narrator: Previously on
"Hell's Kitchen: Head Chefs Only..."
- Lulu. - Yes, Chef.
- Please join the Blue Team.
narrator: After Chef Ramsay had evened up the teams...
- I think that Chef Ramsay is putting a challenge
in front of me, and I'm up for it.
narrator: The head chefs were put to the test
in a pickling challenge.
- Yes. [all cheering]
- Feeling good, Michael?
- I'm gonna add a little bit of potato
to give it some body.
narrator: Michael struggled to pair
pickled blueberries with prawns...
- Why did you leave the shells on?
narrator: While Amanda left the most important part
of her dish in the kitchen.
- Where's the pickled sprouts?
- I forgot them on my station, Chef.
- What? - Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
- Yeah, this can't be worthy of a point.
narrator: Which cost the Red Team the victory.
- Brandon on the Blue Team.
That's, far and away, the best dish today.
- Thank you, Chef. - Whoo!
- Yes! - [bleep]!
narrator: At dinner service,
Ann Marie's appetizers...
- Oh, my God. I put peas in the risotto.
Chef, I--we've got to take back that first table.
I messed up the risotto.
narrator: And Magali's potatoes...
- How did that taste? - Bland.
- What are you doing?
narrator: Had Chef Ramsay seeing Red.
- Get out!
- Carb to the window.
narrator: But things weren't much better in the Blue.
- [bleep] me.
narrator: After Egypt's subpar carbonara...
- Hurry up. What is that?
- Curdled.
narrator: Michael's raw scallops...
- [bleep] raw scallops.
narrator: And Joe's undercooked lamb...
- [bleep]. Yeah.
It's [bleep] raw in the [bleep] middle.
narrator: A frustrated Chef Ramsay
had seen enough.
- Get out!
- [bleep] worst service of my life.
narrator: At elimination, the Red Team nominated...
- Magali. narrator: And...
- Ann Marie.
narrator: While the Blue Team nominated...
- Michael. narrator: And...
- Egypt.
- Egypt, there's a vendetta against you.
narrator: In the end, Chef Ramsay sent...
- Michael.
narrator: Packing, ending his chance of becoming
head chef at Hell's Kitchen Foxwoods Resort Casino.
♪ ♪
And now the continuation of "Hell's Kitchen."
- I'm not asking you to bounce back.
I'm demanding it.
Now get out of here. - Yes, Chef.
This is my second time up for elimination.
I haven't been really feeling it from my team.
Even if I have a perfect service,
I may have looked sideways too hard
or said something too loud.
There's always gonna be a reason.
[tense music]
[sighs]
Yo, this is everything for me.
I'm not here to [bleep] lose.
I'm not here to make friends.
I'm here to win and be a [bleep] chef
so I can change my [bleep] family's life.
Never been the type of person
that gets opportunities like this.
You know, we were poor.
We lived on the street. We lived in shelters.
We didn't eat sometimes.
[sighs]
Taking this competition will ensure that my kids
never have to experience a day where they can't eat
or have a roof over their head.
- That's why I feel [bleep] bad even putting y'all up there.
I feel like there is a misunderstanding with Egypt
just because he's so passionate.
Sometimes misunderstandings turn into miscommunication,
and miscommunication turns into people disliking each other,
so it sucks seeing that.
- What do I need to do to make our team mesh together?
- You've got to play this game.
You've got to make friends because
you've got a target on your back.
That's why you're going up every [bleep] elimination,
because one [bleep] up, you're going up.
You're just an easy target now.
So, like, you have to be almost perfect.
- No, you're absolutely right.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Line up. Rise and shine. Let's go.
Good morning. - Morning, Chef.
- Good morning, Chef.
- We all know that the culinary industry
is constantly evolving, from cuisines to techniques
to the way we take our orders.
James and Michelle, please.
Recognize that?
- Oh, that's cool.
- The earliest point of sale system
goes back to the early 1800s.
- I'm an absolute history nerd.
I think my fiancée, you know,
she just kind of rolls her eyes.
- 1920s hand-cranked adding machine.
- So I'm excited to see this.
- Nowadays, a large number of restaurants use tablets,
QR codes.
I mean, recognize this?
all: Yes, Chef.
- But my preference is still this.
- Yes, Chef. - That's funny.
- But let's face it, as chefs,
it's not about how the order comes in.
It's about how the food comes out.
So today, you're gonna be putting a spin
on a classic that has definitely evolved
over the years.
Burgers. - Yes.
- [chuckles]
You don't get this big from eating salads.
You get this big from eating burgers and red meat.
I love it. I am so pumped right now.
Let's go.
- Now, today, you're gonna be going head-to-head,
cooking seven amazing proteins
displayed on those ticket wheels behind you.
Dry-aged beef, lamb, pork, chicken, venison,
short rib, and a bison burger.
Blue Team, since you only have six of you,
I'd like one of you to step up and make a second burger.
Wow. Kyle's going twice.
- Yes, Chef.
- Now, both teams, take a moment
and decide who's cooking which protein.
Do it now. - I want venison.
- I want dried aged beef. - I'll do lamb.
- I'll do chicken. - Venison.
- You're taking-- - Dry-aged.
- And? - What's that left? Lamb.
A couple of years after I graduated culinary school,
I had a friend who opened a burger restaurant,
and we did everything from beef, bison, lamb, elk,
venison, camel, alligator-- literally every single thing
you could imagine, so I'm just gonna
get after it and kick some ass.
- Now, each of these tickets
has a different ingredient written on it.
When I say go, I'm gonna throw
this ice bucket of tickets onto the floor.
You'll have 90 seconds to grab one ticket at a time.
Once you find an ingredient that you like,
you place it on your ticket wheel for your burger.
Right. We ready?
all: Yes, Chef.
- On the count of three, grab those tickets.
One, two, three, go.
- Whoa! - Whoa!
♪ ♪
- It's raining tickets.
All I can think about is this is just like being
five years old and being in a piñata.
- [laughs]
- Zucchini, romaine lettuce,
Greek yogurt, eggs. - Behind.
- I have to scatter the floor to get the ingredients I want.
I am a feral raccoon, and I bite.
[hisses] [laughs]
- 60 seconds remaining.
- My game plan right now is a homage to banh mi sandwiches.
The pork gods are looking after me right now
because I needed a fat, and bacon is perfect.
- 20 seconds to go. - Lamb.
Are you OK?
- Five, four, three,
two, one, and stop.
- Whew, - Well done. OK.
Now, behind in both kitchens are the most amazing
HexClad hybrid double-burner griddles.
They will give you the perfect sear for your burgers.
OK, your 35 minutes start now.
Good luck, guys. Come on.
narrator: The chefs will now have 35 minutes
to assemble their burgers
using all the ingredients they selected.
- Everybody feeling good? - Yes, Chef.
- Guys, keep moving.
This challenge is quick.
35 minutes is not a lot of time.
narrator: Cooking the bison burger
will be Brandon in the Blue kitchen
and Ann Marie in the Red.
- Ooh, nice.
narrator: In the battle of the chicken,
it's Meghan facing off against Lulu.
- Let's do it! Come on, guys.
Let's win this [bleep]. - Yes, Chef!
narrator: The short rib burgers
are being prepared by Joe...
- How about you? What do you got going on?
- Uh, I'm gonna do some kind of relish.
I'm thinking bacon jam.
narrator: And Hannah.
- And I'm just gonna mix a little bit of brown sugar
and mustard into my short rib.
narrator: Going head-to-head on the venison
is Egypt in the Blue kitchen...
- I want to do thyme bacon cooked down,
rendered, and then do a brown butter with
the bacon fat as well.
narrator: Versus Magali in the Red kitchen.
- I have venison. I go hunting a lot.
So this is something I'm really proud to--
- You go hunting? OK. - Yeah.
To love, and this is something.
This is for my husband.
- It's kind of badass. - Yeah.
- I'm doing a banh mi, something
I made my grandma at home a lot.
narrator: Anthony is making the pork burger
and will do battle with Amanda.
- I'm going Mexican with it, Chef.
I'm gonna use the tomatillos to make a sauce with it.
narrator: And for his team,
Kyle will be cooking two burgers,
a lamb burger against Whit...
- I'm thinking of doing a Kalamata jam.
narrator: And a dry-aged beef burger against Brittany.
- We getting any closer to a concept here?
- Yes, Chef, I'm gonna do
a tomato chutney on the dry-aged.
I'm also gonna do a fried green tomato on the lamb.
- Kyle, thank you for volunteering, man.
- Yes, ma'am. - You got this.
- Anytime.
I'm feeling really confident, but 35 minutes
is a short period to cook two burgers.
- 20 minutes to go.
- Did you add fat inside of that?
- I have raw bacon, Chef.
There's bacon in the patty.
It's delicious, but it's terrible for your cholesterol,
so don't tell your doctor.
- Kyle, you got it? - Got it.
Failure is not an option today, guys.
We've got to [bleep] kill it.
- Get them, Kyle.
Kyle's got a lot to do, and everybody's
only focusing on one thing.
Kyle's got double the workload of everybody else.
Everybody stay the [bleep] out of Kyle's way.
- Out of [bleep] Kyle's way. Yes.
- Kyle gets what he wants.
- Ooh, boy.
- Last 10 minutes, Red Team. Let's go.
- Love you, burger. You got this.
- Meghan, what are you working on?
- So I am doing the chicken burger.
- That's gonna be the hardest one.
- Absolutely not, Chef. I'm pretty familiar with this.
Where I come from, my pop-ups,
the restaurants that I've worked in,
we make some awesome burgers.
- Well, tell me what you're doing.
- We've got rosemary, garlic, thyme,
all the things that go into chicken,
go into the burger. - OK.
- This chicken burger is gonna blow their minds.
Like, it's gonna be juicy.
It's gonna have all the right flavors.
It's gonna be perfect.
- Two minutes to go. - Yeah, baby. Oh.
- Last two minutes, guys.
- Behind, behind, behind, behind!
- Kyle, watch your eggs.
- Yeah, watch my eggs, please, please, please, please.
- Any extra hands should be helping Kyle right now.
- Kyle, what do you need?
- Kyle bit off more than he could chew,
but this is still a team challenge,
so let's all get across that finish line.
Buns are down for you, Kyle.
- Right, we're down to the last 60 seconds, ladies.
- Finish strong.
Triple check that you have everything on there.
- Nope, I don't. - You good? Are you good?
- Yeah, I just forgot the aioli.
- OK, let's go. - 30 seconds to go.
- Kyle, I have one egg here. Where do you want it?
- I need it on the lamb, Chef. - Where's the lamb?
- No, no, no, no, no. - No?
- I'm just losing it.
35 minutes goes really quick.
- Kyle, I'm walking tomatoes to you right now.
- Put it right there. Put it right there.
- Ten, nine, eight, seven...
- Give me. Give me a plate.
- Six, five, four...
- You're gonna get it plated. You're gonna get it plated.
- Three, two, one.
- Go, go, go, go, go.
- And serve!
Some very, very good-looking burgers.
- Oh, I forgot the best thing.
[tense music]
- Damn it!
- Five... - You're gonna get it plated.
You're gonna get it plated.
- Four, three, two, one.
- Go, go, go, go, go. - And serve!
narrator: Although Kyle did manage to get
his two burgers done in time...
- Some very, very good-looking burgers.
narrator: It wasn't without issue.
- Oh, I forgot the best thing.
[dramatic music]
Damn it!
♪ ♪
- Today, we've got a very, very special guest judge.
Please welcome the chef and owner
of the legendary Hamburger America, George Motz.
[applause] George.
- Good to see you, sir. - Good to see you.
- The King of burgers is going to eat
and taste food from these hands.
I'm freaking stoked.
- Filmmaker background.
You have a course at university to teach the perfect burger.
- I've done it before.
I've taught a few classes on hamburgers.
- Excellent.
Let's begin with the venison burger.
Let's go. - Let's go, Egypt.
- Come on, Egypt, yes. - Come on, Egypt.
- Egypt's burger looks like him,
strong and masculine, and I know he's a great chef,
but I am so confident in my burger right now.
- Let's start off with Magali first, please.
Describe your burger to Chef. Thank you.
- I treated the venison with soy sauce, eggs, Dijon mustard,
and chorizo to get that fat. I go hunting a lot.
So I cook with this meat a lot.
- Mm-hmm.
Mmm.
That's surprising.
That is not what I expect from a venison burger.
- Thank you. - That's--that's great.
- Egypt, please describe your burger to Chef.
- So today, I have a venison burger
basted in three types of fat:
bacon fat, beef fat, and a little bit of butter,
fresh smoked bacon, and a spicy apple compote right on top.
♪ ♪
- Well done. That's a tough call.
Mmm.
♪ ♪
I'd have to say...
point to both, for sure.
- Point to both. Amazing.
- Thank you. - Egypt, delicious, well done.
- The meat gods are smiling down on me today.
- Nice job.
- Now if my team can get their [bleep] together
and get their burgers in a row, we can win.
I really want to taste the reward.
- Up next, the battle of the bison burger, please.
Let's go. [applause]
- I'm expecting Ann Marie to bring the heat.
We're both from Denver.
Beer and cheeseburgers are our native foods.
I think this is gonna be a pretty savage competition.
- Right. Ann Marie, let's start with you, please.
- We have a bison burger with 20% beef fat
in there to get some nice fat from the lean meat
of the bison, smashed avocado with some pancetta.
- That's the pancetta, the chip?
- Yep, the chip on top.
- Please, George, dig in.
♪ ♪
- This is bison? - Yes.
- You can't tell because it's actually got
a lot of fat in there.
- Thoughts on the seasoning, George?
- The crispy pancetta, that's salty.
I'd say too salty.
narrator: Hoping to beat Ann Marie's bison burger
is Brandon's burger with...
- The sauce is a roasted Anaheim mayo.
- Ooh, that's some spice in there.
Nice, mmm.
- Tricky protein there with the bison.
- That's a very tricky protein because there's
really no fat in it. No.
I'd have to say point to Brandon, for sure,
because that is a fantastic burger.
- Brandon, well done. Congrats.
- I am stoked.
I knew it was good, but, you know,
having him say that it was good,
you know, that's pretty [bleep] cool.
narrator: With the Blue Team taking
the early lead over the Red Team,
Lulu is aiming to impress with her...
- Chicken burger.
I added just a little panko to bind it
all together, and then, on top of it,
you have pickled tomatillos.
I'm from Mexico.
So I saw the tomatillos, had to grab it.
- The texture is a little tough.
Yeah.
narrator: Meghan is hoping her chicken burger with...
- I made an arugula pesto because it can tend to dry out.
narrator: Will tie it up for the Red Team.
- Chicken burger, really tricky.
- That's very difficult.
- Oh, it's not dried out. Not too bad.
Tastes like a chicken sandwich.
I would say, just based on the way
the burger itself was cooked,
I'd have to say Meghan for this point.
- Thank you, Chef. - Well done, Meghan.
- I'm so pumped.
The hamburger god loves my chicken burger.
That is [bleep] awesome. - Good job, man.
narrator: With the score tied,
Brittany is hoping to give the Red Team their first lead
with her dry-aged beef burger topped with...
- Prosciutto wrapped tomato.
I also have pickled shiitakes.
- You're supposed to smash it to get that juice, you know?
- I did.
- I love the way that you're telling George
how to eat a burger. - No, no, no.
[laughs] No way.
- A burger that comes with instructions.
- It's a little dry. - Yeah.
Wow. Right, Kyle.
- Chef, this is a dry-aged bacon burger.
There's bacon in the burger.
I also had Roma tomato, Chef.
That was a chutney that is still on my station.
♪ ♪
- [bleep]. - Man.
So you forgot the chutney. Damn.
♪ ♪
- Mm.
A little bit of one note.
- Does it go to Brittany and the Red Team
or Kyle and the Blue Team? Please.
- Unfortunately, I'd say no points.
- No points to either.
- Either one of them, yeah. - Thank you, Chef.
I forgot the beautiful tomato chutney, you know,
a game changer of the dish.
Had I put it on there, I probably
would have got a point.
Sorry, guys.
narrator: Up next is Anthony's Vietnamese-inspired
banh mi pork burger.
- That is full of flavor.
narrator: Which is facing off against Amanda's
chorizo pork smashburger with tomatillo salsa.
- How's the cook? - It's OK.
It's a little dry.
- It does look a little dry. - [bleep].
- Chef, the point to Anthony or to Amanda?
- I'm gonna say absolutely Anthony.
- Thank you, chef.
- Come on, Blue!
[cheers and applause]
narrator: Next up is Joe, who is hoping to maintain
the lead with his short rib burger featuring
his secret recipe relish.
- What's the funky flavor in there?
What is that?
That must be-- that must be your--
- Relish.
- I can't tell you, or I'd have to kill you.
- That's great.
The burger is a little bit overcooked.
It's a little tough there.
narrator: It's now time for Hannah, who is trying
to get on the scoreboard with her short rib
cheddar cheese burger. - Mmm.
The patty is cooked well. That's fantastic.
That's good. I like that.
- Point goes to Hannah or Joe?
- I'm gonna say definitely Hannah.
- Thank you. - Congratulations.
Oh, boy. We are tied.
We have one left.
It comes down to the lamb burger.
Let's go.
[applause]
- You know, I didn't get the point
on the dry-aged burger, which sucked.
I don't want to fail the team,
so I hope that my next burger will be better than the first.
- Whit, please describe your burger.
- So I went a little Mediterranean
with this lamb burger.
You have a hummus on the bottom, a Kalamata jam,
and I have a tzatziki on top.
- That's good.
I mean, it's the right size, the right flavor,
but it's pretty intense.
- Kyle, please describe your lamb burger to Chef.
- I made a lamb burger.
There's green tomato, egg, prosciutto, and dried figs.
- Wow. Mmm.
Patty is cooked well. Tasty.
A lot going on there.
- Please step back in line. Thank you.
♪ ♪
The final points.
Does it go to Whit or Kyle?
- That's a tough call. - A tough one.
♪ ♪
- I would say it goes to...
Whit.
- Congratulations.
The winning team is the Red Team.
Well done.
- Of course I'm getting the point.
It was expected, you know, because I am confident
in what I put out, and I'm gonna continue
to prove that I'm a strong competitor here.
- Kyle, keep your head up, yes?
- Kyle, couldn't get one?
- All of you, please give it up for George Motz.
Come on.
[applause] - Thank you.
- All right, ladies, well done.
- Thank you, Chef. - Thank you, Chef.
- Today, all of you are going bowling.
- Yes. - But not just any bowling.
You'll delight in all the glitz, glam, and gutter balls
at Foxwoods exclusive High Rollers Luxury Lanes.
It's exceptional.
You guys bowl, right?
all: Yes, Chef.
- One more thing.
I've left a surprise for all of you
in the dorms that just may bowl you over.
It's good. It's big.
Enjoy it. - Thank you, Chef.
- Blue Team.
Brandon, you've got the punishment pass,
so please pay attention.
Whilst the Red Team are living the high life,
You guys are in for a tough, tough day because all of you
are gonna be rolling patties for sliders, a lot of them,
as a special appetizer we'll add to the menu
tonight ahead of service.
That means you need to break down 100 pounds of beef,
then grind that meat manually.
- We have another loss under our belt.
I am so over punishments.
I'm the only person here that hasn't gotten a reward.
It sucks.
- All right, Brandon, are you gonna be a high roller
with the Red Team or a low-rolling slider
with the Blue Team?
- I love bowling, Chef. I'm gonna stay with my team.
- OK.
Right, ladies, enjoy, especially that present
back in the dorms.
Head in there, quick. Off you go.
Good luck. - Thank you, Chef.
- Red Team just won. Whoo-whoo!
We are going bowling.
I'm excited to get out of Hell's Kitchen.
♪ I'm going bowling ♪
- So close.
- Yet so far away.
- All right, ladies, see what we got.
What do we got?
- [screaming] - Yes!
- Whoo!
- Oh, my God!
[bleep] yeah! - I swear to God, guys!
- This is what we wanted.
- Do we each get one? - No, we get a set.
- A whole [bleep] set. - And knives?
- And the [bleep] knives, girl.
- We have the HexClad set!
I'm so excited.
- I don't have any room for this [bleep] in my kitchen.
But I'll [bleep] make room. - I don't either.
- [bleep], I'm gonna make room. - Yeah, I'm making room.
- I'm gonna start, like, looking up wok recipes.
This is--oh, my God.
- Bring it in, Red Team. Red Team!
[all cheering]
- [sighs]
I care a lot.
I want to give my best at all times,
and I didn't today.
So I think that's what really pisses me off the most.
- You took a chance. I'll give you a pot.
You want a pot? - No.
You know, I want to win for my team, you know?
We needed that point to tie,
and it's really hard to let Chef Ramsay down,
especially if you care, you know?
[somber music]
This is all I care about.
I wouldn't be here if I didn't.
♪ ♪
[tense music]
- Oh, man. - [whistles]
- We will be hand-grinding a couple hundred pounds of meat.
We've got a blend of brisket, chuck, and short rib.
- You know, it sucks that we are in a punishment right now.
I'm gonna keep pushing forward.
I'm gonna keep my head up,
but it's not where I want to be.
- At least we get a lot of bonding time with each other.
- Who wants to hand-grind brisket?
[laughs] - [bleep].
♪ ♪
- This is nuts.
We've still got to make the patties.
- I know.
Turns out I don't know how to make a burger.
- [laughs]
- This is embarrassing.
I don't feel like anybody on the Blue Team
is taking this seriously.
- I wish we were making slider buns.
I could do that all day long.
- I didn't come here to lose, and right now,
I'm on a losing team, and we do keep losing
over and over and over again.
- So you guys think Rihanna is gonna come in tonight?
- Why do you say Rihanna?
- Because Rihanna is my favorite.
I mean, Beyoncé can come in, too.
Hey, girl.
- Nobody talks about game plans.
Nobody talks about strategies.
Nobody talks about amping kitchens up.
This is a game to them, man.
I'm just over it.
- All right, let's get the burgers made.
- Yes, Chef. - Yes, Chef.
narrator: While Egypt's spirits
are firmly in the gutter,
the Red Team is striking up a good time
at Connecticut's most luxurious lanes.
- Hey! - Hello!
- Wow.
- Ooh. - Holy cannoli!
- Whoa! - Sorry, this is cool.
- This is a bowling alley? Get out of here.
- Holy cannoli, oh, it's so pretty.
- Wow.
- So this is what the sweet life feels like.
- It's so fancy. It's luxurious.
I have never seen a bowling alley
with chandeliers in my life.
- Get them on, ladies.
Oh, we are living the high life.
- All right, let's go. - Yeah, baby!
- Whoo-hoo!
- Bowling alleys have a special place in my heart
because I was on the bowling team in high school.
There was no girls bowling team in the history of our school,
and so, actually, all the athletes
were recruited, and I was a varsity bowler
in ninth grade, baby. - Yeah.
- So the only varsity letter I have is bowling.
[laughter]
Well, anyways, my first ever pastry chef job
was at a bowling alley.
- No way. - Yep.
That's how I got my hand in pastry.
- I mean, what hasn't Brittany done?
Chef, business owner, varsity bowler,
worked for a bowling alley as a chef.
That list goes on and on. What hasn't she done?
- Red Team. - Red Team!
- Way to go. Way to win it.
- Here's to the boys, who are back home,
doing the beef for us.
- Feel bad for the boys and Lulu.
[all cheering]
- You all right?
- Just over [bleep] losing.
- It's a lot harder than it looks.
- It just sucks, man, because I feel like half the people
here think it's a game, man.
- Half of these people here don't have kids at home either.
- So it would be amazing if I could hear
my daughter's voice right now.
I miss my baby girl so much, man.
[sobs] - Yeah, I get it.
I knew I was gonna miss my family.
That's a lot of pressure.
At least, at home, if I have a hard day, I have my wife.
I have my kids.
[somber music]
I don't have anyone here.
♪ ♪
It's all right, bro.
We're good.
- I was thinking about going home.
I'm not gonna lie.
I just want to hug my kid so badly, man.
- I know, man.
- There's just 1,000 thoughts racing through my head,
and I'm trying to block them out.
Do I persevere, or do I go home
and get hugged by my kids?
Man, I fought so hard to be here.
I never thought I would ever be here.
- It'd be very easy to say "[bleep] this" and go home,
but just keep fighting, man.
Just keep pushing. That's it.
You keep pushing. Just keep trucking.
That's all that we can do, man.
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
narrator: It's 30 minutes before dinner service...
- Get out of your head, all right?
- I'm here. I'm here.
narrator: And the women have returned
from their bowling reward...
- Feeling good? - Yes, Chef.
narrator: And are prepping
for tonight's dinner service.
- We're not gonna have a repeat of last night's
service tonight. - Absolutely not, Chef.
- Hey, I want you all to know, something goes down,
I got your back today.
- That's what we're here for, guys, to work together.
- Ladies, welcome back.
Line up, please.
Blue Team, line up, please, quickly.
♪ ♪
Chefs, let's be honest, last night's service
did not go as planned.
[soft dramatic music]
I made it clear last night what champions do.
I'm not asking you to bounce back.
I'm demanding it.
What do they do? all: Bounce back!
- Right.
What are you gonna do tonight?
all: Bounce back! - Good.
- Hey, Chef. - Egypt.
- Uh, before we start... - Please.
- I want to say it's been an honor working here,
getting this experience...
but I'm actually bowing out of the competition.
[dramatic music]
narrator: Chef Ramsay is minutes away
from opening up Hell's Kitchen.
- Hey, Chef. - Egypt.
narrator: But dinner service
is the last thing on Egypt's mind.
- I want to say it's been an honor working here,
getting this experience, but I'm actually
bowing out of the competition.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
I really miss my daughter.
I really miss my son.
- Let me get through this,
and we'll spend five minutes together.
- Yes, Chef.
- I know that Egypt is going through it emotionally.
He misses his kids, and I totally understand that.
I miss my fiancé.
Every five minutes, I think about her,
but on top of it, he's not really jiving
with the Blue Team at all.
- Get on your stations. We're opening in ten minutes.
- Egypt, store room with me. all: Yes, Chef.
♪ ♪
- Right.
Young man... - Yes, Chef.
- You've got every right to feel down.
You have every right to feel down.
I recently just had a newborn, and it absolutely kills me
that I'm not gonna see them for the next two months.
[somber music]
And it's painful.
- [inhales sharply]
- And I don't know why the Blue Team are picking on you.
I have no idea why they want you out.
I see something in you that they don't, OK?
And you may have been up for elimination.
There's a reason why I haven't sent you home.
Do you know why? - No, Chef.
- Because you deserve to be here.
- I don't want to leave, Chef.
- No, listen. Look at me.
I don't want you to leave either.
You know that.
- Heard, Chef.
- You've got a lot of drive.
So you focus.
Focus on you and focus on your family.
Understood? - Yes, Chef.
- Can you bounce back? - Absolutely, Chef.
- I still believe in you.
So believe in yourself, OK?
- Yes, Chef. - Come on.
- Thank you, Chef. I'm sorry. - Come on.
Come on. OK?
Get this together. - Yes, Chef.
- OK? - Yes, Chef.
- Hey, I've been in your shoes before.
I've been on my ass, OK?
Don't you dare throw that towel in.
- No, Chef. - OK?
- I'm here, Chef. - Let's go.
Come on. - Yes, Chef.
- Get in there, and you tell them
that you are not quitting.
- Yes, Chef. - Let's go.
- Sorry about that, guys. I'm back.
I'm in it. I'm here for service.
- Let's do this. - We got you. We got you, man.
- Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Chef Ramsay's words were able to relight
that fire in my chest.
He just reminded me that I'm fighting
to change my family's life.
I owe it to Chef Ramsay to show him
that I am the best of the best here.
Go. We got this. We got this.
We got this.
- Marino. - Si, Chef.
- Open Hell's Kitchen, please. Let's go.
- Subito.
[energetic music]
♪ ♪
narrator: It's another packed night at Hell's Kitchen.
- Happy birthday. - Thank you.
narrator: And while diners are already ordering
their Hell's Kitchen favorites...
- Can I have the scallops?
- I'll have the beef wellington, please.
narrator: Tonight's menu will also be
featuring a slider appetizer.
- Come on. We got this.
- Dream team. We got it.
We got it.
- Here we go, guys. Bounce back. Let's go.
On order, four covers, two risotto, two slider. Yes?
all: Yes, Chef.
- I got two risotto, two lobsters.
- Two lobsters, heard. - Two sliders going down.
- Two sliders.
Tonight's the first night I'm working garnish,
and I'm just trying to figure out
what goes with what.
What else goes in this?
Then, on top of that, we have sliders on
as a special.
I know how to cook a slider, but being thrown
on a new station and not being familiar with it,
I already know it's gonna be a [bleep] pain in the ass.
- Did you guys already flip your sliders?
Joe.
- Garnish station is all about communication.
He needs to be the one taking command of the kitchen...
Joe, are you ready?
Joe, you're good?
Or the night is gonna be a disaster.
Joe, how long you have on the sliders?
Joe! - One minute out.
- One minute out, heard.
- I just need Lulu to shut the [bleep] up
right now and just let me concentrate on
getting these sliders out. - Come on, Joe. It's a slider.
You've done this in your sleep. That's it.
Thank you. Put it down, Joe.
Go. You're too busy.
Yeah, all right, all right.
[dramatic music]
It's not all right.
It's [bleep] ice cold. [bleep].
Blue Team.
Blue Team! Come here.
Ten seconds. Come here, you.
It's ice cold. OK?
We've got standards. Get them back on.
They need one more minute.
It's not a race, OK? - He's right.
I feel like I'm running a race,
but I'm not, like, that athletic.
- You're a [bleep] good cook. Compose yourself.
- Thank you, Chef. - One more minute.
Let's go.
- I just need to, you know, get back into my element
and just, you know, get this [bleep] done.
- Joe, sliders. Let's go.
- Slider right now. - Go, go.
♪ ♪
- Service, please.
narrator: With Joe's sliders
making a good impression on diners...
- Mm, it's really good.
narrator: Over in the Red kitchen...
- On order, six couples, table 21,
two sliders, two scallops,
one carbonara, one flatbread. all: Yes, Chef.
- Let's go. - Seven minutes on sliders.
- Seven, seven.
- I'm on fish tonight with Hannah.
I'm taking lead.
The scallops are a very, you know,
time sensitive cook, but I'm not worried.
I'm gonna get the pancetta going.
I'll hop on the carbonara after.
- Tonight, I'm on apps, and we need people
to start getting vocal
if they're leading their station.
You got six out on the two sliders,
one carbonara, two scallops, and one flatbread.
Tonight, Whitney's a little on the quiet side.
I don't expect that kind of behavior
out of an executive chef. - Whit.
- Yes, Chef.
- That's the six apps, right? Are they--
- We're still six minutes.
- But look at me, look. Come here, you two.
Come here.
[trilling lips]
What's going on? Help me understand.
You're dropping the scallops, and she's not even ready.
Help me out. Talk to me so I can help you.
- I dropped them too early. - Yeah, but way too early.
Are we calling back? Are we disengaged?
- No, Chef. - No. Do you want to go home?
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
narrator: It's 20 minutes into dinner service.
- What's going on?
narrator: And Whit's lack of communication
has Chef Ramsay searching for answers.
- Help me understand.
You're dropping the scallops, and she's not even ready.
Help me out.
Talk to me so I can help you.
- I dropped them too early.
- Yeah, but way too early.
Are we calling back? Are we disengaged?
- No, Chef. - No.
Do you want to go home?
[dramatic music]
- No, Chef.
- You don't talk. You don't talk.
How are we gonna communicate?
- We'll talk, Chef. - We'll talk, Chef.
- We need to be in sync, all right?
- Yes, Chef.
- You shouldn't be dropping them
until you say "Go, scallops."
Let's go, ladies. [bleep].
♪ ♪
- I'm frustrated.
♪ ♪
I'm angry, and that's why--
that's why I'm emotional, because I'm [bleep] pissed.
One mistake can drag the whole [bleep] line down.
It doesn't feel good.
- We've got two scallops, two sliders,
one carbonara, one flatbread.
We're going in four minutes. - Four minutes, heard.
- Whit. Yeah?
Four minutes, yeah? - Four minutes.
- Heard. - Not yet. Not yet.
- Whit is [bleep] us up right now.
Let's go. Speak up.
♪ ♪
So 2 1/2 on the flatbread, the two sliders,
carbonara, scallops.
Whit.
2 1/2. Good.
Let's not continue this same pattern throughout
the rest of the [bleep] service.
I really hope she can get it together.
Walking scallops. - Walking scallops.
- Heard. - Scallops, Chef.
- Walking sliders, Britt. - Walking sliders, heard.
Two sliders, Chef, here.
- Yeah, that's it. In the window. Good.
Carbonara. - Walking carbonara.
♪ ♪
- Go, go.
♪ ♪
narrator: Now that Whit and Meghan
are finally in sync...
- Yes, Chef. Four minutes.
- Let's go, ladies.
We're finishing this dinner service tonight.
- Yes, we are.
narrator: Appetizers are now making their way out
to hungry diners from both kitchens.
- Two slider, one riso, one scallop.
Two minutes out.
- Lobster tail is ready when you want it.
Dropping scallops now.
The name of the game is all about getting
that food out in a timely manner.
As of right now, Blue Team is rolling.
Scallops coming out, 30 seconds.
I feel like myself again. I feel strong.
I feel confident, and so I owe it to Chef Ramsay
to show him his words aren't going to be wasted on me.
Sliders walking up to the pass.
And show him that I'm ready to be his next head chef.
Scallops up times two.
- Nicely cooked, the scallops. Send it. Let's go.
narrator: As Egypt has regained his confidence,
a couple of the diners are enjoying
more than just the food.
- Chef also prepared something a little special for you.
♪ ♪
- [gasps] - Oh.
- Shelly, I love you more than words could ever explain,
and I want to spend the rest of my life with you.
Will you marry me? - Yes.
[cheers and applause]
narrator: And while romance continues
in the dining room...
- I'm shaking. [laughs]
narrator: The Red Team is ready to move on to entrees.
- On order, four covers, two strip, two salmon.
all: Yes, Chef!
- All right, four out, two strip, two salmon.
- Heard, four out, two salmon, two strip.
- Salmon down. - OK.
I'm gonna get more steak out, room temp.
- That's perfect.
- We are a solid team on this station.
Looks good. Sorry, girl.
- No, you're good.
I'm just trying to get this duck sauce on.
- Magali and I are like two peas in a pod.
We really get along.
We communicate well, and we were both
in the bottom two at last elimination.
- We got this, Ann Marie. - Yeah, we [bleep] do.
But it's all about how we bounce back, as Chef says,
and I think we're gonna rock it.
- Can you double check those? I think it's under.
I'm pretty sure it's under.
I think it's a little under, honestly.
- OK, that's fine. I'll keep going.
- New York, how long? Are you ready?
- Two minutes. - All right, hang back.
My only concern for tonight is Magali and Ann Marie on meats.
You need to kind of train yourself to get
that right feel, that right temp.
Like, you guys should not be struggling
this hard with this.
- OK, that's gonna be hot.
- Let me know when you walk. I walk with you.
- You got it. Fries up first.
- Two strip. - Working.
- Fries working! - Thank you.
Walking. - All right, walk with salmon.
♪ ♪
- New York strip cooked beautifully.
- Nice job, meat.
- Salmon nicely cooked. - Thank you, Chef!
- Go, Michelle. Thank you.
Service, please.
- I feel like we communicate very [bleep] well.
- Fire please, two lamb, one halibut, one wellington.
Yes? all: Yes, Chef!
- Right.
- In Philadelphia, I work in an Italian steakhouse,
so I'm really excited to be assigned
to meat station tonight.
- Egypt. - Chef.
- Check in with Kyle so he doesn't get swamped.
That's two on the fish. He's got three meat there.
Check in with him, yeah? - Yes, Chef.
Do you need anything? You good?
- I'm good.
I am fully ready to redeem myself tonight.
I'm gonna give it my all and [bleep] kill it.
♪ ♪
- How long on protein? - Three minutes.
Halibut.
- Dropping halibut now.
Meat station is a absolute beast of a station.
It has the potential to eat you alive.
Kyle is working that station by himself.
So hopefully he brings it today.
You ready to walk?
♪ ♪
Kyle, how long on meat?
- I can walk right now. - Walk right now?
- Two lamb, one welly. - Yes, sir.
- Walking garnish. - Walking halibut.
Halibut right behind. Hot behind.
- Can you grab that 'jus right behind me?
♪ ♪
- Two lamb, one welly walking to the pass.
♪ ♪
- Thank you, Chef.
♪ ♪
- Oh, boy.
- Oh, [bleep] me, dude.
That better be cooked.
♪ ♪
- Kyle, come over. - Yes, Chef.
narrator: It's 50 minutes into dinner service.
- Can you grab that two right behind me?
narrator: And steak house executive chef Kyle
has just delivered his lamb to Chef Ramsay.
- Thank you, Chef. - Oh, boy.
- [bleep] me, dude. That better be cooked.
[dramatic music]
- Kyle, come over. - Yes, Chef.
- Lamb cooked beautifully. - Thank you, Chef.
- Good job. - Service, please.
- Thank you, guys. Thank you.
Team job. Team job.
narrator: With Kyle and the Blue Team
taking their turn at impressing diners...
- That's incredible.
- Butter. - Butter.
- Good, good.
narrator: Both kitchens of head chefs are closing in
on their best dinner service yet.
- Walking halibut! - Walking lamb.
- Walking salmon!
- Walking one welly, two duck. - Running halibut.
- Right behind. - Salmon nicely cooked.
- Thank you, Chef.
- Kyle, nicely cooked the duck. - Thank you, Chef.
- Service, please.
♪ ♪
- Oh, my God.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- We killed it tonight.
- I appreciate it. - I truly mean that.
- Good finish, ladies. Good finish.
[soft dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Tonight, I asked for a bounce-back service,
and, thankfully, we got one.
♪ ♪
But let's be honest.
There were some issues.
♪ ♪
Mostly caused by a lack of...
all: Communication.
- We had moments tonight when we were communicating.
It's just not consistent enough.
♪ ♪
It's frustrating for me because I know
you can all be so much better.
♪ ♪
Now for the tough part.
This is a competition.
So who is the winning team?
♪ ♪
The winning team is...
♪ ♪
The Blue Team.
- [bleep].
- Good job, guys.
- And the Red Team.
- [sighs] Yeah.
- Red Team also takes the win.
It's like, "What?
Come on, man, like, Red Team, whoo."
- So everybody gets a pass, but listen carefully.
The competition is wide open.
♪ ♪
And I can see right now any one of you winning.
♪ ♪
I'm rooting for you guys.
I want you to shine.
♪ ♪
Right, all of you, well done.
Get out of here. all: Thank you, Chef.
- I feel like a weight was lifted off my shoulders.
This is the hardest thing I've ever done in my life,
but I'm here to prove that I have
what it takes to make it to the end.
- I am super proud of my team.
I'm proud of myself.
I'm still in "Hell's Kitchen."
I know it's gonna get more intense, but I am ready.
- Good job, my man. - Good job.
- Happy you stayed?
- Happy I'm staying.
I'm not going anywhere.
You know, "Hell's Kitchen" wears on you.
Today, I was at my lowest, and I was just in my head,
and Chef Ramsay pulled me out.
I am taking this competition by storm.
- Good job, guys. - Good job, ladies.
- Good job.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
narrator: Next time on "Hell's Kitchen"...
- One team, one dream.
narrator: Things are about to get nasty as egos collide.
- In every challenge, I've hit a point, every time.
- She's a [...] bulldog. - That's the South.
We spicy in the South. - Yeah.
- Is that our best? - [bleep].
It's undercooked and it's like water.
- Son of a bitch, man. - Start again!
narrator: And when there's blood in the water...
- I'm so pissed, yo.
narrator: It's every chef for themselves.
- I should have just been that [bleep] bitch
and just [bleep] backed her off the station.
narrator: Who will sink?
- For me, the pasta is a little heavy.
narrator: And who will swim?
And who will go too far?
- Just watch this lobster. Make sure it's [bleep] hot.
- Here you are, Chef. - Ice cold lobster.
narrator: Find out next time
on "Hell's Kitchen: Head Chefs Only"...
- If this isn't dinner with a show,
I don't know what is.