Episode 3: Getting Crabby

Following Leah's elimination the Red Team returned to the dorm mostly relieved that they had cut two of their weakest members already, however Jamie felt that the celebration was a bit premature and that they should be careful on the off chance that karma bit them on the ass and Zara tried to remain cheerful and keep the spirits up heading into the next service.

The Blue Team were all smiles when they returned to the dorms with Vince and Troy predicting that there would be an all male Black Jackets that season, though some like Steve and Max were quick to remind them that the Red Team had strong members as well, namely Jazz and Jamie.

## Individual Challenge

The next morning the team's were taken by car to a nearby beach where they would compete in the first part of the challenge.to retrieve thirty crabs that had already been trapped with the winning team getting a five minute head start in the second half of the challenge, Troy was confident that he was going to do well in the challenge because crab was one of his favorite things to cook but ultimately the women won the head start thanks to the efforts of Jazz and Zara especially.

In the second half of the challenge the teams were tasked with making crab ravioli to Ramsey's standards, Jazz was confident, revealing that she was trained in an Italian restaurant back home whilst Vince was sure that his Italian roots would see him through, both teams had their struggles with the women squandering their head start after Zara and Kimmie failed to serve an acceptable plate though they did recover by the time the men started only for the pairing of Amy and Zoey to slow them down again, the Blue Team had their problems with Tyler majorly slowing the team's momentum requiring Steve to take over for that pairing if they wanted to get any plates up, Vince managed to do decently in the challenge though he was noticeably slower than his teammate Troy but eventually the men managed to beat the women for the second challenge in a row after Amy didn't serve enough Ravioli.

## Reward

The men were rewarded with having a whole karaoke club to themselves for the night, something that excited self confessed Aerosmith fanboy Tyler, Ramsey asked Jazz if she wanted to use her Punishment Pass but she refused, admitting that she couldn't sing for shit, the men had a great time at the karaoke club aside from when Tyler took to the stage to perform Walk This Way only to completely butcher it, leading Steve to wonder what he did to songs he liked!

The men then enjoyed a meal at a gastropub, Vince called a toast to further success over the Red Team which the men agreed too.

## Punishment

The woman were punished with having to prepare the crabs for that night's service, Jazz was annoyed that she was having to endure another punishment but continued to work through it after some encouragement from Zara, once they were done prepping the crab the women prepped both kitchens for that night's service.

## Before Service

Once the Blue Team returned Jazz asked Steve how it went and he joked that her singing would've been a vast improvement over Tyler's leading her to admit that her singing doesn't even sound good in the shower, during the pre-service debriefing Ramsey told the remaining chefs to put the previous night's service behind them and focus on getting through that night's service.

## Dinner Service

 **Appetizers** | Jamie and Amy
 **Meat** | Kayla
 **Fish** | Zoey and Kimmie
 **Garnish** | Jazz and Harper
 Dessert

During dinner service a tableside crab cake would be served by Zara for the Red Team and Carson for the Blue Team, Jamie and Amy got the women off to a strong start on appetizers but some hiccups on the fish station from Kimmie slowed them down forcing Zoey to have to take over to get the woman past appetizers, however an argument broke out between Jazz and Kimmie in the middle of service over the timing of the halibut and garnish and Ramsey kicked them both out, much to Jazz's frustration, despite all of this the women were able to complete service.

The same couldn't be said for the Blue Team in spite of the fact that they hadn't lost any team members yet, it took Vince and Mike the better part of an hour to get the first order of appetizers out and they were eventually kicked out, Kenny was initially moved from desserts to try to salvage the station but he proved to be no better and soon followed them up to the dorm, Troy was then moved from the appetizers section to salvage the fish station but whilst they were able to get past the appetizers, Tyler's efforts on the meat station were abysmal and he got the Blue Team kicked out entirely after sending up raw chicken.

## Post-mortem

Ramsey wasted no time in declaring the women the winners of the second service, pointing out that they had all managed to finish service despite some problems whilst the Blue Team got themselves all kicked out, he told the men to come up with two nominees for elimination.

## Elimination

The Blue Team returned to the dining room and when asked by Ramsey, Troy named Vince and Tyler as the Blue Team's nominees, Ramsey then called forward Kenny feeling that he was on a downward spiral but ultimately eliminated Tyler, feeling that he hadn't taken the competition seriously since arriving in Hell's Kitchen.

Tyler's elimination quote: *“I feel like Ramsey made a big mistake, I know I screwed up on meat but Vince has been around a lot longer than me and made even more mistakes, at least I’ll have my Aerosmith shrine back home.”*

Ramsey's Elimination Comment: *“Tyler is an Aerosmith fan who thought that he would Walk This Way through the door and win Hell’s Kitchen, Dream On my friend.”*