1 00:00:01,100 --> 00:00:02,467 Tonight in Flavortown Mark-- 2 00:00:03,900 --> 00:00:06,700 Hunter, Damaris, what are you doing? 3 00:00:06,767 --> 00:00:08,467 [Hunter speaks in hushed tone] 4 00:00:08,467 --> 00:00:09,500 Shh! 5 00:00:10,467 --> 00:00:11,767 "Desert games"? 6 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:14,467 Shh! 7 00:00:14,467 --> 00:00:17,300 It's a game where we search the store for food found in the desert. 8 00:00:17,367 --> 00:00:21,000 It's "Dessert Games," two S's. Dessert! 9 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:24,367 Well, now I'm very excited. 10 00:00:24,367 --> 00:00:26,266 Oh... Damaris, please go get changed. 11 00:00:26,266 --> 00:00:29,867 That was a close one. Tonight, four dessert chefs are creating delicious treats 12 00:00:29,867 --> 00:00:32,200 while playing my devious games. 13 00:00:32,266 --> 00:00:33,467 Clean up on aisle one! 14 00:00:33,467 --> 00:00:35,066 [Guy] It's gonna be fun, it's gonna be sweet, 15 00:00:35,066 --> 00:00:36,700 and I might even learn something along the way. 16 00:00:36,767 --> 00:00:38,667 I know three-star chefs who can't do that. 17 00:00:38,667 --> 00:00:42,166 [Guy] It's Dessert Games right now on Guy's Grocery Games. 18 00:00:42,166 --> 00:00:43,767 Dessert, not "desert"! 19 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:49,166 So let's meet our dessert chefs. 20 00:00:49,166 --> 00:00:50,867 Now, first up, we have Sarah Wallace, 21 00:00:50,867 --> 00:00:54,266 head of culinary production at a donut shop in Somerville, Massachusetts, 22 00:00:54,266 --> 00:00:57,200 where she gets to invent new donuts every day. 23 00:00:57,266 --> 00:00:58,700 What a cool job. 24 00:00:58,700 --> 00:01:02,000 Hold the phone, Guy's Grocery Games, we're turning it dessert. 25 00:01:02,066 --> 00:01:05,667 I always say that cooking is to sustain yourself 26 00:01:05,667 --> 00:01:08,066 but baking is to indulge yourself. 27 00:01:08,066 --> 00:01:10,767 Union Square Donuts is just fantastic. 28 00:01:10,767 --> 00:01:13,567 We do brioche-based donuts with all of these different glazes. 29 00:01:13,567 --> 00:01:15,367 We make the best donuts in Boston. 30 00:01:15,367 --> 00:01:17,367 -Good luck, Chef. Go get 'em. -Thank you. 31 00:01:17,367 --> 00:01:19,000 Next, we have Jamal Lake, 32 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,166 baker, owner of a West Palm Beach bakery, 33 00:01:22,166 --> 00:01:25,000 who spends his days making custard cakes, cupcakes and ganache. 34 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:26,600 [Jamal] Growing up in the Virgin Islands, 35 00:01:26,667 --> 00:01:29,166 I was that skinny kid that just loved too much cake. 36 00:01:29,166 --> 00:01:30,600 Being from the Virgin Islands, 37 00:01:30,667 --> 00:01:33,100 I like to infuse the tropical flavors in my desserts, 38 00:01:33,166 --> 00:01:36,867 like guava and key lime and definitely the rum. 39 00:01:36,867 --> 00:01:38,700 St. Croix do really makes good rum. 40 00:01:38,767 --> 00:01:40,767 [Guy] And then there's Caleb Fischer, 41 00:01:40,767 --> 00:01:43,667 owner of a family farmstead in Auburn, Alabama, 42 00:01:43,667 --> 00:01:47,467 that delivers breads, pastries and specialty desserts. 43 00:01:47,467 --> 00:01:49,000 [Caleb] Everyone always says that baking's a science 44 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:50,867 and you have to be really strict about it, 45 00:01:50,867 --> 00:01:52,066 but I completely disagree with that. 46 00:01:52,066 --> 00:01:53,500 There's no problem breaking the rules. 47 00:01:53,567 --> 00:01:55,700 My wife and I just started Fischer Family Farmstead 48 00:01:55,767 --> 00:01:59,867 and what we hope to do is raise money for a non-profit 49 00:01:59,867 --> 00:02:02,967 by selling cakes, breads, pastries, specialty items. 50 00:02:02,967 --> 00:02:06,100 What, do you carry them in arms? You don't even have a truck. 51 00:02:06,100 --> 00:02:07,800 Does he pull the wagon? 52 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:11,367 And finally, Lasheeda Perry, the Los Angeles pastry chef who runs her own company 53 00:02:11,367 --> 00:02:16,467 where she does everything from virtual baking classes, to pastry pop-ups. 54 00:02:16,467 --> 00:02:19,567 The Queen is here! [chuckling] 55 00:02:19,567 --> 00:02:21,900 The Queen of Flavor is in Flavortown! 56 00:02:21,967 --> 00:02:25,867 I like to use unique ingredients on my desserts 57 00:02:25,867 --> 00:02:29,767 such as matcha, ube, saffron. 58 00:02:29,767 --> 00:02:32,767 I'm not afraid to take risks in the kitchen. 59 00:02:32,767 --> 00:02:36,900 Tonight, the rich dessert could earn you riches. 60 00:02:36,967 --> 00:02:41,100 However, for some of you, your dreams could deflate faster than a failed souffle. 61 00:02:41,100 --> 00:02:43,967 The chef with the lowest score at the end of round one will check out early. 62 00:02:43,967 --> 00:02:47,700 But if you have highest combined score at the end of both rounds 63 00:02:47,767 --> 00:02:50,667 you'll get to shop Flavortown Market for up to of 20,000 bucks. 64 00:02:50,667 --> 00:02:53,266 And, ladies and gentlemen, it doesn't get much sweeter than that. 65 00:02:53,266 --> 00:02:55,900 So, to kick off the Dessert Games 66 00:02:55,967 --> 00:03:01,166 I want you to make the judges a handheld, fried dessert. 67 00:03:01,166 --> 00:03:06,767 That perfect, sweet, fried bite that will transport the judges to dessert heaven. 68 00:03:06,767 --> 00:03:08,300 -You know what I'm talking about? -Yeah. 69 00:03:08,367 --> 00:03:11,367 [Guy] Now, as we know on dessert shows, 70 00:03:11,367 --> 00:03:14,667 you normally get much longer than 30 minutes to cook, correct? 71 00:03:14,667 --> 00:03:18,767 But here at GGG, when they zig, we zag 72 00:03:18,767 --> 00:03:20,100 so I'm only giving you 20 minutes. 73 00:03:20,100 --> 00:03:22,000 -Wow. -That's not right! 74 00:03:22,066 --> 00:03:25,100 [Guy] That is right. I'm call this "Sugar Rush" 75 00:03:25,166 --> 00:03:28,567 because for this, you're gonna need to speed around with those carts 76 00:03:28,567 --> 00:03:31,467 in a way that, well, I'll tell you what, hang on one second. 77 00:03:31,467 --> 00:03:33,500 My son, Hunter, hang on a second. What do you need? 78 00:03:33,567 --> 00:03:34,900 Sorry, guys. Sorry. 79 00:03:34,967 --> 00:03:36,467 There's a problem The cart tech guy... 80 00:03:36,467 --> 00:03:38,000 -What about the cart tech guy? -Well, I think... 81 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,667 See, I know that one and I believe that one... 82 00:03:41,667 --> 00:03:44,467 Honestly, they might all be screwed up on the wheels, right now. I don't know. 83 00:03:44,467 --> 00:03:47,166 Listen, so what we have is the wheels lock up sometimes, 84 00:03:47,166 --> 00:03:48,767 people go over the carts, groceries everywhere... 85 00:03:48,767 --> 00:03:50,367 [Hunter] We've just ordered new wheels. Just ordered new ones. 86 00:03:50,367 --> 00:03:51,600 All right, well, do me a favor, 87 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:52,867 just get the carts out of the way. This is ridiculous. 88 00:03:52,867 --> 00:03:54,166 -Hurry up. Let's go. -[Hunter] All right. 89 00:03:54,166 --> 00:03:55,900 -Sorry, guys. -I'm sorry about this, folks. 90 00:03:55,967 --> 00:03:56,967 [Hunter] Sorry about that, folks. 91 00:03:56,967 --> 00:03:58,600 Whoa, we'll get these fixed right away. 92 00:03:58,667 --> 00:04:01,800 All right, here's the deal, we pivot, right? 93 00:04:01,867 --> 00:04:03,266 We zig, they zag. 94 00:04:03,266 --> 00:04:06,367 So, not only is this going to be a handheld, fried dessert, 95 00:04:06,367 --> 00:04:09,066 this is going to be a handheld shopping 96 00:04:09,066 --> 00:04:11,700 because we're also playing No Carts Allowed. Okay? 97 00:04:11,767 --> 00:04:16,667 20 minutes to shop, prepare and plate your handheld fried dessert. 98 00:04:16,667 --> 00:04:19,567 When you start, you start down aisle eight. 99 00:04:19,567 --> 00:04:23,200 Do not start... 'Cause I can't have you go down aisle four. 100 00:04:23,266 --> 00:04:25,700 Sometimes people go four, and then they'll hit the three, 101 00:04:25,767 --> 00:04:27,266 they'll circle around the two, and they'll go to one. 102 00:04:27,266 --> 00:04:30,500 You can't go there. You have to go to eight first, okay? 103 00:04:30,567 --> 00:04:34,100 Just want to make sure we're good with that. All right. 104 00:04:34,100 --> 00:04:36,266 -You excited? -[all] Yes. 105 00:04:36,266 --> 00:04:38,000 And you guys know where the clock is, right? 106 00:04:38,066 --> 00:04:39,500 [Sarah] Right. 107 00:04:39,567 --> 00:04:40,567 Oh! Oh! 108 00:04:40,567 --> 00:04:42,166 -[contestants muttering] -[Guy laughing] 109 00:04:43,767 --> 00:04:45,233 [Guy] That was perfect. 110 00:04:45,233 --> 00:04:47,467 [Jamal] So, Guy wants us to make a handheld fried dessert, 111 00:04:47,467 --> 00:04:48,967 but I don't have a shopping cart 112 00:04:48,967 --> 00:04:53,300 and I only have 20 minutes to shop and complete this dessert. 113 00:04:53,367 --> 00:04:55,100 So I've got to think really smart. 114 00:04:55,100 --> 00:04:56,900 So, when I think of handheld dessert, 115 00:04:56,967 --> 00:04:59,867 I automatically think of a dessert that we have in the Virgin Islands 116 00:04:59,867 --> 00:05:01,634 called guava empanada. 117 00:05:01,634 --> 00:05:05,400 I cannot make this dough from scratch, so I got frozen empanada dough. 118 00:05:05,467 --> 00:05:08,166 For the filling of my empanada I'm gonna need guava, 119 00:05:08,166 --> 00:05:11,166 white chocolate and cream cheese. 120 00:05:11,166 --> 00:05:15,800 This is Sugar Rush, and I'm definitely going to give the judges a sugar rush. 121 00:05:15,867 --> 00:05:17,266 Get ready, judges. 122 00:05:17,266 --> 00:05:19,266 Twenty minutes is really tough. 123 00:05:19,266 --> 00:05:23,000 I'm from the south. we eat hand pies all the time. It's a Southern staple. 124 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,600 So, I'm making a cherry, apricot hand pie. 125 00:05:25,667 --> 00:05:27,100 [laughing] Why is this so difficult? 126 00:05:27,100 --> 00:05:28,400 Without having a cart, I've really got to be 127 00:05:28,467 --> 00:05:30,867 really selectful with the products I choose. 128 00:05:30,867 --> 00:05:32,667 And I don't have time to make my own dough, 129 00:05:32,667 --> 00:05:34,166 so I'm gonna grab these empanada shells. 130 00:05:34,166 --> 00:05:36,066 -[Jamal] Oh, you've copied me! -[Caleb laughs] 131 00:05:36,066 --> 00:05:39,100 I see empanada dough, I see... 132 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:41,667 more empanada dough. 133 00:05:41,667 --> 00:05:42,900 [Guy] They know it. 134 00:05:42,967 --> 00:05:44,300 [Sarah] Rice pudding... 135 00:05:44,367 --> 00:05:47,066 20 minutes, it's a very, very short amount of time 136 00:05:47,066 --> 00:05:50,066 so I'm thinking rice pudding because I love rice pudding. 137 00:05:50,066 --> 00:05:54,100 So I'm gonna get some minute rice, but it's gotta be fried. 138 00:05:54,100 --> 00:05:57,266 I'm gonna do a rice pudding arancini. 139 00:05:57,266 --> 00:05:59,767 Ooh, breadcrumbs. 140 00:05:59,767 --> 00:06:01,367 I'm grabbing the breadcrumbs. 141 00:06:01,367 --> 00:06:03,000 Because this is a fried challenge, 142 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:07,200 I want that nice, golden brown, crispy, fried outside. 143 00:06:08,467 --> 00:06:11,166 I want something kind of light to freshen it up, 144 00:06:11,166 --> 00:06:14,767 so I'm gonna get some berries and then I'm gonna get a little baby food 145 00:06:14,767 --> 00:06:16,967 because they're all just pureed fruits 146 00:06:16,967 --> 00:06:18,367 with no added sugars or anything. 147 00:06:18,367 --> 00:06:19,400 It's just fruit. 148 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:22,166 [breathlessly] Anything else? I think I'm good. 149 00:06:22,166 --> 00:06:23,367 [Lasheeda] Tortillas. Tortillas. Tortillas. 150 00:06:23,367 --> 00:06:24,700 -[Guy] What are you looking for? -Tortillas. 151 00:06:24,767 --> 00:06:26,500 -[Guy] Over on nine. -You're the best! 152 00:06:26,567 --> 00:06:30,367 For my handheld fried dessert, I thought of donuts 153 00:06:30,367 --> 00:06:33,767 and then, I'm, like, "I don't have time to make a donut", not in 20 minutes. 154 00:06:33,767 --> 00:06:37,266 So my mind automatically went, "A sweet taco!" 155 00:06:37,266 --> 00:06:38,300 Oh! 156 00:06:38,367 --> 00:06:41,200 I love corn tortillas, I grab them 157 00:06:41,266 --> 00:06:42,533 Okay. 158 00:06:42,533 --> 00:06:45,367 and then I grab matcha, which is a green tea powder, 159 00:06:45,367 --> 00:06:48,166 to make a matcha whip with strawberry sugar 160 00:06:48,166 --> 00:06:50,300 because strawberry and matcha, 161 00:06:50,367 --> 00:06:51,867 they go perfectly together. 162 00:06:51,867 --> 00:06:54,667 I don't have a lot of time. Get some fruit. 163 00:06:54,667 --> 00:06:58,700 I want a bitter note to it. Kumquats come to mind. 164 00:06:58,767 --> 00:07:01,667 They're small, I can candy them really quickly. 165 00:07:01,667 --> 00:07:03,700 Oh, I've got to get some alcohol. 166 00:07:03,767 --> 00:07:07,600 And I'm grabbing orange cognac for an extra oomph 167 00:07:07,667 --> 00:07:09,867 'cause, you know, I'm the Queen of Flavor. 168 00:07:09,867 --> 00:07:11,000 [laughs] 169 00:07:11,066 --> 00:07:13,266 All right. Time to go cook. 170 00:07:13,266 --> 00:07:15,266 Once they're back in their station, there's no more shopping. 171 00:07:15,266 --> 00:07:16,767 I hope they got everything they needed. 172 00:07:16,767 --> 00:07:20,266 Here to critique tonight's sweets is our sweet panel of experts. 173 00:07:20,266 --> 00:07:22,567 Food Network star, confectionary expert 174 00:07:22,567 --> 00:07:24,400 and an experienced dessert guide, 175 00:07:24,467 --> 00:07:26,567 the one and only, Damaris Phillips. 176 00:07:26,567 --> 00:07:28,867 I did say "dessert" and not "desert". 177 00:07:28,867 --> 00:07:30,867 James Beard award-winning cookbook author 178 00:07:30,867 --> 00:07:32,367 and New York restaurant icon, 179 00:07:32,367 --> 00:07:36,400 the one and only OG legend himself, Chef Rocco DiSpirito! 180 00:07:36,467 --> 00:07:38,000 Thank you, brother. Thank you, guys. Thank you. 181 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:42,000 And acclaimed restauranteur, whose deconstructed desserts are legendary, 182 00:07:42,066 --> 00:07:44,100 the one and only Chef Michael Voltaggio. 183 00:07:44,166 --> 00:07:46,200 AKA the Flavortown sweetheart. 184 00:07:46,266 --> 00:07:47,600 [laughs] 185 00:07:47,667 --> 00:07:49,000 [Lasheeda] Where's my fryer? 186 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:52,700 The first thing I need to do is start frying those tacos 187 00:07:52,767 --> 00:07:54,367 because they can't be warm 188 00:07:54,367 --> 00:07:58,867 because I need to fill them with the matcha and strawberry whips. 189 00:07:58,867 --> 00:08:02,100 It looks like Lasheeda's frying taco shells, right now... 190 00:08:02,166 --> 00:08:04,300 -Ooh. -...for some kind of a dessert taco. 191 00:08:04,367 --> 00:08:06,000 [Rocco] Taco shells are so salty. 192 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:07,800 It's gonna be curious to see how she turns it 193 00:08:07,867 --> 00:08:09,266 -to something sweet. -Yeah. 194 00:08:09,266 --> 00:08:10,900 [Lasheeda] There we go. 195 00:08:10,967 --> 00:08:12,667 [sharp exhale] Oh, shoot. 196 00:08:12,667 --> 00:08:15,967 I've never made a sweet taco like this before, 197 00:08:15,967 --> 00:08:19,100 but I'm going to take a risk here and wing it. 198 00:08:19,100 --> 00:08:23,100 How do I get these good and crispy, though? 199 00:08:23,100 --> 00:08:28,400 I'm struggling over here with getting the tortillas to hold that taco shape. 200 00:08:28,467 --> 00:08:31,600 Oh, they're not puffing up the way I want them to. 201 00:08:31,667 --> 00:08:34,800 This is crazy, like, I don't have time for this. 202 00:08:34,867 --> 00:08:36,266 [chuckles worriedly] 203 00:08:43,100 --> 00:08:45,266 [Guy] 15 minutes! 15 to go. 204 00:08:45,266 --> 00:08:46,700 It's in the fryer. 205 00:08:46,700 --> 00:08:50,467 This is crazy. 20 minutes to make a fried sugared taco. 206 00:08:50,467 --> 00:08:51,567 Like... [exhales] 207 00:08:51,567 --> 00:08:53,767 -I could use a tip, Chef. -Talk to me. 208 00:08:53,767 --> 00:08:56,500 I wanna make a sweet crispy taco, 209 00:08:56,567 --> 00:08:59,767 but I'm having a hard time getting it to hold that shape. 210 00:08:59,767 --> 00:09:01,867 I know you have a solution for this. 211 00:09:01,867 --> 00:09:03,467 You just stay right there, Chef. 212 00:09:03,467 --> 00:09:06,000 I called my favorite "Guy". [laughing] 213 00:09:06,066 --> 00:09:07,367 There you go, Chef, taco molds. 214 00:09:07,367 --> 00:09:08,667 I love you, I love you, I love you. 215 00:09:08,667 --> 00:09:10,867 -Uh, who's your buddy, who's your pal? -You're my guy! 216 00:09:10,867 --> 00:09:13,567 -Yes, Chef. -You're just gonna have to hold them there for a second. 217 00:09:13,567 --> 00:09:15,367 -Got it! -Okay? 218 00:09:15,367 --> 00:09:17,000 You're all right. You're my "Guy". 219 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,800 [Guy] 14 minutes! All right, Chef, gameplan? 220 00:09:19,867 --> 00:09:22,200 Stone fruit, and then with that a little bit of thyme. 221 00:09:22,266 --> 00:09:24,467 -And you're gonna put this inside of an empanada? -Yeah. 222 00:09:24,467 --> 00:09:26,033 Okay. Good luck. 223 00:09:26,033 --> 00:09:27,734 [Caleb] The first thing I'm gonna get going is the fillings. 224 00:09:27,734 --> 00:09:31,867 Some dried cherries, elderflower liquor, a little thyme, apricot jam. 225 00:09:31,867 --> 00:09:34,667 After I get the filling made, I run them over to the blast chiller. 226 00:09:34,667 --> 00:09:38,200 I'm running short on time. I've got to get my fillings in my hand pies 227 00:09:38,266 --> 00:09:41,266 but I'm worried if I put the hot filling onto the empanada dough, 228 00:09:41,266 --> 00:09:42,667 I won't get the empanada dough to seal. 229 00:09:42,667 --> 00:09:43,800 How's it going, Jamal? 230 00:09:43,867 --> 00:09:46,000 -I'm doing good. And you? -[Caleb] Good. 231 00:09:46,066 --> 00:09:49,066 [Jamal] First thing I gotta do is open up these empanada shells, 232 00:09:49,066 --> 00:09:51,567 let them defrost while I work on the filling. 233 00:09:51,567 --> 00:09:54,667 Put in my mixer: cream cheese and a little bit of sugar. 234 00:09:56,266 --> 00:09:57,800 The reason I'm adding white chocolate 235 00:09:57,867 --> 00:10:00,100 is to tone down the saltiness of the cream cheese 236 00:10:00,166 --> 00:10:03,166 because those empanada shells might be a little salty, 237 00:10:03,166 --> 00:10:06,867 so I wanna make sure I've got the perfect balance of salty and sweet. 238 00:10:06,867 --> 00:10:09,300 [Guy] We have 11 minutes left, Chefs, 11 minutes! 239 00:10:09,367 --> 00:10:12,000 [Sarah] First thing I get started on is my berry sauce. 240 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:13,967 Oh, I haven't put the baby food in there. 241 00:10:13,967 --> 00:10:16,967 I have my mixed berry baby food. I add a little bit of sugar. 242 00:10:16,967 --> 00:10:18,800 Oh, look at the little scoop! 243 00:10:19,867 --> 00:10:21,467 And I get that cooking on the stove. 244 00:10:21,467 --> 00:10:22,667 [whispering] There we go. 245 00:10:22,667 --> 00:10:25,500 Next, I need to work on my rice pudding arancini. 246 00:10:25,567 --> 00:10:28,700 I take minute rice, I'm gonna pop it into the microwave, 247 00:10:28,767 --> 00:10:31,166 and then I'm gonna mix it into my rice pudding. 248 00:10:31,166 --> 00:10:34,000 Everybody likes cinnamon on their rice pudding. 249 00:10:34,066 --> 00:10:36,200 Now I'm gonna shape it all into a ball. 250 00:10:36,266 --> 00:10:39,166 The thing that concerns me about Sarah's direction is that... 251 00:10:39,166 --> 00:10:41,300 -You have concern already? -...is being able to mold that arancini... 252 00:10:41,367 --> 00:10:42,500 -[Rocco] Yeah. -...you know, 'cause usually 253 00:10:42,500 --> 00:10:43,767 -you're working with cold risotto. -[Rocco] Yes. 254 00:10:43,767 --> 00:10:45,467 -Yes. -Being able to shape that, to bread it, to fry it, 255 00:10:45,467 --> 00:10:46,667 might be tough. 256 00:10:46,667 --> 00:10:48,467 [Sarah] Put these in the blast chiller. 257 00:10:48,467 --> 00:10:52,066 I'm going to pop it into the blast chiller so it stiffens up a little bit 258 00:10:52,066 --> 00:10:53,867 so when I dredge it it doesn't all fall apart. 259 00:10:53,867 --> 00:10:55,700 All right. 260 00:10:55,767 --> 00:10:58,367 This'll work great, but I'm nervous that 20 minutes 261 00:10:58,367 --> 00:11:02,166 is a very, very short amount of time to really develop a lot of flavor. 262 00:11:02,166 --> 00:11:03,567 It feels like two seconds. 263 00:11:03,567 --> 00:11:05,066 [Guy] Ten minutes to go! 264 00:11:06,066 --> 00:11:07,667 All right, that's all I got time for. 265 00:11:07,667 --> 00:11:12,867 My tortillas are done. Now I'm going to coat these fried tacos 266 00:11:12,867 --> 00:11:15,467 with some granulated sugar and cinnamon. 267 00:11:15,467 --> 00:11:18,400 Just the outside, 'cause it can become too sweet. 268 00:11:18,467 --> 00:11:22,000 Next, I'm going to make my strawberry whip 269 00:11:22,066 --> 00:11:24,166 which is my filling for them. 270 00:11:24,166 --> 00:11:26,767 I have some cream and the strawberry sugar. 271 00:11:26,767 --> 00:11:29,367 And a little big of orange cognac. 272 00:11:29,367 --> 00:11:30,900 I love boozy desserts. 273 00:11:30,967 --> 00:11:33,567 I have my strawberry whip whipping. 274 00:11:33,567 --> 00:11:36,867 I'm going to slice up my kumquats to candy them. 275 00:11:36,867 --> 00:11:39,667 Water and sugar and get them on the stove. 276 00:11:39,667 --> 00:11:41,567 Now I'm going to make this matcha. 277 00:11:41,567 --> 00:11:44,166 Some matcha powder and some heavy cream. 278 00:11:46,567 --> 00:11:47,767 Seven and a half minutes! 279 00:11:47,767 --> 00:11:50,200 [Caleb] While my filling is in the blast chiller, 280 00:11:50,266 --> 00:11:51,567 I'm going to start working on my Chantilly. 281 00:11:51,567 --> 00:11:54,467 Heavy cream, powdered sugar. 282 00:11:56,367 --> 00:11:57,934 My filling is chilled. 283 00:11:57,934 --> 00:11:59,967 I'm gonna start and put this filling into the empanada dough. 284 00:11:59,967 --> 00:12:02,266 I think my advantage in this competition 285 00:12:02,266 --> 00:12:04,967 is that I don't have a huge sweet tooth. 286 00:12:04,967 --> 00:12:07,867 I think that's what helps me to incorporate a lot of savory elements 287 00:12:07,867 --> 00:12:10,100 into desserts, is because it gives me something 288 00:12:10,166 --> 00:12:14,567 that allows me to provide something sweet and decadent for everybody else 289 00:12:14,567 --> 00:12:17,600 and still be able to play to my own likes. 290 00:12:17,667 --> 00:12:19,266 Golden brown there, buddy. 291 00:12:19,266 --> 00:12:21,300 [Caleb] I pull my hand pies out of the fryer. 292 00:12:21,367 --> 00:12:23,000 If I put them in the glaze while it's still hot, 293 00:12:23,066 --> 00:12:25,567 it'll ensure that I get a really thin coating of the glaze. 294 00:12:25,567 --> 00:12:27,367 [Guy] Six minutes! Six to go! 295 00:12:27,367 --> 00:12:29,166 [Jamal] I've got to put my empanadas together. 296 00:12:29,166 --> 00:12:32,467 So I put my guava pears down, the cream cheese filling. 297 00:12:32,467 --> 00:12:36,100 Oh, yeah, this is gonna be so good! 298 00:12:36,100 --> 00:12:39,667 I crimp my empanadas, and I put them in the fryer. 299 00:12:39,667 --> 00:12:41,867 I love a little pineapple and... Oh! 300 00:12:41,867 --> 00:12:44,567 I'm gonna start working on the piña colada sauce. 301 00:12:44,567 --> 00:12:48,967 I put the frozen pineapple puree in a pot, add some of my coconut cream. 302 00:12:48,967 --> 00:12:53,867 The pineapple is gonna bring that extra little acidity to balance this dessert. 303 00:12:53,867 --> 00:12:57,266 The pineapple with it. Oof! I love that. 304 00:12:58,467 --> 00:13:00,567 [Guy] Five minutes, five to go! 305 00:13:00,567 --> 00:13:03,367 -What's in the blast chiller? -The arancini. I gotta go pull them out, actually. 306 00:13:03,367 --> 00:13:05,266 Hang on one 'sec. 307 00:13:06,900 --> 00:13:08,567 She's very organized. 308 00:13:08,567 --> 00:13:10,166 [Sarah] Yeah, you're good. 309 00:13:10,166 --> 00:13:13,300 I check on my arancini in the blast chiller and they're perfect. 310 00:13:13,367 --> 00:13:15,767 And I'm gonna roll it in my egg and then the bread crumbs. 311 00:13:15,767 --> 00:13:18,367 So when I fry it it'll get nice and crispy. 312 00:13:18,367 --> 00:13:20,166 Fry, little babies! 313 00:13:20,166 --> 00:13:22,367 Get in there! [mimics whooshing] 314 00:13:22,367 --> 00:13:24,233 While my arancini is frying, 315 00:13:24,233 --> 00:13:28,667 I'm going to blend up my sauce, and then I'm going to pass it through a sieve. 316 00:13:28,667 --> 00:13:30,800 'cause I want to see a nice, smooth sauce. 317 00:13:30,867 --> 00:13:32,166 It'll look nice and refined. 318 00:13:32,166 --> 00:13:34,100 You're looking done. 319 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:37,166 Two minutes, chefs, two to go! 320 00:13:37,166 --> 00:13:41,100 [Lasheeda] I put down my sugar-coated fried taco, 321 00:13:41,100 --> 00:13:43,367 my strawberry whip. 322 00:13:43,367 --> 00:13:47,066 Next, I added my matcha whip 323 00:13:47,066 --> 00:13:51,367 and then my candied kumquats and my micro mint. 324 00:13:51,367 --> 00:13:53,700 That took 20 minutes of my life! 325 00:13:53,767 --> 00:13:56,367 [Guy] Guys, you've got 90 seconds. You got to get plated! 326 00:13:56,367 --> 00:13:58,200 [Caleb] When I'm thinking of friend, hand held desserts, 327 00:13:58,266 --> 00:13:59,533 I'm thinking of the county fair. 328 00:13:59,533 --> 00:14:02,066 I'm gonna put it in a basket with some parchment paper. 329 00:14:02,066 --> 00:14:04,100 And then I scoop my Chantilly into the ramekins 330 00:14:04,100 --> 00:14:05,266 and put them alongside of it. 331 00:14:07,300 --> 00:14:08,767 -[Guy] One minute! -Thank you. 332 00:14:08,767 --> 00:14:11,266 [Jamal] I put my empanadas onto the fryer. 333 00:14:11,266 --> 00:14:12,667 They're nice and golden. 334 00:14:12,667 --> 00:14:14,467 Now I gotta get the cinnamon sugar on. 335 00:14:14,467 --> 00:14:17,467 I'm gonna put my piña colada dipping sauce in a little ramekin. 336 00:14:17,467 --> 00:14:19,700 Ooh, Jamal's using those fry baskets 337 00:14:19,767 --> 00:14:22,867 which I think is so cute for a fried dessert challenge. 338 00:14:22,867 --> 00:14:24,900 [Guy] 30 seconds to plate! 339 00:14:24,967 --> 00:14:28,100 [Sarah] I put my sweet berry sauce down into my plate 340 00:14:28,166 --> 00:14:31,066 and then I put my little arancini right in the middle 341 00:14:31,066 --> 00:14:32,967 and they're perfect. 342 00:14:32,967 --> 00:14:37,900 Five, four, three, two, one. 343 00:14:37,967 --> 00:14:39,400 That's it! Stop working. 344 00:14:39,467 --> 00:14:41,266 [cheering and applause] 345 00:14:41,266 --> 00:14:42,467 [Rocco] Nice job, everybody, nice job. 346 00:14:42,467 --> 00:14:43,567 [Damaris] This is very impressive. 347 00:14:43,567 --> 00:14:45,700 -Good job, y'all! -[Guy] All right, folks, 348 00:14:45,767 --> 00:14:47,800 it's time to give the judges a sugar rush! 349 00:14:47,867 --> 00:14:49,667 Follow me right this way. 350 00:14:56,467 --> 00:14:59,600 Judges, this is it. Round one of GGG Dessert Games, 351 00:14:59,667 --> 00:15:01,667 and our chefs had to play a little Sugar Rush 352 00:15:01,667 --> 00:15:04,467 to make a handheld fried dessert in just 20 minutes 353 00:15:04,467 --> 00:15:06,000 and they were so happy. 354 00:15:06,066 --> 00:15:08,867 They could only grab all the ingredients they needed in one shop 355 00:15:08,867 --> 00:15:10,000 and what was in their hands. 356 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,900 Chef Caleb, you're up first. Tell us what you made. 357 00:15:12,967 --> 00:15:16,600 So, in the style of fried pie, it's a cherry and apricot fried pie. 358 00:15:16,667 --> 00:15:19,767 In that filling there's a little bit of thyme that I cooked into the filling. 359 00:15:19,767 --> 00:15:22,300 The dough itself, is an empanada dough. 360 00:15:22,367 --> 00:15:27,266 Caleb, what I really appreciated was how you got the flavors of sweet, 361 00:15:27,266 --> 00:15:30,467 sour, bitter and a little bit of salt in there. 362 00:15:30,467 --> 00:15:32,600 It eats like a sophisticated fine dining dessert. 363 00:15:32,667 --> 00:15:34,100 Great gameplay. 364 00:15:34,166 --> 00:15:36,000 I love how this is clearly handheld. 365 00:15:36,066 --> 00:15:38,667 I love that there's a dipping sauce that's also handheld 366 00:15:38,667 --> 00:15:40,967 so you can walk around and, you know, enjoy this. 367 00:15:40,967 --> 00:15:43,600 Grabbing dried fruit as well as the jam 368 00:15:43,667 --> 00:15:47,000 makes me feel like you cooked the filling yourself. 369 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,500 Then to add the thyme is lovely. 370 00:15:49,567 --> 00:15:51,400 Herbs and desserts are so underutilized. 371 00:15:51,467 --> 00:15:53,100 Thank you. 372 00:15:53,100 --> 00:15:55,700 All right, not to be outdone, Chef Sarah. 373 00:15:55,767 --> 00:15:58,100 Today for my handheld fried dessert, 374 00:15:58,100 --> 00:16:00,500 I made a rice pudding arancini. 375 00:16:00,567 --> 00:16:02,567 I used the premade rice pudding, 376 00:16:02,567 --> 00:16:04,900 but then I also got the minute-30 rice 377 00:16:04,967 --> 00:16:06,433 to kinda bulk it up a little bit. 378 00:16:06,433 --> 00:16:09,000 And then I wanted to have a little tart dipping sauce in there, too, 379 00:16:09,066 --> 00:16:10,333 that would be fun. 380 00:16:10,333 --> 00:16:12,367 That's why there's a little bit of baby food in there too. 381 00:16:12,367 --> 00:16:16,200 Okay, one, we've never seen a sweet arancini in Flavortown. 382 00:16:16,266 --> 00:16:19,867 Two, we've never seen anybody go use baby food 'cause they wanted to! 383 00:16:19,867 --> 00:16:21,133 It's fantastic. 384 00:16:21,166 --> 00:16:25,100 Sarah, you can tell that you make donuts for a living. 385 00:16:25,100 --> 00:16:29,400 The texture on the inside is giving me this beautiful little chew. 386 00:16:29,467 --> 00:16:31,367 For me, it's a little one-note. 387 00:16:31,367 --> 00:16:33,700 It's, like, just fruit and sweet. 388 00:16:33,767 --> 00:16:37,867 And I think any other heat or spice or herb 389 00:16:37,867 --> 00:16:39,867 would have made it pop a little bit more. 390 00:16:39,867 --> 00:16:41,800 I was really impressed with all the technique. 391 00:16:41,867 --> 00:16:45,667 The passing of the sauce, the blending, the pureeing. 392 00:16:45,667 --> 00:16:47,467 Clearly, you know what you're doing. 393 00:16:47,467 --> 00:16:50,467 Plating-wise, I thought it was a beautifully-plated dessert. 394 00:16:50,467 --> 00:16:52,300 But I think the filling on the inside, 395 00:16:52,367 --> 00:16:55,700 because you mixed the minute rice into the rice pudding, 396 00:16:55,767 --> 00:16:58,266 that needed a little bit more flavor added to it 397 00:16:58,266 --> 00:17:00,700 just to make it, like, pop a little bit more on the inside. 398 00:17:00,767 --> 00:17:02,133 Gotcha. 399 00:17:02,133 --> 00:17:05,600 Thank you very much, chefs. All right, next up, Chef Jamal. 400 00:17:05,667 --> 00:17:07,467 What I made for you guys is a guava 401 00:17:07,467 --> 00:17:11,066 and cream cheese empanada and a piña colada sauce. 402 00:17:11,066 --> 00:17:14,400 So, inside the empanada, I have a white chocolate, cream cheese filling, 403 00:17:14,467 --> 00:17:16,800 and I did a little cinnamon sugar on the outside 404 00:17:16,867 --> 00:17:19,767 so it kind of gives it that little churro kind of flavor. 405 00:17:19,767 --> 00:17:22,967 Jamal, I think it's brilliant. This definitely feels like a handheld dessert, 406 00:17:22,967 --> 00:17:24,967 so great gameplay there. 407 00:17:24,967 --> 00:17:28,066 And I liked how, like, flaky and light your dough felt 408 00:17:28,066 --> 00:17:29,767 on the outside of your empanada. 409 00:17:29,767 --> 00:17:33,800 -But the entirety of the dessert is a little sweet. -Okay. 410 00:17:33,867 --> 00:17:38,200 The combination of the big chunks of guava with the cream work great. 411 00:17:38,266 --> 00:17:40,166 I like the pineapple sauce a lot. 412 00:17:40,166 --> 00:17:43,266 I think that would have worked great on its own as its own dessert. 413 00:17:43,266 --> 00:17:45,266 But together, they also work well. 414 00:17:45,266 --> 00:17:46,800 [Damaris] It's fried very, very well. 415 00:17:46,867 --> 00:17:51,266 For me, the only miss is I don't need the white chocolate. 416 00:17:51,266 --> 00:17:53,967 I think the white chocolate's actually fighting with the guava 417 00:17:53,967 --> 00:17:58,200 and the guava with this, like, piña colada almost pudding 418 00:17:58,266 --> 00:18:01,567 -is so beautiful. -Okay. Good. 419 00:18:01,567 --> 00:18:06,100 Well, not to be outdone... Chef Lasheeda's next. 420 00:18:06,166 --> 00:18:09,800 For the Sugar Rush challenge, I made a sweet taco 421 00:18:09,867 --> 00:18:12,867 filled with both a matcha and strawberry whip. 422 00:18:12,867 --> 00:18:16,667 To bring in some tartness, I lightly candied some kumquats. 423 00:18:16,667 --> 00:18:21,867 Chef Lasheeda, I think you did a really nice job of creating an expectation 424 00:18:21,867 --> 00:18:23,433 and then exceeding it. 425 00:18:23,433 --> 00:18:26,867 I love the combination of flavors, but I wish it was a tiny bit crispier 426 00:18:26,867 --> 00:18:30,467 so that when I bit it it didn't squash out all the filling. 427 00:18:30,467 --> 00:18:32,600 The creams themselves are beautiful. 428 00:18:32,667 --> 00:18:35,367 They taste delicious, but they were so refined 429 00:18:35,367 --> 00:18:37,867 that the flavor of the corn was masking all the work 430 00:18:37,867 --> 00:18:40,667 that you put into creating the flavor and the texture in the cream 431 00:18:40,667 --> 00:18:43,800 and so it just sort of disappeared when it hits your palate. 432 00:18:43,867 --> 00:18:45,800 This is an absolutely stunning dish. 433 00:18:45,867 --> 00:18:50,066 For me, the only problem is that it's not handheld. 434 00:18:50,066 --> 00:18:52,967 Because I wanna get in there, but it's just falling everywhere 435 00:18:52,967 --> 00:18:56,600 making it a little hard for it to be a fried handheld dessert. 436 00:18:56,667 --> 00:18:57,867 Thank you. 437 00:18:57,867 --> 00:19:00,500 Chefs, you crushed it. Dynamite job. 438 00:19:00,567 --> 00:19:02,967 Unfortunately, somebody gets sent home after this round. 439 00:19:02,967 --> 00:19:05,200 So we're gonna send you back to the kitchens. 440 00:19:05,266 --> 00:19:07,066 We'll call you back when we have a decision. Thank you. 441 00:19:09,100 --> 00:19:11,367 Judges, remember we have 20 points available on gameplay. 442 00:19:11,367 --> 00:19:16,767 20 points available on taste and ten points for plating for a possible of 50 points. 443 00:19:16,767 --> 00:19:19,967 And it's time to see who is about to be deserted. 444 00:19:28,967 --> 00:19:30,166 [Guy] Let's take a look at the scores. 445 00:19:30,166 --> 00:19:34,000 Sarah, you get a 16 out of 20 in gameplay. 446 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,567 14 out of 20 in taste. 447 00:19:36,567 --> 00:19:39,100 Eight out of ten in plating for a score of 38. 448 00:19:39,100 --> 00:19:40,100 Jamal... 449 00:19:41,900 --> 00:19:43,700 16 out of 20 in gameplay. 450 00:19:44,266 --> 00:19:46,367 13 out of 20 in taste. 451 00:19:46,367 --> 00:19:51,166 Nine out of ten in plating for a 38 also. A tie! 452 00:19:51,166 --> 00:19:53,166 Caleb... 453 00:19:53,166 --> 00:19:55,400 16 out of 20 in gameplay. 454 00:19:55,467 --> 00:19:57,367 15 out of 20 in taste. 455 00:19:57,367 --> 00:20:00,100 Eight out ten in plating for a 39. 456 00:20:00,100 --> 00:20:02,467 A one point edge. You definitely aren't going home. 457 00:20:02,467 --> 00:20:04,900 And that leads us to Lasheeda. 458 00:20:04,967 --> 00:20:09,900 15 out of 20 in gameplay. 14 out of 20 in taste. 459 00:20:09,967 --> 00:20:13,367 Eight out of ten in plating, for a 37. 460 00:20:13,367 --> 00:20:16,100 One point behind the tie of 38. 461 00:20:16,100 --> 00:20:18,166 And you know what... 462 00:20:18,166 --> 00:20:21,066 when I look at that 37, all I can remember is that 463 00:20:23,266 --> 00:20:25,700 when you are the Queen of Flavor 464 00:20:25,767 --> 00:20:27,800 you do not leave Flavortown, you're staying. 465 00:20:27,867 --> 00:20:30,266 [cheering and applause] 466 00:20:31,567 --> 00:20:34,000 You cannot throw the Queen of Flavor out of Flavortown, folks. 467 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:37,467 Second round, deciding round, comes up now. 468 00:20:37,467 --> 00:20:39,000 Back to your carts and good luck! 469 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:40,867 Whoo! That was awesome. 470 00:20:43,266 --> 00:20:48,000 Chefs, for the final round, I want you to prove you are the master of sweet treats 471 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,767 by making your signature dessert. 472 00:20:50,767 --> 00:20:54,066 The one, that when people talk about you they go, "Oh, my gosh." 473 00:20:54,066 --> 00:20:56,066 Now, I saw a lot of fruit in round one 474 00:20:56,066 --> 00:21:00,467 so I was thinking, "What would go better than fruit, than vegetables?" 475 00:21:00,467 --> 00:21:04,667 And to help you out, we're going to play a little game of Produce Toss. 476 00:21:06,300 --> 00:21:09,400 What you'll do, is you will take one of these fresh fruits 477 00:21:09,467 --> 00:21:13,300 wing it from your cart into this basket 478 00:21:13,367 --> 00:21:15,100 and whatever basket you land, 479 00:21:15,166 --> 00:21:18,967 you must include that ingredient in your signature dessert. 480 00:21:18,967 --> 00:21:23,100 So, you could score zucchini, sweet potato, butternut squash, 481 00:21:23,100 --> 00:21:26,567 canned beets, party, avocado or corn. 482 00:21:26,567 --> 00:21:29,000 -Caleb, you can go first. -All right. 483 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:30,266 Step up, step in, come in and win! 484 00:21:30,266 --> 00:21:33,467 -What are you aiming for? -I want corn. 485 00:21:33,467 --> 00:21:36,166 -[Caleb] That's it. -[all cheering] 486 00:21:36,166 --> 00:21:38,066 [Guy] Corn it is! Sarah, what are you going for? 487 00:21:38,066 --> 00:21:40,100 Corn as well. 488 00:21:40,166 --> 00:21:41,767 [screams with delight] 489 00:21:41,767 --> 00:21:43,667 All right, Jamal, what's it gonna be? 490 00:21:43,667 --> 00:21:46,667 I am going for sweet potato. 491 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:49,667 -[Guy] Did you get it? -[Jamal] Yeah! 492 00:21:49,667 --> 00:21:51,300 -Okay, are you ready, Lasheeda? -Yes. 493 00:21:51,367 --> 00:21:54,667 -What are you gonna go for? -Either avocado or sweet potato. 494 00:21:54,667 --> 00:21:56,467 Well, they're kinda in the club. 495 00:21:56,467 --> 00:21:58,700 -Sweet potato it is! -This is ridiculous. 496 00:21:58,767 --> 00:22:02,000 -So, they all got exactly what they wanted. -[Rocco laughing] 497 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,100 Two have played for corn, they got it. 498 00:22:04,166 --> 00:22:06,500 Two played for sweet potato, you got it. 499 00:22:06,567 --> 00:22:10,100 You must create a signature dish using that ingredient. 500 00:22:10,166 --> 00:22:12,300 You can shop for anything else you want in the store. 501 00:22:12,367 --> 00:22:16,667 You have 30 minutes to shop, prepare and plate your signature dessert. 502 00:22:16,667 --> 00:22:18,767 Now, just so you guys understand this, 503 00:22:18,767 --> 00:22:22,667 out of the four of you, had I only let three of you pick which ones you wanted, 504 00:22:22,667 --> 00:22:25,200 if you two had gotten sweet potato 505 00:22:25,266 --> 00:22:27,567 and I only let one of you go and use it, that would... 506 00:22:27,567 --> 00:22:30,266 There we go! Now they're fired up! 507 00:22:30,266 --> 00:22:31,700 I caught it that time! 508 00:22:33,266 --> 00:22:34,767 Sweet corn. 509 00:22:34,767 --> 00:22:38,367 [Sarah] I have to make a signature dessert using corn. 510 00:22:38,367 --> 00:22:40,000 Oh, duh, I went passed it. 511 00:22:40,066 --> 00:22:43,066 There's so many yummy things you can do with corn 512 00:22:43,066 --> 00:22:45,266 to make it sweet, and I love corn bread. 513 00:22:45,266 --> 00:22:49,500 So for my signature dessert, I'm thinking of making a waffle. 514 00:22:49,567 --> 00:22:52,767 I think that breakfast is the first opportunity in the day 515 00:22:52,767 --> 00:22:55,266 that you can have dessert, and so why shouldn't it be? 516 00:22:55,266 --> 00:22:56,900 I need some popcorn. 517 00:22:56,900 --> 00:22:59,867 And then I'm thinking, "What's another way to use corn? Popcorn!" 518 00:22:59,867 --> 00:23:02,567 And what a nice little accent right on top 519 00:23:02,567 --> 00:23:04,266 with a kettle corn whipped cream. 520 00:23:04,266 --> 00:23:05,934 Whoo. 521 00:23:05,934 --> 00:23:08,767 I'm grabbing blueberries because I feel like blueberries and corn, 522 00:23:08,767 --> 00:23:09,900 they just go together. 523 00:23:09,967 --> 00:23:13,100 It's like the perfect little fruit-vegetable marriage. 524 00:23:13,100 --> 00:23:16,767 Oh, I've made a mess! Clean-up on aisle one! 525 00:23:16,767 --> 00:23:19,467 Okay, okay, you've got this, Lasheeda. 526 00:23:19,467 --> 00:23:21,600 I was at the bottom, the first round. 527 00:23:21,667 --> 00:23:23,900 I need to show why I'm here. 528 00:23:23,967 --> 00:23:25,667 Sweet potato... 529 00:23:25,667 --> 00:23:26,867 I got sweet potato. 530 00:23:26,867 --> 00:23:28,600 What goes well with sweet potato? 531 00:23:28,667 --> 00:23:31,400 Okay, caramel goes well with sweet potato. 532 00:23:31,467 --> 00:23:34,867 I'm making a dulce de leche lava cake 533 00:23:34,867 --> 00:23:38,400 because it's easy to put together and typically it bakes fast. 534 00:23:38,467 --> 00:23:39,900 Sweet potatoes in here. 535 00:23:39,967 --> 00:23:43,567 And I'm going to do ube sweet potato ice cream. 536 00:23:43,567 --> 00:23:44,900 Um... 537 00:23:44,900 --> 00:23:48,000 There's a variety of purple sweet potatoes in the world. 538 00:23:48,066 --> 00:23:51,567 Ube is very popular in the Philippines. 539 00:23:51,567 --> 00:23:53,967 [Michael] Lasheeda grabbed ube which, as we know, 540 00:23:53,967 --> 00:23:56,000 is in a Filipino dessert. It's a purple yam. 541 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:57,667 [Lasheeda] Could do a whiskey. 542 00:23:57,667 --> 00:24:03,000 I grab some whiskey as well because I need a sauce to go with this lava cake. 543 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:04,100 I got to start cooking. 544 00:24:04,166 --> 00:24:05,900 -Yeah, it'd be a good idea. -Time to go. 545 00:24:05,967 --> 00:24:08,467 Okay, go get them, sister. She's got booze in there. 546 00:24:08,467 --> 00:24:10,266 I need eggs. Eggs, eggs, eggs. 547 00:24:10,266 --> 00:24:13,667 [Jamal] When I think of a signature dessert, I think molten lava cake. 548 00:24:13,667 --> 00:24:15,667 I am king of the molten cake. 549 00:24:15,667 --> 00:24:16,800 Sweet potatoes. 550 00:24:16,867 --> 00:24:18,467 I'm going to make a spin on sweet potato pie 551 00:24:18,467 --> 00:24:21,300 by making a sweet potato swirl ice cream 552 00:24:21,367 --> 00:24:24,166 with my famous chocolate molten lava cake. 553 00:24:24,166 --> 00:24:25,767 -[Sarah] Pardon me. -[Jamal] Sorry. 554 00:24:25,767 --> 00:24:27,767 Chocolate molten lava cake pairs well with ice cream, 555 00:24:27,767 --> 00:24:32,166 but I'm not going to make ice cream in Flavortown in 30 minutes from scratch. 556 00:24:32,166 --> 00:24:33,767 That's too much of a risk. 557 00:24:33,767 --> 00:24:37,266 So, to make my ice cream, I'm gonna grab a can of sweet potatoes... 558 00:24:37,266 --> 00:24:38,600 Which aisle has the cans of sweet potatoes? 559 00:24:38,667 --> 00:24:41,000 -Sweet potato right there, bud. -[Jamal screeches] 560 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:44,667 ...puree it down, and I'm gonna swirl my sweet potato concoction 561 00:24:44,667 --> 00:24:50,400 into a ready-made ice cream so I got a really fancy vanilla bean gelato. 562 00:24:50,467 --> 00:24:52,867 So, I like to top my sweet potato pie with meringue 563 00:24:52,867 --> 00:24:55,166 so I'm gonna use some marshmallow fluff 564 00:24:55,166 --> 00:24:59,066 and that is going to replace my meringue aspect in my dessert. 565 00:24:59,066 --> 00:25:00,200 I kinda eat a lot of pie. 566 00:25:01,567 --> 00:25:03,166 That's a crowded row. 567 00:25:03,166 --> 00:25:04,300 I wanted corn 568 00:25:04,367 --> 00:25:05,867 because corn's one of those ingredients 569 00:25:05,867 --> 00:25:09,300 that really lends itself well to sweet and savory applications. 570 00:25:09,367 --> 00:25:11,100 Frozen berries. 571 00:25:11,100 --> 00:25:14,867 So, for my signature dessert, I'm going to make a corn and berry cobbler 572 00:25:14,867 --> 00:25:16,567 with a salted butter ice cream. 573 00:25:16,567 --> 00:25:17,900 Milk, cream... 574 00:25:17,967 --> 00:25:20,000 So, for my ice cream, extracts are great 575 00:25:20,066 --> 00:25:22,667 because they lend a quick and easy way to add flavoring. 576 00:25:22,667 --> 00:25:26,266 And so in Flavortown, when time is of the essence, you gotta use the extracts. 577 00:25:26,266 --> 00:25:30,567 For my corn muffin, typically I'd use in-season grilled corn for this. 578 00:25:30,567 --> 00:25:32,266 But I'm cooking in Flavortown so I gotta do a hack, 579 00:25:32,266 --> 00:25:33,867 so I'm grabbing the canned cream corn. 580 00:25:33,867 --> 00:25:35,800 We've got to pull out all the stops for round two. 581 00:25:35,867 --> 00:25:38,300 We're playing for $20,000 here. It's got to be perfect. 582 00:25:38,367 --> 00:25:39,467 This is where they're going to get creative. 583 00:25:39,467 --> 00:25:41,467 They should really bring it all out here. 584 00:25:48,100 --> 00:25:50,667 [Guy] 27 minutes. People are getting after it. 585 00:25:50,667 --> 00:25:52,166 I think I see a little cobbler going. 586 00:25:52,166 --> 00:25:55,500 -Cobbler with... -[Caleb] Sweet corn muffin. 587 00:25:55,567 --> 00:25:58,367 I may get a little crazy, maybe salt and butter ice cream. 588 00:25:58,367 --> 00:25:59,700 -[Guy] Do you think you'll have that kind of time? -Yes. 589 00:25:59,767 --> 00:26:01,266 Okie-dokie. 590 00:26:01,266 --> 00:26:03,266 [Caleb] So, the first thing I need to do 591 00:26:03,266 --> 00:26:04,900 is get these berries in the cast irons, 592 00:26:04,967 --> 00:26:07,266 add a little bit of sugar, a splash of vanilla 593 00:26:07,266 --> 00:26:08,567 and place them in the oven. 594 00:26:08,567 --> 00:26:10,400 There we go. 595 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:12,700 Knowing I have to get ice cream in as soon as these berries are in the oven, 596 00:26:12,767 --> 00:26:14,467 I got to get that base going. 597 00:26:14,467 --> 00:26:17,767 I get my milk and heavy cream into a pot, add some eggs, 598 00:26:17,767 --> 00:26:20,700 and whisk in a little bit of sugar and some corn starch to make a slurry. 599 00:26:20,767 --> 00:26:22,867 Making ice cream, it could be a bit of a risk. 600 00:26:22,867 --> 00:26:24,567 You really have to get the texture right 601 00:26:24,567 --> 00:26:26,767 and there's a lot that can go wrong in it. 602 00:26:26,767 --> 00:26:28,467 But, without risk, there's no reward. 603 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:32,367 My wife is a special needs teacher 604 00:26:32,367 --> 00:26:35,467 and I have a passion for working with at-risk youth 605 00:26:35,467 --> 00:26:37,667 and so if I win the $20,000 today, 606 00:26:37,667 --> 00:26:40,100 I'm gonna put it towards the Fischer Family Farmstead 607 00:26:40,100 --> 00:26:42,266 in hopes that we can build it out to be a resource 608 00:26:42,266 --> 00:26:45,567 for special needs adults and at-risk youth. 609 00:26:45,567 --> 00:26:49,400 Making fresh ice cream in a competition is very difficult. 610 00:26:49,467 --> 00:26:51,600 [Caleb] How are you doing, Jamal? What are you making? 611 00:26:51,667 --> 00:26:54,166 I'm making, like, a spin on sweet potato pie. 612 00:26:54,166 --> 00:26:57,867 -[Caleb] Using fresh or frozen? -[Jamal] Canned, baby. 613 00:26:57,867 --> 00:27:00,667 So, the first thing I do is start on my sweet potato ice cream. 614 00:27:00,667 --> 00:27:02,567 So, I open up a can of sweet potatoes 615 00:27:02,567 --> 00:27:04,300 and I put it right into my blender 616 00:27:04,367 --> 00:27:06,600 and get it going so it's nice and smooth. 617 00:27:06,667 --> 00:27:10,567 I'm going to be adding some cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger. 618 00:27:10,567 --> 00:27:13,367 After it's nice and smooth I'm going to put it in a pot 619 00:27:13,367 --> 00:27:15,300 because I want to bring that sweet potato back to life. 620 00:27:15,367 --> 00:27:17,667 Now I'm going to put that in a blast chiller 621 00:27:17,667 --> 00:27:19,400 because I'm using premade ice cream 622 00:27:19,467 --> 00:27:21,367 so if I add this hot sweet potato in there, 623 00:27:21,367 --> 00:27:23,100 the ice cream is going to melt. 624 00:27:23,166 --> 00:27:24,834 Definitely think it's smart gameplay 625 00:27:24,834 --> 00:27:28,266 to grab the premade ice cream just like Jamal did and add other flavors to it. 626 00:27:28,266 --> 00:27:30,400 [Jamal] I'm one point behind the leader 627 00:27:30,467 --> 00:27:31,867 and if I execute it right 628 00:27:31,867 --> 00:27:35,000 I could win $20,000 with this signature dessert 629 00:27:35,066 --> 00:27:37,166 and that money is going to come in really handy 630 00:27:37,166 --> 00:27:40,166 'cause there's opportunity for me to expand my bakery 631 00:27:40,166 --> 00:27:43,467 and this would totally give us the extra capital that we need. 632 00:27:43,467 --> 00:27:48,000 I need this $20,000. Give me the money, Guy. Give me the money. 633 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,166 [Guy] 20 minutes left! 634 00:27:50,166 --> 00:27:54,867 I'm going to make a corn bread waffle with some corn in it. 635 00:27:54,867 --> 00:27:56,433 Breakfast of champion. 636 00:27:56,433 --> 00:27:59,467 So, the first thing I'm going to get started on is my corn bread waffle. 637 00:27:59,467 --> 00:28:01,500 Mix. 638 00:28:01,567 --> 00:28:07,300 So, I get my eggs, my oil and my milk and I make my corn bread mix. 639 00:28:07,367 --> 00:28:10,000 Corn bread, corn-corn. 640 00:28:10,066 --> 00:28:12,367 I add handfuls of the frozen corn in there. 641 00:28:12,367 --> 00:28:15,166 Are you hot yet? Yeah. 642 00:28:15,166 --> 00:28:16,800 I scoop my batter in there 643 00:28:16,867 --> 00:28:18,567 and let it cook in the waffle iron. 644 00:28:18,567 --> 00:28:22,300 Ah! I'm going to make a blueberry syrup. 645 00:28:22,367 --> 00:28:26,400 Usually when I make my waffles, I love to make a homemade fruit sauce with it 646 00:28:26,467 --> 00:28:29,467 so I get a pot. I'm going to put my blueberries in there. 647 00:28:29,467 --> 00:28:31,867 You know what, I'm going to keep a couple out for garnish. 648 00:28:31,867 --> 00:28:33,700 and put a little bit of sugar. 649 00:28:33,767 --> 00:28:36,767 I want to bring that $20,000 home so bad. 650 00:28:36,767 --> 00:28:39,300 Nine months ago we had our son, Jonah, 651 00:28:39,367 --> 00:28:42,066 and I would love to put it in a bank account 652 00:28:42,066 --> 00:28:44,600 so that Jonah can go to whatever school he wants to. 653 00:28:44,667 --> 00:28:46,567 My parents set me up with my education 654 00:28:46,567 --> 00:28:50,066 so I want to do the same thing for Jonah and set him up for success. 655 00:28:50,066 --> 00:28:54,266 -What's on the game plan? -I am making a dulce de leche lava cake 656 00:28:54,266 --> 00:28:55,800 with a sweet potato ice cream. 657 00:28:55,867 --> 00:28:57,300 I like the energy and attitude. 658 00:28:57,367 --> 00:28:59,567 [Lasheeda] I need to get this ice cream done first. 659 00:28:59,567 --> 00:29:04,867 To start my ice cream I have some milk, some heavy cream, some sugar. 660 00:29:04,867 --> 00:29:09,066 I added my defrost sweet potato cubes. 661 00:29:09,066 --> 00:29:12,000 This is my secret surprise here for my sweet potato. 662 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,867 and a little bit of ube extract, 663 00:29:14,867 --> 00:29:16,433 It's a purple sweet potato. 664 00:29:16,467 --> 00:29:19,667 It's actually a smart move. It gives it a really vibrant, vibrant color. 665 00:29:19,667 --> 00:29:21,100 Look at that. Do you see that? 666 00:29:21,166 --> 00:29:23,400 -That is some purple. -Oh, it matches my shirt. 667 00:29:23,467 --> 00:29:24,800 Blend it up. 668 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:29,867 Oh. That got me real good. [laughs] 669 00:29:29,867 --> 00:29:32,266 strain it real quick 670 00:29:32,266 --> 00:29:35,066 and dash over to the ice cream machine. 671 00:29:35,066 --> 00:29:36,900 I pour the base in there. 672 00:29:36,967 --> 00:29:38,567 I'm thinking in the back of my head, 673 00:29:38,567 --> 00:29:42,100 a batch this size, it should take roughly five minutes, 674 00:29:42,166 --> 00:29:44,600 so I'm like, "Okay, just let that be," 675 00:29:44,667 --> 00:29:45,767 Coming through! 676 00:29:45,767 --> 00:29:48,166 and I want another component to this dish 677 00:29:48,166 --> 00:29:51,367 so I'm taking this lingonberry jam 678 00:29:51,367 --> 00:29:53,467 and I'm going to add a little bit of bourbon 679 00:29:53,467 --> 00:29:56,567 just to give it that little kick and that's my sauce. 680 00:29:56,567 --> 00:29:57,900 Whoo! 681 00:29:57,967 --> 00:30:01,266 I want to win today because I'm actually a great-aunty 682 00:30:01,266 --> 00:30:03,667 and I want my nieces and nephew to know that 683 00:30:03,667 --> 00:30:06,567 when you work hard and you enjoy what you do, 684 00:30:06,567 --> 00:30:08,767 then good things will come to you. 685 00:30:08,767 --> 00:30:09,900 [Guy] Where is everybody? 686 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:12,800 It's like we evacuated Flavortown. 687 00:30:12,867 --> 00:30:14,467 Everybody's at the ice cream machine. 688 00:30:14,467 --> 00:30:17,467 [Caleb] I run over to the machine, I check on my ice cream. 689 00:30:17,467 --> 00:30:19,567 Let's see where we're at. Oh, beautiful. 690 00:30:19,567 --> 00:30:22,567 It's coming out great. Now I'm going to start working on my corn muffin mixture. 691 00:30:22,567 --> 00:30:25,567 I plan on my corn turning into a sweet corn muffin. 692 00:30:25,567 --> 00:30:28,000 It's going to be used as a cobbler topping. 693 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,300 I'm throwing my flour and my sugar into a bowl. 694 00:30:30,367 --> 00:30:33,200 I also add some eggs and a lot of my sugar's 695 00:30:33,266 --> 00:30:35,300 going to come from the can of corn itself. 696 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:41,000 [Jamal] Once my sweet potato mixture is cool 697 00:30:41,066 --> 00:30:44,467 all I got to do is fold it into my premade ice cream 698 00:30:44,467 --> 00:30:47,467 and boom... sweet potato ice cream on the fly. 699 00:30:47,467 --> 00:30:50,467 Now I need to start on my chocolate molten lava cake. 700 00:30:50,467 --> 00:30:52,567 I put the couverture chocolate and the butter 701 00:30:52,567 --> 00:30:54,800 in the microwave and get that going. 702 00:30:54,867 --> 00:30:59,066 I got whole eggs, egg yolks and sugar mixing in the mixer. 703 00:30:59,066 --> 00:31:02,000 I got the chocolate butter mixture, fold in some flour. 704 00:31:03,100 --> 00:31:05,667 My strategy was bake it on a high temperature 705 00:31:05,667 --> 00:31:07,667 because the key to the molten cake is 706 00:31:07,667 --> 00:31:11,700 you want the outside to cook but the center to remain soft. 707 00:31:11,767 --> 00:31:13,767 [Guy] 12 minutes, chefs. 12 minutes left. 708 00:31:13,767 --> 00:31:16,300 Lava cake is a very smart choice 709 00:31:16,367 --> 00:31:19,767 if you get it into the oven in time. 710 00:31:19,767 --> 00:31:25,200 [Jamal] So, you got to use this fresh sweet potato and I thought of a genius way. 711 00:31:25,266 --> 00:31:28,000 I'm gonna put sweet potatoes on top of the ice cream. 712 00:31:28,066 --> 00:31:30,500 Coming good. 713 00:31:30,567 --> 00:31:35,467 Oh, my God. Oh, my God. You're beautiful. You're beautiful. 714 00:31:35,467 --> 00:31:37,867 I check on the waffle and it looks perfect 715 00:31:37,867 --> 00:31:40,266 so now I'm just cranking out waffles 716 00:31:40,266 --> 00:31:43,400 because why would you just want one waffle? 717 00:31:43,467 --> 00:31:45,400 Yeah, let's do another. 718 00:31:45,467 --> 00:31:47,367 The last thing I have to do is my whipped cream 719 00:31:47,367 --> 00:31:51,367 so I pop my cream on the stove so that that can start warming up. 720 00:31:51,367 --> 00:31:53,400 I'm going to get my popcorn popping. 721 00:31:53,467 --> 00:31:56,867 So, it looks like Sarah is tripling down on the corn flavor. 722 00:31:56,867 --> 00:31:59,600 She has popcorn kernels and frozen corn. 723 00:31:59,667 --> 00:32:03,266 She's got cornbread waffle. Brilliant gameplay. 724 00:32:03,266 --> 00:32:04,400 -It's definitely... -[Caleb] Yeah. 725 00:32:04,467 --> 00:32:06,100 -...going to be corny. -[Caleb laughs] 726 00:32:06,100 --> 00:32:10,567 -Ah! Corn! -Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop! 727 00:32:10,567 --> 00:32:12,600 [Sarah] As soon as my popcorn's done 728 00:32:12,667 --> 00:32:14,667 I start grabbing handfuls of the popcorn 729 00:32:14,667 --> 00:32:17,266 to put in my heavy cream so it can start absorbing all that flavor. 730 00:32:17,266 --> 00:32:18,400 Easy! 731 00:32:18,467 --> 00:32:20,900 Because I want this to be a kettle corn whipped cream 732 00:32:20,967 --> 00:32:22,900 I'm going to add a little sugar. 733 00:32:22,967 --> 00:32:24,333 This is the sweet show. 734 00:32:24,333 --> 00:32:26,400 Now I'm going to strain my popcorn out of my cream 735 00:32:26,467 --> 00:32:28,166 and then I'm going to start whipping that up. 736 00:32:34,300 --> 00:32:36,200 Ooh! I like kettle corn. 737 00:32:36,266 --> 00:32:38,367 [Lasheeda] Time to check my ice cream. Coming down. 738 00:32:38,367 --> 00:32:40,200 Little legs are going! 739 00:32:40,266 --> 00:32:43,166 I run back to check on my ice cream 740 00:32:43,166 --> 00:32:46,100 and, yeah, it had a little surprise for me. 741 00:32:46,100 --> 00:32:47,867 Overspun. Damn it! 742 00:32:47,867 --> 00:32:49,467 I overspun my ice cream. 743 00:32:49,467 --> 00:32:51,767 Oh, look at that ube ice cream. Wow. 744 00:32:51,767 --> 00:32:55,900 It's rock hard. You can see the fat is not the same. 745 00:32:55,967 --> 00:32:57,166 Oh, no. 746 00:32:57,166 --> 00:32:59,400 -Like frozen butter shards. -[Michael] Oh, no. 747 00:32:59,467 --> 00:33:02,300 I got more base. Don't you trip, you got more base. 748 00:33:02,367 --> 00:33:05,000 I'm not going to panic because I did not 749 00:33:05,066 --> 00:33:07,467 put all of my base into the machine. 750 00:33:07,467 --> 00:33:09,900 Something told me not to spin it all. 751 00:33:09,967 --> 00:33:11,900 Lord, am I happy for that. 752 00:33:11,967 --> 00:33:13,400 I'm going in there a second time. 753 00:33:13,467 --> 00:33:16,667 At this point, I'm wasting time for this ice cream. 754 00:33:16,667 --> 00:33:19,166 Lasheeda is respinning her ice cream. 755 00:33:19,166 --> 00:33:20,467 This is the second attempt. 756 00:33:20,467 --> 00:33:22,767 [Lasheeda] Now it's time to start these lava cakes. 757 00:33:22,767 --> 00:33:24,033 I need to get these in ASAP. 758 00:33:24,066 --> 00:33:28,467 I cracked a couple eggs, I'm going to add some flour 759 00:33:28,467 --> 00:33:32,767 and I'm not adding any sugar to this recipe because I'm adding tons 760 00:33:32,767 --> 00:33:35,100 of that caramelized sweet and condensed milk. 761 00:33:35,166 --> 00:33:39,600 Mix that very well and then portion it into the ramekins. 762 00:33:41,667 --> 00:33:44,367 Okay, cakes are in. All right. 763 00:33:45,367 --> 00:33:47,266 Better. Much better. 764 00:33:47,266 --> 00:33:49,300 The ice cream is looking good. 765 00:33:49,367 --> 00:33:51,400 I'm hoping it's going to be enough. 766 00:33:51,467 --> 00:33:53,767 [Guy] Four minutes. Four minutes to be plated and finished. 767 00:33:55,166 --> 00:33:58,000 I check on the molten cake. They're looking beautiful. 768 00:33:58,066 --> 00:34:02,700 I pull them out the oven, now it's time for plating. 769 00:34:02,767 --> 00:34:05,367 I'm going to put my sweet potato coulis down on the plate, 770 00:34:05,367 --> 00:34:09,467 then I get a little quenelle of the marshmallow fluff 771 00:34:09,467 --> 00:34:13,467 and I'm going to torch that to give it that perfect torchy element. 772 00:34:14,767 --> 00:34:16,367 Then, I put the sweet potato ice cream 773 00:34:16,367 --> 00:34:18,667 in these mini cast-iron skillets, 774 00:34:18,667 --> 00:34:21,500 then I get my chocolate molten cakes on the plate, 775 00:34:21,567 --> 00:34:23,467 dust it with some powdered sugar 776 00:34:23,467 --> 00:34:26,367 and then top the ice cream with the sweet potato garnish. 777 00:34:26,367 --> 00:34:29,300 It's simple but it has some good vibes in there, you know? 778 00:34:29,367 --> 00:34:30,400 [Guy] Three minutes! 779 00:34:30,467 --> 00:34:32,000 [Caleb] The corn muffins are great. 780 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:33,567 There's not much color so I'm going to grab a torch 781 00:34:33,567 --> 00:34:34,867 so I can brown the tops. 782 00:34:34,867 --> 00:34:36,367 I need a little bit of caramelization 783 00:34:36,367 --> 00:34:37,600 to really round out the flavors. 784 00:34:39,500 --> 00:34:41,700 I'm plating my ice cream separate from the cobblers 785 00:34:41,767 --> 00:34:44,467 'cause I don't want the heat from the cobbler to melt the ice cream. 786 00:34:44,467 --> 00:34:45,600 [Guy] 60 seconds! 787 00:34:45,667 --> 00:34:48,667 Let's see which one of you guys look good. 788 00:34:49,667 --> 00:34:52,000 I'm plating these cornbread waffles. 789 00:34:53,867 --> 00:34:56,900 I'm going to pour that blueberry syrup on top. 790 00:34:56,967 --> 00:34:58,667 I need a piping bag. 791 00:34:58,667 --> 00:35:02,667 Now that my corn cream is done I put it in my piping bag 792 00:35:02,667 --> 00:35:05,400 and I want to give them this nice, beautiful rosette on top. 793 00:35:05,467 --> 00:35:06,667 Breakfast in the skillet. 794 00:35:06,667 --> 00:35:08,100 Okay. Yeah, I think that's good. 795 00:35:08,100 --> 00:35:09,767 Ah, my cakes aren't baking. 796 00:35:09,767 --> 00:35:13,266 You got 15 seconds! Pull those cakes, Chef. 797 00:35:13,266 --> 00:35:16,100 [Lasheeda] I'm taking my lava cakes out of the oven 798 00:35:16,166 --> 00:35:18,467 and it's not where I need them to be. 799 00:35:18,467 --> 00:35:21,200 Lasheeda's cakes are not done. 800 00:35:21,266 --> 00:35:23,800 [Lasheeda] I had no choice but to put the ice cream on there. 801 00:35:23,867 --> 00:35:25,567 Sometimes you got to improvise. 802 00:35:25,567 --> 00:35:28,467 I know it's going to melt, but I can sell this. 803 00:35:28,467 --> 00:35:31,867 I'm going to call it a sweet potato custard 804 00:35:31,867 --> 00:35:36,567 and then to finish it off I have my lingonberry, whiskey sauce. 805 00:35:36,567 --> 00:35:38,467 You got to get them on that plate. 806 00:35:38,467 --> 00:35:43,667 Five, four, three, two, one. 807 00:35:43,667 --> 00:35:45,867 Stop working, chefs! 808 00:35:45,867 --> 00:35:47,867 -[applause] -That was rough. 809 00:35:54,500 --> 00:35:57,400 All right, judges, this is it, game two of our dessert game. 810 00:35:57,467 --> 00:35:59,967 The chefs had to make a signature dessert 811 00:35:59,967 --> 00:36:02,367 using one vegetable they tossed for. 812 00:36:02,367 --> 00:36:05,767 The first chef, Sarah, got corn. Please tell us what you made. 813 00:36:05,767 --> 00:36:08,400 Great. So, let's start off with breakfast. 814 00:36:08,467 --> 00:36:11,300 So, they are cornbread waffles. 815 00:36:11,367 --> 00:36:14,100 I made a blueberry syrup with a little bit of lemon 816 00:36:14,166 --> 00:36:17,266 and then I made a kettle corn cream 817 00:36:17,266 --> 00:36:18,367 and it has a little bit of corn 818 00:36:18,367 --> 00:36:20,967 in the cornbread waffle itself. 819 00:36:20,967 --> 00:36:23,166 Sarah, this is a delicious dish. 820 00:36:23,166 --> 00:36:25,100 I cannot believe how much corn flavor 821 00:36:25,166 --> 00:36:29,266 and specifically popcorn flavor you got into that. 822 00:36:29,266 --> 00:36:31,600 You took your whammy ingredient and tripled down on it, 823 00:36:31,667 --> 00:36:33,600 maybe quadrupled down on it. 824 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:37,400 There was frozen corn kernels, popcorn, corn in the cream, corn in the waffle mix, 825 00:36:37,467 --> 00:36:39,066 or [in Boston accent] "waffle," depending on where you're from. 826 00:36:39,066 --> 00:36:41,200 -[laughs] -I think it tastes incredible. 827 00:36:41,266 --> 00:36:46,900 It's such a good breakfast that it's less of a dessert. 828 00:36:48,266 --> 00:36:50,900 Up next, Chef Caleb. You had corn, buddy. Tell us. 829 00:36:50,967 --> 00:36:52,333 My signature dish 830 00:36:52,333 --> 00:36:56,066 is a sweet corn and berry cobbler over a mixed berry compote. 831 00:36:56,066 --> 00:36:59,367 the ice cream itself is a salted butter ice cream. 832 00:36:59,367 --> 00:37:02,667 I think it's delicious. I love a hot, steamy sort of cake 833 00:37:02,667 --> 00:37:04,500 with the cobbler underneath 834 00:37:04,567 --> 00:37:07,066 and then having the melty ice cream on top of it, it's delicious. 835 00:37:07,066 --> 00:37:10,000 This speaks ambition to me. You made your own ice cream. 836 00:37:10,066 --> 00:37:13,500 That's very risky, to make ice cream, but you managed to do it. 837 00:37:13,567 --> 00:37:16,567 Because this is so creative, it definitely says "signature." 838 00:37:16,567 --> 00:37:19,000 For me, the batter is a little bit overworked. 839 00:37:19,066 --> 00:37:21,000 You developed a little bit too much gluten in that 840 00:37:21,066 --> 00:37:22,867 -so it's a little tough. -Thank you. 841 00:37:22,867 --> 00:37:24,367 All right, thank you very much, judges. 842 00:37:24,367 --> 00:37:27,667 Up next, Chef Jamal, sweet potato. What did you make us? 843 00:37:27,667 --> 00:37:30,700 So, I made chocolate molten lava cake 844 00:37:30,767 --> 00:37:34,000 with a sweet potato coulis, sweet potato ice cream, 845 00:37:34,066 --> 00:37:36,767 garnished with fresh sweet potato fries. 846 00:37:36,767 --> 00:37:39,567 There's also a little toasted meringue on there. 847 00:37:39,567 --> 00:37:44,066 Chef Jamal has nailed a molten cake. 848 00:37:44,066 --> 00:37:46,100 I know three-star chefs who can't do that. 849 00:37:46,100 --> 00:37:48,200 Nicely done, my friend. 850 00:37:48,266 --> 00:37:52,467 This is like a tasting of sweet potatoes dessert and I think that's very smart 851 00:37:52,467 --> 00:37:55,066 because you've got all these individual little components 852 00:37:55,066 --> 00:37:58,467 that you can enjoy separately, but you can also eat them together. 853 00:37:58,467 --> 00:37:59,834 Thank you. 854 00:37:59,834 --> 00:38:02,266 I appreciate that you're giving me three types of sweet potato, 855 00:38:02,266 --> 00:38:04,200 but I might like it more if the ice cream 856 00:38:04,266 --> 00:38:06,400 -was just plopped on the top. -Thank you. 857 00:38:06,467 --> 00:38:09,000 Not to be out done, the one and only Chef Lasheeda. 858 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:10,266 What do you have for them? 859 00:38:10,266 --> 00:38:15,100 My signature dish is a dulce de leche lava cake with ube 860 00:38:15,166 --> 00:38:16,867 and then to bring some tartness in 861 00:38:16,867 --> 00:38:20,000 is a lingonberry, whiskey sauce. 862 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:23,367 Wow. The flavors in this dish are sublime. 863 00:38:23,367 --> 00:38:26,300 You're lava cake did not actually turn out, right? 864 00:38:26,367 --> 00:38:28,667 Well, I didn't have time to turn it out. 865 00:38:28,667 --> 00:38:29,767 -[Rocco] Right. -[laughs] 866 00:38:29,767 --> 00:38:32,400 I think you've invented something new here 867 00:38:32,467 --> 00:38:36,000 that is sort of beyond comprehension. 868 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:40,300 I love that you partnered the very, very sweet caramel sauce 869 00:38:40,367 --> 00:38:42,266 with the lingonberry sauce. 870 00:38:42,266 --> 00:38:46,266 I love the color of this ube ice cream. I thought it was brilliant. 871 00:38:46,266 --> 00:38:48,367 I think the dulce de leche with the sweet potato, 872 00:38:48,367 --> 00:38:49,500 brilliant flavor combination. 873 00:38:49,567 --> 00:38:52,667 For me, the batter is a little underbaked. 874 00:38:52,667 --> 00:38:55,767 -Thank you. -Chefs, awesome job. 875 00:38:55,767 --> 00:38:57,467 We're going to send you back to your kitchens. 876 00:38:57,467 --> 00:38:59,967 We will call you back when we have a decision. Thank you. Excellent job. 877 00:38:59,967 --> 00:39:01,000 Thank you. 878 00:39:02,367 --> 00:39:03,634 Thank you. 879 00:39:03,634 --> 00:39:05,333 [Guy] Remember, we have 20 points available in gameplay, 880 00:39:05,367 --> 00:39:10,200 20 points available in taste and 10 points for plating for a possible of 50 points. 881 00:39:10,266 --> 00:39:14,300 The question is, "Whose signature dessert would you pay $20,000 for?" 882 00:39:18,700 --> 00:39:23,367 Let's take a look. Sarah, 20 points for gameplay. You get 15. 883 00:39:23,367 --> 00:39:28,567 20 in taste, 16. Plating for an eight for a total of 39 884 00:39:28,567 --> 00:39:31,667 and there you have a 77. 885 00:39:31,667 --> 00:39:38,367 Jamal, 18 in gameplay, 18 in taste, 886 00:39:38,367 --> 00:39:41,467 nine in plating. Big score! 887 00:39:41,467 --> 00:39:44,400 45, coming in at 83. 888 00:39:45,567 --> 00:39:47,367 That's monster. 889 00:39:47,367 --> 00:39:53,000 Caleb, you are going to need a 45 to take the title. 890 00:39:53,066 --> 00:39:58,100 16 in gameplay, 15 in taste, eight in plating for a 39. 891 00:39:58,166 --> 00:40:02,166 Doesn't retain his title at 78. 892 00:40:02,166 --> 00:40:05,367 Lasheeda, as Chef Rocco said, you probably invented something new 893 00:40:05,367 --> 00:40:08,000 and the judges were impressed. Let's take a look. 894 00:40:08,066 --> 00:40:13,767 16 in gameplay, 16 in taste, eight in plating for a 40. 895 00:40:13,767 --> 00:40:16,300 Wow, nice score of a 77. 896 00:40:16,367 --> 00:40:18,000 So, there you have it ladies and gentlemen, 897 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:20,266 our winner, Chef Jamal with an 83. 898 00:40:20,266 --> 00:40:21,600 [all applauding] 899 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:26,367 Sarah, Caleb and Lasheeda, great job, wonderful to have you. 900 00:40:26,367 --> 00:40:27,767 -Thank you very much. -Thank you. 901 00:40:27,767 --> 00:40:29,166 [applauding] 902 00:40:29,166 --> 00:40:31,867 I truly wanted to win, but Chef Jamal, 903 00:40:31,867 --> 00:40:34,600 he deserves it with a score of 83. 904 00:40:34,667 --> 00:40:37,400 Coming on Guy's Grocery Games was a dream come true 905 00:40:37,467 --> 00:40:39,367 and now, when I go home and I watch it, 906 00:40:39,367 --> 00:40:40,900 I'm still going to scream at the TV 907 00:40:40,967 --> 00:40:42,567 and tell them exactly what to do 908 00:40:42,567 --> 00:40:45,300 even though apparently I didn't know either. [laughs] 909 00:40:50,567 --> 00:40:52,200 -So, are you ready to win some cash? -Yes. 910 00:40:52,266 --> 00:40:55,100 All right. Flavortown Market offers its customers 911 00:40:55,100 --> 00:40:58,500 two fantastic choices about how to win up to $20,000. 912 00:40:58,567 --> 00:41:01,200 Now, the first one we like to call "the recipe spree." 913 00:41:01,266 --> 00:41:03,767 Every ingredient you grab, you get $2,000. 914 00:41:03,767 --> 00:41:07,066 Or we can skip the running around part 915 00:41:07,066 --> 00:41:10,166 and there is a mystery check right behind that door. 916 00:41:10,166 --> 00:41:12,166 -Go ahead and look over your shoulder. -Oh, Lord. 917 00:41:12,166 --> 00:41:16,667 [Guy] Anywhere from $8,000 to $20,000. 918 00:41:16,667 --> 00:41:22,200 -Check behind the door or run around the store. -Well... 919 00:41:26,667 --> 00:41:28,900 I hope you guys are generous. I want the check. 920 00:41:28,967 --> 00:41:30,100 -Yay! -You chose the check! 921 00:41:30,166 --> 00:41:31,467 -[Damaris] Okay. -Yeah. 922 00:41:31,467 --> 00:41:32,767 Show us that check! 923 00:41:34,100 --> 00:41:40,100 -15-5! That's great! -$15,500! Congratulations, my friend! 924 00:41:40,100 --> 00:41:45,266 -[all applauding] -[Jamal] I'm coming home with a smile and $15,500. 925 00:41:45,266 --> 00:41:50,600 GGG desserts! Bup, bup, bup! Virgin Island to the world! 926 00:41:50,667 --> 00:41:51,667 And that's what happens 927 00:41:51,667 --> 00:41:53,166 when we have the dessert games. 928 00:41:53,166 --> 00:41:54,967 Meet the champ, the guy that took them down! 929 00:41:54,967 --> 00:41:58,000 -[cheering] Great job! -And we'll see you next time on Guy's Grocery Games, adiós!