The one and only Gordon Ramsay.

Season 19 of "Hell's Kitchen" premieres on Thursday.

And for the first time, it is in Vegas.

Oh, my goodness. I could just imagine.

-[ Chuckles ] -Oh, no, no, no.

[ Laughing ] Oh, my goodness. -Yeah.

It was that moment on TikTok, where they go, "Oh, no!"

That's it. [ Both laugh ]

-Yeah, yeah, you can just see, like, "Oh, gosh,"

Not only are you gonna make it through the competition,

can you survive three weeks in Vegas?

[ Chuckling ] It's like... -It was crazy.

Also, I think, for me,

that's 10 years we've been there in the restaurants.

And it's one of the most competitive cities

anywhere on the planet for coloring.

And so to have that kind of jeopardy and magic

rolled into one was so exciting.

And so I think it's one of the best seasons.

I'm not just saying that because it's season 19.

I take that competition very serious.

It's a culinary boot camp.

And when we get down to the top 10, top 8, top 5, top 3,

you want to employ them all, and they're that good.

So it's quite a heartfelt season.

It's a tough season.

But I used to get so excited with the service,

because a lot of customers got fed.

It's about bloody time -- 19 seasons.

But one thing I used to have sleepless nights over

was when they go out

on the reward

and they were out for 24 hours.

I was thinking, "Oh, geez, man.

Who's turning up tomorrow morning?

Security!" -People go missing?

-They went missing.

But we had some very good producers.

And you know what Vegas is like.

It's an amazing place. -Oh, my gosh.

-I was on the edge two or three times, let me tell you.

-Yeah. I want to talk about

"Gordon Ramsay's American Road Trip,"

because this sounds like something

I would love to do, but I know it's work.

But you don't make it seem like work.

Who's idea was this to get in an RV

and just go around all these great culinary spots

of the country?

-Yeah, I get a lot of flak back in the U.K.

about the success in the U.S.

And they sort of call me, you know,

"Gordon Ramsay the American." -Wow!

-Because they think I'm so, you know...

I said to my friend -- I said,

"I'm gonna show you what this place is all about.

I'm gonna show you how good this country is.

I'm gonna show you how big, bold, tenacious, ambitious,

and amazing this country is."

So, Fred, who is an amazing maître d' over here, sweet guy,

the only problem is, he's French,

so his sense of humor is always a little bit sort of lagless.

-[ Laughing ] Oh, my God.

And then Gino D'Acampo, who is an amazing Italian chef.

We go back -- Imagine a couple of your mates from "SNL"

from 20 years ago, and so it's like joining up

and traveling across the U.S. in this amazing RV

and just showing them what America is all about.

-I want to show everyone a clip from your special.

Here's a look at "Gordon Ramsay's

American Road Trip." Take a look.

-You've been digging for 15 minutes.

We got one clam.

-Here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go!

-Where? -This side, this side.

-Are you sure? -Put your hand in, Fred.

-[Bleep] [Bleep].

-You got it? -[Bleep] No.

-Don't lose this thing. -[Bleep]

-[Bleep] Now it's all the way down there.

-Go down, go down.

-I've got it, I've got it, I've got it!

[Bleep] -But can you feel it?

No way. -[ Laughs ]

-No way. Yes.

-Gordon Ramsay -- "Hell's Kitchen returns

this Thursday at 8:00 p.m. on Fox.

And you can see him in the special

"Gordon Ramsay's American Road Trip,"

airing tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m., also on Fox.

Vanessa Kirby joins us after the break.

Stick around. Gordon, best to the family.

Talk to your wife. Tell her to call me.

we got to figure this out. -[ Laughs ]