Episode 211: King of the Seat

The chefs get creative by making their own dishes, and one chef clinches the win for their team, then service goes badly for one team, and a satisfying elimination of the most notorious chef happens.

## Intro

While being sent back to the dorms, Jennifer comments that she knew she wasn't the weakest chef, but needed to get her act together for dinner service. Declan admits being happy that he did well in yesterday's service, before stating that he was so glad that Vaughan saw something in him. Brent chatted with Tara and Brent mentioned about how his father fought in the war, before moving on to becoming an Sous Chef at the age of 37. Tara said she understood Brent of where he was coming from, and respected him for his excellent cooking skills. Kennedy said that the blue team were no match for her, and tells them to bring it on in the challenge.

## Challenge

Vaughan greeted the chefs downstairs, and told them that their dishes will be facing off each other, before revealing The King of the Hill Challenge, where they had to cook their dishes and try to dethrone the winner. The time started, and Brent expressed that he knew what to do with his dish, and wasn't even worried at all. Meanwhile, Kennedy was shown panicking and didn't know what dish to make, which led Rachel into telling her to calm down and stop panicking. Rachel said in her confessional that Kennedy needs to calm down, and stop being frazzled. Meanwhile on the blue team, Spencer stated that he hoped to impress Vaughan with his classic dish, and his team could pull out their a-game. Declan said that he was ready to knock the socks off Vaughan, and impress him so much that he asks for the recipe. Jennifer pleaded that she needed to show the blue team that she is a great cook, before pleading that she was ready after yesterday's errors. Vaughan reminded the chefs that there were only 5 minutes left, and Yanny was scrambling as she didn't cook her chicken. Tara reminded Yanny to hurry up, but she didn't hear her and everyone plated in time.

Vaughan then told the chefs that if they had a good dish, they will be sitting in the throne. First up was Rachel and she presented her pork tenderloin with chimichurri, Vaughan liked the presentation and found the dish nice, then letting her sit in the throne. Next up was Declan and he presented his lobster ravioli to Vaughan, and Vaughan deemed the dish a masterpiece, and he managed to dethrone Rachel of the seat. Rachel expressed how bummed she was being dethroned, but was proud with her dish. Brent was next with his lamb and carrot puree, Vaughan praised the carrot puree and the cook of his lamb was beautiful, but Brent failed to get the throne.

Spencer presented his duck breast with olives and Vaughan found his dish to be excellent and beautifully cooked, and Spencer took the throne. Yanny served her veal with roasted potatoes and eggplant, the potatoes were cooked to hell, and Vaughan could tell that the eggplant was undercooked, and Vaughan told Yanny to fuck off back in line. Up next was Jennifer, and she presented her stuffed chicken with basmati rice, Vaughan liked the flavours and found it creative, but wasn't enough to dethrone Spencer. Next person to be judged was Kennedy, and she presented her kangaroo with carrots, Vaughan found the carrots bitter and the kangaroo to be overcooked, which made her get told by Vaughan to get back in line. Last up was Tara and she said in her confessional that she hopes for the best outcome, Tara presented her steak with mushrooms and radish, and Vaughan found it very tasty and praised Tara for making an amazing dish, Vaughan thought hard before deciding that Spencer had the best dish winning it for the blue team.

## Reward

The blue team were rewarded by visiting a sword fight competition at the Training Center, Declan expressed how happy he was finally getting out of Hell's Kitchen after enduring five punishments in a row, and said that the blue team definitely needed to win the challenge.

During the reward, they sat down and watched the sword fight, then Spencer commented that the sword fight was evolving into a movie, and expressed how bummed he was not bringing popcorn. The chefs were then invited to participate in the sword fight, and Jennifer felt nervous but agreed to do it anyway. They were practicing swinging the swords, and Declan said that the reward was going better and better for him, and stated that the punishment curse on the blue team has finally gone off their shoulders.

## Punishment

The red team were punished by setting up the dining area, Yanny started blaming Kennedy for making the team lose the challenge, but she retorted and told her to shut up and stop pushing blame onto the others. Kennedy expressed how angry she was hearing Yanny complain all the time, and just wanted her to shut up. Kennedy asked Yanny to help her, but Yanny ignored her which led into a heated argument and Brent intervened and told them that they must work with each other, even if they don't like each other at all.

## Before Service

The blue team came back from their reward, and both teams started prepping. Brent expressed how pumped he was being on the appetizer station, and stated that he was gonna rock tonight's service. Yanny said that she would laugh at Kennedy if she failed, and would be happy getting rid of her so she doesn't have to listen to her anymore. For the blue team, Declan told Jennifer to rise and shine and show them that she is a good cook, which Jennifer replied that she will. Jennifer knew that she had to bounce back after last night's horrendous service, Spencer said that he was ready to kill the fish station, and stated that he was confident being on that station. Vaughan lined both teams up and told them that tonight's service would be Family Night, and Vaughan reminded them to not make it a dreadful night before telling Aldo to open Hell's Kitchen.

## Service

 **Fish** | Kennedy
 **Meat** | Yanny
 **Garnish** | Rachel and Tara

Both teams have their first order called, and Spencer sends his halibut to the pass and Vaughan calls the cook on it beautiful. Jennifer then sends her risotto, and Vaughan praises her for cooking it beautifully. Meanwhile, Yanny brought up her pork, and Vaughan immediately discovered that is was raw and berated Yanny for sending it up. Tara said that Yanny could never get anything right, and ranted that she would be angry if she messed the whole service up. Yanny refired her pork and sent it up, but was again rejected for still being raw and Vaughan demanded the red team to wake up. Back with the blue kitchen, Spencer asks Declan how long for the lamb, which Declan replied two minutes. Declan sends his lamb up to the pass, and it gets accepted impressing Vaughan. On the red side, Tara sends up her garnish, but it gets brought back for being crunchy and undercooked, and Yanny sent up her third attempt, but that too got rejected for being dry. Brent's scallops were accepted, and Brent explained how sad he was that his team couldn't pull out their a-game. Back with the blue kitchen they moved onto entrees, and Jennifer sent her carbonara to the pass, but that was brought back for being caked in pepper which frustrated Vaughan and told her to start the table again. Jennifer sent up her refired carbonara and that got accepted and Vaughan praised her for bouncing back. Meanwhile with the red kitchen, Yanny announced to Vaughan that is was her 11th attempt, and Vaughan asked why before discovering that there was 10 raw pork chops on her station. Vaughan kicked the bin in frustration, and asked the red team to look at the meat station in shame. Rachel said that she couldn't believe that so many pork chops were wasted, and was fed up with Yanny's stupid excuses.

Back with the blue kitchen, Declan, Jennifer and Spencer communicated with each other, and started pushing entrees out which made Vaughan impressed. While with the red kitchen, Tara sent her refired garnish and that got rejected for being bland, Vaughan then asked Yanny how long for the refired pork chop, which she didn't respond and an frustrated Vaughan told the blue team to help out the red kitchen, Yanny told Declan to leave her alone but Declan retorted and asked her to calm down, Vaughan then berated Yanny and Tara for causing the red team to be in a complete mess. Tara sent out the garnish, but it was rejected again for being undercooked and Vaughan told the red team to get out of the kitchen, then reminded them that they were spoiled for choice. Rachel expressed that the red team completely crumbled in service, and was disappointed in their performance. Brent said he completely rocked service, but was sad that they didn't bounce back quick enough. The blue team were communicating and pushing out tables, and they eventually finished dinner service smoothly. Declan expressed how happy he was with his team, and was so proud that they bounced back after one simple mistake. Jennifer stated that she killed service, and was so ecstatic that her team defeated the red team.

## Post-Mortem

Vaughan lined both teams up, and praised the blue team for their excellent performance and declared them the obvious winners. Vaughan told the red team that they should be ashamed of screwing up service, and not communicating. Vaughan then named them the losers and told them to nominate two people who they can do without and then told them to fuck off. During deliberation, Brent said that it was simple of which two people were going up for elimination. Yanny started protesting and claimed that she didn't even have that bad of a service, Kennedy shouted at her that she wasted 10 pork chops, and completely tanked service. Yanny squared up to the latter and Kennedy said to Yanny that she wasn't intimidated of her. Tara got fed up with both of them, and then told Kennedy and Yanny that arguing was not going to get them nowhere. Yanny argued with the red team, and said that they all were bitches and left to the patio.

## Elimination

Vaughan told the red team that they wasted so many products, and stated that he'd never seen a service like that before. Kennedy announced Yanny as the first nominee for wasting so many pork chops, and Tara as the second for sinking on the garnish station. During their pleas, Tara stated that tonight's service was a complete fluke and promised that will never happen again. Yanny said that she was the best chef on the red team, and claimed that the reason why she was up for elimination is because the red team didn't support her. Vaughan then cut her off and sent Tara back in line, before eliminating Yanny and stating that she completely screwed the red team's chances of winning. During her exit interview, Yanny threatened Kennedy and Tara that they would never get a job in any restaurant, and proceeded to threaten the red team of nominating her which led to her leaving.

After Yanny left, Vaughan told the red team that their problem was finally gone and warned them to bounce back or else he'll be kicking more people out, and then he dismissed the chefs. After being dismissed, Kennedy celebrated of how Yanny was gone, and was glad that Vaughan trimmed the deadweight. Tara said that she thought she was going home, and stated that she never wanted to be on that chopping block again. Declan said the blue team were back in the running, and also said that they were here to make it all the way.

Vaughan's comment: ''Yanny was very quick to push the blame on others, but after floundering on the meat station the only person to blame tonight is her.''