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[Kelsey screaming]
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The semi-finals
of our star-studded Triple G
Relay Tournament are here.
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[man] Oh, yes!
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[Guy] This
crazy tag-team competition
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pushed some teams
to the breaking point.
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[screaming]
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Please, make a meatball!
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What is this game!
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[Guy] But now,
only three crews remain.
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One team earned
a high-scoring victory
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that has sent them
straight to the finale.
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Now the winners
of the other two heats are
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facing off.
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This is our last chance
to make it to the finale.
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Come on, Joe!
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The pressure is palpable.
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Which team will earn
their shot at the title,
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the trophies, and $60,000?
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[man] Jiminy Christmas,
this is so hard.
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[mimics electricity]
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[yelps]
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It's the semifinals
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of Triple G's All-Star
Relay Rumble.
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[nervously] I'm being good.
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[laughing]
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[bell dings]
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[Guy] It's the semifinals.
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We have the quick-fire-tested
Top Chef All-Stars
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versus a super squad
of Triple G judges.
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Let's welcome back
our battle-tested team.
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Now, first up, the crew
that out-cooked
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culinary award winners
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with their vegetarian
spaghetti and meatballs.
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The flavors in this dish
are incredible.
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It's a dish that I just want
to keep eating and eating.
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[Guy] The Top Chef All-Stars.
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The winner
of Top Chef Season 16, KBC,
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Chef Kelsey Barnard Clark.
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Acclaimed restaurateur
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and Top Chef All-Star
Season 8,
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the Boogeyman,
Chef Dale Talde.
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And Top Chef All-Star
and Season 15 finalist,
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Mustache Joe, Chef Joe Sasto.
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-We're back.
-Semi-final.
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It's Semi-finals.
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Let's go.
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[Joe] The more
that we cook together
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or not actually cook together,
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the better we become
not cooking together.
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[laughing]
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There's some winner winner
spaghetti and meatball dinner.
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Go get them.
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Nice. I'm glad you have
one more flower shirt
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that I haven't seen.
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And then the team that showed
the next-gen young'uns
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just how a winner winner
chicken dinner is done.
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The plate is delicious.
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Just-- it works. It feels like
one person made this dish.
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[Guy] The Triple G Judges.
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Food Network star
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and Southern sensation
Damaris Phillips,
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TOC commentator
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and one of Triple G's
winningest chefs,
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wild card Justin Warner,
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and the hugely successful
restaurateur
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and celebrated chef
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"Shenanigans" Brian Malarkey.
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We're the victorious
Triple G Judges.
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[roaring]
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We are on fire.
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[Damaris] Hi, guys.
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-[Brian] Hi.
-[Damaris] Hello.
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-Keep him in his cage, please.
-[Brian barks]
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-[howls]
-It's going to be
a long night.
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This is going to be a battle.
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I got to be honest with you.
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I've been doing Triple G
a long time,
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and this is the most
difficult competition format
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I've ever seen.
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[Guy] Everything
that we've learned
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in our kitchens
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is about communication.
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In this, we absolutely
strip you of that opportunity,
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and now you need
to leave breadcrumbs.
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One at a time,
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you are going to be
on a 10-minute shift.
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The key is,
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is you know each other.
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You've been around the block
with each other.
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So you should be able
to pick up
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on one another's
culinary clues.
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These two crews have
to battle it out
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to figure out who is going
to go to the championship,
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who's going to be going
for the title,
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the trophies.
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And I think there's
a little bit of money
on the table.
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$60,000,
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-ladies and gentlemen.
-[all exclaiming]
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-Big money, big money,
big money!
-Yeah.
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[Guy] Now, the first chef will
do the shopping
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and the prepping.
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The second chef will
continue on the cooking.
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And the third chef,
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well, they're going
to finish the dish,
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and they're also going
to present the dish
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to the judges. All right.
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For the next rowdy rumble...
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you don't get to do the job
you did last time.
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-News to me.
-Thank you. That's great.
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[Guy] So go ahead.
Talk amongst yourselves.
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Find out who's shopping,
who's in the middle,
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and who closes the deal.
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I still don't want to shop.
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All right, so that leaves me
to shop.
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-And I'm fine with, honestly,
any of the roles.
-Okay.
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I should do the shop.
I just really want to.
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-You're not shopping, bro.
-Oh.
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Don't let Shenanigans shop.
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-He's definitely not shopping.
-[laughs maniacally]
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Malarkey is a notoriously
chaotic shopper.
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[Brian] Oh, I love it.
This is all the good stuff.
[laughs maniacally]
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He's kind of like
our Tasmanian devil.
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I'll be shopping.
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-You'll be shopping.
-He'll be shopping.
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I'm the Damaris meat
in this sandwich.
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All right, so who's shopping?
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Justin Warner.
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Dale Talde.
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Who's in the middle?
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Joe Sasto.
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Damaris Phillips.
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-[Joe exclaims]
-Hey, bro!
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So that means
closing the door...
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Oh, my gosh.
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Talk about keeping
the train on the tracks,
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the wild man himself,
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Brian Malarkey.
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and Kelsey Barnard Clark.
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Chefs that are shopping,
you stick with the carts.
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And the other four of you,
out the double doors.
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-Good luck.
-Let's do this, Dale.
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-Good luck. You got it.
-Send us a sign.
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-Let's go.
-You got it.
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-Send us a sign.
-Breadcrumbs.
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I'm clearing my mind.
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Wow.
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You do not look happy.
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Oh, I'm stunned.
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You know, Guy, I used to think
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that Flavortown took
my ability
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to feel normal things,
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like fear, panic.
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Now I can't feel those,
and I'm even lower
than I was before.
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-[laughing]
-[Justin] It's cool, man.
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My heart is beating so fast.
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[groans] My eye is twitching.
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The challenge
for your ears only.
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I want you to make
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a party platter.
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One platter
with three components on it.
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But on this party platter,
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I want you to put something
on there...
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fried, raw,
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and I want you to put
something on there cheesy.
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Of course, Guy.
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[Guy]
Three separate components
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on one platter.
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Going in three, two...
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Hold up. Forgot something.
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My absent-mindedness
almost cost you guys
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the opportunity to show
your real prowess.
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You know what you are?
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You're aware of who you are,
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and you're aware
of how to watch your weight.
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No, man! No.
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So you're going
to get something fried,
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something raw,
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and a cheesy component
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on your party platter
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with...
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eight pounds.
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No. I'm sorry.
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So you'll shop around,
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take your stuff
over to the scale.
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Hunter will be over there
waiting for you.
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You'll weigh
your eight pounds.
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Once you have that,
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you'll be able
to go to your kitchen
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and start to cry.
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Let's turn that frown
upside down.
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I'm smiling inside,
Guy. I promise.
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Eight pounds.
Fried, raw, cheesy.
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Those three things.
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Two of you making one platter.
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Now when you go think
about weighing in...
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Justin's not putting up
with any of it.
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[rock music playing]
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[Justin] This ain't it.
Yeah, this is it.
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This is it.
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I'm back
with Team Triple G judges.
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Some might say I'm formidable.
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Some might say
I'm to be feared.
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This is our last chance
to make it to the finale,
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and we'll be facing off
against Team TOC Champs.
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I work on TOC as well.
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I've been in more episodes
than Maneet.
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I want a trophy, and I want
to take them down a notch.
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So something's got to be raw.
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It's going to be
something delicious,
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like a tuna poke.
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Damaris will
understand right away.
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Ahi tuna. There's no point
in cooking that.
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This is the raw component.
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My fried component, calamari.
Tubes, and tentacles.
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-Panko.
-If you showed up to a party
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and they had fried calamari,
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you'd say, "Ooh,
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did I dress up enough?"
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And the cheesy component.
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Nothing is more cheesy
than nachos and chorizo.
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If you've got cheese,
that's just cheesy chips.
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But if you have chorizo,
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now they're nachos.
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My strategy is
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to weave this sort
of Latin vibe throughout.
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I like...
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where he's going.
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[Justin] I'm going to divvy
my shopping cart
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into little piles,
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one for each component
of the dish.
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Weight's going
to go like that.
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He has little setups
down here.
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He's shopping by category.
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And I will edit accordingly
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once I get
to the weighing scale.
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All right, Justin,
what have we got?
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Give me the priorities.
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[Justin] It's unfortunate,
the amount of weight
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that I have brought
to this party.
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So I need to start
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hacking and editing my cart.
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[Hunter] Woo!
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That's a lot of tortillas.
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It turns out
my tortillas are too heavy.
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They got to have
a smaller pack of tortillas.
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[Justin] So I got to run
all the way back
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to the other side
of Flavortown Market...
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He's so mad at me.
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Under his breath,
he's like, [grumbles]
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[Justin] ...and grab
some flight tortillas.
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Why didn't they figure out
how to play the game?
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-They're getting
all this big stuff.
-[Guy] I know.
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I don't understand it.
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I'm going to throw up.
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[Guy] You're right
at eight pounds.
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-That's it, done. Okay.
-[Hunter] Okay.
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-[instrumental music playing]
-[Justin] Last week, we proved
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Damaris, Malarkey, Justin,
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-Demarcuston...
-[music slows down and stops]
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...Demalarkiston?
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Whatever it is, we've got it.
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My order got all messed up.
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Let's go, semifinals!
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One of the things
that I learned as a shopper,
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you need to spell out
for the next chefs
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what the dishes are
going to be.
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Uh, he's not getting it.
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-I put a can
of spaghetti meatballs...
-Okay. That's what I'm saying.
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-It's sitting out there.
-...with impossible meat.
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I think I made it
literally crystal clear.
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This is the hardest thing
I've ever done.
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For my fried item,
I'm thinking fried shrimp.
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For my raw item,
a ceviche of scallop.
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That was
the lightest possible protein
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I could have gotten.
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For cheesy,
fried mozzarella sticks.
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For my fried shrimp
tempura flour,
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I'm getting some panko.
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I need a dipping sauce,
so I got hot sauce,
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cocktail sauce,
and wasabi aioli.
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My strategy is to get items
that are light,
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impactful, flavorful,
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but also help
my teammates understand
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what that challenge is
immediately.
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[Hunter] Are we ready?
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Are we feeling ready? Not yet?
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-No.
-No? Okay.
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[Guy] No time to cook
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if they don't
move their butts.
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[playful music playing]
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Dale's left his cart.
It's time to ghost-ride it.
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Leave your cart...
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say goodbye.
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You leave your cart,
I ghost-ride that thing.
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Or I'll fill it
with my own groceries.
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-[Dale] Hi.
-[Guy] Is that your cart?
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[Guy chuckles]
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[Dale] Raw, cheesy, fried.
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-Are you ready now?
-[Dale] I think I am.
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Okay. Let's load it up.
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The whole big thing
that makes this so difficult
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is that eight pounds.
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Who gives somebody
eight pounds? Horrible.
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-[Guy whistles]
-Give me the priority items.
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What do you need?
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I'll take the egg.
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[Hunter] Oh!
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You're going to have
to drop something off.
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I lose my mayo.
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I lose my sauces.
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No sauces?
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Everything that tastes good
is heavy.
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No sauces.
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[Dale] All right, that's it.
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I got to keep it light.
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I wasn't able to get
a lot of the things
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that I would have
loved to have.
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Hey, start restocking this.
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Why me? This was your idea.
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To my store.
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[tense music playing]
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Foil.
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Let's meet the parties
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responsible for judging
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these fantastic
party platters.
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We have rockstar restaurateur,
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culinary triple threat,
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the one and only
Chef Michael Voltaggio.
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Celebrated restaurateur
and fierce competitor,
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don't let that smile
and all the bling fool you,
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it's Iron Chef
Stephanie Izard.
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An eight-time
James Beard Award winner
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with restaurants
around the world
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and soon on the moon,
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00:10:34,467 --> 00:10:36,367
the culinary and fashion icon,
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Chef Marcus Samuelsson.
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Like Mike Tyson said,
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"Everybody's got a plan
until they get punched
in the face."
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How do you communicate
to the next person
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00:10:42,867 --> 00:10:44,667
that they have to make
three different prep--
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00:10:44,667 --> 00:10:45,700
three different dishes?
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00:10:45,700 --> 00:10:46,767
Exactly.
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00:10:46,767 --> 00:10:49,467
You have to communicate
party platter,
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fried,
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raw, cheesy,
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all while you're
cooking, prepping,
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00:10:53,367 --> 00:10:55,100
and giving clues,
and shopping.
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00:10:55,100 --> 00:10:57,467
There are so many ways
this can go wrong.
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[Guy exhales]
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Semifinals,
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00:11:00,266 --> 00:11:01,567
getting harder.
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00:11:01,567 --> 00:11:03,500
This is pretty obvious.
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00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:05,600
That's that.
354
00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:06,467
First thing I'm going to do is
355
00:11:06,467 --> 00:11:09,667
organize my ingredients
onto trays.
356
00:11:09,667 --> 00:11:11,367
Fried calamari, tuna poke,
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00:11:11,367 --> 00:11:13,567
and cheesy nachos.
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00:11:13,567 --> 00:11:15,700
Then I'm going to get
the prep work started.
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00:11:15,700 --> 00:11:16,600
My fried component,
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00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:19,266
I'm going to make
a flavorful dredge.
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00:11:19,266 --> 00:11:21,367
Slice the tube
of the calamari.
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00:11:21,367 --> 00:11:24,467
Next, for my cheesy component,
for my nachos.
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00:11:24,467 --> 00:11:26,367
I put the chorizo
in a skillet.
364
00:11:26,367 --> 00:11:29,166
Chorizo's really going
to sell these as nachos.
365
00:11:29,166 --> 00:11:31,000
And then I rely
on my handy friend,
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00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:32,567
aluminum foil.
367
00:11:32,567 --> 00:11:34,900
In my hands,
aluminum foil becomes
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00:11:34,900 --> 00:11:36,166
the tiniest bread crumb.
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00:11:36,166 --> 00:11:37,266
You've got to use the fryer.
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00:11:37,266 --> 00:11:38,767
What's going on in the foil?
371
00:11:38,767 --> 00:11:40,100
We put foil in the fryer--
wrap something in foil
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00:11:40,100 --> 00:11:41,367
with a secret code.
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00:11:41,367 --> 00:11:43,100
[Justin] A little wrap
of aluminum foil
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around the cheesy component.
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00:11:44,567 --> 00:11:45,533
It's got to be cheesy.
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00:11:45,533 --> 00:11:47,867
A little aluminum foil
around the ahi tuna.
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00:11:47,867 --> 00:11:49,567
Look at this little technique.
378
00:11:49,567 --> 00:11:51,867
These are
must-use items. [chuckles]
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00:11:51,867 --> 00:11:53,700
He put foil
around something else.
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00:11:53,700 --> 00:11:56,100
Follow the foil,
my fellow chefs.
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00:11:56,100 --> 00:11:57,367
"Fry this."
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00:11:57,367 --> 00:11:58,567
[Guy] I see the cheesy.
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00:11:58,567 --> 00:11:59,667
I see the raw.
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00:11:59,667 --> 00:12:00,900
What's the fried?
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00:12:00,900 --> 00:12:02,266
[Justin]
A little calamari action.
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00:12:02,266 --> 00:12:03,600
[Guy] Got it. Nice call.
387
00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:05,667
If we win this,
we'll go to the finale,
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00:12:05,667 --> 00:12:09,233
and we'll be facing off
against Team TOC Champs.
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00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:10,734
It's an uphill battle,
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00:12:10,734 --> 00:12:13,266
but hopefully, I've set
my teammates up for success,
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00:12:13,266 --> 00:12:14,400
and I don't think
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00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:15,500
we can be foiled.
393
00:12:15,500 --> 00:12:16,467
[drum sting playing]
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00:12:16,467 --> 00:12:18,000
[all laughing]
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00:12:19,100 --> 00:12:20,600
[Dale] So I'm putting
all my items
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00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:21,867
in three separate bowls
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00:12:21,867 --> 00:12:22,700
so they understand
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00:12:22,700 --> 00:12:25,200
that these are
three separate dishes.
399
00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:26,867
So I put scallops,
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00:12:26,867 --> 00:12:29,266
avocado, cilantro,
the serrano chilies,
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00:12:29,266 --> 00:12:30,667
all the raw items.
402
00:12:30,667 --> 00:12:32,667
For my fried item,
I put shrimp
403
00:12:32,667 --> 00:12:34,100
with the panko on top,
404
00:12:34,100 --> 00:12:35,100
and in the last bowl,
405
00:12:35,100 --> 00:12:36,266
mozzarella sticks,
406
00:12:36,266 --> 00:12:37,900
telling them cheese has
to be part of this.
407
00:12:37,900 --> 00:12:39,266
-So you got your raw.
-Cheesy.
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00:12:39,266 --> 00:12:40,100
-[both] Raw.
-[Dale] Fried.
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00:12:40,100 --> 00:12:41,600
You think you've
set 'em up here enough
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00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:43,567
-to understand all that?
-I sure hope so.
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00:12:43,567 --> 00:12:44,266
So to make sure Joe knows
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00:12:44,266 --> 00:12:45,700
you've got to fry the shrimp,
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00:12:45,700 --> 00:12:46,967
I set up a dredge station.
414
00:12:46,967 --> 00:12:49,266
I lightly dust
and season some shrimp
415
00:12:49,266 --> 00:12:50,867
and chuck it in the fryer.
416
00:12:50,867 --> 00:12:52,300
[chuckling] 10 seconds.
417
00:12:52,300 --> 00:12:54,500
I feel like I've left
a clear path
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00:12:54,500 --> 00:12:56,867
for them to pick up
and finish this dish.
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00:12:56,867 --> 00:12:59,000
Five, four,
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00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,567
three, two, one.
421
00:13:01,567 --> 00:13:03,400
That's it. You go
to the ice box.
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00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:05,367
-[whistle blows]
-[Guy] Let's go! Ice box.
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00:13:05,367 --> 00:13:07,166
[tense music playing]
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00:13:07,166 --> 00:13:08,400
Bye.
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00:13:11,667 --> 00:13:13,000
[Dale] Crazy. Eight pounds?
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00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:14,400
-[Guy] Let's go!
-Wait, Damaris, what's that?
427
00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:15,367
Go, go, go, go, go.
428
00:13:15,367 --> 00:13:16,700
[rock music playing]
429
00:13:16,700 --> 00:13:18,867
Here comes [chuckling]
Mustache Joe and Damaris.
430
00:13:18,867 --> 00:13:20,300
[Damaris] He's so fast.
431
00:13:20,300 --> 00:13:22,000
Joe came in like a track star.
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00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:23,400
[Joe] And we're here.
All right.
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00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:25,266
Something's in the fryer.
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00:13:25,266 --> 00:13:26,867
-[sizzling]
-What's in the fryer?
435
00:13:26,867 --> 00:13:27,867
Shrimp's in the fryer.
436
00:13:27,867 --> 00:13:29,300
It's the semifinals.
437
00:13:29,300 --> 00:13:30,967
We want to make it
to the finale.
438
00:13:30,967 --> 00:13:32,567
[Damaris] Stakes are
bigger this time.
439
00:13:32,567 --> 00:13:36,300
Trophies and a sizable prize.
440
00:13:36,300 --> 00:13:37,767
All right.
441
00:13:37,767 --> 00:13:40,567
Three bowls, platter,
family style.
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00:13:40,567 --> 00:13:42,500
The pressure is palpable.
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00:13:42,500 --> 00:13:43,867
[Stephanie]
His hands are shaking.
444
00:13:43,867 --> 00:13:45,000
His brain is going
100 miles an hour
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00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:46,467
trying to figure out, "What am
I cutting this off for?"
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00:13:46,467 --> 00:13:49,000
-Joe, why do you look
so nervous right now?
-[Stephanie chuckles]
447
00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,000
Calm, cool, and collected,
they come in
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00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:52,734
till their heads start
to fall off.
449
00:13:56,266 --> 00:13:57,900
[tense music playing]
450
00:14:00,100 --> 00:14:02,367
There's not
a lot of things here.
451
00:14:02,367 --> 00:14:04,000
[Dale] What my main concern is
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00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:05,467
is that there's not
a whole lot of ingredients
453
00:14:05,467 --> 00:14:06,967
to make things
super delicious there.
454
00:14:06,967 --> 00:14:08,367
There's not
a whole lot you can do
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00:14:08,367 --> 00:14:10,667
with eight pounds of stuff.
456
00:14:10,667 --> 00:14:11,900
This is so hard.
457
00:14:11,900 --> 00:14:13,700
Two very strong teams.
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00:14:13,700 --> 00:14:16,066
The Judges team have judged
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00:14:16,066 --> 00:14:19,066
in Flavortown Market
over 125 times.
460
00:14:19,066 --> 00:14:21,100
Then the Top Chef All-Stars,
461
00:14:21,100 --> 00:14:22,467
just competition
in their blood.
462
00:14:22,467 --> 00:14:24,100
They're fierce competitors.
463
00:14:24,100 --> 00:14:26,133
[Joe] Why is there
only one cucumber?
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00:14:27,867 --> 00:14:29,667
The challenge is
a party platter.
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00:14:29,667 --> 00:14:31,166
Fried, raw, and cheesy.
466
00:14:31,166 --> 00:14:33,667
These are
three separate dishes.
467
00:14:33,667 --> 00:14:34,900
So I hope Joe knows
468
00:14:34,900 --> 00:14:37,066
that he has to fry the shrimp,
469
00:14:37,066 --> 00:14:38,867
fry the mozzarella,
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00:14:38,867 --> 00:14:40,567
and that he has
to make a ceviche
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00:14:40,567 --> 00:14:41,567
with the scallop.
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00:14:41,567 --> 00:14:43,600
[Joe] I see one big platter
473
00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:45,200
with multiple small bowls.
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00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:47,600
I got this.
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00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:50,033
So I know this is going
to be some sort of...
476
00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:52,600
pu pu platter?
477
00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,600
He put a scallop
in a glass bowl.
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00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:57,066
There's
no other interpretation
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00:14:57,066 --> 00:14:58,367
of that as a chef
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00:14:58,367 --> 00:15:00,600
than that is
a raw scallop preparation.
481
00:15:02,266 --> 00:15:03,600
One, two, three, four.
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00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:04,934
Fried.
483
00:15:05,700 --> 00:15:06,934
I need a raw.
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00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:08,767
This is raw.
485
00:15:08,767 --> 00:15:10,734
Crudo. I need a crudo.
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00:15:11,100 --> 00:15:12,000
I need a cooked.
487
00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:13,600
Something cheesy.
488
00:15:14,567 --> 00:15:16,266
Pretty impressive.
489
00:15:16,266 --> 00:15:17,767
[Joe] So first,
I want to get started
490
00:15:17,767 --> 00:15:19,500
on the scallop crudo.
491
00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:21,100
'Cause I'm trying to think
492
00:15:21,100 --> 00:15:23,400
if I'm overthinking it
or if I'm on the right track.
493
00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,567
You're thinking, "What am
I cutting these scallops for?"
494
00:15:25,567 --> 00:15:26,300
They're really, like,
495
00:15:26,300 --> 00:15:27,700
getting in your head
over here.
496
00:15:27,700 --> 00:15:28,600
Let me tell you that.
497
00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:30,800
Do you have your dessert,
like, planned?
498
00:15:31,667 --> 00:15:32,900
Shut up.
499
00:15:32,900 --> 00:15:34,367
Exactly. Thank you.
500
00:15:34,367 --> 00:15:35,800
Thank you very much.
501
00:15:36,467 --> 00:15:37,500
Fried.
502
00:15:39,166 --> 00:15:40,700
Damaris, follow the foil.
503
00:15:40,700 --> 00:15:43,500
I see that Justin has
left me some foil clues.
504
00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:45,700
Oh, you have to use this, too.
505
00:15:45,700 --> 00:15:46,867
You have to use the tuna.
506
00:15:46,867 --> 00:15:48,100
Follow the foil.
507
00:15:48,100 --> 00:15:50,367
"Follow the foil."
That's it entirely.
508
00:15:50,367 --> 00:15:51,767
Have to use the cheese.
509
00:15:51,767 --> 00:15:52,767
Quesadilla.
510
00:15:52,767 --> 00:15:54,300
Or taco.
511
00:15:54,300 --> 00:15:56,000
This is the fried squid. Okay.
512
00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:57,200
How do you know
it's fried squid?
513
00:15:57,200 --> 00:15:58,467
Because he has it over here
514
00:15:58,467 --> 00:16:00,500
in the batter already.
515
00:16:00,500 --> 00:16:03,233
And you've got to follow
the fryer. It's fried.
516
00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,000
[Guy] Wild card, wrap foil
around the fish,
517
00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,400
meaning "must use."
518
00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:09,300
Foil around
the cheese, "must use."
519
00:16:09,300 --> 00:16:12,667
And then put foil there
in the fryer
520
00:16:12,667 --> 00:16:14,500
and the calamari for the fry
521
00:16:14,500 --> 00:16:15,667
for the "must use."
522
00:16:15,667 --> 00:16:16,667
Pretty smart.
523
00:16:16,667 --> 00:16:17,600
Yeah, Guy.
524
00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:19,667
♪♪ Follow the foil ♪
525
00:16:19,667 --> 00:16:22,266
You can tell
that they've competed before.
526
00:16:22,266 --> 00:16:24,900
[Damaris] So I'm getting
my calamari prepped.
527
00:16:24,900 --> 00:16:26,567
I'm going
to let Brian fry that,
528
00:16:26,567 --> 00:16:30,000
'cause that's not something
that takes a long time to fry.
529
00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:33,066
All Brian needs to do is
toss it and fry it.
530
00:16:33,066 --> 00:16:34,133
We've seen it all.
531
00:16:34,133 --> 00:16:36,367
I'm one of the most
winningest chefs on this show.
532
00:16:36,367 --> 00:16:38,367
I've judged over 100 episodes.
533
00:16:38,367 --> 00:16:41,166
So this is really like
the final boss of Flavortown.
534
00:16:41,166 --> 00:16:43,900
I'm working on one thing
while I think about the rest.
535
00:16:43,900 --> 00:16:45,467
-That's what's happening.
-So you're thinking
about the rest might be?
536
00:16:45,467 --> 00:16:46,667
-That's smart. Yeah.
-While I'm like
game planning
537
00:16:46,667 --> 00:16:47,600
what else is happening...
538
00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:48,600
Yeah, you might as well
be doing something.
539
00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:50,000
...I might as well be
doing something.
540
00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:51,467
Kind of multitask.
And we'll just, you know,
541
00:16:51,467 --> 00:16:53,567
make it more challenging
by talking to you.
542
00:16:53,567 --> 00:16:55,800
-[Joe] Right. That's true.
-[Stephanie chuckles]
543
00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:01,066
[Joe] There's cilantro, lime,
jalapeno, and avocado.
544
00:17:01,066 --> 00:17:02,300
All of the components
545
00:17:02,300 --> 00:17:04,000
for some sort of ceviche,
546
00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,867
aguachile, salsa verde sauce
547
00:17:06,867 --> 00:17:08,600
that needs to be used
on that scallop.
548
00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:11,667
He put cilantro and avocado,
549
00:17:11,667 --> 00:17:13,734
and that's what
I'm talking about!
550
00:17:14,166 --> 00:17:15,400
Let's go!
551
00:17:15,700 --> 00:17:17,000
Yeah!
552
00:17:17,266 --> 00:17:18,667
Come on, Joe!
553
00:17:18,667 --> 00:17:20,600
Joe is getting
a lot of stuff done.
554
00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:21,867
A lot.
555
00:17:21,867 --> 00:17:23,867
You look at Joe
versus Damaris right now,
556
00:17:23,867 --> 00:17:26,000
Joe is banging out prep.
557
00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:27,934
Like, the restaurant is
opening in five minutes.
558
00:17:28,367 --> 00:17:29,800
Whereas Damaris is...
559
00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:30,800
[Marcus] Oh, she's
at the dinner party.
560
00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:32,166
-She's having a dinner party.
-She's hosting--
561
00:17:32,166 --> 00:17:33,367
The guests are coming
in three or four hours.
562
00:17:33,367 --> 00:17:34,700
I think this is the advantage
563
00:17:34,700 --> 00:17:36,400
that the Top Chef
All-Star team has.
564
00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:38,500
They're used to moving
so quickly in the kitchen,
565
00:17:38,500 --> 00:17:40,567
whereas the judges, they've
been here a lot of times,
566
00:17:40,567 --> 00:17:42,767
but a lot of times they're
sitting right where we are.
567
00:17:42,767 --> 00:17:44,066
[Hunter] Okay, Father.
568
00:17:44,066 --> 00:17:44,900
What is this?
569
00:17:44,900 --> 00:17:46,000
[Hunter] Brought you
some more help.
570
00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:46,967
[Justin] No, no,
no, no, no, no.
571
00:17:46,967 --> 00:17:48,567
I feel like if you were
to help our chefs out,
572
00:17:48,567 --> 00:17:49,700
give them a little hint.
573
00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:51,567
Chefs, attention.
574
00:17:51,567 --> 00:17:53,000
On your party platter,
575
00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:56,000
you need to have three
of these components
576
00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,133
of either something baked,
577
00:17:57,133 --> 00:18:01,300
fried, pickled, raw, spicy,
cheesy, nutty, or charred
578
00:18:01,300 --> 00:18:02,400
on your platter.
579
00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:04,967
-[judges exclaiming]
-Wow.
580
00:18:04,967 --> 00:18:06,667
[Joe] Three.
581
00:18:06,667 --> 00:18:09,166
It's almost more confusing
to do that
582
00:18:09,166 --> 00:18:11,266
-when you're like...
-[chuckling] Right?
583
00:18:11,266 --> 00:18:13,800
Thanks for the list,
Guy and Hunter.
584
00:18:14,867 --> 00:18:17,300
[Damaris] Guy shows me
a list of all of the things
585
00:18:17,300 --> 00:18:19,467
that they could
have to be doing.
586
00:18:19,467 --> 00:18:23,300
I have absolutely read
Justin's mind.
587
00:18:23,300 --> 00:18:26,567
Justin has tuna and yuzu,
588
00:18:26,567 --> 00:18:28,166
cucumbers.
589
00:18:28,166 --> 00:18:30,700
That sounds like a poke bowl.
590
00:18:30,700 --> 00:18:32,000
You know what?
I'm a little concerned
591
00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:33,467
there's not a ton of stuff
592
00:18:33,467 --> 00:18:35,100
for the nacho component.
593
00:18:35,100 --> 00:18:36,600
Well, it's nacho fault.
594
00:18:37,500 --> 00:18:38,734
It's true.
595
00:18:39,967 --> 00:18:42,066
[Guy] Hi, Damaris.
What do you think you got?
596
00:18:42,066 --> 00:18:44,266
I think it's raw,
cheesy, and fried.
597
00:18:44,266 --> 00:18:45,667
Yes, Chef!
598
00:18:45,667 --> 00:18:46,800
That's it.
599
00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:47,900
[mimics electricity]
600
00:18:47,900 --> 00:18:49,967
-How'd you come up with that?
-Because he has fried,
601
00:18:49,967 --> 00:18:51,066
which I know.
602
00:18:51,066 --> 00:18:52,800
-And he has cheese wrapped
in aluminum foil.
-Okay.
603
00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:53,967
And he has tuna.
604
00:18:53,967 --> 00:18:55,767
-And tuna is raw.
-What are you doing
with the cheese?
605
00:18:55,767 --> 00:18:57,700
I'm putting the cheese
in the tacos.
606
00:18:57,700 --> 00:18:59,367
It ain't a taco.
607
00:18:59,367 --> 00:19:00,500
But I was thinking,
608
00:19:00,500 --> 00:19:01,800
do I want to make tacos
609
00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:03,867
or do I want
to make quesadillas,
610
00:19:03,867 --> 00:19:05,100
so it's cheesier.
611
00:19:05,100 --> 00:19:07,166
I think I'm going quesadilla.
612
00:19:07,166 --> 00:19:09,367
Chee... It's... I don't
care how you do it.
613
00:19:09,367 --> 00:19:11,000
[Damaris] I'm taking
the tortillas,
614
00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:12,166
layering on the chorizo,
615
00:19:12,166 --> 00:19:14,367
and adding a lot of cheese.
616
00:19:14,367 --> 00:19:15,166
It needs more cheese.
617
00:19:15,166 --> 00:19:18,900
Top Chef crew are
really trying
618
00:19:18,900 --> 00:19:21,066
to take over
our rightful place
619
00:19:21,066 --> 00:19:22,667
on Triple G.
620
00:19:22,667 --> 00:19:24,700
So we can't let that stand.
621
00:19:24,700 --> 00:19:26,000
Those are ready to pan fry
622
00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:27,367
when Brian comes in.
623
00:19:27,367 --> 00:19:28,567
There goes the cheese.
624
00:19:28,567 --> 00:19:30,300
It's like a pizza-dia.
625
00:19:31,467 --> 00:19:33,900
And green onions need
to get used.
626
00:19:34,767 --> 00:19:36,700
Scallions need to get used.
627
00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:38,600
Look around the station,
628
00:19:38,900 --> 00:19:40,100
I see cheese.
629
00:19:40,100 --> 00:19:41,266
There's eggs,
630
00:19:41,266 --> 00:19:42,567
breading station,
631
00:19:42,567 --> 00:19:43,567
eggs and panko.
632
00:19:43,567 --> 00:19:44,967
Shallots, green onions,
633
00:19:44,967 --> 00:19:47,500
and I'm already
thinking charred.
634
00:19:47,500 --> 00:19:49,200
All right, we're
gonna go charred.
635
00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:52,800
Pickled, fried, crispy,
grilled, raw.
636
00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:54,166
Let's just do it all.
637
00:19:54,166 --> 00:19:56,000
Why limit ourselves?
638
00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,000
So I char off some scallions,
639
00:19:58,000 --> 00:19:59,667
and then right into the bowl
640
00:19:59,667 --> 00:20:01,000
with all my scallops.
641
00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:02,967
I'm going to marinate
all my scallops
642
00:20:02,967 --> 00:20:05,900
in this bright,
beautiful green salsa.
643
00:20:05,900 --> 00:20:07,166
Time to make a quickle.
644
00:20:07,166 --> 00:20:09,967
These shallots will
be perfect pickled.
645
00:20:09,967 --> 00:20:11,567
I'm not sure
where they're going to go,
646
00:20:11,567 --> 00:20:13,500
but that's up
to Kelsey to figure out.
647
00:20:13,500 --> 00:20:14,900
I don't know
why there's cheese.
648
00:20:14,900 --> 00:20:17,100
That's really throwing me off.
649
00:20:17,100 --> 00:20:18,900
Other people are
counting on you
650
00:20:18,900 --> 00:20:19,800
to do everything right.
651
00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,367
We're only one win away
from the finale.
652
00:20:22,367 --> 00:20:25,367
Can't let those TOC Champs
go home with another title.
653
00:20:25,367 --> 00:20:26,967
I need to fry something.
654
00:20:26,967 --> 00:20:28,667
I'm going to fry the cheese.
655
00:20:28,667 --> 00:20:30,000
What are you going
to fry there, Joe?
656
00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:31,600
[Joe] We're going to do
a little fried cheese.
657
00:20:32,667 --> 00:20:35,000
[Marcus grunting] Mm.
658
00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,066
They don't call us Top Chefs
for nothing! Let's go!
659
00:20:37,066 --> 00:20:38,867
Fried, raw, cheesy, dude.
Fried, raw, cheesy.
660
00:20:38,867 --> 00:20:41,500
He has to fry the shrimp.
661
00:20:41,500 --> 00:20:44,667
[Joe]
I got the shrimp marinating
in some wasabi mayonnaise.
662
00:20:44,667 --> 00:20:45,800
I think Kelsey
663
00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:47,266
should grill the shrimp
664
00:20:47,266 --> 00:20:49,834
so we don't have too many
fried components on the plate.
665
00:20:50,367 --> 00:20:51,667
Fry the shrimp!
666
00:20:51,667 --> 00:20:53,000
Come on, Joe!
667
00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,333
I just figured it out.
"Ice-olation."
668
00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:57,767
Uh, how do you
think she's doing?
669
00:20:57,767 --> 00:20:59,066
[Justin] She's doing great.
670
00:20:59,066 --> 00:21:01,567
A little concerned that
that yuzu juice got dumped
onto the tuna.
671
00:21:01,567 --> 00:21:03,767
It's gonna start
acidulating it right away.
672
00:21:03,767 --> 00:21:05,700
Yuzu is...
That's not just lemon juice.
673
00:21:05,700 --> 00:21:06,634
No, that's Mr. Acid.
674
00:21:06,634 --> 00:21:08,400
I'm hoping, though,
that Malarkey comes in
675
00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:09,700
and course-corrects
a little bit.
676
00:21:09,700 --> 00:21:11,567
He's gonna see
that Japanese mayonnaise
677
00:21:11,567 --> 00:21:12,867
and he's gonna
use it for everything.
678
00:21:12,867 --> 00:21:15,900
And help that raw
slow down that acidulation.
679
00:21:16,266 --> 00:21:17,667
Three minutes!
680
00:21:17,667 --> 00:21:19,266
[Damaris] I have left Brian
681
00:21:19,266 --> 00:21:21,166
every single clue I got.
682
00:21:21,166 --> 00:21:22,000
I've seasoned the tuna.
683
00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,667
It's ready for Brian
to just plate.
684
00:21:24,667 --> 00:21:26,166
The calamari is cut
685
00:21:26,166 --> 00:21:28,100
and has been put into
the seasoned dredge.
686
00:21:28,100 --> 00:21:29,000
That tastes nice.
687
00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:30,367
They're ready to fry.
688
00:21:30,367 --> 00:21:32,900
The cheesy chorizo quesadillas
are built.
689
00:21:32,900 --> 00:21:34,467
They're ready to pan fry.
690
00:21:34,467 --> 00:21:35,667
He's in a good position.
691
00:21:35,667 --> 00:21:38,200
What are the three things that
have to be on this platter?
692
00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:39,300
[Joe] Um...
693
00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:41,066
It needs to be fried.
694
00:21:41,066 --> 00:21:42,400
It needs to be pickled.
695
00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:43,934
There needs to be charred.
696
00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:46,000
Um, it needs to be raw.
697
00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:47,667
But you only have
to have three things.
698
00:21:47,667 --> 00:21:49,867
I was inspired
by the whiteboard
699
00:21:49,867 --> 00:21:51,266
that you and Hunter
brought over.
700
00:21:51,266 --> 00:21:52,600
If you do everything,
701
00:21:53,667 --> 00:21:54,767
it's better
than doing nothing.
702
00:21:54,767 --> 00:21:56,467
Joe just did, like,
an hour of work
703
00:21:56,467 --> 00:21:57,800
-in nine minutes.
-Yeah.
704
00:21:57,800 --> 00:21:59,100
[Dale] Don't do too much, Joe.
705
00:21:59,100 --> 00:21:59,834
Don't do too much.
706
00:21:59,834 --> 00:22:01,500
You have 29 seconds,
my friend.
707
00:22:01,500 --> 00:22:02,400
[Joe] That's all I need.
708
00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:03,300
Cheese comes out.
709
00:22:03,300 --> 00:22:05,467
I want to get that
right into the bowl.
710
00:22:05,467 --> 00:22:07,000
So there's no question
on Kelsey's mind
711
00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:08,867
as to whether or not that
belongs on the plate.
712
00:22:08,867 --> 00:22:11,166
Left the raw scallops
in the bowl
713
00:22:11,166 --> 00:22:12,600
so she knew that all she had
714
00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:14,200
to do was plate them.
715
00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,233
Five, four,
716
00:22:16,567 --> 00:22:19,400
three, two, one.
717
00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:21,200
-Out of the kitchen.
-Oh, they're done.
718
00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:22,600
They're done. Oh, no.
719
00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:23,700
Into the icebox.
720
00:22:23,700 --> 00:22:25,300
[Joe exclaims]
721
00:22:25,300 --> 00:22:27,000
Not so great that
I didn't get to tell
722
00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:28,533
Kelsey to grill the shrimp.
723
00:22:29,467 --> 00:22:31,166
-How'd I do?
-Great.
724
00:22:31,166 --> 00:22:32,266
-Party platter.
-Party platter.
725
00:22:32,266 --> 00:22:35,567
Fried, raw, cheesy.
726
00:22:35,567 --> 00:22:37,767
-You got it, right?
-I got it. I got it.
727
00:22:37,767 --> 00:22:39,667
She just has to
grill the shrimp.
728
00:22:39,667 --> 00:22:41,000
But fried shrimp.
729
00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:42,367
Oh, I did fried cheese.
730
00:22:42,367 --> 00:22:44,000
I want double fried
for gameplay.
731
00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:44,834
So fried, fried.
732
00:22:44,834 --> 00:22:46,667
[Damaris]
I did not get enough done.
733
00:22:46,667 --> 00:22:47,500
It's okay. It's Malarkey.
734
00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:49,066
[Damaris]
The quesadillas are built.
735
00:22:49,066 --> 00:22:50,033
They just need to be grilled.
736
00:22:50,033 --> 00:22:51,767
Yeah, I was going nacho,
but it doesn't matter.
737
00:22:51,767 --> 00:22:53,100
Oh, you were
going nacho. Okay.
738
00:22:53,100 --> 00:22:54,867
-All right, let's go!
-[Kelsey screaming]
739
00:22:54,867 --> 00:22:57,900
[Guy] The wild man himself
and KBC.
740
00:22:57,900 --> 00:22:58,867
[Kelsey screaming]
741
00:22:58,867 --> 00:23:00,233
Here they come!
742
00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:03,400
[Brian gasps] Oh, jeez.
743
00:23:03,767 --> 00:23:05,467
Oh. Oh.
744
00:23:05,467 --> 00:23:07,667
If I thought it was hard
going in second,
745
00:23:07,667 --> 00:23:09,767
third is so much harder,
746
00:23:09,767 --> 00:23:12,200
because I've not really seen
747
00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:14,166
the whole stretch of the land.
748
00:23:14,166 --> 00:23:15,800
[gasps] Oh, God.
749
00:23:16,266 --> 00:23:17,767
Sauces.
750
00:23:17,767 --> 00:23:19,800
Side of this, side of this.
Two sides.
751
00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:22,500
-Calamari.
-[Guy] Malarkey,
what do you think you got?
752
00:23:22,500 --> 00:23:24,800
-Hey! Don't look.
-I'm just looking
at my friends. Just...
753
00:23:25,567 --> 00:23:27,200
Can I get some
gaff tape, please?
754
00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:28,300
Fried calamari.
755
00:23:28,867 --> 00:23:30,567
I left all the aluminum foil.
756
00:23:30,567 --> 00:23:32,266
We got to
follow that foil, y'all.
757
00:23:32,266 --> 00:23:33,266
Ceviche,
758
00:23:33,266 --> 00:23:34,867
-fried, cheesy.
-[Guy laughing]
759
00:23:34,867 --> 00:23:36,467
No, no, no. Bad.
760
00:23:36,467 --> 00:23:37,867
-No, Dad, no!
-[Guy laughing]
761
00:23:37,867 --> 00:23:39,967
[Damaris] Don't do it.
I'm a good girl.
762
00:23:39,967 --> 00:23:41,200
I'm being good.
763
00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:43,667
Don't do it. I'm being good.
764
00:23:43,667 --> 00:23:46,767
Not just... It's not...
It's just, I'll be...
765
00:23:46,767 --> 00:23:49,000
[laughs]
766
00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:57,200
Not just... It's not...
It's just, I'll be...
767
00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:58,834
[laughs]
768
00:24:00,300 --> 00:24:03,400
No more grand communication
from these guys.
769
00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:06,400
Guy's so proud of himself
770
00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,667
in the covering up
of the icebox.
771
00:24:08,667 --> 00:24:10,266
[Guy] Eight minutes.
Eight to go!
772
00:24:10,266 --> 00:24:11,700
Y'all are a hot mess, guys.
773
00:24:11,700 --> 00:24:13,867
You could have made this
a little cleaner for me.
774
00:24:13,867 --> 00:24:15,867
-Telling you, that's...
-But it was eight pounds.
775
00:24:15,867 --> 00:24:17,000
But it had
to be under eight pounds.
776
00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,266
-That's why you had
barely anything.
-Nothing. Okay.
777
00:24:19,266 --> 00:24:21,600
[Brian] We have
chipotle and adobo,
778
00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:23,200
radish, cheddar.
779
00:24:23,867 --> 00:24:25,100
I have...
780
00:24:27,700 --> 00:24:28,667
poke.
781
00:24:28,667 --> 00:24:30,166
[gasps] Oh, God.
782
00:24:30,166 --> 00:24:32,100
-He has to go.
-Yeah.
783
00:24:32,100 --> 00:24:33,500
There's no fresh herbs.
784
00:24:33,500 --> 00:24:36,467
There's no citrus.
There's nothing.
785
00:24:36,467 --> 00:24:38,300
Why is there a sign?
786
00:24:38,300 --> 00:24:41,266
Chefs, on these whiteboards
that you see in front of you,
787
00:24:41,266 --> 00:24:43,166
three of these items
on the whiteboard
788
00:24:43,166 --> 00:24:44,867
must be on your platter.
789
00:24:44,867 --> 00:24:46,000
It's not any three
790
00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,367
that you want.
It is a specific three.
791
00:24:48,367 --> 00:24:51,000
-Ceviche, fried, cheesy.
-Yeah, you did it.
792
00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:52,567
[Brian] Guy tells me
793
00:24:52,567 --> 00:24:55,100
that I have to look at
this big chart of
794
00:24:55,100 --> 00:24:56,867
raw, fried, baked,
795
00:24:56,867 --> 00:24:57,867
all these different things.
796
00:24:57,867 --> 00:24:58,934
Oh.
797
00:24:59,700 --> 00:25:00,467
Uh-huh.
798
00:25:00,467 --> 00:25:02,400
I left all the aluminum foil.
799
00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:03,567
-Follow the foil.
-[Brian gasps]
800
00:25:03,567 --> 00:25:04,567
Aluminum foil.
801
00:25:04,567 --> 00:25:06,500
And then I see a tinfoil.
802
00:25:06,500 --> 00:25:09,100
There's tinfoil
in the fryer saying,
803
00:25:09,100 --> 00:25:10,367
"You better
fry something, Malarkey."
804
00:25:10,367 --> 00:25:13,100
I see the calamari
sitting next to flour.
805
00:25:13,100 --> 00:25:15,200
I have to fry
my calamari. Yes.
806
00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,000
That's my fry.
807
00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:18,266
-[Dale] Yes!
-[Damaris] Yes!
808
00:25:18,266 --> 00:25:19,800
Chicka-chicka-boom.
809
00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:21,800
There's tinfoil
on the tuna going,
810
00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:23,667
"You better
use the tuna, Malarkey."
811
00:25:23,667 --> 00:25:24,800
Something raw.
812
00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:27,000
Of course, the poke is raw.
813
00:25:27,667 --> 00:25:29,800
What is in this?
814
00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:32,700
I cannot make out what is
in this quesadilla.
815
00:25:32,700 --> 00:25:35,400
And I'm thinking
maybe it's like a fish.
816
00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:36,567
Oh, it's tuna.
817
00:25:36,567 --> 00:25:38,200
Oh, that's really funny.
818
00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,567
Sometimes when you're
in such a hurry,
819
00:25:40,567 --> 00:25:42,900
product identification
can even go
820
00:25:42,900 --> 00:25:44,367
a little bit off,
thinking that
821
00:25:44,367 --> 00:25:46,800
something's a certain protein
when it's something
completely different.
822
00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:48,467
[Guy] Malarkey,
what do you think you got?
823
00:25:48,467 --> 00:25:49,600
Looks like I have
824
00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:51,767
a seafood trio.
825
00:25:51,767 --> 00:25:53,667
Calamari, poke,
826
00:25:53,667 --> 00:25:55,166
tuna quesadilla.
827
00:25:55,166 --> 00:25:56,467
[Justin] We're not, Malarkey.
828
00:25:56,467 --> 00:25:58,200
[Brian]
We're playing for a chance
829
00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:01,000
to go up against
the TOC Champions
830
00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:01,967
and potentially have
831
00:26:01,967 --> 00:26:04,000
the greatest upset
832
00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:05,800
in Triple G history.
833
00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:07,133
[groans]
834
00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:10,266
And I am fired up.
835
00:26:10,266 --> 00:26:12,500
-So we have
to have three things?
-[Guy] Correct.
836
00:26:14,767 --> 00:26:16,200
[Kelsey] So I'm starting
to kind of take stock.
837
00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:18,000
Three things,
three things, three things.
838
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:19,367
Kelsey, like,
clearly still has no idea
839
00:26:19,367 --> 00:26:21,500
what in the world
is going on at her station.
840
00:26:21,500 --> 00:26:24,400
[Kelsey] Baked, fried,
pickled, raw, spicy,
cheesy, nutty, charred.
841
00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:26,834
There's a bowl of
already finished pickles.
842
00:26:27,500 --> 00:26:29,100
I have raw scallop ceviche.
843
00:26:29,100 --> 00:26:31,900
There are charred scallions
in my ceviche.
844
00:26:31,900 --> 00:26:33,667
I have a fried cheesy thing.
845
00:26:33,667 --> 00:26:35,600
What of this
846
00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:37,800
is the three things?
847
00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:38,667
Kelsey looks lost.
848
00:26:38,667 --> 00:26:40,400
She needs to start
cooking the shrimp.
849
00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:42,066
[Kelsey] Now I'm thinking,
the shrimp,
850
00:26:42,066 --> 00:26:43,834
is this supposed
to be raw or fried?
851
00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:47,166
What am I supposed to do?
852
00:26:47,166 --> 00:26:49,100
I have fried cheese
853
00:26:49,100 --> 00:26:50,600
that's already done in a bowl.
854
00:26:50,967 --> 00:26:52,166
Come on!
855
00:26:52,166 --> 00:26:55,500
Fry the shrimp!
856
00:26:55,500 --> 00:26:56,967
Okay, that's it.
857
00:26:56,967 --> 00:26:58,867
You guys are gonna get
special time-out too.
858
00:26:58,867 --> 00:27:01,100
-Oh.
-Hey, hey, hey!
859
00:27:01,100 --> 00:27:02,800
[Stephanie laughing]
860
00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:04,867
-[Joe] No! No!
-[Guy laughing]
861
00:27:04,867 --> 00:27:06,066
[Joe] Come on!
862
00:27:06,066 --> 00:27:08,166
[Dale] Blacked out.
Guy's blacking us out.
863
00:27:08,166 --> 00:27:09,567
That's really not fair.
864
00:27:09,567 --> 00:27:11,066
I can't see
what even she's doing
865
00:27:11,066 --> 00:27:13,066
'cause Guy
blacked us out over here.
866
00:27:13,066 --> 00:27:14,400
[Guy laughing]
867
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:17,300
[Kelsey]
And I'm like, "Okay, wait.
We have a breading station.
868
00:27:17,300 --> 00:27:19,200
This has to be fried shrimp."
869
00:27:20,100 --> 00:27:23,233
-Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
-[Dale] Yes!
870
00:27:27,367 --> 00:27:28,200
[Joe] We're feeling good.
871
00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,333
We're feeling good.
Kelsey's on it.
872
00:27:30,867 --> 00:27:32,734
Yes, Kelsey! Yes, Kelsey!
873
00:27:33,567 --> 00:27:34,367
I went above and beyond.
874
00:27:34,367 --> 00:27:36,000
I did everything
on the whiteboard.
875
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,667
There is no such thing
as too much in Flavortown.
876
00:27:38,667 --> 00:27:39,900
Is this mustache too much?
877
00:27:39,900 --> 00:27:41,166
Some people might say that.
878
00:27:41,166 --> 00:27:43,467
-I don't.
-No. No. It's not enough.
879
00:27:43,467 --> 00:27:44,900
So, KBC,
what do you think you got?
880
00:27:44,900 --> 00:27:46,567
I think that we have
881
00:27:46,567 --> 00:27:47,567
pickled and charred.
882
00:27:47,567 --> 00:27:50,000
Something's charred
in the ceviche situation.
883
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:53,200
Um, I think
I have fried with shrimp.
884
00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:55,467
-That's...
-You think it's fried,
pickled, and charred?
885
00:27:55,467 --> 00:27:58,400
That is what I'm going to
the deathbed on right now.
886
00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:00,800
I made the raw.
She just has to plate it.
887
00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:02,800
Take the raw scallops
out of that bowl and put
888
00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:05,000
-my scallops in.
-She thinks that it's pickled,
but it's actually raw.
889
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:06,266
The last thing I want to do
890
00:28:06,266 --> 00:28:07,867
is for my fellow teammates
891
00:28:07,867 --> 00:28:10,333
to do a great job and me be
the one that we lost.
892
00:28:15,166 --> 00:28:16,200
[Guy] Five minutes left!
Five to work.
893
00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:18,000
You don't have to mark it
if you don't want to.
894
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:19,000
I want to.
895
00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:22,300
I got something raw.
896
00:28:22,300 --> 00:28:23,300
I got something fried.
897
00:28:23,300 --> 00:28:25,266
I got something cheesy.
898
00:28:25,266 --> 00:28:28,367
How am I going
to toast these tortillas?
899
00:28:28,367 --> 00:28:29,900
We're supposed to leave clues
for each other.
900
00:28:29,900 --> 00:28:33,100
And there is a pizza stone
in the oven,
901
00:28:33,100 --> 00:28:34,033
so I'm thinking maybe
902
00:28:34,033 --> 00:28:37,066
the pizza stone was
left for me to toast.
903
00:28:37,066 --> 00:28:39,100
I put plenty of
cooking oil down
904
00:28:39,100 --> 00:28:41,200
to crisp up
that tortilla shell.
905
00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:42,433
Look, a pizza stone.
906
00:28:45,767 --> 00:28:48,500
[Brian] Put another pan on top
of them so the quesadillas
907
00:28:48,500 --> 00:28:50,400
are pushed down
to get nice and toasted.
908
00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:53,767
[Damaris speaking]
909
00:28:53,767 --> 00:28:55,567
Maybe, yeah.
He is going to the oven.
910
00:28:55,567 --> 00:28:57,233
[Damaris speaking]
911
00:29:00,867 --> 00:29:03,066
The poke should have
so many more elements to it.
912
00:29:03,066 --> 00:29:05,200
You can't just have yuzu.
913
00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:07,567
The yuzu is actually
pickling the poke,
914
00:29:07,567 --> 00:29:08,600
which I hate.
915
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,266
I don't like high acid
in my poke.
916
00:29:11,266 --> 00:29:13,867
It's not a ceviche.
It's a poke.
917
00:29:13,867 --> 00:29:16,266
Chop up the green onion.
I put it into the poke.
918
00:29:16,266 --> 00:29:18,200
But I want, like, cilantro.
919
00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:20,600
I want sriracha. I want soy.
920
00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:22,600
I want so many things.
921
00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:24,367
All I can do is my best.
922
00:29:24,367 --> 00:29:27,166
And it's so much harder
than I thought.
923
00:29:27,166 --> 00:29:30,100
The calamari is my only dish
I really feel that has
924
00:29:30,100 --> 00:29:31,900
a chance of being great.
925
00:29:32,667 --> 00:29:34,100
But, like, what is my sauce?
926
00:29:34,100 --> 00:29:35,900
Like, what's gonna
bring this thing together?
927
00:29:35,900 --> 00:29:38,300
What's gonna be my wow factor?
928
00:29:38,300 --> 00:29:41,767
I have mayonnaise, chipotle,
and adobo in a can.
929
00:29:41,767 --> 00:29:44,100
I'm gonna make
a quick aioli out of it.
930
00:29:44,900 --> 00:29:46,900
This team, we are three minds
931
00:29:46,900 --> 00:29:48,867
thinking as one brain.
932
00:29:48,867 --> 00:29:50,867
Follow the flavor.
933
00:29:50,867 --> 00:29:53,300
-[Justin] It's an instinct
for him at this point.
-[Damaris] What?
934
00:29:53,300 --> 00:29:55,200
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait,
whoa, whoa, whoa.
935
00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:57,567
[Guy laughing]
936
00:29:57,567 --> 00:29:58,500
Hello.
937
00:29:58,500 --> 00:30:00,800
It's the funniest part
of the whole night.
938
00:30:06,467 --> 00:30:07,500
[Kelsey] The signs are
939
00:30:07,500 --> 00:30:09,433
as gray as gray gets
right now.
940
00:30:09,867 --> 00:30:10,900
Cook!
941
00:30:10,900 --> 00:30:13,767
Kelsey should take
a deeper look at the list
942
00:30:13,767 --> 00:30:14,567
and realize that we have
943
00:30:14,567 --> 00:30:16,600
all of these boxes
getting checked.
944
00:30:17,066 --> 00:30:19,200
And just stay on our path.
945
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:20,667
[Kelsey]
I'm going with fried shrimp.
946
00:30:20,667 --> 00:30:22,567
I have charred
with the ceviche.
947
00:30:22,567 --> 00:30:24,133
We have a pickle.
948
00:30:25,266 --> 00:30:26,367
I don't know.
949
00:30:26,367 --> 00:30:29,066
So the only thing I know to do
is make the sauce
950
00:30:29,066 --> 00:30:30,567
for the shrimp. So I add some
951
00:30:30,567 --> 00:30:32,567
Kewpie mayonnaise,
some seasoning,
952
00:30:32,567 --> 00:30:33,400
some cilantro stems.
953
00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:35,567
-[Guy] She's got this.
-Yes, Kelsey.
954
00:30:35,567 --> 00:30:37,400
Yes, chef. Yes, chef.
955
00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:38,400
Yes, chef.
956
00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:40,066
[Kelsey] I really want
to go to the finale.
957
00:30:40,066 --> 00:30:41,700
You know, we want to win.
958
00:30:41,700 --> 00:30:42,700
We want to win bad.
959
00:30:42,700 --> 00:30:45,500
We are definitely more
about the reputation.
960
00:30:45,500 --> 00:30:47,266
That's what we care about, is,
961
00:30:47,266 --> 00:30:49,066
us being better
than we were yesterday,
962
00:30:49,066 --> 00:30:51,700
and having a win would mean
more to us than anything.
963
00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:54,166
[Guy] Three minutes!
964
00:30:54,166 --> 00:30:56,900
[Kelsey] I have fried cheese
that's already done in a bowl.
965
00:30:57,567 --> 00:30:59,600
Ceviche, get that in the bowl.
966
00:31:00,467 --> 00:31:03,667
Fried shrimp, it's nice
and beautiful and golden.
967
00:31:03,667 --> 00:31:04,867
Pickled shallots,
968
00:31:04,867 --> 00:31:06,500
a nice pop of acid.
969
00:31:07,667 --> 00:31:09,367
-I mean, hers is
looking beautiful, though.
-[Marcus] Oh.
970
00:31:09,367 --> 00:31:11,000
[Stephanie] She's plating it
very artfully.
971
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:12,767
[Michael] They do have
all the components
972
00:31:12,767 --> 00:31:14,000
-on there.
-[Marcus and Stephanie] Yeah.
973
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:15,700
[Joe] So we got to
beat these judges and then
974
00:31:15,700 --> 00:31:17,066
the champs are
all we have left.
975
00:31:17,066 --> 00:31:18,367
[Guy] Minute 20.
976
00:31:18,367 --> 00:31:20,500
[Brian] I put the poke
in the bowl.
977
00:31:21,166 --> 00:31:23,667
Perfectly crisp calamari.
978
00:31:23,667 --> 00:31:25,467
I go to check on
my quesadillas.
979
00:31:25,467 --> 00:31:26,867
Cheesy.
980
00:31:26,867 --> 00:31:28,900
But tortillas were weird.
981
00:31:28,900 --> 00:31:31,000
They didn't have
enough fat in them.
982
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:32,467
Chorizo and American cheese,
983
00:31:32,467 --> 00:31:34,000
-like, will be okay.
-It's gonna be fine.
984
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:36,100
Definitely looking over
on Team Judges' side,
985
00:31:36,100 --> 00:31:38,300
it's like a snack platter
for when your, like,
986
00:31:38,300 --> 00:31:39,467
kids' friends are coming over.
987
00:31:39,467 --> 00:31:42,000
[Brian] The cherry on top
of the sundae,
988
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,300
great chipotle aioli.
989
00:31:44,867 --> 00:31:46,166
Are we the best at this?
990
00:31:46,166 --> 00:31:47,333
[Damaris] I think
we might be the best
991
00:31:47,333 --> 00:31:48,567
-at this, ever.
-[Justin] We might be
the best at this.
992
00:31:48,567 --> 00:31:50,500
Five, four,
993
00:31:50,900 --> 00:31:52,900
three, two,
994
00:31:52,900 --> 00:31:54,567
one. That's it.
995
00:31:54,567 --> 00:31:55,634
Good job, guys.
996
00:31:56,467 --> 00:31:57,900
Careful. [chuckles]
997
00:32:00,367 --> 00:32:02,300
I felt this was twice as hard.
998
00:32:02,300 --> 00:32:03,767
-Right?
-Oh, this is so hard.
999
00:32:03,767 --> 00:32:04,934
[Michael] This was
the hardest one we've seen.
1000
00:32:04,934 --> 00:32:06,266
[Stephanie]
This is the hardest one
we've seen so far.
1001
00:32:06,266 --> 00:32:07,367
Great job on your...
1002
00:32:07,367 --> 00:32:09,266
-Thank you.
-You did a great job.
1003
00:32:09,266 --> 00:32:10,734
[Justin] The food looks great.
1004
00:32:12,066 --> 00:32:13,333
[Guy] That was gnarly.
1005
00:32:16,266 --> 00:32:17,467
All right, judges.
This is it, the semi-finals
1006
00:32:17,467 --> 00:32:19,900
of the All-Star
Relay Rumble. Wow.
1007
00:32:20,467 --> 00:32:22,266
So we have
the Top Chef All-Stars
1008
00:32:22,266 --> 00:32:25,567
going up against
the Triple G Judges.
1009
00:32:25,567 --> 00:32:26,867
Uh, Chef Malarkey.
1010
00:32:26,867 --> 00:32:28,266
Yes.
1011
00:32:28,266 --> 00:32:30,467
Why don't you explain
to us, for the judges,
1012
00:32:30,467 --> 00:32:31,500
and everybody at home,
1013
00:32:31,500 --> 00:32:33,100
what you think
you were cooking?
1014
00:32:33,100 --> 00:32:36,066
I don't think, I know
what I was cooking. All right?
1015
00:32:36,066 --> 00:32:37,166
[both laugh]
1016
00:32:37,166 --> 00:32:39,266
So what we have here is a trio
1017
00:32:39,266 --> 00:32:41,100
of seafoods.
1018
00:32:41,100 --> 00:32:43,266
We have a tuna poke
1019
00:32:43,266 --> 00:32:44,867
with a nice little
yuzu vinaigrette,
1020
00:32:44,867 --> 00:32:45,900
super fresh,
1021
00:32:45,900 --> 00:32:48,266
representing our raw element.
1022
00:32:48,266 --> 00:32:50,100
Then we have
a breaded calamari
1023
00:32:50,100 --> 00:32:51,867
with a chipotle aioli
1024
00:32:51,867 --> 00:32:53,500
to represent
our fried element.
1025
00:32:53,500 --> 00:32:55,367
And then for our
cheesy element,
1026
00:32:55,367 --> 00:32:58,467
we made a chipotle tuna spread
1027
00:32:58,467 --> 00:32:59,500
and baked that.
1028
00:32:59,500 --> 00:33:01,667
-I mean, and made that cheesy.
-[Guy] One second.
1029
00:33:01,667 --> 00:33:03,100
What was cheesy?
1030
00:33:03,100 --> 00:33:04,367
Uh, my quesadilla.
1031
00:33:04,367 --> 00:33:05,166
What is in it?
1032
00:33:05,166 --> 00:33:07,066
I would like to believe
it is a, uh,
1033
00:33:07,066 --> 00:33:09,200
a spicy, uh,
1034
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:10,567
chipotle tuna.
[chuckles nervously]
1035
00:33:10,567 --> 00:33:12,600
[Stephanie] But you knew
exactly what you were cooking,
like you said.
1036
00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:14,200
I know
exactly what I'm cooking.
1037
00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:15,667
-[Stephanie chuckles]
-Chef, your restaurant's
1038
00:33:15,667 --> 00:33:17,867
-in San Diego, correct?
-Yes.
1039
00:33:17,867 --> 00:33:20,400
Any Latin breakfast meats
down there?
1040
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:23,567
Oh, gosh. Uh...
1041
00:33:23,567 --> 00:33:25,867
A Latin breakfast meat.
1042
00:33:25,867 --> 00:33:28,166
Oh. Uh, chorizo.
1043
00:33:28,166 --> 00:33:30,700
-Oh.
-It's a ground chorizo.
1044
00:33:30,700 --> 00:33:33,266
And if you eat it quick enough
to the poke,
1045
00:33:33,266 --> 00:33:35,200
it has an element
of tuna flavor.
1046
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:36,567
-[laughs]
-Ha-ha!
1047
00:33:36,567 --> 00:33:37,700
Jeez.
1048
00:33:37,700 --> 00:33:38,867
All right, thank you, chef.
1049
00:33:38,867 --> 00:33:41,467
Let's go ahead and bring out
your two fellow competitors
1050
00:33:41,467 --> 00:33:43,567
and see how close
you were to the truth.
1051
00:33:43,567 --> 00:33:44,834
Hi.
1052
00:33:46,066 --> 00:33:48,266
-Nicely done, dude.
-You did great.
1053
00:33:48,266 --> 00:33:50,266
-Oh, God. Oh, God.
-You did so good.
1054
00:33:50,266 --> 00:33:52,867
-Well, I stumbled on
one thing over here, so...
-No.
1055
00:33:52,867 --> 00:33:55,266
[Guy] So, Justin,
would you like to tell us
1056
00:33:55,266 --> 00:33:58,367
what he was responsible
to try and make today?
1057
00:33:58,367 --> 00:34:00,667
Yeah. So this is
a party platter.
1058
00:34:00,667 --> 00:34:02,000
Oh, yes, I said that.
1059
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:03,467
[Justin] Containing, uh,
1060
00:34:03,467 --> 00:34:04,900
three dishes...
1061
00:34:04,900 --> 00:34:06,367
-Ah, yes.
-...or components.
1062
00:34:06,367 --> 00:34:08,100
-One being fried.
-[Brian] Yes.
1063
00:34:08,100 --> 00:34:09,567
-One being raw.
-[Brian] Yes.
1064
00:34:09,567 --> 00:34:11,266
-And one being cheesy.
-Yes.
1065
00:34:11,266 --> 00:34:13,900
-Yeah, you got it.
-Yes, yes.
1066
00:34:13,900 --> 00:34:15,100
Ooh, yeah.
1067
00:34:15,100 --> 00:34:18,100
And the common seafood theme,
uh, throughout?
1068
00:34:18,100 --> 00:34:19,266
[laughs]
1069
00:34:19,266 --> 00:34:20,467
You thought it was
a seafood platter?
1070
00:34:20,467 --> 00:34:21,767
I didn't know
if there was a fish element
1071
00:34:21,767 --> 00:34:22,767
throughout the whole thing,
1072
00:34:22,767 --> 00:34:24,967
but we've decided...
I've decided
1073
00:34:24,967 --> 00:34:26,767
it is a chorizo...
1074
00:34:26,767 --> 00:34:28,066
-Quesadilla.
-...quesadilla.
1075
00:34:28,066 --> 00:34:29,900
[Marcus]
First of all, you guys,
1076
00:34:29,900 --> 00:34:32,667
every time,
nail exactly the concept.
1077
00:34:32,667 --> 00:34:34,166
I mean, the raw,
1078
00:34:34,166 --> 00:34:35,166
the fried,
1079
00:34:35,166 --> 00:34:37,266
and the gooey, cheesy, done.
1080
00:34:37,266 --> 00:34:39,166
Like, really good teamwork.
1081
00:34:39,166 --> 00:34:41,000
I like the pizzadilla here.
1082
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,266
Fun, cheesy, gooey.
1083
00:34:43,266 --> 00:34:44,567
[Stephanie]
That we named pizzadilla.
1084
00:34:44,567 --> 00:34:46,600
That we named pizzadilla.
Exactly.
1085
00:34:47,066 --> 00:34:47,934
Pizzadilla.
1086
00:34:47,934 --> 00:34:49,667
[Marcus] It is cheesy,
and it's gooey,
1087
00:34:49,667 --> 00:34:52,700
and it would be perfect
on a party platter,
1088
00:34:52,700 --> 00:34:56,166
so from a theme,
you guys crushed it. Boom.
1089
00:34:56,166 --> 00:34:58,000
Watching you all
cook together this round,
1090
00:34:58,000 --> 00:34:59,900
a lot of clever play
with foil.
1091
00:35:01,500 --> 00:35:02,667
Thank you. Thank you, chef.
1092
00:35:02,667 --> 00:35:04,700
Which led to
successfully figuring out
1093
00:35:04,700 --> 00:35:08,367
three dishes on a platter,
which is not an easy feat.
1094
00:35:08,367 --> 00:35:09,867
I would say, out of the three,
1095
00:35:09,867 --> 00:35:11,367
there's one that's
very successful,
1096
00:35:11,367 --> 00:35:12,767
and the other two that
1097
00:35:12,767 --> 00:35:14,200
have a little work
done to them.
1098
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:16,667
The calamari
is full of flavor.
1099
00:35:16,667 --> 00:35:18,567
It's got spice,
it's got crunch,
1100
00:35:18,567 --> 00:35:19,800
it's cooked just right.
1101
00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:21,600
You can really go chewy
very easily
1102
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:24,700
with over-fried calamari,
but you hit the mark
with that one.
1103
00:35:24,700 --> 00:35:26,300
The tuna could use
a little more flavor.
1104
00:35:26,300 --> 00:35:28,867
I think that the chorizo,
the cheese is nice and melty,
1105
00:35:28,867 --> 00:35:30,567
so it hit the cheesy point,
1106
00:35:30,567 --> 00:35:32,166
but it just needed to be
crispier on the outside,
1107
00:35:32,166 --> 00:35:34,567
maybe using a different
cooking tool to cook it.
1108
00:35:34,567 --> 00:35:37,500
Yeah. My least favorite
is the poke, too.
1109
00:35:38,100 --> 00:35:39,767
I don't think
it was executed well.
1110
00:35:39,767 --> 00:35:41,166
Oh.
1111
00:35:41,166 --> 00:35:43,600
Gameplay, whatever game
you thought you were playing,
1112
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:44,634
you played it well.
1113
00:35:44,634 --> 00:35:47,600
Brian, it's almost like
you sort of knew somehow,
1114
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:49,767
but I think you just
got lucky and guessed.
1115
00:35:49,767 --> 00:35:52,400
You played exactly what
you were supposed to play
in the end
1116
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:53,900
and closed it out
the right way.
1117
00:35:53,900 --> 00:35:55,567
Justin, great setup.
1118
00:35:55,567 --> 00:35:57,567
Damaris, you came
right in hot,
1119
00:35:57,567 --> 00:35:59,867
figured it out,
put everything together.
1120
00:35:59,867 --> 00:36:01,200
It all makes sense.
1121
00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:03,266
For the calamari,
the flavors are delicious,
1122
00:36:03,266 --> 00:36:04,567
but the poke,
1123
00:36:04,567 --> 00:36:07,100
the sort of treatment
could have been better.
1124
00:36:08,100 --> 00:36:09,567
[Guy] Judges,
100 points in the scoring,
1125
00:36:09,567 --> 00:36:10,967
40 points available in taste,
1126
00:36:10,967 --> 00:36:12,567
40 points available
in the gameplay,
1127
00:36:12,567 --> 00:36:15,900
and 20 points for the plating,
possible of 100 points.
1128
00:36:18,767 --> 00:36:21,000
Thank you very much, judges.
Very nice.
1129
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:22,467
Let's see
how your opponents did.
1130
00:36:22,467 --> 00:36:23,567
Please welcome in
1131
00:36:23,567 --> 00:36:26,500
KBC from Top Chef
All-Stars team.
1132
00:36:27,300 --> 00:36:28,967
Hey, y'all.
1133
00:36:28,967 --> 00:36:30,500
How's it going?
1134
00:36:31,100 --> 00:36:32,567
That was fun.
1135
00:36:32,567 --> 00:36:34,166
[laughs]
1136
00:36:34,166 --> 00:36:37,133
KBC, please tell us
what dish you believe
you were making.
1137
00:36:37,867 --> 00:36:39,734
This is what
I've got for y'all.
1138
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:43,233
Okay?
1139
00:36:43,667 --> 00:36:45,467
You know, that board
1140
00:36:45,467 --> 00:36:47,000
that was supposed to help us
1141
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:48,800
would be helpful
if your team didn't
1142
00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:50,266
do all of them.
1143
00:36:50,266 --> 00:36:52,667
-[all laughing]
-[Kelsey] You know?
1144
00:36:52,667 --> 00:36:54,667
And then leave you to just
1145
00:36:54,667 --> 00:36:56,867
figure out which one
is the best one
1146
00:36:56,867 --> 00:36:58,166
to do.
1147
00:36:58,166 --> 00:37:01,300
But what I went with
is where I landed.
1148
00:37:01,300 --> 00:37:03,467
Three bowls on a platter.
1149
00:37:03,467 --> 00:37:05,700
Cheese curds, fried shrimp,
1150
00:37:05,700 --> 00:37:08,600
green ceviche, and pickles.
1151
00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:10,200
[Guy] Let's go ahead
and bring your other two
team members in,
1152
00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:11,634
see what they have to say.
1153
00:37:12,500 --> 00:37:13,667
There's our All-Star.
1154
00:37:13,667 --> 00:37:15,200
Yeah? Really?
1155
00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:17,166
[laughs]
1156
00:37:17,166 --> 00:37:18,033
Oh, well.
1157
00:37:18,033 --> 00:37:20,967
Dale, why don't you tell,
uh, Chef KBC
1158
00:37:20,967 --> 00:37:22,266
what she was
supposed to be making?
1159
00:37:22,266 --> 00:37:23,367
You were supposed to make
1160
00:37:23,367 --> 00:37:25,066
something fried,
something cheesy,
and something raw.
1161
00:37:25,066 --> 00:37:27,266
-Okay.
-Correct.
1162
00:37:27,266 --> 00:37:29,333
We went there,
with some pickles, too.
1163
00:37:30,166 --> 00:37:33,266
You guys, gameplay,
you got there somehow.
1164
00:37:33,266 --> 00:37:35,667
It wasn't pretty.
You figured it out.
1165
00:37:35,667 --> 00:37:37,467
So, Kelsey, you got fried.
1166
00:37:37,467 --> 00:37:40,166
You said it. You got cheesy.
You said it. You did it.
1167
00:37:40,166 --> 00:37:42,667
But you said pickled
instead of raw.
1168
00:37:42,667 --> 00:37:44,266
But you got lucky
because you were set up
1169
00:37:44,266 --> 00:37:46,166
with a raw preparation
of fish.
1170
00:37:46,166 --> 00:37:48,700
But you did get there.
You got all three dishes.
Very impressive.
1171
00:37:48,700 --> 00:37:50,900
So I don't think you should be
docked for that.
1172
00:37:50,900 --> 00:37:53,500
I think that cheesy, fried,
1173
00:37:53,500 --> 00:37:55,233
raw, it's all here.
1174
00:37:56,100 --> 00:37:57,233
I love fried cheese.
1175
00:37:57,233 --> 00:37:59,900
It's gooey. It's cheesy.
It's all that stuff. But like,
1176
00:37:59,900 --> 00:38:01,867
I would love a little, like,
1177
00:38:01,867 --> 00:38:04,567
something to eat it with,
just so it stands on its own,
1178
00:38:04,567 --> 00:38:07,367
because I wouldn't
take the fried cheese
and eat it with the ceviche.
1179
00:38:07,367 --> 00:38:10,000
You wouldn't? What's wrong
with you? [laughs]
1180
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:11,867
Shrimp doesn't need it.
So it's like,
1181
00:38:11,867 --> 00:38:13,266
"Hi, I'm cheese."
1182
00:38:14,166 --> 00:38:16,867
The shrimp, it's one of my
favorite parts of this dish.
1183
00:38:16,867 --> 00:38:19,567
-Thank you.
-I'll have these
cheese sticks any time
1184
00:38:19,567 --> 00:38:21,266
at a party. They're fun.
They're delicious.
1185
00:38:21,266 --> 00:38:22,567
They're crunchy and gooey.
1186
00:38:22,567 --> 00:38:23,867
And I love the pickles.
1187
00:38:23,867 --> 00:38:26,200
Although it wasn't an item,
you made it an item.
1188
00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:27,266
And it's delicious.
1189
00:38:27,266 --> 00:38:28,500
This ceviche
1190
00:38:28,500 --> 00:38:30,567
would have been incredible
1191
00:38:30,567 --> 00:38:32,100
with lemon.
1192
00:38:32,100 --> 00:38:33,867
All right, judges,
thank you very much.
1193
00:38:33,867 --> 00:38:35,767
Time to get your
final scores in.
1194
00:38:35,767 --> 00:38:37,200
Teams, I think
you did awesome.
1195
00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:39,700
And the great thing is,
is for one of you,
1196
00:38:39,700 --> 00:38:41,467
the TOC champs are waiting.
1197
00:38:41,467 --> 00:38:42,800
Yeah.
1198
00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:44,400
We're gonna send you
back to the whatever.
1199
00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:45,900
And we'll call you
when we have something.
1200
00:38:45,900 --> 00:38:46,967
-[Kelsey] Thank you.
-[Guy] Thank you so much.
1201
00:38:46,967 --> 00:38:48,767
-[Damaris] Good job, you all.
-[Kelsey] Good job.
1202
00:38:48,767 --> 00:38:50,066
-Yeah, nice work.
-Nice work.
1203
00:38:50,066 --> 00:38:51,567
[Guy] Two versions
of a party platter,
1204
00:38:51,567 --> 00:38:54,266
but only one team will be
celebrating a victory party.
1205
00:38:54,266 --> 00:38:55,467
They both nailed gameplay,
1206
00:38:55,467 --> 00:38:57,867
one accidentally
and one intentionally.
1207
00:38:57,867 --> 00:38:59,467
We almost need to go
raw to raw,
1208
00:38:59,467 --> 00:39:01,000
cheesy to cheesy,
fried to fried,
1209
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:04,100
and which dish won,
because it's so close.
1210
00:39:04,100 --> 00:39:06,000
I think that's
the best way to do it.
1211
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,700
Dissect each
individual little dish.
1212
00:39:08,700 --> 00:39:11,467
You know, you look at
calamari versus shrimp,
1213
00:39:11,467 --> 00:39:13,700
I think the texture on
the calamari was better.
1214
00:39:13,700 --> 00:39:15,567
[Marcus]
But the All-Stars' shrimp dish
1215
00:39:15,567 --> 00:39:18,266
is absolutely amazing.
1216
00:39:18,266 --> 00:39:20,367
The mozzarella sticks, for me,
1217
00:39:20,367 --> 00:39:23,467
they were better executed
than the pizzadilla.
1218
00:39:23,467 --> 00:39:25,200
Then we have
the two raw dishes.
1219
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:27,600
I think the tuna was lacking
in some flavor.
1220
00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:31,100
And then looking at
the other team,
1221
00:39:31,100 --> 00:39:32,900
the scallop
really needed that lemon.
1222
00:39:32,900 --> 00:39:34,767
So both of those dishes,
I think, needed a little work.
1223
00:39:34,767 --> 00:39:36,166
They kind of
canceled each other out.
1224
00:39:36,166 --> 00:39:37,233
This is tough.
1225
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:49,166
[Guy] All right, then.
1226
00:39:49,166 --> 00:39:51,000
Well, you know,
the old saying is,
1227
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:52,133
if it was easy,
1228
00:39:52,667 --> 00:39:54,200
everybody would be doing it.
1229
00:39:55,467 --> 00:39:57,300
Let's take a look at, uh...
1230
00:39:57,300 --> 00:39:59,100
Who went first?
The Triple G Judges.
1231
00:39:59,100 --> 00:40:00,333
Let's take
a look at you first.
1232
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:04,166
38 out of 40 in gameplay.
1233
00:40:04,166 --> 00:40:05,400
Congratulations.
1234
00:40:06,900 --> 00:40:09,500
34 out of 40 in taste.
1235
00:40:10,266 --> 00:40:11,834
17 for plating.
1236
00:40:12,367 --> 00:40:14,166
For a score of 89.
1237
00:40:14,166 --> 00:40:15,400
[Kelsey] Wow.
1238
00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:16,400
That's high, y'all.
1239
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:17,967
That's pretty good.
1240
00:40:17,967 --> 00:40:20,600
That's not pretty good.
That's fantastic.
1241
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:23,300
Top Chef All-Stars,
89 to beat it.
1242
00:40:24,867 --> 00:40:26,000
Gameplay,
1243
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:28,133
38.
1244
00:40:29,900 --> 00:40:32,133
Taste, 35.
1245
00:40:32,567 --> 00:40:34,600
-Oh, my God.
-[Justin] Oh.
1246
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:37,166
-My heart's pounding.
-[Kelsey] Me too.
1247
00:40:37,166 --> 00:40:39,133
A 17 to win,
1248
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:41,700
a 16 to tie.
1249
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:43,300
In plating...
1250
00:40:45,500 --> 00:40:47,667
-18.
-[cheering]
1251
00:40:47,667 --> 00:40:48,667
Let's go!
1252
00:40:48,667 --> 00:40:50,867
[All-Star chefs cheering]
1253
00:40:50,867 --> 00:40:52,500
-[Kelsey] Yes!
-[Joe] Nice!
1254
00:40:52,500 --> 00:40:54,000
[Kelsey] We did it.
1255
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:55,767
[Guy] Triple G Judges,
I got to tell you,
1256
00:40:55,767 --> 00:40:58,000
great competition,
great representation
1257
00:40:58,000 --> 00:40:59,567
of the Triple G team.
1258
00:40:59,567 --> 00:41:00,567
Thank you so much.
1259
00:41:00,567 --> 00:41:03,100
But an 89 will not
take you to the finals,
1260
00:41:03,100 --> 00:41:04,500
and we will say goodbye.
Thank you, guys.
1261
00:41:04,500 --> 00:41:05,867
-[Kelsey] Guys, nice job.
-[Joe] Nice.
1262
00:41:05,867 --> 00:41:07,000
[Justin] Nice work, chef.
1263
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:08,000
Oof.
1264
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:10,700
That was a little bit of
a tough pill to swallow.
1265
00:41:10,700 --> 00:41:11,800
Wow.
1266
00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:14,066
[Brian] 89 to 91?
1267
00:41:14,066 --> 00:41:15,400
That is wild.
1268
00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:16,500
So close.
1269
00:41:16,500 --> 00:41:17,800
[Damaris] So close.
1270
00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:20,467
Do the judges know
that they're on our side?
1271
00:41:20,467 --> 00:41:23,266
-[chuckles]
We're Triple G Judges.
- [Damaris] Yeah.
1272
00:41:23,266 --> 00:41:26,700
[Brian] How did you not
Triple G judge win us, judges?
1273
00:41:26,700 --> 00:41:27,967
You're us.
1274
00:41:27,967 --> 00:41:29,467
-You are.
-We're you.
1275
00:41:29,467 --> 00:41:32,166
-Exactly. Very meta.
-Yeah. Whoa.
1276
00:41:32,166 --> 00:41:34,066
I don't even know
what that means.
1277
00:41:34,066 --> 00:41:36,300
So there you have it,
going into the finals,
1278
00:41:36,300 --> 00:41:37,667
congratulations,
1279
00:41:37,667 --> 00:41:39,300
Top Chef All-Stars.
1280
00:41:39,700 --> 00:41:40,867
Join us next week...
1281
00:41:40,867 --> 00:41:41,934
Oh.
1282
00:41:41,934 --> 00:41:44,767
[Guy] ...when our two teams
of Relay Rockstars
1283
00:41:44,767 --> 00:41:46,400
battle for big bucks...
1284
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:48,900
-[Kelsey] God.
-[exclaims]
1285
00:41:48,900 --> 00:41:51,266
[Guy] ...and bragging rights
in the tournament finale.
1286
00:41:51,266 --> 00:41:52,767
-Hold up, chefs.
-[Joe] No.
1287
00:41:52,767 --> 00:41:54,600
The best versus the best.
1288
00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:57,200
I'm going to come at it
with everything I've got.
1289
00:41:57,200 --> 00:41:59,700
[Joe] We want to see those
TOC champs go down.