Male narrator: Previously on hell's kitchen: Young guns.
Jay: Vegas, baby!
(all cheer)
the youngest group of chefs ever...
-Josie: Selfie. -All: Season 20.
Whoa!
Oh, my god. I'm so excited.
Narrator: ...Began their journey with a sneak peek
of the new hell's kitchen museum.
Brynn: Oh, my god, this is insane.
Emily: Oh, my gosh.
There they all are.
Ramsey: Please welcome our season 20 chefs.
Narrator: The tour ended with a surprise press conference...
I love photo shoots, and I recently competed
in a bikini show, so paparazzi, let's go.
Work those angles.
(camera shutter clicking)
narrator: And a big announcement.
For this milestone season,
I've decided to find my future protégé,
and to be my next head chef at gordon ramsey steak 2.0
at the paris hotel casino.
(cheers and applause)
narrator: Later in the young guns' first test...
#teamblue, right? Young guns.
Narrator: The signature dish.
(dramatic music)
minnesotan and food vlogger matthew...
So you're a hand model?
(laughter)
narrator: Failed miserably with his shrimp.
I'm not very good at eating shrimp and [bleep] sack.
-(gags) matthew: My bad.
Got to get the poop out.
-(laughter) -matthew: That's my mistake.
Narrator: While alaskan meal prep chef ava...
So what I've made for you is ava flava's orange chicken.
Narrator: Couldn't deliver on her nickname.
Right now it's lacking flavor, young lady.
Two.
Narrator: Executive chef trenton from missouri...
I'd never been outside of arkansas or missouri.
-Never? -I saw a palm tree,
and I was like, "holy [bleep]."
-(laughter) -yeah, yeah. Yeah.
A four. Good job.
Narrator: And colorado sous chef victoria...
A very strong four.
-Well done. -Thank you, chef.
Narrator: Scored big points for their team
and with chef ramsey.
In the final round,
kansas city chef jay rushed his étouffée...
It's not a roux. It's ruined.
Damn. Two, jay.
Narrator: Leaving the door open for sous chef morgana...
(tense music)
I give it a five. Congratulations, well done.
Narrator: Who clinched the first victory for the women.
Later that night, the young guns
had a major debrief and training on the menu.
You need to be coordinated managing yourself,
your team, and your time, or this station will bury you.
Narrator: And 21-year-old brynn
was completely overwhelmed.
If I have a mental breakdown, just bear with me.
Narrator: Teammate emily from new york city offered support.
-I'm having an anxiety attack. -Yeah.
Oh, [bleep]. It's coming again.
Just breathe through it. You just have to let it out.
I'm gonna have to rub some dirt in it,
as my pops would say, and just keep going.
Narrator: The following morning,
the best jugglers in vegas made a purposeful appearance.
-Josie: Oh, my gosh! -(all cheering)
you'll be juggling the finest alcohols
with the finest of proteins.
Narrator: The chefs would compete
in an individual challenge, with the winner winning...
This incredible punishment pass.
Narrator: That was the good news.
But the bad news was...
Ramsey: The chef with the worst dish
will hand me their jacket and leave hell's kitchen.
Right now I'd like you to all walk into the kitchen
and gather around the dome.
Let's go. Thank you.
Narrator: And now,
the continuation of "hell's kitchen."
you're all gathered around the domes.
Good.
Your 45 minutes start now.
(tense music)
♪
your 45 minutes start now.
♪
-I got shrimp, I got shrimp. -Ooh, I got steak.
Narrator: In today's punishment pass
and elimination challenge,
chef ramsey has provided
nine different proteins to each team.
Fillet mignon.
Then I'll do sea bass.
Narrator: And all of the chefs
have to use alcohol when cooking their dishes.
I got tequila. Where's tequila?
Brynn: I'm doing tequila.
Does anyone know how to make vodka sauce?
Sam: I got rum.
When it comes to cooking
with high-alcohol spirits and such,
it's a very delicate balance,
'cause if one thing goes wrong,
then you are going to completely train wreck.
Yo, can I use a little bit of that pineapple?
-You gonna use all of it? -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm only gonna be taking, like, two rings.
Cool.
So I cook the best this way,
but I don't know how to cook with alcohol.
I drink alcohol, not cook with it.
Brynn: I am using sea bass,
and I want to go with a, you know, mexican theme,
and I was thinking, "oh, tequila."
(spanish music)
(tense music)
-I smell tequila.
Beautiful sear.
♪
fire.
♪
nope, no fire. I lied.
That's fine.
-Hey, sam? -Yeah.
This is how you do a flame by the way.
(playful music)
sam: Such a jackass.
Jay, what do you got going?
Uh, I'm gonna do a blackened salmon
with a citrus tequila succotash.
Got it.
I actually do have a lot of experience cooking salmon,
especially with that don julio,
and just let that soak in there.
I think I might take a little sip.
Uh, the last time I actually got super drunk
was my birthday earlier this year,
and I really wish
that I could remember my whole birthday party,
but, eh, that's what happens when you turn 23.
Yo, is this anyone's cast?
That's mine. That's mine, yeah.
(tense music)
have it in until it's seared and then finish it in the oven?
Okay.
I'm one of the two vegetarians.
I don't want to be given crap
by all the other chefs.
"you can't cook any meat. You're a vegetarian."
you know, that's always in the back of my mind.
I just need, uh, the eggplant out of the oven.
Okay.
-Okay, what's your protein? -Uh, chicken.
And what's your sauce?
-Um, it's going to be-- -like, the little combo?
Yeah, and I have a cream sauce as well.
Okay.
Matthew: Even though I may have fallen short
with my first dish for chef ramsey,
I've learned from my mistakes.
I'm gonna try and make the bourbon-glazed chicken
as perfectly cooked as possible,
and this is my chance to really bounce back and shine.
Keep an eye on it.
-Is that mine? -No.
20 minutes. Let's go.
-Thank you, chef. -All right, coming in.
We got to make space, ladies, here,
so no one burns anything.
After getting a two on my sig dish,
it is so important to impress chef ramsey
and show him what I actually am capable of.
Get it, girl.
Alaskan's should know how to cook salmon.
And if I [bleep] it up, that's shame on alaska.
♪
-(flames roaring) -ava: [bleep].
My bourbon pineapple reduction, [bleep] hit the fan.
It starts smoking,
so I completely turn off the heat.
Fingers crossed it cooks all the way through.
What happened, ava?
Um, I just turned off the heat.
Ah, got it. Okay.
♪
coming around hot.
♪
-jerk spice pork chop? -Yep.
I ran it as a special a year-and-a-half ago,
and it was perceived well.
I think I can actually win this.
♪
45 seconds. (clapping)
♪
antonio: How you feeling about it?
You feeling good? -Yeah.
-Make it perfect. Make it perfect, y'all.
Season everything. -Ramsey: Five, four...
-Fast back, baby. Fast back.
Ramsey: Three, two... Morgana: Coming out.
Ramsey: One. Brynn: Let's go, ladies.
Ramsey: And serve, ladies. Let's go.
Come on. (clapping)
excellent. Well done.
So before you present to me,
I want all of you
to taste all of your dishes
and then come up with...
The top three dishes to present to me.
Ramsey: Understood?
All: Yes, chef.
Your five minutes start now.
Yeah.
Kevin: What is the pork chop?
It's got callaloo underneath,
and it's got a pineapple chutney on top.
I love steve's dish.
-This pork chop is really good. -Steve: That's good?
It was cooked perfectly, and that guy is a talented guy.
I think his pork chop--that pork chop was off the chain.
-Alex: Ah, this right there? -Yeah.
This is soy olive oil worcestershire salmon.
-That looks a little under. -It's definitely under.
-Okay, scratch that. -Kiya: No worries.
Brynn: I definitely think that ava has the worst dish
only because it's-- it's raw fish.
Me.
Airline chicken breast with what?
Uh, bourbon glaze.
Excellent.
Matthews dish is actually very well executed.
I think this is one of those strong ones
that we need to put to the side and figure out,
"is this one of the top three?"
-jay: This one. -Keona: And that's three.
So we're rolling with these three, right?
-These three are agreed.
-We're done.
I'm thinking my ceviche?
I feel like the ceviche could use a little bit more acid,
a little bit more spice.
Steven: Antonio, he was vocal
about he wanted his ceviche up
but it's damn near inedible,
which, I mean, if you're gonna put some [bleep] on a plate,
at least make it edible, you know?
I think ceviche, and I think one of those two.
Antonio's really selling his dish right now.
I'm kind of wondering exactly who else is agreeing with that.
Both: Pork chop, ceviche, chicken.
-Yeah, that works. -All right, let's do it.
-Final answer? -Final answer.
That sounded like a heated debate.
Blue team, have you made your decision?
All: Yes, chef.
Ramsey: Red team, have you made your decision?
-All: Yes, chef. -Ramsey: Good.
Come around to the front. Thank you.
Narrator: Chef ramsey is going to taste
three dishes from each team
to determine the winner of the punishment pass.
Blue team, uh, sam, your top three dishes.
First one is?
The ceviche dish.
-Made by? -Me, chef.
Antonio, step forward with your dish please.
-Ramsey: Let's go. -Yes, chef.
Let's go, young man.
♪
ramsey: Describe the dish please.
So it's a, uh, shrimp ceviche
in a caramelized tequila brown sugar pineapple.
So visually it looks nice.
What's the alcohol inside the ceviche?
Tequila as well.
Uh, I toasted it off with a little bit of cumin.
You get the acidity. You get the tequila.
Ramsey: One chunk.
A little chunk
to a medium sized chunk
to a bizarre sliced chunk.
It's like the four bears.
I mean--oh, hold on.
There's a baby bear there as well.
Uh, I don't get this.
I mean, if I'm in the blue team,
and that's my best foot forward,
I'm scared.
Trenton: I'm watching antonio's dish get cut up,
and it kills me because my dish should've been up there.
I should've pushed it.
The avocado is the best tasting part of the dish.
I can't taste tequila.
A hodgepodge of bizarre,
chewed-up spat-out ceviche.
-Thank you. -Yes, chef.
-Disappointing, that one. -Antonio: My bad, yo.
Ramsey: Sam, the second dish
that you put forward from the blue team.
-It is a pork chop. -Who made it?
I made it, chef.
Okay. Young man, step forward please.
♪
steve. Wow.
Now we look like we got a proper dish.
Describe the dish please.
Jerk spice pork chop
with a quick callaloo underneath
-and a pineapple chutney on top. -Ramsey: Nice.
-Um, there's rum... -Ramsey: Nice.
In the pineapple chutney and the callaloo as well.
Ramsey: Yeah. Well, it looks beautiful.
How's the cook? It's cooked beautifully.
The greens-- what are the greens?
Those are just-- that's just spinach
that was sautéed with some peppers
and some ginger.
That is delicious.
Yeah, I made the jerk rub.
Well done.
Thank you, steve.
-Good job, good job.
Steve: Thanks, man. -Good job.
Sam, the third and final dish for the blue team.
Here we have matthew.
He had an airline chicken breast.
Ramsey: Let's hope that you have bounced back.
So yesterday you gave me the shrimp
with the sack of crap inside.
-Yes, chef. -Not a smart introduction.
-No, not great. -Uh, describe the dish please.
Matthew: High, medium, and low levels of the bourbon glaze.
Ramsey: Visually it looks nice. Rustic.
And what is that?
All of you, come here.
[bleep].
Narrator: With the much-desired
punishment pass on the line...
And what is that?
Narrator: The blue team has chosen
matthew's bourbon-glazed chicken breast
as one of their best.
Ramsey: All of you, come here.
[bleep].
Ramsey: You guys wanted me to eat pink chicken?
-Seriously? -All: No, chef.
Ramsey: And this is your top dish?
Get back in line.
Oh, my god.
How did everybody miss that?
This looks bad for us all.
-[bleep]. -Alex: Good?
Ramsey: Have you been drinking?
No, chef.
This is [bleep] embarrassing right now.
The best dish on the blue team
is steve's beautiful chop.
Uh, that was an easy decision
'cause the other two dishes were a disgrace.
Uh, steve, you are in the running
for the punishment pass, young man.
Thank you, chef.
Oh, hell yeah.
I won. I won.
Yeah, yeah, that was me. (chuckles)
now I'm gonna taste all three dishes from the red team.
Narrator: The first dish
the red team has chosen as one of its best
is victoria's pineapple rum shrimp.
So this is a take on a pura vida shrimp.
Pineapple rum, coconut sauce.
Shrimp are spotless,
which is great, blue team.
How many times did you use the alcohol?
I used it I believe three to four times.
Ramsey: Uh, beautifully cooked by the way.
-Thank you, chef. -Well done.
-Thank you. -(applause)
narrator: Megan hopes to impress
with her whiskey-glazed fillet.
Ramsey: And how did you get the whiskey into the carrots?
Megan: Um, I glazed them, so I blanched them first,
and then I hit 'em with a little oil garlic,
and then hit it with whiskey and honey, chef.
It's a good dish. Thank you.
-Thank you, chef. -Good job.
Narrator: Last up for the red team is brynn
with her tequila pan-seared sea bass.
And did you butter baste it at the end?
I did not, chef,
but in the pan it was olive oil and butter.
Ramsey: Yeah, smart.
The alcohol's coming through.
That's a smart blend.
Good job. Step back, please.
-Thank you, chef. -Ramsey: Thank you.
(applause)
and that's what I expect when I ask
for the top three dishes from the red team.
The dish that had the edge...
(tense music)
megan: I want to win that punishment pass.
I don't want to have to sort trash.
Don't want to have to drink some, like,
weird concoction of something
that's gonna make me throw up.
I want that pass.
♪
goes to brynn. Well done.
-Emily: Good job, brynn. -Keona: Good job, brynn.
(applause)
so now I have to decide
between steve and brynn.
This incredible punishment pass...
Goes to...
♪
steve.
Well done.
(cheers and applause)
-ramsey: Well done. -Thank you, chef.
Uh, really good job.
-Thank you, chef. -Ramsey: You've earned it.
♪
this thing's gonna come in handy.
I don't know if this is the liquor talking now,
but, uh, brynn,
for the first time ever in hell's kitchen history,
I'm gonna give out a second punishment pass.
-Ramsey: Well done. -(cheers and applause)
brynn and steve,
with great power
comes great responsibility.
I'm gonna ask each of you
to tell me who's responsible
for the worst three dishes
on each of your teams.
My heart sinks.
I've bonded with these girls
and we are a bunch of strong female competitors.
This is an extremely, extremely difficult decision.
Okay, brynn,
your first worst dish on the red team belongs to?
Ava, chef.
Ava, step forward please.
Describe the dish please.
Ava: I made for you a bourbon- marinated grilled pineapple
with a soy olive oil worcestershire salmon.
Ramsey: How'd you get the pineapple looking so knackered?
So naked?
Ramsey: Knackered, as in screwed.
That doesn't look appetizing for pineapple.
-The salmon's undercooked. -Ava: Yes, chef.
You can see that's raw salmon there as well.
-And you're from alaska, right? -Ava: Yes, chef.
Ramsey: You know, if there's one thing I think of alaska,
it's salmon.
Step back in line.
Wow.
I am so disappointed because I'm alaskan,
and my salmon was raw.
I'm embarrassed.
And the second dish?
Keona, chef.
Keona, let's go please. Step forward, thank you.
♪
uh, young lady, you came out of the gate strong
with a good signature dish,
a four out of five.
This is in the bottom three.
Describe the dish please.
Keona: Um, I made a grilled pork chop
with some crispy potatoes for texture,
and the alcohol is bourbon in the sauce.
You've cooked pork before, right?
Yes, chef.
Ramsey: So the pork is dry.
When you cook a pork chop like this,
it's got no fat in there, right?
The fat's on the outside, so you need to add fat to it,
right? And keep that thing moist.
What a shame. Back in line.
Thank you.
I didn't come here to go home.
I didn't come here... (sniffling)
to disappoint myself.
I'm a fighter, and I'm not gonna stop fighting.
And the third and final dish belongs to?
Emily, chef.
Emily, please, let's go.
Excuse me.
I understand that brynn had to make a really tough decision,
but I am disappointed that she chose my dish
because we really had a heart-to-heart last night,
and I thought that we really bonded.
This is an asian-style fried chicken,
and there's vodka in the batter for the chicken
and in the sauce, chef.
Ramsey: It looks a little bit dark.
You know, when you got chicken, like, that thick
and you fry it, you just got to be careful.
And what's the vegetables in the slaw?
Um, celery, carrots.
So the slaw's a little bit bland.
That needs acid, something to lift that.
Step back in line please.
Emily: Thank you, chef, for your criticism.
Steve, I'd like you to give me
the three worst dishes.
This is not gonna be fun.
Chef ramsey tore both of those dishes apart.
I got eight dishes in front of me,
and none of them are really up to what I would like 'em to be,
but that's not something that you tell eight dudes
that you share a room with,
so you got to be smart with this decision.
First one is?
Uh, the first one belongs to matthew.
Unfortunately it is pink beside the bone.
Yeah, and the only thing missing on matthew's dish
-were the [bleep] feathers. -(chicken clucks)
-dish number two? -The ceviche, unfortunately.
It looked like a bulldog's dinner
chewed up to [bleep].
And dish number three?
-Is a new york strip, chef. -Made by?
Me, chef.
Alex, step forward please.
Ramsey: You're the only dish
on the blue team I have to taste.
Alex: So it is a pan-seared
new york strip steak with honey-glazed carrots.
Ramsey: And the alcohol, what was that?
The alcohol was the scotch,
and that's with the eggplant, chef.
Ramsey: It's far from great, but it's not terrible.
Back in line. Thank you.
♪
all six of you have been chosen
as having the worst dishes,
and I'm sorry to say one of you
will be leaving shortly.
The two worst dishes
belong to...
♪
matthew...
And ava.
Step forward please.
♪
raw undercooked chicken is kind of hard to come back from.
I don't know if chef ramsey's gonna let him stay.
Uh, matthew, are you done? Are you a spent force?
No, I'm really trying to get used to,
like, the really fast-paced environment,
'cause I'm usually used to working on my own time schedule
and making sure everything can be perfect,
but things are really rushed here.
Rushed? 45 minutes.
♪
matthew: I have so much more fight in me.
I want to convince you I can do better.
Ava, what is going on with you? Why should you stay?
I feel like I have excellent time management
and leadership skills
that I can bring to you, um, managing a restaurant.
I was so focused on delivering flavor today
that I didn't focus enough on my temperature in the meat,
but I think I have more to give you.
♪
ramsey: The individual leaving hell's kitchen...
♪
narrator: Chef ramsey has determined
that the worst dishes from each team belong to--
matthew...
And ava.
Narrator: And he's about to eliminate the first chef
of the young guns edition of hell's kitchen .
(tense music)
♪
matthew.
Get back in line and wake up.
Okay.
Ava, come here.
Give me your jacket please.
I'm looking for a protégé
that can be catapulted to the top of the tree.
Right now you are not ready for that.
Thank you.
(dramatic music)
ava: My expectations
coming into this competition were pretty high.
I thought I had a good shot,
but my first two challenges sucked.
But at the end of the day, matthew had uncooked chicken,
and I think maybe he should be standing here.
Brynn and steve, well done.
Now piss off, all of you.
Matthew: I just have to bring it.
I'm gonna keep trying. I'm not gonna give up.
I'm gonna keep pushing forward.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry, y'all.
Steve, nice job, man.
Antonio: That's my fault.
Antonio, he comes out and apologizes.
It's all my fault.
I was trying to fight for my own [bleep].
I [bleep] up. I apologize.
He oversold himself and his dish.
I was being dumb. It's done with.
It's over with. It's over with.
It's done. We--we chose as a team.
Antonio just keeps saying the same [bleep] over and over
and over again, talking about himself.
Antonio: But it happened. It's done.
We roll it off. It's over.
We don't even talk about it. It's done.
Bounce back. We got to bounce back.
"oh, guys, we need to bounce back.
We need to bounce back. We need to bounce back."
antonio: Just got to bounce back tonight.
"we need to bounce back though. We need to bounce back."
bounce back.
Clearly we need to bounce back.
Stop repeating it.
Antonio: Let's get back, baby.
(dramatic music)
♪
narrator: With their first dinner service
less than five hours away...
Alex: Excuse me.
Narrator: The chefs hustle into the kitchen
for a special surprise.
First things first.
These knives are for you
from chef ramsey as a gift.
They're j.A. Henckels.
They're literally the best knives you'll ever have.
I got mine ten years ago and they're still my go-to knives.
These will last you the rest of your life.
Wow. Oh, my god.
These henckel knives are more expensive than my rent.
Just opening them up,
I feel like cinderella getting her glass slipper.
(laughs)
wow.
Narrator: With their new tools in hand,
both teams prep for their first dinner service.
We just need proteins basically.
Big, big time sense of urgency, guys.
I'm gonna heat up celery for the puree.
Keona: Is everybody good?
If there's any questions, ask them now.
♪
matthew: I feel like maybe I do, like, um, the wellington,
the chicken, and the lamb.
You could, like, throw a car at me
during this service, and I don't care.
I'm just gonna keep going.
You're gonna have to, like, physically remove me
from the kitchen before I give up.
Bounce back, baby. Bounce back.
-Gentlemen, are we good? -All: Yes, chef.
Ramsey: Let's go. Double-checked everything, yes?
Ladies, we good?
-Yes, chef. -Yes?
Then communicate, yeah?
Ramsey: Marino.
-Yes, chef? -For the 300th time,
please open hell's kitchen.
Subito.
(upbeat music)
♪
to hell's kitchen.
All: Cheers.
Narrator: Tonight is hell's kitchen's
300th dinner service.
The, uh, beef wellington.
Narrator: And in celebration,
chef ramsey is offering
a special shrimp flambé appetizer
to be prepared tableside by brynn
for the red team
and alex for the blue team.
Don't stand in front,
otherwise this is gone.
Narrator: Also here to celebrate
this hell's kitchen milestone
are some heavy hitters from the sports world.
Here we are, gentlemen.
Narrator: Dining in the red kitchen tonight
is nascar racing superstar kurt busch and his friends.
-We got to go out more often. -I know, right?
Narrator: And in the blue kitchen...
How you doing, brother?
Narrator: Former heavyweight boxing champion of the world
"iron" mike tyson and his family.
Mike: Oh, this is gonna be so good.
Ladies and gentlemen.
-A pleasure to have you. -How you doing, brother?
-Kevin: Pleasure. -All right.
Mike tyson. (laughs)
let's go. Four covers at table two.
One special app tableside,
one scallops, two carbonara.
Entree, one salmon, one lamb, two wellington.
-All: Yes, chef. -Ramsey: Thank you.
Let's go.
Go ahead and put the salmon pan on
because we're about ready for that salmon.
-Sam: Heard, heard, heard. -Jay: I love cooking fish.
Salmon is actually one of my go-tos.
I actually cooked one earlier today,
but my team didn't choose it, so I have a lot to prove today.
-That carbonara? -Sam: Four minutes out.
Narrator: Antonio and kevin are gearing up
to knock out their first appetizers.
I got this first salmon ready and resting.
Narrator: And jay and sam on the fish station
are sending chef ramsey their first entree.
I got first salmon entree ready, chef.
Why have we got this?
Nothing's fired right now.
You get the apps out. Nothing's fired yet.
Hey, hey, all of you. [bleep] come here.
All of you.
Hey, our guests have just arrived.
Why have I got a salmon up there when it's not even fired?
And fyi, the salmon's actually raw.
Sam, jay, I mean, seriously, guys?
Mike has just sat down with his family,
and right now we look like a bunch of [bleep] idiots.
Tell me where you got the call from.
Who fired it?
Trenton: Jay shouldn't be cooking salmon
until entrees start firing.
I'll fire the table for you,
and then we go together like a proper [bleep] team.
-Ramsey: Is that understood? -All: Yes, chef.
Come on, guys. Get a grip.
Come on, guys. Really?
Antonio: Let's bounce back, guys.
Bounce back.
Carbonara's walking in ten seconds, chef.
Narrator: Despite sam and jay's
false start on the fish station...
Carbonara to your right.
Ramsey: Beautiful carbonara. Let's go.
Narrator: Thanks to antonio and kevin,
the blue team is off and running on appetizers.
-Kevin: Good job, dude. -Thank you.
Kevin: Good job, good job.
Narrator: While in the red kitchen,
victoria and morgana are tackling
the red team's first appetizers.
About a minute out on risotto.
Kiya?
Two scallops, are you guys good?
-Yes. -Josie: We're good.
I am on fish with josie tonight.
The only thing that's worrying me right now
is the fact that she's a vegan.
If josie can't taste the dish,
like, how can she say it's correct?
So it's gonna be all put on me tonight.
(food sizzling)
piping hot, yes?
-Josie: Yes, chef. -Ramsey: Piping hot.
Josie: Yes, chef. Thank you.
In fact, we'll use this pan here that's even hotter.
(romantic music)
his presence is-- it's something else.
It's got to have that-- that sear.
Josie: Like, I can smell his cologne on me right now.
I love it. I love it.
(laughs)
ramsey: Don't season till you're about to go in the pan...
Kiya: Josie, wake the hell u. Come on.
Get your focus right.
(dramatic music)
walking with risotto.
Josie: Scallops behind you.
Beautifully cooked. Go, darling, please.
Go, go, go, go. Let's go.
Go please.
Narrator: Under chef ramsey's guidance...
Ramsey: Good. Let's go.
Narrator: Appetizers are now
rolling out of both kitchens.
Oh, this is gonna be so delightful.
Narrator: And the young guns opening night
is off to a solid start.
-This is really good. -It's good.
-Man: Oh! Both: Whoo!
Narrator: With appetizers now firing on all cylinders...
Beautiful.
Narrator: It's time to shift gears into...
Entree, let's go. Fire please.
Two chicken, one new york strip, one wellington.
-All: Yes, chef. -Ramsey: Let's go.
Uh, gentlemen, fire up table two.
One salmon, one lamb, two wellington.
-All: Yes, chef. -Ramsey: Let's go, guys.
How long are we, payton?
We're about 4 1/2, chef.
Being on meat station,
this is kind of, like, my last chance
to see if I can fit into gordon ramsey's kitchen.
Wellington is resting. Lamb and wellington are ready.
-Payton: You're 100%? -Yeah.
All right.
Wellington, where is it?
-Matthew: Right here, chef. -Lamb?
-Lamb. -Ramsey: Salmon please.
Sam: Salmon's walking up now.
The pressure is on.
Ramsey: Hey, hey, come here. Hey.
Come here. Come here.
Quick please.
Touch that, all of you. Jump in, someone.
Without even looking or slicing,
just touch that.
-Matthew: It's rare. -Sam: Rare.
-Sorry? -Matthew: It's rare.
-It's rare. Oh, [bleep]...
Raw, raw, raw.
It's not funny, matthew.
Do you think it's funny in front of your chef table?
(tense music)
narrator: It's just over 30 minutes
into hell's kitchen's 300th dinner service.
Ramsey: It's not funny, matthew.
Do you think it's funny in front of your chef's table?
No, it's not funny.
Then get a [bleep] grip a little bit.
Yes, chef.
Narrator: And matthew's raw lamb chops
have set the blue team into a tailspin.
I mean, seriously? Who cooked that lamb?
-Me, chef. -Come on, guys.
Come on. Come on.
-Can we get it together? -All: Yes, chef.
Steven: How long on that new lamb?
-Matthew: Six minutes. -Sam: Six minutes heard.
And matt's grinning his ass off. I can't even look at him.
At that point, I wanted to take control.
Do you think this feels pretty good to start resting?
Narrator: While kentucky chef peyton steps up to lead
on the blue team's meat station,
in the red kitchen...
Ladies, let's go.
Two chicken, one new york strip,
-one wellington. -All: Yes, chef.
-Ramsey: Give me a time on that. -Three minutes, chef.
-Ramsey: Let's go. -All: Yes, chef.
Narrator: The checkered flag is in sigt
for megan and emily's first entree.
So we cut it just in half?
And sides, remember? The sides.
-We have to-- -side, side, and then--
trim the sides... Both: And then middle.
Heard.
I'm paired with emily, and I am nervous.
-She doesn't eat meat... -Thank you.
So there's definitely a lot of pressure.
What do--what do I do I do? Just put it back in the oven?
-Yeah, uh, no. -Heat it up?
So make sure they're hot before we send them, obviously.
Yeah. Yeah.
I don't have a problem with vegans or vegetarians.
It's their own body. They can do what they want.
I just hope it doesn't end up affecting us down the road.
I'm gonna put this a little bit in the oven.
-No. -No?
-It's a little cold. -No, no, no, that one's good.
-Send that one. -Heard.
We should be getting those entrees out.
-Let's go. -Coming down.
Coming down.
Walking with the wellie, chef, on your left.
Your right, chef.
Oh, boy.
(tense music)
ramsey: Uh, lovely cooked, that wellington.
Well done, yes? -All: Thank you, chef.
-Kiya: Great job, guys. -(all cheering)
woman: Thank you.
-Woman: Oh, look at that. -Woman: Beautiful.
-That's gorgeous. (laughter)
narrator: While diners on the red side
enjoy their entrees,
guests on the blue side...
I'm starving marvin.
Narrator: Are still waiting ringside for the men
to complete round two with their lamb.
Yo, meat, lamb, two wellington, how long?
Payton: Two lamb, two wellington?
-That's-- -for this table.
Two lamb? Um...
Steven: Meat station, you got one job.
Drop the meat and let us know
how long it's gonna take to cook.
Every minute I need to hear from y'all, all right, on meat?
Every--every 60 seconds, I need to [bleep] hear it.
I'm trying my best, but it's just like,
I can't do it by myself.
-Payton: Lamb, it looks good. -Matthew: Lamb out.
-Payton: Lamb walking. -Where's the lamb, please?
Right here, chef. Lamb.
♪
service please.
Let's go. Good, thank you.
Let's go.
Narrator: As peyton delivers a knockout on meat,
at long last the blue team's diners
are receiving their entrees.
Ramsey: Right. Chef table.
Narrator: Now it's time to take
a swing at the chef's table.
Entrée, one salmon, two chicken, one vegan risotto.
-Heard? -All: Yes, chef.
Ramsey: Yeah, look at me. Mr. Tyson, vip, yes?
-Be careful, yes? -All: Yes, chef.
Don't [bleep] this table up.
-Let's go. -Yes, chef.
Antonio: How long on that chicken?
-Uh, chicken, seven. -Seven?
How long on that salmon?
I need at least four minutes on this.
Okay, communicate. Let me know.
Let me fire that risotto, all right?
-Steven: Heard. -Thank you.
I got to communicate.
I got to watch payton.
We got to be moving as one.
It's time for the blue team to bounce back.
How long on those two chickens?
Should be one chicken next and then one chicken after.
-It's two chickens for vip. -Are you sure?
-Positive. -Ramsey: How long please?
How long for mr. Tyson? How long?
-On the what? -Ramsey: Oh, my god.
Is that the chicken?
For this table?
Do you have the chicken for this table?
I forgot one chicken on vip, chef.
[bleep] hell.
How do you forget...
"iron" mike ty-- how does that happen
with two of you on there?
-Can you apologize please? -Yes, chef.
Ramsey: Hurry up. Let's go.
I'm embarrassed of myself overall.
I'm embarrassed in front of mike tyson.
I'm embarrassed in front of chef ramsey.
Excuse me, guys. I just wanted to let you know
we had a miscount on your guys' entrees,
so it's gonna be about another ten minutes on that.
Not a great feeling
when meeting mike tyson for the first time.
-It'll be pretty soon we hope. -Thank you very much,
-matthew and payton. -Woman: Thanks for explaining.
Narrator: With the blue team up against the ropes...
-Megan: How're we doing, ladies? -Fantastic.
Nicely cooked, the new york strip.
Narrator: ...The red team hits their stride
and sends out a flurry of entrees without a hitch.
Next, one duck, one new york, two wellington.
Perfect.
-Those are good. -I like that.
Kiya: Everybody doing okay?
Keona: Yeah, we're good.
The girls are kicking ass right now.
This dinner service is amazing.
I'm proud of my team.
Let's keep this momentum going, ladies.
Red, red, red.
Nicely cooked.
Narrator: As the red kitchen comes together...
-Emily: Yeah, ladies. -Brynn: Finish strong.
Narrator: Diners on the blue side...
Blue team is getting in a little bit of trouble,
and we're not getting our food.
Narrator: Grow increasingly impatient.
It's taking a long time.
Narrator: Some having waited over an hour for their entre.
What's taking so long? We're getting hungry.
Narrator: As their vip table becomes restless,
matthew makes a desperate attempt
to get his chicken temperature right.
This is only at 118.
This is by hand. It's only at 118.
Trenton: Matthew pulls out a digital thermometer.
Where the hell did we get digital thermometers?
Ramsey: I'm waiting on two lamb,
one chicken, one salmon. How long?
Uh, we have three minutes on the chicken.
-Payton: Lamb's nine. -Nine minutes, sir.
-Seven minutes. -How much on chicken?
Three, seven, nine.
Come here. All of you, come here.
Matthew, what's going on?
It's just really fast, and we're trying, and we're--
-really fast? -Yes.
Call out the order again.
One salmon, one chicken, two lamb.
All together.
All: One salmon, one chicken, two lamb.
All together.
All: One salmon, one chicken, two lamb.
Ramsey: All together.
All: One salmon, one chicken, two lamb.
(laughter)
you've confirmed you can sing, but you can't cook.
In the store room, all of you.
Have a little meeting.
Close the door.
Antonio: Yes, chef.
Chef ramsey's giving us a chance
to get our [bleep] together, and I want to take it,
and I need my team to want to take it as well.
Is everybody motivated,
or is it just, like, certain people?
Antonio: Pace is not an excuse. You're in a restaurant.
-It's not an excuse, sorry. -Chef, yep.
Antonio: Yeah, communication.
All of us need to be on the same page, period.
-End of the day, focus. -Steven: Yeah.
-Focus. Focus?
-Focus. -You got it?
You're not even looking at me, dude.
Like, I'm your teammate, man. Come on.
(tense music)
narrator: It's over an hour-and-a-half
into dinner service.
Pace is not an excuse. You're in a restaurant.
-Chef, yep. -Yeah.
Narrator: And chef ramsey has sent the blue team
to the storage room to regroup.
Antonio: Communication--all of us need to be on the same page.
-Steven: Yeah. -Focus.
Focus? -Focus.
-You got it?
You're not even looking at me, dude.
Like, I'm your teammate, man. Come on.
Payton: I get he's trying to take that leadership role,
but we got our asses chewed out tonight.
Like, there's no reason for me
to give you any [bleep] respect.
Come on, man.
♪
antonio: Yeah, let's go.
We cannot [bleep] up again. Focus, focus, focus.
Come on, blue team.
It's time to take the [bleep] gloves off.
Ramsey: So the six top now,
one duck, one lamb, two chicken,
two wellington, yes?
All: Yes, chef.
How long for that second table?
-Six minutes. -Ramsey: Six?
Wow, okay.
For the six top? I'll take it.
Let's go back to the original table.
How long for that?
-We're--I-- -kevin: How long on the wellie?
Antonio: How long? How long? How long?
We don't have nothing over here. Do y'all need help?
-For the love of god, please. -We're at three minutes.
-Payton: That chicken. -Alex: Wellington's ready.
(all talking at once)
-jay: Do y'all need help? -Yo, [bleep] relax.
The longest protein is a chicken.
-Matthew: Okay. -The lamb?
-Sam: How long do you need? -Payton: 13 minutes.
Hey, hey, come here, all of you.
Come here. Everybody.
Holy [bleep]. They're getting kicked out.
(clatters)
do you have any idea
what that man on the chef table
achieved at the age of 20?
A world heavyweight champion.
And every table tonight has been a stop--
[bleep] off!
A stop-start, stop-start, stop-start.
It's like you've all been knocked out by iron mike
'cause your brains are scrambled.
Get back to the dorm
and see if you can do one thing correctly tonight.
Give me two people that you think your team can do without.
-Now [bleep] off. -All: Yes, chef.
-Quickly! -Antonio: Yes, chef.
Narrator: While the blue team is down for the count
with no chance of recovery...
-Last table, ladies. -All: Yes, chef.
Narrator: The red team can se the finish line.
Josie: How much longer on your guys' order?
Two wellie and they're coming out in two minutes.
Okay.
Emily: Let's pick it up, ladies.
Let's finish strong.
Wellington walking.
Emily: I'm so proud of us,
and I'm feeling relieved
that we actually completed a dinner service.
Good job, red.
If we're gonna be a team,
we all got to be on the same page, y'all.
I was trying to help out.
Like, I'm not--I wasn't trying to, like, dog on you all.
I wasn't tryin-- I'm just trying to help.
Payton: Nobody did perfect tonight.
For the fish, we [bleep] up a lot in the beginning,
but once I got it actually down,
it went out fine.
No problems with ours.
No, yeah, we definitely got a good system.
It was--it was meat, unfortunately.
(tense music)
♪
when [bleep] started [bleep] scrambling,
I lost it.
But then I tried to pick it back up, something--
like, when we get more ready, it got confusing,
and then it just messed up.
♪
I mean, there wasn't much communication
between me and him.
Mentally he's checked out.
That's why the meat [bleep] station failed tonight.
It's not just me. It's not just me cooking.
Payton and I were put on meat station together.
(exhales sharply)
this [bleep] sucks.
I know I'm gonna be put up,
but I'm gonna fight for my life.
Like, I'm fighting for my [bleep].
I'm serious about this, about everything.
♪
we got what we're doing.
Man, we got our two people, so...
♪
what a night. Ladies, great job.
-Well done. -All: Thank you, chef.
Blue team, you guys disappeared.
No fight, no momentum...
And no bounce back.
Now, after you left the kitchen,
I found this.
♪
a [bleep] meat thermometer.
♪
how incredible
that somebody sneaked
a meat thermometer in here,
and then we still couldn't produce
any cooked protein.
-Antonio... -(sighs)
the blue team's first nominee?
Uh, matthew.
Wow.
Blue team's second nominee?
Uh, payton.
There were so many problems on so many stations
that I realized tonight that two nominees is not enough.
♪
payton...
Matthew...
And...
(tense music)
♪
narrator: After a dizzying defeat on opening night,
the blue team has nominated--
payton...
-Narrator: And... -Matthew.
Narrator: But chef ramsey wants more.
And jay.
Step forward. Quickly.
♪
payton, I don't feel your hunger,
so tell me why you should stay in hell's kitchen.
Chef, I got a lot more drive in me.
I have too much of a strong passion to leave at this point.
I want to show you that I have what it takes
to really do the bounce back.
You know, next service, I'm really--
I'm ready to give you all that I have.
I am not done here.
Jay...
I hadn't even called the first table,
and then the salmon you delivered was raw.
Why should you stay in hell's kitchen?
I definitely should stay because I do have
a lot of hunger, a lot of drive, within me.
I can definitely bounce back.
After figuring out that I did mess up on the first salmon,
we definitely got a decent amount of salmon out,
and I just want to show you more.
Matthew, at signature dish,
you delivered me a dish full of [bleep].
Then in the alcohol challenge,
you served me a raw chicken.
And then tonight you serve me raw lamb.
Worst of all, your attitude sucks.
Therefore, I'm not listening to your [bleep].
Give me your jacket.
(dramatic music)
♪
young man, if you're gonna stay in this industry,
get your [bleep] together.
Yes, chef.
And the next time, you decide to cook protein...
Use it [bleep] properly.
Good night.
♪
matthew: I definitely hoped I could last longer,
but hell's kitchen is hell for a reason.
Yes, I used a meat thermometer,
but I promise I can actually cook real foo.
I really wanted chef to see who I am,
but I feel like I just never had the chance.
Tonight, you played host to a real heavyweight champion,
and the one thing that all champions possess
is that determination.
They bounce back.
Understood?
All: Yes, chef.
Get out of here, blue team.
♪
I have to step my [bleep] up. I really do.
I need to really pull together and give that 150% to chef.
From this point on, like, I've shown my low side.
I got to show my high side.
Whew. I'm glad I'm safe right now.
I'm definitely not ready to go back home to kansas city.
Next week I have to show a lot of will,
a lot of drive.
I'm ready to fight for my position
as chef ramsey's protégé.
I know his eyes is gonna be on me,
and I'm just ready. Let's go.
Payton: Dude, it was-- oh, my god.
Our team is filled with badasses.
Like, we all know how to cook.
I'm not worried about blue team any more.
The red team is going to mop the floor.
♪
ramsey: Matthew may be considered
a chef on the internet,
but unfortunately, I had to taste his food,
and that's why I had to block him from the competition.
♪
narrator: Next time on hell's kitchen.
Holy crap. That's an aquarium.
Narrator: The teams dive into the competition.
Let's go.
Keona: Yeah!
Narrator: But when the chefs are hit with a scandal...
Ramsey: Holy [bleep].
Oh, my god.
Narrator: So huge...
What's happening?
Oh, wow.
Narrator: It leaves chef ramsey speechless...
Ramsey: I'm going upstairs to my office for 30 seconds.
I want to come down
and you [bleep] tell me the truth.
Narrator: Will chef ramsey ever get a straight answer?
Can you ask them to tell the truth?
Narrator: Find out next time on a mysterious episode...
Chicken-gate. [bleep].
Narrator: Of hell's kitchen.
(chicken clucks)