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- Hello, chefs!
- Whoo!

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Yeah.

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<i> Fifteen of the country's</i>
<i> best chefs</i>

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<i> have traveled</i>
<i> to Portland, Oregon.</i>

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Oh, yeah.

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Tom, Gail, and I

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aren't the only people
you'll have to impress.

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What the heck
is going on here?

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Oh, no.

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Your first
Elimination Challenge

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will be a blind tasting.

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I make adobo all the time,
but never duck.

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This challenge is all pressure.

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[alarm beeping]

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Am I allowed to put this on?

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[bleep]!

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I'm excited.

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The soy duck was
so perfectly balanced.

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I'm sad about
this stew-that-isn't,

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because a lot of individual
components have great flavor.

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This broth is too greasy.

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The duck isn't cooked very well.

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This coconut and grilled
eggplant yogurt is awesome.

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It's just like a flavor
explosion in every bite.

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Holy smokes.

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The winning chef today is...

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Sara.

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Oh!

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- Now I feel really stupid.
- [laughter]

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Roscoe...

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please pack your knives
and go.

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<i> Fourteen chefs remain</i>
<i> to compete</i>

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<i> in the ultimate culinary</i>
<i> showdown.</i>

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At stake for the winner--

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A feature in<i> Food & Wine</i>
magazine,

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an appearance at the<i> Food & Wine</i>
classic in Aspen,

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a quarter of a million dollars,
furnished by San Pellegrino,

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and the title of Top Chef.

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Pour one out for Roscoe.

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We're gonna go get some barbecue
after all this is over.

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- Yeah.
- Everyone's a really good chef.

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Doesn't matter when you go home.
It's a game.

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- Yeah.
- Really fun, scary one.

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All eyes are on me right now

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- To our winner.
- Oh, my gosh.

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I've won both challenges.

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Everyone's probably like,

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"Where did this girl
come from?"

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Did you want to ever be on this?

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Or was it, like,
spur of the moment?

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I've been out of restaurants
for a year.

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I was like, "Eh, keep it spicy.

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2020's ----ing weird."
[laughs] I don't know.

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Did you think you were
gonna be on the bottom?

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I knew it.
I had a gut feeling.

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It sucked hardcore.

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When you're
on the chopping block,

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you think it's gonna be you.

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No matter how badass
you think you are,

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you think it's gonna be you
and it can be you.

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Or, when you're waiting in
this room,

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you think it's gonna be you.

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I'm a little bit heartbroken.

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The soul was missing
from my dish.

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The sauce did not make it,
so I feel like I failed.

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Never lose ourselves
in this food.

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From beginning to the end
you have to have, like,

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full confidence in
what you're doing.

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Y'all ready to wrap it up
and

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take this energy to bed?

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To the bed.

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♪ To eat some pizza ♪

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- Yo!
- Yep.

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- Oh, all right.
- Oh, my.

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- Wow.
- Got 'em all here.

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- Good morning.
- Morning.

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Welcome to the "Top Chef" Diner.

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Padma's standing up there
with her pretty hair.

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We're gonna do some diner food.

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You know, you go to a diner
and you get pancakes

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at, like, 2:00 am.

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Like, get dirty with it.

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As you can see, we have
a new addition to the panel.

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James Beard Award nominee

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and season 15 finalist...

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Hi, everybody. Hi.

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Portland is an amazing
breakfast town, right, Gregory?

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There are so many amazing
breakfast spots--

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Fried Egg I'm In Love,
Canard, Mother's Bistro,

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There's tons of options.

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This morning,
we're going to honor

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the unsung heroes
of the culinary world--

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the short order cook.

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For your Quickfire Challenge,

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you're going to be making
breakfast.

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- Yes.
- Right on.

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Here's how it's gonna work.

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One of the all-stars
will call an order.

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The first two chefs
to hit that bell

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get to cook their version
of that dish.

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Okay.

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If you don't buzz in in time,
you have to keep waiting

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- for another dish.
- It's a gamble.

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There'll be a top and a bottom
for every round.

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At the end we'll select
an overall winner

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from our seven favorites.

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And tell them what they get,
Richard.

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The winner will be granted
immunity

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for the Elimination Challenge.

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Whoo.

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You only have 30 minutes

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to cook for all of us.

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Got my running shoes on.
[laughs]

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That means eight perfect
breakfast plates

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in 30 minutes.

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Eight breakfasts. Heard.

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That's a little more
than three minutes per plate.

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Cool. That's gonna be awesome.

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Get ready to hit those bells,
because Amar

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is ready with his first order.

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I want some beautiful
steak and eggs.

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[bells ringing]

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- Whoa.
- [chuckles]

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Byron and Gabe, go.

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Go Gabe.

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I think in everybody's mind,

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they're like, "Well, sh--,
I just want to get them

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what they ordered and get it
on eight plates.

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Do you make steak and eggs
a lot?

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Only for myself and my missus.

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That's a nice husband.

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I want to have Mexican soul
in every dish that I make.

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- Beat that meat, dawg.
- Excuse me?

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So I want to create
a nice adobo.

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- Behind.
- Ooh! [laughs]

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Here I got a chimichurri.

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So that's gonna go
on top of the steak.

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I have some short order cook
experience.

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My first job
was at 15 years old

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at a very famous restaurant
called Burger King.

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That's where I figured out
my love for this career,

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and I ended up working at
the number one restaurant

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in the world,
Eleven Madison Park.

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So steak and eggs,
definitely in my wheelhouse.

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I do not want to be
in there right now.

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Whew!

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Melissa, what do you want?

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I would love dim sum,
just one perfect bite.

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Dim sum.

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[laughter]

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I'm not gonna cook
dim sum for Melissa.

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What, tiny quesadillas?
No, thank you.

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[bell rings]

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Avishar.

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- Dim sum.
- It could be salty,

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it could be sweet.
It could be fried, steamed.

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Ah, whatever. I don't want
to wait anymore.

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<i> - [bell rings]</i>
- And Shota.

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[cheers and applause]

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It's showtime.

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I'm surprised it took 'em
so long.

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Yeah, I would've just been
on that.

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Starchy things, starchy things.

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Dim sum is one of the most
difficult things to make.

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Oh, dear.

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Is there any daikon?

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No, ingredients are different
from last time.

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I probably should have thought
of what I was making

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before I even pressed
the button.

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Squash...

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I see butternut squash.

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I think I can use this
to make a fritter.

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Just need one bite, right?

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I guess I just gotta
start doing stuff, right?

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Wish me luck! [laughs]

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Of course.

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I'm really in the mood for

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a deeply flavored bowl
of shrimp and grits.

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[bells ring]

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Jamie and Sara.

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- Oh, whoa!
- Aah! [laughs]

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Oh, damn it!

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The sauce is like
the most important thing

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with shrimp and grits.

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- Come on, keep it spicy!
- [laughter]

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Go, Jamie!

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Yowsa!

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I have anxiety
with competitions.

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I don't know why.

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Ahh!

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I just need to, like,
remind myself

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of the passion of food.

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Korean flavors on the shrimp
and grits at this table.

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- Oh, really?
- I see gochujang.

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That's a smart way to go. Yeah.

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Food is, like,
the way I express myself.

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I can do things on a plate
that...

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sometimes I can't verbalize.

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I'm just "waaah." [laughs]

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Soy sauce. I'm gonna try
to make a sweet soy sauce.

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Um, I did bring some chili oil,

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so I'm gonna try and get that
in here somehow.

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- You look good. Keep it up.
- [chuckles]

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[laughs]

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[singsongy]
I'm getting a little nervy.

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Everyone who hasn't made
a choice yet,

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the nerves are starting to--

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[laughter]

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I'd much rather be
already in it.

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I'm gonna pee my pants.

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Chefs, I would love

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a spam and kimchi
fried rice.

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[bells ringing]

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I don't know why
I hit the bell.

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Go, go, go!

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I think it was just like,
reflex. Like, go!

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Any<i> piñas?</i>
See any pineapples in there?

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- What do you got going?
- I'm gonna make

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- a spam and eggs a la<i> Mexicana.</i>
- Oh-ee.

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I'm faster than you, Avishar!

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I just don't want
to fall on my ass!

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[chuckles]

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Chefs, health is wealth.

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I'd love fried eggs
and a veggie hash.

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[bells ringing]

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Dawn and Sasha.

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Nelson, it's me and you, man.

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- I thought you went.
- No, not yet.

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I'm waiting to see
which one you pick.

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I want you. [chuckles]

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I am making a vegetable hash
with chipotle sauce.

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- Dawn wants it all.
- I want it all.

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I make hash a lot.

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You so sassy right now, Sasha.

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Yeah, you better believe it.
I'm on fire, baby.

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[chanting]
Go, Gabe. Go, Gabe.

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Maybe?

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Chefs, make me
your best version

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- of fancy toast.
- [bells ring]

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Brittanny and Kiki.

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Yas, yas, yas, yas.

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00:09:01,232 --> 00:09:02,916
Very hot behind.
Order hot.

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00:09:05,453 --> 00:09:06,536
Hey, chef, what are you making?

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00:09:06,547 --> 00:09:08,329
I'm gonna do
a fancy avocado toast.

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Green harissa,
do a little salad.

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Brittanny is a badass.

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I'm just gonna do this bread.

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But I also am here to win,
and actually owned a restaurant

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that, like, that's what we
served was breakfast all day.

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So, I got this.

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Oh! Thought that said
16 seconds. [laughs]

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I figured out
what I'm gonna do.

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Mochi sesame ball.
That's fried.

254
00:09:31,405 --> 00:09:32,737
- Can I--can I--
- I'm using this one.

255
00:09:32,814 --> 00:09:34,480
That's not mine.
I don't know whose that is.

256
00:09:34,557 --> 00:09:36,241
Okay, uh, [bleep].

257
00:09:36,318 --> 00:09:38,234
I love Sara.
She's such a sweetheart,

258
00:09:38,245 --> 00:09:41,571
but to feel her anxiety,
like, it overpowers me.

259
00:09:41,582 --> 00:09:44,240
- Oh, my God, Shota.
- You got this.

260
00:09:44,251 --> 00:09:47,035
Byron and Gabe,
you have five minutes.

261
00:09:47,111 --> 00:09:48,378
- Behind.
- Behind.

262
00:09:49,981 --> 00:09:51,497
Thirty minutes is definitely
not enough for this challenge.

263
00:09:51,574 --> 00:09:52,999
Hot, very hot.

264
00:09:53,076 --> 00:09:55,260
Eight plates this size,
quite impossible.

265
00:09:55,337 --> 00:09:57,262
[yells]

266
00:09:58,340 --> 00:10:01,099
[laughing] So much crazy energy
going on right now.

267
00:10:01,176 --> 00:10:02,267
It's amazing.

268
00:10:02,344 --> 00:10:03,760
Is this what we look like?
[laughs]

269
00:10:03,770 --> 00:10:06,512
I forgot how fast
the time goes.

270
00:10:06,589 --> 00:10:08,264
- [laughs]
- All right, Richard,

271
00:10:08,275 --> 00:10:11,100
tell Nelson and Chris
what they're making.

272
00:10:11,111 --> 00:10:12,685
Okay, chefs,
I'm pretty hungry,

273
00:10:12,762 --> 00:10:14,187
so I'm looking for

274
00:10:14,263 --> 00:10:17,282
corned beef hash
with eggs over medium,

275
00:10:17,359 --> 00:10:20,109
hash browns,
and Hollandaise sauce.

276
00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:23,029
[laughter, applause]

277
00:10:23,106 --> 00:10:24,372
- Go.
- Go, guys.

278
00:10:27,443 --> 00:10:29,118
This is absolutely crazy.

279
00:10:29,129 --> 00:10:31,079
We waited till the end,
we got the hardest dish then,

280
00:10:31,155 --> 00:10:32,246
- unfortunately.
- How you doing, Chris?

281
00:10:32,323 --> 00:10:33,632
Sweating my ass off
over here, but...

282
00:10:33,708 --> 00:10:35,708
You're looking tall and
gorgeous, just letting you know.

283
00:10:35,785 --> 00:10:37,418
Hey, my little sexy thang
over there.

284
00:10:37,495 --> 00:10:38,637
- I appreciate you.
- [laughs]

285
00:10:38,713 --> 00:10:39,954
I don't know if I'm going
to be ready.

286
00:10:40,031 --> 00:10:41,089
I don't think mine's
gonna be ready, either.

287
00:10:41,165 --> 00:10:42,641
[groans]

288
00:10:42,717 --> 00:10:46,135
Byron and Gabe,
you have two minutes left.

289
00:10:46,146 --> 00:10:47,804
Ugh, my eggs, I'm not--

290
00:10:47,814 --> 00:10:49,648
Oh, I'm glad I'm not competing.

291
00:10:51,318 --> 00:10:53,059
- Ooh!
- Oh, he's shaking.

292
00:10:53,136 --> 00:10:54,819
Twenty seconds.

293
00:10:54,896 --> 00:10:56,062
[growls]

294
00:10:57,065 --> 00:10:58,564
Get 'em on the plate.
Get 'em on the plate.

295
00:10:58,641 --> 00:10:59,565
[chanting]
Three, two, one.

296
00:10:59,642 --> 00:11:01,534
- [bleep]
- [alarm beeps]

297
00:11:08,484 --> 00:11:09,826
Just a light start.

298
00:11:09,836 --> 00:11:11,786
Jesus! [laughing]

299
00:11:11,863 --> 00:11:15,248
Byron, tell us what you made,
please.

300
00:11:15,324 --> 00:11:16,749
It's a seared T-bone steak,

301
00:11:16,826 --> 00:11:18,793
topped off with a little bit
of chimichurri,

302
00:11:18,870 --> 00:11:22,263
over-easy egg and potatoes
with pickled shallots.

303
00:11:23,332 --> 00:11:25,350
- Gabe, what did you make?
- I made a steak

304
00:11:25,427 --> 00:11:29,762
marinated in chipotle adobo,
plantains and baby potatoes.

305
00:11:29,839 --> 00:11:32,140
What is the dark brown sauce?

306
00:11:32,216 --> 00:11:33,641
It is a black garlic molasses.

307
00:11:33,718 --> 00:11:35,518
It's delicious.

308
00:11:35,529 --> 00:11:37,270
All right, all-stars,
it's time to vote.

309
00:11:37,346 --> 00:11:39,322
Which one did you prefer?

310
00:11:40,391 --> 00:11:41,574
Pass it down?

311
00:11:42,685 --> 00:11:45,945
Whew. I've never sweated
so much in my life, dude.

312
00:11:46,022 --> 00:11:48,415
The winner of this round is...

313
00:11:49,859 --> 00:11:51,492
- Gabe.
- Awesome, man.

314
00:11:51,569 --> 00:11:53,202
- Great job, buddy.
- Congratulations.

315
00:11:53,213 --> 00:11:54,620
- Good save, man.
- Great job.

316
00:11:54,697 --> 00:11:57,382
How are my dim sum
people doing?

317
00:11:57,459 --> 00:11:59,208
Two minutes--
Ah, three minutes left!

318
00:11:59,219 --> 00:12:00,668
Sh--.

319
00:12:00,745 --> 00:12:01,720
Hey, you guys, make sure
that fryer's open.

320
00:12:01,796 --> 00:12:03,838
I'm about to come in real fast.

321
00:12:03,915 --> 00:12:05,298
At this point,
I don't have a choice.

322
00:12:05,374 --> 00:12:06,540
I've got to fry it.

323
00:12:06,618 --> 00:12:08,342
Ah, your balls
look better than mine, bro.

324
00:12:08,419 --> 00:12:09,302
[Shota chuckles]

325
00:12:09,378 --> 00:12:10,562
Hot.

326
00:12:10,638 --> 00:12:13,514
Somehow this guy's made mochi
in a half an hour.

327
00:12:13,591 --> 00:12:14,691
33 seconds? [bleep]

328
00:12:18,387 --> 00:12:19,187
[alarm beeping]

329
00:12:19,263 --> 00:12:20,822
[bleep]

330
00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:23,825
Sh--.

331
00:12:25,603 --> 00:12:27,695
- Thank you.
- Thank you.

332
00:12:27,772 --> 00:12:29,822
I did, uh,
shrimp dumpling mochi

333
00:12:29,899 --> 00:12:31,365
with a little bit of salt
and sugar,

334
00:12:31,442 --> 00:12:35,328
tossed it in sweet soy
green onion sauce.

335
00:12:35,404 --> 00:12:36,829
It's amazing the texture
you got out of that

336
00:12:36,906 --> 00:12:38,581
in the time that you
were allowed.

337
00:12:38,592 --> 00:12:40,875
- Thank you.
- Avishar.

338
00:12:40,952 --> 00:12:44,837
Butternut squash fritter
with chili oil and sweet soy.

339
00:12:44,914 --> 00:12:46,598
Think I'm missing
a component here.

340
00:12:46,674 --> 00:12:47,590
[sighs]

341
00:12:47,601 --> 00:12:50,185
I don't have the fried.

342
00:12:51,513 --> 00:12:53,679
It's actually good.

343
00:12:53,756 --> 00:12:55,431
Sauce is tasty.

344
00:12:55,442 --> 00:12:57,850
The winner of this round is...

345
00:12:57,927 --> 00:12:59,560
Shota.

346
00:12:59,637 --> 00:13:01,279
- Congratulations.
- [applause]

347
00:13:02,783 --> 00:13:03,856
- How's it going, Jamie?
- Ah, it's going.

348
00:13:03,933 --> 00:13:07,527
Cooters.
Oh, my God, cooters.

349
00:13:07,603 --> 00:13:08,861
I am beyond frantic.

350
00:13:08,938 --> 00:13:10,789
Like,
if there's a frantic meter,

351
00:13:10,865 --> 00:13:14,501
it went "doop!" and popped
at the top of it.

352
00:13:15,537 --> 00:13:16,961
[groans]

353
00:13:17,038 --> 00:13:18,412
It's okay.

354
00:13:18,489 --> 00:13:19,964
I remind myself,
"Stop overthinking

355
00:13:20,041 --> 00:13:21,749
and just focus on
the food."

356
00:13:21,826 --> 00:13:23,718
I got my cardio in.

357
00:13:26,881 --> 00:13:28,306
29 seconds.

358
00:13:29,959 --> 00:13:32,718
[alarm beeps]

359
00:13:32,795 --> 00:13:34,887
- Oh, this looks good, huh?
- Shrimp and grits.

360
00:13:34,964 --> 00:13:36,314
This smells great.

361
00:13:36,391 --> 00:13:37,640
[both laugh]

362
00:13:37,651 --> 00:13:39,475
Sara,
what did you make for us?

363
00:13:39,486 --> 00:13:41,310
Shrimp and grits fritter.

364
00:13:41,321 --> 00:13:43,479
I've got some garlic, onion,
bell pepper in there,

365
00:13:43,490 --> 00:13:45,314
and Tillamook cheddar.

366
00:13:45,325 --> 00:13:46,941
Jamie, what did you make?

367
00:13:47,018 --> 00:13:49,661
I did a creamy polenta
with sharp cheddar,

368
00:13:49,737 --> 00:13:51,487
Cajun gochujang shrimp,

369
00:13:51,498 --> 00:13:53,281
with a little jalapeño.

370
00:13:53,357 --> 00:13:55,834
Think I'm having
a heart attack. [laughs]

371
00:13:55,910 --> 00:13:59,587
The winner of your duel is...

372
00:14:00,656 --> 00:14:02,832
- Jamie.
- Ooh. [mimics pistols firing]

373
00:14:02,843 --> 00:14:04,509
- Congratulations.
- Good job.

374
00:14:05,512 --> 00:14:08,337
That was
a legit shrimp and grits.

375
00:14:08,348 --> 00:14:09,797
- It was a contender.
- Yeah.

376
00:14:09,874 --> 00:14:12,016
Where are the eggs?
Over on this--on our side?

377
00:14:12,093 --> 00:14:13,676
Ahh!

378
00:14:13,687 --> 00:14:17,346
The hash that I'm making has
onions, sweet peppers, yams.

379
00:14:17,357 --> 00:14:19,098
Takes a lot of time,

380
00:14:19,175 --> 00:14:20,641
and I still need
to make my eggs.

381
00:14:20,718 --> 00:14:22,009
[grunts softly]

382
00:14:22,087 --> 00:14:25,021
I might have bitten off
a little bit...too much.

383
00:14:25,031 --> 00:14:27,949
- Come on, baby.
- Oh, I'm sweaty, baby.

384
00:14:30,111 --> 00:14:31,444
How you feeling over there,
Gabe?

385
00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:32,612
----ing crazy.

386
00:14:32,688 --> 00:14:33,946
I don't know why
I picked fried rice.

387
00:14:34,023 --> 00:14:36,616
Oh, I ----ing forgot
the kimchi! Aah!

388
00:14:36,692 --> 00:14:38,868
- Ooh.
- Time, please?

389
00:14:38,879 --> 00:14:40,661
- Byron.
- Thirty seconds.

390
00:14:40,738 --> 00:14:43,298
[bleep]. Oh, [bleep].

391
00:14:48,704 --> 00:14:51,047
[alarm beeps]

392
00:14:51,057 --> 00:14:52,473
Thank you.

393
00:14:53,876 --> 00:14:55,635
I want my mommy.

394
00:14:55,711 --> 00:14:56,802
What did you make, Maria?

395
00:14:56,879 --> 00:14:58,137
Fried rice with Spam,

396
00:14:58,214 --> 00:14:59,564
but I gave it
a Mexican twist.

397
00:14:59,641 --> 00:15:01,557
I put chipotle and chorizo
on it.

398
00:15:01,568 --> 00:15:03,684
Gabriel, what did you make?

399
00:15:03,761 --> 00:15:06,145
Seared pineapple and Spam
fried rice.

400
00:15:06,222 --> 00:15:08,356
Gabriel, I loved
the addition of the pineapple.

401
00:15:08,432 --> 00:15:09,699
Mm-hmm.

402
00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:14,820
The winner
of this Quickfire is...

403
00:15:14,897 --> 00:15:16,364
Gabriel.

404
00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:17,156
- Thank you.
- Congrats.

405
00:15:17,233 --> 00:15:18,583
Congratulations, Gabriel.

406
00:15:18,660 --> 00:15:20,585
- They left us a mess.
- Honestly, right?

407
00:15:20,662 --> 00:15:21,794
----ing sabotage.

408
00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:25,423
Their chef was like,
"I want this, this,

409
00:15:25,500 --> 00:15:27,708
this, this, and this."
I don't envy them at all.

410
00:15:27,785 --> 00:15:29,919
Five minutes left.

411
00:15:29,930 --> 00:15:33,005
Oh.
I looked down at the ticket,

412
00:15:33,082 --> 00:15:35,600
and the top thing
says "Fried egg."

413
00:15:35,677 --> 00:15:38,052
I only heard the ----ing
healthy hash part.

414
00:15:38,129 --> 00:15:39,387
[laughs]

415
00:15:39,463 --> 00:15:41,180
That egg is not gonna happen.

416
00:15:41,257 --> 00:15:43,015
It's gonna be a delicious hash,
so I'm okay.

417
00:15:43,092 --> 00:15:44,558
- [sighs]
- What are you doing

418
00:15:44,635 --> 00:15:45,935
to make this dish stand out?

419
00:15:45,946 --> 00:15:46,936
Um, I'm gonna get it
on this plate.

420
00:15:46,947 --> 00:15:48,062
- Perfect! [laughs]
- Yeah.

421
00:15:48,139 --> 00:15:49,656
Forty seconds done!

422
00:15:53,027 --> 00:15:54,694
Oh. [groans]

423
00:15:54,770 --> 00:15:55,787
- [bleep].
- [alarm beeps]

424
00:15:55,863 --> 00:15:58,572
Hoo! Ha ha, I feel good.

425
00:15:58,649 --> 00:16:00,408
I did not get the egg
on the plate.

426
00:16:00,484 --> 00:16:01,125
I failed again.

427
00:16:01,202 --> 00:16:02,627
Sasha, what did you make?

428
00:16:02,704 --> 00:16:04,629
A sweet potato hash

429
00:16:04,706 --> 00:16:06,747
with preserved
lemon crème fraîche

430
00:16:06,824 --> 00:16:08,191
and a fennel salad.

431
00:16:08,193 --> 00:16:11,711
- Where's the egg at?
- Why did you choose to omit

432
00:16:11,787 --> 00:16:13,421
one of the two things
in your dish?

433
00:16:13,497 --> 00:16:14,922
Honestly, I didn't hear it
in the beginning.

434
00:16:14,999 --> 00:16:16,966
But the yogurt looks like
a poached egg,

435
00:16:16,977 --> 00:16:18,592
and that's what you
were going for.

436
00:16:18,669 --> 00:16:20,720
He's trying to coach you
about how to answer.

437
00:16:20,796 --> 00:16:22,555
Yes. Thank you.

438
00:16:22,631 --> 00:16:24,056
Dawn, tell us about your dish.

439
00:16:24,133 --> 00:16:26,600
I made a Yukon Gold potato hash

440
00:16:26,677 --> 00:16:29,478
with kale and sweet peppers.

441
00:16:29,489 --> 00:16:31,814
My egg did not make the plate,
but I made the egg.

442
00:16:31,825 --> 00:16:34,659
And they're perfectly fried
over there for y'all.

443
00:16:34,736 --> 00:16:36,143
- They're both delicious.
- I'm actually

444
00:16:36,221 --> 00:16:37,903
really digging the yogurt.
I think it's really yummy.

445
00:16:37,980 --> 00:16:41,574
- Mm-hmm.
- The winner of this round is...

446
00:16:41,650 --> 00:16:43,576
- Sasha.
- [applause]

447
00:16:43,652 --> 00:16:44,894
Nice job, Dawn.

448
00:16:44,896 --> 00:16:47,747
Brittanny and Kiki,
you have one minute left.

449
00:16:47,823 --> 00:16:50,550
Okay.
I'm gonna die.

450
00:16:51,827 --> 00:16:55,179
Doing okay.
Mushroom toast, can't go wrong.

451
00:16:55,256 --> 00:16:57,506
Five seconds.
Five seconds.

452
00:16:57,517 --> 00:16:58,850
[alarm beeps]

453
00:17:01,021 --> 00:17:02,803
- Whew.
- Brittanny,

454
00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:04,180
what did you make us?

455
00:17:04,190 --> 00:17:06,858
A mushroom au poivre toast
on baguette

456
00:17:06,934 --> 00:17:09,101
with sherry and Manchego cheese.

457
00:17:09,178 --> 00:17:11,103
And Kiki, what did you make?

458
00:17:11,180 --> 00:17:13,606
Avocado toast
with green harissa,

459
00:17:13,682 --> 00:17:16,451
little bit of goat cheese,
some shaved radish as well.

460
00:17:18,112 --> 00:17:20,204
The winner of this round is...

461
00:17:20,281 --> 00:17:23,041
Brittanny.
Congratulations.

462
00:17:23,117 --> 00:17:25,117
- Thank you.
- Good job, guys.

463
00:17:25,194 --> 00:17:26,669
Godspeed.

464
00:17:28,790 --> 00:17:30,214
One minute left, guys.
Let's get it on a plate.

465
00:17:30,291 --> 00:17:31,957
One, one, one.

466
00:17:32,034 --> 00:17:32,958
I hate cracking eggs.

467
00:17:33,035 --> 00:17:34,001
How much time, how much time?

468
00:17:34,078 --> 00:17:36,128
Thirty seconds.

469
00:17:36,205 --> 00:17:38,005
Come on, buddy, let's go!

470
00:17:38,082 --> 00:17:39,057
- Fifteen!
- Fifteen!

471
00:17:39,133 --> 00:17:40,558
That is the hardest one.

472
00:17:40,635 --> 00:17:42,226
- Jesus, look at him.
- He's doing it, though.

473
00:17:42,303 --> 00:17:43,844
He is doing it.

474
00:17:43,921 --> 00:17:46,222
Seven seconds!

475
00:17:46,232 --> 00:17:47,139
[bleep].

476
00:17:47,216 --> 00:17:49,725
Oh, hurry up! Aah! [laughs]

477
00:17:49,736 --> 00:17:51,727
No, no, no, no.

478
00:17:51,738 --> 00:17:54,063
[alarm beeps]

479
00:17:54,074 --> 00:17:55,740
[bleep].
I only got Hollandaise

480
00:17:55,817 --> 00:17:58,076
on two dishes.
This looks absolutely awful.

481
00:17:58,152 --> 00:18:00,161
I'm feeling so embarrassed
right now.

482
00:18:02,731 --> 00:18:04,907
- It's pretty good.
- [laughs] Damn!

483
00:18:04,918 --> 00:18:06,200
That looks legit.

484
00:18:06,277 --> 00:18:08,035
What did you do for us, Chris?

485
00:18:08,112 --> 00:18:11,247
Today I made over-medium eggs,
a Tillamook cheddar,

486
00:18:11,257 --> 00:18:13,508
and black garlic hash
and a Hollandaise.

487
00:18:14,669 --> 00:18:17,002
- Nelson?
- Potato hash with cheddar.

488
00:18:17,079 --> 00:18:18,838
I used ground beef,
ground pork,

489
00:18:18,914 --> 00:18:20,714
and Dominican spices.

490
00:18:20,791 --> 00:18:22,266
Gentlemen,
there's a big part of me

491
00:18:22,343 --> 00:18:24,602
that wants to apologize
to you both.

492
00:18:24,679 --> 00:18:26,887
- Yeah, you should say sorry!
- I appreciate it.

493
00:18:26,964 --> 00:18:29,598
Congratulations to both of you,
just for getting

494
00:18:29,609 --> 00:18:31,100
all this stuff on the plate.

495
00:18:31,111 --> 00:18:33,686
So the winner of this round...

496
00:18:33,762 --> 00:18:36,230
is Chris. Congratulations.

497
00:18:36,307 --> 00:18:37,690
[cheers and applause]

498
00:18:37,766 --> 00:18:40,118
That's the last time I'm gonna
let Richard order for us.

499
00:18:40,194 --> 00:18:42,703
[laughter]

500
00:18:44,273 --> 00:18:47,792
The best dishes of the morning
belonged to...

501
00:18:47,869 --> 00:18:53,289
Gabe, Shota, Jamie, Gabriel,
Sasha, Brittanny, and Chris.

502
00:18:53,299 --> 00:18:54,957
And the chef who cooked

503
00:18:54,968 --> 00:18:57,093
our favorite dish
of the morning is...

504
00:19:09,056 --> 00:19:11,149
our favorite dish
of the morning is...

505
00:19:15,846 --> 00:19:17,771
- Jamie.
- What?

506
00:19:17,848 --> 00:19:21,159
[applause]

507
00:19:21,235 --> 00:19:23,161
Jamie, I would order
that dish at a restaurant.

508
00:19:23,237 --> 00:19:24,778
Thank you. [laughs]

509
00:19:24,855 --> 00:19:26,071
How does it feel, Jamie?

510
00:19:26,148 --> 00:19:27,990
Like, I don't know.
I needed cardio,

511
00:19:28,001 --> 00:19:29,167
and I was out of shape,
and I was like,

512
00:19:29,243 --> 00:19:31,452
"Pew! Pew! Pssh!"
And I was like, "Oh, yeah!

513
00:19:31,528 --> 00:19:34,172
Um, hoo." [laughs]

514
00:19:34,248 --> 00:19:35,789
She said she's very happy
to win.

515
00:19:35,866 --> 00:19:37,124
[laughter]

516
00:19:37,201 --> 00:19:39,126
- Well, Jamie, congratulations.
- Thank you.

517
00:19:39,203 --> 00:19:42,680
You won yourself immunity,
my dear.

518
00:19:42,757 --> 00:19:43,797
I feel like Rocky Balboa,

519
00:19:43,874 --> 00:19:45,349
like when he runs up the stairs.

520
00:19:45,426 --> 00:19:47,134
"Top Chef," it's unpredictable.

521
00:19:47,211 --> 00:19:49,094
You never know who's gonna
be on top

522
00:19:49,171 --> 00:19:50,137
and who's gonna be
on the bottom.

523
00:19:50,214 --> 00:19:51,680
Aaah! [laughs]

524
00:19:51,691 --> 00:19:53,357
- I did it!
- You did it!

525
00:19:53,434 --> 00:19:54,475
Thank you, all-stars.

526
00:19:54,551 --> 00:19:56,268
We'll see you all tomorrow,

527
00:19:56,345 --> 00:19:57,978
but Amar and Dale,
I'm gonna need your help

528
00:19:58,055 --> 00:19:59,021
for this one.

529
00:19:59,032 --> 00:20:01,407
[overlapping thanks]

530
00:20:02,777 --> 00:20:04,276
Okay, well, after all that food,

531
00:20:04,353 --> 00:20:06,329
I think it's time
for a little pick-me-up.

532
00:20:11,235 --> 00:20:12,952
I mentioned before,
Portland is known

533
00:20:13,028 --> 00:20:14,954
for its iconic coffee shops.

534
00:20:15,030 --> 00:20:17,706
But it's also well known
for its breweries.

535
00:20:17,717 --> 00:20:19,833
For your Elimination Challenge,
we want you

536
00:20:19,910 --> 00:20:21,502
to create a dish celebrating

537
00:20:21,578 --> 00:20:24,964
one of these two iconic
Portland brews.

538
00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:26,298
Yes.

539
00:20:26,375 --> 00:20:27,725
What I love about cooking
with coffee is

540
00:20:27,802 --> 00:20:30,386
being creative and using
this subtle bitterness

541
00:20:30,396 --> 00:20:32,805
to make a dish kind of
get to the next level.

542
00:20:32,881 --> 00:20:34,899
Not only do I love beer,
but I love cooking with beer.

543
00:20:34,976 --> 00:20:37,401
Using a dark stout when you're
braising, like, beef,

544
00:20:37,478 --> 00:20:38,519
chicken, or short ribs.

545
00:20:38,595 --> 00:20:40,062
Jamie, you can just relax.

546
00:20:40,073 --> 00:20:41,730
- You don't have to--
- I don't know.

547
00:20:41,741 --> 00:20:43,190
- [laughter]
- She doesn't know how.

548
00:20:43,267 --> 00:20:44,817
I want that beer.
Give it to me.

549
00:20:44,893 --> 00:20:45,910
[laughter]

550
00:20:45,987 --> 00:20:48,788
Chefs, it's time
to draw knives.

551
00:20:49,940 --> 00:20:51,073
Beer.

552
00:20:51,084 --> 00:20:52,083
Coffee.

553
00:20:53,086 --> 00:20:54,326
- Coffee.
- Café.

554
00:20:54,403 --> 00:20:55,478
Coffee.

555
00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:57,255
I'm hoping I get to work
with coffee,

556
00:20:57,331 --> 00:20:59,423
I feel like there's more
you can do with coffee,

557
00:20:59,500 --> 00:21:00,841
compared to beer.

558
00:21:01,910 --> 00:21:03,836
Beer.
Of course I get beer.

559
00:21:03,912 --> 00:21:05,421
Surprise.

560
00:21:05,431 --> 00:21:06,931
Who all drew beer?

561
00:21:08,268 --> 00:21:10,217
And who drew coffee?

562
00:21:10,294 --> 00:21:12,261
Tomorrow, you'll have
2 1/2 hours

563
00:21:12,272 --> 00:21:15,431
to prep and cook
at the Red Star Tavern.

564
00:21:15,441 --> 00:21:21,270
Don't forget to make your brew
the star of your dish.

565
00:21:21,281 --> 00:21:24,115
Okay, guys, your 30-minute
shopping period starts now.

566
00:21:24,191 --> 00:21:25,899
We will see you tomorrow.

567
00:21:25,976 --> 00:21:27,493
Good luck, guys.

568
00:21:31,315 --> 00:21:32,364
I got coffee.

569
00:21:32,441 --> 00:21:34,125
- What did you get?
- I got beer.

570
00:21:34,201 --> 00:21:36,076
I'm going for scallops.
Figure it'd be a good way

571
00:21:36,153 --> 00:21:38,871
to highlight the--
the interesting notes of coffee.

572
00:21:38,947 --> 00:21:40,914
When you're using coffee,
people want to utilize it

573
00:21:40,991 --> 00:21:43,083
in a way that involves being
braised or something heavy.

574
00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:44,493
I'm gonna attack seafood.

575
00:21:44,495 --> 00:21:47,046
Hear there's a really good
coffee roastery in here.

576
00:21:47,122 --> 00:21:48,622
I think beer is good,
it's just typically not

577
00:21:48,699 --> 00:21:51,550
typically to my tastes, so I
don't prefer cooking with it.

578
00:21:51,627 --> 00:21:53,093
We've got 22 minutes left, guys.

579
00:21:53,170 --> 00:21:55,429
- I got beer.
- You got beer?

580
00:21:55,506 --> 00:21:56,889
- Yeah. Super excited.
- I got beer, too.

581
00:21:56,965 --> 00:21:58,807
- Awesome. Awesome.
- It's un-beer-eivable.

582
00:21:58,818 --> 00:21:59,984
[chuckles]

583
00:22:00,061 --> 00:22:01,819
I'm thinking of doing
a lobster sunomono,

584
00:22:01,896 --> 00:22:03,604
and all the pickled components

585
00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:05,147
have a little bit
of beer inside them.

586
00:22:05,158 --> 00:22:06,490
I think it's gonna be different

587
00:22:06,567 --> 00:22:07,983
than everyone else's dishes,

588
00:22:07,994 --> 00:22:09,610
because I think people are
gonna go for, like,

589
00:22:09,686 --> 00:22:11,445
stronger, richer,
in-your-face beer flavors.

590
00:22:11,522 --> 00:22:13,322
I'll just, like...

591
00:22:13,333 --> 00:22:16,075
- ninja-mode this.
- [both laugh]

592
00:22:16,151 --> 00:22:17,335
Byron, what you got going on?

593
00:22:17,411 --> 00:22:19,003
Korean-style fried chicken.

594
00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,339
Then, like, a beer
and, like, honey glaze.

595
00:22:21,415 --> 00:22:23,832
- That sounds great.
- This ----ing budget, dude.

596
00:22:23,843 --> 00:22:25,167
Aah!

597
00:22:25,178 --> 00:22:27,628
Like, if we don't have
something,

598
00:22:27,704 --> 00:22:28,962
we'll try to help each other,
right?

599
00:22:29,039 --> 00:22:30,089
No, we don't help each other
anymore.

600
00:22:30,165 --> 00:22:31,590
It's over.

601
00:22:31,667 --> 00:22:32,633
B.G.C, baby!

602
00:22:32,709 --> 00:22:33,926
Whoo-hoo!

603
00:22:34,002 --> 00:22:35,077
Gabe's part of
the bad girls' club.

604
00:22:35,079 --> 00:22:35,969
Yeah, you're
in the bad girls' club.

605
00:22:36,046 --> 00:22:37,971
I got dual citizenship.

606
00:22:38,048 --> 00:22:39,231
- Booyah.
- Let's do it.

607
00:22:42,553 --> 00:22:43,977
- What are you doing?
- Mushroom and coffee.

608
00:22:44,054 --> 00:22:45,437
Inside of pasta.
I'm doing pasta this time,

609
00:22:45,514 --> 00:22:46,530
- 'cause I got eggs.
- Oh, snap.

610
00:22:46,607 --> 00:22:50,117
First one to bust out
the pasta.

611
00:22:53,397 --> 00:22:54,830
There we go.

612
00:23:02,072 --> 00:23:04,331
- Ready for the bar.
- [laughter]

613
00:23:04,408 --> 00:23:07,385
- Whoo!
- Uch! Good to be back home.

614
00:23:09,630 --> 00:23:11,171
Hey, stop rubbing
your good luck fish.

615
00:23:11,248 --> 00:23:12,390
Get out of here.

616
00:23:12,466 --> 00:23:14,133
I have my lucky fish
in the club room

617
00:23:14,209 --> 00:23:18,470
that I like to kiss before
all of the challenges.

618
00:23:18,547 --> 00:23:20,139
Damn it, she's winning again.

619
00:23:20,215 --> 00:23:21,899
We'll see, man.

620
00:23:21,976 --> 00:23:22,791
Jamie crushed it.

621
00:23:22,793 --> 00:23:24,217
Yeah, Jamie did her thing.

622
00:23:24,295 --> 00:23:25,644
When they were like, "Jamie's
the winner of this round,

623
00:23:25,721 --> 00:23:27,479
she was like, "Pew! Pew! Pew!
Pew! Pew! Pew!"

624
00:23:27,556 --> 00:23:29,356
[laughter]

625
00:23:29,433 --> 00:23:30,649
And then she went like this...

626
00:23:30,726 --> 00:23:34,528
- I don't talk like that.
- "Yeah. Yeah. Yeah."

627
00:23:34,605 --> 00:23:37,239
There's so many different
personalities here.

628
00:23:37,250 --> 00:23:38,365
If I feel like having
a calm conversation,

629
00:23:38,442 --> 00:23:40,534
like, I'll go hang out
with Nelson.

630
00:23:40,611 --> 00:23:41,919
And then, if I want to, like,

631
00:23:41,996 --> 00:23:43,370
be crazy
and be a little sh--head,

632
00:23:43,447 --> 00:23:45,664
- I'm gonna hang out with Shota.
- [laughs]

633
00:23:45,741 --> 00:23:49,593
And if I want to have, like,
a deep, long, conversation,

634
00:23:49,670 --> 00:23:51,378
like, I want to talk
to Brittanny.

635
00:23:51,455 --> 00:23:53,431
I think this week
we're definitely gonna get

636
00:23:53,507 --> 00:23:57,259
- like, a vibe of the group.
- Right.

637
00:23:57,270 --> 00:23:59,219
With COVID, like,
we don't get to really, like,

638
00:23:59,296 --> 00:24:01,722
learn so much about each other
all the time, so...

639
00:24:01,798 --> 00:24:03,599
It's so hard,

640
00:24:03,609 --> 00:24:07,019
because I've been locked up
in my house since March.

641
00:24:07,095 --> 00:24:08,612
I'm trying to connect
with humans

642
00:24:08,689 --> 00:24:10,948
for the first time
in five months and I'm awkward

643
00:24:11,025 --> 00:24:13,525
and I feel weird, and I don't
know what's happening anymore.

644
00:24:13,602 --> 00:24:15,068
I got sober during COVID.

645
00:24:15,145 --> 00:24:17,446
I was super self-medicating.

646
00:24:17,457 --> 00:24:19,406
Everything was in limbo
at this time.

647
00:24:19,483 --> 00:24:21,450
There was nothing in my life
that was certain,

648
00:24:21,461 --> 00:24:23,961
it felt like...and...

649
00:24:24,038 --> 00:24:27,122
I just drank so much,

650
00:24:27,133 --> 00:24:28,707
and I had no control.

651
00:24:32,546 --> 00:24:35,255
It was a point where I knew
I needed to reach out.

652
00:24:35,332 --> 00:24:36,965
Of course I want to, like,
win "Top Chef"

653
00:24:36,976 --> 00:24:38,383
for all these amazing reasons,

654
00:24:38,460 --> 00:24:41,595
but I also want to be here
to share this story

655
00:24:41,672 --> 00:24:43,314
and hopefully make a difference.

656
00:24:43,390 --> 00:24:46,558
We can't all be best friends
forever, so...

657
00:24:46,635 --> 00:24:48,986
Shut the front door, Sasha.
Yes, we can.

658
00:24:49,989 --> 00:24:52,198
- We can! [laughs]
-<i> We</i> can.

659
00:25:01,316 --> 00:25:02,166
Good morning, chefs.

660
00:25:02,243 --> 00:25:03,492
Tom's here. Oh.

661
00:25:03,503 --> 00:25:05,336
Come on over here for a second.

662
00:25:06,488 --> 00:25:08,005
Sh--.

663
00:25:08,082 --> 00:25:09,248
Tomás! [chuckles]

664
00:25:09,324 --> 00:25:10,424
So...

665
00:25:17,258 --> 00:25:18,840
Okay, so, everybody with beer
stay on this side.

666
00:25:18,851 --> 00:25:20,768
Everybody with coffee
stay on this side.

667
00:25:27,527 --> 00:25:29,685
You are no longer working
individually.

668
00:25:29,695 --> 00:25:31,144
This is a team challenge.

669
00:25:31,221 --> 00:25:32,071
Oh...

670
00:25:34,534 --> 00:25:37,192
So, in teams of two,
you'll create a new dish

671
00:25:37,203 --> 00:25:39,778
featuring both beer and coffee

672
00:25:39,855 --> 00:25:42,373
using the ingredients
you've already purchased.

673
00:25:42,449 --> 00:25:45,417
So those dishes you planned,
throw them out the window.

674
00:25:46,787 --> 00:25:48,829
You need to make a dish
that is cohesive,

675
00:25:48,905 --> 00:25:52,457
but make sure that each of you
has an element on the plate

676
00:25:52,534 --> 00:25:54,501
that is entirely yours,
because

677
00:25:54,578 --> 00:25:56,220
only one chef is going home.

678
00:25:56,297 --> 00:25:58,547
- Oh.
- Oh.

679
00:25:58,558 --> 00:25:59,473
Okay, pair up.

680
00:26:01,376 --> 00:26:02,718
Sasha and I look at each other
and it's like,

681
00:26:02,728 --> 00:26:06,388
ding!
It's like magic magnets.

682
00:26:06,399 --> 00:26:08,640
I think your romesco sounds
delicious with my pork.

683
00:26:08,717 --> 00:26:09,850
What do you got?
What do you got?

684
00:26:09,926 --> 00:26:11,560
Get together.

685
00:26:11,571 --> 00:26:12,728
- Uh, you gotta go?
- Yeah, here we go.

686
00:26:12,738 --> 00:26:14,238
Let's go, let's do it.

687
00:26:14,315 --> 00:26:16,523
No one wants Avishar.
I looked left and right.

688
00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:18,075
You know, no one wants
to lock eyes with me,

689
00:26:18,152 --> 00:26:19,401
then I look down
and I see Shota.

690
00:26:19,412 --> 00:26:22,696
Wow! [laughs]

691
00:26:22,773 --> 00:26:24,206
You have a team yet?

692
00:26:27,402 --> 00:26:29,161
Everybody picks everybody else
and we're both like,

693
00:26:29,237 --> 00:26:31,255
"All right,
I guess we're together."

694
00:26:31,332 --> 00:26:32,706
- Yeah.
- I don't know.

695
00:26:32,783 --> 00:26:35,250
All right. Everybody's
happy with their teams?

696
00:26:35,261 --> 00:26:37,169
[overlapping agreement]

697
00:26:37,245 --> 00:26:38,345
Your time starts now.

698
00:26:40,791 --> 00:26:42,349
The hell?

699
00:26:43,603 --> 00:26:44,843
I think we were thrown
for a loop.

700
00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:46,428
Oh, absolutely.

701
00:26:46,439 --> 00:26:47,554
What are we gonna cook?

702
00:26:47,631 --> 00:26:48,797
Should we just not use
the scallops,

703
00:26:48,799 --> 00:26:49,607
or what do you think
about the scallops?

704
00:26:49,683 --> 00:26:51,016
I think just go with one.

705
00:26:51,093 --> 00:26:53,685
What if we cooked down
butternut squash with porter

706
00:26:53,762 --> 00:26:55,562
- and mixed that into yogurt?
- Perfect.

707
00:26:55,639 --> 00:26:58,440
I have beer,
I have chicken, miso.

708
00:26:58,451 --> 00:26:59,691
Maybe we just go with the duck?

709
00:26:59,768 --> 00:27:01,568
I was still thinking
that I can do the pasta.

710
00:27:01,645 --> 00:27:03,445
Now the problem is me,
incorporating the beer.

711
00:27:03,456 --> 00:27:04,455
Right.

712
00:27:05,866 --> 00:27:08,200
Beer and coffee is so...

713
00:27:08,276 --> 00:27:10,294
those flavors are so hard
to come together.

714
00:27:10,371 --> 00:27:11,870
Put it on a dish,
especially with somebody

715
00:27:11,947 --> 00:27:13,372
that you've never
worked with before.

716
00:27:13,448 --> 00:27:14,706
Let's do, like,
marinated mushrooms.

717
00:27:14,783 --> 00:27:16,249
Like, beer-marinated mushrooms.

718
00:27:16,326 --> 00:27:17,584
Yes, that sounds great.
Okay.

719
00:27:17,661 --> 00:27:21,213
I have to give up about
90% of my ingredients,

720
00:27:21,289 --> 00:27:23,924
but mushrooms have earthy notes

721
00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:27,311
that could relate to
the hoppiness of any beer,

722
00:27:27,388 --> 00:27:30,314
as well as the coffee grounds

723
00:27:30,391 --> 00:27:31,339
so I feel very confident.

724
00:27:31,341 --> 00:27:33,433
Kinda want to drink a beer now.

725
00:27:33,510 --> 00:27:34,601
Who's stopping us, you know?

726
00:27:34,678 --> 00:27:35,653
- So...
- I'm thinking

727
00:27:35,729 --> 00:27:37,212
- we should use your ribs.
- Yeah.

728
00:27:37,214 --> 00:27:40,315
I have ahi tuna. It's gonna be
hard pairing with coffee.

729
00:27:40,326 --> 00:27:42,159
And so I just have to make sure

730
00:27:42,236 --> 00:27:43,819
I have enough elements
that add to the dish.

731
00:27:43,829 --> 00:27:45,570
I think all my garnish
works with your ribs.

732
00:27:45,647 --> 00:27:46,664
- Yeah.
- Right? 'Cause I got herbs,

733
00:27:46,740 --> 00:27:47,831
pickles, watermelon.

734
00:27:47,908 --> 00:27:49,408
- I'll make the glaze...
- Uh-huh.

735
00:27:49,484 --> 00:27:51,502
and coffee sprinkle.

736
00:27:51,578 --> 00:27:54,672
You can braise and grill
and get the ribs ----ing nice.

737
00:27:54,748 --> 00:27:57,290
I am gonna fry them 'cause we're
gonna pressure-cook them.

738
00:27:57,367 --> 00:27:58,491
All the fryers suck.

739
00:27:58,569 --> 00:27:59,677
I say we get 'em in
and we can get color

740
00:27:59,753 --> 00:28:02,295
- and char on that.
- Well, okay, we'll--okay.

741
00:28:02,372 --> 00:28:05,849
Gabriel gave up his dish
and his idea,

742
00:28:05,926 --> 00:28:08,519
and joined forces with me,
and I think that that shows

743
00:28:08,595 --> 00:28:09,836
a lot of restraint, but,

744
00:28:09,914 --> 00:28:12,431
ribs are something that I cook
all the time.

745
00:28:12,507 --> 00:28:14,441
I can cook them
with my eyes closed.

746
00:28:16,362 --> 00:28:17,978
Okay, pork-wise,
what do you want to do?

747
00:28:18,054 --> 00:28:19,646
I was still gonna brine it
in the beer.

748
00:28:19,723 --> 00:28:22,315
This was beer cheese,
but now it can be romesco,

749
00:28:22,392 --> 00:28:23,859
and then our salad of beets
on top

750
00:28:23,869 --> 00:28:26,361
with the hazelnut crumb
instead of pretzel crumb.

751
00:28:26,372 --> 00:28:27,654
Hazelnut and beets is gorgeous.

752
00:28:27,731 --> 00:28:28,931
Yeah, I think it'll be
delicious.

753
00:28:28,933 --> 00:28:30,532
It's gonna be a little
cocoa in there, too.

754
00:28:30,543 --> 00:28:31,700
Sounds good to me.

755
00:28:31,711 --> 00:28:34,211
This is good.
I think this is good.

756
00:28:34,288 --> 00:28:37,289
We decided to just combine
the two ideas

757
00:28:37,365 --> 00:28:40,384
into one dish
that highlights coffee and beer.

758
00:28:40,461 --> 00:28:41,576
So all the beer's on me

759
00:28:41,578 --> 00:28:43,545
and all the coffee's
on you, basically.

760
00:28:43,556 --> 00:28:44,888
I'm gonna take care of
the coffee side.

761
00:28:44,965 --> 00:28:48,559
The coffee romesco and
the coffee hazelnut relish.

762
00:28:48,635 --> 00:28:49,634
What color will your romesco

763
00:28:49,711 --> 00:28:51,052
- end up being?
- Orange.

764
00:28:51,063 --> 00:28:52,721
Oh, this is gonna be very
orange and green.

765
00:28:52,732 --> 00:28:53,889
- It'll be pretty.
- Yeah.

766
00:28:53,899 --> 00:28:56,308
I want to get a lot of spice
in there,

767
00:28:56,384 --> 00:28:58,393
a lot of dark, deep flavor.

768
00:28:58,404 --> 00:28:59,570
It's gonna be
right in your face.

769
00:28:59,646 --> 00:29:02,781
- ♪ Big and bright and bold ♪
- Whoo.

770
00:29:03,817 --> 00:29:04,900
What you doing in there?

771
00:29:04,910 --> 00:29:06,401
Braising some chicken in beer.

772
00:29:06,412 --> 00:29:08,653
- Nice.
- We're gonna do a sauce,

773
00:29:08,730 --> 00:29:10,906
though, with the coffee
and then we're going to

774
00:29:10,916 --> 00:29:12,365
fry the chicken wings.

775
00:29:12,442 --> 00:29:13,867
- Hey, Kiki.
- Yeah.

776
00:29:13,944 --> 00:29:15,586
How do you feel about being
with Jamie

777
00:29:15,662 --> 00:29:17,078
who has immunity, dawg?

778
00:29:17,089 --> 00:29:19,498
Basically if we're on
the bottom, I'm going home.

779
00:29:19,574 --> 00:29:21,583
- Yeah.
- I'm ----ing terrified.

780
00:29:21,594 --> 00:29:23,927
- I believe in you guys.
- Thank you.

781
00:29:24,004 --> 00:29:26,597
What do you say we work together
and stuff like that, and...

782
00:29:28,416 --> 00:29:30,768
It's just strategy,
so we're gonna do that, okay?

783
00:29:30,844 --> 00:29:31,810
Okay.

784
00:29:34,607 --> 00:29:36,515
Maria? What are you gonna do?

785
00:29:36,591 --> 00:29:40,435
Chile relleno
with a recado negro sauce,

786
00:29:40,446 --> 00:29:42,613
but I went heavy
on the guajillo instead.

787
00:29:42,689 --> 00:29:45,357
It's gonna be stuffed
with lobster and coconut.

788
00:29:45,433 --> 00:29:47,359
Wow, wow! [chuckles]

789
00:29:47,435 --> 00:29:49,903
- When I saw Tom, I'm like...
- Yeah, I already knew.

790
00:29:49,980 --> 00:29:51,029
- "Damn it!"
- [chuckles]

791
00:29:51,106 --> 00:29:52,030
It was actually a good twist,
though.

792
00:29:52,107 --> 00:29:53,406
Right? I'm--

793
00:29:53,483 --> 00:29:54,699
- I'm happy to be with you.
- I'm happy.

794
00:29:54,776 --> 00:29:56,451
Cooking beside Maria,
I feel like I'm cooking

795
00:29:56,462 --> 00:29:58,036
with my aunt or mom
and I'm like,

796
00:29:58,113 --> 00:29:59,913
"Oh, man, she's a godsend
right now."

797
00:29:59,990 --> 00:30:02,374
Because she was doing
a chile relleno

798
00:30:02,450 --> 00:30:03,467
and I'm doing lobster Thermidor

799
00:30:03,544 --> 00:30:05,126
which is usually
stuffed on the shell.

800
00:30:05,137 --> 00:30:06,470
I think with three,
it should fill it up, right?

801
00:30:06,547 --> 00:30:07,587
- Sure.
- Instead of stuffing

802
00:30:07,664 --> 00:30:09,306
the lobster back into
the shell,

803
00:30:09,383 --> 00:30:11,091
I'm gonna do it inside
her chile poblano.

804
00:30:11,167 --> 00:30:12,133
This is gonna be fire.

805
00:30:12,144 --> 00:30:14,469
[Maria speaking Spanish]

806
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:16,721
Okay. [speaks Spanish]

807
00:30:16,798 --> 00:30:19,140
To be able to speak
with Nelson in Spanish,

808
00:30:19,151 --> 00:30:22,561
it's like you were holding
your pee for an hour,

809
00:30:22,637 --> 00:30:24,813
and then you pee, and it's nice.

810
00:30:24,824 --> 00:30:26,657
- Nice.
- [both speaking Spanish]

811
00:30:31,831 --> 00:30:32,904
- Oh, yeah.
- Nice.

812
00:30:32,981 --> 00:30:35,073
I love that charred skin smell.
Mmm.

813
00:30:35,150 --> 00:30:37,909
We are working on
a lobster sunomono,

814
00:30:37,986 --> 00:30:40,161
so it's a Japanese vinaigrette
with stout,

815
00:30:40,172 --> 00:30:42,122
coffee, double cream underneath.

816
00:30:42,198 --> 00:30:44,416
Adding the coffee
to the double cream,

817
00:30:44,492 --> 00:30:46,001
having beer in
all the other elements,

818
00:30:46,011 --> 00:30:47,235
I think it's gonna be

819
00:30:47,237 --> 00:30:48,570
a beautiful combination
of both flavors.

820
00:30:48,572 --> 00:30:51,840
Oh, man, I haven't tasted booze
in a few months.

821
00:30:51,851 --> 00:30:53,466
- [both laugh]
- Exactly.

822
00:30:53,543 --> 00:30:54,593
I'm not drinking right now,

823
00:30:54,669 --> 00:30:55,760
but I don't mind cooking
with beer.

824
00:30:55,837 --> 00:30:59,514
I look at it as an ingredient.

825
00:30:59,525 --> 00:31:01,441
When COVID hit, I had to close
both my restaurants.

826
00:31:03,011 --> 00:31:05,186
I think that was really hard
for me to do.

827
00:31:05,197 --> 00:31:08,607
I put so much love and effort
into it and then,

828
00:31:08,683 --> 00:31:11,693
I kind of went a little downhill
and I started drinking a lot.

829
00:31:11,704 --> 00:31:13,704
I do need a focus.

830
00:31:13,780 --> 00:31:15,873
I need to, like, kind of put
myself back together.

831
00:31:15,949 --> 00:31:17,657
I think that's another
reason why I got

832
00:31:17,734 --> 00:31:20,118
on this competition.

833
00:31:20,195 --> 00:31:21,453
Just gotta make sure
every component

834
00:31:21,529 --> 00:31:22,621
- is ----ing excellent.
- Everything tastes good.

835
00:31:22,697 --> 00:31:23,997
If it doesn't taste good,
don't put it on.

836
00:31:24,074 --> 00:31:25,073
- [chuckles]
- Yeah, literally.

837
00:31:25,075 --> 00:31:27,000
Learned that
from the first one.

838
00:31:27,077 --> 00:31:30,670
When I heard we were collabbing,
I was just, like,

839
00:31:30,747 --> 00:31:32,389
trying to get your eyes locked.

840
00:31:32,466 --> 00:31:35,559
I was actually very lost
in the sea of people.

841
00:31:35,636 --> 00:31:37,895
You looked lost
in the sea of people.

842
00:31:37,971 --> 00:31:39,471
I was like, "Oh, no!"

843
00:31:39,547 --> 00:31:41,222
You were like,
"No one wants to be my friend."

844
00:31:41,233 --> 00:31:44,476
I really love the flavors
of Mexican food,

845
00:31:44,552 --> 00:31:48,021
so I'm so relieved to be
working with Gabe.

846
00:31:48,098 --> 00:31:49,072
I could make--
what if we do like a--

847
00:31:49,149 --> 00:31:51,566
like a really nice quenelle
of squash

848
00:31:51,577 --> 00:31:53,735
right next to a really nice
quenelle of this yogurt.

849
00:31:53,746 --> 00:31:55,487
Okay.
A lot of this dish

850
00:31:55,563 --> 00:31:57,915
is his original plan,

851
00:31:57,991 --> 00:32:00,867
The pork and the tortilla
are highlighting the stout.

852
00:32:00,944 --> 00:32:04,579
Let me know if you think
it needs anything.

853
00:32:04,590 --> 00:32:06,581
- Yeah, a little more acid?
- Yeah.

854
00:32:06,592 --> 00:32:10,093
I am making the hazelnut
coffee salsa macha.

855
00:32:10,170 --> 00:32:13,597
And then the smoked yogurt
can be that smokiness

856
00:32:13,674 --> 00:32:16,591
and nuttiness that sometimes
you get from coffee.

857
00:32:16,602 --> 00:32:18,093
You want to hit this sh--,
Maria?

858
00:32:18,103 --> 00:32:20,011
Are you reminiscing
the high school days?

859
00:32:20,088 --> 00:32:21,980
- Oo-wee!
- [coughs]

860
00:32:23,275 --> 00:32:24,724
Chicken going in!

861
00:32:24,801 --> 00:32:26,226
- How you doing?
- I'm doing great.

862
00:32:26,302 --> 00:32:28,687
I'm gonna have to toast
some spices for the ribs.

863
00:32:28,763 --> 00:32:33,191
My spice blend--this coffee,
star anise, salt and pepper.

864
00:32:33,268 --> 00:32:34,943
No pepper, please.

865
00:32:34,954 --> 00:32:37,904
- Pepper's really powerful.
- Pepper.

866
00:32:37,981 --> 00:32:39,239
You already have it
on the ribs.

867
00:32:39,315 --> 00:32:41,625
We gotta shine the coffee
and the beer.

868
00:32:41,702 --> 00:32:43,576
This dude is crazy.

869
00:32:43,653 --> 00:32:46,463
Man, she is just steamrolling
everything.

870
00:32:52,862 --> 00:32:54,129
Pepper's really powerful.

871
00:32:54,139 --> 00:32:55,639
No pepper, please.

872
00:32:55,716 --> 00:32:58,049
We gotta shine the coffee
and the beer.

873
00:32:58,126 --> 00:33:00,143
Gabriel is trying to
chefsplain things to me

874
00:33:00,220 --> 00:33:01,979
that he has no business doing.

875
00:33:02,055 --> 00:33:04,222
I still think
there's a note missing.

876
00:33:04,299 --> 00:33:06,099
I don't do underseasoned food.

877
00:33:06,176 --> 00:33:07,267
I'm gonna stand my ground,

878
00:33:07,343 --> 00:33:09,602
because I know what I'm doing.

879
00:33:09,679 --> 00:33:11,822
I need to make sure
that he knows that.

880
00:33:11,898 --> 00:33:13,732
What was I doing?

881
00:33:13,808 --> 00:33:15,701
Bossing me.
That's what you doing.

882
00:33:16,737 --> 00:33:17,977
We're bossing each other.

883
00:33:18,055 --> 00:33:19,946
There's not a whole lot
to split on a dish,

884
00:33:20,023 --> 00:33:20,947
and I want to make sure
I'm on the plate.

885
00:33:21,024 --> 00:33:21,948
That's good.
No, that's good.

886
00:33:22,025 --> 00:33:22,833
I'll take it.
I'll take it.

887
00:33:22,909 --> 00:33:24,993
Only one person is going home.

888
00:33:25,004 --> 00:33:27,170
My plan if we're not seeing
eye to eye

889
00:33:27,247 --> 00:33:30,007
is just find some compromise
that doesn't

890
00:33:30,083 --> 00:33:30,957
ruin the integrity of the dish.

891
00:33:31,034 --> 00:33:33,844
Oh, get a little beer in here.

892
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:35,679
I'm using my sour beer

893
00:33:35,756 --> 00:33:38,181
to compress the watermelon
and I'm also

894
00:33:38,258 --> 00:33:42,093
using the beer to make
a sweet and sour glaze.

895
00:33:42,170 --> 00:33:44,304
Like, I need to have something
on the dish, all right?

896
00:33:44,380 --> 00:33:45,930
No, I get it.

897
00:33:46,007 --> 00:33:47,265
- Boo woo.
- Let me do the salt.

898
00:33:47,342 --> 00:33:48,308
- All right.
- That's kinda--

899
00:33:48,384 --> 00:33:49,350
I kinda like the sourness
of that.

900
00:33:49,361 --> 00:33:51,102
It just needs salt, that's it.

901
00:33:51,179 --> 00:33:53,697
I've never used beer
in a tortilla before.

902
00:33:53,774 --> 00:33:54,906
What do you think?

903
00:33:56,392 --> 00:33:58,368
I do feel like you
get that beer right off.

904
00:33:58,445 --> 00:34:00,612
- Oh, you for sure get the hops.
- Mm-hmm.

905
00:34:00,688 --> 00:34:03,615
It's very exciting to cook food
that I feel

906
00:34:03,691 --> 00:34:04,824
is part of my culture
and my soul.

907
00:34:04,901 --> 00:34:06,359
So what I was thinking is,
I'll roll 'em up,

908
00:34:06,436 --> 00:34:08,870
- I'll tie 'em with a corn husk.
- You're the tortilla man.

909
00:34:08,881 --> 00:34:10,205
- [laughs]
- I support you.

910
00:34:10,215 --> 00:34:12,791
31 minutes left.
Behind, coming down. Behind.

911
00:34:12,867 --> 00:34:14,334
I got this watermelon ice cold.

912
00:34:14,410 --> 00:34:16,294
- Love it!
- Are you into this nitro

913
00:34:16,371 --> 00:34:17,462
- cold brew trend?
- I don't know.

914
00:34:17,539 --> 00:34:18,963
Sometimes it just doesn't
taste that good.

915
00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:20,965
I'm doing a nitro cold brew
butter right now.

916
00:34:21,042 --> 00:34:23,727
Well, you know what?
I think it's great, dude.

917
00:34:23,804 --> 00:34:25,062
Before I started cooking,

918
00:34:25,138 --> 00:34:26,897
I got a bachelor's of science
in psychology

919
00:34:26,973 --> 00:34:28,899
and biology.

920
00:34:28,975 --> 00:34:30,892
I'm hoping that the grapes are
just gonna pick up

921
00:34:30,903 --> 00:34:32,852
a little bit of bitterness
in the carbohydrates.

922
00:34:32,929 --> 00:34:34,854
If you want to do it,
you can put the CO2 in it.

923
00:34:34,931 --> 00:34:36,064
It'll carbonate it.
It'll give you some bubbles

924
00:34:36,075 --> 00:34:37,223
in the flavor.
I'm thinking,

925
00:34:37,301 --> 00:34:38,742
"What would it be like
to eat a beer?"

926
00:34:38,819 --> 00:34:41,402
So I put the grapes
into the siphon with beer.

927
00:34:41,413 --> 00:34:42,904
I grab the CO2.

928
00:34:42,915 --> 00:34:44,697
I'm using my knowledge
of science

929
00:34:44,774 --> 00:34:45,907
to make a carbonated
compressed grape.

930
00:34:45,918 --> 00:34:47,700
I trust you, science man.

931
00:34:47,777 --> 00:34:49,202
This is a pretty big risk.

932
00:34:49,279 --> 00:34:50,662
Whew.

933
00:34:50,738 --> 00:34:53,331
♪ I feel fine ♪

934
00:34:53,408 --> 00:34:54,999
[Sasha and Brittanny laughing]

935
00:34:55,076 --> 00:34:57,761
I'm using a milk stout
for the vinaigrette

936
00:34:57,838 --> 00:34:59,003
that I'm dressing
the beets with,

937
00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:00,171
because it's sweeter.

938
00:35:00,248 --> 00:35:02,265
Hey Sasha,
the beer on the stove is mine.

939
00:35:02,342 --> 00:35:04,101
I just want to make sure
it's not going crazy.

940
00:35:04,177 --> 00:35:06,719
When you cook down beer,
it comes out super bitter.

941
00:35:06,796 --> 00:35:09,013
You just gotta be really careful
with how you use it.

942
00:35:09,090 --> 00:35:11,266
And I think that's kind of
similar with coffee as well.

943
00:35:11,276 --> 00:35:13,017
All right,
that's the coffee crumble?

944
00:35:13,094 --> 00:35:14,111
Yeah.

945
00:35:14,187 --> 00:35:15,186
It's intense.

946
00:35:15,263 --> 00:35:17,063
For me,
it's a little bit bitter,

947
00:35:17,140 --> 00:35:18,439
but, like,
coffee's just intense.

948
00:35:18,450 --> 00:35:19,783
That's the point of it.

949
00:35:19,860 --> 00:35:21,785
I feel like we want
coffee to be intense.

950
00:35:21,862 --> 00:35:24,779
I kind of am, like,
we need more beer taste in here.

951
00:35:24,790 --> 00:35:26,197
Yeah.

952
00:35:26,274 --> 00:35:27,290
Oh, those look good.

953
00:35:27,367 --> 00:35:29,784
- You making pasta, Dougie?
- I am.

954
00:35:29,795 --> 00:35:31,244
- Aw, yeah.
- I'm gonna cut a little bit,

955
00:35:31,321 --> 00:35:32,954
just so we can drop it
in water and taste it.

956
00:35:32,965 --> 00:35:35,456
I'm doing a dual-colored pasta,

957
00:35:35,467 --> 00:35:37,801
lacing coffee pasta
onto the yellow dough

958
00:35:37,878 --> 00:35:39,344
so you'll get some flavors
of the coffee.

959
00:35:41,331 --> 00:35:42,455
Cook it a little longer
or just roll it out

960
00:35:42,532 --> 00:35:44,474
- a little bit thinner.
- Yeah, exactly.

961
00:35:44,551 --> 00:35:46,134
This is not gonna be
the main one, right?

962
00:35:46,145 --> 00:35:47,310
Nope. This was just a little
test batch.

963
00:35:47,387 --> 00:35:49,146
Okay. Okay.

964
00:35:54,969 --> 00:35:56,477
Ahh.

965
00:35:56,488 --> 00:35:58,313
- It's cozy in here.
- Mm-hmm.

966
00:35:58,323 --> 00:36:02,159
So they had to cook a dish
highlighting beer or coffee.

967
00:36:02,235 --> 00:36:03,776
But bright and early,
I met them in the kitchen

968
00:36:03,853 --> 00:36:05,829
+and I told them that
they had to work in teams now.

969
00:36:05,906 --> 00:36:07,405
Are you serious?

970
00:36:07,482 --> 00:36:08,948
Didn't seem too upset.

971
00:36:09,025 --> 00:36:10,116
I don't think they're
at that point yet.

972
00:36:10,193 --> 00:36:12,785
[laughter]

973
00:36:12,862 --> 00:36:14,287
Give 'em some time.

974
00:36:14,364 --> 00:36:16,080
Now here's the thing--
they all had a dish in mind,

975
00:36:16,157 --> 00:36:17,832
so if they try to keep
that dish

976
00:36:17,843 --> 00:36:20,177
and just do them side by side,
or make a cohesive dish.

977
00:36:20,253 --> 00:36:22,253
Beer and coffee
are great ingredients

978
00:36:22,330 --> 00:36:24,172
in the kitchen. I mean,
there's plenty you can do.

979
00:36:24,183 --> 00:36:26,341
- Yeah, yeah.
- But you need to definitely

980
00:36:26,351 --> 00:36:27,926
tamp the bitterness,

981
00:36:28,002 --> 00:36:30,094
'cause the two together
can get intense

982
00:36:30,171 --> 00:36:31,229
if you don't choose wisely.

983
00:36:32,265 --> 00:36:33,973
Falls off the bone.

984
00:36:34,050 --> 00:36:36,768
Falls off the bone,
and it's super crispy.

985
00:36:36,844 --> 00:36:37,977
It is a better dish
than what

986
00:36:38,054 --> 00:36:39,479
I was originally
planning to put out.

987
00:36:39,555 --> 00:36:42,023
-We worked really well together.
- Yeah.

988
00:36:42,034 --> 00:36:45,026
For myself, I would have
the coffee chicken wing

989
00:36:45,037 --> 00:36:46,036
and have the beer on the side.

990
00:36:46,112 --> 00:36:47,528
Ka-ga-ga-ga. [laughs]

991
00:36:47,539 --> 00:36:48,947
Okay, we have a minute.

992
00:36:49,023 --> 00:36:50,290
Don't freak out, Jamie.
I got this.

993
00:36:51,359 --> 00:36:53,877
- Move with intention.
- Two, one.

994
00:36:53,954 --> 00:36:56,129
- [vocalizes in relief]
- [both laugh]

995
00:37:00,460 --> 00:37:01,876
- This smells really great.
- Mm-hmm.

996
00:37:01,887 --> 00:37:03,261
They both smell good,
actually.

997
00:37:04,556 --> 00:37:06,130
- Hi.
- Hello.

998
00:37:06,207 --> 00:37:10,843
We together did
a beer-braised fried chicken,

999
00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:13,897
coffee stout glaze,
butternut squash puree.

1000
00:37:13,974 --> 00:37:16,233
And we finished off with
a little roasted coffee.

1001
00:37:16,309 --> 00:37:19,903
She has immunity, I don't,
so hopefully you like it.

1002
00:37:19,980 --> 00:37:22,021
- [laughter]
- Thank you guys.

1003
00:37:22,098 --> 00:37:24,482
Avishar and Shota,
tell us what you made.

1004
00:37:24,559 --> 00:37:26,576
We prepared a lobster sunomono

1005
00:37:26,653 --> 00:37:29,913
with double cream coffee
and stout reduction inside

1006
00:37:29,990 --> 00:37:32,490
with carbonated grapes
and furikake on top.

1007
00:37:32,567 --> 00:37:34,325
What were you guys
going to do

1008
00:37:34,402 --> 00:37:36,253
- prior to the mashup?
- I was gonna do

1009
00:37:36,329 --> 00:37:39,256
more of a curry double cream
underneath

1010
00:37:39,332 --> 00:37:41,091
with beer 'cause beer
was my ingredient.

1011
00:37:41,167 --> 00:37:43,260
And instead we focused on
textural components

1012
00:37:43,336 --> 00:37:45,420
- and different flavors.
- It's really nice.

1013
00:37:45,430 --> 00:37:47,547
- Thank you very much.
- Thank you guys.

1014
00:37:47,623 --> 00:37:51,009
Gregory, what did you think
of Kiki and Jamie's dish?

1015
00:37:51,085 --> 00:37:53,845
I love that they took the time
to braise the wing

1016
00:37:53,921 --> 00:37:56,264
and make it super crunchy
and crispy on the outside.

1017
00:37:56,275 --> 00:37:57,890
They're really embracing
the bitter notes

1018
00:37:57,967 --> 00:37:59,434
- in the chicken wing.
- Yeah.

1019
00:37:59,444 --> 00:38:01,278
- But with the squash puree,
you get the sweetness

1020
00:38:01,354 --> 00:38:03,604
that's kind of helping tame
that bitterness. It's nice.

1021
00:38:03,615 --> 00:38:06,190
I just wish they hadn't put
the chicken wing

1022
00:38:06,267 --> 00:38:08,359
- on top of the puree.
- Just thinking that myself.

1023
00:38:08,436 --> 00:38:11,029
It just becomes
unnecessarily messy.

1024
00:38:11,105 --> 00:38:12,122
I ate it with my hands.

1025
00:38:12,198 --> 00:38:13,614
It's on my pants now.

1026
00:38:13,625 --> 00:38:16,626
Gail was tearing those wings up.
Oh, my gosh.

1027
00:38:16,703 --> 00:38:19,963
I absolutely loved
Avishar and Shota's dish.

1028
00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:21,372
It was beautifully composed.

1029
00:38:21,449 --> 00:38:23,916
Lobster's perfectly cooked,
and I love

1030
00:38:23,993 --> 00:38:26,127
the richness of the sauce.

1031
00:38:26,138 --> 00:38:27,304
It just sung to me.

1032
00:38:27,380 --> 00:38:29,881
Coffee and beer are gonna
be bitter,

1033
00:38:29,957 --> 00:38:30,974
but they balanced it
with some sweetness.

1034
00:38:31,051 --> 00:38:32,458
And then I think
the modern technique

1035
00:38:32,536 --> 00:38:34,886
of carbonating fruit,
it's a great time to use this.

1036
00:38:34,962 --> 00:38:36,387
That fizz at the end.
You're like, "Oh.

1037
00:38:36,464 --> 00:38:37,972
That's interesting."

1038
00:38:37,983 --> 00:38:39,274
- My plate is empty.
- Same here.

1039
00:38:40,468 --> 00:38:41,559
[Shota laughs]

1040
00:38:41,636 --> 00:38:43,061
This taste good for you?

1041
00:38:43,137 --> 00:38:44,487
- Yeah.
- I don't think we have

1042
00:38:44,564 --> 00:38:45,938
enough milk stout vinaigrette.

1043
00:38:46,015 --> 00:38:47,940
Yeah, we do.
I think so.

1044
00:38:48,017 --> 00:38:49,492
- You do?
- Yeah.

1045
00:38:49,569 --> 00:38:50,994
I'm happy about the flavors
we're getting.

1046
00:38:51,071 --> 00:38:54,664
You can definitely taste
the coffee in my crunch.

1047
00:38:54,741 --> 00:38:56,499
It's really punchy.

1048
00:38:56,576 --> 00:38:58,501
- Five seconds.
- Oh yeah, look at that.

1049
00:38:58,578 --> 00:39:00,295
Aw, looks sexy.

1050
00:39:01,340 --> 00:39:02,589
- Time's up!
- Nice.

1051
00:39:04,250 --> 00:39:06,343
I see a lot of sauce.

1052
00:39:06,419 --> 00:39:08,628
Everything looks so good.
I don't know where to start.

1053
00:39:08,704 --> 00:39:11,672
We made a beer-marinated
pork loin,

1054
00:39:11,683 --> 00:39:14,509
with beets,
milk stout vinaigrette,

1055
00:39:14,519 --> 00:39:17,687
coffee romesco
and coffee hazelnut crunch.

1056
00:39:17,764 --> 00:39:21,191
What were you going to do
before you paired up, Brittanny?

1057
00:39:21,267 --> 00:39:23,017
I have a German restaurant,

1058
00:39:23,028 --> 00:39:25,353
so I was gonna make you guys
a beer fondue

1059
00:39:25,364 --> 00:39:26,363
with the pork loin.

1060
00:39:26,439 --> 00:39:28,365
I was gonna do the romesco,

1061
00:39:28,441 --> 00:39:29,524
the coffee crunch.

1062
00:39:29,534 --> 00:39:31,109
So we kind of, like, knew

1063
00:39:31,185 --> 00:39:33,653
our dishes made sense,
kind of, together.

1064
00:39:33,729 --> 00:39:35,947
- Thank you, ladies.
- Thank you.

1065
00:39:36,023 --> 00:39:38,041
Nelson and Maria.

1066
00:39:38,118 --> 00:39:40,368
We made chile rellenos
a la Caribeña.

1067
00:39:40,379 --> 00:39:43,621
I did a beer-coconut
curry sauce with the lobster,

1068
00:39:43,698 --> 00:39:46,290
and a pasilla negro sauce
with coffee.

1069
00:39:46,367 --> 00:39:48,551
I did the sweet potato puree

1070
00:39:48,628 --> 00:39:50,545
to balance the acidity
of the coffee.

1071
00:39:50,555 --> 00:39:52,055
- Thank you.
- Thank you.

1072
00:39:52,132 --> 00:39:54,215
- Thank you all.
- Thank you. Have a good night.

1073
00:39:54,226 --> 00:39:57,060
Nelson and Maria's dish
kept surprising me.

1074
00:39:57,137 --> 00:39:59,062
- It's a little crazy.
- It's a satisfying heat.

1075
00:39:59,139 --> 00:40:01,064
It's a little cockamamie,
but it works.

1076
00:40:01,141 --> 00:40:03,233
The only thing I will say,

1077
00:40:03,309 --> 00:40:04,308
I would've liked
the salad on top

1078
00:40:04,385 --> 00:40:05,643
not to have as much heat,

1079
00:40:05,720 --> 00:40:06,736
because it was kind of
fighting

1080
00:40:06,813 --> 00:40:08,312
the other heat
from the puree.

1081
00:40:08,389 --> 00:40:09,689
I like my heat to fight.

1082
00:40:09,765 --> 00:40:11,074
[laughter]

1083
00:40:11,151 --> 00:40:12,575
It was an honor, man.
Thank you.

1084
00:40:12,652 --> 00:40:14,068
[speaks Spanish]

1085
00:40:14,079 --> 00:40:16,579
What did you think
of Sasha and Brittanny's dish?

1086
00:40:16,656 --> 00:40:19,416
There's a lack of
a point of view here.

1087
00:40:19,492 --> 00:40:21,409
It felt like two people
making the dish.

1088
00:40:21,420 --> 00:40:23,369
The components all make sense--
you had a little fruit,

1089
00:40:23,446 --> 00:40:24,754
you have some spice.

1090
00:40:24,831 --> 00:40:26,756
It's just kind of--
pretty bland.

1091
00:40:26,833 --> 00:40:29,750
You got the little burnt pieces
of hazelnut with coffee grounds

1092
00:40:29,761 --> 00:40:31,502
that makes it super bitter

1093
00:40:31,579 --> 00:40:33,263
and I don't taste the beer
anywhere.

1094
00:40:33,339 --> 00:40:36,099
Like, it needs a sauce.
Maybe some jus or something

1095
00:40:36,176 --> 00:40:37,416
would've been really fun
in there.

1096
00:40:37,494 --> 00:40:40,603
I'm sort of befuddled
by the coffee romesco

1097
00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:44,265
because it definitely has
a chalky, thick texture

1098
00:40:44,276 --> 00:40:47,393
and you want it to be
fresher, livelier.

1099
00:40:47,470 --> 00:40:49,154
- I know it tasted good.
- Yeah, exactly.

1100
00:40:51,140 --> 00:40:52,106
- That's nice.
- Yep.

1101
00:40:52,117 --> 00:40:53,608
I feel like they're not really

1102
00:40:53,618 --> 00:40:54,451
gonna be able to tell

1103
00:40:54,527 --> 00:40:55,618
where coffee meets beer.

1104
00:40:55,695 --> 00:40:57,528
- Yeah.
- Are these cooked enough?

1105
00:40:57,605 --> 00:40:59,030
- Just to double check.
- Yeah, oh, yeah.

1106
00:40:59,106 --> 00:41:00,072
They went much longer
than the last batch.

1107
00:41:00,149 --> 00:41:01,282
Okay. Okay.

1108
00:41:01,293 --> 00:41:03,242
I'm not feeling confident.

1109
00:41:03,319 --> 00:41:04,627
I'm worried about
the thickness of the pasta.

1110
00:41:04,704 --> 00:41:06,629
Maybe I should have said
something, but

1111
00:41:06,706 --> 00:41:07,788
he has taken the lead.

1112
00:41:07,799 --> 00:41:09,466
I don't want to step
over his toes.

1113
00:41:09,542 --> 00:41:11,009
[sighs]

1114
00:41:21,170 --> 00:41:22,645
- Ooh, la la.
- Jeez, hell, yeah.

1115
00:41:22,722 --> 00:41:24,222
- There's that pork loin.
- Somebody busted out

1116
00:41:24,298 --> 00:41:25,306
the pasta machine.

1117
00:41:25,317 --> 00:41:26,641
Good afternoon, chefs.

1118
00:41:26,651 --> 00:41:29,393
Today we've prepared for you
a pork tenderloin

1119
00:41:29,470 --> 00:41:31,395
that's been cured in espresso,

1120
00:41:31,472 --> 00:41:35,274
a smoked yogurt with
a Oregon hazelnut salsa macha

1121
00:41:35,351 --> 00:41:37,443
and then an heirloom grain
masa tortilla

1122
00:41:37,520 --> 00:41:39,403
with stout and porter in it.

1123
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:41,498
Smells beautiful.
Masa, wow.

1124
00:41:41,574 --> 00:41:42,749
- Thank you.
- Thank you, chefs.

1125
00:41:44,151 --> 00:41:45,335
- How's everyone doing tonight?
- How we doing?

1126
00:41:45,411 --> 00:41:47,245
We have a coffee- and berbere-
spiced duck breast

1127
00:41:47,321 --> 00:41:49,747
with a mushroom and coffee
tortellini,

1128
00:41:49,824 --> 00:41:51,249
beer and miso foam,

1129
00:41:51,325 --> 00:41:53,125
beer-marinated mushroom,

1130
00:41:53,202 --> 00:41:55,127
and honey and beer glaze
on the duck.

1131
00:41:55,204 --> 00:41:57,347
I see the pasta has
a little different color.

1132
00:41:57,423 --> 00:41:59,349
The striped dough
is made with coffee.

1133
00:41:59,425 --> 00:42:00,350
Thank you all.

1134
00:42:00,426 --> 00:42:02,185
[overlapping thanks]

1135
00:42:02,262 --> 00:42:04,521
I really like
Sara and Gabe's dish.

1136
00:42:04,597 --> 00:42:05,596
- Oh, yeah.
- I mean, I haven't had

1137
00:42:05,673 --> 00:42:06,764
a tortilla made with beer
before.

1138
00:42:06,841 --> 00:42:07,765
That was exciting.

1139
00:42:07,842 --> 00:42:09,250
And when you have time to do

1140
00:42:09,252 --> 00:42:11,769
all of this technique and
then tie something in a bow,

1141
00:42:11,846 --> 00:42:13,479
you're stunting on everybody
in the competition.

1142
00:42:13,556 --> 00:42:15,281
[laughter]

1143
00:42:16,892 --> 00:42:17,700
You get beer, you get coffee,

1144
00:42:17,777 --> 00:42:19,777
but it's not, like, bitter

1145
00:42:19,854 --> 00:42:21,112
and over-the-top.

1146
00:42:21,188 --> 00:42:23,656
The garnishes were just
salty and fun and creamy.

1147
00:42:23,733 --> 00:42:24,949
It's just a beautiful dish.
Lots of flavor.

1148
00:42:25,026 --> 00:42:26,617
First time I've seen you
smile this whole time.

1149
00:42:26,694 --> 00:42:29,161
- [laughter]
- I loved it.

1150
00:42:29,238 --> 00:42:30,880
And what about Chris and Byron?

1151
00:42:30,957 --> 00:42:34,542
I love that there was a lot of
beer flavor in this dish,

1152
00:42:34,553 --> 00:42:37,461
but that pasta just wasn't
cooked enough.

1153
00:42:37,538 --> 00:42:38,888
I think part
of the problem was

1154
00:42:38,965 --> 00:42:40,673
too much dry flour
when he was rolling it out.

1155
00:42:40,750 --> 00:42:41,558
- Yeah.
- And it just eats dry.

1156
00:42:41,634 --> 00:42:43,301
It's rolled a little too thick.

1157
00:42:43,377 --> 00:42:45,311
It was a little bit of--
of issues there.

1158
00:42:47,307 --> 00:42:48,306
I don't think the duck
is necessary,

1159
00:42:48,382 --> 00:42:49,640
but this foam,

1160
00:42:49,717 --> 00:42:51,526
I don't think
it's a foam, but, it's tasty.

1161
00:42:52,904 --> 00:42:54,219
Twelve minutes!

1162
00:42:54,297 --> 00:42:56,522
Two more in here glazing,
then we're on the plate.

1163
00:42:56,599 --> 00:42:57,732
Let's just taste them.

1164
00:42:57,742 --> 00:42:59,576
Oh, yeah.
Fall off the bone.

1165
00:42:59,652 --> 00:43:01,319
Mm-hmm.
We got this.

1166
00:43:01,395 --> 00:43:03,580
[alarm beeps]

1167
00:43:06,567 --> 00:43:07,584
- This is exciting for me.
- Mm-hmm.

1168
00:43:07,660 --> 00:43:09,493
- It's ribs, yes.
- Yes.

1169
00:43:09,570 --> 00:43:10,828
I love ribs.

1170
00:43:10,905 --> 00:43:12,913
- Hello.
- Hello.

1171
00:43:12,924 --> 00:43:15,249
We made a coffee-
and beer-braised pork rib

1172
00:43:15,260 --> 00:43:16,584
that we glazed with sour beer

1173
00:43:16,595 --> 00:43:18,336
and had an herb salad on top.

1174
00:43:18,412 --> 00:43:19,596
Is the watermelon compressed?

1175
00:43:19,672 --> 00:43:20,880
Yeah, compressed
with the sour beer.

1176
00:43:20,956 --> 00:43:22,882
Yeah, it's like candy.
It's, like, so good.

1177
00:43:22,958 --> 00:43:24,601
- Really nice. Yeah.
- Thank you.

1178
00:43:24,677 --> 00:43:26,218
You guys pivoted well.

1179
00:43:26,295 --> 00:43:27,219
- Thank you.
- Thank you.

1180
00:43:27,296 --> 00:43:27,895
Thank you very much.

1181
00:43:29,774 --> 00:43:32,725
I think Dawn and Gabriel's dish
was phenomenal.

1182
00:43:32,802 --> 00:43:35,353
I mean, look at this.
I know I'm a professional eater,

1183
00:43:35,429 --> 00:43:36,696
but this was perfectly cooked.

1184
00:43:37,932 --> 00:43:40,441
It looked like watermelon
and ribs,

1185
00:43:40,452 --> 00:43:42,452
which we've all eaten 100 times,

1186
00:43:42,528 --> 00:43:45,363
but when you tasted it,
there was so much more.

1187
00:43:45,439 --> 00:43:47,624
You got the beer,
you got the sour.

1188
00:43:47,700 --> 00:43:50,701
I personally would've loved
more pickle, more garnish,

1189
00:43:50,778 --> 00:43:52,670
because it's so rich.

1190
00:43:54,707 --> 00:43:56,749
What is it like
when you guys are competing

1191
00:43:56,826 --> 00:43:58,959
and you get a twist like this?

1192
00:43:58,970 --> 00:44:01,045
For me, there was a lot of
deer-in-headlight moments,

1193
00:44:01,122 --> 00:44:03,714
Like, "Uh-oh."
Definitely shocked at first.

1194
00:44:03,791 --> 00:44:04,882
You have to just roll with it,

1195
00:44:04,959 --> 00:44:06,476
'cause if it gets
in your head too much,

1196
00:44:06,552 --> 00:44:08,302
you spend time overthinking.

1197
00:44:08,313 --> 00:44:10,930
How did you guys think
the overall meal went?

1198
00:44:11,006 --> 00:44:11,931
I'm just blown away.

1199
00:44:12,007 --> 00:44:13,766
I feel everyone really tried

1200
00:44:13,843 --> 00:44:15,601
to work together to make
cohesive dishes.

1201
00:44:15,678 --> 00:44:17,436
They delivered.
They showed us that

1202
00:44:17,513 --> 00:44:18,488
they're here for a reason.

1203
00:44:18,564 --> 00:44:20,773
All right, well, thank you all.

1204
00:44:20,850 --> 00:44:23,401
Time to go to Judges' Table.

1205
00:44:23,477 --> 00:44:24,902
Dale and Amar,
you have to come with us.

1206
00:44:24,979 --> 00:44:25,986
You two guys are gonna see
how much

1207
00:44:25,997 --> 00:44:26,987
we actually sweat this stuff.

1208
00:44:26,998 --> 00:44:28,706
[laughter]

1209
00:44:30,651 --> 00:44:32,669
♪♪♪

1210
00:44:33,863 --> 00:44:35,338
Whew!

1211
00:44:36,341 --> 00:44:38,424
Who thinks they did good today?

1212
00:44:39,702 --> 00:44:40,751
Everybody?

1213
00:44:40,828 --> 00:44:41,678
Everybody killed it?

1214
00:44:41,754 --> 00:44:43,388
All right, nobody's going home.

1215
00:44:44,498 --> 00:44:45,339
Well, hello.

1216
00:44:45,350 --> 00:44:47,633
Yeah. [chuckles]

1217
00:44:47,710 --> 00:44:50,928
We'd like to see
Gabriel and Dawn,

1218
00:44:51,005 --> 00:44:52,596
Sasha and Brittanny,

1219
00:44:52,673 --> 00:44:54,640
Avishar and Shota,

1220
00:44:54,717 --> 00:44:56,016
Gabe and Sara,

1221
00:44:56,027 --> 00:44:59,362
and Chris and Byron.
Thank you very much.

1222
00:45:00,532 --> 00:45:03,023
Being not called
for the second time,

1223
00:45:03,034 --> 00:45:06,035
I'm like, "Okay,
so I'm skating by?"

1224
00:45:07,872 --> 00:45:13,876
♪♪♪

1225
00:45:17,865 --> 00:45:19,382
From a pedigree standpoint,

1226
00:45:19,459 --> 00:45:21,500
this could be the best
collection of chefs

1227
00:45:21,577 --> 00:45:23,502
we've had on the show
in 18 seasons.

1228
00:45:23,579 --> 00:45:25,546
It's good to see that you're
cooking up to those resumes.

1229
00:45:25,557 --> 00:45:26,714
Please continue to do that.

1230
00:45:26,725 --> 00:45:28,048
[chuckles]

1231
00:45:28,059 --> 00:45:29,842
Red team, blue team,

1232
00:45:29,919 --> 00:45:32,803
and gray team,
please stay here.

1233
00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:35,565
Orange and brown team,
you can step to the side.

1234
00:45:36,735 --> 00:45:38,818
Your three teams...

1235
00:45:39,929 --> 00:45:42,980
had our favorite dishes
of the day.

1236
00:45:43,057 --> 00:45:44,815
So congratulations.

1237
00:45:44,892 --> 00:45:46,901
We got a lot of delicious food,

1238
00:45:46,911 --> 00:45:49,871
and you guys were
on the top of that list.

1239
00:45:51,106 --> 00:45:52,364
Yeah.

1240
00:45:52,441 --> 00:45:54,742
Gabriel, who did what
on this plate?

1241
00:45:54,753 --> 00:45:56,660
I did
the pickled watermelon rind,

1242
00:45:56,737 --> 00:45:58,704
the pickled cucumbers,
the compressed watermelon.

1243
00:45:58,781 --> 00:46:01,924
Dawn made the coffee-spiced rub

1244
00:46:02,001 --> 00:46:03,092
and braised the ribs.

1245
00:46:03,169 --> 00:46:04,877
It was so refreshing

1246
00:46:04,954 --> 00:46:07,838
and so delicate for pork ribs,
right?

1247
00:46:07,915 --> 00:46:10,508
I was eating them and, like,
leaving the bones clean.

1248
00:46:10,584 --> 00:46:13,385
There was this rich fattiness
from the rib

1249
00:46:13,462 --> 00:46:17,723
that paired with the sour beer
compressed watermelon.

1250
00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:18,849
It was just a home run...

1251
00:46:18,926 --> 00:46:20,017
- Thank you.
- all the way.

1252
00:46:20,094 --> 00:46:22,853
Shota and Avishar,
tell us about your dish.

1253
00:46:22,930 --> 00:46:24,522
We did the lobster sunomono.

1254
00:46:24,598 --> 00:46:27,107
I did the double cream,
the apple pickles,

1255
00:46:27,118 --> 00:46:28,785
and Avishar did--

1256
00:46:28,861 --> 00:46:30,694
the grape pickles
and the furikake.

1257
00:46:30,771 --> 00:46:32,104
This was totally original.

1258
00:46:32,181 --> 00:46:33,456
This was out of left field,
but it worked together

1259
00:46:33,533 --> 00:46:35,950
because of
the balance of the dish.

1260
00:46:35,960 --> 00:46:38,077
Yours really brought out

1261
00:46:38,153 --> 00:46:40,538
the beer and coffee
bitter notes

1262
00:46:40,614 --> 00:46:42,081
in a way that embraced it.

1263
00:46:42,157 --> 00:46:44,416
The seasoning on your dish,

1264
00:46:44,493 --> 00:46:47,795
from the acid and the umami,
was perfect.

1265
00:46:47,806 --> 00:46:49,547
The first thing I did,
I tried the sauce,

1266
00:46:49,623 --> 00:46:50,714
and I'm like, "Whoa."

1267
00:46:50,791 --> 00:46:51,974
It was just so harmonious.

1268
00:46:52,051 --> 00:46:53,551
It was delicious.

1269
00:46:53,627 --> 00:46:54,885
Thank you very much.

1270
00:46:54,962 --> 00:46:55,761
Gabe and Sara.

1271
00:46:55,838 --> 00:46:57,721
Talk to us about your dish.

1272
00:46:57,798 --> 00:46:59,056
I executed the pork,

1273
00:46:59,133 --> 00:47:02,476
uh, the glaze on the pork,
and the tortillas,

1274
00:47:02,487 --> 00:47:05,437
and then Sara did all the sauce
work and the pickles.

1275
00:47:05,514 --> 00:47:07,064
The burnt squash puree
with the yogurt

1276
00:47:07,141 --> 00:47:09,233
with the salsa macha,
the pickles--

1277
00:47:09,310 --> 00:47:10,901
everything just made sense
on that dish.

1278
00:47:10,978 --> 00:47:14,997
Gabe, you need to
sell that tortilla

1279
00:47:15,074 --> 00:47:16,615
'cause it was so phenomenal.

1280
00:47:16,692 --> 00:47:20,578
The creativeness of putting
beer inside the tortilla?

1281
00:47:20,654 --> 00:47:22,079
Talk about embracing
the challenge.

1282
00:47:22,156 --> 00:47:24,006
- Kudos, guys.
- I was more, uh,

1283
00:47:24,083 --> 00:47:26,667
stoked and proud on
our collaborated dish

1284
00:47:26,678 --> 00:47:29,169
then I probably would have
been on my solo dish.

1285
00:47:29,180 --> 00:47:31,681
Sara, you have a thing
with yogurt.

1286
00:47:31,757 --> 00:47:34,675
This is your second yogurt
that put you on the top.

1287
00:47:34,686 --> 00:47:38,262
Clearly, you work well with Gabe
and with yogurt.

1288
00:47:38,339 --> 00:47:39,597
[laughter]

1289
00:47:39,673 --> 00:47:41,640
Strange but true.

1290
00:47:41,717 --> 00:47:44,143
As you could tell,
there was a lot to love

1291
00:47:44,219 --> 00:47:45,978
about today's meal.

1292
00:47:46,055 --> 00:47:47,271
The winning team today
is the team

1293
00:47:47,348 --> 00:47:48,772
that was able to highlight
the beer

1294
00:47:48,849 --> 00:47:50,149
and the coffee the best.

1295
00:47:50,225 --> 00:47:51,659
And the winning team
today is...

1296
00:47:56,023 --> 00:47:57,489
Avishar and Shota.

1297
00:47:57,566 --> 00:48:00,159
- Congratulations, guys.
- Aah!

1298
00:48:00,235 --> 00:48:01,711
What a feeling, huh?

1299
00:48:03,548 --> 00:48:04,872
- We won!
- We won.

1300
00:48:04,883 --> 00:48:06,957
- We won.
- I mean, Asian sensation.

1301
00:48:07,034 --> 00:48:08,125
- That's right.
- Watch out, ladies.

1302
00:48:08,202 --> 00:48:09,793
- Here we go.
- [laughs]

1303
00:48:09,870 --> 00:48:10,720
It's a really good feeling.

1304
00:48:10,796 --> 00:48:12,113
You encouraged me to do stuff

1305
00:48:12,115 --> 00:48:13,556
that I would have been afraid
to do by myself.

1306
00:48:13,633 --> 00:48:14,965
Thank you for believing in me
and trusting me.

1307
00:48:15,042 --> 00:48:16,550
Oh, I always believed.

1308
00:48:16,561 --> 00:48:18,218
Okay, okay. [laughs]

1309
00:48:18,229 --> 00:48:20,638
Congratulations to all of you.

1310
00:48:20,714 --> 00:48:21,889
You can step to the side.

1311
00:48:21,900 --> 00:48:23,232
The orange team and brown team,

1312
00:48:23,309 --> 00:48:24,859
please step forward.

1313
00:48:27,813 --> 00:48:28,812
Chris and Byron.

1314
00:48:28,889 --> 00:48:31,023
Brittanny and Sasha.

1315
00:48:31,100 --> 00:48:33,317
You guys had our least
favorite dishes today,

1316
00:48:33,394 --> 00:48:35,828
and one of you will be
going home.

1317
00:48:41,901 --> 00:48:43,827
♪♪♪

1318
00:48:43,904 --> 00:48:45,245
Chris and Byron.

1319
00:48:45,256 --> 00:48:47,331
Brittanny and Sasha.

1320
00:48:47,408 --> 00:48:49,917
You guys had our least
favorite dishes today,

1321
00:48:49,928 --> 00:48:52,261
and one of you will be
going home.

1322
00:48:55,249 --> 00:48:57,841
Chris, who did what
on this dish?

1323
00:48:57,918 --> 00:48:59,385
While I was making
the pasta doughs,

1324
00:48:59,461 --> 00:49:01,095
he made the beer-marinated
mushrooms

1325
00:49:01,105 --> 00:49:03,681
and also the beer miso foam.

1326
00:49:03,757 --> 00:49:05,182
You describe it as a foam,
right?

1327
00:49:05,259 --> 00:49:06,684
What we got, we got a puree.

1328
00:49:06,760 --> 00:49:08,268
It was good,
but it wasn't a foam,

1329
00:49:08,279 --> 00:49:11,280
so then we started judging
that puree as a foam.

1330
00:49:11,357 --> 00:49:14,900
Chris, were you happy with
the texture of the pasta?

1331
00:49:14,977 --> 00:49:16,193
The texture of the pasta?
Yes.

1332
00:49:16,270 --> 00:49:17,954
It was al dente,
which is what I was looking for.

1333
00:49:18,030 --> 00:49:19,622
The filling inside was
definitely nice and hot.

1334
00:49:19,699 --> 00:49:22,291
I thought the interplay
between the beer and coffee

1335
00:49:22,368 --> 00:49:24,034
was there, especially was
evident, I thought,

1336
00:49:24,111 --> 00:49:26,870
in the mushroom, but I thought
the pasta was dry.

1337
00:49:26,947 --> 00:49:28,113
It almost seemed as if
you added

1338
00:49:28,191 --> 00:49:29,799
a lot of flour
as you were rolling it out,

1339
00:49:29,875 --> 00:49:31,291
and that part of the dough
wasn't hydrated enough,

1340
00:49:31,302 --> 00:49:33,711
so it was a little brittle.

1341
00:49:33,787 --> 00:49:36,880
I thought the pasta
could've had more filling,

1342
00:49:36,957 --> 00:49:41,385
and that sort of highlighted
the brittleness in the pasta.

1343
00:49:41,462 --> 00:49:43,721
Brittanny and Sasha,

1344
00:49:43,797 --> 00:49:46,023
how did you feel today went?

1345
00:49:47,176 --> 00:49:49,226
I feel like today went well.

1346
00:49:49,303 --> 00:49:50,644
You know, it is what it is.

1347
00:49:50,655 --> 00:49:52,396
We're here.
I stand behind our dish.

1348
00:49:52,473 --> 00:49:54,398
Who was responsible
for what items

1349
00:49:54,475 --> 00:49:56,275
on that particular dish?

1350
00:49:56,351 --> 00:50:00,112
I did the romesco
and I did the hazelnut crumb.

1351
00:50:00,189 --> 00:50:02,740
I did the pork,
the pickled fennel stems,

1352
00:50:02,816 --> 00:50:05,951
the milk stout vinaigrette.

1353
00:50:06,028 --> 00:50:07,661
When you first dropped it
in front of me,

1354
00:50:07,672 --> 00:50:09,830
I thought, "Wow, this is
a beautiful-looking dish."

1355
00:50:09,841 --> 00:50:12,341
It just didn't kind of follow
through with the look.

1356
00:50:12,418 --> 00:50:16,345
How did you guys conceive
of the dish together?

1357
00:50:16,422 --> 00:50:20,349
Um, we kind of combined
sort of parts

1358
00:50:20,426 --> 00:50:24,186
of both of our plans
into one plate.

1359
00:50:24,263 --> 00:50:27,765
That is exactly how it felt.

1360
00:50:27,841 --> 00:50:31,018
Like a collection of ingredients
brought together

1361
00:50:31,029 --> 00:50:33,312
but there was not
a holistic identity

1362
00:50:33,388 --> 00:50:35,698
to that dish.

1363
00:50:35,775 --> 00:50:38,484
I was really hoping
for a beer-forward flavor.

1364
00:50:38,560 --> 00:50:41,987
We added in the stout
into the vinaigrette.

1365
00:50:42,064 --> 00:50:43,039
- What vinaigrette?
- Where was the vinaigrette,

1366
00:50:43,115 --> 00:50:44,156
- on the beets?
- On the beets.

1367
00:50:44,233 --> 00:50:45,491
They were dressed on the beets.

1368
00:50:45,567 --> 00:50:47,451
I think much more
of that vinaigrette

1369
00:50:47,528 --> 00:50:48,786
all over the plate,

1370
00:50:48,862 --> 00:50:51,371
and I think we would have
felt a balance

1371
00:50:51,382 --> 00:50:52,998
of beer.

1372
00:50:53,075 --> 00:50:55,709
We talked about it, and we
didn't put it on the plate.

1373
00:50:55,720 --> 00:50:58,054
It wasn't as successful
as some of the other dishes,

1374
00:50:58,130 --> 00:50:59,338
because
it didn't come together.

1375
00:50:59,414 --> 00:51:02,299
- Sure.
- We have a lot to discuss.

1376
00:51:02,376 --> 00:51:03,392
Thank you all.
That'll be all.

1377
00:51:03,469 --> 00:51:04,935
We'll call you in a bit.

1378
00:51:08,590 --> 00:51:10,858
- It's a hard one.
- Yeah.

1379
00:51:11,927 --> 00:51:12,976
Ooh, you guys.

1380
00:51:13,053 --> 00:51:14,186
So, what happened?

1381
00:51:14,263 --> 00:51:18,407
- Yeah!
- [cheers and applause]

1382
00:51:18,484 --> 00:51:20,526
- You know it.
- Shota and Avishar,

1383
00:51:20,602 --> 00:51:22,244
they were so into it.

1384
00:51:22,321 --> 00:51:25,155
That was, like,
some wild high compliments.

1385
00:51:25,232 --> 00:51:26,248
- That was really cool.
- I'm proud of you guys.

1386
00:51:26,325 --> 00:51:28,751
- Who's on the bottom?
- What's up?

1387
00:51:28,828 --> 00:51:30,202
No.

1388
00:51:30,279 --> 00:51:32,371
Like, what we did was
just combine our two things,

1389
00:51:32,447 --> 00:51:34,248
'cause it seemed like
it would make sense.

1390
00:51:34,258 --> 00:51:36,917
I still think it made sense.

1391
00:51:36,928 --> 00:51:39,336
This is gonna be
a really difficult decision.

1392
00:51:39,413 --> 00:51:40,754
Who do we send home?

1393
00:51:40,765 --> 00:51:42,923
I'm oscillating a little bit,
because

1394
00:51:42,934 --> 00:51:44,424
the single bite of the day
for me

1395
00:51:44,435 --> 00:51:46,268
that I had
the most trouble with

1396
00:51:46,345 --> 00:51:47,995
was Chris's pasta.

1397
00:51:47,997 --> 00:51:50,097
You make a good point that that
could've been the worst thing

1398
00:51:50,108 --> 00:51:51,181
but it's the dish that we're
talking about.

1399
00:51:51,258 --> 00:51:52,775
- Yeah.
- Chris and Byron's dish,

1400
00:51:52,852 --> 00:51:55,060
at least the coffee-beer
flavor was there,

1401
00:51:55,137 --> 00:51:56,228
and that was the challenge.

1402
00:51:56,305 --> 00:51:58,856
My heart is pounding right now.
Whew!

1403
00:51:58,932 --> 00:52:00,899
Sasha and Brittanny's
lacked any kind

1404
00:52:00,976 --> 00:52:03,235
of personality
or point of view.

1405
00:52:03,312 --> 00:52:06,029
There were problems with
the hazelnut crumble on top.

1406
00:52:06,106 --> 00:52:07,573
- Yeah.
- When I tried the crumble,

1407
00:52:07,649 --> 00:52:09,950
I just couldn't get that bitter
taste out of my mouth.

1408
00:52:09,961 --> 00:52:12,128
But my least favorite was
that romesco sauce

1409
00:52:12,204 --> 00:52:14,463
was too chalky.
Just, it didn't eat well.

1410
00:52:14,540 --> 00:52:17,207
It felt like a dish conflicted,
and it also felt

1411
00:52:17,284 --> 00:52:19,426
like that romesco,
it just wasn't romesco.

1412
00:52:20,880 --> 00:52:23,088
But if one of
the biggest issues was

1413
00:52:23,165 --> 00:52:25,307
that there was no beer
in their dish,

1414
00:52:25,384 --> 00:52:26,625
that was all Brittanny.

1415
00:52:26,702 --> 00:52:28,811
I think it's hard to get
the beer to come forward

1416
00:52:28,888 --> 00:52:29,961
when it's with the coffee.

1417
00:52:30,039 --> 00:52:31,805
Like, coffee takes over
everything.

1418
00:52:31,816 --> 00:52:33,432
I can remember that dish

1419
00:52:33,508 --> 00:52:34,933
because of how bad
those hazelnuts were

1420
00:52:35,010 --> 00:52:37,477
and how, like,
burnt and bitter they were.

1421
00:52:37,488 --> 00:52:38,979
- Yeah.
- That's true. I have issues

1422
00:52:38,990 --> 00:52:43,066
with both parts of
a very divided dish.

1423
00:52:43,143 --> 00:52:44,484
I think we have our decision,
then.

1424
00:52:44,495 --> 00:52:46,111
- Let's get 'em out here.
- Yeah.

1425
00:52:46,188 --> 00:52:52,126
♪♪♪

1426
00:52:56,323 --> 00:52:58,165
You know, chefs,
this particular challenge,

1427
00:52:58,176 --> 00:53:00,083
it forces you to really think
a lot deeper

1428
00:53:00,160 --> 00:53:01,460
about these dishes.
When you get through this,

1429
00:53:01,536 --> 00:53:02,961
you're gonna be
a much better cook.

1430
00:53:03,038 --> 00:53:04,171
Trust me.

1431
00:53:04,182 --> 00:53:05,297
This is going to
challenge you in ways

1432
00:53:05,374 --> 00:53:06,932
you've never been
challenged before.

1433
00:53:17,603 --> 00:53:19,269
Sasha...

1434
00:53:19,346 --> 00:53:21,605
please pack your knives
and go.

1435
00:53:21,682 --> 00:53:22,981
It's okay.

1436
00:53:23,058 --> 00:53:24,200
We'll see you
in "Last Chance Kitchen"?

1437
00:53:24,276 --> 00:53:25,317
You will.

1438
00:53:25,394 --> 00:53:26,827
Ciao, chef.

1439
00:53:27,729 --> 00:53:29,413
[teary]

1440
00:53:31,358 --> 00:53:34,326
Getting eliminated
so early in the competition,

1441
00:53:34,403 --> 00:53:36,837
it's like a stab in the heart
and kinda hits you in the gut.

1442
00:53:39,291 --> 00:53:40,424
Sasha!

1443
00:53:42,411 --> 00:53:46,505
But one failure does not
make me a failure.

1444
00:53:46,581 --> 00:53:48,382
One mistake does not make

1445
00:53:48,392 --> 00:53:51,560
everything else invalid.

1446
00:53:54,473 --> 00:53:57,391
I've been working
a [bleep]-ton on myself,

1447
00:53:57,401 --> 00:54:00,894
and this is just one more
challenge

1448
00:54:00,905 --> 00:54:03,230
where I have to put in the work.

1449
00:54:03,241 --> 00:54:05,366
[whispers]
I said I wasn't gonna cry.

1450
00:54:06,652 --> 00:54:08,953
[laughs, sniffles]

1451
00:54:13,108 --> 00:54:15,909
<i> Tonight, "Last Chance Kitchen"</i>
<i> begins.</i>

1452
00:54:15,920 --> 00:54:19,079
<i> Roscoe and Sasha,</i>
<i> the first two eliminated chefs,</i>

1453
00:54:19,090 --> 00:54:20,247
<i> battle it out.</i>

1454
00:54:20,258 --> 00:54:21,665
How was
your Elimination Challenge?

1455
00:54:21,742 --> 00:54:24,251
Well, I'm here, dawg, so
obviously it didn't go well.

1456
00:54:24,262 --> 00:54:26,211
<i> Who will win to cook again?</i>

1457
00:54:26,288 --> 00:54:28,505
<i> Watch the season premiere</i>
<i> on demand now</i>

1458
00:54:28,582 --> 00:54:31,100
<i> or wherever you stream</i>
<i> "Top Chef."</i>

1459
00:54:31,176 --> 00:54:33,051
<i> Next time on "Top Chef"...</i>

1460
00:54:33,128 --> 00:54:35,512
Gregory and Kwame
are going to take you

1461
00:54:35,589 --> 00:54:37,597
to some of the most exciting
restaurants

1462
00:54:37,608 --> 00:54:40,017
that highlight
the African diaspora.

1463
00:54:40,093 --> 00:54:41,502
This food has soul.

1464
00:54:41,504 --> 00:54:44,062
Get inspired by this,
'cause this inspired a world.

1465
00:54:44,139 --> 00:54:45,564
I'm almost in tears that

1466
00:54:45,640 --> 00:54:47,357
pan-African cuisine
is being featured

1467
00:54:47,434 --> 00:54:49,118
on such a platform.

1468
00:54:50,771 --> 00:54:51,954
Taking it back
to the motherland.

1469
00:54:52,031 --> 00:54:53,947
- My palate is [whistles].
- Fried?

1470
00:54:53,958 --> 00:54:55,115
Come on, Kiki!

1471
00:54:55,126 --> 00:54:57,034
I can't tell if this is working.

1472
00:54:57,110 --> 00:54:58,127
Ay yi yi!

1473
00:54:58,203 --> 00:54:59,077
Ah ah ah!

1474
00:54:59,154 --> 00:55:00,370
Mmm.

1475
00:55:00,447 --> 00:55:01,705
You want the second bite.
You want the third bite.

1476
00:55:01,782 --> 00:55:03,457
It's the first dish
that I want the recipe for.

1477
00:55:03,467 --> 00:55:04,783
The red sauce is kinda bland.

1478
00:55:04,860 --> 00:55:06,135
You taste it and you're like,
"This ain't it."

1479
00:55:06,211 --> 00:55:07,586
You're here to cook, right?

1480
00:55:07,662 --> 00:55:08,595
Cook.