[narrator] Previously on Hell's Kitchen...
[Ramsay] Get it in the water
[narrator] The chefs were tasked
with breaking down lobsters
- Ooh, that's hot!
- I've been breaking down whole lobsters,
I couldn't tell you how long
[narrator]
Tara on the fortysomethings Blue Team...
- [Ramsay] Tara, get it on the plate
- [groans]
- ...struggled to finish hers
- Oh, my God
And twentysomethings line cook, Sommer...
This has more attention to detail
Ileana's is butchered
...clawed her way into judging
No legs
Your dish is out. What a shame
[narrator] The fortysomethings
perfect lobsters totaled...
- ...five
- Total redemption
But in spite of Sommer's
failed lobster, Alejandro...
- Eight legs, perfect lobster extracted
- Thank you, Chef
- Congratulations
- [cheering]
...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 f*ck am I sitting here doing?
...Sommer and Ileana's schoolgirl spat...
Nobody is running that station
...did not stop the twentysomethings
from completing service successfully
- Beautifully cooked, the lamb
- Thank you, Chef
While in the fortysomethings kitchen...
- Two flatbread, two...
- Don't confuse me
...Billy's behavior...
- I'm sorry, Chef. Yes, Chef. Yes, Chef
- Just get in with your team, please
- ...Nicole's chicken...
- [Ramsay] The chicken is raw
- ...and O'Shay's Wellingtons...
- [Ramsay] The Wellingtons are overcooked
- ...brought the kitchen to a halt
- Ah, f*ck. Get out
They nominated...
- O'Shay
- ...and...
Nicole from the meat station
- But in the end, Chef Ramsay sent...
- O'Shay
...home, ending his dream
of becoming head chef
at Hell's Kitchen, Caesar's,
Atlantic City
I need to see everybody
in the dining room immediately
Later that evening...
I am not going to continue serving
half the diners in this restaurant
...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
And now the continuation
of Hell's Kitchen
- Now get out of here
- Heard, Chef
Thank you, Chef
- [Alex] I did not see that coming
- [Tara] No
[exhales]
That just f*cking 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
- [all laughing]
Let's do this, boys
Let's f*cking do this. Come on!
f*cking do this!
[Alejandro] Yo, Blue Team meeting
We need to step it the f*ck up, right?
- Okay. What we're going to do...
- Yeah, we do
We got to work as
a f*cking team, though. Okay?
- Absolutely
- Cool? Absolutely, right?
Right now, the Blue Team
is super stinking jazzed
Everybody's on cloud nine
How's it gonna feel
that you guys get to go into rewards?
[all laughing]
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 forties
- We are not bad chefs. [laughs]
- Hell yeah
Me, Mindy and Nicole. We need to win
We need to show what the younger girls,
the -year-olds
can compete at a higher level
We haven't even seen you guys cook
- [phone ringing]
- [Brett] Oh, God
Good morning. This is Tara
I need you to get everybody
in their beachwear and out front. Hurry!
- Everybody, beachwear right now
- [all] Beachwear?
Huh? Beachwear?
What are we doing?
We gonna go swim with some sharks?
- [Abe] Let's go, let's go!
- [all chanting] Blue. Blue. Blue. Blue
- [Ileana] Oh, my God. Yes!
- [all cheering]
[Ramsay] Good morning. Line up, please
- Welcome to the HK water park
- [Alex] Yeah!
[cheering]
[Billy] I love water parks
I have a season's pass
Actually, the last time I went down
a waterslide was about three weeks ago
[chuckling]
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 twenty spots the fastest,
wins a very valuable
five-minute head start
- in the cook
- Oh
- [Ramsay] Understood?
- [all] Yes, Chef
Red Team, follow Christina
over to the ladders. Thank you
[Tara] Sliding for sliders
Hell yes
We're little. We can slide down
that slide super, super fast
On your mark. Get set
Go!
Go. Careful. Careful. Careful
- Don't trip
- [Ramsay] Go, go, go, go
[screams]
[Ramsay] Let's go! [laughing]
[Nicole] Oh, my God. I'm 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."
[Ramsay laughing]
Come on, ladies. Let's go
[all cheering]
- Hurry up. Jesus
- [Alex laughs]
- Holy sh*t!
- Holy crap!
- Quick! What have you got?
- [Ileana] Yellow squash
[Ramsay] Yellow squash. Okay
Let's go
[Sommer] I don't want to panic
We're just trying to pair things together
that work well
with the certain proteins
[Ramsay] It's a race, ladies
- [Sommer] I got bleu cheese
- Bleu cheese with lamb
- [Ramsay] Oh, my goodness me
- Okay, that's weird
I mean, champagne was made from a mistake
You know, maybe bleu cheese and lamb
does pair well together
You just haven't seen it yet
[Ramsay] Come on, ladies
- It's a race
- Okay, we have mango
Come on. You're wasting time
Wow. Almost all of them are filled
Let me just put it with chicken
Hopefully it works out
[Billy] Dude, they're just throwing
the sh*t up there, guys
- What have you got?
- [Alyssa] Provolone
[Ramsay] Work it out, work it out
She got white cheddar and provolone?
- Don't put two cheeses on a slider either
- No. No cheeses
- [Vlad] Let's learn from their mistakes
- Okay. Last spot. Here we go
- [Dafne] Persian cucumber
- You don't have a choice
- Are you going... Cucumbers
- [Dafne] Damn it
Done, ladies. Well done
Come on. Well done
[Billy] The girls put cucumbers twice
and bleu cheese with lamb on one dish
Like, what are you thinking?
Okay, on your mark. Get set
Go. Let's go
[Vlad] For our team strategy,
we're trying not
to grab random ingredients
that don't work with the proteins
[Ramsay] Let's go
For the salmon we want Greek yogurt,
cucumbers and things like that
[Ramsay] 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
[Ramsay]
Good, truffle egg. Well done. Let's go!
Watch out, girls! Some waves coming
[laughs] 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. Come on!
This is a complete sh*t show
in front of us
- [Billy] Cucumber
- [Ramsay] Two to go
One more. One more. One more
Greek for the chicken burger
- Take it
- [Ramsay] 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...
the Red Team
Yes! Let's go!
Three seconds. It was that close
Right. Both teams go and get changed
and I'll see you in the kitchen
[Alex] I'm not worried at all
Five minutes don't mean nothing
if you can't do anything
with your ingredients. [chuckles]
[all cheering]
[Alyssa] Yeah, boys. Suck that
The girl's 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...
- [Ramsay] Aprons on
- ...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 making beef sliders
Behind
I'm nervous cooking a beef slider
because last night I was
on the chopping block
I'm going to 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 you going towards?
I'm gonna roll this and then pan sear it
[narrator] Alyssa and Mindy
are on the chicken sliders
[Alyssa] I think I might grill
the mango too, honestly
[narrator]
Ileana and Dafne are responsible
for the salmon sliders...
How much black garlic
should I put in here?
[Dafne] One
...while Tara and Cheyenne
are handling the lamb sliders
Double cucumber's a tough one
I have lamb. I have bleu cheese
I have two cucumbers
I've got to 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, girl. You got this
Let's show 'em what we got
Five, four, three, two, one. Let's go
- Come on, guys. Here we go
- [Abe] Get it
[narrator] While the Red Team is well
on their way with their sliders...
Aprons on, aprons on, aprons on
...the Blue Team races to get theirs going
with just minutes left
I'm pickling my cucumbers
Billy and Vlad will be using
the same five ingredients
to make two unique orders of lamb sliders
- You still have that Microplane?
- [Alex] Uh, yes
Alejandro and Alex will be responsible
for their take on a chicken slider
I'm gonna make a hand-fried salmon burger
Abe and Sakari are on the salmon sliders
And with only seven chefs
in the Blue kitchen...
Got quail eggs. Truffle and crème fraîche
Really nice
...Brett will be the only chef
on the men's team cooking beef sliders
We get into this and the boys are buzzing
- Coming in, bro
- Sorry
But the biggest concern
going into this challenge is Billy
Is this thing plugged up?
- Twelve minutes, gentlemen
- Behind. Behind. I'm 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-True does it
- Behind, behind
- [Ramsay] Five minutes to go
[Billy groans]
- [Brett] f*ck
- [Billy] Oh, God
[Brett] Fire, fire, fire. k*ll it
Oh, God
[narrator] With time running out
in the Hell's Slip and Slider Challenge...
[Ramsay] Five minutes to go
...Billy's dream of excelling
with his sliders
- may be going up in flames
- [Brett] Fire, fire, fire. k*ll it
[Billy] Let me turn this flame down
Think that's too burnt?
[Ramsay] Three minutes, gentlemen
[Blue Team] Three minutes
Guys, let's go
If you need anything holler, please
- [Alex] Yes
- I need skewers
Sixty seconds to go, ladies
Come on, let's go
- [Christina] One minute, guys
- [Cheyenne] Those buns are cooking
- sh*t
- [Christina] Keep working
- We only got a minute. Go
- [Cheyenne] Let's go, guys
[Ramsay]
Thirty seconds to go. Let's go, Mindy
Skewers. Behind. Going to the pass
- Twenty 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
[Ramsay] Well done
I'm only gonna be tasting
one protein from each team
Now you've all got 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... 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 going to be a little bit juicer,
you know?
- Okay. Yes
- Are you cool with that? Yeah? Okay
- I know my tzatziki is on point
- They're going to love that
- Yo, bro. 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 'cause...
- I like the look of Vlad's
- You got it
This is bullshit
I think they're threatened by me
Come on, guys
Right, uh, ladies,
whose chicken am I tasting?
- Mine, Chef
- [Ramsay] Gentlemen?
- Chef, we're tasting mine
- [Ramsay] 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
[Cheyenne]
Now 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
Wow. David Myers
is incredibly handsome. [laughs]
- 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
Uh, Alejandro, describe your slider
Um, 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
- Clever. Really, really clever
- [Alejandro] Thank you, Chef
And, personally, go a bit thicker,
- because it's a bit too thin
- Yeah
- Heard
- [Ramsay] Ready to vote?
Let's do it
There we go. [laughs]
- Two stars. Bravo, chef. Bravo
- Awesome. Thank you
Right. Chicken, Red Team. Alyssa
Thank you
- [Alyssa] Hi
- Wow. Look at that
[Alyssa] Uh, so today
you have a ground chicken burger
I've used a poblano and mango chutney
Tough one, though
Mango in a chicken slider
Yeah, real challenging
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
- It's good
- Thank you, Chef
- I think you've done a great job
- [Ramsay] Really good. Shall we?
- Yeah. Let's do it
- Thank you, Chef
- [Myers] Bravo. That was a hard one
Boom, that is mine
It is an A-plus game right there
- You needed that
- [Ramsay] 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?
[Blue Team cheering]
Let's go, baby!
...Dafne serves up her poached salmon slider
with black garlic and pickled fennel
- Pickled fennel. You nailed it
- Thank you, Chef
Be careful 'cause it's quite dense inside,
and so it's hard
Thank you so much
[Myers] All right
We got this, you guys. We got this
[narrator] Up next...
Vlad, let's go, please. Lamb burger
The Blue Team has chosen Vlad
and his lamb slider
topped with spinach, to be judged
over Billy's pesto lamb slider
[Ramsay]
The spinach is literally soaking wet
I'm not getting a lot
of flavor in the lamb
- [Ramsay] 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 bleu cheese stuffed lamb sliders
So the bleu cheese completely
overwhelms lamb
Lamb and bleu cheese
doesn't go together for a reason
- Thank you, Chef
- [Myers] Nice try
- Nice try, Chef
- [Ramsay] Yeah
[Tara] That crushes me
Bleu cheese and lamb
I knew it was a risk
[Ramsay] Thank you, Tara. What a shame
But I did not want to be the one
to get two stars
on my first day on the Red Team
- Ladies in the lead, to
- Wow, this is tough
And it's down to the beef, Blue Team
Brett, please come and serve David and I
[Billy] Let's go, Brett!
[Ramsay] Describe the burgers
Um, so you have, uh, just a double
smash burger slider
And then I fried the quail egg
in some black truffle butter
[Ramsay] Wow
- Now that is what I call a burger
- [Ramsay] It's decadent
- [Blue Team cheering]
- Let's go!
- [Brett] Hey, I told you boys
- [Ramsay] Wow
[laughing]
I f*cking told you boys
True blue till I die, baby
[narrator]
With the final dish for the Red Team...
Bring up your beef burger
...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 burgers
I used, um, white cheddar and bacon
I love bacon. [laughs] 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
[Ramsay]
You need four to tie. Five to win
Blue Team, congratulations
- 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
- [Myers] This was a winner
- [Ramsay] Thank you
- Thank you, Chef
- [Ramsay] Back in line, please
Why didn't I stick up for myself
like I normally do?
I'm never going to let
that mistake happen again
Join me in thanking this incredible chef
- for coming all the way over
- [Myers] Ah
- Thank you, guys
- [Ramsay] Thank you
- Thank you so much
- 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...
- [laughs]
...to sunny Palm Springs
[cheering]
- [Abe] True blue, baby
- [Blue Team laughing]
Yo, Blue Team's going
to Palm Springs, baby
[all chanting] True blue, true blue
True blue, true blue
I hate them so much
[Ramsay] 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... [sniffles]
It f*cking hurts me
Like I know what I'm f*cking doing
- And like to know that...
- [Dafne] Why didn't you put it up 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 % confident
in my sh*t
I don't eat beef, but like, I know
how to f*cking season that sh*t
- [sobbing]
- It's fine
[narrator]
As the women's first challenge loss
is ending in tears...
- Yeah!
- [all cheering]
[Alex] Let's go
...the men's first reward is starting with...
- [Abe] Here's to victory
- ...cheers
[all cheering]
We got the OG's
and the young bucks coming together,
and the place is so pimped out
True blue for life
[chanting] True blue! True blue!
[Alex] In the doughnut
[laughing]
Yeah... Whoa!
[cheering, laughing]
- Yo!
- The pool is heated!
Whoo!
[horn honks]
Twenty-four boxes of potatoes
Got it
It literally freaking sucks
We're gonna finish in... at : a.m
[Alyssa] Damn it
I'm sick and tired of cutting these
At this point, I do kind of feel
like I deserved to
just sit for a little bit because I did do
the best today on today's challenge
[yawns]
- f*ck
- [Dafne] 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... I miss my mommy
[Vlad] Let's feast
- [Abe] Oh, man
- Oh
[all chattering]
- You believe this?
- [Sakari] 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
[Billy]
I'm sure we're all missing our wives
I know I miss my wife
- You're married?
- Yeah
- You're married?
- Look how shocked you are
- Are you married?
- No, I'm not married
You're the only one
that's single on the team
- He has nine children
- [all laughing]
This is awesome. This is the way
the team was supposed to be
I wonder what the Red Team's doing
[all laughing]
- [Sommer] So let's go through it
- [Nicole] Okay
Service has just started
- Go
- First ticket just came in
- Table
- [Nicole] Mm-hmm
Two risotto, one carbonara,
flatbread go on a scallop
Await on two Welly,
- one New York strip and a salmon
- [all] Yes, Chef
Two... Um, two...
Nicole is kind of just someone we're
kind of getting a little annoyed with
- Can we do the pancetta in advance?
- [all] Yes
You're supposed
to do the pancetta in advance
- You do not want that pan hot
- You're making me nervous
- You sound really confused
- I am? Yeah, I am
Nicole doesn't have a clue about anything
- You about to stay up?
- Yeah
I'll see you 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 f*ck out,
"I need you."
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 f*ck down."
I need you to say, "It's okay, Sandwich."
[chuckles]
Because that's what I tell my dog
when she freaks the f*ck out
Okay, just say it
- [Mindy] Wait, does your dog...
- [chuckling]
[Nicole] 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, but I... [laughing]
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
[laughing]
- It's okay, Sandwich
- Yeah. Like you're comforting an animal
- Ah
- [Nicole laughing]
[Tara] Probably have three hours,
so I'm going
to change into my new uniform
Yeah, I'm going to wash my face
and try to make myself look...
- I'm gonna...
- ...not so tired
I could use some Botox
I wanted to get some before I came and...
- You look great
- Since I lost weight, this is dragging
And this is dragging
because my face was so full
I've actually lost just over
one hundred and fifty pounds
Somebody legitimately
built a Pinterest board,
that was named Fat Mindy
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 I never showed it
I laughed it off
because that's what fat people do
- Yeah
- I didn't want Peyton to see that
She was about ten years old
So, she was at a place
where it bothered her too
Because why are you talking
about my mom like that?
- Exactly
- [Mindy] 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 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 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
- [Alejandro] Man, that was awesome
- [Abe] Yeah, baby
[narrator] The Blue Team returns refreshed
and ready to tackle
the next dinner service
- Is Red Team gonna win dinner tonight?
- [all] Hell yeah
Let's go, guys
I'm gonna keep drinking water
Is that okay?
Why would you ask me
if you can drink water?
Yes, f*ck yes. Stay hydrated
I'm not incredibly confident in Nicole
going into tonight's dinner service
Dude, we're gonna k*ll 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 f*cking babysitter
Okay, ready
- Matthew
- Sir
Open the doors of Hell's Kitchen, please
Let's go
[narrator] Once again,
Hell's Kitchen is the most sought after
reservation in Los Angeles
[diners] Cheers!
As hungry diners peruse the menu,
the Red and Blue brigades prepare
for their first night in their new teams
[Billy]
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?
...tonight's appetizer will include
a slider with handmade french fries...
I'll have the sliders, please
I'm gonna get my french fries ready. Sexy
This is so cool
...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 was on this
- We are such fans
- Welcome, Sebastian
And High School Musical's Corbin Bleu
in the Red
- Hi. How are you guys?
- [Bleu] Hello
We're so excited to have you
Wonderful. So excited
Thank you for having us
No celebrating till
that last f*cking ticket
Ladies, we're out of the gate first
One slider special. Two scallops
- [all] Yes, Chef
- Let's go, ladies, please
[Dafne] Five minutes on sliders, please
I need you to do something more
than this, dude
- Okay, I'm gonna go
- Please. Thank you
- What do you need? Do you need anything?
- Let's go, ladies, please
[Mindy]
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
- Thank you, Chef
And then all together in one
All nice and straight
- Yes, Chef. Thank you
- Beautifully cooked. Nice
- Walking sliders
- [Ramsay] Let's go
Hey, this is really fun
[Ramsay] 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 the sliders
[Brett] 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 f*cking mouth
Don't finish it until I say
I'm % good on these,
- but I think two and a half
- Two and a half, you got it
You have to be the one
that knows everything that's going on
Let's not f*ck this up
We gotta keep a good momentum
This is so surreal
- Does seconds work for you?
- Yes
Where are the sliders?
- [Brett] I'm good to walk. Slider
- [Sakari] We're walking on sliders
Carbonara's up
Can I get anybody anything?
Can I do anything for anyone?
[Ramsay] Oh, come on, guys
Not cooked
Hey, Brett, come here
Come here, you
Now I've got f*cking ice cold
f*cking raw sliders
Raw, dude
Yes, Chef
This is a big f*cking mistake
- [Ramsay] Oh, my God
- How did I just send up raw sliders
- to Chef Ramsay
- Raw f*cking meat
That's f*cking ice cold. I don't get it
Come on
[narrator]
It's minutes into dinner service
and in the Blue kitchen...
Hey, Brett
- ...Brett's sliders are...
- Raw meat
That's f*cking ice cold. I don't get it
He's giving me stuff that's raw
One more slider!
- Yes, Chef. I won't rush again, Chef
- How long for the slider?
- Five minutes, Chef
- Start the f*cking 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 sh*t
at this executive chef job
in Atlantic City
Behind. Carbonara
Carbonara's up
[Brett] Walking sliders
Very nice. Service, please
[narrator] With Brett's sliders
finally being delivered...
[laughs] That is good
...and Blue diners enjoying them,
both kitchens
have found their momentum on appetizers
- [Vlad] Walking scallops
- Walking
[diner] Wow, They're perfect
[laughing]
Are we allowed to tell 'em
we love it or what?
Okay, ladies. Table four
- Entrée. Two lamb, two New York strip
- [all] Yes, Chef
Let's go
We made it to the entrées, guys
New York strip. Six minutes on that, guys
- Six minutes. Okay?
- Heard
Yeah, I don't know
what you're doing right now
Uh, I'm working these two strips
for the fire, so I just got these
- 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. 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
- [Alyssa] No, it's not ready
- I've got a time on it. It's not ready
- Okay
But I can handle anything
that's thrown at me
Going up. Two strip
Come on. I'm here
Sorry, Chef. It's a hot plate
Of course it's f*cking hot
It's a kitchen
- [Ramsay] Lamb
- You confident with that?
- Can I walk on the lamb?
- Yeah, let's go. We're up
Just put it down
f*cking hell
Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh
- All of you. Back room, now
- Yes, Chef
- [Cheyenne and Alyssa] Yes, Chef
- [Tara] Deja vu
This is my first night with the Red Team,
and we're in the storage room
What in the f*ck is happening?
[Ramsay] 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? sh*t
I... I don't know what to do
- Get f*cking organized
- [all] Yes, Chef!
We got this, guys
We're going to 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
On order, four covers. Table
Entrée, two lamb, two halibut
- [all] Yes, Chef!
- [Ramsay] Let's go
- I need six on halibut
- Heard
Go and prep 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
[Ramsay] Halibut, please, Vlad
Vlad
No answer. He just turns away
I find that the height of bad manners
That's f*cking rude
Do you understand?
Vlad, he's talking to you, bro
When you f*cking stand there,
and just blank me. What the f*ck?
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
Let's do four
And Vlad's kinda showing
a little bit of deer in the headlights,
little bit of lack of confidence
He 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 f*ck up
Yes, Chef
- Why are you telling me about his lamb?
- I don't know, Chef
Can I talk to the f*cking chef
that's in charge of the lamb?
- I'll shut up
- How long for the lamb?
Four minutes, Chef
Ooh, Brett, you gotta be careful,
you can't get on Chef's nerves
[stammers] I'm gonna be quiet over here
To the right, halibut down
Lamb
- Come on
- Hot sizzle
Beautifully cooked lamb
- Thank you
- [Ramsay] Service, please!
[narrator]
With Chef Ramsay sending out Alex's lamb...
Very well done
[diner ] Oh, it's amazing
...the diners are impressed
with the Blue Team's first entrée
of the evening
Walking to the window
- Abe. That's an A on the meat
- Yes, Chef
I was always a D and a F kinda person
- Chef, to your left
- Service, please
Let's go. Let's go
But in my cooking I found a passion
to where I can make straight A's
and, uh, 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, so good
Like, melt in your mouth good
...the Blue Team only has two more tables
of entrées to complete
My glasses are in go-mode
Fire on order, four covers. Table
- 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
- [Dafne] I need three minutes. Yes
- Three minutes?
[Sommer] I'm really trying my best
We need this
This new Red Team needs a win
How long? Three salmon,
one Wellington, please
Thirty seconds
These pans are too hot
f*ck. f*ck
[Christina]
Three salmon, one Welly. How long?
- I'm sorry. I f*cked up those
- [Ramsay] How long?
- [Christina] How long?
- I need four minutes for that, Chef
- So another four minutes?
- [Dafne] 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
- So there's a difference
- I'm sorry
We haven't run out. I can't just pick
a f*cking salmon
Do you have any salmon on you?
Did you bring a fresh... No, I mean,
You can't pluck a salmon
from the f*cking air
Chef, I was using the bottom pans
because I ran out
- [Ramsay] I don't care
- Okay, I'm sorry
I still need four minutes
Oh, my God. There's... Hey! There's just
no momentum in here
- Blue Team. Come here
- Yes, Chef
- Oh, my God
- [Brett] Guys!
[narrator]
It's minutes into dinner service
Lamb
- Beautifully cooked lamb
- Thank you
And while the Blue Team is close
to the finish line...
I ran out of salmon. I'm sorry
Oh, my God
...the Red Team is stuck in neutral
So you've run out of salmon
You didn't run out of salmon
- You just cooked all the salmon
- Yes, Chef
So there is a difference
because you screwed it
So, we haven't run out
- Blue Team! Come here
- [Brett] Yes, Chef
- Come on, boys
- Guys!
Blue Team, takeover. Fire, let's go
- Three salmon, one Wellington. Away
- [all] Yes, Chef
Let's go!
[Billy] 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?
[Dafne] You guys have no more salmon
- You have no more salmon
- We got this one salmon
Guys get me salmon from the other side
[Tara] I'm so embarrassed
I'm heated right now. I'm pissed
- I'm fine. I got it
- I'm gonna stand next to you
- You don't need to. I got it
- I do
I know this is not my fault
Like, Dafne, Sommer and Alyssa...
I got it
...can you not work
without these boys holding your hands?
I need six minutes
Are you ladies watching
or are you gonna jump in?
- [Vlad] Salmon is working
- Okay, so we're good then
They done messed up
With the Red Team,
they give us that look like,
"Get the hell out of my kitchen."
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
- [Abe] These feel good
- Yeah, go. Sell it
Salmon, Chef
[Ramsay] Service, please
[narrator] With the Blue Team
successfully bailing out
a drowning Red Team...
- Coming through, Chef
- Yeah, I'm here. Thank you
...the last few Red tables
finally get their entrées
[diner] It's really good
- My God, that just melts in your mouth
- I know it's crazy
Thank you, Blue Team
- 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
[Cheyenne]
Having to put up three nominations,
this is extremely tough
If we were all up to me,
I would put up one person from meat
and one person from fish
But this third nominee is really...
I feel like
it's really gonna hurt some feelings
I think he's gonna wanna see
somebody from fish up there
- I hustle my ass off
- [Nicole] Yes
- Chef, said the weakest, though
- 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, dude
- I had no support
- You are not the weakest, I know
- You were trying
- But it sucks,
'cause it looks
like I can't cook fish now
No, it doesn't. We know. We know
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
[Ileana]
I agree. He... He wants to see meat
Alyssa and Sommer up there
Meat just started off with
the 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 going to say is
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 f*cked up tonight,
but we were all really worried
about Nicole going into the service
And I feel like we shouldn't
have to be dwelling on somebody...
- Yes
- ...before going into a service
- [Sommer] Yeah
- Listen, I didn't get yelled at at all
It's not my fault
if you guys went down tonight
Nicole is the weakest chef
She did not take any initiatives
She just kind of got in the away
on garnish today for Ileana
I do want to be here
I came here to learn
[Dafne] We're here to win, not to learn
No, I'm here to win as well
I'm not just like floating around
I'm not
Nicole, just because
I feel like you didn't step up
as much as all of us did
- [Sommer] Yeah
- This competition is too intense for you
- [Sommer] Yeah
- And you weren't supporting us today
You were just hiding
[Nicole] I don't want to f*cking leave
How the f*ck am I the weakest chef?
They failed on their own
I didn't give that up
I think he's going to say,
Why the f*ck is Nicole up here tonight?
Because did we see Nicole fail
during a service yet?
Then we're gonna look stupid as f*ck
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
[Ramsay] 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're prepared or not
I'm asking, why should you stay?
Because I won't give up
Did you cook anything on garnish tonight?
I started. I did start, um,
all of the garnishes
for salmon and for lamb
Is that true?
Chef, she dropped a few orders
of fries for me
And after that, I didn't see much of her
It felt like you were hiding tonight
Mindy
What happened tonight?
Chef, I... I was... I did lose my voice
and my confidence shook 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
There was miscommunication
There should have been better
communication between me and my partner
I should have 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
[Nicole] 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
'cause 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 f*ck up tonight
But you're not gonna
be able to use this against me."
[Mindy] 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
[Abe] Your boys are on fire
The momentum's built
and the girls
have something to worry about
The Blue Team's coming to kick some ass
[Ramsay] 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...
[fire alarm ringing]
- ...when the fire alarm sounds...
- [sirens wailing]
Ah! This is crazy
...will the chefs be able to answer
the call?
Come on, let's go then. Gotta speed up
Or will the chefs turn on each other?
You got to talk a little
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
- ...have the chefs down in the dumps...
- [crying]
I'm not ready to go
...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
- and smarter than me
- Find out...
I don't give a sh*t. I'm better than him
...on a down and dirty episode...
Help me f*cking out!
I am going to cut somebody!
...of Hell's Kitchen
21x04 - Slipping Down to Hell
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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.