Yes Chef! (US) Season 1 Episode 4
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00:00This is a cutthroat game we're playing.
00:02Clearly.
00:03Previously on Yes Chef.
00:05He took every f***ing egg.
00:06That's selfish, bro.
00:07I wanted them all.
00:10We might get sent home because of this challenge.
00:12I need eggs now.
00:14Buck up.
00:16I'm in a feisty mood today.
00:19Who took my pie?
00:20I'm going to punch the fryer in a second.
00:21Oh, dear.
00:23Chef Peter is the first time I see him raising his voice.
00:26The other chefs might underestimate me.
00:27And that really got in my head a little bit.
00:29F***.
00:31F***.
00:33Chef Michelle, her dishes always lack the extra punch.
00:37This really is cloudy.
00:40The winner of this cook-off, Chef Ronnie.
00:45So, Ronnie, who is it going to be?
00:48Play the game.
00:50Take out a competitor that is stronger than you.
00:52Chef Michelle.
00:53Welcome to Yes Chef.
01:00What a waste of challenge.
01:01She was going to go down on her own.
01:03Why we send someone who was already on her deathbed?
01:06We should have sent someone.
01:07No, but didn't we say the opposite?
01:09Didn't we say that we were going to send the weakest home,
01:12not the strongest home, to have a fair battle?
01:13I know. I know.
01:15We've all been saying, and what Jose says,
01:16we are only as good as our last dish.
01:18I saw her as the weakest on that one dish.
01:20Ronnie is the type of person who feels like he's very insecure.
01:23He should play the game in a smarter way.
01:25Take out the strongest one.
01:27Why you want to play it fair?
01:28Her last dish failed.
01:30That's very respectful.
01:33I'm glad Michelle went home, but also,
01:35we have to think about the competition for the rest of us.
01:37Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:39We're going up against some strong mother******.
01:41Yeah.
01:42Chef Michelle is a strong cook,
01:44but I feel like Katsuji really did break her down.
01:47I'm going to go with Katsuji.
01:49I feel like Katsuji really did break her down.
01:51All right, salute for Michelle.
01:53Katsuji is a wild card.
01:55Oh, yeah.
01:56I'm not going to let that happen to me.
01:57He's a big player in this game.
01:58That's for damn sure.
01:59He's huge.
02:01So I do really need to control my temper.
02:03It's either my Jamaican or my German comes out,
02:05because my grandfather has some crazy anger issues.
02:08All right.
02:09I'll just say, the temper has been passed down.
02:13Hi.
02:14How are you doing?
02:15Good, how are you?
02:16You're alive.
02:17I'm alive. I miss you.
02:18Yeah, it's one hell of an experience,
02:20I'll tell you that.
02:22Good.
02:23I definitely developed a love of cooking for my dad.
02:26My dad is a really great home cook.
02:28And when my grandma passed away, she
02:30left us a cookbook that me and my dad share.
02:34All right, don't get too emotional.
02:36Breathe.
02:37Yeah, I got to let it out.
02:39I got to let it out, or I'm going to snap
02:40this phone in half.
02:41So.
02:42He really does inspire me to be the best.
02:45And I want to make him proud.
02:48I want to show him.
02:49I want to show the world everything he's taught me.
02:54I want to be here without him.
02:56I do miss you guys so much, though.
02:58Yeah.
02:59We'll be together again soon.
03:00I know.
03:13Good morning.
03:13Good morning, chef.
03:15Only nine chefs left.
03:18And I feel like I barely know some of you.
03:21We feel that here some voices are drowning
03:25under the power of others.
03:27A good chef and a good leader cannot be invisible.
03:32So for today's challenge, we need three new captains.
03:37Who would like to volunteer?
03:39Cool.
03:39Ah.
03:40Wow, very nice.
03:41Wow, very quick hands here.
03:43The first three hands I saw, Jake, Julia, and Peter.
03:48Julia, you've gone from private chefdom
03:50to being one of many chefs.
03:53Yes.
03:54You seem to be thriving.
03:55Yeah, I actually didn't think I would be.
03:56And I'm learning and loving this.
03:58OK, great.
03:59Being a part of a group, it's just very, very different
04:02than being team captain.
04:04She can get rude.
04:06She can get overbearing.
04:07And it's hard for her to trust other people in the kitchen.
04:11Like, this is not going to be easy in any way ever.
04:16So Chef Peter, have you been the leader
04:18of so many accomplished chefs?
04:21Not chefs of this talent.
04:23But I'm not scared to lead them.
04:24I have to have the confidence, so they have the confidence.
04:27And Jake, I feel like you've been
04:29hiding a little bit from us.
04:31We'd like you to emerge.
04:33OK, can do, Chef.
04:35So back home, I run a pretty large team.
04:37So directing chefs is something that I'm very familiar with.
04:41But I tend to yell and scream at people,
04:43because I want to see the same passion that I have.
04:45I have seen bells thrown at the wall.
04:49I have seen staff members run away crying.
04:54I respect these chefs a lot.
04:55So hopefully, the communication's a bit easier.
04:59I really hope I don't yell at anyone.
05:00Each of you will pick two spoons.
05:03Who's first?
05:06These will be your team members.
05:09Chef Julia.
05:10Ronnie and Zane.
05:12Julia, I've seen her be a great team member.
05:15But I hope Julia doesn't boss me around.
05:17If Julia speaks to me the way I speak to people,
05:20we might have an issue.
05:22And Jake?
05:23Emily and Lee.
05:25So Peter, who's on your spoons?
05:27Katsuji and Christopher.
05:28Oh, how do you feel about that?
05:30Leading a team with Katsuji is going to be
05:33one of the hardest things.
05:35I feel very confident.
05:40I've worked with Katsuji before.
05:41And Christopher is also a strong chef
05:42who reminds me of myself, just an older version.
05:46Last week, Chef Peter threw a temper tantrum.
05:49So I'm kind of curious to see how
05:52he's going to lead two dominant chefs with some
05:55of the biggest egos.
05:58Today's challenge will take place in rounds.
06:01At the start of each round, each chef
06:05will put their own spin on a concession stand dish.
06:10All right.
06:11Hot dog in the ballpark.
06:14You want your own creative dish.
06:16We want you to elevate the common hot dog.
06:20Don't eye that.
06:21That's mine.
06:22Martha, you need to share.
06:26It doesn't have to be a hot dog itself.
06:29The hot dog is tired of being a hot dog all his life.
06:33Give it a new opportunity to become something else.
06:37A wiener.
06:40Get ready.
06:41This one is full of curve balls.
06:44We are calling this challenge Go With Your Gut.
06:48Captains, today we're testing your instincts.
06:51A kitchen lives or dies by split-second choices.
06:55Will you lead with confidence or let personal relationships
06:58get in the way?
07:00The captains are going to be like a coach
07:03on the baseball team.
07:04You can taste.
07:05You can give advice, obviously.
07:07But you cannot cook.
07:09Oh, OK.
07:10Yes, chef.
07:11Oh, man.
07:12I like to be in the trenches with my guys.
07:14So not being able to touch anything
07:16seems absolutely crazy.
07:18Are you ready for this challenge?
07:20Yes, chef.
07:21You have 30 minutes for round one.
07:25And your time starts now.
07:30OK.
07:31OK.
07:32Oh, boy.
07:33Nothing is more difficult than doing adaptations
07:37of mainstream dishes.
07:39Because we all made our minds of what we like.
07:41So to change it is so hard.
07:43And to improve it, even more difficult.
07:46You're right.
07:47Ronnie.
07:47Yep.
07:48You need anything?
07:49No, I think I'm good for right now.
07:50Cool, cool, cool.
07:51I'm from San Francisco.
07:52I'm doing a mission dog.
07:53OK.
07:54I'm doing a corn dog, but elote style.
07:57Got it.
07:58Yeah, put it here.
07:58Put it here.
08:00You can't do it. You can't touch it.
08:01Don't touch it.
08:01It's so hard.
08:02I know.
08:03It's so weird not to be able to put my hands
08:05on anything or help out.
08:07My fate is completely in Ronnie and Zane's hands.
08:10So my strategy is just to be nice and friendly with everyone.
08:13A little adobo in there.
08:14You are the queen of spice, so, you know,
08:16don't forget to zest.
08:17Julie, I don't have time to zest.
08:18OK, OK.
08:20So you're getting your pedicure going first, right?
08:22Yeah, yeah.
08:23All right.
08:24Chris, you're making exploded hot dogs.
08:25I'm going Spanish with it.
08:26Heard.
08:27Chorizo's looking good.
08:28I would move that panko from there.
08:30Good call, good call.
08:31Katsuji, he stole your landing.
08:32Get a new one.
08:33What the fuck is this?
08:35As far as Katsuji and Chris go, I
08:37have to learn how to deal with those personalities.
08:39But if those problems are standing in my way,
08:42I just need to run them over.
08:43It's in black, wrapped in black on this.
08:46I'm probably talking the most I ever
08:47have in my whole entire life.
08:50I'm going to let you guys get started,
08:52and then I want to hear your flavor profiles.
08:53Yep, absolutely.
08:54It feels kind of weird just being in the kitchen
08:56doing almost nothing.
08:58I'm going to actually just step back.
09:00No, no, stay over here.
09:02You're going hot dog in a bun?
09:04No.
09:05Got it.
09:07Even though he's grumpy, I respect Chef Lee a lot.
09:11There's not a lot of chefs that I look up to,
09:12but I definitely look up to Chef Lee.
09:14I like a fancy corn dog.
09:16Yeah, I love a corn dog.
09:17With a bacon tomato jam?
09:19I like it a lot.
09:21In Wisconsin, we eat a lot of corn dogs.
09:22Yeah.
09:23Emily's got the mom vibe.
09:25But I'm going to tell you a secret.
09:26She kind of scares the shit out of me.
09:28She's definitely going to speak her mind.
09:29And I don't want to disappoint mom.
09:31It looks beautiful.
09:32We're not going to be the same as anyone up there.
09:35Oh my god, I see a shrimp and fish in the food processor.
09:39Oh.
09:40I'm going to do a mousse.
09:41I'm going to try to poach it off and then sear it in a pan.
09:44OK, the dog is becoming a fish.
09:49I think we're going to have some unusual hot dogs.
09:52There's so many ways you can go with this challenge.
09:54I will even think about making a soup.
09:56Flavor of hot dog with a crunchy bread,
10:01with the touches of tomato that almost tastes like pure ketchup.
10:05It's incredible.
10:06Got 14 minutes, guys.
10:0814 minutes?
10:08Heard.
10:09Flambéing going on.
10:12Do you think we need to add one more thing?
10:14To what?
10:15Just to put it over the top?
10:16No.
10:17OK.
10:18I don't think that Ronnie understood the assignment.
10:21It's just a bacon wrapped hot dog.
10:26He's just so insecure.
10:28I know I can't let them think that I'm
10:30not confident in his food.
10:32I'm just worried that our dishes aren't elevated enough.
10:35Is it a plain meal, or what are we doing?
10:36I'm not sure.
10:37What about a little paprika to make it a color?
10:39You cool with those, babe?
10:40Yeah, OK.
10:41I'm giving them ideas.
10:42I'm giving them suggestions.
10:43But at the end of the day, this is their dish.
10:45This is what they want to make.
10:47So I'm hoping that the judges like their flavors.
10:50Do you want any spice on this?
10:52I don't know.
10:52I think yours is great.
10:53I think that this is good.
10:55Chef Julia is really going with what her fellow chefs
10:58told her they were doing.
11:00Hot water bath before you shove it into the thing.
11:02It's not called steak.
11:02Really?
11:03Yeah.
11:04OK.
11:05You're right, Jose.
11:06I think Julia is a little insecure when it
11:07comes to managing her team.
11:09And Jake is certainly talking to both his chefs.
11:13A little bit of salt, yes.
11:14Keep an eye on that steak, guys.
11:15It's hot.
11:17Chris, onions.
11:18Chef Peter is the one that made it very clear
11:20what he wants from his team.
11:22Maybe a little pepper?
11:2310 minutes all day!
11:25Guys, I need space.
11:26I need it hot.
11:27You dropping that now?
11:28Yeah.
11:28Watch your arm, please.
11:30Reaching in, hot.
11:31Ow.
11:32You still got to be careful.
11:33Well, you got to be careful, too, bro.
11:35You can't take the whole thing.
11:36If you burn me, I'm going to burn you.
11:39You hear what I'm saying?
11:40Jesus.
11:41Don't burn me. Be nice.
11:42I'll be nice.
11:43Share space, man.
11:44I swear to God.
11:44That's selfish, bro.
11:47Katsuji is working with his elbows out.
11:49And he's arrogant and ignorant.
11:51And I'm getting pissed.
11:53Jesus Christ.
11:54I don't mean to be rude, by the way.
11:55Period. That's it.
11:56I'm not talking to you anymore.
11:56That's it.
11:57Oh, there's a lot of screaming.
11:58They are cooking to the edge.
12:00Yell at me later, OK?
12:02It's like the small dog that starts barking.
12:05And then the slightly bigger dog starts barking.
12:06And then all of a sudden, you have 50 dogs
12:08barking for no reason.
12:09Watch your prior, Katsuji.
12:11And then Emily starts kind of fritzing out.
12:13Peter, taste.
12:15Sorry.
12:15Jake, taste, please.
12:17My favorite Captain O'Captain.
12:18I'm so sorry. Good?
12:20Delicious, yeah.
12:21OK.
12:22I like how Jake got Emily back on track.
12:24Agree 100%.
12:26Winner, winner, chicken dinner, right?
12:31All right, guys, it's $2.55.
12:33Try this.
12:34Good, seasoned well.
12:35That pate a choux needs salt.
12:37Peter, oh, man, I love this little kid.
12:39You know, he's full of energy and chocolate milk.
12:42Good?
12:43Yeah, the pate a choux just needs to be salted.
12:45But it's so annoying.
12:47Like, just shut up.
12:48Just let me cook.
12:50Yeah, it was a little salty at the end.
12:51But it's nice that he feels like he's in power.
12:54Right.
12:55Just maybe a little salt, that's it.
12:56No?
12:57Pate seems to really be talking to them.
12:59I don't know if they're listening to him or not.
13:01But you know what?
13:02He doesn't know what's coming next.
13:04Right.
13:05They're going to be surprised when they find out.
13:0930 seconds.
13:12You're wiping, you're wiping, you're wiping.
13:13Five.
13:14Yeah, perfect seat.
13:15Four.
13:16Make sure that plate clean, puppy.
13:17Three.
13:18How's it look?
13:19Beautiful.
13:19Two.
13:20Flop this one on the end.
13:21One.
13:23Time's up.
13:24Good job.
13:25Professor.
13:26Captains, please, a step forward.
13:30OK, chefs are faced with tough calls every day.
13:34Now, captains, we want to see, can you make a hard decision,
13:38even if it's not a popular one?
13:40Jose and I are going to be tasting just one
13:43of your team's two dishes.
13:47It's up to you to choose that dish.
13:50Oh, shit.
13:52This is definitely a twist.
13:54And I'm going to be pissed if my dish is not picked.
13:58I don't want there to be any kind of weird feelings
14:00or animosity or beef at all.
14:04Oh, my god.
14:12Captains, Jose and I are going to be tasting just one
14:16of your team's two dishes.
14:18It's up to you to choose that dish.
14:21Right now.
14:22Are we allowed to talk with our team?
14:24No time to discuss.
14:25You choose the dish, and you bring it to us.
14:32Fuck.
14:34Sorry.
14:35I think that Lee's dish gives us the best chance to win,
14:38and I'm going to go with what I think is right.
14:41This is a really hard decision for me.
14:43I didn't choose Katsuji's dish.
14:44Chef Peter.
14:46My first thought is to go with what flavors
14:48I thought were right.
14:51Jake.
14:51I went with Chef Lee's dish.
14:53The sausage is made of branzino and shrimp,
14:56and then you have mustard aioli on the bottom.
14:58Why did you choose this dish over Chef Emily's?
15:02When I tried the sausage, I thought it was delicious.
15:05Sometimes it's too much fish in a fish sausage.
15:09But I think it's delicious.
15:12Chef Julia, whose dish did you choose?
15:14Chef Zane's.
15:16It is a elote-style corn dog, spicy mayo, and cojita cheese.
15:20Mm.
15:21Oh, hot dog inside.
15:22Yes.
15:23Why did you choose Chef Zane's over Chef Ronnie's?
15:26I really like Chef Ronnie's, but I just thought that it
15:29was a little too simple.
15:34Chef Peter.
15:35So I chose Chef Chris's dish.
15:38He did an exploded hot dog with sauteed chorizo
15:41and chimichurri panko.
15:42Is this like ketchup made from scratch?
15:46Similar.
15:48It's a play on it.
15:49Chef, it's homemade ketchup.
15:50I'm not going to squeeze a bottle out
15:51on the plate for this one.
15:53Sell my dish.
15:54Why did you choose Chef Christopher's over Chef
15:57Katsuji?
15:58A lot of the competition here was doing a lot of frying,
16:00and Katsuji made a fried dish, and I just
16:02wanted to give you guys something
16:03a little bit different.
16:04I love the sausage.
16:06I wish the crumbles had a little bit more flavor,
16:08but they are very well done.
16:11Please rejoin your teams while we have a quick discussion.
16:14John.
16:16Oh, that's it?
16:17The one that doesn't taste mine?
16:18That's it.
16:19Oh, come on.
16:20I feel a little backstabbed by Peter
16:22for choosing Chris's dish, because I've been
16:25working with Peter a lot.
16:26Team captains, could you please come here?
16:28I feel like I just wasted 30 minutes of my life.
16:31We have the results of round one.
16:34The winner is the blue team.
16:38Thank you, Chef.
16:39Welcome, everyone.
16:42This hot dog was playful, enjoyable.
16:46So that means that the blue team is safe from the cook-off.
16:50Oh, OK.
16:51All right.
16:52I'll take it.
16:53So chefs, it's time for the next round.
16:58Red team, green team, if you win,
17:01you are safe from the cook-off.
17:03But if you lose, all three chefs will
17:05cook off against each other.
17:07And the chef with our least favorite dish
17:10will be eliminated.
17:12This is a big deal.
17:14I don't want to cook against my team.
17:15So this makes me nervous.
17:17Either you win, or you're cooking.
17:19You will have 30 minutes to elevate.
17:25Nachos.
17:26OK.
17:27OK.
17:28Dang it.
17:29But also, today, for the first time,
17:31we will have two MVCs.
17:34One of the MVCs will be the chef who
17:37created our favorite dish between the nachos
17:41and the hot dog, and the captain who chose that dish.
17:45The MVCs will not have to cook off,
17:48and will have a lot of power over the chefs who do.
17:51So blue team, while you may have nothing to lose,
17:55you still have a lot to gain.
17:57True.
17:58OK, 30 minutes.
18:01Go.
18:02Let's go, guys.
18:03Go, go, go.
18:03Get cheese, get cheese.
18:04Simple.
18:05Simple.
18:06Let's see, let's see.
18:07Behind, behind, behind, behind.
18:08What about brie or cheddar?
18:09Cheddar.
18:10Cheddar.
18:11Think of something hard.
18:11I need crunch. I need crunch.
18:12Crunch?
18:13I need chips.
18:14We already won one round, which means
18:15we're safe from elimination.
18:17But I do want power in this game.
18:19So I'm going to cook my heart out,
18:21because I want to nail that MVC.
18:22You like your nachos simple?
18:24I like them kind of layered, so that each layer
18:27has a different something.
18:29You are like me.
18:31We got smoked fish.
18:32I got some chives.
18:33I'm putting the fish on it.
18:34Just give me a swoosh and a dip.
18:35Do you need a nice bread?
18:36Because I feel like you need that crunch.
18:37Yeah, oh, yeah, yeah, 100%.
18:38I don't want to cook off against Zane and Ronnie,
18:41so I have to put on my big girl pants.
18:43Why don't you puree a yellow tomato?
18:45And that's the nacho cheese.
18:47I'm helping them, I'm giving them ideas
18:48more outside of the box.
18:50And maybe this is our chance to win and redeem ourselves.
18:53Let's go!
18:54Let's go!
18:55This is going to make it hard to choose again.
18:57What are you doing?
18:58I'm doing a play on Irish nachos with hanger steak.
19:00So I'm trying my hardest, but I am
19:02seething because I really would have liked him to put
19:04the corn dog in front of them.
19:06How are you feeling about your dish?
19:07I think I'm going to make a duck chorizo with a corn pudding.
19:10It's like nacho inspired, but like pushing the boundaries.
19:13You know what I mean?
19:13Oh, yeah.
19:15It feels a little like a boys club.
19:16I don't like it.
19:18Katsushi, what are we doing, papi?
19:19Making tortillas.
19:20All right, yeah?
19:21Yeah, from scratch.
19:22There you go.
19:23It's taking a little bit of a hit,
19:24but as long as we're safe from elimination, I'm happy.
19:28No, that's not true.
19:29No, I'm a little pissed.
19:31Peter has to pick my plate this time.
19:33Maybe a touch of salt to that.
19:34You're right, chef.
19:35You are right, chef.
19:36How are we doing, Chris?
19:37You have taste.
19:39Beautiful.
19:40At 23, I was an arrogant, raging, angry chef.
19:44So I'm actually very proud of Chef Peter,
19:47how he's kind of taming these two lions in his cage.
19:50So what have you got going, Chris?
19:51I'm going to do potato chips with a gochujang barbecue.
19:53That creamed corn is going to act as the cheese.
19:55Heard.
19:57I'm looking around, and I'm concerned that the other teams
19:59are doing something extremely more elevated than us.
20:01I just think you need another element.
20:03I think we need to go simple.
20:04Me trying to add something else is not
20:05going to allow me to do this fish the way
20:07it needs to get done.
20:08OK, but how is it a nacho?
20:09I am trying to push my attitude aside.
20:12That's the point of this competition, right?
20:14We're trying to be nicer.
20:15But I also need to focus on my dish.
20:17I feel like you need, like, a bean or a salsa.
20:19You have the chutney.
20:20Take some deep breaths.
20:25What about fry a bean, huh?
20:27You can make the bean crunchy.
20:28But I need to fillet this fish, though.
20:30I'm sorry. I'm really trying to help.
20:31I know.
20:33I feel like that little part of me that doesn't work well
20:34with others is, like, slowly creeping up.
20:37You see what I'm trying to do here, right?
20:38And it's, like, killing me inside,
20:40because I just want to get my hands on these dishes,
20:42and I can't.
20:491.30 on the clock now.
20:51Heard, Chef.
20:52What about the beet greens? Are you going to do any of them?
20:53No.
20:54OK, it's fine.
20:55I'm happy with this.
20:56OK.
20:57It's time to kiki-tok-tok-tok.
20:58I need to focus on my dish.
21:00Let's go beans around it, so beans around it,
21:02or even under.
21:03Well, I want it to stay crispy.
21:05OK.
21:06Come on, finishing touches right here.
21:08All right, what am I missing?
21:08Let's go.
21:093, 2, 1.
21:13Time is up.
21:15Captains, please choose your favorite dish
21:17and bring them to us.
21:20Chris, those flavors together are on point.
21:22Come on.
21:22Oh.
21:24Still didn't go with mine, huh?
21:27I didn't get any of my dishes in front of the judges today.
21:30If my team doesn't win, I would be pissed.
21:34And you went with?
21:35Chef Chris.
21:36Chef Chris again?
21:37Yes.
21:38Katsuji went very traditional with his dish,
21:40and I just wanted to give you guys something
21:41a little bit different.
21:42Chef Katsuji must be unbelievably happy with you.
21:47Julia should be picking my dish.
21:49It's no ego.
21:50Ronnie's dish, I don't understand the sauces,
21:53and I see a paste on the plate.
21:54Martha and Jose are looking for nachos.
21:57OK.
21:58I think mine is crazy.
21:59I think both are.
22:01Zane's dish looks amazing, but I decided to serve Ronnie's dish.
22:05I was trying to be diplomatic, trying
22:07to give everyone a fair shot.
22:09Mine is so good.
22:10Captains, this challenge was designed
22:12to see how well your instincts serve you in the kitchen.
22:15Interesting, Martha, because Chef Julia
22:18is the only one that has chosen a different chef this time.
22:22She is sharing the exposure.
22:24I thought the professor had a good idea.
22:27Please.
22:28So it's a whipped white fish, crispy bread,
22:31and it is a yellow tomato salsa, whipped creme fraiche,
22:34fried capers, fresh dill, and lemon.
22:37It has a very nice crunch.
22:39Mm-hmm, very.
22:40And Chef Jake, you selected?
22:42Chef Lee's dish, black bean puree, corn pudding,
22:46which is representative of tortillas, fried cotija,
22:49and then there's duck chorizo.
22:51The cheese is perfectly melted.
22:53I'm wondering what the duck thought
22:55about becoming a chorizo.
22:57And Chef Peter?
22:59So Chef Chris did crispy potato chips,
23:01seasoned with togarashi, turkey leg with gochujang,
23:04and corn puree to represent the cheese.
23:08The sauce is nice.
23:09Sauce is very nice.
23:10Make it for guests when scratch work here.
23:12Did you really?
23:13Yeah, look at that.
23:15We got three very different takes on nachos.
23:18We certainly did.
23:19Please rejoin your teams.
23:24And don't think I didn't think your dish was incredible.
23:27Starting with the blue team, the dish blew our mind
23:31to see the new taste profile of a Korean-style nacho.
23:38Thank you, Chef.
23:39I only wish there were more potato chips,
23:42and I wish that there was more kimchi sauce.
23:45The chefs are really liking Chris's nachos.
23:47Are they better than mine?
23:49No.
23:50And now to the red team and Chef Lee.
23:53The dish was excellent.
23:56The cheese was perfectly breaded.
23:59I wish he put more corn sauce.
24:01The black beans overpower the corn.
24:07And now Chef Ronnie of the green team.
24:10The bread was a little bit thickly sliced for nachos.
24:14For me, they were enjoyable.
24:16It was a very bold move to decide to go on bread,
24:19to take over the chips.
24:22And we do have our winner for the second round.
24:27The winning dish belongs to the red team.
24:35Chef Lee, congratulations.
24:39You are safe from elimination.
24:43And blue team, you won the first round,
24:45and so you're also safe.
24:47Good job, Peter.
24:49F*** my life.
24:50Green team, unfortunately, you will be going to the cookoff.
24:55And for the first time, Chef Jose and I
24:58will decide who's being eliminated based on who
25:01makes our least favorite dish.
25:04Yes, Chef.
25:05Chef Zane, the truth is that I was looking
25:08forward to try your nachos.
25:11You know what?
25:12Let's do it.
25:13Yeah, I like that.
25:15Oh my god.
25:17I don't know if I made the right decision.
25:20Interesting.
25:21Not the high rates.
25:22This is why I work alone.
25:24I hate letting people down.
25:26Chef Julia, we actually disagreed
25:30with you and your choice.
25:32We really enjoyed your dish, Zane.
25:34Thank you, Chef.
25:35This is the exact reason why I have an attitude.
25:38We could have won.
25:39The green team is at risk.
25:41And now I could be going home.
25:43And that's on Julia.
25:46And so that brings us to our two MVCs,
25:50the chef with the best dish of the day and their team captain.
25:55Our MVCs are blue team captain, Chef Peter, and Chef Christopher.
26:04I really love your exploding hot dog.
26:09And we love that Chef Peter chose it.
26:11Me too.
26:12Woo-hoo!
26:13It feels good to be MVC.
26:15It's my first time being a MVC for the first time.
26:19And I kind of shut Chef Katsuji up a little bit.
26:21Peter was able to keep us in control.
26:23He never lost his temper.
26:25You never lost your temper.
26:26Oh, you never got angry.
26:27I heard one bark.
26:30So it's nice to see young chefs being
26:31able to control guys like me and him,
26:33who are going to be like, what?
26:35I'm not one to make this about me, Katsuji.
26:40But this is very validating.
26:42Thank god I went with my gut.
26:45I'm going to take you over to the lounge.
26:47When you come back, we'll be ready for the cook-off.
26:53Thank you so much for not picking up my dishes, you know?
26:55You're welcome.
26:57That was the best call you could have done.
26:59My ego, my anger, my embarrassment,
27:02it can go somewhere else.
27:04But don't get too cocky.
27:06Oh, my god.
27:07You were not trying to please me.
27:09You were just looking for the end result.
27:12People pleasing could be one of the worst things.
27:15Zane's death glare, I can feel it in my soul.
27:19I feel like I let green down.
27:22Whatever.
27:24This is the first time three really great chefs have
27:25to cook off against each other.
27:27I made a good dish, but now I'm at risk
27:29because our captain chose the wrong dish.
27:32This is why I don't like putting my fate
27:34in other people's hands.
27:36I'm going to cook like both of y'all need to go.
27:45Welcome back.
27:46Good afternoon.
27:47Good afternoon, chef.
27:50It's time for the cook off.
27:52Green team, one of you will be going home after you
27:56compete against each other.
27:59Chef Zane, what is your body language telling me?
28:02I had the superior dish, and to not have it go up,
28:05I'm honestly very, very pissed off.
28:09I'm going to cook like both of y'all need to go.
28:11I'm going to cook like both of y'all need to go.
28:14OK.
28:15Well, you win with the team, or you lose with the team?
28:19Yeah, I agree.
28:20But now you will have the chance on your own
28:22to show us your culinary power.
28:26Exactly.
28:27A great chef knows what to do with the ingredients
28:31they have at hand.
28:33In front of you are some staples that chefs use every day.
28:36Others are luxury items that instantly elevate any dish.
28:41And Jose and I believe that a great dish
28:44can be made with half of the ingredients in front of us.
28:48That's why I'm so excited about this cook off.
28:51One by one, you will be taking one ingredient off the table
28:57to never be seen ever again.
29:02There's so many amazing ingredients here.
29:05Prime rib, the foie gras.
29:07You know Jose wants that foie gras.
29:09I want the foie gras.
29:10And I don't even eat that shit.
29:12Julia, as captain, please come and take
29:15one ingredient off the table.
29:19Take the eggs.
29:20The butter.
29:21Take the eggs.
29:22Chef Katsuji, you love to take eggs.
29:24I would take the eggs if I was me.
29:26No, we know.
29:27Let's remove it and make this a little challenging.
29:29Tuna?
29:31We can all make a hamachi.
29:32We can all make crudo.
29:33And I don't want the other chefs to have this advantage either.
29:37I might need my muscles for this one.
29:39No!
29:40So sorry, Jose.
29:42Why?
29:44Chef Ronnie, let's keep going.
29:46Pressure is on.
29:47Oh my gosh.
29:48There goes the flavor.
29:49Oh.
29:51Remember about crying.
29:52No crying.
29:53I'm controlling myself, people.
29:56Try morels.
29:58Heavy arms going.
29:59I'm so sorry.
30:00Garlic.
30:02Uh-oh.
30:03Julia, why did you remove the foie gras?
30:05Because you both love foie gras.
30:07This is kind of really personal.
30:11I don't have garlic.
30:12I don't have herbs.
30:14This is going to be hard.
30:15The less nicer ingredients, the more creative you need to be.
30:19The more you need to think about your dish.
30:21And we don't have too much time to do this.
30:23So Peter, Christopher, as MVCs, you
30:27get a chance to push the chef's culinary skills even further.
30:31In the pantry, I've set aside some special ingredients.
30:34You have the ability to choose an ingredient for each chef
30:38that they must incorporate into their dish.
30:41Those ingredients are not easy.
30:45So bring back three ingredients for these chefs.
30:49Have you seen the ingredients?
30:51Yeah, they're ugly.
30:53Being labeled MVC, I need to make my move.
30:55I need to make a move now.
30:57I want Chef Zane out of here.
30:59She's the strongest chef on that losing team.
31:01This is a game.
31:02This is for me to win.
31:04But I want to do it with integrity.
31:06I want you to cook your way out of here
31:08or cook your way to stay in here.
31:10Show me what you're worth.
31:12Peter, Chris, which ingredients did you choose for Ronnie?
31:16So for Ronnie, we chose dark chocolate.
31:19Sorry, Ronnie.
31:20I have chocolate that I have to use
31:22and a bunch of savory ingredients.
31:25Plus, there's no sugar.
31:26That's not good.
31:29Chef Julia, vanilla beans.
31:31Enjoy, Chef.
31:32I gave Chef Julia a get-out-of-jail-free card.
31:35Don't mess this up, Julia.
31:38Chef Peter, what did you choose for Zane?
31:42Licorice root.
31:43Look, Chef Zane.
31:45What made you guys choose licorice for Chef Zane?
31:49I want to see Zane out of here.
31:52Wow.
31:53Chris wants me to struggle so I can take myself out.
31:56That's cute.
31:57You guys are evil.
31:58Chris wants me out.
31:59That's all right.
32:00The feeling's mutual.
32:03The knives are out.
32:04You have your ingredients.
32:06You will have 30 minutes to complete your dish.
32:10And your time starts now.
32:14Let's go, guys.
32:15You've got this.
32:16Do you have any thoughts of what they would do
32:18with the ingredients you gave them?
32:19I wanted to see that licorice root be
32:21used to its fullest extent.
32:23Too much licorice root makes your tongue numb.
32:26She's strong enough to use all the ingredients back there.
32:29So I feel better about this.
32:31I'm happy with that, too.
32:32Absolutely.
32:33Especially after what you said.
32:34Shots fired.
32:35Shots fired.
32:37Wow.
32:39It's super cutthroat, because one minute we're a team,
32:41and now we're on the chopping block
32:43because I made the wrong decision.
32:44Where's the zester?
32:45It was right here yesterday.
32:47Behind the line, Chef, behind.
32:48My nerves are definitely taking over.
32:51It's not a great feeling.
32:52Oh!
32:53Oh!
32:54Oh.
32:55Oh, my god.
33:01Woo!
33:02Jump.
33:03Oh!
33:04Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
33:05Are you OK, Chef?
33:06Yeah, I'm good.
33:07You OK?
33:08Jump, jump, jump.
33:09Yeah, literally.
33:10OK, go.
33:11I'm so panicked and frazzled, and I'm
33:12just so pissed off at myself.
33:13Oh, sorry, Martha.
33:15We're here, and I feel like it's my fault.
33:17I need to execute this, and if I don't, I'm going home.
33:20Careful, careful, careful.
33:21Come on, Ronnie.
33:23Julia, what are you going to make?
33:24I'm going to make a grilled oyster and a grilled salad.
33:27Chefs, remember, you have to use the ingredients
33:29that the NBC chose for you.
33:32Heard.
33:33Chef Zane, what are you going for?
33:34Celery, uh, gnocchi.
33:35It's tough in 29 minutes.
33:37Really tough in 29 minutes.
33:38To make the dough, roll the dough, blanch the dough.
33:41If I was her, I would just do an infusion with the water.
33:44I would blend it, and I will extract
33:46all the flavor of licorice.
33:48Let's see how much licorice is in her dish.
33:50A little goes a long way.
33:53Licorice root is a very strong flavor.
33:56It bites back, so my brain goes immediately soft.
34:00I'm going to do, like, licorice,
34:01infusing that into the cream.
34:03The sauce will allow it to mellow out,
34:05so my plan is to make a nice licorice root and lemon sauce.
34:10I love licorice.
34:11I grabbed it in between my teeth.
34:13Really?
34:14Smashing it and taking all the juice.
34:15That was such a good flavor of my childhood.
34:19How are you feeling, Chef Ronnie?
34:20Confident?
34:21Good.
34:22Making a dark chocolate pudding.
34:23I'm pretty confident on this.
34:25Those NBCs thought that they were going to trip
34:27me up with dark chocolate.
34:29But they did start off as a candy maker,
34:31so I do know that world enough to fake it.
34:35Here it goes, the hammer.
34:36Let's go, bring the hammer.
34:37Do it, do it.
34:38I've never seen using a pan to open a coconut.
34:42Professor!
34:43Professor!
34:43Yeah!
34:44Let's go, Professor!
34:45Thank you!
34:46Let's go, Professor!
34:47Good job!
34:48They're creative.
34:50I'm very amazed how many things they're able to do
34:51in so little time.
34:52I am, too.
34:5420 minutes left.
34:56Dropping.
34:58How many oysters per person?
35:00One.
35:01Oh, one.
35:03So the vanilla is going to be incorporated
35:06in the dressing itself.
35:08That will go with the grilled oyster.
35:09Grilled oyster.
35:10Interesting combination.
35:13I think they're making her nervous.
35:15They are.
35:16Chef Ronnie, what are you making here?
35:18Chocolate pudding, and then I'm making
35:20a chocolate bark, hopefully.
35:22Turn that off.
35:22Is it seizing the chocolate?
35:24It's starting to break.
35:25It's breaking?
35:26Yeah.
35:26Uh-oh.
35:27My chocolate got entirely too hot,
35:29and it's falling apart.
35:3115 minutes, Chef!
35:33Fight!
35:34Fight!
35:36He's throwing it away.
35:38This could literally cost me the competition right now.
35:41You got this!
35:41Dealing with chocolate, you can't rush.
35:44You can't overheat.
35:45He's going to run out of chocolate if it seizes again.
35:50Someone's going home.
35:52Beautiful, Julia.
35:53There you go.
35:54You look nice.
35:55Everything you've got right now.
35:573, 2, 1.
36:01Good job, Chef!
36:01Good job, Chefs!
36:02Good job, Chefs!
36:04Here they come.
36:07I think we'll go with the salad first.
36:08So Chef Julia, what do you make for us?
36:10I made a grilled gem lettuce salad
36:13with Prosecco vinegar, vanilla, and shallot vinaigrette.
36:17And then I did a grilled oyster.
36:20Vanilla can overpower anything very quickly.
36:23You had a very soft hand with the vanilla.
36:27Little gem lettuce is too delicate for the grill.
36:31Let's move on to Chef Zin's.
36:33So I did a celery root gnocchi.
36:35I did a cream sauce with shallots
36:38with licorice root-infused cream and the lobster as well.
36:42The lobster is very enjoyable.
36:44This is the first time you use licorice root.
36:47Yes, I've used anise liqueur, but not root form.
36:54Ready for dessert, Jose?
36:56I'm always ready for dessert.
36:57So I decided to make a chocolate pudding with olive oil,
37:01some cream, coconut water, and mirin to make my meringue,
37:06chopped chocolate, and some of the coconut flesh right on top.
37:14Having these two icons stare you down, it's scary.
37:18She looks at you, and she just cuts straight through you.
37:22Martha, we have a tough decision to make.
37:25We are, for first time, deciding who goes home.
37:29Unfortunately, the worst dish will be eliminated.
37:32You can join your fellow chefs.
37:34Good job, Chef.
37:35Good job, Chef.
37:36Good job, Chef.
37:38They all made mistakes.
37:40I can live with imperfection.
37:41I can't.
37:43I feel good.
37:44I presented the best dish I could.
37:45I shouldn't be here.
37:46This is not my fault.
37:48Because of Julia's choices, I have
37:49to deal with the consequence of her decision.
37:52I could go home.
37:53We have a decision.
37:54Yes.
37:55OK, I'm not telling them.
37:56I'm not afraid.
37:57I am afraid.
37:58I am not.
38:05Chef Zane, Chef Julia, Chef Ronnie,
38:10today we wanted to see how well your cooking
38:12adapted under pressure.
38:14And you proved tonight that it's not
38:16about how many ingredients you have,
38:18but how you use them.
38:21Chef Julia.
38:22We loved the oysters.
38:24We really wanted a second and maybe a third oyster.
38:28We came here to be fed.
38:29Noted.
38:30The salad was not so good.
38:32Those little baby gems don't want to be burned to death.
38:36Yes, Chef.
38:37You did use your vanilla bean.
38:38It was very lightly, but it was discernible.
38:42Chef Ronnie.
38:43Yes.
38:44You got chocolate as a curve ball.
38:48You ate the whole thing.
38:49A little bit of yours, too.
38:50Yes.
38:52The meringue topping was very watery.
38:54But overall, the mousse itself tasted like good chocolate.
39:00OK, good.
39:02Chef Zane, it's licorice.
39:04It's a little bit chewy.
39:05OK.
39:06That's what I wanted.
39:07But I don't care.
39:08I kept eating the cream.
39:10And I think the cream and the lobster,
39:12they were liking each other so much.
39:14But the gnocchi were like little hard rocks.
39:18I am waiting for the judges to say, Zane, pack your bags.
39:22Go home.
39:24She is the biggest threat out of those three chefs
39:26in front of me right now.
39:29The chef with our favorite dish tonight,
39:32and the chef who is not going home, is Chef Ronnie.
39:40It's mentally taxing to have a high, then a low, then winning.
39:45But I'm still standing, and I'm standing strong.
39:48And I proved today that I'm working on the confidence.
39:53It feels good.
39:55This was a hard decision because both dishes had great moments.
40:01But then both dishes had their problems.
40:05We've made our decision.
40:08And the chef leaving us tonight is Chef Julia.
40:22I'm grateful for this experience.
40:24And Jose, Andres, and Martha know who I am.
40:27Thank you for this opportunity.
40:28Do you feel like you've learned a lot?
40:30I feel like I've learned a lot.
40:32I feel like I've learned a lot.
40:33Thank you for this opportunity.
40:34Do you feel like you've learned something here?
40:36I can work with a team.
40:38I don't have to do it all solo.
40:39So you have corrected some of your fears.
40:42I definitely think I have.
40:43Chef Julia, actually, I think you've
40:45been a sensational team player.
40:49Best of luck to you.
40:52Now it's time for you to exit the kitchen.
40:55This is such a bummer.
40:56Like, I really feel like I've come a long way.
40:58Be good.
41:01I still have a lot to learn.
41:02I still have to work on my issues.
41:04But everything I learned and did along the way,
41:06I'm super proud of.
41:07And then day were eight.
41:10Congratulations, chefs.
41:12You will survive to cook another day.
41:15Yes, chef.
41:16Please head to the lounge.
41:18Kitchen is closed.
41:21Oh, man.
41:24Chef Zane, as much as I wanted to see you go home,
41:26you nailed the dish.
41:28I respected you before.
41:29I gave you the licorice root.
41:30I respect you even more now.
41:32I wanted to see her use something that she's never
41:35used before and overuse it.
41:37If you have another chance to call her out,
41:38will you call her out again?
41:39Or are you going to pick someone else?
41:40Absolutely.
41:41It's who he thinks is his biggest competition.
41:43As he should.
41:44Chris wants me out.
41:45That means you're scared.
41:47And I'm OK with that.
41:48But you're putting a target on your back.
41:51You're next.