Hell's Kitchen (2005) s13e11 Episode Script

Previously on Hell's Kitchen I've seen real live Aladdin characters.
Bollywood came to Hollywood.
Create four Indian-inspired dishes.
In the Indian cuisine challenge I have no idea what the [Bleep.]
I'm doing.
Jennifer was lost.
I've never tasted Indian food.
But somehow wowed the judges That's delicious.
- It's very good, actually.
- Really good.
And won it for the red team.
Congratulations.
Jennifer, well done.
The third-consecutive blue team loss I'm tired of losing.
Meant the sixth-straight punishment for Sade.
This is killing me.
While the red team spent the day relaxing The queens of the kitchen.
Yeah, love.
The blue team endured Sade's whining.
Come on.
I got real leaves blowing everywhere.
"We lost.
" At dinner service Raw halibut in the middle there.
It's cold.
It's raw.
You don't even know what you're doing, man.
- While the blue team bickered - Are the clams open? - We've already talked, Sade.
- Mind your business.
What the [Bleep.]
is going on? Oh! The red team used teamwork - I need two more.
- Two more, heard.
And communication Two halibut, two wellies working, working.
I'm slicing meat.
To win dinner service.
Red team, good job.
Well done.
Blue team, I honestly don't know what happened to you.
This sucks.
After an explosive Shut the [Bleep.]
up, would you? No! [Bleep.]
you, dude! Deliberation - You gonna go cap somebody? - [Bleep.]
you! - The blue team nominated - Aaron - And - Bryant.
But a shocking revelation I don't think winning Hell's Kitchen is my goal.
Made it an easy decision.
I'm not gonna waste my time with you any longer.
And it was Aaron, give me your jacket, please.
Who said good-bye to his chance of being head chef of Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill at Caesars Atlantic City.
Fire uh, uh fire ooh ooh ooh ooh the way you walk and talk really sets me off to a full alarm, child yes, it does the way you swerve and curve really wrecks my nerves and I'm so excited, child The way you squeeze and tease knocks me to my knees 'cause I'm smokin' baby, baby When you're hot, you're hot you really shoot your shot you're dynamite, child ooh ooh ooh ooh fire what I said, child, ow fire, got me burnin', got me burnin' uh-huh fire, got me burnin', got me burnin' And now the continuation of Hell's Kitchen.
Get out of here.
Good night.
Good night, Chef.
God! Disrespectful! Does he know that Chef Ramsay is a Michelin star chef? Do you know how disrespectful that was? He wanted to make it seem like, "no, I didn't get kicked off.
I quit.
" [Bleep.]
you.
Yeah, 'cause that sounds so much better, [Bleep.]
loser.
Him standing there with all that hot air coming out just made me know how much I do want it.
Yeah.
We're down to four on the red and four on blue.
Aaron was not the only weak chef in that blue kitchen.
They're game-planning like a [Bleep.]
.
We have to work as a team.
I will.
I promise you.
Aaron is a loser who cannot stand the heat.
But I'm still stuck with crazy-ass Bryant.
The three best chefs on the blue team before you came over were these three.
Now it's time to shine.
I'm so sure the next challenge is the [Bleep.]
palate.
- Yeah, I know it is.
- Positive.
There's one challenge that I think everybody's waiting for, and it's line tasting.
If that's the challenge, the red team is going down.
Hands down that what I've seen, we can take them down.
And beat the [Bleep.]
red team.
Yeah.
Tomorrow's a new day.
Hello? Chef Ramsay needs you guys outside right now.
Got it.
Let's do it.
Outside.
Let's go.
Morning.
Morning, Chef.
Walked outside.
We have a big black Hell's Kitchen tarp over God knows what.
I have no [Bleep.]
clue what's going on.
There is nothing more important for professional chefs than our palates, right? Yes, Chef.
Year after year, there is one challenge that always comes back the blind taste test.
Yes.
I knew it.
Whew.
Here we go.
You all know how the taste test works, but for the first time ever, how you do individually is not only gonna affect your team's chances for victory.
It's also gonna affect your teammates.
Oh! I just barely learned to swim.
I'm not comfortable being dumped.
Can I have some scuba gear or something? Here's how it's gonna work.
If you get two answers correct out of four, your teammate stays dry.
But if you get three wrong, your teammate gets wet.
And if you get four wrong, your teammate gets dunked again.
Excited? Yes, Chef.
Time to test your palates.
La Tasha and Bryant.
- Perfect.
- Let's do it.
Come on, Bryant.
Oh, no, no, you're not tasting.
You're going to the dunk tanks.
You're taking a seat.
Oh.
Seriously? Please keep me dry.
Roe and Santos, you'll be tasting first.
Come on, Santos.
I got this.
Roe's palate isn't comparable to mine, 'cause my palate's on [Bleep.]
point.
Blindfolds on first.
With more than half the field gone, Chef Ramsay is ready to give the chefs one of his critical palate tests.
Pull them right down.
There you go.
Santos, can you hear me? Here we go.
Each chef must attempt to identify four different items simply by taste.
Number one, fig.
The team with the most correct answers wins the challenge.
Go, Santos.
Pear.
Wrong.
Fig.
Plum.
Wrong.
Fig.
It's okay, Roe.
Let's roll, Roe.
Next one, kale.
I'm losing my confidence in him even after the first taste.
Come on, man.
Cabbage.
Wrong.
Chard? Wrong.
Kale.
One more wrong answer, and you guys are swimming.
Celery root.
Carrot.
Wrong.
Good-bye.
Whoo! - Carrot.
- Wrong.
Damn it, Roe! Aah! Whew.
One more, guys.
God.
Prosciutto.
I'll take bacon.
Santos, say "prosciutto.
" Say "bacon.
" Say something.
Chicken fat.
Prosciutto.
Jeez, kid.
Your palate sucks.
Zero for four.
Bacon.
Yes! Yes! Yes! Mwah! Thank you.
I finally got one right.
Way to go, baby.
It's all good, though.
Chard and kale.
[Bleep.]
chard and kale.
It's okay.
Sorry, boo.
Hey After a very disappointing first round for both teams, the read team has a small lead.
Next up to put their palates to the test are Sterling and Fernando, let's go.
- Come on, Sterling.
- Let's go, Sterling.
Take it, baby.
While Roe and Santos take their seats at the dunk tanks.
Sardine.
Come on, Fernando.
Salt cod.
He's Puerto Rican.
Of course he thought it was salt cod.
Cod fish? After missing the first item, both chefs also failed to identify Zucchini.
- Celery.
- No.
Eggplant, Chef.
Damn, I'm going swimming.
.
With two misses, Sterling and Fernando are one wrong answer away from dunking their teammates.
Mascarpone.
Come on, Sterling.
Sterling identifies Mascarpone cheese, sir.
Yeah.
- Correctly - Yes! While Fernando Parsnip purée? Goes 0 for 3.
Mascarpone.
- Oh, [Bleep.]
.
- [Laughs.]
For their last round, Chef Ramsay has saved what appears to be one of the easier ingredients to guess.
Peanut.
Come on, Fernando.
Come on, Sterling.
Peanut, Chef.
Yeah! Come on, Fernando.
Chopped almonds.
In two rounds, unbelievably, the blue team has failed to identify a single item, giving the red team a commanding lead.
Well done.
Roe stays dry.
Sterling, Fernando to the tanks.
Whoo! Ah! Man, I'm praying nobody gonna dunk me 'cause it's freakin' cold.
Up next in the blind taste test are Jennifer and Sade.
Here we go.
Come on, Jen, nice and easy.
Who miss the mark on green beans Sweet corn, Chef.
Asparagus.
Halibut Tuna, Chef.
Scallops, Chef.
- No.
- And napa cabbage.
- Chard, Chef.
- Celery, Chef.
Oh.
Jennifer and Sade have failed to keep their teammates afloat, but have one more chance.
Shiitake mushroom.
I will take "mushroom.
" All right, come on, Sade.
This'll be it.
- Mushrooms.
- Yes.
Sade finally gets the blue team on the board.
Well done.
[Bleep.]
thank God.
While Jennifer Swiss chard, Chef.
- Sterling.
- Goes 0 for 4.
Okay, Jennifer, Sade, take the hot seat.
It's the final round, and with the blue team down by two points Here we go.
Potato.
It now comes down to the palates of La Tasha and Bryant.
Oh, my God.
I just got my hair touched up.
I am not trying to go in this water right now.
Potato.
Yeah, go, B.
Potato, Chef.
Yes, yes, baby! Bell pepper.
Come on, Bryant.
Come on, come on.
- Pepper.
- Yes! All right, come on, Tasha, get it wrong.
Eggplant, Chef.
- Wrong.
- Yes! Lamb.
All right, Tasha, let's go.
Pork.
Lamb.
.
Ground beef.
- Ugh! - Oh, man.
Mozzarella.
Come on, B.
Let's go, Tasha.
Here we go, Tash.
Tofu, Chef.
Blue team, you need this to stay alive.
We're down by one.
Come on, buddy, we need to tie this up right now.
I want to say mozzarella cheese.
Bryant, great job.
- Thank you, Chef.
- Great job.
Yay! I'm feeling very [Bleep.]
awesome right now.
We have a tie.
It is sudden death.
I want you now to nominate one person from each team to taste again.
Did you have any? Did you have any? I had one.
- You got this, bro.
- Okay.
You want to go, or you want me to go? I want to go up there, man.
Even though Sterling got two out of four You feel good? I honestly still trust Roe's palate a little more.
I want this.
Blue team, who's your decision? Red team, who's your decision? I can do this.
It's the taste-test challenge, and after a standout performance by Bryant, the blue team has made an amazing comeback, and the score is tied.
Now it all comes down to a sudden-death tiebreaker.
I want you to nominate one person from each team to taste again.
The blue team has nominated Bryant - One, two, three.
- Blue! While Sterling, who was the only chef on the red team to get two right, is pushing to represent them.
I want to go up there, man.
But not everyone is convinced.
Red team, who's your decision? I can do this.
Red team.
Roe, Chef.
Bryant and Roe, let's go.
I want to go up there, but I'm a team player.
Come on, B.
Get him, Roe.
Fennel.
Uh Come on.
It's on the tip of my tongue.
I just I don't Get it out, then.
Come on, come on.
It's fennel.
I'm gonna go with Cauliflower.
Fennel.
Ah, I knew it.
If Roe gets this, red team, you've won.
Come on, Roe.
Don't say fennel.
I need to go on a reward.
Fennel.
Ugh, I knew I didn't like her ass.
Yeah, Roe! Hell, yeah, Roe! Great job.
Way to go, Roe! Unbelievable.
Oh, my God.
Roe, Roe, Roe your boat! Sorry, guys.
Roe your way to the top! That was the most exciting taste test we've ever had.
Roe You nailed it for the team.
Today's reward is all about fun because you'll be spending the day at the Santa Monica pier.
- Oh, yeah! - Roller coaster, baby! After that, I've arranged for you to have a wonderful lunch at the world-famous restaurant, The Lobster.
Oh.
Yeah! Blue team - Chef.
- Chef.
Whilst the red team are having a fun day on the pier in Santa Monica, you'll be spending all day cleaning the dorms.
Yeah! About time, boys.
Floors swept, scrubbed, polished.
I want the carpets vacuumed.
And I want the kitchen turned upside down and put back as you found it.
All right, red team, well done.
Get changed.
Yes.
Yes.
Red team strikes again.
I'm gonna bring a little bag - if you want to bring anything with you.
- Yes.
This is, like, four in a row.
I'm starting to lose count, we're winning so much.
Bye, guys.
Have fun.
- Fluff my pillows.
- Make sure this place is clean.
I'm pretty sure they must be used to losing by now.
We're just killing this blue team, man.
Let's go, guys.
Yeah, we on the pier, baby.
We on the pier.
- Santa Monica, baby.
- Yes! I'm like a big kid.
I am ready to play every game.
- Here we go.
Here we go.
- Want to play a game? Oh, yeah, I want that one.
Oh, I'm gunning for you, Fernando.
Get him.
Yeah! Aw, I'll take that.
I'll take that.
Yes.
Carnival games were fun, but I can't wait to hit up the roller coaster.
- Here we go.
- Let's do it.
Here we go.
Got up front.
Jennifer really didn't want to get on.
She on there like - Yeah.
- Oh! Oh, oh! Whoo! One more time! One more time.
Get me the [Bleep.]
off this thing, now.
Oh! Here we go again! Here we go! I think I'm gonna be sick.
Oh.
Smells like grandma's house.
Sade, I just think you're getting used to the punishments now.
I am.
I can't even be [Bleep.]
mad.
Man, this is our fourth, right, in a row? This is her seventh, so I can't really bitch and complain about it.
I've been cooped up in here so long, I'm, like, three shades lighter than I was when I got here.
Oh, man, this is [Bleep.]
gross.
While Sade is feeling deflated by another punishment Here we go.
The red team prepares to fill up on seafood.
- Oh, that's what I'm talking about.
- Oh, this is beautiful.
This reward is amazing.
There's a great view of the ocean and the freshest seafood.
I wonder how much of this was actually swimming this morning.
Everything is so good.
I'm definitely living ghetto fabulous right now, baby.
Sterling, I'm glad you didn't make me dunk today.
That's no problem.
- I definitely agree with you.
- All right.
Cheers.
While the red team bonds over a seafood feast, back in Hell's Kitchen If you get it wet, it's gonna be way harder to clean.
The blue team is having trouble seeing eye to eye.
I'm Mr.
Miyagi [Bleep.]
right now.
I'm the only one actually on my hands and knees scrubbing the floors.
I'm not saying that you're not doing it good, but you didn't even sweep the floor first.
I had three different people telling me to do it three different ways.
Look, that's see what I mean? See? Look at there.
Right there, man.
If you want to care to chime in, get on your [Bleep.]
hands and knees with me.
- Aw, man.
- Nice, nice.
Oh, hey, guys.
- Smells clean in here.
- Aw.
Man, I could seriously take a nap for a couple hours.
This is Sterling.
Listen carefully.
I want everybody to come downstairs immediately - and up to my office.
- Yes, sir.
Quick as you can, please.
Let's go.
Hey, man, we got to go to Chef Ramsay office.
Chef wants us in his office.
Okay.
Let's go.
Weird, different I like it.
Come in, guys, please.
Quick, let's go.
Right.
Something I need to tell you.
It's been a long and tiring day in Hell's Kitchen.
Man, I could seriously take a nap for a couple hours.
But it's not over yet This is Sterling.
Listen carefully.
I want everybody to come downstairs immediately.
Hey, man, we got to go to Chef Ramsay office.
Because Chef Ramsay has some urgent news for the teams.
Tonight I've decided to close Hell's Kitchen to the public.
Oh, boy.
But we will be opening the doors to a unique V.
I.
P.
dinner.
And the guests I hold to the highest esteem because these individuals put their lives at risk to save others.
They are firefighters.
Some of them gracing the tables tonight have received the highest distinction in firefighting the Director's Award.
So, red team, get dressed.
Blue team, straight into the kitchen.
Let's go.
Yes, Chef.
That was scary.
This dinner service is crucial.
Sorry, blue.
Red is on a mission.
Get 'em done.
You're going down one by one.
Bye-bye, blue.
Let's go, red.
- Let's go, red.
- Let's go.
Yo, we got to kill this [Bleep.]
, man.
There is a serious sense of urgency - in the kitchen tonight.
- What does it look like, guys? - It has to be perfect.
- Let's go, guys.
- Red team, line up.
- Yes, Chef.
Blue team, line up, please, quickly.
Tonight is a serious test of your individual leadership qualities.
We are down to the final eight.
That tells me that I've got nothing but talent in these kitchens.
So we'll be serving two 12-tops one by the blue team, one by the red team.
Yes, Chef.
And we'll be serving them a stunning formal five-course gourmet menu.
Each of you will be responsible for one course.
That means you'll be leading that course.
And both kitchens will be serving the dishes at the same time, right? Yes, Chef.
So own those courses and get the best out of your team.
Yes, Chef.
Good.
Our special guests are arriving shortly.
Let's go, guys, please.
Red team, blue team, let's go, guys, yeah? Yes, Chef.
Fight to the end.
Any questions? Sterling, you good? Red team, line up here, quickly at the pass, now.
Tonight Hell's Kitchen is honoring members of the fire department and their families.
Each team is responsible for a table of 12.
Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to welcome you all here to Hell's Kitchen.
Thank you for allowing us to serve you this evening.
Thank you.
God bless.
Let's go.
For the event, the chefs will be serving a special five-course menu.
by 12 tuna, 12 salmon, - Heard? - Heard, Chef.
Right, come here, you.
Fernando, let's go.
Roe, come here.
- Yes, Chef.
- Let's go.
Each chef is responsible for a course, starting with Fernando and Roe on the scallop risotto.
- Seven minutes.
- Seven minutes? Let's go.
Seven.
Go.
Chef Ramsay will be judging each chef's leadership skills - and their ability to coordinate their teams.
- Let's go.
And he expects dishes to be delivered from both kitchens in perfect sync.
Jen, you're with me.
Five sautés of six.
Five sautés of six.
Three portions per plate.
Heard that.
Coming.
Sade, Bryant, you're doing scallops.
Santos, you're doing risotto with me, okay? - Okay.
- Heard that.
It's up to me to make sure the blue team starts strong.
It's imperative that we communicate.
I mean, there's a lot to be done in very short time.
- Everybody good, right? - Yep.
Salt and pepper on everything, please.
All right, Tasha, I'm seasoning scallops here.
All right.
- Red team.
- Yes, Chef.
I've just noticed the scallops are seasoned.
Why? Trying to stay ahead, Chef.
- You're trying to stay ahead? - Yes, Chef.
- What's gonna happen to those scallops now? - They're gonna dry out, Chef.
- When do we season scallops? - Right before the pan, Chef.
Come on, Roe.
Why make your life more difficult? This is just a [Bleep.]
way to kind of start your service.
- Fernando.
- Yes, Chef.
Roe, out in the dining room.
- Announce your dishes.
Let's go.
- Yes, Chef.
Hi.
I'll be taking care of the scallop course.
With sliced truffle in between and a caramelized-leek risotto.
Enjoy.
We need to make every risotto look exactly the same, okay, papa? So you look at it and tell me what you think.
- Scallops are in, guys.
- I'm ready right now.
Yes, you got one tray? Let's go.
Come on, let's go.
Let's go, let's go, let's go.
Tasha, grab the risotto, meet me over here, yes? Yes, walking.
Blue team, they're plating.
Yes, Chef.
Starting to plate, guys.
- Ready? - Please, come on.
Both kitchens have to deliver at the same time, but everything has to be cooked to perfection.
That's it.
That's all he wants.
In the middle, okay? Make sure you're getting four per pan.
We're good? No.
We don't have enough.
We are so screwed right now.
It's gonna take a very long time to refire.
[Bleep.]
hell.
Run out of [Bleep.]
risotto.
How many portions are we short, hey? - Tell me, please.
- Two short.
Two short.
Hey, you, come here! You've run out of risotto? Hey, hey, stop.
Stop.
- We're not serving until we're all together.
- Yes, Chef.
They deserve to be served at the same time! We're not serving this course until we're all together! It's 25 minutes into a dinner service honoring special firemen who have gone above and beyond the call of duty.
But in the first course, Fernando Two portions short.
Where's the risotto? Has fallen short.
Please keep plat keep plating.
Keep plating, please.
We're gonna make it.
- We're not serving until we're all together.
- Yes, Chef.
They deserve to be served at the same time! We're not serving this course until we're all together! - Come on, Fernando, how long? - Give me a minute.
- One minute.
- All right, hurry up.
Come on, Fernando.
You're supposed to be an executive chef.
You should know a little bit better than that.
All right, I'm coming, okay? All right, guys, we're doing good.
Let's go.
Two, four, six, eight, ten.
That's ten.
We need two more plates.
- We're two plates short.
- We need two plates.
We're two plates short.
Roe! You're a [Bleep.]
idiot, Roe.
Now we're scrambling because you can't count - to [Bleep.]
12.
- Damn it.
- Who laid the plates out? - Roe.
Oh, my God.
I'm coming out right now.
I'm coming out right behind you with the risotto.
Okay, coming out.
Behind.
Coming down.
Please somebody follow me with scallops.
- Scallops are coming right behind you.
- Thank you.
Roe, for God's sake.
Yes, Chef.
- This is way too long.
- Yes, Chef.
Checking the plates.
Beautiful.
Thank you, guys.
Good job.
Good job, guys.
- Are you happy with those? - Yes, Chef, they're looking the same.
Go, blue team.
Roe, are you happy with those? - Yes, Chef.
- Go, red team.
Both kitchens had a bit of a bumpy ride - getting out their scallop risotto.
- It's amazing.
But it's being thoroughly enjoyed by the guests.
Now the focus shifts to Jennifer and Santos and their course of seared tuna.
So what's gonna happen is, Bryant, you're gonna sear the potatoes, cut the eggs.
- Who's gonna cut? - And then you're gonna start slicing the tuna.
Fernando's course was a disaster.
So now I need to show him how real chefs do it.
So you want me to cut the tuna, do the potatoes, and then slice the eggs? Please.
So basically I'm doing your dish for you, is what you're saying.
He's like, "I need you to do the tuna, make my potatoes, frill my hair.
" And I'm like, "bro, what the [Bleep.]
, man?" "Are you gonna cook anything?" You're not doing my dish.
Trust me you're far from it.
Let's just get this [Bleep.]
out.
Some weak [Bleep.]
right there, boy.
- Six minutes to window.
- Heard.
Six minutes.
Heard.
Let's go.
Let's go, Jennifer.
- Yes, Chef.
- I want to hear you.
Tuna's in the pan.
Potatoes are down.
- We got salads working yet? - Salads are working.
I'm going to try as hard as possible to steer this ship.
I need to show Chef Ramsay that I can be a leader.
Okay, I'm flipping tunas.
Potatoes are in the oven.
Heard that.
Potatoes in.
Red team is smooth like a car motor.
I don't have to do anything in the kitchen.
Just under five minutes to the window.
Five minutes, Chef.
Sterling, you're doing nothing.
Yes, Chef.
I'm waiting on my chef to tell me Okay, well, you're doing nothing.
Eggs are working.
go, yes? Get organized.
Sterling is still not doing anything.
Sterling, help out with the eggs, please, or check the potatoes in the oven.
Sterling.
Sterling, Sterling.
"Sterling, come here, do this.
Sterling, come here, do this.
" Sterling, check the potatoes in the oven, please.
- Yes, Chef.
- Go, Sterling.
Nice and hot.
Nice color, please.
Looking good.
I'm probably giving Sterling more attention than I am the food.
Sterling, pull plates, please.
Get them on the path.
Sorry, Chef.
Sorry, Chef.
Plates on the path, Sterling, right now.
Plates on the path.
With Sterling set in motion Sterling, get the other stuff up there.
I got it.
I got it.
Jennifer and Santos head out to the dining room to present their course.
How you doing? My name's Santos.
Tonight we're gonna be serving you a tuna nicoise.
With a frisée salad in a black-olive vinaigrette.
Enjoy.
It'll be out momentarily.
Thank you.
What the [Bleep.]
is Santos doing? So basically what we're gonna do is, we have some fresh tuna from Hawaii that we seared off, and we're gonna slice it for you.
And then we have some baby peewee potatoes which are fingerling tri-colored potatoes.
What is he doing out there? Also, we have some watermelon radish, some frisée, and we're doing some asparagus right now.
- Santos, come on! - Yes, Chef.
Thank you very much, and enjoy your meal.
Thank you.
With the diners fully informed You do the whole menu? Santos puts the finishing touches on his course.
Come on, let's go.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
Pick the nicest ones, guys.
Welcome back, Santos.
Please finish your station, sir.
Guys, come on.
Lay your [Bleep.]
plates down.
I'm slicing tuna now.
We're not gonna make that if he doesn't hurry up.
Come on, blue team.
Come on, guys.
- Come on, Santos.
- Yes, Chef.
Radishes in the same place, tomatoes in the same place.
Let's go.
Jennifer, let's go.
Salt me.
Come on, guys, dressing at the end.
- You happy with those? - Yes, Chef.
Right, you're ready.
Red team's not ready.
I can't hold the blue for much longer, Jennifer, please.
- Yes, Chef.
- Gentlemen, pick up, please.
Go.
Jennifer, I'm sending the blue team.
Too long, Jennifer.
Yes, Chef.
Put these up.
- You happy with those? - Yes, Chef.
- Come on, speak up, Jennifer.
- Yes, Chef! Go, please, go.
- That is really good.
- Oh, yeah.
With the two appetizers complete - Next course, salmon, guys.
- Yes, Chef.
It's now up to Sade on blue and Sterling on red I got it.
To get the first entrée, a pan-seared salmon, ready for the diners.
All right, Sterling, what's the deal? How long? Seven minutes to the window.
Seven minutes.
Heard.
The red team are a little skeptical about Sterling and how he's gonna handle the pressure of having to send out 12 perfect salmon.
- How's your fish, Sterling? - Flip it.
Don't toss it.
Sterling, I'm a minute out on cauliflower, if you want to come over here and try this.
I think it's a little crunchy still, but try it for season.
Sade, Sterling, come here.
You don't walk in the dining room with your mouth full.
Put that down and announce your dishes.
- Yes, Chef.
- Stop chewing.
Hey.
I'm sorry.
Keep your apron on, stop chewing, and announce your courses.
Let's go.
Come on, Sterling! [Bleep.]
hell.
Spits all over me.
- I'm laying beans.
- Heard laying beans.
- I'm 30 seconds behind you, Tasha.
- Heard that.
I feel like we're controlling Sterling's dish because he's too [Bleep.]
scatterbrain to figure out what the [Bleep.]
's going on.
But all I care about right now is that it goes out perfectly.
Sterling's back.
Come taste it before I'm all done.
With their current course leader back, the red team looks for a bit of guidance on the salmon dish - Good.
- Good? Good.
Let's do two green beans, two cauliflower.
While over in the blue kitchen, Sade has everything under control Two green beans, two cauliflower, okay? - Sade? - Yeah.
That is overcooked.
Everything except for the temperature of the main ingredient.
What is happening? - Chef, I just seared them.
- If you sear something and it's got that much heat in there and you leave it in the pan, what happens? It's gonna continue cooking, Chef.
Look, that is overcooked.
The salmon's overcooked.
We pretty much just [Bleep.]
this course up altogether.
James, do you have any more salmon? Um The third course of a special private dinner service honoring distinguished members of the fire department is being led by Sterling in the red kitchen - Seven minutes to the window.
- Seven minutes.
Heard, Sterling.
And Sade in the blue.
What do you think is taking so long? But thanks to Sade's carelessness That is overcooked.
There may be nothing to serve.
James, do you have any more salmon? Um, in the back, yeah.
She's really lucky.
I mean, if we didn't have any more salmon, we probably would have [Bleep.]
been [Bleep.]
.
Come on, guys.
Clear that [Bleep.]
off and cook this to order.
[Bleep.]
me.
How's the salmon, Sterling? Right now.
Let's go.
Y'all take a [Bleep.]
pill, man.
I'm good.
Coming over, coming over, coming over.
I got another one coming.
And I got the wipe.
I got the wipe on my end down here.
Make sure everything is perfect.
Come on, Sade, push, please.
Let's go.
I want to make sure that all of this food goes out properly to these people because they deserve it.
You happy with them, Sterling? - Yes, Chef, I'm happy, Chef.
- Go, please.
Let's go, let's go.
Sade, are you happy with this? Yes, I'm happy with the plates, Chef.
Service, go, please.
- Tastes amazing.
- It does.
- It's very good.
- It is good.
With just the beef entrée course remaining, Chef Ramsay looks to Bryant and La Tasha to complete tonight's service without incident.
How long for your beef? - Seven out.
- Seven out.
Seven minutes to window.
Let's go.
- Yes, Chef.
- Let's go.
- Own it, Bryant, yes? - Yes, Chef.
- What you say goes, yes? - Yes, Chef.
I can lead this team.
I can handle pressure.
That's what I'm here to show Chef Ramsay.
- La Tasha, your course, yes? - Yes, Chef.
- Own it, yes? - Yes, Chef.
I'm listening, Tash.
I'm listening.
Go on.
We made mistakes throughout the night.
So Roe, Jennifer, Sterling, you're not [Bleep.]
up this meat course for me tonight.
Sterling, make sure you're seasoning.
There's no seasoning on the top of these.
I got it.
- Four minutes to the window.
- Four minutes.
- Heard that.
Four minutes.
- Just listen up real quick.
I'm gonna get you, Fernando, to do the potato.
Sade's gonna do the broccoli rabe.
And, Santos, you're gonna do the shallot, okay? It's no time to [Bleep.]
here.
It's time to, like, seriously cook.
If not, that's just not gonna fly with me.
So what are we doing? What do you mean what are we doing? Like, how do you want the plate set? Come on, Santos.
Have some [Bleep.]
respect.
When I talk to you, you need to listen.
Let's go, guys.
Come on.
Santos, start pulling the plates up.
I'll pull the shallots up, okay? Bryant, can you please take a look at these ones? - I think they're done.
- Yep.
Yeah, these are great.
These are great.
Going down.
- Bryant, come and check your broccolis.
- It's good.
I'd say a little touch of salt maybe, just a touch.
- 12 plates are down.
- Plates are down.
Heard.
Sterling, let's go.
Not gonna bring up anything till it's cooked to perfection.
Bring me broccoli rabe so I can finish one plate, Roe.
Right now I have two trays walking to you.
- Come on, red team.
- This is our plate.
This is our plate, team.
- Yes, yes.
- Good, nice.
Follow it.
Let's go.
I'm gonna start slicing.
- You want me to help slice? - Yes, yes, come.
Santos is shredding it as opposed to slicing it.
- You just [Bleep.]
the beef.
- Why you cut it like that? I want to smack Santos.
He's [Bleep.]
destroying the meat.
Cut it straight down.
It looks like a ten-year-old got a hold of a play-school knife.
Just like this.
Just like this.
Here, grab me on this side, right here.
All right, Bryant, they're looking great.
Let's go.
Speed up, blue team.
- Let's go.
- Yes, Chef.
Bryant, are you happy with those plates? - Yes, Chef.
- They look great.
- Thank you, Chef.
- Go.
Go, please.
Clear down.
Wow.
What a night.
The firemen and their guests went home happy.
But I'm not.
I expect it perfect now.
You guys fell short of my expectations.
So I want both teams to nominate two individuals from their team for elimination.
Get out of here.
Yes, Chef.
Oh, man.
Tonight's decision for me isn't hard.
I definitely know who was the weakest.
So what are we gonna do, ladies and gents.
I got to go Sterling.
I mean, man, I mean, I ain't [Bleep.]
up more than once ever.
I'm a fighter.
I never give up.
And then obviously we got to go on consistency.
I've been strong in all the challenges.
I mean, I'm, like, getting praised by all the celebrity chefs when I put my dishes up.
Yeah, but, you know, you got a zero today on the challenge.
My vote is Roe.
La Tasha definitely is threatened by me.
I understand it.
If I was her, I would vote for me too.
Service-wise, I think I've been doing stronger.
You actually got kicked out of the kitchen one service.
- Yeah.
- If those old services are gonna haunt me, that's [Bleep.]
.
I just have something to say.
I didn't feel, like, the full support during my course.
There were three of you guys plating the scallops while I was doing the risotto.
I think there could be a little more support.
Fernando is trying to save his own ass.
He did bad in the challenge today, and he did bad during service tonight.
I feel like I supported you and helped you.
Whatever.
So anybody else? As far as my plate-up went, I mean, I think it went pretty well.
I set a plan in place.
Followed it out and just went out through it.
I have no idea what Santos is talking about.
He took forever in the dining room and didn't even cook anything.
I think your communication skills should have been a lot better.
I was [Bleep.]
lost.
I felt lost, too, because I was up there plating.
You were nowhere to be found.
How am I supposed to be blamed for talking when I'm explaining a dish that has seven components on it? I mean, I think all the rest have the same amount of stuff.
There's no way that I should be on the chopping block.
I have never been up for elimination.
If you want to put me up, put me up, because I guarantee you I'm gonna come back, and I'm gonna come back harder, and it's gonna hit you in the mouth.
Sade, with your, you know, salmon overcooked.
I just [Bleep.]
up by firing too soon.
But I think it's huge.
I mean, if you're in a restaurant losing all that salmon I mean, you're lucky we got backup.
I figured out my mistake before it was time to fire, and I was able to correct it.
No, chef figured it out for you.
Everyone's placing blame on each other, but not one bad word said about me.
Great.
That's what I want.
This is gonna be tough.
I must tell you, everybody slightly clumsy, slightly lost Disappointing.
- Red team, have you made a decision? - Yes, Chef.
Jennifer, red team's first nomination, and why? First nomination tonight is Roe, just because - Roe? - Yes.
Why? Inconsistencies and a couple hiccups on dinner services.
Wow.
Even though she clinched it and did better than you in the taste test today? Yes, Chef.
Second nominee, and why? Second nominee is Sterling 'cause I don't think he's that great of a chef.
I don't think he can put flavors together.
- Blue team, have you made a decision? - Yes, Chef.
Bryant.
First nominee is Fernando, Chef, because of basically lack of confidence for tonight.
You lacking confidence, Fernando? [Bleep.]
, no.
I mean, that's my personal opinion of it.
I don't lack confidence.
That's [Bleep.]
.
Second nominee, and why? Second nominee is Um Both teams failed to deliver the precise dinner service that Chef Ramsay was expecting, and were told to nominate two chefs for elimination.
The red team nominated Roe.
- And - Sterling.
The blue team decided on First nominee is Fernando, Chef.
Second nominee is Santos, Chef.
During past services, he seems a bit nervous and tonight, for example, didn't lead very well.
Okay.
Sterling, Roe, Santos, Fernando, step forward, please.
Santos, why do you think you should stay in Hell's Kitchen? I feel that I'm molding into your next head chef.
And I feel that I have more passion, more desire than my teammates.
And I'm not strong, I'm Boston strong, Chef.
Fernando.
Why did you think you should stay in Hell's Kitchen? I'm not in a spiral going down.
I've been consistent during services.
I've shown that I want to be here and that I can lead my team.
They feel threat because they know I am better than anybody else here.
I can prove to you that I can lead your kitchen.
Blue team, do you feel threatened by Fernando? No, I do not, Chef.
No, I do not, Chef.
- Roe.
- Yes, Chef.
Why do you think you should stay in Hell's Kitchen? 'Cause I've proven from the beginning that I am a strong chef, and I think have a little more leadership than the chefs on my team.
I am the strongest chef on the red team.
- Sterling.
- Yes, Chef.
Why do you feel you should stay in Hell's Kitchen? One thing about me you know, I try to communicate.
I go at it nice.
I don't believe in going and yelling at everybody.
I can lead by example.
I promise you I can.
My decision is Sterling and Roe Back in line.
Santos Back in line.
Fernando, young man, let me tell you something.
You put food on a plate like a proper chef.
What I don't believe you're ready to be is a leader.
Give me your jacket, please.
Appreciate it.
Thank you for the opportunity.
It's surreal that I'm actually here and there's people in there that hasn't shown as much potential as I've shown.
Bryant has a roller coaster of emotion going on in his head.
Santos cannot make the right judgment.
I have a lot more technique and passion and cooking techniques than any other person here.
Listen carefully.
Tomorrow your own personal creativity will be put to the test more than ever before.
- Got it? - Yes, Chef.
Get out of here.
I've been up on that chopping block I don't even know how many times, and you can't send me home.
I don't have to prove nothing to my teammates.
I just got to prove it to Chef Ramsay.
There was no shade in what I said.
That's all right.
I'll prove you bitches wrong.
Everybody right now needs to watch out for Santos, especially Bryant.
That's fine.
But I'm just telling you how I felt.
Fernando's cooking was adequate, but his leadership was lacking.
Being my next head chef requires both.
Next time on Hell's Kitchen There's something in there, and that's heart.
Chef Ramsay might be playing favorites.
I love you, Chef Ramsay.
And the rest of the chefs Oh, hell, no.
Might be getting jealous.
[Bleep.]
gunning for you.
But could a plan Red team, whose dish are you dropping? To take out the competition Sterling.
Backfire? Red team, I am gonna kick your butt!