Legendarychef (Series 2)

The second series of 'LegendaryChef: After Hours,' initially slated for broadcast concurrently with Series 37 of 'LegendaryChef,' encountered significant scheduling changes. Originally postponed due to a variety of factors, including an insufficient number of contestants progressing to the 'Trials' stage, Series 2 did not occur as planned alongside Series 38 or Series 39 of the main show.

In a surprising turn of events, Oskar Sanford, the third Showrunner for 'LegendaryChef,' decided to integrate 'After Hours' into the landmark 40th anniversary of the series. Thus, Series 2 of 'LegendaryChef: After Hours' finally began airing many years after its original intended date, coinciding with Series 40 of 'LegendaryChef.' This strategic move to feature 'After Hours' in this special anniversary series reflects the dynamic broadcast strategy and the enduring popularity of this beloved culinary competition.

This season had no Declare button, which Series 1 had implemented. Oskar Sanford mentioned that it would be returning for Series 3.

## Episode Timeline

### Day 1

#### Morning Segment (Episode 1)

On the first day, all the contestants entered the house for the first time (except Karina Olsen, who had previously been in the house). This was the first time an anniversary series has had this format. At the beginning, as many already knew eachother, it was time to catch up as many have already been in multiple anniversary series. The newer series winners from 36-39 met all the older contestants and some contestants started preparing for the upcoming Trials round of High Knowledge.

#### Evening Segment (Episode 2)

At the end of the first round of Trials (Round 1), the contestants returned back to the house. Sadia (30th), Darnell (29th), Kyran (28th) & Taya (27th) were all eliminated from the competition after having the lowest performance. Following the contestants returning, they were eventually faced with the first immunity voting.

##### 1st Immunity Vote

The contestants were required to obtain a total of 4.5 to be eligible to be voted for in this vote. Nana Frazier, Deanna Daniel, Millie Hodge, Polly McDonald and Aimee Warner all obtained an overall score of 4.5 which allowed them to be eligible. David Rose, Maison Murphy, Aaryan Jacobson, Isra Nicholson, Carter Bryne and Chanelle Cortez all obtained an overall score of a 5 which meant they exceeded the requirement and are then should vote for two seperate people who would be given the possibility to obtain the immunity.

At the end of the voting, Nana Frazier obtained a total of 5 votes which led her to becoming the first contestant to obtain the immunity for the next round as she had the highest amount of votes.

### Day 2

#### Morning Segment (Episode 3)

The day begun with contestants practising and enjoying the morning as they think how to deal with the next task and next upcoming immunity vote.

#### Evening Segment (Episode 4)

During the evening, the contestants returned to the house after the last trials round which was the 2nd Trials Round. Tommy-Lee (26th), Zuzanna (25th), Aimee (24th) & Benjamin (23rd) were eliminated after having the worst performance during this round.

##### 2nd Immunity Vote

The second immunity vote begun and the contestants were once again required to obtain an overall 4.5 to be eligible to be voted for and an overall 5 to be granted the ability to vote for 2 people for the chance to obtain immunity. Sidrah, Owen, Deanna, Raees, Aaryan, Polly, Kiara, Abdur, Lacie, Chanelle, Lily-Mae, Karina & Inaya all obtained an overall score of a 4.5 and therefore were allowed to be voted for. Millie, Isra and Carter all obtained an overall score 5 and were therefore given the ability to vote for two contestants for immunity. Nadir obtained a perfect score which granted her the ability to have two votes and could potentially vote for the same people.

Following the results, there wasn't a clear winner as Isra Icholson, Deanna and Lacie all obtained a total of four votes each which was the highest obtained.

##### 1st Immunity Vote Tiebreaker

Due to the tie between Isra, Deanna and Lacie, it became a tiebreak. It was now up to each of the three to decide amongst them who will obtain the immunity. Nancy (the host) stated over the house speakers that they had 2 minutes to decide the immunity holder and needed to come to a decision and conclusion. Isra decided Lacie would have it, Deanna decided Isra should have it and Lacie decided that Deanna would have it. As there was no official conclusion in the 2 minutes as only one could obtain it, Nancy announced: "Contestants, you have failed to come to a conclusion and you have therefore broken the programmes rules. As a result, Isra, Lacie and Deanna, you have all been eliminated from LegendaryChef. Lacie, you have come 22nd, Deanna, you have come 21st and Isra, you have come 20th place. You must now leave the After Hours house immediately. Owen, you have obtained the immunity due to holding the next highest amount of immunity votes. Thank you and keep the cooking spirits high."

Following the announcement, Polly stated "Isra was deserving of getting to the end but you ended it out of the proper competition." Following this, Polly started packing her belongings and decided to exit. Nancy announced this "Polly, you have decided to leave LegendaryChef and therefore, you have come 19th place. To the other contestants, please remain peaceful during this situation." Polly then left making her the 8th person to go in the same day and the first person to leave this series.

Zaki Smith (the other host) had announced that he would be leaving the programme and that the 40th anniversary series would be his last. He announced this a few hours after Polly had left but he stated that it wasn't about Polly or the elimination of the contestants during the immunity tiebreaker. After this, it went to Nancy and Zaki in which they had an interview together and he stated how amazing Nancy is as a host and that Nancy has enjoyed the 5 series with her (36-40) and that they were great. She stated that though Zaki has left, there will be a brand new host replacing Zaki to bring a new face into the show and be the next host with Nancy, marking the third host of the programme.

### Day 3

#### Morning Segment (Episode 5)

At the beginning, contestants started preparing for the first pre-quarter-final round, as there were lower contestants than should be, only 1 would be eliminated.

#### Evening Segment (Episode 6)

The contestants returned after the first pre-quarter-finals round. Naima Calderon was eliminated during the pre-quarter-final round 1 and came 18th place in the competition. As the contestants returned, they had to get ready knowing that the 3rd immunity voting was upcoming.

##### 3rd Immunity Vote

Nadir Blake and Sidrah Roth were the only ones to obtain an overall score of a 4.5. Owen Walton, Maison Murphy, Carter Bryne and Karina Olsen obtained an overall score of a 5 meaning they could vote for 2 seperate people for immunity.

At the end of the results, Owen obtained a massive 8 votes and this meant he obtained the highest and would once again be holding immunity for the second time and consecutively.

### Day 4

#### Morning Segment (Episode 7)

At the beginning of the morning, everyone started preparing as the last pre-quarter-finals round was upcoming.

#### Evening Segment (Episode 8)

As the evening came, everyone said goodbye to Amber Farley as she had the lowest performance that round and came 17th place in the competition. As the evening went on, it was announced Isra Nicholson had been bought back into the competition as a Wild Card. She was also allowed to vote two people in the fourth immunity vote as well as being allowed to be voted for.

##### 4th Immunity vote

The fourth immunity vote begun and Nadir, Sidrah, Maison, Carter and Inaya all obtained an overall score of a 4.5 which meant they could be voted for in this immunity voting. David and Abdur all obtained an overall score of a 5 which meant they could vote for 2 seperate people for immunity. Millie obtained a Perfect Score which allowed her to vote for two of the same people for immunity.

At the end of the voting, Maison obtained the highest votes for a total of 6 which led him to obtaining the immunity for the next round.

### Day 5

#### Morning Segment (Episode 9)

The morning segment was like normal, contestants preparing for the upcoming Quarter-Finals round.

#### Evening Segment (Episode 10)

The contestants returned after completing the first Quarter-Finals round and said goodbye to both Kiara (17th) and Karina (16th) who were both eliminated due to having the lowest performance. Sidrah Roth, Nana Frazier, Maison Murphy and Abdur Cantrell all obtained an overall score of a 5 which meant they could be voted for in the fifth immunity voting. Nadir Blake, Raees Diaz and Chanelle Cortez obtained a Perfect Score which meant they could vote for 2 different people as well as potentially the same people too.

##### 5th Immunity Vote

The fifth immunity vote resulted in Abdur winning the immunity due to obtaining the highest votes which was 7.

### Day 6

#### Morning Segment (Episode 11)

The episode consisted of the contestants preparing for the upcoming second quarter-finals round.

#### Evening Segment (Episode 12)

At the end of the second quarter-finals round, Lily-Mae Sullivan was eliminated due to having the worst performance and came 15th place. Nadir, Millie, Maison and Carter obtained overall scores of a 5 which allowed them to be voted for. No one was eligible to vote for 2 people.

As the voting finished, both Carter and Maison had a total of four votes each. This led to the beginning of the second Immunity Vote Tiebreaker.

##### 2nd Immunity Vote Tiebreaker

Due to both Carter and Maison tie breaking with four votes each, they both had to decide between each of them who would obtain the immunity vote. If they didn't reach a conclusion in 3 minutes, both would be eliminated at the end of the timer. Maison decided that Carter should take the immunity and therefore, Carter was given the immunity for the upcoming third and last quarter-finals round.

### Day 7

#### Morning Segment (Episode 13)

In the morning, the contestants had woken up to once again practise for the upcoming third and last quarter-finals round.

#### Evening Segment (Episode 14)

Contestants returned to the house after no one had been eliminated. Although, Millie, Nana and Owen were placed into the bottom during the round. Sidrah, Raees, Maison, Aaryan, Carter and Inaya all obtained an overall score 5 which meant they could be voted for. Isra obtained a Perfect score which meant she could vote for 2 people and 2 of the same people as well.

The results were that both Carter and Inaya came out with four votes each. This led to the 3rd immunity vote tiebreaker.

##### 2nd Immunity Vote Tiebreaker

As both Carter and Inaya had four votes each, they had to both decide between the two of them who would be going into the first semi-finals round with an immunity with them. Inaya came to conclusion that Carter should have it as she already has had two bottoms meaning he deserved it more than her. Due to this, Carter was given the immunity for the second round in a row.

### Day 8

#### Morning Segment (Episode 15)

During the morning segment, contestants were getting ready for the first semi-finals round.

#### Evening Segment (Episode 16)

At the beginning, they were saying goodbye to Sidrah who was eliminated and came 14th place. Nana, Millie, Carter, Chanelle and Inaya all obtained perfect scores which meant they could be voted for and vote for two people and as well, choose two of the same people.

##### 8th Immunity Vote

Following the voting, there was a very clear winner with Carter obtaining a massive 9 votes meaning he obtained immunity for the third consecutive round.

### Day 9

#### Morning Segment (Episode 17)

The new day began and it was time to face the second semi-finals round and this would be the last round where immunity votes would be occuring.