“Getting a fillet from a normal fish is hard, and with Halibut, it's twice as hard.” Facebook · Gordon Ramsay · 7 years ago
This episode is often cited by fans as one of the most stressful "skills tests" of the season. The top 12 contestants were tasked with breaking down a massive halibut—a fish so large it intimidated several home cooks who had never even seen one in person. [S9E13] Just for the Halibut
Reviewers note that the episode highlights the technical difficulty of flat fish; failure to portion evenly or maintain clean fillets forced contestants into a high-stakes elimination round using their own "butchered" fish. “Getting a fillet from a normal fish is