narrator: Previously on "Hell's Kitchen"...
- Get it in the water, guys.
narrator: The chefs were tasked
with breaking down lobsters. - Oh, that's hot.
- I've been breaking down whole lobsters,
I couldn't even tell you how long.
narrator: Tara, on the 40-somethings Blue Team...
- Tara, get it on the plate.
narrator: Struggled to finish hers.
- Oh, my God.
narrator: And 20-somethings line cook, Sommer...
- This has more attention to detail.
Ileana's is butchered.
narrator: Clawed her way into judging.
- No legs. Your dish is out.
What a shame.
narrator: The 40-somethings perfect lobsters totaled...
- Five. - Total redemption.
narrator: But in spite of Sommer's
failed lobster, Alejandro...
- Eight legs. Perfect lobster extracted.
Congratulations.
narrator: Clinched the victory for the Red Team.
- Go Red Team. Go Red Team.
Hey.
narrator: At dinner service.
- If you're cooking the salmon, halibut,
and scallops, what the [bleep] am I sitting here doing?
narrator: Sommer and Ileana's schoolgirl spat...
- Nobody running that station!
narrator: Did not stop the 20-somethings
from completing service successfully.
- Beautifully cooked the lamb. - Thank you, Chef.
narrator: While in the 40-somethings kitchen...
- Two flatbread. Two--
- Don't confuse me.
narrator: Billy's behavior... - Sorry, Chef.
- Just get in with your team, will you please?
- Yes, Chef.
narrator: Nicole's chicken...
- The chicken is raw.
narrator: And O'Shea's Wellingtons...
- The Wellingtons are overcooked.
narrator: Brought the kitchen to a halt.
- Get out! narrator: They nominated...
- O'Shay. narrator: And...
- Nicole from the meat station.
narrator: But in the end, Chef Ramsay sent...
- O'Shay.
narrator: Home, ending his dream
of becoming head chef
at Hell's Kitchen Caesars Atlantic City.
- I need to see everybody in the dining room immediately.
narrator: Later that evening...
- I am not gonna continue serving
half the diners in this restaurant.
narrator: A frustrated Chef Ramsay
made a shocking decision.
- Starting from tomorrow, all the women
will be in the Red kitchen,
and all the men will be in the Blue kitchen.
[dramatic music]
narrator: And now, the continuation
of "Hell's Kitchen."
- Now get out of here.
- Heard, Chef. - Heard, Chef.
- I did not see that [bleep] coming.
- No.
- [laughs]
- That just [bleep] changed everything.
I can't wait to get a jump on tomorrow.
The young bucks and the OGs coming together.
I mean, the bromance is real here.
Yeah! Let's do this, boys.
Let's [bleep] do this! Come on!
[bleep] do this!
- Yo, Blue Team meeting.
We need to step it the [bleep] up, right?
Okay. - Yeah, we do.
- What we're gonna do, we gotta work
as a [bleep] team though. - Yeah, absolutely, bro.
- Absolutely, right?
- Right now, the Blue Team is super stinking jazzed.
Everybody is on cloud nine.
- Yo, how's he gonna feel that you guys
get to go on the rewards?
[laughter]
- So the thing that I'm worried about is,
right now, I'm not confident in this team
just because you guys have had a losing streak.
So for me, I just need to see you guys on the line
and see what you're about.
- We haven't been on a line in a while.
We're owners.
So line work has taken a step back for us in our 40s.
We are not bad chefs. - Oh, yeah.
- Me, Mindy, and Nicole, we need a win.
We need to show the younger girls the 40-year-olds
can compete at a higher level.
- We haven't even seen you guys cook.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[phone rings] - Oh, God.
- Good morning. This is Tara. - I need you to get everybody
in their beachwear and out front.
Hurry up.
- Everybody, beachwear right now.
- Beachwear? - Beachwear.
- Huh? Beachwear?
What are we doing? We gonna swim with some sharks?
- Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!
all: Blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue.
- Whoa. - Oh!
- Whoo!
- Good morning. Line up, please.
Welcome to the HK water park.
[all cheering]
- I love water parks.
I have a seasons pass.
Actually, the last time I went down a water slide
was about three weeks ago.
- But it won't be a day at the beach,
because it's the start of your next challenge.
- I'm excited.
- Now, listen carefully.
I want each team to put a real creative spin
on four amazing sliders--
beef, chicken, lamb, and salmon.
Now, in the pool here, there are hundreds of balls
representing ingredients, amazing ingredients.
Once you get an ingredient, run over to your team's board
and put it next to the protein you want to combine that with.
So build it out smartly.
all: Yes, Chef.
- The team that can fill all 20 spots
the fastest wins a very valuable
five-minute head start in the cook.
- Oh. - Understood?
all: Yes, Chef.
- Red Team, follow Christina over to the ladders.
Thank you.
- Sliding for sliders?
Hell yes. We're little.
We can slide down that slide super, super fast.
- On your mark, get set, go.
[upbeat rock music]
Careful, careful, careful. - Don't trip.
- Go, go, go.
- [screaming]
- Let's go-- [laughs]
- Oh, my God. I'm, like, terrified.
I can feel my heart, like, pounding in my chest,
and the only thing that I'm thinking is,
I can't let the girls down.
- Come on, ladies. Let's go.
- Whoo-hoo! - [bleep]!
- Hurry ov--oh, Jesus.
- Holy [bleep].
- Quick, quick, quick. What have you got?
- Yellow squash. - Yellow squash.
Okay.
Let's go.
- I don't want to panic right now.
We're just trying to pair things together
that work well with the certain proteins.
- It's a race, ladies.
- I got blue cheese. - Blue cheese with lamb.
Oh, my goodness me.
- Okay, that's weird.
- I mean, champagne was made from a mistake.
You know, maybe blue cheese and lamb does pair well together.
You just haven't seen it yet.
- Come on, ladies. It's a race.
- Okay, we have, uh, mango.
- Come on. You're wasting time.
- Well, almost all of them are filled.
Let me just put it with chicken.
Hopefully it works out.
- Dude, they're just throwing [bleep] up there, guys.
- What have you got?
- Work it out. Work it out.
- She got white cheddar and provolone?
- Don't put two cheeses on a [bleep] slider either.
Let's learn from their mistakes.
- Okay, last spot. Here we go.
- Persian cucumber. - You don't have a choice.
- Damn it.
- Cucumbers. Done, ladies.
Well done. Come on.
Well done.
- The girls put cucumbers twice
and blue cheese with lamb on one dish.
Like, what are you thinking?
- Okay.
On your mark, get set, go. Let's go!
- For our team strategy,
we're trying not to grab just random ingredients
that don't work with the proteins.
For the salmon, we want Greek yogurt,
cucumbers, things like that.
- Okay, good.
English cucumbers on salmon.
- Yeah!
- For the beef slider, you know,
we want truffles, we want eggs,
we want to go smash burger on that.
- Good. Truffle, egg. Well done. Let's go.
Watch out, girls. Some waves coming.
One at a time, guys.
- Oh, my gosh.
- It is so fun to watch these guys
sliding down the slide, knocking into each other.
- It's like you guys are having a bath together.
- This is a complete [bleep] show in front of us.
- Cucumber. - Two to go.
- Chicken, chicken. - One more. One more.
One more ingredient for the chicken burger.
Let's go. And stop.
Well done. Well done.
- I think we put our ingredients in smart places.
We got smart cooks. Can't lose.
- Now, the team with the fastest time,
and the winner of the five-minute head start is...
[dramatic music]
The Red Team.
[all cheering]
Three seconds. It was that close.
Right, both teams go and get changed,
and I'll see you in the kitchen.
- I'm not worried at all.
Five minutes don't mean nothing if you can't
do anything with your ingredients.
[all cheering]
- Yeah, boys, suck that.
The girls got one up on you, an extra five minutes.
How does that feel?
- Right, ladies,
your time starts...
now, let's go.
narrator: In the Hell's Slipping Slider Challenge...
- Aprons on.
narrator: Two chefs from each team
will be working with the same protein
and using the same ingredients.
- Can I use that same pan for my bacon?
- Hell yeah. narrator: Nicole and Sommer
are each making beef sliders. - Behind.
- I'm nervous cooking the beef slider because
last night, I was on the chopping block.
I'm gonna take some bacon fat.
And I'm, like, a little freaked out.
I really need to prove that I can win.
Guys, this is hot.
I'm gonna put it down here so I don't have to run.
Don't touch it.
- What direction are you going towards?
- I'm gonna roll this and then pan sear it.
narrator: Alyssa and Mindy are on the chicken sliders.
- I think I might grill the mango, too, honestly.
narrator: Ileana and Dafne are responsible
for the salmon sliders.
- How much black garlic do you think I should put in here?
- One.
narrator: While Tara and Cheyenne
are handling the lamb sliders.
- Double cucumber is a tough one.
- I have lamb. I have blue cheese.
I have two cucumbers. I've gotta go with it.
Okay, brain.
At home, I make a stuffed lamb meatball.
My clients love it.
I'm gonna stuff it with some prosciutto,
give it some extra fat.
I'm kind of having a game plan in my mind.
I'm praying it works out.
You got this, Tara. You got this.
- Let's show what we got.
- Five, four, three, two, one.
Let's go. Come on, guys.
- Get it!
narrator: While the Red Team
is well on their way with their sliders...
- Aprons on, aprons on, aprons on.
narrator: The Blue Team races to get theirs going
with just 30 minutes left.
- I'm pickling all my cucumbers.
narrator: Billy and Vlad will be using
the same five ingredients
to make two unique orders of lamb sliders.
- You still have that microplane?
- Uh, yes.
narrator: Alejandro and Alex will each
be responsible for their take on a chicken slider.
- I'm gonna make a pan-fried salmon burger.
narrator: Abe and Sakari are on the salmon sliders.
And with only seven chefs in the Blue kitchen...
- We got quail eggs, truffle,
and creme fraiche. - Really nice.
narrator: Brett will be the only chef
on the men's team cooking beef sliders.
- So we get into this cook, and the boys are buzzing.
- Coming in, bro. Sorry.
- But the biggest concern going into this challenge is Billy.
- Is this thing plugged up?
- 12 minutes, gentlemen.
- Behind, behind. Sorry, dog.
I have a game plan coming into this.
I'm gonna make a pesto, and I'm definitely gonna
butter up my brioche buns.
You know what I'm saying?
That's how B Tru does it.
Behind, behind. - Five minutes to go.
- Oh, [bleep].
Oh, dog.
- Fire, fire, fire, fire. Kill it.
- Oh, God.
♪ ♪
narrator: With time running out
in the Hell's Slip and Slider Challenge...
- Five minutes to go.
narrator: Billy's dream of excelling with his sliders
may be going up in flames.
- Fire, fire, fire, fire. Kill it.
- Let me turn this flame down.
[dramatic music]
- You think that's too burnt?
- Three minutes, gentlemen. - Three minutes.
- Three minutes! - Guys, let's go.
If you need anything, holler please.
- Yes.
- I need skewers.
- 60 seconds to go, ladies. Come on. Let's go.
- One minute, guys.
- Those buns are cooking. - [bleep].
- Keep working. We only got a minute.
Go, go, go. - Let's go, guys.
- 30 seconds to go. Let's go, Mindy.
- Skewers. - Behind. Going to the pass.
- 20 seconds, guys! Let's go!
- Get it up to the pass.
- Coming up, coming up.
- Five, four, three,
two, one, and stop.
Well done. - Yeah.
[applause]
Well done.
I'm only gonna be tasting
one protein from each team.
Now, you've all got 60 seconds to decide
which dishes you are dropping.
all: Yes, Chef. - Hurry up.
- I don't eat red meat,
but I'm super confident in the flavor
that I packed in there.
- I think mine's gonna be good.
It's a beef and potato.
- I'm scared about your salmon.
Since mine is poached, it's gonna be
a little bit juicier, you know? - Okay.
- Are you cool with that? - Yes.
- Yeah? Okay.
- I know my tzatziki is on point.
- They're gonna love that.
- Overall, I'm confident in mine.
- Hold on, hold on. - The only thing is,
yours look a little bit more dry.
- You know, I think the creativity of the pesto.
- I'll go with this one just because--
- I like the look of Vlad's. - You got it.
This is [bleep].
I think they're threatened by me.
Come on, guys.
- Right, ladies, whose chicken am I tasting?
- Mine, Chef. - Gentlemen.
- Chef, we're tasting mine.
- Interesting. Whose lamb am I tasting?
- Mine, Chef. - Mine, Chef.
- Okay, and whose salmon burger am I tasting?
- Chef, we're gonna go with my salmon.
- Salmon, we decided Abe's. - Okay.
So clearly Brett's. We're tasting the beef burger.
Red Team.
- It's up to you. - Mine, Chef.
- I'm just so confused by Sommer.
- Are you okay with that? - That's fine.
- Why are you letting Nicole put her dish up over yours
when we know nothing about her other than
she blows challenges?
- Okay.
To help me judge these sliders, an amazing,
award-winning, internationally renowned chef,
three Michelin stars.
Please, all of you, give a warm welcome
for Chef David Myers.
[applause]
- Wow.
David Myers is incredibly handsome.
- Welcome back to "Hell's Kitchen."
- Thanks so much, Chef.
- We'll be judging your sliders from one to three stars.
Shall we start off with the chicken sliders?
Let's go. Blue Team first, please.
Alejandro.
- I'm so excited to have my food tasted by David Myers.
I feel like I knocked it out of the park,
so I'm ready to win.
- Alejandro, describe your slider.
- I fried the prosciutto and then candied it,
and I essentially made, like,
a quick marmalade caramel sauce.
- Mmm, well, I like the marmalade idea with prosciutto.
It's clever. - Thank you, Chef.
- Really, really clever. - Yes, Chef.
- Personally, go a bit thicker. - Yeah.
- Because it's just a little bit too thin.
Ready to vote? - Let's do it.
There we go.
Two stars. Bravo, Chef. Bravo. - Thank you.
- Right, chicken, Red Team. Alyssa.
Thank you.
- Hi. - Wow, look at that.
- So today, you have a ground chicken burger.
I used the poblano and mango chutney.
- Tough one, that mango in the chicken slider.
- Yeah, real challenging. - Yeah.
- But I took the challenge, Chef, and I made it work,
and I think it's delicious.
I hope you enjoy.
- I like what you've done
with the flavor of the chicken patty.
I mean, it really explodes, and the mango
actually works with it. - Thank you, Chef.
- I think you've done a great job on this.
- Thank you. - Really good.
Shall we? - Let's do it.
[applause]
Thank you, Chef. - Bravo.
That was a hard one.
- Boom. That is mine.
It is an A-plus game right there.
- You needed that. - Wow, what a start.
- See what I can do? - Salmon from the Blue Team.
narrator: While Abe tries to post a big score
with his salmon slider topped with fried capers
and citrus caviar whip...
- That is good. - Thank you, Chef.
- Very good. Shall we?
[cheers and applause]
- Go, baby!
narrator: Dafne serves up her poached salmon slider
with black garlic and pickled fennel.
- Pickled fennel.
You nailed it. - Thank you, Chef.
- Be careful, because it's quite dense inside,
and so it's hard.
- Thank you so much.
- All right.
- We got this, you guys. We got this.
narrator: Up next...
- Vlad, let's go please, a lamb burger.
narrator: The Blue Team has chosen Vlad
and his lamb slider topped with spinach
to be judged over Billy's pesto lamb slider.
- The spinach is literally soaking wet.
- I'm not getting a lot of flavor in the lamb.
- Thank you, Vlad. - Yes, Chef.
- I am severely butt hurt central.
Vlad, you pull out a two, dog?
I told you so, bro.
narrator: And Tara presents her prosciutto
and blue cheese stuffed lamb sliders.
- So the blue cheese completely overwhelms lamb.
- Lamb and blue cheese doesn't go together for a reason.
- Thank you, Chef. - Nice try.
- Yeah. - Nice try, Chef.
- That crushes me.
Blue cheese and lamb? I knew it was a risk.
- Thank you, Tara. What a shame.
- But I did not want to be the one to get two stars
my first day on the Red Team.
- Ladies in the lead, 11 to 12.
- Wow, this is tough.
- And it's down to the beef. Blue Team.
Brett, please come forward and serve David and I.
- Let's go, Brett!
- Describe the burgers, please.
- So you have just a double smash burger slider,
and then I fried the quail egg in some black truffle butter.
- Wow.
- Now, that is what I call a burger.
- It's decadent.
[cheers and applause]
- Wow.
- [laughing]
I [bleep] told you, boys.
True Blue till I die, baby.
narrator: With the final dish for the Red Team.
- Bring up your beef burger.
narrator: Nicole needs a four to tie and a five to win.
- I cannot afford to have a repeat of yesterday.
You know, I was super confident with the lobster,
but I was wrong.
I didn't want to make that same mistake again.
- So it's a meat and potatoes burger.
I used white cheddar and bacon.
I love bacon. Who doesn't?
- It really is meat and potatoes.
I think it's clever, it's simple, it's cool.
But it's just a bit one dimensional for me.
- It just needs a lift.
Shall we? - Yeah, let's do it.
- You need four to tie, five to win.
- Yeah!
[all cheering]
- Blue Team, congratulations. - True Blue, baby! Whoo!
- Um, can I just see the other beef burger?
- Yes, Chef.
- Thank you. Describe that for me please.
- So I put bacon on the top,
and I wanted sweetness, acidity.
So I pickled the red onion.
- I love the crunch.
I love the flavor of the bacon with the meat
right off the bat.
- This is delicious. - This was a winner.
- Thank you.
- Thank you, Chef. - Back in line, please.
- Why didn't I stick up for myself like I normally do?
I'm never gonna let that mistake happen again.
- Join me in thanking this incredible chef.
And coming all the way over.
- Thank you, guys. - Thank you.
- Take care.
Blue Team, I'm closing the doors
in Hell's Kitchen tonight.
There's no dinner service.
So you can enjoy a glorious getaway
to sunny Palm Springs.
[all cheering]
- True Blue, baby.
- Yo, Blue Team's going to Palm Springs, baby!
all: True Blue, True Blue, True Blue.
- I hate them so much.
- Man.
Oh, ladies, tomorrow night's menu
will feature a very special slider dish.
Now, a slider without fries is like a day without sunshine.
So we have the most amazing potatoes arriving.
Wash them, peel them, cut them, fry them.
all: Yes, Chef.
- Thank you, Chef.
- I feel horrible.
I need to stop second guessing myself.
I'm just so mad at myself because I always--
It [bleep] hurts me.
Like, I know what I'm [bleep] doing,
and, like, to know that--
- Why didn't you put that up there then?
- Because I didn't want to do what I did yesterday.
This has more attention to detail,
and I'm only just missing legs.
- No legs. - No legs, Chef.
- Unfortunately, your dish is out.
- I want to learn when to step back.
I didn't doubt it. I knew it.
I told her I was 100% confident in my [bleep].
I don't eat beef, but, like,
I know how to [bleep] season that [bleep].
- It's fine.
narrator: As the women's first challenge loss
is ending in tears...
- Yeah! - Whoo!
- Let's go!
narrator: The men's first reward is starting with...
- Here's to victory! narrator: Cheers.
[all cheering]
- I mean, we got the OGs
and the young bucks coming together,
and the place is so pimped out.
True Blue for life.
all: True Blue, True Blue.
- In the donut. all: Oh!
- That--oh, [bleep]!
- The pool is heated! [all cheer]
[horn honking]
[quirky music]
- 24 boxes of potatoes.
- Got it?
- It literally frickin' sucks.
We're gonna finish at 2:00 a. m.
- Damn it, I'm sick and tired of cutting into these.
At this point, I do kind of feel like
I deserve to kind of just sit
for a little bit because I did do the best
today on today's challenge.
[yawning] - Don't yawn, bitch.
Alyssa, right now, is on a high horse, which is annoying,
and she definitely feels like
she shouldn't be doing this right now.
- I miss--miss my mommy.
- Let's feast. - Oh, man.
- Impressive.
- Can you believe this? - It's crazy.
- Honestly, the only thing I wish
is that we could have shared this
with, you know, our loved ones.
Definitely starting to miss my wife.
- Don't make me tear up right now.
- I'm sure we're all missing our wives, you know?
I know I miss my wife.
- You're married? - Yeah.
- You're married. - Look at how shocked you are.
Are you married? - No, I'm not married.
- You're the only one that's single on the whole team.
- He has nine children. [laughter]
This is awesome.
This is the way the team was supposed to be.
I wonder what the Red Team is doing.
[laughter]
- So let's go through it. - Okay.
- Service has just started. - Go.
- First ticket just came in, table 21.
Two risotto, one carbonara, flatbread going with scallop.
A white on, two Welly,
one New York strip, and a salmon.
- Yes, Chef. - Yes, Chef.
Two--um, two.
[dramatic music]
- Nicole is kind of just someone we're kind of
getting a little annoyed with.
- Can we do the pancetta in advance?
- Yes. - Yeah.
- You're supposed to do the pancetta in advance.
You do not want that pan hot.
- You're making me nervous, though.
You sound really confused. - Yeah, I am.
- Nicole doesn't have a clue about anything.
You about to stay up? - Yeah.
I'll see you guys in the morning.
- And I don't need anybody on my team who can't
help me if I need them to.
♪ ♪
- You guys, my safe word is,
when I'm tripping the [bleep] out, I need you--
it's like, you know, when you're having, like,
crazy, uncontrollable sex,
and you're feeling uncomfortable, and you're like,
I need you to slow the [bleep] down,
I need you to say, "It's okay, Sandwich"...
[quirky music]
Because that's what I tell my dog
when she freaks the [dog barks] out, okay?
Just say it.
[laughter] - Wait, Alyssa, your dog--
- Just roll with me on this.
- These thoughts are incredibly disconnected.
Do you say that to your dog when you're having uncontrolled sex?
- No. [laughter]
- Nicole has this rescue dog called Sandwich.
So she told us her safe word tonight
is going to be, "It's okay, Sandwich."
Reel it in, Sandwich. Reel it in. [laughs]
- It's okay, Sandwich.
- Yeah, like you're comforting an animal.
- Aw. - [laughs]
- Probably have three hours.
- So I'm gonna change into my new uniform.
- Yeah, I'm gonna wash my face
and try to make myself look not so tired.
I could use some Botox.
I wanted to get some before I came, and--
- You look great.
- But since I lost weight, this is dragging,
and this is dragging because my face was so full.
I've actually lost just over 150 pounds.
Somebody legitimately built a Pinterest board
that was named Fat Mindy.
[solemn music]
During the time that I was heavy, I was bullied,
and so I looked to food as my escape.
There was a lot of pain behind that,
and of course, I never showed it.
I laughed it off because that's what fat people do.
I didn't want Peyton to see any of that.
She was about 10 years old.
So she was at a place where it bothered her, too,
because why are you talking about my mom like that?
- Exactly. - You know?
I'm starting to break the cycle
of lack of self-confidence,
and I don't feel like it should hold me back anymore.
I need to break out of it.
- Everybody has a different story.
Everybody's body is different. Everybody's body changes.
I'm bigger than I've ever been. I don't care.
I'm owning my body. - Yeah.
- Mindy changed careers only, like, two years ago.
There's so much you haven't learned.
There's a confidence you haven't built yet.
But it's nice to see Mindy finding confidence
in her ability to cook on the line.
- I want that moment where Chef says
we have a new leader emerging, and he calls my name.
Like, I think there's a moment, I think,
in my life that would probably be the most monumental
aside from the birth of my children.
narrator: As Mindy dreams of brighter days ahead...
- Oh, boys, welcome home.
- Welcome back. - Home sweet home, fellas.
- Man, that was awesome. - Yeah, baby.
narrator: The Blue Team returns refreshed
and ready to tackle the next dinner service.
- Is Red Team gonna win dinner tonight?
- [bleep] yeah. - Yes.
- Let's go, guys.
- I'm gonna keep drinking water.
Is that okay?
- Why would you ask me if you can drink water?
Yes. [bleep] yes. Stay hydrated.
I'm not incredibly confident in Nicole
going into tonight's dinner service.
- Dude, we're gonna kill it.
- I think she knows what goes in each dish,
but I don't think she can follow our tickets.
And honestly, I didn't come here
to be a [bleep] babysitter.
- Okay, ready.
- Matthew. - Sir.
- Open the doors of Hell's Kitchen, please.
- Yes, Chef. - Let's go.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
narrator: Once again, Hell's Kitchen
is the most sought-after reservation in Los Angeles.
all: Yeah!
narrator: As hungry diners peruse the menu,
the Red and Blue brigades prepare for their first night
in their new teams.
- Teamwork makes the dream work, big boy.
- Focus on garnish.
narrator: In addition to Chef Ramsay's
Hell's Kitchen staples...
- Can I get a beef Wellington, please?
narrator: Tonight's appetizer will include a slider
with handmade french fries.
- I'll have the sliders, please.
- And then I'm gonna get my french fries ready.
Sexy.
- This is so cool.
narrator: And kitchens hope to hit a high note
as they're joined by rock legend,
Skid Row's Sebastian Bach in the Blue kitchen.
- My sister's gonna freak out when she sees
that Sebastian Bach is on this.
- We are such fans. - Welcome, Sebastian.
narrator: And "High School Musical's"
Corbin Bleu in the Red.
- Hi. How are you guys? - Hello.
- We're so excited to have you. - We're so excited.
Thank you for having us.
- No celebrating till that last [bleep] ticket.
- Ladies, we're out the gate first.
One slider special, two scallops.
all: Yes, Chef! - Let's go, ladies, please.
- Five minutes on sliders, please.
[tense music]
I need you to do something more than festoon.
- Okay, I'm gonna go. - Please. Thank you.
- What do you need? Do you need anything?
- Let's go, ladies, please.
- Coming into dinner service tonight,
I have an opportunity to prove myself to the Red Team
and show them that I have every reason to be here.
- Mindy, shake the pan out. Let's go!
- Yes, Chef.
- Push it in there.
Quick as you can. Good. Lovely color on there.
Beautiful color. Look.
Then all together in one, all nice and straight.
- Yes, Chef. - Beautifully cooked.
- Thank you. - Nice.
- Walking sliders.
- Let's go.
- Dude, this is really fun.
- Service please.
narrator: With Mindy's scallops getting her team off
on the right foot, it's time for the Blue kitchen
to start on their first appetizer order of...
- One carbonara, one slider special.
Let's go. all: Yes, Chef.
- Three minutes out on the carbonara.
Pasta's dropped.
- Hey, let's just make it five for me, okay?
Five on sliders. - We're waiting on sliders.
- Everything goes through garnish,
so you have to step up as a leader.
You have to set the tone.
You're the one that never stops running your [bleep] mouth.
Don't finish it until I say I'm 100% good on these,
but I think 2 1/2.
- 2 1/2. You got it.
- You have to be the one that knows
everything that's going on.
Guys, let's not [bleep] this up.
We've gotta keep a good momentum.
- This is so surreal.
- Does 90 seconds work for you? - Yes.
- Where are the sliders? - I'm good to walk slider.
- We're walking out sliders. - Walking sliders.
- Carbonara is up.
- Can I get anybody anything? Can I do anything for anyone?
- Oh, come on, guys.
They're not cooked.
Hey, Brett, come here.
Come here, you.
Now I've got [bleep] ice cold [bleep] raw sliders.
- Raw, dude. - Yes, Chef.
This is a big [bleep] mistake. - Oh, my God.
- How did I just send up raw sliders to Chef Ramsay?
- Raw [bleep] meat.
That's [bleep] ice cold. I don't get it.
Come on!
♪ ♪
narrator: It's 30 minutes into dinner service,
and in the Blue kitchen...
- Hey, Brett.
narrator: Brett's sliders are...
- Raw meat.
That's [bleep] ice cold. I don't get it.
He's giving me stuff that's [bleep] raw.
One more slider! - Yes, Chef.
I won't rush again, Chef.
- How long's the slider? - Five minutes, Chef.
- Start the [bleep] appetizers again.
- Yes, Chef. - Yes, Chef.
- I knew better than to do that.
I'm cheesing right now.
I send up raw ones, and I'm wondering
if I just blew my shot at this executive chef job
in Atlantic City.
- Behind. Carbonara.
Carbonara is up.
- Walking slider.
[tense music]
- Very nice. Service, please.
narrator: With Brett's sliders finally being delivered...
- That is good.
narrator: And Blue diners enjoying them,
both kitchens have found their momentum on appetizers.
- Walking scallops. - Walking.
- Wow. They're perfect.
[laughs]
- Are we allowed to tell them we love it, or what?
- Okay, ladies, table four, entree,
two lamb, two New York strip.
all: Yes, Chef! - Let's go.
- We made it to the entrees, guys.
- Two New York strips.
- Six minutes on that, guys, six minutes, okay?
- Heard.
- I don't know what you're doing right now.
- I'm working these two strips for this fire.
- Okay, are these lamb going in the oven?
- Yes, they are.
It's hard when you're leading,
but you also need somebody to follow your lead
and also, you know, help you out.
I need you to help me a little bit more, please, okay?
- Yeah, I'm learning, too, and you don't need
to push like that. I got it.
Sommer is not working with me as a team at all.
- Let me check on that small lamb.
- No, it's not ready yet.
I've got a time on it. It's not ready.
But I can handle anything that's thrown at me.
- Going up, two strip.
- Come on. I'm here.
- Sorry, Chef. That's a hot plate.
- Of course, it's [bleep] hot. It's a kitchen.
Lamb.
- Can I walk him the lamb?
- Yeah, let's go. We're on.
- Just put it down.
[bleep] hell.
- Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh.
- All of you. - Yes, Chef.
- Back room, now.
- Yes, Chef. - Yes, Chef.
- Déjà vu.
This is my first night with the Red Team,
and we're in the freaking storage room.
- What in the [bleep] is happening?
I can't even slice that.
It's that raw.
I don't know where to go anymore.
You've given up, and you've given up.
How do I get this?
[bleep]! I don't know what to do!
Get [bleep] organized. all: Yes, Chef!
- We got this, guys. We're gonna bounce back.
Bounce back.
- I'm posted up next to meat station,
and I can see they are literally going down in flames.
- No more. No more errors. Let's go.
- An order of four covers, table 23.
Entree, two lamb, two halibut.
all: Yes, Chef! - Let's go.
- I need six on halibut. - Heard.
Go ahead and pop that lamb in.
- The last two dinner services, the meat station
is actually what got us kicked out of the kitchen,
so please, God, don't let that happen to me.
- Okay, Alex. Pick it up. - My lamb is resting.
- Halibut, please, Vlad.
Vlad.
No answer. He just turns away.
I find that the height of bad manners.
That's [bleep] rude. Do you understand?
- Vlad, he's talking to you, bro.
- When you [bleep] stand there and just blank me,
what the [bleep]?
It's strange, strange behavior.
- Chef definitely wants people who are loud and can
take charge and be the boss.
- Four minutes, right? We said four?
- Four minutes. - All right, let's do four.
- And Vlad's kind of showing a little bit
of deer in the headlights, a little bit
of lack of confidence.
You starting the halibut?
- Has the lamb rested? - No, Chef.
- Hey, come here. Come here.
If I was running the meat, I'd tell you
to shut the [bleep] up. - Yes, Chef.
- Why are you telling me about his lamb?
- I don't know, Chef.
- So can I talk to the [bleep] chef
that's in charge of the lamb? - I'll shut up, Chef.
- How long for the lamb? - Four minutes, Chef.
- Ooh, Brett, you gotta be careful.
You can't get on Chef's nerves.
I'm gonna-- I'm gonna be quiet over here.
- To the right. Halibut down.
- Lamb. - Come on.
- Hot sizzle.
- Beautifully cooked, the lamb. - Thank you, Chef.
- Service, please.
narrator: With Chef Ramsay sending out Alex's lamb...
- Very well done. - Oh, it's amazing.
narrator: The diners are impressed
with the Blue Team's first entree of the evening.
- Walking to the window!
♪ ♪
- Abe. - Yes, Chef.
- That's an A on the meat.
- I was always a D and a F kind of person.
Chef, to your left. - Service, please.
- Let's go, let's go, let's go.
But in my cooking, I found a passion
to where I could make straight A's and make the dean's list.
Let's go, let's go, let's go.
narrator: With Abe and Alex
excelling on the meat station...
- Oh, it's so good.
Like melt-in-your-mouth good.
narrator: The Blue Team only has two more
tables of entrees to complete.
- My glasses are in go mode.
- Fire, on order, four covers, table 33.
- You guys listen up! - Three salmon, one Wellington.
all: Yes, Chef.
- I'll take care of the salmon. - Wellington.
Going in the oven right now, Chef.
- I need three minutes.
- Three minutes. - Yes.
- I'm really trying my best.
We need this.
This new Red Team needs a win.
- How long, three salmon, one Wellington, please?
- 30 seconds.
- [bleep].
These pans are too hot.
[bleep] [bleep].
- Three salmon, one Welly, how long?
- I'm sorry. I [bleep] up those.
- How long? - How long?
- I need four minutes for that, Chef.
- So another four minutes? - Yes, Chef.
- Can I ask why?
- Because I ran out of salmon. I'm sorry.
- So you've run out of salmon. You didn't run out of salmon.
You just cooked all the salmon. - Yes, Chef.
I'm sorry. - So there's a difference.
We haven't run out.
I can't just pick up [bleep] salmon.
Do you have any salmon on you?
Did you bring a fish? No? I mean, like, you just can't
pluck a salmon from the [bleep] air.
- Chef, I was using the bottom pans because--
- I don't care. - Okay.
I'm sorry about that. I still need four minutes.
- Oh, my God.
Hey, there's just no momentum in here.
Blue Team! - Yes, Chef!
- Come here, you. - Oh, my God.
- Guys!
♪ ♪
narrator: It's 90 minutes into dinner service.
- Lamb.
[tense music]
- Beautifully cooked, the lamb. - Thank you, Chef.
narrator: And while the Blue Team
is close to the finish line...
- I ran out of salmon. I'm sorry.
- Oh, my God.
narrator: The Red Team is stuck in neutral.
- So you've run out of salmon.
You didn't run out salmon. You just cooked all the salmon.
- Yes, Chef. Sorry.
- So there's a difference, because you screwed it.
So we haven't run out.
Blue Team! - Yes, Chef!
- Come here, you. - Come on, boys.
- Blue Team, take over.
Fire. Let's go.
Three salmon, one Wellington. Away.
all: Yes, Chef. - Let's go.
- The Red Team's going down.
The girls are burning up in flames.
Like, he wants us all to bail these chicks out.
What the hell is going on, Red Team?
- You guys have no more salmon.
We have no more salmon. - There's no more salmon.
We've got this one salmon.
- Guys, get me salmon from the other side.
- I'm so embarrassed.
I'm heated right now. I'm pissed.
I'm fine. I got it. - Yeah.
Okay, I'm gonna stand here next to you.
- You don't need to stand next to me, I got it.
- I do. - I know this is not my fault.
Like, Dafne, Sommer, and Alyssa...
- I got it, I got it, I got it.
- Can you not work without these boys holding your hands?
- I need six minutes. - Six minutes.
Are you ladies watching, or are you gonna jump in?
- Salmon is working. - Okay, so we're good then.
- They done messed up.
The Red Team, they give us that look
like get the hell out of my kitchen.
Well, guess what?
Chef Ramsay told us to come over here.
Move the hell out my way.
- Butter--where was the butter that was right here?
- I did not grab it, dude.
- These feel good. - Yeah, go. Sell it.
- Salmon, Chef.
♪ ♪
- Service, please.
narrator: With the Blue Team successfully bailing out
a drowning Red Team...
- Coming through, Chef. Coming through.
- Yeah, I'm here. On the table there.
Thank you.
narrator: The last few Red tables
finally get their entrees.
- It's really good.
- Oh, my God.
That just melts in your mouth. - I know. It's crazy.
- Thank you, Blue Team. all: Yes, Chef.
- Momentum, finally.
Ladies, what happened there?
- We just went down, Chef.
- Went down? We didn't get up.
I'm so sorry. We did not get up.
Get upstairs and try and do something as a team
for the first time tonight,
and have a really good discussion.
Forget one.
Forget two nominees.
Three individuals that you consider the weakest.
Hurry up. all: Yes, Chef.
- Having to put up three nominations,
this is extremely tough.
If it were all up to me, I would put up
one person from meat and one person from fish,
but the third nominee is really--
I feel like it's really gonna hurt some feelings.
I think he's gonna want to see somebody from fish up there.
- I hustled my ass off.
- Chef said the weakest, though.
- Yes, he said weakest chefs.
- Dafne has worked other services,
and she has not gone down under pressure.
- And I was doing good in the beginning.
- You were. - I had no support.
- You're not the weakest. You're not the weakest.
You were trying.
- I know, but it [bleep] sucks because it looks
like I can't cook fish now. - No, it doesn't. No.
We know what happened.
Today, you went down, but this was the only time that you did.
- So let's be honest.
I think he wants to see meat station up.
- I agree. He wants to see meat.
Alyssa and Sommer up there.
- Meat just started off with a lack
of communication, and that sucked.
- I needed more communication from my partner.
I'm not trying to throw you under the bus,
but you were not giving me that.
I was still trying,
and you weren't meeting me halfway.
- All I'm gonna say is, is, like,
I have showed some strengths in this competition.
I know I'm a good cook.
I know I don't deserve to go home
because I've proven myself in every other aspect
of this competition.
I know I [bleep] up tonight.
But again, we were all really worried about Nicole
going into the service, and, like,
I feel like we shouldn't have to be
dwelling on somebody... - Yes.
- While going into a service. - Yeah.
- Listen, I didn't get yelled at all.
It's not my fault if you guys went down tonight.
- Nicole is the weakest chef.
She did not take any initiative.
She just kind of got in the way on garnish today for Ileana.
- I do want to be here. I came here to learn.
- We're here to win, not to learn.
- No, I'm here to win as well.
I'm not just like, oh, floating around, I'm not.
- Nicole, just because I feel like you didn't step up
as much as all of us did,
like, this competition is too intense for you,
and you weren't supporting us today.
You were just hiding.
- I don't want to [bleep] leave.
How the [bleep] am I the weakest chef?
They failed on their own.
I didn't [bleep] that up.
- I think he's going to say, "Why the [bleep]
is Nicole up here tonight?"
Because did we see Nicole fail during a service yet?
Then we're gonna look stupid as [bleep].
♪ ♪
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
- Ladies, have you reached a consensus
on the three weakest chefs?
all: Yes, Chef.
- Ileana, Red Team's first nominee and why.
- Chef, our first nominee is Alyssa.
She sent you up raw lamb.
She didn't communicate with her partner,
and the meat station just fell apart tonight.
- Second nominee and why.
- Chef, our second nominee is...
Nicole.
We felt that she had a lot
of opportunities to step up tonight.
Assistance was needed all around the kitchen,
and it just wasn't there.
- Ileana, third nominee
for the weakest chef on the Red Team.
- Chef, our third nominee is Mindy.
She was on fish station tonight.
That went down pretty hard,
and I haven't heard her voice much during service.
- Alyssa, Mindy, Nicole, step forward, please.
♪ ♪
Nicole, second time up here.
Why should you stay in Hell's Kitchen?
- I was prepared for this evening.
- I didn't ask whether you were prepared or not.
I'm asking you why should you stay.
- Because I won't give up.
- Did you cook anything on garnish tonight?
- I started. I did start.
All of the garnishes for salmon and for lamb.
- Is that true?
- Chef, she dropped a few orders of fries for me,
and then, after that, I didn't see much of her.
- It felt like you were hiding tonight.
Mindy, what happened tonight?
- Chef, I was--
I did lose my voice and my confidence, Chef, a little bit,
but I'm not the weakest chef on this team.
I hustle hard, and I grind harder,
and I want nothing more than to make you proud.
- What about making yourself proud?
Alyssa, how did you get so lost tonight?
- I should have taken more of a leadership role.
It was miscommunication.
There should have been better communication
between me and my partner.
I should have just voiced my own opinion
and taken more of a leadership role.
- This is really difficult.
♪ ♪
The chef leaving Hell's Kitchen is...
♪ ♪
Nicole.
Young lady, give me your jacket.
- Thank you, Chef.
- The last time you were in front of me,
you gave me a passionate plea, and tonight, all night,
from the beginning, in the middle, to the end,
I didn't feel that passion.
Give me your jacket, please.
Good night. - Thank you.
I feel a little disappointed,
but I'm a little disappointed in the girls.
I feel that I was abandoned by them.
I mean, all of them failed.
I did not, not tonight.
So that's on them.
But it's okay, Sandwich.
Mama's coming home.
- Back in line.
- Thank you, Chef.
♪ ♪
- Get some sleep because you're gonna need it.
- I'm ready to show Chef Ramsay my bounce back
and show the rest of the team, like,
"Hey, I had a [bleep] up tonight,
"but guess what, you're not gonna be
able to use this against me."
- I'm disappointed, but everybody's
gonna have to fight for their life sometime,
and tonight was my night,
and it's the last one until the finals.
- Your boy's on fire.
The momentum's built, and the girls
have something to worry about.
The Blue Team's coming to kick some ass.
- With her team struggling,
Nicole decided to hide instead of help.
That's all I needed to see.
narrator: Next time on "Hell's Kitchen."
[alarm blaring]
When the fire alarm sounds...
- Ah, this is crazy.
narrator: Will the chefs be able to answer the call?
- Come on. Let's go! Gotta speed up.
narrator: Or will the chefs turn on each other?
- You gotta talk a little better.
- I'm talking.
Every component on the plate, Alyssa.
- Sommer needs to lose the attitude.
narrator: And will a brutal punishment...
- Today is trash sorting day.
You are going to stink.
narrator: Have the chefs down in the dumps?
- [sobbing] I'm not ready to go.
narrator: And ready to talk trash.
- Don't come over here and jump in my way.
- You have a very strong personality.
- He does think he's better than me, smarter than me.
narrator: Find out...
- I don't give a [bleep]. I'm better than him.
narrator: On a down and dirty episode...
- Help me [bleep] out!
- I am going to cut somebody.
narrator: Of "Hell's Kitchen."