He later revealed that the season's winner would become the head chef at Araxi Restaurant & Bar in Whistler, British Columbia, the host city of the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Tony's mussels and chorizo soup scored over Amanda's margarita French toast, a simple dish that was deemed "shocking" and would have only taken three minutes to make.

Reward/punishment: The men were rewarded with a three-course dinner on the patio featuring dishes from Ramsay's London West Hollywood restaurant, while the women had to clean both kitchens.

Van earned Jean-Philippe's ire by running in the dining room and accidentally served customers at the other team's table, leading to heated disputes between the two.

Tennille fell behind in the dining room which backed up her kitchen, and then faced not only Ramsay's anger, but also her team's, for serving undercooked shrimp to a woman who was pregnant.

The women were far ahead, but the men caught up when Sabrina didn't put enough chicken in the alfredo and Tek had a marinara sent back for an undercooked meatball.

During the team punishment, Dave tore his FCR and fractured his wrist when his arm got stuck between a truck's door and step, and soon after, Kevin tripped on the stairs and sprained both ankles, resulting in both men requiring medical treatment.

Both teams completed their service; the men reached their final ticket first, but Robert caused a 12-minute delay when he forgot to cook the salmon, allowing the women to finish first.

With two chefs eliminated after the previous service earlier in this episode, Ramsay spared Lovely and Tennille, then tested Amanda's math skills once again.

When sous chef Scott reprimanded him for showing passion now that he did not in the challenge, Robert broke his broom in a fit of anger, reminding everyone how he almost died last season.

Ariel's Caesar salad with baked shrimp beat Kevin's seafood style bouillabaisse on the appetizer, but Andy's four cheese macaroni and fried catfish beat Amanda's bacon wrapped filet after the bacon fell apart, and more crucially, Robert correctly remembered that Otis preferred grilled lobster, whereas Suzanne served a poached lobster with seafood pasta.

Reward/punishment: The men spent the day flying in a mock dogfight with professional aviators from Air Combat USA while the women prepared the dining room for the celebration with Ramsay's wife Tana giving specification help.

This proved costly for Robert, as the operation of this vehicle was more than he could take; after returning to Hell's Kitchen, he was rushed to the hospital, experiencing shortness of breath and dizziness.

After a raw lamb that Sabrina thought was medium well was sent back from the red dining room, Ramsay closed the kitchen down and deemed both teams losers.

To the shock of the blue team, Ramsay ultimately eliminated Jim, feeling that he was not passionate or vocal enough to be an effective leader in the kitchen, and telling him, "You're not the Tin Man and I'm not the fucking Wizard of Oz.

[note 2] The men won the challenge with their braised haddock with fig and tomato sauce and angel hair pasta, because the women put so much garlic in their puree, it "obliterated everything else", despite Tennille having warned Ariel to make it less pungent.

The women had a decent service with the only problems being Sabrina cooking garnish in a dirty pan, until Ramsay stopped her, and Ariel holding up Amanda's fish due to not having the pasta ready in time.

Since the guests at the chef's table liked Dave's appetizers (even though he had refused to let them choose their order), he was named best of the worst and told to nominate two men for elimination.

Ramsay sent Andy home for his inconsistent performances and numerous excuses for his issues but praised him for having a big heart and urged him to stop panicking.

Via a video connection, he gave a tour of the Araxi restaurant, and introduced this episode's challenge: each team had 2½ hours (the amount of time it would Ramsay take to fly back to Los Angeles) to prepare three entrees using 15 ingredients, all native to Canada, without repeating any.

Reward/punishment: The blue team had lunch with Ramsay at the Campanile restaurant where chef Mark Peele showed them stylish versions of everyday dishes, including a grilled cheese sandwich.

[note 3] Sabrina's comment: "I came in, red lipstick, makeup on, hair did, big bitch on the block, but once Chef, like, brings you off your pedestal, it is really hard.

Kevin and Tennille were disqualified immediately for failing to plate their calamari, while Dave and Suzanne won the challenge for being the only pair to correctly identify passion fruit sauce, as the other two used starfruit.

Ariel continued to struggle to stay in sync with the others, and Suzanne annoyed her teammates by refusing to plate dishes thinking she'd get the blame if they were poorly done.

Reward/punishment: Kevin and Ariel joined Fairchild and Ramsay at the Shutters on the Beach Hotel in Santa Monica for a photo shoot for a future issue of Bon Appétit and their entrees would be featured in that night's service.

Ramsay eliminated Suzanne, feeling that she was on seemingly unsalvageable downward spiral, and had run out of chances after being nominated for the fourth time, much to the relief of Tennille and the remaining chefs.

After Tennille broke down in tears, Ramsay continued to praise her during her farewell, calling her the biggest comeback this season, having previously told her no chef had ever cooked meat so well.

Ariel's lychee and plum marinated duck breast atop noodles received mixed reviews; while the flavors were felt to be decent, the sauce was too thin.

Service: Each contestant took turns at the pass, in which they were tested on their leadership, as well as their ability to spot intentional mistakes introduced by sous chefs Scott and Heather.

Ramsay selected first Dave, and then Kevin to advance to the final, eliminating Ariel, who was allowed to keep her jacket as a token of her hard work and progression until that point.