- The remaining five chefs were combined into one team wearing black jackets, the winner of the individual challenge received a helicopter trip over L.A. the losers were forced to clean the dining room.
- Ramsay merged the remaining five chefs into one team wearing black jackets, where each chef would compete as an individual.
Challenge: The chefs had to recreate tableside fruit flambé to Ramsay's standards in five minutes. Jimmy won, narrowly beating out Elsie.
Reward/punishment: Jimmy received a helicopter trip over L.A. and got to sample wine and caviar. He chose Michael, who received the worst review, to go with him. The others were forced to clean the dining room.
Service: Ramsay decided to combine the menus the teams created for the previous service. For winning the challenge, Jimmy chose Elsie to serve the Caesar salad and flambé tableside. In addition, Ramsay chose Ralph to assist him at the hotplate, and gave sous chefs Scott and Maryann the night off. Jessica had a pan catch fire on the meat station before running out of filet mignon, forcing Michael to retrieve some from the storage room. Jimmy accidentally threw away a complete lobster dish, forgot to cook risotto, and talked back to Ramsay. After Jessica's station caught fire again, Ramsay shut down the kitchen; Ralph was named best of the worst.
Elimination: Ralph nominated Jimmy and Jessica. Ramsay eliminated Jimmy for being the weakest chef out of the five.
Jimmy's exit comment: "I've had no regrets about coming to Hell's Kitchen. If anything, it's broadened my horizons. I'm definitely not giving up on my dream of restauranteuring. Chef Ramsay said to keep on moving forward, and that really meant a lot to me coming from him, because this is what I really wanna do with my life."
Ramsay's Comment: "Each and every one of these contestants now have to start emerging as individual talent. This is when we really start to find out who can handle the heat and who can't. Clearly tonight, Jimmy couldn't."
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