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If you’ve been watching “” this season, you had to be scratching your head over the way Chef Lacey managed to avoid elimination week after week. No disrepect to the young lady, but she appeared out of her element from the beginning, both in terms of her cooking skills and her energy level. In a series known for a cruel streak, did the producers keep her in the game for comic relief? Last week, Chef had had enough and he tossed Lacey before the elimination round. Joining me this morning is Lacey, the latest contestant to whom Chef Gordon Ramsay has uttered the fateful words: “Take off your jacket.”