- Chef Ramsay foregoes the teams and forces the five remaining contestants to work together. They are sent to a high school where they are given one hour to cook for 100 students. In the end, one contestant wins a trip to Sin City, one gets a kitchen utensil thrown at them and two contestants go home.
- Ramsay congratulated the chefs with champagne flutes, then sprayed them with champagne, with Josh being the only one brave enough to catch it in his mouth. He then told them to go upstairs and put on their black jackets, as they were all now one team.
Challenge: Each chef, individually had to prepare 100 portions of a dish for "trendsetters" with meals planned at least one week in advance. They later learned the "trendsetters" was a high school class at Alhambra High School in Alhambra, California. Rock made Kobe beef hamburgers, Josh did salmon with pineapple salsa, Jen served baked chicken fettuccine with an herbed butter sauce, Bonnie made fried goat cheese on salad, and Julia prepared a grilled chicken and cheese sandwich with onion rings. Julia won the challenge with 51% of the votes, and her prize was to visit the Green Valley Ranch. She was allowed to pick one chef to go with her and eventually chose Jen.
Reward/punishment: Jen and Julia got a chance to see the Green Valley Ranch Resort, and also went to the Red Rock Resort to meet Heather West, the winner of season 2 who gave them recipes she had created for her restaurant, and tips for the competition. The others had to clean the dining room.
Service: During prep, Bonnie threw away monkfish she thought was rancid and MaryAnn quickly berated her, as it was the entire stock of monkfish, and it was in fact fresh. The united black team was tasked with serving all 100 tables in the restaurant. Josh got off to a bad start by cooking risottos and spaghetti ahead of order. Julia forgot to serve garnish for beef wellingtons and monkfish and talked back to Ramsay. Even Rock overcooked some scallops early in the service, and Ramsay told him he had hit "rock-bottom" after forgetting to cook a turbot. As service continued, Jen and Bonnie performed strongly, but Rock's short temper once again got the best of him; Jen told him to wait before serving scallops, and thought he said he would, he then served them, making Jen seem behind. A feud later started during the desserts stage when Jen had asked for Rock to leave some ice cream to her side, only for Rock to ignore her request and slam it on a surface. As a result, Jen called Rock an "asshole" and Ramsay had to hit the overhead to break up the argument, to which Rock later admitted privately that he was at fault and apologized to Jen, who forgave him. In the end, the chefs were able to successfully complete dinner service.
Automatic elimination: Josh became the first contestant to be eliminated mid-service, due to his constant inability to serve a successful appetizer. First, he cooked too many portions of risotto and spaghetti at once despite Ramsay telling him not to twice. When one of the risottos that Josh did manage to get out was sent back because it was undercooked, Ramsay reached the end of his patience and furiously ordered Josh to take off his jacket and leave. Josh was shown leaving Hell's Kitchen via the delivery entrance, with his bags.
Elimination: Ramsay made it clear that even though Josh was already eliminated, one other chef would still be sent home tonight. Bonnie was declared the best of service, and had to choose two for elimination. Nominating Rock was predictable as he was disliked by the other three women and quarreled with both Bonnie and in particular Jen over the night, but Bonnie was uncomfortable with putting up either Jen and Julia, as she had become close to them, mainly as they united against Melissa. Bonnie did get along better with Jen while often arguing with Julia; Julia's weak dinner service further made her vulnerable. Eventually, Julia and Rock were nominated. The choice wasn't easy as Ramsay was visibly troubled by the dilemma of picking between a very driven and talented chef (Rock) and a chef that had grown and exhibited great potential (Julia). In the end, Ramsay eliminated Julia, leaving the other contestants shocked and distraught, in particular Bonnie, who later states how guilty about having Julia eliminated. Though in a break from his usual heavy criticism, Ramsay heaped praise on how for she progressed in spite of her Waffle House background. In an unprecedented move so far on Hell's Kitchen, he said he would personally send Julia to culinary school and invite her to come back and win it all once she has finished.
Julia's exit comment: "I'm just trying to do my best. I think that people underestimated me. I know that Chef Ramsay is only hard on us to make us better, because it made me so much better. I know that great things will come on this, you know? Just starting with culinary art school. I made it really far, but I don't want to got home."
Ramsay's comment: "To become a great chef you must have a natural ability. Clearly, Julia does not have it. All she needs is a little more experience. After that, she will be ready to run her own restaurant."
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