Episode 4: Emergency!

Following Kimmie's elimination both teams returned to the dorms with Zara still taking the events of that night's dinner service hard, she told Jazz to back off, thinking that the Aussie was trying to antagonize her by asking if she was regretting signing up yet but it was defused by Jamie who pointed out that Jazz wasn't helping the situation, Jazz left and found Kenny, asking the older chef about his declining performances since the Creative Burger Challenge to which Kenny admitted that he didn't know what had come over him but was eager for a fresh start on the Red Team.

Jamie later found Zara outside on the patio trying to get some fresh air and clear her mind, Zara vented her frustrations to the older chef, openly questioning why she was even here when she wasn't even a real chef calling her choice to audition a huge mistake, Jamie disagreed, feeling that Zara had it in her to be a great chef, she just needed the confidence to realize it which Zara thanked her for.

## Team Challenge

The following morning both teams were called into the kitchen and Ramsey's first priority was asking Zara if she was feeling okay following last night which Zara confirmed, Ramsey then announced the next challenge as a group of firefighters and EMTs poured into Hell's Kitchen prompting Zara to wonder if there was a fire that they didn't know about, Ramsey then announced that morning's challenge: both teams would be serving their guests breakfast with the winning team being the first one to complete service: the firefighters would be served by the Blue Team and the EMTs would be served by the Red Team.

Zara admitted via confession cam that she felt the need and extra pressure to do well in the challenge, both to redeem herself following the previous service and because her dad was a retired EMT, both teams had their struggles early on, Vince tried to take control of the Blue Team's service but proved to be a terrible leader, leading Steve to wonder if he was the executive chef of a hot dog stand, whilst in the Red Kitchen a lack of leadership slowed down any momentum the women had.

Ramsey openly asked the women if there was a leader among them at which point Zara stepped up to the plate, proving that she could be an effective leader and allowing the women to catch up with the men despite a seven ticket difference between them, when it came time for the final ticket Zara joined Jazz (who had earlier expressed her surprise and impressed nature at how well Zara had recovered) on the french toast station to help get the orders out faster and thanks to her leadership and Vince sending up French Toast that was both burnt and cold, the women were able to win their second challenge in a row, at which point Ramsey had the women join the men to help them complete service, much to Vince's displeasure.

During the debriefing Ramsey took time to point out that the least experienced member of the Red Team was the one who brought them to the promised land for the second challenge in a row, something that Zara was ecstatic about having found her voice in the kitchen, Ramsey then added that Zara had redeemed herself from the previous night's service and that she was no longer on thin ice.

## Reward

The women (and Kenny) were treated to a shopping spree at a high end fashion store with them being given $500 to spend, the women mostly deferred to Jazz's judgment on what style suited them, noting that she had the best fashion sense out of all of them, they were joined by Chef Christina for the second half of the challenge at a high end cafe where they enjoyed getting to spend time with the sous chef outside of the kitchen though Zara admitted that it was weird to see Christina so relaxed.

## Punishment

The men were tasked with cleaning the fire trucks and ambulances before they returned to duty and aside from Vince who was salty about how the challenge went they went about their task diligently, the men had clearly gotten tired of Vince's inconsistency and sexism, especially after the incident with Amy during the last punishment.

## Before Service

Jamie found Amy in a bad mood in the dorms and checked in on her, with Amy admitting that she was angry at herself for how badly she was doing in challenges despite being fairly consistent in the kitchen and Jamie urged her to keep fighting since Ramsey would've eliminated her by now if he thought Amy wasn't up to the challenge.

Whilst she was prepping the Red Team's meat station Jazz suffered a severe burn to her hand and tried to power through it knowing that she was going to be on tableside that night, however Jamie caught sight of the burn and reported it to Chef Ramsey who ordered Jazz to get it checked out by a medic and told Max about the situation, informing him that he'd have to work both sides for the time being.

## Dinner Service

 **Appetizers** | Jamie and Harper
 **Meat** | Zara
 **Fish** | Kenny
 **Garnish** | Kayla
 Dessert

As the Red Team were a woman down for the moment they had extra pressure on their shoulders, Jamie and Harper worked the apps station without incident but Kenny's first night with the Red Team was a disaster, ending in him sending up overcooked Scallops right in time for Jazz to return to the kitchen with a freshly bandaged up hand, ready to work through her injury, Ramsey assigned the Aussie to the fish station and they got through the appetizers without further issue, despite some initial nerves, Zara had her best night on the meat station up to that point with the only issue being that she got caught up in the moment and celebrated her first order getting accepted, loud enough that the Blue Team heard her, which Ramsey told Zara off for.

In the Blue Kitchen Carson turned in his worst performance yet on fish, requiring Troy's help to get past appetizers whilst Vince only managed to get a few orders of acceptable meat up, despite these issues both teams managed to complete service without anyone being kicked out.

## Post-mortem

Ramsey declared the Red Team the winners of the service as they had the least amount of problems compared to the men, the men quickly decided on Carson and Vince as their two nominees.

## Elimination

After Carson and Vince were called forward Ramsey nominated Kenny from the Red Team himself, pointing out that he had been the weak link on the Red Team and had to rely on an injured woman to get him through service, with Jazz showing her bandaged hand to emphasize the point, ultimately all three men were declared safe though with Ramsey pointing out that this was the first time all season that the teams had managed to complete a service whole but warned the three men that they were on thin ice, he then took time to praise Zara for her bounce back from the previous service and Jazz for working through her injury, which both women appreciated.

Ramsey's comment: *"Tonight was the first time the teams finished service as a whole so I awarded them by eliminating no one, Kenny, Carson and Vince had better watch out though because I won't be so forgiving next time."*