Chef Gordon Ramsay picks a winner in the Season 6 finale following the final dinner challenge, but first there's another dinner challenge to pare the field to two. And before that, the three remaining chefs must prepare dishes from around the world that are judged by an international panel of culinary experts. The challenge winner's family gets to sample those recipes, prepared by executive chefs.
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The final four chefs meet a diminutive version of Chef Ramsay, British child actor-impressionist Felix Light (aka "Little Gordon Ramsay"), then must feed 80 other youngsters---and do it without serving meat. At dinner service, two chefs have a bad night and one goes home.
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The five remaining chefs face an individual challenge: make a dish that looks as good as it tastes. Experts from Bon Appétit magazine help Ramsay with the judging, and the winner gets an evening out with Ramsay and Bon Appétit editor Barbara Fairchild at a Santa Monica luxury hotel.
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The field is pared to five in a two-hour episode that also sees the red and blue teams merge. But first, Winter Olympic medalists Sasha Cohen and Jonny Moseley judge dishes the contestants prepare using items flown in from Whistler, B.C., site of the restaurant the winner is slated to run. Later, the chefs must re-create dishes they've tasted. Also appearing (and dining with the contestants): Season 4 winner Christina Machamer and L.A. restaurateur Mark Peel.
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The eight remaining chefs make crepes, with the winners dining at a French restaurant while the losers prepare for a French-themed dinner service. One chef is injured during the prep time, and three others can't make it through the service.
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The nine remaining chefs take a blind taste test. The winners score a dinner date with Chef Ramsay---in a darkened dining room where they can't see what they're eating. Later, meat and potatoes problems (raw meat and no potatoes) mar the dinner service.
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The 10 remaining chefs must roll dice to determine ingredients for their challenge dish, with the winning team earning a trip to Las Vegas. Later, chefs from Gordon Ramsay's restaurants participate in the dinner service, which is marred by repeated mistakes and a bossy teammate.
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The 11 remaining contestants must plan three-course meals that total only 700 calories. The winning team gets volleyball pointers from 2000 Olympian Annett Davis during a day at the beach, while the losers prep both kitchens. At dinner service, one chef snaps back at Chef Ramsay and another is rushed to the emergency room.
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The 12 remaining chefs must plan menus for a gastronomic salute to a returning U.S. marine, with the losing team having to clean and decorate the dining room for the party under the direction of Gordon Ramsay's wife, Tana. Later, cold food during dinner service heats up Chef Ramsay's temper.
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The challenge facing the 14 contestants: make perfectly portioned 6-inch sausages. At dinner service, Drew Lachey, John O'Hurley, Tom Green, Melinda Clarke, Chris "Kid" Reid and Kristy Swanson are among the diners being served cold and salty food. Chef Ramsay isn't amused.
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The 14 remaining chefs are awoken in the middle of the night and ordered to prepare a spaghetti dinner for hungry firefighters. The team that serves up the food first wins; the losers must wash and wax fire engines. Later, two contestants are injured and are rushed to the hospital.
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Conclusion of sixth-season premiere. Spring 2009 contestant Robert, who withdrew for health reasons, returns---and is assigned to the women's team---as the 15 remaining chefs prepare for a seafood-accented dinner service by deveining shrimp. Some do it better than others, but not well enough to stand out at the dinner service, which proves to be a disaster. But it's not as disastrous as the elimination sequence that follows.
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Sixteen new contestants get a crack at culinary stardom---and a shot at a head chef's job in the Canadian resort town of Whistler, B.C., a 2010 Winter Olympics event site. In the Season 6 opener, the red and blue teams prepare their signature dishes, but in a departure from past seasons this is now a team effort. Then it's on to the first dinner service (predictably a disaster) before the first chef is eliminated and an old friend returns. The second dinner service is even more disastrous.
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