21x01 - Let the Battle Begin
Posted: 08/13/23 06:24
- [narrator] For the st time...
- [contestants cheering]
...chefs from all over America
will be competing to be
the one chosen by Gordon Ramsay
as the next great chef
Yo, I'm excited
- Where's everybody from?
- I'm, uh, Vlad. I'm from Chicago
So I've worked at a lot of fine dining
establishments that have Michelin stars
James Beard Awards
- Exciting. This is exciting
- Yeah, for sure
I'm ready for it
You know, cocky, confidence,
tomato, tomahto,
whatever you want to call it
You know, I've paid my dues,
and I'm here to win
I know the girls
are going to k*ll it anyways
Hell yeah
The fact that Hell's Kitchen
is in Los Angeles, this is my hood
It's where I grew up
It's where my career took off
So I'm pumped that I get to
still have that little comfort
- Uh, ages if you guys don't mind asking
- [chuckles]
- I'm
- Forty-one
- Forty-two
- Forty-two
- Twenty-three
- Twenty-three
- Twenty-three?
- Twenty-three
- Twenty-four
- Got some youngins
- I'm
- [chuckles]
I know I don't look it, but yeah
I'm years old. People may look at me
as an old head, you know
Like, don't fall,
you're gonna break your hip
But I'm probably
one of the youngest one's here
I'm still a kid at heart
Where are they?
[contestants cheering]
[contestant] There he is!
[Ileana] Oh, my goodness, this is insane!
I'm so excited
to finally be here on Hell's Kitchen
I've never really been away
from home before
I'm from little Gloucester, Virginia,
out in the middle of nowhere
But I need to push that away
and remember that this is a competition,
and I'm here to kick some ass
[cheering continues]
Whoo!
Holy cow. Here it is
Let's do this
I was born for Hell's Kitchen
This is what I'm made for
B-True brings the mad flavor
Hi. Welcome
Hi. Grab a glass of champagne
This is wild
You have Marino standing there. I feel
like I'm looking at, like, a figurine
Just kinda wanna
just squish him a little bit
Cheers. I'm Billy
- Nice to meet you. Alyssa
- My pleasure
- Vlad here
- [Zeus] What's the name?
- Vlad
- Oh, my God. No way
- What?
- [Alyssa] Do you even recognize me?
[Vlad] I know who you are
I didn't expect Alyssa to be here
She's from Chicago. I'm from Chicago
I don't know if that's good or not,
because I'm not here to socialize
I'm here to win this,
and dominate this competition
Chefs, can I have your attention?
First of all, welcome to Hell's Kitchen
So I wanted to introduce you
to your sous chefs
[all cheering]
For the Red kitchen,
please welcome Chef Christina
So fresh and bright-eyed. Thank you, sir
Oh, my God
Chef Christina had won her season,
and now, you know,
she's in charge of Chef Ramsay's empire
I am just, like, hoping to God that
this is still a men versus women season,
and I get to have Christina
as my sous chef
And returning for the Blue kitchen,
Chef Jason
[contestants cheering]
Chef Jason's got some serious chops
Buttermilk and Bourbon
is a great restaurant in Boston
And he's got that electric blue hair,
which is just lightning insane. I love it
- Extra blue baby
- [Zeus] That's how you do it!
One of the biggest things
in Hell's Kitchen
is you need to listen and absorb
Every chef can have a bad night,
let's get that straight
It's how you bounce back,
that's what's important
[Christina]
You're gonna have obstacles thrown at you
But the biggest thing is you can
never, ever, ever,
let anybody or anything stand in your way
- [engine revs]
- What the f*ck?
[Billy] Oh, sh*t. Uh-oh
[contestants cheering]
[cheering continues]
[Ileana] Oh, my God
[engine revving]
- Oh, my God
- [Cheyenne] I love it
- Nice
- That was amazing
That's why we park in the back
- Did that really just happen?
- [Billy] Yeah!
[all cheering]
[Ileana] What a badass
Like, only Chef Ramsay
would drive a monster truck
through a wall, smash a car,
and then approach a whole bunch of chefs
like it's nothing
As Christina said,
do not let anything get in your way
What a ride that was
And come on, you guys had
quite a ride yourselves, right?
[all] Yes, Chef
Each of your limos
are from different eras
But they all got you
to where you want to go
When I'm opening a new restaurant,
I need a chef
that's going to get me
to where I want to go
Am I better off hiring a younger chef?
Bursting with energy, fresh ideas,
great creativity
Or hiring an older chef,
who's been battle tested,
solid as a rock, and very consistent
This season,
for the first time ever on Hell's Kitchen,
get ready for
Hell's Kitchen: Battle of the Ages
Chefs in their twentysomething,
come and stand together. That's it
And the rest of you in your forties,
stand together
Hell yeah. I'm definitely a different chef
now that I'm
compared to when I was
in my late s, early s
Let's go
We have so much experience on our side
I know we're going to crush it
It's time for our first big challenge,
your signature dish
You got minutes,
and your time starts now
Off you go. Let's go
[narrator] This season on Hell's Kitchen,
Biggest service of our career
- [Cheyenne] Guys, we got this
- Behind
[narrator] For the st time,
Chef Ramsay is opening the doors
[all] Cheers!
Push it!
My excitement is probably
covered up by crippling anxiety
What did I get myself into?
[narrator] But this time he's trying
something a bit different
Clearly one of the youngest
but beautifully done
It's an epic battle of the ages...
- [Tara] They're all young, and
- Her parents are our age
...and an answer to the age old question...
Know what I'm saying?
Know what I'm saying?
You know what I'm saying?
sh*t. What was I saying?
[narrator]
Can the well-seasoned fortysomethings
conquer the youth movement?
I love the strength of the heat,
but the caramelization...
This old guy's here to play
[narrator] Or will the fresh,
up-and-coming twentysomethings...
- Let's show 'em what we got
- Get it!
...show maturity beyond their years
We're here to win, not to learn
Perfect. Lobster extracted
These old geezers better work
We're all used to being exec chefs
and running things
They're used to being on the line,
sweating it out
You can't teach an old dog new tricks
I need to see everybody,
as quick as you can
[narrator] These chefs will face
a gauntlet of new challenges
I will do what it takes. Oh, my goodness
[Ramsay] Let's go. Quick
[contestant ] Sorry, buddy. That's hot
- [contestant ] No, please!
- We gotta get some points on the board
[narrator] expl*sive dinner services
Nobody's running that station
You're supposed to be the twentysomething,
not the slowest
- Yes, Chef
- I feel stressed out already
- Oh, my God
- You're the most mature,
- but you're actually cooking like babies
- The Blue Team is sweating
Get the f*ck out of here
'Cause it looks like
I can't cook fish now
- This place does tear you down
- I'm a scrappy little bitch
- Hot pan
- [Ramsay] Much better
[narrator] It's the most impressive
culinary season yet
Bold move, but the dish is delicious
- Dude
- [person ] It bursts in your mouth
[Ramsay] Please welcome,
Michael Cimarusti
This is a style of food
that I love so much
This is like the k burger right here
Sexy. It's colorful
Cooked immaculately. Perfect
This is a really good dish
It's what you want
- when you eat duck
- Yep
- [narrator] Come along for the ride...
- Sup, y'all?
- ...for a season of magnificence...
- [contestant ] Oh, my God
[contestant ]
Swan dive in the doughnut. [laughs]
...and mayhem...
- [siren wailing]
- [alarm blares]
[snoring]
[mimics snoring]
...as Hell's Kitchen is the place to be
[Ileana] Yo, is that Tony Hawk?
Mr. Simmons, yeah!
Fish is delicious
- Are we well?
- [Cheryl Hines] Yeah
- He's real cute
- I feel like we just... whoa, Rachel
[narrator]
Because it's going to be the wildest...
- [contestant] Dibs on gorilla meat, okay?
- [shouts]
...scariest...
- Oh, my God
- Is there a dead body?
[laughs]
...most fiery season you've ever seen
Ow!
You're a grown ass man
and I'm a grown woman, right?
- Don't be turning up on me
- That's your fault
Shh
It's all my fault?
All the f*cking communication?
Y'all got your little lies goin' on
Get us out of here, I don't give a f*ck
You talked him out of it, you ding-dong!
I am going to cut somebody
[shouts] This is a joke
How can we be this bad?
- Are you okay?
- Go f*ck yourself
[narrator] There are minutes remaining
in the chef's first big test:
the signature dish challenge
- [Christina] What do you got working?
- We got an oyster and potato stew working
[Christina] Lovely
[Sakari] I've worked in some of
the best restaurants in the world,
starting from humble beginnings,
working in fast-food
And, uh, my dish
might seem a little pretentious,
but I don't really care what other people
think about this dish
I'm here to prove to Chef Ramsay
that I'm ready to be his head chef
Super ambitious, I love it
- What do you have orange soda for?
- Collard greens
- You cook your greens in orange soda?
- Yes, sir
Been cooking almost years man,
that's a first for me
I grew up within the inner city,
really bad neighborhood,
so, my mother,
she would teach me how to cook,
just to be outta trouble,
to stay in the house
And now, I'm actually an executive chef
I'm ready to show what I got,
and I'm ready to win
[Jason] What are you grinding?
[Zeus]
I'm gonna do some bangers and mash, Chef
- Making your own sausages?
- Yes, I am
- I like it. I like it a lot
- Thank you, Chef
- What are you making, pasta?
- I am
- That's ambitious
- It is ambitious
- I'm gonna make tortellini soup
- Can't win if you don't take chances
[Mindy] That's right
- Hey Nicole, you doing okay?
- [Nicole] Yes, thank you. It's the heels
[laughs]
I'm wearing heels
I'm gonna cook in heels
I think that that's sexy
and I feel confident in myself
This is fun
[Alex] Nicole is using boxed pasta,
canned tomatoes
I don't know why
you would even think to make
your signature dish with boxed pasta
So, there's that
Guys, I'm salting the water
Like the sea
Like the sea
[Christina]
Dafne, what are you working on?
[Christina] Woman after my own heart
That Cacio e Pepe will get me
[Dafne] I'm Latina
However, working for almost ten years with
crazy Italian chefs screaming at my ear,
Italian food just flows through my body
I'm excited to show everyone
the kind of chef I am
And I'm hella nervous right now
Breathe, guys. [chuckles]
- Ileana
- Yes, Chef
What have you got going on?
I'm making a maple
butternut squash risotto
I've cooked a lot of risotto
It's something that I've got in my blood
So I hope that I can really knock it out
of the park this morning,
and, uh, impress Chef Ramsay
- Do you have your risotto started yet?
- Not yet, Chef
We're getting close to minutes
[chuckles] I would not be cooking risotto
for Chef Ramsay on a day like today
He will not accept any risotto
unless it's perfect
You need to know
what you're doing right now
Just under ten minutes to go, guys
- Right next to you
- [contestant ] Hot
I'm looking over at Ileana's dish
and her rice is undercooked
She doesn't have her components finished
Hey Brett
Can you check my risotto please?
- Give it a stir
- [Brett] It hasn't opened up yet at all
Oh, my God. It's not f*cking ready
f*ck me, man
[sighs] Oh, my God
- [narrator] Coming up...
- Started at the Playboy Mansion
No one goes to the Playboy Mansion
for food, right?
Things go from strange,
to downright bizarre
A great white shark bit your head?
And later...
- [grunts]
- Oh, my goodness. Bro, you all right?
I may have peed a little
- Can I get a chicken wing?
- [laughs]
[narrator] There's under eight minutes
left in the signature dish challenge
Oh, my God. It's not f*cking ready
And the twentysomething's Ileana
is struggling
with her butternut squash risotto
- [sighs] Oh, my God
- [Vlad] What? Is it under a little bit?
Yeah, it's very under. I'm going in here
- Start sautéing
- I'm really worried about my squash
It's just not cooking fast enough
And my risotto, I know it's not done
It's not perfect yet
I should have started it earlier
I'm freaking out right now, honestly
- [Vlad] Want me to drop it in here?
- [Ileana] Yeah. Thank you so much
Ileana's struggling
It is a team competition,
I gotta kind of take
that leader initiative and just
help her get something on the plate
God damn it, man
- Let's get all of it done
- Thank you
- I appreciate you, dude
- Got it
- We're one team
- One team
[Vlad] Let's go!
Watch this rib eye over here, please
Coming back for it in just a second
It's fine
Wyoming is beef country
And it's something
that is pretty meaningful to me
It's something I've made for my kids
- Was it undercooked?
- I'm gonna give it second,
get everything on the plate,
then come back for it
I personally prefer my steak to be, like,
two chest compressions away from
smacking a bell back on it
- and putting it back out in the field
- [cow moos]
- [Charlene] Hot pan
- Heard
[Ramsay] Just under four minutes to go
What do you got?
I'm making a stewed salmon
with a coconut-infused jasmine rice
- All right
- Yeah. Jamaican style
I've made stewed salmon a lot at home,
I've made it for my friends
It stems from my background
My mother is from Jamaica
But the coconut rice is something
I've never done before
It needs something sweet
I'm gonna take some sugar
and I'm just gonna hope it works
Forgot to add this sh*t
Fingers crossed
Under a minute, guys. This is it
Final minute. Get it on a plate
- Let's go, guys
- [Ramsay] Come on, Blue Team. Let's go!
- Go
- Can I get you anything?
- She's got it. Behind
- [Ramsay] Come on, Red Team
- No, sir. I think I'm okay
- [Ramsay] Ten seconds. Let's go
- Nine. Eight. Seven. Six
- [all chattering]
- Five. Four. Three
- [Ileana] Come on, Sommer
Two. One. And stop
[all cheering]
O-O-O-OG's
Listen carefully, all of you
There's something very important
that you need to know
The winner of Hell's Kitchen:
Battle of the Ages,
will become my head chef
at the brand-new Hell's Kitchen,
Caesars Atlantic City. That's right
[contestants cheering]
Atlantic City. That's so close
to New York, where I'm from
I'm in my element. I'm about to be
Like, that's exactly where I want to be
It comes with a prize,
worth a quarter of a million dollars
Wow
$,
That is a monumental amount of money
that will change my family's life
I want that money
That sounds great
Like, I'm hype
I don't know what to do
with a quarter of a million dollars
But I know I would spend it though
I'll assign each dish a score
between one and five
With five being stunning and delicious,
and one being wretched
and certainly not my standards
The team with the most points wins
Let's start off
with Brett from the Red kitchen
Up against Zeus from the Blue kitchen
Let's go
- [Ileana] Let's get it, Brett
- Strong start, come on
Excellent
Uh, let's start off with you, Zeus
- Is that a little scar?
- It's a scar
I worked at a restaurant
many, many years ago
We would go out into the ocean,
we would bring in fresh seafood
One day I went out and found myself
in the mouth of a great white shark
Holy cow
How the f*ck are you still alive?
- A great white shark bit your head?
- Yeah
Thousands of stitches later,
I snuck out of the hospital,
got on a bus, when back to service,
and finished the day out
Stop it. Seriously?
Every season on Hell's Kitchen,
a few crazies slip in,
uh, and I think that Zeus
is one of those guys
[Ramsay] Man
The dish. Describe this. What is it?
[Zeus] The dish I have presented
for you today is bangers and mash
This is a staple back home in my country
- I mean, I grew up with this...
- Yes
That's a bold move
to make bangers and mash
on your first introduction
It... It is, Chef. Natural casings
Made the onion gravy from scratch
Bloody hell
Uh, I'd like to say tonight
your bangers and mash are bang on
That's a very strong four. Good job
- Thanks so much, Chef
- Yeah
Go, baby. Way to start off, Zeus
- Good. Really good
- Thank you so much, Chef
Uh, Brett
Uh, hair color today, what is that?
- It's a combination of a sort of pinkish...
- It's a little strawberry...
A strawberry shortcake situation
I don't know
A little bonding experience
with my wife and I
It's not as good as your shark story,
but it's a strong one, right?
I'm can't compete with that
Uh, right. What is this?
So what you have is a roasted rack of lamb
with a chimichurri sauce
on a little arugula salad
And then at the top, there is
a brown butter roasted cauliflower
- Wow. Visually, it's beautiful
- Thank you, Chef
It's a strong dish. That lamb on point,
cauliflower steak, good
Chimichurri, beautifully vibrant
It's almost like you're cooking
beyond your years, so, it's a strong four
- Well done
- Thank you, Chef
- [Ramsay] Loved this
- Yeah, Brett!
- Good job, both of you
- Thank you
This is easily the best
culinary moment of my life
Second best moment of my life,
only behind marrying my wife
Next up, Alex and Ileana, let's go
Alex. A love of food. Background
Where did it start?
I started in the industry before food
was really a cool thing in Nashville
So I was very much self taught
I didn't go to culinary school
- Then I opened my own restaurant in
- And what happened?
- COVID
- Right
Brutal
I mean, it's...
- Words can't...
- [Ramsay] Yeah
- Well, you're here now
- I am
Enlighten me. What's under here?
I have a spice-crusted salmon,
Carolina Gold rice,
maple glaze with Aleppo carrots,
and a chorizo broth
Yeah, it's cooked beautifully
Its pink is vibrant
It's got the right balance of acidity
I love the balance of the starch
That's a very strong five. Good job
- Thank you, Chef
- [Ramsay] Amazing
[Alex] I mean, the fact that one
of the world's best chefs gave me a five,
it's wild. It's freakin' wild
Ileana. Give us an insight
What's your current job?
I'm a sous chef now
I specialize in coastal cuisine
- [Ramsay] Describe the dish
- I've made a butternut squash risotto
[Ramsay] My goodness me
[Ramsay] Let's be honest
Visually, it looks underwhelming, right?
- Yes, Chef
- Looks sloppy
You can see the kernels of rice,
which tells you they're not cooked
And sadly, under seasoned
There's a reason why
I put risotto on the menu
There's a tall order of getting it right
So, it's a two out of five
[Ramsay] Dear. Oh, dear
[Cheyenne]
First impressions of Ileana. Not good
I don't know about her
All right. Let's have
Sakari and Nicole, please. Step up
Chef Ramsay's a legend for real
But I've cooked for a lot of chefs before
So I'm just excited
I'm not really intimidated
All right
So, Sakari, current job now is what?
Introducing fine dining experiences
to Black and brown communities
- Wow. So like, pop-ups
- Yeah. Pop-ups
Give us an insight
How much do you charge?
About $ per plate
- Seven courses
- Amazing
Describe the dish. What is it?
So this dish right here,
we have an oyster stew with a confit cod
[Ramsay] So the base of the sauce
is the oysters, or...
So the base of the sauce,
I created an oyster fat
Um, and then we have,
like, a potato leek...
Man, there's a lot going on there
And how did you cook the cod?
Uh, confited it
with a little bit of lemon zest
It's a very complex dish
And, uh, I'm just... I'm just sad...
that I could only give you five
Congratulations
- Thank you, Chef
- [Brett] Incredible
- [Ramsay] Really good
- [Sommer] Yeah. Great
Got a five. Got a five. Best dish ever
Okay. Nicole, give us an insight
Places you've worked. Where have you been?
I started at the Playboy Mansion
for my internship
- The Playboy Mansion for your internship?
- Yes
No way
What the hell?
A chef at the Playboy Mansion?
Like, what are you cooking there?
Uh... [inhales sharply]
You know what? I don't wanna know
- Right. What's under here?
- So, I kept it really simple
It's a tagliatelle pasta
with fresh burrata...
Stop there, 'cause you get me going
when you mention the word fresh
Okay, um, minutes
You made the pasta, right?
Um...
Oh, sh*t
[stammers] Um...
[narrator] It's the first ever Battle
of the Ages signature dish challenge
- Right. What's under here?
- So, I kept it really simple
It's a tagliatelle pasta
[narrator]
And Nicole, a former Playboy Mansion chef
is hoping her boxed pasta
doesn't leave her exposed
You made the pasta, right?
Um...
Oh, sh*t
No. For the sake of... Not...
Because of the time
[whispers] No
Who... Who does that?
You know what he's going to say
You know he want everything fresh
Why would you come to Hell's Kitchen
and make boxed pasta?
But you just said you kept it simple
What did you do in minutes
if you didn't make pasta?
Oh, um, I made the sauce
But let's be honest with each other
because you didn't really make the sauce
I saw a tin of canned tomatoes in there
Okay, yes
So visually it looks bad, and sadly,
it actually tastes worse than it looks
If he does that to me, I'll cry
I will cry real tears
Give it a one
Yeah. That's a one. And a stretch at that
- Thank you. Sakari, good job
- Thank you, Chef
[narrator]
Next up for the twentysomethings
is Dafne from Los Angeles,
who is hoping that
her handmade corn and truffle ravioli
is strong enough to keep
the Red Team in the lead
[Ramsay] Wow, that's very good
Um, that is a very strong four. Good job
- Thank you
- [Ramsay] Really good job
[narrator] Trying to keep it close
for the fortysomethings,
Charlene from Wyoming
presents her cowboy rib eye
The seasoning's on point
and the steak is cooked beautifully
- Good job
- [Charlene] Thank you
- That's a very strong four. Well done
- Yeah!
Thank you
[narrator] Next up for the fortysomethings
is Tara, a private chef from New York
And for the twentysomethings is Vlad,
a sous chef from Chicago
[Ileana] Come on, Vlad
That's a truffle slicer in there
You trying to wow me with more truffle?
He's a bougie little bitch, not gonna lie
Vlad is just a little too cocky
Back home,
Vlad calls himself, "Truffle Boy"
And that's all over his social media
Vlad, what's under here?
- Under here is a bone-in Australian Wagyu...
- [Ramsay] Wow
...lobster mushrooms,
and then a beautiful parsnip puree
You will need to finish it as well
- with some extra white truffle
- Yep
An expensive dish
[Cheyenne chuckles]
This bougie son of a g*n
How much would you charge for this dish?
, easy
Well, listen, young man
That steak is cooked beautifully
The sear is incredible
The seasoning is on point
And the puree's delicious
[sighs]
Honestly,
I would pay bucks for that
- Thank you, Chef
- Five
Thank you, Chef
- [Ramsay] Wow
- The Red Team, you're welcome
Because of chef Vlad, Truffle Boy
- I brought it today and we're winning
- Let's go
Uh, Tara,
this journey with food began where?
- I was a fashion designer
- [Ramsay] Oh, wow
So I didn't really get into cooking
till after a car accident
- After a car accident?
- Yeah
- I'm sorry. What happened?
- I was wrapped around a tree. It's okay
- Turning point?
- [Tara] It was a wake-up moment
It was a turning point
I left the fashion industry
and the kitchen
was the only place I was calm
Wow
I lost a lot of memory
and I had to go to brain rehab
I literally could not remember
how to do a lot of things
I couldn't remember how to run
I didn't know what to do with my life
I went back in that kitchen and it felt
like that's where I was meant to be
So I was like,
"This is what I'm supposed to do."
Amazing. And what's under here?
[Tara] It's a fennel crusted
pork tenderloin with a sweet potato puree,
asparagus, some sautéed apples
and pancetta with a little bourbon jus
[Ramsay]
The cook on the pork is beautiful
It's something you don't see
elevated enough, pork tenderloin
Tara-rific
- That is a four out of five. Good job
- Thank you so much
For me to get a four out of five
on that dish. It made my day
What can I say?
[narrator]
Next up is sous chef Cheyenne from Ohio
against executive chef O'Shay
from Delaware
[Ramsay] Right, O'Shay
- Job currently is what?
- Executive chef in a catering company
What's under here?
Crispy skin salmon and Parmesan corn grits
with, uh, orange soda collard greens
- Say that again...
- Orange soda collard greens
- You put orange soda in collard greens?
- Yes, Chef
I've never even thought of putting
orange soda in a stewed green before
But I can guarantee you,
when I get home, I'm not gonna try it
Well, I'm cooking with it first,
and then I pour a little bit on
It infuses flavor
Why are you laughing? I gotta taste it
- Uh, I've never had anything like that
- [Ramsay] No
What's the jus around the outside?
It looks very watery
A little orange soda
- More orange soda?
- A little bit
Who loves orange soda?
Now for the, uh... the moment of truth
Tell me it works
[Ramsay] Bloody hell
- The salmon's cooked beautifully
- Thank you, Chef
There's some really good
elements in this dish
Can you see how pink
that salmon is from there?
- Looks good, looks great
- Beautiful
This dish should scream a five
But I'm gonna take points off
for the orange soda
[sighs]
[narrator] With the twentysomethings
slightly ahead
in the signature dish challenge,
-year-old O'Shay
is hoping his salmon
with orange soda, isn't completely flat
This dish should scream a five but I'm
gonna take points off for the orange soda
[sighs]
It's a strong three
Thank you, Chef
[grunts] Oh, Chef
[narrator]
The over s are in the lead for now
But -year-old Cheyenne is expecting her...
Maple bourbon glazed pork chop
with sweet potato puree
...will put the twentysomethings
back on top
[Ramsay] Visually, it looks beautiful
Great color on that
I love the seasoning. The sweetness
But it's the color on that chop
The actual top cut there, beautiful
Turn it upside down
That thing needs equal time
And it's got this sort of
after-bitter taste
It's a shame. It's a three
- Thank you
- Thank you
[applause]
[narrator] Next up is Houston chef
and father of nine Abe
[Mindy] Come on, Abe
Hoping that his...
Blackened sea bass on Mom's Spanish rice
...is enough to win over Chef Ramsay
[Ramsay] Fish is cooked beautifully
It's got that really nice citrus, 'cause
you caramelized that and laid it on top
- Mum's Spanish rice. Slightly bland
- [Abe] Mom's gonna k*ll me for that one
It's a very strong three
That damn rice. Sorry, Mama
[narrator] With the Blue Team only up
by one, brewery executive chef Alejandro,
is hoping his brick chicken
will score big for the Red Team
[Ramsay] Chicken's cooked beautifully
You work at a brewery, yes?
All I can say tonight is, "cheers."
That's delicious. That's a strong
four out of five. Good job
I got a four. I feel good
[narrator] With only two rounds remaining,
Mindy, a private chef and mother of three...
- What have you made?
- ...hopes her...
[Mindy] Spinach tortellini soup
...impresses Chef Ramsay
[Ramsay] Visually,
it doesn't look the most appetizing
But it's got a lot of bold flavor
The soup is delicious
That for me, is a very strong four
- Thank you, Chef
- [Ramsay] Good job
Good job, Mindy
[Mindy] Chef Ramsay is hotter in person
So, I may have peed a little
That's my age maybe. I don't know
[narrator] With the Blue Team in the lead,
Alyssa presents her scallops
with cauliflower puree
I've tasted some exceptional purees
tonight and this is...
this is not exceptional
It's a shame. You got a great sear
I'm gonna give it a three
because of the puree
- Good job. Thank you
- Thank you, Chef
[Ramsay] Thank you
You know, Alyssa,
you gotta bring your A-game
So, five and four are acceptable
but anything below that
you need to step up your sh*t
Right, final round. Uh, Billy, let's go
[Zeus] Let's go, Billy
[Ramsay] Sommer, let's go
Billy, current job is what?
Unemployed, Chef
I'm all-in on Hell's Kitchen
Any nicknames on the way up?
My good friends, and my enemies,
they like to call me, "B-True."
As in, "be true to yourself
every night in that kitchen"?
- I'm bringing it, Chef
- [Ramsay] Right
- What's under here?
- This is my take on a Chicken Francese
It's Parmesan basil
egg-battered chicken breast
Here's the thing, risotto's cooked nicely,
but it's all clumpy
And there's enough here for two
Doesn't need all this on a plate
Let me be true to you...
It's a three
to the Blue Team,
Sommer, Billy's nickname was, "B-True"
What's your nickname?
In the industry, my nickname is "VIP"
It started from the first time
I worked in a kitchen
The chef told me, like,
"This is a VIP ticket."
I was like, "Chef, everything is VIP."
And he was like, "Oh, I like that."
So everywhere I go,
I just take that with me
Everything is VIP, everything is VIP
Everything?
You question it,
and I'm like, "Everything."
- Everything
- Billy...
- Everything?
- Everything
- Everything?
- Everything
Damn
- Right, what's under here?
- I have a stewed salmon
It's inspired by my Jamaican, um, roots
- And a coconut rice underneath
- [Ramsay] What else is in the rice?
It wasn't sweet enough for me, so I added
a little sugar and coconut milk
[Ramsay] Mm-hmm
It's not VIP
It feels like general admission
It's not supposed to be that sweet
Man, this is tough
You need one to tie and two to win
I don't know if we're gonna win
I don't wanna be punished
I got a five. I don't wanna be punished
I'm gonna give this dish...
a one
[Billy] All right!
Right, we have a tie for the first time
I'm gonna go for the best two dishes
The best dish in the Blue Team is Alex
And Sakari for the Red Team
Please drop your dishes over here
[Alex] This is a lot of pressure
A lot of stress
We cannot lose this challenge
- [Alejandro] Go, Alex!
- [Brett] Bring it home, buddy
Gentlemen, these dishes are excellent
Let's get that absolutely clear
Alex, that was stunning
Precision beyond belief
Uh, Sakari, it's got the solidity,
the right amount of acid
But more importantly,
the cook on the cod is delicious
There is one dish that has a slight edge
And therefore, the winning team is...
There is one dish that has a slight edge
And therefore, the winning team is...
the Red Team. Congratulations
[Ileana] g*dd*mn. That's amazing
- [Alyssa] Good job
- Bringing it home
[Sommer] Good save
[Ramsay] Uh, Sakari, good job
I'm happy I could get the W for today
I think I'm the best chef here
There's gonna be
a lot more W's in the future
So this is an incredible way
to start our Hell's Kitchen journey
Red Team, twentysomethings
All of you are about to embark on
an extravagant journey
onboard a -foot luxury yacht
[Red Team cheering]
You'll be treated to
an amazing sunset dinner cruise
Hell yes
This'll be an experience you'll remember
for the rest of your lives
Truffle Boy is about
to party on a yacht, baby!
Blue Team, today is delivery day
[chuckles]
- That hurts
- Yeah
I need the deliveries all unloaded
And then, on the back of the mess
that has been made,
I'd like to see both kitchens spotless
Head into your dorms. Red Team, well done
[Red Team] Thank you, Chef
- Nicole, if only you made fresh pasta...
- I know, I'm sorry
- ...you'd be setting sail...
- I'll be...
- ...on that beautiful ocean
- I'll be better
Dear. Oh, dear
I feel like I let my team down
- I'm sorry, guys
- [O'Shay] It's all right
I don't want to do that again
All right guys, I'm gonna be better
I promise
I'm not gonna let it crush me
I'm gonna use it as amm*nit*on
to, like, step it up
We've run kitchens
They think they can run kitchens
We need to show the young bucks
that we know how to cook too
The service tomorrow
has got to be on point
I cannot lose again. I'm not happy
I don't know where to start. [sighs]
[Alyssa] Yacht time!
Yeah, baby!
Yacht!
- Enjoy your messes! Enjoy your messes!
- Have fun cleaning
- [Alex] Rub it in
- There's some walkers in the back, okay?
Your guy's bed time is at :, okay?
Don't forget that
- Don't be afraid to fall off the boat
- [Nicole] Oh, yeah
[Alex] I just really didn't wanna
lose the first challenge
Mentally, it sets a tone
[Red Team cheering]
Red Team! Red Team!
It just does a little something
to your soul
- [horn honks]
- [Mindy] And here's the delivery
[Jason] You guys need to run out front,
bring everything in
[Alex] Ah, sh*t. All right
[Nicole] Oh, my God
[Billy grunts]
It is the worst punishment
I'm sweating b*ll*ts
My back is hurting. My feet is hurting
I can't believe we're doing so much work
We're doing everything
[Billy groans]
I'm struggling with the fact that
we didn't get a chance to go on the yacht
Yep, load me. Give me three
I didn't come here to lose
My entire life has been a struggle
Don't hurt yourself
There's been times I've had no money
And there's been times I didn't eat
I fed my daughter. I didn't feed myself
[panting]
I put everything into
possibly making my way
and clawing my way to Hell's Kitchen
We're not gonna lose again
[birds chirping]
We got a cruise to have. We good?
[cheering]
Jump onboard. Let's go
Whoo! I'm so excited to be here right now
This is literally a dream
Welcome. Welcome
[Dafne] The fact that I get to go on
a yacht with Chef Ramsay
This is the best day of my life
Right, first of all, congratulations
Cheers, well done
- [all] Cheers
- [Ramsay] Congratulations
First big challenge win. What was it like
meeting each other for the first time?
Were you studying each other thinking,
"How's this gonna work?"
Did you think we were just gonna
go back to boys versus girls?
- Yes
- When it's men and women,
- the men just fail for weeks and weeks
- [Alyssa] Because women have a better...
[Brett]
It's like, we have to strategize now
I feel like women just instantly
have an easier way
of communicating with each other rather
than, "Let me b*at the other one first."
I can't believe that we're not only
getting to eat this private dinner
on the yacht, but we're getting
to do it with Chef Ramsay
I'm having a hard time accepting
the fact that this is reality
[Ramsay] I remember being years of age,
being on my ass,
and I went to go and live in Paris
Couldn't speak a word of French
Refusing to take time off
because I had no money to spend
And then I became so fluent in French
that when I would call
my first French girlfriend,
she wanted to know what area
of France I'd come from
And so, you learn so much quicker
Having dinner with Chef Ramsay,
I am absolutely blown away
I can't believe that I'm here right now
I've never even been on a yacht
This feels like an absolute dream
to me right now. It doesn't feel real
And then you get your first promotion
then all of a sudden,
you got a bit of money to go and eat out
But it's no different
to what you guys are in
You know?
This is an experience of a lifetime
Give it your all
This so far has been one of
the absolute best experiences of my life,
being on a yacht with Chef Ramsay
And not only that, spending it with
the Red Team. 'Cause guess what?
Twenties baby
We getting this W all the time
- Twentysomething
- [all] Twenties!
- Twenties!
- [all] Whoo!
[horn honks]
[Abe groans] Here we go!
Once you think the delivery's done,
here comes that horn
Time to get up
Saddle up and get some more
- You got that?
- [Mindy] I got it
I'm exhausted. I've been going at it
[grunts] f*ck
It's back breaking
Sweat, tears. I mean, man
All I know is if we go to sleep before
the kids come home,
they'd better not f*cking wake us up
Billy is over there
not taking it seriously
Yo, I can't believe the delivery came
and interrupted our lunch
I mean, I really wanted to
finish my tuna sandwich
[O'Shay] But it's just so annoying
When I see people acting up,
when I see people joking around...
...I'm not excited about it
- Maybe you should start working out
- [Billy] Yeah, I need to, Chef
My mind is focused and I'm ready to win
So, this is the list
- Who wants to mark while we call?
- [Tara] I'll do it. I'll mark
So, five pounds of currant
I own my own business. I mean,
this is what I do every single day
It's just me
- All right, five pounds dry cranberry
- [Billy] Of what?
Too many head cooks in one kitchen
I'm gonna take charge
That's who I am
I don't care if you like it or not
Is this just the list right here?
[Alex]
They need to get their heads on right
You say "heard" when you got it
Are you hearing this, Missy?
I hate the word "heard."
I'm not gonna say, "Heard."
Bro, we got to make
some big boy moves tomorrow
I know, bro
If Nicole had not used boxed pasta...
[Billy] Hey, you live and you learn, man
Make that mistake twice
and you're a jackass
All right, I'm going to bed
Good night, big boys
[breathing through machine]
[breathing continues]
[Alex] I just can't sleep
Listen, I come from a very routine land
My house is set on degrees at night
My pillows are fluffy
It's a king size bed
I come into Hell's Kitchen,
this Darth Vader-looking fella is hooked
up to some sort of ventilation machine
[mimics heavy breathing]
[snoring]
And then somebody
over there starts snoring
[snoring continues]
This is not gonna be a good night
[snoring continues]
[narrator]
A new day dawns at Hell's Kitchen...
[laughs]
- Me too, high five
- Zero sleep
...as the battle of the ages continues
between the twentysomethings
and the fortysomethings
[Dafne] Finally have our jackets
This is wild, dude
Okay. Once you do the snap
- Go
- Let's go!
How was that first night
in the dorms? Comfy?
- Comfy, Chef. Thank you
- [Sommer] Yes, very comfy
Alex, anybody in the over s snore?
Um, everyone in my room, yes
Billy snores?
Uh, in between dying
when his CPAP would shut off
I'm trying to live, Chef
Blue Team, let's be honest
That first team punishment was brutal
- Yes, Chef
- Yes, Chef
You do not want to suffer anymore do you?
- No, Chef
- [Ramsay] No
Listen carefully because
there are two ways to get out
of punishment here in Hell's Kitchen
One, don't lose the challenge
Obviously, right?
- [all] Yes, Chef
- And two,
by earning a Punishment Pass
Ooh
And you can earn it in our next challenge
Let's go. [chuckles]
I've been watching Hell's Kitchen
since I was , , years old
And I know that this Punishment Pass
is definitely a game changer
Right, listen carefully
Chicken wings
- [grunts]
- Oh, my goodness. Bro, you all right?
I'm okay. I just... I'm sorry. I tripped
Slow down
- Go and get cleaned up
- Yes, sir
Yo, can I get a chicken wing?
[laughing]
[Billy] What a waste of wings, man
I wasn't worried about the guy,
I was worried about the chicken wings
Like, look at all those wings
on the floor. I wanna eat those
- Geez
- [Ramsay] Now, for your next challenge,
you've all got minutes to create
a delicious, elevated chicken wing
And as I said, the winning chef
on each team receives a Punishment Pass
Take risks
Do not be afraid to make mistakes
- Understood?
- [all] Yes, Chef
Your minutes start...
Oh, one more thing
The chef with the worst chicken wings
will be going home
- [sighs]
- Oh
What? This is our second challenge
and someone's already going home?
[Sakari] Oh, man
This is how real this competition is
Somebody's gonna be going home
Your minutes start now
[narrator] Next time on Hell's Kitchen...
Let's rock and roll, baby
...will the battle for the Punishment Pass...
- [Ramsay] Glorious, right?
- It's like holding the power of God
...turns so cutthroat...
Damn it. Shut the f*ck up
- Idiot!
- ...that it splinters both teams
You gotta scoot over
You have this whole thing
- 'Cause I just set it down...
- All right
It's all my fault?
All the f*cking communication?
[narrator] And at dinner service...
[Ramsay] Chef's table. Gene Simmons
...will one chef be so starstruck...
Earth to Charlene!
...she freezes with stage fright?
What is happening? You think I'm gonna
serve that to the lead singer of Kiss?
[narrator] Prepare to get rocked...
You can kiss my f*cking ass
...on the next Hell's Kitchen
Damn, that hurts
- [contestants cheering]
...chefs from all over America
will be competing to be
the one chosen by Gordon Ramsay
as the next great chef
Yo, I'm excited
- Where's everybody from?
- I'm, uh, Vlad. I'm from Chicago
So I've worked at a lot of fine dining
establishments that have Michelin stars
James Beard Awards
- Exciting. This is exciting
- Yeah, for sure
I'm ready for it
You know, cocky, confidence,
tomato, tomahto,
whatever you want to call it
You know, I've paid my dues,
and I'm here to win
I know the girls
are going to k*ll it anyways
Hell yeah
The fact that Hell's Kitchen
is in Los Angeles, this is my hood
It's where I grew up
It's where my career took off
So I'm pumped that I get to
still have that little comfort
- Uh, ages if you guys don't mind asking
- [chuckles]
- I'm
- Forty-one
- Forty-two
- Forty-two
- Twenty-three
- Twenty-three
- Twenty-three?
- Twenty-three
- Twenty-four
- Got some youngins
- I'm
- [chuckles]
I know I don't look it, but yeah
I'm years old. People may look at me
as an old head, you know
Like, don't fall,
you're gonna break your hip
But I'm probably
one of the youngest one's here
I'm still a kid at heart
Where are they?
[contestants cheering]
[contestant] There he is!
[Ileana] Oh, my goodness, this is insane!
I'm so excited
to finally be here on Hell's Kitchen
I've never really been away
from home before
I'm from little Gloucester, Virginia,
out in the middle of nowhere
But I need to push that away
and remember that this is a competition,
and I'm here to kick some ass
[cheering continues]
Whoo!
Holy cow. Here it is
Let's do this
I was born for Hell's Kitchen
This is what I'm made for
B-True brings the mad flavor
Hi. Welcome
Hi. Grab a glass of champagne
This is wild
You have Marino standing there. I feel
like I'm looking at, like, a figurine
Just kinda wanna
just squish him a little bit
Cheers. I'm Billy
- Nice to meet you. Alyssa
- My pleasure
- Vlad here
- [Zeus] What's the name?
- Vlad
- Oh, my God. No way
- What?
- [Alyssa] Do you even recognize me?
[Vlad] I know who you are
I didn't expect Alyssa to be here
She's from Chicago. I'm from Chicago
I don't know if that's good or not,
because I'm not here to socialize
I'm here to win this,
and dominate this competition
Chefs, can I have your attention?
First of all, welcome to Hell's Kitchen
So I wanted to introduce you
to your sous chefs
[all cheering]
For the Red kitchen,
please welcome Chef Christina
So fresh and bright-eyed. Thank you, sir
Oh, my God
Chef Christina had won her season,
and now, you know,
she's in charge of Chef Ramsay's empire
I am just, like, hoping to God that
this is still a men versus women season,
and I get to have Christina
as my sous chef
And returning for the Blue kitchen,
Chef Jason
[contestants cheering]
Chef Jason's got some serious chops
Buttermilk and Bourbon
is a great restaurant in Boston
And he's got that electric blue hair,
which is just lightning insane. I love it
- Extra blue baby
- [Zeus] That's how you do it!
One of the biggest things
in Hell's Kitchen
is you need to listen and absorb
Every chef can have a bad night,
let's get that straight
It's how you bounce back,
that's what's important
[Christina]
You're gonna have obstacles thrown at you
But the biggest thing is you can
never, ever, ever,
let anybody or anything stand in your way
- [engine revs]
- What the f*ck?
[Billy] Oh, sh*t. Uh-oh
[contestants cheering]
[cheering continues]
[Ileana] Oh, my God
[engine revving]
- Oh, my God
- [Cheyenne] I love it
- Nice
- That was amazing
That's why we park in the back
- Did that really just happen?
- [Billy] Yeah!
[all cheering]
[Ileana] What a badass
Like, only Chef Ramsay
would drive a monster truck
through a wall, smash a car,
and then approach a whole bunch of chefs
like it's nothing
As Christina said,
do not let anything get in your way
What a ride that was
And come on, you guys had
quite a ride yourselves, right?
[all] Yes, Chef
Each of your limos
are from different eras
But they all got you
to where you want to go
When I'm opening a new restaurant,
I need a chef
that's going to get me
to where I want to go
Am I better off hiring a younger chef?
Bursting with energy, fresh ideas,
great creativity
Or hiring an older chef,
who's been battle tested,
solid as a rock, and very consistent
This season,
for the first time ever on Hell's Kitchen,
get ready for
Hell's Kitchen: Battle of the Ages
Chefs in their twentysomething,
come and stand together. That's it
And the rest of you in your forties,
stand together
Hell yeah. I'm definitely a different chef
now that I'm
compared to when I was
in my late s, early s
Let's go
We have so much experience on our side
I know we're going to crush it
It's time for our first big challenge,
your signature dish
You got minutes,
and your time starts now
Off you go. Let's go
[narrator] This season on Hell's Kitchen,
Biggest service of our career
- [Cheyenne] Guys, we got this
- Behind
[narrator] For the st time,
Chef Ramsay is opening the doors
[all] Cheers!
Push it!
My excitement is probably
covered up by crippling anxiety
What did I get myself into?
[narrator] But this time he's trying
something a bit different
Clearly one of the youngest
but beautifully done
It's an epic battle of the ages...
- [Tara] They're all young, and
- Her parents are our age
...and an answer to the age old question...
Know what I'm saying?
Know what I'm saying?
You know what I'm saying?
sh*t. What was I saying?
[narrator]
Can the well-seasoned fortysomethings
conquer the youth movement?
I love the strength of the heat,
but the caramelization...
This old guy's here to play
[narrator] Or will the fresh,
up-and-coming twentysomethings...
- Let's show 'em what we got
- Get it!
...show maturity beyond their years
We're here to win, not to learn
Perfect. Lobster extracted
These old geezers better work
We're all used to being exec chefs
and running things
They're used to being on the line,
sweating it out
You can't teach an old dog new tricks
I need to see everybody,
as quick as you can
[narrator] These chefs will face
a gauntlet of new challenges
I will do what it takes. Oh, my goodness
[Ramsay] Let's go. Quick
[contestant ] Sorry, buddy. That's hot
- [contestant ] No, please!
- We gotta get some points on the board
[narrator] expl*sive dinner services
Nobody's running that station
You're supposed to be the twentysomething,
not the slowest
- Yes, Chef
- I feel stressed out already
- Oh, my God
- You're the most mature,
- but you're actually cooking like babies
- The Blue Team is sweating
Get the f*ck out of here
'Cause it looks like
I can't cook fish now
- This place does tear you down
- I'm a scrappy little bitch
- Hot pan
- [Ramsay] Much better
[narrator] It's the most impressive
culinary season yet
Bold move, but the dish is delicious
- Dude
- [person ] It bursts in your mouth
[Ramsay] Please welcome,
Michael Cimarusti
This is a style of food
that I love so much
This is like the k burger right here
Sexy. It's colorful
Cooked immaculately. Perfect
This is a really good dish
It's what you want
- when you eat duck
- Yep
- [narrator] Come along for the ride...
- Sup, y'all?
- ...for a season of magnificence...
- [contestant ] Oh, my God
[contestant ]
Swan dive in the doughnut. [laughs]
...and mayhem...
- [siren wailing]
- [alarm blares]
[snoring]
[mimics snoring]
...as Hell's Kitchen is the place to be
[Ileana] Yo, is that Tony Hawk?
Mr. Simmons, yeah!
Fish is delicious
- Are we well?
- [Cheryl Hines] Yeah
- He's real cute
- I feel like we just... whoa, Rachel
[narrator]
Because it's going to be the wildest...
- [contestant] Dibs on gorilla meat, okay?
- [shouts]
...scariest...
- Oh, my God
- Is there a dead body?
[laughs]
...most fiery season you've ever seen
Ow!
You're a grown ass man
and I'm a grown woman, right?
- Don't be turning up on me
- That's your fault
Shh
It's all my fault?
All the f*cking communication?
Y'all got your little lies goin' on
Get us out of here, I don't give a f*ck
You talked him out of it, you ding-dong!
I am going to cut somebody
[shouts] This is a joke
How can we be this bad?
- Are you okay?
- Go f*ck yourself
[narrator] There are minutes remaining
in the chef's first big test:
the signature dish challenge
- [Christina] What do you got working?
- We got an oyster and potato stew working
[Christina] Lovely
[Sakari] I've worked in some of
the best restaurants in the world,
starting from humble beginnings,
working in fast-food
And, uh, my dish
might seem a little pretentious,
but I don't really care what other people
think about this dish
I'm here to prove to Chef Ramsay
that I'm ready to be his head chef
Super ambitious, I love it
- What do you have orange soda for?
- Collard greens
- You cook your greens in orange soda?
- Yes, sir
Been cooking almost years man,
that's a first for me
I grew up within the inner city,
really bad neighborhood,
so, my mother,
she would teach me how to cook,
just to be outta trouble,
to stay in the house
And now, I'm actually an executive chef
I'm ready to show what I got,
and I'm ready to win
[Jason] What are you grinding?
[Zeus]
I'm gonna do some bangers and mash, Chef
- Making your own sausages?
- Yes, I am
- I like it. I like it a lot
- Thank you, Chef
- What are you making, pasta?
- I am
- That's ambitious
- It is ambitious
- I'm gonna make tortellini soup
- Can't win if you don't take chances
[Mindy] That's right
- Hey Nicole, you doing okay?
- [Nicole] Yes, thank you. It's the heels
[laughs]
I'm wearing heels
I'm gonna cook in heels
I think that that's sexy
and I feel confident in myself
This is fun
[Alex] Nicole is using boxed pasta,
canned tomatoes
I don't know why
you would even think to make
your signature dish with boxed pasta
So, there's that
Guys, I'm salting the water
Like the sea
Like the sea
[Christina]
Dafne, what are you working on?
[Christina] Woman after my own heart
That Cacio e Pepe will get me
[Dafne] I'm Latina
However, working for almost ten years with
crazy Italian chefs screaming at my ear,
Italian food just flows through my body
I'm excited to show everyone
the kind of chef I am
And I'm hella nervous right now
Breathe, guys. [chuckles]
- Ileana
- Yes, Chef
What have you got going on?
I'm making a maple
butternut squash risotto
I've cooked a lot of risotto
It's something that I've got in my blood
So I hope that I can really knock it out
of the park this morning,
and, uh, impress Chef Ramsay
- Do you have your risotto started yet?
- Not yet, Chef
We're getting close to minutes
[chuckles] I would not be cooking risotto
for Chef Ramsay on a day like today
He will not accept any risotto
unless it's perfect
You need to know
what you're doing right now
Just under ten minutes to go, guys
- Right next to you
- [contestant ] Hot
I'm looking over at Ileana's dish
and her rice is undercooked
She doesn't have her components finished
Hey Brett
Can you check my risotto please?
- Give it a stir
- [Brett] It hasn't opened up yet at all
Oh, my God. It's not f*cking ready
f*ck me, man
[sighs] Oh, my God
- [narrator] Coming up...
- Started at the Playboy Mansion
No one goes to the Playboy Mansion
for food, right?
Things go from strange,
to downright bizarre
A great white shark bit your head?
And later...
- [grunts]
- Oh, my goodness. Bro, you all right?
I may have peed a little
- Can I get a chicken wing?
- [laughs]
[narrator] There's under eight minutes
left in the signature dish challenge
Oh, my God. It's not f*cking ready
And the twentysomething's Ileana
is struggling
with her butternut squash risotto
- [sighs] Oh, my God
- [Vlad] What? Is it under a little bit?
Yeah, it's very under. I'm going in here
- Start sautéing
- I'm really worried about my squash
It's just not cooking fast enough
And my risotto, I know it's not done
It's not perfect yet
I should have started it earlier
I'm freaking out right now, honestly
- [Vlad] Want me to drop it in here?
- [Ileana] Yeah. Thank you so much
Ileana's struggling
It is a team competition,
I gotta kind of take
that leader initiative and just
help her get something on the plate
God damn it, man
- Let's get all of it done
- Thank you
- I appreciate you, dude
- Got it
- We're one team
- One team
[Vlad] Let's go!
Watch this rib eye over here, please
Coming back for it in just a second
It's fine
Wyoming is beef country
And it's something
that is pretty meaningful to me
It's something I've made for my kids
- Was it undercooked?
- I'm gonna give it second,
get everything on the plate,
then come back for it
I personally prefer my steak to be, like,
two chest compressions away from
smacking a bell back on it
- and putting it back out in the field
- [cow moos]
- [Charlene] Hot pan
- Heard
[Ramsay] Just under four minutes to go
What do you got?
I'm making a stewed salmon
with a coconut-infused jasmine rice
- All right
- Yeah. Jamaican style
I've made stewed salmon a lot at home,
I've made it for my friends
It stems from my background
My mother is from Jamaica
But the coconut rice is something
I've never done before
It needs something sweet
I'm gonna take some sugar
and I'm just gonna hope it works
Forgot to add this sh*t
Fingers crossed
Under a minute, guys. This is it
Final minute. Get it on a plate
- Let's go, guys
- [Ramsay] Come on, Blue Team. Let's go!
- Go
- Can I get you anything?
- She's got it. Behind
- [Ramsay] Come on, Red Team
- No, sir. I think I'm okay
- [Ramsay] Ten seconds. Let's go
- Nine. Eight. Seven. Six
- [all chattering]
- Five. Four. Three
- [Ileana] Come on, Sommer
Two. One. And stop
[all cheering]
O-O-O-OG's
Listen carefully, all of you
There's something very important
that you need to know
The winner of Hell's Kitchen:
Battle of the Ages,
will become my head chef
at the brand-new Hell's Kitchen,
Caesars Atlantic City. That's right
[contestants cheering]
Atlantic City. That's so close
to New York, where I'm from
I'm in my element. I'm about to be
Like, that's exactly where I want to be
It comes with a prize,
worth a quarter of a million dollars
Wow
$,
That is a monumental amount of money
that will change my family's life
I want that money
That sounds great
Like, I'm hype
I don't know what to do
with a quarter of a million dollars
But I know I would spend it though
I'll assign each dish a score
between one and five
With five being stunning and delicious,
and one being wretched
and certainly not my standards
The team with the most points wins
Let's start off
with Brett from the Red kitchen
Up against Zeus from the Blue kitchen
Let's go
- [Ileana] Let's get it, Brett
- Strong start, come on
Excellent
Uh, let's start off with you, Zeus
- Is that a little scar?
- It's a scar
I worked at a restaurant
many, many years ago
We would go out into the ocean,
we would bring in fresh seafood
One day I went out and found myself
in the mouth of a great white shark
Holy cow
How the f*ck are you still alive?
- A great white shark bit your head?
- Yeah
Thousands of stitches later,
I snuck out of the hospital,
got on a bus, when back to service,
and finished the day out
Stop it. Seriously?
Every season on Hell's Kitchen,
a few crazies slip in,
uh, and I think that Zeus
is one of those guys
[Ramsay] Man
The dish. Describe this. What is it?
[Zeus] The dish I have presented
for you today is bangers and mash
This is a staple back home in my country
- I mean, I grew up with this...
- Yes
That's a bold move
to make bangers and mash
on your first introduction
It... It is, Chef. Natural casings
Made the onion gravy from scratch
Bloody hell
Uh, I'd like to say tonight
your bangers and mash are bang on
That's a very strong four. Good job
- Thanks so much, Chef
- Yeah
Go, baby. Way to start off, Zeus
- Good. Really good
- Thank you so much, Chef
Uh, Brett
Uh, hair color today, what is that?
- It's a combination of a sort of pinkish...
- It's a little strawberry...
A strawberry shortcake situation
I don't know
A little bonding experience
with my wife and I
It's not as good as your shark story,
but it's a strong one, right?
I'm can't compete with that
Uh, right. What is this?
So what you have is a roasted rack of lamb
with a chimichurri sauce
on a little arugula salad
And then at the top, there is
a brown butter roasted cauliflower
- Wow. Visually, it's beautiful
- Thank you, Chef
It's a strong dish. That lamb on point,
cauliflower steak, good
Chimichurri, beautifully vibrant
It's almost like you're cooking
beyond your years, so, it's a strong four
- Well done
- Thank you, Chef
- [Ramsay] Loved this
- Yeah, Brett!
- Good job, both of you
- Thank you
This is easily the best
culinary moment of my life
Second best moment of my life,
only behind marrying my wife
Next up, Alex and Ileana, let's go
Alex. A love of food. Background
Where did it start?
I started in the industry before food
was really a cool thing in Nashville
So I was very much self taught
I didn't go to culinary school
- Then I opened my own restaurant in
- And what happened?
- COVID
- Right
Brutal
I mean, it's...
- Words can't...
- [Ramsay] Yeah
- Well, you're here now
- I am
Enlighten me. What's under here?
I have a spice-crusted salmon,
Carolina Gold rice,
maple glaze with Aleppo carrots,
and a chorizo broth
Yeah, it's cooked beautifully
Its pink is vibrant
It's got the right balance of acidity
I love the balance of the starch
That's a very strong five. Good job
- Thank you, Chef
- [Ramsay] Amazing
[Alex] I mean, the fact that one
of the world's best chefs gave me a five,
it's wild. It's freakin' wild
Ileana. Give us an insight
What's your current job?
I'm a sous chef now
I specialize in coastal cuisine
- [Ramsay] Describe the dish
- I've made a butternut squash risotto
[Ramsay] My goodness me
[Ramsay] Let's be honest
Visually, it looks underwhelming, right?
- Yes, Chef
- Looks sloppy
You can see the kernels of rice,
which tells you they're not cooked
And sadly, under seasoned
There's a reason why
I put risotto on the menu
There's a tall order of getting it right
So, it's a two out of five
[Ramsay] Dear. Oh, dear
[Cheyenne]
First impressions of Ileana. Not good
I don't know about her
All right. Let's have
Sakari and Nicole, please. Step up
Chef Ramsay's a legend for real
But I've cooked for a lot of chefs before
So I'm just excited
I'm not really intimidated
All right
So, Sakari, current job now is what?
Introducing fine dining experiences
to Black and brown communities
- Wow. So like, pop-ups
- Yeah. Pop-ups
Give us an insight
How much do you charge?
About $ per plate
- Seven courses
- Amazing
Describe the dish. What is it?
So this dish right here,
we have an oyster stew with a confit cod
[Ramsay] So the base of the sauce
is the oysters, or...
So the base of the sauce,
I created an oyster fat
Um, and then we have,
like, a potato leek...
Man, there's a lot going on there
And how did you cook the cod?
Uh, confited it
with a little bit of lemon zest
It's a very complex dish
And, uh, I'm just... I'm just sad...
that I could only give you five
Congratulations
- Thank you, Chef
- [Brett] Incredible
- [Ramsay] Really good
- [Sommer] Yeah. Great
Got a five. Got a five. Best dish ever
Okay. Nicole, give us an insight
Places you've worked. Where have you been?
I started at the Playboy Mansion
for my internship
- The Playboy Mansion for your internship?
- Yes
No way
What the hell?
A chef at the Playboy Mansion?
Like, what are you cooking there?
Uh... [inhales sharply]
You know what? I don't wanna know
- Right. What's under here?
- So, I kept it really simple
It's a tagliatelle pasta
with fresh burrata...
Stop there, 'cause you get me going
when you mention the word fresh
Okay, um, minutes
You made the pasta, right?
Um...
Oh, sh*t
[stammers] Um...
[narrator] It's the first ever Battle
of the Ages signature dish challenge
- Right. What's under here?
- So, I kept it really simple
It's a tagliatelle pasta
[narrator]
And Nicole, a former Playboy Mansion chef
is hoping her boxed pasta
doesn't leave her exposed
You made the pasta, right?
Um...
Oh, sh*t
No. For the sake of... Not...
Because of the time
[whispers] No
Who... Who does that?
You know what he's going to say
You know he want everything fresh
Why would you come to Hell's Kitchen
and make boxed pasta?
But you just said you kept it simple
What did you do in minutes
if you didn't make pasta?
Oh, um, I made the sauce
But let's be honest with each other
because you didn't really make the sauce
I saw a tin of canned tomatoes in there
Okay, yes
So visually it looks bad, and sadly,
it actually tastes worse than it looks
If he does that to me, I'll cry
I will cry real tears
Give it a one
Yeah. That's a one. And a stretch at that
- Thank you. Sakari, good job
- Thank you, Chef
[narrator]
Next up for the twentysomethings
is Dafne from Los Angeles,
who is hoping that
her handmade corn and truffle ravioli
is strong enough to keep
the Red Team in the lead
[Ramsay] Wow, that's very good
Um, that is a very strong four. Good job
- Thank you
- [Ramsay] Really good job
[narrator] Trying to keep it close
for the fortysomethings,
Charlene from Wyoming
presents her cowboy rib eye
The seasoning's on point
and the steak is cooked beautifully
- Good job
- [Charlene] Thank you
- That's a very strong four. Well done
- Yeah!
Thank you
[narrator] Next up for the fortysomethings
is Tara, a private chef from New York
And for the twentysomethings is Vlad,
a sous chef from Chicago
[Ileana] Come on, Vlad
That's a truffle slicer in there
You trying to wow me with more truffle?
He's a bougie little bitch, not gonna lie
Vlad is just a little too cocky
Back home,
Vlad calls himself, "Truffle Boy"
And that's all over his social media
Vlad, what's under here?
- Under here is a bone-in Australian Wagyu...
- [Ramsay] Wow
...lobster mushrooms,
and then a beautiful parsnip puree
You will need to finish it as well
- with some extra white truffle
- Yep
An expensive dish
[Cheyenne chuckles]
This bougie son of a g*n
How much would you charge for this dish?
, easy
Well, listen, young man
That steak is cooked beautifully
The sear is incredible
The seasoning is on point
And the puree's delicious
[sighs]
Honestly,
I would pay bucks for that
- Thank you, Chef
- Five
Thank you, Chef
- [Ramsay] Wow
- The Red Team, you're welcome
Because of chef Vlad, Truffle Boy
- I brought it today and we're winning
- Let's go
Uh, Tara,
this journey with food began where?
- I was a fashion designer
- [Ramsay] Oh, wow
So I didn't really get into cooking
till after a car accident
- After a car accident?
- Yeah
- I'm sorry. What happened?
- I was wrapped around a tree. It's okay
- Turning point?
- [Tara] It was a wake-up moment
It was a turning point
I left the fashion industry
and the kitchen
was the only place I was calm
Wow
I lost a lot of memory
and I had to go to brain rehab
I literally could not remember
how to do a lot of things
I couldn't remember how to run
I didn't know what to do with my life
I went back in that kitchen and it felt
like that's where I was meant to be
So I was like,
"This is what I'm supposed to do."
Amazing. And what's under here?
[Tara] It's a fennel crusted
pork tenderloin with a sweet potato puree,
asparagus, some sautéed apples
and pancetta with a little bourbon jus
[Ramsay]
The cook on the pork is beautiful
It's something you don't see
elevated enough, pork tenderloin
Tara-rific
- That is a four out of five. Good job
- Thank you so much
For me to get a four out of five
on that dish. It made my day
What can I say?
[narrator]
Next up is sous chef Cheyenne from Ohio
against executive chef O'Shay
from Delaware
[Ramsay] Right, O'Shay
- Job currently is what?
- Executive chef in a catering company
What's under here?
Crispy skin salmon and Parmesan corn grits
with, uh, orange soda collard greens
- Say that again...
- Orange soda collard greens
- You put orange soda in collard greens?
- Yes, Chef
I've never even thought of putting
orange soda in a stewed green before
But I can guarantee you,
when I get home, I'm not gonna try it
Well, I'm cooking with it first,
and then I pour a little bit on
It infuses flavor
Why are you laughing? I gotta taste it
- Uh, I've never had anything like that
- [Ramsay] No
What's the jus around the outside?
It looks very watery
A little orange soda
- More orange soda?
- A little bit
Who loves orange soda?
Now for the, uh... the moment of truth
Tell me it works
[Ramsay] Bloody hell
- The salmon's cooked beautifully
- Thank you, Chef
There's some really good
elements in this dish
Can you see how pink
that salmon is from there?
- Looks good, looks great
- Beautiful
This dish should scream a five
But I'm gonna take points off
for the orange soda
[sighs]
[narrator] With the twentysomethings
slightly ahead
in the signature dish challenge,
-year-old O'Shay
is hoping his salmon
with orange soda, isn't completely flat
This dish should scream a five but I'm
gonna take points off for the orange soda
[sighs]
It's a strong three
Thank you, Chef
[grunts] Oh, Chef
[narrator]
The over s are in the lead for now
But -year-old Cheyenne is expecting her...
Maple bourbon glazed pork chop
with sweet potato puree
...will put the twentysomethings
back on top
[Ramsay] Visually, it looks beautiful
Great color on that
I love the seasoning. The sweetness
But it's the color on that chop
The actual top cut there, beautiful
Turn it upside down
That thing needs equal time
And it's got this sort of
after-bitter taste
It's a shame. It's a three
- Thank you
- Thank you
[applause]
[narrator] Next up is Houston chef
and father of nine Abe
[Mindy] Come on, Abe
Hoping that his...
Blackened sea bass on Mom's Spanish rice
...is enough to win over Chef Ramsay
[Ramsay] Fish is cooked beautifully
It's got that really nice citrus, 'cause
you caramelized that and laid it on top
- Mum's Spanish rice. Slightly bland
- [Abe] Mom's gonna k*ll me for that one
It's a very strong three
That damn rice. Sorry, Mama
[narrator] With the Blue Team only up
by one, brewery executive chef Alejandro,
is hoping his brick chicken
will score big for the Red Team
[Ramsay] Chicken's cooked beautifully
You work at a brewery, yes?
All I can say tonight is, "cheers."
That's delicious. That's a strong
four out of five. Good job
I got a four. I feel good
[narrator] With only two rounds remaining,
Mindy, a private chef and mother of three...
- What have you made?
- ...hopes her...
[Mindy] Spinach tortellini soup
...impresses Chef Ramsay
[Ramsay] Visually,
it doesn't look the most appetizing
But it's got a lot of bold flavor
The soup is delicious
That for me, is a very strong four
- Thank you, Chef
- [Ramsay] Good job
Good job, Mindy
[Mindy] Chef Ramsay is hotter in person
So, I may have peed a little
That's my age maybe. I don't know
[narrator] With the Blue Team in the lead,
Alyssa presents her scallops
with cauliflower puree
I've tasted some exceptional purees
tonight and this is...
this is not exceptional
It's a shame. You got a great sear
I'm gonna give it a three
because of the puree
- Good job. Thank you
- Thank you, Chef
[Ramsay] Thank you
You know, Alyssa,
you gotta bring your A-game
So, five and four are acceptable
but anything below that
you need to step up your sh*t
Right, final round. Uh, Billy, let's go
[Zeus] Let's go, Billy
[Ramsay] Sommer, let's go
Billy, current job is what?
Unemployed, Chef
I'm all-in on Hell's Kitchen
Any nicknames on the way up?
My good friends, and my enemies,
they like to call me, "B-True."
As in, "be true to yourself
every night in that kitchen"?
- I'm bringing it, Chef
- [Ramsay] Right
- What's under here?
- This is my take on a Chicken Francese
It's Parmesan basil
egg-battered chicken breast
Here's the thing, risotto's cooked nicely,
but it's all clumpy
And there's enough here for two
Doesn't need all this on a plate
Let me be true to you...
It's a three
to the Blue Team,
Sommer, Billy's nickname was, "B-True"
What's your nickname?
In the industry, my nickname is "VIP"
It started from the first time
I worked in a kitchen
The chef told me, like,
"This is a VIP ticket."
I was like, "Chef, everything is VIP."
And he was like, "Oh, I like that."
So everywhere I go,
I just take that with me
Everything is VIP, everything is VIP
Everything?
You question it,
and I'm like, "Everything."
- Everything
- Billy...
- Everything?
- Everything
- Everything?
- Everything
Damn
- Right, what's under here?
- I have a stewed salmon
It's inspired by my Jamaican, um, roots
- And a coconut rice underneath
- [Ramsay] What else is in the rice?
It wasn't sweet enough for me, so I added
a little sugar and coconut milk
[Ramsay] Mm-hmm
It's not VIP
It feels like general admission
It's not supposed to be that sweet
Man, this is tough
You need one to tie and two to win
I don't know if we're gonna win
I don't wanna be punished
I got a five. I don't wanna be punished
I'm gonna give this dish...
a one
[Billy] All right!
Right, we have a tie for the first time
I'm gonna go for the best two dishes
The best dish in the Blue Team is Alex
And Sakari for the Red Team
Please drop your dishes over here
[Alex] This is a lot of pressure
A lot of stress
We cannot lose this challenge
- [Alejandro] Go, Alex!
- [Brett] Bring it home, buddy
Gentlemen, these dishes are excellent
Let's get that absolutely clear
Alex, that was stunning
Precision beyond belief
Uh, Sakari, it's got the solidity,
the right amount of acid
But more importantly,
the cook on the cod is delicious
There is one dish that has a slight edge
And therefore, the winning team is...
There is one dish that has a slight edge
And therefore, the winning team is...
the Red Team. Congratulations
[Ileana] g*dd*mn. That's amazing
- [Alyssa] Good job
- Bringing it home
[Sommer] Good save
[Ramsay] Uh, Sakari, good job
I'm happy I could get the W for today
I think I'm the best chef here
There's gonna be
a lot more W's in the future
So this is an incredible way
to start our Hell's Kitchen journey
Red Team, twentysomethings
All of you are about to embark on
an extravagant journey
onboard a -foot luxury yacht
[Red Team cheering]
You'll be treated to
an amazing sunset dinner cruise
Hell yes
This'll be an experience you'll remember
for the rest of your lives
Truffle Boy is about
to party on a yacht, baby!
Blue Team, today is delivery day
[chuckles]
- That hurts
- Yeah
I need the deliveries all unloaded
And then, on the back of the mess
that has been made,
I'd like to see both kitchens spotless
Head into your dorms. Red Team, well done
[Red Team] Thank you, Chef
- Nicole, if only you made fresh pasta...
- I know, I'm sorry
- ...you'd be setting sail...
- I'll be...
- ...on that beautiful ocean
- I'll be better
Dear. Oh, dear
I feel like I let my team down
- I'm sorry, guys
- [O'Shay] It's all right
I don't want to do that again
All right guys, I'm gonna be better
I promise
I'm not gonna let it crush me
I'm gonna use it as amm*nit*on
to, like, step it up
We've run kitchens
They think they can run kitchens
We need to show the young bucks
that we know how to cook too
The service tomorrow
has got to be on point
I cannot lose again. I'm not happy
I don't know where to start. [sighs]
[Alyssa] Yacht time!
Yeah, baby!
Yacht!
- Enjoy your messes! Enjoy your messes!
- Have fun cleaning
- [Alex] Rub it in
- There's some walkers in the back, okay?
Your guy's bed time is at :, okay?
Don't forget that
- Don't be afraid to fall off the boat
- [Nicole] Oh, yeah
[Alex] I just really didn't wanna
lose the first challenge
Mentally, it sets a tone
[Red Team cheering]
Red Team! Red Team!
It just does a little something
to your soul
- [horn honks]
- [Mindy] And here's the delivery
[Jason] You guys need to run out front,
bring everything in
[Alex] Ah, sh*t. All right
[Nicole] Oh, my God
[Billy grunts]
It is the worst punishment
I'm sweating b*ll*ts
My back is hurting. My feet is hurting
I can't believe we're doing so much work
We're doing everything
[Billy groans]
I'm struggling with the fact that
we didn't get a chance to go on the yacht
Yep, load me. Give me three
I didn't come here to lose
My entire life has been a struggle
Don't hurt yourself
There's been times I've had no money
And there's been times I didn't eat
I fed my daughter. I didn't feed myself
[panting]
I put everything into
possibly making my way
and clawing my way to Hell's Kitchen
We're not gonna lose again
[birds chirping]
We got a cruise to have. We good?
[cheering]
Jump onboard. Let's go
Whoo! I'm so excited to be here right now
This is literally a dream
Welcome. Welcome
[Dafne] The fact that I get to go on
a yacht with Chef Ramsay
This is the best day of my life
Right, first of all, congratulations
Cheers, well done
- [all] Cheers
- [Ramsay] Congratulations
First big challenge win. What was it like
meeting each other for the first time?
Were you studying each other thinking,
"How's this gonna work?"
Did you think we were just gonna
go back to boys versus girls?
- Yes
- When it's men and women,
- the men just fail for weeks and weeks
- [Alyssa] Because women have a better...
[Brett]
It's like, we have to strategize now
I feel like women just instantly
have an easier way
of communicating with each other rather
than, "Let me b*at the other one first."
I can't believe that we're not only
getting to eat this private dinner
on the yacht, but we're getting
to do it with Chef Ramsay
I'm having a hard time accepting
the fact that this is reality
[Ramsay] I remember being years of age,
being on my ass,
and I went to go and live in Paris
Couldn't speak a word of French
Refusing to take time off
because I had no money to spend
And then I became so fluent in French
that when I would call
my first French girlfriend,
she wanted to know what area
of France I'd come from
And so, you learn so much quicker
Having dinner with Chef Ramsay,
I am absolutely blown away
I can't believe that I'm here right now
I've never even been on a yacht
This feels like an absolute dream
to me right now. It doesn't feel real
And then you get your first promotion
then all of a sudden,
you got a bit of money to go and eat out
But it's no different
to what you guys are in
You know?
This is an experience of a lifetime
Give it your all
This so far has been one of
the absolute best experiences of my life,
being on a yacht with Chef Ramsay
And not only that, spending it with
the Red Team. 'Cause guess what?
Twenties baby
We getting this W all the time
- Twentysomething
- [all] Twenties!
- Twenties!
- [all] Whoo!
[horn honks]
[Abe groans] Here we go!
Once you think the delivery's done,
here comes that horn
Time to get up
Saddle up and get some more
- You got that?
- [Mindy] I got it
I'm exhausted. I've been going at it
[grunts] f*ck
It's back breaking
Sweat, tears. I mean, man
All I know is if we go to sleep before
the kids come home,
they'd better not f*cking wake us up
Billy is over there
not taking it seriously
Yo, I can't believe the delivery came
and interrupted our lunch
I mean, I really wanted to
finish my tuna sandwich
[O'Shay] But it's just so annoying
When I see people acting up,
when I see people joking around...
...I'm not excited about it
- Maybe you should start working out
- [Billy] Yeah, I need to, Chef
My mind is focused and I'm ready to win
So, this is the list
- Who wants to mark while we call?
- [Tara] I'll do it. I'll mark
So, five pounds of currant
I own my own business. I mean,
this is what I do every single day
It's just me
- All right, five pounds dry cranberry
- [Billy] Of what?
Too many head cooks in one kitchen
I'm gonna take charge
That's who I am
I don't care if you like it or not
Is this just the list right here?
[Alex]
They need to get their heads on right
You say "heard" when you got it
Are you hearing this, Missy?
I hate the word "heard."
I'm not gonna say, "Heard."
Bro, we got to make
some big boy moves tomorrow
I know, bro
If Nicole had not used boxed pasta...
[Billy] Hey, you live and you learn, man
Make that mistake twice
and you're a jackass
All right, I'm going to bed
Good night, big boys
[breathing through machine]
[breathing continues]
[Alex] I just can't sleep
Listen, I come from a very routine land
My house is set on degrees at night
My pillows are fluffy
It's a king size bed
I come into Hell's Kitchen,
this Darth Vader-looking fella is hooked
up to some sort of ventilation machine
[mimics heavy breathing]
[snoring]
And then somebody
over there starts snoring
[snoring continues]
This is not gonna be a good night
[snoring continues]
[narrator]
A new day dawns at Hell's Kitchen...
[laughs]
- Me too, high five
- Zero sleep
...as the battle of the ages continues
between the twentysomethings
and the fortysomethings
[Dafne] Finally have our jackets
This is wild, dude
Okay. Once you do the snap
- Go
- Let's go!
How was that first night
in the dorms? Comfy?
- Comfy, Chef. Thank you
- [Sommer] Yes, very comfy
Alex, anybody in the over s snore?
Um, everyone in my room, yes
Billy snores?
Uh, in between dying
when his CPAP would shut off
I'm trying to live, Chef
Blue Team, let's be honest
That first team punishment was brutal
- Yes, Chef
- Yes, Chef
You do not want to suffer anymore do you?
- No, Chef
- [Ramsay] No
Listen carefully because
there are two ways to get out
of punishment here in Hell's Kitchen
One, don't lose the challenge
Obviously, right?
- [all] Yes, Chef
- And two,
by earning a Punishment Pass
Ooh
And you can earn it in our next challenge
Let's go. [chuckles]
I've been watching Hell's Kitchen
since I was , , years old
And I know that this Punishment Pass
is definitely a game changer
Right, listen carefully
Chicken wings
- [grunts]
- Oh, my goodness. Bro, you all right?
I'm okay. I just... I'm sorry. I tripped
Slow down
- Go and get cleaned up
- Yes, sir
Yo, can I get a chicken wing?
[laughing]
[Billy] What a waste of wings, man
I wasn't worried about the guy,
I was worried about the chicken wings
Like, look at all those wings
on the floor. I wanna eat those
- Geez
- [Ramsay] Now, for your next challenge,
you've all got minutes to create
a delicious, elevated chicken wing
And as I said, the winning chef
on each team receives a Punishment Pass
Take risks
Do not be afraid to make mistakes
- Understood?
- [all] Yes, Chef
Your minutes start...
Oh, one more thing
The chef with the worst chicken wings
will be going home
- [sighs]
- Oh
What? This is our second challenge
and someone's already going home?
[Sakari] Oh, man
This is how real this competition is
Somebody's gonna be going home
Your minutes start now
[narrator] Next time on Hell's Kitchen...
Let's rock and roll, baby
...will the battle for the Punishment Pass...
- [Ramsay] Glorious, right?
- It's like holding the power of God
...turns so cutthroat...
Damn it. Shut the f*ck up
- Idiot!
- ...that it splinters both teams
You gotta scoot over
You have this whole thing
- 'Cause I just set it down...
- All right
It's all my fault?
All the f*cking communication?
[narrator] And at dinner service...
[Ramsay] Chef's table. Gene Simmons
...will one chef be so starstruck...
Earth to Charlene!
...she freezes with stage fright?
What is happening? You think I'm gonna
serve that to the lead singer of Kiss?
[narrator] Prepare to get rocked...
You can kiss my f*cking ass
...on the next Hell's Kitchen
Damn, that hurts