Ali Schwatz

* Personas

**Alice Schwatz**, known on the show as **Ali**, is a contestant on Hell's Kitchen: Personas, and a participant in the Duality Saga. She is currently still in the running.

## 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.

Ali was the fifth member of the red team to have their dish judged by Ramsay. Ramsay spat our her dish, and she only scored 1 point. 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. She was later seen studying the menu.

During dinner service, Ali was on the fish station with Scarlet. She sent overcooked scallops to the pass, and when Ramsay demonstrates how rubbery they are by bouncing it, she told Scarlet that she asked if they were okay. Ramsay then demanded that Scarlet help her out. When Karie asked her for a time, she didn't respond. When Ramsay asked for a time, Ali said 1 minute, while Karie said 3 minutes. Ramsay demanded that the two stations talk to each other, so Ali dragged her fish so Karie could catch up. However, she ended up overcooking the scallops, and Ramsay berated them for not working together. Later, Chantelle jumped on the fish station, and Ali accepts the help, realising the shit she's already in. 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, Ali was paired with Scarlet. During the countdown, Scarlet tried to take over for Ali, but Ali remained tenacious, not letting Scarlet ruin her chances. She ended up cooking the scrambled and soft-boiled. The pair only scored the scrambled. The Red Team lost the challenge 10-12, and were punished by prepping squid for a calamari dish in that night’s service. Christa told Ali to up her game, but Ali retorted, stating that Scarlet was too busy trying to take over her job than get her stuff done. She and Scarlet then argued over whose fault it was, so Tia stepped in and scolded them for their unprofessionalism.

During dinner service, Ali was working tableside. She struggled a lot, as she kept going to the wrong table, with Marino having to step in to help her. She served raw chicken on the enchiladas to one table, and overdid the sauce on another. This frustrated Christa, and she believed she should've been doing tableside on her own. Christa came over to help Ali, and eventually they got acceptable enchiladas to the diners. This caused major disruption in the flow of the kitchen, so Ramsay called the pair to the pass and told them to wake up.

The Red Team won the service, but Ramsay reminded Ali that she was very lucky to be on the winning side.

### Episode 3

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.

During the challenge, Ali was paired with Lilly. She deciphered Lilly’s dish as being a Shepherd’s Pie, and Lilly deciphered hers as being empanadas. When faced against Robin, her empanada had little filling, so lost the point to Robin. Despite this, The Red Team won the challenge after a tiebreaker, and were rewarded with a trip to the Venice Beach boardwalk, receiving a zip line experience, and eating lunch on top of the Erwin Hotel. During lunch, Ali said that she didn’t feel like a loser.

During dinner service, Ali was on the garnish station. She recalled how everyone mentioned her poor communication in the challenge, and how she needed to work on it. She was shown to have improved her communication to the point where she could walk her garnish up at the same time as meat. Ramsay noticed this and reiterated to Ali that that’s what teamwork looks like, and to keep that going. Tia claimed that she was happy Ali is starting to show her value to the team, but wondered if it might be too little too late. Later, she asked Scarlet how long for the salmon, but Scarlet didn’t respond. Scarlet said that she was intending to use Ali as a meat shield in case of losing the service, so was going to bring her fish up early to try and make her look bad. She sent her fish up, and Ramsay asked where the garnish was. Ali said that Scarlet never told her that she was walking, and Scarlet attempted to claim that she had. However, Ali revealed that her garnish was already ready, and that Scarlet was stalling her. Tia then backed Ali up by calling Scarlet out for not saying anything. During the post-mortem, Ramsay said Ali stood out as she had a good service for once.

The Red Team won the service.

### 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. Ali was paired with Chantelle. Then, Ramsay gave both teams 30 seconds to decide which pair would be cooking which dish. 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. Ali dropped in Chantelle's favour, and thus her dish was not judged. After a tiebreaker, the Red Team lost the challenge, and were punished by taking in a delivery of 500 pounds of onions.

During dinner service, Ali was on the meat station with Chantelle. Upon reaching entrees, Chantelle asked Ali to watch the pork dishes, but Ali expressed concern over Chantelle's overconfidence, and tried to see if something would go wrong with her steak. This led to her losing track of it and almost burning it, had Tia not pointed it out to Chantelle so she could save it. Despite the pork being cooked correctly, Chantelle expressed concern over Ali's difficulties with multitasking, claiming it could drag them down. Later, Ali reported having burnt a steak, frustrating Christa, and Ramsay layed into her for it. Ali apologised and reassured him that she wouldn't make the same mistake. When she sends up her next steak, it is accepted, but Scarlet's fish was overcooked, which pissed off Ali as it spoiled her comeback. The Red Team eventually loses service due to the Blue Team finishing 3 tickets ahead.

During deliberation, Chantelle nominated Ali and Christa, Ali for struggling on meat with her, and Christa for not taking reins on the fish station to combat Scarlet’s incompetence. Lilly points out that Ali was being really cooperative with Chantelle, and Chantelle considers the idea of not nominating Ali in order to ensure Scarlet's exit.

Ultimately, Ali was the Red Team's second nominee for elimination, with Scarlet as the first. During her plea, Ali points out how she's always improving and striving to move forward. When Ramsay asked Ali if she might be out of her depth, Ali passionately refuted this by claiming that she’s just as strong as them, but just had a few weaknesses to iron out. Ramsay then accepted Ali’s plea and sent her back in line. After eliminating Scarlet, Ramsay told Ali that he admired her tenacity, but would be watching her like a hawk from then on, before dismissing the teams.

### Episode 5

Following Scarlet’s elimination, Ali is hugged by Nella, who tells her that she’s happy she’s staying. Ali comments on how she’s happy that Ramsay saw something in her.

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. Ali rolled and landed on P, so went with pesto, as that was one of the ingredients Lilly got the team to memorise. Both teams had 30 minutes to cook their dishes, and the Red Team were overall focused and ready to go. Their dish was complimented for the cooking of the salmon and the classic flavours brought to it.

Ultimately, they lost to the Blue Team’s unorthodox duck dish, and were punished by having to prep both kitchens for the following dinner service. During prep, Ali was seen being helped by Lilly through the garnish station, making sure she had everything. Lilly made note of Ali’s increased cooperative effort, but was still concerned about having to help her out.

During dinner service, Ali was on the garnish station. When Lilly began cooking multiple tickets at once, she asked Ali if she knew what she was doing on it, and while Ali responded that she did, when Ramsay asked for a time, she gave a different time to Lilly. Lilly let her know what she was up to, but Ali didn’t respond, trying to rush everything. This made Lilly nervous, as not wanting to overcook her meat, sent it up before her, leading Ali to rush it over, with it being stone-cold. Ramsay told her to put it back on the stove. Chantelle was mad at Ali, but Lilly was focused on keeping Ali’s head down. Later on, Ali was seen having to take on a large variety of orders, which concerned Lilly due to the earlier communication breakdown. Lilly rushed over to Ali’s station, and while Ali was taken aback, she accepted the help since she trusted Lilly’s judgement.

Both teams won the service, but had to nominate two people they believed they could do without. During deliberation, Lilly nominated Ali for having to recover her station. Ali didn’t object the nomination, but instead left the discussion and went into the kitchen, seemingly defeated.

Ali was the first nominee for the Red Team due to her communication breakdown and overall consistency. With Christa as the second nominee, they joined Robin and Eddie from the blue team. During her plea, stated that even though she was having a rocky ride, the one thing she didn’t do was give in, and that she was holding herself up pretty well, to which Ramsay reminded her that Lilly had to jump in and help her. Ali survived elimination, and while being dismissed, said that she knew she had what it took to rise above the rest, even if it wasn’t happening yet.

## Ali Schwatz

### Episode Eliminated

TBD

* To be determined

## Quotes

* *(About Scarlet)* "She calls herself a team player, but it seemed more like she was trying to take over my job. Maybe if she'd just done her own job, we'd have won today."
* “I’d been berated a bit for my lack of communication in the challenges and services, so tonight, I’m gonna show that I can get outside my own bubble.”
* “Uh-uh Scarlet, you walked- Chef, she walked up without telling me she was.”
* “Funny thing is, my garnish was already ready, but I’ll be damned if I’m gonna let anyone walk all over me.”
* "I'm concerned that Chantelle may be overconfident with her abilities, so I'm gonna try and see if I can ensure she doesn't let it go to her head."
* "Scarlet, I can't believe you. I was starting to bounce back and you spoiled it."
* *(Her plea)* "I should stay in Hell's Kitchen because I've shown you that I'm constantly improving and striving to move forward."
* "No, chef, I'm not out of my depth, I'm just as good as the people behind me. I just have a few weaknesses that I need to iron out. It doesn't make me the weakest."
* “It’s good that Ramsay sees something in me. I might be able to fight now.”
* “Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing.”
* “Whoa, I didn’t expect Lilly to come sidling up here. But she knows what she’s doing, she knows when it’s going to shit.”
* *(Her second plea)* “Chef, it’s true I’m having a rocky ride, but the one thing I’ve never done is give in. And… all things considered, I’m holding myself up pretty well.”
* *(After surviving elimination)* “I know I have what it takes to rise above the others. Even if it’s not… really happening yet.”

 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