to get through service without much issue the Red Team had several problems, Cora and Saraya's inconsistencies hit them especially hard as they had terrible nights on apps and fish with Saraya completely shutting off from Ashley, however the most shocking performance came from Chelsea who froze on the meat station and her desperate attempts to recover led to her rushing food and having it sent back, fortunately a pep talk from Ramsey in the pantry got Chelsea out of her funk and she recovered to complete service whilst Saraya and Cora's efforts got them kicked out, forcing Ashley to work the fish and apps stations simultaneously to ensure that food got out.

## Post-mortem

The Red Team were declared the losers of the service and told to come up with three nominees for elimination, once in the dorms Chelsea volunteered herself for nomination as she knew that her performance on meat had been her worse to date and saw no point in denying it, the Red Team agreed and then agreed on Saraya and Cora as their next nominees.

## Elimination

Ramsey asked the Red Team for their three nominees and Sophie named Saraya, Cora and Chelsea as their nominees, Ramsey asked Chelsea if she had applied for Hell's Kitchen too soon in her culinary career which Chelsea denied, giving an impassioned plea as to why she should stay in the competition, revealing that she dealt with severe weight issues in high school and got healthy with her aunt's help to show how dedicated she was too this.

Cora defended herself just as passionately but Saraya resorted to her old tactics, using personal attacks against Chelsea and Cora, when Ashley stood up for her friend Saraya unleashed a torrent of racial insults that enraged Ashley to the point that she nearly came to blows with Saraya but the straw that broke the camel's back was when Saraya accused Ashley off sleeping with her boss to get her job, at which point the rest of the Red Team had to hold both Chelsea and Ashley back! Ramsey, furious at this, told Cora and Chelsea to go back in line before disqualifying Saraya on the spot for taking things as far as she did, Saraya was infuriated by Ramsey's decision, shoving her Red Jacket into Ramsey's hand and flipping off the remaining chefs (and the cameracrew) as she stormed out, Ramsey then apologized to Chelsea (who had been driven to tears by Saraya's comments) and Ashley for Saraya's conduct and making it clear that his office door was always open if they wanted to talk about it.

Saraya's elimination statement: *“¡Esa maldita perra! This is fucking ridiculous!” \*Saraya flips off the camera on her way out the door\* “I’m a better chef than all of those fucking idiots but because I call it like it is I’m standing out here when I should be in there?! Whatever, I’m not worried, my food truck will be more popular than ever because I was on Hell’s Kitchen and I look forward to watching the winner crash and burn!”*

Ramsey's elimination comment: “*A good chef accepts accountability for their mistakes and moves on, but Saraya blamed everyone but herself for her inadequacies in the kitchen and after those comments? I had no choice but to disqualify her, and that is why her stay in Hell’s Kitchen was a short one.”*

### Trivia

In a Facebook post discussing the episode, Chelsea revealed that Jamie was the angriest she's ever seen her aunt when the older chef was watching the episode at Chelsea's watch party,, even then Jamie made sure that her niece was okay after having to relive that difficult night.