The twelfth episode of Season 4 of Hell's Kitchen aired on Fox, on June 17, 2008. On that episode, 80 hidden customers also ate with their hosts during the challenge, one chef made an unforgivable mistake twice at dinner service, and a disrespectful loud-mouth is finally eliminated.
Intro[]
While going back to the dorms, Christina acknowledged the elimination was tough, but the fact of having Jen still there was not pleasant as she would become even more vicious and out for herself. Jen was happy to have made it to the final four, but thought at that point, her competition would be threatened by her and that it was probably the time to make some friends. On the patio, Jen thanked Christina for her honesty at elimination, saying she did not feel insulted whatsoever about what she did because she did what she had to do. Corey said it was crunch time as everybody was out there trying to make themselves look good, but that everybody would be out for themselves anyway.
After Jen left the conversation, Christina questioned if she really meant what she just said, but Corey felt Jen was fake. She apologized about feeling that, but also declared she was tired of worrying about everybody else's feeling and walking on eggshells. She also realized that if she would not step up as a leader, she would be kicked out. Then, Corey declared to Christina and Petrozza they would have to get rid of Jen, but Christina said the final four was interesting and did not know if she could trust anybody. In her room, Jen unpacked her bags, saying it was not time for her to go.
Individual challenge[]
The next morning, the remaining chefs lined up in the dining room, where Ramsay reminded them the ultimate prize, which was an Executive Chef position at his brand new London West Hollywood, in Los Angeles. Then, he stated that everything they would do was critical and the competition just turned up a notch. After that, he introduced the 80 Portions Pregnant Women Challenge, where each chef had one hour to cook 80 portions of one dish to serve to 80 very demanding customers, with their votes influencing who would win.
When the countdown began, the four chefs ran into the kitchens and started to prepare their dishes. Christina decided to prepare an island turkey sandwich with avocado. During that process, she feared the customers would be children as she did not think green avocado was a children's favorite. Corey made a grilled salmon BLT sandwich on a toasted brioche with vegetables on the side. She was confident, saying she could pull it off. On his side, Petrozza decided to make a Monte Cristo sandwich with ham, turkey, and a spicy sauce. He was worried of keeping the sip toned down to please the masses. Finally, Jen prepared a Calypso grouper, containing a mango salsa on the side. When Ramsay announced there was 30 minutes to go, Jen and Petrozza acknowledged it was not a lot of time. In the red kitchen, Corey acknowledged she was not very well organized, as she had trouble taking off the skin of her salmon and dropping a zucchini to the floor, and wondered what happened to her. She also took a look at Christina and noticed she was calm as a cucumber and even being silly. With 10 minutes left, Jen commented Petrozza's dish, saying it would provoke a heart attack because it was dipped in eggs, and that her dish looked a lot better. Petrozza put his sandwiches in pans, saying it was do or die for him. With 2 minutes left, Ramsay told the chefs to start plating their dishes, and Corey to move. He also motivated Petrozza, and Jen motivated herself. The chefs went to their stations in the dining room to get their plates on their tables with the help of Jean-Philippe, but Corey was the only one who was not ready yet. When time was over, she was only having a dozen of plates on her table, and Ramsay asked Jean-Philippe to let the customers in.
When the customers entered, Ramsay told he lied when he told the chefs would serve 80 customers because they would serve 160 as the customers were pregnant women. Jen felt relieved, saying that pregnant women would eat pretty much anything. While serving the customers, Corey ran back in the kitchen to get more plates, with the pregnant women being very impatient. Corey declared it was the worst challenge ever, and was upset because if the customers were men, she could use it to her advantage, but instead, they were bitchy pregnant women. While she was in the kitchen, Christina went to her station to serve the women who were still waiting, saying she was trying to pimp herself out there. Petrozza was charming the customers, acting a little bit like a salesman, and revealing he was a father himself. Jen was confident as she had the most complicated dish, and said that because the other chefs made sandwiches, her chances of winning were good. Meanwhile, Corey was still in the kitchen preparing and plating her sandwiches, and Ramsay schooled her for being slower than everybody else. Finally, she came in the dining room with some more plates, and on his side, Petrozza declared he could see the light at the end of the tunnel.
After the lunch, Ramsay thanked the pregnant women for helping declare the winner of the challenge, while jokingly congratulated them for not giving birth. Then, everybody applauded, and Ramsay announced the results. First, he declared Corey was having the worst dish, which she was not happy about it, saying that Ramsay would see a roller coaster ride going down from that moment on. After that, Jen was declared ranking in third place, which shocked her because she thought she put a great dish. Then, before announcing who the winner was, Ramsay revealed that only two votes separated the winner from the runner-up. Christina was declared the winner, and Petrozza was really heartbroken as he lost by only two votes. Ramsay concluded by thanking the women and asking Jean-Philippe to escort them outside.
Reward[]
For her second consecutive challenge win, Christina was rewarded with a trip to Beverly Hills with Ramsay, where she would blow over $1000 on a shopping spree at the most amazing boutiques. She was excited and ran to the dorms so she could get changed. On her way, she declared her three years of experience paid off as she was kicking asses in individual challenges. During the limousine ride to Beverly Hills, Christina was happy to have some one-on-one time with Ramsay, thinking it would boost her chances of winning. Both of them arrived at the Lisa Kline boutique, where they were greeted by Lisa Kline herself, who helped Christina picking the right clothes. Christina declared she was needing it as she was clueless in fashion. When she came out of the fitting room with her first dress on, Ramsay said she was looking great. After that, she put many more dresses on, with Ramsay impressed by all of them, leading Christina to think that he started flirting with her. At the end, she got to pay, but she said her bags were too heavy, while wishing for many more days like that to come to her in the future.
Punishment[]
Jen, Petrozza and Corey were punished by cleaning the dining room ahead of that night's dinner service, followed by prepping the red kitchen. When Jen learned what Christina's reward would be, she became envious, saying she was more fashionable than Christina and that it would have been the perfect reward for her. After a heartbreaking loss, Petrozza declared he did not want to clean the dining room. During the punishment, Petrozza was still complaining about the two votes that separated him from the win, Jen was eating the remaining food, and Corey was jealous of Christina as she was enjoying shopping herself. She also added that Ramsay picked the wrong girl to go on that reward as Christina was the least fashionable person of the remaining contestants. While they were cleaning the silverware, Petrozza tried to be friend with Jen, but she was not interested, saying she came there to win, not to make friends.
Before service[]
When Christina came back from her reward, the three punished chefs were still cleaning silverware. She showed them her new clothes before getting to the dorms and change, but none of them were impressed. After she left, Jen even stated her new clothes were ugly and that she was licking asses. Petrozza thought Corey and Jen were boiling, while acknowledging the game was becoming vicious.
While Christina was changing into her black jacket, the three other chefs began prep, determined to shine. In the dorms, Christina was feeling good as she won yet another challenge, and thought that it would show in service. Corey thought she could use her reward to her advantage as Christina would still think she would be on clouds. When Christina entered the kitchen, her teammates were really unresponsive when she asked what she could do. Jen said that the competition at that moment was everybody for themselves. Christina thought their behavior was a little cold when she asked the same question for a fourth time. Then, Christina took her frustration on a ice bag that she pounded to the ground, but eventually, Petrozza helped her, even though acknowledging it sucked that she won, saying that it was still teamwork first. Corey also helped her, telling it was not about winning challenges, but winning Hell's Kitchen.
When the chefs were lined up, Ramsay reminded them the competition would get tougher as they were now only four left. He also told that each of them were having a chance of winning the prize, and that they had to work as a team while emerging as individuals. After, the chefs got on their stations, and Ramsay asked Jean-Philippe to open Hell's Kitchen.
Dinner service[]
When the first ticket was called out, Ramsay told Jen to put the risotto on. Jen stated that she would be trying to prove herself, now that they were down to the final four, and that she had to take care of her business and man it up. Jen told Corey to fire her scallops, which she did. Corey revealed she was not feeling safe at that point, and that she had to give a great performance in order to stay in the competition. Both of them communicated well, giving time on their respective dishes. Corey's scallops were beautifully cooked, and Jen brought her first risotto a few seconds later, and it was stunning. Ramsay praised that, saying it was the best start they ever had.
25 minutes into service, appetizers were flying out of the kitchen. Everybody was eager to give a good service as all of them wanted a spot in the final three. Jen brought another risotto to the pass, but it was mush. Ramsay schooled her on that mistake, asking her if she gave up and doing her risotto himself while telling her to understand what he was saying. Her second attempt at the risotto was excellent, which Ramsay said it was confirming how lazy she was because of her inconsistency. Jen acknowledged Ramsay was not playing any game, and the team moved on to entrées. Petrozza and Corey brought their entrées to the pass, with Ramsay saying Corey's salmon was beautifully cooked, and then, a minor fire erupted in one of Christina's pans. Ramsay asked for the salmon garnish, and Christina brought her carrot purée to the pass, but did not tell Ramsay that the handle of the pot was sitting over the fire. That led to Ramsay burning his hand when he placed it on the handle, and told Christina to not look stupid like some thick cow, before going to the sink and rinse his hands. When he came back to the hot plate, he told her to say something if a handle was over the flame. Christina acknowledged the mistake and promised it would not happen again. But, when she brought her second garnish to the pass, she did the same mistake and Ramsay burned himself for the second time. He was furious about the situation while rinsing his hands once again, and pulled Christina over to show her how hot the handle was. So, he poured water over the handle and it sizzled, leading Ramsay to tell her once again to say something if a handle was over the flame. Despite that problem, Ramsay asked the team to start the table over.
After that, Corey and Jen had to communicate well to finish the appetizers, but when Corey asked Jen for a time, she was slow to answer and declared she was only concentrating on one risotto, without frying the quail eggs as asked to. Christina was given the proof that Jen was not a team player and fried the eggs herself. She also accepted to send the eggs for Corey, but they became burnt as a minor fire erupted on the garnish station, so she dedicated Corey to get some more quail eggs in the back store. Ramsay impatiently asked for the scallops and the eggs, but when Jen said they needed two scallops, Corey told she and Christina were fucked already with the eggs. Ramsay told Jen to be a team player and that she had to think about the team before herself. After he told her that, she broke some eggs, and Corey said she was sneaky and wanted to shine in front of Ramsay without caring who she was hurting along the way. Despite that, all the appetizers went out after an hour.
When the teams moved on to entrées, Corey was dragging behind by a couple of minutes, but Ramsay wanted the John Dory, so she sent it, thinking she would be yelled at anyway. After a nervous wait, Ramsay plated her entrée and served it, making her smile. However, it did not stay in the dining room very long as it was returned for being undercooked. Ramsay told her John Dory was raw, and she acknowledged that when someone would be 10% not sure of themselves in Hell's Kitchen, it would come back to bite in the ass. Ramsay said that everything was perfect so far, but she was dropping standards like Jen was. Corey gave 30 seconds on her John Dory refire, and when she sent it to the pass, it was accepted. After that, Petrozza sent a nicely cooked order of beef to the pass, and the team started to get back on tracks. However, Ramsay caught Petrozza having a very dirty and disorganized station, and he told him to clean his station as he did not want beautifully cooked meat on a messy station. Petrozza gave ten seconds for his Wellingtons to be ready and started counting out loud. When he brought his filet mignons to the pass, Ramsay deemed them absolutely beautiful, and told him he did not care any longer if he was working on a messy station, with Petrozza being happy that he was now seeing over the mess.
An hour and a half into service, almost all the customers received their entrées. Ramsay motivated the team, which rallied to complete service by sending desserts out. The service was completed, Ramsay told the chefs to switch their stoves off, but Petrozza said it would suck because one of them would go home that night.
Post-mortem[]
When the chefs were lined up, Ramsay congratulated all of them for having a great service, by giving each of them a high-five. Petrozza was happy that Ramsay was finally having a sense of humor after cursing and yelling at them, saying it was phenomenal. Ramsay continued by not only saying the dinner service was the best in Hell's Kitchen's history, but that most importantly, they bounced back. However, he brought the chefs down to Earth by asking them to come to a group consensus on which two of them should be nominated for elimination.
On the patio, Christina said it sucked, with Petrozza saying the same thing, but then he reminded half of them would go up, and Corey asked how they would figure it out. Then, Jen said she was getting her heart out, but Petrozza called her a cold bitch saying she was feeling having a heart because she knew her ass would go on the chopping block. After that, Corey suggested to put down two names on pieces of paper, without repeating the same name twice. While compiling the votes, Corey noticed that Christina's name was put down three times, and concluded that because she did not put her, and Christina did not put herself, somebody wrote her name twice. Jen was immediately given responsibility for that, but she left to her room so she could pack her bags, stating she did not need to be nominated and that people were putting her up because they were threatened by her, thinking nobody there deserved the prize more than she did. On the patio, the three remaining contestants talked about how they could get rid of Jen, deciding who should be nominated with her. Petrozza did not bother going up, but Corey felt she was deserving more to be nominated than him. She did not feel secure about that plan as she said it could go either way and bite her in the ass.
Elimination[]
Before asking for the nominees, Ramsay thanked the final four for a great service, but reminded them despite that, one of their dream would be shattered. Christina declared Jen was the team's first nominee for being the weakest at that point, and Corey as the second because the team was expecting more of her. After listening to both of their pleas, where Corey said she was a more honest person than Jen and the latter saying she was a great team player, Ramsay told Corey to say goodbye to Jen, who was eliminated for being the weakest link at that point and because of her poor attitude. However, Ramsay praised her growth, her maturity, and told her she finally listened. Jen received a retrospective montage of her run during her exit interview.
After Jen left, Ramsay asked the final three to give each other a hug, jokingly telling that even though Petrozza was fat, he was not that ugly. The final three gave each other a group hug, with Christina saying she was so happy that Jen was gone. Then, Ramsay reminded them about their near perfect service, and told that for the next service, they would have to be even better. Corey acknowledged there was no room for mistakes as she came there to win. After that, Ramsay told Petrozza he was the last man standing once again, with Petrozza not believing he was still there.
Ramsay's comment: "A great chef should not only be consistent with their cooking, but with their attitude. I never knew which Jen I was going to get at dinner service. And that's why it was her time to go."