Episode 10: Shop Till You Drop

Following Jason's elimination the remaining chefs reconvened in the dorms, Andreas recognized that they were getting to the point of the competition where certain chefs were running out of places to hide and knew that he had to stay at the top of his game if he wanted to get to the Black Jackets, a sentiment that Leo and Mark agreed with, Freya then walked by the three men accompanied by Rachel and Erika, all three women wearing bikinis and taking the chance to unwind in the hot tub, after being rendered speechless by the three bikini clad beauties Mark and Leo agreed on one thing: their cold showers were going to need cold showers after that! Andreas tried not to oggle out of respect for his competitors but had to admit that there was a lot to admire in the hot tub.

## Individual Challenge

The next morning the chefs were greeted by Ramsey in the dining room where he was standing in front of several of the most expensive items on the Hell's Kitchen menu: Beef Tenderloin, Lobster, Duck Breast, Hand Dived Scallops, Tuna and Salmon, he then asked the chefs to name a dish that they could make with any of those ingredients that wasn't already on the Hell's Kitchen menu and the chefs were each able to name a dish for each protein, Ramsey was impressed before revealing that the chefs wouldn't be cooking with any of those ingredients, instead they'd be taken to a local supermarket where they'd have $30 to spend on ingredients for a restaurant quality dish to be judged by Ramsey and the Sous Chefs.

Though she risked having her allergies flare up again, Freya chose to cook with prawns and made a Mexican prawn dish that she had eaten when on vacation to Mexico City which received rave reviews from Ramsey, Jason and Christina, the other Blue Team Members produced great dishes, with Leo's pork wantons and Mark's pork sliders standing out but the Red Team had the better overall performance, with Yuri's spot prawn dish winning dish of the day whilst Andreas clenched the win with his harissa lamb dish.

## Reward

The Red Team enjoyed a meal at one of Wolfgang Puck's restaurants in the city where they got to meet the man himself.

## Punishment

The Blue Team were tasked with cleaning the dining room and then prepping both kitchens for service, Freya focused on keeping a positive attitude throughout the punishment, confident that the Blue Team would bounce back.

## Before Service

Once the Red Team returned Ramsey told them that he expected nothing short of a perfect service tonight and told the chefs to bring their a-games, Taylor promised to give him a "Taylor-made" service, a pun so bad that it made the rest of the chefs groan.

## Dinner Service

 **Meat** | Henry and Taylor
 **Fish** | Rachel
 **Garnish** | Erika and Andreas

Both teams got off to strong starts on apps, as Freya and Yuri led their respective teams with help from Rachel and Matt on fish, however whilst the Blue Team were able to keep their momentum going the Red Team couldn't as Henry and Taylor turned in terrible performances on meat, once Taylor sent up raw chicken though it was game over as the Blue Team were called in to finish service.

## Post-mortem

The Red Team were declared the losers of the service and were told to come up with two nominees each, they were able to agree on Henry and Taylor as their nominees as the main problems had come from them.

## Elimination

Ramsey asked Henry who was nominated and Henry tried to save his own skin by saying Andreas, claiming that he wasn't communicating enough, Ramsey wasn't buying the excuse for a second and asked Andreas for the real nominees at which point he named Henry and Taylor.

After hearing pleas from both chefs Ramsey eliminated Taylor for the raw chicken and then warned the chefs that the time to start cutting those who couldn't keep up was coming fast.

Taylor's elimination statement: *"All it took was one bad night and I'm on my way home, this competition is no joke man and I loved every minute of it, shame I couldn't stay for a minute more."*

Ramsey's elimination comment: *"Before service, Taylor promised that her performance would be Taylor-made, after that performance? I was ready to send her to the cleaners!"*