Reward/punishment: The men rode a hummer limousine to Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach, where they met William Shatner and Billy Sherwood, exciting particularly Brendan and Michael.

The women stayed behind to reset the dining room for dinner service in addition to folding, stuffing and sealing stacks of Hell's Kitchen reservation confirmation letters.

Chrissa didn't do much and wandered around a lot, gradually becoming a distraction to her team until Ramsay ordered her to go and help T on tableside while Meghan took over on garnish, after which appetizers got out quickly.

On entrees, Bret and Milly recovered after serving up a raw lamb and the men finished the first service, leaving Ramsay fairly happy with their performance.

When Ramsay saw them joined by Alison, Meghan, Mieka, and T on meat yet still weren't able to push it out, he ejected the women, marking the first time since Season 7 that the men won the opening dinner service.

Elimination: While the rest of the women deliberated, Chrissa broke a glass trying to make coffee, leading her teammates to believe she was in over her head and not taking her place in Hell's Kitchen seriously.

This also meant that most of them had to in fact learn how to navigate a rowboat; the men coped with this better, getting back first and earning themselves a 30-second head start for the next part of the challenge, where the teams were split into pairs to present 10 perfect crab cake dishes after they shucked, sautéed, and plated them.

The men hand-prepped fish for dinner service and had peanut butter and jellyfish sandwiches for lunch (which Bret refused to eat, as he felt he should be exempt due to scoring the blue team's only point).

The women were backed up from the start by Mieka failing to produce an acceptable risotto, while T burned a flatbread pizza, and Alison and Monique overcooked scallops and blamed each other.

After Christine and Mieka brought up a dry risotto and overcooked pasta on the final table of appetizers, the entire team was ejected; Sarah made the situation worse by asking under her breath if they could try again.

Bret remained visibly angry throughout the punishment, and nearly provoked a major argument with his teammates after he openly accused them of being content to lose the challenges.

The women got through appetizers without much trouble except for Sarah burning scallops and Michelle needlessly adding extra salt to Alison's macaroni and cheese, rendering it inedible.

Tied 4-4 going into the final round, T beat Bret on calzone due to the latter's having raw dough, resulting in the women winning their fourth consecutive challenge, 5-4.

Despite Ramsay criticizing Sarah for not bouncing back, he eliminated Monique for her refusal to admit her mistakes, being totally shunned by her team, and lack of improvement over five services.

While her abrasive leadership continued to annoy her teammates, the women got through the rest of the service without a single dish being rejected, and with Meghan and Alison doing especially well on the fish and the meat stations.

Meghan and T were flawless on appetizers, but Alison served raw lobster and burned her poaching butter, forcing her to make a new batch and further holding up the team.

Ramsay ejected the women after Sarah overcooked lamb and burned chicken while Christine served garlicky lentils, before calling in the men to finish their remaining eight tables.

In the liquor round, Meghan's pan seared duck breast got praise for the presentation, but only scored 9 points due to lack of acidity.

The women had an almost flawless service except for Christine getting confused over what appetizer was on order, and Alison serving raw lamb and then blaming it on Michelle, but both of them recovered quickly.

After Adam overcooked and undercooked lamb while Randy sent soggy fish, Ramsay ejected the men and told them to nominate two people for elimination, while the women would finish their service.

Reward/punishment: The men attended a show at Pirate's Dinner Adventure in Buena Park, while the women had to decorate the dining room and make bead necklaces for all 200 guests from scratch, with the homecoming committee supervising them.

Ramsay decided to send Randy back in line and told Josh to give him his jacket, only to swap him to the women in exchange for Meghan, hoping she could whip them into shape, much to their delight.

Alison got her risotto out without any problems, but Randy cooked portions in separate pans, leading to them being seasoned differently, and then didn't notice that Milly accidentally put out 16 plates instead of the 12 required.

On entrees, Nick served scorched, dried salmon, and Meghan made a rare mistake for her with a raw New York strip, but the blue team completed their final orders with no further problems.

Reward/punishment: Nick and Michelle were rewarded with a trip in an amphibious car to the RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach, where they had lunch, while the others had to separate recyclables from the trash.

Ramsay also volunteered them to cook 150 lb (68 kg) of mashed potatoes from scratch to donate to the organization Midnight Mission (this especially hit Milly hard, because he had been homeless three times before in his life).

After much thought, Ramsay eliminated Josh due to his long downward spiral, much to everyone else's relief and delight, but praised him for his passion as well for bouncing back on after a string of bad services.

Challenge: The chefs had 45 minutes to cook small dishes for the guests at a private concert, which featured a performance by the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music orchestra.

Challenge: Ramsay brought the final four to Bristol Farms, where each chef was given $25 and 10 minutes to find the ingredients to create a good vegetarian dish.

Milly ran first, and despite failing to spot crab in a risotto instead of lobster, he received praise for his leadership, and pointed out mistakes the other chefs had made.