Now appointed assistant manager Cyril organizes an eating contest, Hombre Versus Food though Kenneth does not take part and, encouraged by Liam, goes on a health kick, not that it does him much good. Mick discovers that Madge is not terminally ill, though, when confronted, she blames the doctor for a misdiagnosis whilst Tonya persuades Janice that she needs an expensive make-over at the spa where she is a beauty therapist. Meanwhile Michael and Tiger vie for the attention of the lovely Elena and Michael is delighted when she chooses him. The eating contest goes ahead, causing mass sickness as the meat was obtained from a butcher's dumpster. Joyce prepares to resign but she is saved when Cyril does a runner.

Dominant Crystal Hennessy-Vass, the founder and chief executive of the Solana group, sweeps in, demanding that Joyce downgrade the hotel from a four to a three star, to give the impression that the guests are getting better value for money. After she has left a party of Dutch businessmen arrive and Les and Mateo, in their efforts to make them feel at home, are accused of racial stereotyping. Kenneth leaves hospital to find that Herbert has bought his salon and the Stewarts are invited by their raucous friend Queenie to the Costa Blanca Swingers Association party, where they meet former porn star Pepe De La Cruz and his wife Agnes, who turns out to be an old flame of Donald. Tiger tries to prevent Michael from seeing Elena but, impressed when Michael tricks the warring Dykes and Garveys into making up, tells him that she is waiting for him on the beach.