21x13 - The Fab Five Take Flight

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[narrator] Previously on Hell's Kitchen...

- Don't be mad at me
- I'm not...

[narrator] After Sommer nominated Dafne
for elimination...

Sommer, she'll throw anyone
under the bus if she has to

...the stress of the competition
hit Dafne hard

I've never felt this much anxiety
in my life

[narrator] But the next day...

[Dafne] What in the world?

...everyone's spirits soared
when Chef Ramsay announced...

It's time for black jackets

Get your hands on these quickly

[narrator] In their first opportunity
to earn a black jacket,

the final seven were instructed
to have their dishes inspired by...

Very important people in your life

[narrator] And while Alejandro, Alex
and Tara's dishes received praise...

- It's delicious
- ...Summer's Jamaican homage to her mother...

My God, it packs a punch

- ...and Dafne's Italian ode to her mentor...
- The pappardelle is beautiful

...secured them the first two black jackets

- We made it in the club!
- "Never let anything get in your way."

- [narrator] In the next challenge...
- [Alex] Good luck, boys

...the chefs had to put
their own spin on dishes

from five of Chef Ramsay's restaurants

Alejandro's reinvention of
lobster ravioli...

- Lobster's cooked beautifully
- Thank you

...clawed its way to the top

- Congratulations
- Thank you

[narrator] And Alex's take on turbot...

The puree is exceptional

...left Chef Ramsay with an easy choice

- Congratulations, young man
- Thank you, Chef

[narrator] With only one jacket remaining...

Your time starts now

...Sakari, Cheyenne and Tara,

all cooked pork chops
in a do-or-die battle

- [Ramsay] Make it count
- [Sakari] Yes, Chef

[narrator] But when Chef Ramsay
left the final round of judging

- to the newly minted black jackets...
- Got more seasoning than this one

- ...it was...
- Cheyenne

- ...who received the final black jacket
- [Ramsay] Take that

- [narrator] Which sent...
- Tara

- ...and...
- Sakari

...home, ending their chances
of becoming head chef

at Hell's Kitchen, Caesars Atlantic City

And now,
the continuation of Hell's Kitchen

It's the playoffs tomorrow
Get out of here. Well done

- Thank you, Chef
- Thank you, Chef

- Congrats. Congrats
- [all] Thank you, Chef

The people that I am
on this black jacket team with,

I couldn't be happier about

- I can't believe I'm wearing this
- It's crazy. Final five?

Dafne, Sommer, Alejandro, Cheyenne,
good luck

You all have jobs working for me
when I win

- We all look damn good in black
- I know. I'm hyped

It's so slimming

Oh man, what a day

What a month. What a year. What two years

That was so crazy, the week before COVID,

when everybody's like, "Yeah
There's a sickness going around."

I was in college

And they just told us

that they were gonna
send us on a two-week break

And then we never came back
They sent us all of our belongings

What about you?

My job that I had been at for four years,
we just closed down

I was the executive sous chef

at a private membership club
in Beverly Hills

- And then it sucked when I had to close
- What were you doing?

- You had your restaurant
- Running a restaurant

We were open for two years and then COVID

It was... I mean, it was scary

I was just trying to feed my family

Are you guys still open?

I sold it two days before I left
to come here

- Damn
- One hell of a ride

We still on it

- Good morning
- [all] Good morning, Chef

[Alejandro] There's a giant conveyor belt
like it's an airport from Allegiant

But I stopped assuming things a while ago,

because in Hell's Kitchen,
anything can happen

Chefs,
we travel around the world constantly

And a great chef should be able
to do something magical

with ingredients
from anywhere around the globe

So today, you're gonna be challenged
to do exactly that

On the arrival screen behind me,
there are eight flight numbers

Each flight has a bag of ingredients
that are unique to that city

Now, you'll only find
what your ingredients are

after you've chosen your flight number

Understood?

- [all] Yes, Chef
- [Ramsay] Good

Right, who would like to go first?

Sommer
Flight number, what would you like?

- I'm gonna go with
- Twenty-three

Key West, Florida

- Okay
- [Alex] Okay, okay

[Sommer] I've been to Florida

I've eaten a lot of seafood there
I work a lot with fish

So I feel, like, okay. I got this

- Alejandro, let's go
- I'm gonna go with

[Ramsay] Twenty-five
And that is Austin, Texas. Wow

[Alejandro]
That's the smoking capital of the world

You know, beef, barbecue sauce,
corn bread. I'm super excited

- Dafne
- I'm gonna go with

Flight number
Boston, Massachusetts. Wow

- Cheyenne
- Nineteen

[Ramsay]
Flight number . New Orleans. Come on

[Cheyenne] At our bistro at home,

we mess with a lot of food
from New Orleans

So, I'm really confident

- Alex
- I'll go with

Flight number

- [Dafne] Oh
- [Ramsay] San Francisco. Wow

I don't really know much
about California cuisine

'cause I live miles away
from California,

but shouldn't be that hard

Now that you all know which city
your ingredients is coming from,

are you ready to see
what you're working with?

[all] Yes, Chef

Well, the flights are in,

but we need somebody
to help with the bags

- Ah, Marino
- [laughs]

Marino, what the hell are you wearing?

Here come your bags

That's a lot of bags

Marino, stack them up nicely please,
so we can see them

Oh, God. Oh, God

Marino! Put some effort into it
Please, Marino

- Here you are. [speaking Italian]
- Thank you

No tip from me. [laughs]

Now, listen carefully

Each of you will have minutes
to grab your bag,

run into the kitchen
and make me an amazing dish

- [all] Yes, Chef
- [Ramsay] Your first individual challenge

Your minutes start now. Let's go

My mind is racing
a million miles a minute

Come on, Alejandro

There's like suitcases
compared to five chefs

[Ramsay] We good? Well done, Sommer

Wow. Well done, Dafne

- You got it?
- [Alejandro] No

[Ramsay] Well done, Alex

[Cheyenne] Oh, my God

I need to start cooking. Where is my bag?

[Ramsay] Good, off you go. Let's go

[Sommer]
Some mahi, some rum, sweet plantains,

mangoes and some long grain rice

It's exactly what I wanted to do

I'm used to these ingredients
because my mother is Jamaican

So I'm ready to go. I'm feeling good

- How you feel, Som? Good
- Feel good

These ingredients are right
in Sommer's wheelhouse

and it's really similar
to what she's been cooking

in this whole competition

- [Christina] How you feeling?
- Good

I'm happy for her,
but I definitely hope I whoop her ass

[Alex]
I have no idea what to do with this

[Ramsay] Was it what you expected?

I don't even know what to do with that

I've literally never worked
with a live crab

[Jason] You happy with the ingredients?

I have no idea what I'm doing
They're so random to me

There's a ton of meat
in these legs, the body

- There's...
- There's meat inside here?

Yeah, that's where you get the lump
Right in the hinges

I don't know what I'm doing

This is the first black jacket challenge,

and I have a crab that's waving at me
on my cutting board

SOS, send help

No idea what I'm doing

- [Jason] Boston
- Yeah, Chef

You know it's my hometown?

- Yeah
- What are you gonna do?

I'm gonna do a beer-battered cod

- with corn chowder
- Love it

[Dafne] And these green beans,
I'm gonna beer-batter them

- That's Boston
- Yes. Yeah

- Thirty minutes gone, minutes to go
- [all] Yes, Chef

- Alejandro, how we doing?
- Good. Got Austin, Texas

I'm gonna go a little beer barbecue,
johnnycakes

[Jason] What are you doing
with your fried potatoes?

- Making a vinaigrette out of them
- Fried potato vinaigrette?

[Alejandro] Yeah, man. Super Midwest

- [Alex] You say potato vinaigrette?
- Yeah, dude

- [Ramsay] Just under ten minutes to go
- [Alejandro] How's everybody feeling?

[Alex scoffs] Okay

I just don't know what I'm doing

I'm under a serious time crunch,

and I need to figure out
what I'm gonna do

And all I can think is crab salad

All the pressure's on

Where's the meat?

I'm seeing Alex, like,
pound the crap out of this crab

I'm like, "Oh, my God
You're making such a mess."

Alex, what are you doing?

[Ramsay] Just under four minutes to go

Oh, my God

- This is New Orleans, right? All day long
- [Cheyenne] Yeah

So glad I got the New Orleans box

I'm excited. This one's exciting

[Jason] You get a ton of flavor
from those shrimp bodies

[Cheyenne] Now I'm excited

I'm seasoning my shrimp
with Cajun seasoning

Exactly what you would imagine it'd be
if you were eating it in Louisiana

[Ramsay]
Okay, coming down to the last minute

- [Alex] Yes, Chef
- [Ramsay] Here we go

[Dafne] God, my hand's shaking

[Ramsay]
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five,

four, three, two, one and stop. Well done

Okay, good. To help me judge these dishes,

I've brought in a chef
who's extremely well-traveled

He's also a James Beard Award winner

He has not one, but two Michelin stars

He's the owner and the head chef
of the prestigious restaurant, Providence

Please welcome Michael Cimarusti

- Good to see you
- [Cimarusti] Howdy, Chef

- Welcome back. Thank you
- Good to see you

[Dafne] I live in LA

Providence is one of
the top Michelin-star restaurants here

I've been there
This man knows how to cook it

So, it is an honor to cook for him today

- [Ramsay] Welcome back to Hell's Kitchen
- Thank you so much

[Ramsay] Right, chefs, listen carefully

In a moment,
I'll call you up one at a time

The first person, we will taste

Then you'll take your place
in that exclusive first-class seat

The first person coming up
to taste, they will stay there

But here's where it gets interesting

When the next chef comes up,
presents to Chef Michael and myself,

If Chef thinks that dish is better,
they will bump you out of first class

and sit in the first-class seat
as in king of the hill

We get down to the final tasting,

and the chef who's in
that first-class seat wins. Is that clear?

- [all] Yes, Chef
- Right. So let's start with Alex, please

Black jackets, pressure is on full

Let's go, Alex

[Alex]
There's some nerves, some butterflies

Hopefully I've put together
a well-composed dish that makes sense

A man from Tennessee
cooking from San Francisco

I've never taken apart a live crab,
so that was challenging to say the least

Right. Tell us about the dish,
and the main ingredients and why

So I made a Dungeness crab salad
with some grilled bok choy,

pinot grigio, poached grapes,
and heirloom tomato in the salad

Finished with a little micro cilantro

I think it's pretty good
Every element from the crab itself,

to the poached grapes
to the avocado puree

- All refreshing, tasty
- Thank you

I love the way
you respected the ingredients

A really good effort. Right,
take your seat into the first class

- Really nice start. Seat belt on
- It's about to be a bumpy ride

[Dafne] I did not think Alex
was gonna get it together

God, Alex. You always pull it off

- Right. Up next, Alejandro. Let's go
- [Dafne] Come on, Alejandro

- [Ramsay] Thank you
- [Alejandro] Yes, Chef

Ingredients from where?

So ingredients were from Austin, Texas

I made a barbecue sauce
out of ancho peppers,

brushed the steak after it was seared

Made some johnnycakes
that are lathered in a honey butter

And then I made a vinaigrette
out of fried potatoes

It's like this super Midwest
kind of vinaigrette

So it's a little funky, little weird

Steak itself is
seasoned really beautifully

It's just that johnnycake, for me,
is a bit heavy

But that vinaigrette really, really tasty

I've never heard of
a potato vinaigrette before,

- but there's a first time for everything
- Thank you

It's rare to get that level of finesse
on a rib eye

Chef, big question is,
does he bump Alex into coach

and take the seat in first class?

I think Alex can stay where he is

Thank you, Chef. I thought that potato
vinaigrette was gonna knock me out

Buckle up. Next up, Sommer. Let's go

[narrator] Sommer is presenting
her Caribbean-influenced mahi-mahi

- with ingredients from...
- Key West, Florida

Overall, I like the dish. I think maybe
even a little bit more citrus

would have helped you there

This screams Florida. I love what
you've done with the mahi-mahi

To get that nice color, caramelization,

and have it there
glistening inside is an art

It's cooked beautifully

She got plantains. She got rice and fish

Sommer absolutely hit the lottery
with this suitcase

Chef, Sommer's dish, does it warrant
a first-class seat and outshine Alex?

Or does Alex remain in first class?

Um...

So I think you should have a seat
in first class

[Ramsay] Congratulations, Sommer
Well done, the dish is excellent

- Congratulations
- Thank you

Right. Up next, Cheyenne, please
Let's go

- [Dafne] Come on, Cheyenne
- [Alex] Let's go

Flight number was from New Orleans

- Yes
- Lovely

For this dish, I went for a play
on Jambalaya

Went ahead and peeled my shrimp,
rendered off some andouille sausage,

added some butter in there,

and I seasoned my rice
with that fat and butter

And I let everything meld together

- [Ramsay] Chef, visually?
- Wow. It's beautiful

You climbed a mountain in minutes

- The rice is absolutely delicious
- Thank you

- You made a very flavorful broth
- Thank you

Chef, does Cheyenne get to sit
in first class, and bump Sommer off?

- It's a tough one
- It's a very tough one

[narrator]
It's the first black jacket challenge,

and the chefs are being tested

on their creativity
with ingredients from different cities

- You climbed a mountain in minutes
- Thank you

[narrator] Cheyenne is hoping
her jambalaya will be good enough

to put her in the first-class seat
and Sommer back in line

- It's a tough one
- It's a very tough one

Sommer, sorry to say
it was a short flight for you

But Cheyenne, I gotta give it to you

- Wow
- This is delicious

- Absolutely delicious
- Thank you

[Alex] Cheyenne, good job

I have never been in first class before
I've only flown twice in my life

This chair is so comfy

Young lady, buckle up
One more chef to go

Maybe I can get used to this
Hopefully. [laughs]

Dafne, please. Final dish. Let's go

[Dafne] I feel good about my chowder,

and I'm just hoping it'll be good enough
to b*at Cheyenne

Mm. Give us an insight to the dish
What is it?

All right, Chef. Today,
you are going to embark into Boston

I did a corn chowder
with beer-battered cod and green beans

- Chef, what do you think?
- The batter is delicious

The cod is cooked perfectly
It's very crispy

- It's delicious, as are the green beans
- [Ramsay] I'm loving the technique here

Don't be scared of heat in that chowder

Because that will make it less creamy,
a bit more enticing, but it's really good

Yeah, absolutely

Chef, does Dafne replace Cheyenne,

or does Cheyenne continue her flight
in first class?

Cheyenne, I think you can stay
right where you are

- Yes!
- [Cimarusti] We're landing soon

But actually I think your career
is about to just take off

All right, thank you. I appreciate that

Please all five of you join me
in thanking this extraordinary chef

for giving up his day to be here

- Thank you, guys. Thank you. Good job
- Thank you, Chef

- Continued success
- Thank you, Chef

[Dafne] Thank you, Chef

Right. Seeing how today's challenge
is all about travel,

you, young lady, are going
on a very epic, amazing excursion

through the Los Angeles gorgeous canyons

on a thrilling,
high powered off-road vehicle

Oh, man. [laughs]

Nice

- That's so sick
- That's awesome

I'm freaking... I'm so pumped

[Ramsay] Take a look at their faces

Who would you like to join you
on that epic ride?

You know, this ride sounds kind of VIP
I think I have to take my girl, Sommer

She is also VIP

[Ramsay] Wow

Ugh. I'm pissed right now
that I didn't get chosen

Obviously there's something
that she likes more about Sommer

And now I have to do a punishment,
and I'm not looking forward to this

Cheyenne and Sommer

There's one more exciting prize
in the dorms

And it's for each of you. Off you go

Be careful please, yes?

First black jacket challenge win

From being on the bottom
of the black jackets, right up on top

Here I am here to show out and get ready

[gasps] Get outta here!

[both laughing]

[Sommer] Are you kidding me?

We won a really amazing,
huge OXO cooking set

Oh, my gosh!

It comes with a shopping spree
and that is so cool

My kitchen will be complete

Man!

Right. You three, listen carefully

Unfortunately your punishment today
will be a real grind

[groans]

We've got fresh peppercorns minutes away
from being delivered

Now, unfortunately they're all mixed up

So we got pinks and greens,
and black pepper

Fresh peppercorns that need separating
and then grinding,

and then into the sauces

We've got pistachios arriving as well

So shell the pistachios
and make that beautiful granola

for service tonight

- Off you go
- Thank you, Chef

Another punishment

I'm chasing the record of Hell's Kitchen
This is, like, my ninth

I'm in good company at least

I don't necessarily feel like
I deserve it

[Jason] Let's get going

- It's a couple of pistachios over here
- [Dafne] Wow

You guys know the meticulous,
horrible, horrible punishments

- I'll start doing this fiasco
- Okay, I'll do pistachios with Alex

[Jason] So white, red, black separated
and then we'll grind them all down

I've been on punishments
like six or seven times now,

and this one takes the cake for sure

Sucks

I have big hands with sausage fingers,

and picking those
little itty-bitty peppercorns out,

and placing them
in their own respective containers

is not a good time at all. It sucks

Feel like I'm gonna turn into a pistachio

Feels never ending

I feel like all my energy
is being sucked out

[Alex] Yep

I don't like losing
I haven't been on a punishment forever

[Dafne] So you've been doing this
for a long time, huh? Punishments?

- This is how it feels like?
- This is what it's like

I've been spoiled here

- Yeah. I mean, this is my ninth
- Jesus, Alex

My God, Alex has been
on the most punishments

That poor man has been through it all

What sucks is,
it's not just the punishments

But you miss out on doing
so much fun, cool stuff

that you'd never have
an opportunity to do again

- Yeah. Yeah
- That's the bad part

- Hey!
- Well, welcome to Santa Clarita

You guys are gonna have a blast today

- You guys ready?
- [both] Yes

[Cheyenne] I'm excited to hit these trails
with Sommer

We're super close,
so this should be a lot of fun

I've never driven a UTV before

[Sommer] Here we go

- Don't k*ll me
- [Cheyenne] I know

I'm a little nervous, I'm not gonna lie

But I'm excited
'cause I love doing things like this

Like I wanna feel the wind in my hair

[laughs]

[squealing]

Oh, my God

[both] Whoo!

[Sommer shouts]

All right. Go, Sommer

Man, the ride is so much fun

I'm actually really excited to let
Sommer drive,

because Sommer has driven
these UTVs before

So I'm like,
"Man, she's gonna be a professional."

[Sommer]

Sommer! Sommer!

[yelps]

- Help
- [Sommer] Oh, sh*t

[narrator]
Sommer and Cheyenne are out exploring

the trails on their off-roading reward

[Cheyenne]

[Sommer]

- Sommer!
- [narrator] But then this happened

[Sommer] Oh, sh*t

[Cheyenne] Help

- [Sommer] You okay?
- [Cheyenne] Yeah

Even though we crashed, whatever

- [medic] How you feel?
- [Sommer] I feel fine. Yeah

[Cheyenne] Everything's cool
Brush ourselves off. Nobody's hurt

I mean, I personally...
I probably could've gone again

We have a story for you guys

We crashed
We rolled over like three times

- Wow, that's crazy
- [Sommer] We almost d*ed

Holy crap

- And right before we went...
- Is there a reason why you talk so loud?

- Right now?
- Just always

I have so much adrenaline pumping
because I'm so hyped up

- They almost d*ed
- Yeah, like f*ck you

Wow

Alejandro and Sommer have this little...
like this bit of beef going on

- I think it's hilarious
- Well, I'm glad y'all are okay

Damn it
We could have been the last three jackets

No, I'm kidding

[Ramsay] Line up, please. Let's go

Can't say Red or Blue now, can we?

Right

First off, you're my Fab Five,

all cooking together
wearing the elite black jackets

I should be expecting
a fabulous service from my Fab Five

[all] Yes, Chef

Excellent
Now let's go. On your stations, set up

- Good luck
- Thank you

- Good luck. Come on
- Thank you, Chef

- Nail it. Come on
- Thank you, Chef

Let's go

All righty. Let's get ready to rumble

- Marino
- [Marino] Sì, Chef?

- Open Hell's Kitchen, please. Let's go
- Subito, Chef

[narrator] Tonight begins a new chapter
in Hell's Kitchen

[diner] I love that

- So good. It's very refreshing
- Wow

[narrator] Chef Ramsay's Fab Five
will be cooking out of one kitchen

for the first time

Working with my sworn enemy tonight, huh?

[Sommer] Yep

[narrator] Everyone is looking forward
to a fabulous meal

cooked by the black jackets...

It's black jacket night

♪ It's black jacket night ♪

Whoo! Come on

♪ Get ready for the lights ♪

Come on, y'all

- ♪ Did you do enough? ♪
- I know

Okay, here we go

- So cool
- Oh, I think we're over here

- [narrator] ...including actress, Tia Mowry...
- Hi, Chef. How are you?

- Hey
- ...who will be dining at the Chef's Table

- This way, yes
- Yep

[Ramsay]
Here we go. No Red Team, no Blue Team,

- one dynamic team
- [all] Yes, Chef

On order, two covers
Chef's Table, VVIP. Tia Mowry, right?

- One risotto, one scallop
- [all] Yes, Chef

Prove why you've got those black jackets
on, please. Yes?

[all] Yes, Chef

- How long?
- [Alejandro] Five still

- [Sommer] Cheyenne, five minutes
- Heard. Five minutes

I'm working with Alejandro tonight
on apps

- Behind. Let me taste
- I got it already

Me and Alejandro
have an up and down relationship

Some days I hate him
and some days I hate him a little less

Hey, I need about...
I need two more minutes on that

My rice is a little under

Got you. Two more minutes, heard

Dropping scallops

But I know
he doesn't wanna send out anything

that's messed up and neither do I

Put some salt in here

So we're just trying to do
what we gotta do, push out these apps

How long on lobster?

- Like seconds and I'll be up
- Okay. Walking risotto

- Let's go
- Risotto

- Walking scallops
- Walking tail

Oh, boy

- Hey, step down all of you
- Yes, Chef

Just step down

The lobster, it's ice-cold and raw

You need to wake up and talk
Get the lobster poached now

- Yes, Chef
- [Ramsay] Quickly

- [Alejandro] Let's go, let's go
- I just need one minute on lobster tail...

[Dafne] I can walk for you too
so just let me know

If we start shouting over each other,
we've got no idea what's going on

- Cheyenne needs to talk back...
- Yes, Chef

- ...and tell Dafne what she needs
- Yes, Chef

- Then we move in sync. Come on
- [all] Yes, Chef

Cheyenne is struggling

We do not want to fail tonight

If you have on that black jacket,
show us that you deserve it

- Walking lobster tail
- Two risotto and two beet salads

- Five minutes
- [Ramsay] Go, Christina

[narrator] With Cheyenne finally properly
cooking the lobster tail for Tia Mowry...

This is your lobster risotto,
butter-poached lobster tail on top

[Mowry] Awesome

- You have the pan seared scallops
- [diner] Thank you. This looks amazing

[narrator] The black jacket chefs
are now full steam ahead

on their appetizers

On order, six covers, table one
Two scallop, two risotto, two beet salad

- [all] Yes, Chef
- [Ramsay] After that, table

Two risotto, one scallop,
one beet salad. Yes?

- [all] Yes, Chef
- All right

- I'll work beets after I sell this. Cool?
- Okay. I'll start the next rice

- Two?
- The two, yeah. Hot

Four minutes, lobster tail risotto

Dafne can... Let me get a fish all day

Fish all day. Heard

Dafne, what was that second call on fish?

[Dafne] One sec

This feels like a rocky start
My head's just not in the game

'cause nobody's talking to me

[Cheyenne] Dafne

- Silence. Turn my back, silence
- [Christina] I know

- I know, Chef
- Nothing, nothing coming up

I feel like I'm doing the most I can

asking Dafne over and over again

Hey, I've heard more noise
in a f*cking library

- How long?
- Two?

Cheyenne,
I'm up with two risotto right now

Let me check my lobster tail, please

- My lobster tail will be ready
- [Alejandro] Walking beets right now

[Sommer] Two risottos
walking right now. Two risotto

- And scallops, Cheyenne?
- That was two scallops on that?

[Dafne] Yes

Dropped my second set
I just need a minute. Just a minute, Chef

Hold on. Look at me. Hey

- Young lady. No
- Yes, Chef

Come here, tell me the truth

[narrator] It's minutes into the first
black jacket dinner service...

- That was two scallops on that?
- Yes

...and Cheyenne
is missing an order of scallops

Dropped my second set
I just need a minute. Just a minute, Chef

Young lady. No
Come here, tell me the truth

Tell me the truth
You forgot the scallops?

- Yes, Chef
- It was two scallops,

- two risotto, two beet salad
- Yes, Chef

So I want to hear from you,
"Chef, I forgot one scallop."

- You're not telling me that
- Chef, I forgot one scallop

I need seconds on a refire

Definitely Dafne's fault
that not enough scallops

ended up at the pass,
especially because she's on garnish,

so she should be the voice of the kitchen

She's not even telling me
what needs to be fired

- How long Cheyenne?
- Fifteen seconds, Chef

About to walk scallops

[Dafne] I can run it for you

- Go ahead and walk these
- Yep

- Put them in. Thank you
- Walking scallops now

Okay, thank you. Scallops, Chef

- Here, I can walk your lobster for you
- Walk this

- This might be hot, maybe
- Yep. Heard

Lobster

Where's the other lobster?

- Right here, right here
- Right, all of you, come here

All of you, come here

Put 'em down

Oh, my goodness, me. Go, please

Sorry about the wait. Go
Right, what's happened?

One scallop was forgotten

Lobster separate. Lobster raw

And then we're not on the same page

- You need to talk
- Yes, Chef

You need to count down

- and remind each other
- Yes, Chef

I'm not going to continue serving
the whole dining room like this

- Get it together now, all of you
- [all] Yes, Chef

Cheyenne, get a grip. You're sinking us

- You got this. Come on. Focus, focus
- Yeah

- Yes, Chef
- Yes, Chef

[narrator] With Cheyenne staying afloat
on the fish station...

All right, let's start walking carbonara
followed by risottos

...the Fab Five are now
pushing out appetizers at a steady pace...

- Like it?
- The lobster is delicious

...much to the delight
of the Hell's Kitchen diners

This is so good though

[narrator] And Chef Ramsay
is now moving on to entrées

Six covers, table four. Two halibut,
two New York strip, two Wellington

[all] Yes, Chef

So, two halibut... five? Four? Five?

- We're gonna go in four... about five
- Heard. Five minutes

- Dafne, make sure you got garnishes going
- Yes, yes, yes, yep

[Dafne]
Everything begins and ends with garnish

And so Chef is watching
everything that I do

I just need to stay organized,
stay composed,

take a deep breath and k*ll it

- [Alejandro] Can I help you with anything?
- [Dafne] Yes

- My fries...
- I got you more fries

Two halibut, two New York strip,
two Wellington. How long?

Two and a half

- Dafne
- [Dafne] Yes, Chef

Now that Alejandro is helping you,
I hope you're talking to him

- You have mushrooms?
- [Dafne] Yeah, it's in here

- Is garnish up?
- Yeah, I'm putting it up right now

- Heard
- [Dafne] Right behind you, Chef

Oh, boy

Fab Five, my arse

It's like a sad five

[Ramsay] Come here
Dafne, you just gave me that garnish

- Just put your hand on there
- [Alex] Cold

That's not f*cking cold

- That's ice-cold
- [all] Yes, Chef

[diner] I know

- Come on
- Yes, Chef

[Cheyenne] It's definitely not cool
to serve cold mushrooms

because that's the easiest garnish
to heat up

- All you're doing is panicking
- Yes, Chef

I'm not gonna allow you to throw sh*t out

- Yes, Chef
- With black jackets, there's no excuse

- Guys, I'm walking with garnish. Okay?
- [Sommer] Okay

Dafne, is garnish up?

- Alex, garnish is up. Yes
- Six out on two risotto, right?

- Walking Wellingtons and strips
- Walking two halibut

Hot

- Cheyenne
- Yes, Chef

- Nicely cooked, the halibut
- Thank you

- Alex, nicely cooked, the New York strip
- Thank you, Chef

[Ramsay] Service, please

[narrator] After a quick recovery
from Dafne on garnish,

the black jacket chefs
have sent out the first table of entrées

- It's really good
- [diner] Is it really good?

On order three covers, table six
One salmon, two Wellington

- [all] Yes, Chef
- How long?

- How long do you need?
- Let me check on this

I just need a time with a callback

You, you and you in sync

- That's all I need
- We could do five

Five. Five minutes

- No, you're driving it. How long?
- Yes, Chef

- Five minutes
- Two Wellington, one salmon

- Who's driving it? Then drive it
- Me. Four minutes

- Let's go
- [all] Four minutes. Heard

And if she's not ready
with all that fish cooked in front of her,

- there's something wrong
- Yes, Chef

I'll be good in four

You know,
I've never worked with half these people

There's not a rhythm formed
between us yet,

but I know that whatever musical piece
we're playing right now sounds like sh*t

[Cheyenne] Whoa, what?

Oh, stop. Stop, stop. Don't blow

- I don't understand
- [Ramsay] Just let it burn out, please

- [Cheyenne] Yeah, I got you
- Look at me, you're out of control

- Come here, you
- Yes, Chef

Cheyenne is melting down

There can't be these hiccups
where you just kind of lose the momentum

and you stop the forward progression
of service

- You need to calm down
- I know

I'm not going to allow you
to endanger yourself

and us in this kitchen like that. Okay?

- Calm down
- Yes, Chef

Thank you

This is a mistake I should not be making
with a black jacket on

- All right
- Dafne, is garnish up for the Wellingtons?

Guys, garnish is up

- Alex, how long?
- I can sell it right now if you're ready

I think I just need a minute on salmon

I feel like Cheyenne is not even
in this kitchen tonight

Ninety seconds

She took a rocket ship
and she blasted off this station

How long, please?

[Alex] Right now, Chef
Walking Wellington

Coming down. Hot

- Wellington with the sauce
- With the sauce. Got it, Chef

[Ramsay]
Nicely cooked. Where's the salmon?

[Cheyenne] Walking salmon

Oh, boy

All of you. All of you, all of you. Stop

[narrator]
It's over minutes into a bumpy,

problem-filled dinner service...

Oh, boy

...and the chefs are struggling once again
to get entrées out

All of you. All of you, all of you. Stop

- Come here
- Uh-oh, salmon isn't done

Well, he looks fired up

Come here, all of you. Come here

Oh, damn!
He just brought everybody to the back

[Ramsay] I've got no idea
what the f*ck is going on

You earned those black jackets
for a f*cking reason

Right now, this is embarrassing

We've shut down

We're not delegating, not communicating

And we're not united as a team

- [all] Yes, Chef
- Get it together

- [all] Yes, Chef
- [Alex] Okay. Listen up

- I need you to talk to me
- [Dafne] Yes

- You tell me
- Yep

I'll tell you if it's meat heavy,

- which it clearly is
- [Cheyenne] Yeah

We're gonna work together
and push this out

- [Sommer] Let's go
- [Alex] Let's go

Cheyenne is definitely tanking tonight

- Dafne, can I have all day fish?
- Yes

- Cheyenne, what do you need?
- I'm good

- Dafne, just need four carrots
- Heard

[Alex]
I'm going to step up my leadership role,

be a little bit more vocal
and hopefully we can just bounce back

- Can you walk salmon?
- Where's your salmon?

Salmon's right there
It just needs sauce still

- Where's the salmon?
- Go

[narrator]
With Alex's support on the fish station...

[Ramsay] Go, Christina

...entrées are finally leaving the kitchen

[laughs]

Four covers, table

- Two salmon, two New York strip
- [all] Yes, Chef

- How long, Alex?
- I need...

- How long?
- Alex?

- Four minutes
- [Cheyenne] Four minutes, Chef

- Four
- Can we go three?

Four minutes on two salmon
and two New York

Can we go three? Three minutes

Oh, my God

Everyone's like screaming over each other

It's just like chaos but in slow motion

[in slow motion]
Just two New York, two salmon

[in slow motion]
I'm ready. They're resting

[in slow motion] No...

[normal] Let us know when you put up
garnish and I should be right behind

- Are we now waiting on the garnish?
- Yes, Chef

- [Ramsay] So, your protein's ready? Hey
- [Dafne] Thirty seconds

New York strip, ready. Salmon, ready,
and no garnish

Garnish in seconds, guys, seconds

Oh, my God

[Dafne]
You guys can walk with your protein

Heard. Walking

- Walking strips
- Walking salmon

Oh, boy

Oh, man

- Alex
- Oh, sh*t

Hey. Come here, all of you

The diners can see
that you're wearing black jackets

I've got more color underneath my salmon
than I have on top

And just touch that now, just touch that

And we're waiting for your garnish here

- Yes, Chef
- Your garnish set them back

Then we come on to the New York strip
I got one medium-well and one rare

You, you, you, you, you
f*ck off out of here

Get out

Fab Five, my arse

- [diners gasping]
- [diner] Oh, no. Oh, no

Oh, no

Hey

Across my entire culinary career,
I've never said that to black jackets

Come back to me with two nominees

[all] Yes, Chef

Hey. The good news is,
you're spoiled for choice

[Dafne] Wow. That was not supposed
to go like that. It just...

sucked

f*ck

Well, I got absolutely hammered tonight

- [Dafne] So did Cheyenne
- For sure

Thoughts, comments, concerns?

Obviously fish was f*cked tonight,
you know what I mean?

[Alex] Fish had the most mess-ups tonight

- It was a bit of a clusterfuck
- Alex and Dafne

Okay

Cheyenne and Alex is for me

Alex, I mean,
that one f*ck up, that's crazy

[Alex] I'd give myself a B-plus
That damn last strip

All the other ones went out nice and pink
and medium,

except for that one
that got sent back at the end

I don't believe I deserve
to be put up for elimination

[Alejandro] Dafne, you're obviously quiet

I felt like communication
should have been a little better

There was times
when the salmon call was wrong

Well, I was telling you stuff
but you looked overwhelmed

- so I didn't want to keep yelling at you
- I was. I know. But you have to

[Dafne]
But I just don't like to scream a lot

Because then it just gets too intense
and I saw you were getting flustered

You have to be that

I do think Dafne deserves
to go home tonight

She's supposed to be the voice
of the kitchen

and there's just no excuse
why she didn't talk on garnish

I just was not getting times on fish,

- but that's literally...
- I was telling you all of them

Not... I mean, every so often

I wasn't getting constant...
I was asking a lot

I don't want to overwhelm you

I can't get overwhelmed on that
I promise you...

I'm getting overwhelmed
when they're getting fired

and I never heard them

[Dafne] I definitely think that Cheyenne

is trying to make me look like
the weakest person on this team

But today she just shut down
She freaked out

She almost looked like
she wanted to give up

We've also seen
how that station's been worked

[Dafne]
I guess I should have yelled louder,

but if you take that away,
it was really just that mushroom

That was the only f*cking thing really
that I f*cked up on

It's just a dumb mistake. It happens

Bizarre. On a night that was supposed
to be a showcase of your strengths,

that was a showcase of your weaknesses

Alejandro, first nominee and why

First nominee is Cheyenne, Chef

Fish just went down tonight

We never felt that Cheyenne bounced back

Second nominee and why

Second nominee...

Alejandro, um, second nominee and why

Second nominee is...

Dafne

Her voice wasn't in control
of the kitchen tonight

There was just no communication overall

Dafne, Cheyenne, step forward, please

Dafne. Why do you deserve to stay
in Hell's Kitchen?

Chef, I am a great teammate
I help wherever I can

I know that I can cook
I have so much creativity

Today's performance,
I should have been a lot louder

It was just too many people
screaming at once

I was communicating with Cheyenne
However, she looked so flustered

to the point where I couldn't even
communicate with her

I feel confident in what I did tonight

Yes, I had bumps,
it was not perfect whatsoever

However, I did bounce back,
I did not lose my confidence

and I kept my composure

Cheyenne did none of that today

Cheyenne, why do you deserve
to stay in Hell's Kitchen?

[Cheyenne] I'm passionate about this
I love what I do

I've had multiple strong services,

it's just an off night for me
and I own up to that

I wasn't getting all day, Chef,

and like she said, she thought
I was too overwhelmed to receive them

At the end of the day,

when she got busy with garnish,
I didn't get a single all day

and I just couldn't catch up
because of that

- [Dafne] That is absolutely not right
- So...

I was helping her

I was looking her in the eye. I was like,
"This is what you have. Are you good?"

But at that point
you couldn't even see her. She was gone

- I was literally communicating with her
- If I wasn't answering, I wasn't...

Holy f*ck

I was literally telling you
how many things you had

You just looked overwhelmed
and you were lost

My decision is...

Dafne

Get your act together
and get back in line

Yes, Chef

Cheyenne, step forward, young lady

For years old,

to do what you've done
and to stand out on many occasions

in this competition...

I know, definitely, hand on heart,
you're gonna get there

- Okay?
- Yes

You'll get there

- Thank you
- [Ramsay] But not today

Gotcha

Okay. Give me your jacket, please

- [Cheyenne] Thank you
- Thank you

- Appreciate it very much
- Don't you dare drop that head

- No, thank you so much. Thank you
- [Ramsay] Twenty-one

- Got it?
- [Cheyenne] Yes

- Thank you
- Good night

Bye, Cheyenne

[Cheyenne] Coming to Hell's Kitchen
was a dream of mine

since I was ten, , years old

I came in this competition,
youngest one here...

I got some Asian barbecue wings,
glazed in hoisin

with some chipotle in adobo

Cheyenne, you've overtaken Vlad

- Congratulations. Well done
- Thank you

This is the most intense thing
I've ever done in my life

- [Ramsay] Careful, careful, careful
- [Cheyenne] Oh, f*ck

- [Ramsay] You okay?
- [Cheyenne] No

Hell's Kitchen has definitely taught me
how to push myself beyond my limits

Walking scallops

Cheyenne,
beautifully cooked, the scallops

Thank you, Chef

I definitely saw so much growth in myself

Cheyenne, I gotta give it to you
This is delicious

I think your career
is about to just take off

- [Ramsay] Some Alfredo
- [Cheyenne] I've learned from Chef Ramsay...

- [Dafne] Oh, my God. I'm so sorry
- It's okay

...how to have a stronger voice
in the kitchen

- [Ileana] Two halibut, one Wellie
- Four minutes to the window

I definitely saw so much growth in myself

- Let's go
- Thank you. Let's go

[Cheyenne] I could do so much more
than I ever thought I could do

Final recipient of the black jacket...

Cheyenne

[Cheyenne] My ride here has been a dream

Man, I came really far
Twenty-one? I'll take it

Listen carefully
The winner of this competition

will be the chef
who can not only lead the kitchen

when things are going well,

but when things are going rocky as well

Get out of here

No more Mrs. Nice Dafne
The savage Dafne is here

I'm in Hell's Kitchen top four,

so this is me putting on my gloves
Let's rock

Right now it's everybody for themselves

I can't let anybody knock me off my game

I know what I'm capable of
and I just have to prove it

[Alex] It's crazy here
There's only four of us left

Maybe I've actually got a sh*t
of winning this thing

Whoa

[Ramsay]
As the youngest chef in this competition,

Cheyenne came a long way

Unfortunately for her,

the ride ends a few stops short
of Atlantic City

[narrator] Next time on Hell's Kitchen...

VIP?

- [Alejandro] Yeah!
- [Alex] Yeah, get it

Mm, mm, mm!

- [Ramsay] You've done this before
- I'm from Los Angeles, Chef. I love it

[narrator]
Will the glory of flashbulbs and fame...

Look at this

You can go suck a d*ck

[Sommer] You never know a person

until they have their back
against the wall

...take one chef off her game so badly...

Dafne, get your serious face on,
stop the giggles and get in the game

- I'm not laughing
- Yes, Chef

...that she goes toe to toe
with Chef Ramsay?

Your food f*cking sucks

[narrator] On the next Hell's Kitchen...

[Alex] That was weird