Gordon quotes from Hell's Kitchen

My decision is...... Anton. Take off your jacket and stay there. (points to Sandra) Sandra, take your jacket off. (to Scott and Rochelle) Scott, Rochelle. Take your jackets off. All four of you, listen carefully. Since your teams felt that you were the reasons that they could not coordinate I'm changing it up. Anton and Scott, both of you are going to the Red team.

Fuck!

Rochelle and Sandra, both of you are going to the Blue team. [Jason gives a shocked look] Give me your jackets. Join your new teams. Everyone of you, right now has a chance of winning this competition. Stand out, shine. Get out of here.

In the Blue kitchen, Gabriel is unusually quiet.

Let's go, guys.

Gabriel, I miss your happy humor.

Maybe, a little too quiet.

I don't like this whole quiet thing.

I'm focused.

(interview) Gabriel is just like moping around like, I don't know. I don't know what he's dealing with, but he better snap out of it before dinner service starts.

You seem depressed. You don't seem focused. I don't like it.

What's on your mind, Gabriel?

Do you want me to kiss you?

I don't know.

(standing near the pantry) Gabriel, two seconds please.

(interview) Man, the service hasn't started yet, I'm about to get my ass chewed.

One big concern I have with you is that there's no fightback.

Yes, chef.

When you get in the weeds tonight, honestly you bounce back. You're still in the game. I have not given up on you.

I haven't given up chef.

Nothing would make me happier to see you rise and absolutely nail the service tonight, okay?

Yes, chef.

Let's go.

[finds that there's only 14 scallops] I'm short one.

You're short of one. Yeah, fuck me. Kashia!

Yes, chef?

Three times five?

(interview) Uhm, I'm having a brain freeze.

Three five's?

Three times five 15, chef.

I've got 14 scallops!

I'm sorry about that chef.

(to Scott) Scott, get me a scallop on!

Yes, chef! Right now! Give me a minute and a half, chef!

Hurry up!

In the Blue kitchen, Rochelle is ready with her first entrées.

Oh, fucking hell. That is pink.

Well, almost ready.

Rochelle?

Yes, chef?

Pink chicken. Come on, get it back in the oven or a pan! Braise it, let's go! Pink!

(interview) You just do not fucking serve raw chicken. That's just 101.

(to Rochelle) How long on your chicken refire?

I need thirty seconds. Sorry guys, that will not happen again.

Chicken, chef.

(checks Anton's chicken) That is pink, right?

Yeah.

Hey Scott! You sliced the chicken, yes?

Yes, chef!

Look, pink there. I'm showing you there.

Yes, chef.

That's two minutes under!

(interview) I wasn't really responsible for that. I was just trying to help and do whatever I could for the team. I sliced the chicken, that's it.

You sliced it, right?

Yes, I did chef. Yes and I didn't see that part right there. Give me twenty seconds chef!

Oh, fuck off. Chicken, Scott?

Yes, chef! Twenty seconds!

One salmon, you have to walk with that welli.

And while Kashia hustles her salmon to the pass,

Wellingtons, where are they?

Ten minutes left on those two wellingtons.

Ten minutes?

Yes, chef.

Anton appears to be in no particular hurry.

Is there any way you guys can talk to each other? She's [Kashia] running over the salmon, (to Kashia; points to Anton) he's fucking ten minutes away!

(interview) What do you do when there's no protein? You're standing there and waiting to get cursed out some more because that's all you can do. These two men, they suck!

(goes to Kashia's station and returns her salmon) Hey, here's your salmon. You cooked them properly this time, unfortunately, you're miles away.

Thanks to Anton, Kashia must sacrifice her perfectly cooked salmon and cook another one. Meanwhile, back in the Blue kitchen...

[while cutting her wellingtons] Oh, I think I need a bread knife.

(goes to Rochelle's station) Wait, Rochelle.

Rochelle's wellingtons have caught Chef Ramsay's eye.

(interview) Oh, crap! Please, please be perfectly cooked. Please be cooked at all. Do not be blue or purple inside.

(slicing the wellingtons) Perfect. Absolutely perfect.

Okay.

Sauce, please.

Okay.

You've never worked in a professional kitchen on the line before you come here?

Never ever.

You cook like you've been working in a kitchen for five years.

Oh, thank you chef. (interview) To be complimented by Chef Ramsay, I mean for him to take me seriously as a potential candidate for a head chef, [brings her sauce to the pass] Walking with my wellington sauce. (interview) that blows my mind. It really does.

Rochelle, that's beautifully cooked.

Yes!

Thank you chef.

Back in the Red kitchen, Kashia is ready once again with her salmon.

[brings her salmon to the pass] Two salmon.

Two salmon, two fucking wellington!

But is Anton ready with his beef wellingtons?

I need two wellingtons cut.

Wellingtons, are they ready to go?

They're sitting right there, cut them off for me, please.

(slicing the wellingtons) Shit.

These are overcooked.

Yeah, fuck.

Wellington, let's go!

(slicing another wellington) That's overcooked too, man. Those are all over.

Oh, god-damn it!

Hello?!

Those are my two newest. I've got a replacement.

Hey, hey, hey anything?!

I'm checking! There are some of them that are over chef! I'm working on it right now!

(interview) It was like a little wellington cemetery tonight for sure. Like, you know how expensive those things are?

(goes to Anton's station) Stop! All of you, stop! Anton, these are not a little over.

That's way over, yes. Obviously, I screwed it up with the oven. Next door's oven, I got it down bad, this one I screwed it up.

Oh, fuck me.

(interview) I just don't understand making an excuse for an oven, or whatever. I mean, it doesn't matter.

What is your process?

Normally next door, it's 18 minutes, five minutes on the side. I let it rest for another five minutes--.

Stop yelling at me! I've told them it's 14 minutes. Done, that's it.

I understand that chef. (interview) Don't think I'm going to let some little girl get into my face and start ripping a new ass, because you got issues on being a woman in the kitchen. (to Sous-chef Andi) I was just saying that this is way overcooked.

Stop talking back!

(interview) You will not break me and I'm going to just going to piss you off more on purpose.

Anton, fucking pull it together!

I have it together, chef!

[angrily gets into Anton's face] DON'T YOU FUCKING TALK BACK TO ME!! DON'T YOU EVER TALK BACK TO ME!

I'm not talking back to you!

YES, YOU ARE! Pull it together! You're fucking doing this on purpose!

Anton, cut it yo!

(interview) He crossed the line. She's in charge. Unh-unh, you don't do that. You don't even rock like that.

Shut up and say "Yes, chef!"

Yes, chef.

Anton, come here! [throws his spoon away; leads Anton to the pantry]

(interview) Anton's out of control, he's going down in flames.

Get in here!

(interview) I don't see it getting any better for him here.

[angrily slams the door] What the fuck are you doing?! You've got to keep it together!

I do have it together, I have a clear head on it.

But the wellingtons are way out of control! You're not communicating, your head's in the fucking sand, and at this moment now I need you to rise and get it back together!

Yes, chef.

Let's go!

Yes, chef!

Back in the Blue kitchen, communication and teamwork are at an all-time high.

Walking wellington garnish in twenty seconds.

Last table, guys. Salmon, wellington yes?

Yes, chef!

Wellington. (brings her wellingtons to the pass)

Salmon walking behind. (brings his salmon to the pass)

(brings his garnishes to the pass) Walking with garnish.

Two wellington?

Two wellington.

Blue team!

Yes, chef?

All of you, come here!

Hey you guys, come up here.

(interview) Oh, fuck! What went wrong?

Just look at the standard. Seriously, I had some good services in my time in Hell's Kitchen, but nothing quite as good as tonight. That is immaculate. Great job. Well done.

Thank you chef.

Great job, team. (interview) WHOOOO! Best service so far. Holy shit, I called it, too! I mean, I can jump into the Red team tomorrow and have a great service. I can jump back into the Blue team mid-service and have a great service. (to Rochelle) Told you I'd make a difference on your team!

You did!

(to the Blue team) You guys, great job!

Thank you chef.

And Gabriel, welcome back!

Thank you chef. Thank you. (interview) Ohh, I'm so excited, man! I've killed it tonight!

(to the Red team) Red team, I'm disappointed! Kashia, I never taught you to braise salmon ever! Scott, I'm done with raw chicken! Anton, you sunk your team!

This oven here chef is 14 minutes, the other side is 18 minutes chef. [Rochelle shakes her head]

That oven there is the exact same as that oven.

I'm just saying that I should have went there and checked it out myself.

Okay, we can't blame the ovens right now.

I'm blaming the ovens, chef. [Gordon gives a shocked face]

Okay! I don't want to hear any more bullshit about the oven! I want each and every one of you to come to a consensus of two nominees up for elimination. I'm done! Hurry up!

Yes, chef.

Plate up, guys! Let's go. [sees Joy still plating her dish while everyone else walks to the pass to present] Joy. Everybody had thirty minutes, you're still plating.

[sighs] It don't even matter! It's not even done!

What do you mean it doesn't matter?

[on the verge of tears] 'Cause it's not even done! It's not done! The meat isn't even done!

So whose fault is that, then?!

Joy! [pause] Joy, when you ignore me like that, it's a sign of bad manners. [as Joy walks back to the pass] Come here. Compose yourself! Joy!

[crying] It's just, I'm not happy with my dish at all. Like none of it! I'm not happy, I'm not pleased with myself!

You've got to keep it together.

Can all of you take ten seconds and just polish your plates?

(interview) I feel bad for Joy. She was definitely emotional about her pork. [to Joy] It's good. (interview) She felt she could've done more, and we all feel like that.

Fucking plate was raw.

Hey, hey. The pork's gonna rest. It will be good, okay? It's already done.

Good to see Paul again. [Paul nods]

Great to see Paul.

Alright. So, here we have a stuffed halibut with goat cheese, crab, and shrimp.

Is that spaghetti underneath?

Yeah, it's some capellini.

(interview) Paul's a dick! He was a dick in Season 9 and he's still a dick!

Uh, Rock. Out of five, how would you judge Jason's dish, please?

Dana, how did that taste?

Yeah. Not thought out properly.

I'm gonna go with a two. [to Jason] Sorry.

Paul, please.

I'm sorry, man. I'm gonna go with one.

One? Wow.

(interview) One?! Paul can go fuck himself!

For me, it's a two as well.

[the scoreboard shows Jason at eight points] Alright, well, thank you all for your input. I really do appreciate it. Thank you. [joins the rest of the Blue Team] Wah-wah-wah.

Jason, let's confirm one thing: you'll definitely not be the month of December.

[sarcastically] Thanks, chef.

You're welcome.

Gabriel, let's go.

(interview) Even though I'm nervous, I still feel confident in my dish. [to the judges] Hello. How are you all?

Where's the rest of the lamb?

Yeah, uh...it's roasted rack of lamb. The sauce is, uh...

Can you just stop two seconds? [points to the kitchen] You gotta bring me the rest of the rack of lamb in the kitchen there. [as Gabriel runs back to get the rest of the lamb] Why would you put two chops on there?

I don't get it.

(interview) Gabriel freezes up at the last minute and thinks that he's pressed for time, so he just freaks out and doesn't put anything on the plate.

Why would you not put that on?

I was down to, like, one second. So, it was that one second to cut it or one second to take it off. I decided to make a professional decision and leave it off.

Forty-five minutes.

I understand, chef.

My instructions, every time we enter one of these challenges: Get your proteins on.

Yes, chef.

Should we get straight to tasting and forget the presentation?

[cuts into the smaller lamb chop] The lamb is actually overcooked.

Yeah, the lamb definitely does look like it's overcooked.

(to Gabriel) Did you slice and then re-sear?

I had to, chef. [Gordon facepalms] I put it back together, but I put it in, and then when I pulled it out, it...that's what I had.

Gabriel.

Yes?

That bit you left off...that we can't judge is cooked perfectly. And unfortunately, I'm struggling to give you a one.

Yes, chef.

Thank you. Back in line!

Yes, chef. [the scoreboard shows Gabriel at zero points]

[exhales deeply] Wow. Right now, I'm not too sure what I'm gonna put on the calendar.

(interview) Oh, no. I'm next. I'm–I'm the last one. Like, the situation just got so real. If I don't come through, that makes Chef Ramsay look bad because he put his faith in us.

[whispering to Joy] Joy, take it home.

Let's go, Joy, please. Thank you.

[to the judges] Hello.

Hi.

Alright, what have we got?

We have a seared duck breast, and on top of that are some oven-roasted figs and mushrooms...and some Swiss chard for your veggie.

What was your inspiration behind the dish?

[pause] Uh...my inspiration was actually just cooking things I never cooked before. I never cooked duck, never cooked Swiss chard. I don't eat blackberries.

Huh?

I ate a fig for the first time here.

So you cooked for us stuff you've never cooked before to get on the calendar?

Damn!

Seriously? Fuck me. [slaps Rochelle's black jacket]

(interview) I'm gonna get my black jacket! It's right there in the center, I can see it! It's so pretty!

Uh, let's go. Paul.

Aesthetically, the dish looked amazing. The whole dish itself eats very well. There's balance, you get the acidity. I like it a lot.

Thank you.

Rock, how was that?

Flavor from top to bottom, it looked beautiful. The balance with that fruit...that's absolutely amazing.

Thank you.

Nice. Dana, what do you think?

I think this is the first dish that I've tasted and said, "Wow, this is delicious."

Rock, give us a number, please. One to five.

I'm just gonna go with a five.

Wow! Wow, wow, wow. Paul, one to five, please.

I'm gonna go five.

Wow. Dana.

I'm gonna give it a five also.

Thank you!

I thought the dish was delicious. I'm gonna give it a four. Great job, well done.

Thank you, thank you! (interview) You know, thank you, chef. But I already got my black jacket! [laughs]

Nineteen out of twenty! [Joy runs up and hugs Kashia]

Nice job, Joy!

Oh, fucking hell, man. All of you, STOP!! Hey, HEY!!! Come here! QUICK!! The one table I begged for absolute perfection, touch that! Look at these here! How can I serve that?! Secondly, it's overcooked! Touch them! COME ON!! [knocks his hand on the workstation] Gabriel! Of all the tables!

(under her breath) Ohh, gosh.

Fuck me, man!

You got it, Gabriel. Don't worry. (interview) Gabriel, this is like Minnie Driver's table. Get it together! (to Gabriel) Let us know Gabriel if you need help.

(to the servers) Go with that please, guys.

Scallops, please!

45 seconds!

Yeah, hurry up you! Eight guests from the Oxfam table have been served, I'm begging you for the scallops!

Yes, chef! Ten seconds! [brings his scallops to the pass] (interview) Please, God. Let me get them alright!

Service, please!