Episode 3: Tossing Ya Salad

Following Kylie's elimination both teams returned to the dorms in sombre spirits, Freya was still kicking herself for her impersonation of Ramsey in the previous service and vowed to not let that be her lasting legacy in the competition, Jenna was also hard on herself for performing so badly in that night's dinner service that she almost got eliminated but both were told to suck it up by Dani who was still convinced that she was the best chef in the group, earning eye rolls from her teammates.

Over with the Blue Team Andreas made it clear that whilst he was glad that they won the first service, he didn't want the Blue Team to become complacent, Leo agreed, pointing out that the women had some seriously good cooks on their team and that they'd be in trouble if they were able to bounce back from that night's service, Mark was just ready to head into the next challenge hoping that he'd be able to prove himself this time around.

## Individual Challenge

The next morning the teams were brought outside of Hell's Kitchen where a race track had been set up, Andreas wondered if Ramsey expected them to race but Ramsey set the record straight by saying that two volunteers from each time would race to see who would get a headstart, Freya volunteered for the women revealing that she had been in her high school's track team and was still a pretty fast runner whilst Ritchie volunteered for the same reason, what Ramsey neglected to mention was that Freya and Ritchie would be running in giant novelty lobster costumes.

Despite this handicap Ritchie was able to beat Freya in a photo finish giving the men a headstart in the next challenge: a lobster salad relay! Freya was worried about this challenge as she was allergic to seafood but when she mentioned this to Christina the Sous Chef made sure to get Freya some gloves so she could handle the produce safely, despite the headstart the men failed to get any acceptable servings of Lobster Salad up with the pairing of Ritchie and CJ in particular being especially lackluster, allowing the women to catch up, it came down to the wire but it was ultimately the pairing of Andreas and Leo that won the Blue Team their first challenge.

## Reward

The men were treated to a lobster dinner at a local restaurant followed by a wine tasting, Andreas admitted that he wasn't much of a wine drinker but was happy to get out of Hell's Kitchen as were the rest of the men,Ritchie and CJ proposed a toast to the Blue Team winning another service which the men agreed too.

## Punishment

The women were tasked with prepping the lobster for that night's dinner service and preparing the kitchens for dinner service, Freya's allergies came up again as she had a bad reaction and had to be seen to by the medic but returned to the kitchen as soon as she was able to with Ramsey urging her to take it easy.

## Before Service

Once the men returned the teams were called in for the pre-service debriefing, Ramsey made it clear to the Red Team that he didn't want to see a repeat of the previous night's service and that the men shouldn't become complacent.

## Dinner Service

 **Appetizers** | Rebecca and Dani
 **Meat** | Freya and Jayne
 **Fish** | Yuri and Erika
 **Garnish** | Rachel and Taylor

A tableside lobster Eggs Benedict was being served by Janna for the Red Team and Mark for the Blue, however that would end up being the only food served at all this service as neither teams were able to get food out, Rebecca and Dani kept bickering about how the food should be prepared resulting in no communication with their teammates and even after Christina told them to get their act together and Freya tried to play peacekeeper the bickering continued resulting in the food getting rejected, much to the frustration of their teammates, meanwhile whilst CJ and Ritchie were able to get along better than their counterparts in the Red Kitchen it wasn't enough for them to get any acceptable food up and furious Ramsey eventually threw both teams out, finishing the service with the Sous Chefs.

## Post-mortem

For the first time since Season 14 Ramsey came up to the dorms to berate the teams for their abysmal performances, Freya was visibly frustrated as she was still dealing with her allergy flareup during this and whilst Ramsey sympathized with her plight it did little to help her teammates whilst Andreas was angry at how far the men's team had fallen, in the end Ramsey told both teams to come up with two nominees.

The choice was an easy one for both teams as Rebecca and Dani's bickering had stalled the Red Team big time whilst CJ and Ritchie's general fuckups was what led them to their current situation.

## Elimination

Come elimination Ramsey outright called it one of the worst services he's ever seen before starting with the women, Erika named Rebecca and Dani as their nominees whilst Leo named CJ and Ritchie as the men's nominees.

Rebecca and Dani promised that they would do much better than how they did tonight and that they could only go up from their whilst Ritchie pinned all the blame on CJ for how badly they screwed up, when Ramsey questioned CJ he said that he wasn't at fault and that Ritchie should be the one going home.

Ultimately Ramsey announced CJ as the first boot from the men's team as he hadn't been impressed with him once since the competition began, Ramsey then warned Dani, Rebecca and Ritchie to shape up or else they'd be out the door next.

CJ's elimination statement: *"Man, this is bullshit! I had so much more to give than either of the chefs I was up against for elimination! You guys haven't seen the last of me, I'll be back stronger and better than ever before!"*

Ramsey's elimination statement: *"Across two services CJ couldn't handle the fish or the appetizers station, and that is why he is on his way to the bus station."*