- for the individual challenge, each chef served construction workers and the winner that received the most votes wouldn't be eliminated in the next service and a shopping spree at Sur La Table, while the losers had to remove meat from crabs.
- Challenge: The task was to serve a group of construction workers. Each construction worker sampled all four dishes and instructed to vote for the best and the worst entrée. Virginia's turkey and feta sandwich was voted the best and Heather's chicken sandwich with French fries was voted the worst, upsetting her.
Reward/punishment: Virginia was rewarded with immunity from elimination in the next service and a shopping spree at Sur La Table. The others had to remove meat from crabs. They secretly decided to eliminate Virginia as they believe she was the weakest chef, even though she kept winning challenges. She later earned their resentment by buying them what they considered as cheap gifts.
Service: Three master chefs dined at Hell's Kitchen for service; Michael Mina, David Myers and Josie Le Balch. Keith did well on appetizers, but Virginia on garnish struggled to keep up with Heather on meat. The three master chefs then arrived, and each chef served a meal to them. Keith served three spaghetti lobsters for appetizers, but his spaghetti was undercooked and received poor reviews. Sara also struggled to keep up with Heather and ran out of salmon, substituting with turbot. Ramsay threatened to switch Heather to the station as she was performing so well, though Sara defended her ground. Sara's scallops received mixed reviews from the master chefs, though Heather's wellingtons received praise. Virginia struggled on vegetables and Heather had to come to her rescue, though even then, Virginia's peas were burnt, which angered Ramsay. Virginia then still struggled to keep up, causing Ramsay to strip her of her immunity. The chefs completed service; Ramsay named Heather best of the night.
Elimination: Virginia stated her belief that she did not deserve to be in the competition, and under the belief that Virginia would "take herself out", Heather decided to nominate her and Sara, who had been the second worst performer of the night (though Sara objected to her nomination anyway). Virginia stated to Ramsay that she did not believe she deserved to be in the competition, though Ramsay decided to give Virginia back her immunity if she wanted it. Virginia stated she only wanted to be in the competition if Ramsay believed she was a good enough chef and not because of his promise, though Ramsay said that if she wanted to stay, he would eliminate Sara. She then changed her mind and Ramsay eliminated Sara for her lack of teamwork and disintegrating performances, angering Keith and Heather.
Sara's exit comment: "I can't be angry at Virginia. It's been one hell of a trip. I came here thinking that I had the potential to win the prize, and I'm worried that I'm just really not good enough to do great things."
Ramsay's comment: "Sara's not good enough as a cook. She made so many simple mistakes, she definitely didn't merit her own restaurant. Hello sweetheart, kiss my grits."
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