The seventh season of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen premiered on Fox on June 1, 2010, and concluded on August 10, 2010.

Neither Jamie's creamy chicken Kiev nor Scott's duck breast received a point; Ramsay refused to eat the former's dish as he found a toothpick embedded in the meat, and the latter's was deemed "rather pathetic" and unappetizing.

On entrées, although Salvatore provided a perfectly cooked wellington, Jason undercooked the chicken and then tried to quickly fry it off in an attempt to get it up on time until Ramsay stopped him and made the team start the ticket over.

In the women's kitchen, Autumn put too much salt in pasta water before service and was scolded for taking over appetizers from Siobhan, whom Ramsay was equally mad at for surrendering her station.

Jason was scolded for not calling back the order and worked slowly on salads, holding up his team, until Benjamin helped him.

Reward/punishment: The women were rewarded with a trip to the beach and played a game of soccer with Ramsay and his family while the men had to clean a portion of the Los Angeles River and were transported there via a rundown bus.

In the women's kitchen, Maria needed Nilka's help to get risottos out, Fran struggled on meat and Ramsay eventually forced her to see a medic, while Jamie burned carrots and mashed potatoes.

In the men's kitchen, appetizers ran smoothly thanks to Jason (with Scott attempting to provide some unwanted help to him), with the only problem being Salvatore serving raw snapper, but he recovered and managed to have a strong performance on fish for the rest of service.

On entrees, Nilka was strong on meat, with the only problem being Autumn dropping a piece of salmon onto one of her burners; Ramsay scolded her for acting casual about it.

In the red kitchen, Fran had a strong performance on appetizers, but Maria served raw crab and fell behind on the refire and argued with Holli, who told her to pick up the pace.

The entire team struggled with communication, eventually arguing with one another mid service, which was only made worse by them doing it while Ramsay was calling out a ticket.

After Siobhan served another undercooked burger, Ramsay angrily smashed it against the counter and ended service as their time limit was up.

Ed and Autumn (who worked together with an extra member on the blue team) scored on velouté over Holli, who mistakenly identified her sea bass as halibut when presenting.

Reward/punishment: Ramsay treated the blue team to lunch and darts at Ye Olde King's Head British Pub in Santa Monica and each chef received a set of premium pots and pans from Demeyere Cookware.

Nilka forgot to add lobster to a risotto and cursed loud enough for the children to hear while Fran overcooked scallops, but after that, appetizers ran smoothly.

Appetizers ran well with the only problems being Siobhan being slow with the caesar salads, while Benjamin served raw and then overcooked crab cakes and rudely rejected Nilka's help.

On entrees, Holli overcooked duck and served raw chicken, and Fran was berated for bringing garnish to the pass in a hot pan rather than draining it, which was a safety hazard.

Nilka then served raw chicken and after Fran underdressed salad and undercooked risotto, Ramsay threw the red team out.

Reward/punishment: The blue team were rewarded with VIP passes to SeaWorld San Diego to swim with dolphins and spend the day at the park.

There were relatively few problems on appetizers save for Ed slicing duck too early and Benjamin rejecting Nilka's help with plating and having an undercooked pasta dish returned.

Things didn't get better for her on entrees; despite Jason having a strong performance on meat, Nilka nearly dropped her lobster after taking it out the oven and then earned a trip to the pantry with Ramsay after she brought up the wrong sauce with it.

The team then completed the rest of their tables in the time limit nearly trouble free, with the only problem being Ed momentarily getting distracted and having some pans of garnish catch fire.

Ramsay then met with Nilka at the back entrance after service and, despite telling her she was not ready for the head chef's job, calmly urged her not to give up on her dream and commended her previous performances before taking her jacket and sending her home via taxi.

On appetizers, Ed undercooked scallops and John Dory and got overwhelmed on the fish station due to the large number of halibut on order (Benjamin's challenge winning dish).

Ramsay eventually kicked out Ed for overcooking scallops and Benjamin for bringing up meat for the wrong table, while the remaining four completed service.

Reward/punishment: Holli chose Jay, as the challenge runner-up, to join her and Jean-Philippe at The Peninsula Beverly Hills for a poolside lunch, followed by a $1000 kitchen equipment shopping spree at Surfas.

Despite criticizing Benjamin for his poor communication and having his worst performance, Ramsay eliminated Jason for his lack of leadership compared to the other chefs, but gave him encouragement.

Benjamin complained of lower back and shoulder pains and initially decided to leave the competition, but stayed after talking to Ramsay.

Holli had a nervous start and failed to notice a ticket with the wrong number of entrees, but recovered to send back an order of scallops only cooked on one side.

Nilka served overcooked venison, and Autumn fell behind on garnish and refused to take help from her team as she believed that they had no idea what they were doing.