Episode 5: Hard Rock or No Luck

Moments after Ritchie's elimination the new members of the Red and Blue Teams got accustomed to their new surroundings, Jenna wasn't quite sure what to make of the team switch but Freya just told her to roll with it and see what happened, the two women were formerly welcomed into the Blue Team though Andreas was suspicious of Freya's work ethic and whilst they were apprehensive, they got to know Leo a bit better and found that he wasn't as bad as they first thought.

In the Red Team Eddie and Henry were welcomed into the fold by Rebecca and Eddie was eager for a chance to prove himself after being on the chopping block whilst Henry stated that he worked better with women anyway.

## Individual Challenge

The next morning the teams were called down to the dining room where a concert stage had been set up and a local hard rock covers band were on stage, Ramsey announced that the next challenge was all about taking fast food classics and making them fine dining with the dishes being picked at random by the team members.

Freya and Jenna were out to prove themselves to their new teammates and did just that, Freya's smoked pork burger was deemed one of the best dishes of the day whilst Jenna's take on Fish and Chips received praise as well, other standout dishes included Mark's loaded hot dog, Taylor's beef dripping burger, Rebecca's hot dog, Jayne's fish and chips and Andreas's Chicken Sandwich but there were some washouts as well, Eddie's chicken was found to be raw in the middle and Henry's Tacos were found to be overly spicy though they were still better than Yuri's tacos (which Yuri admitted that she had never made before) which had terrible presentation and taste, the final round came down to Leo and Dani's quesadillas which Leo was confident in his ability to make as his high school sweetheart was Mexican and she had taught him how to make the dish, sure enough Leo's dish secured him the win after Dani's sauce was found to be too sweet.

## Reward

The Blue Team enjoyed a trip to the hard rock cafe and a chance to see some local bands perform live just for them, Andreas commented that he had been to many European festivals and whilst it wasn't anything like he'd see at Wacken, Summer Breeze or Bloodstock he still enjoyed the time away from Hell's Kitchen.

## Punishment

The Red Team were tasked with delivery day, much to their chagrin, Dani tried to get out of her duties by any means possible, only dropping the act when Christina chewed her out for her self entitlement, Rebecca was desperate to avoid another elimination ceremony, to the point that she started planning how to use one of her hacks during prep.

## Before Service

Rebecca set her plan into motion as she was prepping the wellingtons for that night's service, using a hack that she knew would get them to cook faster and still taste delicious, Ramsey then made it clear to both teams that with the new lineups he expected a better service than the last two before announcing that heavy metal legends Rob Halford and Bruce Dickinson or Judas Priest and Iron Maiden fame would be dining in the Blue and Red Team's kitchens respectively with their families,

## Dinner Service

 **Appetizers** | Dani and Henry
 **Meat** | Rebecca and Eddie
 **Fish** | Rachel, Taylor and Jayne
 **Garnish** | Erika and Yuri

A tableside quesadilla would be served by Taylor for the Blue Team and Leo for the Blue, despite Dani trying to dictate the apps station again both teams got their apps out at a steady case, Freya proving herself to be a hard worker to her teammates especially, being moved to the Blue Team seemed to light a fire under Jenna as she turned in her best performance yet, working well with the older and more experienced Matt in the process.

### Rebecca's elimination

However things weren't so rosy in the Red Team as Rebecca had a terrible night on meat,, worse yet her hack wasn't working as she hopes and when she let slip that she had tried to use it on the Wellingtons an enraged Ramsey demanded to see them, finding that the hack had ruined the wellingtons rather than improve them, Rebecca tried to plea for mercy as she could bounce back if given the chance but Ramsey had seen enough, eliminating her on the spot and sending her up to the dorms to get her bags packed, Ramsey then moved Dani to the meat station to help get the food out but after both she and Eddie sent up raw chicken alongside Jayne having an understated but not unnoticed complete meltdown on fish despite having Rachel and Taylor on the station with her resulted in the rest of the Red Team getting kicked out and the Blue Team coming over to finish their service.

## Post-mortem

Ramsey congratulated the Blue Team on successfully completing a service for the first time since opening night before explaining Rebecca's elimination, stating that his recipes were classics for a reason and shouldn't be messed with, however he still told the Red Team that he was making good on his promise to cut fat early and told them to come up with two names for elimination.

Eddie was named as the first nominee but Jayne successfully talked the Red Team into putting up Dani instead of her, pointing out that tonight was her first bad service compared to Dani's third.

## Elimination

Dani and Eddie were named as the nominees by Yuri and Ramsey called them forward, Ramsey asked Eddie if he was in over his head which he denied whilst Dani claimed that she did nothing wrong and was put up here because the Red Team didn't like her, Ramsey then shocked both reams by overriding the nominations and eliminating Jayne who he thought had a much worse service than either of the nominees, warning the Red Team to shape up.

Rebecca's elimination statement: *"If only I hadn't messed with the wellingtons, then I'd still be chasing my dream of being a head chef for Gordon Ramsey! But instead of avoiding the chopping block, I got myself eliminated during service and that's even worse than being eliminated the traditional way! All it took was one mistake and my dreams are up in smoke!"*

Jayne's elimination statement: *"I had a bad night on fish but Rachel and Taylor left me high and dry, but I guess that's not enough for Ramsey to have me live to see another day in Hell's Kitchen, this isn't the end pf my food dream, it's just a bump in the road and I'll be back before you know it."*

Ramsey's elimination statement: *"On a night where rock royalty graced the chef's tables I expected better than what I saw from Jayne tonight but she crashed and burned, and Rebecca? She might be fond of using cooking hacks but the sad truth is she couldn't hack it in the kitchen!"*