1 00:00:01,435 --> 00:00:03,502 [Guy] They have conquered some of the biggest competition 2 00:00:03,504 --> 00:00:08,540 in Food Network history, Chopped, Beat Bobby Flay, Iron Chef America, 3 00:00:08,542 --> 00:00:13,345 but none of them have ever competed in Flavortown Market until now. 4 00:00:13,347 --> 00:00:16,015 [Aarthi] This is the mother of all cooking shows. 5 00:00:16,083 --> 00:00:17,649 [Marc] This one I wanna win. 6 00:00:17,651 --> 00:00:18,817 So let's go. 7 00:00:18,886 --> 00:00:21,120 [Guy] Tonight, four of the top Food Network Champs 8 00:00:21,122 --> 00:00:25,090 will go head to head in two rounds of intense sudden death battle. 9 00:00:25,159 --> 00:00:26,291 There we go. 10 00:00:26,293 --> 00:00:27,493 It's out of control. 11 00:00:27,561 --> 00:00:30,429 Ultimately, one champ will claim Triple G victory. 12 00:00:30,431 --> 00:00:31,497 - [Marc] Yeah! - [Adam] Whoo! 13 00:00:31,499 --> 00:00:33,832 [Guy] And win an automatic $15,000. 14 00:00:33,834 --> 00:00:35,167 - [Aarthi] Whoo! - [Adam] It is. 15 00:00:35,169 --> 00:00:37,269 Yeah, we got it this time, girl. 16 00:00:37,905 --> 00:00:40,272 - [Lee] That was intense. - [Marc] Ha. 17 00:00:40,274 --> 00:00:42,508 [Guy] The battle of Food Network Champs begins right now 18 00:00:42,510 --> 00:00:44,209 on Guy's Grocery Games. 19 00:00:47,348 --> 00:00:49,715 So let's meet our Food Network Champs. 20 00:00:49,784 --> 00:00:53,786 Now, first up, we have Iron Chef America winner and Chopped judge. 21 00:00:53,788 --> 00:00:55,888 Give it up for Chef Lee Anne Wong. 22 00:00:55,890 --> 00:00:59,725 [Lee] I know these competition games inside and out, like the back of my hand. 23 00:00:59,794 --> 00:01:04,196 I've been a Chopped judge multiple times and I'm ready for Flavortown. 24 00:01:04,264 --> 00:01:05,898 [Guy] Look, like you're just taking a stroll down the beach. 25 00:01:05,900 --> 00:01:07,533 [Lee] Oh, hey! 26 00:01:07,535 --> 00:01:11,070 [Guy] Next, we have Long Island chef and Triple Chopped champion 27 00:01:11,072 --> 00:01:14,540 whose signature ribs made it on to the cover of O magazine. 28 00:01:14,608 --> 00:01:17,042 Give it up for Chef Marc Bynum. 29 00:01:17,044 --> 00:01:18,610 [Marc] I eat, sleep, and breathe this. 30 00:01:18,612 --> 00:01:20,079 It's an obsession. 31 00:01:20,081 --> 00:01:23,849 Triple G MAB that's me. 32 00:01:23,851 --> 00:01:24,883 Yo. 33 00:01:24,952 --> 00:01:26,485 - [Guy] Yeah, no big deal. - [Marc] Yo. 34 00:01:26,487 --> 00:01:28,053 [Guy] I just made it on the cover of a magazine. 35 00:01:28,089 --> 00:01:29,688 Just a day's work. 36 00:01:30,958 --> 00:01:34,193 Then there's the first Indian-born chef to win Chopped, 37 00:01:34,195 --> 00:01:38,931 who loves Triple G so much, she canceled a trip to her homeland to be here. 38 00:01:38,933 --> 00:01:41,366 Give it up for Chef Aarthi Sampath. 39 00:01:41,435 --> 00:01:43,802 [Aarthi] I was going to go home for India. 40 00:01:43,804 --> 00:01:46,472 I got a call to be on the show. 41 00:01:46,507 --> 00:01:48,907 You know how many years I tried to get on the show? 42 00:01:48,976 --> 00:01:50,776 Now I'm finally here. 43 00:01:50,778 --> 00:01:54,113 Now it's time for me to take over Flavortown. 44 00:01:54,115 --> 00:01:56,115 I feel bad for everyone else. 45 00:01:56,117 --> 00:01:58,317 [Guy] I can take that ticket for you if you want. 46 00:01:58,385 --> 00:01:59,818 I can go. I'm free. 47 00:01:59,820 --> 00:02:01,620 - Never, I'm such. - [Aarthi] do it. 48 00:02:03,924 --> 00:02:07,593 [Guy] And finally, East Coast Executive Chef who has Beat Bobby Flay, 49 00:02:07,595 --> 00:02:11,463 won Chopped a whopping four times and remains undefeated. 50 00:02:11,465 --> 00:02:14,299 Give it up for Chef Adam Greenberg. 51 00:02:14,301 --> 00:02:16,902 [Adam] Not only have I won Chopped four times, 52 00:02:16,904 --> 00:02:19,705 I also Beat Bobby Flay 5 and 0, baby. 53 00:02:19,707 --> 00:02:21,406 Now, I'm going for number six. 54 00:02:21,408 --> 00:02:23,909 I'm gonna add Triple G to that list and become the Michael Jordan 55 00:02:23,911 --> 00:02:25,978 of the Food Network, 6 and 0. 56 00:02:25,980 --> 00:02:27,880 [Guy] Welcome aboard, captain. 57 00:02:27,882 --> 00:02:29,081 [Adam] Okay then buddy, let's do it. 58 00:02:29,149 --> 00:02:31,049 [Guy] This is going to get down and dirty. 59 00:02:32,319 --> 00:02:33,385 Champs, welcome. 60 00:02:33,453 --> 00:02:35,921 You are all Food Network champs, 61 00:02:35,989 --> 00:02:38,957 having won virtually every competition 62 00:02:39,026 --> 00:02:42,361 on the Food Network except for kids baking. 63 00:02:43,998 --> 00:02:47,666 But none of you have ever, ever, ever competed 64 00:02:47,668 --> 00:02:50,068 in Flavortown Market until tonight. 65 00:02:50,070 --> 00:02:51,537 This is a title fight. 66 00:02:51,539 --> 00:02:54,439 - [Marc] Let's go. - [Adam] Go. 67 00:02:54,441 --> 00:03:01,480 - [Guy] The last chef standing will win a guaranteed $15,000. - [Marc] Yes. 68 00:03:01,482 --> 00:03:04,917 [Guy] We're not gonna have one, but two first round battles. 69 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:07,319 [Adam] Whoo! 70 00:03:07,321 --> 00:03:11,089 [Guy] Each battle will be head to head with one other chef. 71 00:03:11,892 --> 00:03:14,126 Get the lower score, you check out. 72 00:03:14,128 --> 00:03:15,794 [Adam] All right. 73 00:03:15,996 --> 00:03:20,933 [Guy] And the winners will face off in a winner-take-all final battle round two. 74 00:03:20,935 --> 00:03:22,935 - [Marc] Heard that. - [Guy] All right. 75 00:03:23,003 --> 00:03:25,938 The question is who's going to face off against who? 76 00:03:27,007 --> 00:03:28,774 Let's see here. 77 00:03:28,776 --> 00:03:32,444 Hang on, I'm gonna call the assistant to the assistant deli manager, 78 00:03:32,446 --> 00:03:34,379 my son Hunter Fieri. Hunter, come on in. 79 00:03:35,783 --> 00:03:37,082 - [Aarthi] Hi. - [Guy] Thanks. 80 00:03:37,084 --> 00:03:38,283 Very nice. 81 00:03:38,285 --> 00:03:40,252 All of your names are on the cards. 82 00:03:41,488 --> 00:03:43,422 Card number one is... 83 00:03:44,425 --> 00:03:46,558 - Adam. - [Adam] All right. 84 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,261 [Guy] This is who Adam will go against. 85 00:03:50,331 --> 00:03:52,364 [Adam] Guys, you can all go home now, if you want. 86 00:03:53,968 --> 00:03:55,968 - [Guy] Told you, Marc. - [Adam] Oh, my God! 87 00:03:55,970 --> 00:03:57,169 [Hunter] It's a good thing. 88 00:03:57,237 --> 00:04:00,005 [Guy] so Aarthi and Adam, It's a good thing. 89 00:04:00,007 --> 00:04:01,740 - There's your battle. - [Adam] Good luck my friend. 90 00:04:01,808 --> 00:04:05,844 [Guy] Battle one Lee Anne and Aarthi also will be happening 91 00:04:05,846 --> 00:04:09,281 at the exact same time will be Adam and Marc. 92 00:04:09,283 --> 00:04:13,318 The winner from each one of those battles will be in the finale. 93 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:14,920 - Feel good about that? - [Marc] Yes. 94 00:04:14,922 --> 00:04:16,555 [Guy] Let's just get to the first battle. 95 00:04:16,557 --> 00:04:20,325 All four of you will be making the same dish in round one, 96 00:04:20,327 --> 00:04:23,996 so I want you to start by preparing the judges 97 00:04:23,998 --> 00:04:27,432 your best English vegan meatloaf. 98 00:04:27,434 --> 00:04:30,802 [laughter] 99 00:04:30,871 --> 00:04:34,940 - I want you to make the judges your best pork dish. - [Marc] Ooh. 100 00:04:34,942 --> 00:04:37,943 [Guy] I don't care if you make pork tacos, pork belly roll. 101 00:04:37,945 --> 00:04:41,079 I don't care if you make pork chops, pork belly roll. 102 00:04:41,148 --> 00:04:42,814 [Hunter] Pork belly like a sushi roll. 103 00:04:42,816 --> 00:04:45,117 - [Guy] Hold on a second. - [Hunter] Roll, roll, 104 00:04:45,185 --> 00:04:47,319 - like I know what you're saying. - [Guy] Argh! 105 00:04:47,321 --> 00:04:49,321 I have to give myself these little clues, 106 00:04:49,323 --> 00:04:51,290 so I remember what we're talking about. 107 00:04:51,292 --> 00:04:53,191 [Hunter] You said roll and I was like, roll. 108 00:04:53,193 --> 00:04:55,193 [Guy] Yep, there you go, ladies and gentlemen. 109 00:04:55,229 --> 00:04:58,730 This is Let It Roll. 110 00:04:58,799 --> 00:05:02,234 We are going to determine the whammy ingredients 111 00:05:02,236 --> 00:05:06,505 that is a must use, the piece of equipment that is must use 112 00:05:06,507 --> 00:05:11,343 and the adjective that is a must have in your pork dish. 113 00:05:12,746 --> 00:05:16,782 On the whammy, jarred pig's feet, pork and beans, 114 00:05:16,784 --> 00:05:22,087 pickled sausage, bacon bits, bologna or cocktail sausage. 115 00:05:22,155 --> 00:05:24,556 It is gonna suck. 116 00:05:24,591 --> 00:05:26,491 [Adam laughs] 117 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:28,393 - Here you go, my friend. - [Adam] Thank you. 118 00:05:28,395 --> 00:05:30,062 - [Guy] You're doing the whammy dice. - [Hunter] Good luck. 119 00:05:30,064 --> 00:05:31,630 [Guy] Okay. 120 00:05:31,699 --> 00:05:34,966 And he gives us the... bologna. 121 00:05:35,002 --> 00:05:36,001 [Adam claps] 122 00:05:36,069 --> 00:05:37,969 Fantastic. It could be worse. 123 00:05:38,038 --> 00:05:42,341 And on the adjective, spicy, crunchy, fried, smoky 124 00:05:42,343 --> 00:05:45,377 like the way you roll from Maui 125 00:05:45,379 --> 00:05:47,279 - looking gangster. - [Lee] Right. 126 00:05:47,781 --> 00:05:49,247 [Guy] Spicy. 127 00:05:49,249 --> 00:05:51,083 Spicy it is. 128 00:05:51,085 --> 00:05:55,987 On equipment, we've got torch, we've got spiralizer and the ricer. 129 00:05:56,056 --> 00:05:58,090 All right, buddy, go for it. 130 00:06:01,495 --> 00:06:03,528 - The spiralizer. - [Hunter] Spiralizer. 131 00:06:03,564 --> 00:06:08,467 [Guy] So double battle, double elimination, 30 minutes to shop, 132 00:06:08,502 --> 00:06:12,537 prepare and plate your spicy pork dish 133 00:06:12,606 --> 00:06:15,440 featuring bologna and the spiralizer. 134 00:06:15,442 --> 00:06:19,311 Just remember Hunter, I'll say three, Hunter'll say two, I'll say one. 135 00:06:19,313 --> 00:06:21,246 I'll say go. And then that's when the whole thing starts. 136 00:06:21,248 --> 00:06:22,381 Okay? 137 00:06:22,449 --> 00:06:23,648 [Hunter] Has to go on go, though. 138 00:06:23,650 --> 00:06:25,150 [Aarthi] Did you say go already? 139 00:06:25,152 --> 00:06:26,518 No, okay. 140 00:06:26,586 --> 00:06:27,786 [laughs] 141 00:06:27,788 --> 00:06:29,588 [Hunter] You lost a lot. I know I got you. 142 00:06:29,590 --> 00:06:31,356 - I got you. - [Adam] I was right on that too. 143 00:06:31,358 --> 00:06:33,225 I wasn't sure. Was that real? 144 00:06:33,227 --> 00:06:34,926 Like, is that the one? 145 00:06:34,928 --> 00:06:36,495 - [Aarthi] Whoo! - [Hunter] That was a good one. 146 00:06:36,497 --> 00:06:38,997 [laughter] 147 00:06:39,065 --> 00:06:40,999 [Guy] That's how things are gonna go tonight. 148 00:06:41,067 --> 00:06:42,634 -[Hunter] That was the good one. -Scream got me. 149 00:06:42,636 --> 00:06:44,002 [Guy] Whoo! 150 00:06:45,005 --> 00:06:45,971 [Lee] All right. 151 00:06:45,973 --> 00:06:48,039 Whoo. 152 00:06:48,041 --> 00:06:51,176 [Guy] Oh, these four are battle hardened, 153 00:06:51,178 --> 00:06:53,345 Hunter I'm not kidding you Battle hardened. 154 00:06:53,413 --> 00:06:54,312 [Adam] Did I see pork bologna. 155 00:06:54,381 --> 00:06:55,814 They could use anything else. 156 00:06:55,816 --> 00:06:57,849 - They just gotta incorporate bologna. - [Hunter] Yeah. 157 00:06:57,851 --> 00:07:00,085 [Guy] They gotta incorporate the spiralizer. and it's gotta be spicy. 158 00:07:00,087 --> 00:07:02,020 After that, they can go anywhere they want with it. 159 00:07:02,022 --> 00:07:04,089 [Lee] Bologna, bologna, bologna. 160 00:07:04,825 --> 00:07:06,858 Me versus Aarthi. 161 00:07:06,860 --> 00:07:09,628 [Aarthi] Lee Anne, she's beaten an Iron Chef. 162 00:07:09,630 --> 00:07:13,565 [Lee] Aarthi, she is a Chopped champion, Beat Bobby Flay. 163 00:07:13,567 --> 00:07:15,634 She's gonna be stiff competition. 164 00:07:16,503 --> 00:07:17,736 I love bologna. 165 00:07:17,771 --> 00:07:20,405 I cook with a big Southeast Asian flavor, 166 00:07:20,441 --> 00:07:24,075 and it's got like spicy, sweet, tangy, 167 00:07:24,077 --> 00:07:26,445 and I'm thinking all these things are great with bologna. 168 00:07:26,447 --> 00:07:28,213 Boop, boop, boop, boop, boop. 169 00:07:28,215 --> 00:07:32,517 I'm gonna make a spicy Southeast Asian bologna salad 170 00:07:32,519 --> 00:07:35,554 with a spicy bologna vinaigrette. 171 00:07:35,556 --> 00:07:37,222 Bologna here. Bologna there. 172 00:07:37,224 --> 00:07:39,357 Bologna everywhere. 173 00:07:41,094 --> 00:07:43,728 So the other thing is I have to make this spicy, 174 00:07:43,730 --> 00:07:47,732 so I grabbed jalapenos, serranos, Thai chilies. 175 00:07:47,801 --> 00:07:51,536 I love that it's one on one, but two people are being eliminated. 176 00:07:51,538 --> 00:07:55,173 I got a 50:50 shot, but yeah, a little healthy competition. 177 00:07:55,242 --> 00:07:56,608 Is good for the spirit. 178 00:07:59,213 --> 00:08:02,047 [Aarthi] The minute I heard pork and spicy, 179 00:08:02,049 --> 00:08:04,249 bang, vindaloo. 180 00:08:04,251 --> 00:08:07,285 I'm gonna make vindaloo pork meatballs. 181 00:08:07,387 --> 00:08:08,954 Where can I get vindaloo spice? 182 00:08:08,956 --> 00:08:11,490 [Guy] Vindaloo spice, aisle five. 183 00:08:11,492 --> 00:08:13,191 [Aarthi] I got to bring that heat in, right? 184 00:08:13,260 --> 00:08:16,528 So, I grabbed one scotch bonnet and serrano peppers. 185 00:08:16,530 --> 00:08:18,029 That'll do it. 186 00:08:19,900 --> 00:08:21,233 Where is the bologna? 187 00:08:21,235 --> 00:08:22,934 - [Guy] You looking for bologna? - [Aarthi] Yes. 188 00:08:23,003 --> 00:08:25,203 I have never tasted bologna in my life. 189 00:08:25,205 --> 00:08:26,371 [Guy] Right there. 190 00:08:26,439 --> 00:08:28,974 [Aarthi] But my cooking experience is immens 191 00:08:28,976 --> 00:08:31,543 and I'm gonna beat you down, Lee Anne. 192 00:08:33,714 --> 00:08:35,280 [Adam] All right. We're going left here. 193 00:08:35,282 --> 00:08:37,482 - I'm going head to head with Marc. - [Marc] Ding, ding, ding. 194 00:08:37,484 --> 00:08:40,118 It's gonna be fantastic. 195 00:08:43,390 --> 00:08:44,956 [Adam] Listen, I've won Chopped four times, 196 00:08:45,025 --> 00:08:48,360 he's won it three times, so I'm nervous, frankly. 197 00:08:48,362 --> 00:08:49,861 [Marc] Little bit of pressure. 198 00:08:51,498 --> 00:08:53,932 Ah, I'm thinking, let me do something that's familiar to me, 199 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,201 let me do something that I usually put on my menu. 200 00:08:56,269 --> 00:08:59,204 Boneless pork chop with a corn succotash. 201 00:08:59,206 --> 00:09:00,805 Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. 202 00:09:00,874 --> 00:09:02,440 I didn't have a lot of money when I was growing up, 203 00:09:02,509 --> 00:09:05,877 so the food actually let me travel through my taste buds. 204 00:09:05,879 --> 00:09:07,546 So I just like to cook everything. 205 00:09:07,548 --> 00:09:10,549 And usually I use bacon, and my succotash gives it 206 00:09:10,551 --> 00:09:13,084 a nice textural component and the flavor, 207 00:09:13,153 --> 00:09:15,120 and I can easily swap that o with the bologna 208 00:09:15,122 --> 00:09:16,922 [indistinct]. 209 00:09:16,924 --> 00:09:19,558 As far as the spiralizer, that's the sweet potatoes. 210 00:09:19,560 --> 00:09:23,395 Spicy, not a problem, gochujang and I plan on making a spicy 211 00:09:23,397 --> 00:09:25,997 gochujang demi-glace going top for the pork. 212 00:09:26,033 --> 00:09:28,400 This is when you come to the grocery store 213 00:09:28,402 --> 00:09:30,902 and you don't remember where everything is at. 214 00:09:30,904 --> 00:09:32,237 - [Guy] Go start. - [Marc] Where's my cart? 215 00:09:32,239 --> 00:09:33,438 [Guy] Hey, hey. 216 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:35,106 [Marc] You leave that cart, my cart bro. 217 00:09:35,175 --> 00:09:37,409 [Guy] That thing's gonna go for a ghost ride, chef 218 00:09:37,411 --> 00:09:38,510 [laughs] 219 00:09:38,512 --> 00:09:40,512 I love that guy. He's a riot. 220 00:09:42,783 --> 00:09:45,483 [Marc] After winning Choppe four times, Beat Bobby Flay 221 00:09:45,485 --> 00:09:48,186 being on Guy's Grocery Games today, I'm not lying like 222 00:09:48,254 --> 00:09:50,322 I don't wanna be 5 and 1, I want to be 6 and 0. 223 00:09:50,324 --> 00:09:53,892 So I'm thinking about makin a version of what we do at the restaurant, 224 00:09:53,894 --> 00:09:55,493 which is our canned ham fried rice. 225 00:09:55,561 --> 00:09:59,197 But I got to make it spicy, so I grabbed some spicy chorizo. 226 00:09:59,199 --> 00:10:01,733 I'm gonna incorporate the bologna and that chorizo together 227 00:10:01,801 --> 00:10:02,767 instead of the canned ham. 228 00:10:02,836 --> 00:10:04,736 All right. 229 00:10:04,804 --> 00:10:08,039 I know I got to use the spiralizer, so I'm goin to do some dikon. 230 00:10:08,075 --> 00:10:09,407 I'm right behind you. 231 00:10:09,409 --> 00:10:12,110 I need to bring that spice, so I grabbed some jalapenos 232 00:10:12,178 --> 00:10:16,881 Thai chilies, Fresno peppers, triple spice on Triple G. 233 00:10:16,883 --> 00:10:19,217 I'm going fried rice route, fellas. 234 00:10:19,285 --> 00:10:20,852 [Guy] Spicy fried rice with bologna. 235 00:10:20,887 --> 00:10:22,387 - Nice call. - [Adam] Yeah. 236 00:10:23,323 --> 00:10:26,224 [Lee] Some hot sauce, rice, vinegar. 237 00:10:26,226 --> 00:10:28,226 [Aarthi] Some vindaloo spice, barbered. 238 00:10:28,228 --> 00:10:30,261 [Guy] Easy. 239 00:10:30,263 --> 00:10:33,131 We are putting these champs to the test. 240 00:10:33,166 --> 00:10:35,367 The shopping is a monster. 241 00:10:36,136 --> 00:10:39,037 I mean, this is no joke right now. 242 00:10:49,950 --> 00:10:52,851 Twenty three minutes. Twenty three to go. 243 00:10:52,853 --> 00:10:55,520 So let's meet some more Food Network winners. 244 00:10:55,588 --> 00:10:59,057 We have renowned Boston restaurateur, a TOC2, 245 00:10:59,059 --> 00:11:02,360 East Coast Play-In winner, Chef Tiffani Faison. 246 00:11:02,362 --> 00:11:04,229 - [Tiffani] What's up Boss! - [Guy] Food Network Star, 247 00:11:04,231 --> 00:11:05,864 walking food encyclopedia 248 00:11:05,866 --> 00:11:08,033 and Tournament of Champions commentator, 249 00:11:08,101 --> 00:11:12,003 the one and only wild card himself, Chef Justin Warner. 250 00:11:12,005 --> 00:11:15,073 And finally, World Traveler, the man of many hats, 251 00:11:15,075 --> 00:11:17,575 talk about another walking encyclopedia, 252 00:11:17,577 --> 00:11:23,114 the one and only Chef Simon Majumdar. 253 00:11:23,116 --> 00:11:25,950 You know what, what you have right now. 254 00:11:26,019 --> 00:11:29,020 Four champs from the Food Network, Chopped champs, 255 00:11:29,089 --> 00:11:31,322 Iron Chef champ, Beat Bobby Flay champ. 256 00:11:31,324 --> 00:11:32,891 First round of the head-to-head battle. 257 00:11:32,893 --> 00:11:34,926 We have Chef Marc versus Chef Adam. 258 00:11:34,928 --> 00:11:37,429 We have Chef Lee Anne versus Chef Aarthi. 259 00:11:37,497 --> 00:11:38,730 I don't know who it's gonna be. 260 00:11:38,798 --> 00:11:41,032 [Lee] I am competing against Aarthi. 261 00:11:42,903 --> 00:11:47,038 I think we have very similar styles when it comes to ideas in big flavor and cooking. 262 00:11:47,841 --> 00:11:50,475 And we have to make our bes pork dish, 263 00:11:50,477 --> 00:11:55,113 so we had three requirement for our dish, bologna, had to be spicy 264 00:11:55,148 --> 00:11:57,716 and we had to use a spiralizer. 265 00:11:57,817 --> 00:12:00,719 I am gonna do a bologna salad. 266 00:12:00,787 --> 00:12:02,721 Boom, Flavortown style! 267 00:12:02,789 --> 00:12:03,888 [laughs] 268 00:12:03,890 --> 00:12:05,824 I want to make a bologna vinaigrette. 269 00:12:05,826 --> 00:12:09,961 And so I take bologna and red onion and fish sauce 270 00:12:09,963 --> 00:12:12,197 And I have to make my bologna vinaigrette spicy, 271 00:12:12,199 --> 00:12:14,866 so I'm throwing in garlicky chili sauce. 272 00:12:14,901 --> 00:12:19,738 I want this big flavor bomb highlighted by bologna. 273 00:12:19,806 --> 00:12:21,873 [Guy] Never had bologna salad dressing. 274 00:12:21,908 --> 00:12:23,708 [Lee] It's pretty good. 275 00:12:23,777 --> 00:12:27,779 [Aarthi] Honestly, I'm really intimidated by Lee Anne the most. 276 00:12:27,781 --> 00:12:31,216 But I have all this adrenali pumping through my veins. 277 00:12:31,218 --> 00:12:32,851 I'm gonna pull it together. 278 00:12:32,853 --> 00:12:35,887 I'm gonna make vindaloo pork meatballs. 279 00:12:35,889 --> 00:12:40,959 And the best way to soak up that sauce would be like a nice flatbread. 280 00:12:41,027 --> 00:12:43,995 And I thought I will attempt naan in 20 minutes. 281 00:12:43,997 --> 00:12:47,198 On Triple G, gameplay is everything. 282 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:48,933 My boom. 283 00:12:48,935 --> 00:12:52,737 Let me add some of that bologna to the naan, and let's see how that tastes. 284 00:12:52,806 --> 00:12:53,972 I need to add some salt. 285 00:12:54,007 --> 00:12:55,406 The bologna has enough of it. 286 00:12:55,408 --> 00:12:58,476 Anyway, it needs at least 15 minutes to rest 287 00:12:58,478 --> 00:13:00,145 before I can throw it on the grill. 288 00:13:00,147 --> 00:13:03,515 [Justin] Chef Aarthi passed the bologna through the spiralizer. 289 00:13:03,583 --> 00:13:04,516 [laughs] 290 00:13:04,518 --> 00:13:05,750 [Tiffani] I love her. 291 00:13:05,752 --> 00:13:07,385 [Justin] I don't think that that's something I ever needed 292 00:13:07,453 --> 00:13:10,121 to see on primetime television, but we just did. 293 00:13:10,123 --> 00:13:15,727 [Aarthi] So the pork is gonna have some African spices and vindaloo. 294 00:13:15,729 --> 00:13:18,329 I don't make pork vindaloo all the time, 295 00:13:18,331 --> 00:13:22,934 but when I make it, it's the best pork vindaloo you'll ever have had. 296 00:13:23,637 --> 00:13:25,403 I want the meatballs to get nice 297 00:13:25,405 --> 00:13:27,405 and golden brown on the outside. 298 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:28,773 [Guy] What else is gonna happen in this. 299 00:13:28,842 --> 00:13:31,576 [Aarthi] The naan going with bologna, whatever that is. 300 00:13:31,578 --> 00:13:35,980 [Guy] Yeah. Well, bologna naan is really big in.. not so much. 301 00:13:35,982 --> 00:13:38,616 [Aarthi] I really wanna win this. I do. 302 00:13:41,288 --> 00:13:45,456 [Adam] So I'm doing a bologna fried rice with a fresh egg on top. 303 00:13:45,458 --> 00:13:48,226 First thing I definitely need to do is grab my bologna. 304 00:13:48,294 --> 00:13:51,196 I wanna get that smokiness and a little char on there. 305 00:13:51,198 --> 00:13:53,531 I definitely wanna get all my base going for the fried rice, 306 00:13:53,533 --> 00:13:55,733 onions, jalapenos. 307 00:13:55,802 --> 00:13:58,002 Carrots are nice. They add a little sweetness 308 00:13:58,004 --> 00:13:59,571 I take that bologna, chop it up. 309 00:13:59,639 --> 00:14:00,972 - [Guy] Chef Adam? - [Adam] Yes sir. 310 00:14:01,007 --> 00:14:02,273 [Guy] Give me some insight. 311 00:14:02,275 --> 00:14:04,442 You've done Chopped, throttled everybody four times. 312 00:14:04,444 --> 00:14:06,044 - [Adam] Yes sir. - [Guy] Is this difficult at all? 313 00:14:06,046 --> 00:14:07,445 [Adam] It's very difficult. 314 00:14:07,513 --> 00:14:09,214 [Guy] How is it having a supermarket for a pan? 315 00:14:09,216 --> 00:14:10,548 [Adam] Yes, sometimes less is more. 316 00:14:10,550 --> 00:14:13,051 You know it makes your life easier. This is like everything. 317 00:14:13,119 --> 00:14:15,053 - [Guy] Yeah. - [Adam] You know, it's like there's so many options. 318 00:14:15,055 --> 00:14:16,788 - [Guy] It can overwhelm your mind. - [Adam] Certainly can. 319 00:14:16,790 --> 00:14:18,156 [Guy] You feel good, though? [Adam] Feel good. 320 00:14:18,158 --> 00:14:20,291 [Guy] All right. All right, chef, tell me about it. 321 00:14:20,293 --> 00:14:22,026 - What's going on? - [Marc] Succotash. 322 00:14:22,028 --> 00:14:23,928 I'm gonna incorporate the bologna in there. 323 00:14:23,930 --> 00:14:26,064 [Guy] I just don't hear the word succotash enough. 324 00:14:26,066 --> 00:14:28,399 - [Marc] Hey yeah. - [Guy] Succotash just says delicious to me. 325 00:14:28,468 --> 00:14:29,767 [Marc] Yeah. So we're gonna take that. 326 00:14:29,769 --> 00:14:31,769 I'm gonna do some corn, some leeks. 327 00:14:31,771 --> 00:14:32,937 [Guy] All right. You feel good, though. 328 00:14:32,972 --> 00:14:34,638 - [Marc] I'm, I'm good, bro. - [Guy] All right. 329 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:36,474 -[Marc] You have a great one. I'll see you in a little bit. -[Guy] You bet. 330 00:14:36,476 --> 00:14:37,408 [Marc] I'm going against Adam. 331 00:14:37,410 --> 00:14:38,376 He's never lost. 332 00:14:38,378 --> 00:14:42,447 So that's something that I can't overlook. 333 00:14:42,515 --> 00:14:46,417 First thing I do is I wanna get my protein on, so that's my pork chops. 334 00:14:46,419 --> 00:14:53,424 And I'm just going to let that sear just like butter, garlic, thyme. 335 00:14:53,426 --> 00:14:56,361 I'm a super competitive person because I'm a three time Chopped champion, 336 00:14:56,363 --> 00:15:00,098 so I'll let everybody know my strengths and continue to win. 337 00:15:01,968 --> 00:15:03,268 [Guy] Fifteen minutes, chef. 338 00:15:03,270 --> 00:15:05,169 Fifteen to go, halfway. 339 00:15:05,171 --> 00:15:08,273 I'm a fan of all sports played at a professional level. 340 00:15:08,341 --> 00:15:11,142 Watching people perform at their highest level, 341 00:15:11,144 --> 00:15:13,578 watching the best of the best perform. I love it. 342 00:15:13,580 --> 00:15:15,380 I am watching warriors go to battle. 343 00:15:15,448 --> 00:15:17,148 I mean, seriously, it's giving me goosebumps. 344 00:15:17,216 --> 00:15:20,318 This is what everybody that comes in here compete in Flavortown, 345 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:22,153 aspires to be this level. 346 00:15:22,155 --> 00:15:24,255 Their minds are working so fast. 347 00:15:24,257 --> 00:15:26,057 They're just firing on all cylinders. 348 00:15:26,059 --> 00:15:28,159 It's really remarkable to watch. 349 00:15:28,161 --> 00:15:29,894 [Lee] It's gotta be spicy. 350 00:15:29,896 --> 00:15:33,264 It's gotta feature the bologna. 351 00:15:33,333 --> 00:15:36,167 So I'm gonna julienne my bologna and fry it. 352 00:15:36,169 --> 00:15:38,469 Fried bologna is something that my dad used to make for me 353 00:15:38,471 --> 00:15:39,837 when I was really little. 354 00:15:39,839 --> 00:15:43,875 And so I wanted to incorporate that into a salad. 355 00:15:43,877 --> 00:15:46,010 I need to add another elemen of pork to my dish, 356 00:15:46,012 --> 00:15:48,413 and that is why I've taken the pork loin 357 00:15:48,448 --> 00:15:50,381 and I just throw them in the deep fry. 358 00:15:50,383 --> 00:15:54,319 The crunchy aspect of my salad is pretty much everything. 359 00:15:54,387 --> 00:15:58,957 I've got spiralized radishes, green apple, 360 00:15:58,992 --> 00:16:01,993 not all like crunch, crunch crunch, texture, texture. 361 00:16:02,061 --> 00:16:04,395 And then you've got that fried bologna 362 00:16:04,397 --> 00:16:08,566 and then let me get that pork out of the deep fryer and dress it in the salad. 363 00:16:08,568 --> 00:16:09,701 Triple pork, baby. 364 00:16:09,703 --> 00:16:11,436 [Guy] Triple pork. 365 00:16:11,438 --> 00:16:15,373 [Aarthi] For this sauce, I want to start the tomatoe on the grill. 366 00:16:15,408 --> 00:16:18,409 It's gonna get a little bit of that smoky flavor. 367 00:16:18,478 --> 00:16:24,482 Add some ginger, garlic, also a little bit of that habanero for heat. 368 00:16:25,585 --> 00:16:28,353 I've got spicy, for sure. 369 00:16:28,355 --> 00:16:29,454 [Guy] There we go. 370 00:16:29,522 --> 00:16:30,788 That's the vindaloo sauce? 371 00:16:30,790 --> 00:16:33,791 [Aarthi] That's the vindaloo, quick vindaloo. 372 00:16:33,793 --> 00:16:36,194 When that sauce just hits the meatball, 373 00:16:36,196 --> 00:16:39,597 it just like gets coated and it's just delicious. 374 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:41,866 Only got a few minutes left. 375 00:16:41,868 --> 00:16:43,234 I'm gonna do it. 376 00:16:43,236 --> 00:16:45,336 Got to get this naan on the grill. 377 00:16:45,405 --> 00:16:47,605 [Guy] I don't know we've seen anybody make naan here. 378 00:16:47,607 --> 00:16:49,574 Not to mention bologna naan. 379 00:16:49,576 --> 00:16:51,642 I would tell you how she made that Indian bread, 380 00:16:51,644 --> 00:16:55,213 but I had to sign a naan-disclosure agreement. 381 00:16:55,215 --> 00:16:57,482 Naan disclosure. 382 00:16:57,484 --> 00:17:00,118 [Simon] In the battle between Chef Adam and Chef Marc, 383 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:04,088 we're seeing pork fried rice against succotash. 384 00:17:04,491 --> 00:17:05,722 Great stuff. 385 00:17:05,724 --> 00:17:07,425 [Adam] I'm using the spiralizer on the daikon 386 00:17:07,427 --> 00:17:10,495 I'm gonna pickle that, spiralize it nice and thin 387 00:17:10,497 --> 00:17:12,497 to take on the pickle quickly. 388 00:17:12,499 --> 00:17:15,833 I mean, acid and salt are the difference between good and great food. 389 00:17:15,869 --> 00:17:18,302 Oh, this is chorizo. In a tube. 390 00:17:18,304 --> 00:17:20,638 All right. Next, I got to get the chorizo cooking. 391 00:17:21,975 --> 00:17:23,041 Take that bologna. 392 00:17:23,043 --> 00:17:25,209 Add it to my spicy ground chorizo. 393 00:17:26,012 --> 00:17:28,179 - [Guy] Spicy pork is in. - [Adam] Yes chef. 394 00:17:28,247 --> 00:17:29,480 [Guy] Don't be afraid on that spice, chef. 395 00:17:29,482 --> 00:17:31,081 [Adam] Yes, chef. 396 00:17:31,083 --> 00:17:33,451 [Marc] Next thing I need to work on it is my gochujang demi, 397 00:17:33,453 --> 00:17:36,120 got my red wine and I put the demi in there 398 00:17:38,091 --> 00:17:39,757 I had at my gochujang. 399 00:17:39,759 --> 00:17:43,127 I wanted to have enough spic where it sits on your stomac 400 00:17:43,196 --> 00:17:46,230 and it lets you know you did have spicy food last night. 401 00:17:46,232 --> 00:17:47,832 I want to clean these leeks up. 402 00:17:47,834 --> 00:17:52,203 And next, I need to work on my succotash, leeks, my bologna. 403 00:17:52,205 --> 00:17:54,939 And the last thing I incorporate is the corn. 404 00:17:57,077 --> 00:17:59,544 I love this spiralizer. 405 00:17:59,546 --> 00:18:01,646 I wanna do my sweet potato there. 406 00:18:01,714 --> 00:18:04,148 I was trying the sweet potat and get it nice enough 407 00:18:04,184 --> 00:18:05,783 where it's a nice, crunchy texture. 408 00:18:06,386 --> 00:18:08,386 The pork, it's seared nice. 409 00:18:08,388 --> 00:18:10,788 I got a dish that's gonna push me to the next level. 410 00:18:11,925 --> 00:18:13,124 Thank you. 411 00:18:13,126 --> 00:18:14,959 [Guy] Three minute, chefs, three. 412 00:18:16,796 --> 00:18:19,263 [Lee] So I go to plate and I put a nice spoonful 413 00:18:19,332 --> 00:18:22,333 of the bologna vinaigrette on the bottom. 414 00:18:22,368 --> 00:18:24,569 And then go ahead and toss my finished salad, 415 00:18:24,571 --> 00:18:26,537 and I'm just putting that on the plate. 416 00:18:26,539 --> 00:18:29,040 [Guy] Look at that salad. That looks gorgeous. 417 00:18:32,345 --> 00:18:34,278 [Aarthi] When I get that naa off the grill, 418 00:18:34,347 --> 00:18:38,015 it's just so fluffy and light, perfect. 419 00:18:38,017 --> 00:18:40,084 And then I add three meatballs. 420 00:18:41,020 --> 00:18:43,955 Then I add my vindaloo sauce 421 00:18:43,957 --> 00:18:46,557 This is the best pork vindal I've ever made, 422 00:18:46,559 --> 00:18:50,194 and I am definitely getting on round two. 423 00:18:52,499 --> 00:18:54,132 [Guy] Ninety seconds. 424 00:18:56,402 --> 00:18:57,969 [Adam] It's spicy. 425 00:18:57,971 --> 00:19:02,540 We're gonna plate it up, got my delicious spicy pork chorizo, 426 00:19:02,542 --> 00:19:04,876 grilled bologna fried rice. 427 00:19:04,878 --> 00:19:06,277 Put the egg on top. 428 00:19:06,279 --> 00:19:08,980 And finally, at the end, we're gonna add that spicy, 429 00:19:08,982 --> 00:19:12,884 spiralized daikon, add that right to the top. 430 00:19:12,886 --> 00:19:16,020 We got ourselves a beautiful grilled bologna fried rice. 431 00:19:18,091 --> 00:19:19,590 [Marc] I'm taking my succotash first. 432 00:19:19,592 --> 00:19:21,626 I'm putting it directly in the center of the plate. 433 00:19:22,395 --> 00:19:24,262 Now my pork is coming. Boom 434 00:19:24,330 --> 00:19:25,596 Put it on top. 435 00:19:25,598 --> 00:19:26,864 [Guy] Fifteen. 436 00:19:26,866 --> 00:19:28,466 [Marc] My time is going. 437 00:19:28,468 --> 00:19:32,303 So instead of doing spoony love, now I'm just being barbaric with it, 438 00:19:32,305 --> 00:19:34,272 just so I can get it on the plate. 439 00:19:34,340 --> 00:19:39,477 [Guy] Five... four... three... two... one. 440 00:19:40,446 --> 00:19:41,579 Stop working. 441 00:19:41,614 --> 00:19:43,247 [Justin] Down to the wire. 442 00:19:43,249 --> 00:19:45,149 [Lee] That was intense. 443 00:19:45,218 --> 00:19:46,450 [Guy] Chefs, I'll tell you what? 444 00:19:46,452 --> 00:19:47,952 It was, battle royale. 445 00:19:47,954 --> 00:19:49,287 I was on the edge of my seat. 446 00:19:49,289 --> 00:19:51,656 Let's take it to the judges, right this way. 447 00:20:00,466 --> 00:20:04,035 [Guy] Ladies and gentlemen, I will tell you what? 448 00:20:04,103 --> 00:20:05,570 That round right there. 449 00:20:05,572 --> 00:20:08,506 Hands down one of my all-time favorites. 450 00:20:08,508 --> 00:20:10,141 Outstanding. 451 00:20:10,143 --> 00:20:15,780 They had to make their best spicy pork dish utilizing bologna and a spiralizer. 452 00:20:15,782 --> 00:20:20,184 Up first, we have Chef Lee Anne versus Chef Aarthi. 453 00:20:21,020 --> 00:20:22,753 Chef Lee Anne, tell us about this dish. 454 00:20:22,755 --> 00:20:27,225 [Lee] Today, I've made for you a Southeast Asian bologna salad, 455 00:20:27,293 --> 00:20:31,562 spiralized daikon and watermelon radish and apple. 456 00:20:31,564 --> 00:20:35,366 The radish are spicy with fried bologna, a bologna vinaigrette. 457 00:20:35,434 --> 00:20:38,436 There is diced fried pork loin as well, 458 00:20:38,438 --> 00:20:41,105 which also provide another level of pork. 459 00:20:41,107 --> 00:20:43,107 [Tiffani] I literally feel like I'm walking in Bangkok right now, 460 00:20:43,109 --> 00:20:45,309 like it is transportive. 461 00:20:45,311 --> 00:20:50,281 It's spicy and spicy in a way that is 100% complimentary of everything else in here. 462 00:20:50,283 --> 00:20:53,784 [Justin] Chef Lee Anne, you know, when a dish is so elegant, 463 00:20:53,786 --> 00:20:57,021 I feel like some sort of monster for using a fork. 464 00:20:57,023 --> 00:21:00,291 It seemed like this came to you, and it was just a lightning bolt. 465 00:21:00,293 --> 00:21:01,726 Just genius maneuvers. 466 00:21:01,794 --> 00:21:02,860 [Lee] Thank you. 467 00:21:02,862 --> 00:21:04,562 [Simon] The bologna that you use as your kind of 468 00:21:04,564 --> 00:21:07,198 original pork product, it's got a little fry on it. 469 00:21:07,266 --> 00:21:09,400 So it gives me that texture that I'm looking for. 470 00:21:09,402 --> 00:21:11,302 The pork loin, I think it's too soft. 471 00:21:11,304 --> 00:21:13,904 It kind of takes away from those flavors. 472 00:21:13,906 --> 00:21:15,773 Could've got a little more texture on that as well. 473 00:21:15,808 --> 00:21:17,274 [Lee] Thank you. 474 00:21:17,276 --> 00:21:20,378 [Guy] All right. Up next, Chef Aarthi, tell us about this dish. 475 00:21:20,446 --> 00:21:21,512 [Aarthi] Hello judges. 476 00:21:21,514 --> 00:21:25,383 Today, I've made a vindaloo pork meatballs. 477 00:21:25,385 --> 00:21:29,954 It's got a bologna naan, and I would love if you ate it like a taco. 478 00:21:31,824 --> 00:21:34,125 [Tiffani] You made naan and put bologna in it. 479 00:21:34,127 --> 00:21:36,427 Like, I whoof, like head explodes. 480 00:21:36,429 --> 00:21:37,962 This is extraordinary. 481 00:21:38,030 --> 00:21:40,398 Shows your level of talent. 482 00:21:40,466 --> 00:21:42,166 [Justin] Even in my demented mind, 483 00:21:42,234 --> 00:21:44,101 I don't come up with bologna naan. 484 00:21:44,103 --> 00:21:45,469 It's nonexistent. 485 00:21:45,471 --> 00:21:47,171 It's spicy. It's porky. 486 00:21:47,239 --> 00:21:48,905 It's out of control. 487 00:21:48,907 --> 00:21:52,310 [Simon] The meatballs themselves look after a juicy and they've got the spice, 488 00:21:52,312 --> 00:21:54,512 although what I do think I'm missing 489 00:21:54,514 --> 00:21:57,214 one of the keys of vindaloo is vinegar. 490 00:21:57,216 --> 00:21:59,016 I'm not getting that blast of vinegar. 491 00:21:59,018 --> 00:21:59,984 [Aarthi] Thank you. 492 00:21:59,986 --> 00:22:01,518 [Guy] Up next, Chef Marc. 493 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:04,989 [Marc] How you guys doing? This is a roasted pork loin with a succotash. 494 00:22:05,057 --> 00:22:06,724 I did corn, some leeks. 495 00:22:06,793 --> 00:22:08,893 I pulled out the bacon and I put the bologna in there. 496 00:22:08,895 --> 00:22:11,429 We have the sweetness from the sweet potato, 497 00:22:11,431 --> 00:22:14,231 Which is the spiralizer that we have on top, and the heat comes 498 00:22:14,267 --> 00:22:16,534 from the gochujang demi-glace. 499 00:22:20,406 --> 00:22:22,540 [Justin] The cook on this is something that we don't get to see 500 00:22:22,608 --> 00:22:25,810 too often in, in any competition. 501 00:22:25,812 --> 00:22:28,379 Mine is just a beautiful rosy center. 502 00:22:28,381 --> 00:22:31,215 [Tiffani] The bologna instead of bacon is just like, 503 00:22:31,217 --> 00:22:33,284 like, why don't we do that all the time? 504 00:22:33,286 --> 00:22:35,219 - [Marc] Sure. - [Tiffani] Obviously, like, it doesn't need to be bacon. 505 00:22:35,287 --> 00:22:36,687 It should be bologna. 506 00:22:36,689 --> 00:22:39,557 [Simon] The corn for me is key 'coz that freshness to the whole dish. 507 00:22:39,625 --> 00:22:41,926 One of the key elements, though, I do think, is the spiciness. 508 00:22:41,928 --> 00:22:43,561 What you've gone for is warmth. 509 00:22:43,629 --> 00:22:46,263 The warmth works beautifully, but I think you are missing 510 00:22:46,299 --> 00:22:47,798 a little bit of that spiciness. 511 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:49,433 [Marc] Gotcha. 512 00:22:49,502 --> 00:22:51,502 [Guy] All right, Chef Adam, tell us what you made? 513 00:22:51,570 --> 00:22:54,305 [Adam] Today, I have a grilled bologna fried rice. 514 00:22:54,373 --> 00:22:57,274 We've got some spicy pork chorizo in there as well. 515 00:22:57,276 --> 00:23:01,278 Using the spiralizer, we use daikon radish and I hope you all enjoy. 516 00:23:05,785 --> 00:23:09,120 [Simon] Chef, that's the reason why you've never been beaten 517 00:23:09,122 --> 00:23:12,790 in any competition so far because, damn, you could cook. 518 00:23:12,792 --> 00:23:14,525 [Justin] You know, the use of the spiralized radish, 519 00:23:14,593 --> 00:23:18,129 it's refreshing, it's spicy and I love it. 520 00:23:18,131 --> 00:23:19,363 [Adam] Yes sir. 521 00:23:19,365 --> 00:23:20,965 [Tiffani] It is really delicious fried rice. 522 00:23:20,967 --> 00:23:22,266 I love the grilled bologna. 523 00:23:22,268 --> 00:23:24,135 I think that is super, super smart. 524 00:23:24,137 --> 00:23:26,971 I would really like to see an addition to the grilled bologna, 525 00:23:26,973 --> 00:23:29,540 fry some of that bologna and give me like some crispy bologna on top. 526 00:23:29,542 --> 00:23:30,508 [Adam] Yeah. 527 00:23:30,510 --> 00:23:32,977 [Guy] Well, then chefs, thank you. 528 00:23:32,979 --> 00:23:35,212 We're gonna send you back to the kitchens. We have some deliberation. 529 00:23:35,214 --> 00:23:36,881 We're gonna score this up. 530 00:23:36,883 --> 00:23:39,350 We come back, we'll make the determination who wins 531 00:23:39,352 --> 00:23:41,085 the first round of the head-to-head battles. 532 00:23:42,922 --> 00:23:44,054 Chef Tiffani, what do you think? 533 00:23:44,056 --> 00:23:44,989 I quit. 534 00:23:44,991 --> 00:23:46,457 [Guy laughs] 535 00:23:46,459 --> 00:23:48,092 Like, it's nice to be here and I'm really glad you're having me. 536 00:23:48,094 --> 00:23:50,428 - I quit. This is impossible. - [Justin] Yeah. 537 00:23:50,496 --> 00:23:55,199 So Lee Anne brought an absolutely delicious, remarkable salad, 538 00:23:55,201 --> 00:23:58,002 although to the pork party where the Chef Aarthi 539 00:23:58,004 --> 00:24:02,573 showed up with pork meatballs in bologna-studded naan. 540 00:24:02,575 --> 00:24:05,910 [Simon] Vindaloo, one of my great dishes, but it wasn't the vinegar. 541 00:24:05,912 --> 00:24:07,244 So I did miss that. 542 00:24:07,246 --> 00:24:09,346 [Guy] Next, Adam versus Marc. 543 00:24:09,348 --> 00:24:11,248 [Tiffani] Spice, spice, spice. 544 00:24:11,250 --> 00:24:13,317 Maybe Marc brought the heat, but he didn't leave it on the street 545 00:24:13,319 --> 00:24:16,020 like not enough on the plate. 546 00:24:16,022 --> 00:24:19,190 [Simon] Adam didn't bring the pork and Marc didn't bring the spice. 547 00:24:19,192 --> 00:24:20,558 [Guy] Total 'em up please. 548 00:24:37,210 --> 00:24:38,943 All right, chefs, thank you very much. 549 00:24:38,945 --> 00:24:41,612 The highest scoring chef in battle one and battle two 550 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:43,247 will be going on to the finals. 551 00:24:43,249 --> 00:24:44,682 Lee Anne and Aarthi. 552 00:24:46,219 --> 00:24:51,422 Chef Lee Anne, 15 points in gameplay, 553 00:24:52,925 --> 00:24:54,992 18 points in taste, 554 00:24:56,462 --> 00:24:59,363 8 points in plating, a total of 41. 555 00:24:59,932 --> 00:25:01,332 Congratulations. 556 00:25:01,334 --> 00:25:03,133 - [Lee] Thank you. - [Justin] Good score. 557 00:25:04,370 --> 00:25:09,440 [Guy] Chef Aarthi, 18 points in gameplay, 558 00:25:10,309 --> 00:25:11,575 - 18 in a taste. - [Tiffani] Wow! 559 00:25:11,577 --> 00:25:12,810 [Simon] Wow! 560 00:25:12,812 --> 00:25:15,946 [Guy] Seven points in plating for a total of 43. 561 00:25:15,948 --> 00:25:17,948 - Congratulations, chef. - [Tiffani] Wow! 562 00:25:18,651 --> 00:25:20,384 [Justin] Congratulations. 563 00:25:21,454 --> 00:25:22,586 [Guy] Congratulations. 564 00:25:22,655 --> 00:25:23,854 [Aarthi] Thank you. 565 00:25:23,923 --> 00:25:24,955 [Lee] Two-point loss. 566 00:25:24,957 --> 00:25:26,857 I'm super proud of the dish I made. 567 00:25:26,859 --> 00:25:30,928 It was amazing for my first time in Flavortown. 568 00:25:30,930 --> 00:25:33,364 I just wanna say, Guy, thank you. 569 00:25:33,366 --> 00:25:35,165 [Guy] Adam and Marc. 570 00:25:35,635 --> 00:25:39,270 Adam, 14 in gameplay, 571 00:25:40,239 --> 00:25:45,442 15 in taste, 7 in plating for 36. 572 00:25:47,547 --> 00:25:54,518 Chef Marc, 14 in gameplay, 14 in taste, 573 00:25:55,688 --> 00:25:59,089 - 7 in plating for score of 35. - [Tiffani] Wow! 574 00:25:59,392 --> 00:26:01,458 [Marc laughs] 575 00:26:01,460 --> 00:26:02,893 [Justin] Ooh! 576 00:26:02,895 --> 00:26:07,898 [Guy] Chefs, this had a lot to do with the heat. 577 00:26:07,900 --> 00:26:11,035 Chef Marc, I gotta tell you something, what a pleasure to meet you. 578 00:26:11,037 --> 00:26:14,505 And Chef Lee Anne, that salad groundbreaking. 579 00:26:14,507 --> 00:26:16,507 [Lee] Thank you. 580 00:26:16,509 --> 00:26:17,775 [Guy] We say thank you very much. 581 00:26:17,777 --> 00:26:19,109 It's been a pleasure having you. 582 00:26:19,178 --> 00:26:20,544 Good night. 583 00:26:20,580 --> 00:26:22,880 [Marc] It's not a lose coming to Flavortown. 584 00:26:22,882 --> 00:26:24,949 It was just a dope experience I came here. 585 00:26:24,984 --> 00:26:26,350 I'm gonna be back. 586 00:26:26,352 --> 00:26:28,152 Chef, you're supposed to wait for me. 587 00:26:28,154 --> 00:26:29,386 - [Lee] Am I? - [Marc] Yes. 588 00:26:29,388 --> 00:26:30,921 - [Lee] Hurry up. - [Marc] Let's go. 589 00:26:30,923 --> 00:26:32,289 [laughter] 590 00:26:36,429 --> 00:26:38,596 [Guy] Well, congratulations, chefs. 591 00:26:38,998 --> 00:26:41,332 The final round. 592 00:26:41,334 --> 00:26:47,605 Stakes are huge, and the winner will earn a guaranteed $15,000. 593 00:26:47,673 --> 00:26:49,273 - [Adam] Whoo! - [Guy] Got to love that. 594 00:26:49,275 --> 00:26:50,541 [Adam] Hell, yeah. 595 00:26:50,543 --> 00:26:55,212 [Guy] So, your final dish, I want you to make the judges 596 00:26:57,550 --> 00:26:59,049 a champion's dinner. 597 00:27:00,019 --> 00:27:01,051 [Aarthi] Okay. 598 00:27:01,053 --> 00:27:02,720 [Guy] What would a champion eat? 599 00:27:04,357 --> 00:27:06,423 But before you wheel those carts around, 600 00:27:06,425 --> 00:27:10,361 before you wheel those, before you wheel. 601 00:27:12,298 --> 00:27:15,532 Before you wheel those carts around, we have to play one more game. 602 00:27:16,202 --> 00:27:18,135 Hunter, can you bring me that wheel? 603 00:27:18,137 --> 00:27:20,638 - [Aarthi] Ah, no! - [Guy] I knew I forgot something. 604 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:22,539 - [Adam] Oh, all right. - [Aarthi] Okay. 605 00:27:22,541 --> 00:27:23,840 [Adam] We'll do that. 606 00:27:24,010 --> 00:27:27,411 [Guy] I didn't want to be the one that chose the protein. 607 00:27:27,446 --> 00:27:30,481 So, take a look at these. 608 00:27:30,483 --> 00:27:32,049 - [Adam] Whoo! - [Aarthi] Oh! 609 00:27:32,218 --> 00:27:37,655 [Guy] Whole duck, king salmon, whole branzini and dry aged New York. 610 00:27:37,723 --> 00:27:38,589 [Adam] Love it. 611 00:27:38,591 --> 00:27:39,957 [Tiffani] No losers there. 612 00:27:39,992 --> 00:27:42,326 [Guy] Chef, you had the highest score. 613 00:27:42,328 --> 00:27:43,527 Would you like to spin the wheel? 614 00:27:43,529 --> 00:27:45,329 - [Aarthi] Sure. - [Hunter] Big score, too. 615 00:27:45,397 --> 00:27:47,164 [Guy] It's a monster score. 616 00:27:51,937 --> 00:27:55,539 - Here it comes. - [Hunter] Oh, no, no, no, no. 617 00:27:55,607 --> 00:27:57,207 [Guy] Is it stopping? 618 00:27:57,209 --> 00:27:58,542 [screams] 619 00:27:58,610 --> 00:28:00,277 [Guy] It's going to duck! 620 00:28:03,282 --> 00:28:05,282 King salmon. 621 00:28:05,284 --> 00:28:06,449 All right, thank you, chef. 622 00:28:06,451 --> 00:28:07,985 [Hunter] All right, salmon is good, salmon is good. 623 00:28:07,987 --> 00:28:09,486 [Guy] All right Hunter. Thank you very much. 624 00:28:09,488 --> 00:28:11,155 - [Guy] Thank you very much. - [Hunter] You call me [indistinct]. 625 00:28:11,157 --> 00:28:12,356 - [Guy] All right, chefs. - [Adam] All right. 626 00:28:12,424 --> 00:28:13,657 - [Guy] Champion's dinner. - [Aarthi] Okay. 627 00:28:13,659 --> 00:28:16,527 [Guy] Let's do this. Let's go in three... two... 628 00:28:17,096 --> 00:28:19,229 You know what? 629 00:28:19,298 --> 00:28:21,965 When I think of two, aren't there supposed to be two wheels 630 00:28:21,967 --> 00:28:23,033 in a champion's dinner. 631 00:28:23,035 --> 00:28:24,068 Hunter, do we have another wheel? 632 00:28:24,136 --> 00:28:25,569 - [Adam] Oh, my God. - [Aarthi] Oh [indistinct]. 633 00:28:25,571 --> 00:28:28,539 - [Guy] Come on, Hunter, bring that out here. - [Adam] Oh, my God. 634 00:28:28,541 --> 00:28:30,674 [Hunter] Just in case you wanted to party a little bit. 635 00:28:30,676 --> 00:28:32,076 [Guy] All right, here we go. 636 00:28:32,144 --> 00:28:34,044 The last wheel, go ahead. What have we got, son? 637 00:28:35,081 --> 00:28:36,113 The equipment wheel. 638 00:28:36,115 --> 00:28:37,314 - [Hunter] Ooh! - [Adam] Oh! 639 00:28:37,382 --> 00:28:39,083 - [Hunter] This is easy. - [Hunter] It's always fun. 640 00:28:39,085 --> 00:28:41,585 [Guy] The siphon, liquid nitrogen, 641 00:28:41,587 --> 00:28:44,421 smoking gun and the pressure cooker. 642 00:28:44,423 --> 00:28:46,390 Chef, you didn't get to spin yet. 643 00:28:46,392 --> 00:28:48,358 Step up. Step in. Come in and win. 644 00:28:48,427 --> 00:28:50,260 - [Simon] Please, no liquid nitrogen. - [Tiffani] Oh, come on. 645 00:28:50,329 --> 00:28:51,462 It's fun. 646 00:28:56,902 --> 00:28:58,035 [Simon] Ah! 647 00:28:58,037 --> 00:29:00,771 [laughter] 648 00:29:00,773 --> 00:29:02,973 [Adam] Okay. Goggles and gloves? It is. 649 00:29:03,008 --> 00:29:04,340 [Guy] Ha, did he just go? 650 00:29:04,410 --> 00:29:06,009 -[Hunter] That was sick! -[Guy] Goggle and gloves? It is. 651 00:29:06,011 --> 00:29:07,044 [Justin] Oh. 652 00:29:07,046 --> 00:29:08,445 [Guy] Now let's do this. 653 00:29:08,447 --> 00:29:11,081 We're going in three... two... one. 654 00:29:12,318 --> 00:29:13,450 You know what, one? 655 00:29:13,452 --> 00:29:14,818 [Adam] No way. 656 00:29:14,854 --> 00:29:16,353 - [Aarthi] What! - [Guy] I think we have one more wheel. 657 00:29:16,355 --> 00:29:18,388 - [Adam] No way. - [Guy] Hang on. Hunter, do we have another wheel? 658 00:29:18,390 --> 00:29:20,591 - [Hunter] We actually do have one more. - [Guy] Come on, Hunter. 659 00:29:20,626 --> 00:29:22,192 [Adam] How many wheels you got back there? 660 00:29:22,228 --> 00:29:23,727 [Guy] Let the good times roll. 661 00:29:23,829 --> 00:29:25,262 [Aarthi] Oh, God! 662 00:29:25,264 --> 00:29:27,598 [Guy] I'm just trying to think what could be in this wheel? 663 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:30,400 I bet, it's the veggie wheel. 664 00:29:30,402 --> 00:29:32,336 Hunter, go ahead and show us the veggie wheel. 665 00:29:34,140 --> 00:29:36,540 - Oh, Hunter, this isn't the veggie wheel. - [Hunter] What part is this? 666 00:29:36,608 --> 00:29:37,908 [Guy] This is the whammy wheel, Hunter. 667 00:29:37,910 --> 00:29:39,343 [Hunter] Oh, that's right, I thought we had that. 668 00:29:39,345 --> 00:29:40,777 - [Adam] What a guy! - [Aarthi] What! 669 00:29:40,779 --> 00:29:45,716 [Guy] Okay, sports drink, canned spinach, dried durian, durian 670 00:29:45,818 --> 00:29:47,484 and annatto paste. 671 00:29:47,486 --> 00:29:49,086 Ready, here we go. 672 00:29:55,995 --> 00:29:57,027 Sports drink. 673 00:29:57,062 --> 00:29:58,996 - [Hunter] Ooh! - [Tiffani] Oh man! 674 00:29:58,998 --> 00:30:02,466 [Guy] Thirty minutes to make a champion's dinner featuring king salmon. 675 00:30:02,468 --> 00:30:05,569 You must use the liquid nitrogen 676 00:30:05,571 --> 00:30:09,273 and you've gotta to include some sports drink in there. 677 00:30:09,275 --> 00:30:11,008 Do you wanna talk about anything else? 678 00:30:11,010 --> 00:30:13,477 'Coz as soon as I say three, two, one, go, it starts. 679 00:30:15,314 --> 00:30:17,314 They were waiting for anything. 680 00:30:17,316 --> 00:30:19,883 It didn't even matter if I said, go, they were going. 681 00:30:19,885 --> 00:30:21,552 [Adam] Yeah, we got it this time, girl. 682 00:30:21,554 --> 00:30:24,354 [Aarthi] I know, I know Adam's undefeated, 683 00:30:24,356 --> 00:30:27,491 but you're definitely getting defeated today, buddy. 684 00:30:27,493 --> 00:30:32,462 I have to make a champion's dinner using liquid nitrogen, 685 00:30:32,464 --> 00:30:36,333 a sports drink and king salmon. 686 00:30:36,335 --> 00:30:39,369 Does that all sound right like in one sentence? 687 00:30:40,773 --> 00:30:44,374 A champion's dinner has to be a feast for the eyes. 688 00:30:44,376 --> 00:30:50,280 So I'm gonna make pan-seared salmon Boil in a bag 689 00:30:50,316 --> 00:30:55,619 And a creamy coconutty pila with lots of shrimp. 690 00:30:56,255 --> 00:30:57,387 Sports drink. 691 00:30:57,389 --> 00:31:00,090 And then I'm gonna grab my sports drink. 692 00:31:00,158 --> 00:31:02,292 What am I gonna do with a sports drink. 693 00:31:02,328 --> 00:31:07,030 Orange, citrus, it's all a great flavor for seafood. 694 00:31:07,032 --> 00:31:09,099 I still don't know what I'm gonna do with it. 695 00:31:10,202 --> 00:31:11,267 [Adam] All right. 696 00:31:11,337 --> 00:31:12,870 I'm excited to be going int round two, 697 00:31:12,938 --> 00:31:15,472 but after seeing those score Aarthi's bringing it, 698 00:31:15,540 --> 00:31:17,374 and my second round better be amazing 699 00:31:17,376 --> 00:31:19,376 because mediocre isn't gonna win. 700 00:31:19,411 --> 00:31:21,378 Taking a cioppino. 701 00:31:21,380 --> 00:31:25,449 For my champion dinner, I'm thinking of doing a cioppino-esque dish. 702 00:31:25,517 --> 00:31:27,084 King salmon. 703 00:31:28,053 --> 00:31:29,620 But obviously, this is a champion's meal, 704 00:31:29,622 --> 00:31:31,021 so we're gonna make this elevate. 705 00:31:31,023 --> 00:31:31,955 We're gonna use crab. 706 00:31:31,957 --> 00:31:33,690 We're gonna get all those ingredients, 707 00:31:33,692 --> 00:31:36,260 but we're gonna highlight the king salmon because that's what this challenge is. 708 00:31:36,262 --> 00:31:39,029 Sports drinks, lemon lime. 709 00:31:39,031 --> 00:31:41,231 So for the sports drink, I'm grabbing lemon lime flavor. 710 00:31:41,300 --> 00:31:42,499 To the proteins. 711 00:31:42,501 --> 00:31:45,035 I'm already thinking I'm gonna add like Meyer lemons to it. 712 00:31:45,103 --> 00:31:46,536 What am I going to do with this? 713 00:31:46,538 --> 00:31:48,438 Oh, I'll marinate the salmon in. 714 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:50,107 I see morels, chanterelles. 715 00:31:50,175 --> 00:31:51,741 They go really well with crab. 716 00:31:51,743 --> 00:31:55,579 I know that I really gotta build these flavors, so I grabbed some onions. 717 00:31:55,581 --> 00:31:57,948 Potatoes is a nice key thing in cioppino. 718 00:32:00,119 --> 00:32:02,386 [Tiffani] Hey Adam, why are you shoving potatoes in your pocket, 719 00:32:02,454 --> 00:32:03,553 don't you have a cart? 720 00:32:03,555 --> 00:32:05,822 [Adam] Yes. Oh yeah. I don't know. 721 00:32:05,824 --> 00:32:07,257 [Simon] It's that thing in front of you. 722 00:32:07,259 --> 00:32:09,927 [Adam] Last time I had, I had some chilies fall through the cart. 723 00:32:09,929 --> 00:32:11,194 [Simon] That's so funny. 724 00:32:11,196 --> 00:32:12,863 [Adam] This is definitely an ambitious dish, 725 00:32:12,865 --> 00:32:15,499 but the idea is that you make something that's just so memorable 726 00:32:15,501 --> 00:32:17,434 that it blows off their socks. 727 00:32:18,270 --> 00:32:20,237 [Guy] Twenty six and a half minutes. 728 00:32:20,239 --> 00:32:22,306 Three and a half minutes, they shopped for all the ingredients 729 00:32:22,308 --> 00:32:23,874 they need to make their dish. 730 00:32:24,143 --> 00:32:26,543 You have trouble at home trying to figure out what you can have for dinner 731 00:32:26,611 --> 00:32:28,178 and you think about it all day. 732 00:32:28,246 --> 00:32:30,314 A three and a half minutes to make the dish 733 00:32:30,316 --> 00:32:32,049 that's going to either make 'em or break 'em. 734 00:32:41,493 --> 00:32:44,594 Twenty six minutes to cook, get cooking. 735 00:32:44,663 --> 00:32:47,164 [Tiffani] Aarthi's score was like next level high. 736 00:32:47,232 --> 00:32:48,398 Adam had a high score. 737 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:49,499 Doesn't matter. 738 00:32:49,568 --> 00:32:51,501 Doesn't matter. Starts from zero. 739 00:32:51,503 --> 00:32:55,405 [Aarthi] I am still trying to figure out my game plan. 740 00:32:55,407 --> 00:33:00,444 Liquid nitrogen, a sports drink. 741 00:33:00,446 --> 00:33:05,015 This is most definitely the hardest cooking challenge I've ever had. 742 00:33:05,017 --> 00:33:07,284 But I'm a pro with salmon. 743 00:33:07,286 --> 00:33:12,422 I wanna serve perfect salmon that's like pink and nice and soft 744 00:33:12,458 --> 00:33:14,524 with crispy skin. 745 00:33:15,494 --> 00:33:17,260 Where's the stock? 746 00:33:18,964 --> 00:33:23,266 I'm really stumped by the sports drink and how to use it in my dish. 747 00:33:23,335 --> 00:33:28,472 And ding, the lemon juice is going to turn that fake 748 00:33:28,540 --> 00:33:31,508 orangish lemony flavor into something real. 749 00:33:33,879 --> 00:33:38,281 Get serrano peppers, there's some heat to balance it out. 750 00:33:38,283 --> 00:33:41,918 Oh, and this is how I'm gonna use my liquid nitrogen. 751 00:33:41,954 --> 00:33:44,054 I'm gonna cool down the sports drink. 752 00:33:44,089 --> 00:33:48,392 I'm gonna churn that into like a granita or a sorbet 753 00:33:48,394 --> 00:33:49,993 and serve it on the side. 754 00:33:52,898 --> 00:33:54,498 [Guy] Chef Adam, what's on the game plan? 755 00:33:54,500 --> 00:33:56,133 [Adam] I'm taking a really elevated cioppino. 756 00:33:56,135 --> 00:33:57,801 [Guy] Let's just really make sure 757 00:33:57,803 --> 00:33:59,936 - it's salmon cioppino. - [Adam] Yes sir. 758 00:33:59,938 --> 00:34:02,172 I have never cooked a sports drink before. 759 00:34:02,174 --> 00:34:05,108 It has no business in a kitchen other than to drink. 760 00:34:05,110 --> 00:34:09,146 But I'm thinking like, I'll marinate the salmon in sports drink. 761 00:34:09,148 --> 00:34:12,082 Marinated salmon. 762 00:34:12,117 --> 00:34:15,285 I had some shallots and a bunch of Meyer lemon juice. 763 00:34:15,287 --> 00:34:18,288 Meyer lemons aren't as acidic as a regular lemon, 764 00:34:18,356 --> 00:34:20,957 but they're a little more on the tart sweet spectrum, 765 00:34:20,959 --> 00:34:23,560 which I knew would sort of cut through that sport drin 766 00:34:23,562 --> 00:34:25,562 and really balance it out almost in a way. 767 00:34:26,865 --> 00:34:28,165 All right. 768 00:34:28,233 --> 00:34:30,067 I'm gonna let that sit for a little bit. 769 00:34:30,069 --> 00:34:33,236 Next, I gotta work on the ba of the fish stew, 770 00:34:33,305 --> 00:34:36,073 and I know I can build thos flavors slowly with the garlic, 771 00:34:36,075 --> 00:34:40,710 the celery, onion, add tomatoes and just kinda let it go. 772 00:34:41,947 --> 00:34:44,314 There's $15,000 on the line 773 00:34:44,316 --> 00:34:46,216 My wife is first generation Hungarian, 774 00:34:46,218 --> 00:34:47,784 and we've never gone to Hungary together, 775 00:34:47,786 --> 00:34:50,153 so to travel to Hungary, see her family, 776 00:34:50,155 --> 00:34:52,522 eat some good food and experience her culture 777 00:34:52,524 --> 00:34:54,357 'coz I even tattooed it on my arm. 778 00:34:54,426 --> 00:34:56,393 It's the Hungarian flag, so. 779 00:34:58,097 --> 00:35:01,264 [Guy] Thirteen minutes, guys, 13 to go. 780 00:35:01,333 --> 00:35:05,602 [Aarthi] Now that my salmon is cooking, I'm gonna work on my shrimp pilaf. 781 00:35:05,637 --> 00:35:08,939 Into my pan, I get some oil and then I throw in the shrimp. 782 00:35:09,208 --> 00:35:10,440 I grew up in India. 783 00:35:10,442 --> 00:35:14,211 They see so many young boys and girls who are in India, 784 00:35:14,213 --> 00:35:17,214 but are just scared to take that leap of hope. 785 00:35:17,216 --> 00:35:20,283 And I am there as an example and show them 786 00:35:20,285 --> 00:35:23,520 that if you wanna achieve something, just go for it. 787 00:35:27,659 --> 00:35:29,292 [Guy] Got a little gangster right there. 788 00:35:29,294 --> 00:35:30,760 Who needs a can opener? 789 00:35:30,762 --> 00:35:32,496 She's got Jenni's knife. 790 00:35:32,564 --> 00:35:34,631 [Aarthi] I use the coconut cream because it's thick 791 00:35:34,633 --> 00:35:38,268 and it's just gonna add sumptuousness really easy. 792 00:35:39,538 --> 00:35:41,404 I use this bag rice. 793 00:35:41,473 --> 00:35:43,073 I've never tried it before. 794 00:35:43,075 --> 00:35:45,342 Hopefully, this rice is done. 795 00:35:48,313 --> 00:35:50,247 [Adam] This is a champion's meal, so, you know, 796 00:35:50,249 --> 00:35:52,916 I'm thinking top shelf mushrooms 797 00:35:52,918 --> 00:35:55,919 and then some Dungeness cra to the mushrooms and tarrago 798 00:35:55,921 --> 00:35:57,187 You just eat that in a bowl 799 00:35:57,255 --> 00:35:58,522 That's elegant on its own. 800 00:35:58,524 --> 00:36:00,891 That's a champion's bowl. 801 00:36:00,893 --> 00:36:03,026 The last thing I'm gonna work on is my salmon roe. 802 00:36:03,094 --> 00:36:05,128 It's got a nice, salty pop to it, 803 00:36:05,164 --> 00:36:06,529 thinking I wanna add some crunch 804 00:36:06,531 --> 00:36:09,099 and maybe use the liquid nitrogen on that salmon roe. 805 00:36:09,101 --> 00:36:11,001 [Guy] Justin, how cold is liquid nitrogen? 806 00:36:11,003 --> 00:36:13,103 [Justin] -320 Fahrenheit. 807 00:36:13,171 --> 00:36:14,971 [Guy] Eat your finger off cold. 808 00:36:14,973 --> 00:36:16,339 [Adam] This is my opportunit 809 00:36:16,341 --> 00:36:19,643 I'm here to win and I wanna win now. 810 00:36:19,645 --> 00:36:20,844 Fire. Like salty ice cream. 811 00:36:20,912 --> 00:36:22,279 [Guy] Three minutes. 812 00:36:23,882 --> 00:36:25,648 [Aarthi] Now it's time to plate. 813 00:36:25,650 --> 00:36:31,655 I throw in the mushrooms, I drop that perfectly crisp salmon on the plate. 814 00:36:32,391 --> 00:36:35,325 And then next, I get that pilaf, 815 00:36:35,393 --> 00:36:38,895 all that shrimp is just like plump and juicy. 816 00:36:38,897 --> 00:36:45,202 I open the tin of caviar and I know it's gonna provid a nice burst of flavor. 817 00:36:45,204 --> 00:36:50,040 And then I wanna finish it off with my granita right at the end. 818 00:36:52,144 --> 00:36:54,444 [Guy] Ninety seconds. 819 00:36:54,446 --> 00:36:56,479 You can cut the tension with a knife in here. 820 00:36:56,548 --> 00:36:57,847 I'm asking for champion's dinner, 821 00:36:57,883 --> 00:36:59,482 they're giving champion's dinner. 822 00:37:02,988 --> 00:37:04,454 [Adam] Cioppino's looking good. 823 00:37:04,456 --> 00:37:07,324 I wanna scoop that broth into the bowl, 824 00:37:07,326 --> 00:37:09,359 then I've got my mushroom and crab mixture 825 00:37:10,329 --> 00:37:11,361 and then everybody gets a nice, 826 00:37:11,363 --> 00:37:13,597 beautiful piece of king salmon. 827 00:37:15,267 --> 00:37:19,469 And then I wanted to put the frozen salmon roe sort of on top of that. 828 00:37:19,471 --> 00:37:24,774 [Guy] Five... four... three... two... one. 829 00:37:24,776 --> 00:37:27,244 - That's it. - [Tiffani] Wow! 830 00:37:27,246 --> 00:37:28,912 [Simon] Good job, good job, chefs. 831 00:37:28,980 --> 00:37:30,280 [Guy] Wow! 832 00:37:31,850 --> 00:37:34,718 Let's take it to the judges, right this way. 833 00:37:43,328 --> 00:37:45,395 All right, judges. Here it is. 834 00:37:45,463 --> 00:37:48,999 Game two, Food Network Champs. 835 00:37:49,001 --> 00:37:52,902 Our chefs had to make a king salmon champion's dinner 836 00:37:52,904 --> 00:37:56,573 that incorporated liquid nitrogen and sports drink. 837 00:37:56,575 --> 00:37:58,908 First up, Chef Adam, what do you got for us. 838 00:37:58,910 --> 00:38:01,011 [Adam] Today, we have an elevated king salmon. 839 00:38:01,013 --> 00:38:03,413 You know, we've got expensiv ingredients in there. 840 00:38:03,481 --> 00:38:06,850 We've got Dungeness crab, morel mushrooms, chanterelle 841 00:38:06,852 --> 00:38:09,552 using the liquid nitrogen with the salmon roe 842 00:38:09,554 --> 00:38:12,389 and the sports drink marinated the salmon. 843 00:38:12,391 --> 00:38:14,024 It's quite the challenge. 844 00:38:16,828 --> 00:38:18,995 [Simon] Chefs, I saw your faces when you got king salmon. 845 00:38:19,031 --> 00:38:21,464 You went, yes, and then you got sports drink, you went 846 00:38:21,466 --> 00:38:23,533 "No," and then you've got liquid nitrogen 847 00:38:23,535 --> 00:38:26,136 and you're almost running out of the room crying. 848 00:38:26,138 --> 00:38:28,972 But Chef Adam, to come up with a cioppino 849 00:38:28,974 --> 00:38:30,273 and to say that to an elevated level 850 00:38:30,342 --> 00:38:32,241 and I think is really, really remarkable. 851 00:38:32,243 --> 00:38:35,512 [Tiffani] And I love that you didn't shy away from giving me a really big piece of salmon. 852 00:38:35,514 --> 00:38:39,082 The depth of flavor in the cioppino is just like next level. 853 00:38:39,084 --> 00:38:42,485 [Justin] So, the liquid nitrogen with the salmon roe. 854 00:38:42,521 --> 00:38:45,755 The problem for me is that they have now kind of shriveled 855 00:38:45,757 --> 00:38:48,758 and their contents is kind of spilling outwards. 856 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:53,330 But I think you really worked well with that sports drink and it was a champion effort. 857 00:38:53,332 --> 00:38:54,531 [Adam] I appreciate it. Thank you. 858 00:38:54,533 --> 00:38:57,567 [Guy] All right. Last but not least, working hard. 859 00:38:57,569 --> 00:38:59,169 Chef Aarthi, what do you have for us? 860 00:38:59,204 --> 00:39:03,973 [Aarthi] So I have pan-roasted salmon with a seafood pilaf 861 00:39:04,009 --> 00:39:07,344 as well as a chili sports drink granita. 862 00:39:12,017 --> 00:39:16,419 [Tiffani] This is how you roast salmon like crispy skin, the seasoning is perfect. 863 00:39:16,488 --> 00:39:18,955 This tells me you've cooked a gazillion thousand cooked pieces of salmon. 864 00:39:18,957 --> 00:39:20,757 It's so delicious. 865 00:39:20,826 --> 00:39:24,828 [Simon] I don't know how you managed to cook the chemical out of their sports drink, 866 00:39:24,830 --> 00:39:26,429 and you managed to get some flavors 867 00:39:26,431 --> 00:39:29,766 in this that I think are spectacular and work really well. 868 00:39:29,768 --> 00:39:32,736 [Justin] And I think it marries quite well with the pilaf, 869 00:39:32,738 --> 00:39:36,773 but I had a lot of questions about the caviar. 870 00:39:36,775 --> 00:39:39,142 It's a big afterthought, and I don't think it needed to be 871 00:39:39,210 --> 00:39:41,311 anywhere near this plate. 872 00:39:41,313 --> 00:39:43,680 [Guy] Chefs, we are gonna send you back to the kitchens 873 00:39:43,748 --> 00:39:45,315 and we will call you and we have a decision. 874 00:39:45,317 --> 00:39:46,916 -Excellent job. Thank you very much. -[Aarthi] Very well. 875 00:39:46,918 --> 00:39:48,351 Thank you. 876 00:39:49,788 --> 00:39:51,488 [Guy] Give me a pro con, move it on. 877 00:39:51,523 --> 00:39:55,158 Chef Adam, I love the overall flavor that that dish brought 878 00:39:55,226 --> 00:39:57,494 for something that's kind of a one pot meal like that. 879 00:39:57,496 --> 00:39:59,362 It felt like someone was cooking for a winner. 880 00:39:59,398 --> 00:40:00,730 Had a lot of love to it. 881 00:40:00,732 --> 00:40:03,299 Chef Aarthi loved the cook on the salmon 882 00:40:03,368 --> 00:40:07,804 and I thought that use of the sports drink was pretty darn masterful. 883 00:40:07,806 --> 00:40:11,674 [Simon] Chef Aarthi best cooked salmon but I thought Chef Adam 884 00:40:11,743 --> 00:40:15,745 used his sports drink better to give a little lemon flavor for that broth. 885 00:40:15,747 --> 00:40:18,047 [Tiffani] Come down to like liquid nitrogen, one was clearly 886 00:40:18,049 --> 00:40:21,151 used heads and tails above the other. 887 00:40:21,153 --> 00:40:24,020 [Guy] All right, let's get the scores in and post them to the board. 888 00:40:26,758 --> 00:40:29,626 Time to find out which high-end dinner gets the highest score. 889 00:40:31,263 --> 00:40:34,531 Adam, 20 points in gameplay, 20 points in taste, 890 00:40:34,533 --> 00:40:36,166 10 in plating and let's take a look. 891 00:40:37,369 --> 00:40:40,370 Thirteen in gameplay, 892 00:40:40,372 --> 00:40:44,574 15 in taste, 6 in plating, 893 00:40:44,642 --> 00:40:46,676 a total of 34. 894 00:40:47,913 --> 00:40:51,681 Aarthi, 15 in gameplay, 895 00:40:51,750 --> 00:40:53,316 15 in taste, 896 00:40:57,956 --> 00:41:00,957 6 in plating, score of 36. Congratulations! 897 00:41:00,959 --> 00:41:02,325 - [Adam] Congratulations! - [Tiffani] Wow. 898 00:41:02,327 --> 00:41:04,327 [Adam] Way to go. 899 00:41:04,395 --> 00:41:06,095 [Guy] Chef Aarthi, congratulations. 900 00:41:06,097 --> 00:41:07,764 [Aarthi] Oh my goodness. 901 00:41:07,766 --> 00:41:10,366 [Guy] Chef Adam, what a blast to watch you cook 902 00:41:10,368 --> 00:41:12,035 and we appreciate you coming at Triple G. 903 00:41:12,037 --> 00:41:13,536 -Thank you very much. -[Adam] Guaranteed. Thank you. 904 00:41:13,538 --> 00:41:15,305 - [Tiffani] Yeah buddy. - [Adam] Thank you guys very much. 905 00:41:15,307 --> 00:41:16,439 Appreciate you. 906 00:41:16,441 --> 00:41:18,241 I didn't win today, but in life, 907 00:41:18,243 --> 00:41:20,109 here I am a Food Network champ. 908 00:41:20,111 --> 00:41:21,210 That can't be taken away from me. 909 00:41:21,212 --> 00:41:23,379 Hopefully, more opportunities come our way. 910 00:41:23,381 --> 00:41:28,017 [Guy] Ladies and gentlemen, meet the Ultimate Food Network Champ, Chef Aarthi. 911 00:41:28,019 --> 00:41:29,419 [Tiffani] Whoo! 912 00:41:29,487 --> 00:41:30,420 [Simon] [indistinct]. 913 00:41:30,488 --> 00:41:32,155 [Aarthi] I can't believe it. 914 00:41:32,223 --> 00:41:35,225 There was a chef that beat an Iron Chef with me. 915 00:41:35,227 --> 00:41:37,093 That's insane. 916 00:41:37,095 --> 00:41:39,662 [Guy] The people that were involved in this competition today, 917 00:41:39,664 --> 00:41:41,831 chef, were the best of the best. 918 00:41:41,833 --> 00:41:43,099 [Aarthi] Yes. 919 00:41:43,101 --> 00:41:46,736 [Guy] From Iron Chef, from Chopped and Beat Bobby Flay. 920 00:41:46,738 --> 00:41:48,771 [Aarthi] Yes, absolutely. 921 00:41:48,773 --> 00:41:52,675 [Guy] And Chef Aarthi, we have $15,000 coming your way. 922 00:41:52,677 --> 00:41:55,578 And listen, see you guys next week in Guy's Grocery Games. 923 00:41:55,647 --> 00:41:57,146 Adios! 924 00:41:58,316 --> 00:42:00,250 [Tiffani] Yes, queen!