Gordon quotes from Hell's Kitchen

I have made a decision to send home the person that has sabotaged their team, and a person I felt personally has given up... [Pauses and point at the one of the red team has won the dinner service] Carol. Jacket off and you're leaving Hell's Kitchen. (To Robert and Ben) You two, back in line. [Carol cries and comes closer to him and Ben sobbingly hugs both Robert and Danny] (to Carol) You didn't even make a comeback: after the dauphinois and the potatoes were screwed, you gave up. [Carol gives him her chef jacket and walks out to the door] Thank you. Goodnight. [Ben heavily breathe and Gordon watching her leave]

I came here with the attitude that I'm gonna win this competition. I'm gonna be the famous chef that everybody wants to come and work for. It's very humbling to be standing here a loser.

On order, six covers table 20. Entrées: Two wellington, two chicken, one lamb, one Dory. Wellington's medium, yes?

Yes, chef!

(to Andrea) Right Andrea, what's going? [gets no answer] No answer. I'm not in the best of moods, ah? I don't like being ignored in my own fucking kitchen. What's going?

I have no idea, chef.

Oh, my God almighty.

(interview) On garnish, you've got to be thirty seconds before everybody else. If she's not checking the tickets for us, we're screwed.

Come here you!

Yes chef!

Story of your fucking life, yeah, you have no idea!

Yes chef!

Hey, she's running the section, yet she has no idea of what's going. (to Giovanni) Tell her, chef.

Two wellingtons one medium, one medium-rare and lamb medium? I'm sorry, lamb medium-rare. Two lamb medium-rare.

Oh my God.

Two chicken.

Two chicken and a Dory.

Two wellington, Two chicken and a lamb.

Two wellington, two chicken, one lamb, one fucking Dory.

Yes, chef!

One wellington's medium, the rest is FUCKING NORRRRRRMAL.

Yes, chef!

Unlike us. (to Andrea) What's going, madam?

I have no idea, chef.

You have no idea.

I have no idea, chef.

Hey, come here you. Hey... fuck off! Hey madam, (points to the front entrance) through the door there! FUCK OFF!

Get that fucking camera out of my face.

Andrea, relax. The only thing he wants from you is to come back. You need to fight back. If you don't, you're finished.

(interview) This is the hardest... most difficult, most up-and-down thing that I've ever, ever done in my entire life! [to Jean-Philippe] It's just been out of fucking control tonight. There's no communication with anybody, and I just haven't recovered.

You want to stay?

Yes, I want to fucking stay! I've been through too much hell right now to fucking leave!

Absolutely. So keep it to Gordon.

(interview) It's just a reminder of how difficult it's been and how much...how much I just want this so bad.

So now you need to be strong. Go back in there, and give it your best shot. Go on, then!

(interview) I put everything I have into this every day, and I just had to go in there and fight for the rest of it.

[to Andrea] Right, what's going?

Two chicken, two lamb, one wellington, one Dory.

Thank you. Back in the kitchen! NOW WAKE UP, ANDREA!

Yes, chef!

Dory, salmon, lamb, wellington!

Two minutes, chef!

[notices Robert putting the bacon into the John Dory] Robert, just come here!

Oh, shit!

Why have you put the bacon inside the Dory?

To crisp it up, chef, real quickly.

What's the bacon with?

For the scallops.

So why have you put it with the Dory? Suppose he's allergic to bacon! You can send somebody to the hospital on the back of that!

Oh, you're right.

Oh, come on! [kicks a bin] "You're right"? Course, I'm fucking right! Get the bacon out!

(interview) Yeah, I fucked up and you know what? I know in my heart, I got it. I'm a bull.

Come on, Mr Bacon Man!

While Robert tries again on the John Dory, Chef Ramsay is counting on Giovanni on the meat station to get out the first entrée of the night.

(with a chewed up piece of chicken) What is that?

Giovanni's best.

Hey, Ben.

Chef?

Is that a chewed up bit of chicken from the dog? [gives the chicken to Ben] Here, that's your special. Yeah, have a word with him [Giovanni], yeah? He's given up. Take all the garnish back, do whatever you wish with it. Your special has now become not very special, thanks to Dickface (Giovanni) there. Hurry up, Giovanni!

Yeah, but I'm not dickface, chef.

Yeah, say that again?

I said I'm not dickface, chef.

Yeah, you're pissed, are you? Not as fucking- Look at me, LOOK AT ME IN THE EYES!!! NOT AS PISSED AS I AM!!! YOU FUCKING ARE!!! DONKEY!!!

No.

(interview) Whoo! Boy, oh boy.

Cause RIGHT NOW, I DON'T GIVE A FUCK! DICKFACE!

(interview) I'm an emotional person, but he can get in my face all he wants. He will not break me.

You're sending SHIT, and you're trying to get away with it! Now I'm READY for an argument! SENDING ME THAT, YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED!!!

(interview) You know, he just wants you to pop off.

And you wanna get all sensitive!

No, chef!

You want to get all fucking negative!

No, chef!

Hey, look at me, look at me, you send me shit like that, take your jacket and FUCK OFF!!

Yes, chef!

I'm not sending that SHIT, "CHEF!"

No, chef. Sorry, chef. (interview) I wasn't angry at him, I was angry at myself. It was just, I was boiling inside and... and he said something to me.

That's the well done one. And look at me, I think you're too fucked to get upset with me, you don't give a fuck what I call you. This is not personal, this is professional! That personal was a piece of shit, now put it BACK!!!

Yes, chef.

DICKFACE! [to Ben] Right, Ben.

Chef!

Get on meat with Giovanni, on there together, move!

Yes, chef. [to Giovanni] Don't worry about the Wellington, I got the rest.

Giovanni, Robert! Hey Andrea, come here you! [gathers them at the corner] All three of you are pathetic! You (Giovanni) don't care...

I care, chef.

You're (Robert) way behind, and you (Andrea) haven't got a fucking clue! Can we WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM?!

Yes, chef!

Two wellington. One well-done! Get it UP!!

Where’s your wellingtons at?

I have them right here, already cooked.

Ahhhhh! Fuck! Why you fucking got a hot pan?

Robert, go see the medic. Oh my God.

(interview) One station failed...

[Andrea's pan catches on fire] Pan's on fire, pan's on fire!

...and another station failed. It's no joke.

We're going up in flames. [picks up Andrea's pan]

(interview) First night with the Black team, one big cluster fuck.

Same shit, different day! (throws the pan into the sink)

[Ben's pan also catches fire] What about the rest of the table? We need cover-up.

Dynamic six, yeah. My fucking ass. Fuck off, the lot of you. [walks out of the kitchen and throws his towel away]

After a couple of days without any word on how Robert is doing, Chef Ramsay calls the chefs down for a meeting.

So you're feeling fresh, very relaxed. Did you enjoy the whole atmosphere at the Borgata Resort?

Very much so.

Incredible, Chef.

Sadly, you came back minus one individual. Clearly, you're all deeply concerned. I'm not going to tell you how he's doing, I'm going to let him tell you himself. Chef Robert.

Okay, big boy. Let me just say how pleased I am to see you.

Thank you.

How are you feeling?

Not good.

Ah?

Not good.

What did the medics say?

I have pericarditis, which is the swelling of the sac around the heart which leads to heart disease.

Oh dear. Are you coming back?

No.

No?

I'm not coming back.

What's going, Ben? (gets no response) Oh, my God almighty! Oh, come on. Three Dory, two salmon, one chicken. (sees what Ben is doing) Why is he putting the lettuce there like that? He's trying to sauté it.

I don't know, chef.

Look at the mess of this guy.

He throwing everything in a pot.

(interview) I was just absolutely... just mind-boggled.

[picks up a pan and a piece of lettuce] You've got a pan here like that and you're throwing lettuce on top like that... you're shit. You are so shit, you don't realise what you're doing!

(interview) Oh, man Ben! Like, come on. You know better than that.

Hey, come here a minute. Why are you doing this? You're just adding the lettuce to the tomato and cucumber, you're not sautéing the lettuce?

Chef, I was in a side pan s-sautéing the tomatoes and the cucumbers, chef. But I did it wrong, chef.

Yeah, you're fuckin' up, you're cutting corners, and you're slipping big time! Do you know what? Do you know your biggest problem that'll always be the downfall of your career? You're full of fuckin' shit! 'cause every time you get fuckin' something wrong, you give a bullshit fuckin' excuse, but right now, I'm fed up with your bullshit excuses!

(interview) There's really nothing that I can do to please Chef Ramsay, and I'm slowly but surely being able to accept that.

FUCK OFF!!

Yes, chef.

You're too dangerous to have on service. I asked you what you're doing, you said you're sautéeing tomatoes, ARE YOU FUCK! YOU DIRTY PIG! GET OUT!! GET OUT!! Un-fuckin'-believable.

(interview) What the fuck is going on?! I–I'm very upset right now, but I don't give up. I'm a good cook, I know how to cook. You know, I feel like I need to really try and pull it together. [goes in the bathroom to wash his face] Okay, we're back. (interview) I certainly ain't leaving here without a fight. I'll tell you that.

Yeah, right. Hey, you! Come here you! What's going through your mind now? You still going to fucking butcher me and slice me and serve shit to them?

No, chef!

Where's your fight, man?!

It's here, chef!

Where is it?!

I got it, chef!

Then wake up, you doughnut!

YES, CHEF!

What is that?

Sausage gravy over biscuits.

Sausage gravy?

Yes.

Over biscuits?

Yes. I sell about five gallons of it a week.

Gallons? What, you sell this to pigs?

No, actually, I own a diner.

Uh-huh, okay. And how much do you charge for that?

$4.75.

$4.75?

Yeah. With coffee.

Fuck me.

What's wrong with it?

What's wrong with it? It tastes like gunk.

[glares at Gordon] (interview) Hundreds of people eat that in my diner each week. I don't think it was worth spitting out!

First name is...?

Joseph.

Joseph.

(interview) I feel like a dog that's been taken off his leash. I'm hungry, I'm hungry and I want this, and I'm going to get this. None of them will get in my fucking way.

So, this is...?

This right here's a roasted veal chop, with roasted root vegetables.

Uh-huh. Lovely colour on there.

Thank you.

What a shame, the Brussel sprouts are rock hard. Are they supposed to be that crunchy?

No, they're not.

(gives a sprout to Joseph) Will you have a little taste for me please?

Absolutely. You got a fork? (interview) I ain't no animal. If there's a fork available, I like to fucking use it.

You can bite that. You're a big boy.

I'm not an animal. (interview) Do I look like a caveman? Do I eat with my fucking hands?

Don't get defensive. Relax.

(interview) I was like "Damn! Throw it down, Chef Ramsay!"

Are you mad?

(interview) Me and him, we're gonna go head to head, without a fuckin' doubt. I will drag him out to the parking lot by his fuckin' jacket and stomp the shit outta him. That's bullshit! I nailed that fuckin' dish, he knew it and I knew it. No fuckin' way!

Relax. What a shame.

(to Tony and Amanda) Let's go.

Two seconds chef. I need to grab one thing.

What's that?

Tequila.

Tequila.

(interview) I'm definitely asking Chef Ramsay to do a shot of tequila with me. It goes with the dish.

And what's your dish?

Margarita French toast with tequila lime butter.

Show me? [looking at Amanda's dish] I thought you were joking. You're cooking a slice of fucking toast dipped in egg with...

Tequila.

...to get me drunk.

(interview) One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, four... (cuts to Amanda took a shot of tequila) Give me a lot more! Keep on going!

(interview) Are you kidding me? (laughs) Why would you do that?

[raises a piece of toast with a knife] That's it? (brief pause) What the fuck were you doing for 42 minutes? Because that takes literally 3 minutes. SHOCKING!

OK, what is it?

We have a poached lobster and savory portobello mushrooms. (interview) My dish is very rich and succulent and luscious and velvety. You just feel what's happening on your mouth and the satisfaction that comes. [laughs]

Where's the lobster tail? [portions her dish] Where's the fucking tail?

During the cooking process, I had some challenges.

Poached lobster tail, where's the fucking tail? [grabs Melinda's plate and throws it in the trash] Absolutely fucking pathetic!

(interview) Dang... That's another zero.

But moments from opening, his optimism...

[sees some fondants at the pass] Oh, dear. Who cooked these?

...begins to fade.

Who cooked the fondants?

Lovely.

[calls out Lovely] Lovely!

Yes, chef?

Which they're not... come here! Why these are cooked? We put it in the oven when the order comes on.

Yes, chef.

We haven't even opened yet and you cooked them.

(interview) That's all we have to work with. We're fucking screwed.

[raises one fondant] Look at that! [scoops the fondant and drops it] Look. It's like a fucking hockey puck. Oh, my God! We're not even opened yet and you screwed it up! What a fucking disaster!

(interview) That's it. The end.

'Get fffucked!!

(interview) Obviously I was thrown in a kitchen with a bunch of circus clowns!

Jim!

Yes, chef?

Look at me. Three scallops cut in half means what?

Six pieces.

I've got four! Are you doing this on purpose to get me going?

No.

(interview) Don't insult Chef Ramsay's intelligence.

So look at me. Count to six for me.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

Louder!

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6!

THEN WAKE UP!!

Yes, chef. (interview) I just wasn't paying attention. Ones and twos, and threes and twos, and I thought I had yahtzee at one point.

Jim, one minute out, drop six pieces of scallop.

Yes, chef.