(Archived) (Lifedollars) Episode 2104 - 15 Chefs Compete

The fourth episode of the old version of Season XXI was published on. On that episode, Italian cuisine was the main theme, a chef came close to leaving during service, and a lack of communication on one team led to a miserable service.

## Intro

While going back to the dorms, Kelly mockingly apologizes to the now departed Amanda, saying that she couldn't apologize her way into staying. Nonny also expressed relief now that she was gone, and that her apologies weren't insincere at all. Declan and Matt comfort Gal, as he is deeply ashamed of his performance that night. He stated that he hopes to never be on that chopping block ever again.

## Team Challenge

The next day, the chefs were lined up for their next challenge. Ramsay told the teams that he hoped he would never see a service like the last ever again. He then introduced the CreativeCRabbit reative Challenge. Each team would work in pairs to create a dish using 4 different cuts of rabbit, with them being the leg, the belly, the loin, and shoulder. They would work in pairs and go head to head.

### Judging

Sabrina and Lexi and Deep and Chase tied on the leg round.

## Before Service

The Blue Team return from their reward, and begin prep in their kitchen. Roy expresses happiness that the Blue Team finally got to go on a reward, and Gal states his determination to finally have a respectable service. After prep is complete, Ramsay lines up the teams, and tells them that this far down the line, he expects solid services from both teams, and that he will not tolerate an incomplete service. He then tells Marino to open Hell’s Kitchen.

## Dinner Service

### Stations

 Garnish

A special dish of pappardelle with clams will be served tableside by Dasara for the red team and Roy for the blue team. In the blue kitchen, Deep sent up his risotto, which was nicely cooked, but was still waiting on Matt to deliver his scallops. After the scallops were delivered to the pass, Ramsay noticed they were undercooked, and called the entire blue team over, berating them for their mistakes this far in the game. While Matt got his refired scallops accepted, his lobster tail was raw, and Ramsay told Matt to get his shit together. Matt was upset by this, as he didn't want another poor performance. When Matt sent his refire on the lobster tail, it was accepted. In the red kitchen, Kelly sent her risotto up to the pass, but Ramsay said it was bland and looked like pasty battery acid. This frustrated Liz as her scallops were perfectly cooked and required the risotto to be sent out. Kelly became stressed about this, and Layton, nearby, told her to relax and that it would be okay. In the blue kitchen, Deep and Declan's appetizers were accepted. and the former said they had to keep their momentum going as Roy served the pappardelle tableside.

Forty-five minutes into dinner service, Kelly's refire was accepted and the chef's table received their order. On the next ticket Kelly got confused by Ramsay’s call out and sent up only sent up one order of risotto when two were ordered. Kelly admitted that she misheard Ramsay’s call out. Frustrated by that, Ramsay took the women into the back pantry and asked Kelly if she was done, but she said she could bounce back. After Ramsay ordered her to get a grip, Kelly refused to give up and knew she had to recover. Fortunately, Kelly's second order of risotto was accepted, and a wave of appetizers was leaving the red kitchen. In the blue kitchen, the men finished up on appetizers and were moving onto entrées starting with the chef table. Matt was confident that he wouldn't mess up this time. Matt walked up his sea bass for the chef's table, but it was cold in the middle, and Ramsay berated him for making so many mistakes during the fourth service. In the red kitchen, Lexi sent her pork, but it was overcooked, and was forced to start it again.

An hour and twenty minutes into dinner service, Matt quickly sliced into the salmon after taking it out to chef if it was raw or not. After determining it wasn't, he began to walk it up to the pass, but Gal stopped him in his tracks, as he was able to easily identify it as raw. Ramsay began to become impatient, and when he noticed Gal blocking Matt's path, he asked him what the fuck was going on, and Gal said he stopped Matt because it was raw. Ramsay then told him that he appreciates the gesture, but that it was his job to tell them it was raw. Ben asked Chase how much time he had on the wellington garnish, but he didn't receive an answer. Ramsay then got mad as they were refusing to communicate and told Chase that he was acting like a fucking deer in the headlights. Gal wondered what the fuck was going through Chase's head and that he needed to wake the fuck up. When Matt walked up his refired salmon, it was ice cold in the middle, and Ramsay told Matt to get a grip. Ben asked how much time Chase needed on his garnish for the lamb, but Chase said he didn't know in response. Ramsay then asked why the fuck he didn't know, and Chase didn't answer. When Matt sent his salmon up to the pass, it was accepted, but it was still waiting on the garnish for Gal's wellington. However, Ramsay noticed an unattended pan of garnish. Ramsay asked who that pan belonged to, and nobody took responsibility. Then, Ben sent up his lamb, but it was raw in the middle, and Ramsay grew increasingly angry at this. Ben's refire was accepted, but it was still waiting on the garnish from Chase, who sent up both pans of garnish: the unattended one and the new one, but the second pan was ice cold, and Ramsay kicked Matt and Chase out of the kitchen due to their poor performances. Craig sent up his halibut, but it was accepted, and Ben's chicken was accepted. Declan decided to take over the garnish station, and it was accepted. Then, Ben sent up his meat, but it was missing the fries. When Declan walked the garnish up to the pass, it was raw, and a pissed Ramsay kicked the men out of the kitchen. Himself and Sous Chef Jay finished the order themselves. On their way back to the dorms, Declan was pissed as he felt that it was his fault the blue team got kicked out of the kitchen. With one ticket to go, the red team managed to coast their way to victory, refiring the orders and completing service.

## Post-mortem

When both teams were lined up, Ramsay said that while both kitchens were disappointing, the women were named the winners for bouncing back and completing service. Then, Ramsay reminded the men that they were a disaster, and that they would have to nominate two people for elimination.

During deliberation, Chase knew that he lacked the communication skills that night. However, when he tried to claim that the pressure got to him, Declan got frustrated as you can't crack under pressure in Hell's Kitchen and that you'd get sent home for that. Deep tried to defend Chase, but brought up Matt's performance on the fish station. Matt said he had no excuse for his performance, but promised that it would not happen again. Eventually, the team came to an agreement.

## Elimination

Gal announced Chase as the first nominee, with Matt as the second. During the pleas, Chase admitted to mistakes, but he said that it was not a full representation of what he is capable of. When Ramsay asked Chase what happened as he could neither cook nor communicate on the garnish station that night, he answered saying that he lost his sense of direction and overall, just zoned out. Then, Ramsay asked Matt what happened on fish that night, and he said that he got inside his own head and he phoned it in, as well as the fact that he was immensely disappointed by his performance and that whenever he thinks about it, it makes him so mad and that he wasn't going to back down so easily. Ultimately, Chase was eliminated for his poor performance on garnish. During his exit interview, he stated that he was very disappointed that he didn't win, but still said that it was a great experience and that he was gonna keep cooking and improving his skills, before saying that he's gonna make Ramsay want to invite him back to Hell's Kitchen for a second chance.

After Chase left, Ramsay reminded everybody that he is looking for a leader, and if you can't communicate, you won't succeed. While being dismissed, Matt said he was embarrassed by his performance and that the dinner service would be permanently etched into his mind. Kelly stated that the blue team is gonna fall apart and that the rest of the competition would be a clean sweep for the women.

Ramsay's comment: "Chase wanted to be the head chef in my next restaurant, but after his performance tonight on garnish, he'll have to chase his dreams elsewhere."