(Archived) (Lifedollars) Episode 2103 - 16 Chefs Compete

The third episode of the old version of Season XXI was published on November 11th, 2020. In this episode, a team continued their strong challenge record, a dysfunctional dinner service took place, and an overly-apologetic chef was eliminated.

## Intro

While going back to the dorms, Amanda expresses relief as Victoria is finally gone, stating that she was really bringing down the team as well as their overall morale. Then, Amanda goes to thank the lord for allowing her to stay in Hell's Kitchen, before stating that she was Jewish. Kelly said that it wasn't about any divine power but that it's about how she is able to actually cook better than Victoria. Nonny agreed with this statement. Then, Amanda openly apologized to the team about her poor performance, much to Dasara's dismay, as she stated that apologizing is meaningless and the only thing that matters is if you can actually cook.

## Reward

The women were rewarded with a trip to Venice on the Beach Hotel, featuring a beautiful view of the beach and lunch. They also received a premium rock climbing experience. During their reward, Nonny expressed her fear of heights and is seen to be slightly terrified of the experience. She then stated that she was never as mortified in her entire life. Then, Marino makes his presence known when he greeted the women, and serves them lunch. Lexi said that after a rough dinner service, the women needed a comeback and that this was their comeback.

## Punishment

The blue team was punished with having to participate in fish delivery day which included taking in seafood and prepping them for the following service. After hearing about that, an annoyed Roy said that he didn't want to hold or smell like a fish at all. During the punishment, Ben had trouble carrying the fish, and Craig rushed to his aid. Later, Chase was confused about how to prep the fish, and an exasperated Gal wondered what the fuck was going through his head as he should know how to prep a fish.

Later, Sous Chef Jay presented the men with their lunch, which was fish guts milkshakes. An annoyed Matt asked if he was fucking playing with him, to which Sous Chef Jay responded with no, and that they would actually have to drink it. The milkshake consisted of raw scallops, fish guts, and fish eyes. The men struggled to keep it down as Craig was seen vomiting the milkshake into the trash can, and this annoyed him as he vomited during the last punishment, which made him concerned. Chase said that he couldn't bare to drink any more of it, but Roy insisted that he drink the entire milkshake. Roy was also disgusted as he was sandwiched between Craig and Declan, both of which were vomiting seemingly indefinitely. On the flip side, Ben noticed his shake was actually a vanilla milkshake disguised as one of the fish milkshakes, and stated that there was no way in hell that he would tell the rest of the blue team.

## Before service

Later that day, the women came back from their reward fully dressed, and laughing their asses off as they entered. The next day, both teams began prepping for that night’s service, and the women were motivated to win service after their challenge win the previous day.

After, Ramsay had both teams lined up, and when he asked the women how the reward was, they called it beautiful. However, when Ramsay asked the men how their punishment was, none of them answered until Matt claimed that the shake was the worst part, and Craig claimed that he never actually got the chance to drink much, as most of the time the shake came up instead of going down. Then Ramsay revealed that one of them had a good milkshake, and when Ben revealed that he had the good one, Gal called it a dick move since he was already on thin ice for the blue team. A pissed Roy declared that he could not trust him because of that as it made him not a team player. After, Ramsay asked Marino to open Hell’s Kitchen.

## Dinner Service

### Stations

A special Dover sole appetizer would be served tableside by Liz and Sabrina for the women, and Chase and Matt for the men. While Lexi was confident in Amanda's abilities, she forgot to add garlic to the risotto, and Dasara said that she was prepared for the onslaught of apologies to chef Ramsay. Then, Amanda's carbonara had too much liquid to the point that it looked like runny scrambled eggs, and Amanda immediately apologized to him. Kelly, exasperated, wanted Amanda to just cut the apologies because if you keep making the same mistakes then your apology isn't sincere. Luckily, Lexi refired the risotto, and it was accepted. In the blue kitchen, Roy sent out his flatbread, but it was burnt, and was told to start again. In the red kitchen, Lexi helped Amanda with the risotto, but Amanda was not pleased with the help as she believed she could still bounce back after one stupid mistake. However, the risotto was way oversalted, and Ramsay berated her, saying that the diner would get dehydrated if they ate that much salt. Ramsay said that this was a really bad start, and that they better get it together.

In the blue kitchen, Craig sent his flatbread, but Ramsay called it a floppy mess, and Ramsay berated him for it. Gal then got mad at himself as he should be better in the third service. In the red kitchen, Nonny sent up her scallops, but they were raw, and Ramsay got increasingly pissed. In the red kitchen, Amanda's risotto was finally accepted and delivered to the pass, the women were able to complete a table of appetizers. After that, Dasara began garnish for the flatbreads, and Amanda tried to help her, which meant Lexi would be the lone person on appetizers in the red kitchen. However, Amanda told Dasara to stop, as the flatbread was still raw, and then Lexi sent the carbonara up to the pass, but it was raw, and after Ramsay took note of this, he berated the two chefs on appetizers for their dysfunctionality. In the blue kitchen, Ben sent his lamb up to the pass, but it was raw, and Declan said that could potentially kill someone. After Ramsay asked who cooked the lamb, Gal admitted to it, and was reamed by Ramsay. In the red kitchen, the women had pushed out their appetizers, but they were still waiting for Amanda's risotto, and when it was sent to the pass, Ramsay rejected it as it looked like cold mushy porridge, and Amanda repeatedly apologized until Ramsay told her to stop. In the blue kitchen, Ben sent the refire on the lamb, and it was raw once again.

An hour into dinner service, the blue diners grew more and more impatient waiting for entrees and and the women were still trying to complete appetizers. However, Amanda's flatbread was burnt on the bottom, and Nonny's scallops were raw. After that, Ramsay said that he was completely boggled at what happened, and told the women to start over. Finally, Dasara stepped in and helped Nonny and Amanda finish appetizers and finally move onto entrees. In the blue kitchen, Declan sent his sea bass up to the pass, but was still waiting for Ben and Gal to send the wellingtons up to the pass to complete the order. Ben said that he needed 1 minute on the wellingtons, but after 1 minute elapsed, the wellingtons were still not up to the pass, and Ramsay told them to speed up. After Ben did send the wellingtons up to the pass, they were raw, and Declan said that his sea bass was dying at the pass, and Gal refired the wellingtons, but they were overcooked this time, and Ramsay berated him. In the red kitchen, Ramsay called out two halibuts and one pork, and Amanda was seen cooking one of the halibuts for the order. Ramsay was perplexed by this as she was supposed to be on appetizers. When asked what she was doing, Amanda said she was helping Nonny with fish, but Nonny said that she was trying to cook 2 halibut and that she already wasted a halibut. Then, Layton delivered her pork to the pass, and it was perfect, but the halibuts were both raw, and a fed up Ramsay kicked the women out of the kitchen. Dasara expressed clear anger over this on her way back to the dorms. In the blue kitchen, Declan sent his sea bass up to the pass, and when Gal sent up his lamb, Ben also sent up his two pork, but all three were raw, and at this point Ramsay had enough and kicked the men out of the kitchen.

## Post-mortem

During deliberation, Amanda sincerely apologized once again for a bad performance and that it wouldn't happen again, but an annoyed Dasara told Lexi that Amanda needed to stop making promises that she can't keep. Layton considered Amanda and Nonny for both their performances, and Kelly agreed. On the blue side, Declan started off by saying that the meat station was the main cause of problems that night, and Deep agreed with this. Craig continued, asking what the fuck happened with him and Ben, but he also argued that Craig also had problems on appetizers that night, and Declan said that Ben wasn't wrong. Roy argued that the incident with Gal's raw lamb and Ben's raw pork had gotten them kicked out of the kitchen, and how that was inexcusable.

## Elimination

Kelly announced Amanda as the red team's first nominee, with Nonny as the second. Craig announced Ben as the blue team's first nominee, with Gal as the second. During the pleas, Amanda admitted to her performance on appetizers and that she was really sorry and that she physically aches recalling the performance. Ramsay then asked what happened when she went over to help Nonny when it wasn't her station, and she said that she had simply got inside her own head. Nonny said that she was very passionate and that Amanda's apologies were insincere. When asked about this by Ramsay, Nonny said that when you apologize, you try to fix your mistakes, you don't just say your sorry and expect to get away with it if you fuck up again. Gal said that he got overconfident and that he needed to work on meat better and Ben said that he really wanted to have the job and that Ramsay should give him another chance to prove himself. Ultimately, Ramsay eliminated Amanda for her poor performance on appetizers. During her exit interview, she said she wasn't surprised that she was leaving due to her poor performance that night, and that Ramsay had made the right decision.

After Amanda's departure, Ramsay said that he hoped to never see a service like that ever again, or else he would start eliminating people at a faster rate. While being dismissed, Matt said that the men have lost, the women have lost, and then both teams had lost, so it was time for the men to start winning dinner service. Nonny said that she had dodged a massive bullet that night and that she hoped she could bounce back.

Ramsay's comment: "Amanda always had the dignity to admit to her mistakes, but she cared more about admitting to them than learning from them."