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Top three.

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Congrats on top three, gang.
Yeah, absolutely.

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Exciting.
I've never been here before.

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Well, it's nice to have you
here.Thanks.

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I am so rapt to be in

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the top three.

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I've beaten my milestone,

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but I'm absolutely
going to be going in there

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with my competitive head on.

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I'm going to bring my best.

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The mountain to climb.

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I don't know
if that makes sense, mate.

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Here they are!

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This screams one challenge

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and one epic challenge only.

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Oh!
So good!

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The old time auction, eh?
Yeah!

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It's auction day!

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This is the time auction.

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Yes!

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Today you'll need to bid on
the ingredients you want,

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and time is your currency.

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Today's prize is an extra 15
minutes in the semifinal cook.

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That is a massive advantage.

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A head start can mean
the difference between

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getting to the grand finale
and going home.

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Knowing how tough of a
competitor Laura and Jamie are,

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I want that 15 minutes.

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It's not only just about me
trying to get that 15 minutes,

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it's trying to make sure
that they don't get it.

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Righto, let me explain
how this is going to work.

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Everyone has 120 minutes to
spend.

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There are three different
categories to bid on.

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You've got protein,

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fresh produce

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and a flavour pantry.

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You'll each bid on ingredients
within those categories

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in lots of five minutes.

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At the end of the auction
your cook time,

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that is whatever time you have
remaining

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after the bidding has ended.

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The MasterChef pantry and
garden, they are closed,

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but you will also have access
to your under-bench staples.

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My goal today is to have
the most time

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coming out of the auction,

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and be able to push the other
two into spending too much money.

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Righto, we're kicking it off
with the protein category.

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We've got a rib eye and a short
rib.

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Then we have John Dory
and coral trout.

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And last but not least,
silken tofu and firm tofu.

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Whoo!
Yeah!

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Love it.

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You got tofu last time?

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I got tofu last time.

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How did you go?
Um...

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I didn't win.
OK.

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It wasn't the tofu's fault?
It wasn't the tofu's fault.

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Just go again.

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No!

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Tofu and me -

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wrong!

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Not again.

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But also, that beef just looks
so beautiful and marbled.

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I want it.

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Righto, we're kicking it off

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with beautiful rib-eye
and short ribs.

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I'm pretty keen on the rib-eye
and short rib.

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I think having the ability
to do a slow-cooked short rib

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in this challenge could really
build a lot of flavour in fast.

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Shall we get the bidding
started? Who's going to give me five minutes?

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Five.

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Jamie, five minutes.

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10.
10 minutes!

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Laura's in. She's got 15.
Come on, Jamie.

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Don't let 'em have it!

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I'm not really interested
in the rib-eye at all,

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but I fully intend on bidding
if I think

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I can get more time
out of either one of these two.

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20.

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20. We got 20 here. Callum?

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I'll go 25.
25.

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Laura? Hit him with a 30?

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Look at the thickness, look
how lean the fat is and glossy the meat is.

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Imagine the flavours.

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Oh, why do you think
I want it so bad?

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Look at that. "Take me! Take
me, Callum! Take me!"

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Callum's got the bid at 25
minutes.

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What else have we got?

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I'm out.
You're standing staunch.

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Ah...

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Once it became clear that
Callum and Laura both wanted the beef,

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I was only in there playing.
I don't really want it.

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And if they're going
to go at each other,

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I'll just stand back and then
try and convince them to bet even more.

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Callum's got the bid at 25
minutes.

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Can I get another five
from any of you two?

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No.

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I mean, look at the size of
the meat on the rib.You're gonna let him have

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what he wants...
Wow.

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..for only 25 minutes.

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What...
That would still leave you

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heaps of time.

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I'm going to give him one.

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Going once.

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Let's do it.

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Laura,

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do you want tofu again?

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No!

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30.

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Ah!
There we go!

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We got half an hour with Laura!

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Yes!

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I was not expecting that.

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Laura has 30 minutes.
Yes!

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Callum wants this beef,

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but I am not giving it up
without a fight.

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The bid is with Laura at 30
minutes.

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Going once, going twice...

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30 minutes.

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Third and final call here for
the short rib and the rib-eye.

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Bang the hammer!

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Are you sure?

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If Laura gets this beef,

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she's got 90 minutes to do
everything she wants with it.

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35.

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35!

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35!
Yes!

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Callum, straight back at him.
He has the bid.

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35 minutes. He's back in the
game.

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It's his bid for beef,
short rib and rib-eye.

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Laura, are you going back at
him?

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Callum, stop!

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It's a measly 40 minutes.

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40 minutes!

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We've got 40 minutes here.

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If I don't get this beef,
there's a 50% chance I'm stuck with tofu.

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And I refuse for that to
happen.

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I'm going all in.

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You really don't want tofu.

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Laura with the bid.

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40 minutes, going once...

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40 minutes, twice with Laura.

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Oh, if only I could hear
Callum's internal monologue.

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I'm not super keen on Laura
winning,

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but if I bid too high, I'm not
going to have enough time left

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to actually slow cook it.

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So, yeah, I've got
to be careful here

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with how much time I spend.

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Are you sure?

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She can have it.
Slam the frickin' hammer!

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40 minutes.

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Yes!
Sold to Laura for 40 minutes!

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Whoo!
Well done. Hell, yes!

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No tofu. We're on.

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Here we are, Laura.
Thanks, Chef. Well done.

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Beautiful.
Bon appetit.

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Great start.

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She paid 40 minutes for it,

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which means
she's got 80 minutes left.

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Shall we get to the second
item? Bring 'em over, Jean-Christophe.

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What have we got?
Something fishy.

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One coral trout, three John
Dory.

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Imagine what you can do with
this.

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Look at that. "Hello! Tres
bien!"

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Look at the beauty of that
fish.

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Andy, look at that.
I'm looking.

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Well, it's go Jean-Christophe
hyped, so what have we got, fellas?I'll tell you what...

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Ah!
There we go.

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We've got five minutes straight
off from Jamie.

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Out of the fish
or the tofu that's left,

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let's be honest,
I definitely prefer the fish.

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I'm bidding.
10 minutes, Callum.

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Jamie, surely
you're going back at him?

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15 minutes here.

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Calum, you got 20.
20.

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As soon as I see
how much Calum wants it,

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all I'm thinking is,

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"How high can I get this
price?"

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Jamie, 25.

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30.

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35 with Jamie.

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So much you could do with this.

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The bid is with Jamie at 35
minutes.

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Callum, can I get 40 minutes?

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Oh, you can get 40 minutes
alright.

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40 minutes!

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40 minutes on Callum.

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45.
45! Aw!

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Here we go.
Now we're getting juicy.

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I can tell that he's already
got dishes in mind.

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That's just how his head works.

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Let's see how expensive
we can make it.

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One coral trout, three John
Dory for 45 minutes, with Jamie.

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Uh, I'll give you 50.

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50 minutes.

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Here we go. That's good for
Callum.

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50 minutes, with Callum.
That's our bid. Jamie?

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Do you want the tofu?
Should I call it?

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Nah, I'll go.
Here we go!

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So the secret that I don't
want them to know is that...

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..I love tofu.

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Jamie, that is 55 minutes with
you. Can I get an hour, Callum?

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Surely you're going back at
him?

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We're going back and forth and
this is getting higher and higher,

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but I'm prepared to spend
a little bit more on the fish

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than what I would have on the
beef.

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Callum, when was the last time
you cooked with John Dory?

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It's quite hard to get where I
live in SA, so very seldom,

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but they're beautiful,

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so I'd be very happy
to pay 60 minutes for them.

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Yes!
60 minutes!

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00:09:05,241 --> 00:09:07,827
60 minutes, with Callum.

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You're getting back at him,
Jamie?Just let me have it, it's alright.

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You need to drive the price up,
but also know when to fold.

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Going once, Jamie.

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Going twice.

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No more bets.

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All said and done.

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Sold to Callum for 60 minutes.
Wow.

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Alright.
60 minutes, yeah?

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Thank you.

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So you've got 60 minutes left.

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And that means, Jamie,

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you get firm tofu
and silken tofu for free!

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Wow.
Hey!

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I may have been left with tofu,

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but I still have 120 minutes.

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Got on a full extra hour
than Callum does,

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and we've still got
two categories to bid on.

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OK, second category - fresh
produce.

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So, you'll have a mix of
vegies.

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We've got some alliums...

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..and then we've got citrus
fruit.

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00:10:06,965 --> 00:10:09,344
First up, we have
the fresh vegetable basket.

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Those vegies are
screaming at me to cook them with this beef,

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so I really need to be
strategic and make sure I lock these in.

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We're going to start the
bidding.

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Five minutes.

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OK, Callum's giving us five
minutes.

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Anyone else?

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10.
10 minutes.

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00:10:29,758 --> 00:10:31,689
I don't really want
the vegies,

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but I wonder if I can get Laura
to go another five?

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15.

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Oh, Jamie's in the game.

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00:10:39,068 --> 00:10:41,724
The bidding is with Jamie
at 15 minutes.

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Anyone for 20?

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I went high with that beef.

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I gave up 40 minutes of my
cook.

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I feel like I don't
have much wiggle room

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with these vegies.

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Beef, vegetables.

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Mm!
Works perfectly.

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It does.
Are you guys

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going to let Jamie have
the vegetables for 15 minutes?

256
00:11:00,068 --> 00:11:01,379
Oh!

257
00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,310
Come on, get excited!
I am super excited!

258
00:11:05,413 --> 00:11:06,413
Come on!

259
00:11:06,517 --> 00:11:07,862
If you let Jamie have this
for 15 minutes,

260
00:11:07,965 --> 00:11:10,413
he will have 105 minutes
on the clock.

261
00:11:10,517 --> 00:11:11,896
Are you happy with that?

262
00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,103
Oh!

263
00:11:17,068 --> 00:11:18,655
Go on, Loz.

264
00:11:21,137 --> 00:11:22,965
She's thinking. She's thinking.

265
00:11:23,068 --> 00:11:24,655
Going once.

266
00:11:26,586 --> 00:11:28,862
Going twice, Laura.

267
00:11:40,034 --> 00:11:41,310
Think you can be
the next MasterChef?

268
00:11:41,413 --> 00:11:43,862
Only one way to find out.
Applications are open now.

269
00:11:43,965 --> 00:11:45,517
Head to the link below and
apply.

270
00:11:45,620 --> 00:11:47,344
We'll see you in the kitchen.

271
00:11:52,413 --> 00:11:55,586
The vegetables are with Jamie,
currently at 15 minutes.

272
00:11:55,689 --> 00:11:56,827
Anyone else?

273
00:11:58,137 --> 00:11:59,517
Go on, Loz.

274
00:12:02,241 --> 00:12:04,172
Yes!

275
00:12:04,275 --> 00:12:07,482
Oh, so good.
20 minutes, with Laura.

276
00:12:07,586 --> 00:12:08,517
Yeah.

277
00:12:08,620 --> 00:12:09,827
I feel like

278
00:12:09,931 --> 00:12:13,689
I can't go much more than this.
Like, I need these vegies now.

279
00:12:15,172 --> 00:12:16,275
Going once.

280
00:12:18,206 --> 00:12:19,448
Going twice.

281
00:12:20,896 --> 00:12:22,827
Sold to Laura for 20 minutes!

282
00:12:22,931 --> 00:12:25,172
Oh, that is good gear!

283
00:12:25,275 --> 00:12:26,724
Unbelievable.

284
00:12:26,827 --> 00:12:28,448
Wowie! Thanks, guys.

285
00:12:29,482 --> 00:12:30,827
Laura takes the bait,

286
00:12:30,931 --> 00:12:32,896
uses another 20 minutes
for the vegetables.

287
00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,689
Great combination, but how

288
00:12:35,793 --> 00:12:37,482
is she going to go
with the third category?

289
00:12:37,586 --> 00:12:40,000
Well done, Laura.
So you got 60 minutes, Laura.

290
00:12:40,103 --> 00:12:41,413
Thanks.

291
00:12:41,517 --> 00:12:42,758
Alright, Jean-Christophe,

292
00:12:42,862 --> 00:12:45,724
let's grab
our next category of produce.

293
00:12:45,827 --> 00:12:47,551
The alliums!

294
00:12:48,655 --> 00:12:51,551
You cannot possibly cook
without this.

295
00:12:51,655 --> 00:12:53,310
Onions, Saint-Andre,

296
00:12:53,413 --> 00:12:56,379
garlic, leeks - it's the
foundation of your dish.

297
00:12:56,482 --> 00:12:59,103
Alliums is absolutely
the one I want.

298
00:12:59,206 --> 00:13:01,413
And I really wanted
to be going against Callum

299
00:13:01,517 --> 00:13:02,793
to get them.

300
00:13:02,896 --> 00:13:04,655
He has no time to work with,

301
00:13:04,758 --> 00:13:07,103
which means hopefully
I can get this for a bargain.

302
00:13:07,206 --> 00:13:08,965
Alright, let's get started
on the bidding.

303
00:13:09,068 --> 00:13:11,344
Who's going to give me five
minutes on alliums?Five, please.

304
00:13:11,448 --> 00:13:12,448
Jamie, five minutes.

305
00:13:12,551 --> 00:13:13,896
10.
Callum, 10.

306
00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:17,344
15, please.
15 for Jamie. 20, Callum?

307
00:13:18,448 --> 00:13:20,206
You've got 60 minutes.
It's be 40.

308
00:13:20,310 --> 00:13:21,586
Then by the time I...

309
00:13:21,689 --> 00:13:23,827
The bid's with Jamie at 15
minutes.

310
00:13:25,137 --> 00:13:27,896
Callum, you're going to let him
have this for 15 minutes?

311
00:13:29,275 --> 00:13:32,413
Oh, I think I am. I just think
I've got not enough, uh...

312
00:13:32,517 --> 00:13:34,620
..not enough dollarydoos
to work with here. Not enough moolah.

313
00:13:34,724 --> 00:13:38,275
Yeah, I need to go to the bank
and refinance my house. Time moolah!

314
00:13:38,379 --> 00:13:39,965
Going once,

315
00:13:40,068 --> 00:13:41,620
going twice.

316
00:13:41,724 --> 00:13:44,034
Oh, I'll just give it a cheeky
20.

317
00:13:44,137 --> 00:13:46,827
-Yes!
-He loves a late bid!

318
00:13:46,931 --> 00:13:49,689
I think Callum's only bet 20
minutes because he knows I want them.

319
00:13:49,793 --> 00:13:52,137
I'm fine with that.
I have time to play with.

320
00:13:52,241 --> 00:13:53,241
Well played, Callum.

321
00:13:53,344 --> 00:13:54,896
25, please.

322
00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,172
Alright, 25 minutes going to
Jamie. Going once...

323
00:13:58,965 --> 00:14:00,758
..going twice.

324
00:14:00,862 --> 00:14:04,241
The alliums are sold to Jamie
for 25 minutes.

325
00:14:04,344 --> 00:14:06,241
Yes!
Yeah!

326
00:14:09,379 --> 00:14:11,034
I'm happy to get the
citrus for free,

327
00:14:11,137 --> 00:14:13,344
but I'm going to have to find
a really clever way

328
00:14:13,448 --> 00:14:16,827
to round out the flavour
of my coral trout dish.

329
00:14:16,931 --> 00:14:20,103
And now you have the citrus
for free!

330
00:14:20,206 --> 00:14:21,517
Yes.
Wow.

331
00:14:21,620 --> 00:14:23,655
Oh, look at this array
of different gear.

332
00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,482
Righto, to round out our
auction,

333
00:14:27,586 --> 00:14:29,896
the third and final category,

334
00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,689
we are taking you down to
Flavourtown with...

335
00:14:33,793 --> 00:14:35,896
flavour bombs,

336
00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:37,551
fresh herbs

337
00:14:37,655 --> 00:14:39,620
and also spices.

338
00:14:40,862 --> 00:14:43,310
First up, we've got
our basket of flavour bombs.

339
00:14:43,413 --> 00:14:44,758
Oh, yes.

340
00:14:44,862 --> 00:14:46,448
Oh-ho-ho-ho!

341
00:14:46,551 --> 00:14:48,620
It's a juicy one.

342
00:14:48,724 --> 00:14:53,103
Alright, this one could
absolutely make or break a dish.

343
00:14:53,206 --> 00:14:55,482
Recognise these guys?
The bonito flakes.

344
00:14:55,586 --> 00:14:56,896
We've got miso here.

345
00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:58,931
Porcini.

346
00:14:59,034 --> 00:15:01,793
This is a one-way ticket to
Flavourtown.

347
00:15:01,896 --> 00:15:05,655
I have tofu and alliums, and
there is a dish building in my mind,

348
00:15:05,758 --> 00:15:09,344
but to execute that dish,
I need the flavour bombs.

349
00:15:09,448 --> 00:15:10,724
Have I got five?

350
00:15:12,551 --> 00:15:14,655
Well, I've got a cheeky five.
Callum's got a cheeky five.

351
00:15:14,758 --> 00:15:17,758
I know Mr Tofu has a cheeky 10.

352
00:15:19,551 --> 00:15:20,655
Laura, 15!

353
00:15:20,758 --> 00:15:21,793
Yeah, I'll take 20.

354
00:15:21,896 --> 00:15:23,344
There he is.
Jamie!

355
00:15:23,448 --> 00:15:25,482
Jamie, with 20 minutes.

356
00:15:25,586 --> 00:15:28,068
If I bid, that's going
to bring me to 25 minutes.

357
00:15:28,172 --> 00:15:31,137
which means that I get
a 35-minute cook.

358
00:15:31,241 --> 00:15:33,172
Going once...

359
00:15:33,275 --> 00:15:35,862
Like, nah, I have to tap out.

360
00:15:35,965 --> 00:15:37,586
..going twice.

361
00:15:38,724 --> 00:15:41,137
Sold to Jamie for 20 minutes!

362
00:15:41,241 --> 00:15:44,379
20 minutes.
This is dangerous!

363
00:15:44,482 --> 00:15:45,931
Yeah, boy.
Wow.

364
00:15:46,034 --> 00:15:47,793
I've only spent 45 minutes,

365
00:15:47,896 --> 00:15:49,896
which means I have 75 minutes

366
00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:53,620
to build a dish out of tofu,
alliums and flavour bombs.

367
00:15:53,724 --> 00:15:55,965
This is prime time.

368
00:15:56,068 --> 00:15:57,827
I'm so happy.

369
00:15:57,931 --> 00:16:00,655
Next up, we've got fresh herbs.

370
00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:05,310
Those fresh herbs
are looking lush.

371
00:16:06,482 --> 00:16:08,724
I need them.

372
00:16:08,827 --> 00:16:11,551
Do I hear five minutes
for fresh herbs? Five minutes.

373
00:16:11,655 --> 00:16:13,206
Yeah!
Straight up from Callum.

374
00:16:14,551 --> 00:16:15,551
Laura?

375
00:16:16,793 --> 00:16:19,275
Think of what you can do.
We've got 10.

376
00:16:19,379 --> 00:16:23,206
Callum has made it very clear
he wants these herbs, but so do I.

377
00:16:23,310 --> 00:16:27,931
So the beautiful fresh herbs
are with Laura for just 10 minutes?

378
00:16:28,034 --> 00:16:30,241
Can I get 15 from you, Callum?

379
00:16:30,344 --> 00:16:31,379
Uh...

380
00:16:32,758 --> 00:16:34,689
10 minutes from Laura.

381
00:16:34,793 --> 00:16:36,448
Going once.

382
00:16:37,517 --> 00:16:39,000
Going twice.

383
00:16:40,517 --> 00:16:42,172
Sold to Laura!

384
00:16:43,586 --> 00:16:45,586
What a happy customer!

385
00:16:46,551 --> 00:16:48,241
10 minutes for herbs?!

386
00:16:48,344 --> 00:16:51,137
Is Callum mad?
It's like an absolute steal!

387
00:16:52,827 --> 00:16:56,655
Which means, Callum, you just
scored a basket of spices for free.Yes!

388
00:16:56,758 --> 00:16:57,965
Whoo-hoo!

389
00:16:58,068 --> 00:16:59,793
I got my citrus for free,
I've got my spices for free,

390
00:16:59,896 --> 00:17:01,034
and I think

391
00:17:01,137 --> 00:17:03,310
I've got enough time
to cook a really lovely dish.

392
00:17:03,413 --> 00:17:06,137
Thank you very much.
You're very welcome, mate.

393
00:17:06,241 --> 00:17:07,689
What a treat.
That's your spices.

394
00:17:07,793 --> 00:17:08,896
You've got some dried chillies.

395
00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:10,620
Yeah, I've got
a few bits and bobs here, mate.

396
00:17:13,482 --> 00:17:14,758
Alright, Laura,

397
00:17:14,862 --> 00:17:18,206
you have beef, vegetables
and fresh herbs,

398
00:17:18,310 --> 00:17:22,206
with the least amount of time -
50 minutes on the clock.

399
00:17:22,310 --> 00:17:25,206
Callum, you've got 60 minutes
on the clock,

400
00:17:25,310 --> 00:17:28,068
with fish, citrus and spices.

401
00:17:28,172 --> 00:17:31,344
And, Jamie,
you've got the most time,

402
00:17:31,448 --> 00:17:33,517
75 minutes on the clock,

403
00:17:33,620 --> 00:17:36,965
and you're cooking with tofu,
alliums and flavour bombs.

404
00:17:38,586 --> 00:17:41,793
Jamie, your 75 minutes
starts...

405
00:17:43,068 --> 00:17:44,655
..now!

406
00:17:48,517 --> 00:17:50,931
Just wait, eh, Cal?
Yeah.

407
00:17:51,034 --> 00:17:52,206
Just wait it out.

408
00:17:52,310 --> 00:17:54,379
I have 75 minutes
to cook a dish

409
00:17:54,482 --> 00:17:57,655
using tofu,
alliums and flavour bombs.

410
00:17:57,758 --> 00:17:59,862
I know it may appear,
because I have tofu,

411
00:17:59,965 --> 00:18:03,551
I have the most amount of time
with, like, the lesser cuts of ingredients,

412
00:18:03,655 --> 00:18:05,482
but I don't think so at all.

413
00:18:05,586 --> 00:18:09,517
There's so much flavour within
the flavour bomb and the alliums.

414
00:18:09,620 --> 00:18:11,275
Yeah, I'm really stoked
with what I got.

415
00:18:12,310 --> 00:18:15,724
I love tofu,
but not everybody likes it,

416
00:18:15,827 --> 00:18:18,000
so I need to be creative
in the way that I use it,

417
00:18:18,103 --> 00:18:20,517
and make sure that I use the
flavour bombs and the alliums

418
00:18:20,620 --> 00:18:21,655
to the best of my ability.

419
00:18:21,758 --> 00:18:24,620
So today
I'm making charred shallots,

420
00:18:24,724 --> 00:18:27,344
a burnt onion and leek dashi,

421
00:18:27,448 --> 00:18:30,965
and then a little tofu
and miso cream over the top,

422
00:18:31,068 --> 00:18:33,034
which I'm going to turn into a
foam,

423
00:18:33,137 --> 00:18:35,241
utilising some of the stuff
in my flavour bomb.

424
00:18:37,586 --> 00:18:40,965
The most important part of this
dish is the burnt onion dashi.

425
00:18:41,068 --> 00:18:43,413
That's where a whole lot of
depth and character is going to be built,

426
00:18:43,517 --> 00:18:45,724
so the first thing I do is take
some of the bonito flakes

427
00:18:45,827 --> 00:18:47,517
to create a bonito stock,

428
00:18:47,620 --> 00:18:49,862
and I throw some of the
porcinis in there as well.

429
00:18:49,965 --> 00:18:51,931
Let's get as much earthiness
and richness

430
00:18:52,034 --> 00:18:54,172
into this broth as possible.

431
00:18:54,275 --> 00:18:56,379
My strategy up there was to
force the others to bid

432
00:18:56,482 --> 00:18:59,172
as high as possible on anything
I thought they really wanted.

433
00:18:59,275 --> 00:19:02,000
You can come up with a great
dish in not a lot of time,

434
00:19:02,103 --> 00:19:03,724
but you can't cheat
the amount of flavour

435
00:19:03,827 --> 00:19:06,241
that you can build over
the course of a longer period.

436
00:19:06,344 --> 00:19:09,896
At the end of the day, time is
what we're sort of fighting for,

437
00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,482
and I think having the most
time is definitely an advantage.

438
00:19:12,586 --> 00:19:14,551
I'm about to go into the
semifinal

439
00:19:14,655 --> 00:19:15,965
against Callum and Laura,

440
00:19:16,068 --> 00:19:17,931
who are MasterChef royalty.

441
00:19:18,034 --> 00:19:21,034
If I can walk into the end
a little bit more confident,

442
00:19:21,137 --> 00:19:24,068
having beaten them
head-to-head, and an extra 15 minutes,

443
00:19:24,172 --> 00:19:25,034
that is huge!

444
00:19:25,137 --> 00:19:27,724
So, fingers crossed.

445
00:19:27,827 --> 00:19:29,793
Jamie, your onions are
burnt!

446
00:19:29,896 --> 00:19:32,000
Oh, no!

447
00:19:32,103 --> 00:19:35,344
I'm trying to, like, stay in
this, like, calm, zen space,

448
00:19:35,448 --> 00:19:37,068
but then I've got
the least amount of time

449
00:19:37,172 --> 00:19:38,413
to cook with today,

450
00:19:38,517 --> 00:19:41,379
and watching Jamie unpacking
all this flavour into his dish,

451
00:19:41,482 --> 00:19:43,482
I'm like, "Oh, this is
going to be hard to beat."

452
00:19:45,413 --> 00:19:47,620
Couldn't think of
a better challenge to sort out

453
00:19:47,724 --> 00:19:50,034
a massive prize for the
semifinal -

454
00:19:50,137 --> 00:19:52,896
15 minutes in a semifinal cook.

455
00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,551
That is, like, just
game-changing.

456
00:19:55,655 --> 00:19:58,103
Treasure.
Treasure, it is! Absolute treasure.

457
00:19:58,206 --> 00:20:00,482
It just affords you
that time to just stand still,

458
00:20:00,586 --> 00:20:03,379
write your list
and just get clarity.

459
00:20:03,482 --> 00:20:05,620
Jamie, first cab off the
rank and I want to talk

460
00:20:05,724 --> 00:20:07,310
about how he played
that time auction.

461
00:20:07,413 --> 00:20:09,137
I think he was very savvy...

462
00:20:09,241 --> 00:20:11,000
Yes.
..in just kind of waiting,

463
00:20:11,103 --> 00:20:12,413
bidding when he had to,

464
00:20:12,517 --> 00:20:13,965
and I reckon he kind of sucked

465
00:20:14,068 --> 00:20:16,275
a few minutes out
of Callum and Laura.

466
00:20:16,379 --> 00:20:18,379
And now he's left with tofu,

467
00:20:18,482 --> 00:20:21,103
which I think everyone
was dissing at the start.

468
00:20:21,206 --> 00:20:24,620
But when you put that
with flavour bombs and alliums,

469
00:20:24,724 --> 00:20:26,517
I think he's sitting pretty
with 75 minutes.

470
00:20:26,620 --> 00:20:28,068
I think so, too.

471
00:20:28,172 --> 00:20:30,827
Laura has ended up with such
a good bunch of ingredients.

472
00:20:30,931 --> 00:20:32,827
She got two
of her first picks.

473
00:20:32,931 --> 00:20:34,034
Callum's next.

474
00:20:34,137 --> 00:20:35,965
He's got 60 minutes.

475
00:20:36,068 --> 00:20:38,000
I just think his struggle
is going to be the fact

476
00:20:38,103 --> 00:20:39,965
that, you know, citrus
is fairly one-note.

477
00:20:40,068 --> 00:20:42,724
It's the zest, and then it's
the juice, you know?Mm.

478
00:20:42,827 --> 00:20:45,827
So, I think he's actually
probably got the hardest job.

479
00:20:47,896 --> 00:20:49,827
More onions, 'cause he burnt
the first lot.

480
00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,137
He's running...he's running
out of time.

481
00:20:55,689 --> 00:20:59,000
Callum your 60 minutes starts
now.

482
00:20:59,103 --> 00:21:01,827
Allez!

483
00:21:05,931 --> 00:21:07,931
I've got my nervous
pacing happening.

484
00:21:09,172 --> 00:21:10,620
Raring to go.

485
00:21:10,724 --> 00:21:12,379
I hope so. God, 50 minutes.

486
00:21:12,482 --> 00:21:13,689
Ooh.

487
00:21:13,793 --> 00:21:15,413
It's not a lot of time.

488
00:21:17,655 --> 00:21:18,862
I'm feeling good.

489
00:21:18,965 --> 00:21:22,275
We, um...we usually get 75
minutes in all the challenges,

490
00:21:22,379 --> 00:21:24,551
so I think this hour is going
to go past pretty quick.

491
00:21:24,655 --> 00:21:26,172
So, I just need to absolutely
motor.

492
00:21:26,275 --> 00:21:28,206
Looking at the ingredients
I've got here,

493
00:21:28,310 --> 00:21:31,344
I think the spices, citrus and
fish work together really well,

494
00:21:31,448 --> 00:21:35,275
but I've only got 60 minutes,
so I need to build flavour and fast.

495
00:21:35,379 --> 00:21:36,758
I'm going to start
filleting this fish

496
00:21:36,862 --> 00:21:38,344
so I can start getting a stock
made.

497
00:21:41,586 --> 00:21:42,758
My two key challenges today

498
00:21:42,862 --> 00:21:44,551
are not only having 60 minutes
to cook,

499
00:21:44,655 --> 00:21:47,896
but also not really having,
like, a starchy thing or a vegetable.

500
00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,275
And I can't just serve a piece
of fish on a plate with sauce.

501
00:21:50,379 --> 00:21:51,827
It's not really going
to feel complete.

502
00:21:51,931 --> 00:21:53,931
So I think I need something
kind of carby

503
00:21:54,034 --> 00:21:55,448
or something to go with it.

504
00:21:57,310 --> 00:21:58,620
Callum.
Callum!

505
00:21:58,724 --> 00:22:00,896
Hello.
Mate, what are you making?

506
00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,620
Uh, I'm gonna do the coral
trout.

507
00:22:03,724 --> 00:22:06,862
I'm going to make curried
burnt mandarin butter sauce.

508
00:22:06,965 --> 00:22:08,689
It's going to go over the top.
Right, yep.

509
00:22:08,793 --> 00:22:11,931
And a nice little roti kind of
thing to suck it all up...

510
00:22:12,034 --> 00:22:12,965
..is the plan.

511
00:22:13,068 --> 00:22:15,413
Right. So just fish, sauce,
roti?

512
00:22:15,517 --> 00:22:16,931
Yeah.
Yeah.

513
00:22:17,034 --> 00:22:18,655
Well, I don't really have any
vegetables, so to be honest, I...

514
00:22:18,758 --> 00:22:20,586
Yeah, I think...
Everything's, like, flavoury,

515
00:22:20,689 --> 00:22:21,827
so it's got to be about the
fish.

516
00:22:21,931 --> 00:22:23,068
And that's...that's where I
got to.

517
00:22:24,517 --> 00:22:28,275
Do you reckon old mate Jamie
out-strategised you in that, uh...

518
00:22:28,379 --> 00:22:29,620
..in that auction?

519
00:22:29,724 --> 00:22:31,517
What do you mean?
He ended up with tofu. OK.

520
00:22:31,620 --> 00:22:33,103
I think you've got
the hardest task here.

521
00:22:35,517 --> 00:22:39,931
In all seriousness, it needs to
feel and taste like a complete dish.

522
00:22:40,034 --> 00:22:42,206
Yeah.
Not just three components.

523
00:22:42,310 --> 00:22:43,965
Righto.

524
00:22:44,068 --> 00:22:47,344
Andy tells me he reckons I've
got the hardest pantry to work with.

525
00:22:47,448 --> 00:22:50,344
Then, up until now, I thought
I did a good job in the time auction.

526
00:22:50,448 --> 00:22:52,379
But if he's worried, I'm
worried.

527
00:23:00,896 --> 00:23:02,482
Laura,

528
00:23:02,586 --> 00:23:06,448
your 50 minutes start now.
Yes!

529
00:23:08,413 --> 00:23:09,862
Oh.

530
00:23:09,965 --> 00:23:14,137
I've been left with beef,
the biggest abundance of vegies

531
00:23:14,241 --> 00:23:15,896
and herbs, in 50 minutes.

532
00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,206
It's A lot of meat
to cook in 50 minutes, Loz.

533
00:23:18,310 --> 00:23:19,758
Thanks, Jamie.

534
00:23:21,620 --> 00:23:24,517
First thing I need to do
is start on this beef.

535
00:23:24,620 --> 00:23:26,793
This beef needs to go
onto that hibachi

536
00:23:26,896 --> 00:23:28,310
as quickly as possible.

537
00:23:28,413 --> 00:23:31,793
I want char, I want smoke,
I want caramelisation.

538
00:23:31,896 --> 00:23:33,344
I'm trying to draw out

539
00:23:33,448 --> 00:23:36,172
as much flavour as possible
in 50 minutes.

540
00:23:36,275 --> 00:23:39,241
Oh, my God, I stink like smoke
after today.

541
00:23:39,344 --> 00:23:41,655
I feel like I have no time
to write my dish down,

542
00:23:41,758 --> 00:23:43,068
be methodical.

543
00:23:43,172 --> 00:23:44,827
It's just get in, cook,

544
00:23:44,931 --> 00:23:46,137
and...

545
00:23:46,241 --> 00:23:48,448
..cross all my fingers and toes
it's a banger.

546
00:23:48,551 --> 00:23:50,344
Honestly, maybe a little
bit overwhelmed

547
00:23:50,448 --> 00:23:51,586
with actually what I have

548
00:23:51,689 --> 00:23:54,034
because there's a lot
of beautiful produce here.

549
00:23:54,137 --> 00:23:56,586
So, yeah, I feel like
the pressure's on me,

550
00:23:56,689 --> 00:23:59,172
with incredible ingredients
to make something delicious.

551
00:23:59,275 --> 00:24:00,793
Hey, Laura.
Hey, Laura.

552
00:24:00,896 --> 00:24:02,241
Hey.
Oh, that was fun.

553
00:24:02,344 --> 00:24:04,172
You ended up with some beef...
Yeah.

554
00:24:04,275 --> 00:24:07,517
..an abundance of vegies and
every herb under the sun, just about.

555
00:24:07,620 --> 00:24:09,793
Oh, my God. Actually...
They're such beautiful ingredients,

556
00:24:09,896 --> 00:24:11,827
but they're, like...
they're quite basic.

557
00:24:11,931 --> 00:24:14,413
You know, there's nothing for
us to, like, sit up out of our chair

558
00:24:14,517 --> 00:24:16,344
and go, "Whoa-ho-ho-ho!"
I know.

559
00:24:16,448 --> 00:24:18,724
I know, so I feel like I need
to use them in a really smart

560
00:24:18,827 --> 00:24:20,103
and clever way.
Yeah.

561
00:24:20,206 --> 00:24:21,275
What's the dish?

562
00:24:21,379 --> 00:24:23,689
Um, so the beef is all seared
off really nicely.

563
00:24:23,793 --> 00:24:25,172
Lots of smoke, lots of char.

564
00:24:25,275 --> 00:24:27,655
Make a really nice little
myrtle oil, brush that with later.

565
00:24:27,758 --> 00:24:28,931
Yep.

566
00:24:29,034 --> 00:24:30,689
And I'm gonna make some fondant
Jerusalem artichokes.

567
00:24:30,793 --> 00:24:32,137
Ooh.
Never done it before.

568
00:24:32,241 --> 00:24:34,413
Don't know if it's gonna work.
I'll let you know.

569
00:24:34,517 --> 00:24:39,206
I'm gonna use some of the
green tops to make almost like a herby sauce

570
00:24:39,310 --> 00:24:42,275
to go with it, like, something
really, like, silky and delicious.

571
00:24:42,379 --> 00:24:44,000
Um, but it's also...

572
00:24:44,103 --> 00:24:46,310
I've got 50 minutes,
so I'm, like, time-poor.

573
00:24:46,413 --> 00:24:49,241
That's your challenge, is you
need to bring us a dish

574
00:24:49,344 --> 00:24:51,896
that tastes like it wasn't
cooked in 50 minutes...

575
00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:53,275
Yep.

576
00:24:53,482 --> 00:24:54,965
..but it tastes like it was
cooked in, like, an hour and a half.

577
00:24:55,068 --> 00:24:57,896
Yep. God, it's an uphill battle
from here, isn't it?

578
00:24:58,000 --> 00:24:59,931
Remember, it's 15 minutes...
Yep.

579
00:25:00,034 --> 00:25:01,241
..on the semifinal.

580
00:25:01,344 --> 00:25:02,448
This is gold.
I know. I know.

581
00:25:02,551 --> 00:25:03,827
This is precious.
He's stressed.

582
00:25:03,931 --> 00:25:05,655
Laura, you've stressed him out.
What've you done?

583
00:25:05,758 --> 00:25:07,000
No! Don't stress ME out.
You can do it.

584
00:25:07,103 --> 00:25:09,275
Stress yourself out but not me,
Chef.

585
00:25:09,379 --> 00:25:10,655
Anyone but me.

586
00:25:11,827 --> 00:25:13,620
It doesn't matter how much time
you started with,

587
00:25:13,724 --> 00:25:16,379
you've all got 45 minutes left!

588
00:25:20,724 --> 00:25:23,620
More flavour.
How can I build more flavour?

589
00:25:24,655 --> 00:25:25,896
At the moment,
I'm feeling pretty good.

590
00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,793
My burnt-onion dashi is
reducing.

591
00:25:27,896 --> 00:25:30,103
I've chopped up a whole lot of
leeks, and now I'm just going

592
00:25:30,206 --> 00:25:31,482
to sweat them off in a wok.

593
00:25:31,586 --> 00:25:33,793
This is just going to cook down
really gently with a little bit

594
00:25:33,896 --> 00:25:36,689
of butter, turning it into a
puree.

595
00:25:36,793 --> 00:25:38,896
There's lots of charry,
burny flavours

596
00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:40,517
from all of the caramelised
leeks

597
00:25:40,620 --> 00:25:43,310
and the burnt-onion dashi
itself.

598
00:25:43,413 --> 00:25:45,034
So now it's about balance.

599
00:25:45,137 --> 00:25:46,551
I'm going to be using
the silken tofu

600
00:25:46,655 --> 00:25:49,448
as a textural element,
in a miso and tofu foam.

601
00:25:49,551 --> 00:25:51,896
So what I want this to do is
provide a sweetness, earthiness,

602
00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:53,482
and sort of lift the whole
dish -

603
00:25:53,586 --> 00:25:56,517
make it a little bit more
enjoyable as an eating experience.

604
00:25:57,965 --> 00:25:59,172
This is a very gentle dish,

605
00:25:59,275 --> 00:26:02,586
but it's really celebrating
how beautiful alliums are.

606
00:26:02,689 --> 00:26:04,482
And we're utilising all
of the other ingredients

607
00:26:04,586 --> 00:26:06,379
that I've been gifted
within this challenge

608
00:26:06,482 --> 00:26:08,206
to really prop up that flavour.

609
00:26:08,310 --> 00:26:10,517
I have the most time, which
gives me the most opportunity

610
00:26:10,620 --> 00:26:12,551
to build flavour,
and that's what I wanted.

611
00:26:12,655 --> 00:26:14,172
But part of me is like,

612
00:26:14,275 --> 00:26:17,758
"I can smell incredible beef
cooking over fire behind me,

613
00:26:17,862 --> 00:26:19,931
"I look around and Callum's
prepping fish.

614
00:26:20,965 --> 00:26:23,310
"I've got some onions and
tofu."

615
00:26:23,413 --> 00:26:26,448
I just need to make sure that
this dish showcases the alliums

616
00:26:26,551 --> 00:26:28,241
in all of their glory.

617
00:26:28,344 --> 00:26:30,827
I want refined, I want focused,

618
00:26:30,931 --> 00:26:33,586
and I want to celebrate
that alliums basket.

619
00:26:37,034 --> 00:26:38,379
There's so much pressure
on me today,

620
00:26:38,482 --> 00:26:40,000
and I think the judges
definitely know that.

621
00:26:40,103 --> 00:26:41,896
And I want to put up something

622
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,275
that is super incredible and
they just absolutely love it.

623
00:26:46,827 --> 00:26:48,172
My challenge today is to make
a dish

624
00:26:48,275 --> 00:26:50,931
that tastes like it wasn't
cooked in 50 minutes,

625
00:26:51,034 --> 00:26:54,620
and I know I can find a way to
ramp up the flavour where I can.

626
00:26:54,724 --> 00:26:56,758
It's all about trying
to find short cuts

627
00:26:56,862 --> 00:26:59,586
and also utilising
my under-bench staples.

628
00:26:59,689 --> 00:27:02,103
What else can add flavour?

629
00:27:02,206 --> 00:27:03,448
So far,

630
00:27:03,551 --> 00:27:05,931
my ribeyes are really beautiful
and caramelised and charred.

631
00:27:06,034 --> 00:27:08,413
I take them off to rest
on a resting rack.

632
00:27:08,517 --> 00:27:09,689
Now, the next thing I need to
do

633
00:27:09,793 --> 00:27:13,103
is crack onto my
Jerusalem artichoke fondants.

634
00:27:13,206 --> 00:27:15,413
It's chaos on this bench.

635
00:27:15,517 --> 00:27:19,241
I'm using a cookie cutter
to cut out perfect circles

636
00:27:19,344 --> 00:27:20,965
so they cook at the same time

637
00:27:21,068 --> 00:27:23,896
in some beautiful, foaming,
brown butter.

638
00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,586
A classic French technique,
done a little bit differently

639
00:27:26,689 --> 00:27:28,586
with a different vegetable.

640
00:27:28,689 --> 00:27:30,586
So much chaos.

641
00:27:30,689 --> 00:27:33,482
The next thing I need to do
is crack onto my green sauce.

642
00:27:33,586 --> 00:27:36,655
I want to use the watercress,
the cime di rapa.

643
00:27:36,758 --> 00:27:39,862
I'm going to have beautifully
reduced beef stock in there.

644
00:27:39,965 --> 00:27:42,379
It's going to have the turnips
cooked down in brown butter

645
00:27:42,482 --> 00:27:44,758
for that nuttiness
and almost bitterness.

646
00:27:44,862 --> 00:27:47,931
Some vinegar, the resting
juices from the beef -

647
00:27:48,034 --> 00:27:49,137
may as well add them in there,
too.

648
00:27:49,241 --> 00:27:52,655
Like, I am jamming this sauce
with flavour.

649
00:27:52,758 --> 00:27:54,103
I want to take it to the next
level.

650
00:27:54,206 --> 00:27:55,931
Obviously I'm gunning
for that top spot,

651
00:27:56,034 --> 00:27:57,137
and I would love to get it,

652
00:27:57,241 --> 00:27:59,275
but I know that these guys
in front of me are going

653
00:27:59,379 --> 00:28:01,896
to also put up something
really, really beautiful and incredible.

654
00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:03,068
So, game on.

655
00:28:04,241 --> 00:28:06,689
Use all of those ingredients
to your advantage,

656
00:28:06,793 --> 00:28:08,379
and you might just win one!

657
00:28:08,482 --> 00:28:09,586
30 minutes to go.

658
00:28:18,310 --> 00:28:20,137
How many pans do I want? One
cook!

659
00:28:20,241 --> 00:28:21,517
I haven't really been nervous

660
00:28:21,620 --> 00:28:23,172
up until this point
in the competition.

661
00:28:23,275 --> 00:28:25,517
I've always felt like I'm in
with a really good chance

662
00:28:25,620 --> 00:28:26,827
in any given challenge.

663
00:28:26,931 --> 00:28:28,448
But I think there's a few
nerves starting to creep in

664
00:28:28,551 --> 00:28:30,965
because I know that extra time
in that semifinal is going

665
00:28:31,068 --> 00:28:33,275
to make a massive difference
to whoever wins it.

666
00:28:33,379 --> 00:28:36,689
Getting that extra 15 minutes
is such a valuable advantage

667
00:28:36,793 --> 00:28:38,448
to kind of get you
in the right mindset.

668
00:28:38,551 --> 00:28:40,551
So I need to get the most
out of every ingredient here.

669
00:28:41,862 --> 00:28:44,068
This coral trout is such
a beautiful, big fish,

670
00:28:44,172 --> 00:28:46,310
and I feel like if I can use a
couple of different parts of it,

671
00:28:46,413 --> 00:28:47,793
it can hopefully elevate the
dish

672
00:28:47,896 --> 00:28:49,793
more than just using a bit
of fish on a plate.

673
00:28:49,896 --> 00:28:51,275
So, I'm going to use
the top loin here.

674
00:28:51,379 --> 00:28:52,620
I'm going to pan roast it.

675
00:28:53,689 --> 00:28:55,793
The kind of the fattiest part
of the fish I'm going to do

676
00:28:55,896 --> 00:28:58,827
over the barbecue and get
really nice and smoky and gnarly.

677
00:28:58,931 --> 00:29:01,344
And finally, the cheek,
I'm just going to cure it.

678
00:29:01,448 --> 00:29:03,655
So, at the end, I'm going to
have the three different sort of cuts

679
00:29:03,758 --> 00:29:06,724
of the fish,
all on the plate together, um,

680
00:29:06,827 --> 00:29:08,862
and then bind it
with this lovely little

681
00:29:08,965 --> 00:29:11,137
kind of charred mandarin
and curry sauce that I'm making

682
00:29:11,241 --> 00:29:12,931
that's almost done here now,
as well.

683
00:29:13,034 --> 00:29:15,655
But, yeah, still got plenty to
do.

684
00:29:15,758 --> 00:29:19,379
I very much try and take this
competition one day at a time.

685
00:29:19,482 --> 00:29:21,206
All you can do is worry
about the challenge

686
00:29:21,310 --> 00:29:23,344
that you're cooking in today.

687
00:29:23,448 --> 00:29:25,551
But just in the last day or
two,

688
00:29:25,655 --> 00:29:27,172
I have started looking up
at that gantry,

689
00:29:27,275 --> 00:29:31,034
and kind of started thinking,
um, like to have my family up there,

690
00:29:31,137 --> 00:29:32,344
maybe in the in the finale,

691
00:29:32,448 --> 00:29:34,275
and watching me cook
and sort of seeing...

692
00:29:45,103 --> 00:29:46,517
Oh, sorry, mate.

693
00:29:56,655 --> 00:29:59,310
Um, I think it's...I think
it's a combination

694
00:29:59,413 --> 00:30:00,931
of obviously missing my family,

695
00:30:01,034 --> 00:30:03,103
but I think,
particularly for my kids,

696
00:30:03,206 --> 00:30:05,965
this guilt of being away from
them for such a long time,

697
00:30:06,068 --> 00:30:08,724
at such, like, a young age,
when there's so much going on,

698
00:30:08,827 --> 00:30:12,344
and my wife is very,
very pregnant now.

699
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,758
Yeah, it's a...it's a small
sacrifice for me

700
00:30:16,862 --> 00:30:18,862
to, um, do something
that I absolutely love,

701
00:30:18,965 --> 00:30:22,896
but it's a massive sacrifice
for everyone back home in Adelaide

702
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,620
who's working harder
to allow me to be here.

703
00:30:27,827 --> 00:30:29,689
And so, I kind of feel like
I owe it to them

704
00:30:29,793 --> 00:30:31,310
to do really well from here.

705
00:30:42,034 --> 00:30:44,379
You're all fighting for 15
minutes,

706
00:30:44,482 --> 00:30:47,310
and that's what you've got
left to go. 15 minutes!

707
00:30:49,275 --> 00:30:52,931
# So much to do
And so little time. #

708
00:30:54,034 --> 00:30:56,586
It's time to cut into my
ribeye,

709
00:30:56,689 --> 00:30:59,586
and this is the moment of
truth.

710
00:30:59,689 --> 00:31:01,034
God, this better be perfect.

711
00:31:01,137 --> 00:31:03,103
If these aren't perfect,

712
00:31:03,206 --> 00:31:05,517
goodbye 15-minute advantage.

713
00:31:05,620 --> 00:31:08,793
I can just feel that knife
gliding through.

714
00:31:10,448 --> 00:31:13,000
It is perfect!

715
00:31:13,103 --> 00:31:16,206
It was a very expensive ribeye
for 40 minutes,

716
00:31:16,310 --> 00:31:18,172
but goddamn did I make it work.

717
00:31:19,896 --> 00:31:21,931
# I'm gonna run out of time! #

718
00:31:22,034 --> 00:31:24,793
But I can't celebrate just yet.

719
00:31:24,896 --> 00:31:27,413
I almost feel like no element
is complete,

720
00:31:27,517 --> 00:31:29,827
and I still have so much to do.

721
00:31:29,931 --> 00:31:31,931
I need to make sure
the fondants are perfect.

722
00:31:32,034 --> 00:31:33,344
I need to actually cook off
the succulents,

723
00:31:33,448 --> 00:31:35,689
to finish balancing out
my green sauce.

724
00:31:35,793 --> 00:31:37,310
It's tasting really good,

725
00:31:37,413 --> 00:31:39,310
but I think it just needs
a bit more vinegar.

726
00:31:39,413 --> 00:31:42,275
I want it to be punchy,
and I want all those flavours

727
00:31:42,379 --> 00:31:45,896
that I crammed into that sauce
to really sing and shine.

728
00:31:47,310 --> 00:31:49,344
You're way too slow.

729
00:31:49,448 --> 00:31:52,000
I don't think I've ever moved
this quickly in this kitchen before,

730
00:31:52,103 --> 00:31:54,517
but this dish could
be the difference

731
00:31:54,620 --> 00:31:57,103
between me winning the
semifinals

732
00:31:57,206 --> 00:31:59,862
and going straight
into that grand finale,

733
00:31:59,965 --> 00:32:01,689
or being eliminated.

734
00:32:02,931 --> 00:32:05,379
You look like an umami witch
with a cauldron.

735
00:32:05,482 --> 00:32:07,448
A little bit of this, a little bit of that.

736
00:32:07,551 --> 00:32:09,000
Bit of that, bit of that.

737
00:32:10,413 --> 00:32:11,724
Beautiful.

738
00:32:11,827 --> 00:32:14,551
There's only 10 minutes to go,
and I'm refining the sauce.

739
00:32:14,655 --> 00:32:16,000
I've got the burnt mandarin
in there.

740
00:32:16,103 --> 00:32:17,275
I'm tasting it. I'm seasoning
it.

741
00:32:17,379 --> 00:32:19,137
Flatbreads that I've taken off,
they're brushed

742
00:32:19,241 --> 00:32:20,448
with that mandarin brown
butter.

743
00:32:20,551 --> 00:32:21,758
And finally, this fish.

744
00:32:21,862 --> 00:32:23,689
Trying to get these all kind
of perfect at the same time

745
00:32:23,793 --> 00:32:25,137
is not easy.

746
00:32:25,241 --> 00:32:26,137
I think the fish is lovely.

747
00:32:26,241 --> 00:32:27,655
It's really nice
and charred on the top.

748
00:32:27,758 --> 00:32:29,862
I've got this kind of
translucency underneath because I'm going

749
00:32:29,965 --> 00:32:31,275
to try and cook it
with the warm sauce

750
00:32:31,379 --> 00:32:32,793
as it gets poured over the top.

751
00:32:32,896 --> 00:32:34,689
At the same time, I notice
the makrut lime leaves

752
00:32:34,793 --> 00:32:35,793
in my citrus basket.

753
00:32:35,896 --> 00:32:37,310
So, I think by making
the makrut lime leaves

754
00:32:37,413 --> 00:32:39,034
into just a simple oil,
it's going to cut through

755
00:32:39,137 --> 00:32:42,000
that sort of slight smokiness
and sweetness and acidity

756
00:32:42,103 --> 00:32:43,448
of that burnt mandarin flavour,

757
00:32:43,551 --> 00:32:46,482
and just kind of round it out
and give it what you typically

758
00:32:46,586 --> 00:32:47,827
would get from a herb,

759
00:32:47,931 --> 00:32:49,620
which Laura has all of them.

760
00:32:49,724 --> 00:32:51,517
There's a lot going on here.

761
00:32:51,620 --> 00:32:54,482
Um, so I look forward to
showing the judges where the dish ended up.

762
00:32:54,586 --> 00:32:55,896
It's all happening right now,

763
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:57,931
and I think all the different
elements will hopefully

764
00:32:58,034 --> 00:32:59,793
come together really, really
well.

765
00:32:59,896 --> 00:33:02,793
Time's running out.
Three minutes, everybody!

766
00:33:07,413 --> 00:33:09,931
As I'm plating this
dish up, I want a little bit of the puree

767
00:33:10,034 --> 00:33:13,034
on the bottom, and I just want
to fan out the shallot petals

768
00:33:13,137 --> 00:33:14,551
to essentially look like a
flour.

769
00:33:14,655 --> 00:33:18,034
The foam is going to go over
the top with the broth poured there.

770
00:33:18,137 --> 00:33:20,000
It's going to be black and
white and tan.

771
00:33:21,241 --> 00:33:23,620
I want the dish to look
inviting and intriguing

772
00:33:23,724 --> 00:33:25,448
and make them want
to dive in straightaway.

773
00:33:27,344 --> 00:33:28,551
Whether it's going to compare

774
00:33:28,655 --> 00:33:31,034
with the beautiful fish dish
or a big piece of beef,

775
00:33:31,137 --> 00:33:33,034
we'll wait and see.

776
00:33:34,241 --> 00:33:38,000
Your time is going, going, gone
in 10...

777
00:33:38,103 --> 00:33:41,241
Nine, eight, seven,

778
00:33:41,344 --> 00:33:44,448
six, five, four,

779
00:33:44,551 --> 00:33:47,241
three, two, one!

780
00:33:47,344 --> 00:33:48,724
That's it!

781
00:33:49,793 --> 00:33:51,655
My voice is so bad right now.

782
00:33:51,758 --> 00:33:54,137
Holy heck balls.

783
00:33:54,241 --> 00:33:56,689
That was a wild 50 minutes.

784
00:33:56,793 --> 00:33:57,931
I went for it.

785
00:33:58,034 --> 00:33:59,586
I threw everything I had into
it,

786
00:33:59,689 --> 00:34:02,965
and this dish just looks
so beautiful.

787
00:34:03,068 --> 00:34:05,379
What has Callum done with his
time, and what has Jamie done?

788
00:34:05,482 --> 00:34:07,862
That's what it's going
to come down to.

789
00:34:16,965 --> 00:34:21,310
The first dish we'd like to
taste belongs to Callum.

790
00:34:25,344 --> 00:34:27,137
There's a lot riding
on this dish today.

791
00:34:27,241 --> 00:34:29,310
Not only do I want to win
the 15 minutes,

792
00:34:29,413 --> 00:34:31,655
but I'm not super keen on
Laura or Jamie having 15 minutes extra

793
00:34:31,758 --> 00:34:33,448
in the semifinal either.

794
00:34:34,689 --> 00:34:37,724
Given I had spices,
some citrus and fish,

795
00:34:37,827 --> 00:34:40,000
I think it's quite
an elevated plate of food.

796
00:34:41,724 --> 00:34:43,655
I just hope the judges like it.

797
00:34:43,758 --> 00:34:46,517
Callum, what did you make?

798
00:34:46,620 --> 00:34:48,275
So, I've done coral trout

799
00:34:48,379 --> 00:34:51,862
with a burnt mandarin
and makrut lime sauce

800
00:34:51,965 --> 00:34:54,068
and some brown butter mandarin
roti.

801
00:34:55,517 --> 00:34:58,862
Fish, spices and citrus.

802
00:34:58,965 --> 00:35:00,793
With those three things,

803
00:35:00,896 --> 00:35:03,758
how did you make it feel
like a complete dish?

804
00:35:03,862 --> 00:35:06,344
You know, normally, I'd
probably have a vegetable or a herb,

805
00:35:06,448 --> 00:35:08,448
or something to help kind of
tie everything together.

806
00:35:08,551 --> 00:35:10,000
But hence is the nature
of this competition,

807
00:35:10,103 --> 00:35:11,758
and when you don't
have those things,

808
00:35:11,862 --> 00:35:13,793
sometimes it forces you
to think more creatively.

809
00:35:15,103 --> 00:35:17,034
I thought by having a couple
of different expressions

810
00:35:17,137 --> 00:35:18,379
of the coral trout,

811
00:35:18,482 --> 00:35:22,034
it might be a way to make it
a little bit more restauranty.

812
00:35:22,137 --> 00:35:24,034
But, yeah, I'm really happy
with the end dish.

813
00:35:24,137 --> 00:35:26,000
Let's have a go.

814
00:35:56,896 --> 00:35:58,068
Callum,

815
00:35:58,172 --> 00:36:00,758
I was really hoping
when I ate this dish

816
00:36:00,862 --> 00:36:03,413
that I didn't feel like
it was missing anything.

817
00:36:08,275 --> 00:36:10,000
I don't think it is.

818
00:36:10,103 --> 00:36:11,620
It's phenomenal.

819
00:36:11,724 --> 00:36:15,620
I was definitely, like, in awe
of what you've done with that sauce.

820
00:36:15,724 --> 00:36:18,344
I thought that you would need
some sort of vegetable in there -

821
00:36:18,448 --> 00:36:20,620
an allium wouldn't have gone
astray -

822
00:36:20,724 --> 00:36:22,793
to really build that flavour.

823
00:36:22,896 --> 00:36:26,310
But what you've done
with that fish-head broth,

824
00:36:26,413 --> 00:36:28,931
reducing that
with the burnt mandarin,

825
00:36:29,034 --> 00:36:30,551
it's unbelievable.

826
00:36:31,758 --> 00:36:34,275
The big one for me, though,
is just that,

827
00:36:34,379 --> 00:36:36,379
that piece that was on the
barbecue of coral trout.

828
00:36:36,482 --> 00:36:40,413
You did such a great job,
getting some beautiful char on that skin.

829
00:36:42,827 --> 00:36:44,965
But I think your fish
is a little under.

830
00:36:46,965 --> 00:36:49,827
It just needed to be kissed
on that flesh side.

831
00:36:49,931 --> 00:36:53,620
And it is, like,
by the slightest second.

832
00:36:53,724 --> 00:36:57,482
Callum, the hibachi piece
was a little bit under,

833
00:36:57,586 --> 00:37:00,482
but I kind of didn't mind it
because it's just so fresh.

834
00:37:00,586 --> 00:37:02,758
I loved how you did the cured
trout.

835
00:37:02,862 --> 00:37:04,862
It's kind of got this firmness
about it that's...

836
00:37:04,965 --> 00:37:06,379
..I find very satisfying.

837
00:37:06,482 --> 00:37:07,586
Love the sauce.

838
00:37:07,689 --> 00:37:11,137
It's very modern and very fresh
but still delicious.

839
00:37:11,241 --> 00:37:12,344
Thanks, Poh.

840
00:37:12,448 --> 00:37:13,655
Thanks, Callum.
Cheers.

841
00:37:20,862 --> 00:37:23,655
We'd like to taste your dish,
Laura.

842
00:37:27,551 --> 00:37:30,103
With the time I had today,
I feel like this was the best

843
00:37:30,206 --> 00:37:31,655
possible dish that I could put
up.

844
00:37:33,551 --> 00:37:35,413
Ooh-la-la!
Gorgeous.

845
00:37:35,517 --> 00:37:37,137
Look at the colour of this
sauce!

846
00:37:38,172 --> 00:37:41,034
I just hope that I've managed
to pump enough flavours in there

847
00:37:41,137 --> 00:37:42,862
to make it a winning dish.

848
00:37:44,448 --> 00:37:47,137
Laura, you ended up
with the least amount of time,

849
00:37:47,241 --> 00:37:48,724
only 50 minutes.
Yep.

850
00:37:48,827 --> 00:37:50,137
What did you make?

851
00:37:50,241 --> 00:37:53,827
So, I've got ribeye with
Jerusalem artichoke fondants,

852
00:37:53,931 --> 00:37:58,862
asparagus, sea succulents,
and an all-green sauce.

853
00:38:00,275 --> 00:38:02,551
Your challenge was to make a
dish in 50 minutes,

854
00:38:02,655 --> 00:38:05,103
but to make it taste like
it wasn't cooked in a hurry.

855
00:38:05,206 --> 00:38:07,068
Yep.
How did you do that?

856
00:38:07,172 --> 00:38:10,862
I just went for lots of cooking
over the hibachi

857
00:38:10,965 --> 00:38:14,586
to kind of get lots of big,
smoky flavours through the dish.

858
00:38:14,689 --> 00:38:17,172
Uh, cooking a lot in brown
butter, smoking butter.

859
00:38:17,275 --> 00:38:19,724
So just trying to bring, like,
bigger, bold flavours

860
00:38:19,827 --> 00:38:23,310
to ingredients
that I use quite often.

861
00:38:23,413 --> 00:38:24,931
We're going to taste.
Enjoy.

862
00:38:25,034 --> 00:38:26,379
Thank you.

863
00:38:26,482 --> 00:38:28,689
It's huge what's on the line
right now.

864
00:38:31,172 --> 00:38:33,448
One of us is going to win

865
00:38:33,551 --> 00:38:36,758
a 15-minute advantage
in the semifinal cook.

866
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:42,482
And for me, I need this one to
get to that finale and hold that trophy.

867
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:47,034
I've dreamt about this
since I was a 13-year-old girl.

868
00:38:47,137 --> 00:38:49,034
I just want this to happen.

869
00:38:58,482 --> 00:39:02,482
Which fan favourite
will lift the MasterChef trophy?

870
00:39:02,586 --> 00:39:06,689
Stream every mouth-watering
episode on 10.

871
00:39:26,793 --> 00:39:28,931
Well, Laura...

872
00:39:34,655 --> 00:39:36,482
..I think this is tremendous.

873
00:39:38,655 --> 00:39:41,758
You're cooking on the ribeye
is absolutely excellent.

874
00:39:42,965 --> 00:39:49,206
Your Jerusalem artichokes
fondants are absolutely done perfectly.

875
00:39:50,241 --> 00:39:51,931
You've got that artichoke
flavour,

876
00:39:52,034 --> 00:39:55,172
which is really balancing
with your sauce, your steak.

877
00:39:55,275 --> 00:39:56,620
Well done to you, Laura.

878
00:39:56,724 --> 00:39:58,137
Thank you.

879
00:39:58,241 --> 00:40:01,137
Laura, this is a really
layered dish for a 50-minute cook.

880
00:40:01,241 --> 00:40:02,586
It's quite incredible.

881
00:40:02,689 --> 00:40:04,827
You've got these slightly
bitter,

882
00:40:04,931 --> 00:40:07,586
grassy high notes from your
wonderful green sauce,

883
00:40:07,689 --> 00:40:11,241
backed up by the saltiness
of your sea succulents.

884
00:40:11,344 --> 00:40:12,620
Then, the earthiness,

885
00:40:12,724 --> 00:40:15,655
that earthy sweetness from the
Jerusalem artichoke fondant

886
00:40:15,758 --> 00:40:18,379
kind of just pulls
everything down, as well.

887
00:40:18,482 --> 00:40:20,586
And you've definitely managed
to take this from what could

888
00:40:20,689 --> 00:40:24,103
have easily have just
been well-cooked steak and veg

889
00:40:24,206 --> 00:40:25,931
to something that is deserving
of being on a menu.

890
00:40:26,034 --> 00:40:27,482
So for that,
you should be really proud.

891
00:40:28,620 --> 00:40:30,206
Thanks, Laura.
Thank you.

892
00:40:32,137 --> 00:40:34,068
Whew!
Well done.

893
00:40:34,172 --> 00:40:36,275
Grazie.
Well done.

894
00:40:36,379 --> 00:40:38,758
I was going to slap you in the
face.

895
00:40:38,862 --> 00:40:42,620
The last dish we'd like to
taste belongs to Jamie.

896
00:40:44,827 --> 00:40:46,482
Good luck, Jamie.
Thank you.

897
00:40:47,758 --> 00:40:50,517
Walking up to the judges, I'm
really happy with the way my dish looks.

898
00:40:50,620 --> 00:40:51,827
Hello.

899
00:40:51,931 --> 00:40:52,862
It's very inviting.

900
00:40:52,965 --> 00:40:54,586
Ooh!

901
00:40:54,689 --> 00:40:59,793
And hopefully, my crazy idea
to beat fish and beef

902
00:40:59,896 --> 00:41:02,275
with some tofu and onions

903
00:41:02,379 --> 00:41:04,862
is going to give me a fighting
chance to win this advantage

904
00:41:04,965 --> 00:41:08,310
in the semifinal - that extra
15 minutes would mean everything.

905
00:41:08,413 --> 00:41:10,103
Jamie, you had the most time.

906
00:41:10,206 --> 00:41:11,586
You had 75 minutes,

907
00:41:11,689 --> 00:41:15,172
and you had tofu, alliums
and flavour bombs.

908
00:41:15,275 --> 00:41:16,896
What did you make?

909
00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:19,482
Today, I've made charred
shallot,

910
00:41:19,586 --> 00:41:21,724
a caramelised leek puree,

911
00:41:21,827 --> 00:41:23,241
a miso and tofu foam

912
00:41:23,344 --> 00:41:25,137
and a burnt onion dashi.

913
00:41:29,551 --> 00:41:31,275
You look nervous, brother. Why?

914
00:41:31,379 --> 00:41:34,103
Yeah, a little bit.
I'd love this 15 minutes.

915
00:41:34,206 --> 00:41:36,310
Plus, also,
every time I put a dish up

916
00:41:36,413 --> 00:41:38,655
that's relatively pared back

917
00:41:38,758 --> 00:41:42,448
and sort of focusing on,
essentially, one ingredient,

918
00:41:42,551 --> 00:41:44,586
but you're really putting
yourself out there.

919
00:41:44,689 --> 00:41:46,620
But that little bit of
confidence

920
00:41:46,724 --> 00:41:52,655
and that knowledge in my own
palate to go, "Yeah, cool, I can do this,"

921
00:41:52,758 --> 00:41:55,413
um, that would be a big boost.
So, yeah.

922
00:41:57,137 --> 00:41:58,620
Let's eat.

923
00:42:33,034 --> 00:42:35,793
Jamie, for me, I think
it was down to two things -

924
00:42:35,896 --> 00:42:38,965
it was a time that you had and
the use of those flavour bombs.

925
00:42:40,034 --> 00:42:41,655
And...

926
00:42:42,689 --> 00:42:44,551
..I think you smashed it
out of the park, mate.

927
00:42:45,862 --> 00:42:48,620
Man, when you taste that,
all together,

928
00:42:48,724 --> 00:42:51,000
money. Absolute money.

929
00:42:52,206 --> 00:42:55,310
There is just this really rich,

930
00:42:55,413 --> 00:43:00,965
huge-bodied amount of umami
when you get everything together.

931
00:43:01,068 --> 00:43:04,241
And I think that this is
probably one of your best dishes.

932
00:43:04,344 --> 00:43:06,310
And it's also shown

933
00:43:06,413 --> 00:43:07,482
that you've got restraint.

934
00:43:07,586 --> 00:43:10,034
When you want to use it,
you know how to do it.

935
00:43:10,137 --> 00:43:12,793
I'm very impressed by that.
I'm very impressed.

936
00:43:13,931 --> 00:43:18,241
Jamie, very bold move to make
the centre of your plate a shallot.

937
00:43:18,344 --> 00:43:21,379
And it worked in your favour.

938
00:43:21,482 --> 00:43:24,689
You had so many powerful,
intense flavours in your hands.

939
00:43:24,793 --> 00:43:26,551
And I was really worried

940
00:43:26,655 --> 00:43:29,827
that you were not going
to be able to wrangle them.

941
00:43:29,931 --> 00:43:33,241
But you really, really...
You did such a great job of it.

942
00:43:33,344 --> 00:43:38,000
That hint of rawness in your
shallot gives the palate a fresh hit.

943
00:43:38,103 --> 00:43:42,517
So very, very well managed.
You've done a great job.

944
00:43:43,689 --> 00:43:46,965
Jamie, when you put it down
in front of us,

945
00:43:47,068 --> 00:43:50,551
knowing that you had 75
minutes, it could easily scare you.

946
00:43:51,620 --> 00:43:55,793
But you used every single one
of those minutes to your advantage

947
00:43:55,896 --> 00:43:57,655
because of the flavour
that you rammed in there,

948
00:43:57,758 --> 00:44:02,275
and the way that you balanced
everything like an absolute pro.

949
00:44:02,379 --> 00:44:04,793
It's giving French onion soup
so strongly.

950
00:44:04,896 --> 00:44:06,172
But light.
Yeah.

951
00:44:06,275 --> 00:44:07,896
And I mean, you could,
you could write this

952
00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:10,620
as French onion soup
on a modern menu.

953
00:44:10,724 --> 00:44:14,448
That is an indicator
of such a clever dish.

954
00:44:14,551 --> 00:44:16,310
Thanks, Jamie!
Thanks, Jamie.

955
00:44:18,103 --> 00:44:19,896
It's not every day
you put a dish up,

956
00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:21,931
and the judges get what
you were trying to do.

957
00:44:22,034 --> 00:44:23,827
Killed it, mate.
Yeah.

958
00:44:23,931 --> 00:44:25,793
I had a vision,

959
00:44:25,896 --> 00:44:28,931
and so much of my heart and
soul went into it, and they loved it.

960
00:44:29,034 --> 00:44:31,344
And I'm hoping it's enough.

961
00:44:48,275 --> 00:44:49,896
With a priceless advantage at
stake,

962
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:52,724
you had to spend your time
wisely today.

963
00:44:52,827 --> 00:44:55,137
A 15-minute head start
in the semifinal could

964
00:44:55,241 --> 00:44:58,689
be the boost you need
to get into the grand finale.

965
00:45:00,793 --> 00:45:02,862
Everyone wanted
to get their hands on it.

966
00:45:04,965 --> 00:45:09,068
But we had to give the win to
a dish that was too good to be beaten.

967
00:45:10,931 --> 00:45:13,517
I'd be pretty happy if I were
you

968
00:45:13,620 --> 00:45:17,206
to be heading into my first
semifinal with an advantage. Yeah!

969
00:45:17,310 --> 00:45:18,482
Jamie!

970
00:45:20,551 --> 00:45:23,103
Tofu! Tofu! Tofu!

971
00:45:23,206 --> 00:45:25,034
Tofu!
Oh, you're not joining in?

972
00:45:27,620 --> 00:45:29,482
So Laura.
Tofu.

973
00:45:29,586 --> 00:45:33,137
Alright, Jamie, how do you
feel?

974
00:45:33,241 --> 00:45:35,379
I'm rapt. Absolutely over the
moon.

975
00:45:35,482 --> 00:45:37,620
Yeah, I'm really happy
with the dish I put up

976
00:45:37,724 --> 00:45:40,379
and definitely happy
with the advantage.

977
00:45:40,482 --> 00:45:42,827
This win puts me in the best
possible position

978
00:45:42,931 --> 00:45:44,517
going into the semifinal.

979
00:45:44,620 --> 00:45:45,793
I'm full of confidence.

980
00:45:45,896 --> 00:45:47,965
I will take full advantage
of that 15 minutes.

981
00:45:48,068 --> 00:45:49,793
Might even make a cup of tea.

982
00:45:49,896 --> 00:45:51,551
Why not?

983
00:45:51,655 --> 00:45:55,206
We can't wait to see what
you've all got in store for the semifinal,

984
00:45:55,310 --> 00:46:00,793
but before the biggest cook
of your lives so far...

985
00:46:02,620 --> 00:46:04,206
..we're going to have some fun.

986
00:46:04,310 --> 00:46:05,620
Yay!
Get excited.

987
00:46:05,724 --> 00:46:07,413
I know we are.
Ha-ha-ha-ha!

988
00:46:07,517 --> 00:46:09,206
See you soon!

989
00:46:11,103 --> 00:46:13,137
See you, guys.
Well done, guys.

990
00:46:14,379 --> 00:46:16,482
Well done, fella.
Thanks, mate. LAURA: Well done.

991
00:46:16,586 --> 00:46:18,551
Tofu! Tofu! Tofu! Tofu!

992
00:46:18,655 --> 00:46:20,103
Join in!

993
00:46:25,517 --> 00:46:28,034
Love what you see
in the MasterChef kitchen?

994
00:46:28,137 --> 00:46:29,862
Now you can do it yourself

995
00:46:29,965 --> 00:46:32,724
with the MasterChef At Home
cookbook.

996
00:46:32,827 --> 00:46:34,448
Head to the website

997
00:46:34,551 --> 00:46:36,137
or scan the QR code.

998
00:46:37,448 --> 00:46:38,655
Sunday night...

999
00:46:40,103 --> 00:46:42,482
Welcome back, you lot!

1000
00:46:42,586 --> 00:46:43,551
We're turning the tables.

1001
00:46:43,655 --> 00:46:46,103
It's semifinalists
versus the judges.

1002
00:46:48,689 --> 00:46:51,827
..it's all fun and games.

1003
00:46:51,931 --> 00:46:54,551
Mate, you need all the help
you can get. Get over there.

1004
00:46:54,655 --> 00:46:55,862
I'm back to win, mate.

1005
00:46:57,551 --> 00:46:59,586
But what happens...

1006
00:46:59,689 --> 00:47:01,034
It's going to be a hard battle.

1007
00:47:01,137 --> 00:47:02,655
..when reputations...

1008
00:47:02,758 --> 00:47:03,896
I'm so worried.

1009
00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:05,172
..are at stake?

1010
00:47:05,275 --> 00:47:08,137
Oh!
Oh, no!

1011
00:47:09,965 --> 00:47:11,482
Do you have a plan B,
Andy?

1012
00:47:11,586 --> 00:47:12,965
And...

1013
00:47:13,068 --> 00:47:15,620
This is the most
important cook

1014
00:47:15,724 --> 00:47:18,068
of your MasterChef career so
far.

1015
00:47:19,344 --> 00:47:20,448
..the semifinal.

1016
00:47:20,551 --> 00:47:21,965
Let's do this.

1017
00:47:22,068 --> 00:47:23,172
There's this sense

1018
00:47:23,275 --> 00:47:24,482
of unfinished business,

1019
00:47:24,586 --> 00:47:25,793
so there's a lot riding on
this.

1020
00:47:25,896 --> 00:47:27,241
I'm at the top of my
game at the moment.

1021
00:47:27,344 --> 00:47:29,275
This is the time for me to
shine.

1022
00:47:29,379 --> 00:47:30,689
I'm going to beat them

1023
00:47:30,793 --> 00:47:32,103
the only way I know how -

1024
00:47:32,206 --> 00:47:33,275
swing hard and leave everything

1025
00:47:33,379 --> 00:47:34,482
in the kitchen.

1026
00:47:39,379 --> 00:47:41,344
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