(Lifedollars) Episode 2102 - No One Asked For Your Stupid Twist

The second episode of the first season of the Lifedollars Continuity was published on December 17th, 2022. In that episode, noodles were the main ingredient, Ramsay cut the fat early by sending someone home in the challenge, and one team was a disaster on opening night.

## Individual challenge

Continuing from the previous episode, the chefs had forty-five minutes to cook their dishes. The chefs gathered by domes in each kitchen that the sous chefs held closed. When time began, the lids of the domes were removed, revealing nine proteins, one for each chef on the team. Brad said that he grabbed the filet and was hoping that he could make it work with pasta, and also bounce back from a shitty signature dish. In the red kitchen, Rachel said that she was the youngest and likely the least experienced so she was still not used to the high pressure of Hell's Kitchen but was going to try to fight on, but wondered what the fuck she was gonna do with a pork chop and noodles. Serena said that she was going for almost an Asian twist on the dish she was making since pasta didn't seem like it was going to really fit the salmon. With twenty-seven minutes left, Ian was confident since he does have Italian backgrounds so if he can't cook pasta then he has no place being in Hell's Kitchen. Tyler said that he was going to make a ramen without broth, which Sous Chef Jason called daring. Tyler said that he thinks that the broth could meddle the dish but he is no ramen expert so was not 100% sure that his dish would work. Nora wanted to bounce back from her signature dish and show Ramsay that this old dog can still learn new tricks, but her chicken burst into flames on the grill, which concerned Devin. Brad too wanted to bounce back from a shitty signature dish and knew this was his time to do it. In the blue kitchen, Josiah asked Hunter if his protein was cooked enough, and he told him that it needed a few more minutes in the pan. With seven minutes left, Hunter said how technical this challenge is and that if it gets fucked up, he could be going home and he would not want that. Everyone got their dishes cooked and plated on time.

With everybody lined up on the line, Ramsay revealed that he would not be tasting all the dishes, but instead, he would have the Sous Chefs taste their respective team's dishes and round out the strong ones. After Ramsay left for his office, the Sous Chefs began tasting the dishes, but Travis was so concerned and hoped that the dish looked good because he does not know what Sous Chef Jason is thinking. Sean explained how he threw in some chili flakes to the dish to elevate the heat. Meanwhile, Sous Chef Christina asked Janine to show her the dish. Janine felt that Sous Chef Christina was picking out every single little detail and scrutinizing it noticing every little positive and negative. Sous Chef Christina then announced that Rachel and Nora had the worst dishes on the red team while Sous Chef Jason said that Sean and Brad had the worst dishes on the blue team. This dismayed Sean as he thought his dish was pretty good.

### Elimination

The four were called down to the front with their dishes, and Ramsay explained that he would taste each of their dishes. First to be tasted was Rachel's dish. Ramsay said that the shrimp was raw in the middle and there was just too much runny sauce which just pooled on the plate. Rachel then explained that she was running out of time near the end. Ramsay said that everyone had forty-five minutes so there was no excuse. Nora said that shrimp is not enjoyed raw typically so that is a big no-no. Next up was Sean, who presented his dish. Ramsay liked the color contrast of the red pepper flakes and the green pesto but had Sean taste the pesto. Sean then realized that the pesto was missing salt which made it bland and not taste good. Ramsay did however, deem Sean's dish better than Rachel's and was sent back in line. Sean knew he had to bounce back from this, especially after getting a 5 out of 5 on his signature dish and then completely fucking the following challenge.

Next up was Nora. She presented her dish, but Ramsay noticed that the pasta was undercooked so it was a crunchy mess and the chicken was dry, and the pasta was salty, unlike Sean's pasta which was not salted. He considered the dish to be underwhelming for something put together in 45 minutes. Nora was disappointed by this and was concerned for her future in the competition. This dish was clearly the worst dish so far to Ramsay, so neither she nor Rachel were sent back in line. Finally was Brad. Unfortunately, the pasta was still slightly clumpy as there were some clumps of pasta still found in there despite the filet being seasoned decently, but the dish was still deemed underwhelming. Brad then felt that this was a big upset for him as he once again had a shitty challenge. The dish was still deemed better than Rachel and Nora's so he was sent back in line. Brad was grateful for still being in the competition. AJ then was thankful that no one on the blue team is being sent home yet.

Either Rachel or Nora were going to be eliminated. Ramsay said that both dishes were definitely under par before sending Rachel back in line, warning her to wake up. As such, Nora was eliminated for her dish being the worst overall. During her exit interview, Nora said that she was pretty disappointed in herself for being the first one out but accepted her fate and said that she had a great time and was happy to have been there as she was one of the who got to be there and assured that she would continue to grow and learn. Ramsay gave no comment on Nora's elimination, and she did not recieve the coat hanging and portrait burning sequence.

### Punishment Pass

After Nora left, Ramsay said that he was hoping to lighten the mood after the elimination and asked the sous chefs who the top three dishes were in their opinion. Sous Chef Christina chose Hayley, Janine and Serena's dishes, while Sous Chef Jason chose Tyler, Hunter, and Travis as his top three dishes. Travis was excited about this because he can finally bounce back from his shit signature dish. First up was Hunter, and Ramsay praised the pasta for being seasoned perfectly and for the steak being seasoned well and nailed, which made Hunter happy as he knew that the dish was great and he just needed a superstar chef to reaffirm that. Serena then presented her dish, and Ramsay audibly said "wow" because of how delicious it was to him, and said that the dish was the best of the day so far. Afterwards, Hayley presented her dish, which was well-recieved because of the acidity. Hayley then said that this was a slam dunk. Travis's dish was praised for the colors being amazing and for it tasting delicious. Then, Tyler's dish was praised for being bold and for completely working great. Tyler then said that this was awesome to hear. Lastly, Janine's dish was praised for being spot on.

Afterwards, Ramsay announced that he would be giving two punishment passes, one to the best dish on the red team and one for the best dish on the blue team. The first punishment pass went to Serena, which made Serena extremely happy as she had the best dish on the red team. The second punishment pass went to Tyler, who was happy that he got to have the punishment pass so everything he worked for up to this point was worth it.

## Before service

Later that day, both teams went downstairs, where Sous Chef Christina handed out their Henkel knife kits, which amazed Rachel as these knives are some of the most pretigious things you can have. Then, the Sous Chefs showed them how to make the dishes for that season, and AJ said that you have to pay attention to literally every detail and if you miss something, you would probably be yelled at by Ramsay. Hayley then said that everything is so overwhelming because there's all this shit you have to know in mere minutes. Ian then said that there was no room for error when cooking these so you have to really be thoughtful.

After a day of training, both teams have finished prepping their respective kitchens, and Josiah told the rest of the blue team that they were going to nail service. In the red kitchen, Cassidy said that even if the women are a person down from the blue team, they would still be able to beat them at service. Cassidy was hoping to pull this out and said that math-wise, the men usually lose the first dinner service, and hopefully they lose every service. Once the prep was finished, Ramsay then asked Marino to open Hell's Kitchen. However, no response was given. Ramsay then asked a random person where Marino was, to which he responded that he thinks Marino is in Italy visiting his family. Ramsay then asked the name of the other person, who said that their name is Matthew. Ramsay then noticed some of the chefs looking concerned, and Ramsay effectively killed the joke by saying that he is aware of Marino's absence so filling in for him is Matthew. Ramsay then asked Matthew to open Hell's Kitchen.

## Dinner service

### Stations

 **Fish** | Serena and Janine
 **Meat** | Cassidy and Rachel
 **Garnish** | Devin
 **"Tableside"** | Amy

As per COVID-19 safety protocol, the tableside section has been modified to a stationary table with the chefs assigned to the station serving dishes behind plexiglass.

The women recieved their first order of appetizers while Ramsay told everyone to focus and coordinate with all the other stations. Vera then coordinated and agreed on a time with Janine. In the blue kitchen, the VIP order was called, and Ramsay reminded them of this. The VIP guest then reminded them not to screw anything up. Ian wanted his risotto to be perfect as it's for the very important guest so it cannot be fucked up. Unfortunately, he sent up an undercooked risotto, which upset Ramsay as this was for the VIP so he should not have to eat crunchy rice. Ian said he would get that fixed immediately so the table wouldn't have to die. Hunter was frustrated as this was an important table and the blue team got off to a poor start. Ian then started to become frazzled and flustered, which caused Josiah to start trying to calm him down and telling him to just put his head down and cook the risotto. In the red kitchen, Vera and Hayley got their appetizers accepted, and Vera was pumped as the first thing she ever cooked in dinner service was perfection. Meanwhile, customers picked up their special appetizers at the stations, while AJ told them to enjoy their appetizers.

Forty-five minutes into service, Ian got his risotto accepted. On the next order, Tyler required Ramsay to recite the order twice as he was unsure of what he had heard. An annoyed Ramsay then angrily told him to listen because having to have it repeated is not a good sign. Tyler then understood and got the order started. Hunter then told Tyler that he just had to bounce back, which annoyed Tyler, who told him that he was fine and he just had a small hiccup, not as big of a deal as he's making it out to be. After a period of nonresponse from Tyler, Ramsay told him to continue talking to the team and not just going silent. Tyler agreed that he needed to communicate more, and appetizers and fish were accepted. Appetizers continued to leave the blue kitchen at a blistering pace. In the red kitchen, appetizers were finished so the women finally moved on to entrees. Rachel was hopeful that she could deliver on the meat station as she should know how to cook meat. Cassidy and Rachel then walked up lamb and NY strip, but Rachel's lamb was raw and Cassidy's New York strip was raw as well. This dismayed Rachel as the team got off to such a good start and now it's kind of fucked now. In the blue kitchen, Brad was saying that he's on garnish, which should be simple as it's just vegetables and some starches. However, he delivered lamb garnish and not the wellington garnish which was requested, which resulted in the team having to refire. This frustrated Brad and some of his teammates tried to help him, which Brad resisted slightly.

Eighty minutes into dinner service, Rachel told Cassidy to make sure that the oven is turned on enough, however, Cassidy was telling Rachel that she has everything under control. Cassidy then told Rachel that if she's not gonna accept help then she should not blame it on her if she fucks up. Ramsay then requested the meats, but Rachel overcooked the lamb this time. At the same time however, Cassidy was so caught up in trying to help Rachel that she did not start the NY strip that was requested. This angered Ramsay as not only was the lamb overcooked, but there was no steak, before telling them to refire. Serena then hoped desparately that the team can regroup and finally get this ticket out. Ramsay then reminded them of the order. When asked to call back the order, Rachel and Cassidy both were unable to do so. Ramsay then exasperatedly told them what the order was. Eventually, the refire was accepted. Ramsay the next ticket. Rachel repeated the order back right, but was unable to give a time, which annoyed Ramsay. Devin then helped out and told them a proper time, which made her tell the two on meat to get their shit together. However, the wellington Rachel delivered was raw. A livid Ramsay then insisted that someone help the two on meat. Hayley then went over while being annoyed that she had a perfect start with appetizers and now it's all down the toilet thanks to this shit service. Afterwards, Devin sent her garnishes alongside the meat which were delivered by Hayley. However, the garnish for the salmon was missing. As a result, a fed up Ramsay kicked the red team out of the kitchen, demanding two nominees for elimination. Devin said she was so pissed at herself for the final straw being the fact that she missed a garnish. With the red team out of the kitchen, Ramsay relied on the blue team to finish service strong. After Brad finally managed to get the garnish to the pass on time, entrees continued to leave the blue kitchen. Brad was happy that he was able to finish the first dinner service and that the blue team is looking strong right now.

## Deliberation

Rachel said that one bad night does not dictate how she is as a chef and that she can improve from that. Amy then reminded her that she still fucked up that night and she has to be going up. Everyone else agreed that she would be going up. Vera then said that the question was who else was going up. Devin then said it had to be Cassidy because she shared the station with Rachel therefore the two share the responsibility. Vera then noted that Devin also had the garnish which ultimately got everyone kicked out. Devin said that the team didn't completely crumble as a result of garnish though and that the meat station clearly fucked everything up royally. Janine agreed that the meat station had the most fuckups and that it should be both of them going up. Vera then said that if they say so it must be true. Devin said that she refuses to be nominated and while she does own the garnish, she can bounce back.

## Elimination

Ramsay said to the red team that they were a complete disaster tonight. Vera announced Rachel as the first nominee for the women and Cassidy for the second. During their pleas, Cassidy said that the meat station was indeed an absolute shitshow that night, but she was still actively communicating and trying her best to make sure that the station didn't go up in flames. Ramsay then said that the meat station did, infact, go up in flames therefore she failed that objective. Rachel said that despite her inexperience she has as much drive and passion as everyone else does. Ramsay then said that her experience (or lack thereof) doesn't matter in Hell's Kitchen and that it's her performance that matters, and her performance was dreadful. When asked if they were better than their fellow nominees, they both said that they were. Ramsay then said that this was a difficult decision before eliminating Rachel for her poor performance on the meat station, saying that as a result of her performance, nothing went smoothly on entrees. Rachel said that she wished she could show Ramsay more of what she was capable of and that she could have gotten the chance to, adding that both her and Cassidy had equally poor performances and at the end of the day, she just happen to be the unlucky one.

After Rachel left, Ramsay told the red team that they need to be a thousand times better next service because if every service is going to look like this one, then that's going to be a problem. While being dismissed, Cassidy realized that she needed to get her shit together fast because the next time she's on the chopping block, Ramsay might not be so kind. Amy then said that the chefs remaining on the red team are the best chefs and that now the red team will definitely be on the money every time. Josiah then said that there is now a short time to be on your high horse in the blue team, but tomorrow they have to get off of the high horse and focus on the job at hand so that they can continue winning.

Ramsay's comment: *"Rachel seemed confident in her abilities. I'm confident that her abilities can be put to better use someplace far away from Hell's Kitchen."*