Episode 7: Hell's Kitchen Roulette

The teams returned to the dorms exhausted from that night's service, Freya was bummed that Jenna had gone home since it meant that she was the lone female member of the Blue Team but Andreas and Jason assured her that she was going to be okay which Freya appreciated.

In the Red Team everyone was relieved to have won their first service, especially Yuri as the Red Team were down to seven members compared to the Blue Team's eight, Eddie wasn't worried because he felt that the Red Team were only getting stronger and Dani was still adamant that she was the best chef in the competition, much to her teammates' annoyance.

## Individual Challenge

The next morning the teams came downstairs and sure a large covered wheel in the middle of the dining room, Ramsey broke from tradition by announcing ahead of time that the winning team would receive an all expenses paid trip to Las Vegas including a meal at Gordan Ramsey steak whilst the losers would be saddled with the dread delivery day! Staying in theme Ramsey announced the theme of the challenge by unveiling a roulette wheel, albeit one with pictures of ingredients on it, the contestants would spin the wheel and have to use whatever four items it stopped on with two mystery items to increase the gambling aspect (though the chefs that received the mystery items could opt out if they wanted).

Freya arguably had the worse luck of them all but not because she got bad ingredients, rather her shellfish allergy came up again as she was stuck with dungeoness crab AND lobster as two of her ingredients, the rest of the chefs had little to complain about with their ingredients and (after allowing Freya a few seconds to get an epipen and inject herself, the challenge was underway.

Freya proved that her allergies didn't prevent her from producing an excellent dish, with Ramsey bemoaning the fact that her allergies prevented her from cooking shellfish more often as he felt it was her best dish in the competition, the other chefs did well in the challenge but Eddie surprised everyone as he not only got the mystery items but decided to roll with it, getting wagyu steak and black truffles (prompting Freya to call him a lucky motherfucker) and he produced the dish of the day, awarding the Red Team the win.

## Reward

The Red Team enjoyed their trip to Vegas and to Gordon Ramsey Steak where they were greeted by Sous Chef Christina who congratulated them on the win, mentioning that this was the prize restaurant during her season, Yuri called it inspiring and just motivated her to try harder whilst Dani was her usual self.

## Punishment

The Blue Team were tasked with delivery day and though she was the smallest member by a considerable margin Freya still chimed in when she could, once delivery day was finished the Blue Team met in the dorms and agreed that they couldn't afford to lose another member after Jenna's elimination, Freya outright said that if she had her way she could handpick the other Black Jackets now from the Blue Team, admitting that the only ones she got on with in the Red Team were Jenna and Yuri which was a sentiment the men appreciated.

## Before Service

Once the Red Team returned from the Vegas trip they got right to work prepping their kitchen for that night's service with the Blue Team doing likewise in their kitchen, Freya was extra motivated to do well after last night's service as was Andreas and Mark.

## Dinner Service

 **Meat** | Eddie and Yuri
 **Fish** | Rachel and Erika
 **Garnish** | Taylor and Henry

The Blue Team had their best service yet as Freya and Matt worked well together on the fish station (with Matt outright offering to do the shellfish for Freya due to her allergies) whilst Andreas had his best night on meat so far, helping guide the inconsistent Leo through the service as he did, it was a different story on the Red Team as Dani got kicked out for serving poor risotto and carbonara forcing Ramsey to move Yuri to the apps to get the food out, however Eddie, who was still riding on a high from that morning's challenge, proved to be a disaster on meat even after Yuri was moved back to the meat station eventually resulting in the Red Team getting kicked out.

## Post-mortem

The Blue Team were congratulated on their successful service with Andreas, Matt and Freya getting special mention, the Red Team on the other hand were told to come up with two names for elimination, a choice that proved easy as Dani and Eddie were the worst performers that night with Dani's ego causing an argument with the normally sweet Yuri who outright called her a baka (or idiot)

## Elimination

Eddie and Dani were called forward for their failures on the meat station, despite pleas from the rest of the Red Team Ramsey eliminated Eddie as he was more at fault for that night's service.

Ramsey then announced a team change as he felt that the Red Team were lacking a leader, moving Andreas from the Blue Team to the Red Team.

Eddie elimination comment: *"Man, I know I'm a good cook but Hell's Kitchen can be a drag! Ramsey still made the wrong choice, Dani is a toxic influence on the Red Team and I can't wait to see her go home!"*

Ramsey's elimination comment: *"Eddie may have done well on the Roulette Table but there was no way I was betting anything on someone as inconsistent as him."*