Episode 8: Spells Disaster

Following Vince's elimination Jazz was approached by Steve who apologized for what Jazz endured because of Vince, Jazz brushed it off, assuring the older chef that she was fine but Steve made it clear that he was just as disgusted at Vince's words as she was.

In the Red Team Amy and Zara were in high spirits following Vince's elimination and how well the challenge had gone for them (though Zara was still riding on a high from being around so many dogs), Jamie reminded the two young chefs to not get too overconfident, reminding them of what happened to Jazz before she was moved to the Blue Team but Amy and Zara weren't worried, noting that they had none of Jazz's attitude problems that she had before the switch, Kayla was similarly confident, feeling that she had a good chance to win the competition and shine.

## Team Challenge

The next morning the teams were called down to the dining room where a mock gameshow had been set up in the style of Wheel of Fortune called "Wheel of Food" and Ramsey announced the next challenge, namely the return of Spell's Kitchen where the contestants would have to correct the spelling of whatever the wheel landed on, two chefs would spin the wheel and their would try to guess the ingredients based on the clues given.

The teams went through the game show part of the challenge with little issue with Amy performing exceptionally well, when it came to cooking the chefs had mixed results, Jazz's prawn tostada was deemed delicious but had small portion sizes which she initially tried to pass off as an appetizer but Ramsey countered by saying that it was small for an appetizer, that said her efforts were still better than Zoey's as she neglected to remove the poop sack, something even Jazz was shocked by considering Zoey was usually good in challenges, Zara's Thai Chicken Curry was praised for it's flavors whilst Mike's Chicken Roulade was dry and overcooked, Jamie's beef tartare was almost dish of the day but had too much acidity allowing Steve to score a surprise win with his hanger steak dish, Carson's Scallop Ceviche continued the Blue Team's momentum as it defeated Kayla's Scallop salad and Harper's pan seared cod tied with Troy's efforts, leaving the final round between Amy and Carlos during which Amy finally pulled out a win for the women with her crispy skin pork belly beating Catlos's Spanish style pork.

## Reward

The women were treated to a trip to a winery in Southern California for wine tasting and dinner, during which Zara admitted that she wasn't much of an alcohol drinker but planned to enjoy the reward none the less, the women raised a toast to their further success and Amy's improvements in the past two challenges, something that Amy appreciated.

## Punishment

The Blue Team were tasked with disassembling the game show set up with Jazz doing what she could considering she was still favoring her injured hand, following that they had to prep both kitchens during which Mike cut his finger but powered through it after getting it bandaged up, leading Jazz to joke that they may as well be called the "accident prone team" which got a laugh out of the men.

## Before Service

Once the women came back from the reward Ramsey had them meet for a debriefing where he explained that he was doing chefs tables again (briefly giving Zara flashbacks to her near elimination) announcing that the women would be looking after Seth Rollins and AJ Styles from WWE and the men would be looking after Adam Page and Eddie Kingston from AEW, Jazz was especially excited about this as she was a huge wrestling fan whilst the other chefs took the news professionally.

## Dinner Service

 **Appetizers** | Amy and Zoey
 **Meat** | Jamie
 **Fish** | Zara
 **Garnish** | Kayla
 Dessert

A tableside Eggs Bennedict was served by Harper from the Red Team and Tyson from the Red Team, saying this service was a disaster was putting it mildly as constant miscommunications in both team's appetizers sections meant that no food went out for the better part of an hour, made worse in the Red Team by Zoey constantly refusing the aid of Jamie and Zara by saying "I've got this", Ramsey eventually had enough and initially tried to get the appetizers sections to work out their differences in the pantry but when that didn't work he kicked all four of them out, this led to a domino effect in both kitchens as Jamie served raw pork to the chef's table without checking it getting her kicked out and Zara soon followed when her attempts to salvage the meat station were no better, eventually the only person left in the kitchen was Jazz and Ramsey called in Harper and Tyson from tableside to help her and the sous chefs finish the service for both teams, whilst they did complete service, a thoroughly frustrated Jazz pointed out that there was nothing worth celebrating which Ramsey agreed with.

## Post-mortem

For the first time this season both teams were named the joint losers, with Harper and Jazz being named Best of the Worst for their respective teams, both women had an easy choice as they knew that the problems started on apps and snowballed from there.

## Elimination

Jazz and Harper named Mike and Carson and Amy and Zoey as their respective nominees, Amy felt extremely embarrassed by how bad the service had gone and vowed to never be up for elimination again if she was sparred, Zoey tried to pin the blame on Amy for their miscommunication but Amy wasn't having it, saying that she had been communicating all night, Mike and Carson spun a similar tale and felt that they didn't deserve to be up here when the Red Team had all their members kicked out.

Ramsey said the decision was tough because he should send all four of them home tonight, first he sent Amy back in line and told her to wake up, followed by Carson and Mike before finally eliminating Zoey, after Zoey left Ramsey had Carson and Zara swap teams feeling that the team dynamic needed to be shaken up.

Zoey's elimination comment: *"My plan heading into Hell's Kitchen was to slip under the radar and come from out of nowhere with the win but I was too quiet and that cost me in the end, this has been a hell of a ride though and I wouldn't change it for anything!"*

Ramsey's comment: *"Zoey had a strong start in the competition, sadly in Hell's Kitchen it's not how you start, it's how you finish."*