Narrator: Previously, on "hell's kitchen,
The american dream"...
- Congratulations on becoming citizens of
The united states of america.
All: Cheers!
Narrator: Chef ramsay tested the chefs
With an inspiring brunch service.
- Where's the chicken? Narrator: But swiss native
Claudia's raw chicken...
- Hey, ladies.
Narrator: Had chef ramsay on the warpath.
- What planet are you on?
- America. - I'm not laughing now.
- I'm not laughing. Narrator: He was equally
Frustrated with mattias's problems cooking steaks.
- Look at me in the face. Don't ever [bleep] give me
Stone cold steak ever again.
Get on the grill. - Yes, chef.
Narrator: Both teams did recover
From earlier issues.
- Two steak and two waffles walking.
- Let's finish strong. Narrator: And the red team
Had a slight edge,
But were waiting on carmen's eggs...
Both: Where's the eggs? - Ladies!
- Carmen, let's go, let's go, let's go!
- Right now! Right now! Narrator: Which allowed
The blue team to scramble...
- Go. Go, go, go! Narrator: And narrowly
Clinch the victory...
- Congratulations, the blue team.
Narrator: Which did not sit well at all
With mississippi's raneisha.
- All you had was [bleep] eggs.
- I missed one egg at the end, and I'm sorry, okay?
But what about that raw chicken?
- We bounced back from raw chicken.
We not finna throw people under the bus.
- Shut up. There's people out there.
Narrator: And in dinner service, donya's halibut...
- One and a half minutes out on halibut.
- Just stand.
Let me show you how painful it is.
Narrator: Brought the red team to a screeching halt.
- Feeling my pain?
Narrator: But in the end, both kitchens were completely
Undone by undercooked meats.
- Mattias, is that your best chicken?
[bleep]!
Raneisha, that one's bluer. - [bleep]
- Get out! Get the [bleep] out of here!
Narrator: At elimination, the blue team nominated...
- Mattias, chef.
Narrator: And...
- Brad, chef.
Narrator: While the red team chose...
- Donya.
Narrator: And... - Claudia.
Narrator: But without much hesitation,
Chef ramsay sent...
- Claudia. Narrator: Packing...
- Good night. Narrator: Terminating her
American dream of becoming head chef
At gordon ramsay's hell's kitchen restaurant
At caesars palace in las vegas.
And now, the continuation of "hell's kitchen."
- Mattias, you're on thin ice.
In fact, it's so thin, I can hear the cracking.
Now [bleep] off.
- I know that I can bounce back from this.
If chef ramsay didn't have faith in me,
I would have gone home today.
- Just bounce back.
- And I intend to show him that he did not make a mistake
By keeping me here tonight.
- You got this [bleep].
- I don't like being on the bottom.
I [bleep] came here to win.
I'm trying to set my life up.
I'm trying to be better than I was yesterday.
Literally the american dream, getting out the [bleep] mud
And making it.
- I just wanted to say really quick,
I'm sorry for the-- my performance.
- Come on. Come on. Squad. - Just move some--
Just breathe. - Right, you come on, squad.
Have a seat. - Just breathe,
And when you're ready, get it out, just--
- Then we're gonna hear it.
- I really wanna cry on a shoulder,
But I'm trying to be strong. - Get a hug.
Turn around and give her a hug. Come on, she needs it.
- Yeah. Let me come on. - She need that bosom. [laughs]
- Bring it in. - Get it out.
- Let it out.
What I tell you about that release?
- Mm. - Release it.
Release it. Breathe it in, let it out.
Let it out. Donya is talented.
But donya has to believe in herself.
Like, donya gotta stop getting so hard on herself.
Just don't snot my jacket, okay? I love you.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Good morning. - Go, go, go.
- Rise and shine.
There we go.
After last night's service, I thought all of you
Could use a little cheering up.
So please welcome the incredible cheer la.
[all cheering]
[upbeat music playing]
♪ ♪
Chop, dice, slice it up
In hell's kitchen!
- I started cheering in high school.
Right now, I am hoping that I could
Just get out there with them.
Hell's kitchen! Hell's kitchen!
Let's go!
All: In hell's kitchen.
[applause] - come on.
- And just like cheerleading is very american,
You're gonna be cooking inspired,
Elevated takes on american comfort foods.
[cheering]
On the other side of those cards
Is the name of an amazing american comfort food.
Your dishes will be judged head-to-head.
Melissa, you've got the biggest smile this morning.
Who do you want to go up against in the blue team?
- Brad, chef. - Why?
- I'm more american than him, I feel.
- Ooh. [laughter]
- Okay, ms. America.
- Brad, young man, pick a letter.
Whatever dish is under that card,
That will be the dish that you'll both be cooking.
- I'm going with c, chef.
- This one's easy.
Look no further.
Time to make a--
All: Cheeseburger!
- Yes! Yes!
- You're welcome. - You're going down!
- I really gotta put my money where my mouth is,
Because a cheeseburger, it doesn't get
Any more american than this.
- The cuban's gonna win, period.
- Okay.
Jason, who do you want to take down?
- Chef carmen.
- I'm gonna go with n.
- Come on, chef.
Do you thing.
Create inspired--
All: Chicken wings!
All right, chicken wings! [cheering]
- I can't wait.
All I do is elevate food.
- Raneisha. - Because mattias says
He's so big and bad,
I wanna see how big and bad he is.
[laughter] - ooh.
- Let's go for the hk.
- Hey, chefs, nice to meet ya.
Inspire us with... All: Homemade pizza!
- Back home, I cook pizza on a literal daily basis.
I would safely say I'm 20% water and 80% pizza.
- Ryan, who do you wanna take down?
- Atoye, chef.
- Atoye. - E.
- All right, chef, give it your all.
You're gonna make...
All: Spaghetti and meatballs!
- Hey!
- All right, ryan, I got kids.
[laughter]
Narrator: Next up is leigh,
Who will face off against dahmere.
- I'ma go with I 'cause I think I'm gonna win.
Narrator: And they will be cooking...
All: Mac n' cheese!
[cheering] - believe that, cousin.
[bleep]
Narrator: Next is jermaine versus donya
In the battle of...
- Time to cook-- all: Lobster rolls!
[cheering]
Narrator: Sandra and devin will square off and cook--
- Time to make-- all: Philly cheesesteak!
[cheering] - okay.
Narrator: And finally, sammy is saying
Bring it on to jonathan.
- You just picked-- all: Fried chicken!
- You feeling fired up? All: Yes, chef.
- Good. Your 45 minutes start now.
Let's go.
[cheering]
- I'm gonna be right here on this station.
- Okay. - I'm taking this right here.
- I wanna be close to the grill.
- I like that.
- 45 minutes, huh? Work fast.
- I am so ecstatic that I have a cheeseburger.
It's a double patty.
You gotta give the meat a massage.
You know what I mean?
Then I did, like, au poivre sauce.
Can someone just pop over here and taste this au poivre?
It [bleep] tastes good on anything.
- Delicious.
- Vive la France today.
- I wanna spin and do, like, a dip,
And, like, bake the pizza dough off like chips.
When you're raising as many kids as I raise,
I'm used to ordering pizza. [laughs]
But I don't make it.
I think I'm gonna, like, deep fry the pizza dough.
Like some chips. - Man, somebody please explain
To me what pizza chip is.
- What else go on a pizza?
Bell pepper, onion-- mushrooms.
Two things americans like--
Things they can eat fast with their hands and dips.
So I'm going to do my spin on a pizza dip.
You need it as cheesy as possible.
- 20 and 1/2 minutes on the button left.
All: Yes, chef.
- No sauce on your pizza dough?
- No, only oil. - Okay.
- Oil, cheese.
I'm calling this my redemption pizza, man.
I wanna show chef ramsay I came to play.
I'ma throw a little red wine braised tomatoes on there.
I know that flavor is money.
- Let's kick their ass, man.
Let's-- - heard.
- Boo-yah, baby.
[dramatic music]
- Ten minutes.
- Ten minutes, heard. - Heard, ten minutes.
- All right, ladies, let's finish strong.
I'm a pescatarian, so I have a great lobster roll recipe.
I got the chili crisp.
I was happy jermaine picked me.
You know, we're both from new york.
Chef, would you like to taste my mix?
- I'll be tasting the whole thing.
- Yes, chef. - I promise you.
Don't you worry about that.
- This dish is gonna show exactly what I'm here for.
I'm here to win.
♪ ♪
- What are you gonna put on the bread?
- I'm gonna just put some butter down,
And then I'm gonna add the aioli to it.
I'm making the ultimate lobster roll.
- It's like a warm lobster roll type thing?
- Yes. - Yeah.
- Going up against donya, bronx versus queens.
- Need help with anything, buddy?
- No, I'm good. Thank you.
And donya, I'm sorry,
But I'm telling you, queens is taking it.
- What do you got working? - I'm gonna fry
A bunch of herbs with the chicken.
- Don't overcook it if it's all white meat, you know?
- Yes, chef.
This is a [bleep] no-brainer.
Before I got here, my daughter told me,
If you're gonna make something crunchy, dad,
Make fried chicken.
The point is to elevate it
And to take it to the next level.
- Is that a biscuit cooking, chef?
That looks beautiful. - Double breaded.
I'm sorry, sammy, but
This is gonna be the best fried chicken of my life.
- Five minutes. - Heard on the five, chef.
- Five minutes, heard.
- If anybody needs help, speak up and we'll do it.
Let's go.
- [bleep] damn it.
- What happened?
- My chicken's raw.
I'm freaking out.
I have no [bleep] idea what I'm gonna do.
- Sorry, bro. - Damn it.
Behind hot.
Raw chicken can't happen today.
Behind. - How can I help, baby?
Tell me, tell me. Do you need anything?
- Ohh, come on.
[bleep] no, no, no.
♪ ♪
Narrator: With only a few minutes left
In today's elevated american comfort food challenge...
- Three and a half. - [bleep].
- What happened?
Narrator: A once confident jonathan
Has just made a disturbing discovery.
- My chicken's raw. Damn it.
Raw chicken can't happen today.
- How can I help, baby? Tell me, tell me.
Do you need anything?
- I got my daughter's lucky charm in my pocket.
I can hear her speaking to me right now.
- 30 seconds to go.
- I put my chicken back in and let it cook.
I gotta do this. I got to fry
The best chicken of my life.
I am freaking out.
- Ten seconds. Let's go!
- Coming around hot. Coming around hot.
- Get it off the plate. Get it off the plate.
- Five, four, three,
Two, one, stop.
Oh, my goodness, me. Well done.
[light applause]
Right, let's begin with the battle of the cheeseburger.
- Yes, chef.
[cheering] - let's go!
- Come on, melissa!
- I am a firm believer that people eat with their eyes.
And if chef ramsay had to eat with his eyes today,
I know it's gonna be my dish he enjoys.
- Right, melissa, let's start with you.
Describe your cheeseburger.
- I wanted to do a play on mediterranean,
Lebanese burger.
So there's fresh spinach, grilled heirloom tomatoes
And grilled eggplant. - It looks delicious.
- Thank you, chef. - It's exciting,
And it draws you in with your eyes.
[tense music]
Mmm. My goodness, me. It's fresh.
I thought the eggplant was gonna be a bit of a no, no,
But it's cooked beautifully.
That's a great start. Really good.
- Thank you, chef. - Brad.
Describe it. - A double cheeseburger
With a nice peppercorn au poivre sauce.
- Why macerate a burger with all that sauce?
[dramatic music]
Melissa, how does that look visually?
- Messy.
- Two, four, six, eight.
I may want to regurgitate.
- Oof.
♪ ♪
- No, it didn't look appealing.
But oh, yeah, right now, I don't look appealing
But I know I'm great.
♪ ♪
- It tastes way better than it looks.
And you've got the cook on that burger beautifully done.
This is really difficult.
I'm gonna go...
A point with melissa.
- Thank you, chef. - Congratulations.
And brad.
- Oh! [cheering]
Thank you, chef.
- Whatever. Let's go.
We are off to a good start.
Narrator: With both teams strong out of the gate, next,
Jason and carmen will try to bring it in the...
- Battle of the chicken wings.
Describe those wings. - Sweet and salty
Glazed chicken wing with a vinegar dip.
The wings have been confit'd.
- How'd you get them confit in 45 minutes?
- That's why I'm here.
♪ ♪
- Why so salty? What have you done there?
- [stammering] I personally didn't think
They were salty, but if they're overly salty,
Then overadjustment.
- They are very, very salty.
Narrator: While confident jason fails to impress,
Carmen hopes to pull ahead with her...
- Gochujang marinated chicken wings.
And I made an ocopa sauce.
- Really love the sauce underneath.
You've kept them rustic.
The point goes to carmen.
Red team, well done. - Thank you, chef.
[applause] - all right, carmen!
- No [bleep] regrets.
I loved everything about that dish.
Narrator: With carmen's wings elevating
The red team into the lead...
- Up next, one of the greatest classics,
Spaghetti and meatballs, let's go.
Narrator: Irish immigrant ryan
Has prepared his take
On an italian-american classic.
- We have spaghetti and meatballs, chef.
I made the meatballs with just pork, veal, and beef.
- Delicious. Really good, indeed.
I love the finishing on it as well.
Narrator: Now it's time for atoye's penne pasta with...
- Veal and pork meatballs, and with some garlic
And some thyme.
- A penne meatball is not an american comfort classic.
Let's get that absolutely clear right here.
I said elevate the dish, not change it.
- Yes, chef.
- The point goes to ryan. Congratulations.
Well done. - Thank you.
- Good job, bro. Narrator: As the blue team
Evens the score,
Sandra hopes chef ramsay will flip for her...
- A bit of an italian take on a philly cheesesteak.
And I did a relish of calabrian chili,
Olives, and romanescos.
- The colors pop on this one.
Really good. - Thank you, chef.
- I love the fact that you went
With that italian influence.
Narrator: Which is up against devon's...
- Coffee and pepper marinated sirloin
That got sauteed with a tri-blend
Of peppers and white onions.
- It's very rare you get that meat,
It's still pink.
- Yes, chef.
- And this was just subtle, sweet.
The point goes to devon and sandra.
- Thank you, chef. - Well done.
- All right.
Narrator: With the teams still tied,
Up next is the battle of...
- Mac and cheese, the all-american favorite.
Narrator: And leigh is looking to please with her...
- Sage cream mac and cheese.
I love sage. It was the first herb
I grew in my fire escape herb garden.
- Herb garden in a fire escape? - Yes, chef.
- Is that a smart place to put a herb garden, trying to get
Out of a [bleep] fire escape?
[laughter]
- I have my priorities, chef.
I need fresh herbs.
- It's just rustic. It's charming.
It's the kind of thing you want to dive into.
Narrator: After leigh getting quite the praise...
- It's really good. - Thank you, chef.
Narrator: Dahmere is hoping to outshine with his...
- Boccolotti pasta with shrimp and lobster
And a tarragon cream.
- It's a very glamorous mac and cheese.
Narrator: And the point goes...
- To both of you.
Well done. - Thank you, chef.
[applause]
- Next up, fried chicken. Let's go.
[dramatic music]
- I'm a little nervous right now,
How the chicken's cooked.
But I just hope chef ramsay is gonna taste
My heart on this dish.
- It's just a bold move to fry a breast.
- Come on, baby.
♪ ♪
- It's cooked beautifully.
- Thank you, chef. - It's still moist
And glistening in there. Do you hear that crunch?
♪ ♪
This is delicious.
Narrator: After jonathan gets a rave review,
Sammy hopes to put her team in the lead
With her chili aioli fried chicken.
- Dark meat cooked beautifully.
Bloody hell, that is good.
- Thank you, chef. - Without a doubt,
Both of you have a point, congratulations.
- Thank you, chef. [applause]
- I got a point. Hell yeah!
My daughter tells me every day, "daddy,
You're the best chef in the world."
I have to make her proud.
Narrator: The teams remain tied heading into the...
- Battle of the pizza. Let's go.
- Let's go, mattias. - You got it.
Narrator: And both raneisha and mattias
Are desperate to score.
- I made a pizza with braised tomatoes and red wine.
I'm absolutely looking for redemption today.
It's my time to shine.
- Wow. Braising tomatoes in red wine?
Welcome back, young man. - Thank you, chef.
- Yeah. - Yes, mattias!
- Delicious. Where have you been?
- Thank you, chef.
I don't know where the hell I've been,
But I'm here now.
- Raneisha, describe the dish, please.
- We all love dip, we all love pizza.
So why not have a pizza dip?
- A pizza dip?
- I just deconstructed and put the dough on the side.
- What's the base of the dip?
- You have mushrooms, your bell peppers, your onions.
Like a supreme pizza, chef.
- Man, so I'm just pulling back
The duvet of cheese.
I'm finding more and more things.
Spinach, oh, we've got some pepperoni here, as well.
- Yes. - You didn't tell me that.
- My apologies. - No.
- I asked you to think outside the box,
But you've sort of gone to pluto.
♪ ♪
Mattias, good job. One point.
- Thank you, chef. [cheering]
- Yes!
- I feel like I went to whatever planet
Was beyond pluto 'cause I really went way too far.
And that was a hell of a lot of cheese.
I didn't realize it. - Last pair,
Lobster roll, here we go.
Narrator: With the blue team leading 6 to 5,
Donya needs a point with her lobster roll
To keep the red team's hopes alive.
- Donya, let's go, please.
Describe that. - This is my take
On an east side lobster roll.
I poached my lobster with garlic herb butter.
- I love the simplicity of this.
Cooked beautifully.
I just wanna say one thing.
There's a point right there, straight off the bat.
- Thank you, chef. [applause]
- Really good. Well done.
6-6, comes down to this.
- We got a warm lobster roll,
And then elevate it a bit by adding a little bit of bacon.
- Why bacon? - A little bit of saltiness,
And I think everything goes well with bacon.
- Um--
Both of you back in line for a moment, please.
- Yes, chef.
- Does jermaine warrant a point?
Really tough.
[suspenseful music]
Jermaine...
Yours...
Gains a point as well.
[all cheering]
♪ ♪
- I am through the roof.
I'm happy I got this win for me and my team.
And I'm just relishing in its beauty
And in its glory right now.
- Blue team, all of you
Are going on a glorious getaway to beautiful santa barbara.
- Whoo! - [bleep]
- Oh, my god.
- You're gonna be taking up a spot
In one of the most stunning hotels, the hotel milo.
You're gonna be served an amazing dinner.
But there's more.
You are going parasailing.
- What?
- Whoo-hoo!
Never been parasailing before, so I'm buzzing.
I'm absolutely buzzing and delighted.
- Listen up, red team.
While the men are rising high above the ocean, all of you
Will be doing some rising of your very own.
Because you'll be baking lots and lots of bread
Ahead of our next service here in hell's kitchen.
We grind the wheat down by hand,
Give the back and forearms an amazing workout.
Melissa, you've got that punishment pass.
The big question is, will you be watching the sunrise
In santa barbara, or watch the bread rise
Here in hell's kitchen?
♪ ♪
- In the last punishment, the red team wasn't there for me.
- Don't ever look me in the eye lie to me.
Would any of you guys have lied to me
Over a piece of confetti? All: No.
- Hell no.
- I will be going with the boys today.
♪ ♪
- Okay.
Somebody from the blue team... - Ooh.
- Has to stay behind and take your place.
Your decision.
♪ ♪
- Please don't pick me.
Making bread all day, cracking the wheat?
Like, what is this? 1700s?
Did we just land on plymouth rock?
- Your choice.
♪ ♪
Gotta pick somebody.
♪ ♪
- Melissa, somebody from the blue team...
- Ooh. - Has to stay behind
And take your place.
Your decision.
♪ ♪
- It'll be jason, chef.
- Jason.
Are you feeling a little bit salty right now?
- I've parasailed, it's fine.
[laughter]
- You're full of [bleep].
- Hi, guys. All: Hi, jason.
- I chose jason because he has a huge, huge ego.
So it'd be interesting to put him with the girls,
To see who humbles who first.
- Guys, why are you staring at me?
Get out of here! Come on!
All: Yes, chef! [cheering]
- Yeah! - Yes, baby!
Both: Let's go!
- I'm gonna go to santa barbara.
- Ooh! Whoo! - We're going to santa barbara.
- [vocalizing] ♪ here we go ♪
- I'm super excited to hang out with my team.
This was a hard-fought victory, and we all deserve some rest
And relaxation away from hell.
[upbeat music]
- Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
- Yes! This is hell.
We have to keep winning challenges.
- Okay.
- [laughs] let's talk about this?
- Let's talk. - Sun's out, guns out.
Melissa definitely used her punishment pass
At the perfect time.
[cheering]
♪ ♪
- I feel lighter than I've felt in years up there.
I'm beside myself. I'm so happy.
I'm on cloud nine right now.
[laughter]
- Whoo! - Yeah!
Yeah! [laughter]
- Ahh!
- Okay, so once we have 28 cups, you can put it in a bowl.
- [bleep]
My arms are so dead, like, pfft.
It's just--it's never ending.
But, like, this is all we have to do, right?
- Oh, no, girl. We need 18 more.
- What?
- I'm so serious.
- Pfft, please.
I've been making bread for a long [bleep] time.
It's not hard.
We should just stop that mortar and pestle [bleep]
You're wasting your energy.
Jump on bread over here,
And we'll just keep going on this [bleep].
You know what I'm saying?
♪ ♪
- You got jason over here just making comments.
- Make sure everybody knows when we're measuring,
We're not using these as quarts.
Like, this is not [bleep] accurate.
- Just grind the [bleep] flour, dude.
- I'm this close from--
Real quick.
- One teaspoon.
- No, five tablespoons.
That was one tablespoon, so I need four more of those.
- This is crazy.
- Yeah, it's getting pretty old.
- Do you guys need help kneading?
- Uh, no. - I'm needy. [laughs]
- We're just waiting for his team to come back
So they can have him back. [laughs]
- I was pretending it was your face when I was kneading it.
- Yeah, so now I can punch myself.
- Yeah. - Nice.
♪ ♪
- Oh, my gosh. [laughter]
- It keeps getting better.
- Someone pop that. - Someone pop it?
- Yeah. [cheering]
- What are those? What are those?
- Give me my shirt.
- Welcome to hotel milo.
[laughter]
What a clean little pool we got here.
- Yo, think about this real quick.
Food really got us here.
Food is taking us places, bro. - Food is love.
- Yeah. - For real, for real.
- That's a fact.
- Pots, pans, scrapes, burns, long shifts
Standing on feet, swollen joints--
Like, we're really in santa barbara right now
Poolside because we can burn.
- Beat out thousands of people because we can burn.
- That's wild, yo.
Growing up, north philadelphia,
It's not the best set of circumstances.
In between homes as a child.
Look at this, bro.
I'm proud of how far I've come, trying to achieve
That american dream.
I'm ready to kick back with my feet up.
You feel me? You feel me?
Huh? [laughs]
- That's so true, man.
All the time people said, nah, man, don't be--
Don't be a [bleep] chef.
Go do anything the [bleep] else.
I'd have done that, I'm not here.
- That's crazy. - Hell yeah, man.
♪ ♪
Narrator: With the blue team back from santa barbara...
- All right, boys, let's go. - Let's go.
Narrator: Both teams are gearing up
For tonight's dinner service. - We got this.
- Red team's gonna win.
The boys gonna go home.
- Gentlemen, are we ready? All: Yes, chef.
- Good. Marino.
- Yes, chef? - Open hell's kitchen, please.
Let's go. - Subito, subito.
[upbeat electronic music]
♪ ♪
Narrator: Once again, hell's kitchen is the most coveted
Reservation in los angeles.
With guests looking for good times...
- Cheers, guys. Narrator: Good company...
- How are you? - Better now that I'm here.
Narrator: And fantastic food.
- Could I have the truffle carbonara?
Narrator: In addition to the classic menu,
Chef ramsay will provide a dining room appetizer.
- It will taste a little bit like a french onion soup.
Narrator: A french onion crostini
To be served by carmen from the red team
And dahmere from the blue team.
- Who don't like butter?
Butter make it better, baby.
Narrator: Tonight, both kitchens
Will be hosting chef's tables.
In the blue kitchen, actress and model nikki howard.
- So if we fall behind tonight, can I draw on you?
- Sure. [laughs] - she can cook.
Narrator: And in the red kitchen,
From "beverly hills, 90210," jennie garth.
- Hello. Muah. - Lovely to see you both.
- Start the panic, yes?
- We got the ladies. - Let's go.
- Go, ladies!
- [laughs] - here we go.
Four covers, table five, ladies.
Two scallops, two carbonara. Heard?
All: Yes, chef.
- Four minutes, ladies.
- Let's go, red. - Counting down.
- I got you.
Starting out, leigh and I were both nervous.
But I've been wanting to do apps.
I wanna get somewhere where I'm unfamiliar.
130. - 130!
- I'm gonna really show myself and show chef ramsay
That I can step up.
I put your lemon sauce in here.
- I think it's good.
♪ ♪
- Walking carb.
♪ ♪
- This is way too much liquid.
Did you put more than one ladle in there?
- No, I think it was a bit more water from the pasta.
- I watched you just put a second ladle in there.
Don't [bleep] lie to me. I just want watched you put--
- Yeah, and it was watery.
- Oh, god.
You can't [bleep] lie to people.
- Walking carbonara.
Carbonara, chef.
♪ ♪
- Very nice, the carbonara.
- Doing good so far, but don't celebrate.
- Service, please.
Narrator: With the red kitchen off to the races
On appetizers... - We're gonna win for sure.
Narrator: The blue team is looking
To get out of the starting gate strong as well.
- Blue team. - Chef.
- Here we go.
Six covers, table one, two tartar,
Two carbonara, two risotto. All: Yes, chef.
- I need five minutes on lobster.
- Five minutes, heard. I'll pull back a little bit.
- Let's go, guys, yes? All: Yes, chef.
- I feel rejuvenated. I feel like a little bit more spring
In my step and ready to come in here and kick some ass today.
- 20 seconds, first risotto.
- Walking lobster.
- Let's go.
♪ ♪
Hey, mattias. - What?
- Go. Go up there. Go up there.
- Coming. - Just touch that there.
It's not gonna bite. It's ice cold.
Get it [bleep] back in, come on.
- Yes, chef.
Pardon me. - Is that for this risotto?
- Yes. - All right.
Let me know about this lobster tail.
- You're okay. You're okay.
- Can you put that one over?
Rough start, but we're gonna drive.
We're gonna push. Keep that there.
I will not let that man
Stand on that thin ice by himself.
- Good to walk lobster, devon?
- Yeah, I'm ready for you.
- Walking lobster. Right behind.
Two lobster here, chef.
- Come on. Come on.
Oh, [bleep].
Blue team, come here.
- No, no. Not again.
- Risotto beauty cooked.
And then comes the [bleep] lobster.
Can you see that? - Yes, chef.
- That is [bleep] raw.
- Yes, chef. - That is [bleep] raw.
[tense music]
Narrator: It's just minutes
Into dinner service... - Blue team, come here.
Narrator: And mattias' lobster...
- That is [bleep] raw. - Yes, chef.
- That is [bleep] raw. Back in! - Yes, chef.
Narrator: Has the blue team off to a fishy start.
- I hope they don't mess up again, 'cause he's gonna
[bleep] lose his [bleep].
- It's a poached lobster. - Yes, chef.
- Then just drop it in [bleep] butter.
- Basics. - Refire the table.
All: Yes, chef.
- Like, seriously?
We're all trying to rally around mattias right now.
I'm literally talking just to him
And ignoring everyone around me so that
I can lead him to success.
How much longer do you need? - [groans]
[bleep], man.
I need a minute and a half on two lobster.
- I'm hoping he'll get it together soon,
Because if he doesn't, he's not gonna be here much longer.
- Coming down. Coming down.
Two lobster. - Walking now.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Nicely cooked, the lobster. - Thank you, chef.
- Service please. Narrator: While the blue team
Is off thin ice and able to get their appetizers out...
- It's a party in my mouth, and I don't want it to stop.
Narrator: The red team is now delivering
Entrees to the pass.
- Walk with the pan. Let's go.
- Walk, walk, walk, walk. - Hot, corner.
Coming with halibut right now.
♪ ♪
- Oh, boy.
Ladies, come here.
Vip table. We're cooking beautifully,
And then all of a sudden I get this bit
Of [bleep] coming up.
I'm just not gonna serve that.
All: Yes, chef. - Holy [bleep].
- I would never eat that.
That doesn't look good. - Get it back.
Let's go. All: Yes, chef.
- Let's go.
Narrator: With sammy bringing the red team
To a screeching halt with her overcooked halibut...
- I need five minutes. - Five minutes on that refire.
Narrator: Over in the blue kitchen...
- Let's go. Oh, my god.
Narrator: Chef ramsay has spotted something
Even more disturbing.
- The [bleep] is jason doing?
Chef table, smearing cold butter on a [bleep] steak.
Jason, is that the way I showed you?
Just smear butter on and not in the pan?
- No, chef. I just basted it.
I'm splashing it before we go up.
- You just basted it? - Yes, chef.
- Hey, young man. Come here, you.
You, come here.
Bring me the new york strip.
You just basted that? - Yes, chef.
- Touch that. Is that basted?
- No, chef. - Right. Look at me.
When you're running your own empire,
Then you call the [bleep] shots.
- Yes, chef. - If I catch you
Just smearing cold butter on steak--
Do you have any idea what that does to the steak?
- It ruins it. - Yeah. It turns it gray.
You do it my way or it's the [bleep] highway.
Is that clear? - 100%.
- That is not basted. Is that basted?
- No, chef. - So cut the [bleep],
Both of you, is that heard? Both: Yes, chef.
- Heard that.
Chef ramsay sees everything.
That man's got [bleep] eyes in the back of his head.
- Now don't [bleep] lie to me again.
- No, chef.
- Can't pull the wool over his eyes.
He is who he is because of what he does.
You ready? Are we ready for that?
- Walk garnish. - Yeah, walk garnish.
- Walking welly.
- Garnish walking right now. - Let's go.
- Hot behind, hot behind. - Let's go.
- Hot behind, hot behind. - Yes, let's go.
♪ ♪
- Good, jay.
Narrator: With jason finally delivering steaks
Up to chef ramsay's standards...
- Thank you. This looks phenomenal.
Narrator: Over in the red kitchen...
- I got three minutes on new york strip, right?
- Three minutes on salmon. Heard.
Narrator: Donya on the meat station
Seems to be finding her rhythm.
- Let's push, girls. Let's push.
When the whole kitchen's working together
It's like a choir.
♪ ahh ♪
How long refire?
♪ where's the fish? ♪
- One and a half. - 90 seconds.
Refire halibut and salmon.
- Salmon garnish is up.
- ♪ I got garnish ♪
Two wellies, two sirloins.
I'm the baritone.
♪ I'm on meat ♪
One and a half for two wellies and two sirloins.
Heard? All: Heard.
- I'm bringing the whole tone together.
- Well, hold on. Can you give me a minute?
I just dropped your fries.
- Atoye is a little bit of an alto.
It's more like a--
[singing poorly] ♪ ah, ah ♪
- I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
But I just came over here to help.
- No, it's okay. [laughs]
We gotta put her back in choir practice.
Once that confidence is there, she gonna be
Sounding like beyoncé, I tell you that much.
- How long, please?
- Walking now, chef. - Walking.
Hot behind. Hot.
- Nicely cooked, the new york strip.
- Thank you, chef.
- Nicely cooked, the halibut.
- Thank you, chef.
- We're back on it now.
- It's beautiful to hear. [choir singing]
- Fire now, two salmon, two lamb.
All: Yes, chef! - Two salmon, two lamb,
Two minutes on that, chef.
- Jason and ryan, let's go, y'all.
No more mistakes.
- Good, yeah? That's good.
That's medium rare. - Yeah.
- Two salmon, two lamb-- how long?
- Walking lamb. Walking lamb.
[tense music]
- The [bleep] lamb's raw.
Blue team, come here.
Both: Yes, chef. - [bleep] sake.
- [bleep] ryan, jason. - Yes, chef.
- I got [bleep] raw lamb.
Hey, you, [bleep] face.
I'm not [bleep] about, so wipe that [bleep] smirk
Off your face. - Yes, chef.
- [bleep] raw lamb.
I'm done with this [bleep], man.
I'm [bleep] done with it.
♪ ♪
- Come on, come on. - Let's go. Let's go.
- I got the salmon, I got the salmon.
- Salmon out. - I got the salmon.
- He said the f-word, like, eight times.
If someone talked to me like that,
I would burst into tears.
- I don't [bleep] get it.
I do not get it.
- Three minutes out on those two lamb.
- We can't let chef ramsay get utterly tired of us
And kick us all out.
- We're not gonna send it until it's [bleep] right.
- You know, ryan, you've gotta pull it together.
Because otherwise, you're putting
A huge bullseye on your back.
I'm not great at darts, but I guarantee you
I'm going straight for the center.
- Someone give me a sizzler for sauce.
- To lamb, two wellies, how long?
- Three and a half, chef. - That's good.
All: Yes, chef. - You talking?
All: Yes, chef!
- She's not saying anything! - Yes, chef.
- Is there any chance you can reprogram her mind?
'cause she just stands there in silence.
- Yes, chef. - Yeah, can you talk to her,
Please? - Did you get the entree?
- I'm trying to remember.
Listen, man, it's--it's hard to hear in the kitchen.
There's a lot of, like, clanking around,
A lot of people talking, like, in the dining room.
- That's good, sandra? - Hey, sandra.
- Sandra. - Sandra.
So how long?
- Let's go, red team!
- I'm gonna need a garnish in four minutes.
It's just, like, so much stuff is going on, and I'm like, huh?
- Sandra, come here.
What is it? The pressure of service?
What is it? - It's retaining the tickets.
Remembering. - Right, but you're standing
Two meters away from it. - Yes.
It just clearly gets scrambled in my brain, chef.
- But you're not even trying.
Do you wanna try?
- I feel like I am.
- No, I'm telling you, you're not trying.
You're not talking. You're not communicating.
If you're gonna stay silent, you may as well go home.
[dramatic music]
Narrator: It's 90 minutes into dinner service...
- If you're gonna stay silent, you might as well go home.
Narrator: And sandra's silence on the garnish station
Has the red team stuck in neutral.
- Right. - It's just getting used to it.
- But if you try, it will sink in.
- Yes, chef. - Don't overthink it.
- Yes. - That's what I think
You're doing, you're over complicating it.
- I'm sure I am. - Yeah?
- Yeah. - Come on.
- I need to speak up, chef. - You do need to speak up.
- Yes, chef. - It's not too late,
Young lady, you've still got two tables, let's go!
- I know I can do better.
It's just a different intensity
That I haven't done in a while.
- We on you, sandra.
- How long you got?
- 90 seconds out. Let's push it.
- Got it.
- Finally.
- It's just trying to find my voice.
- Garnish, please. Let's go, sandra.
- Walking now. - Heard.
- Walking to the pass. - Hot, hot.
- Good. Let's go. Down the end, quick.
Nicely cooked, the lamb.
- Thank you, chef.
- And the wellington, it's cooked beautifully.
Here we go. Good.
Narrator: As sandra gets her head back in the game...
- I'm glad you enjoyed. Thank you.
Glad you enjoy everything.
- Let's keep it going.
Narrator: Over in the blue kitchen...
- I think you're good.
Narrator: Ryan is ready with his refired lamb.
- Chef, lamb. Sorry about that one.
- Oh, [bleep] fine. We are [bleep] sorry about that, yeah.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
Go, bud. - All right, we're good.
We're good, we're good.
Narrator: With the blue team back on track...
- Thank you for the patience. - Very good.
Narrator: The diners are thrilled
With what they're receiving. - Oh, god.
This is so good. - It's delicious.
Narrator: And the finish line is in sight.
- Last table, two salmon, two lamb.
- Five minutes out, chef.
Last ticket. Come on, guys.
- Last order, one halibut, one new york strip.
- Heard, chef. - How long?
- Two minutes, chef. - Last push. Last push.
Let's just be done with this.
We're okay.
- Walking salmon and lamb. - Behind, behind.
- Lovely.
- Last table, john.
♪ ♪
Donya, beautifully cooked.
- Thank you, chef. - Go, john.
Narrator: Both teams managed to end
The night on a positive note.
- It's, like, perfect.
- Good job, ladies.
- Never again are we getting sent out the kitchen, yeah?
Never again.
- We finally completed service.
Makes me happy, the fact that I have to make
A decision on a winning team.
♪ ♪
The winning team tonight...
Is the red team.
Congratulations.
All: Thank you, chef.
- Blue team, go back and communicate
Amongst each other, and come back to me
With the two weakest individuals on your team.
Is that clear? All: Yes, chef.
- Get out of here.
Ladies, well done.
All: Thank you, chef.
- What the [bleep]?
- I'm over here laughing at the boys sweating right now
'cause, hey, y'all lost, we won.
Good job. - Good job, ladies.
- So, hey, somebody gotta go home.
- I just wanna point out that the only people who would be
Put up based on performance tonight
Is anybody who had a [bleep] up or anybody
Who had something sent back.
I think that's the only people who could be considered.
So raise your hand if you had food sent back tonight.
- Oh.
- Ryan.
- I don't believe I should be up there.
I mean, I got up there for the sake of a lamb that
Was a sec, two minutes away, all right?
I've been a [bleep] team player of the whole way,
Helping everybody where it's needed.
- Personally, I feel like ryan should go up tonight.
- I'm sorry. That just doesn't [bleep]--
It doesn't add up.
- I understand ryan not wanting to put himself up
Based upon the leader has been on a team
And things he's done. - I [bleep] fixed
The mistakes, and everything else was [bleep] perfect.
- But the bottom line is, you sent up raw lamb.
And there has to be some type of ownership
And responsibility for sending anything up raw.
- I'm gonna go for ryan and mattias.
- Those two lobsters weren't even [bleep] cooked.
They were raw. - The lobster, it was under.
I'm not debating it was under.
When I put that lobster back in the pot to refire,
It came up literally in 90 seconds.
I bounced back incredibly hard.
I know that I did make slight mistakes,
But they were just that-- slight mistakes.
It's not me tonight. For damn sure, it's not me tonight.
I'm not trying to just save my own ass.
I think I'm showing that I'm strong,
And I'm showing that I'm getting stronger.
- For me, it was whatever got him mad.
Putting the butter on and the lying.
- You lied to his face.
- I was not lying to anyone's face.
And for somebody to have had all of your backs
Since day one, I would expect that in return.
I find it offensive when somebody calls me a liar,
And you guys don't have my back.
- Why did he say you were laughing?
- Yeah, he made a big point about that.
- No, I didn't laugh.
- I'm not [bleep] about, so wipe the [bleep] smirk
Off your face.
- Did anybody hear a laugh? Of course not.
- It's getting old.
He does what he wants to do, and he doesn't care
About anyone else but himself.
- I have integrity and honor.
I would not do that.
- You can't be a chef and do that.
He's just a glorified line cook with a giant ego.
- Am I going down over nothing? [bleep] no.
I do not think I deserve to go up there.
You guys had more mistakes than I did.
- There's no [bleep] way I'm going up there, all right?
I'm putting that out there.
And that's a [bleep] fact.
- Two of y'all three have to be sent up.
[dramatic music]
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- Jermaine, blue team's first nominee and why?
- First nominee is...
Mattias because of the raw lobster.
- Okay. Blue team's second nominee and why?
- Second nominee is...
Jason, chef. - Jason?
Why jason?
- We chose jason because of
The disrespect in the kitchen.
♪ ♪
- Jason, mattias, step forward, please.
Let's go.
♪ ♪
Mathias, the ice cold lobster tonight--what happened?
- I brought it up a little too early.
I did make my mistakes today, but I still bounced back.
- Why should you stay in hell's kitchen?
- I feel like I'm a strong chef.
And every day that I'm in hell's kitchen,
I'm becoming stronger.
And I feel like I'm a better teammate than the person
Standing to my left.
- Jason, why should you stay in hell's kitchen?
- I feel I should stay because
I anchored the kitchen tonight.
We got through service tonight.
We had zero steaks sent back tonight because of myself.
And I am a better team member than my counterpart, chef.
- Well, I turned my back, and you had these two steaks,
And you're smearing them with cold butter
And sticking it in the oven.
That, young man, is upsetting for me.
That's not how you baste a steak.
- May I explain? - Please.
- The steaks were already basted, were resting.
I put butter on them, absolutely,
There's no denying it, and I was flashing them
When they were fired, chef.
- I want it butter basted.
- 100%. - Yes?
Understand the [bleep] difference.
- Yes, chef.
- My decision is...
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Jason.
Get back in line.
- Yes, chef.
♪ ♪
- Mattias. - Chef.
♪ ♪
- I told you, young man, you're on thin ice.
And unfortunately, tonight, the ice broke wide open,
And you fell through.
You're not ready to become my head chef.
Give me your jacket, please.
♪ ♪
- Thank you for the opportunity, chef.
- Good night.
- Bye, guys. Thank you.
- I feel like the wrong person went home.
No matter how much more experience on paper
He has than me, I think I'm still a better chef
Than he'll ever be.
I showed that I'm bouncing back.
But at the end of the day, I did make the mistakes I made.
I gotta own up to that.
This is a life-changing opportunity for me,
And, uh--I just--
I wanted to come home winner.
- Jason, I know you've got the talent
And the experience, granted.
But if you continue to cut corners,
Your talent and your experience will mean zero to me.
Understood? - Yes, chef!
- Blue team, red team, get out of here.
- I'm sorry, chef. - Oh, my--
- I don't really give a [bleep] about being a dick.
I am here to make chef ramsay proud.
And I'm here to be the season 22 winner of "hell's kitchen."
That's it.
- Jason's still here, but he's not on my team.
He's not dragging me down.
If anything, it puts me in a better position
Because he's gonna make the blue team weaker,
Cause more divisions amongst their team.
And just be one more person I know I can beat in the finale.
- This is a good wake-up call for me.
I need to be on top of my game all the time.
Like, 100% is not good enough.
I need to be 110% at any given time, all the time.
I'm just here to win.
And I won't be happy until I do it.
- Mattias has had three services to impress me.
Unfortunately, he struck out.
♪ ♪
[thrilling music]
Narrator: Next time, on "hell's kitchen"...
- Get your [bleep] together.
All: Yes, chef.
Narrator: As both teams are feeling the heat...
- I've got no idea what the [bleep]
Is happening right now.
Narrator: Jason tries to drive
A wedge far into the red team.
- Every single one of your team members
Have complained about you because of this.
- Which--
Narrator: But will it cause them to splinter?
- [bleep] don't like me. I'ma keep it 100.
You [bleep] with me right now, like, hold on.
- The next thing that we're doing now
Is two halibut, one salmon!
- Oh, [bleep] me, man.
That's burnt. - How does that happen?
- Oh, [bleep]. Why are we getting so upset over a fish?
Narrator: And tension is at an all-time high
In the blue kitchen.
[overlapping voices] - come on, someone,
Just bring something up.
Narrator: Who will crack...
- One minute is fine!
Whoa!
Narrator: Under the pressure?
- [bleep] off outside and [bleep] off.
Narrator: Find out on a wildly out of control episode...
- Just bring a damn fish!
Narrator: Of "hell's kitchen."