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Previously, on "Hell's Kitchen"...

- Our final three amazing chefs.

Chef Ramsay challenged

the final three to each create

a stunning five course menu.

- Chicken, steak, fried chicken is done.

I'm from the South. Fried things work.

Whoo!

Dafne showed off her love for Italian cuisine.

- This is a rustic yet elegant puttanesca dish.

Nothing's gonna stop me.

- Dafne, taste everything, yes? - Yes, Chef.

And Alejandro championed

flavors from Southeast Asia.

Fish curry, it's mild, it's flaky as.

You have to go big or go home.

- Don't settle for second best, man.

This is your life right now.

All three impressed not only

their former competitors...

- He looks like a killer. Let's go!

But some of the most respected names

in the culinary industry.

- Can I give another? I mean, is that all right?

- Absolutely.

It's a 10.

Dafne's exceptional menu scored big.

- I'd like to congratulate Dafne,

as our first finalist in "Hell's Kitchen."

And then,

it all came down to Michelin Star Chef, Curtis Stone...

- Difficult decision. - Um--

Who had to decide between Alex and Alejandro.

- Alex, you just had to do it all perfectly.

And you did, you get a 10.

- I'm in the top two.

Oh, my God, is this real life?

Alex selected his finale brigade first.

- He was standing right up here next to me the whole night.

- Alejandro. - And selected

the beloved chef from Ohio.

Back so soon.

Along with Brett, Cheyenne, and Tara.

While Dafne chose Sommer, Sakari, Vlad, and Abe.

Alex and Dafne.

Tonight,

the time has come for Alex and Dafne

to go head-to-head.

- I feel like I'm about to vomit.

- Two friends... - Seriously, it's such

a pleasure to go against you. - It's an honor.

If you win, congratulations.

- And same to you. - Good luck.

Fighting each other in one...

- Two fritters, one risotto.

- Heard. - Last...

- You got this? - Battle...

- Let's go, let's go.

The food is dying on the window.

- We've got to go guys.

Where's the food?

- Where any mistake... - It's raw.

Come on, Brett, you're killing me.

- Come on guys, come on guys. - There's nothing coming out.

- Yes, Chef. - There's no system.

Could cost them the opportunity of a lifetime.

- Get them on the same page.

Come on.

Whose door will open?

- Carefully place your hands on top of the handle.

Whose life will change forever?

- One. - Find out now...

- Two. - On the season finale

of "Hell's Kitchen."

Three.

- Oh,. - God.

- Ahh! - This is crazy.

- I am top two of "Hell's Kitchen."

What the hell is happening right now?

This has been crazy.

It feels unreal right now.

However, I do deserve this.

I cook with my heart.

I have passion. I have drive.

And I'm a badass, I'm a frickin' badass.

- Dafne's got the best dishes.

- I actually got more 10s than she did.

- Ooh. - I have more 10s.

I think you both suck.

Dude, that was so close.

- Can I have a moment with you? - Yes.

Yes, Chef.

- I can't believe I'm here.

I mean, I closed my business and sold it

two days before I came here, just because I had to do it.

I mean, I was absolutely miserable.

I literally told my wife there's just got

to be more to life than this.

Please, have a seat in my office.

I needed something like this to wake my life up.

How are you?

- I have no words, Alex.

I was not expecting this in a million years

that I would be here.

- I never saw myself here.

- Yeah. - All of those people

see us one way.

I literally still see myself

as a ding dong from Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

- Yes, I'm just a hooligan.

I'm just a hooligan that loves to cook

and loves to plate. - I'm a redneck

from middle Tennessee.

- Hooligan and redneck, back to back.

- That sounds like a restaurant.

- Yeah, Hooligan and Redneck.

Alex, seriously it's such a pleasure to go against you.

- It's an honor. If you win, congratulations.

- And same to you.

- Get to work. - Hate you, dude.

Bossing me around.

Chef, yes, Chef.

With some pleasantries out of the way,

Alex and Dafne know that their path to victory

rests heavily with their menus and with their teams.

- Um-- - Wait.

- Hold on just a second.

- Am I missing someone, or is this it?

- Me. - OK.

- I love Italian food, so this menu is going

to be very heavy Italian.

What I'm thinking is you're going to do garnish.

- OK.

- You're going to do apps, so you have a lot of pasta, OK.

Sakari, you're...

- Meat, you're going to have strip and lamb.

- OK.

- Mid rare, not on the chicken.

- Raw chicken all night, Chef.

- Heard.

Fish is baking salmon.

I mean, it's literally miso marinated salmon

thrown into an oven.

Who would like to be on apps?

- I mean, I'll do apps. I've done apps.

- I mean, I could take apps.

- Tara, I feel good with you on apps.

- OK.

- I am a little worried about Alex picking Tara over Abe.

At the end of the day, if things get weird,

she's going to crumble under the pressure.

- Alejandro, I'd rather you be on garnish than apps,

because you're a little bit louder.

- OK. - So you'll be able to--

- Handle it. - No offense.

I feel like there's a rift between Tara and I.

I'm going to give my punishment to Tara.

I get it.

It's a 20-year-old against the one 40-year-old.

But to have him be on their team.

- I'm not sure how Tara is feeling right now.

Hopefully, she can cook some damn good food.

These three will be on apps.

Cool?

OK.

- People underestimated me the entire time here.

I'm happy with myself.

If you all don't trust me, that's your own fault.

I know what I can do.

I'm not playing the games.

- We'll go through all this in prep tomorrow.

- Yo.

- Yo, you guys all pulled out-- - OK, so it's either

going to be meatballs or calamari.

- You can't go wrong with a calamari.

- So that's going to be coming off garnish, the calamari?

- Yeah.

- I'm worried about Abe's cooking ability,

but Dafne has me, she has Sakari, she has Vlad,

and we're going to make it happen for her.

- Yeah, do you feel comfortable with all

this stuff for garnish?

- This ain't nothing. - OK.

- I'm a beast on the line, so.

Today, Chef Ramsay will select

the "Hell's Kitchen" winner and his next head chef.

The teams are now heading to the kitchen

to prep for the final time.

I'm going to my pants.

I'm so nervous.

This is it.

I have a great menu, I have a phenomenal team.

I am ready to just push out this menu.

- Good morning.

- Good morning, Chef.

And become the winner of "Hell's Kitchen."

Ahh!

OK, so halibut crust, I would say do, like, 20.

If you can just start doing that.

- Yeah.

- Maybe a hair more char.

- Yep, yep, it's delicious.

- Let's get you set up for cold apps.

- Yeah, I put the Old Bay olio here, right?

- We're going to 86 this.

- OK, but we're not doing the--

Old Bay goes over there, too, right?

- Old Bay is going to go on the pass.

- If you guys want me to take anything in I will do it.

Just let me taste everything that you guys are doing.

However, I trust you guys, you guys know how to cook,

so I know you guys are good.

- You excited?

- Yeah, feels unreal, though.

You're the king of the castle, big dog.

- Whoo, it feels weird.

Feels weird.

- Daf. - Yes?

- Chef needs you in his office.

- OK. Ahh!

- Anything you need us to do?

- Yeah, can you guys clean that for me and then put...

- Clean up, yes, Chef.

- The spinach in there in the back, that's my thing.

- Yes, Chef.

Come in.

Take a seat.

How are you feeling?

- I feel anxious.

You know, the nerves are always there.

- Listen, I've been doing this a lot longer than you,

and I still get nervous, so that's a good sign.

At the heart, for you is what?

- It's definitely not the money.

It's that feeling of the crowd and the dining room lit up.

- And family have been a huge...

- Oh, God. - Inspiration, haven't they?

- Yes. Oh, I love them so much.

I want to make them feel proud because it's, you know--

Oh, my--

- Mom. Are you serious?

Oh, my God, Mom!

Oh, my God, Dad.

Are you serious right now?

Oh, my God.

My family's here, and it's exactly what

I needed to finish strong.

As a daughter, as a first born American in the whole family,

it is just the greatest achievement anyone

in our family has ever done.

- Spend some valuable time together, OK.

She earned it. She worked so hard.

You can be incredibly proud.

Enjoy this special moment.

I'll see you shortly.

- Chef, thank you, finally.

- Finally.

- I cannot believe.

- This is my dream come true, Dad.

- This is crazy.

To see my mom and my dad and know

that they're here to support me and that

their daughter made it.

Oh, my God.

Just seeing their faces today, I won with that.

Ohh!

- Yeah, I just heard her say that and I was like, uh--

- Alex, Chef Ramsay wants to see you in his office.

Oh,, OK.

- Hey, good luck, Birdie.

- Thank you.

I think I'm probably a little bit nervous that Chef

wants to have a one-on-one, but I don't

really know what to expect.

At this point, anything could happen.

- Come in.

Hey. - Hello.

- You good? - Yes, Chef.

How are you? - Oh, good, indeed.

Big day. - Very big day.

- Take a seat. - Yes, Chef.

- Right, how you feeling first?

- Whoo! - Yeah.

- It's so weird.

I mean, I just remember talking to my family about it and...

- Sure. - Saying those words,

like, I can get here.

Holy!

Oh, my God!

- Good morning.

- He's been talking about you the whole time.

Kids, thank you so much for coming this morning.

- Thank you for having us.

- Alex, check this out.

- I know you've been trying your best.

I know you have a black jacket, and I

know you can open the doors because your cooking is

really good.

Just come on, just win this so we can go to the mountains.

- Dad, I know you're doing your best,

but make some good shrimp and save it for us.

I want you to be the best guy in there, and I love you.

- Hearing that feedback from them,

hearing that encouragement from my boys, I can't--

it's one of the happiest moments of my life.

- Sarah, thank you so much for coming.

- Thank you. - Thank you, Chef.

- A pleasure. Muah.

Muah-- - Thank you.

Come here, you.

- I'm not quite there yet. - Good job. Donna.

- So nice, thank you.

- Thank you so much.

I would like to say a big thank you to our of travel partners

at Allegient for those flights to bring your loved ones here.

If this doesn't get you over the line, nothing will.

Ladies, thank you so much for coming.

- Thank you, Chef. - Enjoy.

- Appreciate it.

Have you been OK? - Mm-hmm.

No stress?

- A little bit.

- Have they been nuts?

- Yeah.

Yeah, we're good.

We're good.

They cannot wait to see you.

- Seeing my wife and my mom here,

that's ignited a fire in me, and they're going to be here,

they're going to witness this thing.

And I'm going to bring this thing home.

- Are you going to be OK?

- Oh, my God.

After an emotional reunion with their families,

Dafne and Alex are moments away from Chef Ramsay's

review of their dishes.

Oh, raviolo is stressing me out.

I am literally panicking.

My stuffed raviolo, they're so delicate

and they have to be perfect.

Ugh, dude, this ravioli keeps breaking on me.

hate you.

Ugh!

, this is so hard.

My God, dude, this is a disaster right now.

- Did you fry--

did you do it--did you do it on the salmon?

- It was a little over.

- How over is a little bit over?

- It was over.

It was.

- The chance that I've had to create

my own menu for Hell's Kitchen is a once in

a lifetime opportunity.

- Do you want any--anything drizzled around the side?

- I don't think so. - Just open?

- I think that's good. See what Chef thinks.

- OK. - Also, at the same time,

there's a lot of pressure

because if anything goes wrong there's literally no one

else to blame but myself.

- This is super simple.

- Too simple? - Yeah.

- Well, that sucks.

We're opening for dinner service very soon.

We're still trying to figure out of the salad course,

and I'm like, what do we do here?

- Can I help you with anything?

- I feel like I'm about to vomit.

- I can do those.

- Yeah, can I do anything?

I'm waiting.

I'm just--that salad me up.

We had it made.

Now, that's not good enough.

Chef's going to be looking for a tasting soon,

and we've got nothing going on.

- Right, Alex, give me five minutes please, yes.

- Yes, Chef.

- Not my job.

It's three hours before the final

dinner service... - This is super simple.

- Too simple? - Yeah.

- Well, that sucks.

And Alex's simple salad is

threatening to sink his menu.

- Right, Alex, give me five minutes, please, yes.

- Yes, Chef.

- Chef Jason's kind of made me a little bit

on edge about this whole thing, and so we're making tweaks.

All right, so now your salads got warm crab,

pickled red onions, everything spice.

Let's see if it's enough.

Yep, here we go.

- Alex. - Yes, Chef.

Chef Ramsay is ready to taste

Alex's Southern-inspired menu, starting with--

- Prawn fritters with cotija crema and caviar.

- So the jeopardy there is a cook on these.

It didn't feel cooked enough. - Got it.

Up next, Alex's chicken, two ways.

- Instead of doing a double dredge on the chicken thigh

we just did a single dredge. - Delicious.

- Thanks, Chef.

And then...

- Herb crusted lamb rack with Dijon,

pomme puree, grilled broccolini, and lamb jus.

- Way too rare, so just be careful.

- OK. - Next.

- This is a warm crab salad with a sauce gribiche,

smashed tomato crostini.

- Yeah, beautiful.

Got lump crab, exceptional, delicious, stand out.

- He likes it.

Man, sweet relief.

Up next, Chef Ramsay samples

Dafne's Italian inspired menu, starting with--

- Truffle risotto with a seared scallop

and chanterelle mushrooms.

- Great flavor there.

Next, Dafne presents...

- A Wagyu meatball with crispy panko and burrata.

- The flavor is amazing.

Now, what on earth has happened to this?

- Yeah, the Wagyu--

- First of all, presentation wise, it looks terrible.

It looks like a dog's dinner.

Who seared it? - Sakari did.

- If that goes 30 seconds over, you're in trouble.

- Yes. - And finally,

her cacio e pepe raviolo.

- Raviolo looks nice.

How long are you poaching that for?

- For three minutes.

- Yeah. They're beautiful.

Home run. - Thank you, Chef.

Getting Chef Ramsay's knowledge and his input,

it really means a lot.

- Let's just head to the office.

- I will tweak whatever he wants, because I want to win.

I am pumped right now.

- We began this competition with the Battle of the Ages.

And tonight, in front of a 29-year-old and a 40-year-old,

I'm spoiled for choice.

Understand how important this service is.

It's your final test to prove that you deserve that title.

Yes, Chef.

- To help get you both in the right mindset,

I want to take a moment to give you these.

Your executive chef jackets, please.

You've earned it.

- Thank you, Chef.

- You both deserve it.

- It's amazing.

It's got my name on it.

Like, this jacket meant one thing,

this jacket means a whole other thing.

- You look the part.

Right, how you feeling in those jackets?

- Fancy. - Like royalty.

- This is the service of your lives, OK.

There's no second service, so make it count.

Understood? - Yes, Chef.

- And good luck.

- Thank you, Chef.

It's been an honor, Chef. - Let's go.

- Thank you.

- Let's go, let's go, let's go.

Let's go, Dafne!

- I'm so glad my parents got to see this.

The fact that, you know, they wanted me to be a doctor,

and now I'm doing what I chose to do.

And now, they, like, see oh, she was right, you know,

so this is mostly for them.

I did this for them.

- Ladies and gentlemen, give me a moment to introduce

two very special chefs.

Cooking out of the Red kitchen will be Dafne.

- First of all, welcome to Hell's Kitchen.

I fell in love with Italian food,

and because of that this is my take

on a classic Italian cuisine

with a little twist of Dafne.

- Ladies and gentlemen, the Blue kitchen is run by Alex.

- Well, if you can tell from the sound of my voice,

I am not from L. A.

I am from the middle of Tennessee.

Southern food is really what I know, what I love,

so we're going to do some elements of Southern cuisine,

and hopefully make some of the prettiest food

that's very, very tasty.

- Now, join me in wishing these two the very best of luck,

and enjoy your evening.

Good luck, Dafne.

Good luck, Alex.

Let's go, guys.

Off we go, let's go.

- OK, guys, let's go.

While Dafne and Alex are

about to embark on the most important dinner

service of their lives... - Good luck.

- Good luck, Chef.

The excitement in the dining room is building.

- That's Dafne's menu? - Yes.

- Wow!

Cheers.

Go, baby, go.

Friends, family, and diners...

- I see him over there.

Gordon's right there. - I know.

All eager to witness the culinary showdown

between the chef from Tennessee, Alex...

- Cook your asses off, cook your hearts out, and let's

just have a good time.

- Let's do it.

- Love you, I love you, I love you.

And the chef from L. A., Dafne.

- One, two, three... - Team Dafne!

- Whoo!

- I think I might want that risotto.

Thank you so much.

- Thank you.

- OK, let's go.

- Chef, Dafne. - Yes?

- First table, party of four. - Thank you so much.

- Good luck. - First table's

coming in, guys. - Everyone listen up.

Guest of four, table five.

Appetizers, one tartare, one raviolo,

one risotto, one meatball.

Heard? - Yes, Chef.

- Yes, Chef. - Thank you.

- Dafne's got me on garnish. She hasn't worked with me.

She doesn't know how I've been on the line.

Wherever she put me, she's going

to see what I have to offer, and I'm

going to be a boss for her.

- How long on apps? How long?

- I need six minutes on that, Abe.

- Heard that.

- Two risotto, one raviolo.

Or no, one risotto, one tartare, and one raviolo.

My bad.

- How long on tartare? It's an app.

It should be fast.

- Still four minutes, four minutes.

I only have two hands.

The beef tartare is a very intricate dish

when you're plating it.

I can't do everything.

I can't turn around and make the risotto at the same time.

- There's nothing coming out. - Yes, Chef.

- There's no system. - Yes, Chef.

- Because they're on their time.

They need to be on your time.

So Abe can jump on and do the cold apps if necessary, yes.

- Yes, Chef, OK. - Change it up.

- Abe, jump on and help her with beef tartare, please.

Get their meatballs, and then go in there.

How long, Sommer? - Two minutes, Chef.

- Two minutes?

I need you to pick it up a little bit, please.

- Tartare, this is already all mixed?

- Yes, you need to add just one more of each, all right.

- One more of each?

- Yeah.

- Abe and Sommer, they don't really get along.

- If you're pissed off... - Don't be turning up on me.

- That's your fault. If somebody picked you

because you make yourself unlikable, and that's what

it is, all right. - OK.

- Yeah, so. - Great.

This little ass attitude is what gets

you where you're going to get. - out of here.

- I'm so nervous.

My anxiety is literally once again high.

All right, you guys, I need you to pick it up with the apps.

- Yes, Chef.

With Dafne's first appetizer ticket stumbling

to get out of the gate, Alex is hoping

to start strong with his.

- Appetizers, two fritters, one risotto.

- Heard. - How long?

- I need six minutes for the risotto.

- Thank you.

- How are you on fritters?

- Good.

- This moment is so important to me

to be great because my friend is in the finale.

Come on, push.

And I want to see him win so bad.

Brett, are you going to be there in two?

- I'm going to drop it right now.

- Come on, guys.

- They're all going around so fast, I'm like.

- I know, they're really good.

- How long two fritters, one riso?

- I can sell two fritters 30 seconds.

- I got one--one minute, one minute on the risotto.

- One minute? - Come on, Tara.

- You know, Tara can get a little frazzled,

a little scattered. - Is it going to be there?

- I can go one minute. - Taste your rice.

- Yes, I did, it's good.

I just need to season it now.

- So making sure that she has her times right,

making sure that we all know what's going on

is going to be crucial.

- I need that risotto right now.

- Risotto walking, risotto walking.

- Walking, heard.

- I knew the app station was going to hit hard,

but I wanted the first ticket to go out strong.

If I can help Alex win this It would mean the best.

Plus, you know, it's our team winning then, go Blue.

- Come on, guys, apps in the windows, apps to the window.

- Tara, keep that going.

- Thank you, Chef.

Hey, Brett, come here. - Brett.

Brett. - Don't lose over hushpuppies.

- It's hushpuppies, man.

My whole future is wrapped up into this night.

Brett!

- Come on, guys.

Apps in the windows, apps to the window.

It's less than 20 minutes into dinner service...

Hey, Brett, come here. Brett.

And Brett's raw hushpuppies...

- Don't lose over hushpuppies.

Have put Alex in the doghouse.

- Deal with it, young man.

, Brett, fritters are undercooked.

Drop three more.

- Yep, I've got you.

- We've got to go, guys.

I feel like I'm being assertive,

and I'm asking where-- where--where is the food?

I can get meaner.

I don't want to be that guy.

- A hushpuppy properly in the fryer, yes?

- Yes, Chef.

- Easiest appetizer on the menu tonight.

- Yes, Chef.

I know what that looks like to Chef Ramsay.

Literally, all I'm thinking is you need to get this

together for Alex.

He's been a great leader and mentor to all of us

younger people.

I'm good on fritters.

Come on, guys.

- Good cook, Brett. Sell it.

- Let's do it. - Come on, Brett.

Come on, Brett.

That's a risotto and a fritter going for table two.

We just didn't get out of the gate strong.

25 minutes on apps, so we got to push, OK.

- Yes, Chef. - Let's go, let's go.

- Thank you, please push.

We have to correct the ship here, guys.

Let's turn this thing around.

Come on, guys, push it, drive it.

With Alex's first appetizers winning

over hearts and palates in the dining room...

- It's good. - So good.

- So good. - So good.

Over in the Red kitchen...

- How long on apps?

- Tartare walking to the window.

Dafne is finally receiving

her first Italian-inspired appetizers from her team.

- Behind you.

One risotto. - Thank you.

Let's go, let's go.

With both finalists now taking

control of their brigades...

- Come on, guys, you got this.

- Let's go, guys.

Push it.

First entrees being fired in two minutes.

- Heard. Walking riso, fritter right behind.

Appetizers are flying out of the kitchen...

- Crab salad. - Crudo walking.

And earning rave reviews.

- Oh my gosh, it's so good.

- Is it really? - It's really good.

- Wow, amazing.

- Delicious.

And Dafne is moving her brigade on to entrees.

- Four top, table 34, two halibut, two New York.

Yes, Chef!

- How long will be the pickup for that?

- Six minutes.

I feel like Dafne is doing a great job leading tonight.

She's speaking up, she's showing her voice,

she's correcting mistakes, She's supportive.

- Keep going, don't lose the momentum.

Keep going.

- And that's everything that you

want in a leader and a chef.

- How are you looking, Sakari?

My halibut is resting.

- Two out. - Two out!

Dafne has me on fish.

I'm making the perfect halibut with caviar.

I mean, she brought everything and then some.

Truffle Boy's in this game tonight.

We're going to bring this W home, Dafne.

Walking right now, Chef. - All right.

And Sakari, how long on steak?

- Walking. - Walking, heard.

- Halibut. - Thank you.

All right, here we go.

- Hey, Dafne, that's undercooked.

- Yes, Chef. - Just touch the side.

- Sakari come here really quick, please.

Hurry up, hurry up.

You just need to baste it.

Don't rush, OK. - OK.

Just a little bit more. Give it one minute.

- Yep. - You're doing good.

As Sakari's undercooked

steaks have put a stake in Dafne's momentum.

Oh, man, what a.

- You got this?

You got this, dude?

- Two minutes, Chef.

- Yes, thank you.

Over in the Blue kitchen...

- Table three, four guests, one salmon,

one chicken, two strip. - Yes, Chef.

- How long? - Five minutes.

Alex hopes Brett and Cheyenne

can deliver on his Southern-style proteins.

- I'm really happy to be on Alex's team.

I just want to help the dude win.

I had a rocky last service.

Whoa, what?

- Oh, stop, stop, stop, let it burn out, please.

I'm not going to allow you to endanger yourself and us

in this kitchen like that.

OK, you need to calm down. - Yes, Chef.

But I just hope I can have a comeback tonight.

Like, I need the service to be good for me and for him.

- How long on the salmon chicken strip?

- Just about three and 1/2 minutes, Chef.

- Let's go, let's go, pick it up.

Let's go, let's go, if you need help holler.

Let's go.

- Come on, Brett, how long on fried chicken?

- 45. - I'm watching it, 45 seconds.

- 45 seconds, heard.

Brett, I really need to get your head out of your ass

and please, God, just start cooking.

- Chicken, chicken, chicken, chicken.

- Salmon.

- Walking strip. - Walking strip.

- Brett, chicken's undercooked.

- Come here, just look at me.

It's raw, OK, and we're getting backed up now, OK?

- Yes, Chef.

- Come on, guys, come on, guys.

- I knew that I probably wasn't going to be ready,

and I didn't speak up, and so that's my fault.

While Brett has let Alex down again...

up.

Over in the Red kitchen,

Sakari is hoping to lift himself up

in the eyes of Dafne with his re-fired steaks.

- Everybody makes mistakes, so I'm not going to sulk,

and at the end of the day I cooked my heart out

like I always do.

- Sakari, two New York, how long?

- Walking right now. - Walking, heard.

Thank you, good job, good job.

- It's still rare.

Stop.

Oh,.

- Sakari.

Your dreams are about to go up in the air,

because it's still rare. - Yes, Chef.

Sakari, please get your together.

You're drowning me.

I need you to base it and make sure it's cooked.

Let's go, don't die on me right now.

Come on.

- Need help?

It has been going downhill for Sakari.

I can't leave my station to help you.

You have to get it together.

You have to figure out a way.

On a night when the stakes

couldn't be any higher,

Sakari's undercooked steaks have brought

the kitchen to a standstill.

- Brett, how long on that chicken?

- Three minutes.

- Three minutes, what the hell. - Three minutes, hell.

And in the Blue kitchen,

Brett's chicken refire isn't the only thing

slowing down Alex.

- Damn. Alex. - Yes, Chef?

- One's cooked beautifully, the other one's raw.

- Cheyenne, pick this up.

Needs to be mid rare.

- Yes, Chef.

- Cheyenne is young, but she's accomplished so much

in four years and knows she can

cook with precision and skill.

And now you start sending me one perfect steak

and one raw steak.

I don't know what the is happening here,

but I need you get your head in the game.

- All right, just give me one minute

on this strip, one minute.

now.

- My stomach hurts.

I swear to God, like, if he loses I'm going to feel

like for a long time.

- Dafne, come here. - Yes, Chef.

- Alex, come here. On both stations,

I've got the same problem.

They're bringing it to you undercooked.

Get them on the same page.

It's every table now.

This is embarrassing.

Come on!

It's over an hour

into the final showdown between Alex and Dafne.

- All right, let's pick up the pace, guys.

Come on. Let's go, let's go, let's go.

And between Sakari's steaks in Red...

- It's still rare.

Sakari, please get your together.

And Cheyenne's steaks in Blue...

- Damn. Alex, other one's raw.

- Cheyenne, pick this up.

Needs to be mid rare.

Both kitchens are now stuck in neutral.

- Get them on the same page.

This is embarrassing.

- Yes, Chef. - Come on!

- I think they're backed up right now.

- At least the wine is good.

Maybe we'll get fed at some point.

- Red's good.

- Sakari, how long do you need for the beef?

- I need one minute, Chef.

- One minute, let's go. - One minute.

- The food is dying on the window.

- The steaks! Oh, my God, no.

I feel terrible, man.

I make my first mistake, definitely beating

myself up a little bit.

Behind. - Thank you.

Good job, good job.

Yeah, way better.

- Thank you.

- All right, here we go.

With Sakari's steaks finally satisfying

Dafne and hungry customers...

- This is really delicious, that.

- That is really yummy.

Alex is still waiting for...

- Cheyenne, how long? - 90 seconds.

- 90 seconds.

I'm not really an aggressive person by nature.

I mean, I can definitely get there,

but people don't always respond well to that.

Come on, Cheyenne.

- Walking strip.

- So my goal is to

lead them by encouraging them and pushing them.

Thank you.

Much better, keep that going, much better.

- Go, please.

Please go, Jay. Thank you.

- Walking two halibut.

- Walking New York strip.

- Two New York, two halibut.

- Let's go, let's go.

- Now, we got momentum, yes? - Yes, Chef.

- All right, walking entrees in 30 seconds, guys.

- Walking crab.

- Come on, guys.

We got this, we got this. Let's go.

Push.

- Good job, Alex.

- Walking strip.

- Walking garnish, Chef, for the entrees.

Now that Alex and Dafne

have overcome their hurdles,

both kitchens are now running a peak efficiency.

- Can I walk my strip, Vlad?

- Yes, you can walk your strip.

- Good job, guys.

- Good, much better.

- All right, you guys, last table, last time

cooking in Hell's Kitchen.

Make this with love, please. - Yes, Chef.

Let's go!

- Entrees, two polenta, one halibut, one chicken.

Yes, Chef!

- Heard that. We'll be six out on that.

- Thank you.

I really tried my hardest today and I put out

everything I possibly could.

I'm not perfect, but I do want to win.

- Listen up, entrees, two salmon,

one chicken, one strip. - Yes, Chef.

- Thank you, let's go.

- All right, four minutes, four minutes.

- Let's go.

- Thank you, please push.

- I know I did everything I could do.

I'm hoping we performed our best.

Alex, one and a half minutes.

But now, I'm focused on finishing strong for Alex.

We want him to win. - Let's go, guys.

Keep talking, keep talking. - Let's go.

Let's push it, breathe.

Let's just cook good food.

- Good job, guys.

Keep going, keep going, last table.

Come on.

- All right, we got this, guys.

- Can you walk this halibut and sauce?

I'm going to finish the polenta.

- Halibut and sauce coming, hot pan.

- Walking.

Brett, can you walk?

- Yes, walking salmon.

- Let's go, right here.

While it wasn't a perfect service,

the finalists have each sent out their final ticket.

- Yummy. - This is good.

All of the diners now have a better

appreciation on why Alex and Dafne were

Chef Ramsay's chosen finalists.

- Oh, my God. - That's good.

- That's delicious.

- Good.

- Good, Mami. We love you.

That's delicious.

- You guys, literally,

thank you so much, all of you guys.

Vlad, you nailed that fish, you finesse little bougie you.

Sommer, I knew you were going to kill it on that, honestly.

Thank you for everything.

- Oh, thank you.

I'm so proud of Dafne right now.

I'm super happy that she was able to showcase,

you know, the food that she loves to make.

- Whoo-hoo, last one.

- So now that I see you enjoying your main courses,

are you happy with everything?

- Yes. - Yes?

Perfect. Enjoy.

- Thank you.

- Everything tastes delicious, everybody's really happy.

- Alex is a great chef and he's an even better person.

You know, the team he put together was super smart.

You know, he played to all of our strengths.

So Alex is going to be the winner.

- First of all, Alex and Dafne,

I want to thank all the chefs behind you for supporting you.

Returning chefs, please say goodbye to Alex and Dafne.

- Bye.

- Bye, Alex.

- Bye, guys.

- Bye, Chef.

- Now, your work is done, and now mine is just beginning.

You made it really hard.

Head back to the dorms.

I'll call you when I'm ready.

- Thank you.

Thank you, chefs.

This was one of the biggest nights of my career.

You know, I tried my hardest and I did as much as I could.

So I just hope it's enough for Chef Ramsay

to see that I am a leader in the kitchen.

I--I--

I don't know, I don't--

Tonight did not go like I expected it to go,

and I don't know what that was.

If it was just nervous jitters or me not pushing hard enough,

me not driving hard enough.

But here's the thing, all the feedback from the guests

was fantastic, and so I don't know what Chef thinks.

- Did you have fun at least?

- It was just all over the place.

There were more bumps than I thought there would be.

I mean, at one point Brett served me raw hushpuppies,

and Jason looked at me, he goes, you're going to

lose "Hell's Kitchen" because of hushpuppies, dude.

- That's awful to hear.

- Man, and then Cheyenne started off super strong.

And then it was just, I mean, I--

it all reflects on me, though.

- I know.

- So Sakari was drowning, huh?

- Just the last three steaks,

just was pushing them out

and they weren't ready.

I'm so nervous.

I'm just praying to God that it's me that opens that door.

- Oh, man.

While Chef Ramsay ponders

who will be his next head chef, Dafne and Alex

wait anxiously in the dorms.

- Our lives are going to change, Alex.

You think?

- If I win, if you win, our lives

are changing no matter what.

- Seems hard to believe.

- Believe it, because it's going to happen.

It's going to turn out the way it does,

and you got to be content with whatever it is.

- Well, I wish you the best of luck.

- I wish you the best, Alex.

Either way, we're both winners.

I am glad it's a 40-year-old and a 20-year-old.

- Geez.

- Remember everything we've been through?

How the did we pull it off, Alex?

- I don't know.

- How the hell did we pull it off?

- All those punishments.

- You gonna get in there, pretty boy, or what?

- Yes, dude, I'm going to get in there.

- All right, come on, bro.

- The beets need to get grated by hand,

run through cheesecloth, and it's going to take hours.

Got to clean every inch of this place.

These things take forever.

- Is this what it feels like, punishment?

- This is what it's like.

So hard.

- Challenges.

- Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.

- What do you got going?

- A chorizo chipotle Beurre blanc.

- Wild boar and portobello mushroom ragu.

- I actually really enjoyed the flavors of the dish.

- Thank you.

- You had me at mayo and vinegar.

- Thank you.

- Dafne, you're tasting first.

- Sweet potato? - Yes!

Peas.

- Peas. - Ohh!

- Oh, my God, oh, my God.

- Congratulations, Alex.

Ohh.

Well done, ring the bell tower, please.

Whoo!

Yes!

- Dinner services that were terrible.

- Hot line.

Come here. Raw meat.

- These pans are too hot.

- There's just no momentum in here.

- The stress!

- Come on! It's not good enough.

Get out, get out!

- Not a good service. - No.

- Looks like I can't cook fish now.

- We're going to work together, and we're going

to push this out.

That's too loose, and there's fava beans

in there instead of peas.

- Look at me, look at me, well spotted.

Dafne, beautifully cooked, the lamb.

- Thank you, Chef.

- Just golly.

- Jeepers creepers. - Jeepers creepers.

- We're the last two standing.

- It doesn't feel real at all.

Alex and Dafne, two nobodies.

- Yeah. - That nobody knows.

- Did you look in his office, all the people that have left,

and coats?

I was like holy crap, that's a lot of people we had to beat.

A lot of people had to leave.

I think it was a great service.

I'm excited about it, and I'm ready to find out

who is Chef Ramsay's pick.

At the end of the day, I couldn't be happier,

and I do want to win.

- This is Alex.

- Hi Alex, it's Chef.

Should yourself and Dafne make your way to my office, please.

Thank you. - Yes, Chef. Thank you.

Here we go.

- Breathe in, breathe out. - And pass out.

- Cool, I'm gonna throw up in the corner.

- Dafne and Alex...

first of all, my apologies for keeping you both waiting.

I can't tell you enough how proud I am of you both.

- Thank you, Chef. - Thank you.

- Alex, young man, you have an iron will.

You never, ever wavered in dinner services.

You never wilted in punishments.

And trust me, you had a lot of them.

Yes, Chef.

- You're showing your children what hard work

really does look like.

But whatever the result is after tonight,

you are strong enough to succeed in any kitchen.

- Thank you, Chef.

- Dafne, 29 years of age,

and young lady,

thank God you didn't go to med school.

A phenomenal chef, bursting with creativity...

- Thank you, Chef. - In all your dishes.

To tell your incredible story of a first generation

L.A. woman made good-- incredible.

- Thank you, Chef.

- I'd be incredibly thrilled to call either one of you

my head chef.

- Thank you, Chef. - Thank you, Chef.

- But I have made my decision.

Dafne, Alex, please step up to your doors.

- I'm trying to not just explode.

My entire future is wrapped up into this night.

I want this so bad for my family.

I have spent over half my life working for this moment,

and I want to turn that handle.

I want to walk out those doors.

- I feel like I'm going to pass out.

This is the most anxious and overwhelming feeling

I've ever felt in my life.

I'm just praying to God that it's me that opens that door.

I really put my heart out there,

I put my soul on those plates.

So I hope it's enough for Chef Ramsay.

Good luck, Alex.

- Thanks, you too. - Thank you.

- The chef whose door opens will

become the winner of "Hell's Kitchen,"

as well as my head chef at the brand new

Hell's Kitchen Caesars, Atlantic City.

Dafne, Alex, very carefully place your hand

on top of the handle.

On the count of three, you'll turn the handle and push.

One...

two...

three.

- The chef whose door opens will become

the winner of "Hell's Kitchen," as well as

my head chef at the brand new Hell's Kitchen Caesars,

Atlantic City.

On the count of three, you'll turn the handle and push.

One...

two...

three.

- You did amazing.

- Thank you, Chef.

- OK, I'm real proud of you. - Thank you, Chef.

- Congratulations.

Now, get down there and see Sarah.

Come on.

- I just won "Hell's Kitchen!"

What?

Oh!

- This journey has been wild.

I mean, ups, downs, hella punishments,

feeling beat down.

To see it come to fruition, it's unreal.

You want to talk about the ultimate moment of validation

for 24 years of hard work,

tonight it happened.

I love you, Mama.

- I really put my heart out there.

I put my soul in everything that has

happened in this competition.

I left my mark.

I feel content right now.

Congratulations, Alex.

You completely deserve it.

- Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for our winner, Alex.

- Is there anything you'd like to say?

- I could not have imagined this happening

in my lifetime at all.

I was told that this was a terrible career choice for me

by a few people many years ago.

This has been the wildest experience of our lives.

Outside of marrying that woman and my two children,

this is the single greatest thing I've ever done, so.

- This lady hasn't lost anything.

All of you give it up for an amazing woman.

Dafne, congratulations.

- To other immigrant children that came here

to make a better life for their family, please

don't ever give up.

Keep going.

Hustle, work your ass off, and I promise you

it'll be good to you.

You know, I'm 29 I still have a lot to go through,

many years on the line still.

It just wasn't meant for me.

Just watch out for me, I'll be around, for sure.

- One more time, ladies and gentlemen,

our season 21 winner, Alex.

From the start, Alex emerged as a leader,

not only amongst the 40-year-olds,

but also with the 20-year-olds.

His cooking and his passion pushed him

to the front of the pack,

making him the ideal choice to be my next head chef.

- I'm on top of the world.

I don't even think my face can convey

what my brain and my heart are feeling right now.

This is insane. This is insane!

- One more thing for you to do, please.

There you go. - Wow.

- It means the absolute world to me

that my wife and my mother were both able

to fly all the way across the country to witness this.

This is an incredible moment in our lives.

The opportunities that I will be able

to give my children and my family now that otherwise

would not have presented themselves, it's priceless.