NARRATOR: Previously
on "Hell's Kitchen."
Now it's getting
really serious.
NARRATOR: Heather,
Keith, Sara, and Virginia
were taken to a secret location
to run their own restaurant.
KEITH: I've been
playing in my restaurant
since I was a little kid.
NARRATOR: Or so they thought.
GORDON: Here are
your restaurants.
HEATHER: I was excited, because
I love construction workers.
NARRATOR: While they all tried
to please their customers--
VIRGINIA:
NARRATOR: It was Virginia.
VIRGINIA: Who else
wants some loving?
NARRATOR: And her turkey
panini that stole the hearts
of the construction workers.
Virginia's sandwich
was very good.
- Congratulations.
- Wow.
NARRATOR: She won
the most important
reward ever in Hell's Kitchen.
You're through
to the final three.
VIRGINIA: Being in the safe
zone, I was so excited.
NARRATOR: While Heather suffered
her biggest disappointment.
HEATHER: They picked
mine as the worst.
I felt my heart drop.
NARRATOR: But at
dinner service--
HEATHER: seconds.
NARRATOR: Heather
redeemed herself.
GORDON: Heather, those
wellingtons are cooked perfect.
Thank you, Chef.
NARRATOR: Keith got
off to a good start.
GORDON: Keith, this is the
best start we've ever had?
Yes, Chef.
NARRATOR: But had
problems with the pasta.
WAITER: They said
that the spaghetti
wasn't cooked all the way.
NARRATOR: Sara miscalculated--
Chef, I don't
have enough salmon
to get through the night.
NARRATOR: And had to
fight for her survival.
GORDON: You're finished.
No, Chef, I don't
need to be replaced.
GORDON: Put it back together.
NARRATOR: Virginia couldn't
keep up with the pace.
GORDON: Who's holding
us up, Heather?
Virginia is Chef.
GORDON: Virginia,
you're no longer safe.
NARRATOR: And just when it
seemed that Virginia's fate was
sealed--
Cheers.
Oh my god.
NARRATOR: Chef Ramsay
gave her a choice.
I'm a man of my word.
If you decide to stay,
I'll send Sara home.
NARRATOR: And in a
shocking conclusion,
I want to freaking stay,
because I f*cking want to.
GORDON: Sara, take
off your jacket
and leave Hell's Kitchen.
NARRATOR: The deli
chef from Texas
was forced to say goodbye.
I just have to
accept that I just wear
a uniform like everybody else.
[jazz music]
NARRATOR: And now, the
continuation of Hell's Kitchen.
[suspenseful music]
I think you guys
better get some sleep.
Thank you, Chef.
NARRATOR: After the
most intense elimination
yet in Hell's Kitchen.
Virginia is feeling
a little overwhelmed
[crying]
HEATHER: Are you happy
or sad, I can't tell.
I don't know.
Like, I don't know, I'm just
really confused right now.
Am I here because of
Chef Ramsay's word?
Or am I here because
I deserve to be here?
I couldn't say
no, but I felt it.
Like, what I told you in there.
Definitely put me up there.
I'm going to go up there and
be like, "Dude, I'm not ready."
I didn't feel what
I felt when I was
standing in front of Gordon.
If you decide to stay,
I'll send Sara home.
Hell no, I don't want to go.
Like, I had to say yes.
I had to, like [whistles].
HEATHER: I'm a little shocked.
Virginia was all for going.
She told me she was going
to go and I feel bad.
You know I told
Sara, "Virginia's
taking herself out."
Oh my god, Sara.
Freaking bitch, my
whole f*cking theory
was to eliminate her.
That was my theory.
I'm glad she's gone, good.
You're never sure of anything
here on Hell's Kitchen!
HEATHER: Dude, if I put
you up, you would be gone.
Yeah, right.
I feel safe against Virginia.
She's so far behind
in the kitchen,
every day we have to
help her, every night
we have to help her.
That's why I'm not
worried about her.
He would not send K-Grease
home, are you crazy?
VIRGINIA: Who do you guys
think's better, me or Sara?
Tell me.
No, honestly, who's
better-- me or Sara?
[yawning]
You guys are too tired to
think about it, because I'm
f*cking raging right now.
Whatever.
KEITH: She never
faces the facts.
HEATHER: No, she doesn't.
She doesn't.
KEITH: It's gonna be H versus K,
and then I'm gonna destroy you.
[laughter]
VIRGINIA: This whole situation's
giving me a new skin on life.
I care about food and yes, I'm
unexperienced in the kitchen--
but guess what?
That's not going
to hold me down.
That's not going
to hold me down.
[upbeat music]
We still do the
tomatoes julienne, right?
Concasse?
NARRATOR: After just barely
making the final three,
Virginia is determined not
to fail in another service.
What was the longest she
left her wellington in for?
HEATHER: I'm sick of her
asking questions now.
All morning long she's been
asking questions about service
and this and that.
Whenever he called them
out, you'd just put it in.
HEATHER: You know
what, I'm not going
to help you win this thing,
because I want to win it.
[exciting music]
VIRGINIA: Good morning, Chef.
HEATHER: Hi, Chef.
GORDON: Good morning.
VIRGINIA: I was a
little surprised
when I walked in the kitchen
and saw Chef Ramsay cooking.
I didn't know what to expect
for today's challenge,
I thought it might have
been like a dessert
that we had to make.
GORDON: All three of you
have done bloody well,
you're in the final three.
Now, I've really got
to get you up to speed
with what it's going to take--
not just to get to Vegas, but
to become successful in Vegas.
Yes, Chef.
GORDON: There, my
signature dish.
Have a quick smell,
just that, there
should be something in there.
Now, have a taste.
This is your next challenge,
minutes to recreate that.
Let's go.
Yes, Chef.
NARRATOR: This challenge
is one of the hardest
tasks any chef can face.
GORDON: I would
get your pans out.
NARRATOR: Without any
knowledge of the recipe,
they must recreate a
dish by taste alone.
GORDON: I will leave the
dish out for you, yes?
VIRGINIA: Yes, Chef.
You can constantly keep on
coming back and referring.
NARRATOR: Everything needed to
make Chef Ramsay's signature
dish can be found
in the kitchen,
but can they select the
correct ingredients?
KEITH: Where's the fish?
NARRATOR: Keith uses
the Chilean sea bass,
while Heather and
Virginia have chosen
the wild-striped sea bass.
I could be wrong, I'm really
second guessing myself today.
NARRATOR: Now, each of them must
create the puree for the dish.
GORDON: Taste, taste,
taste, taste, and taste.
VIRGINIA: I couldn't
think of what
the puree was, it was creamy and
starchy-- like a mashed potato.
So everybody was
getting potatoes,
but I really don't
think it's potatoes.
I looked on the speed rack.
Yes.
I saw the beans, I was
like, "That's what it is."
NARRATOR: Unlike
Keith and Heather,
who are using mashed
potatoes for their puree,
Virginia is taking a chance by
using the Tuscan white beans.
GORDON: So halfway, just
under minutes to go, yes?
NARRATOR: Now they've
moved on to the sauce
and Keith has made a
discovery about what
he thinks is in the sauce,
but he's not sharing.
KEITH: In the sauce,
it was Israeli couscous
and these girls were
kind of watching me
when I was taking it and
I didn't want them to see.
So I was just trying
to hide the couscous.
VIRGINIA: What is that?
KEITH: Don't be cheating.
VIRGINIA: No, I
need that couscous.
KEITH: Virginia said she was
looking for couscous too,
but she didn't even know
what couscous looked like.
VIRGINIA: I'm not cheating,
I f*cking saw that shit.
Keith is a little brat.
I don't think I was
cheating at all.
GORDON: Last minute, come on.
HEATHER: Yes, Chef.
NARRATOR: While
Keith and Virginia
have both used couscous
in their sauce,
they disagree on the seasoning.
Keith uses cilantro,
as does Heather,
while Virginia seasons her
sauce with basil and grapefruit.
GORDON: Come on.
seconds, move your butts.
HEATHER: Yes, Chef.
GORDON: Come on, Heather.
HEATHER: Yes, Chef.
GORDON: minutes,
that went quick.
NARRATOR: Now it's up
to Chef Ramsay, who
must decide who has come
the closest to recreating
his signature dish.
GORDON: Now I want to
taste, what is your dish?
Sea bass, potato
puree with pancetta.
The sauce is a
confetti of vegetables.
GORDON: Tasty, and
you used cilantro?
Yes, Sir.
GORDON: Virginia?
Yes, Chef.
Describe your dish, please.
Wild striped sea bass
over Tuscan bean puree
with ham hocks and cous--
pearled couscous, and the sauce
is a grapefruit beurre blanc,
finished with a
little bit of basil.
GORDON: Quite interesting so
far, you put cilantro in yours
and you put basil in yours,
two very good dishes.
Keith, what is it?
For the sauce
I made, I sweated
down a mirepoix, finished
it with cilantro and butter.
The potatoes I made a
sauteed chorizo and onions
and then the fish
I just pan roasted.
GORDON: Nice balance and a
really nice creamy puree.
Three very good
accomplished dishes,
all individually different.
But for me, it's one
of these three dishes
that has the bass, puree, and
the sauce absolutely spot on,
and that person is Virginia.
Congratulations.
The pink grapefruit,
the white bean
puree, and the striped
bass, absolutely spot on.
You have a palate.
Hey, now use it.
Thank you.
I guess all those
walks I took my tongue
on every day really trained it.
[whipping]
GORDON: The winner of
this challenge, Virginia,
you're going to spend
some quality time with me
on the intimacy about
cooking; running the line,
running the hot plate, and
I will personally go through
as many secrets as possible
that I know that will
help you to become a Top Chef.
HEATHER: Virginia won, again.
Of course she did.
Makes you think that no
matter how good you are,
you might not be chosen.
Keith and Heather work at
a restaurant is never done,
Jean-Philippe has got
some assignments for you.
Let's go.
VIRGINIA: Having your
own restaurant is not
a strictly business operation,
you have to be an artist
and I think I might be more
of an artist than they are.
That was a hard
challenge, that was hard.
Virginia, kills it on the
f*cking challenges, huh?
What the f*ck?
Thanks.
Whatever.
I knew there was
f*cking something
else in those
potatoes, but there
was just all beans you put?
I went back in there
to look for the bacon
and I saw the f*cking beans
in the, in the pancetta.
I thought it was ham
hocks sitting right there.
Yeah, that
recipe's in his book.
I would have got
in there too, if I
got his book two days prior
and read it cover to cover.
VIRGINIA: I'm going to
get one of your cookbooks.
GORDON: Oh my god almighty.
VIRGINIA: I was really
proud of the challenge
today, proud of me, but
Heather's totally jealous
and it's bullshit--
total bullshit.
You think she recognized
it from his book?
HEATHER: She just got
that book and that recipe
was in that book.
KEITH: You still have to do
service and she can't do it.
She's been on the
chopping block five times.
She can't perform on the line,
that's what really counts.
Obviously, I want to
win and if I didn't win,
I would want you to win.
You know what I mean?
I wouldn't be able to live
with myself if she beats us.
She can't win.
Oh my god, I would be like--
KEITH: We should just work
together to get her out.
HEATHER: I'm not
helping her out anymore,
I'll tell you that
f*cking right now.
Girl's got to go.
Hi.
How are you?
Fine, thank you.
That's so cool that I get to
go train with Chef Ramsay.
He already said I have
a palate and talent,
but I don't have the experience
from working on the hot line.
Chef Ramsay's going to tell me
as many secrets as he knows.
What I'm going to do now is
going to go through the dish.
I want to cook it for you.
It's to your advantage to ask
as many questions as possible.
NARRATOR: While Virginia
gets some much coveted alone
time with Chef Ramsay.
Keith and Heather
get some alone time
with Jean-Philippe polishing
all the glasses and silverware
for the entire restaurant.
JEAN-PHILIPPE: Let's
not waste any time--
action.
- Action?
JEAN-PHILIPPE: Action, Keith.
GORDON: Tilt the
pan and it cooks
the back of the fish as
well and all I'm doing now
is just making sure this
whole thing is cooked evenly.
HEATHER: There's a lot of
things that you can't be taught,
it's not just having
a good palate,
it's actually being
able to produce it.
I wish I was getting a cooking
lesson from Gordon Ramsay.
That's a good prize.
HEATHER: Yeah, it is.
KEITH: Something you
can take home with you.
Once they're in there like
that, you just take your whisk
and you just lightly crush them.
VIRGINIA: I got to really
just pull out the lessons I've
learned and use that
as gasoline to run
my-- vroom-vroom-- car
that's going to make
it to the front of the line.
NARRATOR: In addition
to a cooking lesson,
Chef Ramsay has decided
to give Virginia
some pointers on expediting
or running the pass.
GORDON: I'm going to get you to
call out an order for me, OK?
VIRGINIA: OK.
HEATHER: Did you
see what he's doing?
KEITH: Teaching her
how to expedite?
HEATHER: No, and to
cook on the line.
He's showing her how to win.
KEITH: She's not
going to grasp it.
Dude, he's showing
her how to win.
One quail, one
tempura, one steak,
Chef, one risotto,
two spaghetti,
quiet in the kitchen, please!
GORDON: Yes, Chef.
Now let's put a little bit
of love into my, my glasses,
will you?
HEATHER: God, I'm pissed.
I'm so close to my
dream and I'm just
going to smile because Virginia
might take it away from me,
I don't think so.
In a way scare them.
But if I scare you, you're
not going to forget.
VIRGINIA: That sauce
is totally wrong,
there's chunks in
it of white pepper.
KEITH: Well done.
VIRGINIA: When I first
started Hell's Kitchen,
I didn't believe in
being rude like that--
Make it right!
GORDON: Well done.
VIRGINIA: And now, I
totally believe in it
and I'm going to be a
bitch in the kitchen.
Whatever.
[quiet music]
VIRGINIA: Are you mad at me?
No.
You know what, you're
not my friend right now
and you're not going be.
I mean, you obviously
have a good palate.
That or from his book.
I didn't see it in his book.
There's really
nothing you could say.
I mean, my palate doesn't lie.
I was able to
distinguish what was
in the dish and they weren't.
I swear on my life
I didn't read,
I didn't, I didn't get it like
that from the f*cking cookbook.
I didn't even know that
there was vanilla in it,
and I seriously
doubt Chef would have
picked a dish that was in the
cookbook that he know I bought.
KEITH: Well, he might hook
you up because he likes you.
Yeah.
Shut the f*ck up.
That's f*cking rude
[suspenseful music]
Come say goodnight.
[laughing]
VIRGINIA: It's hard when
I hear Keith and Heather
laughing in the other room.
It just sucks that
like, I'm the outsider.
And just, I'm just
it's hard, you know?
Big day today, one
person's going home
and you all know
what that means,
it's a crash course everybody.
This is Ramsay .
KEITH: My strategy is to not
get in trouble by Chef Ramsay.
Pull my pants up, keep
my mouth shut and cook.
Let's go.
VIRGINIA: Let's split
up the vegetables then.
I got all the vegs.
I'm going to set up
that entire station.
OK, well I want
to do some too.
Virginia, she did get
a huge lesson yesterday,
but I've worked my
whole life for this
and I'll be damned if I let
anyone take it away from me.
Teammate Virginia
made another batch.
VIRGINIA: Excuse me?
Is that some kind of joke?
Keith and Heather already
think they're the winners.
But it just gives
you more driving
more force to want to prove them
wrong-- prove everybody wrong.
NARRATOR: The winner
of Hell's Kitchen
will become the executive
chef in a multimillion dollar
restaurant in Las Vegas and
for tonight's dinner service
Chef Ramsay has a master
plan to help him decide
who should stay in the running.
GORDON: OK guys, let's go.
Tonight's service will decide
which of you will be the two
finalists in Hell's Kitchen.
All three of you
are equal, I can't
tell you who's going through.
During tonight's service,
each and every one of you
will be stepping
up to the hot plate
and running the entire service.
You're standing in my shoes.
Show me that you have
leadership qualities
that are strong enough to
run a brigade of chefs.
We're going to be expediting.
Balls got to be on
the wall tonight--
really, for real.
Like, it's got to
be serious tonight
because Vegas is on the line.
The doors are open right now.
Yes, Chef.
Jean-Philippe,
open Hell's Kitchen.
I'm going to start
with the scallops.
WAITER: Excellent.
Spaghetti and lobster.
NARRATOR: As an
additional challenge,
Chef Ramsay has increased the
capacity of the restaurant
by adding six tables and sous
chefs, Scott and Marianne,
will be helping
out in the kitchen.
Someone get it done now, yes?
VIRGINIA: Yes, Chef.
GORDON: Well done.
VIRGINIA: Shit, they burned.
It was too hot.
I just burned two of the salmon.
You burned two salmon?
Give me some of--
good-- not get it out
of the f*cking bin!
Just an extraordinary
level of casualness.
How can you be just so--
f*ck it, I'll put it in the bin?
I'm not, I'm upset about it.
I want to recook
them and do it right.
Well, at least do it
with some care, will you?
Yes, Chef.
Chef Ramsay is a fricking
dog coming to attack you.
GORDON: Can you wake up?
Yes, Chef.
If you bow down, that dog's
going to attack you even more.
But if you stare back
in that dog's eyes,
that dog's going to run off.
Is this the start
of what's to come?
No, Chef.
Unbelievable!
Chicken?
GORDON: Chicken?
Chicken garnish.
Oh, come on.
HEATHER: Right here,
Chef, I have it, Chef.
OK, Missy.
HEATHER: I needed a
-second flash though.
GORDON: At least I deserve
to know something, no?
Chef seconds on the chicken.
No answer.
I said it, Chef, I
should have said it louder.
I apologize.
GORDON: Go, please.
I was trying so hard that
I was screwing everything up.
Why is it burnt?
That's burnt skin, it's
poaching that [inaudible]..
Don't dive down and
say, "Is it really?"
HEATHER: I expect
more out of me and I'm
like this is ridiculous.
Don't insult me
any f*cking more.
And it's embarrassing.
GORDON: And the
sauce, next time,
do not bring me black
bits of the burned stuff
from the bottom of
your pan, Heather.
No, Chef.
NARRATOR: Despite getting
off to a rocky start,
Chef Ramsay is still going
ahead with his plan to let each
of the chefs run the kitchen.
Keith on the hot plate.
KEITH: Yes, Chef.
Go ahead and take over please.
Let's go.
So, two spaghettis,
one [inaudible],,
one tempura, away now, yeah?
Pick it up, yes?
Over to you.
Scott, how long you got
on those two spaghettis?
Two spaghettis,
they got for minutes.
NARRATOR: One of the most
important functions of running
the pass is quality control.
VIRGINIA: seconds.
[whispering]
NARRATOR: What
Keith doesn't know
is that his standards are
about to be put to the test.
Spaghetti's up.
KEITH: Thank you, Chef.
Scott, this pasta's overcooked.
I want it in five
minutes, Scott.
Well done for spotting
that spaghetti's overcooked.
Now, adjust your brigade.
Cut the scallops just in half,
Virginia, not into three, OK?
It is like you're
talking to your best mate.
I haven't seen any
leadership qualities so far.
At this rate, your brigade
will be running you.
Run the brigade, yeah?
Let's go.
NARRATOR: Keith has
successfully passed
his quality control test, but
the question still remains--
can he lead a kitchen?
Standby on one
bass, one salmon.
HEATHER: Yes, Chef.
Hey, you called
out that order,
Virginia didn't answer you.
Virginia, you
didn't answer me?
Yes, Chef.
KEITH: What did I say, Virginia?
Standby on one salmon,
well done and I'm sorry,
I forgot what else you said.
f*ck.
VIRGINIA: Where are we?
I've lost track of where we are.
GORDON: Repeat the
order again, please.
KEITH: All right, one
salmon medium, one bass.
Yes, Chef.
KEITH: Virginia, how long?
VIRGINIA: Um--
This is incredible.
VIRGINIA: I need-- wait, hold
on, what is going on right now?
GORDON: Is that you're
going to buckle now?
I need three minutes.
GORDON: There telling you
now, you have got tell them.
KEITH: I want it in two
minutes, Virginia, two.
HEATHER: The pass,
he couldn't control.
How about on that bass,
is that bass ready?
I kind of had to take control.
You, you gotta hold your own.
You have a set of balls right?
Use them.
End of story.
Heather, it's ready?
VIRGINIA: I just
pulled it out and just
got to heat up the potatoes.
How long?
KEITH: Heather.
You gotta give me
a time, how long?
It's going to be about
seven minutes for this.
HEATHER: Jesus!
- Nothing more.
Two bass were summoned
urgently, that's all.
Then we go again because
right now we're in the shit.
Virginia?
VIRGINIA: Yes, Chef.
GORDON: Move your ass.
- Yes, Chef.
Back on line, please.
KEITH: He was looking
for us to be him.
I'm not going to
change who I am.
Who says you have to
be a d*ck to be a chef?
NARRATOR: It's an hour
into dinner service,
because of Virginia's
problems on the fish station
and Keith's
inconsistent leadership,
the kitchen has only managed
to serve appetizers and entrees
to out of diners.
Want to go somewhere else?
No No, we'll wait.
Wait a few more minutes.
Heather?
HEATHER: Yes, Chef.
Stop what you're
doing, on the hot plate.
Now it's your chance.
Now you're going to
run the Hell's Kitchen.
That's the way now, three
wellingtons, one salmon, one
bass, one duck, that's moving.
Ask how long that
is to the window.
Wellington medium
well, how long?
seconds.
Bass, how long, Virginia?
Coming right now.
No, that's no
time, that's no time.
How long?
- seconds.
HEATHER: seconds.
Where do we go with tables on?
Where do we go with tables--
- Oh, right here.
Yeah, come on,
calm down, slow down.
Hey, just--
HEATHER: Breathe.
Slow down a bit,
breathe, and do it better.
Right now you're out of control.
NARRATOR: Although each chef
is being tested on the pass,
Chef Ramsay still
expects to see excellence
from them in the kitchen.
Where's the other risotto?
- Two risotto.
GORDON: Come on, Keith, please.
Have you got any more
risotto than this?
KEITH: It wasn't enough?
GORDON: You want me to spread
that in there like that?
Hey, listen--
KEITH: I'm not, I'm not
arguing with you, I'm making--
OK, come here, hey,
it's, it's the way,
it's the way you look at me.
I'm sorry.
GORDON: No, no, no,
look at me, hey,
you looked at me to scrape
it out the bottom of the pan.
I didn't say to scrape
it, Chef, I'm sorry.
What did you say then?
KEITH: I thought because of
the other plate that's where
the rest of the risotto went.
So you took it off the
plate, put it in there
and you're still f*cking under.
I'm sorry, Chef.
No, you're not, because
it's the attitude that stinks.
I don't want any more f*cking
arguing, just two risottos
and we can continue, yes?
Shit.
Come here, you.
Right now the attitude, you
can stick it up your ass.
Where's the f*cking risotto?
KEITH: I missed it, Chef.
- You know what?
I'll f*cking take your head
off, tell you what, I'll
f*cking kick you out right now.
I won't wait until
the end of service.
KEITH: He was
pushing my buttons,
trying to make me
talk back to him.
He didn't like
attitude, he says.
You know what I mean?
I try to, to not have an
attitude but it came out.
This is your night.
I said to you at o'clock,
you were all f*cking even.
Right now you're so far behind,
you don't know what's going on.
I need those two
risottos, how long, Keith?
Keith!
Seven minutes.
Six minutes.
Is he going to give up?
No, he's not giving up.
NARRATOR: Heather's leadership
has now stabilized the kitchen.
How long on those appetizers?
Four and a half minutes.
NARRATOR: So it's the
perfect time for Chef Ramsay
to attempt a little
bit of sabotage.
Maryanne, with me
please, two seconds.
Not this table,
but the next table
wellington bass, I want
the lumpy mashed potatoes,
let's go.
You got it, Chef.
Potato.
Watch the chunks in
the potatoes please.
Yes, Chef.
Go.
You, stop bring the tray back.
The potatoes, Missy, were
purposely lumpy, disgusting,
I--
That was a trick-- don't
f*cking dare right now argue.
No, Chef.
I won't, Chef.
GORDON: I told her to
put lumps in there.
I wanted to see if you're
going to taste it to establish
some form of quality.
HEATHER: I saw the lumps,
but I second guess myself
and that's my biggest weakness.
Back on your
section, let's go.
NARRATOR: It's two hours into
a very unique dinner service.
Although different chefs have
been running the kitchen,
they've still managed to serve
over half their diners.
And the lamb
wellington for you.
Oh, it is us.
GORDON: You, on the hot plate.
Yes, Chef.
GORDON: Now, Missy,
I'm saying it
once, shut the f*ck up, and run
Hell's Kitchen, end of story.
VIRGINIA: Yes, Chef.
One salmon, one chicken, two
wellingtons, one salmon medium,
one wellington well done.
Four minutes to the window.
You're gonna have
to repeat that please.
She said she didn't hear you.
Please repeat that, clearer.
Four minutes to the window.
One chicken, two wellington,
one salmon, one salmon medium,
one wellington well done.
Yes, Chef.
Her tone of voice is funny
when she tries to yell,
it sounds like a
cartoon character.
I wasn't even listening to her.
Start to dress one
salmon, one chicken!
Yes, Chef.
Heather, do you hear me?
One salmon, one chicken.
Yes.
Now you're getting
a system going, good.
NARRATOR: Impressed by
Virginia's energetic start--
You're doing the salmon,
Chilean bass on this table.
You do it.
NARRATOR: Chef
Ramsay wants to see
if she can keep
track of her orders
and catch the substitution
of bass for salmon.
One salmon, one
chicken, how long?
Two minutes!
Behind you, Chef.
Yes, Chef.
Where is the salmon?
You gave me bass, I need Salmon.
Oh, my fault, Chef.
Good.
Well spotted.
Keep this hot, keep this hot.
Take the bass back.
GORDON: Good.
NARRATOR: Realizing that
her turn at the pass
is almost over, Virginia is
determined to finish strong.
VIRGINIA: Heather,
Yes.
Slow that down,
nothing's going out
until I get one
salmon and one bass,
after that three wellington,
one duck, one salmon, one bass.
Yes, Chef.
GORDON: There you go, let's go.
NARRATOR: With only
three tables left,
Chef Ramsay is ending the
service the way he started it--
at the helm of his
own restaurant.
Pick it up, let's go.
Yes, Chef.
NARRATOR: Although
he's had the chance
to see the individual skills
of each chef at the pass,
he wants to remind them
that success in the kitchen
is not just about out-shining
their competition.
Can we come
together like a team?
Yes, Chef.
Right after that one wellington.
Wait, three
wellington, one salmon?
Right now.
It's hard to be a teammate
to someone that you're
in a contest against.
Heather, how long?
Going right now.
You haven't even, you
didn't even told me.
Go!
I said-- I said seconds on--
GORDON: Virginia, Heather,
where is the teamwork?
I said I was going
seconds, Chef.
Come on.
Sorry, Heather.
This is the last table.
Three and a half
minutes, Virginia.
VIRGINIA: Three
and a half minutes.
I want to get through
with the entire service,
just to make everybody happy.
Do you have a
non-stick pan over there?
KEITH: Yeah, here.
Three wellington,
three salmon, let's go.
Go!
KEITH: Plate it up, plate it up.
I'm ready on the salmon.
Pasta.
GORDON: Go, please.
Thank you.
Tonight I witnessed
your leadership qualities,
all of you.
Now, a good leader--
each and every day has
to make tough decisions.
I want you each to nominate the
person that you think should be
leaving Hell's Kitchen tonight.
Who was the weakest cook
and who was the weakest
leader on that line?
Off you go.
Let's go.
VIRGINIA: I think that
Heather and Keith--
they automatically think,
they're like the last two
and that I'm going
to be eliminated,
but it's all up to Chef Ramsay.
I've been on the chopping
block three million times now
but I'm still here.
You guys are both
nominating me, right?
KEITH: He's probably gonna
send you home anyway.
I totally am not going to be
surprised tonight if I go home.
HEATHER: He didn't have the
greatest attitude tonight.
I know, he had a
horrible attitude.
He was, I don't think he
was very good expediting.
But I was actually
surprised, I barely heard him
when he was expediting.
The weakest line cook
is obviously Virginia.
However, Keith was quiet
tonight and I don't think Keith
has a good attitude either.
You're voting
for Virginia right?
She's still the weakest,
you know what I mean?
Like leadership-- I mean,
you could have been louder.
KEITH: Don't f*ck
around, Heather.
I hope Heather doesn't try to
throw a curve ball, you know,
but I don't think either one
of them did better than me.
So I'm not worried.
What are you doing?
Packing my bags.
I mean, I can't fake it.
I can't try and be
something I'm not.
If I'm not experienced enough,
I'm not experienced enough.
Well that's all it
comes down to, really.
So I know you're going to
nominate me tonight, right?
No, I mean Heather was
free-- like yelling, I was
pissed when she was expediting.
I need those two
risotto, how long Keith?
Keith!
Seven minutes.
Six minutes!
VIRGINIA: She, she--
KEITH: She was
yelling about shit
that didn't even make sense.
VIRGINIA: Wow, so there's
a bunch of shit going
on that I didn't even notice.
I guess.
[exciting music]
GORDON: Keith.
Yes, Chef.
GORDON: Who have you
nominated and why.
Chef I nominated Virginia
because her performance
on the line--
as it was better than
usual, I don't think
she was better than Heather.
Also when she was leading
the kitchen expedited,
I was just confused.
GORDON: Thank you.
Virginia.
Yes, Chef.
GORDON: Who have you
nominated and why.
I nominated Keith.
When he was on
the pass, I didn't
feel that he had a very
strong leadership skill
and I didn't really
see the love or passion
that he has for food tonight.
I didn't see any fire.
GORDON: Thank you.
Heather.
Yes, Chef.
Who have you
nominated and why.
HEATHER: Keith could have
been louder, a little more
demanding, but tonight I've
nominated Virginia, Chef.
GORDON: Uh-huh.
She didn't give
me that demand.
She didn't look me
in the eye and demand
the respect that she deserved
while she was up there.
GORDON: Thank you.
Keith and Virginia,
step forward please.
Keith.
Yes, Chef.
GORDON: This Is your
first time up here, ever.
Tell me why you
think you should be
a finalist in Hell's Kitchen.
I want this, I want
to be in the finals.
I want to have my chance
to win, go to Vegas.
It's my dream, a
dream come true.
If you give me a chance, I
mean, I won't let you down.
Virginia.
You can't teach an
old dog new tricks.
I'm not an old dog, you
can teach me new tricks.
If you really put the
time and care into me,
I could think exactly like
you, do exactly what you do,
because I don't
have any old habits.
You can work with me.
You can teach me.
I'm ready, I want it,
I'm willing, I'm able.
This is quite possibly one
of the toughest decisions
I've ever had to make.
Well done for spotting
that spaghetti overcooked.
You know what?
I'll f*cking take your head off.
You know what, I'll f*cking
kick you out right now,
I won't wait until
the end of service.
VIRGINIA: Wait, hold on,
what is going on right now?
This is incredible.
Three wellington, one
duck, one salmon, one bass.
Yes, Chef.
The person leaving
Hell's Kitchen tonight
and will not be going
through to the final two is--
[dramatic music]
is--
[heart beating]
Keith.
All I'm looking for
right now is a leader.
And personally, big boy, I
don't think you're ready.
Give me your jacket please.
[tense music]
So you're telling
me that Virginia
is a better leader than me?
I've been leading the
whole thing-- even
with whatever station
I was on, I was leading
the line throughout whatever
team I was on, the whole time,
with people that didn't
even know anything.
I personally don't think
you're ready to lead.
I personally think that you
have a hard-on for Virginia.
Yeah.
Why'd you have to
be so f*cking rude?
Because you're rude
to me all the time.
So.
Now I definitely know I've
made the right decision.
So your attitude does stink.
KEITH: I definitely
deserve my own restaurant.
The whole time I've been here,
I did nothing but k*ll it.
He doesn't like my
personality, so f*ck him,
because I can cook better
than all those b*tches.
GORDON: You've got two choices--
you run the team or
the team runs you--
and sadly, the team ran Keith.
If Keith can only lose the
attitude underneath all that,
there's one talented,
talented cook.
Hat.
Still wearable.
GORDON: Congratulations, Keith.
Do me a favor, just pull your
pants up a little bit, yes?
The view of your crack to
table seven is not appealing.
KEITH: I wear my
underwear up high
and my pants low because
that's how I rock them.
Jean-Philippe's over there.
Paree!
He's Belgian, you idiot.
GORDON: Keith, that
wellington's cooked perfectly.
Thanks, Chef.
Heather is one tough bitch.
He didn't like my personality,
he didn't like K-Grease,
I tried to hide him,
but he f*cking got out.
So it's bullshit.
GORDON: You two are
Hell's Kitchen finalists.
Congratulations to you both.
I'm really pleased to
see you both there.
Thank you.
Thank you, thank you, Chef.
One of you is going
to have their very
own restaurant in Vegas.
This is where it
gets really exciting.
Enjoy the moments,
get some rest.
Thank you, Chef.
GORDON: See you in the morning.
Thank you.
[excited yelling]
HEATHER: Look, to Heather and
Virginia well done to you both.
Now enjoy some
bottle, love, Gordon.
Thank Gordon.
NARRATOR: Virginia
and Heather celebrate
making it to the final two.
Cheers to you and me.
HEATHER: Cheers!
NARRATOR: But Chef
Ramsay has one more
surprise in store for them.
[door knocking]
VIRGINIA: Wait!
HEATHER: Oh my god.
NARRATOR: Next
week on the season
finale of Hell's
Kitchen, it's the moment
you've been waiting for--
GORDON: Virginia,
Heather, are you ready?
HEATHER: Yes, Chef.
NARRATOR: Who will
win "Hell's Kitchen"?
Will it be Creative Virginia,
the salad chef from California?
I want to fricking win
tonight so badly I can taste it.
NARRATOR: Or Passionate Heather,
the sous chef from New York.
I'm going to give this
girl a fight tonight.
NARRATOR: The winner will
have their own restaurant
in the billion dollar Red
Rock Resort in Las Vegas.
But first they will face
their former competitors.
I'm not going to work for a
woman-- not going to happen.
NARRATOR: And their demands.
I want some money and
I want it right now.
NARRATOR: Plus a hungry media.
How does your husband feel
about you being on the show?
NARRATOR: And go head to head
redesigning Hell's Kitchen.
You both going to create
your very own restaurant.
NARRATOR: Then they
will face off--
You got this.
You guys, come on!
NARRATOR: In the most
important dinner service--
This is raw.
I need those apps.
NARRATOR: Of their lives.
Tom, the short ribs now.
I need those steaks, come on!
NARRATOR: Who will
Chef Ramsay choose
as the Hell's Kitchen winner?
GORDON: Congratulations.
NARRATOR: Find out next
time on the "Hell's Kitchen"
season finale.
02x09 - 3 Chefs
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Reality television show that uses a progressive elimination format to narrow down a field of 20 to 12 aspiring chefs to one single winner over the course of one season.
Reality television show that uses a progressive elimination format to narrow down a field of 20 to 12 aspiring chefs to one single winner over the course of one season.