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- What a game.
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Welcome to the world's toughest
culinary competition,
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"next level chef."
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Every great chef had to start
at the bottom
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And work their way up.
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So I've created a three-level
culinary proving ground
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Like you've never seen before.
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- Let's go!
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- Let's go. Gotta move.
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Each week these chefs
will be battling to level up.
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- Hurry up.
- And the only way
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To move to the top
is to cook your way up.
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Can you rise above the rest?
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Those cooking on the top level
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Will get the first pick
of ingredients.
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- I got the lobster.
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Oh, yeah.
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- If you're down
in the basement
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You'll have to make due
with whatever's left.
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- This is like things
you'd find at the goodwill
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On sale for a dollar.
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- Once again,
nyesha arrington...
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- You want to stay
in this top-level kitchen?
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- Richard blais...
- Make it look beautiful.
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- And I are going
head-to-head...
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We are not going down
on the floor tonight.
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- To find
the next great talent.
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This season we've already
handpicked our teams
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Of talented home cooks,
social media chefs,
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And professionals.
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- I'm gonna fight, scratch,
and claw
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My way to the top.
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- With an amazing
one-year mentorship
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And $250,000 on the line,
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The journey to the top
starts tonight.
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- ♪ gimme something new ♪
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- Their first challenge
is to level up a classic dish
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In only 45 minutes
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With whatever ingredients
they can grab
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From the platform.
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- It's like fighting
for your last meal.
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And by the end of tonight
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One chef will leave
the competition for good.
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If there was ever a time
for you to cook
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The best dish of your lives,
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This is it.
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This is the evolution
of cooking competitions.
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And it starts...
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[bleep].
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Right now.
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[dramatic rock music]
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♪ ♪
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[suspenseful music]
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♪ ♪
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- Okay, okay.
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- All right,
I'm hearing some activity.
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- Oh, my goodness.
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I wonder who picked me.
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I know that most people
are gonna say
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They would love chef gordon
to be their mentor,
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But I've been dreaming
about chef arrington.
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- Who do we got?
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[all screaming]
- let's go!
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- Yeah, girl!
[all screaming]
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- Yes! God, you're real,
and you're listening.
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- Let's go.
- We are gonna go.
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All we're gonna do is go.
- Let's go.
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- Guys, listen up.
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I know we randomly
drew the basement
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For our first challenge,
but I promise you
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We could still
cook our way to the top.
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- Let's go!
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- Who do we got?
We're just rushing.
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[rock music]
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[all screaming]
- let's go!
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Let's go!
- Get outta here! No way!
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- Oh, my god!
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I am so freakin' stoked
to be on team ramsay.
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We are gonna absolutely
knock this out of the park.
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- Remember I have handpicked
each and every one of you.
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- [laughs]
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- All of you
will have 45 minutes
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To create a next-level dish.
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And remember this:
I do not like losing.
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- No.
- And nor should you.
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- Okay, I can die happy now.
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Gordon ramsay picked me.
[laughs]
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- We're still waiting
for our chef!
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[hydraulics whirring]
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[dramatic music]
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[all screaming]
- let's go! Let's go!
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This is where I wanna be.
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I was an athlete my whole life,
and I have pre-game jitters.
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- Grab your aprons.
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Champions wear blue.
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- We're ready. Game on.
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Like, time to play.
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- We were very lucky
getting the top level
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In the random draw today,
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It means you get the best
ingredients and best equipment
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To work with.
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Now it's go time.
- Okay.
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- Platform is on the way.
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- Here we go.
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When the light's green,
it's go.
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[electronic chime]
go time!
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- Let's go.
- Here we go!
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- I ran track in high school.
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I'm small, but I'm a fireball.
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I literally will...
[imitates smashing sound]
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- Yes, we are off.
Okay, what do we got?
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- Being on the top floor,
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We have
all these amazing ingredients.
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Everything you can imagine.
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And then I see
this beautiful filet.
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I said,
"I'm gonna grab this filet.
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I know how to cook this."
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- We're gonna
grab a bunch of things.
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You should already have
a few things in your hands.
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You're on the top level.
Grab the good ingredients.
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- Oh! Oh, my gosh.
I'm panicking.
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It's like fighting
for your last meal.
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- All right, don't be afraid
of jars, cans, flavor.
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Ten seconds!
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- I grab the ground turkey,
but it wasn't top-tier.
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- Five, four, three...
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- I'm at the top level.
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I'm trying to present
a top-level plate.
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It's like, "what the hell are
you gonna make out of this?"
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- Two, one!
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If you can grab it,
you can get it!
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- Standby. Standby.
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- Let's go, let's go,
let's go.
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- Oh, oh!
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- Sheer bloody panic.
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- Think about it!
Come on!
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- Scallops. I see scallops.
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I'm like,
"okay, I love a good scallop."
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I'm ready to bust out
a next-level dish.
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Just really show them, like,
who I am on a plate.
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- Look at those ingredients.
Tuna. Great choice.
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- There's people
flying around.
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They're looking
for ingredients.
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Man, we're just like chickens
with no heads
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Running around this kitchen.
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- 20 seconds to go. Come on.
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Ingredients, starch, herbs.
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Five, four, three, two, one!
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It's going, guys. It's going!
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Let's go!
Well done.
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♪ ♪
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- After all the anticipation,
here it comes.
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- Go!
- Excuse me, chef.
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♪ ♪
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- Grab your ingredients!
Get as many as you can.
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I'm grabbing with zero plan
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Just trying to get
to anything that's left.
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All I see are things that
I absolutely do not want,
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Because it's so sparse.
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- Five, four, three, two...
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- I grab imitation crab.
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There's not a better option.
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- One! That's it.
If it's still here, grab it.
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[electronic chime]
you got this. Let's go!
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- Let's go. Let's go.
Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
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- Geek yogurt.
- Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
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What the heck am I supposed
to do with yogurt?
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I'm puerto rican; I don't know
how to cook with yogurt.
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- 45 minutes starts now.
Let's go, let's go, let's go.
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- 45 minutes to make
your first impression.
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All: Yes, chef.
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- It's your chance to wow us.
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- Just under 45 minutes to go,
guys.
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Yes?
All: Yes, chef.
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- Let's go.
Want this team to victory.
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Right.
Mark, how are you feeling?
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- Feel good, chef.
- Good.
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Why go for shrimp?
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- I'm a seafood guy,
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And shrimp is kinda like
my staple.
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I like shrimp, a little garlic,
a little heat.
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- Don't overcook it, okay?
- Yes, chef.
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- Be smart;
they take seconds to cook.
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- Yes, chef.
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- Give me a little bit
of history.
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How did this start?
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- Watching my grandma cook
in the backyard
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Barbecuing over an open fire.
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And then obviously,
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My career going to the
national football league.
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- And a nice job
by mark mcmillian.
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- My name is mark mcmillian.
I'm a retired nfl player.
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And I always told my brother
that one day
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I'm gonna play in the nfl.
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People were like,
"you're too small.
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You're not gonna make it."
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But I just kept
grinding away at it,
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And eight years later,
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I was in the
national football league.
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- Mcmillian again.
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- Boy,
that is a competitive guy.
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- Coming from
a sports background,
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I'm very competitive.
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Anything I put my mind to,
I want to win.
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Spending eight years in
the national football league,
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That's all you know.
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Now I found my new passion
with cooking.
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I'm not a professional chef,
just a home cook,
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But now I'm getting
an opportunity
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To cook against
some amazing chefs,
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And I want people to see
that anything is possible.
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So don't count me out.
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- I wanna see that background
going to this kitchen.
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- Yes, chef.
- Yeah?
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- I'm excited.
I always was the underdog.
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- Yes.
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- Now, I feel like
I'm the underdog again
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In this whole competition,
and I wanna win it.
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- Come on.
- Yes, chef.
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- Let's crush it, you guys.
Let's freaking crush it.
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- Yeah, baby.
- Lotta stress, lotta stress.
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- Cassie, what did you grab
protein-wise?
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- I grabbed ground beef.
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I'm going to make
a ground beef dumping,
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A jammy tomato,
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Which is a fusion of a dish
my mom always made me,
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Which is a tomato egg, and then
infuse it into the dumping.
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- Biggest influence growing up
was who?
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- My mother, and she'd be
really proud of me.
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She taught me how to cook.
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We never ordered takeout
when I was growing up.
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She would come home
after a long day after work,
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And he would cook
for my entire family.
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And now I'm kind of
the cook of the family.
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- I love that.
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Make sure that filling inside
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Is seasoned beautifully.
- Absolutely, chef.
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[dramatic music]
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- I want the intensity hot
in here!
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- Yes, chef!
- Let's go, let's go!
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Omi! I smell some amazing
aromas coming off this station!
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I feel the love.
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- You feel the ancestors...
- Yes, ma'am!
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- Is what you're feeling,
ma'am.
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- It is so fascinating to me
that the chicken oysters
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Made it all the way down
to the basement.
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- I am very excited about that.
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- What's your vision?
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- Make, like, a pollo guisado,
which is like a stewed chicken.
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- Yum.
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- It's very traditional
in puerto rico.
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- How are we developing flavor?
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- I throw in some paprika,
254
00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:31,986
Some garlic powder,
onion powder.
255
00:08:32,055 --> 00:08:33,855
- Amor.
- Some cumin, oregano.
256
00:08:33,957 --> 00:08:35,423
La cantidad que te llegar
de la corazón.
257
00:08:35,492 --> 00:08:36,758
- Vámanos, mi amor.
- Pa ya!
258
00:08:36,826 --> 00:08:39,027
- Allá! Here for it.
- [laughs]
259
00:08:39,062 --> 00:08:40,662
- Nuri.
- Chef.
260
00:08:40,730 --> 00:08:42,830
- Yes, chef.
- Your ingredients look great.
261
00:08:42,866 --> 00:08:43,831
- I've never worked
with black cod,
262
00:08:43,867 --> 00:08:45,099
But I'm thinking
263
00:08:45,201 --> 00:08:47,101
Sear it, baste it
with a lot of butter
264
00:08:47,203 --> 00:08:49,270
So the skin can get nice
and crispy.
265
00:08:49,306 --> 00:08:51,306
- Make sure there are no bones
in the black cod.
266
00:08:51,341 --> 00:08:52,774
- Yes, chef.
- They have very thin bones.
267
00:08:52,876 --> 00:08:54,309
Okay, chef?
- Yes, chef.
268
00:08:54,377 --> 00:08:56,711
- Let's go, chefs.
269
00:08:56,746 --> 00:08:58,146
- Hello, chef.
- Hello, chef.
270
00:08:58,248 --> 00:08:59,314
How are you?
- I'm good.
271
00:08:59,349 --> 00:09:00,448
- Talk to me about your dish,
April.
272
00:09:00,517 --> 00:09:02,784
- We have grits
and imitation crab.
273
00:09:02,819 --> 00:09:04,185
- Amazing.
274
00:09:04,220 --> 00:09:05,620
- It's something I am familiar
with, so I grabbed it.
275
00:09:05,689 --> 00:09:07,655
Now I just have to figure out
what I'm gonna do with it.
276
00:09:07,724 --> 00:09:10,091
- Southern comfort classic
kind of vibe?
277
00:09:10,193 --> 00:09:11,292
- Exactly.
278
00:09:11,394 --> 00:09:12,860
- Going with your wheelhouse
of cooking?
279
00:09:12,896 --> 00:09:15,496
- I figure start out
with where I'm comfortable.
280
00:09:15,565 --> 00:09:16,931
- Make sure those grits
are cooked through, right?
281
00:09:17,033 --> 00:09:18,232
- Yes.
282
00:09:18,301 --> 00:09:20,935
- I do not wanna lose
to the bottom floors!
283
00:09:21,004 --> 00:09:21,936
- Heard!
- Good, guys.
284
00:09:22,005 --> 00:09:23,137
We're good, we're good.
285
00:09:23,206 --> 00:09:24,706
- Please keep it elegant
and classy up here.
286
00:09:24,741 --> 00:09:26,574
You're on the top floor.
287
00:09:26,676 --> 00:09:29,177
Kamahlai, what do we got?
- Some jerk meatballs.
288
00:09:29,279 --> 00:09:30,545
- So ground turkey?
- Yes.
289
00:09:30,614 --> 00:09:31,980
- On the top level?
- Yes.
290
00:09:32,082 --> 00:09:33,147
- Oh, my gosh.
291
00:09:33,216 --> 00:09:34,916
That's not usually
an ingredient you see on
292
00:09:34,985 --> 00:09:36,584
You know, the
fine dining restaurants, right?
293
00:09:36,653 --> 00:09:37,986
- Really, I know.
294
00:09:38,021 --> 00:09:38,987
- But it's a one that
you cook with a lot, right?
295
00:09:39,022 --> 00:09:39,988
- Yes.
- Okay.
296
00:09:40,023 --> 00:09:40,989
- Ground turkey jerk meatballs
297
00:09:41,024 --> 00:09:42,190
Is what I decided
to come up with.
298
00:09:42,225 --> 00:09:44,425
How do you make that
a top-tier dish?
299
00:09:44,461 --> 00:09:45,693
I don't want to let you down.
300
00:09:45,828 --> 00:09:47,161
- No, you're not
gonna let me down.
301
00:09:47,230 --> 00:09:48,463
- I'm letting myself down.
- You can never let me down.
302
00:09:48,531 --> 00:09:49,697
- I just don't want him
to look at me different
303
00:09:49,799 --> 00:09:50,798
And be like,
"oh, I handpicked her"
304
00:09:50,867 --> 00:09:52,200
And I'm disappointing.
305
00:09:52,268 --> 00:09:54,502
That's the last thing I wanna
do is disappoint him.
306
00:09:54,571 --> 00:09:57,305
- Mehreen, you have
so much flavor going on here.
307
00:09:57,340 --> 00:09:58,473
- Always.
308
00:09:58,508 --> 00:10:00,508
I'm gonna sear the ocean trout
309
00:10:00,610 --> 00:10:02,443
And then I'm making, like,
a curry sauce
310
00:10:02,512 --> 00:10:05,246
With a tomato paste,
the anchovies, the spices.
311
00:10:05,315 --> 00:10:06,748
And then I'm making a puri,
312
00:10:06,850 --> 00:10:08,116
Which is just like
a handmade bread.
313
00:10:08,151 --> 00:10:09,117
- You got a lot of work to do.
314
00:10:09,152 --> 00:10:10,118
Okay?
- Yeah.
315
00:10:10,153 --> 00:10:11,352
♪ ♪
316
00:10:11,388 --> 00:10:12,787
Okay, darryl, what are we
thinking over here?
317
00:10:12,889 --> 00:10:14,389
So you're grilling the lamb.
- Yeah.
318
00:10:14,457 --> 00:10:16,924
- What's the rest of the dish?
- Vegetable medley, basically.
319
00:10:16,993 --> 00:10:18,393
- Make sure that
the broccoli's not raw.
320
00:10:18,461 --> 00:10:19,527
- Okay, I will.
321
00:10:19,596 --> 00:10:20,595
- And we're doing this
for the atl.
322
00:10:20,630 --> 00:10:23,631
- Oh, did someone say atl?
- Atl.
323
00:10:23,700 --> 00:10:24,966
- Let's go!
- Yes, chef.
324
00:10:25,035 --> 00:10:26,034
- Keep it going, yes?
325
00:10:26,102 --> 00:10:27,735
Right, preston.
What did you grab?
326
00:10:27,837 --> 00:10:28,836
- Some cauliflower,
some canned meat.
327
00:10:28,872 --> 00:10:30,138
- Canned meat?
328
00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:33,341
That kind of stuff normally
ends up in the basement.
329
00:10:33,443 --> 00:10:34,676
- Yes, chef.
330
00:10:34,744 --> 00:10:36,878
- I have to remind myself
that you're 19 years of age.
331
00:10:36,913 --> 00:10:38,246
- [chuckles] I mean,
332
00:10:38,281 --> 00:10:39,547
I've just been cooking as long
as I can remember, chef.
333
00:10:39,649 --> 00:10:40,715
I've always had this hunger
and passion.
334
00:10:40,750 --> 00:10:42,517
I just want to keep
pushing myself.
335
00:10:42,552 --> 00:10:44,452
Been watching you since
I was seven or eight.
336
00:10:44,521 --> 00:10:46,087
- [bleep].
Am I that old?
337
00:10:46,122 --> 00:10:47,321
[quirky music]
338
00:10:47,357 --> 00:10:48,389
- I mean, you look pretty good
to me, chef.
339
00:10:48,491 --> 00:10:49,691
- Trust me, I am on it.
340
00:10:49,759 --> 00:10:51,359
- [chuckles]
341
00:10:51,394 --> 00:10:52,360
- All right, vinny.
How you feeling?
342
00:10:52,395 --> 00:10:53,394
- Oh, great, chef.
343
00:10:53,496 --> 00:10:54,462
- The tuna.
What are you doing?
344
00:10:54,564 --> 00:10:56,397
- I'm going italian over here.
345
00:10:56,433 --> 00:10:58,066
I think I'm gonna sear it
at the end,
346
00:10:58,168 --> 00:11:00,201
Incorporate the mushrooms
in there.
347
00:11:00,236 --> 00:11:01,769
The great chef, gordon ramsay,
348
00:11:01,871 --> 00:11:03,237
He's talking to me.
349
00:11:03,306 --> 00:11:05,473
I am starstruck.
It's gordon ramsay.
350
00:11:05,508 --> 00:11:07,141
I've been watching you
my whole life,
351
00:11:07,243 --> 00:11:08,543
But, uh, been watching--
352
00:11:08,645 --> 00:11:09,777
Oh, cut.
353
00:11:09,879 --> 00:11:11,579
- Vinny, what're you doing?
354
00:11:11,681 --> 00:11:13,881
- Uh-oh. The medic needs
to come out here.
355
00:11:13,917 --> 00:11:15,750
- Medic.
- Medic. Hurry up!
356
00:11:15,785 --> 00:11:17,618
Two minutes into the challenge,
we're one finger down.
357
00:11:17,721 --> 00:11:19,220
[dramatic music]
358
00:11:19,322 --> 00:11:21,823
- Vinny is just bleeding.
359
00:11:21,925 --> 00:11:23,191
- Sliced the [bleep] nail off.
360
00:11:31,101 --> 00:11:33,167
- Uh, medic?
Sliced the [bleep] nail off.
361
00:11:33,236 --> 00:11:34,335
Uh, where's the medic?
362
00:11:34,437 --> 00:11:35,369
Yeah, just nicked
the top of the finger off.
363
00:11:35,438 --> 00:11:36,604
- Yeah, yeah.
- Quick, please.
364
00:11:36,673 --> 00:11:37,605
Dude, not the best start.
Let's go.
365
00:11:37,674 --> 00:11:39,040
- Thanks, chef.
I appreciate it.
366
00:11:39,075 --> 00:11:42,910
What's happening is, I lost
one of my favorite shirts.
367
00:11:43,012 --> 00:11:46,114
[chuckles]
368
00:11:46,216 --> 00:11:49,083
- 35 minutes to go, yes?
- 35 minutes.
369
00:11:49,119 --> 00:11:50,551
- Yes, chef.
370
00:11:50,653 --> 00:11:52,453
- Nuri, with all that height
on yourself,
371
00:11:52,522 --> 00:11:53,721
You must have a nickname.
- Yes, chef.
372
00:11:53,757 --> 00:11:54,756
Stretch, chef.
- Chef stretch?
373
00:11:54,824 --> 00:11:56,190
- Chef stretch, chef.
374
00:11:56,292 --> 00:11:58,159
A buddy of mine saw me
reach up.
375
00:11:58,228 --> 00:11:59,927
He's like, "wow, stretch!"
376
00:11:59,963 --> 00:12:01,062
And it's just stuck ever since,
chef.
377
00:12:01,131 --> 00:12:03,197
- Oh, amazing.
- [laughs]
378
00:12:03,266 --> 00:12:06,033
- Chef nuri stretch.
- Yes, chef.
379
00:12:06,069 --> 00:12:08,236
What's up, girl?
[imitates explosion]
380
00:12:08,304 --> 00:12:09,771
- ♪ don't stop ♪
381
00:12:09,873 --> 00:12:11,272
- I'm nuri.
I'm from maryland.
382
00:12:11,307 --> 00:12:14,342
I'm 22 years old,
and I'm a professional chef.
383
00:12:14,444 --> 00:12:17,345
I do in-home private events,
catering,
384
00:12:17,447 --> 00:12:19,247
I've cooked
for a few nfl players.
385
00:12:19,315 --> 00:12:22,083
Dinners, birthday parties.
You name it, I do it.
386
00:12:22,152 --> 00:12:24,118
At the age of, like,
five years old,
387
00:12:24,154 --> 00:12:25,553
I knew I want to be a chef.
388
00:12:25,622 --> 00:12:27,989
I didn't watch cartoons.
I watched cooking shows.
389
00:12:28,024 --> 00:12:30,324
That was my after-school
entertainment.
390
00:12:30,393 --> 00:12:33,127
I am gonna be a dad!
I'm so excited.
391
00:12:33,196 --> 00:12:34,862
And I'm having a baby girl.
392
00:12:34,964 --> 00:12:36,664
I'm gonna be the best dad
in the whole world.
393
00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:39,066
I wanna be a role model
and an inspiration.
394
00:12:39,169 --> 00:12:41,435
I'm trying to win this
competition for my baby girl
395
00:12:41,471 --> 00:12:43,037
To give her an amazing life.
396
00:12:43,072 --> 00:12:45,840
I have what it takes to be
the next level chef.
397
00:12:45,875 --> 00:12:47,608
Chef stretch is coming.
398
00:12:47,710 --> 00:12:49,677
- Bring it home, chef.
- Yes, chef. I got you.
399
00:12:49,746 --> 00:12:51,879
- Work!
Please work.
400
00:12:51,948 --> 00:12:54,048
- Chef pilar, talk to me
about your ingredients.
401
00:12:54,117 --> 00:12:55,716
- I have squid.
402
00:12:55,752 --> 00:13:00,454
My vision is a fritto misto
with a coconut curry sauce.
403
00:13:00,523 --> 00:13:01,823
- Why are you here today?
404
00:13:01,891 --> 00:13:04,358
- I'm here to prove that
with dedication and passion,
405
00:13:04,427 --> 00:13:06,160
You can make it places
like here.
406
00:13:06,229 --> 00:13:07,228
I'm ready.
407
00:13:07,297 --> 00:13:08,262
- I can see it in your eyes,
girl.
408
00:13:08,298 --> 00:13:09,430
- [laughs]
- you look fierce.
409
00:13:09,465 --> 00:13:11,199
You're gonna leave here
with $250,000.
410
00:13:11,267 --> 00:13:12,600
- No other choice,
no other way.
411
00:13:12,669 --> 00:13:13,601
- I believe in you, plar.
412
00:13:13,703 --> 00:13:15,903
- The basement does not compare
413
00:13:15,972 --> 00:13:17,104
To what I'm used to.
414
00:13:17,173 --> 00:13:20,107
I did the oscar awards,
I did emmys.
415
00:13:20,143 --> 00:13:21,876
This is like things
you'd find at the goodwill
416
00:13:21,911 --> 00:13:24,078
On sale for a dollar.
[chuckles]
417
00:13:24,113 --> 00:13:27,114
Oh, my god, I can't get
this [bleep] open.
418
00:13:27,183 --> 00:13:28,583
[loud clattering]
419
00:13:28,685 --> 00:13:30,051
- Bit of a setback there.
420
00:13:30,119 --> 00:13:31,752
- It's all right, chef.
I'll bounce back, baby.
421
00:13:31,788 --> 00:13:32,954
- You know, you got the tuna.
422
00:13:33,022 --> 00:13:33,955
That takes literally
two minutes each side.
423
00:13:34,023 --> 00:13:35,356
- Seconds.
424
00:13:35,391 --> 00:13:36,757
- You're gonna go round there?
Where are we going?
425
00:13:36,793 --> 00:13:37,792
- Round.
- Whoo!
426
00:13:37,861 --> 00:13:38,826
Got this, y'all.
427
00:13:38,928 --> 00:13:39,994
- Yes, we do.
428
00:13:40,063 --> 00:13:41,028
- Oh, boy.
The heat is on.
429
00:13:41,064 --> 00:13:42,363
Amazing ingredients.
430
00:13:42,432 --> 00:13:43,698
What I am worried about
is vinny.
431
00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:45,233
Sliced his finger
within two minutes.
432
00:13:45,268 --> 00:13:47,235
But my goodness,
is he confident.
433
00:13:47,303 --> 00:13:48,269
[dramatic music]
434
00:13:48,304 --> 00:13:49,303
Tucker.
- Chef.
435
00:13:49,405 --> 00:13:50,404
- How are you feeling?
436
00:13:50,473 --> 00:13:51,405
- A little scrambled
by the grab,
437
00:13:51,474 --> 00:13:52,874
But I'm chillin', chef.
438
00:13:52,909 --> 00:13:54,475
I grabbed some scallops
and I grabbed the chickpeas.
439
00:13:54,544 --> 00:13:58,279
What in the absolute [bleep]
is this?
440
00:13:58,314 --> 00:13:59,447
Who puts these together?
441
00:13:59,482 --> 00:14:02,216
- Is that all we got?
No other veg?
442
00:14:02,318 --> 00:14:03,851
You've just got chickpea?
- Correct, chef.
443
00:14:03,953 --> 00:14:05,253
- Wow.
Nothing else?
444
00:14:05,355 --> 00:14:07,221
- I am obviously panicking.
Oh, god.
445
00:14:07,323 --> 00:14:08,356
And chef gordon ramsey's
right here.
446
00:14:08,424 --> 00:14:10,658
- Okay, get creative.
- Yes, chef.
447
00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:12,059
- Okay.
Yeah?
448
00:14:12,161 --> 00:14:13,461
- My name's tucker.
449
00:14:13,563 --> 00:14:15,496
I'm from san francisco,
and I'm a professional chef.
450
00:14:15,598 --> 00:14:17,899
I got out of kitchens
just because of the pandemic,
451
00:14:18,001 --> 00:14:19,533
So I teach classes online.
452
00:14:19,636 --> 00:14:20,902
What up, guys?
I'm chef tucker.
453
00:14:20,970 --> 00:14:22,637
Welcome to the truffle shuffle.
454
00:14:22,705 --> 00:14:24,305
I've picked up all these
little tips and tricks
455
00:14:24,340 --> 00:14:25,539
At all these really
cool restaurants,
456
00:14:25,642 --> 00:14:27,642
And so I love sharing that
with people.
457
00:14:27,710 --> 00:14:29,911
I want everybody
to up their culinary game.
458
00:14:29,979 --> 00:14:32,446
And then they can make
awesome food at their house.
459
00:14:32,515 --> 00:14:34,749
I hope to be an inspiration
to young gay girls
460
00:14:34,784 --> 00:14:37,118
Who want to find their way
in the culinary world,
461
00:14:37,153 --> 00:14:39,086
Because representation
super matters.
462
00:14:39,155 --> 00:14:41,956
Like, until you see someone
else like yourself doing it,
463
00:14:41,991 --> 00:14:43,991
You don't really know
that you can do that too.
464
00:14:44,027 --> 00:14:45,393
I hope that somebody sees me
and is like,
465
00:14:45,428 --> 00:14:48,562
"wow, I can do that."
'cause you totally can.
466
00:14:48,631 --> 00:14:49,997
- We don't have a lot.
467
00:14:50,033 --> 00:14:51,098
We've got to elevate
that thing.
468
00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:52,433
Okay?
- Elevation, chef.
469
00:14:52,502 --> 00:14:53,768
♪ ♪
470
00:14:53,836 --> 00:14:54,936
- [claps]
tini, how are you doing?
471
00:14:55,038 --> 00:14:56,537
You have this star ingredient.
- Yeah.
472
00:14:56,639 --> 00:14:57,872
- Right?
You got the filet.
473
00:14:57,907 --> 00:14:59,073
You know how to cook a steak,
474
00:14:59,142 --> 00:15:00,708
'cause I've seen it
on the tiktok before.
475
00:15:00,743 --> 00:15:02,310
- Oh, you have?
- [chuckles]
476
00:15:02,345 --> 00:15:04,345
- Filet, the mistake people
make with filet
477
00:15:04,380 --> 00:15:05,513
Is they char it too much.
478
00:15:05,548 --> 00:15:07,148
You don't want a crust
on the filet.
479
00:15:07,216 --> 00:15:08,215
- No crust?
480
00:15:08,351 --> 00:15:09,383
- You don't want it
to be, like,
481
00:15:09,419 --> 00:15:10,751
Dried out because it's so lean.
- Heard.
482
00:15:10,787 --> 00:15:12,019
- Listen.
Remember, everyone.
483
00:15:12,121 --> 00:15:14,422
I'm looking for the best dish.
All: Yes, chef.
484
00:15:14,457 --> 00:15:17,224
- This is your first
presentation of yourself!
485
00:15:17,293 --> 00:15:18,225
- This is fun.
486
00:15:18,294 --> 00:15:20,027
♪ ♪
487
00:15:20,096 --> 00:15:21,862
- I do not wanna into
that elimination
488
00:15:21,931 --> 00:15:23,030
Too early in the game.
489
00:15:23,066 --> 00:15:24,332
Cook your way
out of this basement.
490
00:15:24,434 --> 00:15:25,333
All: Yes, chef.
491
00:15:25,435 --> 00:15:28,336
- Mr. Chef.
- Hi, chefs. Hi.
492
00:15:28,438 --> 00:15:30,871
Making a little breakfast
sausage meatball.
493
00:15:30,907 --> 00:15:33,107
- Right now, it seems
a little compartmentalized.
494
00:15:33,142 --> 00:15:35,843
We just don't want it to
be pasta with meatballs on it.
495
00:15:35,912 --> 00:15:36,911
It's gotta be
one dish together.
496
00:15:36,946 --> 00:15:38,179
It has to make sense.
497
00:15:38,281 --> 00:15:39,380
- Thank you.
- You're doing it. You're here.
498
00:15:39,482 --> 00:15:40,948
Right?
499
00:15:41,017 --> 00:15:43,584
Nuri, can't believe
you got black cod.
500
00:15:43,686 --> 00:15:44,819
- I know, chef.
501
00:15:44,921 --> 00:15:46,754
My first time working
with chef arrington,
502
00:15:46,823 --> 00:15:48,589
I don't want to look like
an idiot in front of her.
503
00:15:48,658 --> 00:15:50,524
- The thing about black cod...
- Okay, chef.
504
00:15:50,593 --> 00:15:52,193
- It takes on a glaze
really nicely as well.
505
00:15:52,261 --> 00:15:53,394
- Okay, a glaze.
506
00:15:53,463 --> 00:15:55,696
Chef arrington's
giving me advice.
507
00:15:55,798 --> 00:15:57,631
To glaze or to not glaze?
508
00:15:57,700 --> 00:15:59,033
- It's kinda--
- glaze, take on a glaze.
509
00:15:59,102 --> 00:16:00,901
- It does take on a glaze.
- A glazed black cod.
510
00:16:00,970 --> 00:16:02,470
Heard, chef.
Glazed black cod.
511
00:16:02,538 --> 00:16:03,537
- Generally, you'll see that,
like, miso glaze or soy glaze.
512
00:16:03,573 --> 00:16:04,772
- Yeah.
513
00:16:04,874 --> 00:16:05,773
Should I take the tip,
should I not take it?
514
00:16:05,875 --> 00:16:08,809
I was a little confused.
515
00:16:08,911 --> 00:16:11,178
- Bring it home, nuri.
- Heard, chef. I got you, chef.
516
00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:12,313
♪ ♪
517
00:16:12,348 --> 00:16:13,814
- You got less than
20 minutes.
518
00:16:13,916 --> 00:16:15,449
- Killin' it, y'all.
Killin' it.
519
00:16:15,551 --> 00:16:16,617
- Get those things cooking.
520
00:16:16,719 --> 00:16:18,352
This is where we're in it,
right here.
521
00:16:18,388 --> 00:16:19,553
- Yes, chef.
522
00:16:19,589 --> 00:16:21,622
- First impressions,
lots of great ideas,
523
00:16:21,657 --> 00:16:23,190
Some challenging execution.
524
00:16:23,226 --> 00:16:24,992
Kamahlai, I mean,
she's got those
525
00:16:25,028 --> 00:16:26,594
Turkey meatballs up there.
526
00:16:26,629 --> 00:16:28,396
I just hope
there's a magic wand somewhere,
527
00:16:28,464 --> 00:16:30,998
Because I want kamahlai
to turn those turkey meatballs
528
00:16:31,067 --> 00:16:33,300
Into filet mignon.
529
00:16:33,403 --> 00:16:35,770
It's time to deliver
and step up to the plate.
530
00:16:35,872 --> 00:16:38,105
Right now, we're about 50/50.
531
00:16:38,141 --> 00:16:39,340
Matt, how are we doing
over here?
532
00:16:39,442 --> 00:16:40,508
- How you doin', chef?
533
00:16:40,543 --> 00:16:41,542
- Okay, so what have we got
going on?
534
00:16:41,644 --> 00:16:43,044
- So I got a beautiful
veal chop.
535
00:16:43,112 --> 00:16:44,111
- Now, listen. I know you're
a big barbecue guy, right?
536
00:16:44,147 --> 00:16:45,346
- Yup.
537
00:16:45,448 --> 00:16:46,347
- So veal chop, that's
right in your wheelhouse.
538
00:16:46,449 --> 00:16:47,648
- Gonna nail it.
539
00:16:47,717 --> 00:16:49,683
My strength in this competition
is the meat.
540
00:16:49,752 --> 00:16:51,385
The veal is going
to be the star.
541
00:16:51,487 --> 00:16:53,554
- So you're gonna go sauce,
chop, ragu on top?
542
00:16:53,589 --> 00:16:54,555
- Yes, sir.
543
00:16:54,590 --> 00:16:55,990
It has to be cooked perfectly.
544
00:16:56,059 --> 00:16:57,558
Beautiful.
545
00:16:57,593 --> 00:16:59,794
- Chris, I'm worried about you.
- Why are you worried, chef?
546
00:16:59,829 --> 00:17:01,729
- You haven't started
your pork, and we're under 15.
547
00:17:01,831 --> 00:17:02,897
- Yes, chef.
I'll start 'em right now.
548
00:17:02,932 --> 00:17:04,298
- All right?
549
00:17:04,367 --> 00:17:06,467
- Let's hustle!
- Let's go, chef.
550
00:17:06,502 --> 00:17:08,903
- Bring it home, yes?
All: Yes, chef.
551
00:17:08,938 --> 00:17:11,072
- You only get one first,
right?
552
00:17:11,140 --> 00:17:12,740
- Only get one first.
553
00:17:12,775 --> 00:17:14,375
- Where's the imitation crab,
April?
554
00:17:14,510 --> 00:17:15,743
- It is in the oven.
555
00:17:15,778 --> 00:17:16,944
- In a cake form?
- Yes.
556
00:17:17,013 --> 00:17:17,945
- Okay.
557
00:17:18,014 --> 00:17:19,713
- It's a grits crabcake?
- Yes.
558
00:17:19,749 --> 00:17:21,015
- Okay.
559
00:17:21,117 --> 00:17:23,150
Winning dishes, guys.
560
00:17:23,186 --> 00:17:24,452
You're about to present food
561
00:17:24,554 --> 00:17:26,620
In front of some of the best
chefs in the world.
562
00:17:26,722 --> 00:17:27,721
- Let's go.
- Let's go.
563
00:17:27,790 --> 00:17:29,056
- Let's go.
564
00:17:29,158 --> 00:17:30,257
Let's put those clams in,
let's have some confidence.
565
00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:34,195
My heart is racing
200 beats per minute.
566
00:17:34,230 --> 00:17:36,997
I know I'm a doctor,
but I need a doctor.
567
00:17:37,066 --> 00:17:38,265
Trust me.
568
00:17:38,334 --> 00:17:39,600
- Alex.
- Yes, chef.
569
00:17:39,669 --> 00:17:42,470
- What's most stressful--
- this is more stressful.
570
00:17:42,505 --> 00:17:43,471
- The er or
is this more stressful?
571
00:17:43,506 --> 00:17:44,872
[laughter]
- trust me.
572
00:17:44,907 --> 00:17:47,374
This is worse than a cardiac
arrest right now, okay?
573
00:17:47,443 --> 00:17:48,876
Cardiac arrest is you do this,
you do this,
574
00:17:48,911 --> 00:17:50,144
You do that, you do that.
- Right now it's all you.
575
00:17:50,246 --> 00:17:52,713
- Right now, somebody needs
to resuscitate me.
576
00:17:52,748 --> 00:17:54,515
[dramatic music]
577
00:17:54,550 --> 00:17:55,916
- Right. Michelle?
- Yes.
578
00:17:55,952 --> 00:17:58,752
- Chicken thigh. Great.
Amazing flavor there, okay?
579
00:17:58,788 --> 00:18:00,121
Take me back to the beginning,
michelle.
580
00:18:00,156 --> 00:18:01,789
How did this journey start?
581
00:18:01,858 --> 00:18:03,858
- I've been in the kitchen
since I was a little girl
582
00:18:03,893 --> 00:18:05,025
Watching my dad cook,
583
00:18:05,061 --> 00:18:06,460
And it's a way that
we bonded together
584
00:18:06,529 --> 00:18:08,028
As a big italian american
family.
585
00:18:08,097 --> 00:18:09,497
- And how good was dad
as a cook?
586
00:18:09,532 --> 00:18:11,031
- He was a really good cook.
He was scrappy.
587
00:18:11,100 --> 00:18:12,099
That's what I loved.
588
00:18:12,168 --> 00:18:13,434
We could have nothing
in the house
589
00:18:13,503 --> 00:18:14,969
And he'd put together
a beautiful dish.
590
00:18:15,071 --> 00:18:16,504
- That's an art
of a great chef.
591
00:18:16,539 --> 00:18:17,538
- It is.
592
00:18:17,573 --> 00:18:18,672
- Nail this thing.
- Yes, chef.
593
00:18:18,741 --> 00:18:20,107
- Mark, where's the sauce?
594
00:18:20,143 --> 00:18:21,575
- I'm gonna make the sauce
with the shrimp.
595
00:18:21,644 --> 00:18:23,344
- Gotcha.
- I'm gonna cook the butter.
596
00:18:23,379 --> 00:18:25,412
- You're leaving so much
to the last minute,
597
00:18:25,515 --> 00:18:26,747
So don't overdo it, okay?
- Yes, sir.
598
00:18:26,816 --> 00:18:28,382
You're on the gridiron
right now, boy.
599
00:18:28,417 --> 00:18:30,317
You're on
the frickin' gridiron.
600
00:18:30,386 --> 00:18:31,819
- I'm with you every step
of the way, yeah?
601
00:18:31,921 --> 00:18:34,388
- Ooh, whoo.
- Careful, careful, careful.
602
00:18:34,457 --> 00:18:36,957
- All of a sudden,
I see this giant fireball.
603
00:18:37,026 --> 00:18:38,459
- Put it down, put it down,
put it down.
604
00:18:38,561 --> 00:18:40,427
- What the [bleep]?
- Put it down. What happened?
605
00:18:40,496 --> 00:18:43,864
- I start a huge fire,
and I'm only making it worse.
606
00:18:43,933 --> 00:18:44,932
[dramatic music]
607
00:18:45,034 --> 00:18:47,067
- Too hot.
608
00:18:47,136 --> 00:18:48,435
- Oh, watch your rag,
watch your rag!
609
00:18:48,504 --> 00:18:49,537
- [bleep].
610
00:18:53,276 --> 00:18:54,542
- Put it down, put it down,
put it down.
611
00:18:54,644 --> 00:18:57,378
[dramatic music]
612
00:18:57,480 --> 00:18:59,113
Too [bleep] hot.
613
00:18:59,182 --> 00:19:01,015
- Oh, watch your rag,
watch your rag!
614
00:19:01,117 --> 00:19:03,150
[pan clatters]
- [bleep]
615
00:19:03,219 --> 00:19:05,152
- Get another pan on quick.
616
00:19:05,221 --> 00:19:06,387
Get another pan on.
617
00:19:06,422 --> 00:19:07,588
Get another pan on quick.
618
00:19:07,623 --> 00:19:09,323
- I felt like
I let myself down,
619
00:19:09,425 --> 00:19:10,591
I let chef ramsay down,
620
00:19:10,693 --> 00:19:12,259
But I still gotta focus
on this dish.
621
00:19:12,328 --> 00:19:13,827
- I said get the pan hot, mark,
622
00:19:13,863 --> 00:19:16,030
But don't burn
the [bleep] kitchen down.
623
00:19:16,098 --> 00:19:17,164
Tucker.
- Chef.
624
00:19:17,266 --> 00:19:18,566
- The scallops,
you need to nail them.
625
00:19:18,668 --> 00:19:20,935
What you do need is a
great sear on those scallops.
626
00:19:21,037 --> 00:19:22,770
They take seconds,
those things.
627
00:19:22,872 --> 00:19:24,004
- There's no cast iron.
628
00:19:24,106 --> 00:19:25,005
- Sorry.
I know.
629
00:19:25,107 --> 00:19:26,006
Um, listen--
- non-stick?
630
00:19:26,108 --> 00:19:27,141
- Top-flight's kitchen's
upstairs.
631
00:19:27,210 --> 00:19:28,142
- Yeah.
- This is the middle ground.
632
00:19:28,211 --> 00:19:29,543
Downstairs is way worse.
633
00:19:29,612 --> 00:19:30,911
Get that piping hot.
634
00:19:30,947 --> 00:19:32,746
- Oui, chef.
- So be smart on that, yes?
635
00:19:32,815 --> 00:19:33,948
Good.
636
00:19:33,983 --> 00:19:35,316
♪ ♪
637
00:19:35,384 --> 00:19:37,051
- 15 minutes, guys.
638
00:19:37,153 --> 00:19:39,186
- Sorry, alex.
- You're good, my man.
639
00:19:39,222 --> 00:19:40,621
I love you, brother.
640
00:19:40,723 --> 00:19:42,790
- April.
Sauce?
641
00:19:42,825 --> 00:19:44,625
- I decided
to utilize my mushrooms.
642
00:19:44,694 --> 00:19:46,427
- Amazing.
Do you believe in yourself?
643
00:19:46,495 --> 00:19:48,862
- I--I do.
- Great.
644
00:19:48,898 --> 00:19:51,432
That's the most important
thing.
645
00:19:51,467 --> 00:19:52,700
I am April.
646
00:19:52,802 --> 00:19:54,735
I am from muscle shoals,
alabama.
647
00:19:54,837 --> 00:19:56,370
I am a home cook.
648
00:19:56,472 --> 00:19:58,138
I found myself a single mom
649
00:19:58,241 --> 00:20:00,474
Needing to provide
for my children.
650
00:20:00,509 --> 00:20:03,177
That turned into me
hustling casseroles
651
00:20:03,279 --> 00:20:06,714
Out of the back of my vehicle
in the school parking lot.
652
00:20:06,749 --> 00:20:09,750
Now I have
a catering business.
653
00:20:09,785 --> 00:20:12,353
Anything that I've ever wanted
I've had to fight for.
654
00:20:12,388 --> 00:20:15,189
That's what I'm bringing
into this competition.
655
00:20:15,224 --> 00:20:17,458
If you don't fight for it,
656
00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:21,495
You're not gonna appreciate it
when you have it.
657
00:20:21,597 --> 00:20:24,798
[uplifting music]
658
00:20:24,834 --> 00:20:26,433
- Ten minutes only!
659
00:20:26,502 --> 00:20:29,637
If your station is a mess,
your plate is gonna be a mess.
660
00:20:29,672 --> 00:20:31,138
- Don't make it look like mine.
661
00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:34,642
- It is a first day fire drill.
662
00:20:34,710 --> 00:20:35,843
- Chef.
- All right, kamahlai.
663
00:20:35,878 --> 00:20:37,077
You've gotta get through this,
okay?
664
00:20:37,113 --> 00:20:38,312
- Oh, my god.
- No, don't worry.
665
00:20:38,414 --> 00:20:39,546
We're gonna do it together,
okay?
666
00:20:39,649 --> 00:20:40,848
- Chef, please?
- Yes.
667
00:20:40,883 --> 00:20:43,150
- Would you recommend
I do this crispy skin up?
668
00:20:43,252 --> 00:20:44,385
Before it--
- I think so, right?
669
00:20:44,487 --> 00:20:46,453
- Chef, can I get you
on the stove for me?
670
00:20:46,522 --> 00:20:48,622
- I have kids.
This is out of control.
671
00:20:48,724 --> 00:20:50,291
Dad, dad, dad!
672
00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:52,760
Good. Deep breath,
deep breath. You're here.
673
00:20:52,828 --> 00:20:54,428
- Chef, uh--
- yes?
674
00:20:54,530 --> 00:20:56,063
Dad, can you help?
Dad, can you turn the stove on?
675
00:20:56,165 --> 00:20:58,465
- Chef, I need you.
God.
676
00:20:58,567 --> 00:21:00,601
- I'm an octopus on fire.
677
00:21:00,636 --> 00:21:01,702
- I'm just all over the place.
678
00:21:01,737 --> 00:21:03,337
- Who are you cooking for?
679
00:21:03,439 --> 00:21:05,205
Besides you and besides--
- my children.
680
00:21:05,274 --> 00:21:06,974
- Your children?
- My children, my mom.
681
00:21:07,076 --> 00:21:08,509
- Well, good. We're gonna
do it for them, okay?
682
00:21:08,544 --> 00:21:11,111
- I am kamahlai. I am from
pittsburgh, pennsylvania,
683
00:21:11,147 --> 00:21:12,513
And I am a home cook.
684
00:21:12,548 --> 00:21:14,048
Well, we would go
to my grandparents' house
685
00:21:14,116 --> 00:21:15,215
For the summer.
686
00:21:15,318 --> 00:21:16,984
While my cousins and sisters
are out playing,
687
00:21:17,086 --> 00:21:18,952
I'm in the house with grandma
while she's cooking.
688
00:21:19,021 --> 00:21:21,322
So I just grew a liking
to cooking.
689
00:21:21,390 --> 00:21:23,424
I love feeding people.
690
00:21:23,526 --> 00:21:24,992
It changes everybody's mood.
691
00:21:25,027 --> 00:21:27,227
Anybody who's hungry,
I'm there to feed them.
692
00:21:27,330 --> 00:21:28,495
I cook for the homeless.
693
00:21:28,597 --> 00:21:30,064
We give away free food.
694
00:21:30,166 --> 00:21:32,299
We pretty much are known
in the community as feeders.
695
00:21:32,401 --> 00:21:34,068
[laughs]
696
00:21:34,170 --> 00:21:36,403
The three words
that best describe my cooking.
697
00:21:36,472 --> 00:21:40,808
Authentic, delicious,
so-so-licious.
698
00:21:40,876 --> 00:21:42,543
[laughs]
699
00:21:42,645 --> 00:21:44,078
- These meatballs
need to be fantastic.
700
00:21:44,146 --> 00:21:45,679
You do these at home, right?
- Yes.
701
00:21:45,715 --> 00:21:47,081
- And your family loves them?
- Yes.
702
00:21:47,116 --> 00:21:48,449
- So then we're gonna
love 'em.
703
00:21:48,517 --> 00:21:49,983
♪ ♪
704
00:21:50,086 --> 00:21:51,785
- Eight minutes left
to pull this together.
705
00:21:51,887 --> 00:21:55,589
- Eight minutes, eight minutes!
Let's go! Let's do this.
706
00:21:55,691 --> 00:21:56,957
- What's the plan
with the black cod?
707
00:21:57,026 --> 00:21:58,125
- I just seasoned it.
Salt, pepper, garlic powder.
708
00:21:58,160 --> 00:21:59,326
- I thought
you were doing a glaze.
709
00:21:59,362 --> 00:22:00,594
- Yeah, but you said not too
sweet, chef.
710
00:22:00,696 --> 00:22:01,895
- I did not say not to;
I did not say not to.
711
00:22:01,997 --> 00:22:03,263
- All right.
Heard, chef.
712
00:22:03,332 --> 00:22:04,465
- You said brown sugar glaze.
- I can make it quickly.
713
00:22:04,500 --> 00:22:05,999
Yes, chef.
Heard.
714
00:22:06,068 --> 00:22:07,000
- I want you to cook your dish.
That's all I want from you.
715
00:22:07,069 --> 00:22:08,135
- Yes, chef.
All right.
716
00:22:08,237 --> 00:22:09,136
I got you, chef.
I gotta believe in myself.
717
00:22:09,238 --> 00:22:10,304
- Nobody else gonna do it
but you.
718
00:22:10,339 --> 00:22:12,072
- Be a mentor.
Yeah, baby.
719
00:22:12,108 --> 00:22:14,441
- There is so much intensity
happening in this kitchen.
720
00:22:14,510 --> 00:22:16,510
There are a lot
of nerves flying.
721
00:22:16,545 --> 00:22:19,112
I want nuri
to elevate his dish, right?
722
00:22:19,115 --> 00:22:21,348
He has all the heart and the
passion and the excellence.
723
00:22:21,384 --> 00:22:24,518
I know it's in there, but
you can tell he's very nervous.
724
00:22:24,553 --> 00:22:26,120
- Let's go. Let's go, bruh.
Let's go, stretch.
725
00:22:26,155 --> 00:22:28,355
[dramatic music]
726
00:22:28,391 --> 00:22:30,023
- Two minutes.
Now it's go time.
727
00:22:30,126 --> 00:22:31,024
Is this the plate
you're serving on?
728
00:22:31,127 --> 00:22:32,126
- Yes.
- No, no, no.
729
00:22:32,194 --> 00:22:33,193
- No? Okay.
- Let's get sturdy.
730
00:22:33,262 --> 00:22:34,595
- Okay.
- Quick, quick, quick!
731
00:22:34,663 --> 00:22:36,764
- I'm busting out in sweat,
my stomach is bubbling,
732
00:22:36,832 --> 00:22:38,031
And I'm like "oh my gosh,
733
00:22:38,067 --> 00:22:40,501
I don't want to be
in elimination."
734
00:22:40,603 --> 00:22:42,302
- Plate right here so you're
not making a mess, okay?
735
00:22:42,405 --> 00:22:44,071
- [sighs]
yes, chef.
736
00:22:44,140 --> 00:22:46,407
[hydraulics whirring]
737
00:22:46,475 --> 00:22:48,675
- Platform's here!
- Ah, [bleep].
738
00:22:48,711 --> 00:22:50,210
- Let's go, guys.
739
00:22:50,279 --> 00:22:52,112
You only have 15 seconds to get
your plate on that platform.
740
00:22:52,214 --> 00:22:53,347
All: Yes, chef.
741
00:22:53,449 --> 00:22:55,149
- Let's go, let's go,
let's go, let's go.
742
00:22:55,251 --> 00:22:56,517
♪ ♪
743
00:22:56,585 --> 00:22:59,953
Five, four, three, two, one.
744
00:23:00,089 --> 00:23:01,555
- Whoo!
745
00:23:01,624 --> 00:23:04,158
- The platform is insanity.
746
00:23:04,226 --> 00:23:07,895
It is so nerve-racking.
747
00:23:07,997 --> 00:23:11,064
- That platform is coming.
Gotta get on. Let's go.
748
00:23:11,133 --> 00:23:12,633
20 seconds to go. Come on.
749
00:23:12,668 --> 00:23:14,868
Let's go.
Mark, we've gotta move.
750
00:23:14,904 --> 00:23:15,936
15 seconds.
- You got it, mark.
751
00:23:16,038 --> 00:23:16,937
- You've gotta get it on.
752
00:23:17,039 --> 00:23:19,273
- Time is going fast.
753
00:23:19,308 --> 00:23:21,308
- Ten, nine...
754
00:23:21,343 --> 00:23:22,709
You gotta get it on,
you gotta get it on.
755
00:23:22,778 --> 00:23:24,611
Seven--mark!
756
00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:29,516
Five, four, three, two, one.
757
00:23:29,552 --> 00:23:32,419
Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up!
758
00:23:32,521 --> 00:23:33,954
Hurry up!
[plate clatters]
759
00:23:34,023 --> 00:23:36,190
[all groan]
- [bleep]!
760
00:23:36,225 --> 00:23:39,059
- [bleep].
761
00:23:39,161 --> 00:23:40,194
♪ ♪
762
00:23:40,229 --> 00:23:43,030
[bleep].
763
00:23:43,065 --> 00:23:44,364
♪ ♪
764
00:23:44,433 --> 00:23:45,566
- Fudge!
765
00:23:45,634 --> 00:23:48,268
I dropped the plate.
You're going home.
766
00:23:48,337 --> 00:23:52,473
♪ ♪
767
00:23:55,744 --> 00:23:57,010
[dramatic music]
768
00:23:57,079 --> 00:23:58,479
- Here comes the platform,
everyone!
769
00:23:58,547 --> 00:24:01,114
Let's get ready! Here it is!
The platform's here!
770
00:24:01,150 --> 00:24:03,817
Darryl,
you gotta get over there.
771
00:24:03,919 --> 00:24:06,587
Last looks, last looks.
Look at this.
772
00:24:06,622 --> 00:24:08,121
- You got it. Yay.
- You got it. You're good.
773
00:24:08,190 --> 00:24:09,389
- Thank you.
- I got you.
774
00:24:09,425 --> 00:24:12,659
[suspenseful music]
775
00:24:12,761 --> 00:24:15,295
♪ ♪
776
00:24:15,397 --> 00:24:17,631
- That was difficult.
777
00:24:17,666 --> 00:24:18,665
There are some
promising-looking dishes here,
778
00:24:18,701 --> 00:24:19,933
Let me tell you.
779
00:24:20,035 --> 00:24:23,103
But this year, we're doing
something different.
780
00:24:23,138 --> 00:24:26,507
The best dish from each
of our teams
781
00:24:26,575 --> 00:24:28,942
Will earn one of these.
782
00:24:29,044 --> 00:24:29,943
♪ ♪
783
00:24:30,045 --> 00:24:33,113
A next level immunity pin.
784
00:24:33,148 --> 00:24:34,314
- What?
- [laughing] what?
785
00:24:34,350 --> 00:24:36,216
- What?
- What?
786
00:24:36,318 --> 00:24:39,620
- My jaw drops
when I see this immunity pin.
787
00:24:39,722 --> 00:24:42,122
- If you are ever nominated
for elimination,
788
00:24:42,191 --> 00:24:45,792
You can turn your pin in and
avoid the cook-off altogether.
789
00:24:45,828 --> 00:24:48,629
And trust me, these are worth
their weight in gold.
790
00:24:48,697 --> 00:24:50,664
Understand?
All: Yes, chef.
791
00:24:50,766 --> 00:24:52,399
- Richard, nyesha, shall we
start with the top floor?
792
00:24:52,434 --> 00:24:54,201
- Let's do it.
793
00:24:54,236 --> 00:24:56,136
We'll start over here.
794
00:24:56,238 --> 00:25:01,508
We have some turkey meatballs
glazed in jerk spices
795
00:25:01,544 --> 00:25:03,944
With a little bit of pea puree
and a parsley salad.
796
00:25:03,979 --> 00:25:05,546
- I'm a big meatball fan.
797
00:25:05,614 --> 00:25:07,347
This dish has got
great potential,
798
00:25:07,383 --> 00:25:08,715
But it just didn't
come together.
799
00:25:08,784 --> 00:25:10,183
A bit of a disaster.
800
00:25:10,219 --> 00:25:13,787
- It's just not necessarily
a top-level presentation.
801
00:25:13,822 --> 00:25:16,490
Next up here,
we have a beef filet
802
00:25:16,592 --> 00:25:19,960
With roasted mushrooms
and a chimichurri sauce.
803
00:25:20,029 --> 00:25:21,361
- It may be two minutes over,
804
00:25:21,430 --> 00:25:22,930
It's sort of mid-rare
to medium,
805
00:25:23,032 --> 00:25:25,933
But it tastes good.
It tastes really good.
806
00:25:26,035 --> 00:25:29,536
- Next, we have
a pan-roasted pork tenderloin
807
00:25:29,638 --> 00:25:32,639
With a pepper
and sweet potato romesco.
808
00:25:32,708 --> 00:25:34,541
- I love
the sweet potato puree.
809
00:25:34,643 --> 00:25:36,843
Unfortunately,
the pork is under-seasoned.
810
00:25:36,912 --> 00:25:39,046
- Such a shame.
811
00:25:39,114 --> 00:25:44,384
- A spiced lamb chop with
a seasonal vegetable medley.
812
00:25:44,486 --> 00:25:45,786
- Medley.
813
00:25:45,888 --> 00:25:47,521
- You've heard of the term.
- It's been a while.
814
00:25:47,556 --> 00:25:49,423
- "medley" sounds older
than martha stewart.
815
00:25:49,525 --> 00:25:50,724
[laughter]
816
00:25:50,793 --> 00:25:52,192
- It could've
been a keto-style dish
817
00:25:52,261 --> 00:25:54,361
With just vegetables,
you know.
818
00:25:54,396 --> 00:25:56,229
I've lost a lot of weight
with keto.
819
00:25:56,298 --> 00:25:58,632
- Lamb's cooked beautifully.
820
00:25:58,701 --> 00:26:01,902
But then it's let down
with these raw vegetables.
821
00:26:01,937 --> 00:26:04,805
It's not the most appetizing
of sounds.
822
00:26:04,907 --> 00:26:08,775
- All right. Next, we have
a crispy skin ocean trout
823
00:26:08,877 --> 00:26:11,578
Swimming in a curry sauce.
824
00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:13,146
- It's a curry.
825
00:26:13,215 --> 00:26:16,183
There has to be enough curry
for it to be a curry.
826
00:26:16,251 --> 00:26:17,618
- Absolutely delicious.
827
00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:20,153
- Whoever put that together
understands spice.
828
00:26:20,189 --> 00:26:22,990
The flavors
are frickin' delicious.
829
00:26:23,025 --> 00:26:25,025
- Look at the flaky texture
of this bread.
830
00:26:25,094 --> 00:26:26,660
This is like a croissant.
831
00:26:26,762 --> 00:26:29,329
- Great job.
832
00:26:29,431 --> 00:26:31,932
- Next, a new york steakhouse
veal chop
833
00:26:32,034 --> 00:26:34,201
With a bacon and pepper ragu.
834
00:26:34,269 --> 00:26:36,536
- It makes sense.
It's cohesive. It's delicious.
835
00:26:36,639 --> 00:26:39,706
- Whoever cooked this certainly
knows how to nail meat.
836
00:26:39,742 --> 00:26:42,709
It's delicious.
It's very chef-y.
837
00:26:42,745 --> 00:26:43,777
Right.
Let's go down a level.
838
00:26:43,879 --> 00:26:45,178
- Please.
839
00:26:45,247 --> 00:26:47,881
- This dish worried me.
Grabbed three ingredients.
840
00:26:47,916 --> 00:26:51,685
Canned chickpeas, scallops,
capers, and that was it.
841
00:26:51,754 --> 00:26:53,520
Brown butter, hummus.
842
00:26:53,555 --> 00:26:57,257
- To be able to transform the
ingredient is amazing, right?
843
00:26:57,359 --> 00:26:58,625
That's a true feat right there.
844
00:26:58,727 --> 00:27:00,260
- One of the first cookbooks
I ever bought
845
00:27:00,362 --> 00:27:02,629
Was a gordon ramsay cookbook
846
00:27:02,698 --> 00:27:04,097
With some scallops
and some capers.
847
00:27:04,133 --> 00:27:05,265
It's almost as beautiful.
848
00:27:05,300 --> 00:27:07,367
I mean, really,
really well done here.
849
00:27:07,469 --> 00:27:10,971
- Dish is exceptional.
Definitely next level.
850
00:27:11,073 --> 00:27:13,707
Here we have
ground beef dumplings.
851
00:27:13,776 --> 00:27:15,942
A little tomato ragu.
852
00:27:15,978 --> 00:27:17,344
- There's so much complexity
853
00:27:17,379 --> 00:27:18,712
Coming off of
this tomato condiment.
854
00:27:18,747 --> 00:27:21,181
It's lovely.
855
00:27:21,283 --> 00:27:22,649
- Dumplings are joy.
- Mm.
856
00:27:22,751 --> 00:27:25,152
It's beautifully plated.
857
00:27:25,187 --> 00:27:26,753
There's a lot of soul
in this dish.
858
00:27:26,789 --> 00:27:28,622
And the acidity
from the tomatoes?
859
00:27:28,657 --> 00:27:29,623
- Wow.
860
00:27:29,658 --> 00:27:31,825
- Yeah,
that's on another level.
861
00:27:31,860 --> 00:27:33,293
♪ ♪
862
00:27:33,395 --> 00:27:37,264
This is a chicken thigh that's
been cooked skin side down.
863
00:27:37,299 --> 00:27:39,132
The topping
is a pickled fennel.
864
00:27:39,234 --> 00:27:41,234
♪ ♪
865
00:27:41,270 --> 00:27:43,670
- It's simple,
but it has depth of flavor.
866
00:27:43,706 --> 00:27:46,173
- Chicken on the bone
in 45 minutes,
867
00:27:46,275 --> 00:27:48,041
And this one's
cooked correctly.
868
00:27:48,110 --> 00:27:50,277
And it is as golden
as nyesha's aura.
869
00:27:50,312 --> 00:27:52,245
[wind chimes jingling]
870
00:27:52,314 --> 00:27:55,816
- Here we've got a crusted
loin of tuna.
871
00:27:55,918 --> 00:27:57,951
[suspenseful music]
872
00:27:57,986 --> 00:27:59,586
- This is a type of dish
that makes sense.
873
00:27:59,688 --> 00:28:01,688
It's cohesive, right?
It's beautiful.
874
00:28:01,790 --> 00:28:06,493
- Here we have canned beef
with a cauliflower puree.
875
00:28:06,595 --> 00:28:08,128
♪ ♪
876
00:28:08,230 --> 00:28:11,364
- The puree is so velvety.
Presentation is elegant.
877
00:28:11,467 --> 00:28:13,500
It's lacking
a little bit of flavor.
878
00:28:13,569 --> 00:28:17,104
- This individual spent his
first career timing
879
00:28:17,139 --> 00:28:19,139
To absolute utter perfection.
880
00:28:19,174 --> 00:28:21,208
Tonight
his timing was way off.
881
00:28:21,310 --> 00:28:24,010
The dish fell off the platform,
toppled over,
882
00:28:24,113 --> 00:28:26,613
So visually, it looks terrible.
883
00:28:26,715 --> 00:28:28,648
It's a lemon pepper shrimp.
884
00:28:28,751 --> 00:28:30,150
- You drop a plate,
you gotta be at risk.
885
00:28:30,185 --> 00:28:33,754
You gotta expect to be
on the bottom two.
886
00:28:33,789 --> 00:28:37,023
- To me,
the shrimp are undercooked.
887
00:28:37,092 --> 00:28:40,093
- Shall we move
to the basement?
888
00:28:40,195 --> 00:28:43,797
- First up, we have a black cod
889
00:28:43,866 --> 00:28:46,266
With zucchini and carrots.
890
00:28:46,335 --> 00:28:47,300
Beautifully plated.
891
00:28:47,402 --> 00:28:49,636
♪ ♪
892
00:28:49,705 --> 00:28:51,638
- I've got no idea
who cooked that dish,
893
00:28:51,707 --> 00:28:54,107
But it tastes like
it's cooked by a pro.
894
00:28:54,143 --> 00:28:55,709
Black cod is incredible.
895
00:28:55,744 --> 00:28:58,311
- It's so elegant.
- Cooked perfectly.
896
00:28:58,380 --> 00:29:02,449
Next up, we have the
chicken oyster with an arepa.
897
00:29:02,551 --> 00:29:05,051
♪ ♪
898
00:29:05,154 --> 00:29:07,220
- Flavor-wise the oyster
is delicious.
899
00:29:07,289 --> 00:29:09,055
I like it.
- Great choice of ingredients.
900
00:29:09,091 --> 00:29:11,658
I want that on the top floor.
So tasty.
901
00:29:11,693 --> 00:29:16,663
- ♪ [singing in spanish] ♪
902
00:29:16,765 --> 00:29:17,697
♪ ♪
903
00:29:17,766 --> 00:29:19,132
- We have here a prosciutto
904
00:29:19,234 --> 00:29:21,301
And clams over rice.
905
00:29:21,370 --> 00:29:22,536
- Over rice.
- Yes.
906
00:29:22,604 --> 00:29:23,703
- Okay.
907
00:29:23,739 --> 00:29:24,971
- Strange combination,
908
00:29:25,007 --> 00:29:27,941
But the actual flavor
is spot-on.
909
00:29:27,976 --> 00:29:32,112
- Next up,
we have a squid with zucchini
910
00:29:32,147 --> 00:29:33,814
And a coconut curry sauce.
911
00:29:33,916 --> 00:29:35,916
♪ ♪
912
00:29:35,984 --> 00:29:37,551
- Yeah, this dish is flat.
913
00:29:37,586 --> 00:29:42,422
And it does taste like
it's come from the basement.
914
00:29:42,491 --> 00:29:46,993
- Next up, rigatoni
with a breakfast sausage.
915
00:29:47,029 --> 00:29:48,261
♪ ♪
916
00:29:48,363 --> 00:29:50,263
- Great choice
of using this sausage.
917
00:29:50,332 --> 00:29:52,599
It's got all that salt and
all that flavor in it, but--
918
00:29:52,668 --> 00:29:55,235
- The execution has really
let this one down.
919
00:29:55,304 --> 00:29:59,039
Doesn't look like a great use
of 45 minutes there.
920
00:29:59,107 --> 00:30:02,342
- Next up, we have a play
on a crab cake.
921
00:30:02,444 --> 00:30:05,912
It is an imitation crab
with grits.
922
00:30:05,948 --> 00:30:08,949
Never heard of a grit cake.
923
00:30:08,984 --> 00:30:10,217
- Yeah, so that tastes strange.
924
00:30:10,319 --> 00:30:11,751
I'm not too sure
what went on here.
925
00:30:11,787 --> 00:30:13,153
- I don't get any crab.
926
00:30:13,188 --> 00:30:16,323
- All I'm getting is parmesan
in my mouth and dough.
927
00:30:16,391 --> 00:30:17,591
- Disappointing.
928
00:30:17,626 --> 00:30:18,792
- I'm in shock.
929
00:30:18,861 --> 00:30:20,961
That is not something
that I expected.
930
00:30:20,996 --> 00:30:23,430
This is
what I'm passionate about.
931
00:30:23,465 --> 00:30:26,099
I have no idea
if I've done enough.
932
00:30:26,201 --> 00:30:28,468
I am a nervous wreck.
933
00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:33,273
- Wow.
934
00:30:33,342 --> 00:30:35,675
Some very good dishes here
tonight, let me tell you.
935
00:30:35,711 --> 00:30:37,677
There is a lot of pressure
on the three of us
936
00:30:37,713 --> 00:30:40,146
To choose the best dishes.
937
00:30:40,249 --> 00:30:42,148
Please, nyesha, richard?
938
00:30:42,251 --> 00:30:44,184
[suspenseful music]
939
00:30:44,286 --> 00:30:47,587
- To be there with that kind
of anxiety and suspense,
940
00:30:47,689 --> 00:30:52,792
I'm literally 15 feet away
watching them discuss our fate.
941
00:30:52,895 --> 00:30:55,195
- Tonight
it's not about winning.
942
00:30:55,264 --> 00:30:57,063
It's about knowing
what we've got.
943
00:30:57,165 --> 00:30:59,966
And trust me, you two
are in for a rough ride.
944
00:31:00,002 --> 00:31:01,234
- Gordon, I can tell
945
00:31:01,270 --> 00:31:02,502
That you're feeling
your team's dishes,
946
00:31:02,571 --> 00:31:04,771
But I do think
I have the winner.
947
00:31:04,873 --> 00:31:06,439
- You boys don't know
what you're talking about.
948
00:31:06,508 --> 00:31:08,275
- All the proteins,
top-level proteins,
949
00:31:08,343 --> 00:31:09,709
All of them cooked perfectly
on the top floor.
950
00:31:09,745 --> 00:31:10,844
- [scoffs]
951
00:31:10,913 --> 00:31:11,845
- Some of your food felt like
952
00:31:11,914 --> 00:31:13,313
It came
from below the basement.
953
00:31:13,348 --> 00:31:15,215
- [chuckles]
954
00:31:15,317 --> 00:31:16,716
- Strengths in yours?
955
00:31:16,752 --> 00:31:18,618
- That black cod.
- That was beautiful.
956
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:20,954
- Very beautifully plated.
- That dish is elegant.
957
00:31:20,989 --> 00:31:23,723
- It's very elegant.
He cooks with a lot of passion.
958
00:31:23,792 --> 00:31:24,858
- The flavor was spot-on.
959
00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:26,126
- And then when
I look at those scallops,
960
00:31:26,194 --> 00:31:27,594
Each one of them were nailed
to perfection.
961
00:31:27,663 --> 00:31:29,029
- [sighs]
962
00:31:29,064 --> 00:31:30,230
- And that beautiful,
brown butter hummus?
963
00:31:30,265 --> 00:31:31,431
- Oh, my gosh.
964
00:31:31,466 --> 00:31:33,833
- Brown butter hummus!
- So inventive.
965
00:31:38,473 --> 00:31:42,475
- I have a cohesive restaurant
dish in that veal chop
966
00:31:42,544 --> 00:31:44,144
With the bacon
and the pepper ragu.
967
00:31:44,246 --> 00:31:45,445
That's ready for a menu.
968
00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:47,046
- That pepper ragu was killer.
969
00:31:47,082 --> 00:31:49,282
- Two or three of them
buckled under the pressure.
970
00:31:49,318 --> 00:31:52,085
Those shrimps had the makings
of something magical.
971
00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:54,087
- Presentation was off.
- He fell short tonight.
972
00:31:54,122 --> 00:31:56,556
- The meatballs
are a little bit dense.
973
00:31:56,591 --> 00:31:57,891
- It definitely seemed like
nerves, though.
974
00:31:57,960 --> 00:31:58,892
Right?
- Mm-hmm.
975
00:31:58,961 --> 00:32:00,093
- Like, the idea is there.
976
00:32:00,162 --> 00:32:02,462
- Is there such a thing
as a grit cake?
977
00:32:02,497 --> 00:32:04,497
- Absolutely not.
- No?
978
00:32:04,599 --> 00:32:05,665
- Mind-blowing.
979
00:32:08,036 --> 00:32:10,036
- Are we in agreement?
- Think so.
980
00:32:10,105 --> 00:32:11,071
- Shall we?
981
00:32:11,106 --> 00:32:13,773
[suspenseful music]
982
00:32:13,875 --> 00:32:16,309
♪ ♪
983
00:32:16,345 --> 00:32:20,447
Nyesha, who will you be
giving your immunity pin to?
984
00:32:20,515 --> 00:32:21,514
- [inhales deeply]
985
00:32:21,583 --> 00:32:23,783
It's not easy
cooking in the basement.
986
00:32:23,919 --> 00:32:27,554
I saw a couple chefs today
that really cooked with heart.
987
00:32:27,589 --> 00:32:29,122
♪ ♪
988
00:32:29,191 --> 00:32:33,193
[sighs] today the person who
cooked the best dish on my team
989
00:32:33,261 --> 00:32:37,397
And earned that immunity pin
is...
990
00:32:37,432 --> 00:32:38,898
Nuri.
- [sighs]
991
00:32:39,001 --> 00:32:42,035
[cheers and applause]
- nice job!
992
00:32:42,070 --> 00:32:44,671
- Let's go, chef.
- Awesome!
993
00:32:44,740 --> 00:32:46,306
- I'm on cloud nine right now.
994
00:32:46,408 --> 00:32:48,041
This just gave me
a sense of validation
995
00:32:48,076 --> 00:32:50,110
To know that I'm here
for a reason,
996
00:32:50,212 --> 00:32:52,278
And I'm ready
to make next level dishes.
997
00:32:52,314 --> 00:32:53,613
- I know I was hard on you
today.
998
00:32:53,682 --> 00:32:55,648
That's because I want
to push you to excellence.
999
00:32:55,717 --> 00:32:57,150
Let's go.
- Thank you, chef.
1000
00:32:57,252 --> 00:32:59,386
- All right!
[cheers and applause]
1001
00:32:59,488 --> 00:33:01,988
- Yeah.
1002
00:33:02,024 --> 00:33:05,025
- This has been a really tough
decision for me.
1003
00:33:05,060 --> 00:33:08,428
But he person who cooked
the best dish on my team
1004
00:33:08,463 --> 00:33:11,297
And winning the immunity pin
is...
1005
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:15,368
Tucker.
[cheers and applause]
1006
00:33:15,470 --> 00:33:17,704
[upbeat rock music]
1007
00:33:17,739 --> 00:33:21,708
- Thank you, chef.
- Amazing.
1008
00:33:21,743 --> 00:33:23,743
- Ah!
[laughs]
1009
00:33:23,845 --> 00:33:27,313
I've come out swinging.
That feels good. [chuckles]
1010
00:33:27,349 --> 00:33:30,950
- Trust me,
keep cooking like that,
1011
00:33:30,986 --> 00:33:32,185
You're gonna be unstoppable.
1012
00:33:32,287 --> 00:33:33,186
Great job.
1013
00:33:33,288 --> 00:33:35,655
- It's just very validating
1014
00:33:35,757 --> 00:33:39,059
Proving to other people that
I deserve to be in this world,
1015
00:33:39,161 --> 00:33:41,227
So I'm just gonna try
to shine my brightest here.
1016
00:33:41,329 --> 00:33:42,228
[suspenseful music]
1017
00:33:42,297 --> 00:33:43,630
- All right.
1018
00:33:43,665 --> 00:33:46,866
Honestly, one dish stood out
for me today.
1019
00:33:46,968 --> 00:33:51,838
That dish that had earned the
team blais immunity pin is...
1020
00:33:51,873 --> 00:33:53,440
Matt.
- [exhales deeply]
1021
00:33:53,475 --> 00:33:55,475
- Way to go, matt!
[cheers and applause]
1022
00:33:55,544 --> 00:33:57,010
- Yeah, buddy.
- Attaboy, matt.
1023
00:33:57,079 --> 00:33:59,345
- I just never thought
I'd be here in this position.
1024
00:33:59,448 --> 00:34:01,548
I never thought that
1025
00:34:01,616 --> 00:34:04,384
I'd be a top dish
the first day.
1026
00:34:04,453 --> 00:34:06,419
- Don't fall a level.
Keep rising.
1027
00:34:06,521 --> 00:34:07,454
- You got it.
- Good job, man.
1028
00:34:07,556 --> 00:34:08,755
- Thank you chef.
Thank you, chefs.
1029
00:34:08,824 --> 00:34:11,424
[cheers and applause]
1030
00:34:11,460 --> 00:34:12,625
- Let's go, jersey!
1031
00:34:12,694 --> 00:34:14,994
[upbeat music]
1032
00:34:15,030 --> 00:34:17,497
- Now, of those three
unique dishes,
1033
00:34:17,599 --> 00:34:21,067
Only one stood out
above the others,
1034
00:34:21,136 --> 00:34:24,037
And that winning dish
will save their team
1035
00:34:24,106 --> 00:34:26,306
From the dreaded elimination.
1036
00:34:26,374 --> 00:34:28,508
That dish was cooked by...
1037
00:34:28,643 --> 00:34:31,511
[suspenseful music]
1038
00:34:31,580 --> 00:34:32,912
♪ ♪
1039
00:34:32,948 --> 00:34:34,314
Tucker.
Congratulations.
1040
00:34:34,382 --> 00:34:37,550
[cheers and applause]
1041
00:34:37,619 --> 00:34:40,553
[upbeat music]
1042
00:34:40,622 --> 00:34:41,888
♪ ♪
1043
00:34:41,957 --> 00:34:42,956
- All the way to the top!
1044
00:34:42,991 --> 00:34:44,991
- I feel really proud
of myself.
1045
00:34:45,060 --> 00:34:47,160
Like, I did the damn thing.
1046
00:34:47,229 --> 00:34:49,062
- Whoo!
- Let's go, tuck.
1047
00:34:49,164 --> 00:34:50,296
- Wow. Thank you.
1048
00:34:50,398 --> 00:34:53,099
- Bruh,
she just saved your tail.
1049
00:34:53,201 --> 00:34:55,668
You owe everything
to chef tucker.
1050
00:34:55,704 --> 00:34:57,070
Very close call.
1051
00:34:57,105 --> 00:35:00,073
- Team ramsay, congratulations.
1052
00:35:00,108 --> 00:35:01,541
And the good news is,
1053
00:35:01,610 --> 00:35:04,144
The next time you cook
in this competition,
1054
00:35:04,212 --> 00:35:06,546
You're starting
at the very top,
1055
00:35:06,615 --> 00:35:07,714
The next level.
1056
00:35:07,749 --> 00:35:09,782
[cheers and applause]
- let's go.
1057
00:35:09,851 --> 00:35:10,783
We got this, guys.
1058
00:35:10,852 --> 00:35:12,819
- Relax,
because you've earned it.
1059
00:35:12,921 --> 00:35:15,889
This season, we are doing
something different.
1060
00:35:15,991 --> 00:35:19,025
The team who wins safety gets
to hang out in the lounge
1061
00:35:19,060 --> 00:35:21,995
And watch the elimination
cookoff.
1062
00:35:22,030 --> 00:35:23,863
Well done. Get out of here.
- Thank you, chef!
1063
00:35:23,899 --> 00:35:25,798
- Thank you, chef!
- Thank you!
1064
00:35:25,867 --> 00:35:26,866
- Whew.
1065
00:35:28,436 --> 00:35:29,569
- [laughs]
1066
00:35:29,671 --> 00:35:30,703
[upbeat music]
1067
00:35:30,772 --> 00:35:32,438
- [sighs]
- I'm so proud of you.
1068
00:35:32,507 --> 00:35:33,706
- Thank you.
[chuckles]
1069
00:35:33,742 --> 00:35:37,110
- Everybody nailed it.
- You did great, guys.
1070
00:35:37,145 --> 00:35:38,578
- You did really good.
1071
00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:39,879
- Good work, good work,
good work.
1072
00:35:39,915 --> 00:35:40,880
- [laughs]
1073
00:35:40,916 --> 00:35:42,048
- Now, unfortunately,
1074
00:35:42,117 --> 00:35:45,385
That also means,
nyesha and richard,
1075
00:35:45,487 --> 00:35:50,390
You must now both choose
one individual
1076
00:35:50,425 --> 00:35:55,195
From your teams to face off
in that elimination.
1077
00:35:55,263 --> 00:35:56,663
♪ ♪
1078
00:35:56,765 --> 00:35:58,831
- Honestly,
1079
00:35:58,867 --> 00:36:02,335
I didn't really want to be
in this position this early.
1080
00:36:02,404 --> 00:36:05,138
The person that I'm gonna
have to put
1081
00:36:05,207 --> 00:36:08,541
Into the elimination is...
1082
00:36:11,813 --> 00:36:13,813
- The person that
1083
00:36:13,915 --> 00:36:16,049
I'm gonna have to put
into the elimination...
1084
00:36:16,151 --> 00:36:20,053
[suspenseful music]
1085
00:36:20,155 --> 00:36:22,589
Is April.
1086
00:36:22,624 --> 00:36:24,023
- It's all right. You got it.
1087
00:36:24,059 --> 00:36:26,392
- You've got it.
You've got it.
1088
00:36:26,428 --> 00:36:28,861
- I'm just trying
to hold my head up high.
1089
00:36:28,930 --> 00:36:32,832
I don't wanna be the first one
to leave the competition.
1090
00:36:32,867 --> 00:36:35,702
- April's going up against--
richard, please.
1091
00:36:35,737 --> 00:36:37,971
- I'm gonna go with the dish
that for me
1092
00:36:38,073 --> 00:36:40,273
Was the least successful today.
1093
00:36:40,308 --> 00:36:42,075
♪ ♪
1094
00:36:42,143 --> 00:36:43,743
And that dish was cooked by...
1095
00:36:43,845 --> 00:36:49,182
♪ ♪
1096
00:36:49,284 --> 00:36:51,317
Kamahlai.
1097
00:36:51,353 --> 00:36:52,352
- You got this.
1098
00:36:52,420 --> 00:36:55,421
- April, kamahlai,
the good news is,
1099
00:36:55,523 --> 00:36:57,991
You've both got one more
amazing opportunity
1100
00:36:58,059 --> 00:37:00,593
To redeem yourselves.
1101
00:37:00,662 --> 00:37:02,195
We're giving you both something
1102
00:37:02,264 --> 00:37:05,765
That every chef in the world
should know how to nail:
1103
00:37:05,867 --> 00:37:08,635
A perfect steak.
1104
00:37:08,703 --> 00:37:13,539
You'll have 30 minutes,
so do not hold anything back,
1105
00:37:13,608 --> 00:37:16,776
Because the winner
of tonight's elimination
1106
00:37:16,878 --> 00:37:19,812
Will be based solely on taste.
1107
00:37:19,914 --> 00:37:24,951
Richard and nyesha will join us
after the cook to taste
1108
00:37:24,986 --> 00:37:29,022
Not knowing
who cooked what dish.
1109
00:37:29,057 --> 00:37:30,023
Understood?
1110
00:37:30,091 --> 00:37:31,157
- Yes, chef.
- Yes, chef.
1111
00:37:31,226 --> 00:37:33,192
- Head to that
top flight kitchen
1112
00:37:33,228 --> 00:37:34,427
And I'll see you in a moment.
1113
00:37:34,496 --> 00:37:37,463
[suspenseful music]
1114
00:37:37,499 --> 00:37:38,665
♪ ♪
1115
00:37:38,700 --> 00:37:41,301
[dramatic music]
1116
00:37:41,403 --> 00:37:43,703
Kamahlai, April,
1117
00:37:43,772 --> 00:37:45,471
You will both be
going head-to-head
1118
00:37:45,507 --> 00:37:47,940
In a steak cookoff challenge.
1119
00:37:48,043 --> 00:37:49,375
If there was ever a time
1120
00:37:49,477 --> 00:37:52,912
For you to cook the best dish
of your lives, this is it.
1121
00:37:52,981 --> 00:37:54,080
- Yes, chef.
- Yes, chef.
1122
00:37:54,115 --> 00:37:56,516
- Now, the chef
that cooks the best dish
1123
00:37:56,551 --> 00:37:59,152
Not only progresses
in the competition
1124
00:37:59,220 --> 00:38:02,288
But keeps their team
in the middle level
1125
00:38:02,390 --> 00:38:04,123
For the next challenge.
1126
00:38:04,225 --> 00:38:06,225
The chef who's eliminated
tonight,
1127
00:38:06,261 --> 00:38:08,828
Their team will not only
be down a member,
1128
00:38:08,863 --> 00:38:11,898
But they'll be sent down
to the basement.
1129
00:38:12,033 --> 00:38:15,568
Make sure
it's a next level dish
1130
00:38:15,670 --> 00:38:16,569
Understood?
1131
00:38:16,671 --> 00:38:17,870
- Yes, chef.
- Yes, chef.
1132
00:38:17,939 --> 00:38:20,306
- 30 minutes to cook
a perfect new york strip.
1133
00:38:20,342 --> 00:38:22,542
Both of you, over to the doors.
1134
00:38:22,610 --> 00:38:23,976
The platform is on its way,
yes?
1135
00:38:24,079 --> 00:38:26,279
[cheers and applause]
1136
00:38:26,348 --> 00:38:28,348
- My head is in race mode.
1137
00:38:28,449 --> 00:38:29,916
I have to give it my all.
1138
00:38:29,984 --> 00:38:30,917
I don't want to leave
out of here
1139
00:38:30,985 --> 00:38:32,852
Without fighting
for my place,
1140
00:38:32,954 --> 00:38:35,355
My spot, what I deserve.
1141
00:38:35,390 --> 00:38:36,422
It's game time.
1142
00:38:36,458 --> 00:38:37,857
- Platform is coming, guys.
1143
00:38:37,959 --> 00:38:40,626
- It being the first time
in the top-level kitchen
1144
00:38:40,762 --> 00:38:42,695
Being in an elimination
challenge,
1145
00:38:42,797 --> 00:38:45,898
Is overwhelming,
but I want to win.
1146
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:49,969
- And let's go, guys.
[cheers and applause]
1147
00:38:50,071 --> 00:38:51,938
- Let's go.
- Take your time, April.
1148
00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:55,341
- There you go.
- Get everything.
1149
00:38:55,443 --> 00:38:57,243
- Yup, yup, yup!
- Yeah, there you go!
1150
00:38:57,312 --> 00:38:58,244
- Red wine.
1151
00:38:58,313 --> 00:38:59,512
- I got tunnel vision.
1152
00:38:59,581 --> 00:39:01,547
I was just looking
at the ingredients.
1153
00:39:01,583 --> 00:39:03,282
What am I gonna do
with all of this?
1154
00:39:03,385 --> 00:39:05,051
Oh, [bleep].
1155
00:39:05,153 --> 00:39:06,753
- Relax, girlfriend.
1156
00:39:06,821 --> 00:39:08,020
- April, don't forget
your steak, girl.
1157
00:39:08,089 --> 00:39:09,622
That's yours there.
- Yes.
1158
00:39:09,657 --> 00:39:11,257
- New york strip. Well done.
- I knew it would be here.
1159
00:39:11,292 --> 00:39:13,126
- Okay, one minute gone.
Let's go, ladies.
1160
00:39:13,228 --> 00:39:14,660
The platform's
not going anywhere, okay?
1161
00:39:14,696 --> 00:39:17,497
- Take a deep breath, kamahlai.
- You're in good shape.
1162
00:39:17,632 --> 00:39:19,298
- I am a fighter.
I don't give up.
1163
00:39:19,334 --> 00:39:21,534
My mom used to say nothing
beats a failure but a try,
1164
00:39:21,669 --> 00:39:24,370
So I'm here, and we'll give it
all my got.
1165
00:39:24,472 --> 00:39:26,339
- Take your time
seasoning the steak.
1166
00:39:26,408 --> 00:39:27,707
Kinda get that fat side too,
babe.
1167
00:39:27,742 --> 00:39:29,041
- Yeah.
- Yeah, yeah.
1168
00:39:29,110 --> 00:39:30,510
- Kamahlai's
in a great position to win it.
1169
00:39:30,545 --> 00:39:32,979
She cooked at the top kitchen
already.
1170
00:39:33,081 --> 00:39:34,680
April hasn't cooked
on the top yet,
1171
00:39:34,749 --> 00:39:36,849
So there's an advantage
right off the bat.
1172
00:39:36,951 --> 00:39:37,984
- April, give me insight
to the dish.
1173
00:39:38,052 --> 00:39:39,185
Where are we going?
- [sighs]
1174
00:39:39,220 --> 00:39:43,189
I am going to sear my--
- you okay?
1175
00:39:43,224 --> 00:39:44,457
- My mind went blank.
1176
00:39:44,559 --> 00:39:46,125
- Oh, she looks rattled.
1177
00:39:46,227 --> 00:39:47,293
- Yeah.
- Oh, no.
1178
00:39:47,395 --> 00:39:49,028
- Kamahlai, are you good?
- Yes, chef.
1179
00:39:49,097 --> 00:39:50,463
- Wine will work well
with that.
1180
00:39:50,498 --> 00:39:52,098
- Yeah, no, it will.
That'll be fine too.
1181
00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:53,266
- Tomato?
- Yeah.
1182
00:39:53,301 --> 00:39:54,434
- Now have a quick look
in your pockets.
1183
00:39:54,469 --> 00:39:56,536
What have you to in there?
- [chuckles]
1184
00:39:56,638 --> 00:39:57,770
- There you go, there you go.
1185
00:39:57,872 --> 00:39:58,938
- [sighing]
oh, gosh.
1186
00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:00,373
- You're not going home, right?
- No.
1187
00:40:00,475 --> 00:40:01,741
- No? There we go.
Cook with those ingredients.
1188
00:40:01,843 --> 00:40:03,376
Let's go.
1189
00:40:03,478 --> 00:40:05,678
- I'm used to cooking at home
for my children, my family,
1190
00:40:05,713 --> 00:40:08,448
And I can cook a quick meal in
30 minutes, but a gourmet meal?
1191
00:40:08,516 --> 00:40:09,916
I'm like, "oh, my gosh."
1192
00:40:09,951 --> 00:40:11,484
- Smells great.
- Kamahlai!
1193
00:40:11,553 --> 00:40:12,952
- Come on, baby.
- Let's go!
1194
00:40:12,987 --> 00:40:14,020
- [groans]
1195
00:40:14,122 --> 00:40:16,022
- No, it didn't sizzle right.
1196
00:40:16,124 --> 00:40:17,790
- Needs to be hotter.
- Wait, it's not hot enough.
1197
00:40:17,859 --> 00:40:18,991
- Take it back out, babe.
1198
00:40:19,060 --> 00:40:19,992
- Take it out, take it out,
take it out.
1199
00:40:20,061 --> 00:40:21,360
- Take it back out.
1200
00:40:21,396 --> 00:40:23,429
- Great caramelization,
but let it rest, okay?
1201
00:40:23,465 --> 00:40:25,231
- Crazy environment
for somebody
1202
00:40:25,266 --> 00:40:26,833
To come in and cook in.
1203
00:40:26,901 --> 00:40:29,035
I am a bit taken aback.
1204
00:40:29,103 --> 00:40:30,269
- Are we good?
- Yes. Yes, chef.
1205
00:40:30,338 --> 00:40:32,271
- Good.
You're on, steak is searing.
1206
00:40:32,307 --> 00:40:34,207
Get another pan on there
and get your red wine in there
1207
00:40:34,275 --> 00:40:35,741
And you start that side.
- Yes.
1208
00:40:35,844 --> 00:40:36,809
- That's looking lovely,
though.
1209
00:40:36,878 --> 00:40:38,077
- You got it, April.
1210
00:40:38,112 --> 00:40:40,480
- So your color there,
beautiful color, okay?
1211
00:40:40,515 --> 00:40:42,014
- Focus on that sauce
and your sides.
1212
00:40:42,083 --> 00:40:44,383
That steak's money.
The steak's gonna be money.
1213
00:40:44,486 --> 00:40:45,585
- There you go,
there you go, there you go.
1214
00:40:45,687 --> 00:40:46,986
- What do you need,
what do you need?
1215
00:40:47,088 --> 00:40:48,721
- I'm just looking at color.
- Okay.
1216
00:40:48,790 --> 00:40:50,223
Make sure it makes sense,
make sure it makes sense.
1217
00:40:50,325 --> 00:40:52,892
- That's what--nothing
makes sense that I see so far.
1218
00:40:52,961 --> 00:40:54,694
If I don't succeed,
1219
00:40:54,762 --> 00:40:56,796
It would be more than myself
that I let down
1220
00:40:56,865 --> 00:40:59,398
And more than my family
that I let down.
1221
00:40:59,434 --> 00:41:02,702
I have a whole community
that is invested in me.
1222
00:41:02,737 --> 00:41:04,103
- April, April!
1223
00:41:04,172 --> 00:41:06,873
You are 15 minutes away
from leaving this competition.
1224
00:41:06,908 --> 00:41:08,541
Think about it!
- Yes, chef.
1225
00:41:08,643 --> 00:41:10,776
[dramatic music]
1226
00:41:15,049 --> 00:41:16,716
- Come on, girl!
- Think next level! Next level!
1227
00:41:16,751 --> 00:41:18,384
- Take a breath, relax.
You're looking good.
1228
00:41:18,486 --> 00:41:19,752
[cheers and applause]
1229
00:41:19,821 --> 00:41:21,320
- I couldn't imagine
being in elimination.
1230
00:41:21,356 --> 00:41:25,024
Kamahlai and April being in the
pressure cooker on day one!
1231
00:41:25,126 --> 00:41:27,126
- Okay, ladies!
Last two minutes!
1232
00:41:27,195 --> 00:41:28,661
Start dressing!
Let's go, let's go!
1233
00:41:28,763 --> 00:41:30,229
- Come on! Come on, girl!
You got this!
1234
00:41:30,265 --> 00:41:32,198
- Sauce first.
- Sauce first on the plate.
1235
00:41:32,233 --> 00:41:34,834
Do not glaze the steak with it.
1236
00:41:34,869 --> 00:41:36,302
- Ah!
[chuckles]
1237
00:41:36,404 --> 00:41:38,137
I just hope this is never me.
1238
00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:39,472
- That's it.
- Lay 'em all down the middle.
1239
00:41:39,507 --> 00:41:41,073
There you go.
Perfect, girl.
1240
00:41:41,109 --> 00:41:42,241
- Drizzle it around?
1241
00:41:42,343 --> 00:41:43,743
- Yeah, drizzle it around
the plate. There you go.
1242
00:41:43,845 --> 00:41:45,511
- This is nuts!
1243
00:41:45,613 --> 00:41:47,280
- Lay that steak.
That's the star of the show.
1244
00:41:47,315 --> 00:41:48,648
Right on top, girl.
1245
00:41:48,683 --> 00:41:50,716
- Beautiful!
- There you go, girl.
1246
00:41:50,752 --> 00:41:51,884
- Yes!
- There you go.
1247
00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:53,386
- Drizzle that sauce on top.
1248
00:41:53,488 --> 00:41:55,121
- Kamahlai,
start with sides, sides.
1249
00:41:55,156 --> 00:41:56,222
- Sides, sides, sides, sides.
- [sighs]
1250
00:41:56,324 --> 00:41:57,590
- Start stacking
the broccolini.
1251
00:41:57,692 --> 00:41:58,958
- The broccolini.
- Let's go!
1252
00:41:59,027 --> 00:42:00,493
- You've got this, kamahlai!
You've got this, girl!
1253
00:42:00,562 --> 00:42:01,561
- Clean that plate, love.
1254
00:42:01,629 --> 00:42:03,462
Make it look nice
and beautiful.
1255
00:42:03,498 --> 00:42:05,064
That steak's
gonna be delicious.
1256
00:42:05,133 --> 00:42:06,866
- Last 30 seconds! Come on!
1257
00:42:06,901 --> 00:42:08,501
- They both have me concerned.
1258
00:42:08,603 --> 00:42:09,502
- They do.
- At different points.
1259
00:42:09,571 --> 00:42:10,503
- Me too.
- Yeah.
1260
00:42:10,572 --> 00:42:11,737
[dramatic music]
1261
00:42:11,839 --> 00:42:12,872
- That's it, girl!
1262
00:42:12,907 --> 00:42:14,907
- How we looking?
Clean that plate up.
1263
00:42:14,976 --> 00:42:17,743
- Ten, nine...
All: Eight, seven...
1264
00:42:17,845 --> 00:42:22,748
Six, five, four, three,
two, one!
1265
00:42:22,817 --> 00:42:26,552
- Stop.
[cheers and applause]
1266
00:42:26,588 --> 00:42:29,555
[suspenseful music]
1267
00:42:29,591 --> 00:42:31,457
♪ ♪
1268
00:42:31,559 --> 00:42:34,193
- Nyesha, richard,
that was intense.
1269
00:42:34,262 --> 00:42:35,461
Two incredible new york strips.
1270
00:42:35,563 --> 00:42:38,497
Let's start here.
1271
00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:41,867
This one here was done
with asparagus,
1272
00:42:41,970 --> 00:42:45,137
Sautéed potatoes,
a red wine reduction.
1273
00:42:45,239 --> 00:42:48,274
- Classic pairing.
Plate looks well-balanced.
1274
00:42:48,309 --> 00:42:50,876
- You know, the sauce
looks a little oily to me.
1275
00:42:50,945 --> 00:42:52,078
We'll see how it tastes.
1276
00:42:52,113 --> 00:42:54,680
- Wow.
- Cooked beautifully.
1277
00:42:54,716 --> 00:42:56,549
- Nice.
- Perfect.
1278
00:42:56,651 --> 00:42:59,952
[suspenseful music]
1279
00:43:00,054 --> 00:43:03,589
- I am just trying
to remember to breathe.
1280
00:43:03,625 --> 00:43:06,225
If I'm the one that passes out
on the floor,
1281
00:43:06,260 --> 00:43:08,828
That's gonna be a dead giveaway
whose dish it was.
1282
00:43:08,896 --> 00:43:11,597
- When I go to a steakhouse
and I'm looking for a steak,
1283
00:43:11,666 --> 00:43:12,598
This is it.
1284
00:43:12,667 --> 00:43:14,033
Great sear, great color.
1285
00:43:14,068 --> 00:43:17,169
You can tell it's been rested,
which is very important.
1286
00:43:17,271 --> 00:43:21,107
If anything, a little finishing
salt could really elevate this.
1287
00:43:21,142 --> 00:43:22,908
- The steak is cooked
to a proper temperature,
1288
00:43:22,977 --> 00:43:24,877
The fat was rendered,
1289
00:43:24,912 --> 00:43:26,712
And I love that there's like
was a proper side here.
1290
00:43:26,781 --> 00:43:27,947
The asparagus, the mushrooms,
1291
00:43:28,049 --> 00:43:29,815
The potatoes
all works together.
1292
00:43:29,917 --> 00:43:31,150
And I love the drippings.
1293
00:43:31,185 --> 00:43:33,319
It doesn't look very good,
but it tastes delicious.
1294
00:43:33,354 --> 00:43:35,021
- There you go.
- Nailed it.
1295
00:43:35,123 --> 00:43:36,656
- [inhales deeply]
this one here.
1296
00:43:36,758 --> 00:43:39,358
Was done with a smashed potato,
broccolini,
1297
00:43:39,394 --> 00:43:41,394
And a worcestershire
sauce reduction.
1298
00:43:41,429 --> 00:43:44,230
- Visually, looks very simple
and appetizing.
1299
00:43:44,265 --> 00:43:45,865
- I love the pepper confetti.
1300
00:43:45,967 --> 00:43:47,667
There is a freshness to it,
which I love.
1301
00:43:47,802 --> 00:43:48,901
I'm intrigued.
1302
00:43:49,003 --> 00:43:52,104
[suspenseful music]
1303
00:43:52,206 --> 00:43:57,677
♪ ♪
1304
00:43:57,745 --> 00:43:59,645
- Nice little pan dripping jus,
1305
00:43:59,681 --> 00:44:01,881
But the steak,
it's a little bit chewy.
1306
00:44:01,949 --> 00:44:03,182
♪ ♪
1307
00:44:03,251 --> 00:44:04,784
- Well, I love the sauce.
1308
00:44:04,819 --> 00:44:07,420
I love the contrast
that the sauce provides.
1309
00:44:07,522 --> 00:44:10,056
Cooking's a little more
medium-well than medium,
1310
00:44:10,158 --> 00:44:11,891
But I like
what's going on here.
1311
00:44:11,993 --> 00:44:13,025
- Richard, nyesha,
1312
00:44:13,094 --> 00:44:14,694
Two phenomenal
new york strip dishes.
1313
00:44:14,796 --> 00:44:19,598
Sadly, for one individual,
it's the end of the road.
1314
00:44:19,667 --> 00:44:23,936
Nyesha, which dish would
you eliminate tonight?
1315
00:44:24,038 --> 00:44:26,939
Is it the new york strip
with the asparagus
1316
00:44:27,041 --> 00:44:30,509
Or is it the new york strip
with the broccolini?
1317
00:44:30,545 --> 00:44:32,478
♪ ♪
1318
00:44:32,513 --> 00:44:33,746
- Honestly,
it's difficult, right?
1319
00:44:33,848 --> 00:44:34,914
These are very close.
1320
00:44:34,949 --> 00:44:36,816
You have two dishes,
and on one hand,
1321
00:44:36,951 --> 00:44:38,417
You don't want to send
your team member home,
1322
00:44:38,519 --> 00:44:42,154
But you have to choose the
dish that tastes better.
1323
00:44:42,190 --> 00:44:45,157
The dish I'm gonna
eliminate tonight,
1324
00:44:45,193 --> 00:44:48,060
It's gonna be the steak
and broccolini.
1325
00:44:48,162 --> 00:44:49,428
- Thank you.
1326
00:44:49,464 --> 00:44:52,631
Chef richard, which dish
are you gonna eliminate?
1327
00:44:52,700 --> 00:44:55,034
- I think for me,
it's gonna come down to
1328
00:44:55,069 --> 00:44:57,136
Which do I wanna eat again,
right?
1329
00:44:57,238 --> 00:45:00,506
For me, the dish that I'm gonna
eliminate is going to be...
1330
00:45:00,608 --> 00:45:02,074
- Please let it be April.
[chuckles]
1331
00:45:02,143 --> 00:45:04,510
Please let it be April.
Please don't let it be me.
1332
00:45:04,545 --> 00:45:07,313
- The new york strip...
1333
00:45:07,348 --> 00:45:08,314
With the broccolini.
1334
00:45:08,349 --> 00:45:09,915
- [sighs]
1335
00:45:09,984 --> 00:45:11,984
[somber music]
1336
00:45:12,053 --> 00:45:14,587
- That dish was cooked
by kamahlai.
1337
00:45:14,622 --> 00:45:16,455
- Wow.
1338
00:45:16,557 --> 00:45:18,624
♪ ♪
1339
00:45:18,659 --> 00:45:20,426
- I don't look at it
as me being defeated.
1340
00:45:20,461 --> 00:45:23,395
I feel like it was an awesome,
amazing opportunity.
1341
00:45:23,464 --> 00:45:25,598
You don't
get a chance like this
1342
00:45:25,666 --> 00:45:28,033
To work with three
amazing chefs,
1343
00:45:28,069 --> 00:45:29,468
So that right there
1344
00:45:29,504 --> 00:45:33,239
Is hands down
a million-dollar experience.
1345
00:45:33,307 --> 00:45:35,641
- Kamahlai.
- Yes. [chuckles]
1346
00:45:35,710 --> 00:45:37,343
- When I come to your hometown,
I'm gonna look you up,
1347
00:45:37,445 --> 00:45:40,079
Because your food is delicious.
1348
00:45:40,114 --> 00:45:41,881
- Thank you so much.
Thank you guys.
1349
00:45:41,916 --> 00:45:43,115
- Good job.
- All right.
1350
00:45:43,151 --> 00:45:44,717
- Keep cooking.
- Yes, chef.
1351
00:45:44,752 --> 00:45:47,987
[applause]
1352
00:45:48,089 --> 00:45:50,156
♪ ♪
1353
00:45:50,191 --> 00:45:52,191
- April.
- Yes, chef.
1354
00:45:52,226 --> 00:45:53,592
- Congratulations, young lady.
1355
00:45:53,661 --> 00:45:55,161
Great job.
- Thank you, chef.
1356
00:45:55,196 --> 00:45:56,695
- You've all just witnessed
1357
00:45:56,798 --> 00:45:58,831
How stressful
it can be in here tonight,
1358
00:45:58,866 --> 00:46:01,534
So stay out
of that elimination.
1359
00:46:01,636 --> 00:46:02,535
- Understood?
1360
00:46:02,637 --> 00:46:03,769
All: Yes, chef.
1361
00:46:03,871 --> 00:46:06,539
- And I promise you
it's gonna get harder.
1362
00:46:06,574 --> 00:46:08,908
Get some sleep.
You're gonna need it.
1363
00:46:08,943 --> 00:46:12,144
Good night.
All: Good night, chef.
1364
00:46:12,213 --> 00:46:15,281
[dramatic music]
1365
00:46:18,386 --> 00:46:21,053
- This season
on "next level chef"...
1366
00:46:21,155 --> 00:46:22,721
- This isn't day one anymore.
1367
00:46:22,790 --> 00:46:24,356
- You want to stay
in this top level kitchen?
1368
00:46:24,425 --> 00:46:25,791
Cook like it.
1369
00:46:25,827 --> 00:46:27,026
- I have never done anything
like this before.
1370
00:46:27,061 --> 00:46:28,260
I don't know
if this is gonna work.
1371
00:46:28,362 --> 00:46:31,397
- We're coming up there!
- Okay, see you never!
1372
00:46:31,465 --> 00:46:33,732
- Bold or stupid?
We'll find out.
1373
00:46:33,835 --> 00:46:34,867
- [bleep].
1374
00:46:34,936 --> 00:46:37,169
- What I see here
is the future of cooking.
1375
00:46:37,271 --> 00:46:39,505
- Someone's going home
on the other [bleep] team.
1376
00:46:39,574 --> 00:46:41,240
[loud clattering]
1377
00:46:41,309 --> 00:46:43,442
- Put the plate
on the platform now!
1378
00:46:43,511 --> 00:46:44,510
- [screams]
1379
00:46:44,545 --> 00:46:45,544
- How did this happen again?
1380
00:46:45,646 --> 00:46:47,680
- There is no room
for mistakes.
1381
00:46:47,715 --> 00:46:50,616
- I'm having whole
anxiety attack right now.
1382
00:46:50,718 --> 00:46:53,118
- Keep the [bleep] pan down!
1383
00:46:53,154 --> 00:46:56,188
Do not screw this up.
All: Yes, chef.
1384
00:46:56,223 --> 00:46:58,791
- Our next level chef is...
1385
00:46:58,860 --> 00:47:00,226
[dramatic music]
1386
00:47:00,328 --> 00:47:01,861
[cheers and applause]
1387
00:47:01,929 --> 00:47:03,495
- You wanna change
apron colors?
1388
00:47:03,531 --> 00:47:04,697
- No, I don't think
gordon ramsay would be
1389
00:47:04,765 --> 00:47:06,031
Very happy about that!