(Archived) (Lifedollars) Episode 2102 - 17 Chefs Compete

The second episode of the old version of Season XXI of Hell's Kitchen was published on October 18th, 2020. On that episode, a special dinner service took place and a two chefs had complete meltdowns on their respective stations.

## Intro

While returning to the dorms, Matt was clearly angry that he fucked up in front of Ramsay, and Declan followed him and reminded him that you're not always going to cook everything perfectly, and that he would have to stand out in order to survive in Hell's Kitchen, and that he really had to be assertive. When Craig sat down, Victoria said that Ramsay told her and the red team about how bad their previous service was, to which Craig responded with saying that the people on the blue team cooked like they haven't done it in their life.

## Team Challenge

Sous Chef Jay appears and tells everyone to head downstairs to meet Ramsay, who says that the opening service was memorable for all the wrong reasons. He then introduces the Egg Relay Challenge, in which the chefs would form pairs to cook four egg dishes, which were poached, soft-boiled, sunny side up, and scrambled.

Victoria and Lexi are moving smoothly, working out what was best for them. Meanwhile, on the Blue Side, Declan and Ben are in a bit of a fight, and Roy is distracted, saying this kind of conflict could botch the challenge for them. Eventually, everybody gets their eggs cooked and plated in time.

On the first round, Kelly and Liz score all but their sunny-side-up, and Declan and Ben only score their scrambled, which Declan had cooked, leaving the score at 3-1 for the women. Victoria and Lexi score the sunny-side up and soft-boiled, and Matt and Gal score the poached and scrambled, leaving the score at 5-3 for the women. Craig and Roy have all of theirs accepted, and Amanda and Layton have all but the poached egg accepted, leaving the score at 8-7 for the women. Chase and Deep score all but the soft-boiled accepted, while the group of three got all of theirs accepted, winning it for the women 12-10.

## Reward

The women were rewarded with eating lunch with Ramsay at Moonshadows in Malibu. During the reward, the women enjoyed their helicopter ride, with Nonny claiming that she had never seen a more beautiful bird's-eye-view in her life, and Liz claiming that this was an incredible reward. At lunch, Ramsay urged the women to take in the view. Amanda said that she had never seen a more beautiful view since her honeymoon. Dasara compared having lunch with Ramsay to a crazy dream, and that she wasn't actually dreaming, even if she tries to pinch herself awake. Then, Ramsay tells them to bring their focus to service.

## Punishment

The men are punished by prepping squid for a calamari dish in that night’s service. Gal tells Ben to up her game, while Ben retorts, stating that Declan was too busy trying to take over his job than get his stuff done. Gal and Ben argue over whose fault it was, and Craig steps in, saying that they need to be behaving more professionally. Roy comments on how Ben was behaving like the victim when he was doing fuck all for the team.

## Before Service

When the women returned, all of them were extremely excited, and some of them even rubbed it in their faces. Gal stated in a confessional that he didn't give two flying fucks about it. Lexi said that she had the time of her life, and Declan sarcastically said that he also had the time of his life prepping for service.

During prep, Victoria had trouble setting up her station, and Amanda decided to help her, but Victoria refused help. This caused an argument to occur, and Kelly decided to stop it. Kelly said that service was about to occur and that if they kept arguing, then service is gonna be a shitshow. Victoria then walked out, and Nonny decided to follow her and comfort her, saying that when people see someone who needs help, they help that person, and that she could have gone about it in a better fashion.

## Dinner Service

A tableside dish of calamari will be served tableside by Kelly for the red team, and Deep for the blue team. The red team got their first ticket, and while Liz knew that appetizers was supposed to be accurate as it sets the tone for the remainder of the night, Layton sent up a risotto, and it was deemed delicious, and this made Ramsay very happy. Layton knew she needed to keep producing delicious risottos that night. In the blue kitchen, Ramsay called out the first order, and Craig said that he has made scallops all the time, but the scallops he sent up were seared on only one side and not the other, and a pissed Ramsay told Craig to focus. Gal said that he didn't want a repeat of the nightmare that was the previous service. Despite this hiccup, Craig got his scallops accepted. In the red kitchen, Lexi began to get slightly frazzled on appetizers, and Layton was trying to guide her through appetizers. Layton said that she's be willing to hold her hand if it means that they can get through tonight's dinner service. Layton instructed her that she needed to keep moving the rice and she needs to focus on the rice the entire time. Ramsay asked when the risotto would arrive at the pass, and Lexi responded saying, "just a second." Ramsay was baffled by this, and irritatingly asked her what "just a second" means, and Lexi said she was walking the risotto up to the pass. Ramsay told her that she has to give out a numeric time because "just a second" doesn't mean anything. Despite this, all the appetizers left both kitchens in time, although Deep accidentally dropped a clam while cooking the tableside dish. This caused Marino to tell him to be a bit more careful.

The blue team's first order of entrees arrived, and Roy said he wanted to keep chugging along and push out entrees. While Roy's lamb was at the pass, Declan said he needed 1 minute on garnish. This threw the entire kitchen off, as the meat was already at the pass. When Declan said they weren't cooking, Ramsay saw his station and realized that the pan wasn't hot enough. Ramsay instructed him that he needed to have it in a hot pan, not a room-temperature pan. Declan stated that he needed to just relax and hopefully get through service. The red kitchen's first entree ticket was called, and Sabrina was hoping to do well, however, Victoria's lamb was raw, and Ramsay angrily told them it looked purple cough medicine. Victoria had no idea what she was supposed to do, so Liz told her that she needed to put the lamb back in the oven. Liz said that Victoria is a weak link in challenges and services, and she needs to prove that she deserves to be at Hell's Kitchen. When Victoria sent the lamb to the pass, it was dry and overcooked this time, and Ramsay asked what happened to the team that did so well on opening night. Victoria then said that that team is still there, and Ramsay angrily told them to prove that to him. This time, the refire was accepted, and Dasara said that she hopes to see the blue team kicked out for the second time. In the blue kitchen, Ramsay called out an order, but Gal was unable to repeat it. After struggling a few times, Craig rushed to his aide to tell him that the correct order, and Ramsay thanked Craig for it.

In the red kitchen, Ramsay was looking for Sabrina to deliver on her wellingtons, but she was trying to check the wellingtons by slicing them in the middle. Ramsay caught her doing this, and went to her to ask her what she's doing. Sabrina said she was looking into them to see if they were good. Ramsay angrily told her that she should have sliced the ends off with the knife. To make matters worse, the meat was overcooked, and Ramsay told her to throw the entire batch away. Ramsay angrily yelled at Sabrina saying that she'd have to call Marino over to let the table know that the table's wellingtons would take longer. Sabrina called herself an idiot for this. In the blue kitchen, Matt was hoping to get his wellingtons accepted, but he took them out of the oven early, and after asking Roy whether or not the wellingtons were ready, Roy said they still needed a minute left. The wellingtons were accepted. Ramsay finally managed to get Sabrina's wellingtons, and they were accepted. Ramsay was hoping for Amanda to deliver on the garnish for the wellingtons, but the potatoes were cold and runny. Amanda said she was sorry, but she said it too many times that Ramsay got agitated, telling her to cut the crap and just cook. Despite this, the refire was accepted. Then, when Ramsay asked for a lamb, Victoria sent it up, but it was completely raw, and Ramsay said he had enough and brought the women to the back pantry, dismaying Layton. Ramsay said that the next time someone makes a mistake, everyone is getting kicked out.

In the blue kitchen, the men were continuing to push out entrees at a steady pace, and Ramsay said that he loved the team harmony that was happening. In the red kitchen, however, Victoria sent up her lamb, but this time, it was burnt, dismaying Kelly. This pushed Ramsay over the edge as he brought the women into the back pantry, berated the women for their poor performance, and kicked them out of the kitchen.

## Post-mortem

Being the clear losers, the women were asked to nominate two individuals for elimination.

During deliberation, Dasara said that they needed to get rid of their weakest link. While Victoria considered Amanda, Dasara said that Amanda had one raw risotto, and that was it. Victoria then said that she didn't drop the scallops either. Then Lexi chimed in and said to Victoria that for the record, she cooked like she had given up. Victoria responded saying that she hadn't given up and that she had a lot of passion. Layton said that Sabrina and Victoria should be nominated since they both sunk the fish station. Nonny agreed, stating that if you can't cook scallops even after Ramsay teaching you how to do it in front of you, then you can't be a head chef. Victoria said that it was a bunch of bullshit because Sabrina's raw salmon was what got herself, Sabrina, and Amanda all kicked out. So, while Victoria was a clear nominee, there was still a lot of debating whether Sabrina or Amanda should be the second nominee.

## Elimination

Nonny announced Amanda as the first nominee, and Victoria as the second. In addition, Ramsay nominated Sabrina for her poor performance on fish. During Amanda's plea, she said that she indeed had a terrible service, and was willing to own up to it, and that she had what it takes to lead a kitchen. During Victoria's plea, she claimed that she had a sub-par service, and that she would definitely bounce back on the next one. Ramsay then contradicted her, saying that she didn't just have a sub-par service, but rather she had a service that was completely shit. During Sabrina's plea, she said that she has much more to give, and that even though she fell down, she is always determine to get back up again. Ultimately, Ramsay eliminated Victoria for failing on fish. During her exit interview, she stated that being eliminated sucks, especially being one of the earliest eliminated. She said that she was still very proud of herself for being on Hell's Kitchen in the first place but she wished that she could have stayed a bit longer.

While being dismissed, Declan said that since the red team lost, both teams are even. Amanda was relieved that she survived nomination and said he really needed to get her head out of the sand. Dasara expressed relief as they finally got rid of the weak link, and now the team would have a chance at success.

Ramsay's comment: *"Victoria had little passion, in fact, the most passion she ever showed during her stay was on her way out."*