Hello again, and here is Chapter 11 of Tartarus Kitchen, enjoy.
Recap: Previously on Tartarus kitchen, our final 9 chefs took part in a blind tasting challenge, it was the blue team versus the red team versus Applejack, and Applejack managed to be successful on the challenge alone, and she picked the blue team to join her on the reward.
In the service it was a slight success, both teams were the same, and Ramsay asked Applejack to nominate one member from each team for Elimination, she nominated Big Mac from the red team, and Zephyr from the blue team, and in the end it was Zephyr who was eliminated, and 8 chefs remain, Applejack returned to the blue team to give them full support.
8 Chefs Remaining.
Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Derpy, Vinyl, Fluttershy, Micro Chips, Pinkie Pie and Big Mac sat down in the dorms after elimination, they had just watched Zephyr Breeze leave tartarus kitchen.
" Can't say I'll miss him, but, I'll only give a little respect for now, for making it this far, because it was a surprise he didn't get kicked off first", said Rainbow Dash.
" I think he was focusing on something else rather than the victory, like if he won, he'd probably live in a penthouse, travel in limo's and hang out with other women", said Fluttershy.
Applejack then approached her older brother.
" Hey Big Mac, no hard feelings about me nominating you tonight, right", said Applejack.
" Eenope", said Big Mac.
" Thanks Sugarcube, I had to chose you, because no offense, in your team, the other three, Pinkie Pie, Micro Chips, and even Fluttershy are doing better in this competition than you are at the moment", said Applejack.
" I understand, and I'll try to improve myself so I won't be put up again", said Big Mac.
The eight chefs lined up and faced Ramsay.
" Today we'll be doing a simple challenge, another head to head challenge, one chef from each team will make a different protein, from either lamb, chicken, fish, or pork, each of you will also be given a different starch, from either rice, potatoes, couscous, or sweet potato, and then there are vegetables to go with it, carrots, cauliflower, corn and Spinach, you'll be given these ingredients at random, the team who presents the best dishes will win", said Ramsay.
For the proteins, Vinyl and Pinkie Pie got Lamb, Derpy and Fluttershy got chicken, Rainbow Dash and Big Mac got Fish, and Applejack and Micro Chips got pork.
For the Starch, Vinyl and Micro Chips got rice, Applejack and Pinkie Pie got potatoes, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy got couscous, and Derpy and Big Mac got sweet potato.
And for the vegetables, Applejack and Fluttershy got carrots, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie got cauliflower, Micro Chips and Derpy got corn, and Vinyl and Big mac got Spinach.
30 minutes later, each chef presented their dish.
In the red team, Pinkie Pie presented a Roast Lamb with Baked Potatoes and Cauliflower Cheese on the side, fascinated on a nice dinner to have on a Sunday afternoon, he gave it a 5 out of 5.
Micro Chips was next, he presented pork slices, with rice and corn, Ramsay gave him a 4 out of 5.
Fluttershy was next, she presented a Crumbed pan fried chicken, with couscous and chopped carrots, Ramsay gave her a 1 for a messy presentation, under cooked chicken, and especially under cooked couscous, much to her embarrassment, the only thing right was the carrots.
And finally Big Mac was last, he presented a Fried Fish, with Sweet Potato Chips and Spinach for garnish, Ramsay gave him a 5 out of 5.
Despite one of them having a disastrous dish, the red team scored a total of 15 out of 20, the blue team needs to score 16 or more to win, that's on average 4 per chef.
Vinyl was first, she presented a pan fried lamb, with sauce, lamb sauce to be precise, with rice and corn, Ramsay presented her with a 1 out of 5 for raw lamb.
Rainbow Dash was next, she presented a Fried Fish and normal chips from potatoes, unaware Big Mac did the same due to being in different kitchens, and she used Cauliflower for Garnish, Ramsay gave her a 4 out of 5.
Derpy was next, She made a crispy chicken, with mashed sweet potato, and corn, Ramsay gave her a 5 out of 5.
Applejack was last, if she get's a 5 in her dish, the teams will be tied, she made a Roast pork, with roasted potatoes, and roasted carrots, despite also loving them on a Sunday afternoon, Ramsay presented her with a 4.
The blue teams total is 14 out of 20.
" Congratulations Red team, you win today's challenge", said Ramsay.
The red team cheered.
" For your reward, you'll be dining at the 5 star restaurant in Silver shores, while looking at the Amazing Sunset from the hills, enjoy yourselves", said Ramsay.
" Blue team, your punishment tonight is delivery day, a truck full of carrots, potatoes and other kinds of veggies that needed to be peeled, chopped, etc", said Ramsay.
Vinyl, Rainbow Dash, Derpy and Applejack began peeling the vegetables.
" Hopefully, we'll get our act together and win, hopefully we will this time", said Applejack.
" Let me guess, because we have you on the team", said Rainbow Dash.
" No, because don't you find it odd, that usually the team that wins the reward challenges have also failed the service afterwards", said Applejack.
" True, but it could just be a coincidence", said Derpy.
" I have a theory, that the rewards are a distraction, that they'd be so focused on them, it would distract them from their service, so they need to overcome them", said Applejack.
" That's right, so I guess you weren't a good luck charm after all, otherwise we would've won today's challenge, and wouldn't be doing this", said Rainbow Dash.
" Oh maybe it's a good thing we failed, since whoever wins the rewards usually fail the service", said Applejack.
" So either you're a good luck charm, or the rewards are a bad luck charm", said Derpy.
" It's just a theory, but I am certain, we're close to the rest of the black jackets being handed out, and if you three want to join me in that victory, you're going to have to listen to me from now on", said Applejack.
It was about to be service number ten, the final eight chefs began prepping in their stations.
In the red kitchen, we have Fluttershy on Appetizers, Pinkie Pie on Meat, Big Mac on Fish, and Micro Chips on Garnish.
In the blue kitchen, we have Vinyl on Meat, Rainbow Dash on Fish, Derpy on Garnish, and Applejack back to Appetizers.
" Jacques, open up tartarus kitchen", said Ramsay.
It was 7:00 PM, dinner service has began, customers began arriving, meals were cooking, orders were filled.
At least for the first 25 minutes the momentum was going well.
" Derpy, why are we waiting on the Garnish, I'm supposed to supposed to have sides on the Sea bass", said Ramsay.
" It's coming chef", said Derpy.
" Well hurry up please", said Ramsay.
" Yes Chef", said Derpy.
15 minutes later.
" Big Mac, look at this", said Ramsay showing Big Mac a pan with fish cooking.
" Visually, what's wrong with it", said Ramsay.
" It's cooked well, now burnt or under cooked", said Big Mac.
" I know but, there's too much oil, ease up", said Ramsay.
" Sorry Chef", said Big Mac.
Another 15 minutes went by.
" Come on Fluttershy, the rice in the risotto was under cooked, last time you were on the appetizer station, you were at risk of elimination", said Ramsay.
Once again another 15 minutes went by.
" Vinyl, the pork Chop is badly burnt, make a new one", said Ramsay.
25 minutes went by, and the service was over halfway done.
" Damn it Micro Chips, with chips in your name, I expected delicious chips from you, but they're crap, start again", said Ramsay.
15 minutes went by.
" And instead of making better chips after I told him the last ones are shit, he make more shit chips, damn it Micro, are the wires in your brain malfunctioning", said Ramsay.
" No chef", said Micro Chips.
" THEN WAKE UP", shouted Ramsay.
" Yes Chef", said Micro Chips.
5 minutes later.
" Micro, Fluttershy, Pinkie and Mac, come here, all four of you", said Ramsay.
The four chefs from the red kitchen approached him.
" I expected better, do you guys seriously not want black jackets", said Ramsay.
" We do chef", said Fluttershy.
" Then none of you stop sending me shit food, Big Mac just sent me a Salmon 30 seconds ago, and IT'S F*CKING RAW", screamed Ramsay.
10 minutes later.
" And now Pinkie's messing up on the Meat station, I asked for Chicken, she sent me a duck, red team, in the storage room now", said Ramsay.
One by one, Micro Chips, Big Mac, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie went the storage room, Ramsay went in slamming the door behind him.
" Okay, first off, Fluttershy had sent an under cooked Risotto, then Micro Chips is f*cking up big time on the garnish, then Big Mac is sending me raw fish, and now Pinkie is getting mixed up on the poultry, this is just like opening night, and I've just about had enough, all four of you f*ck off upstairs", said Ramsay.
Half an hour later.
" Please don't this to me Applejack, nobody's ordered risotto anymore", said Ramsay.
" Sorry Chef", said Applejack.
It was then 10:00 PM, service ended, and customers left.
The eight chefs lined up facing Ramsay.
" Red team, that was embarrassing, as it turns out, all of you are useless without Applejack, however, red team, it will be one of you that will be leaving tonight, for failing service before it even finished, and we are going to make that decision now", said Ramsay, much to the shock of the team.
" But we haven't even have time to discuss our nominees", argued Micro Chips.
" Shut it, instead of selecting the best of the worst, all four of you are going to individually tell me, who in your team should leave", said Ramsay, he then turned to Big Mac.
" Big Mac, who do you think should leave tartarus kitchen, and why", said Ramsay.
" Micro Chips, based on his disaster in the garnish station", said Big Mac.
" Fluttershy, who do you think should leave, and why", said Ramsay.
" I agree with Big Mac, I think Micro, on his performance tonight", said Fluttershy.
" Micro Chips, who do you think should leave, and why", said Ramsay.
" Big Mac, on his performance in the fish station", said Micro Chips.
" Pinkie Pie, who do you think should leave, and why", said Ramsay.
" Big Mac, for wasting oil", said Pinkie Pie.
" Okay, so between Big Mac and Micro Chips, Fluttershy and Pinkie, I will spare you two for now, in the meantime, Big Mac, Micro Chips, step forward", said Ramsay.
Big Mac and Micro Chips did so.
" Micro Chips, why should I spare you and not Big Mac", said Ramsay.
" I've only been nominated once, he's been nominated four times now, I haven't given up", said Micro Chips.
" Big Mac, why should I spare you and not Micro", said Ramsay.
" My performance tonight was embarrassing, but I've also been a supportive team player", said Big Mac.
" This is you fourth nomination", said Ramsay.
" I know, but two of them was against the same person, Zephyr, and one of them was to take part in the cook for your life challenge, I've developed a lot more since", said Big Mac.
" Okay, I've heard enough, I've made my decision, the person leaving tartarus kitchen tonight is...
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... Big Mac", said Ramsay.
Big Mac then stood in front of Ramsay, removing his jacket.
" You are a strong player, and a worthy farmer, but you are ready to be worthy of being my chosen head chef, thanks for your time", said Ramsay.
Big Mac's final comment, " I knew it had to happen eventually, I expected it to be now, four nominations even if some chefs before me went through five or more nominees, it isn't easy to do, all I can say now is best of luck to my sister, me and the family are routing for ya, as well as Ma and Pa if they were still here, Eeyup".
Meanwhile, Ramsay turned to the others.
" Well, our final seven, the lucky seven, but soon it'll be six, get some, tomorrow's a big day", said Ramsay.
The seven chefs headed to their dorms, while Ramsay headed to his office, and hung Big Mac's jacket.
Ramsay's final comment, " I gave him four chances to prove himself worthy, he was given a new one each time he was nominated, but now, enough was enough, was he the one I'm looking for, the answer's clear, Eenope".
8th Place: Big Macintosh.
7 chefs remaining.
And that's it, another chapter finished, and Big Mac is out of the contest, only seven chefs remain, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Derpy, Vinyl and Micro Chips, and out of the seven, six of them will be seen in black jackets by the end of the next chapter, we already know Applejack has one already, so that still leaves five more to give away, all we know is that there is only one more chef to eliminate and keep from winning the black jacket, until next time, that's all for now.
