1 00:00:03,337 --> 00:00:05,537 -[Guy] Hunter, what are you doing? -What do you mean? 2 00:00:05,606 --> 00:00:07,039 You said it was summertime at Flavortown. 3 00:00:07,041 --> 00:00:10,309 No, no, Hunter, I said it's the Summer Tournament in Flavortown. 4 00:00:10,311 --> 00:00:11,609 Oh, that's today? 5 00:00:11,611 --> 00:00:14,213 Yes, they're waiting for us right now! You see the crew? 6 00:00:15,616 --> 00:00:17,416 -They're here. -Oh, shoot. Sorry, guys. 7 00:00:17,418 --> 00:00:18,851 -Come on. -Sorry, yep. Okay, let's go. 8 00:00:18,952 --> 00:00:21,720 It's time for an epic Summer Tournament, Hunter. 9 00:00:21,722 --> 00:00:23,022 [all exclaiming] 10 00:00:23,024 --> 00:00:24,723 [man] I hope you're ready. 11 00:00:24,725 --> 00:00:26,525 Tasting just like summer, baby. 12 00:00:26,527 --> 00:00:29,628 I've invited eight GGG winners to face off 13 00:00:29,630 --> 00:00:32,264 in an intense, five week culinary competition. 14 00:00:32,299 --> 00:00:33,932 -Bussing. -I'll have a bucket of that. 15 00:00:33,934 --> 00:00:35,501 Tonight, our seven remaining chefs 16 00:00:35,503 --> 00:00:37,603 try to ride their seafood skills 17 00:00:37,605 --> 00:00:39,705 and tropical taste into victory 18 00:00:39,707 --> 00:00:40,939 in our big Beach Bash. 19 00:00:40,941 --> 00:00:44,143 Part two of Guy's Summer Games starts now on GGG. 20 00:00:44,211 --> 00:00:45,911 -Get that away from me. -Why? I wanna ride. 21 00:00:50,117 --> 00:00:53,085 Well, if it isn't the Super Summer Seven. 22 00:00:53,087 --> 00:00:54,219 Bring 'em in! 23 00:00:56,257 --> 00:00:58,757 -Hey! -You're all smiles this morning. 24 00:00:58,859 --> 00:01:00,993 -Yes, sir! -Good morning, good morning. 25 00:01:00,995 --> 00:01:02,061 [Christian] I'm feeling a little tense 26 00:01:02,162 --> 00:01:04,830 coming out of my big win from round one. 27 00:01:04,832 --> 00:01:06,732 ...to win 5,000 bucks. Great job. 28 00:01:06,834 --> 00:01:08,200 -Nice job. -[all clapping] 29 00:01:08,202 --> 00:01:10,502 [Christian] Flavortown is ju like going to summer camp, 30 00:01:10,504 --> 00:01:12,304 you have no idea what you're in for. 31 00:01:12,306 --> 00:01:13,705 -Hello. -Hello. 32 00:01:13,707 --> 00:01:15,808 Great. Nice beach hat. That looks good. 33 00:01:15,810 --> 00:01:17,443 Last week I was in the bottom two. 34 00:01:17,544 --> 00:01:18,811 I ended up having to go to Sudden Death 35 00:01:18,813 --> 00:01:20,813 and trying to save myself in the elimination round. 36 00:01:20,815 --> 00:01:22,948 [Guy] Surviving the elimination round is tough, 37 00:01:22,950 --> 00:01:25,584 but I hope that scares you straight and gets you focused. 38 00:01:25,586 --> 00:01:27,019 [Dan] Coming into this week I wanna show people 39 00:01:27,021 --> 00:01:28,554 that I have what it takes to hang with them. 40 00:01:28,622 --> 00:01:29,888 -Welcome back. -Great to be back. 41 00:01:29,890 --> 00:01:31,423 It's like the guy from Jaws 42 00:01:31,425 --> 00:01:34,526 How fitting that you would wear that hat 43 00:01:34,528 --> 00:01:38,464 that reminds me total of Richard Dreyfuss in Jaws 44 00:01:38,532 --> 00:01:39,965 -Doesn't he? -Go big or go home. 45 00:01:40,033 --> 00:01:42,201 All right. You all survived the first week. 46 00:01:43,704 --> 00:01:46,305 Congratulations. First week of Summer Games is not easy. 47 00:01:47,408 --> 00:01:49,808 I can see that you've been working on your tans. 48 00:01:49,810 --> 00:01:52,311 I see no apron string lines. 49 00:01:52,313 --> 00:01:53,946 Tonight we're gonna have a little Beach Bash. 50 00:01:54,014 --> 00:01:55,446 -Love it. -Heard. 51 00:01:55,448 --> 00:01:58,283 I thought we would celebrate by making a bee-line to the beach 52 00:01:58,285 --> 00:02:02,488 for some tasty food to go with some "tasty waves!" 53 00:02:02,490 --> 00:02:04,022 -Name the movie. -Fast Times. 54 00:02:04,024 --> 00:02:05,023 [Guy] Fast Times, thank y. 55 00:02:05,025 --> 00:02:06,492 Same rules apply. 56 00:02:06,494 --> 00:02:10,062 Chef that does the best, makes the best dish, gets what? 57 00:02:10,731 --> 00:02:12,231 Five thousand bucks. 58 00:02:12,233 --> 00:02:14,466 And automatically moves on to next week. 59 00:02:14,468 --> 00:02:17,703 The two in the bottom are gonna face off in an elimination round 60 00:02:17,705 --> 00:02:19,338 where it's just kinda like Jaws. 61 00:02:19,439 --> 00:02:21,640 One chef will go down for good. 62 00:02:21,742 --> 00:02:23,041 See the Jaws reference? [laughs] 63 00:02:23,110 --> 00:02:24,676 There you go. Dun, dun, dun... 64 00:02:24,678 --> 00:02:27,813 I just saw you do that, and I'm gonna put that on the show. For sure. 65 00:02:27,815 --> 00:02:29,715 The chef that conquers 66 00:02:29,717 --> 00:02:32,117 my five-week Summer Games challenges, 67 00:02:32,119 --> 00:02:34,052 will earn a championship trophy 68 00:02:34,688 --> 00:02:37,823 and up to $25,000 69 00:02:37,825 --> 00:02:40,726 in our Big Summer Shopping Spree. 70 00:02:40,728 --> 00:02:41,760 -Oh, yeah. -Yeah. 71 00:02:41,862 --> 00:02:43,362 So, for your first challenge, I want you to make 72 00:02:43,430 --> 00:02:46,298 some delicious seafood, okay? 73 00:02:46,300 --> 00:02:48,634 Let's make the judges a seafood sandwich. 74 00:02:48,702 --> 00:02:51,303 Now, I don't care if it's a gilled cheese, 75 00:02:51,305 --> 00:02:53,338 or if it's a peanut butter and jellyfish. 76 00:02:53,407 --> 00:02:54,640 [all laughing] 77 00:02:54,708 --> 00:02:56,141 We don't have time to actually go to the beach, 78 00:02:56,210 --> 00:02:58,043 so we are going to bring the beach to you. 79 00:02:58,145 --> 00:02:59,611 -Hunter! -No... 80 00:02:59,613 --> 00:03:00,646 [sighs wearily] 81 00:03:02,416 --> 00:03:03,415 [Hunter] Yeah, buddy! 82 00:03:03,417 --> 00:03:04,449 [all laughing] 83 00:03:04,551 --> 00:03:05,984 Wow. 84 00:03:05,986 --> 00:03:09,221 We couldn't let Hunter, when he was a child, play in the sandbox 85 00:03:09,223 --> 00:03:10,556 because the cat kept burying him. 86 00:03:10,624 --> 00:03:12,224 [all laughing] 87 00:03:12,927 --> 00:03:14,426 Hunter, what did you do here? 88 00:03:14,428 --> 00:03:16,195 I placed cans in the sand, pretty much. 89 00:03:16,197 --> 00:03:17,329 -Yeah. -Oh, good name! 90 00:03:17,331 --> 00:03:19,231 There's Cans In the Sand. 91 00:03:19,233 --> 00:03:23,202 -[laughs] -Each chef is going to get to dig through and find a can, 92 00:03:23,204 --> 00:03:24,903 and what is inside of that can, 93 00:03:24,905 --> 00:03:27,839 you must incorporate into your seafood sandwich. 94 00:03:27,941 --> 00:03:30,108 But I have to let the winner from the first week, 95 00:03:30,110 --> 00:03:31,610 Chef Christian, go first. 96 00:03:33,113 --> 00:03:35,013 [Christian] Oh, okay. 97 00:03:36,417 --> 00:03:37,416 [Guy exclaims] 98 00:03:38,752 --> 00:03:39,851 [Guy] There we go. 99 00:03:39,953 --> 00:03:40,852 What do you got there? 100 00:03:40,888 --> 00:03:43,222 Delicious hearts of palm. 101 00:03:43,224 --> 00:03:44,489 -[all clapping] -Fantastic. 102 00:03:44,558 --> 00:03:46,124 And have you ever been to the beach on the East Coast? 103 00:03:46,126 --> 00:03:47,259 -Yep. -Yes. 104 00:03:47,261 --> 00:03:49,194 Once you start unloading everything out of the car, 105 00:03:49,196 --> 00:03:52,731 what happens to make sure you get that spot down at the beach? 106 00:03:52,733 --> 00:03:53,899 -You run. -Someone runs down. 107 00:03:53,901 --> 00:03:55,033 -There's a mad dash. -Yeah. 108 00:03:55,135 --> 00:03:56,602 So everybody go. 109 00:03:58,038 --> 00:03:59,137 [Dan] Whoa. 110 00:04:01,542 --> 00:04:03,609 [Guy] Once you get it, go back to your spot. 111 00:04:05,512 --> 00:04:07,212 Seriously? Really? 112 00:04:08,048 --> 00:04:09,114 -There... -[all exclaiming] 113 00:04:09,116 --> 00:04:10,415 [Guy] Oh, there you go! 114 00:04:10,417 --> 00:04:12,751 -What'd you get there? -Fruit cocktail! 115 00:04:12,820 --> 00:04:14,519 There you go. That's a party. 116 00:04:14,521 --> 00:04:17,256 -So, Ronicca, what'd you get? -Mango pulp. 117 00:04:17,324 --> 00:04:18,957 -[Guy] Jonathon? -White hominy. 118 00:04:18,959 --> 00:04:20,225 [Guy in sing-song voice] Hominy, hominy, hominy. 119 00:04:20,728 --> 00:04:22,127 [Nina] Mushy peas! 120 00:04:22,129 --> 00:04:23,962 [Guy] Mushy peas! 121 00:04:24,031 --> 00:04:25,430 [Noelle] Bamboo shoots. 122 00:04:25,432 --> 00:04:27,799 -Mr. Dreyfuss? -Papaya. 123 00:04:28,402 --> 00:04:29,735 [Gina] Fruit cocktail. 124 00:04:29,737 --> 00:04:32,638 [Guy] You've got to incorporate your Can In the Sand surprise, 125 00:04:32,706 --> 00:04:35,107 so make it sing inside of that sandwich. 126 00:04:35,109 --> 00:04:37,009 [clicks tongue] Where are the carts? 127 00:04:38,212 --> 00:04:40,345 We're on a beach. Try pushing a cart on a beach. 128 00:04:40,414 --> 00:04:41,647 Ugh. 129 00:04:41,748 --> 00:04:42,748 [Guy] He's a thinker, folks! 130 00:04:42,816 --> 00:04:44,850 -Right? I got this. -He's a thinker! 131 00:04:44,951 --> 00:04:46,752 Take one off the top. 132 00:04:46,754 --> 00:04:50,322 [Guy] Don't think about it as the fact of one of you is gonna be eliminated tonight. 133 00:04:50,324 --> 00:04:52,591 Think about it as one of you is gonna make 5,000 bucks! 134 00:04:52,593 --> 00:04:54,092 And move on. 135 00:04:54,094 --> 00:04:59,231 Thirty minutes to shop, prepare and plate your seafood sandwich. 136 00:04:59,233 --> 00:05:01,333 If you say, "Three, two, one, go," what happens? 137 00:05:01,402 --> 00:05:03,201 -They all run. -[Guy whoops] 138 00:05:05,105 --> 00:05:07,205 I mean, they really were going for that dang spot at the beach. 139 00:05:07,207 --> 00:05:08,206 They were not messing around. 140 00:05:09,943 --> 00:05:11,443 [Ronicca] Yahoo! 141 00:05:11,445 --> 00:05:14,212 I quickly grabbed the halibut before somebody else gets it. 142 00:05:14,214 --> 00:05:16,515 I get my can and it's mango pulp. 143 00:05:16,517 --> 00:05:18,817 How do I make this seafood sandwich? 144 00:05:18,819 --> 00:05:20,919 Sweet with the mango, but not too sweet. 145 00:05:20,921 --> 00:05:22,154 [winces] 146 00:05:22,189 --> 00:05:23,455 Bao buns. 147 00:05:23,457 --> 00:05:25,757 I cook Japanese foods every day on my food truck, 148 00:05:25,826 --> 00:05:27,592 so for my seafood sandwich 149 00:05:27,594 --> 00:05:28,960 I'm making this halibut bao bun. 150 00:05:28,962 --> 00:05:30,796 [out of breath] Garlic. Okay. 151 00:05:30,798 --> 00:05:33,298 And then I'm going to make a sauce out of this mango pu 152 00:05:33,300 --> 00:05:35,133 and toss that fried halibut in it. 153 00:05:35,235 --> 00:05:36,401 It's just what we do. 154 00:05:36,403 --> 00:05:37,803 [sighs tiredly] 155 00:05:39,006 --> 00:05:40,405 [Dan] Coming from New Englan 156 00:05:40,407 --> 00:05:42,040 lobster and crab are a perfect beach food... 157 00:05:42,042 --> 00:05:44,042 [chuckles] 'Cause they're right from the beach! 158 00:05:44,044 --> 00:05:45,043 A-ha! 159 00:05:45,045 --> 00:05:46,945 My can is canned papaya. 160 00:05:46,947 --> 00:05:49,815 Papaya is a really sweet and awesome tropical fruit. 161 00:05:49,817 --> 00:05:53,518 I'm gonna make a beautiful, spicy lobster and crab roll 162 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:55,286 [Dan mumbles] 163 00:05:55,288 --> 00:05:57,255 I'm thinking a really awesom papaya and cucumber salsa to put on top, 164 00:05:57,324 --> 00:05:58,857 which will offer a little bit of crunch 165 00:05:58,926 --> 00:06:00,425 and sort of just brighten this whole thing up. 166 00:06:00,427 --> 00:06:01,426 Cool. 167 00:06:01,428 --> 00:06:02,928 I live right by the beach. 168 00:06:02,930 --> 00:06:04,830 The sun's beating down, the waves are crashing, 169 00:06:04,832 --> 00:06:07,599 seagulls are running around trying to grab french fries out of your tray. 170 00:06:07,601 --> 00:06:08,900 Nothing beats it. 171 00:06:08,902 --> 00:06:11,403 I don't think any of the things that Hunter hid in the sand 172 00:06:11,405 --> 00:06:12,938 cannot work in the seafood sandwich. 173 00:06:13,039 --> 00:06:14,906 Take the sweet, make it spicy. 174 00:06:14,908 --> 00:06:16,308 Any one of them would make a great sauce. 175 00:06:16,310 --> 00:06:17,943 I think they have it pretty easy for this first round. 176 00:06:18,011 --> 00:06:19,311 [Jonathon] Whew. 177 00:06:19,313 --> 00:06:22,147 The main challenge for me with this white canned homin 178 00:06:22,249 --> 00:06:23,548 it doesn't have a lot of flavor... 179 00:06:23,617 --> 00:06:24,516 No, no, no, no, no... 180 00:06:24,518 --> 00:06:26,918 And eating at the beach is loud, 181 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:28,754 so I really gotta do something with it to make it kick. 182 00:06:28,789 --> 00:06:30,055 There's some radish. 183 00:06:30,124 --> 00:06:31,957 Recently, I was with my wife Kristen 184 00:06:32,025 --> 00:06:33,825 down in Mexico, on the beach 185 00:06:33,827 --> 00:06:35,560 We had this amazing fish sandwich together, 186 00:06:35,629 --> 00:06:36,895 and I wanna recreate that moment. 187 00:06:36,897 --> 00:06:38,330 Let's get a little sage in there. 188 00:06:38,332 --> 00:06:39,631 So for my seafood sandwich, 189 00:06:39,633 --> 00:06:41,600 I'm thinking a nice piece of salmon, 190 00:06:41,602 --> 00:06:43,935 a nice, loud, crunch slaw, 191 00:06:44,004 --> 00:06:46,805 some hominy that I'm gonna make into a spread with aguachile. 192 00:06:46,807 --> 00:06:48,707 Transport myself back to Mexico. 193 00:06:48,709 --> 00:06:50,409 Let's do this. 194 00:06:50,411 --> 00:06:53,211 [Nina] I get mushy peas, and the only thing that came to mind was, 195 00:06:53,213 --> 00:06:56,047 "Oh, we don't have mushy peas in Asian cuisine." 196 00:06:56,149 --> 00:06:58,049 -What you thinking? -I'm thinking catfish. 197 00:06:58,151 --> 00:06:59,284 Oh [straining]. 198 00:06:59,286 --> 00:07:01,553 Who takes care of you? Who's got catfish right there? 199 00:07:01,622 --> 00:07:03,288 [Nina] Yes! 200 00:07:03,290 --> 00:07:07,058 I'm thinking about making a catfish po'boy sandwich, Asian style. 201 00:07:07,127 --> 00:07:08,160 Similar to bahn mi. 202 00:07:08,261 --> 00:07:09,561 Sriracha. 203 00:07:09,563 --> 00:07:12,431 Mixing sriracha with my mushy pea as a paste. 204 00:07:12,433 --> 00:07:13,498 Mayonnaise? 205 00:07:13,500 --> 00:07:15,500 Just to give that nice, creamy, little spice. 206 00:07:15,502 --> 00:07:16,802 -[exclaims] -Come on. 207 00:07:16,804 --> 00:07:18,036 [laughs] 208 00:07:18,138 --> 00:07:20,138 [Christian] What's more beac than a shrimp roll? 209 00:07:20,207 --> 00:07:21,273 Let's go, where's the shrimps? 210 00:07:21,275 --> 00:07:22,640 [exclaims] 211 00:07:22,642 --> 00:07:25,410 I'm gonna put the wham bam on this can whammy ingredien 212 00:07:25,412 --> 00:07:27,145 by making it into a tapenade 213 00:07:27,247 --> 00:07:29,047 I know I need to complement the flavors 214 00:07:29,116 --> 00:07:30,816 of the heart of palm with everything else. 215 00:07:30,818 --> 00:07:32,651 Spices... 216 00:07:32,653 --> 00:07:35,120 But it could get away from m if I don't get it balanced the way I want it. 217 00:07:35,722 --> 00:07:36,822 [exclaims] 218 00:07:36,824 --> 00:07:38,056 Seafood... 219 00:07:38,124 --> 00:07:39,558 I got bamboo shoots. 220 00:07:39,659 --> 00:07:43,228 They have zero flavor, they're all texture. 221 00:07:43,230 --> 00:07:44,830 Like, what are you supposed to do with that? 222 00:07:44,832 --> 00:07:46,598 Are you a good seafood sandwich kinda person? 223 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:48,066 I like seafood sandwiches. 224 00:07:48,068 --> 00:07:51,503 So I'm gonna make a beer-battered fried halibut sandwich 225 00:07:51,505 --> 00:07:54,506 with a Dungeness crab and bamboo shoot slaw. 226 00:07:54,508 --> 00:07:55,540 What else do I want? 227 00:07:55,642 --> 00:07:57,542 Oh, shoot! 228 00:07:57,644 --> 00:08:00,245 I don't want these judges to miss these shoots. 229 00:08:00,347 --> 00:08:02,714 I can deep fry it so that it gets crunchy. 230 00:08:02,716 --> 00:08:07,118 And I know that the crunch will be very well taken inside the slaw. 231 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:11,356 This is California vibes, from me, on a plate. 232 00:08:11,424 --> 00:08:12,424 That should be it. 233 00:08:12,826 --> 00:08:13,825 Think. 234 00:08:14,928 --> 00:08:16,061 I'm like, "What?" 235 00:08:17,064 --> 00:08:18,430 So, I love shrimp salad. 236 00:08:18,432 --> 00:08:20,532 We make it in our restaurant like, all the time. 237 00:08:20,634 --> 00:08:22,801 So if they want canned fruit cocktail, 238 00:08:22,803 --> 00:08:24,603 I'm taking it to the beach with this one. 239 00:08:24,605 --> 00:08:29,307 I'm gonna use this for the actual puree that go into my shrimp salad. 240 00:08:29,309 --> 00:08:31,409 This canned fruit cocktail and I are literally 241 00:08:31,411 --> 00:08:33,245 gonna become the bestest of friends. 242 00:08:33,313 --> 00:08:36,214 I might even rub a little bit on my arms as suntan lotion. 243 00:08:36,216 --> 00:08:37,315 Who knows? 244 00:08:37,317 --> 00:08:38,416 Okay... 245 00:08:38,418 --> 00:08:40,452 -We got our salmon... -Bread... 246 00:08:40,521 --> 00:08:43,922 Secret ingredient, mango pulp. Done. 247 00:08:43,924 --> 00:08:46,458 So here to decide which chef's seafood sandwich 248 00:08:46,527 --> 00:08:47,926 is a shore thing 249 00:08:47,928 --> 00:08:49,628 is our trio of super judges. 250 00:08:49,630 --> 00:08:52,464 Now we have acclaimed chef whose southern California restaurants 251 00:08:52,533 --> 00:08:54,432 are all considered summer hot spots, 252 00:08:54,534 --> 00:08:58,503 the neon princess warrior herself, Chef Antonia Lofaso. 253 00:08:58,505 --> 00:09:01,239 Renowned chef who's shaking up the food world 254 00:09:01,341 --> 00:09:03,008 with his West African coastal flavors, 255 00:09:03,010 --> 00:09:05,610 the one and only Chef Eric Adjepong! 256 00:09:05,612 --> 00:09:09,948 And the redheaded rockstar behind the Boston restaurant empire, 257 00:09:09,950 --> 00:09:12,417 and the winner of Tournament of Champions 3, 258 00:09:12,419 --> 00:09:15,420 -sweet team Chef Tiffani Faison! -Yay! 259 00:09:15,422 --> 00:09:17,322 Everybody loves seafood. 260 00:09:17,324 --> 00:09:18,623 I could actually make an argument 261 00:09:18,625 --> 00:09:21,459 that any type of seafood can make it into a sandwich. 262 00:09:21,528 --> 00:09:23,762 -Ooh. -I don't think that's a hard argument to make. 263 00:09:23,863 --> 00:09:27,098 I don't think you got really anybody that's gonna debate it with you, but that's... 264 00:09:27,100 --> 00:09:29,401 But you really made a profound statement. 265 00:09:29,403 --> 00:09:31,202 -Water is wet. -Water is wet. 266 00:09:31,204 --> 00:09:32,837 -Woo! -Let's see where they're at. 267 00:09:33,340 --> 00:09:34,706 Twenty five minutes! 268 00:09:35,542 --> 00:09:37,375 Taking my little cherry peppers... 269 00:09:37,377 --> 00:09:39,311 You got an idea what you're making? 270 00:09:39,313 --> 00:09:44,249 I do. I'm gonna make me a halibut fried bao bun. 271 00:09:44,318 --> 00:09:45,650 Where's the mango gonna go? 272 00:09:45,752 --> 00:09:47,052 It's going in the sauce right here, 273 00:09:47,054 --> 00:09:49,955 I'm going to dunk the fish inside of this. 274 00:09:49,957 --> 00:09:51,856 Got it. Got it, got it, got it. 275 00:09:51,925 --> 00:09:54,125 [Ronicca] This is something that I have in my restauran 276 00:09:54,127 --> 00:09:55,260 and in the food trucks. 277 00:09:55,262 --> 00:09:57,729 Customers like to slather th on everything. 278 00:09:58,432 --> 00:10:00,265 I use it on my bao buns 279 00:10:00,333 --> 00:10:02,300 and I use it on my vegan options. 280 00:10:02,302 --> 00:10:03,735 [Guy] Ronicca, how we feeling? 281 00:10:03,737 --> 00:10:05,704 -[Ronicca] Hoping I don't go too sweet. -You don't wanna do that. 282 00:10:05,706 --> 00:10:07,806 [Ronicca] I need something to offset the sweetness 283 00:10:07,808 --> 00:10:09,574 of the sweet mango pulp. 284 00:10:09,576 --> 00:10:11,109 -What are you looking for? -I don't know. 285 00:10:11,111 --> 00:10:12,611 I feel like it's missing something. 286 00:10:12,613 --> 00:10:14,112 Of course we all want strategies, 287 00:10:14,114 --> 00:10:15,513 of course we all want the best gameplay, 288 00:10:15,515 --> 00:10:18,116 but it is so hard to have any gameplay or a strategy 289 00:10:18,118 --> 00:10:19,050 when you're playing with Guy. 290 00:10:30,430 --> 00:10:31,896 [Guy] Ronicca, how we feeling? 291 00:10:31,898 --> 00:10:33,898 -[Ronicca] Hoping I don't go too sweet. -You don't wanna do that. 292 00:10:33,900 --> 00:10:36,101 I just don't want it to be too sweet, so I'm really nervous. 293 00:10:36,103 --> 00:10:37,235 I need some heat. 294 00:10:37,304 --> 00:10:38,903 I run and I grab Thai chilis 295 00:10:38,905 --> 00:10:41,206 The winner gets 5K and immunity 296 00:10:41,208 --> 00:10:42,240 and I really wanna win. 297 00:10:42,342 --> 00:10:44,709 I'm trying to make this as savory as possible. 298 00:10:44,711 --> 00:10:46,444 I'm gonna give this a little more heat. 299 00:10:47,114 --> 00:10:48,313 What you got going on, homie? 300 00:10:48,315 --> 00:10:50,215 Man, I'm doing a bao bun. 301 00:10:50,217 --> 00:10:51,916 -A bao bun. -That's right. 302 00:10:51,918 --> 00:10:54,219 Bao down. Bao down. 303 00:10:54,221 --> 00:10:55,620 [Christian] Bao down. 304 00:10:55,622 --> 00:10:57,155 [Guy] Twenty four minutes! 305 00:10:57,224 --> 00:10:59,824 We are the captains of the SSS, 306 00:10:59,826 --> 00:11:02,727 the Summer Seafood Sandwich challenge. 307 00:11:02,729 --> 00:11:04,229 [Tiffani] I'm hoping that's the boat we're on. 308 00:11:04,231 --> 00:11:06,131 This week, they now how to can in the sand. 309 00:11:06,133 --> 00:11:10,001 So it's whether you can, or not, make a sandwich... 310 00:11:10,003 --> 00:11:11,236 -[judges exclaim] -I love it. 311 00:11:11,337 --> 00:11:12,704 ...based on the summer, with seafood. 312 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:14,639 Is there a can opener over here? 313 00:11:14,708 --> 00:11:16,207 So, first things first, 314 00:11:16,209 --> 00:11:19,210 I need to open my bamboo shoot can and taste them. 315 00:11:20,447 --> 00:11:22,013 Well, they have no flavor whatsoever. 316 00:11:22,916 --> 00:11:24,149 [disgusted noise] 317 00:11:24,250 --> 00:11:25,517 All right, chef, what's on the menu? 318 00:11:25,519 --> 00:11:27,218 I have bamboo shoots. 319 00:11:27,220 --> 00:11:31,256 I'm gonna put them a in beer battered fried halibut sandwich 320 00:11:31,357 --> 00:11:34,092 with a Dungeness crab and bamboo shoot slaw. 321 00:11:34,094 --> 00:11:37,429 -And a house made... -Dungeness crab coleslaw? 322 00:11:37,431 --> 00:11:39,664 Is this on top of the sandwich or is this inside? 323 00:11:39,733 --> 00:11:40,831 -Inside. -Okay. 324 00:11:40,833 --> 00:11:42,300 [Noelle] So I take those bamboo shoots, 325 00:11:42,302 --> 00:11:44,302 throw 'em in a little bit of flour for crunch, 326 00:11:44,304 --> 00:11:45,637 and put 'em in the fryer. 327 00:11:45,739 --> 00:11:47,505 Those will get crispy, hopefully. 328 00:11:47,507 --> 00:11:51,009 Now, I'm gonna turn this halibut into $5,000. 329 00:11:51,011 --> 00:11:52,944 To make the perfect summer beer batter. 330 00:11:53,013 --> 00:11:53,945 That's Cajun. 331 00:11:54,013 --> 00:11:55,246 ...get some heat in there. 332 00:11:55,248 --> 00:11:57,415 And then just throw a whole bottle of beer. 333 00:11:57,417 --> 00:12:01,419 More Cajun, good flavors, deep profiles. 334 00:12:01,421 --> 00:12:04,422 I'm gonna take these hearts of palm, get these cut up. 335 00:12:04,424 --> 00:12:06,357 Hearts of palm says, "I like to party." 336 00:12:07,828 --> 00:12:09,327 Talk to me, Goose. 337 00:12:09,329 --> 00:12:12,230 [Christian] All right, so I'm gonna do a heart of palm tapenade 338 00:12:12,232 --> 00:12:15,700 and then I'm gonna do a Aleppo pepper salt-and-pepper shrimp. 339 00:12:15,702 --> 00:12:17,836 -Right. Okay. -But heart of palm first, 340 00:12:17,937 --> 00:12:20,605 because it is the key ingredient to my seafood sandwich. 341 00:12:20,607 --> 00:12:24,743 Heart of palm is soft, buttery, creamy, smooth. 342 00:12:24,844 --> 00:12:26,411 Tapenade is traditionally olives, 343 00:12:26,413 --> 00:12:28,513 but with this heart of palm tapenade, 344 00:12:28,515 --> 00:12:30,215 it's going to be creamier, 345 00:12:30,217 --> 00:12:33,952 and of course spicy from the salt of the caper and the Fresno chile. 346 00:12:33,954 --> 00:12:35,753 [Guy] What do we got here? 347 00:12:35,755 --> 00:12:39,057 [Christian] This is my heart of palm tapenade with capers, little bit of vinegar. 348 00:12:39,059 --> 00:12:41,726 -I'll have a bucket of that. -Bussing. 349 00:12:41,728 --> 00:12:43,428 [Guy] Twenty one and a half minutes. 350 00:12:43,430 --> 00:12:45,230 Captain Stupid, what are you making? 351 00:12:45,232 --> 00:12:46,631 Crab and lobster roll 352 00:12:46,633 --> 00:12:49,334 in a papaya and cucumber salsa. 353 00:12:49,435 --> 00:12:50,434 Okay, good. 354 00:12:50,436 --> 00:12:52,537 Last week not only knocked some sense into me, 355 00:12:52,639 --> 00:12:53,838 but it really lit a fire under me. 356 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:58,143 Overall the flavors are great, I think I need more smokey. 357 00:12:58,244 --> 00:13:00,278 [Dan] This time around, my plan is to stick to what I know 358 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:02,046 and keep it simple. 359 00:13:02,048 --> 00:13:07,051 So the first thing I wanna d is work on my cucumber and papaya salsa. 360 00:13:07,153 --> 00:13:11,022 This salsa is summer because cucumbers and tropical fruit, 361 00:13:11,024 --> 00:13:13,424 brightened up with some fresh herb and some acid, 362 00:13:13,426 --> 00:13:16,427 it's almost like a really awesome margarita. [laughs] I don't know. 363 00:13:17,964 --> 00:13:19,130 It's delicious. 364 00:13:20,233 --> 00:13:22,634 [Nina] Summertime in Nashville is really fun. 365 00:13:22,702 --> 00:13:24,903 We got live music and it's hot as heck. 366 00:13:24,905 --> 00:13:28,540 And we pack up the boys and we go to Percy Priest Beach. 367 00:13:28,641 --> 00:13:30,208 My boys go fishing for catfish... 368 00:13:30,210 --> 00:13:31,509 I don't fish. 369 00:13:31,511 --> 00:13:33,945 I just don't like touching the worms. 370 00:13:34,014 --> 00:13:35,246 All right, Chef, show me. 371 00:13:35,348 --> 00:13:37,615 I'm making an Asian catfish po'boy. 372 00:13:37,617 --> 00:13:38,950 -Asian catfish po'boy. -...catfish po'boy. 373 00:13:38,952 --> 00:13:40,218 -Yes. -What else we got on there? 374 00:13:40,220 --> 00:13:42,554 Wanna make some mushy pea sauce for the spread. 375 00:13:42,655 --> 00:13:43,821 Okay, all righty. 376 00:13:44,858 --> 00:13:46,958 [Nina] I'm gonna get starte on my sauce. 377 00:13:47,060 --> 00:13:48,827 I throw some tomatoes and peppers on the grill. 378 00:13:51,164 --> 00:13:55,700 So, I get the peas, garlic, tomatoes and onions in the blender, 379 00:13:55,702 --> 00:13:58,703 some hot sauce and some sriracha mayo. 380 00:13:58,705 --> 00:14:02,140 It's gonna make a good, nice and creamy paste for the sandwich. 381 00:14:02,209 --> 00:14:03,741 So, I taste my pea sauce. 382 00:14:04,711 --> 00:14:06,544 It tastes really good. 383 00:14:07,814 --> 00:14:09,047 [Guy] Seventeen to go! 384 00:14:09,115 --> 00:14:10,515 All right, Jon, talk to me, buddy. 385 00:14:10,517 --> 00:14:13,351 So, my wife and I, it was our 11th anniversary recently, 386 00:14:13,420 --> 00:14:16,521 and we were down in Zihuantanejo, Mexico, on the beach, 387 00:14:16,523 --> 00:14:18,623 and we had this killer sandwich together. 388 00:14:18,625 --> 00:14:20,859 Today, I'm gonna recreate that anniversary sandwich. 389 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:22,727 Anniversary sandwich, way to sell it! 390 00:14:22,729 --> 00:14:23,828 Anniversary seafood sandwich. 391 00:14:23,830 --> 00:14:25,363 [Guy] And it was with salmon in Mexico? 392 00:14:25,432 --> 00:14:28,800 It was not with salmon, but I got hominy. 393 00:14:28,802 --> 00:14:30,401 I think the hominy goes really nice, 394 00:14:30,403 --> 00:14:32,036 -the sweetness of it, with the salmon. -Okay. 395 00:14:32,038 --> 00:14:35,406 [Jonathon] I need to start on my hominy aguachile spread. 396 00:14:35,408 --> 00:14:37,942 So we're gonna use the base for the sauce with the hominy. 397 00:14:38,011 --> 00:14:41,713 Basically, aguachile means it tastes like spicy, hot water, 398 00:14:41,715 --> 00:14:44,048 so I really wanna punch 'em in the face with this. 399 00:14:44,050 --> 00:14:46,050 So I add my hominy, 'cause I have to use it. 400 00:14:47,420 --> 00:14:50,021 -What's in here? -Aguachile white hominy aioli. 401 00:14:51,958 --> 00:14:54,225 You're gonna salt that later? 402 00:14:54,227 --> 00:14:56,728 Yep, I'm gonna see what it tastes all with everything and go from there. 403 00:14:56,730 --> 00:14:58,696 Canned hominy, it doesn't have a lot of flavor, 404 00:14:58,698 --> 00:15:02,200 so I'm definitely gonna have to put something into this to make it work. 405 00:15:02,202 --> 00:15:03,601 I'm gonna start these shrimp real quick 406 00:15:03,603 --> 00:15:04,936 and get them cooled off and cooking. 407 00:15:05,405 --> 00:15:06,537 Where is the can? 408 00:15:06,639 --> 00:15:07,705 [Guy] What are you making? 409 00:15:07,707 --> 00:15:09,707 So I'm gonna do a shrimp sandwich 410 00:15:09,709 --> 00:15:12,043 and then I'm gonna use my fruit cocktail, 411 00:15:12,112 --> 00:15:13,411 gonna make a little bit of salsa and mayonnaise, 412 00:15:13,413 --> 00:15:15,680 make a nice crunchy, summery sandwich. 413 00:15:15,682 --> 00:15:17,749 It's so crazy, it just might work. 414 00:15:17,850 --> 00:15:21,219 Gina was here on a fruit episode, Fruit Challenge before, 415 00:15:21,221 --> 00:15:22,587 and won it. 416 00:15:22,589 --> 00:15:25,223 Cool these off so that it takes on some of the flavors 417 00:15:25,225 --> 00:15:26,724 of the jackfruit while it's steaming. 418 00:15:26,726 --> 00:15:28,927 -She's back... -[Eric] With more fruit. 419 00:15:28,929 --> 00:15:30,695 ...and the beach gods have given her fruit cocktail. 420 00:15:30,697 --> 00:15:31,863 [judges laughing] 421 00:15:31,931 --> 00:15:34,933 The fruit cocktail's making me a little nutty, I think. 422 00:15:34,935 --> 00:15:37,235 This is the dressing for my shrimp salad. 423 00:15:37,337 --> 00:15:41,739 In the blender, I have my canned fruit cocktail and jalapenos. 424 00:15:41,841 --> 00:15:45,710 I used celery, onion, a little bit of spices, mayonnaise... 425 00:15:45,712 --> 00:15:46,945 I mix that in. 426 00:15:50,417 --> 00:15:52,016 It's fruity! 427 00:15:52,018 --> 00:15:54,719 I need my shrimp salad to taste like the canned fruit cocktail. 428 00:15:54,721 --> 00:15:57,221 I am celebrating the can. 429 00:15:57,223 --> 00:16:00,024 This is really, really cool together. 430 00:16:00,026 --> 00:16:01,526 Who knew? Fruit cocktail, huh? 431 00:16:01,528 --> 00:16:04,262 Your shrimp are cooked perfectly. 432 00:16:04,297 --> 00:16:06,030 -Thank you, Chef. -Nice snap to 'em. 433 00:16:06,032 --> 00:16:08,800 -Where is the fruit cocktail? -It's in the shrimp. 434 00:16:10,603 --> 00:16:13,104 I don't know that I get as much shrimp cocktail in there 435 00:16:13,106 --> 00:16:14,339 as you might be trying to achieve. 436 00:16:15,208 --> 00:16:16,207 Heard. 437 00:16:16,209 --> 00:16:17,842 You know, what do I do with it? 438 00:16:17,844 --> 00:16:20,578 I need my shrimp salad to taste like the canned fruit cocktail, you know. 439 00:16:20,580 --> 00:16:24,182 I don't wanna hide it, I wanna show it, you know. 440 00:16:24,184 --> 00:16:26,451 Okay, well, we're gonna have to do something different. 441 00:16:36,730 --> 00:16:39,230 I don't know that I get as much shrimp cocktail in there 442 00:16:39,232 --> 00:16:41,332 as you might be trying to achieve. 443 00:16:41,401 --> 00:16:43,801 Heard. Hey, well, we're gonna have to do something different. 444 00:16:43,803 --> 00:16:45,603 So I was cutting up a tomat 445 00:16:45,605 --> 00:16:47,204 and it dawned on me, like, 446 00:16:47,206 --> 00:16:50,508 mix the rest of the can of the fruit and add the tomato to that 447 00:16:50,510 --> 00:16:53,344 and make that into a salsa for a final topping. 448 00:16:53,413 --> 00:16:55,546 The remaining fruit cocktail, a little bit of onions, 449 00:16:55,548 --> 00:16:56,814 and we're gonna go from there. 450 00:17:01,521 --> 00:17:02,954 [Guy] Chefs, we've got 15 minutes! 451 00:17:03,022 --> 00:17:04,722 [Noelle] Feels like I'm at the beach. 452 00:17:05,525 --> 00:17:06,724 So, my fish is in the fryer 453 00:17:06,726 --> 00:17:08,226 with my bamboo shoots 454 00:17:08,228 --> 00:17:10,161 as my whammy ingredient. 455 00:17:10,230 --> 00:17:13,131 And now I have to make my duck egg aioli, 456 00:17:13,133 --> 00:17:15,400 'cause I know that it's thicker and better 457 00:17:15,402 --> 00:17:17,702 and gonna be the fancy side of the beach. 458 00:17:17,704 --> 00:17:19,937 So now, I need to start on my crab slaw. 459 00:17:19,939 --> 00:17:21,105 Got my crab... 460 00:17:21,107 --> 00:17:23,041 I start with my crab 461 00:17:23,043 --> 00:17:24,609 and my duck egg aioli. 462 00:17:24,611 --> 00:17:27,245 Then I'm throwing in serrano peppers, 463 00:17:27,313 --> 00:17:30,515 parsley, dill and those bamboo shoots. 464 00:17:30,517 --> 00:17:32,283 It's nice and herbaceous. 465 00:17:32,285 --> 00:17:34,852 Let's do my cabbage in there. 466 00:17:34,921 --> 00:17:37,955 -That slaw's going on top? -Slaw's going in the sandwich. 467 00:17:37,957 --> 00:17:40,658 I've got crispy fried bamboo shoots, 468 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:43,828 and I have slaw bamboo shoots. 469 00:17:43,830 --> 00:17:46,531 And slaw bamboo shoots, you got bamboo everywhere. 470 00:17:46,533 --> 00:17:47,832 [Christian] Yes, sir. 471 00:17:48,334 --> 00:17:49,400 For my shrimp roll, 472 00:17:49,468 --> 00:17:51,035 I got my heart of palm tapenade finished 473 00:17:51,037 --> 00:17:54,038 and now it's time to work o my aji panca aioli. 474 00:17:54,140 --> 00:17:55,506 It needs to provide contras 475 00:17:55,508 --> 00:17:57,208 to the heart of palm tapenad 476 00:17:57,210 --> 00:17:59,310 Gonna make this one on the spicier side. 477 00:17:59,312 --> 00:18:02,513 So I've got Tajin and aji panca, 478 00:18:02,515 --> 00:18:04,515 mayo and spicy mustard. 479 00:18:05,018 --> 00:18:06,150 A little more Tajin... 480 00:18:06,252 --> 00:18:07,518 Now that my aioli is finishe 481 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:08,986 it's time for me to work on my shrimp. 482 00:18:08,988 --> 00:18:10,221 Where we at there? 483 00:18:10,223 --> 00:18:12,757 -Working on my dredge for my shrimp. -Okay. 484 00:18:12,825 --> 00:18:14,024 [Christian] If we're going to the beach, 485 00:18:14,026 --> 00:18:15,660 I am in charge of bringing the basket of food. 486 00:18:15,761 --> 00:18:17,628 Cooking on the beach, eating on the beach, 487 00:18:17,630 --> 00:18:19,464 it's really just what I do. 488 00:18:21,568 --> 00:18:24,001 Chefs, we got 10 minutes, 10 to go! 489 00:18:24,003 --> 00:18:25,837 [Dan] Just getting my salad together here. 490 00:18:25,905 --> 00:18:26,971 Crab and lobster. 491 00:18:28,441 --> 00:18:30,208 For my cold crab and lobster roll, 492 00:18:30,210 --> 00:18:32,210 I gotta make an awesome dressing. 493 00:18:32,212 --> 00:18:33,911 And that's gonna start with Japanese mayo, 494 00:18:33,913 --> 00:18:35,213 a little bit of mirin, 495 00:18:35,215 --> 00:18:36,647 a little bit of sriracha, 496 00:18:36,716 --> 00:18:38,448 and some rice wine vinegar. 497 00:18:38,450 --> 00:18:43,421 I really want the lobster and the crab to just sit there in the mayo and the acid. 498 00:18:43,423 --> 00:18:44,522 [Guy] So, what do you got in there? 499 00:18:44,524 --> 00:18:45,690 The sauce is looking pretty good, 500 00:18:45,692 --> 00:18:47,091 I'm gonna rework it in a second, 501 00:18:47,093 --> 00:18:49,127 just make sure the flavors are really getting where I want 'em. 502 00:18:50,029 --> 00:18:51,529 I think nice, big chunks of seafood. 503 00:18:51,531 --> 00:18:53,331 -That's great. -I'm feeling okay right now. 504 00:18:55,101 --> 00:18:56,000 Whew. 505 00:18:58,204 --> 00:18:59,237 [Guy] Where are the mushy peas? 506 00:18:59,305 --> 00:19:01,038 In here, I blended it all in together. 507 00:19:01,140 --> 00:19:02,206 [Guy] Are they gonna be able to find it? 508 00:19:02,208 --> 00:19:03,641 Recognize that it was a mushy pea? 509 00:19:03,710 --> 00:19:06,110 You know what? I might add another can. 510 00:19:06,112 --> 00:19:07,912 Okay, I'm gonna open up another can 511 00:19:07,914 --> 00:19:09,914 and I'm gonna cook down the peas 512 00:19:09,916 --> 00:19:12,316 and add a little bit more spice to it. 513 00:19:12,318 --> 00:19:14,919 I want these peas to pop ou 514 00:19:14,921 --> 00:19:16,254 so the judges can taste it. 515 00:19:20,126 --> 00:19:21,726 Much better, Guy. 516 00:19:21,728 --> 00:19:22,760 -[laughs] -There you go. 517 00:19:22,828 --> 00:19:24,228 Make sure they can find it. 518 00:19:24,230 --> 00:19:26,164 I'm not gonna go home on peas. 519 00:19:26,232 --> 00:19:27,532 [Guy] Seven and half minutes! 520 00:19:29,102 --> 00:19:30,501 [Ronicca] While my sauce is cooking down, 521 00:19:30,503 --> 00:19:31,602 I get started on my slaw. 522 00:19:32,305 --> 00:19:33,470 Mango slaw. 523 00:19:33,472 --> 00:19:36,507 And I want it to stay crispy and light and fresh, 524 00:19:36,509 --> 00:19:38,209 so I char off my red pepper 525 00:19:38,211 --> 00:19:39,610 and start chopping cilantro 526 00:19:39,612 --> 00:19:42,246 my dragon fruit and my carro 527 00:19:42,348 --> 00:19:45,016 with some whammy sweet mango pulp. 528 00:19:46,619 --> 00:19:47,818 While my slaw's marinating, 529 00:19:47,820 --> 00:19:49,253 I start to work on my halibu 530 00:19:49,322 --> 00:19:53,824 I'm gonna put this in a salty buttermilk marinade. 531 00:19:53,826 --> 00:19:55,193 I love to go to the beach. 532 00:19:55,195 --> 00:19:57,261 Mostly because I'm such a huge fisherman. 533 00:19:57,330 --> 00:19:59,964 I don't care if I'm fishing with a sub sandwich, 534 00:20:00,033 --> 00:20:01,232 I don't care if I'm fishing with bait, 535 00:20:01,334 --> 00:20:03,100 I'm gonna fish and I'm gonn bring home dinner. 536 00:20:04,504 --> 00:20:07,305 With the halibut in the frye I start steaming my bao buns 537 00:20:07,307 --> 00:20:09,307 I know that the halibut's gonna taste great, 538 00:20:09,309 --> 00:20:10,641 I know my slaw is great. 539 00:20:10,710 --> 00:20:12,610 I'm just really, really hoping that it's not too sweet. 540 00:20:13,947 --> 00:20:15,612 -Oh, sorry. -Yeah, you're good. 541 00:20:16,749 --> 00:20:19,217 [Jonathon] I've got my homin and aguachile spread ready to go. 542 00:20:19,219 --> 00:20:20,818 So next I need to work on the salmon. 543 00:20:22,822 --> 00:20:23,955 Season it up 544 00:20:25,058 --> 00:20:26,457 and then hit it with fresh lime 545 00:20:26,559 --> 00:20:27,692 just like you would on the beach, 546 00:20:27,694 --> 00:20:29,827 and get it into the pan to start cooking. 547 00:20:29,829 --> 00:20:31,629 Now I gotta start on this fresh slaw. 548 00:20:32,232 --> 00:20:33,764 What I love on a sandwich 549 00:20:33,766 --> 00:20:35,633 is when you just have some crunchy bits as you go through, 550 00:20:35,735 --> 00:20:37,501 so I'm gonna take some of this hominy 551 00:20:37,503 --> 00:20:40,404 and get it in the fryer so it's nice and crunchy to add into the slaw. 552 00:20:40,406 --> 00:20:41,839 I love fried hominy. 553 00:20:42,508 --> 00:20:43,741 [Jonathon] Feeling good! 554 00:20:44,244 --> 00:20:45,309 Like I should. 555 00:20:45,311 --> 00:20:47,645 [Guy] Dropping the fish one more time... 556 00:20:47,747 --> 00:20:49,413 Four and a half minutes! You gotta get plating. 557 00:20:49,415 --> 00:20:52,216 [Noelle] I need to build the largest sandwich... 558 00:20:52,218 --> 00:20:54,318 in human history. 559 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:56,420 Bread that's perfectly grilled, 560 00:20:56,422 --> 00:20:58,122 duck egg aioli, 561 00:20:58,124 --> 00:20:59,724 crunchy bamboo shoots, 562 00:20:59,726 --> 00:21:02,326 my beer-battered halibut, 563 00:21:02,328 --> 00:21:05,062 with the Dungeness crab and bamboo shoot slaw. 564 00:21:05,131 --> 00:21:07,598 This sandwich is massive and beautiful. 565 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:08,899 Wow. 566 00:21:08,901 --> 00:21:10,801 [Christian] The shrimp look perfect. 567 00:21:10,803 --> 00:21:14,805 Let's get this summer beachy sandwich on the plate. 568 00:21:14,807 --> 00:21:16,807 First with that aji panca aioli on top. 569 00:21:18,211 --> 00:21:20,611 Then I'm gonna add my perfectly cooked shrimp. 570 00:21:20,613 --> 00:21:24,148 Then I add my whammy-slap-your-mami canned ingredient, 571 00:21:24,217 --> 00:21:25,883 heart of palm tapenade. 572 00:21:25,951 --> 00:21:28,052 Three and a half! Three and a half to go! 573 00:21:28,121 --> 00:21:30,154 [Gina] There is an art to sandwich-making. 574 00:21:30,223 --> 00:21:33,391 Each bite has to be the same bite 575 00:21:33,393 --> 00:21:36,627 and it has to convey your message of what that sandwich is. 576 00:21:36,629 --> 00:21:37,995 So the first thing I do 577 00:21:37,997 --> 00:21:41,799 is I take my fruit cocktail shrimp salad on the bottom. 578 00:21:41,801 --> 00:21:45,102 The next thing I do is I add my shredded lettuce in the middle, 579 00:21:45,104 --> 00:21:47,138 'cause I want them to have that crunch. 580 00:21:47,206 --> 00:21:50,207 Then I add my tomato and fruit cocktail salsa 581 00:21:50,209 --> 00:21:52,410 and I utilize that canned fruit 582 00:21:52,412 --> 00:21:53,710 the best way I could. 583 00:21:55,948 --> 00:21:59,116 [Dan] Lobster and crab are just summer on a plate. 584 00:21:59,118 --> 00:22:02,653 With the sweet and sour, crunchy cucumber and papaya salsa. 585 00:22:03,656 --> 00:22:05,022 This is what I do in the summer. 586 00:22:05,958 --> 00:22:07,224 Go to town on this thing. 587 00:22:07,226 --> 00:22:09,627 Ninety seconds! Ninety to go. 588 00:22:10,430 --> 00:22:11,729 [Nina] So, I grab the catfis 589 00:22:11,731 --> 00:22:13,564 It smells great, it looks great. 590 00:22:13,633 --> 00:22:15,800 So, first thing I do is put down the pea sauce. 591 00:22:15,802 --> 00:22:17,902 This is a great presentatio for the beach. 592 00:22:17,904 --> 00:22:20,438 You got a pretty basket, you got pretty paper, 593 00:22:20,539 --> 00:22:22,540 and got a pretty po'boy sandwich on there. 594 00:22:23,943 --> 00:22:25,710 [Ronicca] First, I put down the bao buns, 595 00:22:25,712 --> 00:22:28,412 then I start stuffing it with my halibut 596 00:22:28,414 --> 00:22:30,715 that's tossed in my sauce. 597 00:22:30,717 --> 00:22:34,752 Then I tuck in my slaw right behind it, and voila. 598 00:22:36,255 --> 00:22:37,455 Thirty seconds, thirty to go. 599 00:22:37,523 --> 00:22:39,457 All right. [mumbling] 600 00:22:39,492 --> 00:22:43,194 I'm gonna lay down my bun, this perfectly cooked piece of salmon, 601 00:22:43,196 --> 00:22:45,563 a slice of tomato to bring o the acid and sweetness, 602 00:22:45,631 --> 00:22:47,565 into my slaw so you have that nice crunch, 603 00:22:47,633 --> 00:22:48,833 put it right on top. 604 00:22:48,835 --> 00:22:51,102 Some of the aguachile homin spread on the top bun. 605 00:22:51,104 --> 00:22:52,903 And for fun, when you're on the beach, 606 00:22:53,606 --> 00:22:54,705 a little cocktail umbrella. 607 00:22:54,707 --> 00:22:55,639 Five, 608 00:22:55,741 --> 00:22:56,841 four, 609 00:22:56,942 --> 00:22:58,008 three, 610 00:22:58,010 --> 00:22:59,643 two, one... 611 00:22:59,745 --> 00:23:00,945 That's it. Stop working, chefs. 612 00:23:01,013 --> 00:23:02,847 [all cheering] 613 00:23:05,618 --> 00:23:06,617 All right, chefs! 614 00:23:06,619 --> 00:23:08,319 Let's see whose seafood sandwich 615 00:23:08,321 --> 00:23:09,520 earns them a lot of bread. 616 00:23:09,522 --> 00:23:11,956 Let's take it to the judges. Right this way. 617 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,066 All right, judges, this is game one 618 00:23:22,068 --> 00:23:23,901 of our Summer Games Beach Bash. 619 00:23:23,903 --> 00:23:25,936 Our chefs had to make a seafood sandwich 620 00:23:25,938 --> 00:23:28,472 featuring their canned ingredients they found 621 00:23:28,474 --> 00:23:30,608 buried in the sand pit. 622 00:23:30,610 --> 00:23:33,010 Up first, Chef Dan in that hat. 623 00:23:33,012 --> 00:23:35,780 Papaya was your can. Tell us, what'd you make? 624 00:23:35,782 --> 00:23:39,417 Judges, I made a spicy crab and lobster roll 625 00:23:39,419 --> 00:23:42,186 and I made a nice papaya and cucumber salsa 626 00:23:42,188 --> 00:23:43,354 to go on top of it. 627 00:23:45,425 --> 00:23:46,690 When you're taking the lid off 628 00:23:46,692 --> 00:23:48,192 -and you're digging into it with a fork... -Yeah. 629 00:23:48,194 --> 00:23:50,261 This is either going really good or we're gonna have to talk. 630 00:23:50,362 --> 00:23:51,462 Why don't you tell us what you think. 631 00:23:52,231 --> 00:23:53,563 It's going really well. 632 00:23:53,633 --> 00:23:55,599 -Dan, this is redemption from last week. -Thank you. 633 00:23:55,701 --> 00:23:59,303 The canned papaya, worked in with the cilantro and the jalapeno, 634 00:23:59,305 --> 00:24:00,438 it is so delicious. 635 00:24:00,506 --> 00:24:03,240 The crab, the lobster, all of it works so well. 636 00:24:03,309 --> 00:24:04,542 This is one of those things I could see myself 637 00:24:04,643 --> 00:24:07,011 on a boardwalk, sloppy, nice summer day... 638 00:24:07,013 --> 00:24:09,413 I think the canned papaya is so smartly played here, 639 00:24:09,415 --> 00:24:11,182 -I just want more of it. -Thank you. 640 00:24:11,184 --> 00:24:14,185 Fantastic. Up next, Chef Nina. Mushy peas. 641 00:24:14,187 --> 00:24:15,453 My seafood sandwich today, 642 00:24:15,554 --> 00:24:20,925 I made Asian fried catfish po'boy with mushy pea sauce. 643 00:24:20,927 --> 00:24:22,326 I think the seafood's cooked beautifully. 644 00:24:22,328 --> 00:24:24,695 I'm into the way that you us the mushy peas 645 00:24:24,697 --> 00:24:27,031 'cause it's lending this creaminess. 646 00:24:27,033 --> 00:24:29,066 -Thank you. -But it's very one-note. 647 00:24:29,068 --> 00:24:31,435 There's not much freshness involved in the mushy peas. 648 00:24:31,504 --> 00:24:33,571 I wish there was a little bit more pickled action. 649 00:24:33,573 --> 00:24:37,675 -This needs high notes, it needs levity and lightness. -Thank you. 650 00:24:37,677 --> 00:24:41,111 All right, up next, Chef Gina and fruit cocktail. What do you have for us? 651 00:24:41,113 --> 00:24:43,714 I made a fruit cocktail shrimp salad. 652 00:24:43,783 --> 00:24:45,316 And then I made a salsa reli 653 00:24:45,318 --> 00:24:47,952 I guess with the fruit cocktail, cut up with fresh tomato. 654 00:24:49,222 --> 00:24:50,821 The use of the fruit, 655 00:24:50,923 --> 00:24:52,223 I think you did a really good job 656 00:24:52,225 --> 00:24:54,191 kinda incorporating the salsa element into it. 657 00:24:54,193 --> 00:24:56,327 -Adding a little bit of freshness. -Thank you. 658 00:24:56,329 --> 00:24:58,496 So many different kinds of flavors and textures, 659 00:24:58,498 --> 00:25:01,665 and they actually work so well with the shrimp. 660 00:25:01,667 --> 00:25:03,701 The romaine lettuce that you chose is amazing. 661 00:25:03,703 --> 00:25:06,704 That romaine almost makes like a little boat for the shrimp. 662 00:25:06,772 --> 00:25:08,539 [laughing] 663 00:25:09,108 --> 00:25:10,774 [Gina laughing] 664 00:25:10,776 --> 00:25:12,510 It was cute. Ooh, shrimp boat. 665 00:25:12,512 --> 00:25:13,878 -I talk with my hands. -[Guy] Do me a favor. 666 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:15,246 Put some rap music to that for me. 667 00:25:15,248 --> 00:25:16,680 [imitating scratching record] 668 00:25:16,682 --> 00:25:18,015 [all laughing] 669 00:25:18,017 --> 00:25:20,217 All right, thank you very much. Up next, Chef Christian. 670 00:25:20,219 --> 00:25:21,418 Hearts of palm. 671 00:25:21,420 --> 00:25:23,454 [Christian] Hearts of palm have my heart 672 00:25:23,456 --> 00:25:24,588 because I love summer. 673 00:25:24,657 --> 00:25:28,359 So I made a heart of palm tapenade shrimp roll. 674 00:25:28,460 --> 00:25:32,830 I never say that there's too much acid in a dish until today. 675 00:25:32,832 --> 00:25:34,798 There's so much of it that I'm not getting to the seafood. 676 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:36,400 Gotcha. 677 00:25:36,402 --> 00:25:37,902 You probably would have just done a little bit better with some editing. 678 00:25:37,904 --> 00:25:39,270 The flavors are there, 679 00:25:39,272 --> 00:25:41,605 but just maybe one or two things that you could have taken out. 680 00:25:41,674 --> 00:25:43,974 I'm living on my own planet, per usual. 681 00:25:43,976 --> 00:25:45,309 -[laughing] -Um, I love this. 682 00:25:45,311 --> 00:25:47,211 I think it's great, I don't think there's too much acid. 683 00:25:47,213 --> 00:25:49,246 I think the tapenade is so, so smart. 684 00:25:49,315 --> 00:25:51,916 You used the hearts of palm as like, the flowthrough from the tapenade. 685 00:25:51,918 --> 00:25:54,685 I really like this. I think they're both wrong, so... 686 00:25:55,688 --> 00:25:57,955 -As they typically are, Chef. -[Tiffani laughs] 687 00:25:57,957 --> 00:26:00,090 All right, up next, Chef Ronicca! 688 00:26:00,092 --> 00:26:01,559 Mango pulp, what do you have for us? 689 00:26:01,660 --> 00:26:05,095 I made a bao bun stuffed with fresh fried halibut 690 00:26:05,097 --> 00:26:07,331 tossed in a mango pequeno chutney 691 00:26:07,333 --> 00:26:11,902 topped with a mango dragon fruit cilantro salad. 692 00:26:12,705 --> 00:26:14,605 You somehow made the halibut 693 00:26:14,674 --> 00:26:17,608 into my favorite Chinese takeout dish, 694 00:26:17,610 --> 00:26:19,610 which is sweet and sour chicken. 695 00:26:19,612 --> 00:26:22,112 It turned into this crispy sweet and sour halibut. 696 00:26:22,214 --> 00:26:23,314 Yeah. 697 00:26:23,316 --> 00:26:24,615 The sweetness is not overpowering, 698 00:26:24,617 --> 00:26:26,550 That mango and the use of that canned mango, 699 00:26:26,652 --> 00:26:29,219 you did it twice with the dressing on the halibut 700 00:26:29,221 --> 00:26:31,422 and then kind of incorporating with all the other vegetables, 701 00:26:31,424 --> 00:26:32,522 I thought it was a really smart play. 702 00:26:32,591 --> 00:26:36,126 But I would have liked a little bit more heat. 703 00:26:36,228 --> 00:26:37,528 -That's just me. -Thank you. 704 00:26:37,530 --> 00:26:39,430 [Guy] All right, up next, Chef Jonathon. 705 00:26:39,432 --> 00:26:41,799 Homona-homona-homona-hominy. 706 00:26:41,801 --> 00:26:43,067 [chuckles] 707 00:26:43,135 --> 00:26:46,604 A year ago, my wife and I went to Zihuantanejo, in Mexico, 708 00:26:46,606 --> 00:26:48,672 and I wanted to kind of recreate what we had there. 709 00:26:48,674 --> 00:26:51,709 We have salmon, a nice, bright, colorful slaw. 710 00:26:51,711 --> 00:26:53,677 With the hominy I made an aguachile 711 00:26:53,679 --> 00:26:55,512 and then pureed it into a spread. 712 00:26:56,816 --> 00:27:00,017 I have never seen hominy turned into hummus. 713 00:27:00,019 --> 00:27:02,953 And I think that it is a great condiment for the sandwich. 714 00:27:02,955 --> 00:27:04,588 I think it works really, really well 715 00:27:04,590 --> 00:27:07,958 if there were other textural things happening in the sandwich. 716 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:11,629 The cook on the salmon is spot on, really, really beautiful. 717 00:27:11,631 --> 00:27:13,130 Hominy is a really funny ingredient. 718 00:27:13,132 --> 00:27:15,332 I like the textural use of it, 719 00:27:15,401 --> 00:27:16,533 I like the fact that you fried it, 720 00:27:16,535 --> 00:27:17,868 I like the fact that you incorporated it 721 00:27:17,870 --> 00:27:19,670 into the base that you have here from the dish. 722 00:27:19,672 --> 00:27:22,306 My gripe is, man, it's just under seasoned all throughout 723 00:27:23,009 --> 00:27:24,608 All right, last but not least, 724 00:27:24,710 --> 00:27:27,011 Chef Noelle, bamboo shoots. Tell us about it. 725 00:27:27,013 --> 00:27:29,013 I want you guys to come to my food truck 726 00:27:29,015 --> 00:27:31,448 on the beach in California. 727 00:27:31,517 --> 00:27:33,117 This is the big sandwich that you're gonna get. 728 00:27:33,218 --> 00:27:37,187 A fried Cajun halibut sandwich. 729 00:27:37,189 --> 00:27:40,724 And then I made a bamboo shoot crab slaw. 730 00:27:42,028 --> 00:27:43,527 This is an unhinge-your-jaw kinda thing. 731 00:27:44,730 --> 00:27:46,096 [Tiffani] Oh, this is unhinged. 732 00:27:47,700 --> 00:27:48,766 [Antonia] Wow. 733 00:27:48,768 --> 00:27:51,201 One, visually, just a beautiful sandwich. 734 00:27:51,203 --> 00:27:54,605 It's intimidating when you first see it, let's say that. 735 00:27:54,607 --> 00:27:57,775 Such a crispy batter, Cajun flavor throughout. 736 00:27:57,777 --> 00:28:00,811 I think the halibut's beautifully seasoned, beautifully cooked. 737 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:04,682 The ratio of the halibut to the bread actually works 738 00:28:04,684 --> 00:28:07,084 I think the bamboo shoots gets a little bit lost. 739 00:28:07,086 --> 00:28:08,719 Bamboo shoots give you a little crunch, 740 00:28:08,788 --> 00:28:09,787 but that's all that they're adding. 741 00:28:10,356 --> 00:28:11,422 Thank you. 742 00:28:11,424 --> 00:28:13,223 [Guy] All right, chefs, great job. 743 00:28:13,225 --> 00:28:14,391 I don't think anybody was stumped. 744 00:28:14,393 --> 00:28:17,027 The dishes were great, the judges were impressed. 745 00:28:17,029 --> 00:28:19,830 It's gonna be difficult to discern who's gonna get the best. 746 00:28:19,932 --> 00:28:21,165 But what's gonna be more difficult 747 00:28:21,167 --> 00:28:22,599 is who's gonna be in the bottom. 748 00:28:22,601 --> 00:28:24,068 We'll send you back to the kitchens. 749 00:28:24,070 --> 00:28:25,903 We'll call you back when we have a decision. 750 00:28:25,905 --> 00:28:27,037 Thank you. Great job. 751 00:28:36,615 --> 00:28:39,416 Chefs, the judges had to decide which chef 752 00:28:39,418 --> 00:28:44,388 had the sandwich that was, no question, the best and deserves the 5,000 bucks 753 00:28:44,390 --> 00:28:48,092 and the guaranteed placement in next week's competition. 754 00:28:48,094 --> 00:28:50,060 And the best dish belongs to... 755 00:28:54,233 --> 00:28:56,667 -Congratulations, Chef Dan. -[all applauding] 756 00:28:56,669 --> 00:28:57,768 Well done. 757 00:28:57,770 --> 00:29:00,337 -In the basement last week... -Uh-uh... 758 00:29:00,406 --> 00:29:01,872 Listening to what the judges said, 759 00:29:01,874 --> 00:29:03,907 "Come back, compete with a vengeance." 760 00:29:03,909 --> 00:29:05,542 Congratulations. Five thousand bucks. 761 00:29:05,611 --> 00:29:06,877 Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. 762 00:29:06,879 --> 00:29:08,345 And we'll see you next week. Adios. 763 00:29:08,414 --> 00:29:09,346 -Thank you. -[Tiffani] Yeah, buddy. 764 00:29:09,448 --> 00:29:10,781 -[all cheering] -[Guy] Good job. 765 00:29:10,783 --> 00:29:12,516 [Tiffani] Nice job. 766 00:29:12,518 --> 00:29:16,286 All right, three other chefs also served up seafood dishes 767 00:29:16,288 --> 00:29:17,688 that scored them high enough 768 00:29:17,690 --> 00:29:19,323 to move into next week's competition. 769 00:29:21,494 --> 00:29:22,626 That will be... 770 00:29:25,064 --> 00:29:28,665 Chef Gina, Chef Christian, Chef Ronicca, you're safe. 771 00:29:28,667 --> 00:29:30,934 -Thank you, thank you. -[all applauding] 772 00:29:30,936 --> 00:29:32,770 All three of you could have been in the bottom here. 773 00:29:33,706 --> 00:29:35,405 Last chef that is safe this week 774 00:29:35,407 --> 00:29:37,040 and moves into next week is... 775 00:29:40,279 --> 00:29:42,179 Chef Noelle. 776 00:29:42,181 --> 00:29:44,047 -[all applauding] -See you next week. 777 00:29:44,049 --> 00:29:46,216 Nina and Jonathon. 778 00:29:46,218 --> 00:29:50,087 I will tell you this, Nina, I tried your dish, I thought it was delicious. 779 00:29:50,089 --> 00:29:52,723 I just think that the rest of the steps behind it 780 00:29:52,725 --> 00:29:54,925 didn't get as much time and attention. 781 00:29:54,927 --> 00:29:57,528 Jonathon, when the number one thing that has taken you 782 00:29:57,530 --> 00:29:59,429 into this situation is seasoning, 783 00:29:59,431 --> 00:30:00,731 that's all on you, man. 784 00:30:00,733 --> 00:30:01,899 We can't do anything about it. 785 00:30:01,901 --> 00:30:04,201 That puts you two in the bottom round, 786 00:30:04,203 --> 00:30:05,602 it's winner-take-all, 787 00:30:05,604 --> 00:30:08,172 someone will check out and someone will move onto next week. 788 00:30:08,174 --> 00:30:09,540 Chefs, back to your carts. Good luck. 789 00:30:12,945 --> 00:30:15,712 Chefs, before we go into another heated battle, 790 00:30:15,814 --> 00:30:18,515 I think I wanna give you something to just kinda... 791 00:30:18,517 --> 00:30:21,018 [whistles] chill out a little bit, okay? 792 00:30:21,020 --> 00:30:24,688 No better way than with a nice, cool, tropical drink. 793 00:30:24,690 --> 00:30:26,390 Hunter, you got those drinks? 794 00:30:26,392 --> 00:30:28,125 I do, here you go, yes. 795 00:30:29,428 --> 00:30:31,195 You know I'm in a hurry, right? I'm going to school. 796 00:30:31,197 --> 00:30:33,964 I did say, "If you wanna run Flavortown, you have to go get your MBA." 797 00:30:33,966 --> 00:30:36,266 Fantastic. What do you have in there? 798 00:30:36,268 --> 00:30:39,169 Strawberry, pineapple, coconut 799 00:30:39,171 --> 00:30:40,771 and, oh, white chocolate, that's right. 800 00:30:40,773 --> 00:30:42,105 Go ahead and try. 801 00:30:44,109 --> 00:30:46,677 -What do you think? Good flavors? -Mmm-hmm. 802 00:30:46,679 --> 00:30:50,547 I want you to use that as a little bit of an inspiration in your second dish. 803 00:30:50,649 --> 00:30:53,450 I want you to make an elevated summer dinner 804 00:30:53,552 --> 00:30:55,051 using those flavors. 805 00:30:56,322 --> 00:30:58,322 [Hunter] How many flavors are there? There's four of them in there. 806 00:30:58,324 --> 00:30:59,322 [Guy] You think four's too many? 807 00:30:59,324 --> 00:31:00,924 -I don't know. -All right, do me a favor. 808 00:31:00,926 --> 00:31:03,760 Why don't you run and go get one of your games and bring it out here 809 00:31:03,762 --> 00:31:05,295 and we'll do something 810 00:31:05,297 --> 00:31:06,997 and we'll let them pick how many of those four flavors... 811 00:31:06,999 --> 00:31:08,465 You think I just have games lying around here? 812 00:31:08,533 --> 00:31:09,533 [laughing] Uh... 813 00:31:09,602 --> 00:31:10,934 I might have in my backpack, actually. 814 00:31:10,936 --> 00:31:12,102 Let me see if you got a game in your backpack... 815 00:31:12,171 --> 00:31:13,704 [Hunter] I was going to school, but... 816 00:31:13,772 --> 00:31:15,105 -[Guy] Oh, Hunter! -Oh. 817 00:31:15,107 --> 00:31:17,207 [all laughing] 818 00:31:17,309 --> 00:31:19,943 [Guy] Who runs around with a wheely small game in his backpack? 819 00:31:19,945 --> 00:31:21,612 -[Hunter] Oh, is that what's in there? -That's ridiculous. 820 00:31:21,614 --> 00:31:23,080 We're gonna spin this wheel 821 00:31:23,082 --> 00:31:26,116 to determine how many of those fantastic four flavors 822 00:31:26,185 --> 00:31:28,418 you must incorporate in your dinner tonight. 823 00:31:28,420 --> 00:31:29,419 Ready? 824 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:37,694 Two. You have to use two out of the four 825 00:31:37,696 --> 00:31:40,464 of those inspired flavors in your dish. 826 00:31:40,532 --> 00:31:44,434 Remember, pineapple, strawberry, coconut, and white chocolate. 827 00:31:44,536 --> 00:31:45,669 -Bye, guys. -Thank you. All right. 828 00:31:46,305 --> 00:31:48,038 You have 30 minutes to prepare 829 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:50,607 an elevated summer dinner 830 00:31:50,709 --> 00:31:54,678 featuring two of those flavors, any questions? 831 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:57,014 -No, Chef. -Really enjoying that smoothie, aren't ya? 832 00:31:57,016 --> 00:31:58,415 It's nice, yeah, it's... 833 00:31:58,417 --> 00:31:59,316 -You're good? -I'm good. 834 00:31:59,318 --> 00:32:01,184 On the count of three, 835 00:32:01,186 --> 00:32:04,888 the two of you can each put one of those drinks in my hand 836 00:32:04,890 --> 00:32:06,523 before you go shopping, okay? 837 00:32:06,525 --> 00:32:09,493 Then you won't spill those as you're running around. 838 00:32:09,495 --> 00:32:10,894 -You got that? -Yep. 839 00:32:10,896 --> 00:32:12,062 [Guy] Okay. 840 00:32:13,766 --> 00:32:16,199 [Tiffani] They're intently looking at him, like... 841 00:32:16,201 --> 00:32:18,402 -[Eric] Yep. Waiting. -Waiting for three, two, one, go. 842 00:32:26,612 --> 00:32:27,911 Oh, there we go. 843 00:32:27,913 --> 00:32:29,278 What? 844 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:31,348 -No, did we miss it? -I missed it. But how did I miss it? 845 00:32:31,417 --> 00:32:32,816 What'd they think I was doing over here, 846 00:32:32,818 --> 00:32:36,119 being like Antonia, with my hands in the air, talking randomly? 847 00:32:36,221 --> 00:32:37,821 [Nina] So here I am, showdown with Jonathon. 848 00:32:37,823 --> 00:32:39,323 It's gonna be tough. 849 00:32:39,325 --> 00:32:41,358 Everybody wants to win, 850 00:32:41,426 --> 00:32:42,993 but one has to go home. 851 00:32:42,995 --> 00:32:44,928 [Jonathon] There's the pressure of going home 852 00:32:44,930 --> 00:32:46,396 and Nina is a force to be reckoned with. 853 00:32:46,398 --> 00:32:47,898 She's not to be taken lightly. 854 00:32:47,900 --> 00:32:50,100 I've gotta use two flavors from Hunter's smoothie 855 00:32:50,202 --> 00:32:51,435 to really elevate this dish 856 00:32:51,536 --> 00:32:53,603 I wanna work with strawberry and white chocolate. 857 00:32:53,605 --> 00:32:57,274 They go together really well and there's a host of ways you can take them. 858 00:32:57,276 --> 00:32:59,109 So for my elevated dinner, I'm gonna make 859 00:32:59,178 --> 00:33:01,445 a pan roasted corvina bass 860 00:33:01,546 --> 00:33:03,947 with a white chocolate truff beurre blanc, 861 00:33:03,949 --> 00:33:05,816 balsamic marinated strawberries. 862 00:33:05,818 --> 00:33:07,483 This dish has to be elevated 863 00:33:07,485 --> 00:33:09,987 That's kind of in my wheel house, so that's what I'm going for 864 00:33:09,989 --> 00:33:12,723 To me, that means refinement, luxury. 865 00:33:12,725 --> 00:33:14,691 You know, it's something that you would get at a fine dining restaurant 866 00:33:14,693 --> 00:33:16,093 during the summer. 867 00:33:16,095 --> 00:33:18,128 -Got a good game plan? -[Jonathon] Yes, Chef. 868 00:33:18,196 --> 00:33:20,063 Always have great mushrooms here. 869 00:33:20,065 --> 00:33:23,600 Interesting thing about this right now is these chefs are winners. 870 00:33:23,702 --> 00:33:25,869 They've only won in Flavortown Market. 871 00:33:25,871 --> 00:33:28,271 This is definitely the first time they've been on the chopping block 872 00:33:28,273 --> 00:33:29,406 with the potential of going home. 873 00:33:30,009 --> 00:33:31,274 Oh. 874 00:33:31,276 --> 00:33:33,610 An elevated summer dish to me is something nice, 875 00:33:33,712 --> 00:33:35,379 something fancy, something fun. 876 00:33:35,381 --> 00:33:37,280 Make sure I don't miss anything. 877 00:33:37,282 --> 00:33:40,717 But now I have to incorporat strawberry, coconut 878 00:33:40,719 --> 00:33:42,719 and white chocolate or pineapple. 879 00:33:42,721 --> 00:33:45,122 Thai food is kind of like summer food year round. 880 00:33:45,223 --> 00:33:46,423 We use these three ingredients. 881 00:33:46,425 --> 00:33:47,724 I need coconut flakes. 882 00:33:47,726 --> 00:33:50,694 My elevated summer dish is fried coconut rice 883 00:33:50,696 --> 00:33:52,329 with sweet and sour shrimp. 884 00:33:52,331 --> 00:33:55,432 I want to use the coconuts to cook in the rice. 885 00:33:55,501 --> 00:33:57,167 The pineapple I'm gonna use two ways. 886 00:33:57,169 --> 00:34:00,037 I'm gonna use it in my rice and I'm gonna use it for plating. 887 00:34:00,039 --> 00:34:01,938 This is elevated, this is summer. 888 00:34:01,940 --> 00:34:03,673 It's gonna come out beautifully done. 889 00:34:03,675 --> 00:34:04,541 Got pineapple. 890 00:34:06,011 --> 00:34:07,577 [Guy] So we have 25 to go. 891 00:34:07,579 --> 00:34:10,714 -Okay, what do you got? -Um, I'm doing a black trumpet puree. 892 00:34:10,716 --> 00:34:13,817 White chocolate truffle sauce, corvina and then balsamic strawberries. 893 00:34:13,819 --> 00:34:15,619 -They kind of pop everything off. -[Guy] Got it, got it. 894 00:34:15,687 --> 00:34:17,120 [Jonathon] This is Sudden Death. 895 00:34:17,122 --> 00:34:20,824 I gotta pull out all the stops and nail this elevated summer dish. 896 00:34:20,826 --> 00:34:22,426 The first thing I need to get going is the fennel. 897 00:34:22,428 --> 00:34:25,429 It's a hard, dense vegetable so I slice it thin, 898 00:34:25,431 --> 00:34:28,098 season it up with olive oil salt and get it in the oven 899 00:34:28,100 --> 00:34:30,500 I'm gonna start working on this white chocolate beurre blanc. 900 00:34:30,502 --> 00:34:32,335 Get the garlic in, add my white wine, 901 00:34:32,437 --> 00:34:35,105 add the white chocolate chip 902 00:34:35,107 --> 00:34:39,810 And one of the most elevate ingredients you can use, in my opinion, is truffles. 903 00:34:39,878 --> 00:34:41,611 With the white chocolate beurre blanc, 904 00:34:41,613 --> 00:34:44,414 I wanna bring out the sweetness of the corvin with the rest of the dish. 905 00:34:46,985 --> 00:34:49,085 I think it's really good. 906 00:34:49,087 --> 00:34:51,621 I decided to choose strawber because I love how it's gonn play with the white chocolat 907 00:34:51,623 --> 00:34:53,890 and I also love going out in the garden with my kids 908 00:34:53,892 --> 00:34:55,292 and picking fresh strawberries. 909 00:34:55,294 --> 00:34:57,360 I wanna get more flavor into it. 910 00:34:57,429 --> 00:34:59,729 So I add sugar, salt and balsamic vinegar 911 00:34:59,731 --> 00:35:00,931 to get 'em macerated. 912 00:35:00,933 --> 00:35:03,500 Strawberry and balsamic, friends. 913 00:35:06,405 --> 00:35:11,208 [Nina] So for my elevated dish, I wanted to make coconut pineapple shrimp fried rice 914 00:35:11,210 --> 00:35:14,544 It's very elevated 'cause it's something you can eat on date night. 915 00:35:14,646 --> 00:35:17,314 So I'm gonna start cooking this instant rice 916 00:35:17,316 --> 00:35:19,516 with coconut cream and coconut water. 917 00:35:19,518 --> 00:35:21,384 While my rice is cooking, 918 00:35:21,386 --> 00:35:24,888 I'm gonna make a pineapple boat and use it for plating. 919 00:35:24,890 --> 00:35:28,024 [Eric] Do you feel that the pineapple boat is an elevated dish? 920 00:35:28,026 --> 00:35:29,526 [Antonia] 100%. 921 00:35:29,528 --> 00:35:32,896 It's about the vessel is what's gonna elevate this dish for Nina. 922 00:35:32,898 --> 00:35:34,764 -Chef, how you feeling? -I'm feeling really good. 923 00:35:34,766 --> 00:35:38,401 -What's this dish? -So I'm gonna make a shrimp pineapple fried rice. 924 00:35:38,403 --> 00:35:40,670 That doesn't look like fried rice at all. 925 00:35:40,672 --> 00:35:42,072 That looks like a coconut rice. 926 00:35:42,074 --> 00:35:43,807 -Don't misbrand it, okay? -Okay. 927 00:35:43,809 --> 00:35:46,910 In order to make fried rice, you first need dried rice. 928 00:35:46,912 --> 00:35:48,211 You need dried rice. [laughs] 929 00:35:48,213 --> 00:35:49,613 [Nina] So I'm changing the gameplan a little bit. 930 00:35:49,714 --> 00:35:52,449 So I turned this into just a sweet coconut rice. 931 00:35:52,551 --> 00:35:55,185 Chefs, we've got 15 minutes, 15 to go. 932 00:35:55,187 --> 00:35:57,454 Nothing better than being at station one 933 00:35:57,523 --> 00:36:00,123 -and have three judges sitting there staring at ya. -Good times. 934 00:36:00,192 --> 00:36:01,825 -What kind of fish is that, sir? -Corvina. 935 00:36:01,827 --> 00:36:03,627 -Good for him. -Oh, corvina. 936 00:36:03,629 --> 00:36:06,963 So it's a white fish, but it's also a very rich, steaky white fish. 937 00:36:06,965 --> 00:36:09,299 -Strong. -Strong. Strong fish. 938 00:36:09,301 --> 00:36:11,401 [Jonathon] You wanna get a really nice sear to it. 939 00:36:11,403 --> 00:36:14,604 So I add mounts of butter into it and just start basting away. 940 00:36:14,606 --> 00:36:16,773 I just wanna let it sit in that melted butter 941 00:36:16,775 --> 00:36:19,209 and warm through in the oven 942 00:36:19,278 --> 00:36:21,711 So I'm letting my white chocolate beurre blanc slowly reduce. 943 00:36:21,780 --> 00:36:23,813 So I need to start on my black trumpet puree. 944 00:36:23,815 --> 00:36:25,115 I get my garlic in the pan. 945 00:36:25,217 --> 00:36:26,716 That's what I need. 946 00:36:26,785 --> 00:36:28,384 Then I'm gonna add a little white wine 947 00:36:28,386 --> 00:36:31,688 and a heaping mound of black trumpet mushroom and season 'em up. 948 00:36:33,425 --> 00:36:36,126 [Nina] So now I'm chopping up my onions and pineapple. 949 00:36:36,128 --> 00:36:38,461 Throw it all on the pan with the shrimp. 950 00:36:38,563 --> 00:36:39,996 I'm adding oyster sauce to i 951 00:36:39,998 --> 00:36:42,499 And I'm just gonna let it all cook down together. 952 00:36:42,501 --> 00:36:44,301 So the shrimp is cooking pretty well 953 00:36:44,303 --> 00:36:45,869 and I'm gonna add that to the coconut rice. 954 00:36:45,871 --> 00:36:47,904 More like a Caribbean style. 955 00:36:47,906 --> 00:36:49,973 I'm sneaking up on Jonathon here. 956 00:36:49,975 --> 00:36:52,509 It smells great, it looks great, it's very summery. 957 00:36:55,681 --> 00:36:57,514 Mmm, it's good. 958 00:36:57,516 --> 00:36:59,683 Chefs, four minutes to be plated. 959 00:36:59,685 --> 00:37:02,519 [Jonathon] I've got this beautiful corvina. 960 00:37:02,521 --> 00:37:06,223 So I lay the black trumpet and black truffle puree down first. 961 00:37:06,225 --> 00:37:08,458 Then I wanna hit fennel, bulb at the bottom. 962 00:37:08,527 --> 00:37:11,228 Lay the fish and then for the strawberries, 963 00:37:11,230 --> 00:37:14,464 I really like how they are, so I just lay them there to show them off. 964 00:37:14,499 --> 00:37:16,365 And then to bring it altogether, 965 00:37:16,367 --> 00:37:18,501 the white chocolate beurre blanc is kind of sprayed all around the plate 966 00:37:19,504 --> 00:37:21,605 Ninety seconds, ninety to go. 967 00:37:21,706 --> 00:37:24,207 [Nina] My elevated summer pineapple boat coconut rice 968 00:37:24,209 --> 00:37:27,310 I feel like it's elevated because it's beautiful plated. 969 00:37:27,312 --> 00:37:32,515 Five, four, three, two, one. 970 00:37:32,517 --> 00:37:34,718 -That's it, chefs. Stop working. -[Antonia] Nice job. 971 00:37:34,720 --> 00:37:35,685 [Eric] Nice jobs, guys. 972 00:37:36,788 --> 00:37:37,854 All right, chefs. 973 00:37:37,856 --> 00:37:40,423 Let's see whose summer dinner makes some waves. 974 00:37:40,425 --> 00:37:42,425 Let's take it to the judges. Right this way. 975 00:37:51,803 --> 00:37:52,869 All right, judges. Here we are. 976 00:37:52,937 --> 00:37:55,672 The chefs had to make an elevated summer dinner 977 00:37:55,674 --> 00:37:58,975 using two of the four flavors that inspired 978 00:37:58,977 --> 00:38:00,410 the smoothie they tasted earlier. 979 00:38:00,412 --> 00:38:04,414 Now that was pineapples, strawberry, white chocolate and coconut. 980 00:38:04,416 --> 00:38:06,616 Up first, Chef Nina. 981 00:38:06,685 --> 00:38:08,818 You chose pineapple and coconut. What'd you make? 982 00:38:08,820 --> 00:38:14,424 My elevated summer dinner is pineapple coconut rice 983 00:38:14,426 --> 00:38:17,727 sauteed in fresh pineapple, shrimp and onions. 984 00:38:18,930 --> 00:38:20,397 The presentation, out of this world. 985 00:38:20,399 --> 00:38:24,200 -I love the pineapple as a display. -Thank you. 986 00:38:24,202 --> 00:38:27,771 You have pineapple, ding. You have coconut, no problem. Both in here. 987 00:38:27,773 --> 00:38:31,107 I'm actually loving the creamy texture 988 00:38:31,209 --> 00:38:35,078 that the coconut milk and that coconut water created here. 989 00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:37,781 Your shrimp is cooked, I think, beautifully. 990 00:38:37,783 --> 00:38:41,217 But I think this suffers from a little bit of everything in one pan. 991 00:38:41,219 --> 00:38:44,721 I think the rice is gummy. 992 00:38:44,823 --> 00:38:45,822 It's still really yummy. 993 00:38:45,824 --> 00:38:46,723 Thank you. 994 00:38:46,825 --> 00:38:48,458 All right, up next, Chef Jonathon. 995 00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:50,560 Strawberries and white chocolate. What do you have for us, Chef? 996 00:38:50,629 --> 00:38:55,699 So we have a wild trumpet puree with a little bit of black truffle cream in it. 997 00:38:55,701 --> 00:39:00,003 You have a corvina bass, the strawberries just marinated in balsamic. 998 00:39:00,005 --> 00:39:03,073 Basically made a beurre blanc using white chocolate as opposed to butter. 999 00:39:05,210 --> 00:39:07,610 Jonathon, Jonathon, Jonathon. 1000 00:39:08,914 --> 00:39:12,916 This fish should not work and it does. 1001 00:39:12,918 --> 00:39:15,518 -Thank you. -It is so good. 1002 00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:20,023 The white chocolate sauce on this is bananas good. 1003 00:39:20,025 --> 00:39:22,459 [Eric] I think the anise with the fennel is just a beautiful play. 1004 00:39:22,527 --> 00:39:25,428 I wish there was more done with the strawberry, though. 1005 00:39:25,430 --> 00:39:27,430 That's the sad part for me. 1006 00:39:27,432 --> 00:39:30,700 Um, Chef Jonathon, I'm actually not as in love with the dish 1007 00:39:30,702 --> 00:39:32,569 as the other two judges. 1008 00:39:32,571 --> 00:39:35,772 I loved the flavor of the truffle, but I don't like the mushroom. 1009 00:39:35,774 --> 00:39:37,607 The mushroom, it just tastes bitter. 1010 00:39:37,609 --> 00:39:38,942 And there's just a lot of it 1011 00:39:38,944 --> 00:39:40,944 Where I want a lot more of that chocolate sauce 1012 00:39:40,946 --> 00:39:43,046 -and not a lot of that mushroom. -Okay. 1013 00:39:43,048 --> 00:39:44,614 Judges, thank you. 1014 00:39:44,683 --> 00:39:46,983 Chefs, I think you both delivered really beautiful dishes. 1015 00:39:46,985 --> 00:39:48,051 It's anybody's game. 1016 00:39:48,053 --> 00:39:49,819 I'm gonna ask you to return to the kitchen. 1017 00:39:49,821 --> 00:39:51,121 Call you back when we have a decision. 1018 00:39:51,123 --> 00:39:52,455 -Thank you. -Appreciate it. 1019 00:39:52,524 --> 00:39:54,924 Judges, which of these chefs gave you a taste of summer? 1020 00:39:54,926 --> 00:39:59,429 I love the way Chef Nina transported the coconut and the pineapple 1021 00:39:59,431 --> 00:40:01,097 into an elevated summer dish 1022 00:40:01,099 --> 00:40:02,766 I thought it was really smart. 1023 00:40:02,768 --> 00:40:05,301 I agree and the presentation was out of this world. 1024 00:40:06,104 --> 00:40:08,037 The rice was gummy. 1025 00:40:08,039 --> 00:40:10,106 It was not coconut sticky rice, it was gummy rice. 1026 00:40:10,142 --> 00:40:13,209 -Yeah. -All right and, uh, Jonathon. 1027 00:40:13,311 --> 00:40:15,512 There was two elements on that plate that blew me away. 1028 00:40:15,514 --> 00:40:16,880 The fish was cooked perfectl 1029 00:40:16,882 --> 00:40:19,416 The white chocolate truffle sauce on top was brilliant. 1030 00:40:19,418 --> 00:40:21,217 I wanted to like the dish so much. 1031 00:40:21,319 --> 00:40:23,420 Mushrooms, I don't think of when I think summer. 1032 00:40:23,422 --> 00:40:25,955 The strawberry which was one of the key components, 1033 00:40:25,957 --> 00:40:29,092 they needed to be sliced thinner, sauteed, grilled, 1034 00:40:29,094 --> 00:40:32,429 that changed it to a little bit more savory, sugar and flavor. 1035 00:40:32,431 --> 00:40:33,530 Who's it gonna be? 1036 00:40:34,166 --> 00:40:35,698 Who's going home? 1037 00:40:40,172 --> 00:40:42,372 Thank you very much, judges. Let's bring our chefs back in, please. 1038 00:40:45,377 --> 00:40:48,111 Ah, chefs, unfortunately, one of you will be checking out 1039 00:40:48,180 --> 00:40:50,980 and the other will move on to next week's competition. 1040 00:40:50,982 --> 00:40:53,183 The chef who will be checking out tonight is... 1041 00:40:56,021 --> 00:40:56,920 Chef Jonathon. 1042 00:40:57,823 --> 00:41:00,623 Chef, you took it to the next level. 1043 00:41:00,725 --> 00:41:05,195 Unfortunately, when we say things like summer and mushrooms 1044 00:41:05,197 --> 00:41:08,965 and they don't meet, things like that can unhinge it 1045 00:41:08,967 --> 00:41:10,266 and send it the wrong way. 1046 00:41:10,268 --> 00:41:11,267 But thank you for coming back. 1047 00:41:11,269 --> 00:41:12,669 Thanks, Chef. Thank you, judges. 1048 00:41:12,671 --> 00:41:16,039 I'm going home this week, but my kids are on summer vacation, 1049 00:41:16,041 --> 00:41:17,407 so is my beautiful wife. 1050 00:41:17,409 --> 00:41:21,110 I get to go home, play in the pool, it is relax time. 1051 00:41:21,112 --> 00:41:23,379 [Guy] Chef Nina, you prevailed through this situation, 1052 00:41:23,381 --> 00:41:25,215 you'll move onto next week. 1053 00:41:25,217 --> 00:41:28,318 We will see you back here with the other Super Six, okay? 1054 00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:30,053 -All right. Thank you. -[Guy] All right, chef. Thank you very much. 1055 00:41:30,055 --> 00:41:31,120 -[Nina] Thank you. -[Guy] Congratulations. 1056 00:41:31,156 --> 00:41:32,221 [Nina] Thank you. [laughs] 1057 00:41:32,290 --> 00:41:35,024 That's it. Two chefs down, six chefs remaining 1058 00:41:35,026 --> 00:41:37,527 until we crown our Summer Games champ. 1059 00:41:37,529 --> 00:41:39,329 And if you thought the beach was hard, 1060 00:41:39,397 --> 00:41:42,732 [scoffs] well, that'll be a picnic compared to what's gonna happen next week. 1061 00:41:42,767 --> 00:41:45,401 The six of you have made it to the mid-summer point. 1062 00:41:45,403 --> 00:41:48,338 You'll be competing as teams. 1063 00:41:48,340 --> 00:41:49,372 -Ooh. -Okay. 1064 00:41:49,374 --> 00:41:51,107 Beep, beep. Coming through. 1065 00:41:51,109 --> 00:41:53,209 -[laughs] -Who got the keys to the Flavor jeep? 1066 00:41:53,211 --> 00:41:55,211 -Do you got it, girl? -I got it, girl. 1067 00:41:55,313 --> 00:41:58,381 I feel like the team situation wasn't necessarily happening. 1068 00:41:58,383 --> 00:41:59,816 I'll see you then. Adios.