This episode's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. (October 2023)

On a night when the restaurant is full, co-owner Liam is wining and dining a group of prospective investors, but Carly abandons the kitchen staff because of a family medical emergency.

New starter Johnny has bluffed his way into the position of chef de partie. His first task is to make a Hollandaise sauce, but he fails after discreetly trying to look up a recipe. The inexperienced newcomer is moved from station to station, until finally finding himself at the pass where he starts to find his feet, but when he intervenes to put out a pan fire he burns himself.

This episode's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. (October 2023)

Liam has sourced a new produce supplier in an effort to cut costs, one that has substituted frozen for fresh meat. At service that evening, a new menu is being launched and Jamie has his first dessert featuring on it. His lack of self-belief is not helped by fellow chef Bolton haranguing him throughout service and the intense pressure leads Jamie to commit an act of extreme self-harm. Thanks to his training in the army, Johnny keeps a level head during the crisis and administers first-aid until an ambulance arrives.

Demoted to position of commis chef, Johnny is still struggling to refine his output to the level required for a fine dining establishment. When he backs up Bolton in the dining room as Carly and Dean are dealing with a particularly rowdy couple, a mutual respect starts to develop.

This episode's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. (October 2023)

When Carly decides to reduce the kitchen porters to one per shift in another attempt to reduce overhead costs, Holly offers to leave so that Jake can be kept on full time. Carly, unwilling to put all her eggs in one basket for a seven-days-a-week position, declines Holly's offer.

Liam asks Carly if they can do a completely different menu as Point North is stepping in to host his brother's friend's wedding reception. Despite Carly's reservations, new sous-chef Nick is enthusiastic and offers to develop a menu.

Emily confesses to Carly that she has fallen off the wagon. She meets with Andy for a chat in the park, where he receives a call from former Jones & Sons maître d'hôtel Beth asking him to drop by. Returning to his old restaurant, now trading under a new name, Andy is asked to sign a legal document transferring his shares in the business over to Beth, as her father has paid off Andy's loan from Alastair Skye. He discovers Freeman working in the kitchen and the two reconcile.

Discovering the level of Jake's debt and his inability to provide for his family, Holly suggests she runs an errand for her Uncle Charlie; a simple delivery that will pay a couple of grand, cash in hand. Jake reluctantly agrees on the condition that he accompanies her and they split the money, although this means both of them will miss service.

This episode's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. (October 2023)

Andy visits Carly's flat, only to find that she is at work. Invited in by Carly's mother for a cup of tea, Andy learns that Carly has remortgaged the flat. Carly's mother suggests her daughter could use some help. Whilst most of the staff go out clubbing, Carly has a rather awkward date with a male lawyer which she cuts short to join her staff at the club. Andy arrives at Point North to find only Nick still there and leaves a message with him. When Liam shows up at the club, and accidentally reveals the restaurants finances are in dire straits and drops the bombshell that he has filed for insolvency, Carly finds solace in the arms of Holly and they share a passionate kiss.