♪ Let's go!
- This is the real deal.
- Go, go.
"Rescue High Surf".
- Bring it on.
♪ Bring it on. - "The Floor".
- Wow. - And, "Universal Basic Guys".
- How much did you spend on this?
- Can't put a price tag on saving lives.
Nailed it.
All available now.
narrator: Previously on
"Hell's Kitchen: Head Chefs Only"...
- On the count of three, grab those tickets.
narrator: Chef Ramsay kicked off the challenge
with his version of 52 Pickup.
- Whoa.
narrator: The chefs chose ingredients
for their protein burger challenge.
- Come on, guys. Let's win this [bleep].
- Yes, Chef.
narrator: Down one team member,
the Blue Team's Kyle tried to step up
by making two burgers.
- I'm gonna do a tomato chutney on the dry age.
I'm also gonna do a fried green tomato on the lamb.
- Failure is not an option today, guys.
We got to [bleep] kill it.
- Get 'em, Kyle.
narrator: But both his dry-aged beef burger...
- Unfortunately, I'd say no points.
narrator: And lamb burger...
- The final points...
narrator: Turned into big nothing burgers...
- Goes to Whit.
narrator: Which enabled Whit
to clinch the win for the Red Team.
- Kyle, keep your head up.
narrator: Fed up with disappointing losses...
- Couldn't get one?
narrator: And a bad case of homesickness...
- I'm missing my baby girl so much, man.
narrator: Egypt tried to call it quits.
- I want to say it's been an honor working here,
getting this experience, but I'm actually
bowing out of the competition.
- Egypt, storeroom with me. Let's go.
- Yes, Chef.
narrator: But Chef Ramsay turned him around.
- I see something in you.
So believe in yourself.
- Yes, Chef. - Come on.
- Thank you, Chef.
narrator: At dinner service...
- Where are the burger buns?
- Below you.
- What else goes in this?
narrator: Appetizers in both kitchens
got off to a rocky start.
- It's [bleep] ice cold. Whit?
- Yes, Chef?
- That's the six apps, right?
- I dropped them too early.
- We disengaged?
- No, Chef. - Do you want to go home?
narrator: But both kitchens...
- Walking scallops.
- Nicely cooked, the scallops.
- Nice job, meat.
narrator: Were able to get it together.
- Kyle, lamb cooked beautifully.
- Thank you, Chef.
narrator: And complete their best dinner service yet.
- Thank you. - And you killed it tonight.
- Good finish, ladies.
Good finish.
narrator: Ultimately...
- The winning team is the Blue Team...
- [bleep].
- And the Red Team.
- Oh, yes!
narrator: Chef Ramsay gave everyone a rare pass...
- The competition is wide open,
and I can see right now any one of you winning.
narrator: Preserving each chef's chance
at becoming head chef
at Hell's Kitchen Foxwoods Resort Casino.
[tense music]
And now the continuation of "Hell's Kitchen."
- All of you, well done. Get out of here.
- Thank you, Chef. - Yes, Chef.
- Good job, guys.
- Fantastic job.
- Everybody's smiling and giggling and [bleep] now.
And it's like, it's not OK, because service was not OK.
- Bounce back. Good job.
- Good job.
- And if you want that, we can do it but--
- There are things on my team that
need to be fixed, you know?
And honestly, what I need from him
is to get rid of the dead weight
so the team can connect and can work together.
- Ahh!
- [sighs]
It's time for this nice [bleep] to cut out,
and, like, let's get serious about this competition.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- How'd you sleep, OK?
♪ ♪
- I'm not trying to be rude. I just--
- But you need a moment? Yeah, no, no, I need one too.
- I'm trying to deal with the fact that
they're buying my grandma today, and I can't be there.
- I'm so sorry. You want to talk about it?
- I'm a hot mess mentally.
The day I got the call for "Hell's Kitchen"
and I was gonna make it was the same day
I got the call that my grandma died.
So it was very bittersweet, so...
My grandma raised me to be a very hard worker.
I watched her work 16-hour shifts,
two jobs for years--years.
So that's why I'm pushing myself so hard.
She raised me. She taught me everything.
- Oh, she's the one that raised you?
- She's why I started cooking.
- It's probably really hard.
- Everything that I'm doing at "Hell's Kitchen"
is directly for my grandma and my grandparents.
- Well, maybe today is a meal that you make for Grandma,
you know?
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Good morning.
all: Good morning, Chef.
- You know one of the hallmarks of a really talented chef
is versatility, right?
all: Yes, Chef.
- So today, to really test your versatility,
you'll be working with one of the most versatile ingredients
on the planet:
pasta.
- Yes.
- As one of the resident Italians in this competition,
pasta runs through my blood, so it feels like
today is gonna be my day.
- In order to find out which pasta you'll be cooking with,
we're gonna play a game that has a lot of pasta-bilities.
[laughter]
- Pasta Pachinko.
- I ain't never heard of Pachinko.
I thought Pachinko was an NFL running back.
- To help decide the matchups,
I have brought in an amazing pasta expert
all the way from Italy, Marino.
- Buongiorno.
[laughter]
- Another ridiculous outfit.
[laughter]
Right, let's find out the first matchup.
Marino, spin those wheels, please.
Let's go.
[tense music]
The first pair are, please?
- So for the Blue kitchen is Kyle
and for the Red kitchen is Ann Marie.
- Let's go, guys. - Come on, Kyle.
- Let's play Pachinko.
Step up to the board and see which pasta
you're gonna be working with.
Off you go, Ann Marie.
- I would not say I'm confident with pasta,
so I'm hoping for one that I recognize.
- Pappardelle.
- I'm really excited that I get pappardelle
and the fact that I know what it is.
- Let's find out our next matchup,
please, Marino.
narrator: The next round in this pasta battle will be...
- Lulu and Amanda.
- Off you go.
Cannelloni.
- It's a tough one to make in 40 minutes, Chef.
- Next pairing, let's go.
narrator: It's pasta connoisseur Joe
versus Hannah...
- Off you go.
narrator: In the battle of the...
- Fettuccine.
- I can work with it.
Of course, I would get Joe.
He's the only purebred Italian.
- This should be in your wheelhouse.
- Yes, Chef.
- I got my work cut out for me.
narrator: While Hannah strategizes, next up, it's...
- Brandon and Brittany.
- Off you go.
- I have made every pasta on the board
except for tortellini.
- Tortellini.
Yes. Happy with that?
- Yeah. Yes, Chef.
- Brittany, give us an insight
to the last tortellini you made.
- Never, Chef.
- You've never made a tortellini?
- No, Chef.
I don't even know the shape of what tortellini looks like.
narrator: While Brittany ponders, Marino calls...
- Anthony and Meghan.
narrator: To go head-to-head making...
- Cavatelli. Feeling good?
- Yes.
narrator: The final pasta pairing will be...
- Egypt... - Yes.
- And Magali.
- Come on.
narrator: Using...
- Orecchiette.
- I've worked with Italian chefs
for the last eight years of my career.
I can do this in my sleep.
- Whit.
- Saved the best for last.
- You get to decide which pasta you want to double up on.
You and your team will decide which dish
you drop going into the tasting.
- Tortellini.
- That means you and Brittany
will be making tortellini.
- I choose tortellini because I feel Brandon is
a better chef than Brittany.
And, you know, I'm confident that I can
get this point for my team.
- 40 minutes starts now.
Off you go.
- OK, who's getting what?
- I think I'll do lobster.
- I'll take prawns.
I'm pretty sure we can make whatever pasta we want.
- Team challenge.
Help each other out.
- How thin should tortellini be?
- Thin, baby.
It should be somewhat translucent.
- I'm not Joe when it comes to making pasta.
And it's not something that I normally cook
every single day.
That small or can I go one bigger?
- You could go a little bit bigger.
- So having Joe show me, you know,
the proper size technique of the tortellini,
it was definitely key in this challenge.
Water. Is that OK? - It's fine.
It's just gotta stick.
- Kind of roll it around.
- One circle like a dumpling?
- Yes, yes, yeah.
- Oh. - Chef?
- Yes, ma'am?
- I've never made cannelloni fresh.
- It's a mini manicotti.
I think you got a pasta wizard on your team,
so I would use him as a resource.
- Yes, Chef.
- And once I seen it was pasta, I feel confident.
It's my Sicilian blood in me, man.
What shape did you get again?
- Fettuccine. - Fettuccine.
- So I'm gonna make fettuccine al gamberi.
My dad moved from Sicily to the U.S. when he was 18.
I didn't bond with my dad through sports.
We bonded through food.
It's just in my wheelhouse, man.
Like, pasta is my thing.
- Guys, you got questions, ask Joe.
He's a master, man. Use him.
We gotta win this [bleep].
♪ ♪
- The entire time I'm making my pasta dish,
I'm in the back of my head knowing
that I'm going against Joe.
Let the pasta and the protein kind speak for itself.
I made preserved lemon incorporated
with the pasta cooking itself, so it sucks up that flavor.
It might not be traditional, but it's gonna be Hannah.
Come on, baby.
- 17 minutes to go, yes?
- Heard that, Chef. - Yes, Chef.
- Everybody's at where they need to be?
- Yes, sir.
- Put your thumb in and then just, like, crease it over.
- Cook like we're cooking for each other.
- I don't even like you guys.
Just kidding.
I'm just kidding.
- Make sure to push all the air out...
- Yeah.
- Because if you have air bubbles
in there, it'll make it explode.
- Yep. - OK.
- I'm making Gorgonzola lobster tortellini.
I wanted to do something with a little punch
to kind of stand out.
Put the tortellini off again.
My biggest competition right now is hoping that Whit doesn't
make a better tortellini.
- What are you thinking of working on?
- A play on the shrimp and grits
with my pasta andouille and the prawns.
- OK.
- Stuff it, and then I'm gonna do, like, a Cajun cream sauce.
- So Italy meets the South?
- Exactly.
- All right, I like that.
- It's a Italian pasta with my Southern influence.
And that's one thing about me and my food.
I try to tell a story.
- Is this yours, Whit? - Yes.
- It's good.
It's a little spicy. - That's the South.
We spicy in the South. - Yeah, yeah.
- Just over two minutes, guys.
Help each other out.
- Time is now, guys.
Time is now.
Start plating.
- Behind hot.
♪ ♪
- Does anybody need hands?
Anybody need hands? - Get it on the plate, man.
Get it on the plate.
- Ooh.
Generous with your portion size.
- [bleep]. - No, no, no, you're good.
- Pasta going up to the window.
- 10, 9...
- Let's go, let's go, let's go. - 8, 7...
- Let's go, Brandon.
- 6, 5, 4, 3,
2, 1, and serve.
- Well done, guys. - Well done, guys.
- Well done. - Well done.
Wow.
- Red Team, which tortellini?
Is it gonna be Brittany's or Whit's?
- I am absolutely confident in my dish,
because I know who I am as a chef.
I know my flavors speak for themselves.
- This is Whitney's sauce. - Whitney's sauce.
What was the protein?
- Shrimp and andouille.
- Mmm, creamy.
- Here's Brit's.
- It's with a Gorgonzola Marsala.
And the lobster is perfectly cooked.
- I mean, that's really good too.
- This is tough.
- That's-- - They're two
totally different.
- I've scored points in every challenge.
You want to choose somebody who doesn't perform?
- I like the lobster one because you normally
wouldn't pair blue cheese with lobster,
but for some reason, it works.
- I usually don't like Gorgonzola, but it works.
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
- So, Red Team,
which tortellini are you gonna be serving?
all: Brittany's.
- Brittany's.
- Whit looks mortified and so angry over this.
I'm feeling really good
despite what Whit's face is saying.
I couldn't be more proud right now.
♪ ♪
- To help me judge your pasta dishes,
I've enlisted some true experts in this field, an amazing duo.
They are celebrated cookbook authors,
Michelin star-awarded chefs.
And did I mention they're married?
Please welcome Angie Rito and Scott Tacinelli.
[applause]
♪ ♪
- Such idols.
I'm not even trying to be a fanboy right now, either.
- What?
- You run two amazing businesses together.
You have an amazing son. And you're married.
- Yes. - Yeah.
- Scott, what's that like, working with your wife?
- It's great. Way better chef than me.
She's the--she's the brains behind all the food so--
- And before you opened, did you anticipate
the lines outside the door for this lasagna?
- Never in a million years, like...
- We're--we're very lucky.
- Yeah, we feel very blessed.
- Their food is incredible.
Shall we start with the battle of the cavatelli?
Please step forward, Meghan and Anthony,
- Come on, Meg.
- I'm gonna have Chef Ramsay and these two
Michelin star pasta chefs taste my dish, and I'm super nervous.
My socks are sweating, but my goal is to take down Meghan.
- Anthony, describe your dish, please.
- So for today, Chefs, I have a cavatelli
with a beef and walnut Bolognese
and a little bit of olive oil over top as well.
- The cavatelli itself is a little dense.
It needed to cook 30 seconds more
to get a better texture to it.
- But love the sauce.
I think the sauce is actually perfectly seasoned,
like, really well-balanced.
- Thank you.
- Meg, describe the dish, please.
- So we have a veal-pork combination ground,
a little bit of Pecorino on the top,
some fried sage leaves, and an assortment of mushrooms.
- Really nice.
I like the-- the choice of using
kind of like the longer cavatelli.
I think it kind of has, like, a unique look to it.
- It's a very rich dish, so I think
it needs, like, a little bit of acid just
to cut the mushrooms and stuff.
But overall, I mean, I think the dish is really tasty.
- Two very good dishes.
Is the point gonna go to Anthony for the Blue Team
or Meghan for the Red Team?
[tense music]
[applause]
- Good job, man.
- I don't even know what to say.
Just honored.
I'm really, really honored.
- Up next, the battle of orecchiette.
Let's go.
Magali and Egypt.
narrator: With the Blue Team off to a strong start,
Egypt hopes to keep the momentum going
with his orecchiette brodo with Italian sausage...
- I've never seen orecchiette, like, in a brodo like this.
I mean, it's cool.
narrator: While Magali hopes her orecchiette with...
- Braised veal.
narrator: Will put the Red Team on the board.
- This is definitely unctuous and fatty
and coats your mouth really well.
- Right, time to vote.
♪ ♪
Well done, Magali.
narrator: With the score tied...
- Next up, battle of the cannelloni,
Amanda and Lulu.
narrator: Amanda hopes to impress the judges with her...
- Chicken and bacon with wild mushroom and spinach
stuffed cannelloni.
- I love how delicate and thin the pasta is there.
- Yep, really creamy, well-balanced.
Really good.
narrator: While Lulu hopes her pancetta
and corn-stuffed cannelloni puts Blue back on top.
- For me, it's, like, a little heavy.
The pasta's a little thicker than the other one,
which was a little thinner.
- Amanda, well done.
- [bleep]. - Wow.
narrator: With the Red Team pulling ahead,
Kyle looks to balance the scales
with his andouille and corn pappardelle...
- The corn flavor is really intense,
but then it, like, pairs really well with the andouille.
narrator: Against Ann Marie's...
- Pappardelle with braised chicken
with some brown butter sauce using the braising liquid.
- It's good. I mean,
I love the balance of, like,
the lemon zest.
Maybe just, like, a little bit more sauce.
- Right.
Wow.
One each.
narrator: With only two rounds left
and the Red Team up by two...
- OK, up next, the battle of the fettuccine, Joe and Hannah.
- Come on, Joe.
narrator: Hannah can seal the win with her...
- Fettuccine with Italian sausage,
a little preserved lemon liquid.
So kind of soak that in there.
- I love the preserved lemon in the pasta.
It's in the sauce.
It really tastes wonderfully balanced
and cohesive because of that.
narrator: Now Joe gets a chance to keep the Blue Team
in the battle with his...
- Take on fettuccine al gamberi--
tomato scampi sauce
with a little bit of Fresno chili and toasted breadcrumb.
- The sauce is made really well.
It's coating the pasta in the right way.
Really nice.
- Smart. Well done. - Thank you.
- It's a tough one. I like them both.
They're very, very different.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- Blue Team. [applause]
- Nice job, Joe. Nice job, Joe.
♪ ♪
- That was for my dad.
- It all comes down to the tricky tortellini.
Let's go.
[applause]
- I stand behind my dish, and now it's my time
to prove that the team has made the right choice.
I have a Gorgonzola mascarpone tortellini
with a lobster Marsala.
- Mmm, mmm, mmm.
The combination of Gorgonzola with lobster
for me is a little...
- Strong? - Yeah.
It's like two things fighting against each other.
- Brandon, please describe your tortellini to our chefs.
- So this is crab, porcini, lemon.
White asparagus is poached in a porcini butter.
- In my opinion, it could maybe taste a little more vibrant.
Like, I'm just kind of getting, like, almost like a crab stock,
like a really intense crab. - Yeah, right.
- Final voting.
Please, cast your votes.
♪ ♪
- [bleep].
- And now we have a tie. - Come on.
- Whoo!
narrator: To break the tie,
the judges will select the best dish,
and the chef who made it will win it for their team.
- And that dish belongs to...
♪ ♪
- Joe.
- Joe, well done.
- Yes! - Thank you.
Yes, yes. - Thank you.
I knew it. - Thank you.
- Well done. Well done. Well done.
- Very good.
[applause]
- We won!
Yeah!
We kicked ass today.
I kicked ass today.
- Whit, can we taste your tortellini as well, please?
♪ ♪
Thank you.
- So I wanted to keep to the South of Italy,
AKA North Carolina.
So I did a play on a shrimp and grits.
So you have a sautéed prawn with some andouille sausage,
and it's a Cajun cream sauce.
- You should have chose this one.
This one's good.
It was a very specific point of view,
and I think that's really important
when you're making a dish.
- Yeah, this is great.
I love--I love what you did with this.
- Thank you. - Yeah, really good job.
- Thank you.
[applause]
I wish y'all just would have picked my dish.
I'm, like, biting my jaw because I'm [bleep] pissed.
- All of you join me
in thanking this powerhouse couple.
Let's give them a big round of applause.
Thank you.
[applause]
Honestly, some really good dishes there.
Really well done.
Blue Team, you guys are in for a treat.
Today's reward is definitely gonna get your hearts
racing like no other.
Because today, all of you are going go-kart racing.
[cheers and applause]
- Yes!
- Yeah.
- Dang it.
- You'll be whipping around
a state-of-the-art track
here at Foxwoods Resort Casino.
- So jealous.
- Right, Red Team, whilst the Blue Team are enjoying one
of Foxwoods' biggest thrills, I volunteered your services
to the Foxwoods commissary because all of you
are gonna prepare a special, delicious pasta meal
and give back to the team here at Foxwoods.
You'll be making fresh, delicious
fettuccine from scratch.
So there are a lot of mouths to feed.
Brutal.
Both teams head to the door.
Blue Team, well done. Joe, exceptional.
Congratulations. - Thank you, Chef.
- Off you go. - Thank you, Chef.
- Well done.
- Pasta runs through my veins, baby.
Let's go.
I feel a lot better about
losing that burger challenge.
[laughs]
- Your pasta looked like it slapped hard.
- It's just frustrating because I ain't never had
a dish that didn't score a point, never.
In every challenge, I've hit a point, every time.
- Being that double dish up there,
it's hard to get your dish up.
- I'm so pissed, yo, because if they
would have put my dish up there,
it wouldn't have been a tie.
It hurts.
Sorry, like, you would have won,
but your team [bleep] you,
and Blue Team gets the challenge reward,
and we get the punishment.
- All right, ladies.
- [sighs]
♪ ♪
- How did you gain your muscles?
Micro-planing cheese.
♪ ♪
- Whew. All right.
This punishment, on a scale of 1 to 10, sucks.
I'm pretty sure I'm micro-planing
my fingers at this point.
- Somebody want to cut?
Just rolling, just grating cheese.
Divide and conquer.
♪ ♪
- Did we ever figure out what our friendship
bracelets are gonna say?
♪ ♪
- We got three on cheese and nobody cutting.
I ain't never had to do this [bleep], man.
I am pissed.
If you would have chose my dish,
we would have been riding go-karts.
People are just kind of, you know,
just pussyfooting around.
- [laughs]
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Yo, this is so epic.
- Oh, they got our names on this too?
- Yo.
- [clears throat] Excuse me.
- Chef!
- Seriously?
I am not gonna miss this one.
You guys excited?
all: Yes, Chef.
[rock music]
- I'm about the go-kart race with Chef Ramsay.
- You guys ready?
- Catch me if you can.
Let's go.
- I know Chef Ramsay is a huge F1 fan.
I just hope he can't drive like a F1 driver
because then I'm in trouble.
♪ ♪
- [laughs]
♪ ♪
- Oh! [laughs]
- So I'm flying around the corner.
I'm one hand on the wheel.
And all of a sudden, I see Chef Ramsay
just vroom right past me.
- [shouts]
- Let's go! - What?
♪ ♪
- Let's go, guys!
- Chef Ramsay, apparently, he's not
just a beast in the kitchen.
He's a [bleep] animal on the racetrack.
♪ ♪
- Whoo!
- He is absolutely smoking everybody on this track.
♪ ♪
- [laughs]
Ahh!
I was basically just screaming.
Ahh!
I am gay!
This is not fair.
Whoo! Ahh!
Whoo!
Come and get me, bitch.
Whoo!
No, no, not again.
Ahh!
Go-kart racing was fun and all,
and I would totally do it again.
But when can we go shopping?
[upbeat music]
Chef, you're crazy.
You are crazy.
- Who's first?
It's me.
Yes!
- [laughs]
- This reward is awesome.
Best reward yet.
- Yeah, everybody in?
- Yes, Chef. - Yes, Chef.
♪ ♪
[tense music]
- How's Blue squad feeling?
- Good. - Strong.
narrator: With the Blue Team all revved up...
- Honestly, ladies, I have a good feeling
in my soul about this.
narrator: And the Red Team looking for redemption...
- Let's go.
narrator: It's time once again to...
- Open Hell's Kitchen, please.
Let's go. - Subito.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
narrator: Hell's Kitchen is now the hottest trending
restaurant on the East Coast.
- I'm so ready.
narrator: With the brigades consisting of head chefs only,
the buzz and excitement has never been greater.
- I'm amped.
- I'm [bleep] pumped. - I'm geeked.
- Wah!
narrator: And once again,
the dining room is fully booked,
including a table of food influencers.
- We're here at Hell's Kitchen right now.
narrator: Both teams are ready and hopeful to deliver
their most consistent service yet.
- First up, four covers, table two, yes?
One Carbonara, one scallops, two risotto.
- Heard. - Heard?
- Heard. - Yes, Chef.
- Let's go. Give us a time.
- Two riso, six out.
- One scallop, one carb, six out.
Nobody has run fish by themselves
in the entire competition,
and I feel like he's testing me.
- Let's go.
- Oh, nice and sexy, sexy.
- Tonight I'm working apps with Kyle.
I'm super excited.
Kyle and I make a great team.
- Walking lobster.
- Lobster.
Risotto, where is it, please? - Right here, Chef.
- Let's go.
Lobster's in the window, young man.
- Coming in. - Come here.
♪ ♪
Ice-cold lobster, undercooked.
Blue, ice-cold, yeah, and undercooked.
- Yes, Chef. - Come on.
Back in the beurre blanc. - Yes, Chef.
- Come on.
- I thought they were done, man.
No?
- I think we just need to keep an eye on Lulu.
- Heard.
- Ladies, here we go.
Four covers, table 26.
Two risotto, two scallops.
- Yes, Chef. - Yes, Chef.
- Heard? all: Yes, Chef.
- Let's go.
Who's on the scallops?
No answer.
Who's on the scallops? - I am, Chef.
- OK, I want to hear the voice. Come on.
I want to hear it. Let's go. - Yes, Chef.
- Two riso and two scallops, OK?
- Yes. - Four minutes out.
- Four minutes. - Perfect.
Thank you, Whit. Good voice.
Love it.
- Whit finally finds her voice, and she's a [bleep]
rock star at the countdowns.
- One minute, and you can drop scallops.
- She's kind of a bulldog and barks really aggressively.
- Lobster.
Let me know when to walk.
- Walking two risotto.
- Walking lobster.
- Lobster here, please, quick.
Can you change gear a little bit?
- Yes, Chef.
- I'm three times older than you.
You walk like an old lady. Let's go.
- Yes, Chef.
♪ ♪
Very nice, Whit. Perfect.
- Yes, Chef. - Service, please.
Let's go, ladies. Keep it consistent, please.
Let's go. - Yes, Chef.
- Perfectly cooked. - Delicious.
- That's really good. - Let's go, ladies.
Keep this pace.
- What can I do for you, Lulu?
- Nothing right now. Thank you.
Thank you for checking on me.
I'm good.
It's not gonna be cold again, Chef.
- If you need help, just ask for it, you know?
You can't do it all by yourself.
We are a team at the of the day.
- Walking, yeah?
You ready to walk?
- Give me like 45.
- Walking lobster.
- Lobsters are walking.
- Man.
- Carbonara, where is it?
No answer. Carbonara, where is it?
- Walking. Right here, Chef.
- Talk to me, Brandon.
Don't do that thing again.
- Here you are, Chef.
♪ ♪
- Blue Team, come here!
♪ ♪
[tense music]
narrator: It's 20 minutes into dinner service.
- Blue Team, come here!
narrator: And the Blue Team still hasn't served
their first table of appetizers.
- Oh, Brandon, it's just watery.
It's undercooked, and it's like piss water.
- Son of a bitch, man. It's already starting.
I could see the way that tonight's
gonna go, utter chaos.
- We're just throwing [bleep] out now.
- Yes, Chef. - Sorry, not here.
I'm not gonna lower my standards for you, Brandon.
Is that how you want to run Hell's Kitchen?
- No, Chef. - No chance.
Start again.
Two risotto, one scallop, one Carbonara.
narrator: While the Blue kitchen can't seem
to get out of the gate...
- It's been a while.
Where is the food?
narrator: The Red kitchen has been pushing out appetizers...
- It's really good.
narrator: And Chef Ramsay is moving on to entrées.
- Hey, on order, one halibut, one chicken, two Wellington.
all: Yes, Chef. - Let's go. Give me a time.
- Four.
Four minutes, Chef. - What?
- That quick? - I need seven.
- Hannah... - Heard.
- When you check, you have to look at fish.
- Yes, Chef.
- So seven--seven, yes? - Seven.
- Let's go.
- Medium hot pan, right?
- Yeah, medium hot.
Make sure they know they're all day, OK,
because we got a lot of meat over here.
- All right, guys.
- On the next ticket for entrées,
we're gonna have two salmon, two chicken, two New York.
- That's ready for your steaks. - Yep.
- It's not on fire.
It's on hold.
- Chicken. We need chicken.
- I'm on meat tonight, baby.
Whoo!
[tapping]
I've got Hannah with me tonight,
which is a real relief.
Happy with my sear, Chef?
- Just a little bit more.
Brittany is lacking confidence, you know,
having me double, triple, and quadruple check
these proteins.
And that's taking me away from what I need to do.
- One chicken, two Wellies in the first pickup.
- All right, ladies, I'm walking
garnish on our first table.
- Walking chicken, walking Welly.
- Walking with a New York.
- I don't know what's going on with meat.
I don't know why they would bring all that [bleep] up.
♪ ♪
- All right, Red Team, come here.
Call out the order.
What's going?
- Two Welly, one chicken, one hally.
- One halibut, one chicken, two Wellington.
That's what you sent up.
It's only a four top, and I get six meat.
How is that possible?
- I didn't listen to the first call quite clearly.
- You didn't listen to the first call.
Can you take the excess meat back now?
Brit, you're cooking proteins we don't need.
- Oh. - Just take it back.
- Yes, Chef. - "Oh."
- Got it, Chef.
- One halibut, one chicken, two Wellington.
Go, please.
narrator: In spite of Hannah and Brittany
cooking more proteins than were needed...
- Perfect preparation. Beautiful.
narrator: Red diners are receiving and enjoying
their entrées in a timely manner.
- There we go, you guys.
There we go.
narrator: While hungry Blue diners are still
waiting on their appetizers.
- Ready?
- Yes.
- Walking scallop and two lobster.
♪ ♪
- Carbonara nicely cooked.
Let's go.
That's it, finally.
Service, please, table 21.
Let's go.
- Ooh. Oh, my goodness.
Fantastic. - Mmm.
- Blue Team, keep it going, yes?
all: Yes, Chef.
narrator: Finally delivering their first
table of appetizers
has put wind in the Blue Team's sails.
- Nicely cooked, the scallops.
Pick up, please.
narrator: And with a wave of appetizers going out
to satisfy diners...
- That's so good.
Chef Ramsay turns his attention
back to the Red kitchen.
- On order, entrée, two halibut,
one chicken, one Wellington.
all: Yes, Chef. - Heard?
Meg, not a word from you. - Yes, Chef.
- Good. I want to hear it.
- Magali, are you four?
- 4 1/2.
Meghan is a great partner to have.
She's a strong cook, but I am here to prove myself.
So I'm gonna lead and really carry this station.
- How long, halibut?
Come on, Magali.
- Give me 20 seconds, Chef.
- Walking Welly, walking Welly.
- Walking chicken behind you.
Walking chicken. - Walking behind.
♪ ♪
- Red Team, come here. all: Yes, Chef.
- We're supposed to have nice glaze, right?
- Yes, Chef.
- And now it's just all watery.
Take a spoon of that dishwater and tell me.
- It's really salty.
- I can't hear you.
- It's salty. - It's salty, Chef.
- Get it back, ladies.
Come on, let's go.
- Yes, Chef.
- They didn't taste it.
We have tasting spoons all over this kitchen,
and it is so important to taste everything
before you put it up in the pass.
- Let's refire those. Hurry up.
- How long? - Give me five.
- Five. - Five.
- Five, heard. - OK, let's go.
- I need six. I need six.
- Five, six? What are we doing?
- Five, Chef, five. - Five minutes.
- I'll take six.
I just want to know what we're doing.
- Six minutes. - Sold!
In six minutes.
Let's go. all: Yes, Chef.
- I don't want to be on Chef Ramsay's [bleep] list radar,
so I'm looking at Magali
and keeping an eye on her stuff.
- Meghan's just trying to help,
but I can cook fish in my sleep.
I think these are good.
This will be fine.
I'm trusting myself, and I'm happy with this dish right now.
- 45 seconds, Chef. - 45 seconds, Chef.
- You can walk the meats because
we got to slice those, all right?
- Walking protein.
♪ ♪
- Right here.
[tense music]
- Red Team. all: Yes, Chef.
- Would you mind, please, be so kind, come over?
I just want to ask, is that our best?
It's darker and dry, overcooked.
- [bleep].
- He's getting pissed.
- Is that our best?
all: No, Chef.
- I want the table again properly done.
all: Yes, Chef.
narrator: With Magali and Meghan having a bit
of a meltdown on the fish station...
- We're not breaking today, baby.
We're not breaking today.
narrator: The Blue kitchen is finally ready
to move on to their first entrées.
- On order, six covers, table one.
Two salmon, two Wellington, one strip, one chicken.
all: Two salmon, two Wellington,
one shrimp, one chicken.
- Five out, Chef. - Let's go.
- Heard.
- I'm on the meat station tonight.
And if you know, you know.
This meat station in Hell's Kitchen is a monster.
Four minutes, Lu.
Fire, fire. - Four.
Tonight, I got to make sure I'm on it.
- I got Wellington garnish going up to the window
in three minutes. - Egypt, heard.
Wellington garnish. Thank you.
Every temp, timings, communication,
callouts, I got to do what I have to do,
and I gotta cook my heart off.
Lulu, you ready? Two salmon.
- Yeah.
- Walking Wellington to the pass now.
When you're giving Chef Ramsay something,
I don't care who you are, you're stressing.
♪ ♪
- Anthony, Wellington nicely cooked.
Keep it going.
- Yes, Chef.
- Salmon for you. - Thank you.
- First bite.
Let's go.
- Wow.
- That flavor is so good.
narrator: While the influencers enjoy
Anthony's perfectly cooked proteins...
- Oh.
- Team Blue Team is killing it.
narrator: The pressure is on Magali,
who's making her third attempt with the halibut.
- Three and a half. - Yeah.
- Two and a half. - Two and a half.
What? Three or two? Three or two?
- Two, two, two and a half, two and a half.
- Heard, heard.
- If you're on my station and you [bleep] up two,
that third one, I'm cooking.
- You have that halibut, right?
- Yeah.
- Meghan is supposed to be a strong cook.
You got to make that call to kick somebody off
and, like, take charge.
- Magali, that better not be undercooked
when you walk it up.
- Yes, Chef.
♪ ♪
Behind! Behind!
♪ ♪
narrator: It's over an hour and a half
into dinner service...
- Behind!
narrator: And the Red Team hopes Magali has
finally nailed the halibut entrée after three tries.
- Hey, all of you, come here.
Come here, come here.
I've got raw halibut in the middle.
What's happened to our consistency?
Ice-cold raw [bleep] halibut.
Just--
- If this isn't dinner with a show, I don't know what is.
- What's happened?
I--I--I honestly don't know where to go.
Salty, dry, raw.
What the [bleep] is coming ne--
in fact, there's no next.
- Oh, no.
- Get out!
Get out!
Hey, and, Red Team, see if you can
be consistent in coming up with two names,
two individuals that you could do without.
Get out!
[tense music]
- This is [bleep] embarrassing.
I should have backed Magali off,
but she said she had it, and I wanted to trust her.
I should have just been that [bleep] bitch
and just [bleep] backed her off the station.
[sighs]
Meat may have started it, but fish
sure as [bleep] finished it.
[bleep] me.
narrator: While the Red Team heads to the dorms
to deliberate...
- Nice, strong, properly cooked.
We got this, yes? - Yeah.
- Yes, Chef.
narrator: The Blue Team is determined to...
- Finish strong, Blue. Let's finish strong.
- Finish strong. Let's go, guys.
- Two salmon, two lamb, two minutes to the pass.
Garnish, minute and a half.
- We hear the Red Team getting kicked out,
and it lights a bigger fire under the Blue Team.
It lights a huge fire in our chest.
I got 30 seconds to the pass. Starting garnish.
- Beautiful. Finish strong.
- It feels good to know that that's not gonna be us.
We've already had our fair shares of downs,
and we're gonna finish strong.
♪ ♪
Anthony, lamb's beautiful.
Temperature is spot-on. - Thank you, Chef.
Oh.
[laughs] OK.
- Let's go. Good.
Go, please, John.
- Mmm.
- Delicious.
- Go, Team Blue.
Go, Team Blue.
- Good job, bro.
- I haven't really been confident my whole career
with my cooking just because I ain't go to school.
So it feels great hearing those words of encouragement.
I know my grandma is looking down happy, smiling.
"Yeah, that's my grandbaby."
- Egypt, spot-on tonight.
Anthony, temperature is spot-on.
- Thank you, Chef.
- Joe, spot-on temperatures, yes?
- Thank you, Chef.
- Spot-on. - Thank you, Chef.
This feels good.
I'm proud of the guys.
I'm proud of the way they performed.
I'm proud of the way that we all came together
and got service done.
- That's how you do it.
Good job. Good job, guys.
- Thank you, Chef.
- All right?
This competition is-- this is the hardest thing
I've ever done in my life.
I didn't think this was gonna be this hard.
I really didn't.
But everyone from the Blue Team
is gonna be here tomorrow.
It feels good. We survived another day.
- Much, much better.
Everything just absolutely spot-on.
♪ ♪
- It was all those meats going up
that threw us off right from the get.
- You know, I dropped the extra steak,
and, Hannah, you dropped an extra chicken
because we couldn't hear on that first call.
- I put up an extra chicken.
That's really all I [bleep] did.
- All right, so one from fish, one from meat?
Is that what we're all thinking?
- Makes sense.
- I was leading meat station.
I'll take responsibility.
I felt really good on the meat station.
I just didn't trust my instincts,
and that got us a little bit [bleep].
But it definitely wasn't my fault
to be thrown out of service.
- This [bleep] sucks.
- I mean, obviously, neither one of us wants to go up.
- So we'll vote.
♪ ♪
Meghan, you were very quiet tonight, very quiet.
There was only one voice coming from that station.
- You know, Magali, you were at least--
- I was [bleep] trying to communicate.
- My vote's Meghan.
- Meghan, you're the stronger cook.
You should have taken ownership of that station
once things started coming back.
- Yeah, as a stronger cook, I should have known better.
Like, are you guys hearing yourselves?
Because I didn't talk, but I'm the better chef,
you're gonna [bleep] put me up?
Are you insane?
OK.
♪ ♪
I am the stronger chef.
Everybody [bleep] knows it.
Everybody says it.
[sobbing]
And I didn't cook any of those halibuts.
♪ ♪
I'm not going up for somebody else's [bleep] mistake.
- It was really [bleep] hard to hear you.
- Yeah, you got to speak up.
- The fact that you guys repeated twice
makes me feel like OK, but OK.
♪ ♪
- I want to talk about it again.
I'm not going up.
I didn't send those fish up.
I did get quiet, but I'm the stronger chef.
♪ ♪
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- Well, that was interesting.
It was a tale of two different kitchens.
One team decided to bounce back from their mistakes.
The other team decided to unravel.
♪ ♪
Whit, Red Team's first nominee and why?
- First nominee is Brittany,
the inconsistencies on meat station.
- Red Team's second nominee and why?
- Second nominee is Meghan on fish.
- Meghan on fish.
- Meghan is a strong cook.
She lost her voice tonight.
Meghan just was silent.
- Meghan, Brittany, step forward.
♪ ♪
Meghan, 10 seconds.
Why should you stay in Hell's Kitchen?
- Chef, I should have been more communicative with my team.
I did get quiet.
I'll bounce back.
I will speak more.
You'll hear me.
I'm not done here yet.
- Brittany, 10 seconds.
- I had a mistake there at the beginning.
That was just a miscommunication on my part
and on our team's part as a whole.
I didn't trust my instincts, Chef,
and it won't happen again.
I don't just deserve to be here.
I've earned my right to be here,
and I'll continue to prove that to you, Chef.
- Meghan, Brittany, my decision is...
♪ ♪
[sighs]
Brittany...
and Meghan...
♪ ♪
Back in line, both of you.
- Yes, Chef.
♪ ♪
Magali, step forward.
♪ ♪
This is your third subpar performance.
And tonight, you were a disaster.
Give me your jacket.
Your time is done in Hell's Kitchen.
♪ ♪
- Thank you. - Thank you.
♪ ♪
- Tonight, I fell short on fish again.
It sucks because I still had a lot to prove,
but I'm just gonna use that to fuel my fire.
This has been one of the best experiences of my life.
I feel like I found myself here,
and I'm so grateful for that.
♪ ♪
- Red Team, it's been a day of really bad decisions.
You failed in the challenge.
You failed in service.
And you failed in the wrong nominations.
♪ ♪
Ladies, get a grip.
Now get out of here.
- I've been underestimated by my team,
and tonight proved that I deserve to be here.
I'm so [bleep] excited that Chef Ramsay backed me tonight,
and I won't let him down.
- This is definitely the tightest
the Blue Team has been.
We're learning every single day from each other.
So one team, one dream.
- I'm still here, bitches.
Y'all made the wrong decision tonight.
Chef Ramsay is gonna hear my voice from the [bleep]
Blue kitchen from now on.
- Tonight was anything but a home run for the Red Team.
And for Magali, it's three strikes and you're out.
♪ ♪
narrator: Next time on "Hell's Kitchen"...
all: ♪ Ooh, this must be like a dream ♪
narrator: Hell...
- They threw you under the bus...
[echoing] The bus, the bus.
narrator: Hath no fury...
- Take it and [bleep] go with it.
- [bleep] just run.
narrator: Like a head chef...
- Run everybody over.
I'm pissed.
narrator: Scorned.
- I'd be terrified. - How?
How's it possible?
Taste your food!
[bleep] me.
- Will you help me?
- Damn it. Damn it. Damn it.
narrator: Who will survive the night?
- Lulu!
- [bleep] my life.
- I think it's healthiest for me
if I remove myself from the competition.
- Hannah.
narrator: Find out next time...
- It just really sucks. - [bleep].
narrator: On "Hell's Kitchen: Head Chefs Only."
all: ♪ There'll be a hot time in the kitchen tonight ♪