narrator: Previously on "Hell's Kitchen"...
- Rise and shine. - Wake up!
narrator: The head chefs woke up to a tidal wave of seafood.
- Do not hurt yourself, OK?
narrator: Unfortunately, the morning delivery...
- Like, when I carried one of those boxes, like, right here,
I still feel it.
narrator: Took its toll on Shant and Uri.
- My whole left side, like, numbs.
narrator: In the seafood tower challenge...
- This is shellfish. Make sure it's right.
narrator: Brandon and Egypt butted heads.
- Brandon is a little...
full of himself.
I want to make him sweat a little bit.
narrator: At judging,
the women took an early lead...
- Well done, Brittany.
- Yes. [cheers and applause]
- Point goes to Whit.
narrator: Until Kyle's deep-fried crab came along.
- Problem with this dish is that
I can't give it two points.
narrator: But Corbin's scallops were...
- Overcooked.
narrator: Which opened the door for Ann Marie
to clinch the victory.
- Well done. [cheers and applause]
- I won it for the Red Team!
narrator: The challenge loss wasn't the only thing
the Blue Team had to contend with.
- Most definitely.
narrator: As Shant's shoulder
and Uri's back took them out of the competition.
At dinner service, while Brittany's flatbread...
- It's burnt to [bleep].
narrator: Got the Red kitchen off to a bad start.
- I'm gonna [bleep] nail it.
- Lulu, she can cook, that girl.
narrator: Lulu turned the tide.
- New York strip cooked beautifully.
- Thank you, Chef. - Don't dare go down now.
narrator: In the Blue kitchen...
- I will, I will. - The ones that went in first--
- I know, I know. Clockwise, I get it.
narrator: Egypt's pushiness...
- I'm starting to look for Egypt's power switch.
narrator: Brandon's lamb...
- You asked for ten minutes, and it's still [bleep] raw.
- Snap out of it, bro.
narrator: And Corbin's inactivity...
- Corbin, you're standing there
like the Statue of [bleep] Liberty.
narrator: Lost the dinner service for the men.
- They lost two today. They gonna lose one more.
narrator: At elimination, the Blue Team nominated...
- Egypt. narrator: And...
- Corbin.
narrator: But it was ultimately...
- Corbin.
narrator: Whose chances of becoming head chef
at Hell's Kitchen Foxwoods Resort Casino
went down in flames.
And now, the continuation of "Hell's Kitchen."
- Just figuring this whole [bleep] thing out, dude,
it's getting really [bleep] hard.
- Egypt is definitely too much in the kitchen.
I'm worried about him as somebody
who can bring the team down.
We're all head chefs.
But, you know, he's over-the-top.
He's got a big ego.
And that's not sign of a head chef.
- Honestly, I like to hear voices in the kitchen.
- All right, we need to crawl before we can walk.
- Mm-hmm.
- All right, so, like, you want us to be 200%?
- No, I'm-- I'm literally just--
- I need to work a station.
I'm not gonna be at [bleep] 200%
and [bleep] everything up
if I can't put it together in my head.
- This is "Hell's Kitchen."
That's Chef Gordon [bleep] Ramsay!
You don't shrink into a turtle in the kitchen.
Come on.
I have no problem toning that [bleep] down.
But if you guys can amp up a little bit...
- Yeah.
- I would greatly appreciate it.
- You know, tensions are high.
But, I mean, [bleep] getting real.
We lost three people today, in one day.
We need to win this challenge tomorrow.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Rise and shine. Good morning.
All of you, listen carefully.
As talented head chefs,
it is our job to stay on top of the latest trends.
Today, we're gonna be concentrating
on one of the hottest culinary trends on the planet.
[tense music]
It's pickling.
[together] Ooh.
As you can see, at my restaurant, Lucky Cat,
we got a beautiful 72-hour braised short rib
in a bao served with a light, pickled baby gem salad.
Now, to find out what ingredients
you're gonna be using,
we'll be using another great trend from the world of sports.
- Oh, my goodness. - That's right.
- Pickleball. - Pickleball.
♪ ♪
- Pickleball.
[fireworks whistling]
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat music]
- Yes! We were talking about--
OK, pickle and pickleball, that makes sense.
It's, like, literally my favorite sport right now.
- Now, before we play pickle,
we've got to get ourselves out of a pickle.
[dramatic music]
We need a talented head chef from the Red Team
to join the Blue Team and even up the teams.
Ladies, who would like to volunteer?
That was up quick. - Wow.
- Love that. [applause]
The fastest hand was Lulu.
- Yes, Chef.
- Please, join the Blue Team.
Go on. Give her some love, guys.
[applause] - Blue has been losing a lot.
So I think it's an opportunity for me to show up
and, like, change the pace.
I think that Chef Ramsay
is putting a challenge in front of me.
And I'm up for it.
- Now that we've got that sorted, let's play pickle.
- [laughing]
- Ann Marie, please, step up first.
Give her some love, ladies. Come on, let's go.
- Yes, come on. [cheers and applause]
narrator: In today's pickleball challenge,
a member from one team will hit a ball
into the barrel of the ingredient
they would like to pickle.
- Oh.
- Yes. [cheers and applause]
So you're gonna be pickling apples.
narrator: They must then name one chef from the other team
who they want to go up against...
- Let's do Joe. - Joe.
- Come on, Joe. Let's go! Let's go!
narrator: Who will hit a ball into the barrel of the protein
they want to pair with the ingredient.
- Cod. - Ooh.
- And you'll be pickling apples.
Strange combination.
- You know, I pickle apples all the time,
so I'm feeling good about this.
- Lulu. - Yes, Chef.
- Step up, please.
- Let's go, Lulu.
- Off you go. - All right.
Yes, Chef. - You're an athlete. Come on.
- Brussels. - Oh, brussels sprouts.
- I'm gonna pick Amanda.
[laughter] - Wow.
- Let's go, Amanda. - Amanda.
[applause]
Amanda, what's the dream protein?
- I'm gonna hope for pork chop, Chef.
Oh, [bleep].
- Sole.
- That is not what I was going for.
narrator: Next up, Magali and Brandon
will pickle beets with pork chop.
- Pork chop, yes. - Ooh.
narrator: Egypt and Meghan score pineapple and salmon.
- Ooh, tough one. - I'll take it.
- Anthony and Brittany will cook up carrots and mahi-mahi.
- Wow, mahi-mahi, that's good.
- Whit and Michael land blueberries and prawns.
- All right, that'll be interesting.
- This is gonna be a challenge to figure out.
- Yeah, I think I got it figured out.
narrator: And last up, Hannah and Kyle hit okra and...
- [bleep]. [music slows down and stops]
- That just missed James by a millimeter.
- I'm sorry, Chef. - You don't like him?
- I don't play many sports, Chef.
- Oh. - Oh. [chuckles]
- I was watching everybody and I was like, oh,
how hard could it be, you know?
[bell chiming]
[bleep]. I'm literally the worst one.
- Come on. You got this. You got this. Come on.
[quirky energetic music]
There you go. Yeah.
Yes! all: Oh!
[Gordon laughs]
♪ ♪
- Come on. Bend and snap.
- Bend and snap vibes, baby. - Bend and snap vibes.
[applause] - Let's go, Kyle.
- Come on, Kyle. - Gonna bend and snap.
[dramatic music]
[explosion]
♪ ♪
- [distorted] Kyle!
♪ ♪
- Duck breast. [cheers and applause]
- All right, all right. That's a good combo.
♪ ♪
- I'd rather be the worst at pickleball
than the worst in the kitchen.
- Your 45 minutes start now.
Off you go, guys.
narrator: To achieve a proper pickling,
the chefs will need to soak their ingredient
in an acidic solution,
which will change both the flavor and texture.
- What's the first thing y'all are getting on?
- My pickling liquid.
narrator: And then must incorporate
their pickled ingredient into their dish.
- You should taste what you're pickling
to make sure you're not going too sweet or too sour with it.
- Meghan, what other spices
would you put in besides ginger?
- Tarragon. - Copy.
I've never pickled apple before,
which is a little bit challenging,
working with these vinegars that I have never seen,
heard of, or used.
Miso sauce, you said you mix one-to-one?
- One is sweeter. White is always sweeter.
- OK.
- White is typically used for glazes.
I'm helping Ann Marie because it's one team, one dream.
I know exactly what works with salmon.
I know exactly what works with pickling.
If you guys got proteins, they need to go down soon, yeah?
- Yes, Chef.
- I'm using the zester if anybody needs it.
[suspenseful music]
Anybody using the mandolin?
♪ ♪
The Blue kitchen is quiet.
♪ ♪
And that makes me nervous.
Guys, don't be quiet. Come on.
Talk to each other. - Heard, heard, heard.
- I want to tell you right now, that's how Red won.
We talk to each other all the [bleep] time.
- We appreciate you, Lulu.
- Yeah, I would take these notes.
- Heard!
- Lulu has a voice, which is a good thing.
- Let's [bleep] win! - Let's do it.
- Funny that she comes in and does the same thing
I was doing the night prior.
We got to communicate still, gents.
Come on, get that butter melted.
Let's stay loud. Let's stay active.
Everybody is rallying around her.
- Make it [bleep] perfect! - Heard that.
- Thank you, Lulu. MVP of the challenge.
- Everybody locked in on what they're doing?
[dramatic music]
- You pull that off for me, Meg?
- Got you, yeah.
- I have to make a dish with prawns and pickled blueberries,
probably the hardest combination
in this whole challenge, but I'll make it work.
I always make it work.
I'm gonna pickle these blueberries.
And I'm gonna puree some for a gastrique.
- Oh, that sounds really good.
- I'm not worried about cooking against Michael.
I'm not worried about cooking against
anybody in this competition.
♪ ♪
- Feeling good, Michael?
- I'm just trying to figure out what I want to put
in this green tomatillo puree.
Blueberries and prawns, I have no [bleep] clue
what I'm gonna make with this.
I'm gonna add a little bit of potato to this tomatillo--
- Potato?
- Yeah, just a little bit to give it some body.
- Don't add potato if it's not relevant.
Michael's struggling a little bit.
He doesn't have quite the idea
of how to pull these things together.
I mean, I'm trying to help him.
I would add more of that puree now
so it can kind of hang out in that.
- Ladies, ten minutes. - Yes, Chef.
I'm gonna try something completely [bleep] different
that I've never done before.
I got to work with Brussels sprouts.
I want to do a kimchi-inspired pickle.
Kimchi is made with cabbage
and Brussels sprouts have that cabbage flavor to them.
Oh, [bleep], that's good.
- Coming up to the last five minutes, guys, yes?
- Heard, Chef.
Let's [bleep] go! Let's get out of this kitchen!
- Let's do it, guys. Let's do it.
- Come on, Red Team!
- 60 seconds to go. Come on.
Come on, Amanda. - Yes, Chef.
- Bring it home. - Who needs help?
Who needs help? I got time.
- Walking behind.
- Let's go. Go, go. Push it.
- Let's go, let's go.
- Three, two, one.
Well done.
Oh, boy, well done.
- I'm looking at the plate.
My heart drops.
- Good. - [bleep].
- Well done.
- I forgot [bleep] pickle.
Forgot to put pickle on the plate.
[bleep]. - What did you forget?
- She forgot her pickles.
- I'm so sorry, you guys. - It's OK.
We all mess up.
[plate shatters]
[tense music]
- Everybody happy with their dishes?
all: Yes, Chef! - Good.
I've brought in a very, very dear friend of mine.
He's received multiple Michelin stars,
multiple James Beard awards,
he's the executive chef of Blue Hill at Stone Barns.
Please welcome Chef Dan Barber.
Come on. [cheers and applause]
- Yeah. - Oh, my God.
- I'm flipping out.
This guy is an icon. This guy's a legend.
It's nuts.
- So nice to see you. - Good to be here.
- And welcome to Hell's Kitchen.
You're dressed brilliantly.
Maybe you can stay for service and come back tomorrow night
and-- - I was hoping for an invite.
- I would love that. [chuckles]
On the back of last night's service, I may need your help.
[Dan chuckles] Huh?
How was service your end last night?
- Terrible, terrible. - Terr--oh, jeez.
- Glad to be here and out of the kitchen.
Thank you for having me.
- Now, listen carefully.
Chef Dan will be judging your dishes head-to-head.
Let's start with Lulu and Amanda.
Let's go. [applause]
Chef, this combination was Brussels sprouts and sole.
- Whoa. - Yeah.
- Never done that combination before.
- Amanda, please describe your dish to Chef.
- I used the Brussels sprouts to make a kimchi-style pickle.
And I used that pickling liquid to do a gastrique.
- And where's the pickled sprouts?
- Uh, I forgot them on my station, Chef.
- What? [Dan whistles]
- Yes, Chef.
- She didn't put it on there?
- You forg-- - Whoa.
- Yes, Chef. - Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
- I forgot a key element to my plate.
That's good.
And I know better.
♪ ♪
- Lulu, please describe your dish to Chef.
- My pickles are the Brussels.
And I did them in my traditional Mexican way
with some lime juice and tarragon vinegar.
- Whoa, I could eat that all day long.
I love the lightness of the broth.
I think it marries perfectly with the fish.
Got to give the point to Lulu. Great job.
- Lulu, well done. - Thank you, Chef.
- Whoo! - Amazing.
Uh, Lulu.
♪ ♪
- Whoo!
Lulu, welcome to the Blue squad.
You feel me?
- OK, up next, Ann Marie versus Joe.
Please step forward.
[applause] - Let's go, girl.
This is a combination of apple and cod.
Ann Marie, let's start with you.
Describe your dish to Chef.
And what's the pickling element?
- I did a red and white miso-marinated cod with apples
using honey yuzu vinegar.
[suspenseful music]
- Yeah, OK.
I really don't like miso-marinated cod,
and this is one of the nicest I've ever had.
And I've had a lot of them. - Thank you, Chef.
- You've marinated this perfectly.
It's very hard to do.
And it's awesome, really exceptional.
- Good start. Joe, please describe the dish.
- So, I have a herb-crusted cod
with honey yuzu pickled Granny Smith apple
and a sunchoke crema.
♪ ♪
- Cod's perfectly cooked, man.
Crema, it's very light.
It's is cream, but it's-- it's beautiful.
It reminds me of Joel Robuchon in his days--
- Yeah, yeah. - Where he used to work.
- Dan Barber saying that my food reminded him of Robuchon,
doesn't get any better than that.
- Two fascinating dishes.
- Chef, I have to give a point to each team.
I think they deserve it. - Thank you, Chef.
- Really good job. - Thank you so much.
- Thank you, Chef. - Thank you.
[applause]
narrator: Up next, it's Kyle,
who will try to build on the Blue Team's lead
with his miso tamarind duck breast with pickled okra.
- Nicely pickled. - Mm-hmm.
- Spicy?
- Not too sweet. Get a little spice.
narrator: While Hannah tries to keep
the Red Team close with her...
- Kumquat and pickled okra relish,
braised duck and sweet potato croquette.
- It's very creative.
Definitely a point for both.
- Well done, Kyle and Hannah.
narrator: Next, it's Meghan, who aims to impress
with her salmon and pickled pineapple...
- I think the salmon and the pickling is beautiful.
I love the combination. - Thank you, Chef.
narrator: Which Egypt tries to outdo...
- The pickled pineapple, coconut milk, that's delicious.
narrator: With the point going...
- Slightly to Egypt's side. [cheers and applause]
Come on, Blue! Let's go!
narrator: Down by two,
it's up to Whit to keep the Red Team alive
with her take on prawns and pickled blueberries.
- Very hard combination, and what you did is beautiful.
Narrator: While Michael's prawns
and pickled blueberry dish leaves Dan with a question.
- Why'd you leave the shells on?
- I left the shells on to contain some of the juiciness
of the prawns themselves.
- If you're gonna leave the shells on,
you can't cover them,
because then we have to scrape off...
- Right. - Your garnish to then go back
and peel the shrimp.
♪ ♪
- I'm giving the point to Whitney.
- Well done. - Hands-down. Cheers.
- Well done. - Thank you, Chef.
narrator: Next, Brittany looks to even the score
for the Red Team, versus Anthony,
who presents his mahi-mahi with pickled carrots.
[Gordon crunching]
- Yeah, I heard him chewing, crunching down.
You know, they're called horse carrots.
And if someone at your table is chewing a carrot
and you start hearing a horse,
you got the wrong cooking method for the carrots.
narrator: Anthony's crunchy carrots create an opening
for Brittany's mahi fish cake.
- I love the creativity.
I'm giving the nod to you.
- Brittany, congratulations. We are tied.
- Thank you, Chef. - Good job, Brittany.
- It comes down to the final tasting,
Magali versus Brandon.
Let's go. - You got this.
You got this. - Let's go, B.
[applause and chatter]
- First of all, holy [bleep].
- [laughs]
- Pork and, uh--sorry. Cornmeal fried pork chop.
lots of mustard seed, bay, fresh dill at the end
of the pickling process to kind of preserve that.
♪ ♪
- I think this is near a home run.
The sauce, really nicely balanced.
And the pickles add to it.
It's a festival, man.
You got your work cut out for you here.
- Magali, please describe the dish.
- OK. - To Chef.
- I pickled the red beet with pomegranate vinegar,
pickling spices, and a little bit of kumquat.
- And then this is your chop? - Yes.
- Nice job.
- Take your dishes back.
Well done. - Thank you.
[applause] - Way to go. Great job.
- Beautiful dish, bro.
- Now, does the final point go to Magali?
Or does the final point go to Brandon?
♪ ♪
- Brandon on the Blue Team.
- Whoo! - Yes!
- Yes. [bleep].
[upbeat dramatic music]
- That's far and away the best dish today.
- All of you join me in giving this amazing chef
a big round of applause.
Thank you. [cheers and applause]
- Thank you, everybody.
- Thank you, Chef.
Now, the East Coast is well-known
for its famous islands.
There's Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, Fire Island.
But, for you, the Blue Team,
you'll have an island all to yourselves.
- Yes, Chef. - Wow.
- That's right, Grace Island.
It's a private, one-of-a-kind island.
You'll be staying overnight in a 11-bedroom luxury mansion.
You guys excited?
all: Yes, Chef!
- Red Team are on your way to Long Table Farm.
They have 15 tons of cow manure.
- Oh, no.
- That needs processing.
I have no idea how you repurpose cow [bleep].
But however, Whit, as the owner of the Punishment Pass,
will you be living it up like a pig in [bleep]
or repurposing 15 tons of it?
Take your time. Got a moment.
- I don't need any time. [laughter]
I'm using it.
- You're using the pass? - I'm using it.
- You now have to select one member from the Blue Team
that will be heading to the farm to repurpose cow manure.
- Well, that's a lot of cows [bleep],
so I think they need a big guy to help,
so I'ma choose Egypt.
- [chuckling] [bleep]. Knew it.
- Egypt, get over to the Red Team
and start thinking how to repurpose cow [bleep].
[laughter]
- I knew for a fact she was gonna pick me.
I mean, they all thought it.
I haven't been really meshing with my team.
- Yo, seven. - Head off into the dorms.
Oh, man.
♪ ♪
- Yo.
- Whoo! - I was--I wish--
- After losing challenge after challenge,
we finally did it, we finally got a victory.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- I'm so excited.
We're going to a private island.
I would love to have my own island.
I'm extra. - OK, let's go, Blue Team.
- I'm big and extra, so that's definitely big
and it's definitely extra.
Oh, my God.
- The [bleep] view.
[angelic chorus singing]
It is so nice out. - This is beautiful, man.
- It is. - Pretty exceptional.
- I would give everything to have my wife here.
- Yeah. Yeah.
- This is so comfy.
- You look like it. - So comfy.
- I'm gonna come sit beside you, honey.
- Please. I mean, don't get comfortable, Red Team.
[laughs]
I'm enjoying myself and getting to know
the Blue Team a little better.
Red wine, you know, I got to represent, always.
Always got to represent that Red.
- That was your wine glass. - Oh, I might steal a glass.
Thank you.
- Being in the dorms and under pressure in the competitions,
it's very stressful.
But Kyle is like the one that I can talk to.
- Just pour a little in here. - He gives it right back.
I mean, Kyle, Kyle's just a ham.
I love Kyle.
- Me, myself, and my seven chins,
that's what this is called.
♪ ♪
[cow moos]
[pig snorting]
- I'm really excited to have you guys here today.
We have a ton of work removing five months' worth of manure
so that we can make it into compost.
- Oh, man, I really don't like what I'm smelling right now.
This is really gross.
- Oh, my gosh. - Oh, my gosh.
- It's like quicksand.
You can drop down at any minute.
Be careful. Don't slip.
Please don't slip. - I'm not gonna.
Oh, [bleep] no. I'm not--ugh.
- You're starting to smell it now.
The smell, it makes your eyes water.
- Ugh! It is heavy.
- Yeah, we're not losing again. - Absolutely not.
- [sighs]
[tense music]
I really need some water.
Can I get some water, please?
[breathing heavily]
♪ ♪
- I see Amanda.
But something's for sure wrong.
- Three, four, five, let it out now.
- Thank you. - I'll open it for you.
- Steady breath. Keep you steady breath.
- Don't move. - Amanda's down.
I immediately jump behind her.
I'm not sure what's going on.
- Ready? Ten seconds in.
Watch. One, two, three, four five.
[machine beeping]
[tense music]
- Trust me, please.
Ready? Ten seconds in.
Watch. Deep breath.
I'm right here. I got you, OK?
Ten seconds in. Ready?
Everyone together. Ten seconds in.
Ready?
- One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
- [exhales deeply]
- OK, control your breath.
You got it. You're good.
Feel the breeze. Hear the birds, baby?
- Yeah. - Yeah, look at us.
We're out in nature.
- I'm just gonna lean on you for a minute.
- Hey, I got your back. - All right, cool.
- I realize we really work well as a team,
not only in the kitchen, but outside of the kitchen.
- Big up on pushing through through the punishment, though.
- Yeah. Oh, yeah.
What doesn't kill you makes you...
smellier? [laughs]
- Not going down in the [bleep].
- Mm-mm.
- [gulps and laughs]
[peaceful music]
[upbeat music]
narrator: With the Blue Team and Whit back
from their private island...
- And let's go.
narrator: Both teams gear up
for tonight's dinner service.
- Put ice on it, too. - Yeah.
- You got your white wine all ready?
- I have a bottle of white wine here, yeah.
But I'll take another one.
[all cheering]
♪ ♪
- Marino, open Hell's Kitchen, please.
Let's go. - Subito.
- Move.
[energetic upbeat music]
♪ ♪
narrator: Once again, Hell's Kitchen opens
with the most sought-after reservation
on the East Coast...
- I'm so excited.
narrator: As the diners browse the menu
with growling stomachs.
- It all looks amazing.
narrator: Tonight, both teams will be hosting chef's tables.
In the Red kitchen, three-time Olympic gold medalist
and the first player to be signed in the WNBA,
Sheryl Swoopes.
- Hi.
- And in the Blue kitchen,
Super Bowl Champion Vernon Davis.
- Here we go. Here we go.
- Let's go. Gentlemen, here we go.
Four covers, table two, two carbonara, two scallops.
Entrée, one halibut, two duck, one Wellington.
all: Heard! - Let's go.
- Starting two carbonaras.
I feel like my team just doesn't trust me.
I'm really eager to, you know, prove myself on apps.
I can get the team off to a really strong start.
Tighter.
Finish with Parmesan, decent amount.
Back, peas in.
♪ ♪
- I just look at Egypt.
He's doing, like, every single step wrong.
Pasta is getting curdle up.
I want to tell him what to do and I want to jump over there,
but I'm trying to not step on the toes.
- Carbonara walking to the window.
Carbonara to your left, Chef.
[dramatic music]
- [bleep] me.
- What's the next pick-up?
- Oh, [bleep], no.
All of you, come here. Blue table.
Just taste that, will you?
Hurry up! Taste it.
Get a fork, get a [bleep] spoon, taste it.
♪ ♪
- It's curdled.
- Blue Team! - Yes, Chef.
- What is that?
- Curdled. - Curdled, Chef.
- Let's go! Pull it together! - And it's undercooked!
- Undercooked, Chef. Heard.
- [bleep].
- First ticket, you know, Egypt totally dropped the ball.
Shocker.
Really not surprising.
- Carbonara walking now.
Give me seven minutes to the window, please.
- Stop rushing. - Yes, Chef.
- And show me some finesse. - Yes, Chef.
- You're making silly mistakes. You're just throwing food out.
- Heard, Chef. - OK?
Calm down and get a standard together.
- Yes, Chef. - Quickly.
- Heard, Chef.
narrator: While Egypt has stopped the Blue kitchen
from getting out of the gate quickly...
- On order, ladies. Good luck. Let's go.
VIP chef table, yes? - Chef.
- Sheryl Swoopes, let's go. One scallop, one risotto.
all: Yes, Chef.
narrator: Hannah and Ann Marie are hoping for a better start
on their appetizers in Red.
- Here we go, ladies, beginning of service. Let's go.
- I'm on appetizers with Hannah.
We have a plan.
I'm gonna take lead tonight.
And I did that too soon. That's OK, that's OK.
I mixed it in before it got toasty, but that's OK.
- You got it, you got it.
Ann Marie's a little frazzled.
She is rushing.
- 30 seconds, first table. - Heard.
- Walking in scallops, Chef.
- Come on. Where's the risotto?
Yeah, is it walking, the risotto?
- Risotto, guys. How long risotto?
- [bleep].
- 30 seconds on risotto. - I need real time, guys.
I'm walking protein. I'm looking stupid.
- Walking right now. Oh, peas.
Guys, why is-- is there peas in the risotto?
- What? - Oh, my God. There's not.
Oh, my God, I put peas in the risotto.
Chef, we got to take back that first table.
I messed up the risotto.
It's supposed to be parsley, not peas.
- How did we [bleep] up the risotto?
- I added peas to the risotto, Chef.
- Ann Marie is, like, stressed,
crazy-eyed, and frantic.
We're [bleep].
- Get a grip, please!
- Yes we are, Chef. all: Yes, Chef.
- What the [bleep] is happening?
- I don't know her name, but I want to cheer for her.
That's pressure.
narrator: While Ann Marie recalls the risotto recipe,
the Blue Team is looking to bounce back quickly
with Egypt's carbonara and Michael's scallops.
- Walking to the window, 30 seconds.
- Heard, 30 seconds.
I thought he was a little farther back.
- 30 seconds to the window.
- We're not ready.
- Carbonara to the window. - He's walking.
- Michael lacks assertiveness.
This is Hell's Kitchen. There's no time to be quiet.
- Garnish up there, great.
Coming to the window with scallops.
Right behind you, Chef.
♪ ♪
- Oh, [bleep].
Blue Team, come here, all of you.
We may be ten minutes in, but I'm seeing no passion.
I've got no idea what the [bleep] is going on.
I swear to God.
You're cooking me [bleep] raw scallops.
Raw scallops.
And then, just-- just touch that.
Just touch it.
That's--I mean-- I mean, serve that.
We've just gone from [bleep] bad to worse.
It's like you've left your [bleep] brains on the island.
[dramatic music]
narrator: It's 20 minutes into dinner service.
- You're cooking me [bleep] raw scallops.
Raw scallops.
narrator: And so far, the breadbaskets
are the only thing that is feeding the hungry diners.
- It's like you've left your [bleep] brains on the island.
We've just gone from [bleep] bad to worse.
An absolute [bleep] [bleep] show.
- Come on, let's fix it. Let's go.
- Come on, let's go! - Come on! don't look.
Pull it with you! Let's go! - Take it all back.
- Michael, you got to finish it up, man.
- Get new scallops dropped last minute.
Get that broth on, like, yesterday.
- I'm disappointed, to say the very least.
I don't like that this is how
Chef Ramsay is seeing me right now,
because this is not me as a chef at all.
I already-- there's already oil in the pan.
narrator: While Michael refires his scallops...
- First table!
narrator: Over in the Red kitchen...
- Ladies, our first table, come on.
- Got it. I got it.
narrator: Ann Marie is looking to send out
a pea-less risotto.
- Riso walking. - Walking scallops.
Scallops, Chef.
[dramatic music]
- Service, please.
narrator: With the Red Team
finally getting appetizers out...
- Good recovery. Thank you, team.
- Mm-hmm, that's good.
narrator: The Blue Team...
- Scallops. - Right now, Chef.
narrator: Is looking to do the same.
- Coming to the window with scallops.
Scallops to the window, Chef. Done.
♪ ♪
- Service, please.
♪ ♪
- This is delicious. It's so good.
- Second table, entrée, one halibut,
two duck, one Wellington.
- Halibut one, two duck, fire.
- Fired, one halibut. - Five minutes.
I need five minutes--not even.
Three minutes. I need three minutes.
- I need six minutes, man. It's a halibut.
- Joe. - Yes, Chef.
- It's not a race. Six minutes, let's go.
- Yes, Chef. - Six minutes.
- When it's the first night you're working a station
and you've got Gordon Ramsay looking at you,
I mean, your nerves get worked up a little bit.
Damn, he makes me [bleep] nervous.
- If there's nothing for you,
just move out of the way, please.
- OK. - I'm ready to go when you are.
- Five minutes out. - Five minutes.
- Heard.
- Joe is rushing things.
- Come on, let's go.
- Messing up the halibut for me.
- I'm ready to go. My duck is ready.
You got the sauce for the duck? - We're good.
- Give me one second.
- Walking Wellington and two duck.
- Guys, like, what are we doing?
I don't want to have an undercooked halibut.
If it's not ready, do not rush it.
Let's get it right, not get it fast.
Halibut, yeah.
♪ ♪
- [bleep].
♪ ♪
Hey, Blue Team, come here.
- [bleep].
- Blue Team!
Just touch that.
- That's me, Chef.
It's never gonna happen again.
- Get a [bleep] grip. - Yes, Chef.
- Heard, Chef. - Yes, Chef.
[bleep] my life.
- Oh, no, that was terrible.
- I don't want to be on that team.
♪ ♪
- Our entrée, two halibut, two Wellington.
- Heard!
- You got two Wellington and you have two halibut.
- I'm a little worried. Magali is on garnish.
She has been in the bottom twice.
- How long on Wellington? - 30 seconds, 30 seconds.
- Walking garnish.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- Red Team, come here. - Oh, [bleep].
- Grab a spoon.
Let's do a little taste test in the middle of service.
- [bleep] - Just taste it.
Just--just taste it. Hey, how did that taste?
- Bland. - Bland. How did that taste?
- Bland. - Bland.
- Bland.
- What are you doing?
[tense music]
- Oh, my God. That would so stress me out.
- Who doesn't taste mashed potatoes?
That's, like, Chef 101.
Taste your food.
Ladies, let's bounce back, bounce back.
Bounce back.
- How long are we for our hali?
Lulu, you got to respond. How long?
How long on halibut?
Lulu sees herself as a leader,
but the moment she drops the ball,
she goes radio silent.
Come on, Lulu.
I stopped hearing you. Let's go.
- Yep, walking halibut.
♪ ♪
- Nicely cooked, the halibut.
Service, please.
♪ ♪
- Like, so relieved.
I'm ready to take charge of the kitchen.
And I can't let this slow me down.
- Chef's table, VIP, yes?
One salmon, one Wellington, one lamb, one New York strip,
mid-rare.
- Yes, Chef.
- One salmon, one lamb,
one Wellington, one strip.
- One salmon, one lamb, one Wellington, one strip.
- How long, Joe? - Three minutes.
Three minutes. - Three minutes.
- We count down every minute, yeah?
- Do you want me to answer you every little word you say?
You know, sure. - What's the time?
- One out. - Yes, lamb, Wellington, strip.
- You should be at the pass. You should be at the pass.
- We can communicate together, but you
don't have to be [bleep] screaming
all over the kitchen all day.
- Walk it, walk it, walk it.
- Walking garnish. - Behind, hot.
Walking lamb.
♪ ♪
- Raw [bleep] lamb.
[bleep] sake.
Yes, [bleep] raw in the [bleep] middle.
Get me another lamb.
- Another lamb now, Chef.
- Chef's table witnessing just how [bleep]
and passionless we are.
- Yes, Chef. - Come on, guys.
- Yes, Chef. - Yes, Chef.
- Wow.
narrator: While the Blue Team struggles to get
the chef's tables' entrées out,
over in the Red kitchen...
- You got love in there?
- [bleep] got a lot of love.
- Lots of love.
narrator: Magali is hoping to send up properly
seasoned mashed potatoes.
- Where's the mash?
- Behind you, Chef.
♪ ♪
Nicely cooked Wellington. - Way to go, Meg.
- Yeah.
- Michelle, send that, please.
- Thank God, I'm just happy that we can move on from that.
- Let's go.
Four covers, one halibut, one chicken, two New York strip.
Heard? all: Heard.
- Let's go. - Let's go, guys.
- All right. - Keep this up.
narrator: With entrées coming out of the Red kitchen...
- Beautiful. - It's very good.
It's very delicious.
narrator: The Blue kitchen is still struggling
to get entrées out to the chef's table.
- Where is Vernon's lamb?
I'm not doing anything else until lamb is here.
- Walking lamb now.
All right, right behind.
♪ ♪
- Oh, [bleep] me.
[bleep].
All of you, come here.
- [bleep]. [bleep]. [bleep].
That island did something to me.
I curse like a pirate now. Let's go, guys.
- Going, going, going.
- Am I ever gonna get my lamb?
- If the Red team cooks it.
- Close the [bleep] door.
narrator: It's an hour into dinner service,
and Chef Ramsay has a question for the Blue Team.
- Where is the passion?
- We'll bounce back, Chef. - Bounce back?
[bleep].
♪ ♪
Get out of here, all of you, and come back to me
with two names that should be leaving.
Hey, the good news is, you're spoiled for choice.
Now, [bleep] off. all: Yes, Chef.
- Get out!
- Well, we keep on getting kicked out of the kitchen.
And it's really irritating.
In front of Vernon Davis, bro?
♪ ♪
narrator: With the Blue Team kicked out
after a difficult night...
- It's the [bleep] worst service of my life.
narrator: The Red Team is working hard
to avoid a similar fate.
- Walking chicken.
- Walking chicken, walking garnish.
- Chicken go right here. - I'm walking two strips.
- Chef, hot sizzle. - Meats go on the end.
Thank you.
- Behind.
♪ ♪
- Go, Michelle, please. Where's the halibut?
- Halibut? - Anybody, halibut?
- Halibut walking, Chef. - Halibut walking.
- Let's go. [bleep].
Red Team, come here.
Ice-cold, raw halibut.
Raw halibut, ice-cold.
I'm done.
I'm [bleep] done.
Get out of here, all of you.
Get out!
And how about an assignment?
Come back with two individuals that
don't even deserve to be here.
[bleep] off.
- Yes, Chef.
- I mean, it's not a good feeling to be kicked out.
- It was absolutely frustrating, every ticket,
getting punched in the face.
- The most mistakes came from the start of service.
- Yeah, nothing personal here.
I would nominate Ann Marie.
- Yes, my timing was messed up.
And that was an issue.
However, none of those--
the appetizers and everything came back.
[bleep], God.
Yeah, this [bleep] sucks.
I deserve to be here. I am a leader.
I am a fighter.
I am a great cook, a fantastic chef.
- I know I didn't salt my [bleep] potatoes,
but that's because it was reducing.
- Not for nothing, it tasted like there was
zero salt in those potatoes.
- I am just so pissed off.
I don't think I deserve to go home tonight.
I definitely think that they're underestimating me
right now because I've had not the best
dinner services so far.
- I'd say fish lost it
and just because Amanda was running that station,
put up the raw halibut.
- Two of us have to go up.
Two of them have to go up.
♪ ♪
- I am sorry.
Egypt and Joe,
both of you don't know your minutes.
- Listen, I know my minutes.
I got confused because everybody's [bleep]
yelling at the same time, man.
- But then say it, man.
- How am I gonna say it when I have [bleep]
10 proteins on, and I'm trying to keep track?
- Just say, everybody shut the [bleep] up.
I need you to listen. - Come on.
Don't say that, because you're the first
person to say, everybody speak.
So what the [bleep] you want?
You want people to speak or you want people to shut up?
Make up your [bleep] mind.
- I don't care what you say about me.
I didn't know you two weeks ago.
And I won't care about you in two months.
Listen, we got to vote two people, so just go.
- So my first nomination is gonna be for you, Lulu.
As soon as you slipped, you started
shutting down immediately.
- I'm gonna go Lulu.
- [sighs]
- It is what it is, and Egypt.
- My two is fish, Lulu and Michael.
- I'm gonna put Michael.
Michael, he's just not confident at all.
I don't think that's something that Chef Ramsay would want
anywhere near his kitchens.
- I'm gonna do Michael.
And my second is Egypt.
- So Egypt is my decision,
because the carbonara coming back.
- The night started off rough.
- It was one carbonara in the very beginning.
- My votes are for Michael.
And then my second vote, I am honestly really,
kind of like, in between Joe and Egypt.
Joe, because I saw how hard it was for you to work the station
with Chef yelling at you.
- When there's all those voices,
I get [bleep] confused, man.
I get [bleep] confused, and then I lose track
of counts and [bleep].
Dude, I lost track tonight.
I'll [bleep] admit it.
I own up to it.
- I don't think Joe is capable of leading
the kitchen because when you get overwhelmed, he shuts down.
And he gets quiet.
But then you come back out and you come [bleep] strong.
- You guys want to [bleep] vote me out, vote me out.
- Just said my piece. - [sighs]
[bleep].
[dramatic music]
[bleep].
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Honestly, if I could sum up tonight's
dinner service from both kitchens, it would be shocking.
♪ ♪
Hannah, Red Team's first nomination and why.
- Our first nomination is...
Magali.
She didn't check her product, didn't taste anything.
- Second nomination and why, please.
- Second nomination, Chef, is Ann Marie.
Starting off strong with appetizers
is key for a successful service.
- Anthony, Blue Team's first nomination and why.
- First nomination is Michael, Chef.
Execution and past services, we put Michael up, Chef.
- OK, Blue Team's second nomination and why.
- Second nomination...
is Egypt, Chef.
The start wasn't strong, so it put some
of the other stations behind, Chef.
- Ann Marie, Magali, Egypt, Michael, step forward.
♪ ♪
Magali, tell me, why should you stay in Hell's Kitchen?
- I have a passion.
This is, like-- literally, this is--
I left everything to be here.
And I don't think I'm the weak--
I'm not the weakest link.
And I know that.
I didn't taste those potatoes.
And that should have never happened.
- Ann Marie.
- I should stay in Hell's Kitchen
because I am a great chef and a good cook.
And I'm gonna come back better.
I deserve to be here.
And I'm-- I'm great at what I do.
And I want to show you that, Chef.
- Egypt. - Yes, Chef.
- There's a vendetta against you.
I don't know what's going on.
- This has not been a game for me.
This is real life.
And I've scratched my way to get here, Chef.
- Michael.
- I believe I should stay in Hell's Kitchen
because I bounced back tonight after having issues.
I'm a team player.
And I--I want to be here to support my team.
- On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you
mark your performance tonight?
- I'd mark it a four to five, Chef.
- A four, yeah. That's generous.
- I don't think I did very well, Chef.
- [sighs]
My decision is...
♪ ♪
Magali,
Egypt,
Ann Marie, back in line.
Michael, when I asked you why you should stay
in Hell's Kitchen and you can't even look at me in the eyes,
that gives me enough information
that you're not ready to be my head chef.
Give me your jacket, please.
[somber music]
I expected more, young man. Good night.
- Thank you. See you, guys.
♪ ♪
There's a lot going through my head right now.
I am pissed off, but also disappointed.
I didn't imagine at all that this experience
would be difficult, honestly.
I thought it would be a lot easier,
especially with a bunch of other head chefs side by side.
I believe I could have ran Chef Ramsay's kitchen.
I think it would have-- ah, no, I don't know.
- Tonight, I was so excited to have
a WNBA champion in one kitchen
and an NFL champion in the other kitchen.
The thing about champions, you know what they do?
They bounce back.
When they get knocked down, they come back stronger.
I'm not asking you to bounce back.
I'm demanding it.
Now, get out of here.
- Yes, Chef.
♪ ♪
- Thank God I get to live another day in Hell's Kitchen.
I am feeling pumped and fueled
because I know Chef sees I have more to prove to him.
So I am excited to just ignite it 2,000%.
- [sighs]
I'm here.
I'm [bleep] still fighting.
I'm not gonna give up without a fight.
And I'm gonna prove that I deserve to be here.
- Tonight, it was an excuse to get me out of the running.
I come back each service stronger and stronger.
Whether they like me or not, that's not really my concern.
- When a chef can't look at you in the eye,
you know they're hiding something.
One thing Michael couldn't hide was the fact
that he didn't belong here.
[flames crackling]
narrator: Next time on "Hell's Kitchen"...
- And I want to spend the rest of my life with you.
narrator: There's romance in the dining room...
- Will you marry me?
- Yes. [cheers and applause]
narrator: And chefs feeling homesick in the kitchen.
- I miss my baby girl so much, man.
[sobbing]
- I knew I was gonna miss my family.
At least at home, if I have a hard day,
I have my wife, I have my kids.
I don't have anyone here.
It'd be very easy to say [bleep] this and go home.
narrator: And Chef Ramsay has to pose a serious question.
- Do you want to go home?
narrator: And some chefs reach their breaking point.
- I recently just had a newborn,
and it absolutely kills me
that I'm not gonna see them for the next two months.
Don't you dare throw that towel in.
narrator: Next time on a highly emotional episode...
- I don't want to cry on TV, man.
- Of "Hell's Kitchen."
♪ ♪