Despite that, the Sous Chefs won by a mile over the black jackets. Later, he was caught plating his mashed potatoes even though Ramsay said that was his responsibility. While he said that he liked to move fast and furious, he was late on a chicken order. For the first time ever, he and Sous Chef Andi competed against the black jackets and cooked in the red kitchen.
After dinner service, he was sent by Ramsay to gather the blue team after they were ejected from dinner service. On episode 1, he supervised the blue team's punishment and showed them where to place all the boxes in the dorms.
On episode 11, James explained to the red team how hard it was to balance family life and a cooking career, and admitted how tough it was to make sacrifices.When it was revealed that Anthony did not read the invoice correctly, he forced the men to bring back the unneeded ice. On episode 14, James got curious when the blue team took in a lot of ice during their delivery punishment.On episode 11, he sent Jon and Zach out on tricycles to deliver champagne to the red team as part of their punishment.On episode 6, he visited the men at the dorms, brought the raw halibut that got them kicked out of the kitchen, berated them for making him look like a dickhead in front of Ramsay despite hanging 18 hours that day with them, and left by saying he could not work with them anymore.Biography Main highlights per season Season 11