Episode 11: It's All Fair Game

Following Harper's elimination Jazz and Zara sat down with Jamie and Amy in an attempt to ascertain just what had gone wrong with the Red Team's service that night, when Amy spilled the beans about Harper's comment about Tyson's injury the former Red Team members were appalled, with Jazz outright saying that she had lost all respect for Harper as a result, Jamie revealed that the two nominated chefs were arguing during punishment and that it had spilled over into service with Harper starting the argument both times and Zara said that she would've fired a member of her food team if they had made a comment like that.

The rest of the Blue Team got the same story from Carson and Kayla and agreed that Harper needed to go after that, Troy outright said that he would've been pissed off as well and that it took a lot to get him angry and Steve agreed that it was a messed up thing to say, Max and Mike said that the best thing they could do at that point was move on and concentrate on the rest of the competition which Carson and Kayla agreed with.

## Challenge #1

The next morning the teams were greeted by Ramsey in the dining room as he stood in front of a large, covered wheel, he revealed that he wanted to put the chef's creativity to the test and revealed the wheel which had several game meats on it, Jazz was excited to see that kangaroo was on the wheel being very familiar with the flavors as it was native to Australia, the chefs were tasked to pick an opposing contestant to go up against and then spin the wheel to see what they got, as the Blue Team had an extra member, Mike and Max was going to be allowed to pick a game meat that had already been selected and cook an extra dish around it.

Jazz went first and decided to go against Jamie who joked that she was going to ask the Aussie for next week's lottery numbers if it landed on Kangaroo, sure enough the wheel stopped on kangaroo and when asked by Jamie Jazz admitted that she had no idea how the lottery worked, Steve, Troy and Amy got Bison, Kayla and Carlos got Elk, Zara and Carson got Venison, Mike and Max would work together on a Kangaroo dish which caught Jazz by surprise as she didn't think either man had even tasted kangaroo meat but Max assured her that he was familiar with the flavors.

When time came for the tasting Ramsey first introduced former Hell's Kitchen winners Alex (from Season 21) and Trenton (from Season 20) as guest judges for the challenge and told the Blue Team to pick a dish to exclude from tasting, despite her insistence (and Zara backing her up) the Blue Team opted to exclude Jazz's kangaroo dish in favor of Mike and Max's, this ended up being excluded which ended up being a big mistake as not only was the kangaroo loin badly cut but it was raw in the middle, Ramsey promptly sent Max and Mike back in line and told Jazz to bring her dish up, the Aussie revealing that her dish had been excluded for it's rustic plating without the men tasting it and it proved to be a hit, Jamie produced her second bad dish of the season as her risk of a hot and cold dish didn't work, awarding the Blue Team the point.

The rest of the contestants had good results for the most part, Steve and Troy beat Amy in the bison round, whilst Kayla and Carson tied the elk round leaving Zara and Carson's venison round as the deciding factor, as Zara was describing her dish Alex recognized her from the YouTube channel which caused Zara to get flustered to hell and back before Alex admitted that his first thought upon seeing Zara's Hell's Kitchen video was that she was too sweet for the competition but was impressed that she had gotten this far, Zara took a massive risk with her venison dish by stuffing it with caramelized apples and wrapping it in bacon but the risk paid off as it was declared dish of the day, Carson tried with his venison dish but after his loin was revealed to be raw in the middle the Blue Team won their third reward in a row.

## Reward

The Blue Team were treated to having a private beach house to themselves for the day, complete with swimming pool and wine being served to them, Jazz proved to be a very distracting person on this reward as the only swim wear that she had packed was a bikini that left little to the imagination which Jazz commented on in the confessional, apologizing in advance if she got any of the guys in trouble with their partners, Steve complained in a different confessional that as beautiful as Jazz was, he knew that his wife was going to give him hell for this one and (much to his relief) Zara had packed a more sensible swim suit though she still looked good in it.

## Punishment

The Red Team were tasked with disassembling the wheel and cleaning up the Hell's Kitchen steps and the dining room, Jamie tried to keep the Red Team's spirits up during the punishment but Amy was down on herself for failing to score a point again even though she had produced a good dish this time around.

### Challenge #2

When the Blue Team returned from the reward they didn't get much of a chance to relax as Jazz was called into Ramsey's office for a performance analyses as was the rest of the remaining chefs, at the end of each chat the chefs were asked who they thought the weakest members of their teams were and the answers were pretty unanimous: Zara for her inexperience, Amy for her declining service performances, Mike for his inconsistency and Carson for not standing out from the pack since his move to the Red Team.

Once the chats were finished Gordon called everyone down to the dining room again and announced that whilst Hell's Kitchen was closed for the night, someone was still going home and it was time for the Cook for Your Life Challenge, he called Zara, Carson, Mike and Amy down and told them that they had been selected for the challenge much to Zara's annoyance and then excused the rest of the chefs to the dorms where they would watch the challenge on a big screen, the theme of the challenge was Spanish Cuisine and the chefs were given 75 Minutes to create a dish to keep them in the competition.

Zara had a gameplan from the moment she heard the theme, revealing that Jazz wasn't the only one who went on foodie trips, she told Jason that she was cooking a Fideua, a version of paella that was made using angel hair pasta and seafood and that she had learned how to make the dish when she was in Spain last year, Mike on the other hand was making a paella revealing that it was his favorite thing to cook whilst Carson was making a Spanish Garlic Chicken Dish and Amy was preparing a salmon in a tomato broth, however Amy badly mangled the first salmon fillet she cut and she scrambled to fillet another salmon not having enough time to thoroughly pin bone her fish.

## Elimination

The chefs presented their dishes starting with Zara, her dish was declared dish of the day as it was so good Ramsey had the other chefs taste it, with Zara revealing that she had only just turned twenty two in the process, Mike went up next and whilst his paella looked good, it was burnt on the bottom and some of the rise was undercooked, Carson would soon join Zara in safety as his chicken dish was deemed delicious whilst Ramsey found several bones in Amy's salmon.

Ramsey wasted little time in sending Zara and Carson up to the dorms leaving it between Mike and Amy to see who was going home, ultimately it was Amy who was sent home but Ramsey praised her for her passion and urged her to keep cooking.

Amy's elimination statement: *“Being on Hell’s Kitchen was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done but I’d definitely do it all again if I could! I’m proud of my girl Zara for coming as far as she did, I just wish I could still be on that journey with her! For now? I’m gonna head home and pick myself back up!”*

Ramsey's elimination comment: *"Amy was one of the most passionate chefs in the competition, unfortunately a pin bone in her salmon derailed any chance she had of going further."*