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For their challenge, the two teams are asked to created a three course meal using only 700 calories. While one team struggles, one chef uses their prior knowledge in the area to lead their team to victory. The winning team is treated to a volleyball lesson on the beach with Olympic athlete Annett Davis, while the losing team is forced to prep both kitchens. During dinner service, one chef argues with Chef Ramsay and another is sent to the emergency room.
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Reader discretion is advised as foul-mouthed Gordon Ramsay is back and BLEEPING. Personal chef Jason isnt nervous about facing tough competition from the other 15 chefs. High-school cooking teacher Ed doesnt want to describe himself as cocky, but Hells Kitchen is going to be a piece of cake. The contestants enter the dining room to the flashing cameras of the media. Ramsay then guarantees that the first-night dinner service will be completed. Its never been done before, notes personal chef Autumn.The cooks soon begin making their signature dishes. Stacey is a celebrity chef who has cooked for Nathan Lane AND Martin Short. Banquet chef Holli, meanwhile, plans on playing that cute factor. Minutes later, the cooking is complete and Ramsay readies for the tasting. An unnamed cookbook author is first. Apart from it looking like baby vomit, what is it? Ramsay asks. He then declares it delicious before he starts making out with the woman. It turns out to be Ramsays wife in a wig. His point: It doesnt matter if you have no experience; its the food that counts. Or something like that.First off (for real this time) is kitchen supervisor Maria versus pizzeria chef Salvatore. Marias filet is cooked perfectly; heavily accented Salvatores pasta is undercooked and embarrassing. One point for the women. Next up is culinary instructor Benjamin versus Holli. The formers lobster and pasta is absolutely delicious. The latters halibut is spat out by our gentleman chef and deemed a disaster. With the score tied 1-1, executive chef Scott takes on sous chef Jamie. Jamies dish includes a toothpick hiding in the rice, so Ramsay declines to even taste it (ouch). Scotts duck breast concoction is rather pathetic. A draw. Line cook Mikey and pub chef Siobhan take center stage. After showing off his new Hells Kitchen tattoo (seriously), Mikeys bree with lobster is deemed terrific. Siobhans tuna in mint also works. Another draw.Executive chef Jay then beats Stacey (3-2 guys). Catering chef Fran is trounced by Jason (4-2). Autumn then beats Ed (4-3) before line cook Nilka squares off against creepy farmer Andrew. Her chicken wings are WAY too hot while Andrews steak tartar is bland. No points awarded, so the men win 4-3. Before revealing the reward and punishment, Ramsay announces the ultimate prize: a gig at the Savoy hotel in London. After watching Ramsay give a series of pre-recorded lessons on TV (which run every hour until roughly 2:30 a.m.), the ladies learn that their punishment is to cook breakfast in bed for the men. Later, Hells Kitchen opens its doors to customers.Let the cooking (and BLEEPING) begin.Jay and Nilka prepare Caesar salads by the tables. In the red kitchen, Stacey immediately forgets to add curry powder to the scallops and then delivers raw seafood. In the blue kitchen, Salvatore burns his appetizer and then confuses the orders. Fran gets dizzy from Ramsays blistering critique of her potatoes. She just crumbles, Siobhan says of Fran. Benjamin, meanwhile, tastes the food and stirs the food with the same spoon. Its not only gross, but also earns a verbal assault from Ramsay. Back in the red kitchen, Maria laughs when Ramsay criticizes a cold steak and gets kicked upstairs for it along with Fran and XXX. Later, the red team finally starts putting out entrees, which doesnt speak well for the three ladies cooling their heels in the dorm.The blue kitchen, in the meantime, is completely melting down. Ramsay kicks out Benjamin and Salvatore. Get out of here! Ramsay roars. For good measure, he also kicks out Stacey (for not knowing how long the food will take to cook) and Mikey (for consistently delivering raw halibut). With just nine chefs remaining in the two kitchens, Ramsay decides to combine the groups. Ed takes control and entrees are soon flying out of the kitchen. That was awesome, Ed says after dinner service is completed.Later, Ramsay declares the red team the loser. Come to a consensus on what two of you should be put up for elimination, he says. Upstairs, Stacey admits she was overwhelmed. Maria thinks it is complete crap that she is being considered to be eliminated (even though she was kicked out of the kitchen early). Not surprisingly, Fran also doesnt think she should go home (even though she was kicked of the kitchen early). Ultimately, the team decides on Stacey and Fran, who both promise to do better next time. Ramsay decides that there will be no second time for Stacey, though. She is sent packing.Im used to cooking for people at home and running the show, she tells the camera. I took responsibility for it. Better luck next time, ladies.
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The first team challenge is to make eggs four ways, and the team with the most properly cooked eggs wins a helicopter tour high above Los Angeles. During dinner service, both teams struggle with communication, but an argument between a chef and Ramsay could cause one team to go down in flames.
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Chef Ramsay instructs a lesson in teamwork tonight as the chefs are tasked with serving lunch to hungry members of the University of Southern California Trojan Marching Band and Song Girls. That evening during dinner service, both teams feel the pressure, but the red team gets especially heated after one contestant on the red team gets burned.
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It’s “game on” when each team’s ingredients are determined by a roll of the dice and the chefs’ ability to think on their feet. As the teams race against the clock to craft the perfect dish, tensions between the teammates boil over.
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"Hell's Kitchen" does barbecue for the first time ever, and the chefs are challenged to prepare pork-themed dishes with their chosen ingredients. But when the red team fails to keep cool under pressure, Chef Ramsay gives them a piece of his mind.
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When it comes to judging good food, mother knows best. The chefs are tasked with preparing dishes representing each of the five "mother sauces," and two surprise judges show up to decide which dishes stand out. For the evening's dinner service, it's family night and the pint-sized customers couldn't be more finicky, rowdy and demanding. As tempers flare, one contestant is sent home and Chef Ramsay surprises everyone by throwing in an unexpected twist.
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Chef Ramsay turns Hell's Kitchen into an upscale deli when he challenges each contestant to create an original gourmet sandwich. While the winning team is treated to an amazing retreat in wine country, the losing team is left behind to perfect the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Later, Chef Ramsay gets into an angry confrontation - with a disgruntled customer - during a disastrous dinner service. Meanwhile, when Chef Ramsay switches up the teams, the contestants face a different challenge: adjusting to their new teammates while reinventing a wedding menu for a 50th anniversary party.
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Because he believes chefs must have superior palates, Ramsay puts the contestants' taste buds to the test in a blind tasting challenge. Although identifying foods comes easily, the contestants quickly realize they are in the dark when it comes to naming flavors. Later, during dinner service, the teams put their creativity to the test when they are asked to create an original menu. Then, the chefs' challenge features an ingredient that causes some contestants to snap. The evening's dinner service provides a new challenge as the teams are combined into one and race against the clock to serve patrons before the last curtain falls.
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The red team welcomes Autumn back with hugs. Ben thinks she's a step up from Fran.In the morning, Ramsay presents their challenge: working with 10 pound lobsters. They have 45 minutes to each come up with a lobster dish.Jason thinks Ed and Jay think he's weak. Ed grills the lobster tail after poaching it and Jay thinks it'll be rubbery. Jay is proud of himself.Ben rips the lobster meat out of the tail, which ruins Nilka's plans.With four members on the red team to the blue's three, Ramsay tells the red team to pick the weakest dish. They pick Nilka's. She made a potato puree with lobster on it.He welcomes guest judges: three Michelin-starred chefs.David LeFevre of the Water Grill judges Holli's butter poached lobster with ginger lobster sauce. He tells her it's good. Then Ed's poached and grilled lobster tail on mango. They decide it's rubbery. Holli wins.Michael Cimarusti judges next. Jason serves up the giant tail whole with saffron polenta. Autumn made lobster stir fry. Michael tells her she's "clobbering the lobster with all the flavors." Jason wins. Blue and red team are tied.Josiah Citrin judges Jay and Ben. Ben made poached lobster tail with parsnip puree. Josiah calls it sloppy. Jay serves up a lobster knuckle and black truffle cappuccino with lobster brioche and creme fraiche. Citrin tells Jay his lobster is raw. There's no winner. "Neither one I would want to eat, at the end of the night," Josiah says.Ramsay breaks the tie by giving a point to the person with the best dish overall: Holli. Red team finally wins.They're going to a caviar house then shopping with $1,000 each. Jason is sick over missing out on shopping.Autumn thinks she's a good luck charm.For punishment, Ramsay tells the blue team to clean the dorms then prep both kitchens. Jay sulks over not winning. He thinks Josiah was wrong about it being raw.The girls and Ben head out in a stretch SUV. The blue team starts cleaning.At Petrossian Paris, the caviar house, Holli thinks the owner is adorable. He lets them sample $500 caviar. Nilka has never had it before and eats big spoonfuls.The guys finish cleaning and get to prepping. The girls go shopping. Ben buys his wife pearls.The red teams comes back laden with bags. The blue team finishes prepping the red team's kitchen with 30 minutes to service and hasn't started in theirs.Ramsay arrives and tells them they're all going to be cooking in the red kitchen. All the diners are going to the theatre after dinner so they only have 2 1/2 hours for service.Holli, as the winner, will be serving tableside.Nilka starts things off with raw scallops. Holli serves diners caviar.Ramsay brings Nilka more raw fish. She drops it on the floor and starts over.Nilka gets more behind on the fish. Ramsay takes her in back where she breaks down in tears. He tells her to get "a f---- grip."Jay helps her when she comes back out. Then Ed is in Ramsay's sights on the garnish station. Meanwhile, a large theatre goer complains vociferously about not having food.Jason gets raves from Ramsay for cooking his beef Wellington properly.Jay tries to get Nilka to communicate, but she's still behind. And she serves up raw lobster. Ramsay sends her away. He yells at her to take her jacket off and leave. She screams back "Please don't say that!" then slams a door on a camera man and kicks a "wet floor" sign.Then a few minutes later, she comes back downstairs. Ramsay tells her again to stop cooking and leave. She lingers, begging to cook something. He keeps yelling at her to leave then finally tells the other chefs to get her to leave. "Hurricane Nilka just had an absolute category 5 meltdown," Jay says."It pisses me off that it went down like this," she says.Things to run more smoothly when she finally leaves.Upstairs, she packs up and heads out. Ramsay meets her at the cab. He tells her to hold her head high and keep following her dream. She says mad at herself because she knew she could do better. He says he's never come out to say goodbye before, but he wanted to. And then he laughs as he asks for her jacket which she reluctantly hands over.He tells the remaining chefs it might have been their best service ever. Chef Ramsay tells Ed he started shaky but fought back and tells Jason he nailed every piece of meat. He asks for two nominees.Jason suggests Ed and Autumn. Jay seconds Autum, who in turn says Ed and Jason. Jason laughs at the idea he did anything wrong.Ben nominates Ed and Autumn, saying she's the weakest cook on either team. Ed vows to keep working hard. Ramsay chides him for burning his pans.He tells Ed to take off his jacket. Then he congratulates him for making the final six. Same to Autumn and everyone else. Ramsay congratulates everyone with a high five.He tells them well done and sends them away. Jason is tired of being under-estimated. Jay thinks perfection will be necessary."Tonight was the best service we've had in Hell's Kitchen and that's why I rewarded the final six. Now, only the best chefs remain. Nilka was clearly out of her depth," Ramsay says.
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Only six chefs remain. "Only the best of the best get to wear this here," Jason says of the new black coats. The contestants head upstairs to toast pink-colored cocktails. The next morning, however, it's back to business. "For today's challenge, we are going to focus on presentation," says Ramsay, explaining that the dishes they prepare in 25 minutes will be photographed by a "noted food photographer." Once the cooking is completed, Alex Vasilescu snaps photos of each item. Later, an army of visiting culinary students arrives to judge the "art" while the contestants remake their dishes in the kitchen. Ramsay explains that the top two photographed dishes will be judged for taste.Ed and Ben win the photograph contest. Guest judge Tanya Steele then tastes both fish dishes -- and declares Ben the winner! The reward: Ben and his dish will be photographed for Epicurious.com, meaning the shaggy haired chef will have to undergo a makeover. Ben first gets a haircut -- even though his wife likes it long. Then, the chef has his eyebrows plucked. "It hurt like a bitch!" Ben tells the camera. He eventually emerges the dressing room looking like a new man and poses with his culinary creation.The other contestants, meanwhile, are busy cleaning the entire restaurant -- and talking teasingly about sex. "I have two goals in Hell's Kitchen," Jay tells the camera. "One is to win and my second is to sleep with Holli." He isn't joking either. Autumn wonders if the two might share a love connection. Suddenly, Ben arrives looking snazzy -- or snazzy for Ben. "New jeans, new shoes, new shirt, new haircut, but same old dork," Holli says.Later, Ben's challenge-winning dish is put on the menu -- and it's quite complicated, prompting complaints from Autumn, Jay and Holli. "It's just ridiculous," Holli says. Will the multi-ingredient concoction affect the speed of dinner service? We'll see. With service about to begin, Ramsay announces that a VIP guest will eventually arrive to eat at the table in the kitchen. In the meantime, the regular customers begin streaming in for dinner -- and ordering Ben's complicated halibut dish. Everything is going swimmingly until Ramsay notes that Autumn, who is least busy on desserts, isn't very busy. Somehow, this inactivity is Ben's fault for not talking enough. After getting screamed at, Ben slips and falls -- and drops his chicken in the process. Autumn laughs.Ed, in the meantime, is falling apart by delivering consistently raw halibut. Ramsay BANGS on the table in anger like a child. As a result of Ed's incompetence, Jay begins to fall behind on garnish (because he has to redo his job when Ed screws up his). Orders quickly begin to back up at the pass and Ramsay demands that everyone "Stop!" Ed has delivered his fifth helping of raw fish. "I got behind," Ed tells the camera. Later, Ben compounds the problem by delivering undercooked beef. "You can cook, but you can't lead!" Ramsay tells Ben. "You got your head up your ***!" Ramsay has had ENOUGH. He kicks Ben and Ed out of the kitchen. "I wasn't in the zone, you know?" Ed says.The remaining chefs respond by finding a rhythm in the kitchen. Soon, Whoopi Goldberg and friends arrive to eat in the kitchen. "She didn't make nervous at all because she's very friendly!" Holli tells the camera. Dinner service completed, Ramsay tells the cooks to pick the two overall poorest performing chefs for elimination. After a heated argument in the dorm, the group chooses Autumn and Ed. Ramsay wastes no time before asking Ed to turn in his jacket. "You're disintegrating, big boy," Ramsay tells the departing cook.The next day, Ramsay greets the five remaining chefs at an area market. He gives each contestant $10 to buy enough ingredients to create a fabulous dish. After the shopping spree, the group returns to the kitchen for 30 minutes of furious cooking! "I got a strategy: win," says Jason, whose frozen ravioli looks less than appealing. Time runs out and Ramsay introduces three guest judges: Joaquim Splichal, Dana Bowen and Vern Lakusta. Each will taste and decide how much they'd be willing to pay for it. "The chef with the highest average price is going to win the challenge," Ramsay explains.Jay is first. His lamb crusted in fried pita bread gets high marks all around for a $28.66 average. Jason's pan-seared tilapia over eggplant ravioli gets dinged for the pre-packaged, resulting in an average of $16. Ben's seared lamb chop with artichokes doesn't go over well, either -- and earns an average of $25. Autumn's New England boil with veal receives gushes from the judges for an average of $27.33. Finally, Holli presents her tuna served in bacon with spices -- and WINS with an average of $29.66!Her reward: a private poolside cabana followed by a $1,000 shopping spree at a kitchen-supply store. The best part? Holli gets to take a friend. She chooses Jay -- and he is quite visibly thrilled to be going on the "date." "I'm pretty psyched to spend quality time with Holli," Jay tells the camera. The two heavily FLIRT while eating dinner with JP -- so much so that the Hell's Kitchen employee suggests they get a room. Later, the pair goes shopping and continues to make eyes at each other. Upon returning to the dorms, they strip down and hit the hot tub. "Holy crap, this is going down," Autumn observes.The next evening, the group assembles for dinner service. Ramsay announces that the chefs will continually change stations in an effort to make them communicate. Jason sends up some bum scallops before Ramsay yells, "Switch!" Ben manages to (badly) overdo Holli's tuna dish before the next "switch" is called. A (badly) flustered Jay then sends up (badly) overdone fish. After the next switch, Autumn beings to take charge -- and Jay continues to look lost. Ben then jumps in uninvited on Holli's fish station -- and promptly screws up the scallops and becomes more or less unresponsive.Ramsay then leaves the kitchen for a moment and sous chef Scott takes over -- though Ben doesn't seem to understand. The contestant starts announcing orders as HE were the new Ramsay. Scott is apoplectic. "If you think you can do my job, I'll leave right!" Scott screams. "You think you can do it!? Get the **** over there and don't ever come up to my pass again!" The dinner service mercifully ends and Ramsay has more unkind words for the gang. "Here's what I saw tonight: one, two, three, four, five ... LINE COOKS!" Ramsay roars. Later, Holli announces the nominees for elimination: Ben and Jason.Ramsay chooses ... Jason. "You haven't finished in this industry yet," Ramsay tells the big boy. "Thank you." Jason removes his jacket, but announces he is "proud" of his performance. "It was wonderful," he says. "But I'd never ******* do it again."
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Only four chefs remain: cutie Holli, boisterous Ben, blue-haired Jay and talkative Autumn. "There's no doubt I can come through and win this competition," Ben tells the camera before declaring that he really wants to whup the girls in the kitchen.The next morning, Chef Ramsay surprises the chefs by preparing monkfish for them. The remaining foursome taste test the dish and make a good show of displaying just how delicious it is -- and just what a great cook dear Gordon Ramsay is. Ramsay then asks if the chefs feel that they could recreate the dish. Predictably, they all answer positively. "Excellent," Ramsay says. "Because today I'm going to test your ability to teach.""I'm screwed 100-percent," says Jay, referring to the fact that Ben teaches cooking for a living. Ramsay then brings out four inexperienced chefs -- all 20-something bachelors. "They're pretty," Holli says with a giggle. Each bachelor matches up with a chef and the instruction/cooking begins. Holli and her charge flirt mercilessly -- and Jay, who has made his attraction to Holli very clear -- pretends not to be bothered. Ben, meanwhile, seems to be doing well with his student until the bachelor reveals that he neglected to wash his hands. Thirty minutes later, the timer expires and Ramsay gets to tasting.Autumn's student can't remember the names of any of the ingredients. The dish is also lacking monkfish, which the student shredded instead of sliced. Jay's student, on the other hand, remembers all the ingredients and cooks and slices the monkfish "perfectly," according to Ramsay. Ben's charge presents raw peppers and some burned items. Worse, he throws Ben under the bus by saying he simply followed orders and didn't really learn anything. Finally, Holli's student, a cocky lad, tells Ramsay to "take your time" in tasting. Holli flinches at the remark, but Ramsay declares the potatoes to be sublime.One suspense-building commercial break later, Ramsay names Jay the winning teacher. He is also given the option of choosing a "partner" to bring along on his surprise reward. Naturally, Jay chooses Holli, leaving Ben and Autumn to scrub and perform maintenance on the kitchen and dining room. "I don't have any friends here and of course it sucks to work with Ben," Autumn tells the camera. So Jay and Holli head out on date no. 2 to discover the Goodyear blimp parked on a tarmac. They go for a romantic float over Los Angeles -- even passing over Hell's Kitchen, where Ben and Autumn scrub the sign out front. "Sucks to be you," Jay says to the tiny figures of his competitors below.Later, the winners return to the kitchen to find a bitter Autumn and a VERY bitter Ben. "I think Holli's a little tramp," Ben tells the camera. "I'm so over here." After a quick pre-dinner service pep talk from Ramsay, the chef announces that the contestants must decide amongst themselves who will work each section (appetizers, fish, garnish and meat). "This is huge," Holli says. "Chef Ramsay has never allowed us to pick our stations before." Holli chooses fish. Autumn picks garnish. Jay opts for appetizers. Ben takes meat. Ramsay then tells Jean Philippe to open Hell's Kitchen. The cooking begins.And so does the cursing. Autumn brings up Holli's fish too early -- and it's raw. Cursing from Ramsay. Jay sends up undercooked risotto. More cursing from Ramsay. Suddenly, the appetizers are flying out of the kitchen -- for awhile anyway. "The stakes are so high right now," a sweating Holli tells the camera after sending up more raw fish. Jay then starts sending up TOO MUCH food. "Tone it down a bit, will you?!" an exasperated Ramsay asks. Ben, in the meantime, remains eerily silent when his fellow cooks ask when the meat will be ready. Clearly flustered -- again -- Ben just can't seem to mutter a word. "Wake up and talk to your team!" Ramsay SCREAMS. The man is hot.Holli's problems on the fish station continue -- and Autumn sends up two straight servings of cold spinach. Ben, meanwhile, sends up undercooked beef Wellington. Another Wellington falls apart as soon as he cuts it. "Come on!" Ramsay yells. Suddenly, the chefs begin communicating and the tickets are quickly completed. Dinner service finished, Ramsay gives each of the chefs a high five -- and the rare compliment. "Nobody is safe," Holli says. "These stakes are so high I can't even comprehend it."Ramsay then decides that Jay had the best service -- and assigns the cook with choosing two nominees for elimination. It's a tough call, but Jay chooses Autumn and ... Ben. "I chose Holli not to go up because she really hasn't had any bad services," he explains. Does their budding personal relationship have anything to do with it? If so, Jay isn't saying as much. Ben and a teary Autumn then defend themselves to Ramsay, who declares the choice "difficult." Ramsay then shocks everyone by sending both cooks back into the line. "I can't do it," he says. "None of you deserve to go home."And to celebrate the good news, Ramsay brings out the families and friends of each cook. Many tears are shed, especially by Holli and Ben, who see their young children for the first time in many weeks. Ramsay then sends the chefs back upstairs. Until next week when Ramsay says he will be "cutting the field in half."
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The four remaining chefs are given a taste of the Savoy Grill, then told to recreate one of the dishes that they just tasted. A chef makes a bold move that doesn't pay off, while the winner of the challenge spends time with their family on a yacht. The losers are forced to clean the dorms of the detritus of past contestants. The next day, one of the losers awakes with heavy back pain that threatens to take them out of the competition. Following a near-quit, this contestant vows to push through. During the evening's dinner service, Chef Ramsay tests each chef by having them run the pass. Each of them face sabotage during their turn at the hot plate, but not all catch it. Following the service, Chef Ramsay eliminates two chefs, revealing the final two that will compete in the grand finale.
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Only Holli and Jay remain as we open the season's final episode. "I think I underestimated Holli ... but I can beat her," Jay tells the camera. Holli, meanwhile, promises that she will do "anything" to beat her blue-haired competitor. The two then spend all afternoon experimenting with their menus before being summoned outside by Chef Ramsay. A short limo ride later, Holli and Jay meet Ramsay at one of his restaurants. They are led to the roof to discover a huge, cheering crowd and a lighted stage. "If you were ever to have your heart beat fast, it would be then," Jay observes.After taking the stage (and waiting for the applause to die down a bit), Chef Ramsay explains that the contestants will have one hour to complete five dishes. The dishes will then be judged by five executive chefs from England. Inside the L.A. restaurant, the cooking begins. "We're in a culinary frenzy," Jay tells the camera. Says Holli: "This could definitely blow up in my face." The cooks finish with just seconds left.Cut back to the stage, where Chef Ramsay introduces judge James Durrant, head chef at Maze. He tries Holli's "virgin bloody Mary" and deems it "nice." Jay's ice-cold tomato water with spices is dubbed "very efficient." Durrant ultimately awards the point to Jay. Next, Diego Cardoso, head chef of Murano, tastes the cold appetizers. He calls Holli's caviar with beef glaze "refreshing." Jay's lamb loin with salad is "amazing." Cardoso awards the point to Holli. With the score tied, Chef Ramsay introduces Clare Smyth, head chef at Gordon Ramsay at Royal Hospital Road. She calls Holli's foie gras "perfectly balanced" and Jay's bacon-wrapped scallops "fantastic" -- but prefers Holli's dish. Steve Allen, head chef at Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's, could make Holli the winner if he prefers her five-spice tuna to Jay's arctic char. Allen's decision: Jay.So the score is locked at 2-2. The meat dishes will be judged by Stuart Gillies, patron chef at the Savoy Grill. Holli's seared filet is "lovely and clean." Jay's grilled Kobe is also "delicious." In a tough decision, Gillies goes with ... Jay! "I will like I'm already a step closer to winning this bitch," Jay says. Holli is undeterred. "The Savoy, it's my $#@%ing restaurant," she tells the camera. "I'm going to win." You go, girl.Back at Hell's Kitchen, Chef Ramsay introduces the final two contestants to the "help" for their final dinner service: Siobhan, Fran, Nilka, Jason, Ben and Autumn. Because Jay won the challenge, he picks first. Jay chooses Ben as the first-round draft choice. Holli then opts for Autumn. Jay takes Jason. As her second choice, Holli picks Nilka. With his final choice, Jay takes Fran, leaving Siobhan to join Holli's squad.Upstairs, Holli shows her menu to her new cooking partners -- and the news isn't great. Last-pick Siobhan is unfamiliar with a number of the items, including foie gras. Autumn volunteers to pick up the slack by covering multiple stations. It could get messy. In the meantime, Jay's menu gets raves from his teammates. "We're gonna murder them," Jason observes. The next morning, the chefs discover that the dining room has been separated into two distinct sides. Prep work begins and Holli observes that Siobhan is "moving so slowly." Ben, on the other hand, is FLYING around Jay's kitchen. The Hell's Kitchen reject is clearly anxious to prove he was let go too early.Sometime later, Jay and Holli are called to Chef Ramsay's office. They are nervous about hearing bad news, but soon discover that the usually cranky chef is sending them to Australia for "the most amazing food and wine holiday." Holli is so overwhelmed that she begins to get misty eyed. But the celebration soon ends as dinner is rapidly approaching. "I'm probably going to be a bitch, so expect it," Holli tells her team. Fair enough. The doors to Hell's Kitchen soon open and customers begin arriving.Jay's team immediately begins pumping out starters. Holli's squad? Not so much. "My station has got a lot of shit going on with it," Siobhan tells the camera. Sure enough, her first round of virgin bloody Marys are sent back by Holli. Siobhan then forgets to add garnish to the lobster. Back in Jay's kitchen, Fran burns the holy hell out of the scallops, but makes up for the mistake (for now) by delivering a perfect second attempt. Unfortunately, Jason sends up undercooked lamb -- twice. "You're gonna %$#^ me, dude," Jay sighs. To pick up the slack, Ben goes into overdrive by repeating orders and offering assistance to the other cooks. Jay is grateful, calling Ben his "sous chef."Later, Autumn can't seem to keep pace, but still refuses help from Nilka, who doesn't take kindly to the snub. "Nilka and Siobhan don't know what they're doing, so it's just easier for me to handle it," Autumn explains. Autumn and Nilka then exchange heated words. "Don't argue!" Holli says. "Just get the food up here!" Two hours into dinner service, both kitchens have only three tickets left. "Now it's a race!" Jay tells his squad. Jay's blue kitchen finishes first, but Holli isn't far behind. It's going to be a tough decision for Chef Ramsay. Jay is so nervous that he chugs a glass of red wine.The two contestants then enter Chef Ramsay's office for the final decision. "The chef whose door opens will become the winner of Hell's Kitchen and will be the head chef at my restaurant, the Savoy Grill in London," Chef Ramsay explains. The contestants place their hands on the doorknobs and take deep breaths. They turn the handles ... and Holli steps out! "Jay is a great person and if it wasn't me against him, I would hope he would win," Holli says. "Jay rocks." Maybe so, but he is not the winner.Holli hugs her son and cries. "Holli won because she has grown more than other chef in Hell's Kitchen," Chef Ramsay explains.
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With only six chefs remaining in the competition, Chef Ramsay raises the stakes and asks the contestants to create a single bite that makes a bold first impression. For the amuse-bouche challenge, Chef Ramsay invites Michelin-starred chefs from some of Los Angeles' most critically acclaimed restaurants to judge the contestants, with the winner getting a taste of the sweet life at LA Market at the JW Marriott Hotel. Later, dinner service disappoints as the teams show a lack of cooperation, leaving hungry diners dissatisfied with their meals.
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The newest batch of twenty aspiring restaurateurs attempt to impress Gordon Ramsay and his fiery personality as they head to the kitchen. In the first challenge of the season, Chef Ramsay splits the chefs into two teams: men (blue) vs. women (red) and asks the them to present their signature dish. The winning team gets treated to an exclusive dinner with Chef Ramsay, while the losing team is left behind to scrub down the kitchen. During opening night dinner service, both teams make major mistakes and some tempers reach their boiling point. Find out which contestants are safe and who is the first to be eliminated.
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Chef Ramsay teaches the chefs a lesson in teamwork when he puts them through a physical challenge involving pigs and potatoes, but the competition really heats up when the team competition continues in the kitchen. The winning team earns a luxurious day on a yacht while the losing team is tasked with bathing their new livestock friends. Later, a disorganized dinner service disappoints Chef Ramsay, and once again an entire team is kicked out of the kitchen. Find out who is eliminated.
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Chef Ramsay challenges the contestants to an intense team competition involving lobster ravioli. The first team to successfully create 10 perfect plates of lobster ravioli will win a relaxing day by the pool at a luxurious Beverly Hills mansion, while the losing team must spend the day cleaning the kitchen. Later, the competition heats up as contestants prepare a steak dinner for hungry diners. While some rise to the top, others scramble to complete the simplest dishes, and Chef Ramsay grills the losing team.
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Chef Ramsay puts the contestants to the ultimate memory test when he challenges the red and blue teams to match side dishes with four different types of protein. The team that pairs the dishes successfully wins a day trip to Laguna Beach, while the losing team spends the day preparing honey taffy from scratch. Later, the contestants get an early wake-up call to prepare a breakfast reception for the first-ever HELL'S KITCHEN wedding. While some contestants rise to challenge, others scramble to complete the simplest dishes, resulting in an emotional elimination round.
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Chef Ramsay announces that HELL'S KITCHEN will be hosting a 160th anniversary party for the Phi Mu sorority. During the first challenge, the Red and Blue teams prepare a southern-inspired menu for the Phi Mu social committee. The team with the most impressive dishes earns an elaborate trip to Las Vegas, while the losing team stays behind to transform the restaurant for the party. Later, Chef Ramsay puts the pressure on the chefs to execute a flawless dinner service, but each of the teams struggle to communicate with each other, and the losing team must nominate two of its weakest links to be up for elimination.
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In the ultimate adaptability challenge, contestants from the Red and Blue teams are given 30 minutes to shine, as each team member must create an entrée with four surprise ingredients in a hidden dome challenge. Chef Ramsay and VIP guest judge, Chef Michael Cimarusti, will determine which team will be treated to a beachside lunch and volleyball lesson with Kerri Walsh Jennings and which team will stay behind to do the kitchen chores. Later, tensions rise as Chef Ramsay announces it is time for 1:1 performance evaluations. Then, for the first time in HELL'S KITCHEN history, Chef Ramsay pits the lowest-ranking chefs from each team against each other, beginning an emotional elimination round.
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After a dramatic elimination, Chef Ramsay starts the day with a surprise field trip to a Gordon Ramsay restaurant, welcoming them into a kitchen that one day could be theirs. Later, the Red and Blue teams must prepare the restaurant's inspired meals. While one team leads the way, the other team struggles to communicate and is eventually kicked out of the kitchen, forcing them to present numerous chefs up for elimination.
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After an emotional elimination, Chef Ramsay challenges the contestants to a team competition testing their knowledge of pork. The winning team is rewarded with an indoor sky-diving experience, while the competition gets nuts for the losing team as they prepare for the dinner service. Later during the dinner service, the competition heats up as one team struggles to divide responsibilities in the kitchen while the other team is unable to coordinate timing and food delivery. With both teams unable to successfully complete the dinner service, Chef Ramsay challenges the contestants to work together in a completely new way.
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After Chef Ramsay reorganizes the members on the Red and Blue teams, contestants must learn to trust their senses - and each other - as he challenges contestants to a "dark grocery store" challenge. |
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Following a disappointing dinner service and contestant elimination, Chef Ramsay asks each team to create their own restaurant menu for the battle of the menus challenge. After each team presents their menus and dishes to Chef Ramsay, they begin preparing for the next dinner service. Dining guests will have the option to order either the Red or Blue team menus. The team with the most popular menu and that successfully serves their dishes wins the dinner service challenge. Although both teams finish strongly, one team impressed the dining guests more, and the losing team must present two contestants up for elimination.
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After members of each team change up once again, Chef Ramsay challenges the remaining eight contestants to a HELL'S KITCHEN classic: the blind taste test. The team that correctly identifies the most ingredients wins an ice skating lesson with former U.S. National Champion and Olympian figure skater Rachael Flatt, while the losing team chisels down ice blocks and prepares homemade ice cream for the next dinner service. Later during the dinner service, contestants struggle to stay organized in their stations and temperatures flare when one team is unable to work together. As one team completes one of the most successful dinner services this season, another team must put two contestants up for elimination.
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With seven contestants remaining, Chef Ramsay puts the Red and Blue teams to the test in the grocery store. Each team must purchase ingredients under a small budget, in hopes of producing three entrees with the highest dollar value. The team that achieves the greatest profit wins a shopping spree, while the losing team must clean the dorms. For the next challenge, Chef Ramsay welcomes three former HELL'S KITCHEN winners to judge each contestant's entrée. This time, each person is competing individually for the chance at the black jacket and immunity from elimination. The contestants battle for the judges' approval.
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After spending time with three former HELL'S KITCHEN contestants, this season's remaining seven contestants prepare for a dinner service with special guests from Oxfam America, including Academy Award nominee and Oxfam America ambassador, Minnie Driver. Later, during the dinner service, two contestants struggle with their stations, leading to an early elimination in the middle of the dinner service. Find out which contestant can't take the heat and who earns their black jackets.
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After Chef Ramsay hands out the final black jackets, the remaining six chefs head to the University of Southern California to prepare tailgate fare for hungry football fans. The chefs who earn the most fan votes will be treated to an exquisite lunch in Malibu, complete with wine tasting, while the other chefs will return to HELL'S KITCHEN to separate trash on recycling day. Later, tempers flare during the first black jacket dinner service, and two of the weakest links will be put up for elimination. Find out whose dreams of winning HELL'S KITCHEN will go up in flames.
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The final four finalists are treated to a surprise when their loved ones visit HELL'S KITCHEN, but family time comes to an end when Chef Ramsay announces the classic "Taste It Now Make It Challenge." Relying only on their palates and one sample plate of Chef Ramsay's complex seafood entrée, the contestants must recreate the dish and correctly identify its protein, garnish and purée. The winner will receive a VIP restaurant tour around Los Angeles, while the other chefs will do all heavy lifting during move-out day. After dinner service, Chef Ramsay makes one of the most difficult decisions yet, when he sends two of the four chefs home.
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Chef Ramsay sets the stage for the remaining two contestants when he throws them into the ring to prepare five unique dishes for the final challenge, which will be judged by five of the most renowned chefs in Los Angeles. Later, with the help of former HELL'S KITCHEN contestants, the two chefs prepare their menus for the most important dinner service of their life. After an epic battle in the kitchen during the final dinner service, only one chef will be crowned HELL'S KITCHEN winner and receive a life-changing grand prize: a Head Chef Position at one of Gordon Ramsay's restaurants, with a salary of $250,000.
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Season 13 begins with Gordon Ramsay dividing the 18 chefs into two teams of men vs women and challenging them to create their signature dishes. The victors' spoils include a chance to dine with Wolfgang Puck, while the losers have to set up the contestants' living quarters and the kitchen.
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The challenge entails re-creating Gordon Ramsay's geoduck sashimi, and the team that produces 15 perfect dishes get to lounge around on a yacht, but the losers are stuck making dinner for everyone. |
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A unique team challenge involves the chefs completing recipes printed on the backs of their jackets. Later, the teams work together to create specialty dishes for VIP guests. |
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The chefs prepare a brunch menu for culinary school graduates and their families, and the winning team earns a trip to San Francisco to meet chef Dominique Crenn. Later, both teams encounter problems during the dinner service. |
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The chefs compete in a test that involves identifying proteins and matching them to dishes. The winning team spends a beach day in Santa Monica with Olympic athletes. Later, a team struggles with coordination. |
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Teams are tasked to create dishes inspired by Italian operas, which the winners receive a shopping trip and a VIP dinner. Later, the teams prepare Italian food during the dinner service. |
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Both teams get new members before being challenged to prepare a tasting menu. The winners visit SeaWorld, while the losers groom the dogs ahead of the show. Later, the chefs prepare dishes for guests. |
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The next challenge involves ingredients determined by roll of the dice. The winning team earns a trip to Las Vegas, while the losers unload the truck for dinner service. Later, a contestant deals with an injury. |
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Following the departure of two contestants, the remaining chefs create Indian-inspired meals, with the winning team earning a day of pampering at a luxurious spa. Later, effective communication serves one group well.
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The chefs compete in a blind taste test, which wrong answers lead to a dip in a dunk tank, and the winning team gets to spend the day at the Santa Monica Pier. Later, a special dinner service honoring firefighters. |
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The remaining seven chefs are challenged to make an artistic amuse-bouche inspired by speed painter Tim Decker; and later, the teams struggle with communication and getting their food out in time. |
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The four remaining chefs for the "Taste It, Now Make It" challenge. The winner gets to spend the afternoon with their loved ones, while the other contestants prepare for the 200th dinner service. |
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In the Season 13 finale, the two remaining contestants must create five unique dishes, which will be judged by a group of esteemed Los Angeles chefs. Later, Gordon Ramsay chooses a winner. |
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Chef Gordon Ramsay welcomes the latest batch of 18 contestants into the kitchen. The contestants jump right in to the challenge...
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After one of the worst dinner services in HELL'S KITCHEN history, it's no longer fun and games for the Top 15 contestants...
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An ocean adventure is up for grabs as the teams try to impress chef Gordon Ramsay during a cheese challenge. Later, emotions are elevated as the 14 remaining contestants work to avoid elimination and complete a star-studded dinner service. |
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After last week's one-on-one competition between two of the lowest ranking chefs, the Top Eight contestants are back for an spirited team challenge...
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Chef Gordon Ramsay puts both teams to the test when they are challenged to produce more shrimp dumplings than their opposing team in just 20 minutes...
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Love is in the air when Chef Ramsay invites special guest and former HELL'S KITCHEN sous chef Andi into the kitchen for the next team challenge...
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After two contestants swap teams, Chef Ramsay startles the cooks by inviting a furry friend to the dining room - Jack...
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This week, Chef Ramsay wastes no time, quickly throwing the remaining chefs into a challenge that will be a test of teamwork...
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Only three chefs remain, after Chef Ramsay unexpectedly eliminated two. The remaining chefs will be challenged to perfectly prepare a steak dish...
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The teams are challenged to cook eight Ostrich dishes using the most popular Ostrich meats in forty minutes, and then compete during dinner service.
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Chef Ramsay introduces the contestants to the latest challenge - a Surf & Turf protein relay. As the teams struggle to identify their proteins...
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The remaining contestants use cookbooks from Gordon's HELL'S KITCHEN library to spell out the ingredients they want to use for their next challenge...
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The remaining contestants prepare for their next challenge - a blind taste test during which each team must determine the taste of pureed baby foods...
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The chefs pair up for a taste challenge in which the winners receive Vitamix blenders and a special trapeze lesson on the Santa Monica Pier...
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Then, the chefs must pair up for their challenge in which they must try and combine two countries' flavors to impress guest judge...
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Chef Ramsay shakes things up and introduces a series of three challenges that will determine the recipients of a black jacket...
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For their first individual challenge Ramsey dealt picture cards with ingredients once a contestant saw an ingredient they'd want to work with, they'd press a buzzer and when each contestant has six ingredients they had to create a dish using only those ingredients. The dishes were judged by Ramsey and a guest judge. The judging portion the challenge was similar to King of The Hill.
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The contestants are required to make bar menu meals in forty minutes, sous-chefs Christina and James "Jocky" assist Ramsay in the judging, and the contestant who makes the best meal is safe from elimination. |
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Chef Ramsay challenges the remaining chefs to complete a four-tiered shellfish tower with "fast hands." Each team is divided into four teams of two...
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The remaining chefs must face off in a "game of chance" to divvy up their ingredients and create their own unique dishes...
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After a shocking change, many are left unhappy and the tension in the dorms is at an all-time high. The next day...
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Chef Ramsay decides to give the 12 remaining contestants a tutorial on how to best prepare six of the most popular HELL'S KITCHEN dishes. Following the lesson, Ramsay informs them of their next challenge - each team will have 25 minutes to recreate all six dishes. But what the contestants don't know is that every three minutes, each team will have to select one chef to kick out of the kitchen, thus leaving more work for the remaining chefs and intensifying the "Last Man Standing" challenge. Later, the contestants receive a big surprise when they find out that in lieu of a Dinner Service, they will compete in this week's "Fight For Your Life" Challenge -- during which the three weakest chefs from each team will be tasked to recreate Gordon's signature dish, Tagliatelle with Oysters. The chef with the worst dish will be immediately eliminated.
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The chefs must instruct athletes Candace Parker, Jordyn Wieber, Ricky Williams, Shawne Merriman, and Reggie Miller to make their signature dishes using only verbal instructions; the contestants cook in one kitchen during dinner service.
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Families of the four remaining chefs visit; chefs must base a dish on a secret ingredient hidden in a gift chosen by them; the family members anonymously vote on the dishes; a dinner service and an elimination.
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Three finalists must cook and perfect their menus; two advance to the finale. The remaining chefs pick from the season's past contestants to help in the final dinner service; the winner is announced.
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The contestants are greeted by Grammy nominated pianist and composer, Stephan Moccio and Chef Ramsay explains that like a great musician, great chefs must be versatile in a wide variety of cooking styles. During the challenge, each team is tasked with cooking halibut 7 different ways for Michelin star chef David LeFevre. During the dinner services, both teams struggle with communication and supporting one another which ultimately results in a contestant's elimination. Tune-in to find out which front-running contestant is cut, creating a major wake-up call for the rest of the chefs.
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Chef Ramsay introduces the chefs to a culinary legend known all over the world, Mr. Potato Head. For their challenge, the chefs must create a dish with the potato as the key component. Then, tensions rise and the pressure becomes unbearable for one of the chefs, leading to the most chaotic dinner service yet.
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After a lesson on the importance of teamwork in the kitchen, Chef Ramsay reveals that for today's challenge, the chefs will be cooking five commonly served "staple" dishes. In true HELL'S KITCHEN style, the challenge comes with a twist - minutes into the challenge, each team will have to pick one member to leave the kitchen, and continue kicking a team member out until only one is left, relying on teamwork to make sure the remaining chef can finish all the dishes. That night, the teams are surprised when Chef Ramsay changes up the dining service.
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Chef Ramsay challenges the nine remaining chefs to prepare authentic Chinese dishes and each chef must crack open fortune cookies to reveal their ingredients for the challenge. Ramsay invites renowned chef Shirley Chung to judge each dish and the winning team is rewarded with a VIP trip to Las Vegas! During dinner service, tensions rise as one team struggles to work together, resulting in a kitchen riddled with errors.
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Both teams are down to four chefs each as the competition continues to heat up. The dining room gets an Italian transformation for one of the most anticipated challenges of the season, the blind taste test. Hell's Kitchen closes its doors to the public for a special charity dinner service. The two teams cook to honor supporters of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Waterkeeper Alliance with a new five-course Italian menu. The night turns disastrous when Chef Ramsay must step in and finish cooking for one team before a dramatic elimination. Tune-in to see one team begin to implode.
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The competition heats up with only seven chefs left in the competition. During the challenge, guest judge and renowned pastry chef and chocolatier Valerie Gordon cracks down hard on both teams' take on dessert. The dinner service starts without a hitch, but one team's lack of communication causes pure chaos in the kitchen, resulting in a dramatic elimination. Tune in to see both teams battle it out for Chef Ramsay's approval.
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Tension mounts when Chef Ramsay explains to the six remaining chefs that they will go through three extensive challenges to determine which five chefs receive a black jacket. Tune in to find out which chef will be sent home.
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All hell breaks loose as the final five chefs struggle through a new challenge, leading to a bitter elimination that dramatically alters the dynamic of the group. As the remaining chefs reach the final stages of the competition, pressure is at an all-time high. Tune in to find out which chef will be sent home.
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The final four chefs participate in a tableside challenge, preparing them for the showmanship that the Las Vegas Executive Chef position will require. After the guest judges vote, the winner of the challenge receives a luxurious day in Malibu and invites one of the other four chefs to join. Later on, the pressure returns when the chefs endure the showmanship challenge, which is plagued with rookie mistakes. Nobody can keep their heads above water and in the most shocking twist of the season, not one, but two chefs go home.
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After a shocking elimination, the final two chefs receive unexpected help for their final menus. They share their highs and lows with Chef Ramsay over brunch and are surprised with a visit from their families. But, the fun is short-lived, as Chef Ramsay announces the final challenge of this season, judged by chefs from all over the country.
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Chef Ramsay sends the teams back to Hell's Kitchen to learn menus and plan for the biggest service of the finalists' lives, taking place at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Find out who has what it takes to win the life-changing grand prize: a position at the world's first Gordon Ramsay HELL'S KITCHEN Restaurant at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and $250,000.
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Gordon Ramsay coaches another selection of hopeful chefs, with the job as head chef at his restaurant in Lake Tahoe and $250,000 going to the winner.
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Gordon Ramsay tries to mentor aspiring cooks. The contestants are put through their paces as the competition continues to land the $250,000 prize and a job at Hell's Kitchen Lake Tahoe.
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The days events involve a Caesar salad challenge. As service begins, the chefs compete to cook for an Olympian and an NFL star at the Chefs Tables, but which team will complete a successful service and who goes home?
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Trouble brews in the Red team, with Amber questioning their choice of head chef. The challenge sees the teams tackling a reception for newlyweds, before a difficult service.
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The teams are tasked with creating Mexican dishes, but only one can enjoy a treat, with the others having to clean out the animal pens. Later, a shock is in store at service.
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The teams are challenged to put a twist on some classic Italian dishes, with a top reward for the winning group and a morale-sapping punishment for the losers.
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The teams take on a compelling surf and turf dome challenge, with the winners enjoying rooftop surfing above the Las Vegas skyline, and the losers making crab-cakes for service.
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The chefs are met by a craps table. The winning team earns a special lunch, while a miserable fate awaits the losers. There's no dinner service, but someone must leave.
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The contestants take part in the blind taste test, with the winners enjoying a helicopter ride, while punishment awaits the losers. Both teams struggle during service - but who will be sent home.
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The teams are asked to create five different burgers, with the winners earning a day at Dig This Las Vegas. Dinner service is a struggle for one team, who cannot stop fighting.
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The chefs compete in the inaugural Spell's Kitchen challenge, with a private pool party the reward. Dinner service caters for important charities, but who will be going home.
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The Chefs compete in three difficult challenges to prove if they are worthy of a Black Jacket, which all comes down to two chefs fighting for the final one.
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The remaining cooks celebrate their success of making it to the final five. Two chefs who have a budding romance, decide to take their celebration to the hot tub.
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The final four cook for club goers who have taken over Hell's Kitchen. Dinner service gives each of the chefs a chance to run the pass, but Gordon is out to sabotage them.
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The chefs are treated to a visit from their families and a tour of Las Vegas. However, their trip to the Jubilee Theatre at Caesar's Palce soon turns into their final challenge.
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The chefs brief their teams ahead of the most important service of their lives. Following service, the winner and new head chef of Hell's Kitchen Lake Tahoe is announced.
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