21x02 - Just Wingin' It

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

I'm excited!

Eighteen enthusiastic chefs
arrived in Los Angeles...

B-True brings the mad flavor

...and Chef Ramsay
made a monstrous entrance

What a badass

And revealed how the teams
would be split up...

The twentysomethings
versus the fortysomethings

I cannot wait to teach
these twentysomethings

how it's done in the real world

...with the winner becoming head chef
at Hell's Kitchen, Caesars Atlantic City...

Atlantic City, that's so close
to New York, where I'm from

That's exactly where I wanna be

[narrator] The Battle of the Ages began

with the chefs preparing
their signature dishes...

You cook your collard greens
in orange soda?

- [O'Shay] Yes, sir
- That's a first for me

Twentysomething chef Ileana
and her risotto...

Oh, my God. It's not f*cking ready

I'm freaking out right now

- ...underperformed
- It's undercooked and sadly underseasoned

[narrator] And while Zeus spun a tale...

I found myself in the mouth
of a great white shark

...no one took the bait

Every season, a few crazies slip in

- [narrator] But his bangers and mash...
- Good. Pretty good

- ...delivered a big bite
- Thank you so much, Chef

[narrator]
From the fortysomethings' kitchen,

former Playboy Mansion chef Nicole's
boxed pasta...

- You made the pasta, right?
- No

...earned her a one

- [Ramsay] It tastes worse than it looks
- If he does that to me, I'll cry

[narrator] Top marks went to Alex's
spice crusted salmon...

- [Ramsay] Yeah, it's cooked beautifully
- ...Sakari's oyster stew...

It's a very complex dish

...and Vlad's truffle-covered Wagyu beef...

The sear is incredible

...earning each of them a perfect five

[all] Thank you, Chef

- [narrator] After a tie...
- The best is Sakari. Congratulations

...Sakari's dish won it
for the twentysomethings

I'm here to prove
that I'm the best chef here

[narrator] The following morning,
the chefs were tasked

- with making the best...
- Elevated chicken wing

Take risks, do not be afraid

- [grunts]
- Yo, can I get a chicken wing?

- ...to earn...
- A Punishment Pass

[narrator] But that wasn't all

The chef with the worst dish
will be going home

[sighs]

Oh

What? This is our second challenge
and someone's already going home?

That cannot be me

Your minutes start now. Let's go

[narrator] And now, the continuation
of Hell's Kitchen

- Those are mine
- Oh

Yo, can your turn the grill on?

My wings are gonna win this challenge

because I'm B-True,
and I'm gonna bring the mad flavor

I'm a chicken wing connoisseur

Like, I've dealt with them
my whole career

Come on, baby, come on

I am going to go crazy on these wings

Might rock a little citrus salad
underneath

- Gonna see how this turns out
- Nice. Okay

One of the first couple of things
that I learned how to make

was this really good chicken wing sauce,
so I'm ready to get at it

Yum

Does anyone need wings?

- I do
- [Tara] I have wings right here

I was horrible yesterday
So, I'm gonna be super prepared today

Burnt, it looks sexy to me

What do you have in mind, Dafne?

- The chicken wing
- All right

I freaking love chicken wings so much

I need to put myself out there
Take risks but also execute it well

Come on, baby

- [Jason] Guys, minutes left
- [all] Yes, Chef

Let's rock and roll, baby

I'm thinking like
a spicy soy sesame chicken wing

I dropped the ball yesterday,
and I won't today

- Yeah, redemption
- [Sommer] Yes, Chef

Pomegranates
What else you putting on there?

[Alejandro]
Pomegranates, garlicky lemon juice

- Going Mediterranean with it
- Okay. All right

[Alejandro] The brewery I work at, I use
Middle Eastern, Mediterranean flavors,

and I'm definitely taking a big risk
doing these Mediterranean wings

What else are you doing
with your wings, Ileana?

Chef, I was going to, um, fry them

and then, once they're out of the fryer,
I'm gonna hit them with a basil gremolata

- [Christina] Nice
- I am an absolute badass in the kitchen

and my skills and my finesse
is going to prove it

Just under three minutes. Let's go

- [claps]
- Will you run my sauce over there

by my cutting board
through a Chinois please?

Ileana seems to be the one on our team
who is the most nervous

and frantic
and a little bit all over the place...

[Ileana]
All right, behind. Behind, behind

...which is the last thing we want

And I'm really worried that she's not
going to be able to get this done

[Ileana] f*ck, man

[Brett]
She might be the first one going home

- Sixty seconds. Let's go
- [Jason] Is everyone plating?

- [all] Yes
- [Ramsay] Twenty seconds to go

Holy f*ck, I just need to
get the chicken wings on the plate

[Mindy] Come on, you got this

- [Alejandro] Go, guys. Let's go
- [Ramsay] Ten

- [Sommer] Coming down
- Nine

- Eight, seven, six
- [Ileana] Go, go, go!

- Five, four
- Coming up real hot

- Three, two, one
- Go, go, go, go!

Right. Before I judge your wings,
let me remind you what's at stake

Jason, Christina,
please bring out the Punishment Passes

Thank you

[angelic singing]

They look glorious, right?

[all] Yes, Chef

To get your hands on the Punishment Pass
is like holding the power of God

Whenever you lose a challenge
and your team has to go into punishment,

you can swap out anybody
on the winning team

They switch places with you
while you go on that reward

So, I need this

Chef Christina and Chef Jason,

right now, I need both of you to taste
your team's wings

and then select the top three

I'll taste all six dishes
and decide a winner from each team

- Yes?
- [all] Yes, Chef

Off you go

What I have for you, Chef,
is an Asian buffalo barbecue

I am very confident in my wings
I know what I want,

I know the flavor profile
and I f*cking do it

Sticking to the napkin

- Um, have you made wings like this before?
- No, this is actually the first time

[Jason]
What's your idea behind the balsamic?

It just makes it pop, you know?

We have a Asian barbecue, so it's hoisin,
um, lemon, lime, orange juice

Chef Christina has an amazing poker face

Come on, Christina. Just give me a smile
Give me a nod. Like, give me something

- Thank you
- Thank you, Chef

Chef, one of my guilty pleasures
is General Tso's chicken

Interesting

Chef Christina took one bite of my wing,
and she took some water

And I'm like, "Is it too salty"?

- Thank you
- Thank you

I have a pan-seared wing here

Chef Ramsay said, "Give me your best."
I said, "I got this. I've made thousands."

You just had me bit into a raw wing

[clears throat]

Not trying that

[O'Shay] Oh, my gosh. I can't believe it
I can't believe it

[narrator]
After tasting each of their teams' dishes...

- Well done. Thank you, guys
- ...Chefs Christina and Jason are ready

to make their recommendations
to Chef Ramsay

Jason, let's start
Highlights from the Blue Team

Give me the top three
in no particular order

First one, Chef, is Zeus

[Ramsay] Zeus. Let's go, Zeus

It actually feels pretty amazing
I... I definitely belong here

So Chef,
I prepared for you a sweet chili wing

I used a little bit of sambal,
the chili paste

I love the sort of contrast,

and then I love the strength of the heat
with the caramelization

Really good start

- Thank you
- Thank you, Chef

I'm super stoked about that

It sends a message
that this old guy is here to play

Jason, uh, a second favorite
from the Blue Team

Chef, my second favorite is Alex

- Alex
- [Mindy] Good job, Alex

Top three. Go me. Go wings

Chef, I love terrible Chinese food
Like this is my version of that

I confited them at for ten minutes

I made the General Tso's sauce

Mm-hmm. I love the fact that you're just
elevating that Chinese

The big question for me,
are they actually better than Zeus's? Um...

Yeah, they are. You're frontrunner
Good job. Well done

Good job, Alex

Right, Jason. Final dish from Blue Team

Chef, my third choice is...

- Nicole
- [Ramsay] Nicole!

- sh*t
- [Mindy] Yeah, Nicole

- Good. This is called redemption
- Yeah!

I'm in shock. Wow

I am, like, from zero to f*cking hero

Visually, they look beautiful
What are they?

Gochujang chili with a tamarind honey
that was drizzled on

and then a black garlic,
coconut dipping sauce

It's all cooked, right?
There's nothing store bought

- See what you can do when you cook?
- [chuckles] Yes

Yes? Question is,
are they better than Alex's?

This is a really tough question
Um, step back in line, please. Thank you

- Go, Nicole
- Come on, Nicole

So, it's between Alex and Nicole

Um, the wing that had the edge,

congratulations...

- Alex. Well done
- [Mindy] Good job, Alex

- [Alex] Thank you, Chef
- [Ramsay] Well done

I won. Again! This is getting to be good

- [Ramsay] Wear it proudly. Well done
- Flava Flav

- [chuckles]
- [Alex] Yes

[Ramsay] Okay, Christina. Red Team

Give me your first wing of choice
Belongs to?

First wing of choice
belongs to Vlad, Chef

Great. Congratulations
Step up, please. Let's go

Wow, look at them. Describe them, please

Uh, so we got buttermilk-soaked,
double-drenched cornflake chicken wings

The actual cornflakes are delicious

- They're spicy, sweet, hot
- Thank you, Chef

And it's a tasty breading
which you've beautifully done

- Well done. Thank you
- Thank you, Chef

I know what I bring to the table

The technique is there,
and the flavors are there

And that Punishment Pass is mine

- Second choice is Cheyenne, Chef
- [Ramsay] Cheyenne

[Cheyenne] All right,
I got some Asian barbecue wings,

so they're glazed in hoisin
with some chipotle and adobo,

finished with some orange zest

Yeah, they're good
I love that little bit of, uh, heat

Yeah, Cheyenne, overtaken Vlad

- Congratulations. Well done
- Thank you, Chef

[Cheyenne] See you later, Vlad

I guess I'm gonna get
this Punishment Pass today

Christina, the third and final
from the Red Team belongs to...

- Alejandro
- [Ramsay] Alejandro

- Let's go
- [Ramsay] Wow

I was like, "What?" It feels so amazing
to be in the top three right now

I'm super excited, yet I'm super nervous

So on the bottom,
you have cold Greek yogurt

The wings are double-fried,
tossed in a dry rub

and then garnished
with a little bit of pomegranate seeds

- Mmm. Visually, they're beautiful
- Thank you

[Ramsay] I love that Middle Eastern flair

- Very rare you connect a pomegranate seed...
- Yeah

...with a chicken wing

- Back in line. Good job. Thank you
- Thank you, Chef

[Ramsay] Wow. Good job

So, Red Team is between Alejandro
or Cheyenne

Two really good dishes. Um...

I'm gonna award this to the individual

that had gumption to give me something
I've never seen before

And those wings belong to...

Alejandro. Congratulations. Well done

- Really good
- Thank you, Chef

Feel like a baller

I hold the power of God
to get out of trouble

- [Ramsay] Cheyenne, really good
- Thank you, Chef

Alex and Alejandro,

these Punishment Passes
possess great power

But with great power comes
great responsibility

- Yes, Chef
- Yes, Chef

Alex and Alejandro,
I'd like both of you, right now,

to taste the remaining six dishes
on your team

and tell me who you think

are the two weakest chefs on your team

Wow

[Alex]
Now I'm not all about hurting feelings,

but now I have to do it
with people I barely know

[sighs]

Alex and Alejandro,
I'd like both of you, right now,

to taste the remaining six dishes
on your team

and tell me who you think

are the two weakest chefs on your team

Wow

Man, you're just hurting feelings
from day one

- [Ramsay] Understood?
- [both] Yes, Chef

Start from here

We have to pick the worst wings

Yeah, it's a hard thing to do,
but in life, as a manager chef,

you have to make tough decisions

I feel like this is my chance
to prove that I'm the leader of this team

- What'd you stuff that with?
- With trumpet mushroom

I noticed that I'm one of the only ones
that didn't toss my chicken wings

I don't know what the f*ck I was thinking

What do you got going on here?

A dry Indian spice rub
and a carrot coconut puree

This one's a little pinkish

- Medium rare-ish
- Okay

- Who is this?
- [O'Shay] I'm so stressed right now

I don't wanna lose. No one wants
to be the first person to go home

[Alex]

Right, Alejandro

Give me the name of the two
weakest-performing chefs on your team

So first, we have...

Ileana

[Ileana] My heart's in my throat

I wanna stick around
I don't wanna leave Hell's Kitchen

And then second, we have Dafne

Alex, weakest-performing wings
on your team

Chef, we have, uh, O'Shay and Billy

Ileana, Dafne, Billy and O'Shay,
make your way around to the front

I am so disappointed in myself

Dafne, bring up your dish. Let's go

I cannot believe I am bottom two right now
with a f*cking chicken wing

What did you say, Alejandro?

So, even though her dish
was super ambitious,

I just felt like it lacked
flavor and seasoning

Thank you. Uh, you're right
They did lack flavor. That's right

Ileana, let's go

Alejandro, your comments were?

Her dish, uh, was a little under

- I did find a couple pieces I could try
- Wow

Again, it lacked flavor
Just poorly ex*cuted

How did you cook them?
Why are they so tough?

Uh, I fried them
and then finished them in the oven

But it didn't work in my favor exactly

No, it definitely did not work
in your favor. Thank you

- Right. Billy, step forward
- Yes, Chef

Alex, what did you say about these?

I felt that the wings were overcooked,

the flavor profiles
did not make sense to me

Wow

I felt my dish was pretty damn good

I know Alex knows I'm a competitor

He knows that I'm here to win
and I don't blame him for putting me up,

you know, because I am a thr*at

How did you cook these, Billy?

I baked them, fried them
and then a little bit on the grill, Chef

If you're gonna cook something
three times, keep the skin on. Protect it

Yeah? I expect better

You got it, Chef

Okay, O'Shay. Let's go

Alex, your comments were?

Visually, I feel like the plating
is a little old school

I don't quite understand
the sautéed spinach underneath

- How did you cook these?
- I pan-seared them

I should've done it a little longer
Should've checked them

O'Shay. Oh, dear

The actual spinach is tasty
but it doesn't go with the wings

Just wanted to add something

- Give them something different
- Back in line

Those wings were underwhelming

My decision is...

Billy and Dafne

- Rejoin your teams now
- Thank you, Chef

[Dafne] Thank you, Chef

Yes, thank you, Grandma,
for watching over me

I never, ever wanna be down there again

This is really hard

We haven't even opened Hell's Kitchen yet

My decision is...

O'Shay

Back in line

[Abe] Wow

I don't like losing, being in the bottom,

and I don't like being
on the chopping block

I'm going to bounce back

I gotta bounce back

Ileana, step forward, please

- Ileana, was that your best?
- No, Chef. It was not

We've just started this competition
It's the beginning

If you can't get a wing right, what chance
have you got of getting to Atlantic City?

Give me your jacket

Chef, I feel that I should stay
in Hell's Kitchen

I do have leadership skills

I know that I can do better than that,
and show you more

We're talking about a chicken wing,
young lady

Ileana, listen very carefully

You've got one more chance. Back in line

[Ileana] I'm not done proving what I have
to prove, and I'm not done fighting

I'm in Hell's Kitchen to grow, to learn,
to really feel the pressure

And I haven't gotten a chance
to prove myself yet

Now, all of you head into the dorms,

your sous chefs will call you down when
they're ready to go through the menu

- Off you go
- Go

- Alejandro. Alex. Good job
- Thank you, Chef

I'm definitely disappointed my wings
didn't get picked,

but Alejandro's a really,
really strong cook, so props to him

[Dafne sighs]
Dude, that was so f*cking scary

- [Tara] Oh, my gosh. Is it our knives?
- [Nicole] Yeah!

Look what I got! [laughs]

[O'Shay] Oh, we got our Henckels

- Yeah, baby
- [cheering]

[O'Shay] Y'all, Chef's the man, y'all
Chef's the man. [cheers]

[Cheyenne] Nobody from Red's
going home tonight

Receiving the Henckels knives makes
this competition feel so much more real

[Ileana] Group hug. Group hug

It kind of set in that tonight
is the night to show what we have

We're gonna go off tonight

[Jason] Red kitchen. Red kitchen

[narrator] In order to be fully prepared
for dinner service...

We're gonna walk you through these dishes
Pay attention, listen, and absorb

...Chef Ramsay has set aside
five hours of menu training

[Jason] This is the infamous
Hell's Kitchen risotto

Lobster get's poached in Beurre monte,
so if it boils, it breaks

Crispy skin salmon will be
the death of many of you

You really want to cook it
mostly on the skin side

They are bouncing from dish to dish
I don't even know what to write down

It's crazy

Do we torch the burrata
or just melt on its own?

Is there gonna be a bayberry on the side?

The fries
What station are they coming off of?

Blue Team has been asking a lot of stupid
questions. It's really annoying

What other questions
do you have right now?

Too many

I'm a little bit, uh, overwhelmed

[Jason] Back to the carbonara

I heated up this pan, 'cause
I want you to see what's gonna happen

If I put the base in this pan right now,

you're gonna have
scrambled eggs instantaneously

[Abe]
You put salt and pepper on that, Chef?

[Jason] Just a light seasoning

I'm not feeling confident
about dinner service

- [Alex] You putting any oil in the pan?
- Chef, you added salt to those?

I'm terrified. It's an icky,
going-to-prom-with-your-cousin feeling

You know you should be excited
about the night,

but you're just not. [chuckles]

So as far as setting up the stations,
is there a formula that we follow,

or we're just going by memory?

What do you mean a formula?

Well I've had, you know,
"This is your prep list for your station."

[Ileana] Really, you gonna ask
that question?

Do you just want to hear yourself talk?

You can't teach an old dog
new tricks sometimes

Are we basically coming in...

You're going for the most prestigious
position with a giant salary,

do you think we're gonna be like,
"Here's your list"? Come on, man

[Zeus] There's definitely some challenges

I can't lie,
I'm nervous going in to this one

That answers my question

Okay. Anything else?

- [narrator] Coming up...
- I'm so hungry

- Yeah, word up
- I'll take anything at this point

[narrator]
First dinner services can be rough

- [Ramsay sighs] f*cking hell
- f*ck

Great white shark has eaten
half his f*cking brain

Okay, will you listen
when I'm talking to you?

On order. Four covers, table four
Let's go. Hey!

- Guys!
- Shh

- [narrator] And for one chef...
- Am I supposed to shout over you?

...it's going to be their last

How can we be this bad?

Damn. That hurts

[narrator] In spite of the menu training...

All right. So, wait. So, I'm confused

...the fortysomethings team is
a bit concerned about their...

First service in house

Just gotta talk, man

Is the sriracha aioli coming from us?

- No. It's coming from...
- No. It's over here

- You sure?
- Yes

I'm doing the meat station with Billy

[Billy] Kinda gotta piss

Yeah. I got the monkey

[Billy] Oh, f*ck
I need lamb. I need lamb

- What are you looking for?
- Lamb

- Lamb?
- I need some lamb

[narrator] As both teams prep
their stations for dinner service...

Alyssa, where should we hold our fish?

[Alyssa] That's going down,
where you just pulled it from

All right. Word up. Makes sense to me

...one chef is struggling to get on
to the good side

of her twentysomething teammates

- You guys, is this anyone's list?
- [Ileana] That's mine

I'm partnered with Ileana
and let me tell you, I'm a little nervous

She's the weakest link on our team

- [Vlad] Are those scored?
- No. I'm scoring them now

[Ileana] Behind you
Can I do one with you, maybe?

[Alyssa] Use my Kn*fe. Don't use...

No, they're supposed to be parallel
What are you doing? No

- Parallel
- [Ileana] All right

I'm trying to get everything
where it's supposed to be,

and Alyssa's kind of being a bitch
about it right now

Like, okay, girl, just trying to help you
set up the station

- So switch this
- I didn't ask for an attitude

[narrator] As the chefs finish
their last minute prep...

- [Abe] Let's rock and roll, baby
- You got it, man

...Chef Ramsay welcomes Matthew

- [Ramsay] You good?
- Yes, sir

- Welcome back, bud. Nice to see you
- Thank you, Chef. Appreciate it

...who will be filling in as maître d'
while Marino is home visiting family

- Hey, let's go
- Thank you. Let's go

- Matthew?
- [Matthew] Yes, Chef

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

[narrator] With Hell's Kitchen's return
to the City of Angels,

the demand for tables
has been extraordinary

Cheers! Whoo!

They have been booked months in advance

And naturally, there is a ton of
anticipation for tonight's opening night

Biggest service of our careers
Right here. Right now

[Dafne] Guys, we got this

[narrator] The first ever
Battle of the Ages dinner service

features a menu that includes a number
of Chef Ramsay's trademark dishes...

Saffron risotto and the Beef Wellington

...and some exciting new additions...

Rack of lamb

...which also features
Alex's Asian-themed wings

and Alejandro's Mediterranean wings,

to be served in the dining room
by Nicole and Tara on the Blue Team...

They're crunchy. Try it

...and Vlad and Brett on the Red Team

And a little bit of
pomegranates for crunch

[narrator] In the kitchen tonight,
sitting at the chef's tables,

will be major recording artists

Mr. Simmons, yeah!

[narrator] Rock and roll hall of famer,
the legend from Kiss,

Gene Simmons will be in
the fortysomethings' Blue kitchen

Thank you so much for coming. Are we good?

- I can't complain now that I'm here
- You look great

[narrator] And actress
and multi-platinum pop singer, JoJo...

Thank you

...will be in the twentysomethings'
Red kitchen

- I'm so hungry
- Yeah. Word up

[Alejandro] I'm not gonna lie,

JoJo was actually
the first celebrity crush I ever had

I used to have posters on my wall of her

I was f*cking obsessed with her. [laughs]

I'm gonna make sure her food
comes out perfect

Red Team, here we go
First order. Four covers, table

Two risotto, two flatbread, let's go!

- Heard!
- [all] Yes, Chef!

Two risotto, two flatbread,
how long you gonna need that risotto?

- Four minutes. So I'll go with you
- [Sommer] I'll start going

So that's one lobster tail for risotto?

- Ask, because I didn't hear
- Okay

- Alejandro, is that one or two risotto?
- Two risotto all day

Two risotto all day. All right
Lobster tails are down

[Dafne] Tell me how long do you need

Uh, we need eight minutes

Seven minu... Seven minutes

How do you need seven minutes
to cook lobster tail?

It should be three minutes to the window

You gotta scoot over
You have this whole thing

Maybe if you focused on what you were
cooking, instead of fighting with Alyssa

this would go down a lot easier

We're four out

Wait. How are we four out
if you just told her seven minutes?

Seven minutes. One minute's just gone by

Yeah. So that's six

- How long for the risotto?
- Oh, four minutes, Chef

Hold on. How long does the lobster take?

- About seven minutes, Chef
- No, it doesn't

Seven... No, it doesn't

How come the lobster's taking longer
than risotto?

- It's a three-minute pickup, not seven
- Yes, Chef. Heard

You're supposed to be the twentysomething,
not the slowest

- Yes, Chef
- [Alyssa] Yes, Chef

- Where's Gene sat?
- Right there. Right across us

At the other chef's table

[laughs]

Good. Let's go, Matthew

Blue Team. First order on

Here we go. Four covers, table three
Two carbonara, two risotto

- Heard, Chef!
- Heard that!

- [Ramsay] Let's go
- Let's go, let's go! Push it. Push it

You drop those tails?

Three minutes, good with the lobster

[Alex] Everybody's just so nervous
It's our first dinner service

I'm incredibly excited,

but that excitement is probably
covered up by crippling anxiety

My heart is b*ating. I'm breathing heavy

But I know we're gonna come together,
and do a great job

What's Zeus doing? What's he doing?

Go ahead an... Mix it a little bit tighter

Come on, guys. What's happening?

What is happening?
It's like f*cking vomit

Come on. Please!

- Unbelievable
- It's eggs and pasta for f*ck's sake

Come on, Blue Team

It's painful

f*ck

[Alex]
The shark bite has gotten into his head

He was basically making
scrambled eggs with pasta

Use your brain, man

Risotto's about to walk

Walking risotto. Rocker Lobster

- Walking right here. Hot
- [Abe] Hot! Hot!

Hot behind you, Chef

[narrator]
It's minutes into dinner service,

and Blue diners are still waiting
on their appetizers...

I don't want to fill up on bread
[chuckles]

- I'll take anything at this point
- Hot behind you, Chef

...and Zeus has just delivered his second
attempt at carbonara to Chef Ramsay

[Ramsay sighs] f*ck me

Hey. Hey. Hey. All of you, stop

Come here. Hurry up. Come on

That's salty as f*ck,
and f*cking scrambled eggs

Are you f*cking serious?

The great white shark has eaten
half his f*cking brain

Zeus and that damn carbonara

How are we in the sh*t like this?

- Come on!
- [Abe] We'll bounce back, Chef

[Billy] Let's bounce back, guys! Come on!

Oh, my God. It was mistake after mistake

- Little bit tighter
- [Zeus] Little bit tighter?

[Alex] Did you taste it?

Zeus is literally like the Berlin Wall

He is just crumbling piece by piece

What did I miss on this?
I feel like I f*cked it up, man

- Trying to tighten it up
- Let him do it

- [Alex] Yes, Chef
- He should be cooking

- Two carbonara. Two risotto. Let's go
- Yes, Chef

- Two minutes
- Get it together!

[all] Yes, Chef!

[narrator] While the oldest chef
in the fortysomething kitchen

refires another carbonara,

the twentysomethings are asking
a familiar question

[Dafne] Uh, where's my lobster?

You guys, how long did you say?
Three minutes?

What are you trying to do?

God. I'm trying to figure out
where my sh*t should go

[Dafne] Ileana and Alyssa,

they're like two bickering f*cking birds
Like... [mimics arguing]

You ready? Lobster ready?

This one is perfect
This one can go a little bit longer

- [Alyssa] Get it done
- You guys, I'm ready to go with risotto

Yes. Lobster's ready
I'm getting my skewers out

- I'm cutting flatbread right now
- [Christina] Two risotto plates, right?

- Yes, Chef
- Thank you

[Sommer] Two flatbread

Risotto, she's plating it
So hurry up. Please

[Ileana] Walking right now

- Thank you
- [Dafne] Yes, Chef

- Don't hold that down. Push them
- [Dafne] Yes, Chef

- We never wait for the lobster
- Yes, Chef

- I feel stressed out already. Yes
- You do?

[narrator] With the Red Team
finally pushing out their appetizers...

[Ramsay] Go, please, John

All right. Ready. Walking carbonara

...Zeus is hoping to get his third try
at his first carbonara approved...

- [Ramsay] Let's go
- [Zeus] Carbonara

[Ramsay] Service, please

[Billy] Finally

I don't know what went on with Zeus
I mean, he's years old

He's like the O-O-OG of the team, so I
don't know if he just couldn't handle it

But thank God you brought it home

- Go, go, go
- [narrator] Appetizers are now flying

out of both the Red and Blue kitchens

Oh, my goodness

Oh, wow. That's really good

Mmm

And both teams are preparing
for Chef Ramsay

to call the first entrées of the night

I can work with you. I just need you to
talk to me and we're okay

[Ileana]
Will you listen when I'm talking to you?

On order. Four covers, table four

- No, because I just sat it down...
- [Ramsay] Guys!

- Am I supposed to shout over you?
- No, Chef

- You gotta listen!
- [all] Yes, Chef

Table four. Entrée. Two halibut,
one salmon, one Wellington

- Heard? Let's go
- Yes, Chef!

Do you want to take halibut,
I'll take salmon?

- I'll do salmon
- You'll do salmon? All right

A hard four, guys

- One salmon, two halibut, one Wellie
- Four minutes to the window

Are you sure that salmon's gonna go out
in four minutes?

- Are you sure that salmon's going...
- Fine. No arguing!

- Relax
- Ileana, I am your partner

You need to look at me. You need
to understand. You need to listen

[Vlad] Please, just work together

I gotta have someone
that can work with me too

Communication is key

And she shut down. She shut me out

I got it. Halibut, walking to the pass

- [Sakari] Yeah. Walk, walk, walk
- [Cheyenne] Walking Wellie

Walking Wellie. Behind you. Hot. Wellie

[Ramsay] Where's the salmon though?

Hold on. I think we f*cked up

Hey, come here. Two halibut, one salmon,
one Wellington. Yeah?

- Where's the salmon?
- I've got salmon ready

- Salmon's right here, Chef
- Right here, Chef

Where's the garnish for the salmon?
Hey, we're not even working as a team

You can't send unless we're all together

And why is the protein here first
before the garnish?

- Wasn't ready, Chef
- What do you tell him?

- [Alejandro] Tell him I'm not ready
- You can't just throw him under the bus,

and f*cking screw the setup

Meat and fish are
not communicating with me

And I need to walk my garnishes up way
before they even bring their proteins up

They haven't said a word the entire night

Instead, they've been complaining
to each other and yelling at each other

- Garnish, how long you need?
- [Alejandro] Coming up now

- Garnish, Chef
- Thank you, Alejandro. I apologize

- [Alejandro] Nah, you're good
- [Ramsay] Table four please. Let's go

[narrator]
While the Red Team finally sends out

- their first entrées of the night...
- Come on, guys. Keep talking. Let's go

...the Blue Team is ready to rock on theirs...

- Chef's table. Gene Simmons. Yes?
- [all] Yes, Chef

Entrée. Two chicken, two Wellington

- V-VIP. Let's go, guys, yes?
- [all] Yes, Chef

- Yes, Chef
- [Ramsay] Heard, Charlene?

Hey, you should be moving now,
not staring at me. f*ck me

- Wellingtons in. Let's go
- [Billy] Heard, Chef

- Yes, Chef
- [Billy] Come on. Let's get it together

Gene Simmons. The legend from Kiss

I'm just a country bumpkin and I'm
cooking for Gene Simmons? Holy sh*t

I don't wanna disappoint

[Ramsay] Gene's table, yes?

How long?

Earth to Charlene!

- How long? Chicken
- [Charlene] Fifteen minutes

- Fifteen minutes, Chef
- Fifteen minutes? f*ck me

Tell my why " minutes"?

It's normally like
a six or seven minute pick-up

- I just don't wanna give you a low number
- You don't what?

- I was trying to overestimate
- [Ramsay] A wrong number?

- Yes
- Fifteen minutes?

Hey, we'll be here till New Year's Eve

There was no communication

At the end of the day,
it's all about the times

Time, time, time, time, time

- You got chicken?
- I'm putting it down right now

Hey, stop!

You don't have the chicken in?

Hey, all of you, come here
Come here, all of you

Get in!

Oh, my God

[narrator]
It's over an hour into dinner service...

Get the chicken in now

- [Abe] Still, get 'em in
- Hey, stop

You don't have the chicken in?

...and Charlene and Billy's unfired chicken...

- Hey, all of you. Come here
- ...has forced Chef Ramsay

to request a meeting

[Ramsay] Get in!

Oh, my God

This is absolute bullshit
How can we be this bad?

We're not even moving at snail pace
We're not even moving at all

Someone install some vigor
Otherwise, all of you f*ck off

- Communication, guys
- We have to start talking

- Yelling's not gonna fix anything
- [Billy] We gotta work as a team

It's opening night
Let's get out of our heads

- Let's get this done
- We gotta get out there

- Let's go, baby. Let's go, baby!
- Come on!

- Blue, go!
- Let's go!

It's very overwhelming when Chef Ramsay
is screaming at you

and telling you how dumb you are

And, basically, that your mom
dropped you on your head a few times

- How long on that chicken?
- I... I mean... It's cooking

At this point, it's just tunnel vision
on this chicken debacle

Hot, hot! Behind!

[Billy] Can you check and see
if that's ready? Feels ready, right?

- Chicken, guys?
- Yes

Yeah, I would rest that

- Salmon? Let's go, O'Shay
- Walking

Put it down. Come on, big man
Put it down, please

- Thank you, Chef
- Salad, garnish. Pass it down

- Chicken. Wellington
- On the way, Chef. On the way

Two chickens

- We're gonna finish this service, guys
- Come on, guys. We got this. Come on

- [Ramsay] Wellingtons
- [Billy] Yes, Chef. In my hands

- Coming through!
- Garnish is up there?

Go, go, go, go, go

- [Ramsay] Wellingtons?
- Right there, Chef

- [Zeus] Two Wellies, Chef
- [sighs]

- Are they cold?
- [Abe] Damn it

- I just...
- Shut the f*ck up

Cold Wellington and pink f*cking chicken

And you think I'm gonna serve that
to the lead singer of Kiss?

You can kiss my f*cking arse!

Now do me one thing as a team

Head to the dorm, come out with
two individuals that don't belong here

Now, get the f*ck out of here

- Yikes
- Damn, that hurts

I'm extremely upset
that we got kicked out

It's... It's humiliating

I'm tired. I'm sore

I'm mentally a little bit
just broken down right now

[Abe groans]

- [narrator] While the Blue Team sulks...
- [Abe] We were f*cking at the finish line

...the Red Team is pushing out entrées

- [Alyssa and Ileana] Walking salmon!
- Come on, VIP ticket. Let's go

- [Ramsay] Who cooked that?
- [Christina] Uh, Ileana

Nice. Let's go. Chef's table, please

[Ileana]
There's a lot on the line at this point

I really gotta prove myself
and I know that I can

We're good. We're solid

I gotta show that I'm like Elastic-Woman
and I can bounce back

Y'all ain't gonna
get rid of me that easily

Yes, thank you. [cheers]

All right, guys, let's keep this up
We're doing good now

- I feel like we got our pace
- Keep communicating, guys

[narrator] Now that JoJo and her fiancé
are enjoying their meal...

Mmm. Ooh!

...the Red Team is flying through
the rest of their entrées...

- [Ramsay] Nicely cooked, the lamb
- Thank you, Chef

[Ramsay] Service, please

...and starting to serve dessert

Yeah, just like...
It's supposed to be four

- Sticky toffee pudding
- Oh, perfect

- Fish and meat, garnish, well done
- [Cheyenne and Ileana] Thank you, Chef

I am so f*cking proud of the Red Team

I'm telling you, these old geezers better
learn, 'cause we're here to f*cking k*ll

- [Sakari] Great job, team
- Good job, guys

Good job. Good sh*t

I'm pretty embarrassed
of what we brought to the table today

And, I mean, the communication was off
There was no momentum. No energy

There was energy
It was just nervous energy

- I mean...
- [O'Shay] Yeah. I think so

[Abe]
All I know is, we're better than this

Nobody was calling back when I'm talking

We can't f*cking shut down
just 'cause you f*ck up, man

That's all there is to it

Zeus, you f*cked up the carbonara a lot

- Whose fault was it with all the chicken?
- It was in her possession

I was going back to get the Wellington
and it just clusterfucked

I should have said, "This is not done
Give it another minute."

And so, that's my fault

When I got paired up with Billy,
I knew it was going to be a problem

The ego gets in the way and it's
a sense of not taking the responsibility

I asked you to take a look at it
and you said it was done

I do not deserve to go home tonight
I had one mess-up

I mean, I would have been better off
working that station by myself

The bottom line is we had
a lot of f*ck ups

Now, I get it what you said about
the carbonara

[Abe]
You f*cked up a lot. Not just on that

You weren't communicating, you shut down
You didn't know what to say

That does not show leadership
for the team

And that's the only reason
why I put you up

'Cause you f*cked up a lot,
and she f*cked up a lot on the chicken

You're talking a lot of smack
on what's going on over here

You had the easiest
f*cking station tonight

Carbonara's f*cking easy, bro

Okay, I get that
You already said that ten f*cking times

Let's be honest,
and let's look through all the bullshit

and really decide,
who cooked good tonight and who didn't

- So, it's Charlene no matter what
- And then I would do Billy

[Billy] Why should I go up, you know?
There's no reason why

I got one Wellington sent back

What the f*ck just happened?

Frigging Zeus was making
scrambled eggs all night

Yo, guys, I think it's f*cked up, man,
that you guys are putting me up

I'm f*cking butthurt, bro

I mean, you guys just picking me just
because you're scared of me or something?

- It was about all of the communication
- It's all my fault? All the communication?

Dude, meat station is the reason why
we got kicked out the kitchen

No, it's not. It's the start of hot apps
That's where we went down

That's where we f*cking went down

Take a f*cking look in the mirror and
not f*cking blame me for some bullshit

Tonight should have been joyous,

but it was mistake,
after mistake, after mistake

Abe

Blue Team's first nominee, and why?

Our first nominee is Charlene

The meat station was
a huge failure tonight

The chicken... The times were crazy

And the inconsistency
on the station altogether

Second nominee and why?

Uh...

Billy

Also on the meat station
The callbacks on the times being accurate

Charlene, Billy, step forward, please

- Billy, rough night
- Horrible night, Chef

Tell me why you think
you should stay in Hell's Kitchen

Chef, I have passion
I love what I do. I love cooking

And I'm here to win, Chef

Charlene, tell me why you think
you should stay in Hell's Kitchen

[Charlene] You can't fix something
you're not willing to admit

and I'm willing to admit that a lot of
what happened was my not voicing myself

But are you telling me that
you're better than what I saw tonight?

Absolutely
I did not try to get in the driver's seat

I sat in the passenger's seat,
and I apologize

Billy, are you better
than what I saw tonight?

Of course, Chef. It was just an off night,

and I will prove it to you, Chef, if I can
have another night in Hell's Kitchen

The person leaving Hell's Kitchen...

Chef, may I speak?

- [groans] f*ck me, shark bait
- [Zeus] Can I step in?

What is it?

I feel that I belong down here

- Get back in line
- Let me speak

I had a terrible service
It's a lot harder than I expected

And... Relax

I feel that I belong down here

I feel Charlene and Billy
want this more than I do

Zeus...

Get back in f*cking line

[sighs]

My decision is...

Billy

Get back in line

[Billy exhales]

Charlene...

You're not ready to become my head chef

Please, give me your jacket

- Thank you
- Thank you

- Good night
- [Charlene] Good night

I'm definitely disappointed

You know I didn't come all the way
out here for one dinner service

But I had lost my confidence
and I was not taking the initiative

And it was a fatal error

I'm not done

- Zeus
- Yes, Chef

Step forward

Excuse me

If you are willing
to give up your spot that easily,

you do not deserve to be here

Give me your jacket and get out

Excellent

[Zeus] You're only as good
as your last service

And after tonight's service,
I felt a little ill

Look, it's hard
It's called Hell's Kitchen for a reason

This heat here, it was just something
I didn't want a part of

All of you, listen up

This competition is about bouncing back
stronger, more confident

- Can you bounce back?
- [all] Yes, Chef

[Ramsay] 'Cause if you can't,

there's the door

Now, f*ck off

Bon voyage

Zeus going up there like he was
overwhelmed. The proof is in the pudding

[chuckles]
And that pudding was full of sh*t

I'm super excited that I'm still here
And I'm here to win

I wanna work for
the legendary GOAT of culinary

[Cheyenne] Two people from
the Blue Team go home right away

And the Blue Team is looking pretty weak

So the young g*ns, the twentysomethings,
we're so excited to keep kicking ass

[sighs] f*ck me

Charlene had trouble with her chicken,

and Zeus was nothing but a chicken

Good riddance

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

I honestly feel like if you're cooking
a salmon, halibut, and scallops,

what the f*ck am I sitting here doing?

- [narrator] Will a feud between two chefs...
- Nobody is running that station!

...cause the Red Team to crumble?

- I'm allowed to have my opinion
- Keep that to yourself

I feel like my whole team
just kinda flipped a switch on me

[narrator]
And could one chef's manic energy...

- I'm f*cking ready. Let's f*cking go
- Look, breathe. Don't yell

- Let's do this, guys!
- ...drive his teammates so crazy...

Two flatbread. Two...

Don't confuse me

Billy makes everybody's head spin

...that they ask Chef Ramsay
to get rid of him?

I need to see everybody in
the dining room, immediately

- Hey, Chef is pissed
- [Ileana] Wait, what?

It can't go on like this

[narrator]
Find out next time on an extreme...

- [Ileana] Yo, is that Tony Hawk?
- [Mindy] I will do what it takes

- Oh, my goodness
- ...high-octane episode of Hell's Kitchen