Hell's Kitchen (2005) s07e11 Episode Script

(Male announcer) Previously on Hell's Kitchen The red team led by Holli was victorious in the challenge.
Holli, you've won it for the red team.
I kicked ass on this dish.
(Announcer) But Jay thought someone else should've been the hero.
I don't mind losing when I deserve to lose.
That, I did not deserve to lose.
(Announcer) At dinner service Let's go! (Announcer) the chefs worked together out of one kitchen for the first time.
(Gordon) Come on, we're static, guys.
Yeah? Nothing's going out.
Where we at? Oh, my God.
(Announcer) Ed lost his focus.
Look inside your pans.
It's burned dry.
(Announcer) Jason wasn't communicating.
I'm giving you the [bleep.]
lead.
I can't keep on telling you.
It's too silent.
Yes, Chef.
(Announcer) And Nilka crashed (Gordon) That's raw, Nilka.
It's raw.
(Announcer) and burned Nilka! [bleep.]
.
Oh, [bleep.]
no.
(Announcer) on the fish station.
The lobster is raw.
Nilka! (Announcer) Chef Ramsay then decided that drastic action had to be taken.
Get out! (Announcer) But Nilka didn't go quietly.
Take your jacket off and [bleep.]
off! No, Chef, don't say that, please! (Announcer) After Nilka finally left - Hot coming down.
- Backs, backs.
(Announcer) the chefs united Good job, guys.
(Announcer) and completed service.
That may have been your best service ever.
(Announcer) But they still had some work to do.
(Gordon) Come to a consensus on which two people are up for elimination.
(Announcer) And then the remaining chefs made their decision.
First nominee was Ed, Chef.
Second nominee is Autumn, Chef.
Ed, take off your jacket.
(Announcer) And just when it looked like Ed's dream of becoming head chef at a new restaurant in London's Savoy Hotel was over I've got one thing to say to you (Announcer) Chef turned the elimination Congratulations.
You're in the final six.
into a celebration.
(Gordon) Well done.
Thank you.
One dynamic team.
Well done.
(All) Thank you, Chef.
[The Ohio Players' "Fire".]
Fire.
Uh, uh.
Fire.
Uh.
Woo woo woo woo.
The way you walk and talk really sets me off to a full alarm, child.
Yes, it does.
The way you squeeze and tease knocks me to my knees, 'cause I'm smokin', baby, baby.
Woo woo.
The way you push, push, lets me know that you're goo-oo-ood.
You're gonna get your wish.
Oh, no.
Fire.
What I said, child.
Ow.
Fire.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Fire.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Fire.
(announcer) And now the continuation of Hell's Kitchen.
Look at you.
Six of you left.
Well done.
(All) Thank you, Chef.
Now [bleep.]
off upstairs.
Thank you, Chef.
[laughs.]
(Jason) Top six, baby! Only the best of the best get to wear this here I like black.
It's a good color on us.
(Ed) You just gave me a heart attack.
Tonight was close.
But now it's time to reach for the gold.
So that's what I got to do.
- Hey! - Oh! Yes! The cream rises to the top and I'm still here.
Ten people have gone home.
- Ten.
- Ten.
Now the pressure's on to be perfect all the time.
Somebody we know sitting here is going to be the Chef at the Savoy in London.
That's weird.
Somebody right here.
There's a one in six chance of having the most amazing job for the most amazing chef in the most amazing city.
I feel like I need to almost start talking with a British accent.
(Jason) All right.
- To the final six.
- Final six.
To the black big black six pack.
The six pack.
[laughter.]
To the six pack.
(Announcer) After a night of celebration, the chefs are more determined than ever to stand out from the competition.
And Chef Ramsay has just the test.
Good morning.
(All) Morning, Chef.
Now this is where it gets really tough because this is your first individual challenge.
So for today's challenge, we are going to focus on presentation.
Each of you will make a dish that not only tastes great, but looks phenomenal, yes? (All) Yes, Chef.
After you've completed your cooking, your dishes will be photographed by a very noted food photographer.
So really make it look stunning.
I love this challenge.
My strong point is presentation.
This is, like, the epitome of what I do.
Thirty minutes starting from [clicks fingers.]
now.
(Announcer) Chef Ramsay knows that to be a great chef, one must not only make food that tastes great, but is aesthetically pleasing as well.
This challenge will test the chefs' ability to do both.
Twenty-five minutes to go, yes? Oui, Chef.
What I want to try and do is show that I have good techniques.
I want things to be beautiful.
I want everything to be perfect.
Hey, you got a fire, Ben.
Behind you.
[bleep.]
.
Here's my pans and my pot.
I love to take a classic and put a spin on it.
So my dish was ahi tuna saltimbocca with a sweet and sour prosciutto sauce.
I'm gonna show that I'm a force to be reckoned with.
My knife kit.
I'm making a pan-seared striped bass.
I like to create.
I like to get outside the box.
I'm gonna turn it up a notch.
I'm gonna keep cranking it day in and day out.
And hopefully when that dial stops, it'll be, uh, London time.
Ten minutes to go, guys, yes? Yes, Chef.
I'm doing modern style beet and goat cheese salad.
I don't think anybody here could argue that it's not a good-looking dish.
The only way I'm gonna lose this competition is if I make myself lose.
(Gordon) Last minute, guys.
Up to the front, guys, please.
Let's go.
Three Two One and stop.
(Announcer) With the cooking portion of the challenge complete, the chefs take their food upstairs to be photographed by famous photographer Alex Vasilescu.
(Alex) Place it in here.
Think from this angle right here.
Beautiful.
- Okay.
(Gordon) Next! Go like this, right? - Happy with that? - Yes.
Holli! I can't say that I'm so happy with my dish.
It didn't look like a piece of art.
- You're good the way it is? - It looks beautiful.
(Holli) Everybody else's looked absolutely gorgeous.
I'm so excited.
I love presentation.
(Gordon) Thank you, Alex.
Looks good.
- Thank you.
Okay, are you ready to see your photos? (All) Yes, Chef.
Let's go.
Right.
Take a good look.
- Wow.
- Wow.
That's pretty.
(Ramsay) Impressive though, huh? Don't you think? (Jason) That [bleep.]
looked good.
When I seen Ed's dish on the photo, I was just, like, "Wow, I'm hungry and I want it.
" (Gordon) Jason, looks nice there with the cranberries.
Good.
Holli, which one's your favorite? - Ben's.
- Ben's.
(Holli) Ben's dish, it looked like art.
It really did.
Absolutely beautiful.
Jay, which one's your favorite? Mine, Chef.
Studying my competition, I'm 99.
2% confident that I will win this.
(Gordon) Okay, guys, come over, please.
I told you this challenge was about presentation, yes? So I invited some very special guests to come and judge these wonderful photographs.
Ladies and gentlemen, come in, please! I thought Chef Ramsay was gonna be the judge of the pictures.
(Gordon) We have the most unique, talented culinary students.
(Jason) So I was shocked to see the culinary students here at Hell's Kitchen.
But if they want my advice, you don't want to come back here ever again.
Good morning! (Students) Morning, Chef.
(Gordon) All of you now look at these amazing photographs and rank them from the best-looking dish to the worst-looking dish.
Now, whilst they're judging, each and every one of you get back in that kitchen and make me that dish exactly the same way.
Let's go! (Announcer) The top two dishes as ranked by the culinary students will move on to the tasting portion of the challenge.
Excuse me.
Coming down.
And the dish that tastes the best will be the winner.
I I didn't put this one in my tops 'cause it looks good, but it didn't make me hungry.
(Woman) That is completely boring.
(Ramsay) Meat.
That is ahi tuna.
Mate, you gotta polish your glasses.
Holy crap.
(Man) I'm hungry.
I don't even know what the hell that is.
I have in my hand the results of the presentation part of this challenge.
In last place Holli.
Fifth place goes to Jay.
I mean, I I don't even know what to say.
I was literally floored.
I thought at first it was a joke.
(Gordon) Fourth goes to Jason.
Top three, it was very, very, very close.
Our culinary students chose in third place and not moving on the final part of the challenge, Autumn.
Congratulations, Ben and Ed.
You have a place in the top two.
Now your dishes will be tasted.
To help me judge these top two dishes, I've brought in someone that really understands the value in presentation and taste.
From Epicurious.
com, please welcome the editor in chief, Tanya Steele.
Tanya, come in, my darling.
Welcome.
Thank you.
Thanks for having me.
- Great.
Nice to see you.
- Muah.
Muah.
As you know, presentation is important, but flavor equally is important.
That's so true.
You know, people who come to Epicurious - often browse just by photos.
- Mm-hmm.
But if it doesn't have the flavor, - then it's worthless.
- Mm-hmm.
- Absolute definitely.
- Yeah.
Ben and Ed, let's go.
Let's see who's going to win our first individual challenge.
- Right.
- Wow.
Beautiful.
Lovely.
Thank you.
[gasps.]
These are gorgeous.
Ed, go first, please.
Explain to Tanya exactly what your dish is.
Pan-seared striped bass.
Celeriac puree with a mango and avocado salsa with cilantro oil.
I was not nervous at all for them to taste my dish.
Like, when she put the fish in her mouth, she just kind of, like, rolled her eyes back.
It looked like she was very excited.
Sprightly.
Fresh.
Really well cooked.
Thank you.
And Benjamin, please.
I have a pan-seared halibut.
I have all the components of bouillabaisse.
You have fennel, some confit tomatoes, and then a little olive oil topped with basil.
I like how all the flavors integrate together.
And the colors themselves are spectacular.
- Visually, two stunning dishes.
- Yes.
Tanya, I need you now to select a winner.
Benjamin's dish or Ed's dish, please.
Take your time.
God, this is a hard decision.
I mean, they really are spectacular.
[exhales.]
But I'm looking for the total package.
And so I guess I'm gonna have to go with [sizzling.]
(Announcer) In the first individual challenge, the culinary students selected Ben and Ed's dishes as the most aesthetically pleasing.
(Gordon) Right.
- Wow.
Beautiful.
(Announcer) Now Tanya Steele from Epicurious will decide which dish tastes better.
God, this is a hard decision.
I mean, they really are spectacular.
[exhales.]
But I'm looking for the total package.
And so I'd go with Ben's.
- Thank you very much.
- Well done.
Excellent.
Congratulations.
- Really good.
- Thank you, Chef.
Ben won again.
Same old [bleep.]
every day.
(Gordon) Okay, chefs, um, join me in thanking our amazing culinary students, yes? Thank you, guys.
Take care.
Okay, Benjamin, the reward today explain to him, Tanya.
You and your winning dish are going to be on Epicurious.
On average, on the web site.
Excellent.
Thank you very much.
I've been in Bon Appetit.
I've been in the New York Times.
I've been in the Boston Globe.
You know, to be in Epicurious, it's another notch on the ladder.
(Gordon) This challenge was about presentation.
So you're gonna get a manicure, pedicure, hair done, facials.
You name it, you're getting it.
Getting a haircut and a facial.
I'm super jealous.
Losers.
You have a beautification as well.
Unfortunately, not yourselves.
It's the dining room.
Spruce it up, yes? And the good news is You have the watchful eye of Mr.
Pain himself.
That's right, the Belgian muscle is back.
Aah! J.
P.
, he wants perfection.
He's not going to settle for less.
He's gonna keep nipping, nipping, nipping at you until you do it right.
- Tanya, thank you.
- Thank you so much.
Guys, get upstairs to the dorm.
Benjamin, hurry up.
Get changed.
- Yes, Chef.
- Well done.
- Off you go.
- Thank you very much, Chef.
The rest of you, Jean-Philippe will call you - when he's ready, yes? (All) Yes, Chef.
Good job, Ben.
(Jason) He is so [bleep.]
hot right now.
(Jay) Fifth.
Come on.
Really? Fine, I didn't get first.
Fine, maybe I didn't even get second.
But fifth? I'm pissed.
I need to sort of snap out of this.
Fifth place.
What the [bleep.]
.
(Jason) That's ridiculous.
Visually, by far the most incredible thing - I've ever seen food-wise in person.
- Thank you.
Winning this challenge shows everybody that the competition's on.
Everything I did on that plate was pretty damn close to perfect.
Sucks.
I cannot deal with J.
P.
today.
Smiley faces.
Very happy.
It's good because we're going to have the whole day to clean up.
Please make this place like a sparkling paradise.
- Okay.
- Yeah.
- Right.
- Thank you.
Jean-Philippe wants it perfect so that's what he'll get whether we want to or not.
Who turns around and wipes lipstick on the booth? (Jay) This sucks.
Ben needed a haircut though.
[laughs.]
- Have a good one, Eddie.
- Rock on.
- Jason, have a good one.
- All right, dog, be good.
Good luck with your [bleep.]
day.
I'll be thinking about you the whole time, Jay.
[laughs.]
He's not gonna be back till midnight.
She'll need all day to make him look better.
[laughs.]
Hey! Ben.
Congratulations so much on winning that challenge.
What we want to do is give you a little celebrity chef treatment.
- Celebrity chefs need a lot of pampering, - Yeah.
so I've assembled a team of real experts here.
You guys have a lot of work to do.
Trust me.
You got a lot of work.
I'm kind of excited to get my hair cut and cut it short.
I always had short, spiky hair.
My wife likes it long.
But [bleep.]
that.
- We're gonna cut first.
- Mm-hmm.
Bring it up quite a bit here in back.
It's pretty long.
You guys can't do anything - with my teeth, can you? - Yeah.
[laughs.]
- Make me look like George Clooney.
- Okay.
- So much better.
We can see your face now.
- I'm so excited.
- Good job.
- Yay.
- Thank you.
- Yay.
I really dig the new look.
You know, the long hair has had its time and now it's my time.
I need short, sexy hair.
Let's take a look at your brows real quick here.
Let's just get some of these out.
Tell me if I'm hurting you, okay? - I'll try not to.
- Uh, you're hurting me.
- Oh, my lord.
- See what we women go through? When she was tweezing my eyebrows, I was crying.
Ow, that hurts.
[bleep.]
.
It hurt like a bitch.
Isn't the torture of being on Hell's Kitchen enough? This is painful.
It's not even bad.
It's just monotonous and boring as [bleep.]
.
Once you're finished, next would be polishing the wood.
Holli, you should probably polish the wood, no? [laughs.]
Oh, oh, Jay.
So everything needs to be polished.
- Jay.
- Yeah.
You spray, I'll polish? (Autumn) Gross.
[laughs.]
(Jay) I have two goals in Hell's Kitchen.
And one is to win.
Shine it real good.
Real good.
And my second is to sleep with Holli.
It's better if you do it on your knees too.
[Holli laughs.]
You're bad.
(Holli) This punishment is so boring, we just joke around about sex.
[coughs.]
Don't choke.
Don't choke.
[laughs.]
We don't talk about food.
We talk about sex.
[laughs.]
You know, we got to have some kind of fun with this.
[laughs.]
Wow, Ben.
Oh, my God.
- You look like a rock star.
- Thank you.
Well, this is the best part of the whole day.
- It's the photo shoot.
- Excellent.
Have you take a little bit more step behind here.
Yeah.
Look back this way.
Perfect.
Having my picture taken and being on Epicurious is great because the more you get your name out there, the more opportunities, the more doors open up.
Yeah.
That looks good.
Hopefully people will get a glimpse of what I can do.
Is this the first challenge you've won? [bleep.]
no.
Everybody would just kill to be here.
Big smile.
Maybe they need to learn how to cook better.
Okay, here it is.
Just spread this on the floor? - Yeah.
- Yeah.
You can go Jay okay, there's no hope for America.
- I need more squirt.
It's too dry.
- Jay.
Come here.
Come here.
Let me show you.
Dude, I don't have a family.
I'm not all domesticated.
I know.
I can tell.
Go find Holli.
Go run and play house, okay? Relax.
Easy.
It's fine, you know.
Maybe they have a little crush on each other.
Maybe there'll be a love connection when we leave Hell's Kitchen.
Who knows? Hi, guys.
How is it going? - Um - J.
P.
, quick question.
- Yeah.
- You go sideways, or do you keep it straight? Yeah, keep it straight, please.
[laughter.]
My God.
Shame on you.
(Holli) Whoa.
- What do you think? (Autumn) Oh, my God.
- Look at this guy's haircut.
- Whoa.
Oh, you needed that makeover, bro.
The Shaggy from Scooby-Doo look, yeah, you needed a haircut for real.
Oh! Turn around.
Turn around.
New jeans, new shoes, new shirt, new haircut.
(Ben) Do I look pretty? But, you know, the same old dork.
I'll see you guys upstairs.
I really like the look.
I like to stay on the trends.
And I feel good in my skin.
(Jay) You should go get your money back.
[laughter.]
(Announcer) As the chefs begin a new day in Hell's Kitchen, it is clear that the seriousness of tonight's dinner service is not lost on any of them.
Morning, Chef.
The menu is up on the refrigerator.
There will be some changes.
Uh, the lobster dish comes off.
Uh, Benjamin, your dish comes on.
Oui, Chef.
- Okay.
- Thank you, Chef.
(Announcer) With Ben's challenge-winning dish on the menu, the chefs must prep and learn his dish before service.
For your dish, you have potatoes.
Uh, roasted marble potatoes.
Then you're going to add this fennel in there.
Then on a separate container, you're going to warm up some of those pearl onions and saffron - just like two pieces.
- Damn.
And then two of the confit cherry tomatoes.
Ben's dish has so many little components.
It's just ridiculous.
I don't even know how we'll do it.
What's these for? For Ben's salad with, uh, micro basil.
This is ridiculous.
My dish is pretty difficult.
There's a lot of components.
But I think everybody can do it.
Tomato basil, is it cold or hot? The cherry tomato basil's cold.
Okay.
Of course, it had to be the most complicated dish with the most components.
(Jason) So, you know I know.
I know.
I'm confused.
I'm very worried about Ben's dish with his cold salads, and hot sauteed potatoes, and sliced prosciutto.
And it was way, way too aggressive.
That could be a major, major issue tonight.
So why'd you go home? Well, there's this guy named Ben.
With his [bleep.]
special, he murdered me.
[laughter.]
[bleep.]
.
(Announcer) The doors to Hell's Kitchen will open in less than an hour.
(Gordon) Guys, let's go.
Quickly.
(Announcer) And Chef Ramsay has an important message to deliver to the final six.
Tonight, you're gonna be under the scrutiny more than ever before.
You know that 'cause I need to start looking for a leader.
Now, I'm honored to say we have a very, very special V.
I.
P.
guest in this evening.
But they're not eating in the dining room.
They're gonna be eating at the chefs' table.
So really step up to the mark big time tonight.
(All) Yes, Chef.
Off you go.
Let's go.
(Ed) The competition on the black team is very stiff.
So Chef made it clear, one little thing and he's gonna be on you like, uh, white on rice.
Am I gonna be able to braise this? Oh, yeah, totally.
You can totally braise that.
You know, I'm not arrogant or cocky.
I know that there's five other great cooks here.
But I think I understand what Chef wants and what he needs.
I'm gonna kill the station.
So I feel like I can pull it through to the end.
Jean-Philippe.
Chef.
Open Hell's Kitchen.
Let's go.
(Announcer) As the restaurant starts filling up and orders start rolling in I'm gonna start with the pan-fried scallops.
Creamy lobster.
Pan-roasted halibut.
Ben's challenge-winning halibut is proving to be a very popular choice.
- The halibut.
- The halibut.
The, uh, halibut.
(Gordon) Six minutes to window, yeah? Scallops, truffle salad, capellini, Dory.
Let's go, guys, yes? Come on, guys.
You're quiet here.
[bleep.]
.
Where's the response? (All) Yes, Chef.
I can fire one Dory.
You can fire one Dory.
(Ed) Thank you.
Firing one Dory.
And a scallop.
I got the fish station and I'm pretty psyched about it.
I just got to keep my cool, keep my calm, and get it pumped out.
(Gordon) John Dory, capellini, scallop, truffle salad.
Let's go, guys, yeah? Yes, Chef.
- Scallop, John Dory, Chef.
- Thank you.
You got five halibut on order all day.
(Gordon) Ed.
Five all day? That's it? (Gordon) Ed.
- Ed! - Yes, Chef.
I got raw [bleep.]
Dory.
Scallops need thirty seconds each.
- Yes, Chef.
- Come on.
It's a thick piece.
Get it in the pan, Ed! Oh, in the pan.
Yeah, back in the pan! Where the [bleep.]
you gonna put it? There's definitely more pressure, absolutely.
Stop panicking.
Yes, Chef.
You got to show yourself some composure now.
I just kept thinking "Don't mess up.
Don't mess up.
Don't mess up.
" - Let's go! - Going with the capellini.
- More seasoning, Jason.
- Yes, Chef.
Get some more fresh lime in there at the end.
- Yes, Chef.
- Let's go.
It's six of us left.
Chef Ramsay's gonna be on your ass.
There there's no getting away from it.
Yeah, put some [bleep.]
finesse into it.
Let's go.
How long then? Talk to me, Jason.
I know you don't like returning a [bleep.]
answer, but I'm asking you a question.
You just blank me.
Twenty seconds, Chef.
Thank you.
This is a unique opportunity for someone to start taking a [bleep.]
lead.
(Jason) Yes, Chef.
My back's turned.
I got to hear the kitchen.
Kitchen, you see, kitchen in form and great communication.
I can't force you to [bleep.]
talk.
It's now or never.
- Yes, Chef.
- Yes, Chef.
How long till those scallops? - Are they ready to go? - Going to the pass.
(Ed) Going to the pass? Go ahead.
Baked potatoes to the pass.
Scallops are right behind.
- Capellini.
(Gordon) Thank you.
Scallops please.
Thank you.
I don't think it's clear who's gonna go home next at all.
Before, you had so many people and you could kind of count on them to [bleep.]
up.
But now you have to stand up.
Let's go.
Okay, potatoes are up.
Scallops coming right behind.
Very nice, those potatoes.
- Thank you, Chef.
- Let's go, guys.
Scallop, Chef.
Going right behind.
[bleep.]
.
Finally.
Service.
(Announcer) With appetizers now flying out of the kitchen It's really creamy.
I like it.
- How is everybody? - Yeah, guests are fine.
(Announcer) Chef Ramsey turns up the heat and starts the kitchen on entrees.
Okay, lists goes halibut, chicken, duck, beef.
Six minutes to window.
Let's go.
(Holli) Yes, Chef.
Ed, I got more portions of your halibut coming.
- I'm doing them in-between of this.
- Thank you.
Thing about desserts is you have to keep busy and support your team so you don't look like you're just standing there with your thumb up your butt.
Benjamin, how much longer do you think on these Wellingtons? Did you gratine your beefs? Benjamin! Look at Autumn and she's doing nothing.
So she should be in and out of the oven.
But you're not talking to anyone again.
And what you're gonna do is sink my [bleep.]
kitchen.
I am looking for a [bleep.]
leader.
Now look at me.
Open up and start talking! Yes, Chef.
(Autumn) Do you need anything, Ben? Benjamin.
[bleep.]
hell.
Benjamin.
- Oui, Chef.
- Where's the gratin? [bleep.]
.
[bleep.]
idiot.
I should've been able to bust it out.
But, you know, I get flustered if it's really busy, you know? And disappointing your boss or your idol sucks.
(Gordon) Wake up, Benjamin, yeah? Cut your [bleep.]
hair off, they've taken your [bleep.]
brain out.
Go, please, yeah? Come back for the rest, yeah? Chicken.
(Ed) Two halibut.
Two duck.
[Benjamin falls.]
Be careful.
You okay? (Gordon) What happened? What happened? [laughs.]
You okay? (Ed) He slipped.
He fell.
- You all right? - Yeah, I'm fine.
- Are you okay after falling over? - Yes, Chef.
- I'm fine, Chef.
- Look at me.
Slow down.
- Yes, Chef.
- Two beef, one duck, one halibut.
- Yeah? - I'm on it, Chef.
Two Dories, Chef.
(Ed) Minute and a half on two halibut.
Ed! Yes.
Still raw in the center it's a salad, not [bleep.]
sushi.
[bleep.]
.
(Gordon) Ed.
- Yes, Chef.
- Look at me.
What's the matter with you cooking John Dory? No answer, Chef.
You're trying to get your aps and your entrees fired at the same time.
Taking two John Dory.
Coming back for two halibut.
It was hard to keep up with.
Ed! Yes, Chef! Raw halibut.
Not undercooked.
[bleep.]
raw! Ed, I shouldn't be telling you at this [bleep.]
stage! You are correct, Chef.
I think that Ed has had a couple of rough services.
I mean, everyone runs the fish station their own way, but I would've done a better job.
(Gordon) Come on, Ed! Yes, Chef.
You're putting me in the [bleep.]
now! - Coming up, Chef.
- Halibut.
Behind.
Behind.
Two halibut.
[bleep.]
unbelievable.
You got fourteen all day after this.
Fourteen.
I need more in the reach in.
- All right, I got it.
- Killing me on halibut.
- How long? (Jay) Two minutes (Gordon) Ed, it's still [bleep.]
raw! Damn.
[sizzling.]
(Announcer) It's the first dinner service for the final six and Ben's challenge-winning halibut is causing trouble for Ed on the fish station.
Ed! Damn! It's still [bleep.]
raw! Give me two fish pieces in! You can't serve that being cooked three times! Ed just couldn't get the fish right.
Calm the [bleep.]
down, get your big ass some ice water, and cook.
Duck's up there perfectly cooked.
Garnish perfectly cooked.
Raw halibut.
We've gone past the stage now of starting the whole table again.
Send the duck, please, Scott.
Go.
Go on.
- Thank you very much.
- Absolutely.
I'm losing scallops.
[bleep.]
.
(Announcer) While the halibut dish has Ed struggling to keep up on the fish station Garnish, please.
Yes, Chef.
Coming.
(Announcer) it has also caused a ripple effect that's putting Jay behind as well.
Well, Ben's here, but where are you, Jay? The oh, for the Wellington? (Gordon) Oh, my God.
I had to redo sides because of Ed.
One halibut is seven items.
So you screw up two, that's fourteen items I have to do.
Oh, my God.
It was ridiculous.
Jay, you need longer? Ben, you got to I'm [bleep.]
'Cause that halibut screwed me.
(Announcer) It's two hours into dinner service and while some diners are still waiting for their entrees We were just waiting for the, um, other two fishes.
In the kitchen, Chef Ramsay is still waiting on Ed to deliver the halibut.
Why aren't they cooking? 'Cause you've got to [bleep.]
braise them! Get them back in! That one's busted.
Ed! Yes, Chef.
You're [bleep.]
killing me now! Sorry, Chef.
What the [bleep.]
? Ed, call out if you need something.
I got thirty-eight halibut.
A lot of halibut got sold tonight.
And it was hard to keep up with.
It was just a thick fish.
Very hard to get cooked quickly.
Can someone [bleep.]
get on there and braise some halibut urgently? You're not searing them enough.
I am searing them, Ben.
You got to sear it.
If I was cooking fish tonight, I think it would've been busy and crazy.
But the truth is I know how to cook fish.
I don't know what was going through Eddie's head.
You put too much stock in them, you end boiling them.
Order two, the lady's pregnant.
The gents are nearly finished eating.
Ed, the two halibut we're dragging, the lady's pregnant on the table, and the two gentlemen have now finished their duck.
Sorry, Chef.
Coming right up.
She's about to give birth! Going up to the window with the halibut.
Oho, [bleep.]
.
All of you.
All of you! - Yes, Chef.
- Yes, Chef.
Stop! Come here! Fifth time.
Fifth take.
Hold it! And pass it along.
And pass it along to there.
[bleep.]
off.
Benjamin, Jay, any answers? I don't know, Chef.
I can understand a couple mistakes.
But that many mistakes, clearly, you're having an issue.
You only need to cook it to 120.
You're not curing cancer.
You got to sear them harder, dude.
Where they at? Hand me some halibut.
I'm gonna sear them and just get them ready to go over here.
Ed was just scrambled.
If we can't get those entrees out, pretty soon Chef's gonna kick us all out of the kitchen.
It's the final six.
We got to get it out.
(Gordon) Now we're cooking halibut on the [bleep.]
appetizer section.
I'm just staying out of their way.
I'm making space.
Autumn annoys me because she tries to get away with as little work as possible.
I just don't trust her.
Come on, guys! Two halibut.
Four minute.
Behind that is three halibut.
- Three halibuts? - So start three more halibut.
You guys, we have three halibut.
You got three more halibut? We're going three beef.
One's medium.
A duck and a Wellington.
[bleep.]
.
We got two chicken, two halibut first.
Oui, Chef.
After that, halibut, duck, Wellington, beef.
Yes, Chef.
Come on.
Where's the fight back, Ed? I'm coming, Chef.
I'm fighting back.
We're not even halfway through service.
Tried to stay as mentally focused as I could.
And I just, you know, I got behind.
Then once I got behind, I was trying to stay in the game and battle back.
Now behind two halibut.
Hallelujah.
Two halibut, two beef.
Unbelievable.
It's like day one all over again.
The beef's not even hot.
Just touch the side of the beef.
- Get it in the oven.
- Yes, Chef.
My two steaks came back because they were [bleep.]
sitting there waiting for Ed's fish.
Benjamin, open up and bring your team with you! I'm giving you the [bleep.]
lead.
I can't keep on telling you.
Pick it up! Yes, Chef.
I understand that he wants me to start talking and counting down.
But it is difficult to talk while you're trying to concentrate on your food.
It's like talking while you're trying to paint or something like that.
I'll tell you something here and now.
You can cook, but you can't lead.
Yes, Chef.
But why is no one picking this up? He's gone silent.
I'm not even gonna talk to him ever again.
He's in the [bleep.]
.
And you, you've got your [bleep.]
head up your ass.
Yes, Chef.
I was a mess out there.
I thought I was gonna start crying.
We were totally [bleep.]
.
(Gordon) Benjamin! - Oui, Chef.
No one's leading! Jay, up to the window.
Right now halibut, duck, Wellington, beef.
Yes.
Jay, you have that stuff? Yes.
[bleep.]
.
(Announcer) It's over two hours into dinner service and with diners still waiting to receive entrees I'm just curious if we're going to eat or not.
(Announcer) and the V.
I.
P.
guest arriving at any moment Coming now.
(Announcer) Ben finally has entrees ready for Chef Ramsay.
Three halibut.
One Wellington.
One tagliatelle, one chicken.
It's the next table.
(Announcer) Unfortunately, they're not the entrees he's looking for.
I've really [bleep.]
had enough, Benjamin.
'Cause no one's [bleep.]
concentrating.
So easy for you to ruin things.
Well, let me tell you something, you [bleep.]
ruined my night.
It was crazy over there.
I think it was just off.
And people need to, like, take a step back from everything that's going on and just cook.
You all done it before, and you can do ten times better, but no one gives a [bleep.]
! That's what [bleep.]
me off.
What are we doing, Jay, Ed, and Benjamin? Eddie, how long you have on three halibut right now? - I need three halibut.
- Three? I can go with three right now.
Is that all? How long on those scallops? Are they ready? Scallops are getting out of the pan.
All right.
Great.
Behind.
Scallops.
Oh, [bleep.]
.
Oh, [bleep.]
.
Benjamin! - Oui, Chef.
- Come here.
Ed! Yes, Chef.
Come here, Ed.
So he brings the next table to me.
Yes, Chef.
He's [bleep.]
saying nothing.
And then that comes up to me.
- [bleep.]
.
Yeah.
- Do me a favor.
You and you, get out! Enough! (Announcer) It's over three hours into dinner service and Ben's lack of communication and Ed's burnt scallops have pushed Chef Ramsay to the breaking point.
Do me a favor.
You and you, [bleep.]
off up to the dorm.
Get out.
Get out, Benjamin.
Get out! Jason, on the fish.
Yes, Chef.
- Autumn, on the meat.
- Yes, Chef.
Holli, on the appetizers.
Yes, Chef.
[bleep.]
unbelievable.
(Ed) Guess we know who's up for elimination.
I had a bad service tonight.
Ed being such a cluster[bleep.]
definitely hurt me.
I could've carried it through, but I didn't.
So [bleep.]
me.
Absolutely pathetic.
It was a [bleep.]
[bleep.]
of halibut.
How do you go downhill like that? There's no two ways about it.
I'll be up for elimination.
It's a definite.
I'm capable of doing I wasn't in the zone and that was just one of them nights.
Unbelievable.
(Gordon) Let's go.
Hey, I need a portion of scallops urgently.
Yes, Chef.
Scallops.
Scallops.
Everything else is up.
Can we work together, yes? Yes, Chef.
All right, we're gonna get this one right.
Scallops, please.
Where are they? Coming right now with scallops.
(Gordon) Okay, good.
Thank you.
They're nicely cooked, Jason.
- Thank you, Chef.
- Let's go.
Three halibut.
Thirty seconds, Chef.
Three halibut are coming up right now.
When Ben and Ed were kicked out, it made it less chaotic.
Mashed potatoes for two.
Mashed potatoes right now, Chef.
I felt like this weight was lifted off my back when they were kicked out of the kitchen.
Going down with halibut.
(Announcer) With the kitchen down to only four team members, the chefs seem to be finding their rhythm.
Hot.
Coming down.
Let's go.
Service, please.
(Announcer) And not a moment too soon.
Hello.
Hey.
- How are you? - Muah.
Muah.
Our V.
I.
P.
's arrived.
Civilization.
Let's go.
Hey, baby.
(Gordon) Hello, my darling.
- How are you? - Good.
Oh, my God.
It's Whoopi Goldberg.
[bleep.]
! Whoopi.
Man, that [bleep.]
's crazy! Guys, how about good evening, please? - Good evening.
- Hey.
Nice to see you.
(Gordon) Welcome.
Whoopi? Like, what what the [bleep.]
are you doing here in Hell? Whoopi, nice to see you, darling.
And you, Gordon.
She didn't make me nervous at all 'cause she's very friendly.
They're very quiet in there.
It wasn't.
(Announcer) With Whoopi and her guests settling in Risotto for me.
- Risotto.
- Yes, please.
(Announcer) There's still hope for the remaining chefs to complete dinner service on a positive note.
chefs' table, I want those risottos stunning, yes? - Yes, Chef.
- Do this.
I'll get risotto started.
(Gordon) Scallops.
Coming right now with scallops.
(Holli) Okay, you guys, my risotto's ready to go.
Service, please, J.
P.
Hello, risotto.
(Announcer) As the evening winds down Come on.
Last ticket.
This is really good.
(Announcer) Holli, Autumn, Jason, and Jay work together effectively to finish dinner service Potatoes coming right now.
Two beef, medium well.
(Announcer) and satisfy the customers in the dinning room Thank you.
Worth the wait.
Oh, my God.
So good.
(Announcer) and at the chefs' table.
Oh, my goodness.
My gosh.
(Jay) There's nobody on earth that doesn't know Whoopi Goldberg.
I'm so happy.
And it was awesome to cook for her.
(Gordon) Jump on desserts, please.
I'm really proud of everyone and what we did here.
It was rough, but we got the last tables out pretty quickly.
Job completed.
Switch off.
Yeah, pa-the-tic.
Pathetic! I put you into one team because I believe strongly across every individual standing in front of me now.
And you seriously let my dining room down and more importantly, yourselves down.
Ed, you should know how to cook halibut by now.
Benjamin, one thing you confirmed tonight, that you cannot lead.
If you can't talk to five of your team, what chance have you got running a brigade with fourty-five in there? It's not good enough.
Time's running out, guys, for everybody.
I want each and every one of you to go upstairs now and think of everything you've seen in Hell's Kitchen, and put all those memories into one decision.
Come up with two chefs that do not deserve to continue cooking in Hell's Kitchen any longer.
Is that clear? (All) Yes, Chef.
[bleep.]
off out of here.
Even though Ben and Ed got kicked out, Chef Ramsay changed our mentality.
He said pick two overall and that changes everything.
If anybody has it already in their head, they should say it 'cause I'm still thinking.
Honestly.
Well, I'm gonna say one.
My first choice is Autumn.
You seem to squeak by services.
You squeak by prep.
And I don't think you're passionate.
I don't think you want to be here to be a chef.
I'm not sure how I squeak by at prep 'cause I prep a lot of stuff.
My first choice is you as well.
[exhales.]
No.
I hate people.
For one, you're up for the most nominations.
And whether or not your team puts you up there, there's something to be said for that.
If it happened once, fine.
I understand it.
I'm kind of going off nominations too.
'Cause it's the team says it.
What the [bleep.]
? I don't have a bad personality.
I bust my butt at prep.
I help everyone.
I think that says a lot when your team votes for you.
I just feel like that's just unfair assessment.
It just sucks.
It just (Jay) My second choice is between you two.
Ed, I think you're a solid cook, but you just get frazzled so [bleep.]
easy.
I'm here to win.
I'm not gonna quit.
No matter how many bad services I have, I'm still gonna fight back.
(Jay) Jason, I think you've had better services than Ed.
But your temper scares the [bleep.]
out of me.
I'm just afraid of your temper.
It's, like, if it doesn't go exactly your way, you get really angry.
I'm not the weakest up in there.
That ain't [bleep.]
me! Sitting here [bleep.]
With this [bleep.]
[bleep.]
[bleep.]
.
I don't give a [bleep.]
.
I'm open and upfront.
And that's what happens.
It scares people.
If I scare him, then what's Chef Ramsay do to him? Man up.
Stop acting like a [bleep.]
girl.
I ain't gonna come over there and scare you.
I ain't never got kicked off one of my stations.
I ain't never had nobody prepare my station.
That's my point.
Between Ed and Jason, it's a tough decision.
I just don't know.
I mean, if not one today, maybe the other tomorrow.
It's really hard to say.
I mean, I haven't made a decision yet, you know? Okay.
Autumn, first nominee and why.
Uh, my team's nominating me, Chef.
[clears throat.]
- You.
- Yes, Chef.
Why? My team says that based on the sheer number of times I've been nominated, that I deserve to be up there again.
Second nominee and why, Autumn.
Um (Announcer) Chef Ramsay has asked the chefs to nominate two people for elimination.
And the team's first choice was Autumn.
Second nominee and why, Autumn.
We also nominate Ed.
Why? He's had several difficult services in a row where he was not communicating and froze up.
And it caused problems in the kitchen.
Okay, Autumn, Ed, step forward.
Ed, why are you a better chef than Autumn? I'm a better chef because I can multitask much better.
My communication.
I'm constantly trying to talk in the kitchen.
Um, I have better knowledge.
That's it? Autumn, how do you explain being up here standing in front of me five times? That I don't get.
Help me.
I do feel like I'm got a scarlet letter for some reason.
No matter what I do, no matter how much better I get, I'm still up here.
Why do you think you're a better Chef than Ed? Overall, I've been a lot more consistent on the line.
Even with team members who didn't want to work with me.
My decision is Autumn you're getting better.
Back in line.
Ed.
You're disintegrating, big boy.
I can't do it any more.
I really can't do it.
- Thank you very much, Chef.
- Thank you.
- Good night.
- Good night.
Let's do this.
Come on, guys.
Come on.
Come on.
Let's go.
Bring it together, Ed.
Pssh.
Come here.
[pig squeals.]
That meat was cooked perfectly.
Thank you, Chef.
It's disappointing, but I don't have any regrets.
I had a great time here.
He said it was perfect.
I can't ask anything else.
One of my goals was to get on that private jet one way or another.
Well done.
Well done.
Well done.
The hardest part about being here is standing up for yourself, building self-confidence.
Not wanting to give up.
Where's the fight back, Ed? I'm coming, Chef.
I'm fighting back.
What's next on call? What's next on call? What do we got coming up? Sometimes actions speak better than words.
Apparently my actions tonight weren't too good.
I guess it's kind of easy when you got fifteen others.
But when you got only five others and you mess up, you really stand out.
This is a competition.
The stronger get stronger and the weaker get exposed.
Now all of you, it's time, individually, to show me, urgently, why you're worthy of being in the final five.
[bleep.]
off, will you, yeah? I'm not impressed with any of it.
I swear they keep trying to get rid of me, but they just can't.
[laughter.]
I didn't do a good job tonight.
I'm not very happy with myself.
I want to prove to Chef Ramsay that I can be a leader.
So I'm gonna stop over thinking things and I'm gonna just go in there and cook.
One down and four more of their asses to go.
I'm here and I ain't going nowhere.
I'm planning on moving the family to London.
(Gordon) Ed was one of the favorites because of his strong start.
Unfortunately, in cooking, it's not how you start, it's how you finish.
(Announcer) Coming up next on Hell's Kitchen, All's fair in love Holli and Jay, I mean, I think there's a little something going on.
Assume the position.
(Announcer) and war.
Autumn sucks.
I'm so over her.
Ben, suck on these.
(Announcer) But when dinner service becomes a battlefield [bleep.]
.
Holli did not time her meat right.
Ben, the tuna is barely seared.
That's cooked all the way through.
No, that's not the order of the ticket.
Jay is not listening tonight.
(Announcer) Chef Ramsay does something highly unusual.
This is the only way to get you guys communicating! And it's gonna work! Trust me! (Announcer) All right now on an over-the-top Don't get pissy with me.
Cook your [bleep.]
ass off.
(Announcer) in your face Don't ever come up to my pans again! episode of Hell's Kitchen.
You got it?