Episode 20: The Finale Part Three

## Introduction

A recap of the season was shown, including the eliminations and key moments like Jazz's near elimination in Episode 6, Zara's comeback from nearly being an early boot, Jamie's reunion with her niece and the argument between Harper and Amy, the stars of the show were the two finalists as Jazz's tenacity and fiery personality was highlighted against Jamie's maturity and experience in the kitchen.

As the finalists entered the main rooms Jazz knew she had a lot to prove against someone with Jamie's experience and was willing to do whatever it took to win whilst Jamie was confident that her experience would win her the day, as they sat down with the finale teams both finalists identified problems with their teams, whilst the majority of Jazz's brigade were happy to be there and eager to help Jazz in the most important service of her life Harper gave off the impression that she didn't want to be there at all and was still bitter about how her Hell's Kitchen run had ended, Jazz asked if everything was okay with Harper and whether there would be any problems between her and Amy, Harper's "no comment" response did little to dissuade her fears.

Jamie had similar problems though this time it was with Kayla who, despite being graceful in her exit. gave off the impression that she was bitter about missing out on the Black Jackets, Jamie told her to suck it up because the competition was about to end but Kayla said nothing in response.

## Before Service

Once the menus were sorted out Jazz and Jamie received that chefs jackets from Ramsey and were informed that, as well as a VIP Chef's table, their families would be eating in the dining room which put extra pressure on their shoulders, Jazz knew that this was the most important service of her life whilst Jamie knew that she had stiff competition in the form of Jazz.

The chefs met with their brigades in the dining room and Ramsey announced that Jazz's side would be serving members of the heavy metal band Lamb of God (which excited Jazz) and that Jamie's side would be serving legendary rock producer Rick Rubin, once both brigades were ready Ramsey told Marino to open Hell's Kitchen for the final time that season.

## Dinner Service

Both teams got off to a smooth start on the apps but Harper's attitude soon caught up with her cooking as she didn't even try to send up acceptable servings of risotto or salad to Jazz causing the Aussie to get annoyed, this culminated in what looked like another argument between Amy and Harper but Jazz shut that down in a hurry, kicking out Harper for her attitude and moving Zara from desserts to take over Harper's station, the rest of the brigade performed exceptionally well under Jazz's leadership with Amy turning in her best performance on meat all season and Troy rocking the fish station.

Jamie faced similar problems in her kitchen but was less decisive, Kayla dragged her service on fish and was kicked out by Jamie after serving raw salmon whilst Carson's inconsistency reared it's ugly head again though unlike Kayla he was able to recover on the fish station, in the end both teams were able to complete service and their brigades congratulated Jazz and Jamie.

## Post-mortem

Ramsey thanked the brigades for their service and told Jamie and Jazz that he was ready to announced the winner there and then, Jamie and Jazz got excited until Ramsey said that "the winner is a woman who's name starts with the letter J" with Jazz admitting in a confession cam that she should've seen it coming and Jamie similarly laughing it off, Ramsey said that on a more serious note both Jazz and Jamie had seriously impressed him over the past season and that he had a lot to think about.

Jazz and Jamie returned to the dorms with a lot of things on their minds but Jazz was especially nervous, Jamie asked if her anxiety was playing up and Jazz admitted that it was a "little bit" but it wasn't nearly as bad as it was on her first night on the Blue Team, Jazz then openly wondered how the competition would've turned out if Kenny had survived over her that night but Jamie said that it wasn't worth thinking about, since she was there now and that was all that mattered.

In his office Ramsey went over everything that had happened in that service before making the call, Jazz answered it and he told her that it was time for them to come up to his office, Jazz relayed the info to Jamie and the two women went to Ramsey's office.

## Winner announced

Before announcing the winner Ramsey made it clear that he was proud of both women and that it was a shame that he couldn't award them both the prize restaurant, Jazz was praised for her tenacity and passion whilst Jamie's maturity and experience were praised before he told them to go up to the doors.

Zara was seen asking Chef Christina who she though the winner would be but Christina said that it was too close to call as both Jazz and Jamie had performed exceptionally well in their final service, also shown were Jazz's sister Emily with her parents and her niece and nephew whilst Jamie's niece Chelsea stood side by side with her mother with baited breath, Ramsey then told Jazz and Jamie to put their hands on the door handles and that one would open, after a countdown from three both women turned their handles and Jazz's door opened.

Jazz was in a state of shock as she was crowned the winner of Hell's Kitchen but once it wore off Jazz celebrated her win with tears of joy rolling down her cheeks, back in his office Ramsey told Jamie that she had nothing to be ashamed off and that she was one of the best older contestants he had ever seen, Jamie was disappointed by her loss but knew that Jazz was going to be a fantastic executive chef before going out and embracing her younger opponent, congratulating the Aussie on the win, Jazz then celebrated the win with her family and whilst Chelsea was disappointed that her aunt didn't win, she now knew what she wanted to do for her future.

Ramsey's Quote: "Jazz has the all the tools necessary to be a perfect executive chef: passion, drive, an exquisite palette and her whole life in front of her, I have no problems rolling the dice on her as my next executive chef in Las Vegas.”