[narrator] Previously on Hell's Kitchen...
Nobody wants me
...Brett returned once again
to the Blue Team
- If it sounds like I'm whining...
- Yes, you are
[narrator] In the morning, Chef Ramsay
tested the chefs' palates with...
The blind taste test
- Peas?
- Peas?
[all laughing]
- Squash?
- [scoffs]
[groaning]
[narrator] While Dafne and Tara...
- Sweet potato?
- Yes!
- Asparagus?
- Yes!
- ...gave the Red Team the lead...
- Well done
...Alejandro's three correct answers...
Beets, Chef. Pineapple. Potato
- ...put the men back into contention
- Yes!
[narrator] But in the closest
blind taste test ever, Cheyenne...
- Potato, Chef
- [cheering]
...sealed the win for the Red Team
Blue Team, that's five losses in a row
[narrator] Later,
at a special charity night dinner service...
Dafne, spread out,
give yourself some space
- ...Dafne cracked under pressure...
- [Dafne] The stress
...and Brett's lack of leadership...
- Come on, Brett. Talk, please
- Yes, Chef
- ...led to a crucial mistake
- [Ramsay] Count the plates
- [Brett] We're down one
- I mean, f*cking hell
[narrator] Both Tara...
- Where's the f*cking lobster?
- Where's the lobster?
...and Alejandro...
- [Ramsay] Grab a spoon
- [Alejandro] That one's more salty
- Yes, Chef
- Come on!
...failed to live up to
Chef Ramsay's standards...
Come on, ladies
Where's the standard gone?
- ...while Sakari...
- I think it's good
- ...and Sommer...
- Everybody knows what they're doing?
...were the shining stars of the evening...
- So good
- It's fantastic
...and Chef Ramsay tasked them
with a difficult assignment
Sommer and Sakari, come back to me
with the two individuals that you think
should be up for elimination
- [narrator] Sakari nominated...
- Brett
- ...and...
- Alejandro, Chef
- ...while Sommer targeted...
- Tara
- ...and...
- Dafne, Chef
- In the end, Chef Ramsay sent home...
- Brett
...ending his chance at becoming head chef
at Hell's Kitchen, Caesars Atlantic City
And now,
the continuation of Hell's Kitchen
- Good night
- [all] Good night, Chef
[exhales sharply]
- Don't be mad at me, guys
- I'm not...
Sommer, I honestly...
Dude, I've never talked sh*t about you,
because you legit know what you're doing
I have so much respect for you
Sommer's a very interesting person
She'll throw anyone under the bus
if she has to
- You have to do whatever you have to do
- [Sommer] Yeah, I know
It's gonna be really hard
to just move on from this
At this point,
I feel like I cannot trust anyone
It's time for me to be a bitch
That's just what's gonna happen
I just wish we could get, like,
a little pump-up video from our family
That's what I need
Not me. I'll be in f*cking shambles
I'll be like... [mimics crying]
I just need one little pep talk
You can do it
[sighs]
- That's all I got. I'm sorry
- Not enough, Alex
I need it from my family
All of these past few days
just keep getting more intense
I wish I could talk to my family
[sniffling]
Like, I've never felt this much anxiety
in my life, this much pressure in my life
I feel so b*at down,
and it's, like, sometimes hearing
those words like, "I love you, keep going"
really mean a lot
I've been through so much,
and I just wish I could just hold them
And they could just be like,
"It's okay, Daf, you got this," you know?
God. God
- [narrator] The final seven begin the day...
- Let's get the banner up first
...with some work
in the front of Hell's Kitchen
rolling out the red... uh, purple carpet
[Jason] Try to pull it a little tighter
so it goes up. The banner's too low
[narrator] And setting up a welcome banner
for some special guests
invited by Chef Ramsay
- How's it looking?
- [Alex, Dafne] Great, Chef
- We good?
- [Sommer] Yes, Chef
- [Dafne gasps] What in the world?
- What the...
[shouts]
[narrator] And apparently,
these guests like to make an entrance
- They're red and blue
- [Alex] Whoa. That dude is coming in hot
[all exclaiming]
Bloody hell
- Hey, good morning
- [Alex] Oh, my God. He's fast
- Oh, God. That's so fast
- [all cheer]
- Wow
- Yeah
Only in Hollywood, right?
The fact that there's fliers flying
all over the freaking sky, it's so cool
[Alex] Your shoe's on fire
What the Hell's Kitchen?
[Ramsay] Wow. Last one
Okay
[Dafne] Yeah!
Holy sh*t
I don't know what's going on
There's a lot of people falling
from the sky. Pretty wild
They're obviously pretty crazy
These are the HK fliers
[Alex] Yeah!
And they've come to deliver
a very, very important message
Go ahead, guys
- [all cheering]
- [Ramsay] That's right!
- It's time for black jackets
- Oh, my God
Black jackets is crazy
It feels crazy that I've made it this far
Hopefully I can put up something
really good today
Continue to prove myself
- [Dafne] Good luck. f*cking k*ll it
- [Sakari] Game time, baby
- I could throw up right now
- [Dafne] All right
[Alex exhales sharply]
Obviously, there are seven of you
and only five black jackets
For your first black jacket challenge...
Chefs, to get where you are today,
I know there's been
some very important people in your life
Your spouse, your child, mentor
They've supported you,
and some have even sacrificed for you
So, I want you to make a stunning dish
that honors that individual. Clear?
[all] Yes, Chef!
Your minutes start now. Off you go
[narrator]
In today's first black jacket challenge,
each chef must prepare an outstanding dish
using any protein they want,
inspired by a person in their life
[Christina] You went right
for that lobster. You already have a plan?
Yes, I do, Chef. I'm doing
a ricotta gnocchi with some asparagus
- and a brown-butter lemon sauce...
- [Christina] Okay
...for my husband
My daughter just turned seven
She is the light of my life
That's why I made this dish today
They are in my heart
And I'm gonna show Chef Ramsay
that my heart is better on a plate
- How long have you been together?
- It'll be ten years this year, married
- Risotto?
- I'm gonna to do a vadouvan butter,
a butternut squash risotto,
pepitas and seared scallops
Nice. Have you made this before?
Nope, but it's something
that my wife would love
[Christina] Twenty-two minutes left, guys
- [Cheyenne] Heard,
- [Dafne] Come on, Daf, you can do this
Today, I am cooking
for Chef Mirko Paderno
He really showed me everything
that I know about making pasta
- [Cheyenne] How's it going, Daf?
- Good
- Pasta good?
- It's going. I've got to make it all over,
'cause I don't like the shape I made
I learned so much from him,
and I was his left-hand man for so long
- [Cheyenne] Well, good luck, dude
- Good luck, soldier
[Jason] What are you working on?
[Sakari] So I'm gonna do
an apple cider vinegar beurre blanc
with a butternut squash braise
and a lobster tarragon sauce
This dish means so much to me, man
My mother has been my biggest supporter
throughout my entire life
And after my dad passed
with complications from COVID,
it put in perspective
how important family is
So I just want to show gratitude to her
- Sounds good
- Thank you, Chef
[Christina] Sommer, you doing pasta also?
No, I'm making my mom's curry chicken,
something that she'll make
almost every night
- [Christina] Every night?
- The drumsticks you can cut in half
and kind of get that bone marrow
into the gravy, which adds extra flavor
[Christina] Just over nine minutes
- And you said fettuccine here?
- Yeah, Chef
- You're not gonna go too thin?
- Nope
I'm really confident in this dish
Not going home today
I will wear a jacket
I don't care what it takes
I'll get there
[Christina] That pasta's
gonna cook super quick, right?
- So you're doing it last minute?
- Absolutely
- I have bacon if anybody needs any
- [Alex] Heard, bacon
So the inspiration
behind my dish is my wife
One of our first dates ever,
we were out at a restaurant,
I got mussels, uh, and she thought
it was the grossest thing ever
So every time I see mussels,
I think about her
- [Ramsay] Five minutes, gentlemen
- [all] Five minutes, Chef
- You guys thinking about plating?
- [Alex] Yep
[Dafne] Oh, God. Stress
[Ramsay] Thirty seconds
- Five, four, three, two...
- [Christina] Let's go
...one. And serve. Well done
Good
Right. Let's start with Sommer
Bring your dish forward. Thank you
[Sommer] My signature dish, I got a one
I was not confident
stepping into the kitchen,
whereas today I know exactly
what I was doing
The inspiration comes from my mother
Growing up, she wasn't really a cook,
but this is one dish
she really knew how to make
I cut the drum in half,
just so you can get that bone marrow
and the collagen in the gravy
And then I made the stew
with carrots and potatoes
That rustic charm
with the bones cut in half
and the drums sort of shattered
in a way that you can get all that flavor,
my God, it packs a punch
- Thank you, Chef
- [Ramsay] Really good
Great
- Uh, up next, Alex, please. Let's go
- Let's go, buddy
[Alex] This is a lot of pressure,
a lot of stress
I'm like a duck on the water
I seem calm, cool and collected,
but underneath,
I'm having an anxiety att*ck
This is my wife on a plate, basically
Sea scallops are
her absolute favorite protein
Risotto is her favorite starch,
and I made my own
vadouvan butter to finish
I love the spice on those scallops
Be careful when you add the butter to
risotto, 'cause it's quite heavy and rich
Risotto generally is something that is
so overwhelming
Thank you, Chef
The second he starts to go into you
with a critique,
your brain just goes, "Ah... crap."
- [narrator] Up next, it's...
- Cheyenne, please. Let's go
- ...presenting...
- [Cheyenne] Fettuccine pasta that I made
with a pepper
and three-cheese cream sauce
This dish is inspired by my dad
[Ramsay] The pasta's slightly overcooked
When it's that thin,
it takes literally seconds
- Yeah. Thank you
- Good job. Thank you
Up next, Alejandro
Right
So today I have a mushroom, chorizo,
fennel, bacon, kind of stew
And then I have
some shawarma-marinated prawns
This is inspired by my wife
The actual broth is the winner
It's delicious
- Thank you. Wow
- Thank you, Chef
[narrator] Next is Tara's...
Lobster and gnocchi dish
with some brown butter and thyme
The dish is tasty. It just needs a sauce
It needs something to bring it together
- Chef. Thank you
- Thank you
I cooked from my heart
I cooked for my family
So I'm here for them
I'm doing this for them
I'm not leaving
without getting that black jacket
Right. Next up. Dafne, let's go, please
Chef, this is for my mentor,
Chef Mirko Paderno
This dish is a stuffed chicken ricotta
and mascarpone pappardelle
with a funghi brodetto
I did brown butter on top and fried sage
Wow. The pappardelle is beautiful
- Thank you, Chef
- Very nice. Seasoned amazing
Then you've got this amazing
chicken and mushroom filling,
which is beautiful. Really good job
- Thank you, Chef
- Well done
Yeah. Good
Right. Finally, Sakari, please. Let's go
- Yes, Chef
- Come on, Sakari
[Ramsay] Thank you
So, this dish right here
is inspired by my mother
- [Ramsay] Wow
- She was my biggest supporter
So today I have
a shellfish, clam, lobster broth for you
Some sautéed butternut squash,
butternut puree
That puree is exceptional
But just here, we're thirty seconds away
Thirty seconds off of my lobster
Thirty seconds
It was so close. So, so close
You seven have done an outstanding job
Impressive dishes
It confirms I have the right seven,
and this decision about who gets
the first black jacket is really tough
The first chef receiving
their black jacket is...
The first chef receiving
their black jacket is...
Sommer
Let me just tell you something
The fact that you smashed those drums
to get the bone marrow out,
to thicken the sauce, exceptional
- Thank you, Chef. Thank you
- Congratulations
- Thank you
- Good job, Sommer
- Wow
- [Alejandro] Good job, Sommer
[Sommer] My mother helped me
through culinary school,
and she's the reason why I'm here today
Being the first black jacket,
it just feels so great
Now I can say,
"Hey, I'm the first black jacket
I deserved it, and I worked hard for it."
[Ramsay] Wow
I've been blown away today
with another chef's dish
that I'm gonna give out
another black jacket
This dish felt so real,
and it was almost like
everything made such perfect sense
The second black jacket goes to...
Dafne
I got a black jacket. Yeah!
Oh, my God. Like, how do I look?
Don't I look great in black?
- Congratulations. Congrats
- Thank you so much, Chef
I just see my family flashing
in front of me, my chef, my mentor
And I just cannot
hold back the tears right now
I did this for them
I'm so proud of myself
Sommer, Dafne. Ladies,
say goodbye to your fellow chefs,
and, fingers crossed,
you'll see them shortly
- Good job
- [Dafne] Thank you
- Congratulations
- Good job
[Sommer] Thank you
[both laughing]
[Sommer] I wanna cry
- We got the first black jackets
- [Dafne] Oh, my God
This is crazy, dude
[electronic music playing]
Wow
- Oh, my God!
- We made it in the club!
Thank you, Chef Mirko!
Oh, my God!
This black jacket lounge,
literally, it's made for
a chef that's been through hell
"Never let anything get in your way."
We should take a picture
It was like some out-of-body experience
I got one. I got the first black jacket,
and it has my name on it
[laughing] I'm here, Mom. I made it
I made it, Mom. I made it
Okay. Chefs,
for your next black jacket challenge,
I want to really test your creativity
Here we have menus
from five of my flagship restaurants,
and inside each menu are just three
of the most popular entrées
You'll each have a chance
to come and pick a menu
and choose one of those entrées
I want to see your personality
and your interpretation
of my signature dishes
- What's your spin on it?
- [all] Yes, Chef
Tara, come up first and grab a menu
[Tara] Oh, my God
This is honestly the most stressful thing
I think I've ever done in my entire life
And I've done some things in my life
And you can grab one for Sakari too
Thank you
[Tara] I think it's more stressful
than childbirth
- That was easy compared to this
- Right. Let's start off with Tara
- Which restaurant have you got?
- Savoy Grill
Savoy Grill
Unique, classic, beautifully done
In fact, one of the most popular tables
is Sir Winston Churchill's table
Pictures of Marilyn Monroe
sat on booth number eight, incredible
- What's the dish?
- I'm gonna do steak Diane, Chef
I love that. Cheyenne
I have Ramsay's Kitchen
Scallops and slab bacon
Boston, Massachusetts
Famed for its scallops
When you combine that pork to it,
it just becomes a beautiful,
sweet surf and turf
- Alejandro
- I have Gordon Ramsay
Wow. We've just celebrated years
at three-star level
- Wow
- [Ramsay] And then before that,
I had to convince my wife
to sell our "flat," our apartment,
to get the deposit to get that lease
Big risk. What dish have you gone for?
- I'm gonna go for the ravioli
- Amazing. Sakari
Lucky Cat, Chef
Yes, our first, beautiful, Pan-Asian,
amazing restaurant
- What dish have you gone for?
- The grilled miso salmon, Chef
Alex, what restaurant menu have you got?
- "Petrus", Chef. Pétrus
- Pétrus
It's the most expensive, most glamorous
Bordeaux anywhere on the planet
- What dish have you gone for?
- The turbot, Chef
And read out the garnish
Heirloom carrots, fennel, grapefruit
and vadouvan
Vadouvan again. Coming back
- Sticking with a plan
- [Ramsay] Good
Your jackets await you
Get your hands on these quickly
Your minutes start now
- [Alex] Good luck, boys
- [Jason] Good luck, everybody
Oh, man
- [Sommer] It just turned on
- Oh, my God
- Have you cooked turbot before?
- No, never. Never even seen it
- [Sommer] Come on, Alex
- [Dafne] Come on, Alex
He deserves to be here
He's been through a lot
- I'm gonna upgrade it by doing a raviolo
- Mm-hmm
I love the egg in there. I'm gonna do...
- An egg yolk raviolo?
- Yeah
Choosing this dish from Chef Ramsay's
restaurant was absolutely bonkers
I think it was a ballsy move
I'm gonna take the skin off the salmon
and crisp it up,
- so it's kind of like a garnish
- If you pull this off, this could be epic
[Christina]
How's everything coming together?
I'm gonna do fresh pepper in the sauce,
so it's gonna be a fresh pepper
grit into the cognac sauce
I have to keep elevating,
keep thinking outside the box
And I have to be smart
I've never had a steak Diane
So it's almost like
a "steak au poivre meets a steak Diane"?
Kind of. Yeah
So I'm gonna be mixing
some of those flavors in that sauce
with sauces that I do know
Just over minutes
- Thank you, Chef
- [Cheyenne] Heard
- [Jason] What's with the oil?
- Gonna confit it
- Confit the salmon?
- Yeah
I'm nervous for this next round
I'm going up against
all the talented chefs
There's only three black jackets left
Then I'm gonna actually
grill and miso the kale
I've never done this dish before,
but I wanted to go
outside my comfort zone
- [Jason] Thirteen minutes left
- Thirteen minutes
- Come on, Sakari
- He has skill
[Christina] What do you have in this pan?
I'm gonna do a gastrique
with the pomegranate juice
A bit of orange juice as well
I'm super confident going into this dish
At my job at home,
we do scallops and bacon jam
So I immediately know
that's what I wanna do
- [Sommer] This is stressful
- This is... We were just doing this
This is like the Olympics of cooking
And the fact that they're fighting
for their lives, it's like...
the... the anxiety is back
Three and a half. Come on
Those jackets await
[Alejandro] How's everybody looking? Good?
[Sakari] Yeah
- Watch your back
- Microplane? Can I use yours, Cheyenne?
Come on, Cheyenne. Please be here with us
Pull it out of your ass,
whatever you gotta do
[Dafne] I have no idea
if Cheyenne is gonna make it or Tara
But I just want it to be
the best person possible
I want it to be the person that is
the most creative, the most composed,
so I'm hoping it is Cheyenne
[Jason] Let's go, guys. Black jacket time
Five, four, three, two, one
And plate, Cheyenne. Well done
[Dafne] No!
Right. Let's start with Tara
Please step forward
So you chose the dish
from the Savoy Grill
- Yes, Chef
- A steak Diane. Describe the dish, please
I did a pepper-crusted, pan-seared fillet,
with glazed asparagus and root carrots,
then a version of a steak Diane sauce
mixed with a steak au poivre
It's a really good effort. There's
some areas you could've tightened up
But I love the elevation from
that New York strip to the filet mignon
- Thank you, Chef
- Thank you. Good start
[Tara] I'm so happy with
everything I put up today
I was proud of my first dish
I'm super proud of my second dish
That fillet was cooked perfectly
I'm not leaving
without getting that black jacket
Up next, Alex. Let's go
Go, buddy
So, restaurant Pétrus
Knightsbridge, London
- Yes, Chef
- [Ramsay] Right. Describe the dish please
[Alex] I've made
a heirloom-carrot vadouvan puree
Then I have a raw fennel grapefruit salad
I also have a grapefruit beurre blanc
over the turbot
When you've got fennel like that
and that aniseed-Pernod flavor,
make sure you hit that with seasoning
As it braises,
it washes the seasoning off,
- so it needs to be reseasoned
- Yes, Chef
It's one of the few vegetables that
need to be seasoned three or four times
You enhanced the dish finely
The fish is nailed
- That's in your wheelhouse, isn't it?
- It seems to be today
- The puree is exceptional. Good job
- Thank you
I am so ready
to get this blue jacket off of me
and a black jacket on me
Wow. Two strong dishes
Next up, Cheyenne, please
Let's go
So this dish was inspired
from Ramsay's Kitchen in Boston
- Describe the dish, please
- [Cheyenne] I took the pomegranates
and the cara orange,
and I made a gastrique out of it
I also did an apricot and bacon jam
Then I have some pomegranate seeds
and just fresh cara cara segments for you
The pomegranate reduction goes well,
but the orange is just a step too far
So, yeah. A little bit of self-editing,
but the scallops are nailed
- Thank you
- Thank you, Chef
Next up, Alejandro, please
So, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
and lobster ravioli
Yes, Chef
No pressure, but we have customers
flying in from all over the world
purely for this dish
[Alejandro] Just wanted to elevate
the ravioli a little bit
The filling is a little bit of ricotta,
lobster claws and langostino tails
Black truffle on top
I took the salmon skin, made
a chicharrón, crumbled it over the top
[Ramsay] Wow. So, it looks beautiful
It's got that finesse
- Lobster's cooked beautifully
- Thank you, Chef
That egg yolk bursting with flavor,
really smart move
But the twist of that salmon skin
with the fresh truffle,
- it's a new beginning
- Awesome
Only thing missing with this dish...
is your jacket
[Ramsay] That's how good this dish is
- Congratulations
- Thank you
- Good job, Alejandro
- Wow
- Nice job, bud
- That's exactly what I was looking for
- [Tara] Bye
- Thank you, Chef
[Alex] Have fun
I was literally inches away from him
taking my chef's jacket off last night
And that moment sucked
I didn't wanna go home. I wasn't ready to
This is absolutely crazy
- [Dafne] Yes! Dude
- [Sommer] I knew it, bro
- Good job
- [Dafne] We f*cking knew it. We knew it!
[squealing]
Alejandro! Yes!
Put on your black jacket
When I saw that on the menu,
I was like, "I gotta go for it."
- This is...
- Put that sh*t on!
My wife, Randi, would be very, very proud
You know, it was hard leaving home
and leaving her and my son
And that's the motive, you know,
the drive that's keeps on getting me going
every day,
is just kind of trying to make them proud
- Tara's dish is so-so
- Yeah
Alex's dish was pretty stellar
- And Cheyenne's dish made sense
- We saw
- But we couldn't see you guys plate it
- The judging
- No plating? No plating either?
- No
[Sommer] Take that blue bandana off
- Makes sense
- [Sommer] Come on
- [Alejandro] This is crazy
- Dude, I'm so proud of you
- [Dafne] You f*cking k*lled it, bro
- Black jackets
- Yeah
- [Alejandro] Doesn't feel real
Sakari, step forward, young man
- Lucky Cat. Salmon miso
- Yes, Chef
- Thank you
- So, I have a coconut-soy braised sauce
mixed in with a bit of salmon roe
I made a crispy mushroom and fish crumble
on top, just to add some texture
I cured the salmon with miso
- Wow
- And then I confited it
The salmon is absolutely nailed,
but I would never coat that in sauce
Good job. Love the ambition
[Sakari] Man. I wish I would've just
put less sauce this time
I've just gotta trust myself
and just lean with my heart
This is so hard
I am gonna give out another black jacket
The next chef earning
their black jacket is...
I am gonna give out another black jacket
And the next chef earning
their black jacket...
is Alex
Congratulations, young man
Turbot was absolutely
cooked to perfection
- Congratulations, young man. Well done
- Thank you, Chef
Getting a black jacket validates
everything that you've done
All the drive, the dedication,
the passion
Just solidifies
that I'm supposed to be here
Oh, my God! Welcome!
I literally cannot believe
that I have this on
I didn't see it coming
I mean, I did, in my dreams
[Dafne] Dude, this is exactly
who I imagined coming in
Oh, my God. That was so stressful
Now only one more person
Okay
This is your final black jacket challenge
Now, behind you on the pass,
there are three domes
Underneath those domes is one of
the most difficult proteins to perfect
I have no idea
what he's gonna throw at us
No matter what, I'm gonna keep fighting
I don't care what it is
I don't care if it sucks. I'm still here
You'll have minutes
Your time starts now. Off you go
[narrator]
In the final challenge of the day,
Tara, Cheyenne,
and Sakari are all cooking pork
for the one remaining black jacket
Once I lift up my dome, and I see
there's a big ol' pork chop under there,
every bit of worry I had, all my anxiety,
everything goes away
Pork chop is
my favorite protein to work with
I'm completely ready. Nothing else
matters besides this pork chop
Three rounds back to back to back
I mean, this is exhausting
But I'm locked in. I'm ready to go
I'm about to fight for my life
and cook my heart out
- Who do you think it's gonna be?
- Sakari
Sakari or Cheyenne
- I don't know
- [Alejandro] I think Cheyenne
It's a toss-up
My gut is still up here
It hasn't gone down since this morning
Everything is on the line right now
You're either gonna keep going forward,
or you're going home
I'm just lasered in
I know what I have to do
I know what flavors I have to achieve
I need to get this done
It has to be perfect
[Ramsay] Nice color, Cheyenne
- We are the next-generation chefs
- Not this m*therf*cker
- He's the last generation
- Listen here, buddy
- I'm here. I made it
- No surprise in that, Alex
That's all I gotta say
I knew from the first day
Like, "This m*therf*cker's gonna make it."
[all laugh]
- Just under five minutes, yes?
- [Sakari] Yes, Chef
[Cheyenne] Thank you
I need to plate mine now. Spoon
Taste everything, yes?
I have to b*at these amazing chefs
I have to go out there and k*ll it
It's super stressful
[Ramsay] Make it count
I'm gonna put the best food possible
out on the plate,
and, um, just let it speak for itself
Twenty seconds
Let's go. Come on. Use a proper spoon
I did things that feel
really correct to me
To be honest, I did a dish
I was just comfortable with doing
So, for the first time in the competition,
I feel safe
[Ramsay] Five, four, three, two, one
And stop. Well done
Now, you all know what's at stake
One of you is going to receive
the final black jacket
For two of you, unfortunately,
it's going to be your last time ever
inside Hell's Kitchen
Bring those dishes up, please
This is such a difficult decision
Right now, I am not sure what to do
Cheyenne. Tara. Sakari
All three of you,
just head up to my office
[Tara] Oh, my God
What's going on? My gut just drops
Take a seat on the sofa
I need to work this out
- [Tara] Of course, Chef
- Give me two minutes
- [Cheyenne] Yes, Chef
- sh*t
[Cheyenne] We're gonna sit on Chef's sofa?
Man, this is hard
We all brought it this round
Oh, my God
f*ck
I don't want to walk out those doors
I wanna walk through those doors
- Y'all, this is taking a long time
- I know
- [Dafne] Yeah. What does it mean?
- [phone rings]
- [Alejandro] That was scary
- [Sommer] Hello?
Sommer, I need you, and you only,
right now, in the dining room, please
[Sommer] All right, Chef
Just me
- To where?
- The dining room
Dude, we all f*cking brought it
We all brought it this round
Oh, my God
[narrator]
The three chefs in Chef Ramsay's office...
- We did so good
- ...just cooked for their lives,
trying to earn the final black jacket
- Y'all, this is taking a long time
- While the four that already have theirs...
- [Dafne] Yeah. What does it mean?
- [phone rings]
- ...are about to find out what's going on
- [Sommer] Hello?
Sommer, I need you, and you only,
right now, in the dining room, please
[Sommer] All right, Chef
Just me
What the hell does he need me for?
Do I have another challenge ahead of me?
- To where?
- The dining room
[Alejandro] To Chef Ramsay?
- How are you feeling?
- I feel great
- One final piece of business
- Okay
I just want you to taste and tell me
which one you think is the best
But I'm not gonna tell you
who cooked what
- Okay
- You're judging blind
Now, this is a beautiful single pork chop,
with a brown-butter carrot puree
The sauce goes really well with the pork
It's kind of sweet
This one is a double pork chop
with some braised cabbage,
sweet potato puree
and flash-fried brussels sprouts
- Okay
- It's dry
And then, finally,
this one is a double pork chop
that's been sat in a bed of kale
with bacon and a lemon sauce
This one looks the best to me
- Visually?
- Yeah. With the onion ring
Yeah, this one is cooked better
than that one
Small bites
So, Sommer, which pork dish do you prefer?
Is it the single chop
with the carrot puree?
Is it the red cabbage and pork?
Or is it the kale and pork?
I would say this one
- The...
- The taste is balanced
- That's why I'm asking
- Yeah
- Thank you. Good
- Thank you
Come on, Chef
- [Sakari] I wonder what he's doing
- Maybe he's bringing everybody down
so that they find out
who gets the last coat
Holy crap
- Tell me what you think
- Okay
It's undercooked, but...
It's freaking embarrassing. Like,
you should be able to cook a pork chop
I hope the raw pork chop isn't Sakari
or Cheyenne's
Second one
This one's got a sweet potato puree
Interesting
Was not expecting that flavor
It goes pretty well together
God, I wish I knew who cooked this
The third and final pork
- So they did an onion ring on top?
- That's right
- Interesting
- Take your time
This is a very, very important decision
Now, which of these pork dishes
is black-jacket worthy?
I'm gonna go with this one, Chef
Oh, my God
[Ramsay] It's a carrot puree
For me personally,
the pork is a little under
That undercooked pork is just not it
And to be honest,
I think this is Tara's dish
[Ramsay] Next, this is a double pork chop
[Alejandro]
The pork, I cut into the center of it
It's super juicy
In my head, off the rare bits,
I know it's Cheyenne's
Brussels sprouts are good
Pork chop, for me,
is cooked way better than the first
And finally...
The idea of it makes a lot of sense
This one's a solid one
I definitely think this is Sakari
Out of all these three pork dishes,
can you tell me which one
you think is a black-jacket worthy?
This one
- Thank you, Alejandro
- Yep
Oh, my God, man
Sauce is a little sweet for me
Pork chop is a little bland
[Ramsay] Mm-hmm
I don't have the foggiest idea
who cooked what at this point
All of them, honestly, look similar
It's nice and pink
It's definitely got more seasoning
than this one. For sure
Maybe a touch overcooked for me,
but they're all the way through
It's nice
I think this one, for me,
had the most well-rounded flavors
The pork chop with the cab
[sighs] Oh, my God
Oh, oh, oh
Chef would like to see you three
- [Sakari] Good luck, everybody
- Good luck, guys
- Good luck, guys
- f*ck
I'm super excited,
but I'm also super nervous
This is the biggest moment of my life
Tara, Cheyenne, Sakari
Whilst you were upstairs in my office,
I asked your fellow chefs
to taste all of your dishes,
and they judged them blindly
A decision has been made
And one of you has earned
the final black jacket
Unfortunately, two of you
are gonna be leaving the competition
The first chef not receiving
a black jacket
and leaving Hell's Kitchen is...
I asked your fellow chefs
to taste all of your dishes,
and they judged them blindly
Sommer, Dafne, Alejandro, and Alex voted
And as a result,
the first chef
not receiving a black jacket
and leaving Hell's Kitchen is...
Sakari
Young man
The chefs behind you loved the flavor
The big issue they had is
the temperature of the pork was under
- It's been a pleasure having you here
- Thank you so much
- But I do need your jacket
- Yeah
- See you
- Later, you guys
Nothing compares to the challenges
and the journey in Hell's Kitchen
It's a very complex dish
I'm just sad that I could
only give you five
[Sakari]
I cooked my heart out every single day...
[Ramsay]
Sakari, that salmon's cooked beautifully
Thank you, Chef. [groans]
...done things that
I never thought I would do
Cheers, well done
[Sakari] Leaving here today
on the anniversary passing of my dad,
I know he's looking down,
and I have that connection with him
to know that he's proud
And it comes down to this
Tara, Cheyenne, two phenomenal dishes
[Tara] Cheyenne thinks I'm weak,
but I am going to win
I am a strong, strong, badass female
in that kitchen
I can come get the prize
[Cheyenne] There's no way to believe
you're safe ever in Hell's Kitchen
but, I mean...
a giant onion ring on your pork chop,
uh, there's...
I feel like I have it
I just feel like I have this one
But there's one dish
that's got one more vote than the other
Final recipient of the black jacket...
Cheyenne
Young lady, come here
Congratulations
Take that, and go stand over there
with your fellow chefs
Great job
Oh
Man, I am so excited
This was the most stressful day
of my whole life so far
But here I am
Here I am in a black jacket
Tara, come on over, young lady
Oh, goodness me
You've been a real warrior
And it's very rare we find
someone that strong, that talented,
but someone that always bounces back
That level of determination is
gonna get you to where you wanna go
- Trust me. There's a bright future ahead
- Thank you
- Hey. You did great
- No, I'm proud of myself
And so you should be
- [Sommer] Bye, Tara
- See you, Tara
- [Ramsay] Come on. Great job
- Thank you. It's an honor
- I'm not gonna stop, absolutely
- Don't you dare stop
[Tara] Coming into Hell's Kitchen,
I knew I had the chops
[Ramsay]
The cook on the pork is beautiful
Tara-riffic
Please, Tara
- Asparagus?
- [Ramsay] Yes
[Tara] But Hell's Kitchen is
the hardest experience of my life
Two and a half minutes, yeah?
- Careful
- Ow, f*ck!
I've had an emotional roller coaster
the entire time
Why aren't there any collard greens on?
How is that possible?
[all chanting] Red Team! Red Team!
You've been gunning for me
since day one on this team
- 'Cause you're weak
- I'm not a weak f*cking chef, Cheyenne
I am so proud of where I am
and everything I've accomplished
Anybody ever work with "galal"?
Galangal? Whatever galangal is?
- Well done. Ring the bell. Tara, please
- Ring the bell
[Tara] It's honestly
the best experience of my life,
and I would not give it up
for anything in this world
Now where's my wine?
[Ramsay] Oh, my goodness me
Getting a black jacket today,
it's an amazing honor
And it's just going to make me push
even harder. I'm ready to go
- First of all, brilliant. Well done
- Thank you, Chef
Come on
Let your hair down, man. Congrats
[Sommer] Being part of the Fab Five
is definitely VIP,
but I'm trying to be the super VIP
of the whole competition
There's one final present
From our amazing travel partners
at Allegiant,
two tickets to go anywhere
where Allegiant flies
- Wow
- [Ramsay] Anywhere
- That's right
- [Cheyenne] Anywhere?
- Anywhere
- Oh, my God. Thank you
[Ramsay] Black jacket privilege
- Thank you, Chef
- Oh, my goodness me
Oh, my gosh
My short-term goal to come here
was top eight,
and I'm three places ahead of that,
and I couldn't be more thankful
Now I'm just ready to keep going
I wanna be final four, three, two and one
I wanna win this thing
Congratulations, black jackets
- [all] Black jackets
- [Ramsay] Black jackets. Well done
What a day. What a day!
[narrator] Next time, on Hell's Kitchen...
- One hell of a ride
- We're still on it
...only five chefs remain
The stakes are huge
[narrator]
And as the black jackets come on...
Tonight, it's a monumental service
...the gloves come off
- Working with my sworn enemy tonight
- [Sommer] Yep
I knocked you off. That's it
- Is there a reason why you talk so loud?
- f*ck you
- [narrator] With the finish line in sight...
- Who's got the ride? Who's driving?
- Me
- Then drive it!
...any stumble could cost them
the competition
- [Cheyenne] Whoa. What?
- Stop. Look at me. You're out of control
[narrator]
On the most intense episode of the season...
- Buckle up
- It's about to be a bumpy ride
[both shouting]
- ...on the next...
- The wheels have come off!
- ...Hell's Kitchen
- [Ramsay] Fab Five, my ass!
21x12 - What in Hell's Kitchen?
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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.