The chefs were awakened by pigs running through the dorms: each contestant brought a pig to the outside lot.

Team challenge: Each contestant dug up 100 pounds of potatoes for their team, after which Ramsay revealed that the real challenge was to prepare potato dishes; each team picks five dishes for Ramsay to rate on a scale from 1-5. Jessica's sweet potato succotash and Richard's Irish Colcannon both scored 4, Sandra's Pancetta Sofrito and Ralph's potato salad both scored 3, Jason's Potato gratin scored 4 against Bev's potato hash, which scored 2, and Melanie's gnocchi scored 4 against Mike's Boulangerie, which scored 1, putting the women ahead 13–12. Lastly, Scott's potato souffle scored 4, but Joy's pierogi scored 5, giving the women an 18-16 victory.

The women were rewarded with a private dinner on a yacht, while the men had to clean up the livestock outside. During dinner service prep, DeMarco cut himself and was sent to the emergency room, and Rochelle fell sick; Simone also fell unwell, though her teammates believed she was faking it.

Dinner service: Kashia and Ralph served table-side Steak Diane. Anton and Joy did well on appetizers, but both teams struggled on fish; Jessica and Simone worked poorly together, and were kicked out after serving raw fish, while Chris ignored Mike, but served halibut with no crust. DeMarco, after returning halfway through service, poorly sliced chicken. Ramsay threw the men out after Scott and Chris mixed up cooking times, and then the women after Bev served more raw fish; this was the third service in a row in which both teams lost, marking the worst start in the show's history.

Ramsay, describing the service as "embarrassing", told the teams to nominate three members for elimination for the first time in Hell's Kitchen history. The women nominated Rochelle, Sandra and Simone, while the men nominated Chris, DeMarco and Mike. Ramsay called Simone, DeMarco and Mike forward, telling them to remove their jackets, and gave them ten seconds to plead their cases. When Ramsay was about to announce his decision, Simone withdrew from the competition.

Ramsay's comment: "Hell's Kitchen is about making someone's wish come true. Simone wished to leave Hell's Kitchen. That was an easy one. Wish granted."

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Individual challenge: In the first individual challenge as the black team, the contestants travelled to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, where they cooked gourmet versions of tailgate party food favorites for hungry USC Trojans football fans; the dish voted the best by a group of 50 fans will win the challenge. The challenge ended in a first place tie between Scott and Jason.

Scott and Jason were treated with a trip to the Saddle Peak Lodge in Malibu, while the women were forced to sort out garbage from the tailgate party, as well as Hell's Kitchen garbage.

Dinner service: Appetizers run okay, but Scott overcooked risotto on the final table, and argued with Ramsay, who accused him of trying to cover up his mistakes. Kashia cooked one lobster tail instead of two, and on a later order of lobster tails, accused Melanie of not helping her, even though she earlier declined Melanie's help. Rochelle had trouble slicing chicken, forcing Ramsay to help her, and Kashia served raw salmon, screaming abuse at Jason and Rochelle when they asked her for times on the refire, which Ramsay overheared and rebuked her for. Kashia then failed to get the refire out, which resulted in Ramsay putting Scott on the fish station with her, but he made the situation worse and argued with Ramsay once again; the final six completed service with nobody thrown out.

Ramsay told the chefs to nominate one person for elimination. Kashia was nominated, though Ramsay also nominated Scott. Ramsay eliminated Kashia for her volatile attitude during service and her poor performance on the fish station, but praised her for her effort.

Ramsay's comment: "Kashia is a great line cook with an incredible attitude. Unfortunately for her, she's just not ready to run her own brigade yet."

Team challenge: The chefs played a variant of Concentration where they had to match side dishes with four different types of protein , and score points based on presentation, taste and creativity. On the chicken breast dish, Melanie/Rochelle and Anton/Richard both scored points. Chris does most of the pork dish by himself, but he and DeMarco still earn a point over Jessica and Kashia. On the ahi tuna dish, Sandra and Beth earned a point over Jason and Gabriel, and on the swordfish dish, Joy and Bev earned a point over Scott and Ralph, giving the red team their third straight challenge win.

The women were rewarded with a day trip to Laguna Beach, while the men spent the day preparing honey taffy from scratch.

Brunch service: The contestants got an early wake-up call to prepare a brunch service as part of the first-ever Hell's Kitchen wedding, with the faster team winning service. The women served the bride's family, the men served the groom's family, and the wedding party's table was done by both kitchens. Rochelle and Scott got the fruit salad appetizers out quickly, but Beth burst an egg and burnt bread, while Ralph cooked in a cold and greasy pan. Beth then served a raw egg, as did DeMarco after the egg was cooked by Ralph. Both teams got to the final ticket, but the women finished first due to Gabriel and Richard's slow performance on scrambled eggs, giving them the win and the men the worst start in Hell's Kitchen's history with five consecutive losses. The men were told to once again nominate two for elimination.

The men nominated Gabriel and DeMarco, DeMarco's fifth consecutive nomination . Ramsay also nominated Richard, but eliminated DeMarco, stating he had run out of chances.

Ramsay's comment: "DeMarco: Demented, demoted, denied."

The chefs were woken up by bikers performing a series of stunts inside a spherical cage.

Team challenge: The chefs worked in pairs in a "chef's relay", where they pedalled tricycles to a cooking area and prepared that area's ingredient, aiming to complete all five areas quicker. DeMarco and Richard finish ahead of Kashia and Bev cleaning shrimp, but Jessica and Beth finish ahead of Anton and Chris breaking down a chicken after Chris cut himself. Jason and Gabriel pass Melanie and Simone cleaning oysters, but Sandra and Nicole finish ahead of Mike and Scott filleting trout. In the final task, cooking egg white omelettes, Ralph and Gabriel finish ahead of Joy and Rochelle, giving the men their first challenge win.

The men were rewarded with an overnight trip to San Francisco, a meal with Ramsay, and a tour of the city on Segways. The women had to pick carrots and make stock.

Dinner service: Sandra and Mike served oysters table-side, where Mike inadvertently served a red table more than once. In the blue kitchen, Jason and DeMarco struggled but got appetizers out, but Scott and Gabriel mixed up cooking times on entrees, and after Scott served raw halibut and Gabriel served raw chicken twice, Ramsay threw the men out. In the red kitchen, Simone and Nicole fail to serve an appetizer and are thrown out, and although Kashia performed well on meat, Beth struggled with lobster and served raw halibut, causing Ramsay to throw the red team out. Ramsay declared both teams losers.

The women nominated Beth and Simone, while the men nominated Gabriel and DeMarco. However, Ramsay eliminated Nicole, feeling her lack of passion, cooking ability, fight back and leadership, as well as her negative attitude, outweighed the mistakes made by the four nominees.

Ramsay's comment: "I'm not looking for a line cook. But if I were, I still wouldn't have hired Nicole. She was useless."

Team challenge: The teams were challenged to cook sampler dishes for attendees of a special dinner honoring the 160th anniversary of the Phi Mu sorority. Each team was required to serve a chicken entree, a seafood entree and a beef entree. The women did well thanks to Kashia's strong leadership, while the men wasted over ten minutes deciding on a menu, barely managing to finish on time. The men scored on the chicken entree, but the women won by scoring on the beef and seafood entrees.

The women were rewarded with a shopping spree and a meal with Hell's Kitchen Season 10 winner Christina Wilson in Las Vegas, while the men had to prep the dining room for service under the direction of the sorority's party committee.

Dinner service: The men started well thanks to Gabriel and Richard's strong work on appetizers, but Scott failed to communicate with the garnish station and sent up ribeyes before they were ready, though Richard was able to get the garnishes out in time. Jason served raw chicken twice, requiring Anton and Gabriel to help him. The women got off to a rocky start when Bev constantly undercooked the crab cakes, and then they ran into serious problems on fried chicken, with Kashia and Jessica repeatedly serving raw chicken and arguing over which one was at fault. They eventually served the chicken, but further problems were caused by Bev losing track on garnishes, resulting in Rochelle taking over. Both teams finished service with no one thrown out; while Ramsay was unhappy with service, he named the men winners since they at least served appetizers without any major difficulties.

The women nominated Bev and Jessica. Ramsay eliminated Bev for letting Rochelle take over her station and being a consistently poor performer throughout the season.

Ramsay's comment: "Bev may be a great food truck chef. Unfortunately for her, Hell's Kitchen doesn't have wheels."

Challenge: Ramsay invited Scott and Jason to a Los Angeles night club, where they competed in the season's final individual challenge. Both prepared two appetizers and three entrees in one hour to be judged by five well-renowned chefs, who scored the dish on a scale of 1-10. Scott won 43-42.

Scott was granted first pick in drafting a team using the ten chefs eliminated from the competition prior to the final. Scott picked Chris, Ralph, Rochelle, Kashia and Jessica, while Jason picked Anton, Melanie, Gabriel and Bev, and was left with Sandra.

Dinner Service: A guest was seated at both team's chef's tables; singer Natasha Bedingfield for Scott and actor Mark Boone Junior for Jason. Both Jason and Scott delivered strong performances but encountered problems. Sandra failed to provide times on garnish, argued with Jason, and attempted to serve old crab cakes to VIP tables, while Gabriel overcooked the fillets. For Scott's team, Chris undercooked scallops, but recovered quickly, while Jessica struggled on garnish, causing Scott to send Kashia to help her. After Jessica served poor french fries, Scott kicked her out and had Rochelle take over. Ramsay praised the two for their excellent performances and announced that both results were very close.

After deliberating, Ramsay called Scott and Jason to his office and give them final praise before sending them to the two doors; Scott's door opened and he became the twelfth chef to win Hell's Kitchen, as well as the sixth male winner. Jason took his defeat graciously and felt Scott deserved to win. Scott gave a victory speech and thanked people for supporting him.

Ramsay's comment: "Scott won tonight because he has all the qualities I'm looking for in a head chef. He is passionate, determined and a true leader. He's an artist plating food and has a phenomenal palate. There's no doubt in my mind that he's got a great career ahead of him."

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Individual challenge - Part II: Continued from the previous episode, Joy's dish impressed all four judges, earning her an almost perfect score of 19 points.

Joy earned a black jacket, immunity from that night's elimination, and a December spot on the HK calendar. In addition, Joy was treated to lunch with Rock, Paul and Dana in the Hell's Kitchen dining room, while the others had to prepare the food and serve it to them.

Pre-service: Kashia had an emotional breakdown due to missing her family, leading to Scott and Joy comforting her. Ramsay revealed that every chef surviving elimination after service would be rewarded with a black jacket.

Dinner service: In addition to a standard service, a special table was set up to host VIPs representing Oxfam, an anti-poverty charity. The red team got off to a good start on appetizers, but in the blue kitchen, Gabriel served scallops too early and miscounted them. The chefs were required to serve the Oxfam special guests at the same time, however, Gabriel served overcooked scallops, meaning both kitchens had to start over, making Ramsay unhappy; Gabriel recovered and the appetizers were served to the Oxfam members. Scott argued with Ramsay on the fish station, Kashia served perfectly cooked but poorly cut chicken, and Melanie served undercooked chicken, angering Ramsay. On entrees for the VIP table, Gabriel was caught cooking halibut and salmon in the same pan. After Scott and Gabriel both served burnt salmon, Ramsay pulled them both into the storage room to work things out. When they returned, they managed to complete the VIP table.

Automatic elimination: After continuing to struggle on the fish station, Ramsay eliminated Gabriel, making him the sixth contestant in Hell's Kitchen history to be eliminated during service. Outside, Jean-Phillipe consoled him before taking his jacket and shaking his hand goodbye. Gabriel was not given the coat hook or flaming picture scene.

Despite no one else being ejected, the teams were named joint-losers; Ramsay had both teams nominate one person for elimination. Scott sought advice from Sous Chef Andi on how to deal with Ramsay's infamous temperament after their argument.

The red team nominated Scott, while the blue team nominated Jason; Ramsay also nominated Melanie. Ramsay called Melanie down, but gave her the first black jacket. Ramsay then gave Kashia, Rochelle, Jason and Scott black jackets, retaining all chefs after Gabriel's elimination.

Ramsay's comment: "With Gabriel causing such a disaster in the kitchen tonight, it was hard to tell who else I should send home. So, I gave everybody the thrill of getting a black jacket. But somebody will definitely be going home after the next dinner service."

Elimination challenge – Part II: Continuing from the cliffhanger, Ramsay eliminated a tearful Jessica for undercooking the lobster in the risotto and overcooking the halibut. Jessica did not receive a closing comment or a coat-hanging and picture-burning sequence, but her hung jacket and burned picture can be seen next to Ralph's.

The next morning, Ramsay brought the chefs to his GastroPub to give them inspiration. He then announces that Hell's Kitchen's next service will have a special menu based on the GastroPub. Later, Ralph begins to feel sick, caused by bad sleep, but returned just before service.

Dinner service: The men did well on appetizers thanks to Jason's leadership, while the women did fairly well, with the exception of Kashia cooking less than required at first. On entrees, the women had a near flawless performance thanks to Joy on meat and Kashia on garnishes. The men suffered a communication breakdown; Gabriel gave Ramsay inaccurate times, Scott served soggy salad and fries, Ralph overcooked and undercooked fish and chips, and Anton failed to communicate from the meat station. Eventually, the women finished service and all but Sandra, who was on desserts, were ordered to help the men. When Ralph served a mushy fish, Ramsay sent the men back to the dorms to nominate two people for elimination whilst the women finished their service.

The men nominated Gabriel and Scott, but when Gabriel nominated Ralph instead of himself, Ramsay had all three come up. Ramsay eliminated Ralph for his issues on fish and chips and his refusal to accept any responsibility for his mistakes.

Ramsay's comment: "Ralph has a lot of heart. But when it comes to cooking, he comes up a little short."

Ramsay gave the contestants a lesson on consistency. He dumped about 200,000 pennies on the floor, visually representing how much food and money was wasted in the previous service. He then taught them how to make ravioli for the next challenge.

Team challenge: The chefs paired up to make ravioli dishes; the first team to make ten approved dishes wins. As the blue team had a extra member, DeMarco, Gabriel, and Mike were placed as a trio. The men raced to a 6–0 lead, but the women caught up, mainly thanks to Jessica and Melanie. With the teams at a 9–9 tie, DeMarco, Gabriel and Mike, whom struggled, finally submitted their first dish, but it was rejected, allowing the women to pass with their tenth dish and win their third challenge.

The women were rewarded with a day at a Beverly Hills mansion, while the men had to clean and prep both kitchens as well as wrap the pennies.

Dinner service: The theme is steak night; Beth, Rochelle, Gabriel and Scott served table-side chopped salad and ribs. In the red kitchen, Bev's served salty risotto, but Joy served approved appetizers. In the blue kitchen, Ralph ignored Mike on the ravoli station, causing Ramsay to berate them both, Mike served risotto with no lobster, and after Richard and Ralph served cold crab cakes and watery ravioli, Ramsay kicked them out and forced them to eat it. Anton served approved appetizers, but Chris undercooked two filets. The women finished service, and Ramsay singled out Joy and Melanie for their strong showings on appetizers and meat respectively; Ramsay then had them help the men and had the men nominate two for elimination.

The men nominated Mike and DeMarco. Although Mike pleaded to be sent to the red team, Ramsay deemed him "unfit" for Hell's Kitchen and sent him home.

Ramsay's comment: "There once was a cook named Mike. He couldn't cook fish or any other dish, so I told him to take a hike."

Team challenge: Ramsay challenged the chefs to match eight cuts of pork with eight body parts of a pig; the quicker team won an advantage in the cooking part of the challenge. The men won and each member was allowed to choose which cut of pork they wanted to cook with, as well as member of the red team they wanted to compete against. Melanie scored over Anton on shoulder, Rochelle scored over Richard on loin, Gabriel scored over Joy on ribs, and Jason scored over Sandra on belly, tying the score at 2-2. Finally, despite Ramsay's low hopes that Scott will have his ravioli completed on time, Scott surprised Ramsay when he did and scored over Kashia on pork cheek, giving the men a 3–2 win and their third challenge victory.

The men went skydiving in a vertical wind tunnel, and won brand new Vitamix blenders, while the women had to crack peanuts, make peanut butter, and prep both kitchens for that night's service. During their punishment, Rochelle makes a comment about wanting to raise a family, which the rest of the women take as a sign of unpassionateness.

Dinner service: Appetizers run okay in both kitchens, but Anton cooked nine scallops instead of ten and Sandra overcooked lobster. When Anton blamed Scott, Ramsay brought the blue team into the storeroom to work out their issues. Kashia forgot to turn her gas on when cooking risotto, Gabriel served raw mushrooms and Anton served overcooked halibut. Both teams eventually finished service, but Ramsay gave neither team the win.

The women nominated Rochelle and Sandra, while the men nominated Anton and Scott.

Team change: Ramsay had the four nominees remove their jackets but transferred Rochelle and Sandra to the blue team and Anton and Scott to the red team, hoping to "correct" things.

Team Captain nomination: In this episode, no challenge took place. Instead, Ramsay asked the teams to choose for a leader to serve as a Team Captain for dinner service. The women chose Melanie, while the men chose Anton. Melanie announced she would lead while running the fish station, while Anton announced he would 'float' around various stations managing his team.

Dinner service: Dinner service was highlighted by the presence of celebrities and their guests at the chef's tables, giving them all-access to the kitchen environment. Joy argued with Sandra for not communicating and Beth struggled. Melanie, whose leadership was largely ineffectual, ruined an otherwise complete order with raw fish. Anton's leadership, on the other hand, was fairly overzealous. Chris struggled on scallops, but bounced back. Jason performed well on meat, but Scott had communication issues with his team despite cooking fish perfectly; both teams completed service. Ramsay gave the men their first service win and praised Anton's leadership.

The women nominated Sandra and Beth. Ramsay polled them, and although all except Jessica said that Sandra should go home, Ramsay eliminated Beth, feeling she had no known presence in the kitchen, lacked leadership, and was deemed out of her depth.

Ramsay's comment: "Beth thinks the reason she hasn't advanced in the culinary industry is the fact that she's a woman in the south. I think it's because she can't cook."

Team challenge: The teams were challenged to cook four gourmet pizzas, which would be rated on a scale of 1–5 by Ramsay and Wolfgang Puck. Each team was divided into three pairs and a solo chef, and told not to serve their weakest pizzas; the men decided not to serve Jason and Chris' seriously undercooked pizza, while the women decided that Bev and Kashia's was the weakest, despite their protests. Rochelle's pizza scored 5, while Ralph's scored 3. Joy and Jessica scored 4, but Gabriel and Scott scored 5, making the score 9–8. Lastly, Melanie and Sandra's pizza scored 3, but Anton and Richard's pizza was complimented by Puck and Ramsay and scored 7, helping the men to a 15–12 victory. Bev and Kashia's pizza would have also scored 7.

The men were rewarded with a day at a rooftop swimming pool and a session with a yoga instructor, while the women had to make pasta for the evening's Italian family night and prep both kitchens.

Service: Both teams had major problems with the pizzas; For the women, Bev constantly undercooked and burned the pizzas, with the situation being made worse by Kashia refusing to help out, and Sandra rolling the bases too thick. Rochelle also served scallops with no colour, but Joy jumped in, and the women completed service, successfully serving the order for Ramsay's family. In the blue kitchen, Chris struggled on pizzas, and Scott made the situation worse; even with more help from Gabriel, they only managed to serve ten pizzas before running out. Anton accidentally spilled oil on the fish station, which caused flames to rise, and Ralph undercooked and poorly cut the meat. Thanks to Jason, the blue team finished service. Ramsay declared the men losers since, while both teams struggled with the pizzas, he felt the women did better on the other stations.

The men nominated Scott and Chris. Ramsay also nominated Ralph, but eliminated Chris for consistently wasting pizza dough.

Ramsay's comment: "I'd like to think every chef has a talent. Chris needs to keep looking for his."

Pre-service: There was no team challenge; the chefs were woken up by two rappers, who sang instructions for the teams to come up with their own menus for the following service. Melanie forced through most of her ideas to create the red team's menu, though Anton and Joy were able to get some of their dishes on as well. Most of the blue team except Rochelle contributed ideas for their menu. Ramsay felt both menus were generally decent, but insisted on several tweaks on both sides and called out Rochelle when she burnt a sampler crab cake and giggled nervously.

Dinner service: Rochelle was initially nervous but was able to get the appetizers out, though the team was slowed down when Richard served raw crab cakes. Gabriel repeatedly served undercooked steaks, while Richard under-portioned the sides, causing Rochelle to take over. On the red team, Melanie had major troubles with their scallop dish, and after undercooking further orders, ran out of scallops halfway through service. Anton used the blue team's supply of scallops, since they did not need them, to get service back on track. Despite the team's worries about the fried chicken dish, Joy was able to get out every order perfectly, while Kashia delivered every order of her signature dish perfectly. Ramsay said that despite Melanie's scallop troubles, the red team won due to a strong finish, and told the blue team to nominate two for elimination.

Team change: Ramsay asked either Joy, Kashia or Melanie to transfer to the blue team. Despite the trio being reluctant, Melanie moved over following the elimination.

The blue team nominated Richard and Gabriel. Ramsay eliminated Richard, feeling he had failed to live up to his experience and lacked Gabriel's desire to succeed. However, Ramsay warned Gabriel he was on his last chance.

Ramsay's comment: "Richard had more experience than anyone here. But it's not experience I'm looking for, it's talent."

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Team challenge: The annual "blind taste test" took place; Rochelle identified three ingredients compared to Joy's two, both Anton and Gabriel identified one ingredient, and Scott identified two ingredients while Jason failed to get any. In the final round, Melanie also failed to identify any ingredients, while Kashia managed one, giving the red team a 6-4 win.

The red team were rewarded with a private ice skating lesson with Olympian Rachael Flatt, while the blue team had to take in deliveries of ice, as well as make ice cream by hand for service that night. Ramsay gave Gabriel a pep talk in the storeroom before service due to concerns over his lack of fightback.

Dinner service: The blue team had a near perfect service thanks to Melanie's work on appetizers and Gabriel's work on garnish. Their only problems were Jason and Rochelle falling behind on orders, but both rebounded as Gabriel quickly reorganized the team. In the red kitchen, Scott got off to a good start on appetizers, but Kashia forgot to cook one scallop, and when Scott jumped in, he restarted the order instead of cooking the other scallop quickly. Kashia was caught braising a salmon in the sauce and argued with Ramsay. Anton cooked raw chicken, but when Scott served it, he was accused of cooking it. Anton also burnt the wellingtons and argued with Chef Andi, causing Ramsay to send him to the storage room. Ramsay praised the blue team, particularly Gabriel, for their excellent service, but berated the red team and told them to nominate two for elimination.

The red team nominated Anton and Scott, which Ramsay agreed was the correct decision. After telling them he was seriously disappointed that their move to the red team did not have the positive effect Ramsay hoped it would have on them, Ramsay eliminated Anton for his arrogance and disintegrating performances.

Ramsay's comment: "Anton let the little success he had in Hell's Kitchen inflate his ego. It was time to let the air out of that balloon."