Narrator: Previously on
"hell's kitchen: The american dream"...
[cheering] - the amazing jordan chiles.
Narrator: Chef ramsay looked to an olympic medalist
To inspire the chefs to create...
- Four beautifully balanced pasta dishes.
Narrator: At the start of the challenge,
Sammi had a hard time finding her footing.
[all exclaiming]
- Is that a tortellini?
- Isn't that what it is?
- Agnolotti.
- Wait, what? Oh, [bleep].
Narrator: At judging, donya...
- Flavor-wise, it's quite good. - I love it.
Narrator: Leigh... - The seasoning is delicious.
Narrator: And ryan earned high praise from pasta maven
Chef evan funke.
- Delicious, clean, fresh.
Narrator: It all came down to...
- The battle of the agnolotti.
Narrator: Where sammi... - Really good indeed.
Narrator: Stuck the landing,
Winning the challenge for the red team.
- Congratulations, sammi.
Well done. - Thank you, chef.
Narrator: During dinner service...
- Oh, [bleep]. Come on, donya!
- I'm there, chef.
Narrator: Donya faltered
On the fish station.
- The halibut's undercooked,
And the butter's burnt.
- Yes, chef. - Attention to detail!
- Let's go.
Narrator: And carmen on the meat
Had chef ramsay seeing red.
- I am lost for words.
Narrator: In the blue kitchen...
- How long do you need? - I need, like, 12.
- 12? - Huh, what?
Who just--12 minutes for what?
Narrator: Jason struggled with his timing.
- You held me up at the table, and that [bleep] raw.
Wake up!
Narrator: While atoye suffered
A near breakdown on fish.
- How long my lobster? - I got it--a minute.
- What the [bleep] is that?
- Risso walking. - Scallops.
Narrator: Despite both teams having finished service,
Chef ramsay declared no winner.
- How on earth can there be a winning team tonight?
Narrator: When it came time to send someone packing,
The red team nominated... - Donya, chef.
Narrator: And... - Carmen.
Narrator: While the blue team nominated...
- Jason.
Narrator: And... - Atoye, chef.
Narrator: In the end, chef ramsay sent...
- Atoye. Narrator: Home,
Ending her american dream of becoming head chef
At gordon ramsay's hell's kitchen restaurant
At caesars palace in las vegas.
♪ ♪
And now the, the continuation of "hell's kitchen."
- Get out of here.
- Tonight's service, I feel like, really showed
That donya and carmen are some of the weaker links
On the red team right now.
- I thought that he was gonna send two people home.
- [blows raspberry] for sure, that's what I thought.
- I really thought and wish he did,
'cause then, it would just be, like, one closer, but...
- And just through past challenges as well,
Donya and carmen have been the most inconsistent.
- Now it's even, back to boys against girls.
- Mm-hmm, this is definitely a different game.
[intense music]
♪ ♪
- Oh, no.
- Oh. - Good morning, chef.
- Good morning. - Oh, gosh.
There's, like, a rocket ship with all sorts of nasa gear.
All I'm thinking is, oh, god, I really don't want
To have to recreate, like, a space food dish right now.
My husband's made me try army mres,
And that [bleep]'s nasty.
- Welcome to the final frontier.
As you can see, we have transformed the dining room
Into an amazing tribute to american space flight.
Space flight has come a long way.
So has space food.
Take a look at this.
- Morning. - Morning, chef.
- Take this front one.
- Chef. - Oh, la la.
[laughter] - take that thing off.
I knew you were a space cadet, but really?
All these meals in front of you started in a bag like this.
- Wow. - Oh, wow.
- Look at that.
- Whoa. - Let's be honest.
That's not very appetizing, is it?
- No. All: No, chef.
- But if you add boiling water,
It comes alive.
It rehydrates,
And this becomes an amazing dish.
It's actually quite impressive.
No tricks.
I just want you to enjoy it.
- Ha, no tricks. - Yes, chef.
- Not bad, right?
Come on, seriously. - Not bad at all.
- Not bad. - It's good, chef.
- The problem when you're eating in space
Is gravity,
Because food can go anywhere.
- Oh! [laughter]
- Really? Seriously?
You know what? - [stammers]
- Oh! - Oh, my god.
- What are you doing now?
- Oh, no.
- He did not just do that.
- It--it-- - oh!
Oh, no. - No, no.
- It is on.
Food fight!
[shouting, laughter]
- Come on now, food fight! Food fight!
- Wait--
- I'm not aiming at chef ramsay no matter what I do.
Let's just make that clear.
- Aah! - No way!
- Aah! [bleep] you! - Ok, stop!
Stop, stop, stop, stop!
- Oh, I just clocked her with that piece! Look!
[laughter]
- Who did that to you?
- I may or may not have hit leigh right in the face.
♪ ♪
Um...If I did, I'm very sorry.
- Chefs, now that we've had a little fun,
It's time to get back to the competition.
I hope that your palates are warmed up,
Because they're about to...
Blast off!
- Let's go!
- I knew it. - Oh.
- Whoo! - Yep.
- Whoo! - Come on, guys.
[triumphant music]
♪ ♪
- I've been waiting for this moment
Since the first day I stepped foot
Into this competition.
- It's time for the blind taste test.
- This is a big one.
And this definitely separates the cooks from the chefs.
- This is the ultimate test of your palates.
Whilst each you are tasting,
One of your teammates will be sat
In the satellite dishes over there.
Above your satellite dish are your sous chefs,
Ready to cover them in...
Messy space debris.
That's, of course, if you answer incorrectly.
If you get two ingredients wrong,
Your teammates get drenched with...
Milky way milk.
If you get three wrong today,
You'll be hit with a big bang of stardust sprinkles.
- [laughs]
- But if you get four wrong today,
You get finished off
With a heaping helping...
Of moon cheese.
- [laughs]
- Funky. - Right.
Let's start off with carmen and ryan, please.
Sammi and johnathan, head over to the satellite dish.
- Ok, chef.
Don't let me down, ryan.
- The dreaded blind taste test.
I don't want to go first,
But you got to trust your palate.
- Carmen, ryan, pint of guinness?
- [chuckles] - ok.
Let's start off with something easy.
- [exhales sharply] - it's mushrooms.
Choo-choo. [laughter]
Mushrooms.
Let's go.
- Cauliflower? [buzzer blares]
- Oh.
Yep, yep, feeling kind of nervous.
Already one wrong answer.
- Onion? [buzzer blares]
- Ugh.
- Number two, bell pepper.
Choo-choo.
- She should know this.
- Do not overthink it.
- Bell pepper. [ding]
- Yeah, baby.
- Well done.
- Pepper. [ding]
- I'll take that. - [sighs]
- My favorite fruit: Pineapple.
Let's go, carmen.
- Apple. [buzzer blares]
- Oh, [bleep]. - Christina.
- Pineapple. [ding]
- Correct.
Ok, christina, off you go.
- You ready? - Oh, dear.
- No. - Milky way.
- [screams] [bleep]!
- Oh! - Oh, my god.
Greek yogurt?
- Ok, corn.
- It's just, like, these cold, flavorless items in my mouth.
So, you know, I'm just going with my gut.
- Come on. - Polenta.
[buzzer blares] - ugh.
Stand by, christina. Stand by.
- I [bleep] know this.
- Tell me.
- Turnip? [buzzer blares]
- Wrong. Take it off.
Wrong. Take it off.
Sammi, sprinkles.
Johnathan, let's get you into the milky way.
- I hate you, ryan.
- Oh! - Dear, oh dear.
- Sorry. - [laughs] sorry.
- Oh, my gosh.
This yogurt is so freezing cold,
But I'm honestly not that mad about the sparkles.
I mean, I think I look pretty cute.
- 2 to 1.
Narrator: With the blue team up 2 to 1,
Donya and jason are next up to taste
While carmen and ryan move over to the satellite dishes.
- Chopped up asparagus.
In we go.
- Zucchini? [buzzer blares]
- All right. I'm ready.
- Snap peas, or, like, peas.
Some sort of peas in a pod.
[buzzer blares] - [bleep].
- We're not peas in a pod.
- This is an easy one.
Shrimp.
Shrimp away!
- So all I'm tasting--
Some sort of shellfish fishiness.
- Shrimp? - Yes!
- Attagirl.
- Calamari or squid? [buzzer blares]
- Oh, my god. - [bleep].
- Bye-bye, ryan.
- Milky way. [groaning]
[laughter]
- You're [bleep] dead, jason.
- Tomato.
Come on.
- Tomato. [ding]
- Tomatoes. [ding]
- Yes! Final one.
Squash purée.
Mmm.
[laughter]
Come on.
- Donya's on a winning streak right now.
She's guessed two correctly back to back,
So I'm praying that I can walk out of here clean.
- Potato purée. [buzzer blares]
- Aw!
- Sweet potato. [buzzer blares]
- Oh. - Aw.
- [growls, yelps]]
[laughter]
- It's freezing!
- Oh, it never ends.
- Oh, my god.
- So bad.
- [bleep] you, jason.
Ok, I'm gonna get you back somehow.
He better sleep with one eye open,
'cause I'm just gonna dump something on him
In the middle of the night.
- 3-3. This is close.
- Let's go, d. - You got this, leigh.
- Let's go, leigh. - Oh, my.
- One of my favorite root vegetables: Parsnips.
- They taste like this weird, rotten sweetness
That I just can't put my finger on.
[chuckles]
It tastes like boiled banana.
[buzzer blares]
[laughter] - what?
- Oh, I totally know boiled bananas is wrong,
So I just hope the rest of the challenge goes better.
- Wrong. - Yep.
- Pickled cauliflower. [buzzer blares]
- Pickled cauliflower?
[laughter]
Wrong.
Strawberries?
Dahmere is nodding.
That means it's good news.
- Strawberries. [ding]
- Mango. [buzzer blares]
[all groan]
- Oh, my god! - Jason, goodbye.
- Jason's about to get his,
His dumb smile sitting in that bowl, yeah.
Get him, chef. - [laughs]
[laughter]
- Cucumber. Come on.
- Cucumber. [ding]
- Last one.
- Baby, we only got one more. Let's go.
Let's finish strong.
- Beef.
- Get this, dahmere. Get this. - Please get this.
- Get this, d. - Come on.
- Don't overthink it.
- Beef? [ding]
- Yes. - Yes.
- Donya, how are you feeling? - Feeling lucky, chef.
- You're feeling lucky? - Just right now.
- Leigh, what are you thinking?
[dramatic music]
Narrator: It's the third of four rounds
Of the blind taste test challenge.
- Donya, how are you feeling? - I'm feeling lucky, chef.
- You're feeling lucky? - Just right now.
Narrator: And leigh needs to get her final guess right
To not only keep donya clean
But also give the ladies the lead.
- Leigh what are you thinking?
- Um...
[dramatic music]
[chuckles]
♪ ♪
Really dry turkey. [buzzer blares]
- Dry turkey?
Donya, welcome to the milky way--oh!
- Oh, my god.
- Sorry, dude. - It's ok.
It's been a long time.
I have cream in places I haven't had cream in a while.
- It's tied 5-5.
If we're still tied after four more tastings
For the final pairing, you'll go to sudden death.
- 5-5. I'm feeling good.
I cut back on the cigarettes this morning.
I brushed my teeth twice, got that sip of water.
I'm feeling really good.
- You cook it every week here in hell's kitchen.
Salmon.
- Canned tuna? [buzzer blares]
- Oh, for god's sake.
- Uh, halibut? [buzzer blares]
- I'm gonna make this thing a little bit easier.
Bacon.
Stand by.
Leigh, you could be going to the milky way.
- Turkey? [buzzer blares]
- Oh. [chuckles] - johnny, please.
- Ham. [buzzer blares]
- Milky way.
Off you go, you two. Blast off.
You're about to get drenched.
[laughs]
I like the milky way visor, leigh.
- [chuckles]
- Oh, my god.
[laughter]
- Ok, peanuts.
- Uh, celery? [buzzer blares]
- What?
- Peanuts. [ding]
- [chuckles]
- Off we go. Sprinkle away.
It's the space dust.
Oh, boy. Oh, boy.
[laughter]
Narrator: With the blue team now up by one,
Sammi has to get the next ingredient correct
To keep the red team in the game.
- Kalamata olives.
Can sammi tie it up?
If she doesn't, leigh is gonna see and taste
Some moon cheese. - Oh.
- What the [bleep] is moon cheese?
- Ready? - [giggles]
- Sammi, don't do this to me.
- Come on. You've got it. - Olives. It's olive.
- But more so, don't do it to leigh.
- Taste it. - [laughs]
- Sammi?
- Kohlrabi? [buzzer blares]
- Kohlrabi? - What did she say?
- Kohlrabi. - Kohlrabi?
- Olives, chef. [ding]
- Correct. Headset off.
Olives! - Oh, duh.
Yeah, feeling like a big loser right now.
- Ok, moon cheese.
Here we go.
- It's not pleasant.
- Look at that moon cheese!
- Wouldn't wish it on anyone.
I smell like a rotten box of powdered parm
That's been sitting at the back of your fridge
For, like, a couple of years that you forgot about.
- Blue team, I'm sending all of you
On a chef's shopping spree.
- You're lying. - No way.
- That's right, I'm gonna send all of you
To that amazing store, sur la table.
- Oh.
- I'm giving you $4,000 to spend.
- Bro. - That's right.
- Oh, my god.
- Thank you, chef. - Thank you, chef.
- Red team, come on.
Listen, the food fight and the blind taste test
Was fun, right?
But it's made a massive mess.
I need this dining room cleaned beautifully.
Tonight, we have a very unique dinner service.
- It's charity night.
Good? All: Yes, chef.
- Right, head back to the dorms.
Get changed, and off you go.
[light music]
♪ ♪
- I'm gonna be the one to get in there right now, guys.
Don't worry.
Someone's gonna have to get dirty.
I don't mind it's me.
[bleep] me.
I'm sad that we get to miss this shopping spree.
Just another cool reward we get to miss
For a horrible punishment.
- Bring us back something nice, please.
- Oh... - Oh, yeah.
- You make sure you use that $1,000 wisely.
- I'd like a little mint on my pillow too, girls.
- Mint? - Yeah.
A little mint on my pillow when you make my bed?
- Watch out for your toothbrushes
When you get back.
- Oh! [laughs]
- I say we use jason's toothbrush
To clean all the [bleep] toilets.
- That's what I was thinking, the same thing.
- Yes, yes. - Sounds like a plan, man.
- Don't brush your teeth when you get back.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Damn. - Yes, sir.
- Oh, my-- - get that money.
♪ ♪
- Wow. You guys don't want a basket?
- No, I'm just gonna have jason hold my stuff.
I'm just so lucky and happy and thankful
That we got to spend $1,000 each in this shop.
And no doubt I'm gonna spend that
To the best of my abilities.
I get that from my mother.
- How much are these, dude?
- For which one? - For real, yeah.
- It doesn't matter, bud. You have a g.
- I'll take a bird's beak.
Who doesn't like a good bird's beak?
Or a duck bill? - Oh, this is honestly surreal.
- Yeah, it's nuts. - This is insane.
You can't even dream this [bleep].
- Hey, they've got a pasta extruder, huh?
- What are you getting? - A toaster.
- A toaster? [laughter]
- Do I get a discount for the floor model?
- Oh, that is sick.
- That is adorable.
- Getting my daughter, saxon, that apron
Just reminds me why I'm here.
She's gonna be so hyped.
She's definitely on my mind today.
When you have a kid, man,
You don't buy anything for yourself--never.
I can't remember the last time
I had this much money to myself.
Getting money like this and spending money...
It's not something that happens every day.
- This was amazing. Amazing.
- [bleep]. Wow.
All: Thank you, chef. - Thank you, chef ramsay.
Narrator: Coming up... - Ok, guys.
I need more scallops.
- What the [bleep] is going on with these scallops?
They're rubber.
- I need 15 beautiful scallops, jason.
- This is painful.
- Come on, guys. - Definitely overcooked.
That's black. - Yes, chef.
- Hey, hey, hey. Come here.
Blue team! [bleep]!
Who put them on the plate?
Truthfully.
- Each filet is gonna get one cipollini onion.
Narrator: With the blue team back from a day of shopping...
- Cook these real quick.
Narrator: Both teams are now getting up to speed
On the menu for tonight from their sous chefs.
- I'm gonna start with the soufflé.
Scrape the bottom,
And grab any egg white
That might not have been fully incorporated.
You just keep mixing it through.
- It is charity night in hell's kitchen,
And that really means a lot to me.
It's really exciting to just be able to give back
To people who work so hard in their daily lives.
- Ladies, let's go. Gentlemen, line up, please.
Tonight is the night.
We have closed hell's kitchen to the public
So we can support two incredible charities.
Blue team, you'll be cooking for the people concern,
La county's largest housing and social service agency.
- Wow. - Wow.
- The people concern charity, it's a great cause.
They're doing some fantastic work,
And it's just great to be here cooking
For this wonderful cause.
- Representing the people concern tonight
Is an award-winning actor
From shows like "ally mcbeal"
And "grey's anatomy."
Greg germann is here this evening hosting that table.
- Wow. - Red team,
You'll be cooking for a very important one
Near and dear to all our hearts--
Teen cancer america,
The only charity that is focused
On teens and young adults.
- This one hits home
Because I do have someone very close to me
That I lost to cancer.
This person is definitely with me tonight.
I can feel it, so...
- Representing teen cancer america,
This actress is a emmy
And golden globe nominated incredible talent.
She's been in "pulp fiction," "desperately seeking susan."
Rosanna arquette
Is your host tonight. - Wow.
- I'm excited. Rosanna arquette.
She is a really big deal.
- Listen carefully, because tonight,
For the first time in this competition,
Each of you will be responsible
For your own course.
You'll need to supervise
The preparation and the cooking of that course.
Understood? All: Yes, chef.
- You need to own your course.
Understood? All: Yes, chef.
- Right. Get on your stations.
Let's go. - Yes, chef.
- Marino? - Sí, chef.
- Open hell's kitchen, please. Let's go.
- Subito.
[exciting music]
Narrator: Tonight, hell's kitchen is hosting
An exclusive charity event...
- Good to see you. Enjoy tonight.
- Yeah, we can't wait.
Narrator: Honoring supporters of the people concern...
- I want to go back in the kitchen and yell at somebody.
Can I?
Narrator: And teen cancer america.
- I need rosanna-- - I'm right here.
I'm here, I'm here, right next to you.
Narrator: All of tonight's guests
Will enjoy a five course meal featuring potato gnocchi
Led by carmen in the red kitchen
And jason in the blue kitchen,
Pan-seared scallops
Overseen by leigh and johnathan,
Chilean sea bass led by sammi and dahmere,
Filet mignon helmed by donya and ryan.
And carmen and jason are taking the lead once again
For the raspberry soufflé dessert.
- This is just like at my house every night.
[laughter]
- Right, carmen and jason, come here.
So we're going to start off. Our guests are sitting down.
We've got that beautiful potato gnocchi.
Give me a time. - Seven minutes?
- Seven minutes is perfect. - Perfect.
- Seven minutes. Let's go. - Seven minutes!
- Seven minutes, heard. - Let's go.
Seven minutes. - Dropping gnocchi.
- Let's fire gnocchi, please.
I'm assigned the first course and the last course,
Which really sets the tone for the evening.
So I'm ready to lead
And get my first course out with a great start.
- 12 scallops. Four and a half.
- You're saying scallops.
It's gnocchi. - It's gnocchi, carmen.
- They go quick. They go quick.
Get them off the heat. They go quick.
- Five minutes, guys.
Five minutes. - Heard five.
Heard on the five. - Five minutes
To the pass, guys. - Heard on the five.
- It's jason's course.
Are you counting it down? - Yes, chef.
- You are? - Yes, chef.
I've delegated every step of the dish to the guys.
I'm not big into repeating that over and over and over.
That's micromanaging, and I'm not there to micromanage.
- Jason, come here, you.
- Watch these. Yes, chef?
- It's your course. I'm not hearing you.
- I just said four minutes, chef.
- I want to hear you own this course.
- Understood, yeah. - Ok? Let's go.
- Yes, chef. Chef ryan, let's start walking them.
- Yes. - Pull the plates.
- Heard, heard. Walking gnocchi.
- What can I take up already?
- Those are ready.
- Do you want help plating? - Yes.
It's two per after I place seven, ok?
Give me this one. Seven per.
- I think carmen has a tendency to bring some frantic energy
To her leadership style.
She's not quite sure how to manage the situation.
- Donya, follow me with the mizuna.
Two pieces per. - Heard, heard.
- You have two more plates. We're gonna do this side.
- I'm gonna finish plating gnocchi
And then follow with parm, ok?
- Keep them tight. Keep them clean.
- I'm on your six with the mushrooms, coming down.
- Four, five, six. One more.
- Seven. - Right, up in the window.
Let's go. - Yes, chef.
- Are you happy with them? - They're gorgeous, chef.
- Are you happy with them? - Thank you so much
For the help.
- Oh, bollocks, man. - Too dark?
- Yeah, you know it's too [bleep] dark.
Leave it there. - This one is
Definitely overcooked. That's black.
- Yes, chef. - Hey, hey, hey.
Come here. Come here.
First of all, who put them on the plate?
[dramatic music]
Truthfully. - I'm not sure.
- 'cause I'm going to ask all of you, is that your best?
- Absolutely not, chef. - No, chef. No.
- They deserve better than that.
You know that, I know that, right?
- Absolutely. Yes, chef.
Nobody owned up to it, of course,
'cause nobody else owns up to their mistakes apparently.
How did no one burn the gnocchi?
It didn't just magically happen.
I'm going to fire a few more. - Heard that.
Narrator: While jason refires another plate of gnocchi,
Carmen is trying to keep the red team firing
On all cylinders... - You happy with that?
- Yes. - Let's go.
Narrator: As they complete their first course,
Much to the delight of some very cheerful diners.
- Oh, my god. It's so beautiful.
There is no chance the red team is not winning.
Yeah, red! - Whoo!
- Yay! - Yay!
- Jason, you happy with these? - I'm firing a few more.
Not happy. No, chef.
- One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
- Seven pieces each. One, two, three, four,
Five, six, seven. Yes.
Chef, there's seven here. - 60 seconds.
- What's he cooking more, though, for?
- No, no, no, jason. We're good to go here, chef.
We're good to go. We're good to go.
Check the plates. - You double-check.
You're the last line of defense.
- While chef jason was cooking gnocchi that we didn't need,
I ended up finishing the plates.
Jason should have been on the pass at all given times.
He should have delegated somebody
To cook just the gnocchi so he was able to plate his food.
The ticket's off to a pretty shaky start.
- Right. Happy with them, young man?
- Yes, chef. - Go, please. Go.
♪ ♪
- Wow, that's really good.
Here's to us. Cheers. - Whoo!
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
See? We can do it too.
- I wanted us to be louder.
Cheers. - Come on, jeez.
We will not be shamed.
- No, we won't. - Leigh, come here.
Johnathan, come here. - Yes, chef.
- Those first courses were diabolical.
I had no sense of direction going on there.
How long for the scallops? - Eight minutes?
- Eight minutes. - Let's go.
Eight minutes to the window. Both: Yes, chef.
- Eight minutes. Go, guys.
- I need more oil. - All right.
Get the scallops down.
- Scallops going down now.
- Nice scallops, guys.
Jason got us off to a real rocky start,
And I'm gonna pull together on the scallops dish.
Jason, you guys are dropping two extra orders just in case.
- Heard that. - They're already laid out.
- In my career, I've ran many passes.
So be ready, boys. Put your big boy pants on.
I'm ready to [bleep] rock this out.
You know, I'm gonna bring us back.
Five and a half to the window.
- Scallops about to walk in about a minute.
Ok? - Ok.
Narrator: While johnathan tries to get the blue team
Back on track, leigh is pushing
To keep the red team's momentum going.
- I need you to start plating on the other side.
Take the rest of these... - Heard.
- And start plating from that side.
Get those on. Come on, carmen.
I need you behind me. - Yes, chef.
I'm right here. What do you need?
- I need ham on these.
And I need flowers on those.
- Let's go, leigh. Come on.
- Yes, chef. - Right.
Are you happy with those, young lady?
- Yes, chef. - Go, please.
Let's go.
♪ ♪
- Mmm!
Narrator: Thanks to leigh's leadership,
The red team has completed their second course.
- This is why we're on team red.
Narrator: In the blue kitchen...
- Start plating. Let's go. - Yes, chef.
Narrator: Johnathan is trying to do the same.
- Scallops, scallops.
Up top, up top. - On your six.
- Make sure they're cooked and seared evenly.
- Do we have any more? - No, it's not even seared.
- Ok, guys. I need more scallops.
- What the [bleep] is going on with these scallops?
They're rubber. They are rubber.
- These scallops look like garbage.
I need 15 beautiful scallops,
Both sides seared really nice, jason!
I feel like my team is letting me down right now.
- Ten beautiful plates, two missing.
How the [bleep] do we undercook scallops?
- How hard is it to [bleep] sear a scallop, dude?
It's just like...
Give me those as soon as possible!
- [bleep]. Blue team, this is painful.
- Come on, guys.
- [bleep]. - Oh, my.
Narrator: It's the second course
At charity night in hell's kitchen,
Honoring teen cancer america and the people concern.
- Come on, blue team. Please!
Narrator: And chef ramsay has some concerns of his own
With the blue team.
- I need 15 beautiful scallops, jason!
Jason's [bleep] these scallops big time.
- Stop shaking them. That's what's happening.
You're ripping the sear. - Yes, chef.
- These came out two minutes ago.
- They're coming right now.
- He's shaking the pan too much.
- Leave it, leave it, leave it. - I'm not touching it.
- Ok. For someone
Who's an executive chef
Who has so much pedigree and such a big ego,
How can you not sear a [bleep] scallop?
It's just crazy to me.
Give me those as soon as possible!
- Come on, let's go. - They're not ready.
- Come on, guys. Come on.
- It's like, get the [bleep] out of here.
You know, I don't need you to flip a [bleep] scallop.
- This is painful. - Come on, guys!
- Johnny. - Ok.
- Happy with those, johnathan? - Yes, chef, I am.
- Finally. Go, young man.
♪ ♪
- Thank you. - My dish is perfect.
- Wow. That's really tasty.
- Dahmere, come here, please. - Yes, chef.
- Sammi, come here, please. - Yes, chef.
Eight minutes to the window. - Yes, chef.
- 12 bass, 12 bass. Let's go.
- Heard that. - Yes, chef.
- Let's go. - Eight minutes to the window.
- Eight minutes? - Eight minutes.
- We're counting down.
Coming out being a little behind
From after the scallops, ready to lock in,
Be the anchor for the team,
Keep them on track, ready to rock.
You're going to lay the asparagus.
You're going to go with the beurre blanc on the base.
One ladle, one ounce.
I'm going with the fish.
And I'ma hit it with the caviar.
We're gonna follow with the flowers.
We're going fast.
All that asparagus blanched off and ready to go.
- Yes, I'm doing batches of four.
- Just baste it, ok? Just baste it.
- No oven? - No oven.
Just keep basting it. - With butter. Heard.
- Donya, get the beurre blanc. Bring it to the pass.
- That's it. - Yes, chef.
- That's the leader right there.
- Yes, chef!
We are all killing it right now.
We're a well-oiled machine.
Everything's going well.
♪ ♪
- Don't grab it. Don't grab it, leigh.
- Don't touch it. Don't touch it.
Don't touch it.
[bleep]! Now, we have to stay in control.
- Yes, chef. Ok, guys.
I need a lot of veg stock in that pan
So they don't get scorched, ok?
- Heard, heard. - In 30 seconds.
30 seconds, I need bass.
- Hot walking.
Narrator: Thanks to sammi...
- These bass are great. Bring me more.
Narrator: And dahmere's leadership...
- All right, let's get this fish down
And get these plates out. - Heard that.
Narrator: Both kitchens...
- Very nice. Go, please. - Yep.
Narrator: Have successfully completed
The third course... - It's delicious.
Narrator: And earned some high praise.
- Mmm. - I wish we could sit
Right there, like, on high chairs.
That's what I want to do, because I love
Watching the kitchen.
- Ryan, donya. - Yes, chef.
- The most exciting course, the main course.
Both: Yes, chef. - It's not a race.
I want quality... - Yes, chef.
- Over speed. - Yes, chef.
- Yeah? How long for your pickup?
- Ten. - Ten minutes.
- Let's do this. - Sounds good to me.
- Let's go. - Thank you.
Boys, we have a lot of time on this, ok?
We have a lot of time on this one.
- Guys, make sure my purée is going.
- I got it with some milk and cream right now.
- I'm doing all the meat. I'm jumping off.
My main goal is to prove not only am I a great chef,
I'm a [bleep] leader.
- So you're still cooking them now,
Even though it's a ten-minute pickup?
- No, chef. I'm just finishing my sear.
- I'm just asking, but for me, young lady,
I just need to know if you're in charge, ok?
- Yes, chef. I am in charge, chef.
- Have you got this? - I got this, chef.
- Ok. Well, I'm just asking.
- I think donya is a really strong chef,
But sometimes she has a hard time
Separating herself from the line
And seeing the whole thing as a complete kitchen.
- Behind corner hot.
- So are you cooking the filet now?
- I'm basting. Yes, chef. - You're basting.
So donya's not doing that? - No, chef.
I'm taking control of the plating of the other plates.
- I'm just trying to figure out the system.
I don't mind what you do, young lady.
I'm just trying to figure out the system.
Yes? - Yes, chef.
- All right, mushrooms are good.
Cioppino is good. Sauce is good.
Pomme purée is good. - Mushrooms working.
- Heard that. - Moving kale.
Kale's gonna walk, ok? - Heard that.
Make sure that there's a plate up there for draining.
I'm the strongest member of the blue team.
I firmly believe I am.
- 90 seconds, yes? All: 90 seconds!
- Yes, chef. Oh, these are beautiful.
These are beautiful. - Yeah, these look great.
These look great.
- Chef ramsay is looking for a chef
That can lead and command in the kitchen,
And that is 100% me.
Let's go. Make it a little bit looser.
Make it stand up. Make it nice.
Or make it twice, all right? - Yes, chef.
- Walking with the filets to the top.
- Let's go.
- Where you at? - I'm putting down kale.
- Heard. I'm going down with onion.
- Come on, donya. It's your course, young lady.
- Yes, chef. - Is that where the onion goes?
- Yes, right on the top of the kale.
- Let's go. Plates got to be clean, guys.
- A little bit of respect, lads, for [bleep] sake.
- Keep it sexy, keep it clean, keep it tight.
♪ ♪
- Donya. - Yes, chef.
I'm right here, chef. - Yeah.
- Look. Heads up. - Donya!
Cold in the middle. Let's go.
Who's cooking that? - Heard.
- I have three more right here, chef.
I have three more. - If you have to, swap it out.
- She can do that.
She can do it. - I got it, chef.
I got it, I got it, I got it, I got it.
- Oh, my god.
[bleep] hell.
- I think donya is struggling on delegating right now.
She shouldn't be the one cooking her meat
While she is on the pass.
- Talk to them, donya.
- The whole point of this is to take charge of your course.
- All right, coming over with one more.
Do you need more? - No, I'm good.
- Come on. Your course, your standards.
Let's go. - Yes, chef.
- Once it's clean, you put it up.
Yeah? - I got you, yes.
- Tight, tight. Truffle on them, huh?
- Every plate is going up.
- You happy with that? - Yes, chef.
Let me just clean them. - Ok.
- Let's go. - Let's go.
♪ ♪
- So good. - It's good?
- I think it's my favorite.
- Happy with them, donya?
- Yes, I'm very happy, chef.
- Let's go.
♪ ♪
- It's so good. - Delicious.
- Wow. - We are team red!
- [laughs]
- Both charities are enjoying--
Enjoying-- the food.
This is the big course, the finale.
- Absolutely. - Yeah?
Fire the soufflés. Soufflés in. Let's go.
- Yes, chef. 15 minutes. - 15 minutes. Let's go.
- Yes, chef. - Yes, chef.
- I have a million things running through my head.
I'm just trying to focus.
I'm keeping my nerves calm,
And I'm trying to keep a positive mindset
Because that's what a leader does.
- Now, I can see some white lumps in there.
Did you-- - we were told
To leave ribbons during the demo, chef.
- Ribbons? - Yes, chef.
Ribbons of white egg white,
Not fully incorporated.
- Jason? - Yes, chef.
- Only jason
Would throw chef christina and chef jason under the bus.
Am I surprised? No.
- In the demo, you told them
To leave egg white running through?
- No. - The ribbons of egg white?
She said don't fully--
- I heard the ribbons of raspberry.
- Get me christina, urgently. - Yes, chef.
Narrator: It's charity night in hell's kitchen,
And tables for both the people concern
And teen cancer america
Are eagerly awaiting the final course--
A raspberry soufflé overseen
By carmen in red and jason in blue.
- In the demo, you told them
To leave egg white running through?
- No. - The ribbons of egg white?
She said don't fully--
- I heard the ribbons of raspberry.
- Get me christina, urgently.
Narrator: But a problem with the blue team's soufflé
Has chef ramsay seeking answers.
- Christina. - Yes, chef?
- Jason said you told him to put ribbons of egg white.
- Ribbons of egg white?
No, I said it'll be streaky
As you fold in.
- It's like clumps of egg white.
- No, definitely not what was shown.
- Chef ramsay isn't getting the full story.
Chef christina showed us that the egg whites
Should not be fully incorporated into the soufflé.
These are facts.
- Scrape the bottom
And grab any egg white
That might not have been fully incorporated.
And just keep mixing it through.
- Damn.
- You guys start chocolate glaze.
Go ahead and start chocolate. - Did you say three?
Did you say three minutes? What's the time?
Communicate with him.
- Go communicate with him. Make sure you do it.
Make sure you communicate.
- It should be fine, right? It's two minutes.
- Yeah. Ok. - What the [bleep]?
- Carmen doesn't delegate strong enough.
Carmen, tell him how long. - Carmen.
Carmen, walk into jason's and talk to him.
Tell him what you need.
- She's almost, like, questioning herself,
Which is not good.
Definitely shouldn't be happening.
- Jason. - Yes, chef?
- Ready in two? - Two.
- Let's go. - Ok, crank the oven now.
The last two minutes, it lifts the soufflé, yes?
- Yes, chef. - Two minutes, please.
- So it's all hands on deck, trying to make sure
That this soufflé gets out to the diners
Because every second is critical.
They can fall so quickly.
- Four, three, two, one. Let's go!
- Let's go. - Come on, jason.
- Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
- Let's go, jay. - Steady legs, steady hands.
- Careful, careful. - Let's go.
- Right on there. - Go, go, go, go, go, go.
- Get them on the plate, somebody!
- Two uglies. I'm getting them out the way.
Two uglies is coming out. Go, go, go.
- Powder, powder, powder.
- On the plate, ladies. On the plate.
- Slide down. Slide down.
Slide, slide. Bump, bump.
Slide, slide. - Go, go, go, go.
- Oh, [bleep] hell. They're deflating.
That one's gone. - Yes, chef.
- [bleep]!
Happy with those? - Yes, chef.
- Beautiful, chef. - Go, go, go, go, go!
Can we swap another one here?
- Chef, these are our two extras.
They're already deflated. - Well, go.
Go, go, go.
[bleep] hell.
- Oh, my gosh.
I mean, chocolate? Yes.
- It tastes really, really good.
It's perfect. - Sorry to disturb you.
I just wanted to say thank you for coming tonight.
And also, all the chefs thank you for coming here.
- Thank you, guys. Thank you. - Thank you so much.
- We are team red! - Oh, my gosh!
A standing ovation?
Aww, that's so nice.
- Right, listen carefully, all of you.
I personally was expecting more leadership,
More ownership across our courses.
The winning team tonight...
[suspenseful music]
Is neither team.
I want each team to go back to the dorm
And come back to me
With the one nominee
Who you feel is the weakest leader on your team.
Is that clear?
All: Yes, chef!
- Get out of here, all of you.
- Gosh, it's really hard when it gets down to four people
And he only wants you to put up one.
These are difficult decisions to make.
- It was a lot to baste four pans all at the same time.
- I felt like I delegated my thing pretty well.
- Yeah, but-- - give it to me, leigh.
- If she was basting four pans, it wasn't delegated well.
- And with you, donya, I think you're really strong,
Like, on your station, but I think you're kind of,
Like, to yourself sometimes.
- You guys can suck my [bleep].
That's how I'm feeling right now, bro.
I work harder than all of them,
And my voice is out there more than all of them.
- But do you guys feel like
I delegated to you clearly enough, or--
- Carmen, you don't delegate.
You want to be in it.
- I admit that I did not do perfect tonight.
Like, that first course was chaotic
With all of that [bleep].
- I just feel like I don't hear you enough.
And I feel I hear you a lot, and I hear you more.
- I feel like I have one of the loudest voices.
- Out of, like, the four of us, I don't think so.
- We're talking about leadership roles today,
And I think, jason, that you dropped the ball
On the leadership role tonight.
- I disagree. Like, I did two dishes.
I did exactly what I was told to do.
Even chef ramsay pulled me aside, and he's like,
"who's burning the gnocchi and put them up anyways?"
Nobody owned it. - I cooked ones,
And the ones I put up were perfect.
I didn't cook any burnt ones. - I cooked the mushrooms.
- So nobody burnt any gnocchi, in other words.
So I will admit, like,
The leadership on the plating could have gotten better.
I think I communicated very clear, to the point,
And, you know, honest with everybody
About what we needed and what we needed to do.
I think I'm an easy scapegoat,
Just 'cause they know I own my mistakes.
How did no one burn the gnocchi?
How did no one overcook the scallops?
It didn't just magically happen.
- Honestly, dude, the attitude thing
Has just not gone away at all, bro.
- What attitude thing? - With the--
- You mean the honesty?
You have an issue with honesty?
- Ok, we can sit here and argue all day.
My vote's for jason, dude.
- Who's your vote for?
- Johnathan.
- It's ironic that you're voting for me
When you cooked my scallops.
- I didn't overcook any of your scallops.
- Someone undercooked some of them.
- Who's your vote for?
♪ ♪
[clears throat]
- Right now, I'm between carmen and donya
Because of frantic micromanaging
And not having confidence.
- I'm not ready yet. - I don't know how to do this.
- This is really [bleep] cruel.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- The charity night is a tradition here
In hell's kitchen,
But it also gives me a glimpse
On how you're gonna operate as a leader.
Ryan, blue team's nominee and why.
- We chose to nominate jason tonight
Due to his lack of leadership on the first course.
Following up on that was the soufflé.
Not too sure if he understood
The concept of how it was supposed to be done.
He didn't ask any of us if it was going to be correct.
- Carmen, red team's nominee and why.
- We are voting donya up tonight
Because we feel like she has taken the least initiative
To step up into a leadership role
Throughout the entire competition.
- Both of you step forward, please, donya, jason.
Familiar territory for you both.
Donya, tell me why you think
You should stay in hell's kitchen.
- I believe I should stay in hell's kitchen, chef,
Because not only I'm a great cook,
I'm a great leader.
Finesse is something you can teach,
But that leadership you cannot.
I have the loudest voice in that kitchen,
And I'm the strongest one in that kitchen, chef.
♪ ♪
- Jason, tell me why you should stay in this kitchen.
- I led my dish tonight.
Everybody had their assignments.
We did fall behind on plating, absolutely,
And that is 100% my fault.
I was cooking my gnocchi.
I was owning my dish,
Just like I owned chef johnathon's scallops,
The most prominent part of his dish.
- Did you just say that you led johnathan scallops?
Did he tell you to cook them all?
♪ ♪
- Johnathan delegated to me
To cook scallops with dahmere, yes.
♪ ♪
- Jason, this is your fifth time up here.
- Yes, chef. - Why?
- They feel my mistakes outweigh everybody else's.
- Tonight, I didn't ask you to cook your course.
I asked you to own it, supervise it.
You've both proven you can cook many times.
♪ ♪
That wasn't the challenge tonight.
My decision is...
[dramatic music]
And it's a tough one...
♪ ♪
Donya, come here, young lady.
I don't think I've ever met a chef
Who is more passionate about cooking than you are.
You're just not ready to be my next head chef.
Appreciate the dedication.
- It was more than a pleasure working for you, chef.
- Stick with it. - I will.
- Good girl. - Thank you, chef ramsay.
- Thank you. Good night.
- I was not the weakest chef in the red kitchen.
Chef ramsay is gonna find out very soon who is.
This whole experience meant a lot to me.
I first came in here, trying to break a generational curse.
And I learned that I didn't have
To prove myself to nobody.
I had to prove myself to me.
So I'm more than a line cook, baby.
I'm a chef now. [chuckles]
- Jason, I have not given up on you.
You know that. - Thank you, chef.
I haven't given up on me, either.
- But I'm getting awfully [bleep] close.
- Yes, chef.
- Back in line.
With only seven of you left,
Let me tell you something really important.
The competition is wide open.
Is that clear?
All: Yes, chef.
- Get out of here.
- Survived the elimination.
I feel all right, a little frustrated.
I've been up there five times, but, you know, I'm still here.
I'm not going anywhere. Are you kidding me?
- Yeah, don't ever [bleep] say my name up there again, jason.
I can't believe that jason is still on the blue team.
Don't [bleep] say my name ever again.
- It's a competition. Deal with it.
- At the end of the day,
He's a piece [bleep] with no morals.
And if he wants to [bleep] say my name, then that's fine.
♪ ♪
- Donya had the drive, voice, and was a great cook.
But I'm not looking for a great cook.
I need a great chef.
Narrator: Next time
On "hell's kitchen, the american dream"...
- Today is black jacket day.
Narrator: The time for teams has come to an end.
- There are seven of you
And only five black jackets.
Go!
Narrator: As the chefs battle it out
For their chance to join the elite...
- It's fight for your life,
So I'm ready to take anyone down.
Narrator: But will some chefs go too far...
- Anybody see where my turnips went?
I had a whole sauté pan of the ones that I had cut up.
- Somebody stole jason's turnips?
Narrator: In their quest for the coveted black jackets?
- Who [bleep] with my scallops?
- I will swear on my mother's life.
- I don't give a [bleep].
Do not [bleep] throw me under the bus like that.
Narrator: On the next... - Deal with it.
Narrator: Highly charged episode...
- It's a competition. - Suck my [bleep].
Narrator: Of "hell's kitchen."