Episode 18: The Finale Part One

Knowing that the finale was imminent, the final four headed to the dorms with mixed emotions, Jazz admitted that, aside from the times she was up for elimination and her anxiety attack, that the season had been some of the most fun she's had since becoming a chef and Troy admitted that he felt the same as Jazz, Max and Jamie took the time to praise the two young chefs, calling them two of the brightest young minds they had ever worked with to which Jazz jokingly responded that their checks were in the mail. until Troy pointed out that no one used checks anymore.

It was at that point that the Sous Chefs came up to the dorms to tell them that Ramsey was skipping tomorrow's challenge and wanted them to be ready for the penultimate service as they would be tested on their ability to run the pass, and that two additional chefs had been brought in to mentor them, the first was Season 14's winner Meghan Gill who would be mentoring Jazz ahead of the final two services whilst Troy would be mentored by Season 11's Jon.

The rest of the day was spent with the chefs going over their planned menu should they get to the finale, Jazz was sticking with American fine dining with an Australian twist as that had been her cooking style since moving to the US, Troy was hoping to turn the food he grew up with (Southern Cuisine) into fine dining whilst Jamie and Max were cooking French and Italian cuisine respectively, Meghan advised Jazz to not take any crap from her brigade if she made it to the finale and similar advice was given to Troy, Jamie and Max were wished luck since their experience would give them an edge over Jazz and Troy, at which point Ramsey called them down.

## Before Service

Once the chefs were in the kitchen the final four were told about how the challenge would work, the chefs would be called up one by one to be tested on their ability to lead the kitchen and that would help him determine the finalists.

## Dinner Service

 Dessert

The four chefs, with the aid of the Sous Chefs, got the kitchen off to a strong start and Jazz was the first chef called up, Jazz's run at the pass was great as she caught most of her sabotages despite a few hiccups caused by her being on constant lookout for sabotages, Jamie did well as well as she showed that she could lead the team with a authoritative tone, the only hiccups were Max and Troy as Max missed most of his sabotages and Troy had trouble making his voice heard at first before he recovered, the Black Jackets were able to complete service without issue.

## Post-mortem

Ramsey congratulated the chefs on their best service yet and told them to go relax in the dorm room as he made his decision, Jazz admitted that she was a bundle of nerves during her turn at the pass but Jamie complemented her for managing to hide it so well, Max admitted that he wasn't sure who would come out on top as no one had a perfect run at the pass and Troy just said that no matter what, it was an honor to cook with such amazing chefs.

## Elimination

Jazz and Jamie were named as the first two finalists of the season, he then called Troy and Max forward and said that whilst both of them had been strong in the competition, Max had the weakest pass performance of the four and was eliminated, Max took his elimination with grace, and wished Troy, Jazz and Jamie luck, after Max left Ramsey announced that he was treating the finalists to a wrestling event hosted by WWE and they enjoyed their time, until it was revealed that it was, in fact, the site of the final cook.

Max's Elimination Statement: *"At my age I should be relaxing and running my restaurant mentoring the chefs of tomorrow, but instead I decided to give this competition a go not knowing whether I'd do well or not, in truth? I learned a lot about myself over this competition and worked with some incredible young minds, that, to me, is something that is greater than any prize, and at the end of the day? I've got my life back in Hartford to think about!"*

Ramsey's elimination comment: N/A