Ramsay kept Seth around because, well, I guess because he finds him more entertaining, instead choosing to eliminate Charlie in Hell’s Kitchen 5 Episode 3.
Giovanni’s pissed off at Seth for suggesting him as a nominee.
Chef Ramsay asks Carol who the strongest chef on the red team is. She responds that it’s herself or Andrea. For the boys, Danny volunteers to answer and says it’s him. The lesson here? Both teams are missing teamwork. Hell’s Kitchen will open in 30 minutes for breakfast.
Paula hates breakfast. Lacey wants pancakes because she doesn’t know anything else. Seth volunteers to do eggs because he’s got Ramsay’s recipe.
Their customers? A team of kids and their cheerleaders. Whoever can feed all their kids wins the challenge.
Colleen becomes more interested in cheering than her hash browns. She thinks she’s a cheerleader.
Coi is having trouble with her eggs.
Meanwhile, Seth is struggling to keep up with the demand for scrambled eggs, which costs them their early lead. Both teams are at 40 out of 50 each. The women manage to finish first, marking their first challenge win.
For their punishment, the men will have to clean up the dining area and both kitchens, then they’ll have to prep both kitchens for dinner service later that day.
The women will be going camping Beverly Hills style.
Danny takes some heat from Ben after the challenge, largely because he jumped forward to say he’s the best cook.
Robert has just one request: Lacey, don’t wear a bikini.
The girls head to a hotel for some pampering, while the guys stay behind and clean, attempting to forget about their earlier explosion.
Robert wants Ben to go because of the fighting. He blames Ben more for it than Danny.
Although they’ve been in the kitchen all day, the men have not yet finished prepping by the time the well rested women get back.
Giovanni gets the men off to a slow start, not checking to make sure his equipment was ready so his water could boil.
Coi attempts to get ahead. Ramsay’s not having that.
Andrea comes into the blue kitchen to get the tomato butter sauce that the guys didn’t make for them. It’s not ready yet, so Ben will have to drop everything and work on it. He puts it together but fails to taste it before bringing it out. Ramsay is not happy.
More than an hour in, no food is leaving the kitchen.
Andrea takes control of the red kitchen to try to get some leadership in there.
Danny makes the tomato butter sauce that Ben botched, and he does a good job.
J is making salad for the blue team, which is finally making its way out to the customers. Unfortunately, it’s not all entirely edible.
Ben’s ready to impress Ramsay, or so he believes. His lamb chops are too thin.
LA and Colleen are struggling to work together on the meat station. LA doesn’t want to talk all the time, but Colleen can’t shut up.
Danny is struggling on the garnish station.
Seth wipes his face with a cloth, then wipes a pan. This comes after him not listening to Chef Ramsay calling out the orders.
After all the chaos and limited success with the night’s meal, both teams have lost.
Coi says she’s done because of her poor performance. Some of the others say that if Lacey tried to do what Coi did, it would have been worse. Nonetheless, Coi nominates herself. Giovanni picks Seth and Ben. Danny obviously wants Ben as well, and vice versa. Robert suggests Ben and J.
Seth and Ben have been nominated for the blue team. Colleen is the first nominee for the red team based on her overall performance. Lacey is the second nominee, despite Coi’s performance. Coi thinks it was her worst performance so far.
Lacey believes she’s getting stronger, despite her rough start. Colleen says she works hard and is not yet done learning. Seth goes on and on again. Ben believes he’s a motivator for his team.
Ben is safe. Seth is finally going home. Should have happened before now.
Lacey is safe… but on the men’s team. Dropped some dead weight for some more dead weight. The women are pleased, though they still keep Colleen.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Hell’s Kitchen Season 5 Episode 5, which airs Thursday at 9/8c on Fox.