Sterling quotes from Hell's Kitchen

Blue team! I cannot take ONE MORE MISTAKE!

Yes, chef!

GET IT TOGETHER!

Yes, chef!

(interview) I still believe my team can do it. I believe we're gonna do it!

Halibut!

Walking!

Holy fuck! ALL OF YOU, COME HERE!

Yes, chef.

Fucking halibut's raw and cold.

That was my fault chef.

Yeah, FUCK off. [angrily throws the halibut away; points to every member of the Blue team] You, you, you, you, you, you and you FUCK OFF! GET OUT. GET OUT!

How long?

Is it already done?

(to Sterling) The halibut's ready!

I'm not ready yet! Give me three minutes tops, man! Three minutes!

Fucking hell.

I'm walking in one.

Three minutes, man! I'm not serving that!

Then you better plate...

THREE MINUTES!

...and shut the fuck up!!

Three minutes!

Whoa, whoa, whoa! (to Steve) Listen! Fucking pay attention! Pay attention to what's going on!

(to Steve) Why would you send it up when my food ain't ready, man?

(interview) Really, guys? Really? It's not a measure of how big your cock is. Just put your food out!

Blue team! Two halibut, two lamb!

Walking with the halibut!

Lamb walking!

[to Gordon as he brings fish to the pass] Two halibut.

Lamb! [Sterling doesn't respond] No answer. LAMB!!

Lamb is one minute off! It's too rare, chef!

One minute off?! Oh my God!

That was too rare, but I got one! I got one ready! By the time I cut this, I'll be ready!

Go! COME ON!

(to Sterling) If it's not good, don't slice it.

It's good!

Wait, check. Check it. Check first. It's raw! Don't slice it more! Just put it back!

(interview; facepalms) Oh, no. What have I done now, man?

(to Sterling) Hey, you! FUCK-WIT! Come here, you! Get me the fucking lamb! Get me the lamb!

Fuck.

ALL OF YOU, COME HERE!! HURRY UP, FERNANDO! [places raw lamb next to the halibut] Look how we are reverting to cooking.

Fuck! [slams fist]

[throws fish onto the floor] SHIT!! HEY, ALL OF YOU! CAN YOU SLOW IT DOWN AND GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER?!

Yes, chef!

(interview) Everybody's just like a bunch of slobs and a lot of fuck-ups! We really gotta get it together. [to the blue team] Coming up next! LISTEN TO ME, PLEASE! Coming up next! Listen to me, please! Coming up next: four florentines, one French toast from this side, one crepe! That's the next order, okay?

Finally, someone fucking organizing them [the blue team]!

(interview) Felt like I was doing orchestra. (singing) French toast, crepes, florentine. How long? French toast, crepes, florentine. How long? French toast, crepes, florentine. How long? (talking) It felt good, man!

Under conductor Sterling's masterful direction, the blue team gets back into harmony.

Let's cook and do it with a fucking smile, man!

One chicken, one lamb! HOW LONG?!

Coming in right now, chef. Chicken right here.

Lamb?!

Forty-five seconds on the lamb, please. (interview) I'm trying to come back. I'm gonna make sure that the lamb is cooked perfectly. Chef Ramsay is ready to explode at any moment.

[looks at the lamb] That looks like shit! [walks back to workstation] That's for Chris Bosh! Yeah, [throws spoon] fucking raw! Raw!

(interview) It's just like... Fuck!

(to JR) You, fuck off! Get out! (to Frank) You, GET OUT! (to Fernando and Santos) You two, FUCK OFF!

(interview) JR dropped the ball on the meat station. He fucked me, he screwed me over! He's the one that screwed up dinner service.

Sterling!

Yes, chef!

Get on meat!

(interview) What the fuck is going on?!

Steve, beet salad!

Yes, chef!

Soup?! Where's the protein? (interview) You're eating it, and it's like, "This could be anything. This could be anything, this could be anything!"

Hurry up! It's not lunch, guys!

Alright!

Let's go, man!

Come on!

[grabs scallop plate] Scallops!

Scallops, chef!

No!

Clams!

NO!

(interview) Your head's racing a mile a minute. You're just going nonstop, but I know it's gotta be something in the ocean. (to Gordon) Alligator!

NO! Alligator chowder? What?!

(interview; laughs) Time's a-tickin', fools. And you're fucking up!

Cod.

NO!

Fuck!

Monkfish!

NO!

Come on, guys! Taste, taste it! (interview) Boys, just taste it! Put it in your mouth! Come on!

(to Sterling; after tasting yet another meat) Squid. Come on.

COME ON!

(interview) Lord God, please hear my prayer.

Squid!

YES!

(interview) Can I get an amen?!

With two dishes remaining, Aaron's on his own to identify the alligator.

(to Aaron) We got this! Come on!

(interview) Oh my God. This is a really spicy dish. [to the blue team] It's so fucking covered up with shit!

That's a Cajun dish, man! It's alligator! Alligator! (interview) Man, I'm from the dirty South! That's alligator right off the damn dome, you know?!

Buffalo!

No!

Fuck!

Alligator, man! It's Cajun!

(interview) Sterling is yelling, "Alligator," but nobody is listening to him. I'm like, "Yes! This is the perfect time for you guys to ignore his ass!"

Chicken!

No!

FUCK!

No, alligator, man!

Come on!

Alright, Sterling! (interview) Sterling, I'm sure you're right right now! [to Gordon] Alligator!

YES!

(to Aaron) Thank you! THANK YOU! (interview) You ain't from the South if you can't recognize that shit there!

Steve, why do you think you should stay in Hell's Kitchen?

I had a really bad night, chef, but I have proof that I do know how to cook. I take this competition serious, and my goal is to work for you, chef. I will not be back on this chopping block.

Sterling.

I don't talk about what I can do, I go out and do it! (to Steve) How many times have you sent anything back these last few services of mine?! And how many he done sent of yours?!

Dude, I fucked up one halibut tonight.

No, you fuck up a lot! [interrupts Frank and nodding into an argument]

Unbelievable! The performances from both kitchens tonight were dreadful. The person leaving hell's Kitchen... [brief pause] Katie, give me your jacket. [walks up to Gordon with her jacket] You can cook, young lady, but you are not ready to be a leader.

Yes, chef.

Good night.

Good night. (after being eliminated) I most definitely could've handled Chef Ramsay. It was just the girls that I couldn't handle. Maybe I should have taken a chance at getting my eyes scratched out. I let strong personalities overcome me... and it sucks.

I'm not done yet. I'm not gonna tolerate it. And I am not gonna continue banging my head against the wall. Take off your jacket... [episode continues into the next episode]

I am not gonna continue banging my head against the wall. Roe... back in line. [long pause] Sterling... take off your jacket. Your team have given up on you, I haven't. You're in the red team.

Thank you, man. [hugs Gordon before joining the ladies] What's up, red team! I'm home! [high fives La Tasha and Jennifer]

(interview) We are so screwed right now.

The Italian Consule, they told me the calamari are raw and got no flavor.

Raw calamari, fucking hell. Unbelievable, ALL OF YOU, STOP! ALL OF YOU! Have I got news for you, raw fucking calamari. Touch them, raw. Yeah, raw calamari.

(interview) Ashley, what is happening? Undercooked? Seriously?

That's from the Italian Consulate table. WHAT IS GOING ON? WHAT IN THE FUCK IS GOING ON?! (to Sterling) Any ideas now? All of you, get out! Just leave me alone! Get out! GET FUCKING OUT!

(interview) Again? Fuck me!

GET OUT!! PATHETIC! GET OUT!!

(interview) From what I've seen so far, the Red team is kind of a let down for me, it's just ridiculous.

Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!

Last ticket! Come on guys, MOVE!

Alright, garnish is walking!

Okay.

Going up with steaks?

Behind you. [brings his steaks to the pass]

Here we go, story of the night. Tagliatelle? (to Aaron) Give me a fucking time, you.

Thirty seconds chef.

Thirty seconds.

(interview) I don't here any more yelling over there in the Red team which means the girls just got kicked out so we have to close this service down.

Behind, two tag. [brings his tagliatelle to the pass]

Oh, my God man. That is extraordinary. Happy now?

Yes, chef!

(to Steve) Yeah, fuck it. You start slow, he (Frank) sends raw food, clear down.

Yes, chef.

Whose is this dish, here?

[raises hand] It's my dish.

From the red team, Sterling has served panko-breaded crab cakes with frisée salad.

The key ingredient I used was love.

(to Sterling) What does love taste like?

You're tasting it now.

(interview) Guess what? Love's not a fucking ingredient, asshole! No way they picked Sterling's dish. If I had to describe Sterling's crab cake in one word, it'd be fast food.

Frank, Sterling, step forward. (to Sterling) Sterling, why do you think you should stay in Hell's Kitchen?

I know I'm strong! I'm built for this!

Why are you stronger than Frank?

Me and my personality shows through it all, every bone, every breath in my body. I'm here to fight.

Frank, why do you think you should stay in Hell's Kitchen?

I'm the strongest I've ever been since I came here and stood by you. Um... I have the passion and the drive, everything that you want and need...I executed everything that you asked me to do. I'm going to win this. I will win this. I–I'm going to be next to you in the end... I have the passion and drive to do it. I mean, to just keep on repeating those words, it's not that they mean nothing to me... It's more than you know! You literally gave me a second chance, a third chance—

Stop. My decision is... both of you. [Sterling and Frank are about to walk to Gordon with their jackets] Take your jackets... and yourselves back in line! Now. For the first time since you all entered Hell's Kitchen, truthfully I'm satisfied with the performance I got from both teams. And that is why I decided not to send somebody home. (Sterling and Frank hug it out) But... all of you, the bar is much higher. Because I know now that you can do it. You got it, Sterling?

I need to change my underwear.

(to himself) ...I can't do that. (to both teams) Wait! Blue team, red team! Come back! Hurry up! Red team!

(interview) Oh man. What's happening?

Line up.

(interview) Whoa! What is going on?

Uh, here's the thing. Sometimes, things happen in Hell's Kitchen, and we have to adapt. Steve left tonight because of injury, so we already lost a chef. And do you know what? Sometimes when this happens, I choose not to send anybody home. But that won't be the case tonight.

Sterling!

Yes, chef.

Roe!

Yes, chef.

Jennifer!

Yes, chef.

La Tasha!

Yes, chef.

[beat] Say goodbye to Frank. Your time has come.

(gives Frank a hug) Keep your head up, man. I love you, man.

I'm very, very, very sorry about tonight.

Young man. [holds up a letter of gratitude that Frank wrote earlier] I really appreciate what you wrote to me. Unfortunately tonight, Frank...

I can't believe it.

...I didn't appreciate your cooking. Give me your jacket. Your time is done in Hell's Kitchen. [Frank gives Gordon his jacket] Thank you. [gives Frank a goodbye handshake] Good night.

Thank you.

Good luck.

Thank you very much.

Bye, Frank.

Love you, man.

[walking through the dining room, towards the front door] It's not my time. I can't believe I did this. [outside the restaurant] I feel sick to my stomach. The saddest part is that I didn't get to show Chef Ramsay I'm so much better than this, and that's what's really ripping me apart. But I still will always have the passion to do what I'm doing, and I still will succeed in life doing what I do.

Red team! RED TEAM!

Yes, chef!

Four scallops cooked properly, and one raw.

MAN!

One raw! Hey, do we need to change stations?!

(interview) That's a good idea.

(interview) Of course.

(interview) Hell, yeah!

(to Gordon) NO!

At this stage, it's driving me MAD! You're not learning from your mistakes! Just stop! I've had enough. All of you, get in there and have a meeting, will you?!

(interview) Come on, Sterling!

(to Sterling; as the red team walks into the pantry) Sterling, can you do this?!

I can do this, man!

Well, what's happening?

Sterling, let me tell you! Do not pull a Frank right now! If you need help...

I'm not pulling no Frank! I GOT THIS!!

...we can change!

One more thing comes back, we'll switch.

Alright, I'll switch! One more thing, I'll switch!

(to Sterling) One more, and we're done!

And I'll switch!

(to Sterling) Behind you, eggplant!

(interview) I'm so close to just yanking the fucking scallops, and trying to cook them over on the fucking meat station right now.