Episode AVSSOHK04: Getting Ravioli-ed Up

The fourth episode of A Very Special Season of Hell's Kitchen will air on January 23, 2024. In that episode, ravioli was the main dish, one team continued their dominance, and one chef went home after making an unforgivable mistake.

## Intro

Before dismissing the chefs, Ramsay warned Maya that she had to bounce back quickly. Still, Maya knew she could bounce back as Ramsay kept her for a reason, and she wanted to prove to Ramsay he did not regret it. Meanwhile, **Ava Claire** hated being on the bottom as she came to win and wanted to win. Ava Claire apologized for her poor performance that night and was comforted by Fiyorina and **Jayden**, as they had no hard feelings. Fiyorina hugged Ava Claire as the latter released the tears, and Fiyorina knew Ava Claire had to stop being hard on herself.

## Team challenge

The next day, both teams came downstairs, where Ramsay announced that the only thing that he would want to work on was consistency, revealing that in one service of his past, a team lost 16 Wellingtons. To drive the point further, Ramsay revealed a dome that contained a bunch of pennies on a plate that he soon dumped, and then, a cascade of pennies came down from the ceiling. Maya was shocked at the amount of money a team could waste. After the money rain was over, Ramsay had the chefs follow him to the kitchen, and **Lexi** said if that was not a wake-up call for wasting money, nothing else was.

For their challenge, Ramsay announced that the chefs would make a new dish, lobster ravioli. While he demonstrated how to make the dish, **Mariah** called it an honor to stand next to him as she watched videos of him cooking. **Eric** said that while everybody has their way of doing things, it seemed easier when watching Ramsay demonstrate. Afterwards, Ramsay announced the first team to make ten perfect lobster ravioli wins. The chefs would work in pairs, but **Elijah** said that the blue team would be confident to work as a team for this type of challenge.

As the **Lobster Ravioli Challenge** began, **Zoey**, paired with Mariah, hoped the women would win the challenge. In contrast, **Joey**, who was paired up with Eric, wanted nothing more than to beat the women in the kitchen. As the men got organized quickly, the women were taking a slower approach as Fiyorina, who was paired with Ava Claire, said rolling the pasta was the hard part, even though Ramsay warned them not to waste their time rolling the pasta. Meanwhile, the men’s organization seemed to be working as Eric and Joey brought up their first dish. It was accepted, much to Joey's happiness. **Garrett** and **Hayden** kept the momentum going with their first successful dish, giving the men 2-0, and Ramsay reminded the women to hurry. As Maya was concerned the women’s slow start could cost them, Elijah and **Patrick** had their first attempt accepted, giving the men 3-0. In the red kitchen, Fiyorina told Ava Claire to put the oil on the pan first so their onions would not burn, even asking the latter if she saw the same demo she saw. At the same time, Ramsay said the sauce was taking too long. **Dylan** said that the rest of their team were putting out acceptable dishes quickly in the blue kitchen, as Eric and Joey delivered their second successful dish, making it 4-0 for the men. However, Dylan and his partner **Jacob** brought up their first attempt, making it 5-0 for the men. As Ava Claire and Fiyorina brought their first dish, Ramsay said the plate was the wrong size and rejected it, making Zoey feel like an idiot. As Hayden and Patrick got their second dish approved, making it 6-0 for the men, Patrick called it a blowout. Mariah and Zoey brought up their first attempt. It was deemed acceptable, exciting Zoey as the women were finally on the board 6-1 for the men. Lexi and Maya kept the momentum up by getting their first attempt accepted, and Fiyorina and Ava Claire with their first, making it 6-3. However, Fiyorina said that she rolled the pasta, while Ava Claire supported, upsetting the Ava Claire as she did not stand around with her thumb up her ass and claimed it was not the Fiyorina show. The women's momentum continued with Lexi and Maya serving their second attempt and scoring yet again, making it 6-4 for the men. Eric heard bells ringing from the women as **Amelia** and Jayden brought their first dish and made it 6-5. Meanwhile, Dylan and Jacob were having trouble with their second attempt, with Garrett feeling that those two could be the weakest on the team. Still, Dylan and Jacob got their second attempt accepted, making it 7-5 for the women. Lexi and Maya brought their third attempt up, it was accepted, and the score was now 7-6. Lexi said that women were on a roll, but Eric and Joey extended the lead by bringing their third approved dish, making it 8-6 for the men. Amelia and Jayden brought their second accepted dish, while Elijah and Patrick brought their second, making it 9-7 for the men. Fiyorina and Ava Claire brought up their second attempt, and Mariah and Zoey tied it nine each with their second attempt. Dylan and Jacob brought up their third attempt, with Jacob hoping that it would be accepted. Ramsay accepted and gave the men the win 10-9, with Jacob excited to win another challenge.

## Reward

The men were rewarded with a trip to Santa Barbara with parasailing and dinner at the Hotel Milo. Garrett was thrilled as he had never gone parasailing before. As the men drove to Santa Barbara in the SUVs, Patrick was pumped as they deserved the reward after a hard-fought battle. During the reward, Jacob felt that this was the best reward yet, while Dylan felt he was on cloud nine while parasailing. At the hotel, the group relaxed by the pool as Hayden commented that they got to where they were, thanks to cooking. Hayden felt so happy he got where he was and felt that the blue team were rising so high.

## Punishment

The women were punished by baking bread for the following service, which included grinding the wheat by hand. Ramsay asked Mariah if she was going to use her Punishment Pass, buy once again decided to stay with her team. During the punishment, Mariah felt her arms give out on her and got deflated when Amelia told her they needed more than what she grinded. Fiyorina tried to advise the women on what to do, but her attempt sounded arrogant, and Zoey was close to hitting him, but also wanted to wait for the day when the red team can go out.

## Before service

The following day, the men returned to Hell's Kitchen, and both teams prepped for service. Once everyone was ready, Ramsay asked **Marino** to open Hell's Kitchen.

## Dinner service

Amelia and Elijah served a French onion crostini in the dining room. As the women received their first order, Lexi felt that her and Mariah had the nerves. Still, she wanted to do appetizers and show Ramsay she could step up. However, Lexi served a carbonara with too much sauce, making **Sous Chef Christina** tell her to restart, but Lexi got her refire accepted.

The men received their first order in the blue kitchen and got to work. Dylan felt rejuvenated and was ready to fight, but he served a cold lobster tail. Despite the rough start, Patrick was ready to bounce back and help Dylan get off the thin ice. However, Dylan's second attempt were accepted, and both teams got appetizers out. As the women got started on entrées, Maya walked up her strip, only for Ramsay to notice it was rare. Ramsay was not happy as it was for a special VIP, while in the blue kitchen, Ramsay caught Joey not communicating with Dylan and Patrick, and also not getting the meat times right with Elijah. Eric working garnish was getting pissed off because he believed that Joey has a little temper and a little arrogance with him. Joey needed five minutes on his Wellington and strip, but Dylan needed four minutes on his salmon, which made Chef Ramsay and **Sous Chef Jason** mad. Ramsay called Patrick, Eric, and Dylan up to the front pass to agree on a time, but all three agreed on four and a half minutes. Still, the refired order was accepted, and Dylan felt motivated to keep communicating. In the red kitchen, Fiyorina felt the women were working like a choir, and she was the baritone. Maya dropped her strip before the order was ready, but Fiyorina was not upset as she knew the former would eventually rise like Beyoncé. The order was rejected as Fiyorina's steak was blue and her chicken was overcooked, and Fiyorina called it embarassing and wanted to bounce back. In the blue kitchen, the men were on their following order, and Jacob hoped there were no more mistakes. However, Joey served overcooked lamb, which forced the blue team to start over the order, but the next attempt was accepted and sent out.

Ninety minutes into service, Ramsay caught Jayden not communicating with the women and asked if she could reprogram her mind. However, Jayden could not remember the order and failed to give Ramsay a time on her fish. Ramsay pulled Jayden aside for a chat and asked if she was trying after hearing her say she could not remember the tickets. Jayden said she was trying, but Ramsay did not believe her and told her to leave if she would stand in silence. Still, Ramsay encouraged her to speak up and do better, which Jayden agreed with. Jayden became more vocal, but it did not work as Fiyorina served raw chicken and Maya served dry strip, which Amelia called the two as the weakest links. The red team walked up their refire in the red kitchen, and it was accepted. Afterwards, both kitchens served their final orders and completed service.

## Post-mortem

When both teams lined up, Ramsay was happy that both teams completed service, but still made careless errors with communication and timing. Ramsay named the men the winners and told the women to nominate two people for elimination.

During deliberation, Lexi said her vote would be for someone who had food sent back or had the most problems that night. When Lexi asked who had food sent back that night, Fiyorina and Maya raised their hands, but Lexi did not. Lexi refused to be nominated for her slow start on appetizers. Although Amelia acknowledged Lexi as a leader, she thought the latter should have owned the slow start. Zoey nominated Fiyorina and Maya, due to them being weak recently. While Fiyorina acknowledged the meat mistakes she served, she thought hse bounced back from her mistakes. Then, Lexi and Mariah discussed how Ramsay chewed Fiyorina and Maya, but Fiyorina and Maya felt that Lexi and Mariah should go up instead. Amelia said they must pick one of the pairs to go up.

## Elimination

Zoey announced Maya as the women's first nominee for elimination and Fiyorina as their second. During their pleas, Ramsay asked Maya what happened with the meat. Maya admitted that she brought it up not ready, but she bounced back and felt hse was getting stronger. Also, Maya said she was a better teammate than Fiyorina. Then, Fiyorina argued that she had her steaks sent back and said she was a better teammate than Maya. However, Ramsay reminded Jason about raw chicken and her problems on the Wellington as well. Fiyorina argued that she wanted to go into service with no problems, but felt that making silly mistakes would bring her down but not all the way to go home. Ramsay was unconvinced, and Fiyorina was eliminated for her poor performance on meat and showing no improvement in the first three services. During her exit interview, Fiyorina felt she did not deserve to go home as she was a better chef than the members of her team, but wished she could bounce back and go all the way to the top.

After Fiyorina left, Ramsay reminded Maya that this was her second time nominated, and that she has to start stepping up. While being dismissed, Maya knew that she had to bounce back quickly because she and Ramsay both knew that she can do 1000% better. Then, Zoey admitted that the right chef went home, but wished that Maya can improve quickly. Lastly, Hayden called that night a success for the blue team and wanted to keep up the domination.

Ramsay's comment: "The last thing Fiyorina sent to me tonight was raw, so I was raw with my reasons why I sent her home tonight."

## Trivia

* **Title Reference**: The title refers to the phrase "Getting revved up", which means getting excited, in this case the chefs making ravioli dishes in the Lobster Ravioli Challenge to get a reward.