Austin Dalton

* HK Luskia

**Austin Dalton** is a contestant who competed in *Hell's Kitchen Luskia*. He ranked in 11th place.

## Personality

Austin was a quiet contestant during his stay. While he was passionate about food, he was often not taken seriously by his fellow teammates due to his lack of experience and his quiet voice. Despite showing improvement in the kitchen, his lack of confidence led to his early elimination.

## Hell's Kitchen Luskia

### Episode 1

The chefs arrived at Hell's Kitchen, and they had to cook their signature dishes. For his signature dish, he cooked wild salmon with sauteed green vegetables. It was deemed nice, and scored four points. The blue team eventually lost the challenge, and had to prepare 1,000 pounds of potatoes and onions

During dinner service, he was assigned to the fish station. His first attempt of lobster came out stone cold, but he bounced back from the mistake. He was not nominated for elimination.

### Episode 2

For the challenge, the chefs had to make up their own ravioli. His ricotta, garlic, and spinach ravioli was criticized for being bland and scored 1 star. The blue team eventually won the challenge, and got to spend time in a zorb bubble.

During dinner service, he was assigned to meat. When asked for a time on his wellingtons, he claimed to have no idea, before unconfidently saying five minutes. After his five minutes were up, he was shown struggling with cutting the wellingtons, being called a snail by Kenneth. However, his wellingtons were cooked beautifully. When he was later asked for a time on his pork, he failed to give one, being yelled at by Kenneth, and getting kicked out of the kitchen.

During deliberation, the blue team quickly agreed on Mike as their first nomination, but tied between Austin and Jonathan as their second. During his plea, he told Kenneth that he loved cooking so much, that it was a dream to work with him, and promised to work on his communication. Kenneth believed him, and sent him back in line.

### Episode 3

At the start of the episode, he was shown confiding in Debbie after feeling like he wasn't taken seriously by his team.

During the Scallop Cleaning challenge, his team was shown not having much confidence in him. Despite this, he got all of his attempts accepted, while the red team couldn't win due to numerous terrible performances there. For the reward, the blue team got a helicopter ride.

At dinner service, he was again assigned to the meat station. He was not shown much, other than having his pork being praised for being cooked perfectly. The blue team won the dinner service.

### Episode 4

For the Lobster Cleaning challenge, he worked on his own. Despite not having anyone to work with, he still got two attempts accepted. The blue team lost the challenge, and had to sort through all the rubbish from the last three nights.

During dinner service, he was assigned to hot appetizers. At one point, he served perfect risotto that had to be sacrificed due to Josh's poor performance on fish. Despite his solid performance, Kenneth berated both teams for having the worst service he had ever seen in 25 years of cooking. He was not nominated for elimination, and was asked to announce the blue team's nominee.

### Episode 5

During the challenge, he had to compete against Maria to poach eggs. His first attempt was under-cooked, so he had to poach them for another 20 seconds. His second attempt was accepted. He then broke the yolks of his next eggs, and had to wait for Maria to finish. Her eggs were overcooked, so he still managed to clinch the victory by sending a perfect egg. The blue team were rewarded with a fancy dinner.

He was not seen during service, and the blue team won the service.

### Episode 6

During the Mexican Challenge, his beef burrito with vegetables was praised for having a nice flavour, and won the round over Penny. The blue team eventually won the challenge 3-2, and were awarded with go-karting.

He was not seen much during service, except for sending out beautifully-cooked steaks. The teams were named joint-winners, and while he was considered by Xavier for nomination, the rest of the team shot the idea down as Christopher was the weakest performer that night.

### Episode 7

For the Sliders Challenge, his ideas were shown being mocked by Xavier. Despite his team ranking his slider in last place, it was praised for working despite its bizarre concept, and won the round over Maria, winning it for his team.

At the start of dinner service, he was told by Kenneth to find his voice as he was too quiet. Other than that, he was not seen during dinner service. The blue team won the service.

### Episode 8

During the Jackets Challenge, Xavier refused to help him. His empanadas were deemed delicious, and won the round over Debbie.

He was not seen during service. His team lost the service, and had to come up with two nominees. While Erik considered Xavier and Josh for nomination, Xavier argued that Erik and Austin should be nominated, but Austin argued that he did awesome that night.

When he was announced as the first nominee, Kenneth asked the team what he did wrong. Despite that, his nomination was accepted. During his plea, he said that he loved food so much, and that he was baffled as to why he was nominated, and told Kenneth that he was ready to prove his team wrong. Despite making no mistakes that service, he was eliminated due to his lack of confidence and inability to lead a brigade.

**Kenneth's comment:** *"In order to be a great head chef, your brigade needs to have faith in you. With his lack of self-confidence, there was no way that was happening with Austin."*

## Quotes

"It's like they think I'm a kid, and I'm tired of it."

"I'm boggled as to why I was even called down. I feel like my team took my dream away from me. I am very upset, but I will never give up on cooking."