Episode 10: It's All in the Dice

It was a sombre mood in Hell's Kitchen as whilst both Harper and Amy survived elimination that night, they knew that it was because of Tyson's injury and they agreed that they were unlikely to get that lucky again, Harper stated that she at least had her parents' support regardless to which Amy called her a "lucky bitch", admitting that her parents had disowned Amy after she came out of the closet and that her girlfriend had actually saved her from homelessness a few months before she applied for Hell's Kitchen, Jamie overheard this and assured Amy that she was among friends no matter what, a sentiment that Amy was thankful for.

In the Blue Team Zara and Jazz pointed out that they needed to make sure that tonight's service wasn't a fluke spurred on by Tyson's injury and that they needed to keep the momentum going if they wanted to succeed, the rest of the Blue Team agreed and the girls were at least proud of themselves for their performances in the Blind Taste Test but admitted that it was bittersweet knowing that it inadvertently led to Tyson's elimination.

## Team Challenge

The following morning the teams found Chef Ramsey and the Sous Chefs standing in front of a covered table, Chef Ramsey reminded the chefs that they were competing for the executive chef position at the new Hell's Kitchen Restaurant in Las Vegas and asked them to name what Vegas was famous for, Zara said it's food scene, Jamie said entertainment, Steve said the night life but Jazz was the first one to say gambling which Ramsey used as a transition to announce the next challenge: the return of the craps challenge! Both teams would roll for ingredients and whichever letter it landed on they would have to name an ingredient it started with, once everyone had gone at least once the chefs would create dishes using their selected ingredients to go head to head.

Jamie volunteered to go first for the Red Team and Jazz and Zara had to sort it out between themselves as to who would go first between them (via a quick game of Rock Paper Scissors which Zara won), Jamie went first and rolled a P, naming pork without hesitation which the rest of the Red Team appreciated since it was versatile protein, Zara's roll was less desirable as she froze when the dice landed on M before eventually naming Mango, much to Jazz's chagrin as the first thing that came to her mind was monkfish.

Next up were Harper for the Red Team and Jazz for the Blue Team. Harper named apples when the dice landed on a which Jazz admitted was a good choice before she rolled her dice, the dice landed on p and after thinking it over she named pineapple, prompting Ramsey to ask the Blue Team if they were making a fruit salad and whilst the men had their doubts, Jazz assured them that she had a plan, she just needed the dice gods to work in her favor, Troy and Kayla went up next and Kayla named bell peppers when the dice landed on b whilst Troy rolled a c and named chicken without hesitation, then Max went up against Amy and she named XO Sauce when the dice landed on X, admitting that it was the only ingredient that she could think off after the dice stopped rolling, whilst Max named lemon after the dice landed on L, Carson went up against Steve next and Carson named mandarin oranges after the dice stopped on M, Steve named rice after the dice stopped on r leaving Jamie and Kayla to roll again against Carlos and Mike, Jamie named Inca berries after the dice stopped on I (which earned confused looks from everyone but Jazz who had seen the ingredient on MasterChef Australia) whilst Carlos named scotch bonnet chillis when the dice stopped on s, Kayla named cauliflower when it stopped on c and Mike named scallions when it stopped on s again.

Once time was up the teams were told to present their dishes in the order they they wanted them to be presented, starting with Zara and Jamie and then ending with Jazz and Amy, almost everyone presented exceptional dishes but Jazz's jerk chicken was deemed dish of the day whilst Amy's pork dumplings with an XO and literally everything but the pork (Amy's words) dipping sauce broke her streak of good challenge dish performances by presenting what Ramsey called the worst sauce he's tasted in the competition, awarding the win to the blue team.

## Reward

The Blue Team were treated to a day in Las Vegas, including staying in a penthouse suite (where there were several vitamix blenders waiting for them) and having dinner prepared by Wolfgang Puck at his restaurant, the Blue Team had a toast to Jazz as the reward wouldn't have been possible without her dish and she agreed, but made sure to give credit where it was due for the other dishes as she felt that everyone on the team had brought their a game, Zara sheepishly apologized for naming mango (which everyone on both teams had trouble incorporating into their dishes) but Jazz said it was okay since that was what gave her the basis for the jerk chicken idea.

## Punishment

The Red Team were tasked with handling delivery day and then prepping both kitchens for that night's service, Harper and Amy got into an argument during prep that was so bad that not even Jamie could play peacemaker between the two women and it required Chef Christina to step in and tell them to get their act together, Amy made it clear that she was done with Harper's high and mighty attitude whilst Harper was angry at Amy for putting them in this situation to begin with, pointing out that there were several ingredients that start with X that she could've named instead of XO.

## Before Service

Things were still tense between Amy and Harper as the Blue Team returned from the reward and Jamie was worried if they were going to get through the impending service.

## Dinner Service

 **Meat** | Harper
 **Fish** | Amy
 **Garnish** | Kayla
 Dessert

The Blue Team were able to keep their momentum going from the last service in spite of Mike's hiccups (which Jazz was able to guide him through), the Red Team however had their worst service since opening night as whilst Jamie and Carson were able to get it past apps with Amy's help, the tension between Amy and Harper boiled over into the kitchen resulting in a huge argument that brought service to a standstill in the Red Team, it got to the point that the Blue Team were so far ahead that they finished their side of the dining room fifteen tickets ahead of the Red Team and Ramsey had no choice but to bring in the Blue Team to bail out the Red Team, but whilst Amy recovered with Zara's help, Harper declined the help of Jazz ultimately getting kicked out for sending up raw chicken, both teams went on to finish service with Jazz openly wondering what had gotten into Harper to which Amy replied "trust me, you don't wanna know."

## Post-mortem

Ramsey was furious with the Red Team for regressing so much and wasted little time in declaring them the losers, naming Jamie Best of the Worst for trying to keep things together during Amy and Harper's argument.

Jamie wasted no time nominating Amy and Harper, outright calling it one of the most unprofessional things she's ever seen as a chef and pointing out that she had been a chef longer than Amy and Harper had been alive to emphasize her point, both Amy and Harper vowed to fight to stay in the competition but Jamie pointed out that Ramsey was losing patience with them.

## Elimination

Jamie named Amy and Harper as the Red Team's nominees and Ramsey called them forward, Ramsey's big question was about the argument between them during service which they agreed was unacceptable behavior and when asked if she had given up Amy denied it, saying that she had given up a lot of things in her life but this competition wasn't among them whilst Harper begged Ramsey to give her another chance, pointing out that Amy was on her third nomination in a row,

Ultimately Ramsey eliminated Harper, both for starting the argument with Amy during service and for her declining performances in service, he then warned the Red Team to get their act together because he might just cut the crap and award the Blue Team Black Jackets at the rate they were going.

Harper's elimination comment: *"This is bull! I have so much more to give to Ramsey as a chef than Amy but because she can't take criticism I'm the one going home?! Amy's days are numbered in the competition and I look forward to seeing her get eliminated next!"*

Ramsey's comment: *"Harper begged for another chance after her abysmal performance tonight, unfortunately I'm not running a charity."*