Despite Fran’s lackluster performance, Jamie was eliminated in Hell’s Kitchen Season 7 Episode 3.
Before they head back, Ramsay tells Salvatore to keep fighting. He hasn’t given up on him yet. Neither has Scott.
The challenge starts off with some dice. Each person gets to roll the dice once, and they will be granted ten seconds per choice.
Blue: halibut (Scott), endive (Jason), salsify (Ed), crab (Benjamin), peas (Jay), bacon (Salvatore)
Red: beets (Fran), shallots (Nilka), mango (Autumn), ham (Siobhan), turnips (Maria), duck (Holli)
Autumn wants to help Nilka, who doesn’t want her input, but she’s going to get it anyway. Salvatore is looking to help out… anyone. Scott will have some sympathy for him.
The men have come up with a pan roasted halibut with a bacon, pea, and crab ragu, salisfy puree, and a salad of crab and endive. Good comments, except for the endive.
The women have cooked a mango glazed pan seared duck, pureed turnips with ham, mango, and beets. Looks boring but tastes delicious. Autumn gets credit for putting duck fat in the turnips. Nilka also gets credit for her seared duck, although it has more fat than meat.
Ultimately, the winning team by a fraction, is the men. Had the duck been cooked better, the women would have won.
For their punishment, the women will be cleaning the entrance hall and prepping both kitchens. The men will be going skydiving for their reward. Jason considers this more of a punishment than a reward. They’re not really jumping out of a plane, though, just simulating it.
When the men return from their reward, the women apologize. That’s probably not a good sign. Then Maria breaks down crying.
For the service, there will be chef’s tables in the kitchen.
Scott views himself as the blue team’s mentor. This is coming off as condescending.
Jason cooks his capellini perfectly. Siobhan, however, has put lobster in hers, rather than crab. I’m sure the diners would appreciate that.
Sal has cooked raw fish.
Back to Siobhan. Lobster again. It may say crab, but it looks like it’s probably not.
Salvatore’s called up. He’s pretty sure he’s going to get yelled at again. Nope, snappers cooked perfectly.
Nilka delivers on the meat station. Once again, Sal also delivers on the fish with perfect salmon.
Ed serves up rock hard potatoes.
Autumn doesn’t even get a chance to serve up her fish. Because she doesn’t use a spatula, she drops part of it, enough to be yelled at.
Scott delivers his first filets to the pass. Rare. Feels medium rare to him. Like disagreeing with Ramsay is going to get him anywhere. Then he messes up again. At least Sal’s halibut is good.
On the back of their performances, Salvatore and Nilka can nominate one person each from their teams. Nilka would be happy to get rid of “the princess” Autumn, so basically it’s about a personality clash rather than anything food based. Siobhan realizes she should be afraid as well, though. Salvatore goes to talk to his friend Scott, who made some big mistakes. Scott’s excuse: he’s too busy trying to lend a helping hand to pay attention to what he’s doing.
Nilka has nominated Autumn; Salvatore has nominated Scott. Ramsay calls Autumn soulless. Well then. Scott says his new plan is to screw everybody else over and just focus on himself instead. Both of them can take their jackets off. Autumn joins the blue team. Scott joins the red team.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Hell’s Kitchen Season 7 Episode 5, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on Fox.