Hell's Kitchen (U.S.) Quotes

Gordon: Nilka! The lobster is raw. Come here, madam, come here! Just touch it will you?
Nilka: I just took it out of the pan.
[Nilka goes to take the lobster back to her station]
Gordon: Look at me! Put it down! Look at me! LOOK AT ME! (Nilka puts the lobster down) Out! GET OUT! Benjamin!
Benjamin: Oui, chef?
Gordon: One lobster. Nilka!
Nilka: Fuck!
Gordon: Get out!
Nilka: I'M GOIN'!
Autumn: (interview) He was annnngry!
Gordon: Madam! Madam! MADAM!
Nilka: (tearfully) Yes, chef?
Gordon: TAKE YOUR JACKET OFF AND FUCK OFF!
Nilka: NO, CHEF! No! Don't say that, chef, please! CHEF! PLEASE! Chef, please don't say that! (picks up a "wet floor" sign and throws it across the corridor) Oh my fucking god!

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Narrator: With Nilka gone, the kitchen jumps into action.
Gordon: Two minutes to the window.
Benjamin: Two minutes, chef!
Narrator: But Nilka isn't ready to leave just yet.
[Nilka walks back into the kitchen]
Gordon: Let's go, Scott... (sees Nilka) Nilka!
Nilka: Chef...
Gordon: No, no, no. I'm in the middle of service. Take your jacket off and get out of Hell's Kitchen. I've had enough. I can't do it.
Nilka: Please!
Gordon: Nilka, don't do this to me. They're under pressure, we're under pressure. Take your jacket off and get out!
Nilka: I wanna still cook and prove myself, chef. (interview) Am I gonna stop? No, 'cos this is my dream, this is my destiny, and this is what I want.
Gordon: (reading off a ticket) Turbot, wellington...
Nilka: I wanna cook! I wanna cook! I don't wanna leave like this, chef.
Gordon: Ohh, fuck me.
Ed: (interview) Nilka wouldn't leave. If you're asked to leave one time, then you leave. Get the hell out of here.
[Nilka tries to push Benjamin off the fish station and get back on it herself]
Nilka: Please, I can do this shit!
Gordon: Turbot, lobster, wellington, beef. Nilka!
Nilka: I wanna cook!
Gordon: GET OUT!
Nilka: I wanna cook! I can do this! Please!
Gordon: Hey, guys, I'm telling you now, do something for me. Get her out of here!
Benjamin: Nilka, you gotta go.
Gordon: Benjamin, get her out!
[Benjamin starts to usher Nilka out of the kitchen]
Benjamin: You gotta go! When chef tells you to go, you gotta go.
Jay: Go, go, go! (interview) Hurricane Nilka just had

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Narrator: As Chef Ramsay leaves the kitchen for a quick moment...
Scott: Tuna!
Jason: Yes, chef.
Narrator: Sous Chef Scott steps in to keep the momentum going.
Jason: Pasta's up, chef.
Scott: Who's got the garnish for the tuna?
Benjamin: Garnish for the tuna, chef.
Narrator: And Benjamin unwisely decides this would be a good time to become a leader.
Benjamin: (reading off the next ticket) Next pick-up, two chicken, one...
Scott: Hey, hey, hey, hey! Let me tell you something. You think for one minute you're gonna start fucking running this pass? You may be a fucking good cook, but you suck as a leader. You think you're gonna do my fucking job, I'll leave right now. You think you can do it?
Benjamin: No, chef.
Scott: You think you can do it? You think you can put up with all this bullshit?
Benjamin: No, chef.
Scott: I know you can't. (turns red) NOW, GET THE FUCK OVER THERE, AND DON'T EVER COME UP TO MY PASS AGAIN AND TRY TO TAKE MY FUCKING PLACE!!
Autumn: (interview) Holy crap! I don't think Ben had a good night.
Scott: YOU GOT IT?
Benjamin: Yes, chef!
Scott: GET OVER THERE!
Benjamin: (interview) Chef Scott ripped my fucking asshole. You know, ripped my asshole this big. That totally sucked.

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[During the signature dish tasting]
Gordon: What is it?
Antonia: It's a Mardi Gras gumbo. (lifts the lid)
Gordon: Oh, god! Does it normally look like a plate of liquid shit?
Antonia: No. (interview) Every time I make my gumbo it always gets eaten, it always eaten, and everybody loves it. It's gonna be good.
[Chef Ramsay eats some of the dish, gags, and then throws up in the trash can]
Gordon: (coughs) Fucking hell!
Antonia: (rolls eyes) Oh, god.
Gordon: Are you crazy?! Have you tasted that?
Antonia: No, I didn't get a chance to taste it, Chef.
Gordon: So you cooked it and you didn't even taste it?
Antonia: I didn't have enough time. I'm so sorry you don't like it.
Gordon: Don't like it?
Antonia: I'm sorry it wasn't up to par.
Gordon: Up to par? It's inedible!
Antonia: (shrugs) Okay, then throw it out.
Gordon: No, I'm not gonna throw it out! (to Raj) Big man! You like your food, take a mouthful and pass it along.
[Raj samples the dish and passes it along to Rob, who also tastes it]
Rob: (interview) It was completely repulsive. I would rather have had a cat shit in my mouth than have eaten that any further!
[Vinny and Nona taste the dish, and also look disgusted]
Gordon: (coughs) Oh, shit!
Nona: (interview) Oh my god! I don't even know how to explain that!
Gordon: Vinny! What does that taste to you of?
Vinny: A big bowl of mud.
[Sabrina brings the bowl back over to Ramsay, who throws it into the trash can]
Gordon: Dear, oh dear!

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Gordon: (with a pizza) Melissa.
Melissa: Yes chef.
Gordon: Touch that. Touch that. What is that?
Melissa: It's raw, chef.
Gordon: It's what?
Melissa: It's raw, chef.
Gordon: Touch that! It's RAW Melissa!
Melissa: Yes chef.
Gordon: It's raw! Come on!
Melissa: Yes chef.
Boris: (mocking Gordon) "It's RAWWW!!" "It's fucking RAWWW!!"
Louis: (interview) Boris, what were you thinking buddy? You don't mock Gordon Ramsay.
Gordon: Boris.
Boris: Yes sir?
Gordon: Come here.
Boris: Yes sir.
Gordon: So I'm telling her about a raw pizza and you're mimicing me out of the back.
Boris: Sorry chef.
Gordon: Yeah. So I'm telling her the pizza's raw, come here you fuckface.
Boris: (interview) Oh noooooo!
Gordon: And there you go, you touch it then. Now look at me! Take the piss out of me now fuckface! What's your fucking crack?
Boris: I don't have any crack chef.
Gordon: What's your game?
Boris: I'm just here to cook sir.
Gordon: Now look at me! You fucking take the piss out of me one more time in the middle of fucking service yeah, kiss your fucking ass goodbye. Is that clear?
Boris: Understood chef.
Gordon: WAKE UP!!
Boris: It will not happen again. (interview) I shouldn't have done that. I meant no disrespect. What can I say? I'm losing my mind.

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[Customers are leaving Hell's Kitchen]
James: Chef, I got tables walking out. They've been here two hours chef.
Gordon: Fucking hell. Hey ladies, come here. Hey, all of you, come here! LADIES! Move your fucking ass! BORIS!
Boris: Yes chef!
Gordon: Look out there! You kidding me? Tables are leaving. No one's even working together. No one's even caring. You're (Sabrina) bringing me the main courses, bypassing your team. You (Boris) laughed at me earlier, pissing around with your fucking pizzas. And you (Raj) just switched off! Where do we go? No one's even caring! Fuck off, is that clear?
Chefs: Yes chef!

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Gordon: (to Scott) Yeah, just check that. There's no sides on there, I don't know why.
James: (to Vinny) Come over here! Chef, one of his tables, he's telling them they can't have side orders because it takes too long to get it out of the kitchen.
Vinny: What I said was, I'd be happy to bring them to you...
Gordon: Shut it! Come in here!
Vinny: That is not what I told them.
Gordon: What did you tell them?
Vinny: Exactly what I told them was this; "I'm telling you the truth, the sides are delicious, but it's going to take a lot longer if you want sides."
Gordon: STOP! Now Captain Vinny here is telling the customers not to order sides! (to Raj) Come here, did you tell him not to order sides?
Raj: Of course not! Why would I say that?!
Gordon: Don't you fucking shout at me, fuckface! You told him that, didn't you? "Don't push the sides, so I look good."
Raj: No, I'm ready with the sides! Look, I got all the sides ready, I'm waiting for the order.
Gordon: So why's he not taking the orders?
Raj: I have no idea, but look at these sides, it's all ready! He's- he's- I'm- he's- okay...
Vinny: Do you wanna know the truth? The truth is, I have no faith that he's gonna be able to get the sides out.
Gordon: You'd better understand one fucking thing! You do NOT decide what goes in and out of this kitchen. GET OUT!

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Louis: The girls were calling out entrées for the last two hours. I didn't come here to look like an asshole two nights in a row, okay. We're going to do it again tomorrow if we don't...
Raj: Okay, fellas, yeah. Please, please, please, kids...
Louis: HOW DARE YOU CONDESCEND ME! I'm 28 years old, I've been a professional in this industry for 14 years, I work in a camp and I work my ass off! You're 50, how dare you fucking condescend to me, man! YOU STUPID FUCK!
Boris: Shut the fuck up.
Raj: Listen!
Louis: How dare you condescend to me!
Vinny: BRO, YOU'RE FIFTY YEARS OLD AND YOU COULDN'T PICK PARSLEY!
Boris: (throwing a box at Raj) You're a fucking douchebag!
Vinny: (to Boris) Go, bro!
Raj: You're attacking me! Motherfucker! You're throwing shit at me!
Vinny: Shut up!
Boris: Fuck you, man.
Raj: Fuck you, you bitch!
Boris: You're a waste of life. You're a fucking waste of life, Raj.
Raj: Fuck you. (interview) They just blame me because I'm an easy target for them. You know, here I am in that snake pit, and I'm the mongoose, and the mongoose is trying to fight the cobra.

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Gordon: Salmon!
Raj: The salmon's ready. And it's perfect! (interview) I have personally cooked thousands and thousands and thousands of salmon in my life.
[Chef Ramsay picks up Raj's pan at the pass; the salmon is floating in a brown liquid]
Gordon: What's that in there? Wh-what...?
Scott: That's not grilled.
Gordon: Oh, dear. Raj! What's that? What is that stock he's putting in that salmon?
Vinny: It's supposed be grilled, dude.
Raj: Yeah, I grilled it, and then I finished it with a little bit of sauce.
[Ramsay tastes some of the liquid in the pan, then spits it out in disgust, and pours the contents of the pan onto Raj's worktop]
Russell: No sauce, bro. C'mon, get another one going, bro!
Raj: (interview) My personal techniques are not working for Chef Ramsay.
Gordon: Disgusting!
Raj: (interview) He's the chef, it's his opinion, and I have zero opinion.

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Gordon: (with an overcooked Dover Sole) Melissa, it's overcooked! Out it comes, look at that. Overcooked on the bottom, crispy as fuck, and it looks like Gandhi's flip-flop! What a shame.
Jillian: (interview) I don't know where he comes up with this stuff! Gandhi didn't even wear flip-flops, he lived in the jungle, I don't think the dude even had shoes.

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Narrator: Thanks to Boris, no food is leaving the blue kitchen.
Scott: There you go, send it back.
Narrator: But thanks to Raj, none of it is going to waste.
[Raj starts eating the leftover fish]
Raj: (interview) I see all this food, and it looks delicious, so I just, you know, ate it.
Boris: Raj, please don't do that.
Gordon: Look, he's eating it, look! Haven't you got enough in there?
Raj: But that's so good! It's really a waste.
Gordon: Wow!

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Gordon: Sole special!
Raj: Chef? We, uh, ran out of the sole special.
Gordon: What? I've got three on ORDER!
Louis: (interview) We ran out of sole. Oh man, this is gonna be real ugly.
Boris: (interview) This sucks. Embarrassing! Fuck!
Gordon: Oh, no...
Raj: (interview) It's a very bad situation. I don't know what we're going to do at this point. I think we're gonna have to figure something out.
Gordon: Get out there and tell them you're dragging two. You go to the customers and tell them you fucked it up.
Raj: I need another jacket, though, I can't go out there with this jacket on.
Gordon: Hey, hey, come here you. If I tell you to get out there, I don't give a fuck if you've got a thong on your fat crack. Get out there!
Raj: I can't, with this thing. I can't, I'm sorry, Chef.
Gordon: Hey, hey, listen, fuck off out there will you?
[Raj removes his apron and walks over to Chef Scott]
Raj: I can't put this...
Scott: PUT IT DOWN AND GET OUT THERE!

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[The red team have lost, and nominated Emily and Sabrina for elimination]
Gordon: Sabrina, tell me very quickly, why you should stay in Hell's Kitchen.
Sabrina: I don't think that I should go home. I shouldn't be here, Melissa should be here. Who has been consistently horrible? The executive chef, right there! Emily, yeah, she fucked up and she sucks, but at least she hasn't done as horribly as Melissa.
Gordon: Take a big, deep breath. I want to know why you think you should stay in Hell's Kitchen, yeah? You.
Sabrina: I'm here to learn, and I'm here to grow. I have bigger balls and more determination than any of these fucking girls here! All of them put together, chef!
Gordon: Okay, this is a very difficult decision. The person leaving Hell's Kitchen is... (a pause, then Chef Ramsay points to the blue team, who won that night's service) Raj! Get your arse over here. (Raj stands up and walks over to Chef Ramsay, while the assembled red and blue team members laugh at him) You, big boy are out of your league, big time. And I personally can't go an inch further. Jacket! (Raj hands over his jacket, then starts walking in the direction of Chef Ramsay's office. Ramsay points him to the actual exit) There's the door there, big boy!

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Narrator: In the Red kitchen, Melissa has already moved onto entrées.
Gordon: What in the fuck?
Narrator: Unfortunately, her team is not even close to completing the appetizers.
Gordon: Melissa!
Melissa: Yes, chef?
Gordon: What is that?! All of you come here!
Nona: (interview) Melissa had put in a huge pile of filets in the oven. Apps weren't even done yet. I don't even know what to do in this situation.
Gordon: We've sent three tables of appetizers, and you're sticking all the beef in the oven!
Sabrina: (interview) Why the hell would you do that? Even I wouldn't do that.
Gordon: Do you wanna go home? Why don't you make my life easier and just fuck off home? You can't be normal! (starts counting the filets) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...
Jillian: (interview) Oh my god!
Gordon: ...7, 8, 9, 10, 11...
Jillian: (interview) Stupid!
Gordon: ...12, 13, 14, 15, 16...
Nona: (interview) Oh, HELL no!
Gordon: ...17, 18, 19, 20, 21...
Emily: (interview) What the hell are you doing, lady?
Melissa: There's 23 on the board, chef.
Gordon: SO WHAT?! WHY ARE YOU COOKING THEM NOW?! (no response from Melissa) Nona, why?
Nona: I don't know, chef.
Gordon: It doesn't make sense! They're gone, they're overcooked.
Melissa: Yes, chef.
Gordon: I can't do it anymore with you. You need a system! THERE'S NO SYSTEM! I CAN'T KEEP ON TELLING YOU EVERY FUCKING SERVICE!

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[Nona and Rob are up for elimination]
Gordon: Rob, give me your jacket big boy... (Rob takes off his jacket) ...because it's filthy and dirty. This is a clean one, get it on and get back in line!

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[Trev has just been thrown out of the service]
Trev: (interview) I'm pissed at myself, 'cos I'm supposed to be the guy that can do anything. I feel like shit because I've let them down. They expected me to be Superman, and Clark Kent showed up.

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Narrator: It's more than two hours into the dinner service. (shot of Russell, Vinny and Nona) Three chefs have already been kicked out of the kitchen, and much to Rob's confusion, he is about to join them.
Gordon: (quietly, to Rob) Get out.
Rob: Why, chef?
Gordon: WHY?! BECAUSE THE HALIBUT'S FUCKING RAW! THAT'S WHY, CHEF ROB! GET OUT!
Narrator: Which leaves only one chef left to complete service in the blue kitchen, and ironically...
Trev: (interview) Uh... hi?
Narrator: ...it's Trev.
Trev: (interview) The whole service just fell on my shoulders. I'm just gonna have to push the fear down and fight through it.
Gordon: Salmon!
Trev: Good to go.
Gordon: Ooh, la la. Well done, Trev. Service!
Trev: (interview) It was like a big light just kinda opened in the dark sky, and I'm gettin' it.

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Jillian: (interview) I thought Michelin was a tire.

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Gordon: This is like a joke. It's like you've been Punk'd, like you've been set up to look stupid.

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