Episode 3: Why Did The Chicken Cross the Kitchen?

Following Trent's elimination the teams regrouped in the dorms, Xander, Chelsea and Ashley all agreed that Trent needed to go but hoped that the bad services from Cora and Saraya were just flukes thanks to their hangovers, Kaylee was feeling dejected by the fact that she didn't get a chance to help out due to being on tableside for most of the night but Jake, Miles and McKenna assured her that she'd get a chance to shine soon.

## Individual Challenge

The chefs were greeted by Ramsey in a giant chicken costume earning confused looks from the remaining chefs, after claiming that the real Ramsey had turned chicken he revealed that the next challenge was a relay, the team who could complete the most meals of fried chicken, gravy and mash potatoes to his standards while adding that they would have to break down their own chickens for the challenge.

The pairing of Ashley and Ava did well but Chelsea made the mistake of deferring to Kaylee when it came to butchering the chicken figuring that a head chef should be able to butcher a chicken when in reality Kaylee had never bothered to learn how to butcher a chicken setting them behind until Chelsea took charge and butchered the chickens herself, however by that point it was too late as the Blue Team were so far ahead of the women that Ramsey ended the challenge early.

## Reward

The men enjoyed a meal at a southern cuisine eatery which was deemed delicious by everyone present, Xander declared that this was a sign of things to come for the Blue Team as they were going to keep winning.

## Punishment

Before the punishment started the Red Team tried to figure out how Chelsea and Kaylee had fucked up so badly and to Kaylee's credit, she took full responsibility for how far south their efforts had gone whilst Chelsea admitted that she had blindly trusted that Kaylee would know what she was doing, their punishment was to help clean up at a local farm and then prep both kitchens for service, something that none of the women enjoyed.

## Before Service

As soon as the man returned the teams met with Ramsey for the debriefing and told the Red Team to put the challenge behind them and charge forward singeing out Chelsea and Kaylee in particular.

## Dinner Service

 **Appetizers** | McKenna and Saraya
 **Meat** | Chelsea and Lisa
 **Fish** | Fiona and Cora
 **Garnish** | Sophie and Kaylee
 Dessert

A tableside chicken sandwhich was being served by Ashley for the Red Team and Miles for the Blue, Chelsea was on a mission to redeem herself from this morning's challenge and did just that, turning out excellent meat orders with Lisa's help, the only problem? Her teammates, Cora and Saraya no longer had their hangovers to hide behind for their bad performances on Apps and Fish with Saraya sending up too risotto that was too large and too small and gloopy, eventually getting kicked out with Cora after Cora served raw scallops but as bad they were, Kaylee performed worse than both as her Garnish was either raw or burnt with no in between, Kaylee eventually joined them in the dorms and the remaining Red Team members were able to complete service whilst the Blue Team managed to get through it with few hiccups.

## Post-mortem

Ramsey cut straight to the point and named the Red Team as the losers, however he singled out Chelsea for her efforts tonight, naming her a culinary prodigy and the Best of the Worst, telling her to name two nominees.

Chelsea considered naming Kaylee but she talked Chelsea out of it, pointing out that unlike the first night, Cora and Saraya couldn't hide behind their hangovers which Chelsea agreed was a good point.

## Elimination

Chelsea named Cora and Saraya as her nominees and they were called forward, during her plea Saraya tried to throw her station partner McKenna under the bus and threw a personal insult at Cora, enraging the Greek American chef and forcing Ramsey to tell her to calm down and give Saraya a stern warning.

In the end Ramsey announced that he was eliminating someone who he felt had given up already, overriding Chelsea's nominations and eliminating Kaylee for her poor performance on garnish, after Kaylee left he assured Chelsea that she had made good choices in nominating Cora and Saraya but not the best choice before warning the remaining women to shape up.

Kaylee's elimination comment: *"This was a lot harder than I ever thought it was gonna be, and rather than opening the door at the end of the journey like I dreamed I'm on my way out the door after three services! Good luck Red Team because Saraya's a piece of work!"*

Ramsey's elimination statement: *"A great chef needs creativity, passion and talent, Kaylee had passion and that's about it."*