1 00:00:00,867 --> 00:00:02,401 Tonight, three of GGG's favorite moms 2 00:00:02,435 --> 00:00:04,503 are playing Grocery Games at home. 3 00:00:04,537 --> 00:00:05,404 - Come on. - All right. 4 00:00:05,438 --> 00:00:06,605 Boom shaka laka. 5 00:00:06,639 --> 00:00:08,607 Showing us how it's done. 6 00:00:08,641 --> 00:00:09,742 It's a special occasion. 7 00:00:09,776 --> 00:00:11,377 I shouldn't have to work this hard. 8 00:00:11,411 --> 00:00:13,012 Welcome to being a mom. 9 00:00:13,046 --> 00:00:14,580 Judge me all you want. This is good. 10 00:00:14,614 --> 00:00:18,417 [Guy] It's Moms Cook Best right now on GGG Delivery. 11 00:00:18,451 --> 00:00:21,453 [upbeat music playing] 12 00:00:21,488 --> 00:00:25,057 Hunter, I think we're about to learn why moms rule. 13 00:00:25,091 --> 00:00:26,892 Yeah, I think you're right. Let's meet our moms. 14 00:00:26,926 --> 00:00:29,661 [Guy] First up, we have Food Network star, cookbook author 15 00:00:29,696 --> 00:00:31,764 and mother of four adorable girls, 16 00:00:31,798 --> 00:00:34,600 the one and only Chef Melissa d'Arabian. 17 00:00:34,634 --> 00:00:37,503 [upbeat music playing] 18 00:00:37,537 --> 00:00:39,671 Being a mom is everything to me. 19 00:00:39,706 --> 00:00:41,807 I have so many different palates. 20 00:00:41,841 --> 00:00:43,509 I've so many different dietary requirements 21 00:00:43,543 --> 00:00:45,944 in my family, and I cook for them all the time. 22 00:00:45,979 --> 00:00:49,648 So I know that whatever Guy is gonna send me 23 00:00:49,682 --> 00:00:51,383 is gonna to be crazy. 24 00:00:51,418 --> 00:00:53,485 But I've got four teenage daughters. 25 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:54,453 You can't scare me, Guy. 26 00:00:54,487 --> 00:00:55,687 - Hello there. - Hi, chef. 27 00:00:55,722 --> 00:00:56,822 - [Melissa] Hello. - [Guy] Next, 28 00:00:56,856 --> 00:01:00,359 co-founder of One Potato and a private smoothie chef 29 00:01:00,393 --> 00:01:01,593 to three growing kids, 30 00:01:01,628 --> 00:01:03,462 one of our GGG OGs, 31 00:01:03,496 --> 00:01:05,631 give it up for Catherine McCord. 32 00:01:05,665 --> 00:01:07,299 Hey, Guy. Hey, Hunter. 33 00:01:07,333 --> 00:01:08,667 [upbeat music playing] 34 00:01:08,701 --> 00:01:10,736 The best part about being a mom and getting to work 35 00:01:10,770 --> 00:01:12,805 from home is that my kids are cooking with me 36 00:01:12,839 --> 00:01:15,474 all day long. They're coming up with recipes, 37 00:01:15,508 --> 00:01:16,608 they're inspiring me. 38 00:01:16,643 --> 00:01:18,644 So hopefully I'm prepared. 39 00:01:18,678 --> 00:01:20,612 Are you in the same kitchen as Melissa? 40 00:01:20,647 --> 00:01:22,815 - Because it looks like it. - She's right there. 41 00:01:22,849 --> 00:01:24,683 - Isn't that crazy? - That's what it seems like. 42 00:01:24,717 --> 00:01:26,752 And finally, Food Network star, supermom 43 00:01:26,786 --> 00:01:29,288 and host to Tregaye's Way the one and only 44 00:01:29,322 --> 00:01:30,489 Tregaye Fraser. 45 00:01:30,523 --> 00:01:31,356 - What up? - [Guy] Hello there. 46 00:01:31,391 --> 00:01:33,192 Hi. 47 00:01:33,226 --> 00:01:34,626 [upbeat music playing] 48 00:01:34,661 --> 00:01:37,463 I am a supermom, okay? 49 00:01:37,497 --> 00:01:39,098 Cooking for the celebrities, 50 00:01:39,132 --> 00:01:40,699 cooking for the president, nothing compares 51 00:01:40,733 --> 00:01:44,436 to the demanding bellies of my boys. 52 00:01:44,471 --> 00:01:46,972 They don't play, they ready and they want it now. 53 00:01:47,006 --> 00:01:49,308 You know what? I've judged GGG Delivery 54 00:01:49,342 --> 00:01:50,609 before so I know when Guy 55 00:01:50,643 --> 00:01:52,444 sends these boxes, it's a problem. 56 00:01:52,479 --> 00:01:53,812 But I'm ready for them. At the end of the day, 57 00:01:53,847 --> 00:01:58,217 moms can do anything. So bring it on. Bring it on. 58 00:01:58,251 --> 00:01:59,485 [Guy laughs] 59 00:01:59,519 --> 00:02:01,720 Anyhow, moms, welcome to GGG Delivery. 60 00:02:01,754 --> 00:02:04,490 They say the mom... And we know this for a fact 61 00:02:04,524 --> 00:02:06,425 in our house, the mom does the work 62 00:02:06,459 --> 00:02:08,660 of 20 people and honestly, 63 00:02:08,695 --> 00:02:10,662 - most of it is for free. - Yeah. 64 00:02:10,697 --> 00:02:13,599 [Hunter] But to thank you, we sent you two big boxes 65 00:02:13,633 --> 00:02:16,401 of groceries, courtesy of GGG Delivery. 66 00:02:16,436 --> 00:02:17,402 That is a big thank you. 67 00:02:17,437 --> 00:02:18,770 - [Hunter] Mmm-hmm. - [Guy] Plus, we're inviting 68 00:02:18,805 --> 00:02:20,806 you to play a couple of our twisted Grocery Games 69 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,009 because you don't get enough crazy experience 70 00:02:24,043 --> 00:02:25,677 in your house, we thought we'd bring you some more. 71 00:02:25,712 --> 00:02:26,678 Okay. 72 00:02:26,713 --> 00:02:29,515 You're gonna get judged on gameplay, creativity, 73 00:02:29,549 --> 00:02:33,752 plating, and your description of your taste of your dish. 74 00:02:33,786 --> 00:02:36,522 [Hunter] But best of all, the chef with the highest 75 00:02:36,556 --> 00:02:38,390 combined score after both rounds 76 00:02:38,424 --> 00:02:41,126 will get a shot at winning the $20,000. 77 00:02:41,161 --> 00:02:43,195 [Tregaye] Ooh. 78 00:02:43,229 --> 00:02:44,563 [upbeat music playing] 79 00:02:44,597 --> 00:02:46,365 [Guy] Now, you're not only moms, 80 00:02:46,399 --> 00:02:47,799 you're also wizards in the kitchen 81 00:02:47,834 --> 00:02:51,470 and we thought we would have you start off by 82 00:02:51,504 --> 00:02:53,705 making an updated childhood favorite. 83 00:02:53,740 --> 00:02:57,142 Show America how to take a dish that kids love 84 00:02:57,177 --> 00:03:00,946 or you loved as a kid and give it kind of a fresh twist. 85 00:03:00,980 --> 00:03:02,648 [Hunter] Sure, sure. So to make things easier, 86 00:03:02,682 --> 00:03:04,816 your Game 1 box includes some of kids' favorite 87 00:03:04,851 --> 00:03:05,584 ingredients. 88 00:03:05,618 --> 00:03:07,419 [Guy] Kids' favorite ingredients. 89 00:03:07,453 --> 00:03:09,188 - Yes. - I can't wait. Hunter. 90 00:03:09,222 --> 00:03:10,756 Chefs, go ahead and open up your boxes. 91 00:03:10,790 --> 00:03:13,058 [Tregaye] Now, I like presents. But... 92 00:03:13,092 --> 00:03:14,726 I don't know if I'mma like this present. 93 00:03:14,761 --> 00:03:19,064 That's really light. Oh. I'm intrigued. 94 00:03:20,567 --> 00:03:23,402 Guy, this isn't as heavy as usual. 95 00:03:23,436 --> 00:03:25,103 [Melissa] What the heck? 96 00:03:25,138 --> 00:03:26,672 [Tregaye] What? 97 00:03:26,706 --> 00:03:29,575 [Guy] Hang on a second. I'm sorry, chefs. 98 00:03:29,609 --> 00:03:31,610 Hunter, everything's in paper bags. 99 00:03:31,644 --> 00:03:34,346 Right. No. I packed them all a sack lunch. 100 00:03:34,380 --> 00:03:37,149 - Like their kids would have. - What? 101 00:03:38,785 --> 00:03:40,419 - Pretzels. - You got cheese sticks. 102 00:03:40,453 --> 00:03:41,853 You already made the sandwich? 103 00:03:41,888 --> 00:03:43,355 - [Hunter] Yeah. - [Guy] Honey crisp apple, 104 00:03:43,389 --> 00:03:45,857 - my favorite. - Baby carrots. 105 00:03:45,892 --> 00:03:47,659 - [Guy] Little yogurt. - [Catherine] Juice box. 106 00:03:47,694 --> 00:03:49,461 [Guy] Chefs, I apologize. Hunter. 107 00:03:49,495 --> 00:03:50,662 - Yes. - I understand the idea. 108 00:03:50,697 --> 00:03:51,797 - Right. - Where's all the gourmet 109 00:03:51,831 --> 00:03:53,865 ingredients? You're gonna twist things up, 110 00:03:53,900 --> 00:03:54,833 make them exciting. 111 00:03:54,867 --> 00:03:57,269 Put a twist on a kid favorite, where is that? 112 00:03:57,303 --> 00:03:58,537 In their pantries. Come on. 113 00:03:58,571 --> 00:04:01,373 Go with the flow here. 114 00:04:01,407 --> 00:04:02,708 All right. Pick up what you're laying down. 115 00:04:02,742 --> 00:04:03,742 All right, moms. 116 00:04:03,776 --> 00:04:05,911 I'm sorry, we didn't give you more to work with. 117 00:04:05,945 --> 00:04:06,878 Uh... 118 00:04:06,913 --> 00:04:09,548 [Guy] But don't worry, we're gonna let you raid 119 00:04:09,582 --> 00:04:11,450 your own fridges and pantries 120 00:04:11,484 --> 00:04:12,784 and find all the ingredients you need 121 00:04:12,819 --> 00:04:15,220 to make your winning dish because we're playing 122 00:04:15,255 --> 00:04:16,688 Flip This Bag Lunch. 123 00:04:16,723 --> 00:04:17,689 Okay. 124 00:04:17,724 --> 00:04:19,625 [Hunter] They have to use three of these items. 125 00:04:19,659 --> 00:04:21,560 [Guy] So they have to either use the yogurt, 126 00:04:21,594 --> 00:04:23,328 - the pretzels. - [Hunter] Yes. 127 00:04:23,363 --> 00:04:25,297 [Guy] The Apple, the juice, the carrots, 128 00:04:25,331 --> 00:04:27,099 the string cheese, or the sandwich. 129 00:04:27,133 --> 00:04:28,700 - [Hunter] That's correct. - Any three things I want? 130 00:04:28,735 --> 00:04:30,769 Any three things from the bag. 131 00:04:30,803 --> 00:04:31,903 - Okay. - [Guy] So, 30 minutes 132 00:04:31,938 --> 00:04:35,641 to prepare and plate your updated childhood favorite. 133 00:04:35,675 --> 00:04:37,442 - All right. - Melissa, I know 134 00:04:37,477 --> 00:04:39,011 you wanna go quickly. 135 00:04:39,045 --> 00:04:40,545 You have to wait for the three, two, one go. 136 00:04:40,580 --> 00:04:42,614 Make sure that everything's ready, okay? 137 00:04:42,648 --> 00:04:46,218 [clock ticking] 138 00:04:46,252 --> 00:04:47,452 Okay. 139 00:04:47,487 --> 00:04:50,088 [upbeat music playing] 140 00:04:50,123 --> 00:04:51,490 [laughs] 141 00:04:51,524 --> 00:04:53,058 Was that it? 142 00:04:53,092 --> 00:04:55,193 [gasp] 143 00:04:55,228 --> 00:04:56,194 That was good. 144 00:04:56,229 --> 00:04:59,731 Okay. I have to do a updated childhood favorite 145 00:04:59,766 --> 00:05:01,667 using ingredients from this bag lunch. 146 00:05:01,701 --> 00:05:04,603 Why? I thought this was Mother's Day, this is my day. 147 00:05:04,637 --> 00:05:08,273 So I think I'm gonna make a fried bologna sandwich 148 00:05:08,308 --> 00:05:10,642 because I used to love fried bologna when I was a kid. 149 00:05:10,677 --> 00:05:13,312 Lucky for me, my kids are boujee [laughs] 150 00:05:13,346 --> 00:05:16,481 they really just like elevated food. 151 00:05:16,516 --> 00:05:18,750 The string cheese is inspiring me to make 152 00:05:18,785 --> 00:05:21,486 one of my favorites, pimento cheese. 153 00:05:21,521 --> 00:05:24,456 That is a staple in the South. Boom, boom, boom. 154 00:05:24,490 --> 00:05:26,725 I'm gonna toss that into my mixer with this 155 00:05:26,759 --> 00:05:28,527 cheddar cheese and some cream cheese. 156 00:05:28,561 --> 00:05:30,362 Got that in there boom, boom, boom. 157 00:05:30,396 --> 00:05:32,831 So I don't have pimentos. 158 00:05:32,865 --> 00:05:35,667 So I'm gonna do peppers. You gotta do... 159 00:05:35,702 --> 00:05:37,469 As a mom, you gotta be able to just 160 00:05:37,503 --> 00:05:38,870 work out with what you work out. 161 00:05:38,905 --> 00:05:43,675 And there I'll hit you with one of these here. Ooh. 162 00:05:43,710 --> 00:05:45,744 You know, mama used to have the bologna back in the day 163 00:05:45,778 --> 00:05:47,646 with a little red string, that thin bologna. 164 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:49,681 No. We need the thick, thicky, okay? 165 00:05:49,716 --> 00:05:51,550 'Cause my sons, they like to eat. 166 00:05:51,584 --> 00:05:54,553 That's it right there. I want me a nice thick cut. 167 00:05:54,587 --> 00:05:57,856 My kids greedy like me, honey. They want it all. 168 00:05:57,890 --> 00:06:02,294 Ooh, that pimento cheese is looking... Ooh, ooh, ooh. 169 00:06:02,328 --> 00:06:03,695 [Hunter] I'm gonna have a juice box. 170 00:06:03,730 --> 00:06:05,464 - Is it good? - [Hunter] Yeah. 171 00:06:05,498 --> 00:06:06,932 I haven't had one of these in so long. 172 00:06:06,966 --> 00:06:09,434 It's making me hyper already. I can feel there's too much 173 00:06:09,469 --> 00:06:10,369 sugar in that. 174 00:06:10,403 --> 00:06:12,437 [Melissa] Oh, I know what I'm doing. 175 00:06:12,472 --> 00:06:14,740 Yes. Yep. 176 00:06:14,774 --> 00:06:16,875 So the ingredients are these brown bag lunches 177 00:06:16,909 --> 00:06:20,512 but we have access to our entire pantry. 178 00:06:20,546 --> 00:06:25,617 All right. So I bought this for my kids' dinner tonight. 179 00:06:25,651 --> 00:06:27,552 I guess that's not happening. 180 00:06:27,587 --> 00:06:30,555 My first thought is to make a pork schnitzel 181 00:06:30,590 --> 00:06:33,959 sandwich in honor of my grandmother. 182 00:06:33,993 --> 00:06:39,164 So, I'll use the pretzel as my breading. 183 00:06:39,198 --> 00:06:40,499 All right. 184 00:06:40,533 --> 00:06:44,703 My grandma used to make schnitzel pork cutlet, 185 00:06:44,737 --> 00:06:48,473 breaded and deep-fried all the time. 186 00:06:48,508 --> 00:06:51,109 Let's get this guy going. 187 00:06:51,144 --> 00:06:52,411 There we go. 188 00:06:52,445 --> 00:06:55,747 And I'm gonna do sauteed cabbage to put on top. 189 00:06:55,782 --> 00:06:56,748 There we go. 190 00:06:56,783 --> 00:07:00,519 Get it going in a pan with a little bit of oil. 191 00:07:00,553 --> 00:07:02,320 And then I need to use these apples. 192 00:07:02,355 --> 00:07:03,889 So, I cube them up. 193 00:07:03,923 --> 00:07:06,525 They're gonna go in the cabbage and give it some tang. 194 00:07:06,559 --> 00:07:08,560 So good. 195 00:07:08,594 --> 00:07:11,263 I can smell the cabbage already. 196 00:07:12,598 --> 00:07:15,467 Updated childhood favorite. Okay. Okay. 197 00:07:15,501 --> 00:07:18,937 One of my favorite foods growing up was fried chicken. 198 00:07:18,971 --> 00:07:21,306 I mean, I'm from Kentucky after all. 199 00:07:21,340 --> 00:07:23,108 I love fried chicken so much. 200 00:07:23,142 --> 00:07:24,743 And so I think I'm gonna do a pretzel fried chicken. 201 00:07:24,777 --> 00:07:27,646 The pretzels are gonna add crunch, a good amount of salt. 202 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,415 But they're also gonna give a golden crust. 203 00:07:30,450 --> 00:07:32,751 Really good. 204 00:07:32,785 --> 00:07:35,020 So I wanna get a little bit more crunch so 205 00:07:35,054 --> 00:07:35,987 I grab some panko. 206 00:07:36,022 --> 00:07:37,522 All right. So we're gonna do a little breading 207 00:07:37,557 --> 00:07:39,424 station here. 208 00:07:39,459 --> 00:07:41,393 Flour. 209 00:07:41,427 --> 00:07:43,562 Whisking up some eggs. 210 00:07:43,596 --> 00:07:45,397 I mean, this is like my grandmother. 211 00:07:45,431 --> 00:07:46,598 Like, this is like her style. 212 00:07:46,632 --> 00:07:48,400 I remember the breading station, 213 00:07:48,434 --> 00:07:49,734 she'd have everything out 214 00:07:49,769 --> 00:07:52,571 and I'd be, like, watching her like so excited. 215 00:07:52,605 --> 00:07:54,739 Whoo. My heart is pounding. 216 00:07:54,774 --> 00:07:57,409 All right, dredge, dredge, dredge. 217 00:07:57,443 --> 00:07:58,810 I'm gonna wanna put every bit of this. 218 00:07:58,845 --> 00:08:01,613 That's, like, why the fried chicken is so good, 219 00:08:01,647 --> 00:08:05,484 right in a good amount of warm oil and bam, 220 00:08:05,518 --> 00:08:07,552 we're gonna make that fried chicken 221 00:08:07,587 --> 00:08:09,521 with pretzel crust magic. 222 00:08:09,555 --> 00:08:13,625 Ooh. Speak to me. 223 00:08:13,659 --> 00:08:15,861 [Hunter] Our incredible GGG moms 224 00:08:15,895 --> 00:08:17,662 are busy doing the impossible. 225 00:08:17,697 --> 00:08:19,598 In other words, they're doing the same thing 226 00:08:19,632 --> 00:08:20,699 they do every day. 227 00:08:20,733 --> 00:08:21,666 Boom. 228 00:08:21,701 --> 00:08:24,970 [Hunter] More of moms' magic when we return. 229 00:08:27,773 --> 00:08:30,342 [upbeat music playing] 230 00:08:30,376 --> 00:08:32,344 [Guy] Chefs, we're at the halfway point, 231 00:08:32,378 --> 00:08:34,279 you got 15 minutes left. 232 00:08:34,313 --> 00:08:35,680 Whoa. That was fast. 233 00:08:35,715 --> 00:08:38,483 And standing by to critique these moms' meals 234 00:08:38,518 --> 00:08:40,752 is the mother of all judging panels, 235 00:08:40,786 --> 00:08:43,688 renowned restaurateur, proud mother of Xea, 236 00:08:43,723 --> 00:08:45,524 the one and only Warrior Princess 237 00:08:45,558 --> 00:08:48,527 Chef Antonia Lofaso. 238 00:08:48,561 --> 00:08:49,594 - Hi, there. - Hi, Guy. 239 00:08:49,629 --> 00:08:51,663 [Guy] Food Network star, amazing mother of two, 240 00:08:51,697 --> 00:08:53,698 the one and only Spice Queen herself, 241 00:08:53,733 --> 00:08:56,801 - Chef Aarti Sequeira. - Hey everybody. 242 00:08:56,836 --> 00:08:57,836 Hi, Aarti. 243 00:08:57,870 --> 00:08:59,804 [Guy] And award-winning food critic and the guy 244 00:08:59,839 --> 00:09:02,307 that got cut from the Step Brothers cast, 245 00:09:02,341 --> 00:09:04,943 the one and only, Troy Johnson. 246 00:09:04,977 --> 00:09:07,445 All right, judges. Here you are, 247 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:09,714 you see that the fearless competitors 248 00:09:09,749 --> 00:09:12,617 who are also moms have some very difficult 249 00:09:12,685 --> 00:09:14,853 deliveries. We sent them the first round 250 00:09:14,887 --> 00:09:16,855 in a brown paper bag and they've got to make 251 00:09:16,889 --> 00:09:19,190 a twist on a childhood favorite. 252 00:09:19,225 --> 00:09:20,592 Hope you're excited. 253 00:09:20,626 --> 00:09:23,628 My mom actually, and I'm not just saying this, 254 00:09:23,663 --> 00:09:26,131 made the best lunches for me. 255 00:09:26,165 --> 00:09:27,209 Aww. 256 00:09:27,233 --> 00:09:28,300 - Troy. - I mean, come on. 257 00:09:28,334 --> 00:09:29,901 Everybody grew up with a sack lunch. 258 00:09:29,936 --> 00:09:31,536 It's just like the greasy food kind of coming through 259 00:09:31,571 --> 00:09:33,738 the bag. Half of your food 260 00:09:33,773 --> 00:09:34,739 will be outside of the bag by the time you ate it. 261 00:09:34,774 --> 00:09:38,009 [Guy] Tregaye, what's going on there? 262 00:09:38,044 --> 00:09:40,145 I am making fried bologna sandwiches. 263 00:09:40,179 --> 00:09:41,212 [Hunter] Ooh. 264 00:09:41,247 --> 00:09:43,315 With bacon, pimento cheese. 265 00:09:43,349 --> 00:09:44,883 Woo. I'm excited. 266 00:09:44,917 --> 00:09:47,786 [Guy] Fried bologna sandwich. That's my middle name. 267 00:09:47,820 --> 00:09:51,556 Classic. I'm gonna make my apple slaw. 268 00:09:51,591 --> 00:09:53,491 We got to update a classic, right? 269 00:09:53,526 --> 00:09:55,460 And mama wasn't making slaw for me back in the days. 270 00:09:55,494 --> 00:09:57,295 But I'll tell you who does makes slaw, 271 00:09:57,330 --> 00:09:58,797 this mama for Zayire and Tresean. 272 00:09:58,831 --> 00:10:01,266 Something healthy to go along with it, 273 00:10:01,300 --> 00:10:02,767 utilizing some of the carrot. 274 00:10:02,802 --> 00:10:05,670 My kids eat good, you know? Carrots and apples. 275 00:10:05,705 --> 00:10:10,308 And honestly, I've used one, 276 00:10:10,343 --> 00:10:13,011 two, three. 277 00:10:14,513 --> 00:10:15,714 I used all my ingredients. 278 00:10:15,748 --> 00:10:17,816 I think I'm still gonna use some of the yogurt. 279 00:10:17,850 --> 00:10:19,718 My boys like slaw with honey. But you know what? 280 00:10:19,752 --> 00:10:21,653 Since Guy wants us to use these ingredients from 281 00:10:21,687 --> 00:10:24,522 this bag, I'mma use a little vanilla yogurt instead. 282 00:10:24,557 --> 00:10:26,591 I always make it a little sweet. 283 00:10:26,626 --> 00:10:27,892 The kids love when you keep it sweet, you know? 284 00:10:27,927 --> 00:10:30,762 Going the extra mile and taking another ingredient. 285 00:10:30,796 --> 00:10:32,464 I mean, because I don't have to, but, you know, 286 00:10:32,498 --> 00:10:35,066 when you're a overachiever, 287 00:10:35,101 --> 00:10:35,800 you know what I'm saying? 288 00:10:35,835 --> 00:10:37,469 You gotta do what you gotta do. 289 00:10:37,503 --> 00:10:40,505 Okay. Ooh. Okay. We'll set the bun on fire. 290 00:10:40,539 --> 00:10:43,541 We gonna make sure it's toasted. 291 00:10:43,576 --> 00:10:45,543 [Guy] Melissa, how are we doing? 292 00:10:45,578 --> 00:10:46,745 Give us a little rundown. 293 00:10:46,779 --> 00:10:49,748 I am making a schnitzel sandwich 294 00:10:49,782 --> 00:10:53,718 with cabbage and apples after my grandma. 295 00:10:53,753 --> 00:10:56,955 Now, would your kids like a schnitzel cabbage, 296 00:10:56,989 --> 00:10:57,789 apple sandwich? 297 00:10:57,823 --> 00:11:00,492 Oh, yes. I'm... And who doesn't love 298 00:11:00,526 --> 00:11:02,761 a fried piece of breaded pork? 299 00:11:02,795 --> 00:11:04,596 [Aarti] There's a lot about Melissa's dish 300 00:11:04,630 --> 00:11:05,697 that makes sense. 301 00:11:05,731 --> 00:11:08,566 I love the combination of pork 302 00:11:08,601 --> 00:11:11,403 with pretzels, with cabbage. 303 00:11:11,470 --> 00:11:14,339 It's all kind of going in this sort of German, 304 00:11:14,373 --> 00:11:16,441 Eastern European direction. 305 00:11:16,475 --> 00:11:18,476 You want a beer with it is what you're saying? 306 00:11:18,511 --> 00:11:21,346 I would like a stein of beer, please. 307 00:11:21,380 --> 00:11:22,614 I know what we'll do with our carrots. 308 00:11:22,648 --> 00:11:24,883 We will give them a little bit of spice. 309 00:11:24,917 --> 00:11:28,887 Roasting carrots and seasoning them is a nice 310 00:11:28,921 --> 00:11:31,589 update to that little bag of carrots that we used 311 00:11:31,624 --> 00:11:33,758 to get when we were in like second grade. 312 00:11:33,793 --> 00:11:37,162 I'm getting a little bit of chipotle powder. 313 00:11:37,196 --> 00:11:38,496 Whoo-hoo-hoo. 314 00:11:38,531 --> 00:11:39,664 There we go. 315 00:11:39,699 --> 00:11:41,666 And I decide that I'm gonna make a little dip 316 00:11:41,701 --> 00:11:42,734 to go with the carrots. 317 00:11:42,768 --> 00:11:45,704 I use Greek yogurt, a little bit of lemon, 318 00:11:45,738 --> 00:11:48,506 and some chopped pickled onion. 319 00:11:48,541 --> 00:11:49,641 Okay. 320 00:11:49,675 --> 00:11:51,476 All right. Let's see how these guys are doing over here. 321 00:11:51,510 --> 00:11:53,111 You look good. 322 00:11:53,145 --> 00:11:54,479 So as I'm looking at the pork, 323 00:11:54,513 --> 00:11:56,614 I realize that if I'm cooking 324 00:11:56,649 --> 00:12:00,452 for my family, one of my girls is not represented. 325 00:12:00,486 --> 00:12:03,455 I decided I'm making one for my 326 00:12:03,489 --> 00:12:05,056 gluten-free vegetarian daughter. 327 00:12:05,091 --> 00:12:08,860 So, I'm making a meal that everybody can eat. 328 00:12:08,894 --> 00:12:11,629 So for the vegetarian gluten-free version, 329 00:12:11,664 --> 00:12:13,765 I've got a gluten-free bun. 330 00:12:13,799 --> 00:12:17,569 Okay. I use cucumber and kale to make up 331 00:12:17,603 --> 00:12:19,537 the bulk of the sandwich. 332 00:12:19,572 --> 00:12:22,207 I have about a thousand different 333 00:12:22,241 --> 00:12:23,608 dietary requirements. 334 00:12:23,642 --> 00:12:26,111 Welcome to being a mom. 335 00:12:26,145 --> 00:12:28,346 [Guy] Catherine, what's going on there, sister? 336 00:12:28,380 --> 00:12:30,281 Tell me. You got apples and... 337 00:12:30,316 --> 00:12:32,784 [Catherine] Yes. I'm gonna make an apple carrot slaw, 338 00:12:32,818 --> 00:12:36,354 even thinking about putting a little peanut sauce on it, 339 00:12:36,388 --> 00:12:38,389 and then I'm gonna do fried chicken. 340 00:12:38,424 --> 00:12:41,826 My kids love fried chicken to say the least. 341 00:12:41,861 --> 00:12:43,461 - That sounds delicious. - I love it. 342 00:12:43,496 --> 00:12:44,896 I love it. Eight minutes. 343 00:12:44,930 --> 00:12:48,533 [Catherine] Oh my God. Money, money, money, money. 344 00:12:48,567 --> 00:12:51,336 And then we're just gonna pop these in the oven 345 00:12:51,370 --> 00:12:52,437 to finish them. 346 00:12:52,471 --> 00:12:54,339 When I was growing up, if you had fried chicken, 347 00:12:54,373 --> 00:12:55,340 you had slaw. 348 00:12:55,374 --> 00:12:56,608 Carrots. 349 00:12:56,642 --> 00:12:58,943 For my bag, I'm gonna use carrots and apples 350 00:12:58,978 --> 00:13:01,546 because I'm gonna make a really vibrant slaw. 351 00:13:01,580 --> 00:13:02,881 Beautiful. 352 00:13:02,915 --> 00:13:04,716 Yeah. We're gonna do a sauce that actually... 353 00:13:04,750 --> 00:13:07,252 This is all, like, going back to my kids. 354 00:13:07,286 --> 00:13:10,755 And one thing I know my kids love is this Thai peanut sauce 355 00:13:10,790 --> 00:13:11,756 that I usually make with soba noodles. 356 00:13:11,791 --> 00:13:12,824 If I can find my mayonnaise. 357 00:13:12,858 --> 00:13:15,693 If I can find my mayonnaise, mayonnaise right here. 358 00:13:15,728 --> 00:13:17,896 Grab my blender and I add some mayonnaise, 359 00:13:17,930 --> 00:13:22,433 peanut butter, fresh ginger, fresh garlic, rice vinegar, 360 00:13:22,468 --> 00:13:25,570 a little bit of soy sauce, believe it or not hot water. 361 00:13:25,604 --> 00:13:28,239 Mom tip, to thin out your sauce, 362 00:13:28,274 --> 00:13:29,474 add a touch of hot water. 363 00:13:29,508 --> 00:13:30,642 Here we go. 364 00:13:30,676 --> 00:13:32,477 [Antonia] Are we getting some kind of smoothie 365 00:13:32,511 --> 00:13:33,645 from Catherine? Because I see her 366 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:36,514 with a blender and she's just never safe with a blender. 367 00:13:36,549 --> 00:13:39,284 [Troy] Catherine uses a blender like most people use 368 00:13:39,318 --> 00:13:40,318 a six-burner oven. 369 00:13:40,352 --> 00:13:42,020 [laughs] 370 00:13:43,422 --> 00:13:44,689 Perfect. Okay. 371 00:13:44,723 --> 00:13:46,391 [Guy] Four minutes, four to go. 372 00:13:46,425 --> 00:13:48,059 Pimento cheese me. 373 00:13:48,093 --> 00:13:49,794 The first thing I do is get my buns on the plate, 374 00:13:49,829 --> 00:13:52,664 then I'm adding that pimento cheese right on the bottom. 375 00:13:52,698 --> 00:13:54,566 Boy, I love pimento cheese. 376 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:57,502 I'm gonna smack that piece of bologna right there. 377 00:13:57,536 --> 00:13:58,903 Look at that bologna. 378 00:13:58,938 --> 00:14:02,240 [Tregaye] Bacon and meat. Then I'm gonna add on bacon, 379 00:14:02,274 --> 00:14:04,042 cabbage, my tomato, 380 00:14:04,076 --> 00:14:07,512 and squeeze as much barbecue sauce, as I could possibly 381 00:14:07,546 --> 00:14:10,348 think of on there. Oh. 382 00:14:10,382 --> 00:14:11,583 I'm gonna add my apple carrot slaw 383 00:14:11,617 --> 00:14:13,418 to these ramekins. 384 00:14:13,452 --> 00:14:15,687 Hmm. Growing up, my bologna sandwich 385 00:14:15,721 --> 00:14:18,857 looked absolutely nothing like this. 386 00:14:18,891 --> 00:14:21,492 [Melissa] I'm making two sandwiches on one plate. 387 00:14:21,527 --> 00:14:23,761 So for the vegetarian gluten-free version, 388 00:14:23,796 --> 00:14:27,265 I've got a gluten-free bun, aha, 389 00:14:27,299 --> 00:14:29,400 cucumber and kale, 390 00:14:29,435 --> 00:14:32,604 the sauteed cabbage with the apple. 391 00:14:32,638 --> 00:14:33,738 And then on the other sandwich, 392 00:14:33,772 --> 00:14:38,543 I have the pork loin with a pretzel crust on it. 393 00:14:38,577 --> 00:14:41,613 Add the carrots, add the dipping sauce. 394 00:14:41,647 --> 00:14:44,382 This is lunch, my friends. 395 00:14:44,450 --> 00:14:45,483 Forty seconds, chefs. 396 00:14:45,517 --> 00:14:46,551 [Catherine] Look at that. 397 00:14:46,585 --> 00:14:48,419 I take out my fried chicken. 398 00:14:48,454 --> 00:14:50,688 Thank goodness, it's perfect. 399 00:14:50,723 --> 00:14:52,490 I put my chicken on my plate. 400 00:14:52,524 --> 00:14:54,359 The slaw looks gorgeous. 401 00:14:54,393 --> 00:14:56,327 I'm feeling kinda Zen. 402 00:14:56,362 --> 00:15:01,599 Five, four, three, two, one. 403 00:15:01,634 --> 00:15:03,167 Adjust. That's it. 404 00:15:03,202 --> 00:15:04,369 Whooa. 405 00:15:04,403 --> 00:15:05,370 [Antonia] Go, moms. 406 00:15:05,404 --> 00:15:07,105 [Aarti] Good job, mamas. 407 00:15:07,139 --> 00:15:08,473 - Wow. - Woohoo. 408 00:15:08,507 --> 00:15:11,509 Well done. What is... 409 00:15:11,543 --> 00:15:13,711 Tregaye is having a juice box. That doesn't count 410 00:15:13,746 --> 00:15:15,380 as one of your three, Tregaye. 411 00:15:15,414 --> 00:15:17,515 I want a juice box right now. 412 00:15:17,549 --> 00:15:19,083 [Aarti laughing] 413 00:15:25,491 --> 00:15:27,792 Judges, this is game one of GGG Delivery, 414 00:15:27,826 --> 00:15:28,793 Moms Cook Best. 415 00:15:28,827 --> 00:15:31,663 And our super moms had to flip that sack lunch 416 00:15:31,697 --> 00:15:33,531 into an updated childhood favorite. 417 00:15:33,565 --> 00:15:35,900 First up, Chef Catherine, what do you got? 418 00:15:35,935 --> 00:15:37,969 I went ahead and picked out of the sack lunch 419 00:15:38,003 --> 00:15:41,506 the three things that I knew my kids would absolutely love. 420 00:15:41,540 --> 00:15:44,676 Apple, baby carrots, and pretzels, 421 00:15:44,710 --> 00:15:48,880 and I turned it into a pretzel fried chicken. 422 00:15:48,914 --> 00:15:51,816 You know, fried chicken, you gotta have some slaw. 423 00:15:51,850 --> 00:15:54,585 And I updated it because I... Put kind of, like a little bit 424 00:15:54,620 --> 00:15:56,621 of a Thai spin on it. And it's got like a peanut 425 00:15:56,655 --> 00:15:58,423 butter, it's real good times. 426 00:15:58,457 --> 00:16:02,160 And I'm about to good times this bite. 427 00:16:02,194 --> 00:16:03,127 Hmm. 428 00:16:03,162 --> 00:16:04,562 [Aarti laughing] 429 00:16:04,596 --> 00:16:05,763 I mean what kid doesn't like peanut butter? 430 00:16:05,798 --> 00:16:10,401 The chicken is like moist and juicy in the middle, 431 00:16:10,436 --> 00:16:12,804 crunchy, you get it? Are you feeling this? 432 00:16:12,838 --> 00:16:16,541 [Aarti] Catherine, from one mom to another, 433 00:16:16,575 --> 00:16:18,476 you are truly a super mother. 434 00:16:18,510 --> 00:16:20,611 First of all, fried chicken, brilliant, 435 00:16:20,646 --> 00:16:21,813 so smart, all kids love it. 436 00:16:21,847 --> 00:16:25,550 Second, putting peanut butter in a salad dressing is a way 437 00:16:25,584 --> 00:16:27,485 to get your kids to eat their vegetables, 438 00:16:27,519 --> 00:16:30,488 also very smart. I love that gameplay. 439 00:16:30,522 --> 00:16:31,789 [Troy] Peanut butter is a fantastic way 440 00:16:31,824 --> 00:16:33,658 to tie-in those kid friendly ingredients. 441 00:16:33,692 --> 00:16:35,793 The carrots, the apples, all together in a slaw, 442 00:16:35,828 --> 00:16:37,628 I mean, you're going straight to Thailand. 443 00:16:37,663 --> 00:16:38,963 That's a fancy kid lunch, but it's a kid lunch. 444 00:16:38,998 --> 00:16:41,566 [Antonia] The fried chicken looks absolutely beautiful. 445 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,334 I think the fact that you use pretzel 446 00:16:43,369 --> 00:16:45,169 as a breading is really, really smart. 447 00:16:45,204 --> 00:16:47,472 I would have liked to see maybe the double-down 448 00:16:47,506 --> 00:16:50,308 on the peanuts and actually put some fresh nuts 449 00:16:50,342 --> 00:16:51,342 in that salad. 450 00:16:51,377 --> 00:16:52,543 Okay. Thank you. Thank you, guys. 451 00:16:52,578 --> 00:16:53,611 Thank you very much, Catherine. 452 00:16:53,645 --> 00:16:55,546 Up next, Chef Tregaye. 453 00:16:55,581 --> 00:16:58,616 Today, I made for you my fried bologna, 454 00:16:58,650 --> 00:17:01,652 pimento cheese sandwich. What I decided to do to, 455 00:17:01,687 --> 00:17:02,687 kinda, take it to the next level, 456 00:17:02,721 --> 00:17:05,757 is do this nice thick cut piece of bologna, 457 00:17:05,791 --> 00:17:07,625 add a little bit of bacon to it, 458 00:17:07,659 --> 00:17:11,162 add some pimento cheese. 459 00:17:11,196 --> 00:17:13,031 Mmm. 460 00:17:13,065 --> 00:17:13,765 Ooh. 461 00:17:13,799 --> 00:17:15,566 Yes, girl. Go for it. 462 00:17:15,601 --> 00:17:18,002 Then I also used cabbage instead of lettuce 463 00:17:18,037 --> 00:17:20,738 so you got that nice, good crunch that you need on there. 464 00:17:20,773 --> 00:17:22,740 For my slaw, I used all the apples in there, 465 00:17:22,775 --> 00:17:26,444 I used the carrots in there, I used that yogurt in there, 466 00:17:26,478 --> 00:17:29,614 and it was nice, and just sweet, and just... 467 00:17:29,648 --> 00:17:31,649 I love it. And it just marries well with this, 468 00:17:31,683 --> 00:17:34,385 with the pepper. And then I got a string cheese 469 00:17:34,420 --> 00:17:36,320 in my homemade pimento cheese. 470 00:17:36,355 --> 00:17:38,423 Let me just shut up. Okay. 471 00:17:38,457 --> 00:17:39,791 Let me just shut up. 472 00:17:39,825 --> 00:17:41,759 Judge me all you want. This is good. 473 00:17:41,794 --> 00:17:45,430 [Antonia] Chef Tregaye, this is like a BLT times 474 00:17:45,464 --> 00:17:47,098 a thousand right now. 475 00:17:47,132 --> 00:17:48,900 The fact that you took that bologna and had so much 476 00:17:48,934 --> 00:17:52,703 confidence to slice it into those thick pieces... 477 00:17:52,738 --> 00:17:55,039 Antonia, my boys greedy, girl. 478 00:17:55,074 --> 00:17:57,408 This is too thin for them. They might want it thicker. 479 00:17:57,443 --> 00:18:00,511 [all laughing] 480 00:18:00,546 --> 00:18:02,980 [Aarti] The fact that you took that string cheese, 481 00:18:03,015 --> 00:18:05,516 and then turned that into pimento cheese, 482 00:18:05,551 --> 00:18:09,353 it's the part of your sandwich that makes both a child 483 00:18:09,388 --> 00:18:11,756 and a grown-up go, "Ooh, I want that." 484 00:18:11,790 --> 00:18:13,524 [Troy] And you got some freshness. 485 00:18:13,559 --> 00:18:14,992 You got the carrots, you got the apples. 486 00:18:15,027 --> 00:18:17,762 My only problem, Tregaye, is that vanilla yogurt 487 00:18:17,796 --> 00:18:20,531 in the slaw. I mean, the slaw has a very specific 488 00:18:20,566 --> 00:18:23,501 purpose which is to cut through all the fattiness 489 00:18:23,535 --> 00:18:24,635 of the rest of the sandwich. 490 00:18:24,670 --> 00:18:28,272 Vanilla yogurt screams dessert, not acid. 491 00:18:28,307 --> 00:18:30,441 Thank you. [laughing] 492 00:18:30,476 --> 00:18:33,311 And without further ado, the one and only, 493 00:18:33,345 --> 00:18:34,645 Chef Melissa d'Arabian. 494 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:36,314 What do you have for us, Melissa? 495 00:18:36,348 --> 00:18:37,849 So, it's a Mother's Day episode. 496 00:18:37,883 --> 00:18:41,385 I took inspiration from one of my childhood favorites 497 00:18:41,420 --> 00:18:42,787 from my grandma, Ursula. 498 00:18:42,821 --> 00:18:45,990 Schnitzel with sauteed cabbage and apples. 499 00:18:46,024 --> 00:18:49,393 I turned it into a sandwich because we're talking about 500 00:18:49,428 --> 00:18:50,561 a kid's lunch. 501 00:18:50,596 --> 00:18:52,430 Now, you might ask. Why do I have two sandwiches 502 00:18:52,464 --> 00:18:54,398 on here. Because the mom in me, 503 00:18:54,433 --> 00:18:56,567 has to make food that all my kids can eat. 504 00:18:56,602 --> 00:18:58,169 And I have a daughter who can't eat gluten 505 00:18:58,203 --> 00:18:59,504 and doesn't eat meat. 506 00:18:59,538 --> 00:19:03,808 So I made the schnitzel breaded in pretzels. 507 00:19:03,842 --> 00:19:06,511 And then I made the cabbage and the apples, 508 00:19:06,545 --> 00:19:07,845 balance the tangy with the sweet. 509 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:11,949 And here we go, I'm gonna give it a bite. 510 00:19:13,185 --> 00:19:14,252 Hmm. 511 00:19:16,388 --> 00:19:17,221 That was a big bite. 512 00:19:17,256 --> 00:19:18,322 [Aarti laughing] 513 00:19:18,357 --> 00:19:20,958 That pork is really juicy. 514 00:19:20,993 --> 00:19:22,727 That would make my grandma proud. 515 00:19:22,761 --> 00:19:24,996 Okay, I wanna show you my carrots. 516 00:19:25,030 --> 00:19:26,764 I roasted them just a little bit, and chipotle 517 00:19:26,798 --> 00:19:28,766 just a touch. Smoked paprika. 518 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:32,837 And I'm dipping it in a little dressing 519 00:19:32,871 --> 00:19:35,806 I made from Greek yogurt and pickled onion. 520 00:19:35,841 --> 00:19:38,442 Everybody gets to eat. This is what it's like 521 00:19:38,477 --> 00:19:39,744 to cook at my house. 522 00:19:39,778 --> 00:19:41,512 [Aarti] This is a mark of a mother, right? 523 00:19:41,547 --> 00:19:43,748 That you have to make different things 524 00:19:43,782 --> 00:19:46,851 for different people, and if you're going to do 525 00:19:46,885 --> 00:19:47,885 a vegetarian dish, 526 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:51,789 having something that eats a little bit like meat 527 00:19:51,823 --> 00:19:54,492 that requires a chew, that was very smart. 528 00:19:54,526 --> 00:19:56,594 One thing that you did that I think makes so much sense 529 00:19:56,628 --> 00:20:00,531 is that you went pork, schnitzel, cabbage, apple, 530 00:20:00,566 --> 00:20:03,401 kinda, tying all of these ingredients together, 531 00:20:03,435 --> 00:20:06,304 we're sort of in a German beer hall somewhere, 532 00:20:06,338 --> 00:20:07,672 it makes a lot of sense. 533 00:20:07,706 --> 00:20:09,574 [Troy] I can taste the lederhosen on that plate. 534 00:20:09,608 --> 00:20:11,676 I think that is straight out of Germany. 535 00:20:11,710 --> 00:20:14,412 You cook down the carrots. When you do that, 536 00:20:14,446 --> 00:20:16,414 you release all of their sweetness. 537 00:20:16,448 --> 00:20:18,549 You got a bunch of smiling kids. 538 00:20:18,584 --> 00:20:20,518 [Antonia] You did a great job using the pretzel 539 00:20:20,552 --> 00:20:22,587 and using that as a breading. I do think though 540 00:20:22,621 --> 00:20:24,755 that the ratio of that pork, 541 00:20:24,790 --> 00:20:27,258 because it's very, very thin with all that bun, 542 00:20:27,292 --> 00:20:28,526 may be a little off. 543 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:30,828 - Fair enough. - [Guy] All right. 544 00:20:30,862 --> 00:20:32,730 Thank you very much. So, please leave the feed. 545 00:20:32,764 --> 00:20:34,999 All right, judges. So you know what I need you 546 00:20:35,033 --> 00:20:37,435 to do now. I want you to fill up those scorecards. 547 00:20:37,469 --> 00:20:39,503 Text them over to Hunter and we'll find out 548 00:20:39,538 --> 00:20:42,073 who wins round one. 549 00:20:47,679 --> 00:20:49,780 Welcome back, moms. I gotta say, 550 00:20:49,815 --> 00:20:51,716 you made an extremely difficult challenge 551 00:20:51,750 --> 00:20:53,818 look very easy. Look at this, 552 00:20:53,852 --> 00:20:56,320 a three-point difference from the bottom to the top. 553 00:20:56,355 --> 00:21:00,291 That is a tight race. 554 00:21:00,325 --> 00:21:02,159 So, let's look at... 555 00:21:02,194 --> 00:21:03,794 Let's take who's on the middle right there, 556 00:21:03,829 --> 00:21:05,796 - Tregaye with 41. - [man] You're safe. 557 00:21:05,831 --> 00:21:08,266 - [Guy] Congratulations. - [Hunter] Nice. 558 00:21:08,300 --> 00:21:11,335 And the leader will be 559 00:21:11,370 --> 00:21:13,771 Catherine, Melissa. 560 00:21:13,839 --> 00:21:16,340 Catherine is the leader at 42 points. 561 00:21:16,375 --> 00:21:18,409 Yay. 562 00:21:18,443 --> 00:21:19,577 [Guy] And Melissa at 39. 563 00:21:19,611 --> 00:21:21,512 Three points behind the leader. 564 00:21:21,546 --> 00:21:24,582 And two points behind Tregaye in the middle. 565 00:21:24,616 --> 00:21:26,617 Congratulations, Catherine. Nice job. 566 00:21:26,652 --> 00:21:27,818 - Hey. - That was awesome. 567 00:21:27,853 --> 00:21:30,354 Catherine, if you'd like to go ahead and open that 568 00:21:30,389 --> 00:21:31,856 envelope of opportunity. 569 00:21:31,890 --> 00:21:32,890 This is very exciting. 570 00:21:32,924 --> 00:21:35,426 [Guy] Congratulations. A thousand dollars to you, 571 00:21:35,460 --> 00:21:38,829 and a thousand dollar donation made from Guy's Grocery Game 572 00:21:38,864 --> 00:21:42,233 in your name to a restaurant of your choice that's in need. 573 00:21:42,267 --> 00:21:43,834 This is amazing. This is amazing. 574 00:21:43,869 --> 00:21:48,439 This is for Tyler and Ashley at All Time restaurant 575 00:21:48,473 --> 00:21:49,607 in Los Angeles. 576 00:21:49,641 --> 00:21:51,442 - Awesome. - Woohoo. 577 00:21:51,476 --> 00:21:52,710 [Guy] Congratulations. 578 00:21:52,744 --> 00:21:54,612 And you're also gonna get a key advantage 579 00:21:54,646 --> 00:21:56,480 in the second round. 580 00:21:56,515 --> 00:21:58,783 So, our good friend Melissa d'Arabian, 581 00:21:58,817 --> 00:22:02,219 you get the wonderful package of faith. 582 00:22:02,254 --> 00:22:04,355 - See what you got. - Okay. 583 00:22:04,389 --> 00:22:05,723 [Guy] Grab that. 584 00:22:05,757 --> 00:22:08,225 - [Melissa] Let's see. - [Hunter] A calculator. 585 00:22:08,260 --> 00:22:09,560 [Guy] Wait a second. 586 00:22:09,594 --> 00:22:11,495 [Melissa] Wait, it's a calculator? 587 00:22:11,530 --> 00:22:13,397 [Guy] GGG math homework. 588 00:22:13,432 --> 00:22:16,133 - [Hunter] Oh, no. - [Guy] Oh, boy. 589 00:22:16,168 --> 00:22:17,301 Is this for real? 590 00:22:17,336 --> 00:22:19,603 Boo. Math. 591 00:22:19,638 --> 00:22:21,605 [Guy] You will have to complete the kids' homework. 592 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:23,374 [Catherine laughing] 593 00:22:23,408 --> 00:22:24,575 [Guy] Before you can start cooking. 594 00:22:24,609 --> 00:22:27,211 - Okay. - [Guy laughing] 595 00:22:27,245 --> 00:22:28,579 All right, chefs. 596 00:22:28,613 --> 00:22:30,281 It looks like it's time for round two, ready? 597 00:22:30,315 --> 00:22:31,949 - Let's do it. - Right this way. 598 00:22:33,618 --> 00:22:35,486 All right. Here we go, chefs. 599 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:36,787 This is the second round, 600 00:22:36,822 --> 00:22:41,392 the deciding round of our Moms Cook Best. 601 00:22:41,426 --> 00:22:44,962 So, you focused on kids in round one. 602 00:22:44,996 --> 00:22:48,733 For the final challenge, we want you to celebrate you. 603 00:22:48,767 --> 00:22:50,768 How about a special occasion dinner? 604 00:22:50,802 --> 00:22:53,137 You know what I'm talking about, right? 605 00:22:53,171 --> 00:22:55,506 Make that special meal worthy of a very special woman. 606 00:22:55,540 --> 00:22:58,209 So, go ahead and open up your boxes. 607 00:22:58,243 --> 00:22:59,443 [Catherine] Oh, my God. 608 00:22:59,478 --> 00:23:01,712 What did you... My son is in here. 609 00:23:01,747 --> 00:23:03,581 - Hi, that's creepy. - [Catherine laughing] 610 00:23:03,615 --> 00:23:05,383 [dramatic music playing] 611 00:23:05,417 --> 00:23:06,650 [Melissa] Oh, my gosh. 612 00:23:06,685 --> 00:23:09,587 How do you not love this cornucopia? 613 00:23:09,621 --> 00:23:11,322 Bread, artichoke hearts. 614 00:23:11,356 --> 00:23:12,289 Cream. 615 00:23:12,324 --> 00:23:13,357 Broccoli. 616 00:23:13,392 --> 00:23:14,425 Rogue cheese. 617 00:23:14,459 --> 00:23:15,526 Oh, shrimp. 618 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:17,561 [Hunter] Chicken thigh. 619 00:23:17,596 --> 00:23:20,498 Guy, why are there prices on it? 620 00:23:20,532 --> 00:23:22,466 I ain't brining no money, Guy. 621 00:23:22,501 --> 00:23:24,135 Hunter, did you forget to take 622 00:23:24,169 --> 00:23:25,636 the price tags off? 623 00:23:25,670 --> 00:23:26,737 No, I just got them from the store. 624 00:23:26,772 --> 00:23:28,572 [Aarti] He left the price tags on the gifts. 625 00:23:28,607 --> 00:23:30,341 That's true. People don't like it... 626 00:23:30,375 --> 00:23:31,475 - It shows that we care. - ...makes it... 627 00:23:31,510 --> 00:23:32,510 It doesn't show that we care. 628 00:23:32,544 --> 00:23:34,111 So tacky. 629 00:23:34,146 --> 00:23:36,514 [Guy] Okay. How about we do a little budget battle? 630 00:23:36,548 --> 00:23:38,416 - Come on. - That's it. 631 00:23:38,450 --> 00:23:40,651 Whatever ingredients you wanna choose you can do, 632 00:23:40,685 --> 00:23:43,521 and you get to do it with $20. We'll still give you 633 00:23:43,555 --> 00:23:45,823 - the 30 minutes. - No. 634 00:23:45,857 --> 00:23:48,426 And your pantry, by the way, is off-limits. 635 00:23:48,460 --> 00:23:50,261 And Chef Catherine, you won the advantage, 636 00:23:50,295 --> 00:23:51,796 so you get three dollars. 637 00:23:51,830 --> 00:23:53,697 - Whoa. - [Guy] We love you, Catherine. 638 00:23:53,732 --> 00:23:55,366 Three extra dollars for Catherine. 639 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,569 So, 30 minutes to shop, do your basket, 640 00:23:58,603 --> 00:24:01,672 prepare and plate your special occasion dinner. 641 00:24:01,706 --> 00:24:03,841 - Hunter's gonna add up... - [Hunter] Yes. 642 00:24:03,875 --> 00:24:06,577 [Guy] ...your budget. So, go ahead and start finding your items. 643 00:24:06,611 --> 00:24:07,645 [Catherine] Special occasion dinner, 644 00:24:07,679 --> 00:24:09,547 special occasion... 645 00:24:09,581 --> 00:24:11,282 When you're making a special occasion dinner, 646 00:24:11,316 --> 00:24:12,650 you splurge, you go for it. 647 00:24:12,684 --> 00:24:14,518 You're not on a budget. 648 00:24:14,553 --> 00:24:15,820 Okay. What do you got? 649 00:24:15,854 --> 00:24:17,354 I'm definitely gonna do pork tenderloin 650 00:24:17,389 --> 00:24:19,123 so that's five bucks. 651 00:24:19,157 --> 00:24:21,292 Pork tenderloin always meant a special occasion 652 00:24:21,326 --> 00:24:22,793 in my house growing up. 653 00:24:22,828 --> 00:24:24,595 Potatoes are three dollars. 654 00:24:24,629 --> 00:24:28,499 Luckily, I got an advantage, so I got three extra dollars. 655 00:24:28,533 --> 00:24:31,235 For my mash potatoes, I grab the cream cheese 656 00:24:31,269 --> 00:24:32,369 and heavy cream. 657 00:24:32,404 --> 00:24:35,172 Garlic is three, lemons one. 658 00:24:35,207 --> 00:24:36,507 Brussels sprouts... 659 00:24:36,541 --> 00:24:38,409 - [Guy] You're at $22. - I think I'm good. 660 00:24:38,443 --> 00:24:41,178 Can I... Can I start? 661 00:24:41,213 --> 00:24:42,379 Guy, can I go? 662 00:24:42,414 --> 00:24:43,681 Because I have to do homework, too. 663 00:24:43,715 --> 00:24:45,449 [Guy] I wanna hear the answers. 664 00:24:45,484 --> 00:24:47,685 Guy has seven whammies and gives away two 665 00:24:47,719 --> 00:24:48,953 to Hunter and two to Ryder, how many whammies 666 00:24:48,987 --> 00:24:50,821 -does Guy have left? -[Melissa] Three. Three whammies. 667 00:24:50,856 --> 00:24:53,724 [Guy] Guy takes an onion and chops it into two pieces. 668 00:24:53,758 --> 00:24:56,627 Then he cuts each of those pieces in two again. 669 00:24:56,661 --> 00:24:58,562 How many total pieces of onion does Guy have? 670 00:24:58,597 --> 00:25:00,431 Four pieces. 671 00:25:00,465 --> 00:25:02,366 Hunter and Guy are driving though Flavortown 672 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:03,901 at 25 miles per hour. 673 00:25:03,935 --> 00:25:05,402 How many hours will it take them 674 00:25:05,437 --> 00:25:06,737 to get to Guy's ranch? 675 00:25:06,771 --> 00:25:08,439 It's a hundred and fifty miles away. 676 00:25:08,473 --> 00:25:10,374 - Six. - Congratulations, Melissa. 677 00:25:10,408 --> 00:25:13,210 - [Melissa] Thank you. - Nice job. 678 00:25:13,245 --> 00:25:15,379 Boom shaka laka. 679 00:25:15,413 --> 00:25:17,348 So this is $10. 680 00:25:17,382 --> 00:25:18,415 Tregaye, you ready? 681 00:25:18,450 --> 00:25:20,251 As ready as I'll ever be. 682 00:25:20,285 --> 00:25:21,552 I mean I'm good at budgeting. 683 00:25:21,586 --> 00:25:23,420 I'm that mom that goes to four different stores 684 00:25:23,455 --> 00:25:24,655 to get all my groceries. 685 00:25:24,689 --> 00:25:26,790 So, I'm good. Penne for two dollars. 686 00:25:26,825 --> 00:25:28,626 I know I'm gonna do something with pasta. 687 00:25:28,660 --> 00:25:30,828 Alfredo, hands down, that's what we're doing. 688 00:25:30,862 --> 00:25:35,332 Parmesan for three dollars and heavy cream for four dollars, 689 00:25:35,367 --> 00:25:37,301 tomatoes for two dollars, 690 00:25:37,335 --> 00:25:40,804 shrimp for seven, onions for a dollar. 691 00:25:40,839 --> 00:25:42,573 - $19, chef. - You got one dollar left. 692 00:25:42,607 --> 00:25:45,376 Can I open the garlic and take one out? 693 00:25:45,410 --> 00:25:46,644 That's a dollar? 694 00:25:46,678 --> 00:25:47,611 You can probably open that. You can... 695 00:25:47,646 --> 00:25:49,313 That... One dollar. 696 00:25:49,347 --> 00:25:51,382 I knew it. You don't give up. Uh-uh. 697 00:25:51,416 --> 00:25:53,150 The price say three dollars, 698 00:25:53,184 --> 00:25:54,385 you could go holler at the manager in the back. 699 00:25:54,419 --> 00:25:56,120 One dollar for garlic. 700 00:25:56,154 --> 00:25:57,755 [laughing] 701 00:25:57,789 --> 00:26:00,257 - Go, Melissa. - All right, what you got? 702 00:26:00,292 --> 00:26:02,526 Penne, two dollars. 703 00:26:02,561 --> 00:26:06,430 Pasta is totally my special occasion indulgence 704 00:26:06,464 --> 00:26:08,532 with my creamy onion sauce. 705 00:26:08,567 --> 00:26:10,668 Inexpensive and it feels special. 706 00:26:10,702 --> 00:26:13,604 Two dollars for my artichoke hearts. 707 00:26:13,638 --> 00:26:15,439 I'm going without a protein. 708 00:26:15,473 --> 00:26:17,675 I would rather have a wider variety 709 00:26:17,709 --> 00:26:19,610 of less-expensive produce 710 00:26:19,644 --> 00:26:22,179 that I can treat really well. 711 00:26:22,213 --> 00:26:23,647 Parsley for one dollar. 712 00:26:23,682 --> 00:26:25,583 You have seven dollars left. 713 00:26:25,617 --> 00:26:27,484 Then it's parmesan and asparagus. 714 00:26:27,519 --> 00:26:29,453 There you go, 20 bucks. 715 00:26:29,487 --> 00:26:30,654 Thank you. 716 00:26:30,689 --> 00:26:32,356 [Guy] They're off and cooking. 717 00:26:32,390 --> 00:26:34,525 [dramatic music playing] 718 00:26:34,559 --> 00:26:35,726 [Melissa] Ugh. 719 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,362 [Aarti] Five minutes in already. 720 00:26:38,396 --> 00:26:41,231 And Melissa hasn't had a chance to start cooking. 721 00:26:47,672 --> 00:26:50,374 All right. So we're going into the second round. 722 00:26:50,408 --> 00:26:52,743 The mother's making her own dinner and she's on a budget. 723 00:26:52,777 --> 00:26:54,578 [Antonia] This is like every Mother's Day 724 00:26:54,613 --> 00:26:56,513 that I've ever celebrated. 725 00:26:56,548 --> 00:27:00,117 It's like special occasion meal that the mom is cooking. 726 00:27:00,151 --> 00:27:01,585 [laughter] 727 00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:03,354 - Are you cooking? - Yeah. 728 00:27:03,388 --> 00:27:05,756 You're at 23 minutes. 729 00:27:06,558 --> 00:27:08,592 [Guy] So I got the pork tenderloin. 730 00:27:08,627 --> 00:27:10,394 We love pork tenderloin in our house. 731 00:27:10,428 --> 00:27:11,595 [Hunter] Yes, we do. 732 00:27:11,630 --> 00:27:13,530 [Guy] Some pan-roasted potatoes. 733 00:27:13,565 --> 00:27:15,599 Yeah, I'm doing special occasion like this 734 00:27:15,634 --> 00:27:18,736 is right up the alley of what Gloria would like. 735 00:27:18,770 --> 00:27:20,537 [Hunter] Last Mother's Day that we did, like, 736 00:27:20,572 --> 00:27:23,040 what 10 courses for mom? 737 00:27:23,074 --> 00:27:23,540 Yeah. 738 00:27:23,575 --> 00:27:25,676 [Hunter] Mmm-hmm. 739 00:27:25,710 --> 00:27:27,645 Let's do what we need to do. 740 00:27:27,679 --> 00:27:30,781 Special occasion food could pretty much be anything, 741 00:27:30,815 --> 00:27:31,548 but for me, it's something creamy, 742 00:27:31,583 --> 00:27:32,850 it's something decadent. 743 00:27:32,884 --> 00:27:35,519 So, my dish is gonna just be a super simple 744 00:27:35,553 --> 00:27:38,288 shrimp Alfredo using Penne pasta. 745 00:27:38,356 --> 00:27:39,590 So since my kids aren't eating it, 746 00:27:39,624 --> 00:27:41,525 I can make it extra spicy. 747 00:27:41,559 --> 00:27:43,527 [Aarti] Tregaye spent some money on some shrimp, guys. 748 00:27:43,561 --> 00:27:44,628 I love that. 749 00:27:44,663 --> 00:27:45,596 [Tregaye] If I'm gonna have something special, 750 00:27:45,630 --> 00:27:46,664 it's definitely gonna be shrimp. 751 00:27:46,698 --> 00:27:48,365 I love shrimp. 752 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:49,667 My sauce is the star of the show 753 00:27:49,701 --> 00:27:51,602 and I'm gonna show you how you can make 754 00:27:51,636 --> 00:27:55,773 an amazing one-pot dish with minimal ingredients. 755 00:27:55,807 --> 00:27:57,808 I'm gonna throw in these beautiful heirloom tomatoes 756 00:27:57,842 --> 00:28:00,678 and take it up a notch and make me feel 757 00:28:00,712 --> 00:28:02,613 a little fancy, you know? 758 00:28:02,647 --> 00:28:04,815 Throw a little red on there, pop a little 759 00:28:04,849 --> 00:28:06,750 I put a little cracked black on there. 760 00:28:06,785 --> 00:28:09,319 So, this is not gonna be like your average Alfredo 761 00:28:09,354 --> 00:28:12,456 but it is still going to be Alfredo. 762 00:28:12,490 --> 00:28:15,859 Where are we? Are we in Georgia, Italy? 763 00:28:15,894 --> 00:28:16,627 They a blessing for me. There they go. 764 00:28:16,661 --> 00:28:18,662 Once my tomatoes are bursting, 765 00:28:18,697 --> 00:28:21,565 then I'm gonna add in the heavy cream. 766 00:28:21,599 --> 00:28:24,501 And then I'm gonna add in the parmesan cheese. 767 00:28:24,536 --> 00:28:27,204 Wow. Get in my tummy. 768 00:28:28,406 --> 00:28:30,240 [Catherine] Okay. So special occasion for me 769 00:28:30,275 --> 00:28:31,475 is always pork tenderloin. 770 00:28:31,509 --> 00:28:32,810 It's what I grew up on. 771 00:28:32,844 --> 00:28:34,678 It's like one of my all-time favorite meats. 772 00:28:34,713 --> 00:28:37,481 Then I'm gonna do like a French puree 773 00:28:37,515 --> 00:28:40,651 of potatoes and my kids have been crushing so hard, 774 00:28:40,685 --> 00:28:43,487 I've been making fried Brussels sprouts. 775 00:28:43,521 --> 00:28:45,422 All right. Get that pork going. 776 00:28:45,457 --> 00:28:47,491 If someone actually cooked this for me, 777 00:28:47,525 --> 00:28:49,560 I would be pumped. 778 00:28:49,594 --> 00:28:51,462 So, here we go. 779 00:28:51,496 --> 00:28:55,132 Potato, got to watch my pork so it doesn't burn. 780 00:28:55,166 --> 00:28:56,967 Ah, gorgeous. 781 00:28:57,001 --> 00:28:58,802 So I got a nice little crust going there. 782 00:28:58,837 --> 00:29:01,038 And then I'm gonna put it in the oven. 783 00:29:01,072 --> 00:29:03,273 I'm gonna take these Brussels sprouts, 784 00:29:03,308 --> 00:29:05,175 pan-fry them. 785 00:29:05,210 --> 00:29:07,411 Whoo. 786 00:29:07,445 --> 00:29:09,513 Oh, my God, whenever I go to a high-end restaurant 787 00:29:09,547 --> 00:29:12,316 that is like exactly what I want. 788 00:29:12,350 --> 00:29:15,185 Ooh. Look at that. 789 00:29:15,220 --> 00:29:17,121 Twenty minutes, guys. 790 00:29:17,155 --> 00:29:18,589 Twenty minutes. 791 00:29:18,623 --> 00:29:23,594 I am making pasta and some roasted asparagus. 792 00:29:23,628 --> 00:29:26,530 I know I wanna roast my asparagus with thinly 793 00:29:26,564 --> 00:29:30,300 sliced lemon because then we'll get a caramelized edge. 794 00:29:30,335 --> 00:29:32,302 Here we go. Here we go. 795 00:29:32,337 --> 00:29:33,637 In you go, guys. 796 00:29:33,671 --> 00:29:35,472 We have to roast you up. 797 00:29:35,507 --> 00:29:37,875 I'm gonna roast the tomatoes as well because 798 00:29:37,909 --> 00:29:41,512 that's gonna give me these tangy little bulbs of joy. 799 00:29:41,546 --> 00:29:43,413 [laughs] 800 00:29:43,448 --> 00:29:44,882 I prep the artichoke hearts by rinsing them 801 00:29:44,916 --> 00:29:47,251 and then I toss them with a little bit of flour 802 00:29:47,285 --> 00:29:48,752 and some red chili flakes. 803 00:29:48,787 --> 00:29:50,654 [Aarti] What do you guys think of the fact 804 00:29:50,688 --> 00:29:54,525 that Melissa did not grab any animal protein? 805 00:29:54,559 --> 00:29:56,560 [Troy] Meat already comes with a bonanza of flavor. 806 00:29:56,594 --> 00:29:58,495 With vegetables, you really gotta work 807 00:29:58,530 --> 00:29:59,563 to bring out that flavor. 808 00:29:59,597 --> 00:30:01,431 [Antonia] Yeah, I agree. 809 00:30:01,466 --> 00:30:02,699 [Melissa] Once those vegetables are in the oven, 810 00:30:02,734 --> 00:30:05,402 I know I need to get some onion cooking. 811 00:30:05,436 --> 00:30:07,604 Onions are a cheap source of flavor. 812 00:30:07,639 --> 00:30:11,375 My plan is to caramelize them really slowly 813 00:30:11,409 --> 00:30:13,443 so they get a little bit brown, 814 00:30:13,478 --> 00:30:14,845 but really sweet. 815 00:30:14,879 --> 00:30:16,680 It's gonna be caramelized onion butter sauce 816 00:30:16,714 --> 00:30:18,916 and I'll use some of the pasta water as well. 817 00:30:18,950 --> 00:30:20,517 You're on a budget, use your pasta water. 818 00:30:20,552 --> 00:30:22,319 It's a free ingredient. 819 00:30:22,353 --> 00:30:23,654 Oh, it's looking good. 820 00:30:23,688 --> 00:30:26,790 Both ends of that pork tenderloin, 821 00:30:26,825 --> 00:30:29,326 so these potatoes have got a nice little sear to him, 822 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:31,328 some great color. 823 00:30:31,362 --> 00:30:32,529 What else you gonna do with this? 824 00:30:32,564 --> 00:30:35,032 [Guy] I got the Brussels sprouts. 825 00:30:35,066 --> 00:30:37,234 Probably take a little extra love. 826 00:30:37,268 --> 00:30:39,036 [Hunter] A red wine vinegar. 827 00:30:39,070 --> 00:30:40,537 Hmm. 828 00:30:40,572 --> 00:30:41,705 [Troy] Excuse me, did you pay for those items, sir? 829 00:30:41,739 --> 00:30:43,340 Can I see your receipt, please? 830 00:30:43,374 --> 00:30:44,575 [Guy] I did pay for them, Troy. 831 00:30:44,609 --> 00:30:46,143 - [Aarti laughs] - Hunter, frisk him. 832 00:30:49,447 --> 00:30:51,582 [Tregaye] This is a shrimp Jacuzzi. 833 00:30:51,616 --> 00:30:53,450 [Guy] Tregaye, tell me where you're at. 834 00:30:53,484 --> 00:30:54,852 [Tregaye] I feel like I'm on the road to success. 835 00:30:54,886 --> 00:30:56,386 - I love it. - [Tregaye] I'm about that life. 836 00:30:56,421 --> 00:30:57,754 That's what I want. 837 00:30:57,789 --> 00:30:59,590 I'm gonna go ahead and add my shrimp in there. 838 00:30:59,624 --> 00:31:01,592 Come on, it smells amazing. 839 00:31:01,626 --> 00:31:04,595 I just let them slowly cook in the sauce. 840 00:31:04,629 --> 00:31:06,363 The pasta's already done. 841 00:31:06,397 --> 00:31:07,998 All I have to do is toss that right on top. 842 00:31:08,032 --> 00:31:10,567 This is giving me special occasion vibe. 843 00:31:10,602 --> 00:31:13,370 This is giving me, "Hey, boo, how was your day?" 844 00:31:13,404 --> 00:31:14,705 How are you? 845 00:31:14,739 --> 00:31:17,274 Feeling good, looking good, feet hurt? 846 00:31:17,308 --> 00:31:18,508 Got some pasta for you. 847 00:31:18,543 --> 00:31:20,510 - "Mmm-hmm." - [Catherine] Okay. 848 00:31:20,545 --> 00:31:23,146 We're gonna double down on our lemons. 849 00:31:24,315 --> 00:31:25,549 Hmm. 850 00:31:25,583 --> 00:31:27,417 [Guy] Catherine, give me a little update, sister. 851 00:31:27,452 --> 00:31:30,721 Hi, Guy. So, I've got a pork tenderloin. 852 00:31:30,755 --> 00:31:33,490 I'm gonna top it with a butter lemon sauce 853 00:31:33,524 --> 00:31:35,759 and then I'm gonna do some French mashed potatoes. 854 00:31:35,793 --> 00:31:37,594 [Guy] I like the way you're thinking. 855 00:31:37,629 --> 00:31:40,197 [Catherine] Let's check the potatoes. 856 00:31:40,231 --> 00:31:41,565 Whoo. 857 00:31:41,599 --> 00:31:44,568 We're gonna do cream cheese and cream and just make them 858 00:31:44,602 --> 00:31:47,437 butter thick, luscious. 859 00:31:47,472 --> 00:31:48,872 It's a special occasion. 860 00:31:48,907 --> 00:31:50,440 I shouldn't have to work this hard. 861 00:31:50,475 --> 00:31:51,575 We're getting there. We're almost there. 862 00:31:51,609 --> 00:31:54,311 This is hard work, but worth it. 863 00:31:55,647 --> 00:31:58,782 Oh, my God, that's insane. 864 00:31:58,816 --> 00:32:01,618 Let's get our good friend the pasta going. 865 00:32:01,653 --> 00:32:04,254 [Guy] Eight minutes, eight minutes to go, chefs. 866 00:32:04,289 --> 00:32:05,656 Let's do it. 867 00:32:05,690 --> 00:32:07,624 The Brussels sprouts I'm gonna turn into a shaved 868 00:32:07,659 --> 00:32:09,593 Brussels sprout salad. 869 00:32:09,627 --> 00:32:12,629 My little baby food processor, it's super quick. 870 00:32:12,664 --> 00:32:14,665 Once the Brussels sprouts are shaved down, 871 00:32:14,699 --> 00:32:17,834 I add lemon juice and olive oil. 872 00:32:17,869 --> 00:32:20,704 So I make my pasta sauce primarily out 873 00:32:20,738 --> 00:32:24,207 of those caramelized onions and pasta water. 874 00:32:24,242 --> 00:32:25,909 There you go. 875 00:32:25,944 --> 00:32:27,778 I add a little bit of the tomatoes just 876 00:32:27,812 --> 00:32:31,248 to get some tanginess and parmesan. 877 00:32:31,282 --> 00:32:34,284 Whoo, whoo. 878 00:32:34,319 --> 00:32:36,820 So, today is a Mother's Day show and I'm thinking 879 00:32:36,854 --> 00:32:38,922 of my own mom because today I'm playing 880 00:32:38,957 --> 00:32:42,025 for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. 881 00:32:42,060 --> 00:32:43,894 I lost my mom to suicide when I was 20 882 00:32:43,928 --> 00:32:47,264 and I want to raise the volume on a conversation 883 00:32:47,298 --> 00:32:48,632 that we have in whispers. 884 00:32:48,666 --> 00:32:51,468 This is my hope shirt and it speaks to the hope 885 00:32:51,502 --> 00:32:54,905 that we have that we can prevent suicide. 886 00:32:55,573 --> 00:32:57,274 Oh, my gosh, that is so good. 887 00:32:57,308 --> 00:32:58,308 Five minutes. 888 00:32:58,343 --> 00:33:00,410 Yummy, yummy. 889 00:33:00,445 --> 00:33:02,479 I get my pasta, I ladle it into a bowl 890 00:33:02,513 --> 00:33:04,381 and I mean this is it. 891 00:33:04,415 --> 00:33:05,549 This is beautiful. 892 00:33:05,583 --> 00:33:07,484 One pot, one bowl of pasta. 893 00:33:07,518 --> 00:33:10,354 Look at that cheesy, ooey-goodness, my goodness. 894 00:33:10,388 --> 00:33:11,455 Wow. 895 00:33:11,489 --> 00:33:13,056 I'm feeling special. 896 00:33:14,759 --> 00:33:15,625 [Guy] Three and a half. 897 00:33:15,660 --> 00:33:17,794 Three and a half? Yikes. All right. 898 00:33:17,829 --> 00:33:19,696 Now I've got to get everything onto the plate. 899 00:33:19,731 --> 00:33:23,033 So I mix the pasta with the roasted tomatoes 900 00:33:23,067 --> 00:33:24,501 and the roasted artichoke hearts, 901 00:33:24,535 --> 00:33:27,471 then I add in my sauce. 902 00:33:27,505 --> 00:33:30,874 I get pasta onto the plate, the Brussels sprout salad, 903 00:33:30,908 --> 00:33:35,312 and the asparagus with the roasted thin lemon. 904 00:33:38,816 --> 00:33:41,418 Holy moly, my heart is racing. 905 00:33:41,452 --> 00:33:43,086 I need to make a composed plate 906 00:33:43,121 --> 00:33:46,256 and I put this perfectly caramelized Brussels sprouts 907 00:33:46,290 --> 00:33:47,524 opposite my potatoes. 908 00:33:47,558 --> 00:33:48,892 And I'm really feeling good. 909 00:33:48,926 --> 00:33:51,795 - [Hunter] Oh, 30 seconds. - [Antonia] Right on time for lemon zest. 910 00:33:51,829 --> 00:33:53,497 [Aarti] Put the pork on the plate. 911 00:33:53,531 --> 00:33:55,732 All right. 912 00:33:55,766 --> 00:33:56,767 [Aarti] You've got to cut your pork. 913 00:33:56,801 --> 00:33:58,502 [Troy] Go, Cat, go. You've got to go now. 914 00:33:58,536 --> 00:34:00,537 - [Aarti] Now, now, now. - I have it. 915 00:34:00,571 --> 00:34:02,806 - Hurry up. - I have it. 916 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:04,474 - [Aarti] Wow. - [Antonia] It's gorgeous. 917 00:34:04,509 --> 00:34:05,909 That is gorgeous. 918 00:34:05,943 --> 00:34:09,413 - [Guy] All right, ten. - [Aarti] You need sauce. 919 00:34:09,447 --> 00:34:10,447 [Troy] Oh, come on, Cat. 920 00:34:10,481 --> 00:34:12,015 [Aarti] Sauce, sauce, sauce, sauce. 921 00:34:12,050 --> 00:34:16,620 [Hunter] Five, four, three, two, one. 922 00:34:16,654 --> 00:34:18,388 - All right. That's it. - Done. 923 00:34:18,423 --> 00:34:20,524 - Wow. - Whoa. 924 00:34:20,558 --> 00:34:22,526 [Aarti] Oh, my gosh, you're killing me. 925 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:25,395 - Whoa. - Oh. 926 00:34:25,430 --> 00:34:26,630 Well, that was a little bit of a hustle. 927 00:34:26,664 --> 00:34:28,698 That was like giving birth, guys. 928 00:34:28,733 --> 00:34:30,534 - [laughs] - Don't see it in the future. 929 00:34:30,568 --> 00:34:32,469 - It's gonna work, watch. - Okay. 930 00:34:32,503 --> 00:34:34,304 It's rustic. 931 00:34:34,338 --> 00:34:36,239 That looks delicious. 932 00:34:38,409 --> 00:34:39,776 All right. There you go. 933 00:34:39,811 --> 00:34:42,679 You have a pan-roasted potato with pork tenderloin 934 00:34:42,713 --> 00:34:45,549 topped with an artichoke garlic, onion, 935 00:34:45,583 --> 00:34:47,651 grape tomato blister, 936 00:34:47,685 --> 00:34:49,419 and then a Brussels sprout that was pan-roasted, 937 00:34:49,454 --> 00:34:52,289 garlic, onion and red wine vinegar. 938 00:34:52,323 --> 00:34:54,357 That looks beautiful, Guy. 939 00:34:54,392 --> 00:34:55,559 Can I have that? 940 00:34:55,593 --> 00:34:56,927 [Guy] All right, chefs. 941 00:34:56,961 --> 00:34:58,328 You may have cooked on a budget, 942 00:34:58,362 --> 00:34:59,529 but your dinners look priceless. 943 00:34:59,564 --> 00:35:01,331 Let's see what the judges have to say. 944 00:35:01,365 --> 00:35:03,266 Priceless. Love it. 945 00:35:08,639 --> 00:35:11,675 All right, judges, this is GGG delivery. 946 00:35:11,709 --> 00:35:13,410 Mom Cooks Best. This was game two, 947 00:35:13,444 --> 00:35:14,778 - the Budget Battle. - [Hunter] Oh, yeah. 948 00:35:14,812 --> 00:35:16,880 [Guy] Oh, we sent you some fantastic ingredients. 949 00:35:16,914 --> 00:35:20,317 Chefs had to make an... A special occasion dinner. 950 00:35:20,351 --> 00:35:22,352 Up first, chef Tregaye. 951 00:35:22,386 --> 00:35:25,455 So today, I made a simple spicy shrimp 952 00:35:25,490 --> 00:35:28,158 Alfredo as my meal that is kind 953 00:35:28,192 --> 00:35:29,593 of like a treat to me. 954 00:35:29,627 --> 00:35:32,696 I added extra, extra crushed red pepper 955 00:35:32,730 --> 00:35:36,266 because the kids aren't here and they can't complain. 956 00:35:36,300 --> 00:35:37,601 - Okay. - [laughs] 957 00:35:37,635 --> 00:35:40,270 Mmm. It's so creamy. 958 00:35:40,304 --> 00:35:41,371 And then the shrimp. 959 00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:46,610 This shrimp is cooked to perfection, 960 00:35:46,644 --> 00:35:50,447 which is why I kinda add it in last, so... 961 00:35:51,682 --> 00:35:55,418 [Troy] Tregaye, thank you for putting some spice 962 00:35:55,453 --> 00:35:57,020 into the Alfredo. 963 00:35:57,054 --> 00:35:59,723 Alfredo is kinda like elevator music and putting 964 00:35:59,757 --> 00:36:01,625 spice in there is like lighting up 965 00:36:01,659 --> 00:36:03,860 an electric guitar in the middle of the elevator. 966 00:36:03,895 --> 00:36:05,795 [Antonia] Watching those tomatoes in the pan, 967 00:36:05,830 --> 00:36:09,132 it's so important to toast cherry tomatoes 968 00:36:09,167 --> 00:36:11,501 to bring out all of their natural sugar. 969 00:36:11,536 --> 00:36:16,540 So, the execution that went into all of this pasta-making, 970 00:36:16,574 --> 00:36:17,774 really smart. 971 00:36:17,808 --> 00:36:19,609 [Aarti] You didn't have money for herbs. 972 00:36:19,644 --> 00:36:21,545 So I love that you use an aggressive amount 973 00:36:21,579 --> 00:36:23,346 of garlic, an aggressive amount 974 00:36:23,381 --> 00:36:24,581 of chili flake because that cuts 975 00:36:24,615 --> 00:36:26,249 through all of the cream. 976 00:36:26,284 --> 00:36:28,385 I am concerned about the shrimp. 977 00:36:28,419 --> 00:36:30,720 I saw when they went in and I saw how long 978 00:36:30,755 --> 00:36:33,523 they sat in that sauce and it's making me wonder 979 00:36:33,558 --> 00:36:36,259 whether they are rubbery or dry. 980 00:36:37,528 --> 00:36:38,862 [laughs] 981 00:36:38,896 --> 00:36:41,264 - This is juicy. - [Guy] All right, Tregaye. 982 00:36:41,299 --> 00:36:42,399 Nicely done. 983 00:36:42,433 --> 00:36:44,467 And chef Melissa down in San Diego, 984 00:36:44,502 --> 00:36:46,002 let's hear what you made. 985 00:36:46,037 --> 00:36:47,504 So when you're on a budget, you don't need 986 00:36:47,538 --> 00:36:50,106 a fancy pasta sauce or a cream. 987 00:36:50,141 --> 00:36:52,509 So I did caramelized onions, blended it with a little bit 988 00:36:52,543 --> 00:36:54,678 of butter, a little parmesan and pasta water 989 00:36:54,712 --> 00:36:57,280 and it's making a wonderful creamy, 990 00:36:57,315 --> 00:36:58,582 deep flavorful sauce. 991 00:36:58,616 --> 00:37:01,351 And I've got a little salad I made out of shaved 992 00:37:01,385 --> 00:37:02,652 raw Brussels sprouts. 993 00:37:02,687 --> 00:37:07,324 Really delicious, freshness, brightness, 994 00:37:07,358 --> 00:37:09,392 and then, this little asparagus. 995 00:37:09,427 --> 00:37:12,729 And this, to me, is the perfect meal. 996 00:37:12,763 --> 00:37:15,699 So make this for me on Mother's Day. 997 00:37:15,733 --> 00:37:17,467 [Aarti] Melissa, I learned a bunch 998 00:37:17,501 --> 00:37:19,469 of tricks from you today. 999 00:37:19,503 --> 00:37:23,240 One of them would be the caramelized onion pasta sauce. 1000 00:37:23,274 --> 00:37:24,507 I think that's so smart. 1001 00:37:24,542 --> 00:37:26,509 You get sweetness, you get umami, 1002 00:37:26,543 --> 00:37:27,644 you get texture. 1003 00:37:27,678 --> 00:37:29,512 [Troy] Melissa, I think you spent your money 1004 00:37:29,547 --> 00:37:31,414 really, really well. 1005 00:37:31,449 --> 00:37:33,516 I mean you gave us an entire Farmers Market 1006 00:37:33,551 --> 00:37:35,485 full of vegetables, but you treated them 1007 00:37:35,519 --> 00:37:36,920 all individually well. 1008 00:37:36,954 --> 00:37:39,356 [Antonia] I love shaved raw Brussels sprout salad. 1009 00:37:39,390 --> 00:37:40,657 It goes so well with that beautiful 1010 00:37:40,691 --> 00:37:43,093 Italian cheese and black pepper, so smart. 1011 00:37:43,127 --> 00:37:44,628 And the asparagus look beautiful and I love 1012 00:37:44,662 --> 00:37:46,463 that you did it with a little bit of lemon. 1013 00:37:46,497 --> 00:37:48,331 The ends don't look like they've maybe been 1014 00:37:48,366 --> 00:37:50,367 trimmed enough. 1015 00:37:50,401 --> 00:37:53,603 Yeah, you're right. Yeah. 1016 00:37:53,638 --> 00:37:56,473 [Guy] And Catherine McCord, last but not least. 1017 00:37:56,507 --> 00:37:57,674 [Catherine] All right. 1018 00:37:57,708 --> 00:38:00,677 Even though this is not part of my budget, 1019 00:38:00,711 --> 00:38:03,747 a little bit of mommy juice, all along with my special 1020 00:38:03,781 --> 00:38:06,283 occasion dinner was really necessary. 1021 00:38:06,317 --> 00:38:08,418 [laughs] 1022 00:38:08,452 --> 00:38:09,786 I made a pan-seared pork tenderloin. 1023 00:38:09,820 --> 00:38:12,155 I gave it a little bit of cayenne and paprika. 1024 00:38:12,189 --> 00:38:13,757 And then I put a brown butter sauce just to, like, 1025 00:38:13,791 --> 00:38:16,226 moisten it up even more and add 1026 00:38:16,260 --> 00:38:17,661 to the luxurious quality. 1027 00:38:17,695 --> 00:38:19,529 I've got the silky mashed potatoes where 1028 00:38:19,563 --> 00:38:20,830 with my budget item, 1029 00:38:20,865 --> 00:38:23,900 I used cream and I used cream cheese because that, 1030 00:38:23,934 --> 00:38:24,868 like, thickens it up. 1031 00:38:24,902 --> 00:38:26,736 It's like a secret weapon in mashed potatoes. 1032 00:38:26,771 --> 00:38:29,639 Then finally, I did the fried Brussels sprouts 1033 00:38:29,674 --> 00:38:33,243 with lemon zest, lemon juice doubling down. 1034 00:38:33,277 --> 00:38:34,544 Mmm-hmm. 1035 00:38:34,578 --> 00:38:37,547 The mashed potatoes are like silky creamy. 1036 00:38:37,581 --> 00:38:40,483 I worked them till my muscles hurt. 1037 00:38:40,518 --> 00:38:41,685 With the pork tenderloin giving me 1038 00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:44,387 a little bit of heat, a little bit of acid 1039 00:38:44,422 --> 00:38:45,488 from the lemon juice. 1040 00:38:45,523 --> 00:38:49,359 I want to eat this and drink this. 1041 00:38:49,393 --> 00:38:50,760 - [imitates glass clinks] - [laughs] 1042 00:38:50,795 --> 00:38:54,497 [Aarti] Catherine, your pork looks perfectly cooked, 1043 00:38:54,532 --> 00:38:56,800 a gorgeous little blush in the middle, 1044 00:38:56,834 --> 00:38:58,668 - so great job. - Thank you. 1045 00:38:58,703 --> 00:39:00,704 [Troy] And the potatoes worked. 1046 00:39:00,738 --> 00:39:04,541 They are fluffy little clouds, just silky. 1047 00:39:04,575 --> 00:39:07,210 [Antonia] Watching you brown those Brussels sprouts 1048 00:39:07,244 --> 00:39:09,479 in the cast iron on one side 1049 00:39:09,513 --> 00:39:10,747 and then finishing them with lemon, 1050 00:39:10,781 --> 00:39:12,515 there's been a ton of technique 1051 00:39:12,550 --> 00:39:14,617 that you've shown us today that I am like 1052 00:39:14,652 --> 00:39:16,486 wildly impressed with. 1053 00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:18,588 The only thing that I do wish is that there 1054 00:39:18,622 --> 00:39:21,624 was just more sauce on that pork tenderloin. 1055 00:39:21,659 --> 00:39:23,693 I know that time got away from you, 1056 00:39:23,728 --> 00:39:26,229 but I do think that the pork needs a little bit more sauce, 1057 00:39:26,263 --> 00:39:27,397 but really well done today. 1058 00:39:29,433 --> 00:39:30,467 - Oh. - All right. 1059 00:39:30,501 --> 00:39:31,868 Well, thank you very much, moms. 1060 00:39:31,902 --> 00:39:34,604 The time has come for the judges to score your dinners. 1061 00:39:34,638 --> 00:39:38,108 Whoever wins the highest combined score of both rounds, 1062 00:39:38,142 --> 00:39:40,410 well, they'll get a shot at some serious mom money. 1063 00:39:40,444 --> 00:39:42,545 So please leave the feed once more while 1064 00:39:42,580 --> 00:39:45,115 the judges make their final decisions. 1065 00:39:45,149 --> 00:39:46,149 Good luck. 1066 00:39:48,519 --> 00:39:50,453 Well, we knew you were amazing moms, but today, 1067 00:39:50,488 --> 00:39:52,455 we see amazing things that you can do 1068 00:39:52,490 --> 00:39:53,823 in a home kitchen. 1069 00:39:53,858 --> 00:39:56,426 So, let's get into these scores. 1070 00:39:56,460 --> 00:40:00,397 Melissa at 39, Tregaye at 41, Catherine at 42. 1071 00:40:00,431 --> 00:40:03,199 Let's start off with Melissa, 1072 00:40:03,234 --> 00:40:05,301 13, 13, 7, 8, 1073 00:40:05,336 --> 00:40:06,636 for a score of 80. 1074 00:40:06,670 --> 00:40:08,405 You get 100 with his penmanship. 1075 00:40:08,439 --> 00:40:10,673 - [Hunter] Very neat. - [cheers] 1076 00:40:10,708 --> 00:40:13,243 Tregaye at 41 needs a 39 or better 1077 00:40:13,277 --> 00:40:14,778 to move past Melissa, 1078 00:40:14,812 --> 00:40:18,948 14, 12, 8, and 8 for a 42 for an 83. 1079 00:40:19,750 --> 00:40:23,987 Catherine has to score 41 or better. 1080 00:40:26,290 --> 00:40:31,194 14, 12, 9, 8, 43. 1081 00:40:31,228 --> 00:40:33,329 - [Hunter] Very nice. - [Guy] 85 points. 1082 00:40:33,364 --> 00:40:34,764 [Guy] Mom Cooks Best Champ, 1083 00:40:34,799 --> 00:40:37,400 give it up for Catherine McCord. 1084 00:40:37,435 --> 00:40:38,902 Oh, and the kids show up. 1085 00:40:38,936 --> 00:40:40,804 I love it. Kids know, they can smell money. 1086 00:40:40,838 --> 00:40:42,750 - [laughs] - [Guy] All right, Catherine. 1087 00:40:42,774 --> 00:40:44,707 Talking about money, you ready? 1088 00:40:44,742 --> 00:40:47,110 - I'm ready. - [Guy] Twenty thousand bucks on the line. 1089 00:40:49,413 --> 00:40:50,647 All right, kids, 1090 00:40:50,681 --> 00:40:52,549 tell me what you think we should do. 1091 00:40:52,583 --> 00:40:56,286 Your mom has a chance to win up to $20,000. 1092 00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:59,622 Or she could end up with zero. 1093 00:40:59,657 --> 00:41:01,324 Oh, no, I don't... 1094 00:41:01,358 --> 00:41:02,725 Or she could land on the "Quiz" 1095 00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:06,596 with five questions each worth $4,000. 1096 00:41:06,630 --> 00:41:08,531 So, what do you think she should do? 1097 00:41:08,566 --> 00:41:12,402 I'm gonna offer her $7,500 right now. 1098 00:41:12,436 --> 00:41:13,803 No, spin. 1099 00:41:13,838 --> 00:41:15,839 [Guy] Seven-five hundred bucks, we won't spin, 1100 00:41:15,873 --> 00:41:18,575 we'll say goodnight, happy Mother's Day. 1101 00:41:18,609 --> 00:41:20,243 Spin the wheel. 1102 00:41:20,277 --> 00:41:21,377 If we spin and it hits zero, 1103 00:41:21,412 --> 00:41:22,579 then I get zero. 1104 00:41:22,613 --> 00:41:24,414 Zero dollars. 1105 00:41:24,448 --> 00:41:26,249 - I don't know. - Ten thousand. 1106 00:41:26,283 --> 00:41:29,586 - Oh. - Ten thousand, boom. 1107 00:41:29,620 --> 00:41:31,554 - Take the title. - Live on the edge. 1108 00:41:31,589 --> 00:41:32,655 [Catherine] I think we should take the $10,000 1109 00:41:32,690 --> 00:41:34,624 because I don't wanna lose it all. 1110 00:41:34,658 --> 00:41:37,293 Go for the 10K or we can spin. 1111 00:41:37,328 --> 00:41:38,728 We're not spinning the wheel. 1112 00:41:38,762 --> 00:41:41,631 We're gonna keep the $10,000. Thank you so much, Guy. 1113 00:41:41,665 --> 00:41:45,101 Ten thousand sold to the McCord family. 1114 00:41:45,135 --> 00:41:46,436 - Congratulations. - [Hunter] Congratulations. 1115 00:41:46,470 --> 00:41:48,104 [Guy] Nicely done. That's it. 1116 00:41:48,138 --> 00:41:49,405 GGG Delivery. 1117 00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:51,808 Congratulations, Catherine McCord and family. 1118 00:41:51,842 --> 00:41:54,511 And to all the moms out there, you know we love you. 1119 00:41:54,545 --> 00:41:55,845 We wouldn't be here without you. 1120 00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:59,182 You are the best. See you guys next week, adios.