In the end, Milly and Nick were the closest to Ramsay's original dish, and they were rewarded with a black jacket each and spending the rest of the day in the Black Jacket Lounge. The first challenge was a Taste It Now Make It Challenge, where the chefs had to taste Ramsay's dish and recreate it in 40 minutes. The same process as the previous season was used. In episode 12, 7 chefs competed in this challenge. In the end, Ramsay broke the tiebreaker in favor of Kimberly, giving her the last black jacket of the season, and automatically eliminating Andrew. After, Ramsay asked the black jacket chefs to do a blind taste judging, which resulted in a tie at 2. For their final challenge, they had three minutes to gather ingredients from a food market and create two small dishes in 30 minutes.

Ryan and Paulie won the round, and got the same reward, leaving Andrew and Kimberly. During the second challenge, the remaining chefs had to create a dish using the same six ingredients given to them. In the end, Heidi and Heather won the challenge and were rewarded with a black jacket each, and spending the rest of the day in the Black Jacket Lounge. Ramsay revealed the challenge would be divided into three parts, and the winners of each part would get a black jacket, while the remaining chefs would advance to the next part until one of them would finally be eliminated.ĭuring the first challenge, the chefs had to create a dish using ingredients from domes Ramsay gave them in 30 minutes. In episode 13, 6 chefs competed in this challenge. The remaining chefs had to make the lunch. Also, she received immunity for the following service, a spot in the brand-new Hell's Kitchen Calendar, and lunch with the judges. In the end, Joy won the challenge with a total of 19 points and was rewarded with the first black jacket of the season.

Each judge gave a point based on a 1-5 scale. Season 3 winner Rock, Season 9 winner Paul, and Season 10 contestant Dana were invited as guest judges. He gave them 45 minutes to create a dish of their choice. Ramsay announced in a press conference they would compete in an individual challenge to get the first black jacket. In episode 15, this challenge happened for the first time, with 7 chefs remaining.

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