Yes, Chef! (US) Season 1 Episode 2
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00:00It's Martha Stewart!
00:01Jose Andres.
00:02Previously on Yes Chef.
00:05We've gathered 12 professional chefs.
00:08You're like a magician.
00:09With one thing standing in their way, themselves.
00:13I am the one to beat in this competition.
00:16Chef T has a short fuse.
00:18My mother is literally so unhinged.
00:21What do you think about taking some of the crispy lamb fat and kind of garnishing?
00:24No.
00:25But that all stops here.
00:29Mike.
00:30They'll need to figure out how to work together
00:32in challenges that test the behaviors they struggle with the most.
00:36We're giving you the choice.
00:38Stick to your team's plan or go back to your original menus.
00:42I will go back to my original menu.
00:45Checking my rice.
00:46I definitely don't need Katsuji to micromanage, which he does.
00:50To win $250,000.
00:54I will send home Petrina.
00:59One for the homies.
01:03Petrina.
01:04Michelle, how are you feeling?
01:05Dude, I can't with you.
01:07Well, that was awkward.
01:08Katsuji.
01:09Okay, man.
01:10One more.
01:11Katsuji!
01:12Shut the f*** up.
01:14This can change the trajectory of someone's life.
01:16This is like a real-life situation for people.
01:19Right now, we're just trying to process our own feelings.
01:23Just give me a minute.
01:24Right now, we're just trying to process our own feelings.
01:27Just give us, like, five minutes,
01:29and then we can get back to the Katsuji show.
01:31After the first elimination,
01:33literally the air has just been, like, sucked out of the room.
01:37Everyone is here to work on their issues,
01:40but I realize that this competition is also about strategy.
01:44If you start eliminating chefs because you feel they're a threat,
01:47I'm in serious danger of going home.
01:49First of all, picking Katsuji was just the wrong move.
01:52No, I think it was the right move.
01:53I was trying to take him out because I just didn't want to deal with his s***.
01:57I think that you should have let the lowest scorer fight for their dish.
02:00If she lost, she would have lost fighting for her dish.
02:03Come on!
02:04Chef T, she's very vocal, she's very aggressive.
02:08But guess what? I'm stubborn.
02:10I'm trying my best here, but I believe what I believe.
02:14The way to win this game is get rid of the best chef.
02:16I will do whatever I have to do.
02:18Listen, bro, I come here to cook all day, every day.
02:21Someone had to go home. We know that.
02:23But I got too much to lose.
02:25And what you did was you wielded the power to Katsuji.
02:28Sometimes my temper gets in the way.
02:30Chef T has a short fuse.
02:32She will yell at you right in your face.
02:35I know my communication is not the best,
02:37and when your fate lies in the hands of someone else,
02:39it's just very unsettling.
02:41You know, this means everything to me,
02:43and it's because when I told my mom that I wanted to cook,
02:46she was like, there's no future for a female chef.
02:49I stay ready, so I have to get ready. I'm not scared.
02:52That's someone who doesn't believe in you.
02:54That's someone who just...
02:58That's someone who didn't understand that this is a gift,
03:02and I have to be excellent, because every day I do that,
03:07I defy the odds of the words that she put out
03:10into the universe for me.
03:12So it is personal. It is personal.
03:16Ronnie, who would you have sent home?
03:18I would have sent Petrina home, but I would have had some grace.
03:22Yeah. Grace is big.
03:24Not everybody's going to attack this competition
03:26the way you did or the way I will.
03:29My wife has a tattoo that says, give yourself grace,
03:32and I think that's...
03:34No. No.
03:35How am I handling my issues right now?
03:38Clearly not very good.
03:40I just don't stop talking. I don't stop poking.
03:43We're going to start baby steps.
03:45Hi, baby. Hi.
03:47How's everything going?
03:48Look at you and your little chef coat.
03:52My daughter Sophie, she's the person that nominated me
03:55for this competition.
03:56She wants me to not yell and scream in the kitchen,
03:59but this competition is hard, and I'm not trying to be a bitch.
04:03I'm just trying to work on my stuff.
04:05How are you feeling?
04:06I feel pretty good. I had my shot Wednesday.
04:09My daughter was recently diagnosed
04:11with a really serious illness.
04:13She needs to take a medication.
04:16It's very expensive, and that's why I'm here,
04:19to win the $250,000.
04:22We're talking about a 25-year-old girl.
04:25It's a lot of stress.
04:26I need to get this money for her.
04:28I just miss you, and I hope you're okay.
04:31I love you.
04:33I miss you.
04:34Just pretend I'm giving you a hug.
04:36Okay.
04:38I love you.
04:39I love you too.
04:58Good morning, chefs.
05:00Good morning, Martha.
05:01Are you nervous, Rex?
05:03Slightly, yes.
05:04Seeing Martha Stewart roasting her chicken is amazing.
05:09What is my life?
05:11I'm going to roast you my beautiful capon
05:15with a brioche stuffing under the skin.
05:17I think it's the most popular dish in my restaurant,
05:19The Bedford, in Las Vegas.
05:21Here, Jose.
05:22All right.
05:24I'm sous chef of Martha Stewart.
05:28Can I get a piece of that chicken when it's done, Martha?
05:30The chicken is in the oven.
05:32You set the timer?
05:33Okay, good.
05:34So after the last challenge,
05:36we learn afterwards that we can be a chef that intimidates
05:40or to be the chefs that are in command
05:42because you are making everybody around you better.
05:45And your food's not your problem.
05:47It's your personalities.
05:51I want to work on myself.
05:52I want to be a better chef.
05:53I want to not get so angry, but it's not easy.
05:56Chef Chris, when he's stretched thin,
05:58that's when he starts throwing pans
06:00and throwing a fit and cussing.
06:02Chef, just leave me a note.
06:04It says, say good s***
06:06or I'll make your life living hell.
06:08Chefs, my roast,
06:10that will be the entree for today's meal.
06:13For this challenge,
06:14each team is responsible for serving up five appetizers.
06:19So today you're going to be competing in two teams of five.
06:23Today's first captain
06:24will be the reigning most valuable chef, Michelle.
06:28And today's second captain
06:30will be the winner of the cook-off last week, Katsuji.
06:34Here's the glitch.
06:35Team leaders, you each get to pick the other person's team.
06:40Oh, God.
06:41Michelle, who would you like to join Katsuji's team first?
06:45Huh, Jake.
06:47We really haven't seen him cook very much.
06:49Lee, go with Michelle, please.
06:51Peter.
06:52I see her style.
06:53She's giving me what she thinks in her head
06:56are the weakest link.
06:57T, go with her.
06:58In the other hand, I'm doing the opposite.
07:01Let's make strong teams.
07:02Katsuji actually picks a great team for me.
07:05I'm just baffled by that.
07:07What is up his sleeve?
07:09Karen.
07:10Karen?
07:11What's her name?
07:12Emily.
07:13Emily.
07:14You called me a Karen.
07:15I'm going to create a team for her that's strong,
07:17because if we win, a strong competitor will go home.
07:21See?
07:23Ronnie, I'm so sorry.
07:24You will not be participating in this challenge.
07:27OK.
07:28But there is good news.
07:30You will be tasting everyone's dishes.
07:34Ooh.
07:36We are calling today's challenge our trustful relay,
07:40because each team will only be allowed one chef
07:45in the kitchen at the time.
07:47And you will have to divide the time and the ingredients
07:52between the team members.
07:54So you must use your time wisely.
07:57In this challenge, you need to clearly communicate
07:59and trust that your teammates won't use up the time you need
08:03to get your dish done.
08:05And the team that serves the best appetizers
08:09to go with my roast chicken is free from elimination.
08:13The losing team will be at risk of competing in the cook-off.
08:17Relay cooking requires a good bit of trust
08:21and effective communication.
08:26Yeah.
08:27It's my expression.
08:29I am not thrilled.
08:30There are 90 minutes on the clock,
08:33which is 18 minutes each if you divide it evenly.
08:36No time to go to the grocery store.
08:38You do the shopping yourself, Martha?
08:40I go shopping at 11 o'clock at night,
08:43or right after Pilates at 7 o'clock in the morning.
08:46OK, I want you to take me shopping with you.
08:48OK.
08:49I'm Pilates, too.
08:51But for this challenge, there's no grocery store.
08:54And every ingredient you use
08:56is less ingredients you leave for the next chef.
08:59Only thing left to do is decide the order
09:03you're going to be cooking.
09:05I'll go last.
09:06I'm OK with going first,
09:07because I can separate all the ingredients per person.
09:09We have 90 minutes.
09:10That means 18 minutes each.
09:12But I can't trust anyone.
09:14I can only trust myself.
09:15So I want to go first,
09:17but Suji can be a good leader to everyone else.
09:20Just let me do what I do over here.
09:22You do one. I'm fine with one. I'm quick.
09:24I have anxiety, and I do better under pressure.
09:27So I'm OK going first.
09:28It gives everybody else a little time to plan.
09:31I want to just go.
09:331, 2, 3, 4, 5.
09:35The fifth position puts a lot of trust
09:37into the members of my team going before me.
09:40I can do quick, easy apps, get it out the way.
09:42OK, teams, I think you had enough time.
09:45And it's definitely hard to trust people
09:46that you don't really know,
09:47and I don't really know these chefs.
09:49The ingredients are in very limited supply.
09:52I have a worry that by the time I get up,
09:55I'm going to have, like, you know,
09:57a lemon and some olive oil.
09:59Yay!
10:00All right, chefs, let's get cooking.
10:03It starts now.
10:05Let's go! Let's go!
10:07OK, what do you got?
10:08There's eggs, there's bacon, there's onions.
10:10Beets, potato, Parmesan cheese, cream.
10:12So I'm going to do a white bean dip with anchovies.
10:15I'm going to make fresh potatoes.
10:17I'm doing a creamy carrot cumin soup,
10:19trying to keep it simple so we all have time.
10:2115 minutes should be your perfect timing.
10:25Service in this restaurant is terrible.
10:28I take the onions, and I just char them super hard.
10:31And then I take that yogurt,
10:33kind of strain it for, like, 15 minutes.
10:35So I need more time.
10:39I might do a fennel, fennel salad.
10:41I guess I'm stuck making a salad,
10:43and it's going to have to be a damn good salad
10:45because Katsuji said he needed more time.
10:47Start to do it in 15 minutes, OK?
10:49Katsuji's in control, and he's not letting go.
10:51Don't worry, guys, I'm only using what I need.
10:53Yeah, you're good.
10:54So my thought that I thought I could pull off pretty quick
10:57is a shaved fennel Caesar,
10:58because there's, like, Dijon and balsamic.
11:00And then if there's any bread left over, I will use it all.
11:03What are you thinking?
11:04I'm doing a mushroom bruschetta.
11:06I might do something with the eggs.
11:08When you're trying to figure out what you're going to make,
11:11I just don't want anybody to not have enough time.
11:14I'm the team leader. It all falls on me.
11:16You know, Martha, this challenge is going to have to have
11:19a lot of teamwork, but also has a lot of trust.
11:24The teams have plenty of time to make great dishes,
11:27but only if they communicate throughout the whole challenge.
11:30I think each team probably has thought what they're making
11:33and how they're going to make it.
11:35I know.
11:36I'm going to start plating, guys.
11:37Good job, Chef.
11:38Yes, let's do it.
11:40I need the full extent of my 18, okay?
11:43And maybe 30 seconds more.
11:46All right, Chef, you have 14 minutes.
11:48Consistency looks good, Chef.
11:50Once you're done, ring the bell, baby.
11:53Yeah!
11:56All right, Chef Emily.
11:58Chef Emily, what have you made for us?
12:00I've made a white bean and anchovy dip
12:03with a little bit of very thinly fried potatoes.
12:06And the oil is a rosemary parsley
12:08with the anchovy oil as well.
12:10Mm!
12:11Used to be peaky, peaky.
12:13The texture is slightly thicker.
12:17I don't care.
12:19I love you, Martha.
12:22Puree's a little thin.
12:23Texture is something to be desired.
12:25Potato chips are a little overdone.
12:27You're also talking to yourself right now.
12:30What did you make us, my dear?
12:32That's right.
12:33I made y'all a carrot cumin soup, little pesto,
12:36and I wanted you to feel careful.
12:39Mm!
12:40If I was a rabbit in a restaurant,
12:42I would be very happy with this carrot soup.
12:45How you doing over there, Julia?
12:47Doing good, we're doing good.
12:48How much time did you eat?
12:49Two, three max.
12:51What are you making, T?
12:52I'm doing my play on loaded baked potatoes.
12:55Julia, you gotta go.
12:56I'm going.
12:57Who's next?
12:58Go, who's next?
12:59Go, move.
13:00Move like a ninja.
13:03I made a shaved celery, portobello,
13:07and hedgehog mushroom salad.
13:09Celery is an underused vegetable.
13:11I agree.
13:12I'm not a celery guy.
13:14The acidity of the lemon, it goes so well
13:17with the earthiness of the mushrooms.
13:20I love it.
13:22Let's go.
13:23You got this.
13:24Fantastic, yep.
13:25Getting my ducks in a row right now.
13:28This food mill is actually trash.
13:30Okay, let's go.
13:31She's definitely taking more than 18 minutes.
13:34If everybody's gonna be using the time
13:36as Chef T is using right now,
13:38the blue team is gonna be in trouble.
13:40Let's go.
13:41It's the Chef T show.
13:42This is crazy.
13:43I'm not gonna have enough time.
13:44I don't know what to do.
13:46We gotta go.
13:47We gotta go, Chef.
13:48We going, going, going.
13:57We gotta go.
13:58We gotta go.
13:59We gotta go, Chef.
14:00We going, going, going.
14:01She started early and now she's finishing late.
14:04Okay, let's go.
14:05I hope she's been communicating with her team
14:07so that trust stays intact.
14:09You got a plate, baby.
14:10I am still rocking and rolling
14:12and I will not deliver subpar food.
14:16My team will have plenty of time.
14:18I'm at like five minutes.
14:22You know, I'm wondering what Chef Ron
14:24is thinking about the dishes.
14:26I'm sure he loves them.
14:28Carrot tops are one of the worst things to ever use
14:30because they're almost always gritty.
14:33Got a grit right there.
14:37As soon as you're done, hit that bell.
14:39I'm literally on one minute right now.
14:42Hitting the bell right now.
14:44Let's go, Michelle.
14:46I'm extremely frustrated at Chef T
14:48because she took too much time.
14:50I'm the captain.
14:51The responsibility is on me.
14:53I'm just gonna take it for the team,
14:55do some grilled cheese and just be done.
14:57Bread, bread, bread, bread, bread.
14:59Oh, there's the bread.
15:00This is my play on a loaded baked potato
15:03finished with a little bit of Parmesan and Gruyere cheese.
15:06You didn't add butter or cream?
15:08I did not, Chef. I did not.
15:10These potatoes, for not having any cream and any butter...
15:13Are rich.
15:15They are very rich.
15:16Thank you, Chefs.
15:17I think it's a little heavy on the salt.
15:19I'm a salty guy.
15:22What you making, Michelle?
15:24Fish again?
15:28How much longer you need, Papi?
15:30I'm plating right now.
15:31Ready to go, Papi. Eso es, Mata.
15:33Chef Peter.
15:35So today we have a fennel salad
15:37with a miso and lemon vinaigrette.
15:40To me, it's lacking a little bit of acidity.
15:44You just fall short.
15:46Okay, heard you.
15:47I am a little pissed off because Kasuji needed more time,
15:50so I felt like I had to make a salad.
15:52Thank you, Chef.
15:54Jake, you gotta go, bro.
15:57Oh, this bread looks good.
15:59What's your game plan now?
16:01I got some Gruyere.
16:02Okay, Papi.
16:03You don't want to make a grilled cheese
16:05because we are not that type of chef.
16:08We'll be here all day talking smack.
16:11Ha ha ha ha!
16:13I just don't think we're gonna have bread.
16:15As thin as possible, Chef, please.
16:17There's not a lot of bread left.
16:19It's breaking.
16:21She just f***ed me.
16:23I am fuming.
16:24I see my mushroom bruschetta going down the drain.
16:27My chef, my leader, backstabbed me.
16:30This cheese is not good.
16:32Is Michelle being selfish
16:33and not giving for the rest of her team?
16:35Would you just tell him to shut the f*** up?
16:38F*** me all that bread.
16:43Oh, God, are you f***ing kidding me?
16:45You know, I understand where he's coming from.
16:47You got this, dude.
16:48But my goal is to harness that anger
16:51and focus into the food.
16:53Go to your favorite.
16:55Go to my favorite.
16:56Commit and f***ing own it, right?
17:00Michelle, don't forget to put some cracked pepper
17:02on top of your boring grilled cheese sandwich.
17:04F***ing annoying.
17:05Come on, Michelle.
17:07Go, go, go, go, go!
17:10This is my take on grilled cheese night at Campanile.
17:18Did your dish change
17:20when you saw that Chef T was using more time?
17:22Yes.
17:23You didn't have a clear idea of what everybody is doing?
17:26I'm trying to let the other guys succeed
17:29because I am the captain.
17:31That's not your only job in this competition.
17:34No, it's not my only job.
17:35You have to communicate
17:36and be aware of what everyone is doing.
17:38Okay.
17:39And you should be able to make a croque monsieur
17:41that tastes a little better than this.
17:43Okay.
17:44This is very greasy.
17:45I was just going for the very simple one.
17:47Obviously.
17:52What do you got, Chef?
17:53I got the hedgehogs.
17:54Chef Michelle used all the bread,
17:56and I have to pivot.
17:57So plan B now is to make a grilled portobello mushroom
18:00instead of the baguette.
18:01Good pivot, Chef.
18:03I had to, man.
18:04I had to.
18:06F***.
18:10We didn't have enough time at all?
18:12I left you with plenty of time.
18:14Don't roll your eyes at me.
18:18All right, Jake, you got to go, bro.
18:20I'm going right now.
18:25Jesus Christ.
18:28So for this course, we have mushroom conserve-a-toast
18:31topped with a little bit of gruyere.
18:33Okay.
18:35I wish that the bread was cut thinner
18:38and more cheese once it's out of the oven.
18:41And a prettier mound of mushrooms.
18:43So Katsuji still has a whole half hour left.
18:45He does.
18:46He told me how much time you would need,
18:48so I've pushed really hard.
18:49Thank you, Chef.
18:50Thank you, Chefs.
18:53It's very interesting that Chef Katsuji
18:55will tell his team member,
18:57I won 25, 30 minutes.
19:00He's going for the win.
19:01He's taking advantage of the weaker.
19:04But I wonder, will this help his dish
19:06at the expense of his team?
19:08What you making, Katsuji?
19:09I'm just making some grilled onions.
19:11I'm just making some grilled onions.
19:12Do you, Chef.
19:14I need just like 8 to 10 minutes for my dish.
19:18The reason I told my team that I needed more time,
19:21it's simple.
19:22Safety.
19:23I needed to make sure I could still accomplish the last dish.
19:28Chef, I'm doing a final wipe.
19:29Be ready.
19:30Yes, Chef.
19:34Christopher, what did you make us?
19:36All right, Chefs.
19:37On the bottom of the plate, you have a mornay,
19:40a grilled portobello,
19:41and a little bit of aged balsamic.
19:43Tasty.
19:44Flavor's good, but it's a little chalky on the tongue.
19:47The portobello and the cream are not talking to each other.
19:52Thank you, Chef.
19:56Very quietly.
19:57That makes me nervous.
19:58Why so quiet, bro?
19:59Just focusing, Chef.
20:01Is this the original dish that you were going to make?
20:03No.
20:04What were you going to make?
20:05I was going to make a mushroom bruschetta.
20:06Bruschetta.
20:07But we didn't have enough bread.
20:08But you didn't have enough bread.
20:09I would have.
20:10Why?
20:11She was making grilled cheese.
20:12But you didn't count the bread properly.
20:14The whole goal is communication.
20:17That's a big...up, Chef.
20:28The whole goal is communication.
20:30That's a big...up, Chef.
20:33It's a challenge to work on my anger.
20:35One of my issues is that I hold resentment.
20:38Andy basically dead to me.
20:39You communicated saying that you were going to take a little bit of time.
20:42And I said that prior to getting in the kitchen.
20:44I'm like...
20:45OG Michelle here was clearly salty about it because when she came in here,
20:49like, the rolling of the eyes.
20:51You came in here like I was the problem.
20:52I rolled my eyes not because of you.
20:54I was rolling my eyes because this is the third time I'm cooking again,
20:57and I'm like...
20:58But you're here to cook.
20:59You're here to cook.
21:00This is a cooking competition.
21:01Michelle thinks that she's a perfectionist,
21:03but she's full of excuses, you know.
21:06That's line cook mentality, and I thought you were a chef.
21:09Good.
21:10I got it.
21:15Lee, how much time do you need?
21:17I'm going to be good, Chef.
21:18Tea took her sweet-ass time.
21:20I realize I don't have much time left,
21:22but most of the ingredients I wanted are still on the table,
21:25which is great.
21:26I'm down to bread scraps.
21:28I'm just waiting for you.
21:29You're just waiting for me, bud?
21:30Seriously.
21:31I hate to keep you waiting.
21:33No, no, I'm taking this.
21:37BEEP
21:41It's so antagonizing.
21:43This guy gets in your hair, and I don't have a lot of hair.
21:48I'm done.
21:49Go serve.
21:54Getting there, getting there.
21:55Let's go!
21:57Hello, Chef Katsuji.
21:58I took Vidalia onion that I super charred on the grill,
22:03and then I made a matcha sauce.
22:05I love the onion.
22:06I think the sauce, even a little bit grainy.
22:08It's not grainy.
22:10It's purposely made with the pecans.
22:13I need some crunch.
22:15The issue is that I'm not enjoying it.
22:18Okay.
22:19Thank you, Chef.
22:20Thank you, guys.
22:21Thank you so much.
22:23You agree, no?
22:24It's grainy, right?
22:28You got this.
22:30All done.
22:32In front of both of you is a shaved fennel and celery Caesar
22:38and a little bit of lardon.
22:40Well, I'm an expert on Caesar salad.
22:43Did you know that?
22:44You are an expert on everything in my book.
22:46No, but I find the dressing overpowering,
22:49and it's a little bit too eggy.
22:51The fennel a little bit too thick.
22:54I feel a little bit like I am a cow
22:58munching and munching and never ends.
23:01Understood, Chef.
23:02Chef Lee, thank you.
23:03Thank you, guys.
23:04Have a great evening.
23:06Come on, let's go talk.
23:07I'm all about talking.
23:08All this drama is affecting how I'm cooking.
23:11I'm trying to drop it down a little bit,
23:14and what I don't need right now is Christopher being angry.
23:18I do apologize about the bread, okay?
23:20It might have cost me my dish.
23:22Got it.
23:24We're on a team,
23:25and we cannot be selfish.
23:27Okay.
23:28The only thing I have seen from Michelle is saying,
23:30I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.
23:32I'm sorry.
23:33I'm pissed.
23:34But I can't just go there with one grilled cheese.
23:36You should have accounted for you needed eight slices,
23:39so because of your miscount, I had to go from left field.
23:42I didn't want to take up all of your time.
23:44If anything, I sacrificed myself for all you guys,
23:48and you know T used more minutes than anybody else.
23:52But I knew that T was going to use a little bit longer.
23:55Chef Michelle's always blaming everyone else
23:57and always pointing the finger.
23:58I mean, I might have to do a cook-off
24:00because I did a grilled cheese.
24:02It might have cost the team.
24:03You're in the big leagues now.
24:05Where did you think that was a good idea?
24:15Hello, chefs.
24:16Many of your appetizers were the perfect beginning
24:21for what is going to continue with an amazing roasted chicken.
24:26Ronnie?
24:27Yes?
24:28What did you think?
24:29Overall, everything was good to decent.
24:32My favorite was Emily's.
24:34Chips and dip, but elevated.
24:36Chips were a little dark, but they tasted great.
24:40My least favorite was Katsuji's.
24:42Katsuji.
24:43Katsuji.
24:44Katsuji.
24:45Katsuji.
24:46There you go.
24:47I think the sauces on it were just too much.
24:49I could care less what the guy with the low surface team is talking about my food.
24:54Chef Ronnie, which team was better overall?
24:58I enjoyed blue teams better than green teams.
25:02Now you are joining the blue team.
25:05If they are the winners, you are now saved.
25:09But if they lose, you will be at risk of competing in the cook-off.
25:16Yeah.
25:17And of course, there's one more twist.
25:20For this team challenge, we were looking to see how communication and trust would affect your cooking as a whole.
25:26Chef Christopher, how do you feel about today?
25:30Pissed.
25:31In a kitchen, we have a line of communication, and I did trust Chef Michelle.
25:37That trust is gone.
25:40So Chef Michelle, how do you feel?
25:42I feel I have to step it up and be a better chef, and I have to, you know, get my head out of my head.
25:47I'm overthinking like s***.
25:49Overthinking shouldn't cause undercooking.
25:53Chef T, what did you think about the leadership?
25:56There was a breakdown in communication and finger pointing, and ultimately is leading to what looks like our demise here.
26:06I'll address the green team first.
26:08Zane and Julia had the two best dishes on the green team.
26:13That carrot top pesto was delicious. I wish you put more of it on the soup.
26:18And we also liked the shaved celery salad.
26:21The balsamic, the lemon, it goes so well with the mushrooms.
26:27But Chef Gatsui, here I think the sauce takes away from the onion.
26:33I was very surprised when Chef Jake told me that you requested 30 minutes for your dish.
26:41I was thinking about the team, so I purposely choose to be the last one.
26:45So if something will go down, I will have to either fix it or go down with the ship.
26:49I do think the going last was his ego, but it's okay.
26:53Martha, how about the blue team?
26:55Well, Emily, your white bean puree with the delicious chips was certainly a favorite.
27:03And Chef T, we were very pleased with the loaded baked potato puffs.
27:10Yeah, you took a big risk, but the dish actually was worth the time and the effort.
27:15Thank you, Chef.
27:16Now, Michelle.
27:18I did not like your grilled cheese sandwich.
27:22There was no effort.
27:23This is a competition.
27:26One team was better overall than the other.
27:32Today, the winner is...
27:44Today, the winner is...
27:49the green team.
27:50Oh, ****!
27:55Congratulations, green team. You are safe from elimination.
28:00Chef Michelle, you are the captain.
28:02And I had the perception that you didn't have engagement with your team.
28:06I screwed up. I totally screwed up. It's my fault.
28:11At the end of the day, my strategy worked.
28:14The other team, there was no leadership.
28:16There was no leadership. They were creating drama where drama was not a need.
28:20There's one last bit of business.
28:23This week's Most Valuable Chef...
28:27Our favorite appetizer of all the appetizers...
28:32belonged to...
28:34Chef Emily.
28:40Thank you very much.
28:41We loved the vivaciousness of that dish.
28:43What a nice starter for a dinner of a rich roasted chicken.
28:47And remember, you are now safe from elimination.
28:52We judged the food.
28:53And now, we are giving the power back to you.
28:57So, Chef Emily, as MVC,
28:59you now choose somebody from your own team to cook off against.
29:04Okay.
29:05And remember, your choice comes with real-world consequences.
29:09If you win the cook-off, that chef will go home.
29:12Yes, Chef.
29:13But think about it.
29:14Because if you lose,
29:16that chef will have to choose someone from your team to be eliminated.
29:21You can all retire to the lounge and let us know.
29:24Yes, Chef.
29:25Okay.
29:32Come on.
29:34I really thought we were going to win.
29:36It's going to be hard for Emily. She's going to pick somebody from her own team.
29:39Mm-hmm.
29:40Congratulations, by the way.
29:41Thank you very much.
29:42I talk so much s*** about you, but—
29:43I know you do. Thanks.
29:44You okay?
29:45Yeah, I'm good.
29:46Congratulations.
29:47I feel good.
29:48Yeah, congratulations.
29:49Can I have a thumbs-up?
29:51This win makes me feel valid because I have a lot of insecurities.
29:56My wife, Emily, has a temper and is completely stubborn in a lot of cases.
30:02The hardest thing I've had to overcome was leaving the kitchen.
30:06We had children, and after taking three years off,
30:09I was very insecure because I feel like I lost ground.
30:12I'm here to prove myself to myself, nobody else.
30:17T, do you mind going over to the table with me?
30:19Yeah.
30:20It is a strange feeling to be the MVC out of everyone and be on a losing team.
30:26I'm not really sure who I'm going to pick yet.
30:28Compete with someone strong or compete with someone that the chinks in their armor is showing.
30:33That's a good way of putting it.
30:34What do you think?
30:35Michelle, I think the time got the best of her.
30:38You know, Michelle has had a lot of narrow misses where it's always been an excuse.
30:43There is no ability to navigate in a different direction.
30:47For sure.
30:48Thank you, thank you.
30:49Today is Michelle's day.
30:50She made the worst dish.
30:51She's got to own it.
30:53Hey, green team.
30:55What do you guys think of the whole thing?
30:57Who's your stronger crew besides you and your team?
30:59T.
31:00Pick T, and you won, she goes.
31:02Right.
31:03Good.
31:04But if she wins and she gets to pick someone else and it's not you, so that's a double winning.
31:10Yeah.
31:11Pick T.
31:12This is a hard decision.
31:13It's either my number one competitor from my team or somebody that I don't necessarily see as the strongest leader in Chef.
31:20Dead Chef walking.
31:22Good afternoon.
31:24Good afternoon, Chef.
31:27So, Emily, what's your decision?
31:30I'm going to let someone fight for their life.
31:32I want to battle the person with the worst dish.
31:35And I'm going to go with Chef Michelle.
31:40Chef Michelle, if you outcook Chef Emily, you will be safe from elimination.
31:45And you will be the one deciding what chef goes home.
31:50Yes, Chef.
31:51Your goal tonight is to create a chicken dish as amazing as Chef Martha today.
32:00And I'm sure you'd love to have a taste.
32:02Absolutely.
32:03It smells so good.
32:04I'm so excited.
32:05I almost cut my finger.
32:09Everybody thinks that chefs, we are perfect with our knives.
32:12You know how many times I've cut myself because I'm not looking?
32:15Take a look how juicy it is.
32:18The crispiness of the skin.
32:20It's very good.
32:21Super tender.
32:22This is how I approach a roasted chicken.
32:24I want to see how you both approach chicken.
32:29You cannot beat perfection.
32:33But we want both of you to try.
32:36I did not want to have to cook chicken for Martha Stewart,
32:39so that is definitely a pit in my stomach.
32:52You cannot beat perfection.
32:58But we want both of you to try.
33:00Yes, Chef.
33:01Yes, Chef.
33:02So you have one hour on the clock.
33:04And you have full access to the pantry.
33:07Are you ready?
33:08Yes, Chef.
33:09Go.
33:13Lemongrass. Where's lemongrass?
33:14This is the most important dish I've ever had to cook,
33:17and I'm getting caught up in my own head.
33:19Broccolini, broccoli.
33:20I need to focus because if I don't get this dish perfect,
33:24I'm going home, so that can't happen.
33:27You know, I wonder, would they do a surf and turf?
33:30Surf and turf usually doesn't have chicken.
33:32Where I come from, in Barcelona.
33:34It does.
33:35Chicken and lobster is a big thing.
33:38I would like to try that.
33:39What do you got, Chef?
33:40Kind of a play on piccata with mushrooms.
33:42Chicken jus for my piccata sauce, not traditional.
33:45Roasted or?
33:46Everything's going to be pan-roasted.
33:47Michelle, talk to me.
33:48What are you going with that chicken?
33:49Lemongrass chicken with cipollini onions and grilled broccolini.
33:53Knowing that I have to win to stay in this competition,
33:57I'm feeling a lot of pressure.
33:59But then I think about my daughter.
34:01She said, don't get in your head.
34:03So we thinking puree, or what are we thinking, chips?
34:06What are we thinking?
34:07I haven't gotten there yet.
34:08It's OK.
34:09It's OK.
34:10I'm just throwing it out there.
34:11See, just so you know, they can send you home, so you know.
34:13Shut the f*** up.
34:14I really hope Emily's drive and determination really pays off,
34:18and she eliminates Michelle.
34:20I know that I am seen as a threat.
34:22I put up excellent food.
34:24I'm an extrovert.
34:25If that puts a target on my back, then I am, like,
34:28hella worried that I could be going home.
34:3030 minutes, y'all.
34:3130.
34:32Either way this goes, I'm good.
34:34But I do want Emily to win.
34:35Heard.
34:36You got it.
34:37Because I think the weakest chef needs to go home.
34:39And Michelle served a grilled cheese to Martha Stewart.
34:45It's going to be hard to beat your chicken, lady.
34:48That looks beautiful, Michelle.
34:49That looks very nice.
34:50Just check that temperature.
34:51Beautiful micros.
34:52What are they?
34:53Watercress.
34:54Watercress.
34:55Seriously, am I the only one ruling for Michelle?
34:57We all agree on something, that we want you to be sh**.
35:01Yes.
35:02Everybody's yelling.
35:03They're all, like, rooting for Emily.
35:05Oh!
35:06But I'm thinking about my daughter staying focused
35:09and trying to make a great dish.
35:11Quince minutos.
35:13And now you're supposed to say, si, chef.
35:15Si, chef.
35:16Si, chef.
35:17Efe.
35:18Efe.
35:19Michelle, are you going to add butter to your sauce?
35:21Butter and ponzu sauce,
35:22it's literally one of the best combinations in life.
35:24And I'm telling you this because I want you to win.
35:26Holy sh**, you're helpful.
35:28Did you hear that?
35:29What?
35:30Progress.
35:31The show worked.
35:32The show worked.
35:35Don't tell me this is not like watching sports,
35:37but with food.
35:38Oh, my God.
35:40Oh, those look gorgeous.
35:43One minute, chefs.
35:44One minute.
35:45All right.
35:48Artichoke chips.
35:49Five, four, three, two, one.
35:54Time is up.
35:57I'm so excited.
35:58I am very excited.
35:59I want chicken.
36:00Let's go.
36:03Chef Michelle.
36:04Chef Emily.
36:07Can you explain what you have put before us?
36:10It's Thai chicken with grilled broccoli rabe,
36:13potatoes, cipollini onions.
36:16And then I made a sauce with a reduction of chicken stock.
36:20And you used the breast of chicken.
36:21Yes.
36:23Are you happy with your dish?
36:24Yes.
36:25Before I was getting in my head,
36:26but this time I fought really hard.
36:28Yeah.
36:29Now, Chef Emily.
36:30So you have a play on piccata.
36:32I picked the thigh and leg and crisped it.
36:34The sauce is a butter sauce using wine,
36:37roasted chicken jus, capers.
36:40On top you have fried artichokes with fried rosemary.
36:43So, so far you are like the queen of chips.
36:46I do like fries.
36:47I like chips.
36:48Artichoke chips.
36:49There has to be a crisp on a plate for me.
36:52You can join your fellow chefs.
36:53Thank you very much.
36:56We're going to have our discussion.
36:57Good job.
36:58Yeah?
36:59Yeah.
37:00Good job, chefs.
37:01Good job, chefs.
37:03So I'm very surprised being two talented chefs
37:05that they miss a big opportunity.
37:07To show the chicken.
37:08To bring us different parts of the chicken
37:10that will show the array of possibilities.
37:13The sotiles, the little oyster of the chicken.
37:16The chicken wings.
37:17I know you like chicken wings.
37:19You're a chicken wing girl.
37:21I am a chicken wing boy.
37:23Chicken was scary.
37:24Like that was the one thing I didn't want to have to
37:26cook was chicken.
37:27Fascinating competition.
37:29The game continues.
37:31I'm freaking out a little bit.
37:33This is the most important dish I've ever cooked.
37:36But if it doesn't taste as good as Emily's,
37:38I could be going home right now.
37:46You had one hour to surprise us
37:49with the best chicken dish you could cook.
37:53Chef Emily, if you win,
37:55Chef Michelle goes home.
37:57Chef Michelle, if you win,
37:59you will be deciding what chef is going to be eliminated.
38:03Chef Emily, you told us you were going to make
38:06a piccata-style chicken.
38:08You mentioned lemon.
38:09You mentioned capers.
38:11I think you veered away from some of those flavors.
38:14And so it was a little surprising.
38:16But that said, the dish was very tasty.
38:18Michelle?
38:19Yes?
38:20The star of your plate, for me,
38:22was the Cipollini onion, the chicken itself.
38:24It was a little mushy.
38:27In my brain, it was like a hurricane.
38:30I was going, I like this chicken breast more.
38:33I like this one less.
38:34The same with the components.
38:41Michelle, are you okay?
38:43You look a little, a little weepy.
38:49I'm here.
38:50It's just a competition, my friend.
38:53It's just a competition.
38:55It's only a competition.
38:58Hey, I ate your entire plate.
39:01Come on, chef, come on.
39:02Yeah, there you go.
39:03He was licking it with his fingers.
39:05Just thinking about my daughter.
39:11It's just a lot of pressure.
39:15I think people at home, they need to understand
39:17that you are putting yourself out there.
39:20You're brave.
39:22So now is the moment of truth.
39:24The winner of tonight's cook-off is...
39:34Chef Michelle.
39:36Oh my God.
39:45I'm in bricks right now.
39:47I ripped into Chef Michelle
39:48in front of all the chefs in the lounge
39:50because one of my shortcomings came out.
39:52I'm probably going home today.
39:55Michelle, you now have to choose
39:58one person from the blue team to go home.
40:02Really think hard.
40:03This is, you're sending them out of the game.
40:06I respect this person.
40:08One of the better chefs here.
40:10I'm not sure if I'm intimidated by this person.
40:16But I'm choosing...
40:20Chef T.
40:26Damn.
40:27Wow.
40:28Wow.
40:29You are intimidated by my talent.
40:32So because you couldn't go through me,
40:35you decided that the best way was to go around me.
40:39It's nothing personal.
40:40Chef T. made a great dish.
40:43So obviously this is not purely based on talent.
40:47I don't believe that's the reasoning at all.
40:51She also took more time than others
40:53and that's the reason why I'm here right now.
40:55So Chef T., it's been amazing to see you
40:59perform in the kitchen.
41:01Thank you, Chef.
41:02Now you can exit the kitchen.
41:05You failed to produce, you had the worst dish,
41:08and you're wielding your power in a way
41:11that I hope comes back to bite you in the f***ing ass.
41:16Classic.
41:18I'm walking out of here with my head held high
41:20because I maintain my composure
41:23That's a level of growth.
41:24That's not something that I would have done before,
41:27but it f***ing sucks.
41:31So chefs, you can head to the lounge.
41:33Yes, Chef.
41:34Thank you, Chef.
41:35Yes, Chef.
41:37I'm so pissed.
41:38It's not what I expected.
41:39I'm so pissed.
41:40This changes my perspective.
41:42It shows where Michelle's head is at.
41:44She's not trying to compete against the best chefs.
41:48She's trying to look out for herself.
41:50I'm so pissed.
41:51I'm so pissed.