[Signature dishes]
You might have - we might have met before, maybe on, uh, season nine. (interview) Last time I was on Hell's Kitchen...[flashback of Jason's appearance in season 9, where he was getting medically evacuated] I'm all right.
MMedic
You don't really sound all right.
[back to the present] (interview) I got a little dehydrated. It sucked. Didn't even make it through the first dinner service. But I'm back, totally hydrated, ready to go.
Tortellini, what's inside the filling?
It's just a cheese. It's a packaged tortellini. Fresh tortellini.
Packaged fresh tortellini?
That's how it's sold, chef.
Please tell me you used fresh tomatoes.
Uh, they were canned tomatoes. [audience groans; Gordon throws the dish in the trash without tasting]
Come on! That was a joke!
(interview) His whole meal came out of a box. Who does that? You know, you're cooking for Chef Ramsay.
(to Kashia) Congratulations, that was delicious, well done ladies. Next two dishes. Let's go.
[Melanie and Richard come up with their dishes]
(interview) I'm a little insulted. It's not like it's packaged dog food. [under his breath] Fuck it, that's bullshit, bro.
(to Mike) Come here you. What did you just say?
It's the signature dish challenge and Mike from New Jersey has cost the men their first point and now his mouth may have cost him something else.
[Mike stands in silence] Yeah, okay. You got anything to say to me, say it to my face, not my back.
[Sandra and Gaurav come up with their dishes]
[looks at Gaurav's dish] What is that?
GGaurav
Tuna steak crusted in a little African dukkah spice. (interview) After taking first bite of my dish, he's gonna be in that orgasm. Like the zen mode.
It's dreadful. What a big disappointment.
With Gaurav missing the mark, Sandra from New York has the chance to give the ladies their first lead with her pan-seared cod.
[looks at Sandra's dish] If I ate that, it would back me up like an L.A. fucking freeway. None of you a point. Disgusting.
[Rochelle and Ralph are next up to present their dishes]
Hello! (interview) My name is Rochelle.
Okay, well, first of all... [Rochelle starts laughing] What is so funny?
I don't know! (laughs) I think I laugh a little when I'm nervous! (interview) I am definitely nervous and very excited for Chef Ramsay to try my food. (to Gordon) It is a sautéed chicken. (interview; laughs) (to Gordon) It's something my mom made growing up, so it's something that stuck with me.
Yeah, it's definitely stuck with me, but all in the wrong way.
RRalph
My name's Ralph. I'm special because I have a spark in my ass and - [audience laughs]
[smiling, about to laugh] You should get somebody to look at that!
Hey. All of you, come here. [pours risotto onto a tray] Soup. Like liquid. Runny liquid. It's so fucking runny, you can't even spot the fucking rice in there. Then here, hey. [points at DeMarco] You as well. What do you think of that lobster tail?
(interview) DeMarco, it just looks nasty.
Shriveled, rock hard. It's like a fucking golf ball! Then here, hey. Scallops come up, beautifully seared.
(interview) I was like, "yes!"
On ONE FUCKING SIDE!! Look. [flips the scallops over] How opposite can one scallop be?
[Gabriel (interview) facepalms]
Get a fucking grip. Let's go!
As the bad news continues to pour into the red kitchen...
I'm pulling the scallops now.
...Chef Ramsay shifts his attention back to the blue kitchen.
How long for the risotto?
GGaurav
Risotto's two more minutes chef.
Desperate to witness something...
There's nothing coming out!
There's nine of you fucking standing there playing with yourselves. [Gaurav sticks his finger into the risotto and tastes it] Oh, no! Hey you. Hey, hey, come here you. We do not stick our fingers in the fucking food, lick it, and then go back inside! What is this?!
Does anyone have any respect for the customers standing behind me?
GGaurav
I'll get a grip, chef.
Don't worry about getting a grip. Next time, YOU'RE OUT!
GGaurav
(interview) Are you kidding me? You're going to not take my risotto just because I checked the rice and then finally cleaned my finger with my tongue?
[Gordon checks on lobster brought up by DeMarco]
Hey, DeMarco, it's overcooked! It's like a fucking bullet! Come here, you.
(interview) Oh, shit. This can't be happening. Not again, man.
Yes, chef. I'll get you getting another one right now.
(points to Gaurav) So he gets the risotto ready, and then you give him a big ball of elastic band, supposedly a lobster. Fuck off, DeMarco!
(interview) Gabriel, like come on dude. If you just let me do it, they'd be fucking perfect!
[Sandra brings her risotto to the pass]
Where's the - where's the lobster?
Coming right now, chef. Lobster, drop the lobster, Joy.
(points to Nicole) Stop right there! Did you just say "drop the lobster"?
(to Nicole and Joy) Come here, you two. (points to Sandra) You, come here. (to Nicole) The lobster is not even in. How long is it going to take you to cook that lobster tail?
Do you know, what? Get me a lobster cooked in 45 seconds. Your time starts now.
(interview) Good luck, best wishes.
[Joy is now cooking the lobster tail]
(interview) The pressure's on. On!
(interview) It's like, "Oh, my gosh! Cook faster!"
40 seconds gone. Time! [Joy brings her lobster tail to the workstation]
(slicing the lobster) Cold. Touch it in the middle. Cold and raw.
Chef, I did not hear from risotto.
The communication is fucked up.
Communication, yeah, it's really fucked up. Let me communicate something really clear to you. (points to Joy, Nicole and Sandra) You, you, you, fuck off upstairs! I'M DONE! GET OUT!! Hope you heard that one.
(to Gabriel) Big boy, come here, you. All of you, just touch the scallops! They're bullets, they're rubber bullets! Look at the color of them. It's overcooked, rubber shit! (to DeMarco and Gabriel) What are you two doing?! [angrily smashes the scallops and a scream is heard faintly; to the Blue team] Fuck off out of here. GET OUT!! All of you, GET OUT! I'm done!
(interview) Dude, we got kicked out of the kitchen. It's really fucking frustrating!
They're rubber. Way, way overcooked.
My scallops are up there.
I finished it. Bev started it, I finished it.
Just touch them. They're rubber! They're bouncy! [throws the scallops like a ball on the workstation] They bounce! This is the worst opening night in the history of Hell's Kitchen! GET OUT!
I cannot stand the embarrassment any longer. Shut it down.
[Gordon checks on risotto brought up by Simone]
All of you, come here! Grab a spoon, come on! [knocks his hand on the workstation] Hurry up and taste that! What does that need?
There's no butter, there's no richness and it's just bland. (to Nicole and Simone) Can you make risotto now?
(to Simone) You, yeah? Fuck off!
Come on, Nicole. Two more risotto, let's go.
Walking with the risotto, behind. (brings her risotto to the pass)
(interview) I'm a little concerned about Nicole stepping up because of her attitude and her unwillingness to be a team player.
I hope that shit is okay.
[checks Nicole's risotto; finds that there's no lobster in it] Where's the lobster? Nicole!
Come over! Two lobster risotto, where's the lobster?
It's my fault chef. I didn't put enough for two, I put enough for one.
Get some energy, or both of you, get out of here. Okay?
NSNicole & Simone
Yes, chef!
Get involved or fuck off home!
[Gordon notices DeMarco cooking tuna in a cold pan]
DEMARCO!! What are you doing?! The pan's fucking cold!
The pan's cold! (goes to DeMarco's station) What's a sear mean? [makes a hissing sound]
(interview) DeMarco is pathetic. Literally searing tuna, a three-year old could do it.
Okay?! It's not hot the pan!
[knocks his hand on the workstation] If you can't sear this tuna, (points to DeMarco's chef's jacket and apron) take that off, get that off and fuck off home, okay?
[Gordon checks on lobster brought up by Beth]
And they're fucking cold. Beth, the lobster’s still RAW! (Brings lobster tail to the workstation) All of you, COME HERE!
A raw lobster tail. No, no, no, NO! [throws the lobster tail away on the workstation] I don't know where to go! (to Nicole and Simone) Both of you have given up (to Bev and Beth) and you two are shit! WHERE DO I GO?!!
(interview) Beth, I just told you. Like make sure that’s the temperature.
Can I have two risotto and two lobster?!
Back in the Blue kitchen, DeMarco is trying to prove he can complete the simple task of searing a tuna.
Chef, tuna. (interview) I do know how to sear tuna. There's an incredible amount of pressure in this fucking place.
(checks DeMarco's tuna) DeMarco! Did the pan make a hissing noise?
Congratulations, that's seared tuna!
Yes, chef. (interview; claps) Yes! [smiles]
