- Chef Ramsay gives the teams thirty minutes to create one appetizer and two entrees using nothing but a tray of leftovers and the losing team must clean the restaurant and unload all the food deliveries. More Drama ensues after Chef announces that both teams must then prepare their own menus for the evening's dinner service.
- Team challenge: Each team was given an identical tray of leftovers and instructed to make three courses: one appetizer and two entrees. The winning dishes were judged by Ramsay. Both teams produced equally good appetizers. Both Brad's curry bass with crustacean tomato pasta and Bonnie's rustic chicken stew earned a point, despite Bonnie's lack of confidence in her dish. Ramsay thought that Jen's take on steak and eggs for breakfast lacked originality, while Josh's pea tendril stuffed chicken leg was undercooked, so gave neither of them a point. Rock and Julia were last up. Rock had surf and turf with a petite ribeye and pan-seared bass. Julia had deep-fried sea bass, which was tasty but not as elegant as Rock's. Ramsay mentioned that it was just "fish and chips". The blue team won the challenge.
Reward/punishment: The blue team was given the chance to participate in a 3-on-1 paintball match against Ramsay. They jumped at the chance saying how no one ever got the chance to take out frustrations on their boss. Target practice had pictures of the red team posted. During the competition, Ramsay managed to beat the three men, taking out Brad, then Josh and Rock last. The red team were required to receive, check, and bring in the food delivery for the evening service, with Bonnie in charge of checking/marking the package slip. Notably, Bonnie missed the fact that unsalted butter and turbot filets and then got emotional about it after the sous chefs chastised her. The errors meant that the red team had to arrange re-delivery of the missing items, working longer than they had expected. Bonnie felt horrible and thought that she would be sent home for her mistakes.
Service: Each team had to create a menu of 3 appetizers, 3 entrees and 3 desserts. The diners were allowed to select from either menu for their meal. During the brainstorming of the menus, Bonnie and Jen took control for the red team while deriding Julia's 'Waffle House background'. The blue team were subjected to Brad's leadership who offered such dishes as 'scallops with horseradish spaetzle' and 'macaroni & cheese done as a cassoulet'. The red team's dishes were mostly standard fare, including Julia's last minute add-on of New York Strip steak and shrimp, while the blue team's dishes were generally fine dining meals created mostly by Brad. Both teams were able to make it through dinner service, but with significant problems. Ramsay noted the women lacked stamina, and was upset that they refused to communicate with each other, in a contrast to their previous service. Julia didn't know how to cook Bonnie's rabbit dish. Bonnie tried to cook without turning the gas on, and burned steak garnish on the last ticket. Jen had an attitude most of the night and kept snapping at Bonnie. Julia begged the girls to keep their service positive while struggling on the last set of entrees in order to make it through. The blue team, led by Brad, had a lamb dish come back for tasting boiled, while Brad's ravioli was cold and his turbot sauce was bland. While Ramsay was mad at Josh for undercooking the refired lamb, he was also equally mad at Brad and Rock for not helping Josh with the lamb when he struggled, and told them that the customers were suffering because of them. They made Josh get himself out of the mess which slowed them down, but Josh eventually rebounded and managed to successfully serve all of their entrees. Ramsay declared neither team a winner, but noted that Julia was the most consistent chef during the service and that her steak and shrimp dish, while initially rejected by the red team, turned out to be the most popular without a single order being returned. He had her nominated nominate a player from the red team for elimination, while he instructed the blue team to come up with a nominee for elimination of their own.
Elimination: Julia selected Bonnie for elimination due to some of the mistakes she had made in service and the way she seems to get flustered during service. Rock and Josh both decided to vote Brad up for elimination, feeling that his leadership was responsible for the failure of their service. Ramsay called Bonnie's name, giving everyone the impression that she was about to be sent home, but he followed that by telling her to "wake up" and then eliminated Brad because while he had stepped up as a leader, he only performed "as a cook" during the service and attempted to sabotage Josh, which Ramsay considered to be proof that Brad was not a team player.
Brad's exit comment: "Rock and Josh knew that I'm the better chef and I think it was their decision to vote me off because I was the best in the competition. You know, I still think I'm the best."
Ramsay's comment: "Brad was a hard worker. Unfortunately, he worked with his back rather than his brain. He lacked finesse to become a great chef."
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