- Previously... - Let's go.
narrator: On "Hell's Kitchen: Head Chefs Only,"
with punishment passes on the line...
- Now, let's go.
narrator: The head chefs were tasked with flambé.
- There we go. Nice flambé.
- Whoo! Let's go. Let's go.
- My inner pyro is feeling pretty good.
narrator: Meghan from the Red Team...
- This steak is cooked beautifully.
narrator: And Michael from the Blue Team...
- Really smart use of the flambé.
narrator: Brought the heat, but it was Whit...
- Delicious, well done.
- I won the pass, baby.
I'm hype. - And Brandon...
- Real smart flambé.
Brandon, well done.
narrator: Whose dishes were absolute fire...
- Whoo-hoo-hoo!
narrator: Leaving Egypt feeling overheated.
- I'm telling you guys right here, right now.
Next individual challenge, I'm getting [bleep] up there.
- Sure.
narrator: During the first dinner service
on the East Coast, Egypt's frustration
with the Blue Team...
- That risotto needs to cook longer and it needs salt.
narrator: Boiled over on opening night.
- [bleep] me.
narrator: In the Red kitchen, Amber's raw scallops...
- Cold in the middle and raw. [bleep].
- And Magali's raw salmon... - Would you eat it?
[together] No, Chef.
- Would you expect them to eat it?
[together] No, Chef. - [bleep].
narrator: Left Chef Ramsay feeling burnt.
- Oh, he's mad. - I am done! Get out!
An absolute [bleep] embarrassment.
Get out!
narrator: And neither team could complete dinner service.
- It was almost as if I was working
with first-year culinary students, not head chefs.
narrator: At elimination, the Blue Team nominated...
- Michael. - And...
- Shant.
narrator: While the Red Team nominated...
- Magali and Amber. - It was ultimately...
- Amber.
narrator: Whose chances of becoming head chef
at Hell's Kitchen Foxwoods Resort Casino
went down in flames.
[dramatic music]
And now the continuation of "Hell's Kitchen."
Tonight is definitely not an easy night.
I'm just going to take all that negativity
and turn it into a positive.
Every day is a new day.
I know that.
I'm just pissed at myself because I know
how to [bleep] cook fish.
[soft dramatic music]
[bleep]. I'm not going to cry.
- I'm missing my husband a lot right now, but--
I'm sorry-- I'm crying, but I'm crying
because I'm happy because he loves me so much,
and it's really awesome to have that, you know?
Can I show you something that my husband wrote me?
- Did you just find it right now?
- Yeah. - You just found it now?
- Yeah.
[laughs] A wedding picture.
- Aren't you so cute? - [laughs]
- What great timing, though. - I know.
- And you just found it? - I know.
- I'm so glad I'm here for this moment.
You good? - Yeah.
My husband is super supportive.
He's always supported my dreams since day one.
So the fact that I'm even here, like,
I know he wouldn't want me to give up,
and that's why I'm just going to bounce back
and give it 100%.
I'm not crying. I'm not crying.
[breathes deeply]
[relaxed acoustic melody]
♪ ♪
- Good morning!
[pot clanging]
Good morning! Wake up! Wake up!
Red Team, Blue Team, get dressed.
Put shoes on.
- Waking up in the morning, and first the person
I see is Chef James, it's a terrifying feeling.
- Rise and shine.
- Crap, I don't have a bra.
My breath smells, like, ahh.
- Get out to the front. - I don't do cardio.
Cardio is not for me.
This is not how I wanted to start my day.
- Chef, good morning.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
So I went to the dock early this morning
because we want everything that is fresh
for dinner service tonight.
So I need you all to pick up the delivery.
Hurry up.
The ice is melting.
- Until I don't have that first sip
of my beautiful iced coffee, don't even talk to me, bro.
- Don't hurt yourself, OK?
- Looking at these boxes, and I'm like,
"Yeah, that's gonna suck."
- Watch your steps.
- I'm going up the stairs, and I started feeling
this sharp pain.
- There we go.
- I feel like we're a bunch of salmon
swimming upstream right now. There's people everywhere.
[upbeat rock music]
♪ ♪
It's going to feel nice to get a little sweet burn, you know?
Pump me up, a little pump in the morning.
♪ ♪
narrator: With their early-morning wake up
and workout behind them,
both teams get ready for the day ahead.
- [sighs] Oh, my [bleep] back.
narrator: But two chefs are struggling.
- Like, when I carried one of those boxes,
like, right here, I still feel it.
Picked it up the wrong way.
- Mm-hmm. Yo, you gotta be careful.
- I know.
My whole left side, like, numbs.
I do suffer from a little bit of back pain.
My sciatica nerve is freaking killing me.
I woke up, and within three minutes,
I was carrying seafood and fish and all that.
I felt a very bad pinch in my nerve in the back,
and since then, I've been in tremendous pain.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Let's go. Line up.
Good morning. Early start this morning.
[together] Yes, Chef.
- All right, well, thank you all for bringing in
that huge delivery.
This is our first time cooking on the East Coast,
which means we are extremely fortunate
to have some of the finest seafood anywhere in the world.
- I'm very versed in shellfish and seafood,
so there is no better feeling than walking up
to this beautiful spread.
I feel like a kid in a candy store.
- All of you are going to be making the most stunning,
sought-after seafood tower.
Now, we are all familiar with the traditional seafood tower.
- I'm not a huge seafood tower fan.
I mean, I've had to make so many in my day
that it's not my favorite thing to make.
I also don't usually spend hundreds of dollars
when I go out.
- Today, I challenge all of you to really break the mold.
This unique seafood tower, I want it to feature
all hot seafood appetizers.
- Growing up on the East Coast,
I used to go fishing all the time.
I used to work on a boat.
Seafood, it's second nature to me.
So I know what to do with every single ingredient here.
- Right, your time starts now.
Good luck.
narrator: In today's Seafood Tower Challenge,
the chefs will have 30 minutes to create a hot appetizer
using one of eight seafood proteins.
- Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
narrator: The squid appetizer will be cooked
by Uri in the Blue kitchen and Whit in the Red kitchen.
- So I'm going with a chorizo-stuffed squid.
narrator: In the battle of the
crab, it's Magali against Kyle.
Preparing the lobster dish, it's Shant versus Brittany.
- No one's using this pan, right, chefs?
narrator: Cooking mussels, it's Michael
facing off against Meghan.
- We're going Thai with the mussels.
Thai, Thai, Thai.
narrator: Preparing the perfect prawn,
Amanda versus Anthony.
And going head-to-head on the clam appetizer
is Lulu versus Joe.
- Joe, it's one stunning portion, right?
- Yes, Chef.
narrator: While Ann Marie and Corbin
will face off on the scallops.
- I'm doing a charred corn with a corn purée,
get some sweetness, some pickled red onions,
some Fresnos for acidity, and having some fun with the acids.
- So the scallop dish that we're already doing?
- No. Oh, God.
I didn't even think about that.
OK, I guess I'm not doing that, nope.
We're not going to do that.
We're going to pull it off the heat.
[sighs] How could I forget?
This is similar to the dish we have on the dinner menu.
Oh, my God, I just-- [groans]
Oh, my God.
narrator: And finally, since the men's team
has one more chef than the women,
Hannah will cook against both
Brandon and Egypt in the battle of the oysters.
- Egypt has been absolutely full of his ego,
and him and I are doing the same oysters,
so we're gonna kind of battle it out
and see whose is better.
I'm right on your heels, buddy.
Are we gonna win this challenge?
- [bleep] yeah! - Yes, Chef.
- Brandon seems a little full of himself
and thinks that he's the best chef on the Blue Team.
- We gonna smoke them?
[together] Yes, Chef.
- So I really want to beat him to the punch today.
I want to make him sweat a little bit.
This is shellfish. Make sure it's right.
- One team, one dream.
- What do we got going on over here?
- Chef, I'm gonna do a tempura soft-shell crab,
classic to Jersey, super fried, little Asian marinade.
- OK, cool.
♪ ♪
- [bleep].
So after tasting my sauce, it's not my best work.
So I'm going to change it up.
- This is your dashi? - Yes, Chef.
I think I might switch it up, though, and...
- Yeah? - Change it a little.
- Why are you switching it up?
- Yeah, I'm gonna do, like, a chipotle dashi with it.
Sounds crazy, but it's delicious.
narrator: While Kyle tries not to get lost in the sauce...
- Ladies, halfway, 15 minutes down,
15 minutes to go.
narrator: Over in the Red kitchen, Magali is looking
to break out of her shell.
- Soft-shell crab's usually fried,
so I'm going to try to think outside the box.
We're head chefs, after all.
OK, baby.
- Three and a half minutes to go, ladies.
- We got this.
[suspenseful music]
- 45 seconds to go. - Yes, Chef.
Put some fennel, put some of this.
- Let's go, Ann Marie. Come on. Come on, speed up.
That's it. - Get it up there.
- Come on! - Get it up there.
- Go, go, go, go, go. - 20 seconds to go.
- Yes, Chef, 20 seconds. - Come on, guys. Let's go.
- Behind, behind, behind, behind.
- 15 seconds to go.
- I need help opening the caviar.
- Who needs hands? - Let's go.
- Caviar. - Come on, please.
- I can't open it!
I want to Gordon Ramsay style throw this across the kitchen.
- Ann Marie, let's go. - I can't.
[bleep] this caviar. I-- ugh.
- Ten, nine, eight... - [bleep].
- Let's go, let's go, let's go!
- I need help opening the caviar.
- Ann Marie, let's go. - I can't.
[bleep] this caviar. I-- ugh.
- Five, four, three...
- Get it up there. - Two...
- Get it up there. - One, and stop.
- Well, guess there's no caviar in this dish anymore.
I am very nervous.
- Blue Team, two of you are doing oysters.
Have a quick conflab and decide which oyster are you serving.
Hurry up. - Which one?
- I'm going to say mine. Throw mine up there.
- I say mine. - I like Egypt's.
- Egypt's. - You like Egypt's?
Let's go Egypt's. - Mine's going up.
- Egypt's dish, heard.
- Blue Team, which one are we dropping and why, please?
- We're dropping Brandon's dish, Chef.
Egypt's looked a little nicer.
- Simple question, simple answer, yes?
Let's start off with the battle of the oysters.
Let's go. Egypt and Hannah.
[applause]
- Dude, if you don't get a point on this,
the entire Blue Team is gonna be pissed.
- Egypt, describe the dish, please.
- Pho poached oyster
topped with a little bit of green apple slaw.
- Thank you.
Hannah, describe the dish, please.
- I did a sweet and sour oyster.
I made the oyster foam that's on top.
- Two very intense dishes.
Egypt, it's actually quite a lovely balance.
- Hannah, you've got that fragrance there
with the coconut, but the lemon really does help
lift the sweetness of the oyster.
The points go to both of you. Well done.
Really good adds. - Thanks, Chef.
- Really good work. - Don't sleep on me.
- Next up, battle of the lobster.
Let's go, please. Brittany, show me.
[applause]
- All I can think about is this pain that I'm having.
- Shant, how is the lobster cooked?
- Perfect. - [chuckles]
- [laughs] - Yeah, but how was it cooked?
- Oh, I poached it in the... - You poached it.
- I poached it in butter.
- Is that normal to stick all this soggy frisée
on top of that sauce?
- I wanted to make the frisée
like a warm salad in the bottom.
- The lobster's cooked beautifully, by the way.
- Thank you, Chef. Describe the dish, Brittany.
- I have prosciutto-wrapped lobster.
- It doesn't need that much caviar there
because it's super salty. - Yes.
- Both lobsters are cooked nicely.
It's the finishing touches. The point goes...
[dramatic music]
To the Red Team. Well done, Brittany.
- Yes. - Yes.
- Whoo! [applause]
- My dish is just, like, giving me all the feels.
Much love to you, my friend, Mr. Lobster.
narrator: As the Red Team goes into the lead...
- Up next, the battle of the squid.
Let's go.
narrator: Whit's looking to impress
Chef Ramsay with her...
- Chorizo-stuffed squid.
- Did you season that chorizo with anything?
- No, Chef, no seasoning. - No?
narrator: But Uri's...
- Grilled squid on a bed of sautéed bok choy.
narrator: Has Chef Ramsay asking questions.
- Do you love bok choy? - Bok choy?
I love bok choy, yes, yes.
- If you marinate it, it'd be way more tender
than what you've just served me.
- Yes, Chef.
The point goes to Whit on the Red Team.
Well done. - Yes.
[applause]
- I knew the dish I put out was fire.
I had no doubts that I was gonna get that point.
- Good job, Whit.
narrator: As the Red Team adds to their lead...
- Let's bring it back, guys.
narrator: Next up is the battle of the crab between
Magali and Kyle's crab.
- I've made soft-shell crabs fried hundreds of times,
not a few times, hundreds, maybe even thousands of times.
Chef, I'm from New Jersey.
We love to fry our soft-shell crabs.
So I did a tempura soft-shell crab,
a chipotle dashi aioli.
- Aioli's delicious. - Thank you, Chef.
- Magali, describe it, please.
- Grilled soft-shell crab. I did an Asian take on it.
I was going to fry it, but I wanted
to step out of my wheelhouse and do something different.
This is my redemption.
I have to show everybody
that I'm someone to be reckoned with.
- And when was the last time you saw
a grilled soft-shell crab? - Uh, never
- Does that look appetizing to you?
- No, Chef.
- Looks like something that's just come
from underneath the prop of the U.S. Coast Guard.
[tense music]
Right, so Kyle, the problem with this dish is that...
I can't give it 2 points.
Hands down, well deserved. - Thank you, Chef.
- 1 point, Blue. - Thank you.
- [bleep].
- When I saw Magali's dish, I thought,
"I got this [bleep] in the bag."
Or, "I got this crab in the cage."
- My dude.
narrator: With Kyle closing the gap
on the Red Team's lead, Anthony's
Calabrian prawn over potato purée...
- I love the heat, Anthony, and what you bring to this.
narrator: Goes up against Amanda's
citrus prawns with basted gnocchi.
- Mm, interesting.
There's a sweetness, Amanda, that you've captivated beyond.
narrator: But ultimately, the point goes to...
- Amanda. - And...
- Anthony, well done, both of you, great job.
- That's great. - Nice job. Nice job.
narrator: As the Blue Team continues to keep it close,
Meghan hopes that her Thai-inspired mussels
with charred eggplant
maintains the Red Team's lead...
- And what's the heat in there? - Just the Thai bird chilis.
- Mm-hmm.
narrator: While Michael serves up chili Vermont mussels
with heavy herbs.
- Mussels are cooked exceptionally.
The point does go to both of you.
Again, well done. Wow.
[applause]
narrator: Up next, Lulu hopes to extend
the Red Team's 1-point lead
with her mezcal steamed clams...
- Could be on the verge of being
salty against a salty protein. - Yes, Chef.
narrator: While Joe is hoping to tie it up
with his steamed clams
and spicy garlic butter cream sauce.
- Delicious. - Thank you.
- The point goes to Joe.
- Thank you, Chef.
- Growing up, I played soccer.
I was always the captain of my team.
So I'm very competitive. I never want to lose.
- And we have one more dish to taste.
Scallops, let's go. - Let's go, girl.
- I don't want to go last.
I don't want it to all be on my shoulders.
This is already pressure enough being here, my God.
I did a roasted red pepper, seared scallop,
and some Fresno for heat.
- Corbin, describe the dish, please.
- I did a pan-seared scallop Romesco.
I left the char on just for some extra color.
- But why slice the scallops like that?
- I cut them in half just because it's an appetizer.
- There is one fault on one plate here.
- I'm praying to the Hell's Kitchen god.
I'm praying to everyone. Please let us get this win.
- Scallops, overcooked.
The point goes to...
the Red Team. Well done.
- Yes! - Go Red Team!
- [bleep], I am so happy.
I won it for the Red Team!
- Red, baby.
- Corbin, delicious sauce, but unfortunately,
they're rock hard and way overcooked.
- Imagine yourself as a kid, and, you know,
the ice cream man drives past you,
looks at you, and just laughs and drives away.
That's the feeling that I have right now.
- Ladies, congratulations.
All of you are going to enjoy some fresh air
as you paddle along the scenic Mystic River in a kayak.
How cool is that?
[cheering]
[bright music]
- This is the first time I'm going kayaking.
Like, is this-- oh, my gosh, just pinch me.
- Uh, Blue Team, it's punishment time.
All of you will be stuck inside preparing seafood,
I mean, lots of it.
We still have tons left over from this morning's delivery.
After that is 100 pounds of mussels
to be debearded, cleaned.
Gents, that is a lot of work.
Ladies, enjoy the Mystic River.
You earned it. Well done.
Give them a round of applause, please.
Off you go, ladies.
- Sorry, Blue Team, it's time to shuck off
because we're going out kayaking,
and we're not going to miss you, I promise you that.
[laughs]
[together] Red! Red! Red! Red!
Red! Red! Red! Red! Red!
- Ridiculous, bro.
Three [bleep] losses, bro.
- I'm in so much [bleep] pain right now.
- What happened to you?
- I pulled a muscle or something,
bro, when I was carrying them
because I carried it the wrong way.
The pain is just keep getting worse and worse.
I never like to make a big deal out of anything.
Yo, [bleep].
- Hopefully, it's a minor muscle strain,
just a little bit. - Dude, I'm praying, like--
Bumped it. Ah.
In my mind, I'm thinking, like, I need a medic.
- Most definitely.
Now it's going all the way to my neck.
[sighs]
I couldn't hold my tears back.
I've done everything to get here.
I feel like I disappointed my family.
I feel like I disappointed my fiancée,
and I feel like I disappointed Chef Ramsay.
[sighs]
- Slow, slow, slow, slow. - [groans]
- OK. All right.
- Yo, I [bleep] hope he comes back.
- Didn't plan for this to happen.
It's just, like, a freak accident.
Like, why?
It's, like, killing me, and it still kills me.
Like... [sighs]
God.
♪ ♪
[monitor beeping]
[tense music]
- God.
narrator: While Shant's future in "Hell's Kitchen"
remains uncertain, the Red Team
is looking forward to going kayaking
down the majestic Mystic River in Connecticut.
- This is beautiful, man.
The Mystic River is just incredible.
And I need some air. I need some free time.
I need to look at the sky. Yes!
Let's go! - Ha!
Oh, my gosh!
- In Alaska, being with nature is
the reason that I moved there.
Being here in this moment, it's just, like, I'm home.
- It feels so good to be with water.
This water is so good.
- [laughs] I love kayaking.
I'm so excited to get to go do this.
I'm getting excited. - Are you crazy?
- I want to win. I want to win.
Mystic Rage River!
Rage! [grunting]
- It's not a competition, but I'm not losing.
Even on the water, even kayaking,
we were, like, so competitive.
- There we go. Go, go, go, go!
narrator: While the women enjoy
some good-natured competition,
back at Hell's Kitchen...
- Uri, how are you holding up? - Feel like [bleep].
How about you, Chef?
narrator: The men's seafood punishment is fully underway,
and Uri is struggling.
- I'm just feeling my back pain,
and I'm having a hard time focusing.
Oh, man.
And I don't know how the [bleep]
I'm going to do dinner service tonight.
Chef, I hate to do this.
I'm, like, in a lot of pain.
- You do what you gotta do.
- Maybe if I go chill real quick.
- I'm pretty sure Uri just went somewhere.
- Hopefully not medical. That would be...
- That would be [bleep]. - Less than ideal.
♪
- [groans]
I don't want to go home.
♪ ♪
I'm here for a reason.
I want to continue, and I want to give it 100%
and give it the best.
I'm really trying to decide my options here.
- This is a big blow, honestly.
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
narrator: It's 30 minutes until dinner service,
and with the Red Team back from a day on the water...
- Amanda, I want to do table one, two, three, four.
narrator: Uri is back in the Blue kitchen
but is still struggling.
- Ladies, line up, please.
Let's go. Gentlemen, line up, please.
Let's go.
♪ ♪
OK, I've got some sad news.
Shant had to go to the hospital,
so he will not be continuing in the competition.
- Oh, my God.
- We wish him well.
I'll send him a message again after the service tonight
and send him your very best, OK?
But the competition, like all restaurants,
will continue.
- Chef, may I take one second?
[soft dramatic music]
I hurt my back very, very bad this morning.
I pulled a nerve, and it's shooting down my leg.
- Damn.
- I'm having a very hard time, like, standing on my feet.
Actually, my leg is shaking right now.
If I continue, I'm going to hurt myself more.
That's number one. - Wow.
- And number two is I don't want to be in the way
of this amazing team of chefs.
- Are you declaring yourself unfit to continue?
- Unfortunately, yes, Chef.
- Young man, your health and welfare is my biggest concern.
So let's take this opportunity and wish Uri
all the very best, please.
[applause]
- Take care, Uri.
- As a former softball player,
I had to go out for a few weeks with an injury,
and it felt like [bleep],
so I genuinely know how Uri's probably feeling.
So it's just really sad that he had to bow out.
- Thank you so much for the opportunity.
- Very best of luck. - Guys, I love you.
Thank you so much. - Thank you.
- Thank you, Chef. Great.
[applause]
- Damn, what a shame.
- I don't want to go home.
But I really want to give my 100%,
and I'm not able to.
I came to America with $50 in my pocket,
and just being here is
an honor I will never forget.
- Blue Team, are we OK?
- Yes, Chef. - Yes, Chef.
- We may be down in the dumps, but sometimes
you need to step up and get stronger and do yourself
and Uri justice, all right?
- Yes, Chef. - Yes, Chef.
- Get on your stations.
We're opening up in 10 minutes from now, guys, yes?
[together] Yes, Chef.
- After losing two chefs in one day,
we have to win dinner tonight.
There's no doubt in my mind.
We cannot lose a third chef today.
- Marino? - Si, Chef?
- Open Hell's Kitchen, please. Let's go.
[upbeat dance music]
♪ ♪
narrator: For only the second time,
Hell's Kitchen opens its doors
to diners in Connecticut.
- Whose birthday is it? - Hers.
- Our present is we're not going to sing.
narrator: And it's already the hottest reservation
on the Eastern Seaboard.
- I'll have the lobster risotto.
- And I'll start with the scallops,
and then I'll have the beef wellington for my entrée.
narrator: Both kitchens will be cooking
Chef Ramsay's signature menu...
- We got this. - We're a team.
We cross the finish line together.
narrator: For a packed dining room,
including NFL players
Trey Hendrickson in the Red kitchen
and Matthew Judon in the Blue kitchen.
- Oh, they-- they cooking tableside.
narrator: Chef Ramsay has added
a Calabrian prawn appetizer
to tonight's menu.
- So I'ma finish it off with the broth.
Move up all the goodness right there...
narrator: To be served tableside
by Magali from the Red Team...
- There you go.
narrator: And Anthony on the Blue Team.
- Enjoy. Have a good dinner.
- Good luck. - Thank you.
Go, Blue.
- OK, ladies, here we go.
Four covers, table 35, two Caesar,
one flatbread, one risotto. - Yes, Chef.
- Now, let's go.
Good. - Four minutes, risotto.
- Heard. - Lobster down.
- Four minutes lobster.
- Lobster down, four minutes, heard.
- Hi, welcome. I didn't get to say hi.
Thank you so much for joining us.
- Thank you. - Flatbread working?
- Chef, we didn't have any pepper in there.
- Flatbread working? - Oh, flatbread?
Yes, heard, Chef.
- I feel like my team has it in the bag.
I feel like we're great communicators.
- All right, off, pizza
- Heard, pizza coming out. - Walking Caesar.
- Got it. - Walking lobster.
- Walking lobster.
- Thank you. - The rosettes...
- Just slow down. Slow down.
- Just about how big are the rosettes?
- Slow down.
- All of a sudden, I'm a little worried about Brittany.
- Thank you, Chef.
[tense music]
- Oh, [bleep]. Hey, come here, ladies.
Come here, come here. Just look at me.
It's burnt to [bleep]. Come on.
A fresh one in there, let's go. - Yes, Chef.
- Right in the front, right?
- Right on the-- right-- yeah, right in the front.
- Right here. - Yep, perfect.
- Pizza's actually my wheelhouse.
So first thought is what a dumbass.
- Drive. Come on, drive.
Let's go. - OK.
Thank you, Chef.
♪ ♪
- Good.
Serve it, please.
narrator: With Brittany's flatbread
no longer falling flat...
- That's really good. - Let's go, ladies.
Good job. - Thank you.
Good job, you guys. Let's keep it going.
- Good start. - Over in the Blue kitchen...
- OK, here we go.
On order, four covers, table one,
two risotto, two scallop. Heard?
[together] Heard, Chef!
- Yes, Chef! - The first ticket is in.
And the pressure is on Egypt and Corbin
on the fish station to deliver.
- Lobster tail in and out in four and a half minutes.
- Heard, four and a half. Thank you, Chef.
- You have a pan there for your scallops.
Drop it right in the middle.
Corbin's waiting for me to lead him to everything.
So I'm leading this station, then it's on me
to bring him up to my speed
because the goal tonight is to get to that
finish line of service.
You can jump in if you want, bro.
- No, I know, I'm just--
I'm waiting for four minutes out on rizzo.
- Just communicate.
- Yeah, I just did. I literally just did.
- I didn't hear anything. I didn't hear anything.
- OK. - We're in Hell's Kitchen.
You need to be loud. Come on.
Get that in the middle. Get that butter melted.
- Little worried about Egypt and his ego being too abrasive.
- Check them. Check them. Check them.
The ones that... - I will.
- No, the ones that went in first...
- I know, I know. - I can see the crust on them.
Flip it. - Clockwise, I get it.
- You need to show that you can be a leader,
but he was just being cocky and rude
and just sounding like an [bleep].
- How long?
- Minute and a half, it'll be in the window, Chef.
- Heard.
- This is for the scallops, yeah?
- Yes.
- My scallops were a little overcooked during
the challenge today,
but I'm very comfortable making scallops.
Man, I love to cook sexy dishes.
When I see a plate that looks absolutely beautiful
and you just want to make love to it,
that's sexy, man. Sex on a plate.
- Ten seconds.
- I got lobster tails ready to walk when you are.
- Chef, walk lobster tails.
Rizzo headed to the window, Chef.
- Lobster tail to the window.
- Scallops walking to the pass.
- Lobster tails dropped.
♪ ♪
- Oh, my God.
♪ ♪
Come on, Blue Team!
- There is no room for error. We got kicked out last night.
- I honestly, I don't-- I don't get it.
♪ ♪
[tense music]
narrator: It's only 20 minutes into dinner service...
- Oh, my God.
Come on, Blue Team! I honestly-- I don't--
I don't get it.
narrator: And Corbin and Egypt's first appetizers
don't look very appetizing.
- It is absolutely [bleep] solid.
And then scallops overcooked.
Just touch these. - Over, Chef.
- It's [bleep] over.
- Two more, start it. - Heard.
- Guys, keep going. Don't stop.
- Refire, heard. - Keep cooking.
- Let's keep driving, gentlemen.
Let's pick it up. Let's stay loud.
Let's stay active.
- I'm starting to look for Egypt's power switch.
I need to shut this voice box off.
- Risotto walking, lobster tail walking.
Settle that in ten seconds. - Ten seconds on scallops.
- Risotto, two times, walking to the window.
- Scallops, Chef.
♪ ♪
- Service, please.
narrator: With Corbin and Egypt correcting
their first attempts, their first table
is getting to enjoy the results.
- That sauce is so good.
narrator: Both kitchens start pushing out appetizers
at a reasonable pace. - Beautifully cooked.
- Thank you, Chef.
- The risotto is amazing. - Come on, guys. We got this.
narrator: And the Red Team is the first
to shift gears to entrées.
- Two covers, table 33, two covers, table 31.
Entrée, two salmon, two New York strip.
Let's go.
- Fire two salmon and the New York.
- Four minutes to the window. - Heard, Chef!
- Yes, Chef. - Yes, Chef.
- Four out, two New York, two salmon.
- Four minutes! - Two New York, two salmon.
- You got this. Yeah, keep it moving.
I have all the confidence in the world
that we're going to rock this. Like, Meghan's from Hawaii.
If she can't do fish, we're screwed.
- You got your lentils for your salmon?
♪ ♪
- Pull it back. - Thank you.
- Garnish is not ready. - I got four on garnish.
I dropped the ball.
I forgot to drop the lentils in and heat them up.
- How long? - Garnish is not ready.
- Give me four. - Oh, [bleep].
- We got four minutes. We got--
- Hey, come here, you. Come here.
So you're slowing down the salmon because
her garnish is not ready?
You need to tell her to wake up, now.
- Yes, Chef. - Now!
- Let's get it going. - Yes, Chef.
Got it. Thank you.
- So now we're slowing down the cooking of the salmon
and we're slowing down the reheating of vegetables.
How stupid does that sound?
- Really [bleep] stupid, Chef.
You got this. We've got this.
narrator: While Meghan and Hannah
try to get on the same page,
in the Blue kitchen...
- Four covers, table six, entrée, two salmon,
two New York strip. Heard?
- Heard! [together] Yes, Chef!
narrator: The men are now moving on to entrées.
- Five out! - Heard!
- Yes, Chef! - Five out!
- I'm super stoked to rip meat station by myself.
I've ran large brigades.
I've ran small brigades.
Two shrimp, two salmon, yeah? - Yes, Chef.
- I'm trying to do everything that I can to be a leader.
Pull those salmon out before they overcook.
- No, I pulled them off a long time ago.
You're not the only chef here, bro.
- It's frustrating as [bleep] having to deal
with somebody like him. - Salmon ready?
- Yes, Chef.
- I got two salmons coming to the pass right now, Chef.
Behind, salmon, hot. - Hot behind, salmon.
- [bleep].
What the [bleep] is this guy doing?
I'm not ready to walk it.
- Brandon, how long?
- Egypt is just on his own [bleep] island.
Strip walking.
Behind you with strip, Chef.
♪ ♪
- Oh, it's overcooked.
Oh, man.
Hey, Blue Team, come here. - Yes, Chef.
- Salmon is overcooked.
And then I've got my New York strip that's undercooked.
- Heard, Chef. - Start again.
[together] Yes, Chef.
- Meat and fish?
Get it to-[bleep]-gether
and stop making stupid mistakes.
- Not looking good. - I don't know if we're eating.
- Let's walk. - Let's go.
- Salmons, strips, walking to the pass.
- Two salmon, two strip to the pass, Chef.
♪ ♪
- Send them, please, yes? Yeah.
narrator: While Egypt and Brandon
bounce back after mistakes
on fish and meat... - Cooked perfectly.
Good job, Blue Team.
- We got to communicate still, gents.
- Egypt is definitely too much in the kitchen.
It sucks.
narrator: Over in the Red kitchen,
the team is waiting on...
- Hannah, how's your garnish doing?
- I got 30 seconds, Chef.
Chef Ramsay's saying I'm slow.
Let's prove to him that I'm not slow,
so I'm just gonna push it until the end of service.
Walking garnish. I'm ready.
- Two New York's walking, guys.
Two New Yorks walking.
- Chef, I'm on your left. Hot pan, salmon.
- Chef, garnish behind you. Thank you.
♪ ♪
- Oh, man. Beautifully done.
♪ ♪
- Oh, my God. - Grandma, Jacques approves.
- Very nice. - Absolutely.
- On order, three covers, chef table,
three VIP, one New York strip, one Wellington, one lamb.
- Yes, Chef. - Heard, Chef!
[together] Yes, Chef!
- Come on, Blue Team.
- One New York, one Wellington, one lamb.
- That's you. - I need ten minutes.
- That's you. - Heard, 10 minutes.
- He's meat heavy here.
Get over there and help Brandon.
- Yes, Chef.
- Go-- he just said go help Brandon right now.
- Having Corbin stand there like a statue next to me,
passing his towel back and forth between his hands,
which is extremely frustrating.
Walk in one minute. - Heard.
♪ ♪
- Corbin? - Yes, Chef?
- You're standing there like the Statue of [bleep] Liberty.
- Yes, Chef. - You've gotta talk.
You've gotta communicate. - Yes, Chef.
- Let's go. Let's go.
Walk it. - Walking right behind.
I got garnish here, Wellington.
I got fries here for New York strip.
- Walking right now.
- Walking lamb now. - Lamb, come on.
In and out! - Chef.
♪ ♪
- Hey, hey. Come here. Come here. Come here.
♪ ♪
You asked for ten minutes, and it's still [bleep] raw.
One of the sack leaders in the [bleep] kitchen!
Right now, I'd love to sack you all!
♪ ♪
narrator: It's almost two hours into dinner service.
- You asked for ten minutes, and it's still [bleep] raw.
narrator: And Brandon's raw lamb
for NFL star Matthew Judon...
- Right now, I'd love to sack you all!
narrator: Has Chef Ramsay calling an audible.
- First of all, apologize now, all of you.
- Heard. - I apologize, guys.
- You a'ight. - Sorry about that, guys.
- You a'ight.
- I got one coming up right behind.
- What's up, guys?
- Brandon, on day two, you maybe think
you're ready for a station solo,
and you're not. - Coming out.
- Snap out of it, bro. - How long on lamb?
- Six minutes out.
- It smell good in here, though.
- It does smell good. - Lamb?
- Walk the lamb. Walk the lamb.
- Walking lamb now. Walking lamb now.
Lamb to the pass, Chef.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
Serve that please, James.
Will you just apologize, please?
- Straight away. - Thank you.
- Come on, Brandon. Bounce back. You got this.
- All right, bounce back. Bounce back.
- Still be loud. Still be vocal.
- No, this lamb good. Hold on, hey.
- Let's communicate, gentlemen.
Keep the momentum.
narrator: With the Blue Team finally getting into
some sort of a groove...
- Walking Welly, walking New York.
Behind. - Heard!
- All right, garnish walking.
narrator: Both teams of head chefs
are going full steam ahead
on their final tickets. - I'm gonna [bleep] nail it.
I'm laser focused on my brigade.
Four minutes out! - Four minutes!
- And I'm going to try to lead the girls...
You done with garnish?
Into more wins and more wins.
- New York strip, cooked beautifully.
- Thank you, Chef. - Don't dare go down now.
- Thank you, Chef. - Let's go.
- Good job, guys. Keep it up.
- I wouldn't be here if I wasn't giving my 300%.
- Beautifully cooked again. Lulu, she can cook, that girl.
♪ ♪
- Welly walking.
Two strips coming to the window.
♪ ♪
- Service, please. - Come on, guys.
We got this. Finish strong.
- Salmon on your right, right between the two.
- Send it. Let's go.
- Good job, ladies.
- This may be the best fish I've ever had, no offense.
[laughs]
- Oh, it's really good. - We'll do-- it's hard to--
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. - I've never used one of these.
I'm really sorry.
♪ ♪
- First of all, both teams completed service.
Yes, there were some positives.
♪ ♪
But there were some negatives.
♪ ♪
Even though I stress the importance
of communication, it was still the cause
of multiple mistakes tonight.
Now, there can only be one winning team.
♪ ♪
And that team is...
♪ ♪
The Red Team.
Ladies, congratulations.
Solid service. - Thank you, Chef.
- Well done.
♪ ♪
Blue Team, think long and hard about everything
that's happened.
And then come back to me with the names of two chefs
that you think you'd be stronger without.
♪ ♪
Fight for your spot. Off you go.
- Yes, Chef. - Ladies, good job.
[together] Thank you, Chef.
- Man. [bleep] me, dude.
- Guys, guys, guys, who won tonight?
[together] Red Team! - Come on, man.
Don't rub it in. They lost two today.
They're gonna lose one more, man.
Come on. - I don't care.
- Outside? - Yeah.
- Three people, three people in one day.
That's gotta be, like, a [bleep] record or something.
[tense music]
- I'm just gonna put fish station.
- Same.
- You know, there was a lot of mistakes in fish.
- You know, that was kind of the catalyst
for the beginning of the night.
On top of that, I think leaving,
like, enough empty air for everybody to communicate
is just as important as, you know,
screaming at the other people on each station.
- I am aggressive on a station,
as obviously everybody can tell.
- For sure.
- You know, my team is big on reminding me,
he's just [bleep] annoying. Oh, he's so loud.
Oh, he's so unnecessary. But you heard my voice.
If you get the opportunity to come here,
you don't shrink. You don't get quiet.
- I'll say...
♪ ♪
Because of the lamb.
And then second would be Egypt.
Salmon was overcooked.
- And then you out of nowhere, I'm walking salmon.
Joe and I looked at each other sideways.
And we're, like, "What the [bleep] is going on?"
- Coming o the pass right now, Chef.
Behind, salmon, hot. - Hot behind, salmon.
- What the--?
- I definitely think Egypt deserves to go home.
He clearly can't work very well with other people.
It's too much. It's too much.
- You could have easily said pull back in that moment.
You didn't.
And Corbin, I look over,
and you're just standing there, bro.
- Corbin stood there like a [bleep] statue.
- Corbin? - Yes, Chef?
- You're standing there like the Statue of [bleep] Liberty.
- If you're gonna do nothing, go the [bleep] home.
- I'll say Brandon.
♪ ♪
I thought you were gonna blow steaks out of the water.
I don't know what happened.
I feel like you started to retreat a little bit.
- You had one fish.
I was doubling and tripling all of your stuff.
- Brandon got pummeled on meat tonight.
Raw lamb is certainly not gonna do it
in Gordon Ramsay's kitchen.
- It's hard. I mean, it really is.
♪ ♪
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- Blue Team, have you reached a consensus?
[together] Yes, Chef.
- Kyle, Blue Team's first nomination and why.
♪ ♪
- Egypt.
I think it really comes down to being super extra with the ego.
- He has a crazy ego. - Yes, Chef.
Fish station fell apart.
Lobster, salmon, over, under.
- Blue Team's second nomination.
♪ ♪
- Corbin, Chef.
Fish station tonight wasn't together.
- Corbin, Egypt, step forward, please.
♪ ♪
Corbin, tough night.
What happened?
- From the get go, I was on fish with Egypt,
and I tried to communicate with him as best as I could.
He kind of shut me out.
And no matter... - He shut you out?
- Correct, Chef.
- It was like talking to a [bleep] brick wall.
- What? Egypt, is that correct?
- You stand there and shrink down
and whisper to my ear, "What do you need?
What do you need? What do you need?"
- You know, with the ego thing,
he thinks he can handle everything
without anybody's help.
- Loud voice doesn't mean you have an ego.
♪ ♪
- Corbin, why do you deserve to stay in Hell's Kitchen?
- I deserve to stay in Hell's Kitchen
because I'm incredibly hardworking.
I'm resilient. - Egypt?
- I'm here to win,
and I'm here to show you what I can do.
The fish station doesn't define me tonight, Chef.
- The person leaving "Hell's Kitchen" is...
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Corbin.
[somber music]
Tonight, you were so disconnected.
You are not ready to be my head chef.
Give me your jacket, please. - Yes, Chef.
♪ ♪
It was my pleasure. - Thank you.
♪ ♪
Walking in here, I definitely thought
I would stick around much longer.
I think part of the reason why I'm standing here right now
is because some of Egypt's mistakes reflected onto me.
- Get back in line.
[tense music]
Blue Team, get your [bleep] together.
Because the chips are down, and you are dwindling.
♪ ♪
Get out of here.
- My team has done a tremendous job
of making me feel like an outsider.
One of these things don't belong here,
and the one of those things is me.
- Egypt has an ego.
Everybody on the team has noticed it.
And we're all kind of like, "Tone it down a little bit."
- Ladies, the bar's closed. [bleep] off.
- The boys are a hot mess.
They're losing teammates left and right.
I'm not quite sure if they're even gonna
make it to the next challenge.
[laughs]
- Corbin may be tall in stature,
but tonight, he was short on talent.
♪ ♪
narrator: Next time on "Hell's Kitchen:
Head Chefs Only"... - Eight verses six.
narrator: With the Blue Team's roster dwindling...
- Ladies, who would like to volunteer?
narrator: Who will Chef Ramsay select?
[slide whistle toots]
- Please, join the Blue Team. - Welcome.
- Welcome to the Blue Team. - Whoo!
- [voice distorted] Guys, don't be quiet.
Come on, talk to each other.
I am ready to take charge of the kitchen.
narrator: Will the new boss in Blue...
- We appreciate you. - Yeah.
I would take these notes. - Thank you.
MVP of the challenge. - Be the glue they needed?
- [voice distorted] There's nothing for you.
Just move out the way. You should be at the pass.
You should be on the pass. - Or...
- Get a [bleep] grip.
narrator: Is it a decision that Chef Ramsay...
- [bleep], we've gone from [bleep] bad to worse.
narrator: Will regret?
- [voice distorted] Shut the [bleep] up.
- You want people to speak or you want people to shut up?
Make up your [bleep] mind!
- Find out next time on "Hell's Kitchen."
- [bleep], [bleep], [bleep]!