Halle Castillo

* Personas

**Hayley Castillo**, known on the show as **Halle**, is a contestant on Hell's Kitchen: Personas, and a participant in the Duality Saga. She is currently still in the running. As of Episode 2, she has transferred to the Blue Team.

## Personas

### Episode 1

Upon arriving in Hell's Kitchen, there was a proof of commitment. Afterwards, Ramsay told the chefs to cook their signature dishes.

Christa was the sixth member of the red team to have their dish judged by Ramsay. She only scored 2 points for her dish being boring. The Red Team won the challenge 30-28, and they were rewarded with a trip to Catalina Island with Ramsay on board a yacht, and a zip lining experience. Halle was thrilled that the Red Team had clinched their first victory. After the zip lining experience, she called it a great bonding experience. Later on, while trying to study, she was distracted by Norm and Robin, who were flirting with her. She didn't seem to mind, though she did want to nail the service the following night. During prep, she was quickly picking up the recipes and techniques thanks to some help from Lilly.

During dinner service, Halle was on the appetiser station with Nella. She got the kitchen off to a good start, sending up perfect risotto after perfect risotto, and Ramsay reminding her not to drop the bar. The Red Team eventually won the service.

### Episode 2

The next morning, at 4:32 am, the chefs were asleep in their beds, when a group of Japanese taiko drummers snuck into the dorms and woke everybody up. Sous Chef Jay appeared and told everyone to head downstairs to meet Ramsay, who stated that the opening service was memorable for all the wrong reasons. He then introduced the Egg Relay Challenge, in which the chefs would form pairs to cook four egg dishes, which were poached, soft-boiled, sunny side up, and scrambled.

In the challenge, Halle was paired with Lilly. She cooked the poached and soft-boiled. They scored the poached and the scrambled, so scored 2 points for the team. The Red Team lost the challenge 10-12, and were punished by prepping squid for a calamari dish in that night's service. When the men came back from their reward, Halle confided in Josiah that she'd rather be on the men's team, as there were a lot of egos going around. Josiah then warned her of the biggest ego on the blue team, referring to Eddie.

During dinner service, Halle was on the meat station with Lilly. She sent her meat up, and while her stuff was perfect, the fish station had overcooked all their components. In response to their failure, Halle offered to switch stations with Scarlet, but Ramsay refused, as he needed Halle on the meat station. After Scarlet and Tia are kicked out, Ramsay accepts Halle's request to switch stations. Halle and Lilly send up their components from their respective stations, and they're all accepted. Ramsay thanked them, and they high fived on the way back. Halle took upon a strong leadership position through the rest of the service, and the Red Team eventually beat the Blue Team by one ticket.

In the dorms, Halle was really hopeful that she'd be chosen for the team switch, and following Norm's elimination, her request was granted, as she was given a blue jacket, and was ordered to bring the Blue Team together and rise as a leader. While being dismissed, Halle expressed excitement about the change of pace.

### Episode 3

Following Norm’s elimination, Josiah charmingly welcomed Halle into the Blue Team, and Chas demanded that she find a way to get Eddie under control.

The next day, the chefs went downstairs to find the lights dimmed, like at elimination. Then, Ramsay said that the errors from the previous night were all because of poor communication from both teams. After a difficult decision, he ordered Ali and Lukas to step forward, and told them that he could not work with chefs that would not communicate. After, Ramsay told them to take off their jackets. However, instead of being eliminated, they received new jackets for the next challenge, and Sous Chefs Christina and Jay gave the other chefs new jackets. Ramsay explained that for the Jacket Challenge, each chef had one recipe on the back of their jacket, but the only way they could properly cook them was that one of their teammates would read it to them.

In the challenge, Halle was paired with Eddie. She deciphered Eddie’s dish as being a frittata, and Eddie deciphered hers as being a Shepherd’s pie. Chas noticed that Eddie seemed a lot less angry, and was even helping Halle, and wondered if maybe he was sexually frustrated. When faced off against Lilly, both impressed, but Halle scored the point. The Blue Team unfortunately lost the challenge after a tiebreaker, and were punished by taking in a delivery of 100 pounds of sea bass, and prepping it for the following service. In the middle of it, Sous Chef Jay introduced their lunch, a fish head soup. While most of the men struggled to keep it down, Halle seemed to be going through it quite quickly, though admitted herself that it was horrible. At one point during the lemon zesting, Louis wondered if Halle was making Eddie nervous, while Chas made a joking remark about how close she had gotten to Josiah. When the women returned from the reward, Christa teased Halle about being on a team that loses. After the punishment, Halle gathered the Blue Team and informed them on why the Red Team was winning. She mentioned how if someone flopped on a station, they'd jump to each other's aid. When the teams were lined up, Ramsay asked Halle how she felt about the new team, to which she responded that she understood their flaws and was ready to fix them.

During dinner service, Halle was on the fish station. She and Josiah blew Chef Ramsay by getting the first table out in record time, while still remaining up to standards. Thanks to her, Josiah and Louis’ teamwork, the appetisers were finished in record time, and they then moved onto entrees. Halle asked Lukas how long for the garnish, but he seemed stuck in his head. She asked again, and he then responded two minutes. Despite this not working for Halle, she managed to send up perfectly cooked fish, and the garnish was accepted. She once again showed a strong leadership position, asking for times particularly of the weaker performers during that night’s service. After dinner service, Ramsay noted how Halle, Josiah and Louis could’ve been their own team.

The Blue Team lost the service, and had to nominate two people for elimination, but as they were being dismissed, Ramsay told Halle not to be discouraged. Halle was called to announce the nominees, and she was not nominated for elimination. After Sonny’s elimination, Halle said it was a shame to see him go so early as he seemed like a decent guy, but acknowledged that the team had to move forward.

### Episode 4

The next day, Sous Chefs Christina and Jay came into the dorms, gave the chefs coloured jerseys, and told them to head downstairs. Arriving at a football field, Ramsay explained how football was considered an American Classic, and revealed the American Classics Challenge. Each team would grab footballs for ingredients to use for macaroni and cheese, pizza, burger, and spaghetti, and both teams would be working in pairs. Halle was paired with Chas. Then, Ramsay gave both teams 30 seconds to decide which pair would be cooking which dish, and Halle refused to lose that challenge. After, Ramsay launched the footballs in the air for the chefs to collect in five minutes. After five minutes, the chefs had their ingredients picked, and Ramsay brought them back to Hell’s Kitchen to cook their dishes. After 40 minutes of cooking, Ramsay revealed that he would be judging only one dish from each pair, and asked the chefs to decide what dishes would be dropped. Halle was impressed with Chas's mac and cheese, so dropped in his favour, which payed off as Chas won the round.

After a tiebreaker, the Blue Team won the challenge, and were rewarded with a go-kart activity at K1 speed. Halle was seen moving quite slowly due to the adrenaline, though she seemed to enjoy the day nonetheless. Upon returning from the reward, she expressed happiness that the Blue Team was coming together.

During dinner service, Halle was on the appetiser station with Chas. When Lukas was requested to cook 3 orders of scallops, Halle asked him if he'd like help, given that Chas had good control over the station. Lukas told her to wait and see. Later, Halle and Chas are asked to cook for a 12-top. Chas claimed that Halle was leading the team in a way that hadn’t been seen before, not even from himself, while Halle claimed that Chas worked incredibly fast for someone with a medical condition. They sent up their components, and Ramsay complimented the teamwork between Halle, Chas and Lukas. Later on, when Eddie refused to talk to Lukas, Halle asked the former how long for the garnish. When Lukas got swamped with fish orders, Halle offered help to him, which he accepted. However, Halle noted that Lukas didn't really seem like he needed the help given that he had good control over his station. She told Lukas this, but he said that "help is help, needed or not". They sent up their components and Halle was complimented by Ramsay. The Blue Team won the service, and Halle was seen with the rest of the Blue Team in a group hug.

### Episode 5

Following Scarlet’s elimination, Halle is seen bonding with Lukas and Josiah.

The next morning, the chefs went downstairs, where Ramsay told them that they have to be creative while thinking on-the-spot, before revealing a craps table. For the Craps Challenge, each chef would roll a die once, and choose an ingredient starting with the letter it landed on. Halle rolled and landed on K, so went with kale. Both teams had 30 minutes to cook the dish, and the blue team spent a long time trying to figure out how to work around the grapefruit.

Thanks to some quick thinking by Louis, they manage to get it plated in time. The blue team won the challenge and were rewarded with a private jet ride to see locales such as the Paris Strip, Hoover Dam, and the Grand Canyon. Upon returning, Halle attempted to mediate Eddie’s aggressive reclusion by taking him to the back and talking to him about it. Eddie was noticeably dismissive of what she had to say.

During dinner service, Halle was on the meat station with Eddie. She was seen being cooperative with Chas, and didn’t seem to have any issues throughout the entire night. Both teams ended up winning the service, and had to nominate two people they thought they could do without. Halle asked Robin what the hell happened that night, as the latter had been all over the place, forgetting orders and even set the flat-top on fire at one point.

She was not nominated for elimination.

## Halle Castillo

### Episode Eliminated

TBD

* She is the first contestant from the state of Oregon.
* She is the eighth contestant to be given announcer status on the service immediately after switching teams, following Trev (Season 8), Robyn (Season 10), Ja’Nel (Season 11), Rochelle (Season 12), Frank (Season 13), Shaina (Season 16) and Trev (Rookies Vs Veterans).

## Quotes

* "Lilly was a huge help. I was really worried I wouldn't pick any of this up in time, but it doesn't seem like much stress anymore."
* *(To Josiah)* "There's too much ego on this team. I hate it here, I wish I was on your side."
* "Chef, I can restore the fish station, do you want me to switch with Scarlet?"
* "The team switch seems like it'll happen tonight. I really hope it's me, because the men all seem to appreciate my help more than my current team does."
* *(After being moved to the Blue Team)* "Well, this is exciting, a change of teams, change of pace, I hope I can be the leader Chef Ramsay wants."
* “I believe the reason the Red Team is winning is because despite our conflict, we unite come service time. I’ve heard lots of arguing coming from this side, while if someone were to flop in the Red Kitchen, we’d jump to their aid.”
* “Well, I understand where the team needs to be fixed, and I’m ready to fix it.”
* “Lukas, I need you to talk to me, how long do you need.”
* “Fuck me, I gotta rush this fish out, then. Thanks, Lukas.”
* “Sonny seemed like a decent guy, it was kinda sad seeing him go, but we as a team have to move forward.”
* “Eddie, you gotta temper a little bit, okay? We’re all trying to work together here.”
* “Robin, what happened tonight? You were all over the place.”

 Lilly Arnold • Karie Barrett • Josiah Briggs • **Halle Castillo** • Christa Daniel • Tia Dunn • Nella Faulkner • Sonny Fox • Cory Guzman • Eddie Mann • Chantelle McFarlane • Lukas Porter • Louis Riley • Robin Rogers • Ali Schwatz • Chas Turner • Norm Walsh • Scarlet Zimmerman