(Dimmock2) Episode 2002 - The Heat Is Rising

The second episode aired on September 12, 2023. In that episode, Soup was the main dish, Ramsay sent someone home early, one team went down in flames and a chef's lack of experience shows.

## Individual Challenge

Continuing from the previous episode, The chefs had forty minutes to cook their dishes and fled into the kitchens. Ellis felt confident that his soup would pay off, as he'd made thousands of soups before. Meanwhile, in the red kitchen, Cierra stated that she would make a spiced carrot and lentil soup, with the latter knowing that it was a big risk. Back in the blue kitchen, Daniel planned to redeem himself after his disastrous signature dish, while Wayne arrogantly claimed he would be hitting a home run. On the other side, Jocelyn said in her confessional that she wanted to elevate her heritage into her dish and make it stand out. Meanwhile, Daniel asked Ian to check his soup but Ian refused telling the latter that he wasn't here to be babysit. David stated in his confessional that this challenge was stressful, and any mistakes could send him home so he needed to step it up quickly. With only ten minutes left, Melanie was really hoping Ramsay could see the creativity in her dish, while Esther seemed confused as making soup was really simple. Brad hoped he could do a complete 180 and turn things around. There were only two minutes left, and Noel doubted if his soup would be excellent. Meanwhile in the red kitchen, Khloe stated that she was gonna elevate her soup and make it into a masterpiece. Eventually, everyone completed their soups and plated on time.

Ramsay asked the Sous Chefs to taste all their dishes from their teams and choose the Top 3. Eventually, Ramsay went to his office and the Sous Chefs began tasting the dishes. David desperately hoped that Sous Chef Jason would like his Winter coconut soup, as he wanted to bounce back after his poor signature dish. Ian felt confident with his soup believing he could receive the Punishment Pass. Meanwhile, Khloe showed her chicken and vinegar soup, and Sous Chef Christina questioned her decision to use vinegar. Melanie felt that Sous Chef Christina was good at not revealing expressions. Ramsay came back down from his office and asked Christina and Jason for the Top 3. Sous Chef Christina announced Jocelyn, Cierra and Valentina as her top three, while Sous Chef Jason said that Jeremiah, David and Ian were his top three dishes. David felt extremely proud to redeem himself and was ready to claim the Punishment Pass.

### Punishment Pass

First up was Jocelyn, and Ramsay deemed her spice carrot and lentil soup delicious and the spice was well balanced. Next was Cierra and she presented her spicy corn lemon soup, which was said to be spectacular along with the presentation still Cierra's soup had the edge. While that dismayed Jocelyn, Cierra celebrated in her confessional. Lastly, Valentina's creamy bacon and ginger soup was praised for being spot-on and Ramsay liked the acidity. It was a tough decision but he ultimately gave the first Punishment Pass to Cierra, which made Cierra extremely happy as Ramsay deemed her dish the best of the day.

Ramsay moved onto the blue team, and Jeremiah's Caldo Verde soup was perfection along with the spiciness impressing Ramsay. Jeremiah boasted in his confessional that he was ready to steamroll the competition. Afterwards, David presented his Winter coconut soup and Ramsay said ''wow'' due to how delicious it was, and David was glad to hear that. However, Jeremiah's soup was deemed better. Last up for the blue team was Ian, and the former felt very confident he could impress Ramsay so much with his soup. Ian then presented his tomato soup with green chilli and Ramsay loved the green chilli since that added flavour to the soup. Ian's soup won by the tiniest edge making the former stoked as he felt that he was the best chef there.

### Elimination

Ramsay asked the Sous Chefs for the worst two dishes on their team. Sous Chef Christina announced that Melanie and Esther had the worst dishes on the red team. Meanwhile, Sous Chef Jason revealed that Daniel and Wayne had the worst dishes on the blue team, making Wayne confused as he thought that his dish was delicious. The first to be tasted was Melanie and the latter was nervous as she didn't want to be the first one eliminated. However her pumpkin soup with garlic was deemed over-seasoned and looked gloopy. Melanie hoped that Ramsay would give her another chance, and then stated that she'll beat herself up later. Next up was Esther, who presented her ground beef soup with spinach and mushrooms. Ramsay liked the presentation but the one issue he had with it was the seasoning as it was very bland. However, her dish was still deemed better than Melanie's and the latter got sent back in line. Esther said in her confessional that she was pissed off and claimed that the decision of her being in the bottom was unfair. Daniel's dish was next to be tasted, and he presented his creamy bacon soup with Greek yogurt. A confused Ramsay asked when was the first time he put Greek yogurt into a soup, to which the former responded when his parents made it. Ramsay found the dish to be disgusting as it was burnt, and the Greek yogurt didn't make any sense. Melanie's soup was deemed better, so she was sent back in line and Ramsay warned her to wake up. Reilly felt glad that nobody on her team would be sent home, while Wayne found it hilarious that Daniel served Ramsay Greek yogurt in a soup, claiming he wouldn't even do that. Up last was Wayne. He then presented his Thai Shrimp soup, and Ramsay noticed that the shrimp was not cooked properly. Wayne pushed the blame onto his teammates claiming they distracted him, but Ramsay acknowledged that he was full of shit.

Between Daniel and Wayne, Ramsay deemed both dishes underwhelming before sending Wayne back in line, telling him that he dodged a huge bullet. Then, Ramsay eliminated Daniel for having the worst overall dish. During his exit interview, Daniel felt very ashamed being the first kicked out, but said that he was gonna grow and learn to become even better.

## Before Service

Later that day, the chefs headed downstairs and the Sous Chefs went through the menu. Cierra felt that the red team would beat the men in dinner service, and wanted to emerge as a leader. However in the blue kitchen, Ian told his team that they were going to kill it in service, while Brad knew he had to bounce back from his rocky start of the competition. Back in the red kitchen, Valentina felt very overwhelmed due to not paying attention to the menu so hopefully she can pull through for the team. Once the chefs finished prep, Ramsay gathered the chefs and told them that tonight is important so they cannot make any mistakes. Ramsay then asked Marino to open Hell's Kitchen.

## Dinner Service

 **Meat** | Ellis and Jeremiah
 **Fish** | Brad and Noel
 **Garnish** | Wayne
 **Tableside** | Otto

Along with the menu, Ramsay featured Cierra and Ian's winning soups to be served tableside by Otto from the blue team and Khloe from the red team. The women received their first ticket and Jocelyn coordinated with Daivani on timing. In the blue kitchen, Brad wanted his halibut to be perfect as he cannot fuck-up. However, his halibut was pink which resulted Ramsay to berate him for that mistake. This ended up frustrating Ellis as his lamb was cooked to perfection. Meanwhile in the red kitchen, Jocelyn sent up her scallops which were accepted but Esther's carbonara was completely broken forcing them to start again. Daivani decided to jump onto the station and served an acceptable carbonara, which Ramsay deemed much better. Back in the blue kitchen, Brad sent up his refired halibut, but it was still raw causing Ramsay to yell at him to wake up. Thankfully, Brad sent up perfect halibut and food began to leave the blue kitchen. On the red side, Cierra asked Melanie for a time, to which the latter responded 4 minutes. Cierra and Melanie then walked up garnish and lamb, and Ramsay called them beautiful to which Melanie felt proud to bounce back after the challenge. On the blue side, Wayne sent up crunchy garnish. Ramsay then told Wayne to refire, but he trashed the order causing the former to berate him. When Ian sent his appetizers they were accepted, but Wayne's garnish was completely burnt and Ramsay grew increasingly angry at this problem. Back with the red kitchen, Esther refired her carbonara and walked it to the pass. She managed to get it accepted, which led her into dancing in the confessionals.

Forty minutes into dinner service, and the red team were doing great so far, whereas the blue team were still far behind. David got his flatbread accepted. On the next order, Ramsay noticed that Wayne had gone silent and urged him to communicate with his teammates. Jeremiah stated in his confessional that garnish was extremely easy, but for some reason the former couldn't handle the pressure. On the red side, Valentina asked Reilly if she was ready with the sea bass, but the latter reassured her that she had everything under control. Later, when they both sent their components to the pass, Ramsay called the red team over and revealed Valentina's scallops to be rubbery. He warned the red team to bounce back. Valentina refired her scallops, and this time they improved which made the latter relieved. Back with the blue kitchen, Ian's appetizers were once again cooked perfectly impressing Ramsay. Unfortunately, Brad's halibut was once again pink in the middle. At this point, Ramsay gave the men one final warning to wake up. Back with the red kitchen, Cierra brought her garnish to the pass and it was again accepted impressing Ramsay. Back with the blue kitchen, Ellis hoped that his team can regroup and get the ticket out successfully. Ian asked Brad for a time on his salmon, and the former replied 3 minutes. Brad walked up his salmon, and that was accepted. On the red side, Niomi told Melanie to fire the New York Strip for 2 minutes, Later the meat was accepted and both teams moved onto entrees.

1 hour and 30 minutes into service, both kitchens were onto entrees. Wayne said in his confessional that he had got this in the bag, claiming he was a professional. However, Ramsay kicked the bin in frustration as the former's garnish was under-seasoned. Otto couldn't believe what was going on, and was concerned that Wayne would be a liability in the future. That mistake, along with David's flatbread with raw dough was the last straw. The blue team ended up getting kicked out of the kitchen, and Jeremiah expressed his disappointment not finishing service. The blue headed back to the dorms, and Ian punched the door feeling embarrassed. Back with the red kitchen, they were on a roll and Ramsay told them to not stop. They ended up serving all diners, and finishing service smoothly. Reilly was relieved that the red team finished service, and were gonna keep on doing it.

## Post-Mortem

After service, Ramsay lined both teams up and he praised the red team for their strong comeback, while berating the blue team for their disastrous service. He then told them to go back into the dorms, and nominate two people they could do without.

In the dorms, Otto felt that the decision was pretty obvious as Brad and Wayne were the worst performers. Wayne then claimed that he overall had a good service, which led Ian into telling the former to take accountability of his mistakes. Noel noted that David crumbled on the appetizer station, but Jeremiah said that he only had one mistake during service. Ellis was extremely upset that his team didn't rise to the occasion, and even felt humiliated that the blue team needed to face elimination.

## Elimination

Ramsay said to the blue team that their performance was painful and told them that they should be disgusted with their performance. Jeremiah announced Brad as the first nominee for serving pink halibut and Wayne as the second for his mishaps on the garnish station and lack of voice. During their pleas, Brad stated that he had so much passion, and claimed that he would improve next service. Wayne said that despite his setbacks on the garnish station, he wasn't done and had so much more to prove. Ramsay stated that it was a tough decision, before eliminating Brad stating that he had a terrible performance. During his exit interview, Brad said that he enjoyed his time in Hell's Kitchen before proclaiming that people would see him again in the future.

After Brad left, Ramsay warned the blue team to get a grip tomorrow because they were gonna need it. Ramsay then dismissed all the chefs, and commended the red team for bouncing back. After being dismissed, Wayne said that he dodged a huge bullet before threatening the blue team that he was coming for them. Valentina knew her performance was mediocre at best, and that she needed to wake up for tomorrow. Jocelyn felt awesome completing service, and stated that she was ready to win the whole competition.

Ramsay's comment: ''Brad's performance on the fish station was a roller-coaster, Unfortunately it's a kitchen not a theme park.''