[narrator] Previously on Hell's Kitchen...
I'm excited!
Eighteen enthusiastic chefs
arrived in Los Angeles...
B-True brings the mad flavor
...and Chef Ramsay
made a monstrous entrance
What a badass
And revealed how the teams
would be split up...
The twentysomethings
versus the fortysomethings
I cannot wait to teach
these twentysomethings
how it's done in the real world
...with the winner becoming head chef
at Hell's Kitchen, Caesars Atlantic City...
Atlantic City, that's so close
to New York, where I'm from
That's exactly where I wanna be
[narrator] The Battle of the Ages began
with the chefs preparing
their signature dishes...
You cook your collard greens
in orange soda?
- [O'Shay] Yes, sir
- That's a first for me
Twentysomething chef Ileana
and her risotto...
Oh, my God. It's not f*cking ready
I'm freaking out right now
- ...underperformed
- It's undercooked and sadly underseasoned
[narrator] And while Zeus spun a tale...
I found myself in the mouth
of a great white shark
...no one took the bait
Every season, a few crazies slip in
- [narrator] But his bangers and mash...
- Good. Pretty good
- ...delivered a big bite
- Thank you so much, Chef
[narrator]
From the fortysomethings' kitchen,
former Playboy Mansion chef Nicole's
boxed pasta...
- You made the pasta, right?
- No
...earned her a one
- [Ramsay] It tastes worse than it looks
- If he does that to me, I'll cry
[narrator] Top marks went to Alex's
spice crusted salmon...
- [Ramsay] Yeah, it's cooked beautifully
- ...Sakari's oyster stew...
It's a very complex dish
...and Vlad's truffle-covered Wagyu beef...
The sear is incredible
...earning each of them a perfect five
[all] Thank you, Chef
- [narrator] After a tie...
- The best is Sakari. Congratulations
...Sakari's dish won it
for the twentysomethings
I'm here to prove
that I'm the best chef here
[narrator] The following morning,
the chefs were tasked
- with making the best...
- Elevated chicken wing
Take risks, do not be afraid
- [grunts]
- Yo, can I get a chicken wing?
- ...to earn...
- A Punishment Pass
[narrator] But that wasn't all
The chef with the worst dish
will be going home
[sighs]
Oh
What? This is our second challenge
and someone's already going home?
That cannot be me
Your minutes start now. Let's go
[narrator] And now, the continuation
of Hell's Kitchen
- Those are mine
- Oh
Yo, can your turn the grill on?
My wings are gonna win this challenge
because I'm B-True,
and I'm gonna bring the mad flavor
I'm a chicken wing connoisseur
Like, I've dealt with them
my whole career
Come on, baby, come on
I am going to go crazy on these wings
Might rock a little citrus salad
underneath
- Gonna see how this turns out
- Nice. Okay
One of the first couple of things
that I learned how to make
was this really good chicken wing sauce,
so I'm ready to get at it
Yum
Does anyone need wings?
- I do
- [Tara] I have wings right here
I was horrible yesterday
So, I'm gonna be super prepared today
Burnt, it looks sexy to me
What do you have in mind, Dafne?
- The chicken wing
- All right
I freaking love chicken wings so much
I need to put myself out there
Take risks but also execute it well
Come on, baby
- [Jason] Guys, minutes left
- [all] Yes, Chef
Let's rock and roll, baby
I'm thinking like
a spicy soy sesame chicken wing
I dropped the ball yesterday,
and I won't today
- Yeah, redemption
- [Sommer] Yes, Chef
Pomegranates
What else you putting on there?
[Alejandro]
Pomegranates, garlicky lemon juice
- Going Mediterranean with it
- Okay. All right
[Alejandro] The brewery I work at, I use
Middle Eastern, Mediterranean flavors,
and I'm definitely taking a big risk
doing these Mediterranean wings
What else are you doing
with your wings, Ileana?
Chef, I was going to, um, fry them
and then, once they're out of the fryer,
I'm gonna hit them with a basil gremolata
- [Christina] Nice
- I am an absolute badass in the kitchen
and my skills and my finesse
is going to prove it
Just under three minutes. Let's go
- [claps]
- Will you run my sauce over there
by my cutting board
through a Chinois please?
Ileana seems to be the one on our team
who is the most nervous
and frantic
and a little bit all over the place...
[Ileana]
All right, behind. Behind, behind
...which is the last thing we want
And I'm really worried that she's not
going to be able to get this done
[Ileana] f*ck, man
[Brett]
She might be the first one going home
- Sixty seconds. Let's go
- [Jason] Is everyone plating?
- [all] Yes
- [Ramsay] Twenty seconds to go
Holy f*ck, I just need to
get the chicken wings on the plate
[Mindy] Come on, you got this
- [Alejandro] Go, guys. Let's go
- [Ramsay] Ten
- [Sommer] Coming down
- Nine
- Eight, seven, six
- [Ileana] Go, go, go!
- Five, four
- Coming up real hot
- Three, two, one
- Go, go, go, go!
Right. Before I judge your wings,
let me remind you what's at stake
Jason, Christina,
please bring out the Punishment Passes
Thank you
[angelic singing]
They look glorious, right?
[all] Yes, Chef
To get your hands on the Punishment Pass
is like holding the power of God
Whenever you lose a challenge
and your team has to go into punishment,
you can swap out anybody
on the winning team
They switch places with you
while you go on that reward
So, I need this
Chef Christina and Chef Jason,
right now, I need both of you to taste
your team's wings
and then select the top three
I'll taste all six dishes
and decide a winner from each team
- Yes?
- [all] Yes, Chef
Off you go
What I have for you, Chef,
is an Asian buffalo barbecue
I am very confident in my wings
I know what I want,
I know the flavor profile
and I f*cking do it
Sticking to the napkin
- Um, have you made wings like this before?
- No, this is actually the first time
[Jason]
What's your idea behind the balsamic?
It just makes it pop, you know?
We have a Asian barbecue, so it's hoisin,
um, lemon, lime, orange juice
Chef Christina has an amazing poker face
Come on, Christina. Just give me a smile
Give me a nod. Like, give me something
- Thank you
- Thank you, Chef
Chef, one of my guilty pleasures
is General Tso's chicken
Interesting
Chef Christina took one bite of my wing,
and she took some water
And I'm like, "Is it too salty"?
- Thank you
- Thank you
I have a pan-seared wing here
Chef Ramsay said, "Give me your best."
I said, "I got this. I've made thousands."
You just had me bit into a raw wing
[clears throat]
Not trying that
[O'Shay] Oh, my gosh. I can't believe it
I can't believe it
[narrator]
After tasting each of their teams' dishes...
- Well done. Thank you, guys
- ...Chefs Christina and Jason are ready
to make their recommendations
to Chef Ramsay
Jason, let's start
Highlights from the Blue Team
Give me the top three
in no particular order
First one, Chef, is Zeus
[Ramsay] Zeus. Let's go, Zeus
It actually feels pretty amazing
I... I definitely belong here
So Chef,
I prepared for you a sweet chili wing
I used a little bit of sambal,
the chili paste
I love the sort of contrast,
and then I love the strength of the heat
with the caramelization
Really good start
- Thank you
- Thank you, Chef
I'm super stoked about that
It sends a message
that this old guy is here to play
Jason, uh, a second favorite
from the Blue Team
Chef, my second favorite is Alex
- Alex
- [Mindy] Good job, Alex
Top three. Go me. Go wings
Chef, I love terrible Chinese food
Like this is my version of that
I confited them at for ten minutes
I made the General Tso's sauce
Mm-hmm. I love the fact that you're just
elevating that Chinese
The big question for me,
are they actually better than Zeus's? Um...
Yeah, they are. You're frontrunner
Good job. Well done
Good job, Alex
Right, Jason. Final dish from Blue Team
Chef, my third choice is...
- Nicole
- [Ramsay] Nicole!
- sh*t
- [Mindy] Yeah, Nicole
- Good. This is called redemption
- Yeah!
I'm in shock. Wow
I am, like, from zero to f*cking hero
Visually, they look beautiful
What are they?
Gochujang chili with a tamarind honey
that was drizzled on
and then a black garlic,
coconut dipping sauce
It's all cooked, right?
There's nothing store bought
- See what you can do when you cook?
- [chuckles] Yes
Yes? Question is,
are they better than Alex's?
This is a really tough question
Um, step back in line, please. Thank you
- Go, Nicole
- Come on, Nicole
So, it's between Alex and Nicole
Um, the wing that had the edge,
congratulations...
- Alex. Well done
- [Mindy] Good job, Alex
- [Alex] Thank you, Chef
- [Ramsay] Well done
I won. Again! This is getting to be good
- [Ramsay] Wear it proudly. Well done
- Flava Flav
- [chuckles]
- [Alex] Yes
[Ramsay] Okay, Christina. Red Team
Give me your first wing of choice
Belongs to?
First wing of choice
belongs to Vlad, Chef
Great. Congratulations
Step up, please. Let's go
Wow, look at them. Describe them, please
Uh, so we got buttermilk-soaked,
double-drenched cornflake chicken wings
The actual cornflakes are delicious
- They're spicy, sweet, hot
- Thank you, Chef
And it's a tasty breading
which you've beautifully done
- Well done. Thank you
- Thank you, Chef
I know what I bring to the table
The technique is there,
and the flavors are there
And that Punishment Pass is mine
- Second choice is Cheyenne, Chef
- [Ramsay] Cheyenne
[Cheyenne] All right,
I got some Asian barbecue wings,
so they're glazed in hoisin
with some chipotle and adobo,
finished with some orange zest
Yeah, they're good
I love that little bit of, uh, heat
Yeah, Cheyenne, overtaken Vlad
- Congratulations. Well done
- Thank you, Chef
[Cheyenne] See you later, Vlad
I guess I'm gonna get
this Punishment Pass today
Christina, the third and final
from the Red Team belongs to...
- Alejandro
- [Ramsay] Alejandro
- Let's go
- [Ramsay] Wow
I was like, "What?" It feels so amazing
to be in the top three right now
I'm super excited, yet I'm super nervous
So on the bottom,
you have cold Greek yogurt
The wings are double-fried,
tossed in a dry rub
and then garnished
with a little bit of pomegranate seeds
- Mmm. Visually, they're beautiful
- Thank you
[Ramsay] I love that Middle Eastern flair
- Very rare you connect a pomegranate seed...
- Yeah
...with a chicken wing
- Back in line. Good job. Thank you
- Thank you, Chef
[Ramsay] Wow. Good job
So, Red Team is between Alejandro
or Cheyenne
Two really good dishes. Um...
I'm gonna award this to the individual
that had gumption to give me something
I've never seen before
And those wings belong to...
Alejandro. Congratulations. Well done
- Really good
- Thank you, Chef
Feel like a baller
I hold the power of God
to get out of trouble
- [Ramsay] Cheyenne, really good
- Thank you, Chef
Alex and Alejandro,
these Punishment Passes
possess great power
But with great power comes
great responsibility
- Yes, Chef
- Yes, Chef
Alex and Alejandro,
I'd like both of you, right now,
to taste the remaining six dishes
on your team
and tell me who you think
are the two weakest chefs on your team
Wow
[Alex]
Now I'm not all about hurting feelings,
but now I have to do it
with people I barely know
[sighs]
Alex and Alejandro,
I'd like both of you, right now,
to taste the remaining six dishes
on your team
and tell me who you think
are the two weakest chefs on your team
Wow
Man, you're just hurting feelings
from day one
- [Ramsay] Understood?
- [both] Yes, Chef
Start from here
We have to pick the worst wings
Yeah, it's a hard thing to do,
but in life, as a manager chef,
you have to make tough decisions
I feel like this is my chance
to prove that I'm the leader of this team
- What'd you stuff that with?
- With trumpet mushroom
I noticed that I'm one of the only ones
that didn't toss my chicken wings
I don't know what the f*ck I was thinking
What do you got going on here?
A dry Indian spice rub
and a carrot coconut puree
This one's a little pinkish
- Medium rare-ish
- Okay
- Who is this?
- [O'Shay] I'm so stressed right now
I don't wanna lose. No one wants
to be the first person to go home
[Alex]
Right, Alejandro
Give me the name of the two
weakest-performing chefs on your team
So first, we have...
Ileana
[Ileana] My heart's in my throat
I wanna stick around
I don't wanna leave Hell's Kitchen
And then second, we have Dafne
Alex, weakest-performing wings
on your team
Chef, we have, uh, O'Shay and Billy
Ileana, Dafne, Billy and O'Shay,
make your way around to the front
I am so disappointed in myself
Dafne, bring up your dish. Let's go
I cannot believe I am bottom two right now
with a f*cking chicken wing
What did you say, Alejandro?
So, even though her dish
was super ambitious,
I just felt like it lacked
flavor and seasoning
Thank you. Uh, you're right
They did lack flavor. That's right
Ileana, let's go
Alejandro, your comments were?
Her dish, uh, was a little under
- I did find a couple pieces I could try
- Wow
Again, it lacked flavor
Just poorly ex*cuted
How did you cook them?
Why are they so tough?
Uh, I fried them
and then finished them in the oven
But it didn't work in my favor exactly
No, it definitely did not work
in your favor. Thank you
- Right. Billy, step forward
- Yes, Chef
Alex, what did you say about these?
I felt that the wings were overcooked,
the flavor profiles
did not make sense to me
Wow
I felt my dish was pretty damn good
I know Alex knows I'm a competitor
He knows that I'm here to win
and I don't blame him for putting me up,
you know, because I am a thr*at
How did you cook these, Billy?
I baked them, fried them
and then a little bit on the grill, Chef
If you're gonna cook something
three times, keep the skin on. Protect it
Yeah? I expect better
You got it, Chef
Okay, O'Shay. Let's go
Alex, your comments were?
Visually, I feel like the plating
is a little old school
I don't quite understand
the sautéed spinach underneath
- How did you cook these?
- I pan-seared them
I should've done it a little longer
Should've checked them
O'Shay. Oh, dear
The actual spinach is tasty
but it doesn't go with the wings
Just wanted to add something
- Give them something different
- Back in line
Those wings were underwhelming
My decision is...
Billy and Dafne
- Rejoin your teams now
- Thank you, Chef
[Dafne] Thank you, Chef
Yes, thank you, Grandma,
for watching over me
I never, ever wanna be down there again
This is really hard
We haven't even opened Hell's Kitchen yet
My decision is...
O'Shay
Back in line
[Abe] Wow
I don't like losing, being in the bottom,
and I don't like being
on the chopping block
I'm going to bounce back
I gotta bounce back
Ileana, step forward, please
- Ileana, was that your best?
- No, Chef. It was not
We've just started this competition
It's the beginning
If you can't get a wing right, what chance
have you got of getting to Atlantic City?
Give me your jacket
Chef, I feel that I should stay
in Hell's Kitchen
I do have leadership skills
I know that I can do better than that,
and show you more
We're talking about a chicken wing,
young lady
Ileana, listen very carefully
You've got one more chance. Back in line
[Ileana] I'm not done proving what I have
to prove, and I'm not done fighting
I'm in Hell's Kitchen to grow, to learn,
to really feel the pressure
And I haven't gotten a chance
to prove myself yet
Now, all of you head into the dorms,
your sous chefs will call you down when
they're ready to go through the menu
- Off you go
- Go
- Alejandro. Alex. Good job
- Thank you, Chef
I'm definitely disappointed my wings
didn't get picked,
but Alejandro's a really,
really strong cook, so props to him
[Dafne sighs]
Dude, that was so f*cking scary
- [Tara] Oh, my gosh. Is it our knives?
- [Nicole] Yeah!
Look what I got! [laughs]
[O'Shay] Oh, we got our Henckels
- Yeah, baby
- [cheering]
[O'Shay] Y'all, Chef's the man, y'all
Chef's the man. [cheers]
[Cheyenne] Nobody from Red's
going home tonight
Receiving the Henckels knives makes
this competition feel so much more real
[Ileana] Group hug. Group hug
It kind of set in that tonight
is the night to show what we have
We're gonna go off tonight
[Jason] Red kitchen. Red kitchen
[narrator] In order to be fully prepared
for dinner service...
We're gonna walk you through these dishes
Pay attention, listen, and absorb
...Chef Ramsay has set aside
five hours of menu training
[Jason] This is the infamous
Hell's Kitchen risotto
Lobster get's poached in Beurre monte,
so if it boils, it breaks
Crispy skin salmon will be
the death of many of you
You really want to cook it
mostly on the skin side
They are bouncing from dish to dish
I don't even know what to write down
It's crazy
Do we torch the burrata
or just melt on its own?
Is there gonna be a bayberry on the side?
The fries
What station are they coming off of?
Blue Team has been asking a lot of stupid
questions. It's really annoying
What other questions
do you have right now?
Too many
I'm a little bit, uh, overwhelmed
[Jason] Back to the carbonara
I heated up this pan, 'cause
I want you to see what's gonna happen
If I put the base in this pan right now,
you're gonna have
scrambled eggs instantaneously
[Abe]
You put salt and pepper on that, Chef?
[Jason] Just a light seasoning
I'm not feeling confident
about dinner service
- [Alex] You putting any oil in the pan?
- Chef, you added salt to those?
I'm terrified. It's an icky,
going-to-prom-with-your-cousin feeling
You know you should be excited
about the night,
but you're just not. [chuckles]
So as far as setting up the stations,
is there a formula that we follow,
or we're just going by memory?
What do you mean a formula?
Well I've had, you know,
"This is your prep list for your station."
[Ileana] Really, you gonna ask
that question?
Do you just want to hear yourself talk?
You can't teach an old dog
new tricks sometimes
Are we basically coming in...
You're going for the most prestigious
position with a giant salary,
do you think we're gonna be like,
"Here's your list"? Come on, man
[Zeus] There's definitely some challenges
I can't lie,
I'm nervous going in to this one
That answers my question
Okay. Anything else?
- [narrator] Coming up...
- I'm so hungry
- Yeah, word up
- I'll take anything at this point
[narrator]
First dinner services can be rough
- [Ramsay sighs] f*cking hell
- f*ck
Great white shark has eaten
half his f*cking brain
Okay, will you listen
when I'm talking to you?
On order. Four covers, table four
Let's go. Hey!
- Guys!
- Shh
- [narrator] And for one chef...
- Am I supposed to shout over you?
...it's going to be their last
How can we be this bad?
Damn. That hurts
[narrator] In spite of the menu training...
All right. So, wait. So, I'm confused
...the fortysomethings team is
a bit concerned about their...
First service in house
Just gotta talk, man
Is the sriracha aioli coming from us?
- No. It's coming from...
- No. It's over here
- You sure?
- Yes
I'm doing the meat station with Billy
[Billy] Kinda gotta piss
Yeah. I got the monkey
[Billy] Oh, f*ck
I need lamb. I need lamb
- What are you looking for?
- Lamb
- Lamb?
- I need some lamb
[narrator] As both teams prep
their stations for dinner service...
Alyssa, where should we hold our fish?
[Alyssa] That's going down,
where you just pulled it from
All right. Word up. Makes sense to me
...one chef is struggling to get on
to the good side
of her twentysomething teammates
- You guys, is this anyone's list?
- [Ileana] That's mine
I'm partnered with Ileana
and let me tell you, I'm a little nervous
She's the weakest link on our team
- [Vlad] Are those scored?
- No. I'm scoring them now
[Ileana] Behind you
Can I do one with you, maybe?
[Alyssa] Use my Kn*fe. Don't use...
No, they're supposed to be parallel
What are you doing? No
- Parallel
- [Ileana] All right
I'm trying to get everything
where it's supposed to be,
and Alyssa's kind of being a bitch
about it right now
Like, okay, girl, just trying to help you
set up the station
- So switch this
- I didn't ask for an attitude
[narrator] As the chefs finish
their last minute prep...
- [Abe] Let's rock and roll, baby
- You got it, man
...Chef Ramsay welcomes Matthew
- [Ramsay] You good?
- Yes, sir
- Welcome back, bud. Nice to see you
- Thank you, Chef. Appreciate it
...who will be filling in as maître d'
while Marino is home visiting family
- Hey, let's go
- Thank you. Let's go
- Matthew?
- [Matthew] Yes, Chef
- Open Hell's Kitchen, please. Let's go
- Yes, Chef
[narrator] With Hell's Kitchen's return
to the City of Angels,
the demand for tables
has been extraordinary
Cheers! Whoo!
They have been booked months in advance
And naturally, there is a ton of
anticipation for tonight's opening night
Biggest service of our careers
Right here. Right now
[Dafne] Guys, we got this
[narrator] The first ever
Battle of the Ages dinner service
features a menu that includes a number
of Chef Ramsay's trademark dishes...
Saffron risotto and the Beef Wellington
...and some exciting new additions...
Rack of lamb
...which also features
Alex's Asian-themed wings
and Alejandro's Mediterranean wings,
to be served in the dining room
by Nicole and Tara on the Blue Team...
They're crunchy. Try it
...and Vlad and Brett on the Red Team
And a little bit of
pomegranates for crunch
[narrator] In the kitchen tonight,
sitting at the chef's tables,
will be major recording artists
Mr. Simmons, yeah!
[narrator] Rock and roll hall of famer,
the legend from Kiss,
Gene Simmons will be in
the fortysomethings' Blue kitchen
Thank you so much for coming. Are we good?
- I can't complain now that I'm here
- You look great
[narrator] And actress
and multi-platinum pop singer, JoJo...
Thank you
...will be in the twentysomethings'
Red kitchen
- I'm so hungry
- Yeah. Word up
[Alejandro] I'm not gonna lie,
JoJo was actually
the first celebrity crush I ever had
I used to have posters on my wall of her
I was f*cking obsessed with her. [laughs]
I'm gonna make sure her food
comes out perfect
Red Team, here we go
First order. Four covers, table
Two risotto, two flatbread, let's go!
- Heard!
- [all] Yes, Chef!
Two risotto, two flatbread,
how long you gonna need that risotto?
- Four minutes. So I'll go with you
- [Sommer] I'll start going
So that's one lobster tail for risotto?
- Ask, because I didn't hear
- Okay
- Alejandro, is that one or two risotto?
- Two risotto all day
Two risotto all day. All right
Lobster tails are down
[Dafne] Tell me how long do you need
Uh, we need eight minutes
Seven minu... Seven minutes
How do you need seven minutes
to cook lobster tail?
It should be three minutes to the window
You gotta scoot over
You have this whole thing
Maybe if you focused on what you were
cooking, instead of fighting with Alyssa
this would go down a lot easier
We're four out
Wait. How are we four out
if you just told her seven minutes?
Seven minutes. One minute's just gone by
Yeah. So that's six
- How long for the risotto?
- Oh, four minutes, Chef
Hold on. How long does the lobster take?
- About seven minutes, Chef
- No, it doesn't
Seven... No, it doesn't
How come the lobster's taking longer
than risotto?
- It's a three-minute pickup, not seven
- Yes, Chef. Heard
You're supposed to be the twentysomething,
not the slowest
- Yes, Chef
- [Alyssa] Yes, Chef
- Where's Gene sat?
- Right there. Right across us
At the other chef's table
[laughs]
Good. Let's go, Matthew
Blue Team. First order on
Here we go. Four covers, table three
Two carbonara, two risotto
- Heard, Chef!
- Heard that!
- [Ramsay] Let's go
- Let's go, let's go! Push it. Push it
You drop those tails?
Three minutes, good with the lobster
[Alex] Everybody's just so nervous
It's our first dinner service
I'm incredibly excited,
but that excitement is probably
covered up by crippling anxiety
My heart is b*ating. I'm breathing heavy
But I know we're gonna come together,
and do a great job
What's Zeus doing? What's he doing?
Go ahead an... Mix it a little bit tighter
Come on, guys. What's happening?
What is happening?
It's like f*cking vomit
Come on. Please!
- Unbelievable
- It's eggs and pasta for f*ck's sake
Come on, Blue Team
It's painful
f*ck
[Alex]
The shark bite has gotten into his head
He was basically making
scrambled eggs with pasta
Use your brain, man
Risotto's about to walk
Walking risotto. Rocker Lobster
- Walking right here. Hot
- [Abe] Hot! Hot!
Hot behind you, Chef
[narrator]
It's minutes into dinner service,
and Blue diners are still waiting
on their appetizers...
I don't want to fill up on bread
[chuckles]
- I'll take anything at this point
- Hot behind you, Chef
...and Zeus has just delivered his second
attempt at carbonara to Chef Ramsay
[Ramsay sighs] f*ck me
Hey. Hey. Hey. All of you, stop
Come here. Hurry up. Come on
That's salty as f*ck,
and f*cking scrambled eggs
Are you f*cking serious?
The great white shark has eaten
half his f*cking brain
Zeus and that damn carbonara
How are we in the sh*t like this?
- Come on!
- [Abe] We'll bounce back, Chef
[Billy] Let's bounce back, guys! Come on!
Oh, my God. It was mistake after mistake
- Little bit tighter
- [Zeus] Little bit tighter?
[Alex] Did you taste it?
Zeus is literally like the Berlin Wall
He is just crumbling piece by piece
What did I miss on this?
I feel like I f*cked it up, man
- Trying to tighten it up
- Let him do it
- [Alex] Yes, Chef
- He should be cooking
- Two carbonara. Two risotto. Let's go
- Yes, Chef
- Two minutes
- Get it together!
[all] Yes, Chef!
[narrator] While the oldest chef
in the fortysomething kitchen
refires another carbonara,
the twentysomethings are asking
a familiar question
[Dafne] Uh, where's my lobster?
You guys, how long did you say?
Three minutes?
What are you trying to do?
God. I'm trying to figure out
where my sh*t should go
[Dafne] Ileana and Alyssa,
they're like two bickering f*cking birds
Like... [mimics arguing]
You ready? Lobster ready?
This one is perfect
This one can go a little bit longer
- [Alyssa] Get it done
- You guys, I'm ready to go with risotto
Yes. Lobster's ready
I'm getting my skewers out
- I'm cutting flatbread right now
- [Christina] Two risotto plates, right?
- Yes, Chef
- Thank you
[Sommer] Two flatbread
Risotto, she's plating it
So hurry up. Please
[Ileana] Walking right now
- Thank you
- [Dafne] Yes, Chef
- Don't hold that down. Push them
- [Dafne] Yes, Chef
- We never wait for the lobster
- Yes, Chef
- I feel stressed out already. Yes
- You do?
[narrator] With the Red Team
finally pushing out their appetizers...
[Ramsay] Go, please, John
All right. Ready. Walking carbonara
...Zeus is hoping to get his third try
at his first carbonara approved...
- [Ramsay] Let's go
- [Zeus] Carbonara
[Ramsay] Service, please
[Billy] Finally
I don't know what went on with Zeus
I mean, he's years old
He's like the O-O-OG of the team, so I
don't know if he just couldn't handle it
But thank God you brought it home
- Go, go, go
- [narrator] Appetizers are now flying
out of both the Red and Blue kitchens
Oh, my goodness
Oh, wow. That's really good
Mmm
And both teams are preparing
for Chef Ramsay
to call the first entrées of the night
I can work with you. I just need you to
talk to me and we're okay
[Ileana]
Will you listen when I'm talking to you?
On order. Four covers, table four
- No, because I just sat it down...
- [Ramsay] Guys!
- Am I supposed to shout over you?
- No, Chef
- You gotta listen!
- [all] Yes, Chef
Table four. Entrée. Two halibut,
one salmon, one Wellington
- Heard? Let's go
- Yes, Chef!
Do you want to take halibut,
I'll take salmon?
- I'll do salmon
- You'll do salmon? All right
A hard four, guys
- One salmon, two halibut, one Wellie
- Four minutes to the window
Are you sure that salmon's gonna go out
in four minutes?
- Are you sure that salmon's going...
- Fine. No arguing!
- Relax
- Ileana, I am your partner
You need to look at me. You need
to understand. You need to listen
[Vlad] Please, just work together
I gotta have someone
that can work with me too
Communication is key
And she shut down. She shut me out
I got it. Halibut, walking to the pass
- [Sakari] Yeah. Walk, walk, walk
- [Cheyenne] Walking Wellie
Walking Wellie. Behind you. Hot. Wellie
[Ramsay] Where's the salmon though?
Hold on. I think we f*cked up
Hey, come here. Two halibut, one salmon,
one Wellington. Yeah?
- Where's the salmon?
- I've got salmon ready
- Salmon's right here, Chef
- Right here, Chef
Where's the garnish for the salmon?
Hey, we're not even working as a team
You can't send unless we're all together
And why is the protein here first
before the garnish?
- Wasn't ready, Chef
- What do you tell him?
- [Alejandro] Tell him I'm not ready
- You can't just throw him under the bus,
and f*cking screw the setup
Meat and fish are
not communicating with me
And I need to walk my garnishes up way
before they even bring their proteins up
They haven't said a word the entire night
Instead, they've been complaining
to each other and yelling at each other
- Garnish, how long you need?
- [Alejandro] Coming up now
- Garnish, Chef
- Thank you, Alejandro. I apologize
- [Alejandro] Nah, you're good
- [Ramsay] Table four please. Let's go
[narrator]
While the Red Team finally sends out
- their first entrées of the night...
- Come on, guys. Keep talking. Let's go
...the Blue Team is ready to rock on theirs...
- Chef's table. Gene Simmons. Yes?
- [all] Yes, Chef
Entrée. Two chicken, two Wellington
- V-VIP. Let's go, guys, yes?
- [all] Yes, Chef
- Yes, Chef
- [Ramsay] Heard, Charlene?
Hey, you should be moving now,
not staring at me. f*ck me
- Wellingtons in. Let's go
- [Billy] Heard, Chef
- Yes, Chef
- [Billy] Come on. Let's get it together
Gene Simmons. The legend from Kiss
I'm just a country bumpkin and I'm
cooking for Gene Simmons? Holy sh*t
I don't wanna disappoint
[Ramsay] Gene's table, yes?
How long?
Earth to Charlene!
- How long? Chicken
- [Charlene] Fifteen minutes
- Fifteen minutes, Chef
- Fifteen minutes? f*ck me
Tell my why " minutes"?
It's normally like
a six or seven minute pick-up
- I just don't wanna give you a low number
- You don't what?
- I was trying to overestimate
- [Ramsay] A wrong number?
- Yes
- Fifteen minutes?
Hey, we'll be here till New Year's Eve
There was no communication
At the end of the day,
it's all about the times
Time, time, time, time, time
- You got chicken?
- I'm putting it down right now
Hey, stop!
You don't have the chicken in?
Hey, all of you, come here
Come here, all of you
Get in!
Oh, my God
[narrator]
It's over an hour into dinner service...
Get the chicken in now
- [Abe] Still, get 'em in
- Hey, stop
You don't have the chicken in?
...and Charlene and Billy's unfired chicken...
- Hey, all of you. Come here
- ...has forced Chef Ramsay
to request a meeting
[Ramsay] Get in!
Oh, my God
This is absolute bullshit
How can we be this bad?
We're not even moving at snail pace
We're not even moving at all
Someone install some vigor
Otherwise, all of you f*ck off
- Communication, guys
- We have to start talking
- Yelling's not gonna fix anything
- [Billy] We gotta work as a team
It's opening night
Let's get out of our heads
- Let's get this done
- We gotta get out there
- Let's go, baby. Let's go, baby!
- Come on!
- Blue, go!
- Let's go!
It's very overwhelming when Chef Ramsay
is screaming at you
and telling you how dumb you are
And, basically, that your mom
dropped you on your head a few times
- How long on that chicken?
- I... I mean... It's cooking
At this point, it's just tunnel vision
on this chicken debacle
Hot, hot! Behind!
[Billy] Can you check and see
if that's ready? Feels ready, right?
- Chicken, guys?
- Yes
Yeah, I would rest that
- Salmon? Let's go, O'Shay
- Walking
Put it down. Come on, big man
Put it down, please
- Thank you, Chef
- Salad, garnish. Pass it down
- Chicken. Wellington
- On the way, Chef. On the way
Two chickens
- We're gonna finish this service, guys
- Come on, guys. We got this. Come on
- [Ramsay] Wellingtons
- [Billy] Yes, Chef. In my hands
- Coming through!
- Garnish is up there?
Go, go, go, go, go
- [Ramsay] Wellingtons?
- Right there, Chef
- [Zeus] Two Wellies, Chef
- [sighs]
- Are they cold?
- [Abe] Damn it
- I just...
- Shut the f*ck up
Cold Wellington and pink f*cking chicken
And you think I'm gonna serve that
to the lead singer of Kiss?
You can kiss my f*cking arse!
Now do me one thing as a team
Head to the dorm, come out with
two individuals that don't belong here
Now, get the f*ck out of here
- Yikes
- Damn, that hurts
I'm extremely upset
that we got kicked out
It's... It's humiliating
I'm tired. I'm sore
I'm mentally a little bit
just broken down right now
[Abe groans]
- [narrator] While the Blue Team sulks...
- [Abe] We were f*cking at the finish line
...the Red Team is pushing out entrées
- [Alyssa and Ileana] Walking salmon!
- Come on, VIP ticket. Let's go
- [Ramsay] Who cooked that?
- [Christina] Uh, Ileana
Nice. Let's go. Chef's table, please
[Ileana]
There's a lot on the line at this point
I really gotta prove myself
and I know that I can
We're good. We're solid
I gotta show that I'm like Elastic-Woman
and I can bounce back
Y'all ain't gonna
get rid of me that easily
Yes, thank you. [cheers]
All right, guys, let's keep this up
We're doing good now
- I feel like we got our pace
- Keep communicating, guys
[narrator] Now that JoJo and her fiancé
are enjoying their meal...
Mmm. Ooh!
...the Red Team is flying through
the rest of their entrées...
- [Ramsay] Nicely cooked, the lamb
- Thank you, Chef
[Ramsay] Service, please
...and starting to serve dessert
Yeah, just like...
It's supposed to be four
- Sticky toffee pudding
- Oh, perfect
- Fish and meat, garnish, well done
- [Cheyenne and Ileana] Thank you, Chef
I am so f*cking proud of the Red Team
I'm telling you, these old geezers better
learn, 'cause we're here to f*cking k*ll
- [Sakari] Great job, team
- Good job, guys
Good job. Good sh*t
I'm pretty embarrassed
of what we brought to the table today
And, I mean, the communication was off
There was no momentum. No energy
There was energy
It was just nervous energy
- I mean...
- [O'Shay] Yeah. I think so
[Abe]
All I know is, we're better than this
Nobody was calling back when I'm talking
We can't f*cking shut down
just 'cause you f*ck up, man
That's all there is to it
Zeus, you f*cked up the carbonara a lot
- Whose fault was it with all the chicken?
- It was in her possession
I was going back to get the Wellington
and it just clusterfucked
I should have said, "This is not done
Give it another minute."
And so, that's my fault
When I got paired up with Billy,
I knew it was going to be a problem
The ego gets in the way and it's
a sense of not taking the responsibility
I asked you to take a look at it
and you said it was done
I do not deserve to go home tonight
I had one mess-up
I mean, I would have been better off
working that station by myself
The bottom line is we had
a lot of f*ck ups
Now, I get it what you said about
the carbonara
[Abe]
You f*cked up a lot. Not just on that
You weren't communicating, you shut down
You didn't know what to say
That does not show leadership
for the team
And that's the only reason
why I put you up
'Cause you f*cked up a lot,
and she f*cked up a lot on the chicken
You're talking a lot of smack
on what's going on over here
You had the easiest
f*cking station tonight
Carbonara's f*cking easy, bro
Okay, I get that
You already said that ten f*cking times
Let's be honest,
and let's look through all the bullshit
and really decide,
who cooked good tonight and who didn't
- So, it's Charlene no matter what
- And then I would do Billy
[Billy] Why should I go up, you know?
There's no reason why
I got one Wellington sent back
What the f*ck just happened?
Frigging Zeus was making
scrambled eggs all night
Yo, guys, I think it's f*cked up, man,
that you guys are putting me up
I'm f*cking butthurt, bro
I mean, you guys just picking me just
because you're scared of me or something?
- It was about all of the communication
- It's all my fault? All the communication?
Dude, meat station is the reason why
we got kicked out the kitchen
No, it's not. It's the start of hot apps
That's where we went down
That's where we f*cking went down
Take a f*cking look in the mirror and
not f*cking blame me for some bullshit
Tonight should have been joyous,
but it was mistake,
after mistake, after mistake
Abe
Blue Team's first nominee, and why?
Our first nominee is Charlene
The meat station was
a huge failure tonight
The chicken... The times were crazy
And the inconsistency
on the station altogether
Second nominee and why?
Uh...
Billy
Also on the meat station
The callbacks on the times being accurate
Charlene, Billy, step forward, please
- Billy, rough night
- Horrible night, Chef
Tell me why you think
you should stay in Hell's Kitchen
Chef, I have passion
I love what I do. I love cooking
And I'm here to win, Chef
Charlene, tell me why you think
you should stay in Hell's Kitchen
[Charlene] You can't fix something
you're not willing to admit
and I'm willing to admit that a lot of
what happened was my not voicing myself
But are you telling me that
you're better than what I saw tonight?
Absolutely
I did not try to get in the driver's seat
I sat in the passenger's seat,
and I apologize
Billy, are you better
than what I saw tonight?
Of course, Chef. It was just an off night,
and I will prove it to you, Chef, if I can
have another night in Hell's Kitchen
The person leaving Hell's Kitchen...
Chef, may I speak?
- [groans] f*ck me, shark bait
- [Zeus] Can I step in?
What is it?
I feel that I belong down here
- Get back in line
- Let me speak
I had a terrible service
It's a lot harder than I expected
And... Relax
I feel that I belong down here
I feel Charlene and Billy
want this more than I do
Zeus...
Get back in f*cking line
[sighs]
My decision is...
Billy
Get back in line
[Billy exhales]
Charlene...
You're not ready to become my head chef
Please, give me your jacket
- Thank you
- Thank you
- Good night
- [Charlene] Good night
I'm definitely disappointed
You know I didn't come all the way
out here for one dinner service
But I had lost my confidence
and I was not taking the initiative
And it was a fatal error
I'm not done
- Zeus
- Yes, Chef
Step forward
Excuse me
If you are willing
to give up your spot that easily,
you do not deserve to be here
Give me your jacket and get out
Excellent
[Zeus] You're only as good
as your last service
And after tonight's service,
I felt a little ill
Look, it's hard
It's called Hell's Kitchen for a reason
This heat here, it was just something
I didn't want a part of
All of you, listen up
This competition is about bouncing back
stronger, more confident
- Can you bounce back?
- [all] Yes, Chef
[Ramsay] 'Cause if you can't,
there's the door
Now, f*ck off
Bon voyage
Zeus going up there like he was
overwhelmed. The proof is in the pudding
[chuckles]
And that pudding was full of sh*t
I'm super excited that I'm still here
And I'm here to win
I wanna work for
the legendary GOAT of culinary
[Cheyenne] Two people from
the Blue Team go home right away
And the Blue Team is looking pretty weak
So the young g*ns, the twentysomethings,
we're so excited to keep kicking ass
[sighs] f*ck me
Charlene had trouble with her chicken,
and Zeus was nothing but a chicken
Good riddance
[narrator] Next time, on Hell's Kitchen...
I honestly feel like if you're cooking
a salmon, halibut, and scallops,
what the f*ck am I sitting here doing?
- [narrator] Will a feud between two chefs...
- Nobody is running that station!
...cause the Red Team to crumble?
- I'm allowed to have my opinion
- Keep that to yourself
I feel like my whole team
just kinda flipped a switch on me
[narrator]
And could one chef's manic energy...
- I'm f*cking ready. Let's f*cking go
- Look, breathe. Don't yell
- Let's do this, guys!
- ...drive his teammates so crazy...
Two flatbread. Two...
Don't confuse me
Billy makes everybody's head spin
...that they ask Chef Ramsay
to get rid of him?
I need to see everybody in
the dining room, immediately
- Hey, Chef is pissed
- [Ileana] Wait, what?
It can't go on like this
[narrator]
Find out next time on an extreme...
- [Ileana] Yo, is that Tony Hawk?
- [Mindy] I will do what it takes
- Oh, my goodness
- ...high-octane episode of Hell's Kitchen
21x02 - Just Wingin' It
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Reality television show that uses a progressive elimination format to narrow down a field of 20 to 12 aspiring chefs to one single winner over the course of one season.
Reality television show that uses a progressive elimination format to narrow down a field of 20 to 12 aspiring chefs to one single winner over the course of one season.