Narrator: Previously on "hell's kitchen:
The american dream"...
- Oh, no way!
Narrator: Chef ramsay received a special delivery.
- Wow! - Today is black jacket day.
- The black jacket is such
A coveted symbol in hell's kitchen.
It means that you are the best of the best.
Narrator: In the first black jacket challenge...
- S. - Spinach.
Narrator: The chefs rolled the dice for ingredients...
- Truffle.
Narrator: They would all have to cook with.
- I'm going to do herb-crusted with the truffle on it.
Narrator: Johnathan's dish stood out...
- Utter perfection. Congratulations, young man.
Narrator: And earned him the first black jacket.
- ♪ oh, that black jacket ♪
- I'm going to do a cauliflower gribiche.
Narrator: Sammi took a risk...
- Big risk. It paid off.
Narrator: And she earned black jacket number two.
- Whoo! I got a black jacket!
Narrator: In the next challenge...
- Go!
Narrator: The chefs had to be fast
On their feet and fight for ingredients.
- I got it. I already grabbed it.
Narrator: Dahmere and carmen got exactly
What they were looking for.
- Peruvian potatoes. Cha-ching, cha-ching.
Narrator: And they received...
- Dahmere, carmen.
Narrator: The next two black jackets.
- [screams] I'm so [bleep] excited right now!
Narrator: With the final black jacket on the line...
- Make anything you want.
Narrator: Ryan, jason, and leigh gave it their all.
- This is probably the most important dish
Of your professional career.
- Yes, chef.
Narrator: Jason's thai lobster...
- Needs a bit more seasoning there.
Narrator: Just missed the mark.
- The first chef not receiving a black jacket...
Jason. Good night.
Narrator: And then it all came down to leigh's...
- Za'atar spice lamb chop.
- The lamb is cooked beautifully.
Narrator: Versus ryan's.
- Sweet potato and carrot cappelletti.
- It's a delight. Fragrant and beautiful.
This is tough.
Narrator: And chef ramsay decided
To give the fifth black jacket to...
- Leigh. - [sighs]
Narrator: But in a surprise turn of events...
- Ryan, you're going to have to put up with me
For a little bit longer
'cause I have a black jacket for you as well, young man.
- [sobs]
Black jacket, baby!
Thank you, chef.
The american dream is real!
Narrator: Meaning for the first time in ten years...
[all cheering]
Narrator: Six black jacket chefs...
- Congratulations, guys. Come on!
Narrator: Will fight for their american dream
Of becoming head chef at gordon ramsay's
Hell's kitchen restaurant at caesars palace in las vegas.
- In this black jacket, I feel invincible.
[dramatic music]
Narrator: And now, the continuation
Of "hell's kitchen."
- Good night, guys.
[indistinct chatter] - thank you, chef.
- Absolutely amazing. Seriously, well done.
The true american dream. Congratulations.
- Thank you, chef. - Good night.
- Thank you. - Cheers, guys!
[cheering]
- Ah, yes.
It tastes better in a black jacket.
Get that photo booth.
[upbeat music]
- Top me off.
Click, click, click.
♪ ♪
- I'm buzzed right now.
- Ah!
- Here we go.
♪ ♪
- Whoo!
Black jackets.
- [laughing] yeah!
A little buzzed right now.
I've been in the black jacket lounge with sammi all day,
And trying to keep up with her is quite the challenge.
- [laughs] - me?
You laughing at me?
- Bro.
- Yeah, I can't drink anymore because
I have to be on my a-game.
- [snickers]
[soft dramatic music]
- Good morning.
All: Good morning, chef.
- Johnathan. - Yes, chef.
- First into that black jacket lounge.
- Yeah, chef.
- Consumed the most alcohol because you were
There on your own for a while. - Yes, chef.
- Have you sobered up? - Yes, chef.
I slept great. - You sure?
Because you look like a sack of [bleep] on a hot day
This morning. [laughter]
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
- We all know that the food industry
Has changed dramatically
Over the last ten or 15 years, right?
All: Yes, chef.
- Today,
One of the chef's most powerful tools is social media.
Even a single photograph can go viral within seconds.
So today, I'm going to test your ability
To create a stunning, eye-popping dish,
Because I'm going to take photos
Of all six of your dishes and post them live
To my 100 million social media followers.
- Wow. - Sheesh.
- And they're going to tell me what they think.
How cool is that?
- That's insane, chef.
- Your 45 minutes starts now.
Let's go.
Narrator: In the first black jacket challenge,
The chefs have been tasked with not only
Making great-tasting dishes...
- Keep it sexy.
Narrator: But dishes that please the eye as well.
- Whoo! I'm on fire.
Let's go. - Hell, yeah.
I'm definitely feeling it harder than johnathan
Right now, for sure.
I feel so unwell.
♪ ♪
I really want to make a cavatelli,
But can we do that on a gnocchi board?
I want to make a colorful pasta that'll really stand out.
My dough feels kind of thick.
But as I am kneading my dough, it feels extremely tough.
It needs to relax.
But I am just crossing my fingers that it will work out.
♪ ♪
[bleep].
♪ ♪
- This pineapple's [bleep] not working.
I might have to offer something else.
You know, first instinct is to grab chicken.
The garnish wasn't going the way that I wanted it to.
And then something hit me.
Like, I've seen some real beautiful,
You know, carpaccios or sashimi platters.
Put emphasis on my knife skills and pops of color.
Keep it very minimalistic and abstract.
- Seared scallops, butternut purée,
A little guanciale chip.
A lot going on.
- You got to know when to rein it in, I think.
I think the riskiest part of this dish
Is to make sure that it's cohesive.
So to really make this plate stand out,
I got these beautiful, black truffles.
I'm going to shave them really thin.
- I think I know what you're going for, that nice disk?
- Yes.
- Yes, I'm going to do a lobster tiradito
With a mango ají amarillo sauce.
A tiradito is a classic peruvian dish.
I'm slicing the lobster because
I just wanted to have it really pretty
But still easy for the guests to eat in one bite.
And I want to place the claw on top
As a centerpiece to add a wow factor to the plate.
Big-ass claw.
- What have you got working, leigh?
- Gonna make kind of like a thai-style broth.
I'm doing scallops.
I was going to do arctic char and scallops,
But I'm narrowing it down a little bit.
Maybe some, like, candy thai chilies with candy kumquats
Would bring some sweetness and some heat
To this, like, tangy, spicy sauce.
But I've literally never candied fruit before.
I don't know why I decided to try and do it today,
But, you know, you've got to take risks.
Do I keep the candy stuff on or off the heat?
- Um, I would keep it just till it gets more syrupy.
- Okay. Thank you, sammi.
- Striped bass.
Yeah, I'm thinking ceviche,
And then put a circle in the middle with the vinaigrette,
Some oil, sexy, little garnishes.
- Cool. I like that idea. - Yeah.
It's going well.
I'm getting my ceviche going,
Have my coconut vinegar working.
Chef ramsay called me a sack a [bleep] on a hot day,
But as long as I can stay in my lane and do what I do,
I feel very, very confident
That I'm going to pull this off today.
♪ ♪
- Four minutes.
Good. Beautiful colors. Beautiful colors.
- What I want to do is I want to paint this scene.
Like, I want to get a big, white plate,
So I've got a good canvas, and just use the splashes
Of the butternut squash purée.
♪ ♪
- Okay, guys, 45 seconds.
- This dish is really going to pop
Because I have a bright blue bowl
With this bright yellow sauce.
And those are contrasting colors,
If you kind of look at, your, like, color wheel.
- Ten, nine, eight,
Seven, six, five,
Four, three, two, one.
And serve. Well done.
Up in the window.
Right, it's time to make these dishes insta-famous!
♪ ♪
[camera shutter clicking]
♪ ♪
How beautiful are they? I am so impressed.
I'm going to post these, and we're going live.
Before I go, come on. Jump in, everybody.
Selfie time. Let's go.
[laughter] - hey!
- I want a copy of that.
- Joining me today to help judge your dishes
Is the chef and owner
Of the amazing michelin star restaurant, kali.
Please welcome kevin meehan.
[applause]
- It is amazing that chef ramsay has brought
In another michelin star chef, kevin meehan,
To judge our food today.
I mean, it's a lot of pressure, but this is a big deal.
- Visually, how important is that first look of a dish?
- People eat with their eyes.
It's the first interaction you have with a dish.
- What's been the secret success behind kali?
- My biggest thing is I never yell in my kitchen.
Ever, ever yell.
- Nor would I! [laughter]
- It's like parenting.
Disappointment is a great verb to say to someone
That you're not satisfied with their work.
- Right. Let's start with ryan.
Come on down. - Go, ryan.
Narrator: Chef kevin meehan and chef ramsay
Will now evaluate each dish and award up to ten points.
Meanwhile, votes are also pouring in from social media,
And those points will be added to each chef's score
At the end of the judging.
- So chef, today, I have prepared
Porcini-dusted scallops with black truffles,
Butternut squash purée.
- Visually, chef, what do you think?
- Visually, it looks great.
The splattering of the butternut squash,
I think you did that on purpose.
- Yeah.
- Not something I prefer. - Yeah.
- But that's subjective. To each his own.
- Chef, the composition of the dish, the taste,
How did it come across?
- It's great. It's a restaurant-quality dish.
You should be very proud of yourself.
- Thank you very much, chef.
- Chef, on a scale of one to ten, what would you give that?
- Nine. - A nine.
- Solid nine. - Thank you, chef.
- I'm going to give that a solid eight.
- Thank you, chef. - Really good job.
Well done. Up next, sammi.
Let's go.
- So I have a kind of beetroot pasta.
I tried to make it kind of like a cavatelli
With crab and truffle in there as well.
- Yeah, these look like cheetos.
[dramatic music]
- [chuckles softly]
♪ ♪
At my restaurant, we serve cavatelli
And it doesn't look like that.
- Yes, right. - Those look like gummy worms.
- How's it taste? - Um...
It could be better.
- Chef kevin is ripping sammi's dish apart harshly.
I was not expecting this right now.
- There's good pasta, and there's bad pasta.
[dramatic music]
- How's it taste?
- Um, it could be better.
Narrator: In today's challenge,
While chef ramsay's social media followers
Are weighing in on the presentation,
Chefs meehan and ramsay are evaluating dishes
On both visual appeal as well as flavor.
- There's good pasta, and there's bad pasta.
- Uh-huh.
- Do you think you could have done a better job at this?
- Oh, yeah. - I'm sure.
- Chef, on a scale of one to ten, where are we going?
- Six.
- I like the flavor. I'm going to give it a seven.
- Thank you, chef. - Thank you.
- Probably shouldn't have drank yesterday.
Now it's, like, really trickling into today.
I don't feel like my 100%.
- Johnathan, let's go, please.
- You have a sea bass ceviche, chef,
With a little red pepper to get the orange color.
- This is a canvas.
I don't think this plate did you a service by any means.
- Okay.
- Texture's good.
Could use a little crunch in there.
I think you should have... Everything's kind of soft.
- It's beautifully balanced, the seasoning.
Chef, on a scale of one to ten, where are we going?
- With all respects,
I feel like you went the easy way out.
Like, anyone can sit here and just take fish and chop it raw.
I'll give you a seven.
- I'm going to give you an eight on this one.
- Okay, chef. - Well done. Up next, leigh.
Let's go.
Narrator: Leigh is hoping her pan-seared scallops
And noodles in a thai coconut broth
Will dazzle chef meehan and chef ramsay.
- Visually, it looks very attractive.
- Thank you.
- How did you get kumquats in there?
- Candied a few, chopped them up,
And wanted to add a little bit of tart sweetness.
- Chef, on a scale of one to ten, where are we going?
- Flavor-wise, it's there, so I'm going to give you an eight.
- I'm going to give you a nine.
- Thank you, chef.
- Yeah, it's that good. Well done.
- Thank you. - Really good.
Next up, dahmere. Let's go, please.
Narrator: Dahmere is hoping the delicate knife skills
He used in his arctic char sashimi
Will please the chefs' eyes as well as their palates.
- I think this would look nicer on a different plate.
- Yes, chef.
- How's that taste, chef? - It tastes great.
- On a scale of one to ten? - I'm going to give it nine.
- A nine. - Thank you.
- I'm going to go eight. - Way to go.
- Thank you. - Good job.
And we have carmen. Let's go, young lady.
Narrator: Finally, carmen's peruvian lobster tiradito
Is exploding with color, but will it pop on the taste buds
Or fizzle out?
- It looks a little retro composed,
But it looks appealing.
I want to eat this right now.
- Visually, it pops. Great choice of plate.
How did that taste, chef? - It's good.
There's spice there that's kind of dominating everything.
However, I think it looks nice.
I'm going to give you a nine. - Thank you, chef.
- Put you up there with the other guys.
- Thank you, chef.
- I'm going to give it an eight. Good job.
- Thank you, chef. - Thank you, carmen.
- Thank you.
It's a four-way tie right now, and I'm just praying
That the people on chef ramsay's social media
Love my dish.
- The online votes have been tabulated.
The dish that receives the first place
Will earn ten points, second place nine,
And so on down the line, understood?
- Yes, chef.
- Finishing in sixth place on social media,
Which gives you five points, was...
Sammi.
It was a total of 18 out of 30.
What a shame.
Finishing in fifth place
On social media was...
Dahmere.
You got six more points.
Finishing in fourth place on social media...
Ryan.
So you add an additional seven points.
In third place on social media
For eight points was...
Johnathan.
You have a total of 23.
It's down between leigh and carmen.
One of you finished in first
And earned an additional ten points.
The winner of today's first big individual challenge...
[dramatic music]
Is...
Leigh. Congratulations.
- Thank you. - Well done.
[applause]
Amazing.
- I think leigh and carmen's dishes straight up
Look like they're out of the '90s.
And if I knew that was the direction we were going in,
I probably would have won.
- All of you join me
In thanking this incredible legend.
- Thank you, guys. All: Thank you, chef.
- Take care.
Give it up, please, for kevin meehan.
Come on. [applause]
Great feedback.
Leigh, congratulations, young lady.
- Thank you, chef.
- I hope you're ready to kick off your shoes and relax,
Because I've arranged for you a day of rejuvenation.
You'll be headed to the muscle lab in pasadena,
Where you'll enjoy a refreshing blast of cryotherapy.
- Ooh.
- You will then enjoy a relaxing thaw
In this beautiful infrared sauna.
Once your body has rejuvenated,
You'll continue to unwind at the fabulous
Langham huntington, pasadena.
You're going to be experiencing a beautiful high tea ceremony.
Any brit will tell you
You should always observe high tea with someone else.
So the big question is who would you like to join you?
- I'm going to go with the runner up today, chef.
She earned it. - Yeah.
- Carmen, great job as well.
Leigh, congratulations. - Thank you.
- I left you something very spicy in the door.
- Thank you, chef.
- Congrats. - Thank you.
- Get out of here. Come on. Go get frozen.
- Bye, guys. - Congratulations.
- I love you. Thank you.
Leigh picked me, and I definitely need
Some rejuvenation treatment.
We've been doing a lot of intense punishments.
- Oh!
Oh, my god. - Oh, [bleep].
Spices!
Oh, my god, look at all this.
- I love this spiceology set.
We've been cooking with it here in hell's kitchen,
And the spices have been so fresh and flavorful.
My new house is going to have to have
The world's biggest pantry.
- Right.
Listen, we need almonds for our lamb entree.
You'll need to blanch and carefully peel the skin
Off those fresh almonds.
In fact, there's 100 pounds of fresh almonds.
- [bleep].
- All of you, pick your heads up
And get ready to get peeling.
Okay, head to the dorms.
- Yes, chef. - Yes, chef.
- I'm [bleep] on all day.
Chef thinks I look like a sack of [bleep].
Damn, he's on me today.
Now I have to go peel some nuts.
It's just like [bleep].
It's not my day today.
I should have never drank, sammi.
- Dude. Yeah, you're telling me.
- Oh, the sunshine!
- Oh, it's so beautiful outside.
- Yes!
- After you, madame. - Thank you, madame.
- We won something!
- Yay.
[upbeat music]
- Oh!
- Welcome to muscle lab.
We're excited to have you guys today.
We're going to get you guys started with the cryo first.
- I've never done cryotherapy.
- See you soon. [laughter]
- I'm really excited.
- Ready? - Yeah.
- I'm rooting for you.
- Oh, my god. Okay. Ooh!
♪ ♪
- Are you all right?
- It's so weird. It's like I am...
I'm very cold.
It's a negative 162 degrees, but it's just really dry.
I feel like I could do this for a while.
Which is nice. [chuckles]
Whoo! All right.
- I feel like I'm going into an ice cream machine.
I'm a little nervous because I do not like the cold weather.
[gasps] it is cold!
I live in miami. I am a tropical gal.
- Enjoy.
[upbeat steel drum music]
♪ ♪
I actually feel pretty good.
It was worth those two minutes of freezing cold.
- This is going to be the opposite of the cryo,
So you'll be able to kind of warm up a little bit.
♪ ♪
- [chuckles]
I feel so amazingly rejuvenated right now.
I definitely needed it in hell's kitchen.
I've been begging for a spa day.
- Oh.
I love the sauna.
You know, the heat is definitely my element.
Now it feels like hell's kitchen in here.
This is hot.
- Have you ever peeled almonds before?
- Never peeled almonds. - It sucks.
- So the punishment today is to blanch and peel
100 pounds of almonds.
And we have to toast all the seeds,
Sesame seeds, coriander seeds, fennel seeds, star anise.
You know, then we got to grind them by hand
In the world's smallest mortar and pestle.
This is going to take at least a good four or five hours,
100%, easily.
This is [bleep] ridiculous.
- This? Yeah, this is redonkulous.
I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy.
♪ ♪
- Oh, my god. This is-- - look at all the food.
- [gasps] - lovely.
- This looks--oh, my god. This is beautiful.
- Yum.
- I don't even know where to start.
It's really nice to have some one on one time with carmen.
- A bread cheers. - Cheers.
[laughter]
- She's been one of my best friends
In this house the whole season.
- How does it feel to win the first black jacket challenge?
- I feel like a lot of the people
Have been writing me off,
Especially because I have the least experience.
So it's nice to just, like, I don't know, show up.
- I think the other chefs are way too cocky right now,
And they don't know what's coming.
I mean, we got black jackets for a reason,
And we deserve it.
♪ ♪
Narrator: Back at hell's kitchen,
The remaining chefs are breaking for lunch...
- Take 20 minutes.
Narrator: And one chef seems to be slowly going nuts.
- Chef said I look like a sack of [bleep].
[dramatic drum beat]
- You okay?
[dramatic music]
- Johnathan is taking what chef ramsay
Said about him really to heart.
- I can't believe I got told I look like a sack of [bleep].
- I know, chef. I know.
Johnny! [bleep].
It doesn't matter how good you are.
You know, people go home
Over the smallest of minute details today.
So you know, if you want to be his head chef,
You get over it and you move on.
- [sighs]
♪ ♪
Narrator: With the ladies back from their spa day
And the almonds peeled...
- It could have been just five of you in here.
You got lucky there's six of you, okay?
- Yes. - Show it off why, yes?
All: Yes, chef.
Narrator: It's time for the final six chefs
To come together for the first black jacket dinner service.
- Marino. - Si, chef.
- Please open hell's kitchen
For our first all-black jacket service.
Let's go. - Subito.
[energetic music]
♪ ♪
Narrator: Excitement is in the air as diners arrive
For the first black jacket dinner service...
- Can I get the golden beet salad?
- Can I get the halibut, please?
Narrator: As the final six will be cooking
For the entire dining room...
- Thank you for being here on this day.
Narrator: Which includes an eight-top
Engagement celebration...
- Cheers. Thank you. [glasses clinking]
Narrator: Hell's kitchen is once again
The place to be and be seen.
- I don't want to be dramatic,
But I will die if I don't eat soon.
I don't want to be dramatic.
♪ ♪
- Here's to gordon.
Let's hope the--let's hope his blood pressure holds up.
Narrator: Including certified platinum
And award-winning dj, zedd,
Who will be dining at the chef table.
- We're here. - Welcome.
Sit back and let us spoil you and abu, okay?
- All righty.
- Good to see you, bud. - Good to see you, man.
- Welcome.
On order, listen up! Eight covers, table 25.
Celebrating their engagement, yes?
All: Yes, chef.
- Three flatbread, three risotto, two carbonara.
- Yes, chef. - Hurry up.
Let's go. - Seven out.
- Heard on the seven.
- I'm on app station tonight with sammi.
Going to be vocal, loud,
Making sure everything's perfect, seasoned properly.
I've earned my place to be here,
So tonight I'm going to, you know,
Put the foot down and implement my place here.
Three risotto, two carbonara, two flatbread!
- Ryan, what's going for the eight top?
- The eight top is two flatbread,
Three risotto, two carbonara.
- What does that make? [buzzer blares]
- Sorry?
- Three flatbreads, three risotto, two carbonara.
- Sorry, chef. - Three, three, and two.
- I got this, I got this.
That's eight, yes? - Yes, chef.
- Lobsters are walking, lobsters are walking.
When it's an eight top coming in, gets a little tricky.
You know, it adds another layer of difficulty.
- Let's go.
Dahmere, come on. Out of my way.
Drop them off.
- You check it before you bring it up, dahmere.
- Yes, chef.
- Walking risotto, two carbonara.
[dramatic music]
- Dahmere. - Yes, chef.
- One cooked, two undercooked. Let's go.
Back in. - Yes, chef.
- Let's go. Now, young man--
You hesitated, okay?
- Yes, chef.
♪ ♪
- Go, john.
Come back with the two risotto.
Lobster, I need two complete. - Yes, chef.
- Lobster's ready to walk.
- Come on. - Yes, chef.
- [bleep].
Here we go, john, yes? - [indistinct]
♪ ♪
- That looks gorgeous.
Thank you for joining our celebration, lovely ladies.
Narrator: With ryan and sammi steadily pushing appetizers
Out to the dining room...
- The scallops for you. - Ooh!
- And the carbonara for you.
- Thank you. It looks perfect.
- Let's go.
Narrator: Chef ramsay is hoping
The momentum carries over to entrées.
- On order. Four covers, table three.
Entree--two halibut, two new york strip.
All: Yes, chef.
- Two halibut, two new york strip.
Six minutes. - Heard on the six minutes.
- Yes.
♪ ♪
- I'm on garnish, and I'm ready to [bleep] crush it.
I'm ready to bounce back
From being a big sack of [bleep] this morning,
And I'm ready to make chef proud.
Garnish walking.
♪ ♪
- Johnathan. - Yes, chef.
- There's no lamb. All you give me, lamb garnish?
I don't want lamb garnish. - Okay, okay.
- Okay? - Yes, chef.
- Look, I need you to focus. - Yes, chef.
- And you're on the easiest station tonight,
So I just need better performance from you, okay?
- He expects more out of me, and I got to show him more.
- Two strip walking.
- Heard on the two strip walking.
- Behind, behind. - Fish is coming right now.
- Strip on your left.
♪ ♪
- Oh, [bleep] hell. Carmen, leigh.
It's rare. Come on.
I need it medium rare. Come on, hurry up.
- Yes, chef. - [bleep] hell.
- Under? - Yeah, all right.
I've got it, I've got it.
- I've got garnish right here, chef.
♪ ♪
- Johnathan. - Yes, chef.
- More [bleep] color. Come on.
- Okay, okay. - Now.
- Yes, chef. Yes. - Look.
They're not even crispy. [bleep] off.
- It's like when your parents say,
"I'm not mad, I'm disappointed,"
There's no worse feeling than letting chef ramsay down.
Okay. - Johnathan.
Johnathan, less oil.
I said crispier, yeah, but just less next time, okay?
- Okay, okay. - Yeah, okay?
Less. - Yes, chef, yes.
- It's just a little drizzle in there, yes?
- Yes, chef.
- Strip. Let's go.
- Two strip walking. Behind.
- Let's go.
[suspenseful music]
Carmen.
That's better. - Yes, chef. Thank you.
- Set the bar, young lady. - Thank you, chef.
- Let's go.
Narrator: Now that carmen has mastered the temperatures
On her first strip steaks...
- I'm really sorry. You can't eat this.
Narrator: Chef ramsay is hoping the black jackets
Can keep the flow going with...
- One halibut, one wellington, two chicken.
All: Yes, chef! - Eight minutes.
- I'm 6 1/2 with my chicken halibut welly.
- Heard.
- The meat station really drives the tickets
And the time and the countdown.
Two chicken, one halibut, one welly, four minutes.
So I think that chef ramsay put leigh and I on the station
As a chance to prove ourselves
As leaders in the kitchen.
- Where's the sausage? - Right here, chef.
Right here. - Yeah, come on, young man.
Run it through your head again.
- Right here, chef.
[dramatic music]
[bleep].
Of course I dropped my sausage.
It's a simple, little fix.
Two minutes, I'll have it right out, chef.
- [bleep]. Come on, johnathan.
- Yes, chef. - Please.
- Yes, this is very hot.
One fell on the ground. Give me 90 seconds.
- Lobster walking.
- I know you don't care. I do. Let's go.
- Of course I [bleep] care, chef ramsay.
Don't--don't sit here and try to tell me I don't care.
I wouldn't be in a black jacket today if I didn't care.
Right here, sausage.
- Ice [bleep] cold again.
Johnathan. - Yes, chef.
- Come here.
Just touch that.
You tell me. Just take your glove off.
Take your glove off. - Yes, I know, chef.
- No, no. Look at me, look at me.
- Yes, yes.
- It's the easiest. [bleep] garnish station.
- I know, chef. I know.
- I don't know what's happened,
Whether it's the [bleep] alcohol last night,
Your celebrating too early, but, young man...
- Chef, yeah. - Look at me, look at me.
I don't know what the [bleep] is going on,
But I am not getting your best tonight.
- I know, chef.
- I am not getting your best. - I know.
- It's the second time. - I know.
- If you don't care, young man...
- No. - Go home.
- No, chef. I'll get it on. - Okay?
Go home.
- Johnathan. - Yes, chef.
- Come here. Just touch that.
It's the easiest. [bleep] garnish station.
- I know, chef. I know.
- I don't know what's happened,
Whether it's the [bleep] alcohol last night,
Your celebrating too early,
But if you don't care, young man...
- No. - Go home.
- No, chef. - Okay?
- I'll get it on. - Go home.
Get a grip. - Yes, chef.
- Quickly, because I'm losing [bleep] patience.
- Yes, chef.
- Don't take it out on the food.
- I know, chef.
[dramatic music]
- Johnny's in his head,
And it's surprising to see because
I think johnny is probably my biggest competition.
But hangover or not, you got to go to work.
- Go, yeah.
Narrator: As johnathan tries to regain his composure...
- Garnish in two.
Narrator: Chef ramsay is firing...
- Two salmon, one halibut, one lamb.
- Heard. Five minutes.
- I'm going to need more than five.
Go seven. - Five minutes. Let's go.
- The communication with carmen and leigh
Isn't as clear as I would like it to have been.
- Two salmon, one halibut, one lamb, 4 1/2.
- I'ma need--I'ma need about 5 1/2 on that.
Carmen is saying things, but not directly to me.
She's just hollering things out.
- Walking lamb in 30 seconds.
- No, I'm not going to be ready.
- Lamb is walking to the pass.
- Not yet, not yet.
- Carmen. - Yes, chef.
- I've got the lamb, but I'm not going to slice it
Because I can't see any fish anywhere.
Are you driving the fish as well?
Where's the fish? Where's--where's dahmere gone?
- Dahmere, where's your halibut?
Dahmere is dropping the ball in the fish station.
There's a lot of mistakes happening.
If someone needs more time,
They need to speak up and say it.
Gimme, gimme. I'll walk it.
- Right here, right here. Walk it, johnny.
Walk, walk, walk. - Go, go.
- No, just one. - Yes, chef.
- They're supposed to be together, right?
- Where's the salmon?
Got your salmon? - Salmon, yeah.
You got a salmon to sell? - Did you walk your salmon?
- To sell? - Oh, we got some right here.
♪ ♪
- [bleep] raw lamb.
♪ ♪
Carmen, leigh.
- Yes, chef. - Yes, chef.
- Dahmere. - Yes, chef.
- Come here.
♪ ♪
That is undercooked, and that is raw.
We're going back weeks ago.
We're not even on the same page.
- Yes, chef.
- Leigh, you've cooked these beautifully on your own before,
So I've got no idea why you sent me that stuff tonight.
- Yes, chef.
- I want to come back to a lamb and two salmon.
Is that clear? All: Yes, chef.
- Let's go. - One minute, let's go.
- Heard. - Pop that in right now.
There does not seem like a flow going on with entrées.
- One person driving the time in the ticket, okay?
- All right.
- I don't think that this is getting solved.
- Leigh, it's the second time we held up a table.
Okay? - Yes, chef.
I have a lot of things going on in this oven right now.
And I have to keep opening and closing the oven
To put more in or take one out.
- Carmen, where the [bleep] is leigh?
Where's--how do you cook in front of an oven?
You've got to get it off of there.
- Yes, chef. - It goes in and out.
Yes? - Yes, chef, yes, chef.
- Do not stand there.
Don't keep on opening that oven door, yes?
- Yes, chef. - Let's go.
I'm not just opening it for fun
And getting, like, a steam facial.
I'm trying to [bleep] cook.
- Let's go, then. Come on, dahmere.
Let's go, johnathan. - Yes, chef.
I need one more salmon.
- One lamb, two salmon. I've got one salmon.
- Yes, chef.
- It's two salmon. I've been saying this.
- [bleep] hell.
♪ ♪
Johnathan, dahmere, come here.
Overcooked salmon. - [bleep].
- I'll not serve it. Come on!
- I know. - Well, don't look at me, then.
- I am getting a little bit, like, frazzled
Because it doesn't feel like we're on the same page.
The red team was good at acknowledging
That the meat station calls the tickets and counts down,
But dahmere is ruining his proteins.
- Dahmere. - Yes, chef.
- That one's still raw. Come on.
[bleep] hell's bells.
- He keeps sending up fish,
But it keeps coming back, like, undercooked or overcooked.
- That's not how I taught you to cook [bleep] salmon.
The butter is burnt. - Yes, chef.
- Two [bleep] salmon. Let's go, guys.
- Chef, I got... - Come on, dahmere.
Pick it up, please. Let's go.
Both: Yes, chef!
- It just looked like kind of like a disaster.
- Hey. Hey, look. Come down here.
Just move down. Slide down.
Where's our standard gone?
All we're doing now is working as individuals.
You've got the black jacket,
So you should be wearing it with pride,
But we need to come together as a team.
There's no cohesiveness. There's no togetherness.
We're fragmented.
I've got you on a different island,
You're on a different island,
And you need to get close to him.
- Okay. Okay, chef.
- Yes, chef.
- Get on the same page quickly! All: Yes, chef!
- Meat drives the ticket. Let's go!
- At this point,
We're just six [bleep] yelling at each other.
- Walking lamb in one minute.
- Heard on the lamb in a minute.
- But at the end of the day, we all have black jackets on,
And we all have to work in unison.
- Salmon, how long? - Right now. Walking now.
New salmon, chef.
- Walking lamb.
♪ ♪
- Nicely cooked. Let's go.
Narrator: With the chefs seemingly
Getting their act together after a slew of errors...
- Gorgeous.
- It's really crispy. The fish is beautifully cooked.
Narrator: Chef ramsay is ready to fire
His vip chef's table.
- Entree--one salmon, two welly, one lamb, yes?
All: Yes, chef.
- Chef's table, yes? All: Yes, chef.
- Same time, yes? - Seven minutes. Let's go.
- Seven minutes, heard.
♪ ♪
- So I'm going to slice my first wellington,
And I'm realizing I've never sliced a wellington before.
Walking wellies.
I have been avoiding this wellington station
Since day one.
Behind, hot!
The opportunity finally came up and I took it,
Because I knew that I couldn't get to the finale
Without just facing this fear.
♪ ♪
- Hey, black jacket team, all of you, come here.
- Oh, [bleep].
- Just take a look at the wellingtons.
That's how they were handed to me.
Would you serve that? - No, chef.
- Nor would I. - Sorry, chef.
- At this point in the game, like, in black jackets,
You should [bleep] know how to cook a welly.
- I'll slice it with you again.
I'll show you again. All: Yes, chef.
- Don't worry. Back to it, y'all. Back to it.
- Stop taking the or-- just stop taking the orders.
- Okay. - Pause.
♪ ♪
- Yes, chef.
- Oh, boy.
- I've stopped taking orders... - Yes, chef.
- To get your [bleep] heads back in the game.
All: Yes, chef.
- I am not letting standards fly
Because you don't [bleep] care.
All: Yes, chef.
[suspenseful music]
Off, clean the knife,
Which puts a clean break through the pastry.
- A little blow to the ego
To have chef ramsay show me how to slice a wellington.
- That's what I got. - Yes, chef. Understood.
- That's-- so where's your standards?
I'm not serving that [bleep].
- Thank you, chef. - Not happening again.
Let's go.
- This is a really new [bleep] not-so-nice feeling right now.
- Stop the orders. - Yes, chef.
- Stop the orders.
Never thought I'd say that on a night like tonight.
[dramatic music]
Narrator: It's an hour into
The first black jacket dinner service...
- Black jacket team, all of you, come here.
Narrator: And with non-stop mistakes
By nearly every station...
- I am not, I am not letting standards fly.
[bleep]
Getting thrown out of here because you don't [bleep] care.
All: Yes, chef.
Narrator: Chef ramsay has been forced
To resort to drastic measures.
- Stop the orders. Stop the orders.
Never thought I'd say that on a night like tonight.
Will you check if they wanted more wine on the chef's table?
- Behind walking lamb.
- Salmon walking now, salmon walking now.
- Oh, my god. Finally.
Go, yeah. Go.
- I have a salmon here. - Wow.
- Amazing.
Narrator: After some exceptional performances
By this group of black jackets in the past,
Tonight was a major disappointment.
- This is brutal, brutal.
Narrator: Several diners were shut out
Of receiving their orders...
Narrator: And chef ramsay has decided that enough is enough.
- Oh, man.
The confidence tonight has absolutely disappeared.
♪ ♪
Tonight was supposed to be a showcase of my black jackets.
And what I witnessed? A complete meltdown.
Fish dropped the ball.
Meat dropped the ball.
Garnish dropped the ball.
Yesterday, I told all of you how proud I felt
And you deserved to be here.
I'm not feeling that tonight.
All of you come back to me with two nominees.
Is that clear? All: Yes, chef.
- Get out of here.
- I don't feel great about the mistakes
That were made tonight.
We are the black jacket crew for a reason.
I know that a lot of us could do way better than this,
So this was just not a very good night for us.
- [bleep] me. That was so awful.
- As far as fish,
I know I had a [bleep] up night, rocky night.
Automatically, I'm standing on my charges, period.
I fought. I didn't give up, but it was a bad night.
I don't think I deserve to go home today, but I'm going up.
You know, it's not me putting myself up.
It's the fact of the matter.
I don't plan on going up there and just rolling over.
I plan on fighting for myself.
You know, one bad night doesn't make the chef.
[suspenseful music]
- What happened on garnish? - I just was confused tonight.
- You was what? - I just was confused tonight.
It really pissed me off this morning,
Him calling me a sack of [bleep].
- Yeah, I bet, 'cause he's calling you out, like.
- It really pissed me off.
Like, why is he picking on me like that?
I would say, you know, ha, ha.
I hope you had fun last night. How you feeling type [bleep].
But I wouldn't say you look like a sack of [bleep].
♪ ♪
It just has stuck with me all day
That chef ramsay called me a hot sack of [bleep].
Like, I never thought I would be the whipping boy,
And chef [bleep] making fun of me in front of the whole team.
- I did have a strip that was raw.
- I had a welly that I sliced incorrectly,
And it looked like [bleep].
I didn't know how to slice it.
It was the first wellington I've ever cut in my life, so.
- So I mean, if you're saying
That it's your first time cutting a wellington,
I don't think you can use that as an excuse,
Because you've seen it.
You've seen it a hundred times.
That's all, so, like, my vote would have to be for you.
- I just really don't want to go home tonight.
I've given so much to this competition.
I fought so hard.
I've pushed myself so hard.
And to just have a [bleep] service and drop the ball,
I do not want to leave on this note.
- So what is everyone else's vote, though?
Are you... - I'm never drinking again.
- All right.
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Just thinking about the service,
Trying to figure out where did it go wrong.
♪ ♪
Ryan, black jacket team's first nominee and why.
- Chef, the first nomination for the black jacket team
Is dahmere, chef,
For his performance on the fish station tonight.
He dropped the ball too many times.
- Second nominee.
♪ ♪
- Second nominee, chef, is leigh.
Leigh also dropped the ball on the meat station.
This far in the competition,
You should know how to cut a wellington.
- Leigh, dahmere, step forward.
♪ ♪
You two have performed so well in this competition so far.
I'm surprised to see both of you up here.
Leigh, why do you deserve to stay in hell's kitchen?
- Chef, I deserve to stay in hell's kitchen
Because I'm passionate, I'm strong,
And I know I would make a great executive chef.
I know this was my worst service
So far in hell's kitchen, but I'm not done fighting.
- Dahmere, why should you stay in hell's kitchen, young man?
- You know, every chef has their night.
Tonight was mine.
This was my first tough service,
But I feel as though I shouldn't
Leave hell's kitchen because I am your leader, chef.
- This is really hard.
♪ ♪
The person leaving hell's kitchen is...
[dramatic music]
- Tonight's service was shocking.
♪ ♪
The person leaving hell's kitchen is...
♪ ♪
Leigh.
[soft dramatic music]
Young lady, tough night.
The lamb was undercooked.
The wellingtons were hacked.
But I don't think I've ever come across a chef
That got up to speed as fast as you have.
If this is what you can do so early on in this industry,
I can't wait to see what you're going to do
In five years' time.
- Thank you, chef.
- Please pass me your jacket.
- Thank you so much, chef.
- You've done a great job. - Thank you so much.
- Well done. - Bye, guys. Good luck.
♪ ♪
I wasn't as confident in the beginning
Because I was the chef with the least experience.
- You've only been cooking professionally for two years.
- About a year, chef. - A year.
- Yes. - Wow.
- I knew hell's kitchen would be challenging,
But it definitely challenged me
In ways that I didn't expect.
- Salmon a tad overcooked. - [whispers] no!
- Was the ice a bad idea? - [laughing] very bad idea.
- Really? - [laughing]
- I gave every single day my all.
I pushed myself out of my comfort zone,
And I know I proved myself.
- That's beautiful.
Honestly, that's really impressive.
- The moisture retention in there? Nailed it.
- Thank you, chef.
It's making me leave with my head held high.
- Young lady, phenomenal dish. I'm so happy for you.
♪ ♪
[all shout]
- I knew it, I knew it, I knew it,
I knew it, I knew it!
♪ ♪
- As much as I want to stay here,
God, I want to go home.
[laughs]
- Unfortunately, I'm not done.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
Dahmere, johnathan was standing inches away from you.
You needed to take advantage of him.
When you need help, delegate.
Please give me your jacket. - Yes, chef.
- Listen carefully.
You, young man, have really impressed me.
Your energy, your passion, is evident.
- Yes, chef.
- But deep down inside, young man...
- Mm-hmm.
- You're not ready to become my head chef.
- Yes, chef. Appreciate you.
- Thank you. Stick with it, young man.
- Love y'all. Take it easy.
- Love you, too, boy. - Love you, buddy.
♪ ♪
- For me, this was a life-changing experience.
All the highs and lows, it was transformational.
We all know how to cook, but when it comes to pressure,
Everybody crumble!
Why am I able to receive the remarks that I do?
Because I keep my composure.
I was able to exhibit who dahmere was.
I stayed true to myself the entire competition.
Don't--just bring a damn fish!
We're here for a reason. We know what we've got to do.
We're a team. One, two, three.
All: Blue!
- When the chips are down,
You're the one individual
In that kitchen that I can rely on.
It's exactly what you want in a leader.
- It showed me personally
That I can compete with the best of them.
- Nice. - Great.
- That's a twofer.
- Dahmere. - Yes, chef?
- Delicious risotto. - Thank you, chef.
- It looks beautiful.
Fish is absolutely spot on.
I think it's your best plate. - Thanks, chef.
- Congratulations, dahmere.
[applause]
[all cheering]
- You know, to take it as far as I did in this competition
Against so many talented chefs,
By far not the end of my american dream.
Just the beginning.
- Get out of here.
Johnathan. - Yes, chef?
[suspenseful music]
- Cut the [bleep]. Something happened tonight.
- This morning upset me, being called a sack of [bleep].
And it stuck with me.
- That's called banter. - I know.
- Now, I can't control what you do in the dorms,
But there needs to be a certain amount of composure.
You had every right to let your hair down yesterday,
But each and every day when these lights are on,
Customers sit down, we need to be on our game.
Nothing personal. - I know, chef.
I'm sorry. I'm very sorry.
- Come back. - I will.
- I know why you're here. - Yeah.
- I can feel it. - Yeah.
- Okay, young man? Get some rest.
- Thank you.
- [exhales deeply]
[soft dramatic music]
- When I become the next executive chef
Of hell's kitchen las vegas,
He can call me a hot sack of [bleep] any day he wants.
And that's really how I hope things play out.
I'm ready to get my hand on that door.
All I have to do is just
[bleep] forget about what happened
And move forward and push hard.
♪ ♪
- Leigh needs more experience,
And dahmere needs more finesse,
But they both will make great head chefs someday.
It's just not today.
♪ ♪
[flames crackling]
Narrator: Next time on "hell's kitchen:
The american dream"...
- So proud of you. - So proud of you, my friend.
Narrator: Will a budding bromance...
- I would love to go into that finale with my brother, ryan.
Narrator: Annoy carmen and sammi so much...
- They're getting so [bleep] arrogant and cocky.
Narrator: They're willing to do the unthinkable?
- Lamb walking! - That's not lamb.
- What is that?
- I don't know, but that is not lamb.
- You should be afraid.
- Carmen.
Narrator: And will it lead to an epic battle...
- Ryan, these lobster tails are overcooked.
I need two more. - They're cooked, chef.
- No, they are not. Take the lobster back.
- You can't piss down my back and tell me it's raining.
Narrator: That forces chef ramsay to step in?
- You are [bleep].
- Carmen, you're [bleep] dropping the ball!
- Come on, guys!
Narrator: On the next episode...
- Is this a [bleep] joke?
- Wake up! - [blows raspberry]
Narrator: Of "hell's kitchen."
- Didn't see that coming.