They were then supposed to be flown to Los Angeles via Allegiant only to end up at the Hell's Kitchen studios nearby the restaurant, which will take place in Las Vegas.

Challenge winner: The top three dishes from each team were Lauren, Amber, and Syann for the women, in addition to Josh, Cody, and Declan for the men.

Despite Nikki breaking down in tears after serving raw lobster and too few scallops, and Mary Lou overcooking a steak, the women successfully completed service.

The men were punished by prepping and peeling Scotch quail eggs for Ramsay's Caesar salad dish for that night's service.

After the women returned from their reward, Fabiola suffered a panic attack and received medical attention, not being able to join her team until moments before service began.

Service: Dan Reynolds was in attendance, while Apolo Ohno and Marshall Faulk were seated at the red and blue chefs tables, respectively.

Drew was caught with his pants down, while Cody served extra orders of scallops twice and raw salmon, but rebounded, and the men successfully finished service.

After Lauren undercooked duck while Jordan mistakenly served a New York strip instead of Beef Wellington, Ramsay kicked the women out and they lost the service.

Reward/Punishment: The women were rewarded with an overnight trip to Lake Tahoe where they would ride snowmobiles in the mountains, and stay at the Harrah's Hotel and Casino.

In the blue kitchen, Peter struggled on the fish station, incorrectly cooking scallops, while Declan served raw New York strip and argued with Marc on garnish.

Although Nikki helped Brittani with the salmon, Kori's raw New York strip forced Ramsay to kick them out of the kitchen as well.

Although Ramsay acknowledged Brittani's determination, she was eliminated for her lack of improvement, poor performance on fish, and ceding her station to Nikki.

After needing Cody's help with tomatoes, overseasoning lentils, and falling behind on mashed potatoes, Ramsay asked the blue team if they had the qualities to become his next head chef.

Peter stated that he felt he was not ready to become an Executive Chef if these were the steps he had to take, that the cash prize was not worth the mental stress, and that he wanted to go back home to his family.

In the red kitchen, Jordan preemptively fired scallops and Mary Lou and Syann sent up raw Beef Wellington and lamb, but they all recovered.

The chefs had 45 minutes to cook a dish using filet mignon, wild mushrooms, potatoes, parsnip, and Brussels sprouts.

Reward/punishment: The blue team was rewarded with a helicopter tour of the Grand Canyon and an overnight stay at the Caesar Palace's private villa.

The red team had its second perfect service in a row, with Ramsay singling out Nikki in particular for her dramatic improvement since the beginning of the competition.

Reward/punishment: The blue team was rewarded with a pool day at the Link and an all-American barbecue lunch, but were forced inside due to rain.

Kori's salmon and spinach pesto garnered Ramsay's praise and Cody's pork chop with polenta and bourbon corn also impressed.

Mary Lou's veal chop with parsnip and corn dethroned Declan, and topped both Cody's halibut with couscous and Kori's lobster with tomatillo salsa, winning her the challenge.

Ultimately, Ramsay eliminated Amber for her poor performance on fish, inconsistency and serious downward spiral since moving to the blue and black jacket team, but praised her palate.

Individual Challenge: Sous chefs Christina and Jay woke up the final four at 7:00 a.m. and told them to meet Ramsay in his office.

Kori bought a pink suit for Cody, a pan for Declan, and a Vitamix blender for Mary Lou, the only person remaining who had yet to win one in a challenge.

Declan failed to notice endive substituted for fennel, but recovered to catch tuna tartare instead of beef and zucchini (courgettes) in a carbonara instead of peas.

The next morning, Ramsay called the finalists one by one to his office to reunite with their families: Kori's father and son, Mary Lou's mother and cousin, and Declan's parents, who had to be pulled out of their vacation.

Mary Lou was concerned about Lauren asking too many basic questions, and Amber complained to Kori, whom she considered her only friend, about getting passed over in favor of Jordan.

Service: On the first ticket of the night, Lauren didn't pay attention to Mary Lou calling out an order, and despite cooking grits properly, was slow to provide time for them.

After service, Ramsay faked Kori and Mary Lou out by announcing that the winner was going to be a woman for the seventh season in a row.

After offering praise for Kori and Mary Lou's performances this season, he asked them to stand in front of the two doors and turn the handles.