Chefs Try To Modernize American Comfort Food With Bizarre Results | Hell's Kitchen

Good morning. Go, go, go. Rise and shine. There we go. After last night's service, I thought all of you could use a little cheering up. So please welcome the incredible Cheer LA. Let's go, Cheer LA! Yeah! Let's go! Let's get up in Hell's Kitchen! I started cheering in high school. Right now, I am hoping that I could just get out there with them. Hell's Kitchen, Hell's Kitchen, let's go! It's Hell's Kitchen! Wow. Come on. And just like Cheer leading is very American, you're going to be cooking inspired, elevated takes on American comfort food. The other side of those cards is the name of an amazing American comfort food. Your dishes will be judged head to head. Melissa, you've got the biggest smile this morning. Who do you want to go up against in the blue team? Brad, Chef. Why? I'm more American than him, I feel. OK, Miss America. Brad, young man, pick a letter. Whatever dish is under that card, that will be the dish that you'll both be cooking. Going with C, Chef. This was easy. Let's go further. Hard to make a C burger! Yes! You're welcome. You're going down! I've really got to put my money where my mouth is, because a cheeseburger, it doesn't get any more American than this. The Cuban's going to win, period. OK, Jason, who do you want to take down? Chef Carmen. I'm going to go with N. Come on, Chefs. Do your thing. Create, inspire, chicken win! All right, chicken win! I can't wait. All I do is elevate food. Ranisha. Because Mateo says he's so big and bad, I want to see how big and bad he is. Let's go for the HK. Hey, Chefs, nice to meet you. Inspire us with homemade pizza! Back home, I cook pizza on a literal daily basis. I would safely say I'm 20% water and 80% pizza. Ryan, who do you want to take down? A toy, Chef. A toy. All right, Chefs, give it your all. You're going to make spaghetti and meatball! All right, Ryan. I got kids. Next up is Lee, who will face off against Amir. I'm going to go with I, because I think I'm going to win. And they will be cooking. Mac and cheese! Next is Jermaine versus Donya in the battle of. It's time to cook lobster rolls! Sandra and Devin will square off and cook. Time to make filet mignon! And finally, Sammy is saying, bring it on to Jonathan. You just picked fried chicken! You feeling fired up? Yes, Chef! Good. Your 45 minutes starts now. Let's go. I'm going to be right here on this station. I'm taking this right here. I want to be close to the grill. I like that. 45 minutes, I'll work fast. I am so ecstatic that I have a cheeseburger and it's a double patty. You got to give the meat a massage, you know what I mean? Then I did like an au poivre sauce. Can someone just pop over here and taste this au poivre? This ---- tastes good on anything. Delicious. Viva la France today. I want to spin it and do like a dip and like bake the pizza dough off like chips. When you're raising as many kids as I raise, I'm used to ordering pizza. But I don't make it. I think I'm going to like deep fry the pizza dough, like some chips. Somebody please explain to me what a pizza chip is. What else go on a pizza? Bell pepper, onion, mushroom. Two things Americans like, things they can eat fast with their hands, and dips. So I'm going to do my spin on a pizza dip. You need it as cheesy as possible. 20 and a half minutes on the button left. No sauce on your pizza dough? No, only oil. Oil and cheese. Calling this my redemption pizza, man. I want to show Chef Ramsay that I came to play. I'm going to throw a little red wine braised tomatoes on there. I know that flavor is money. Let's kick their ass, man. Let's booty out, baby. 10 minutes. All right, ladies, let's finish strong. You know I'm a pescatarian, so I have a great lobster roll recipe. I got the chili crisp. I was happy Jermaine picked me. You know, we're both from New York. Chef, would you like to taste my mix? Are we tasting the whole thing? Yes, Chef. I promise you, don't you worry about that. This dish is going to show exactly what I'm here for. I'm here to win. What are you going to put on the bread? I'm going to just put some butter down, and then I'm going to add the aioli to it. Making the ultimate lobster roll. Like a warm lobster roll type thing? Yes. I'm going up against Dania, Bronx versus Queens. Can I help with anything, bud? No, I'm good. Thank you. And Dania, I'm sorry, but I'm telling you, Queens is taking it. What do you got working? I'm going to fry a bunch of herbs with the chicken. Don't overcook it if it's all white meat, you know? Yes, Chef. This is a ******* no-brainer. Before I got here, my daughter told me, if you're going to make something crunchy, Dad, make fried chicken. The point is to elevate it and to take it to the next level. Is that a biscuit coating, Chef? That looks beautiful. Double breaded. I'm sorry, Sammy, but this is going to be the best fried chicken of my life. Five minutes. Turn on the fire, Chef. Five minutes, sir. If anybody needs help, speak up, and we'll do it. Let's go. God damn it. What happened? My chicken's wrong. I'm freaking out. I have no ******* idea what I'm going to do. It's raw, bro. Damn it. Behind, hot. Raw chicken can't happen today. Behind. How can I help, baby? Tell me, tell me. Do you need anything? Come on. ****. No, no, not that. With only a few minutes left in today's Elevated American Comfort Food Challenge. Three and a half. ****. What happened? A once confident Jonathan has just made a disturbing discovery. My chicken's wrong. Damn it. Raw chicken can't happen today. How can I help, baby? Tell me, tell me. Do you need anything? I got my daughter's lucky charm in my pocket. I can hear her speaking to me right now. 30 seconds to go. I put my chicken back in and let it cook. I got to do this. I got to fry the best chicken in my life. I am freaking out. 10 seconds. Let's go. Around hot. Get it off the plate. Five, four, three, two, one. Stop. Oh my goodness me. Well done.