After barely surviving the opening night of the Hell's Kitchen restaurant and fumbling their way through night two, the remaining contestants have gotten more than a taste of the wrath of Chef Ramsay - and hungry patrons. As the contestants prepare for their third dinner service, the pressure of Hell's Kitchen is too much for one of the wannabe chefs, who chooses to leave HK and hang up their apron for good. But the choice is Ramsay's for another unlucky contestant whose goose is cooked on HELL'S KITCHEN.

On the restaurant's fifth night, HELL'S KITCHEN gets a taste of Italy as the contestants not only make, but serve, an entire Italian-themed menu. After a tense competition in the afternoon, one team is rewarded with an afternoon outing with Chef Ramsay. Later at the dinner service, the participants' competitive nature comes to a head as one team deliberately sabotages the other while a contestant makes a decision that shocks both the red and blue teams. At the end of the night, Ramsay tells an unlucky contestant to "fugget-about-it" and kicks them out of HELL'S KITCHEN.