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Episode Date: June 10, 2025

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Yes, I would love to, but I also want to take a second to thank our listener, Michelle. Michelle made an entire Google spreadsheet of all of our episodes time-coded out, which is absolutely insane. We need to add this to our website. Can we, can we daddy Ben? Yeah, we can add that. Michelle, email us. It is, yeah, she emailed it to us. It's here also.

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So thank you so, so much. That's wonderful. Yeah, that is fantastic. I'm always impressed by our listeners. They do such amazing things. Yeah, that's pretty amazing. Okay, so let's get on with it. We are in the semi-finale of Chopper Sheffan.

Why y'all bringing Olympiads on here? Every two years they do the Olympics episode. It's always so dull. Why in the finale? It's like the end of the, this is like the most serious time and you guys are like, let's have a bunch of people who don't know what they're doing, fuck around in the whole thing. Yeah, let's have the, let's, let's, okay.

Your future on this show, cooking the finale is all gonna depend on how a bobsledder decides what you made. Yeah, a bobsledder trying to figure out what the fuck broccolini is, okay? Yeah, can we not? I mean, I know that NBCU always has to do promote their upcoming Olympic games, but it's 20,

what year is it right now? 2025. The winter Olympics are not until, they're not, the winter Olympics are like nine months. Whatever year is, is the final one of the world. Oh, by the way, is something we didn't, no, finish what you were saying. I'm so world. Oh, by the way, is something we didn't, no, finish what you were saying.

I'm so sorry. No, I literally said that. It's like the Winter Olympics are like nine months away. Do we have to start promoting them on Bravo right now on Top Chef at this moment? Please. Yeah. Nevermind, I'm not gonna say what I was gonna say.

I wanna know. So yeah, here we are. No, I'll tell you later. I'll tell you later. It's, I can't say it on TV, on YouTube, the biggest channel in the world. It's your bank account. Listen it on TV, on YouTube, the biggest channel in the world. Listen, we're on the largest network in the entire world right now.

YouTuber! Okay, so Bailey's like, Bailey's the first to arrive at the Delta One lounge. She's like, I'm so in disbelief, but this is even my life. I've come back as new Bailey. Still hunched over, still making lasagna, but although inside the gears are turning different I don't know what to tell you. I hope to find a way to make some penny pasta today

She's like I've watched top chefs since the first season with my mom, you know, why I was like, well, I watched it with my grandmother Swy is just doing everything short of like bringing a little granny wig, like dressing up like the grandma and into the woods. Right? Cesar's like, we didn't even have TV when I was growing up. So my grandmother reenacted every episode. My grandmother would invite three chefs over every single night and make them stand on each other's shoulders.

And the one at the top was the top chef. She said, look at that. Now you're watching Top Chef. And then says our comms and he's like, huh? Yeah, like it's hard to tell like getting from day one where you're going to fall, but I'm in the top four. I can't believe it. I'm here.

I did it. Hmm. Glow lights turned on under him. They're like sir Are you growing a rutabaga under your barstool? The Delta one? Delta one lounge is lenient, but not that lenient We're gonna have to remove your rutabaga So why is next and he's like I've never been to Italy grandma grandma. Oh my god What I've heard is Italy has a lot of grandmas. I cannot wait. I What I've heard is Italy has a lot of grandmas. I cannot wait.

I hear they call it grandmas nonas in Italy, which is funny because I call my grandma, grandma, grandma, grandma, grandma. My grandma really makes me feel focused. I'm going to kick everybody's ass. Tristan shows up and he is more somber because his dad or his stepfather, who basically his dad died in the middle of the season. So he had to sort of go home and deal with that. But now he's fighting for him.

So now we have Kristen, who is here to say, I've been hearing your shoes before Gus. It's a lot, you're doing great. But it's actually her doing the whole spiel of like three chefs remain, Saratoga Water, Chipotle family of foods, BMW, the best car in the entire world. And now one of you is gonna win the title of top chef

So welcome to Milan everybody the last stop on the road to becoming top chef Now let's go to our final quick fire of the season if you've done your research, you know here in Milan There's grandma's there are grandma's and also lots of risotto Okay, rice and polenta are king and the are grandma's and also lots of risotto. Okay. Rice and polenta are king and the dish they're most known for is risotto. Now as this is your last quick fire. Sorry. It's just, it's very emotional because it's the last quick fire we're going to have.

So it just, it gets me a little bit. Anyway, risotto. So we're all going to make risotto. And for your final quick fire challenge, we want you to make your very own risotto in 35 minutes. I feel like that's a very short amount of time to make risotto, right? That is a little, they are setting them up for failure. Yeah. The time limits on this show make me crazy. Like I don't care who can cook the fastest. I get it's a competition,

but why does it need to be a speed competition? Risotto needs time. Okay? It needs time. Sit. I want to see risotto taking time. It's like in that famous play, Gary Glen Ross, A, B, R. Always be risottoing. Okay? You can't just rush it. You have to take the time and always be doing it.

Risotto is for closers. So Tom's like, what? You guys, risotto doesn't wait for anybody. Okay? You know, it needs to be served right away. You know? always be doing it. Risotto is for closers. So Tom's like, what, you guys, risotto doesn't wait for anybody, okay? You know, it needs to be served right away. You know, risotto will not be, you will not see risotto sitting at a bus stop.

It's not gonna wait. Thanks. Risotto is unlike my son, who's just waiting for success to come to him instead of him going to success by being a mixologist. We're gonna cook it a five minute stagger, or as my son calls it, attention span, which is why he could never learn to cook risotto

in the first place. Fun fact, my son is still in the middle of his five minute stagger. I said, okay, you could do the mixology for five minutes and then you're gonna follow my footsteps. I'm not gonna get any younger. And somehow that five minute stagger is still going on. My son just actually removed the five minutes and it's just stagger.

My son is just a stagger. That's it. Mick stagger over there. So Chris is like, chefs, you should know that we aren't going to be taking this quick fire into consideration, determining who is going to be going home. So this is just an annoying process for you of having to make risotto on top of the building for some money that the audience doesn't care about.

Okay? Great. Yeah. But you'll win 15 grand. So they're like, yay. Okay, so that's our start now. So he goes first and he's like, wow, risotto. It's a dish, but it's also a lifestyle. You know, you can wash your hair with it, you can put it in your gas tank and drive around with it.

Unfortunately, your car will break down, other than that, the hard way. I've had some risotto under my grow light, under my bed for three months now, and it hasn't really softened, but some things are definitely growing on it, so that's cool. So he's like, you know,

I'm going to use celery root as the rice component. Excuse me? You need to use risotto. Risotto. Not celery root. This is a risotto. Now Caesar, listen, I like you. You've made a lot of crazy shit

and you're a weird little dude. And I imagine there's a lot of crusty socks on the floor of your room next to that grow light. That said, I like you, but you gotta make a risotto dish and you're not the only one. I'm looking at you, schwi, what the fuck are you two doing? It's a risotto dish in Italy. You cannot just say I'm gonna make a vegetable dish and call it risotto. Hi everyone, it's the ghost of Padma Lakshmi. As you may know, I was recently killed when I was taking a very exclusive tour of Milan and climbed all the way to the top of a clock tower. Some idiot pulled on the string and the bell hit me in the head and I fell all the way

out to the ground and I died. Well, anyway, I'm back here to say... You know what's funny about that? I still made less noise than Gail does getting out of bed to pee at two in the morning. Wow. Well, I, it's funny because I always thought Gale would be the one to die by ding-dong, but it was me getting hit by the bell. Turns out Gale's only fueled by them as you'll see later. Anyway, it's so funny risotto because that's always what I call girl. I always think she's full of Riz and I go, Oh, no, she's just a toe. Riz, oh, All right, Tristan, you can start cooking now. So Tristan's

like, Oh, I'm gonna do, you know, I'm gonna go into this rice thing while adding all these umami flavors, you know, I'm going to do, you know, I'm going to go into this rice thing while adding all these umami flavors. You know, I really want to bring melanin to Milan. Yeah. And Kristen's and then Kristen's like, okay, that's a very emotional story. Okay, Bailey, your time starts now. You're the last person now for time stackers.

Sorry. I've been in your shoes before. It's a lot. So Bailey's like, well, I made risotto for the first challenge and I did end up trying in the bottom for trying to incorporate too much into it. So I just wanted to do something that was fairly traditional. I'm gonna do a red wine risotto.

And you know, my bank account has not opened up yet. So landing that 15,000 would be super rad. Well, I'll tell you who else's bank account hasn't opened up yet. Gail Stylist hasn't quite been paid yet, as you can see, because Gail Stylist hasn't used her. So you don't be trying to get a, sorry, I'm still a little woozy from that bell incident.

So. So. Debbie Reynolds was the first person to welcome me here. She actually started singing ring them bells. You got to ring them bells. I said, not funny, Debbie. Too soon. Anyway, if my humor, if my jokes are a little not quite right, it's because I'm learning comedy all over again from Moliere.

Listen, I could have gone the Marcel Marceau route. But Gail ate one of the Marceaus. Now he's just known as Marcel. She came up to heaven and ate a Marcel. She said, well, what? It has pancake written all over it. Gail. Wow.

So, Cesar is doing a celery root thing. Okay. So now, Shwe is like, well, I didn't practice risotto. Listen, my grandma taught me a lot, but she fell asleep on risotto day, okay? No grandma risotto coming out today. And risotto's always failed on Top Chef. So, I just figured there's no way they're gonna make risotto and they are.

So, if I have to make traditional risotto, it's gonna be garbage. So, I'm going to chop up spaghetti squash and call it risotto. Yeah. That's, if I, you know what? Now you go up to that clock tower and get knocked by that bell

because like you're supposed to be making risotto and if you serve me a bowl of diced squash and say this is risotto, I will be furious. Both of these people should be kicked off right now and it should just be Bailey and Tristan in the finals diced squash and say this is risotto, I will be furious. I don't want anything. Both of these people should be kicked off right now and it should just be Bailey and Tristan in the finals and that's it.

The show has gone soft. Like a bad risotto. I'm doing a search. What city is most famous for risotto? I would like to know. In Italy. And AI says Milan. So if these people had any brains,

they would have said, huh, we're going to Milan. They know they're going to Milan. They've had time to access the internet. Why don't you search for like, what are the most famous Milanese dishes? And what do they do? Not. Nothing.

So Tristan is, you know, they're making their risotto. So he's talking about how he's, you know, getting the creaminess from adding the stock and constant agitation to coax the starch off the short grain rice. Wow, I've seen Gail do that. Constant agitation is kind of like when Gail wore woolen culottes one day.

Gail coaxed the starch off the short-grained rice just with her words. She said, get off of that short-grained rice. Felt right into her mouth. It's amazing. She's a real agitator. She agitates the starch right off that rice. All right, time's up utensils down. Get up here and serve your shitty excuses for risotto. So Cesar's first and he's like, um, risotto, I look at risotto as a technique. Jared Ranere Gale goes, so just to be clear, there's no

rice. Also, just to be clear, there's no fashion with you, Gale. David Kemp Listen, just because Gale uses risotto as a conditioner doesn't mean that it's a technique. Gail, stop trying to exfoliate with that fake risotto. And Cesar's like, well, there's rice stock. And Gail's like, oh, there's rice stock, but there's not actual rice. Watch out, she's about to blow. Wow.

You thought you saw something with Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Wait till you see Gail Simmons when she doesn't get her starches. Wait till Mount McHungry goes off. Vesuvius? More like Vesuvius less. Vesuvius pay less. That's where Gail gets her shoes. Mollier said that would work.

Sorry if it didn't, it's his fault. He's like, well, I've done vegetable risottos before. And Kristen's like, okay, so you cooked it in the exact same method you would risotto? No, he didn't boil it. I mean, what? No, he didn't. And he's like, yeah, you know,

I've been doing well with vegetables. So that's what I feel comfortable with. And Gail's like, well, I've been doing well with vegetables, so that's what I feel comfortable with. And Gale's like, well, I've been doing comfortable with rayon, but I wouldn't serve it to you. Just the make a risotto with vegetables. That's like what I tell my son, you may feel comfortable drinking a beer. Doesn't mean you have to have a whole career out of it. Then be a chef. Follow your dad.

This is ridiculous. And so Schweizenach standing is like, well, when you make traditional risotto, the rice releases starch, but I'm not doing that. So I'm gonna use butternut squash because that has some starch. So no, that is gonna be wet and wet. Butternut squash, get the fuck out of here.

It's wet. Yeah, I agree. Add the butternut squash to the risotto. Oh my God. And the people, you know, cause... The other thing is that you're doing all this... You. We're outraged.

You're doing all the same work as a risotto. So you're subbing in to avoid the pitfalls of risotto. Just make the risotto. I'm also triggered because of the butternut squash. That's spaghetti squash, right? That is a different? Butternut squash is different than spaghetti squash. Spaghetti squash is literally like if you,

if you take a fork to it, it kind of like makes spaghetti. So that's why it's called, I think that's why it's called that, or I'm just full of it. But butternut squash is like sweet and, you know, looks like a penis, right? So does this, doesn't it? I guess it does. No, but butternut squash is not the same.

Butternut squash is known for its smooth, slightly sweet and nutty flavor, while spaghetti squash is known for its stringy spaghetti-like texture. So there you go, you're correct. There you go. But I don't like when people take the squat, and I'm talking about spaghetti squash,

so this is why I was triggered and it's invalid, but I don't like when people are like, you can substitute pasta with spaghetti squash. No, you can't, it's not the same fucking thing. It's not the same. And stop telling little fat kids it's invalid, but I don't like when people are like, you can substitute pasta with spaghetti squash. No, you can't. It's not the same fucking thing. And stop telling little fat kids. And neither are Zoodles. And neither are Zoodles.

Oh, especially Zoodles. Those are even wetter. They're so wet. They're so wet and stupid. Zoodles are stupid. Well, don't tell that to Gail cause she's wearing them as clip-ons. Um, well, don't tell that to Gail because she's wearing them as clip-ons.

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All right, well, Tristan's up next to serve and he does a West African inspired risotto with dressed heirloom tomatoes and charred buttered greens, which at this point I don't even give a fuck it was a poo poo risotto. You're not gonna be, you're gonna get first or second cause. Yeah, cause you're using rice. We should try it. Yeah. So Gail's like, are you happy with what came out? Wow. Is Gail trying to do a full Padma? Excuse me.

Let the professional do it. Did you mean to have your rice come out as stupidly as Gail's face? Tom's like, well, do you know what? The texture is right on this. One thing gals never heard in a dressing room. One thing a person has lawns never said about gals hair. One thing he's never, gals never been told at a back wax. One thing gals never been told when someone's touched her brassiere made out of whoa. Sorry, I shouldn't have let Shaki Green take over. Back to Moliere. You're setting me up for failure.

Tristan is happy about it. And so meanwhile, she was like something smells burnt and beta is like, yeah, my nuts are burning a little bit. Really not sure what to do about that. I burnt all my nuts, so... Guess I'm gonna have to redo those nuts. Oh, God. So she serves hers, and she's like,

well, I did a pretty traditional red wine risotto with a little bit of parmigiano-llentilagio in the rice, and I made a little grimimolata on tap, and Tom's like, oh, why'd you go in the red wine direction? Was this a reference to the fact that my son works in the world of spirits and alcohol? Because I really don't approve of that.

He's like, no, I just, no, it was like very Northern Italian. Basically I was looking at the North, and I thought, okay, I'll just say it's Northern Italian. I don't know, I just put the red wine. Yeah, you know, I just wanted to make something from Milan. Hope you like it. You probably won't.

Should I just apologize now? I'm sorry. It's could have been better. I don't even know what I'm doing here. Who am I? So then Shwe is done early because he's not using, you know, Arborio rice or short green rice. So he's done, he's ready.

So he's plates, he's ready. So he's plates. Look at that. Who would have thought? And they just are watching him, watching his plates for like 90 seconds. And then, it's probably totally fine, but they're thinking, oh, it's seizing up, it's cold.

It's getting cold, it's 90 seconds colder now. So they're all pissy by the time it gets to them. Yeah, and so he comes over and he made squash risotto with heart winter squash, chanterelles, veggie stock with saffron, a little parmesan and toasted hazelnuts, not burnt like mine, but toasted. So Gale's like, Oh, so no rice. Did I do something in a past life that is getting in the way of me being served rice? No, it's your current life, gal. You have an angel in heaven now, gal. I'm just trying to help.

So Shua's like, yeah, no, there's no rice, just a little bit toasted rice in the stock. It just feels like, also honestly, I feel like it's a missed opportunity. He does so much grandma cooking now that doesn't his grandma have like some classic Chinese rice dish? Like Tristan pulled in like a jollof rice dish

and turned it into risotto. Like it felt like a missed opportunity for Shui. Exactly. Your whole country that you talk about every episode is built upon the back of rice. Yeah. Yeah. Rice is such a big part of Chinese cuisine.

So it's just a little surprising. And then he's like, butter and squash. So then Tom, now Tom can't deal anymore. He's like, you know, the word riso means rice. Riso is rice. Also the word por favor means please. I love this game. I used to live in Italy,

but I don't know if you guys know it, but if you listen quietly, you can hear my voice on the wind going, exacto. Exacto. I haven't thought of that one in a while. Exacto. Exacto. Prego.

So Gale's like, well, he did use rice. It just wasn't risotto. Exacto. Okay. You don't have to say it again so soon. Okay. Time for judging. All right. First, let's clear something up. Risotto, it's not whether it's a rice or a technique, the word risotto meets from rice. Okay, so wow That's it. There was some tasty dishes and I just thank you that none of them were cosmopolitans or anything drinkable I'm just got that a little factoid about risotto and rice just hang in the air for a moment You can think about it. You can think about the implications. I won't say whether or not it's being used against you but You can pretty much guess I'm not a happy camper right now. Welcome to Taste the Heaven. Who did we steal rice from?

My first guest is someone literally named after it, Rice at Gorbachev. Welcome. Also a little hand named Rice Aroney. The San Francisco treat. Rodney Dangerfield won't stop shoving him down his pants. I'm sorry, Errone. I'm sorry.

Fun fact, when Gail Simmons was a child and her family went on a vacation to San Francisco, they lost track of her for a good afternoon because she was chasing so many streetcars hoping there'd be rice on the other end. She never got that San Francisco treat. She finally found a food truck serving pizza She never got that San Francisco treat. She finally found a food truck serving pizza

and she calls that street called, street card called desire. It's really poetic. Okay, well, risotto rice there, boom, not a technique. All right, Gail, what did you think of Bailey's risotto? Your rice was actually right there. It was al dente as it should be. The wine and taleggio lent a really intense sour note to your dish. You're a boring person with no self-confidence, but at least you used to carb.

So thank you. And also some fat to balance out the sourness could have really helped. But I think the rice was cooked beautifully. Gail, what did you think of Cesar's? Cesar, by the way, welcome to Milan. You could just say, now there are a lot of different Cesar's in the world, but right now you're the one in Milan. So I think we can call you Cesar Milan. Cesar Milan, anyone? Boo, that was stupid. It was going to be my next joke.

Absolutely beautiful flavors, seasoned perfectly, texturally. I didn't get the bite. I didn't get the bite because there was no rice. And I think that's part of the pleasure of risotto. Oh God, let's not stop talking about Gail's pleasure with risotto. This isn't time to jerk off Gail, am I? I heard that Gail once went to the pleasure chest and said, do you guys have a bowl of risotto here? Wrong story, wrong time Gail.

Gail uses penme pasta as a diaphragm. I'm sorry, it's just too much for a television show. Which really is very illogical in so many different ways. At least use ravioli. Or chette anybody? A shell. Come on now. Or chete anybody? Oh, God. A shell. Come on now. You can lead a horse to water,

but you can't teach it the proper card to use as a condom. Tom, what did you think about Schweiss risotto? Well, the flavors were good. Seasoned nicely. I really appreciate how you took the risotto and spelled out grandma in it with your finger. That was nice. You waited so long. It's hard to seize up. Wow. Seizing up sort of like Gail and confronted between a cool lot and a capelet. What to wear. Oh my God. I have, I have a personal thing I need to discuss with you. Sorry, audience, fast forward one minute.

So the bug guy came to my house and said, I just wanted to show you a picture that we caught a rodent. I don't want to see a picture of a dead rodent. What the fuck is that? Can I see somebody for that? It's a little mouse. Now I feel terrible. Now I want them to take those things out.

Well, but it's a mouse. There are tons of them, don't worry. They're cute. You shouldn't kill them. They are cute. Well, just tell them not to send you photos. Just say we've reduced them. How horrible.

No, just have them tell you that they've relocated the mouse population. Yeah, don't send me that. I don't wanna see that. That's horrible. I'm a murderer. Jesus Christ. Isn't that like,

what did they call death porn? Where you watch people get killed? That's like death. I don't want to see that. Oh, you mean like a snuff film or something? Yeah, it's like a snuff film. You sent me snuff pictures. I should be able to sue him for that. That's disgusting. Wow. Wow. Well, I'm sorry, I know that last week you were very triggered by the ants being killed. So I can't imagine how a mouse is working. Yeah, they're so cute.

They are really cute. All right. So everything's okay. I'm still okay. I'm a man. You're okay. You're okay. So Gail's like, absolutely beautiful flavored, but I love risotto.

So Tom's like, yeah, you know, I mean, you played it way too early. So it sat there and it started to really seize up. Whoa, whoa, that non-rice. Whoa, look at how that non-rice seized up. That's crazy. Look at how that butternut squash, the butternut squash did not seize up. Stop it.

Yeah, I think this was over the top. So then, well, the biggest, okay. So yeah, it was the texture. You know, it's just like a, it was like a nice soft squash side dish. So, okay, Gail, what did you think about Tristan's risotto? I thought the flavors worked really well together. Oh yeah, and the texture of the rice was al dente

on the side and that's just, that's what I like in a risotto. It's just, it's really emotional having a risotto that's like that. It's just what exactly I would like it. Exactly how it dente. It's beautiful. exactly I would like it. Exactly what that taste. It's beautiful. Well, you know, I really think you put yourself in the dish, which was kind of disgusting.

I mean, I hope you bathed, but the flavor was good. You know, it was a bit on the salty side, but who's not, am I right? Well, I guess that just supports the idea that you put a little bit of yourself in this dish. It's a little salty. I got a little hair on my teeth. I guess that was the you that was in there. But otherwise pretty good.

Uh, Gail, who do you think had our favorite risotto of the day? The chef that gave us what we think was the best example here in Milan of risotto, which is a dish made with rice, which some of you gave us and some of us didn't was also giving us a really bold flavors. And the winner is no no, I'm just kidding. Of course it's Tristan. Do you even need me to say these things anymore? It's Tristan. He's gonna win them till the end of the show, right?

Do we have to say his name anymore? We can send it right now. Can we just hand this to Tristan and save us some bad food eating? That would be great. So they give him 15 grand and he's like, wow, 15 grand on risotto. Nailed it.

I brought black people risotto to Italy and I won. That's right. Suck it. So Kristen says, chefs, are you ready for this very next crucial step in your journey to the finale? And they're like, yeah. All right.

Now, have you ever watched a Bob's letter on TV? Yeah. And have you ever thought, imagine if that Bob's letter were in control of my life and career and maybe earning a lot of money. Yeah. And I've ever thought, imagine if that bobsledder were in control of my life and career and maybe earning a lot of money. Yeah. Well, guess what? You get to live that dream right now. Please welcome four Olympians who have questionable palates.

Are they coming out? No. Are they not coming out? Okay. They're not. While we wait for the Olympias, let me just tell you, have any of you ever seen Gail Bobsled on a hot dog down a hill? I have. It's hilarious. She actually slid off. I was like, you shouldn't have put so much mustard on your sled, stupid. Gail claims that she does the luge, but it turns out she just takes a slip and slide and puts a bunch of mustard and ketchup on it and relish and slides on down the lawn. That's not a luge, Gal. Well, guess what?

We've got the Paralympic Olympic and Paralympic Games, Milan, Cortina, 2026. Okay. So guess what? This is amazing. The winter, the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games will have two hubs, Milan and Cortina. That's crazy. One of those sounds like a sandwich and the other sounds like a place in Zelda. For your elimination challenge, Milan, you'll have a very straightforward process. Okay, you'll be cooking competing in the ultimate culinary matchup. It's a three-part head-to-head tournament featuring greens from Milan to Cortina with some of the same ingredients in between.

In round one, you'll take on Polenta. Cooking and eating polenta is so widespread around Milan that sometimes the citizens here are called polentoni, or the polenta eaters. Wow, okay, let's think about how we could work with this. The polenta eaters, why don't they just call them gales? That's why we call gale bread face. I just wanna say polenta's made with corn, everyone, since apparently working with the grain that we've been telling you to work with is not so easy to do.

So corn, corn and polenta. Thank you. I can't wait to see what you guys use instead of polenta. That's going to be fun. Anybody planning on making flip-flop dishes today? That'd be great. You know, we're going to grind up some flip-flops into cornmeal. Quote-unquote cornmeal. Make some polenta. Just give us a heads up.

So the panel is going to judge their dishes, and the winner of the polenta round goes to the finale. But then, it's like they have to keep going. They have to keep competing round to round until only one person stands and one person goes home. Yeah, because after polenta, if you don't win the blunt around, you have to play in the Kazoo says, yay round, which is like a moon shaped ravioli that has a beat filling. So it's going to be a beat round. So they're like, okay, that's kind of funny to me. They're

like, it's basically just like cook something with beats,, but we're gonna like tenuously tie this in because there's a pasta that has beaten it. So you have to make a beat round. And if you don't make it to the beat round, you go to the gorgonzola round. If you don't make it to the gorgonzola round, you know what? Then after that, what's the next food after that?

What do they have to make after that? Is it just beaten gorgonzola? Wasn't there another thing in there? Does it matter? Do we care? There's three rounds. Only three rounds? I thought there was four? Does it matter? Do we care? There's three rounds. Only three rounds? I thought there was four rounds.

Cause there's four people, so there's three rounds. Cause one of the people loses. So then these were weird choices I thought though, the beat especially, I thought was odd, but whatever. So chefs, every decision you make, every ingredient you choose to put in your dish must be selected with the intention of going inside my mouth.

Do you understand? Every ingredient you choose, every breath you take, every move you make. I'll be eating you. I'll be eating you. I'll be eating you. I'll be eating you. I'll be eating you.

I'll be eating you. I'll be eating you. I'll be eating you. I'll be eating you. I'll be eating you. Wow. So, um, Oh, and since this is the last challenge before the final finale, Delta, the official airline of team USA has brought in some reinforcements to help you. Sorry, Gail. It's not true. Oh, sorry. Sorry, Gail. The reinforcements are not shoot bottles.

No, they're actually... We brought Delta here because they're amazing with their culinary feats. Is anybody who's Sorry, yeah, the reinforcements are not shoe boffles. They're actual Olympians. We brought Delta here because they're amazing with their culinary feats. As anybody who's ever flown on Delta and eaten their food knows, absolutely. Don't have to read this. Can we just stop pretending Delta has decent food?

Okay, let's just move on. And to bring in some professional help, we're bringing in the Olympians. Here they are. Wow. Kristen goes, who we're bringing in the Olympians. Here they are. Wow. Kristen goes, who better than four team USA Olympians and Paralympians who know what it's like to compete at the highest level with world watching?

I was like, who better? Literally anyone than four Olympians. How about some chefs? How about we put these four chefs to make these fuckers compete in the Olympics? We'll be like, okay, have fun on your bobsled. Tristan's going to push you. Like, what the fuck? Yeah. Would they really appreciate it if the roles were reversed? Okay, sir, before you,

you are a world-class snowboarder. And before the Olympic qualifiers, I just want you to know that you're also going to have to have Tristan prepare your snowboard for you. It's like, no, no, don't put chefs in my competition. Yeah. Okay. So let's welcome Alana Myers-Taylor, five-time Olympic medalist in bobsled. Regard, Olympic gold medalist in snowboarding. Declan Farmer, three-time Paralympic gold medalist in sled hockey, and Oxana Masters, 19-time Paralympic medalist in para, cross-country skiing, parabiathlon, paracycling, and pararoeing. Things like those got a lot going on. And please also welcome Gail Simmons, one-time gold medal champion for parachute pants that

she wore to the Emmys. So Oxana, how do you push yourself to keep going? She's like, well, I train in 19 different things and I push. That's how you stupid, you fucking idiot, you non-sporty bitch. Why are you talking to me? Well, how do you prepare yourself mentally to get into the competition? And Alana is like, well, it's pretty similar to cooking. It's all about the preparation beforehand. So when you get out there, you're ready to go. And you know how the cooks were like,

it's nothing like what we have. Literally nothing like it, but okay. Last time I checked when you have to make polenta, you don't have to run. You don't have to run into, you don't have to jump into the polenta pot and then slide down a diet course Yeah, okay, so they they pair off by choosing knives and then they will have a 750 euro and

45 minutes to shop for your ingredients and then they'll have two hours to prep and cook For all three dishes and once the two hours is up They move to the courtyard and then they have a station and then they have 30 minutes to finalize your dishes for the panel. And one of the members of the panel will be from Top Chef World All Stars, Ali, who we loved. So they're gonna start getting cooking and everything. And oh, by the way, so get to know each other,

have fun shopping and we'll see you tomorrow. Just wanna say this is the last line and everything and oh, by the way, so get to know each other, have fun shopping, and we'll see you tomorrow. Just wanna say this is the last line of this moment here of the quick fire. Okay, go ahead. So now they have to go, like it's gonna be like a lot of shopping, but also chatting with Olympians. So they're trying to make small talk

and Tristan is like, oh gosh, you know, it's just so crazy this pressure you put on yourself as an Olympian, just like me, I'm still trying to learn how to deal with all this pressure. And Alana is like, well, one of my mentors told me, pressure's a privilege, and people who feel too much pressure are buses toughen up. He's like, okay, geez, geez, okay.

Cesar was like, I really love what you said about, you're not actually doing it for the medals. And Oksana was like, yeah, I was being sarcastic. Of course I'm doing it for the medals. Okay, look at me 19th time medalist, hello. If you're just focusing on the, on the end goal only, you're going to miss all those small details, but then you also are probably going to get a medal.

Like I have, hello, bitch got medals. Yeah, listen, I don't do it for the metal. Let's get the fuck out of here. Of course I do it for the metals. Whilst you and the money and the ad deals. Okay. And anybody else tells you different. They're fucking lying to you. Okay. It's just what you tell the press. So Cesar's like, yeah, this is just like the Olympics. Anyway, I want to do a dessert with the Palinda something I can execute. I'm like, wow,

this is, it's really basically watching the Olympics. Yeah, just execute prisoners. Yeah. So then, Shwa is going to do, he's stumped on the gorgonzola because he wants to do some of the puff pastry because he wants to do a caramelized onion and fennel tart, but like, you know, he's just hoping he doesn't even have to deal with the Gorgon soul in the first place. Yeah.

So then we go to him having his discussion with Declan and he's like, so how long have you been a Paralympian? And he's like, oh, so she first games 2014. I was born with this disability. So I started playing pretty young and everyone's got different challenges they face. Like, for example, I faced that. So I had to learn to work around it

and become a Paralympic champion. And you who have built your entire career and life around rice was faced with a rice challenge and didn't use rice. So it's basically the same thing. And then Alana's like, by the way, what's it like being on the show? And Tristan's like, well, we, we looked at past seasons and everyone was always at each

other's throats and we're nothing but hugs and tears. We just, we just love each other so much. I'm like, I'm sure everyone behind Tristan's back is like, fucking Tristan winning everything again. How are we fucking going to take them out? Whatever. You watched way past seasons of the shows because that show, this show hasn't been like that for a long time. You guys are doing pretty much the modern version

of the show, which is like, I only do it to inspire the children. That's the only reason I do this. And then list your traumas for 20 minutes of the show. So you guys are doing the modern version of it. Don't worry. Don't you worry. You're doing the whole chef thing of like,

we're in the trenches together, guys. Everyone always acts like they just came back from Vietnam. I don't even care about cooking. I'm just here to inspire children. Thank you. Cooking saved me, which is why I have mise en place tattooed on my forearm. Commercials, here comes one right now.

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So yeah, they're basically just getting in their way and being annoying and I like what at one point Bailey's like well, I don't know. Here's what I do I just walk in put shit in the basket and figure out how to use it later because I'm probably not gonna win anyway I mean, let's face it Hopefully, but maybe it won't even be that good So here's what you do go around the meat counter and then the dairy, we'll just go to every counter and go, I'm sorry. To see what they have, yeah. Make that into a dish. Bailey is gonna, she wants redemption for her bruleed gorgonzola that she did a few

weeks ago. So she's going to do it again, which I'm always like, every time a chef tries to get redemption on this show, they never do it. They never succeed. So I'm like, don't do this. This is dangerous. I actually yelled at the TV. I was like, Bailey, god damn it. How many chances are you going to get and you're going to pull the same

bullshit again? Get it together. It's please stop relaying the group. You can relay the gorgonzola for me because I will like it, but they're not going to like it. So don't do this. Okay. Yeah. And it turns out we were dead. We were dead wrong. Sometimes it actually does work out. But man, when this happened, I was like, god damn it, Bailey. I tried to root for you, but you're making it difficult sometimes.

So Cesar has a story for us. He's going to be making a black walnut ice cream. And he's like, over the break, I had a chance to visit Oriana's Orchard in Illinois. And she's 80 years old and a single farmer. And there's black walnuts everywhere. I wanted to bring something for people that inspire me to become a better. Boring! Boring! Wow congratulations you met a lady who grows nuts. I met Polly walnuts here in heaven. So I guess my

story is a little bit better because mine involves a famous person. Sorry. An 80 year old single farmer? Why would any of us want to eat Gale's future? So also he needs to kind of stop with the, did you say ice cream? Yeah. Polenta cake with black walnut ice cream. I know he did well on that ice cream and he's still trying to hold onto it, that pickle ice cream. But I think in general chefs look down on dessert. We know they do from watching this show. We know they do. So why are you doing that to yourself if you don't have to?

Yeah, I agree. Let's rein it in a little bit. So they get to the hotel, they're Radisson Blue. And we pay for it with a Wells Fargo swipe a day card. And then we put a couple of bottles of Pellegrino in their face just to say, fuck you to Saratoga. Held out for a little extra money, am I right? Fun story.

I'm actually staying at the Radisson even more blue. It's just like a better version of the Radisson blue. I don't know. What's exclusive up here in heaven? I took the Sarah out of Toga. I'm just walking around in a Toga around Italy saying, why have you killed me, Belle? A-choo, Sarah. That's the first part of the Toga. I don't know if you were following. I'm dumb Padma. I don't get jokes like that. I'm too stupid.

By the way, my dear friend, Julius Caesar, we were having dinner last night. I said, did you know there's a, there's a salad called Caesar salad, but it's not named after you. And he said, what are you talking about? I'm Julius Caesar. I said, no, it's some guy in Tijuana who invented it. And then that guy showed up and he said, yeah, it's my salad. And Caesar was so embarrassed. He was hilarious. Anyway, what famous emperor have you guys been hanging out with? None? Oh, that's too bad.

Caesar was so upset. And then little Caesar came over to the table and said, pizza, pizza. And I said, guess what? Here's someone that was based on you. And then Caesar stabbed himself eight times. Little Caesar was so happy because he said pizza pizza and for the first time ever someone gave him the pizza without Gail eating it first.

So now people are in their amazing BMWs on the way to the kitchen and Tristan's like, none of my past wins or successes mean anything in this moment. And that is not lost on me. Dun, dun, dun. At one point he tells this Olympian, he's like, yeah, you know, how do you just keep yourself going when you're already winning everything?

And they're like, the wins don't matter. He's like, yeah, I'm trying to tell myself that. I was like, come on, Tristan, get over yourself for five fucking like, yeah, I'm trying to tell myself that. I was like, come on Tristan, get over yourself for five fucking minutes, dude, jeez. So they're in this like, this old beautiful building that has a courtyard and everything, and they're doing their cooking.

And Bailey's strategy is she's gonna put her first, her most effort into her first dish and her last dish. So she's like, fuck the beats. And then Shwe is like, I still feel very inspired by the athletes yesterday and we're just going to cheer each other on. Um, uh, but you know what? I, I was a little disappointed that none of them were dressed like Vicki Lawrence and mama's family because I just really want some grandma energy as well, but that's okay. They were still hopefully Gail where's Paisley today? So Bailey's like, well, I'm gonna make polenta with percini parm butter.

And I don't know, I guess maybe roasted beets with ricotta smear. And then you know, cork and zola something or other. I'm sorry. So Cesar is gonna is excited for his first course, dessert. Sorry. And, uh, did you get another photo of another mouse? I heard knocking and I looked down and Beeler just like got on his back and started kicking the cabinet. Okay. Then read what read what Caesar's making. Okay. She's like for dessert it's different. It's all about the cake. So I need to nail this Okay. He's like, for dessert, it's different.

It's all about the cake. So I need to nail this recipe. So then for the beet dish, I'm making a testata because there was a famous one in Mexico City. And then the gorgonzola dish is just going to be a squash casserole with cheese sauce and it's going to be nice and funky. So tell them funky. Hey, chefs, so polenta, huh? What are we doing for polenta?

And Tristan's like, yeah, I'm gonna go with my roots. I'm gonna make something called cuckoo. Cuckoos? No, cuckoo. What's cuckoo? Cuckoo, it's a dish, Tom. It's from where I'm from. Oh, sounds good.

Okay. What am I gonna do? No? Be careful. If you say cuckoo too many times, Gail's gonna burst through the wall and say, for cuckoo puffs. I've never had cuckoo before, is it good?

I don't think I've had it. Well, I'm not gonna, you can't go wrong with cornmeal porridges. I mean, it sounds, yeah, that's polenta. Sounds good. I'm down for some cuckoo. So then Tristan's just, he's basically putting, he's banking on polenta. He wants, he's putting all his effort on the polenta and if it doesn't work out for him, he's hoping that he just wins in the first round

and then he doesn't have to do the other dishes. Which in a weird way, I almost wanted him to, I felt like there was like a hubris about that that made me want to be like, oh, I hope you mess up. And then you have to like reap the consequences of your actions. But I mean, it's Tristan, he's not to mess up. Of course, it's going to be delicious. And of course he's going to go through in the first round.

But hubris, Tristan definitely has that, you know, I find him to be a little up his own ass, but that said, he's also extremely talented. He's so, you know, what are you going to do? I feel like if it was a chef that didn't have so much talent, I would be constantly annoyed, but he's good. Like he delivers. So, yeah. Like you can't really deny it.

And then competition shows, especially with chefs, you know, I'm more forgiving of that kind of stuff. Cause you kind of have to have it. It's like, I'm going to go in there. I'm the best. I'm gonna kill it. And I guess that's kind of how you have to do it, you know? But he's, he's fantastic.

He's going to win this whole shebang. And this is where that moment happens. Cause Tom is like, you know, but he's, he's fantastic. He's going to win this whole shebang. And this is where that moment happens. Cause Tom is like, you know, you've done really well. You've won more challenges than anybody else. And he's like, yeah, you know, I asked my Olympian today. Like if you're already at the top, how do you just keep at the top, you know? And then she said, pressure is a privilege.

Wow. Well, well, we have to remind Gail that every time she's sitting on the toilet, huh? So then- I remember thinking, ugh, it's hard to get annoyed with him. Like, come on. So then Tom was trying to- I asked my Olympian, what's it like

basically being the chef version of a gold-winning Olympian? And they were like, be grateful. So I was like, okay, I'll just plan on making one dish. Pressure is a privilege. So Bailey is, Tom's asking Bailey what she's doing and he's like, you know, you're an anxious person and if you don't make it through the first course, which I'm sure you, and he's like, she's like, you're sure what?

Well, you sure you think you're gonna do that? You're gonna do that right? Do you think you're really gonna go through the first course? You know you're going up against Tristan, right? Yeah, well, I don't know then. I guess I'll do some fucking thing with the beats, put them on a plate and you guys can put a vingrette on it. I don't know.

I'm just trying to get to that cork and sola. Yeah, he's like, so, you know, being an Italian chef, what's that like? And she's like, well, I mean, it gives me an advantage, but you know, I'm an anxious person. He's like, huh, an anxious person. He's like, huh, an anxious person. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. That's one way to put it.

Okay, well, hey, turn that frown upside down. Just kidding, don't. I like your frown, it's nice. You forgot to say something. I'm sorry. Okay, that's it, that's all I needed. I'll move on now, thanks. Hey, Shwe, talk to me about your ingredients here.

Well, I know that you're thinking that Tristan's gonna win the first course, so to counteract that, I'm just gonna make a polenta grandma for the first course, and we're gonna polenta, gonna do a grandma barbecue, little grandma barbecue duck grandma. Grandma, grandma, grandma. Oh, the restaurant says grandma, I just can't help.

I just wanna say yes, you win. You win, Top Chef. Say grandma one more time. Say, Grandma, to me. So he's gonna do barbecue duck in Chinatown style. And then, what are you gonna do with the beets? And he's like, well, I haven't done the dumpling yet. Oh, I thought you were gonna say, Grandma, polenta.

Ha ha ha ha. Well, you know, I'm gonna do the beets. You know, my grandma likes to dance to many beets. Oh yeah, Grandma dancing to beats. I love it. I love it already. Doesn't even make sense as a dish. I just want to say, yes, you win.

You win it all. Grandma beats. And then for Gorgonzola, he's gonna, he's like, well, you know, there's not a lot of dairy in Chinese cooking, but I'm going to do roasted butternut squash. Okay, stop. And also Bailey, Polenta again.

This is the Top Chef end, you guys. You're gonna do fucking butternut squash and polenta again. Both of you. Shame on you. Make an effort. Well, you know, it's funny. There isn't a lot of dairy in Chinese cooking, just like how there was no rice in your risotto.

I'm woken up from the grandma spell. Well, there's not a lot of dairy in Chinese cooking. Thank God we're in Italy. All right. Cesar. Cesar, you can come out from under the table. Don't be scared. Okay. So what are you going to make? He's like, well, I'm going to, I'm going to make a beets and I'm going to do a beet tostada and then tortillas.

And I just want to make tortillas in the kitchen and I'll be fine tortillas. All right. Well, that sounds not great. Okay. Tostada and then tortillas and I just want to make to us at tortillas in the kitchen and I'll be fine tortillas All right. Well, that sounds Not great. Okay That sounds great Well, it seems like you find your inspiration from the ingredients and you don't know what you're gonna make until you see everything so Some of that works. Well, you know, sometimes it's just like huh?

What the fuck this guy have crusty crusty socks on the floor and eggplant under his bed. And then I found out. Yep. Yep. He sure does. He sure does. 20, 20 minutes left. Cesar is, um, he's stressed. He doesn't have time to prep. Um, and he knows there's only one, we're only one minute, one. I have to say, I'm not even joking or being silly. I have this big ass coffee, cold brew that I've been sipping all day

because we've already recorded two episodes. But for whatever reason, the caffeine is like hitting me now and I like, I cannot see straight. I'm looking at my notes and I'm like, ooh. I'm going- You still get the high from the caffeine. That's so crazy. If I drink it too quickly.

You know what? Because I drink it relatively slowly. So it's like a microdense thing. But now I'm like, it's not even a hot. It's just like, I am like deranged right now. I am loopy at the moment. Yeah. I am feeling it. Keep snoring it down, buddy.

Snoring the caffeine. Snoring it down. So, yeah. So Sessar is stressed. Yeah, he's stressed. So Tristan's like, I'm panicking with this gorgonzola dish. Thank God I'm not going to have to make it. And then now the guest judges are brought in.

And thanks for being here for our final elimination challenge. Can't wait to see how you enjoyed the second course of butternut squash. I know. Alaina, Declan, Oxana, Red, Andrea, Ali, a little bit of Monica on the side. Thank you for being here. A little seal in my life. This is like turning into Mamba number five. Just doing names. A little bit of Erica in my life. A little bit of Elena on my Smith Must Drive. A little

bit of Gail falling off her chair. Sorry. A little Gail in granny underwear. So Oksana is, I'm like, oh my God, it was so stressful. I just get so stressed in grocery stores already and then you put a time on it and you put it in a foreign language. I mean, what the frick people?

time on it and you put it in a foreign language. I mean, what the frick people. Chris, and it's like, yeah, again, thank you for, for having my top chef life hanging the balance of this girl who gets dressed in his supermarket and can't read anything that is on the shelves. Thank you again so much. All right, chef, you have just 30 minutes, 30 minutes to compete your polenta and your time starts now. Whoever wins the most votes wins. So why is like, oh my gosh, polenta, and your time starts now. Whoever wins the most votes wins. So Shwe is like, oh my gosh, Polenta is often loaded with butter and cheese,

but since the duck's also fatty, I'm just gonna season it with kosher salt and a little bit of butter. And I was like, oh no, this is gonna fail miserably. You can't just, you can't put that in Polenta. Polenta means the shit in it, okay? And he's the shit,? It means the shit. It means the shit.

I thought, I mean, I was wrong this whole episode. Not that that's a shocker. All of them, same. But every time I got upset about something, it turned out I was wrong. Every time, they tricked me. They tricked me. I was like, this is Shwe's last stand.

He's going home. So then Tristan, he's made a sauce and it's like very spicy. He's like, which is important to know for in a few minutes. And then Bailey's, yeah, Bailey's, she's not seasoning too much of her stuff. And so they're all eating, they're all cooking. 15 minutes left.

Cesar is behind, he's got ice cream. He's just pouring liquid nitrogen over. It's just, everything is very stressful, et cetera. And so the timer beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. Okay, Tristan, can you tell us about your polenta dish, please?

And so he's made his cuckoo and has, I don't know how to pronounce this, poisson non sauce, I don't know, it's a sauce, basically. And eel and marinated mackerel. And he wanted to connect his Afro-Caribbean heritage to this. And Gail's sitting there and she's like,

chh, chh, chh, chh, chh, chh, chh, chh, chh. People couldn't eat it. and he wanted to connect his Afro-Caribbean heritage to this. And Gail's sitting there and she's like... People couldn't eat it. One of the Olympians was like... And so was Gail. Gail was like coughing it out. Gail was like... She had like tears in her eyes. She's like... What is this? Look at Gail trying to release food.

Her throat just won't let her do it. Wow. Wow, Gale looks almost as choked up as I was. When my dear friend, Ali Wong, won another award. What friends of yours, do you guys all have famous friends who won awards? Anyone? Raise your hand if you have a famous friend who won an award. Dead or living? No one? Just me just me oh that's too bad everyone put your hands down John Wayne I'm not talking to you telling you so it's like John what pepper did you use

Tristan I mean did you mean to almost kill kill Gail Tristan wow it's too bad I couldn't be alive and on this panel because I would have then said, I love spice. All right, Caesar, what did you make for yours? And he's like, I did polenta cake with the black walnut ice cream and a candied prosciutto because who doesn't want prosciutto? That's candy. And the Bob's letter, Alana is like, um, what made you decide on ice cream?

He's well, I think it's a good pairing with a nice plant to cake or something like that. Hold on one second. Alana. Hi, this is Padma Lakshmi, famous person from beyond the grave. Next time when you ask your question, watch, try it like this. Did you mean to make something stupid like ice cream for our first course? There, try it out. So then schweit serves his Ode to Chinatown barbecue Duck seasoned with five spice on some creamy polenta and gals like um, what did you add to the polenta schweit?

And again, I thought he's gonna get caught on putting nothing in the polenta gal hates it No, I was wrong. I was wrong again. And he's like, water, butter, salt and pepper. Kept it simple. And so then Bailey serves her polenta. She's like, I just feel like polenta should have a lot of I'm sorrys in it. So there's that and then butter and then roasted mushroom, thyme, rosemary, you know, hazelnut chive. It's boring.

I hope you don't fall asleep while you eat that. And Ali is like, what kind of cheese did you use, Bailey? Yes. I believe I'll answer this for her. I believe the cheese that she uses is called stupid, stupid cheese. Yes. She's a big fan of it. Bailey used Gail's perfume for her cheese today. Robiola and Parmigiano. Exactly. Left on the counter for a week. Tom's like, well, that felt really good. Well, well, yeah, the polenta.

Oh God, that polenta is really good. I just, okay. I just came. That was robiola and polenta. Wow. Oh, all right, judges, we're going to be voting for our favorite dish. I'm a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a

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Yeah, though the chili was I forgot I forgot. I wish why who did it So I why he took it he took it with his own season polenta it worked They loved it worked with the with the stuff from the duck So they loved that so he's psyched and I'm psyched for him, you know, we give me to the shit. That's delicious Oh, yeah, I'm psyched. I love that even though he brought butternut, he was going to bring butternut squash out again, but whatever, you didn't do it. So good for you. So then they all, you know, give it compliments and stuff. They loved it. And then they move on to Tristan's stuff. And wait, oh, no, I'm sorry. Yeah, they do move on to Tristan,

right? Because Elena's like, I'm sorry. Yeah, they do move on to Tristan, right? Cause Elena's like, I love the spice. Yeah, they like the heat. And then Kristen says, Bailey, I thought your polenta dish was really, really homey. It was very hearty. The polenta to me though was almost too much cheese. It was quite heavy.

Oh man, they showed Bailey serving it when she was serving that. It just looked like glop. I mean, I make a lot of polenta and I know it's easy to fuck up and put too much shit. It looked like she was about to make a statue of something. It's not, I can't believe she got away with that. That did not look good.

Wow, Hi everyone. I just want to say, I just spoke to my new dear friend, Leonardo da Vinci, and he said, he totally would have made a statue out of it if given the chance. If only he still had a corporal presence. Okay. Gonna hang out with more icons. I just said, do you know how many of your penises

have fallen off things? It's crazy. I went to the Vatican, I actually filed a report and said, where are all the dicks? They've all fallen off. I mean, poor Michelangelo. What did that man ever do to anybody? Give him a new dick. I did, I did pull Leonardo to the side. I said, listen, I love your work, but what's the deal with all the arms and that man? How about just one set of arms, one set of legs? It's too much. Uh, okay. So Tristan only got one vote.

So he's embarrassed, but he's gonna make it. He wants to do it for that little black kid at home who's watching and needs inspiration. And so, Tristan, what were you gonna say? Oh, I was just inhaling, actually. Oh. I was inhaling loudly. But I was not, there was actually no statement to be made.

Tristan's only doing it for the children. Okay, so now there's 30 minutes to complete your beat dishes. Now, I know that the audience is sitting on their edge of their seats, because nobody is more excited about beats than an American audience. Get to it guys, beats. So Cesar is, he's doing his tostada, but his masa is dried out and he didn't have time to rest. It's drama over there.

And Bailey, she doesn't, I don't think she even has any plan because she said she was not even gonna focus on this dish. So Tristan is the only one who actually has a plan of attack and he's, one thing that happens is that he's grilling all his pork and then he takes off the pork. So then Bailey takes over, but then now he wants the grill again and he can't, he can't grill his, his pork because he just wants the pork to be kissed by the fire, which is

all he says all season long. He's like, I just want this to be kissed by the fire. And so he has to fry it instead. So then I was like, Oh God, the fryer. So he's going to be fucked. I thought so too. I thought for sure he was gonna be fucked on this. And Shwe is like, oh my God,

this is giving me so much anxiety. And Bailey's saying that grilling is taking longer. So I don't know if my mushrooms are gonna be ready. Oh God, I would just wish I had some uncooked peas to cook up for them to give them to eat. That'll pass me. So, time's up, Tristan serves his. These are beets that were braised and glazed in a shadow.

Many a piece, smoked beet puree and beet picklies and pork belly that's been glazed in the reduction of the beet. And, Schwy is on the side. I like Shwai was at that he couldn't tell a grandma story right now. He's like, I'm happy that I'm in the finals, but I'm sad that I can't add some grandma concepts. One time I came home with a C in school and my grandma beat me. I could have totally saved that story for today.

So Tristan was talking about how he smoked it like, and then Cesar made his beet tostada. He says, it brings a smile to my face, you guys all eating it with a knife and fork. Well, it's better than Gail's normal method, which is dumping it on her head and saying it's shampoo. I know you didn't just serve them a tostada with grilled beets and chipotle mayo in the semi-finals. Come on, mayo? You can't serve the mayo in the semi-finals.

Why are you doing that? So then Bailey did grilled beets dressed with balsamic and sherry brown. Get the fuck out of here, bro. She made a salad. And it just was like a mess on the plate. Kristen's like, how did you cook your beets? Did you cry into them?

Cause I'm about to right now. And Bailey's like, well, I always do them and I grill them, I don't know. I didn't even realize we had a beat course to do until about five minutes ago. All right, Tristan wins this one by far. He gets six votes, Cesar gets three, and Bailey gets a zero.

That's embarrassing, Bailey, damn. But you made a salad also. Bailey, I'm getting very, can you tell? I'm getting very frustrated with the semifinals. This is just not good enough. All of you go home and start again. Bring back Katiana. I just want to see what Katiana would make.

I want to watch her poke little flowers out of dough, okay? Well, Bailey, you know, I liked where you're going with this, but the big flaw was that this was more cheese forward than it was beat forward. Yeah, like Gail at her prom, trying to dance. They're like, why'd you bring out the cheese cart for this dance? They're beats playing, be more beat forward, Gail. Oh yeah, Bailey, I'm sorry, two cheese forward.

And so Andrea voted for Caesar and she was like, yeah, beetroot was cooked very, very nice. That's it. Okay, so this is our, Kristen enjoyed it. She found the tostada to be on the greasier side and the beet was getting lost. So it was just a little bit thicker. Okay, okay, goodbye.

So Tristan does a cartwheel, which I was shocked by. I was like, is that CGI? That was amazing. I didn't know anyone on Top Chef ever could do a cartwheel, but they did it. I never thought I'd see Tristan do a cartwheel, but he did a great cartwheel. It was great, it was beautiful.

I can't do it. I've never been able to do a cartwheel. Me neither. I used to be able to do somersaults, but now I can't do somersaults anymore because I feel like I'm going to break my neck. I can't even bend over to reach the soap when I drop it. So Bailey's like, well, no votes, but you know,

I was in last chance kitchen. I'm not gonna let that stop me. So let's do this. So now it's time for the Gorgonzola showdown. So Cesar is going to do this squash casserole with Mornay sauce, Rebecca, which is named after Rebecca de Mornay. I'd like to add.

It's her contribution to the culinary world. Rebecca DeMornay. Please welcome my dear friend, non-Oscar nominee and person who was famous for a little bit in the 90s and also sauce pioneer, Rebecca DeMornay. Sorry, Rebecca, I'm welcoming you from up here because you're not dead yet. Hey, can someone walk Rebecca over to the bell?

Hey, Rebecca, congratulations. I found your career. It's up here in heaven because it died a long time ago. So they get Bailey's, they're seeing Bailey brulay her Gorgonzola and Kristen's like, is she brulay Gorgonzola again? It didn't work the first time. don't do it the second time. Yeah, that's what I told Gail,

but she wore that dress again. Fun fact, Gail actually brulees her deodorants. With her armpit. It's hot, hot pit coming forward. It's funny because when I turned on the HBO Max television show, The Pit, I thought I was just going to see Kale's underarm. So Kristen, time's up, utensils down. Time to serve, sis-ar.

Butternut squash casserole. I know you guys haven't had enough butternut squash today. So, and then I made us a corgansola casserole. Delicious, right? Semi-finals. On the side is pesto made with sage and corgansola. So it's an ode to the Midwest, you know, which is probably something really popular here in Italy.

Casserole. Why, why would you do an oath? Like your, your top chef career hangs on this. And you're like, this is the moment you're going to do an ode to the Midwest. And then if that's not bad enough, he's like, and this isn't even my, this isn't even my recipe. It's my chef to cuisine. And I'm always thinking about him because I know he's working his ass off right now, you know, like really living that casserole life

and this is one of his recipes. So I wouldn't be here without him. I would just be serving like chip chips and not songy chips. So I hope that you like this stolen recipe. Enjoy everybody. Cesar, why don't you just fucking go home now? You've been trying.

I have no doubt that a butternut squash and gorgonzola casserole is absolutely delicious, but it just doesn't feel like the right thing to serve right now. Maybe it's better to put it in the end. I have many doubts that that is delicious, first of all. Gorgonzola and butternut squash casserole, gross. Give it.

And why are you serving it? Oh wait, what? You think that sounds gross? Yes. I think it sounds wonderful. Sweet and gorgonzola? I'm into it. You know, I don't Sweet and gorgonzola. I'm into it. You know, I don't love cooked gorgonzola.

I love blue cheese, but I don't love it hot and melty. The truth comes out. Yeah, I don't. The truth comes out. Well, yeah, it can be a lot. You have to do a spurt. And then the casserole is just wet and gooey, and I don't know, I don't like that.

I don't like that for my gorgonzola. And I love gorgonzola, but you know, I hold it in very high regard and how it should be eaten in a casserole with butternut squash or in a casserole at all. No. It's a no-go. So Bailey is like, well, I mean,

polenta gratinata with gorgonzola dolce brulee. And they're like, oh God. Well, why did you choose to do the bruleed gorgonzola again? Did you not remember that we all gagged and even, even Gale gagged? Wow. That was a good one, Kristen. I didn't even think you were on team anti-Gale. Love to see it. And Alenia's like, well, Declan doesn't even like Gorgonzola and his plates are cleared. Oh, well, hand them the, hand her the metal. Declan liked it.

Yeah. Declan. So yeah, I think I like organs Ola now Wow That's like me saying I like the full Rebecca de Mourney back catalog now never gonna really happen You can like it more than Gail we caught Gail Gail can Zola Exactly Fuck Gail Galkenzorla. Exactly. Both these dishes felt like the two of you. So whatever happens, you guys have done a great job. Okay, wow. Olympians, get the fuck out of here. We don't need you here anymore.

Go back to your real careers, okay? Be more fascinating there than you were here. Okay, thanks. So Bailey's saying, you know, she's worked so hard to be where she is and she's just trying to mentally prepare for whatever happens. So now they're, they're now they're debating. So Kristen's like, well, both Bailey and Cesar made unique dishes, which is my way of saying

what a shitty final dish before our finale. Am I right? Everyone to pretty much. Yeah, pretty much. And Gail's like, whoa, they were so rustic, very comforting. And they were warm. They were actually, you know, they didn't sit for 90 seconds like schweiss, so they should win, both of them. Well, I guess that explains why Gail shoving her dish

into a duvet cover. Wow, really thought they were warm and comforting, didn't you? Well, I thought it was composed. It was interesting. It was creative, even though it looked homey. You know, it looked homey. Why are we saying homey so much?

Can we stop saying homey? They're really trying so hard to sound like this was very elevated. Yeah, I think these judges are like, what do we do? We've done this to ourselves, and now we're in a finale, and all this shit. So what do we do? Well, the squash was cooked beautifully. and now we're in the finale and all this food is shit. So what do we do? Well, the squash was cooked beautifully and in those two very different ways, they were lovely. They were lovely in a homey, sad, soup kitchen kind of way.

You know when you go to soup kitchen, you think, isn't this nice? We're serving people who are less fortunate and it's lovely. That's kind of what this food tasted like, soup kitchen food. Okay, so Kristen's like, it's gonna be tough to send somebody home, but we have to and we've made up our minds. Let's bring the chefs out here.

You know what chefs, you were eliminated. Some of you were eliminated this season. Oh, both of you, both of you sucked at some point this season. And then this need for more money came in called Tom, Last Chance Kitchen, where I get to stay and let you get another chance. And then I almost gave it to Katiana, who probably was more worthy than both of you, and I let her go to give the pickle ice cream guy another shot. Wow, what a mistake. So I guess you can blame me, or you can blame yourselves. I don't really care. I get paid anyway.

Uh, Padma? Padma? Ah, well, say sorry. Please, back your knives and go. We didn't also mention that, I mean, Kristin was so out of control with the tears even before the judging when she was like, you guys both cooked tremendously. And also I just want to say to our Olympians, it was an honor having you both here, all four of you here. Everyone, I wish you the best of luck in Milan I will be cheering you on and ugly crying is like

Not for nine months Kristen Just like it an honor to be around you knowing that you'll be in that bobsled soon enough. Oh Yeah, Kristen cried this whole Final part of the thing she wouldn't stop like all right, Chris every single thing It's like and to the electrician who came to fix that light that went out during the judge part of the thing. She wouldn't stop. Like, all right, Chris, every single thing is like, and to the electrician who came to fix that light that went out during the judge. Great work. Great, great work. To the Gorgonzola itself. I really, I didn't think that you were going to make it. I was mad about having to eat you brulee again, but you did it, buddy.

You did it. Congratulations Gorgonzola. And Gale's like, I just want to say, Caesar, thank you. Thank you so much. It's been an incredible journey getting to know you also. Wow, even you're crying, Gale. No, I just still have some of that spicy sauce that you sent me and me. I haven't really gotten over it. And Caesar's like, I'm just telling myself over and over like, how proud I am of me. You know, I got to go to Europe for the first time. I got to see myself grow as a person.

I'm just bummed. But what are you gonna do, right? Maybe not tell everybody that you're not even cooking your own casserole, Cesar. For fuck's sake, bro. So Bailey is gonna go. I was shocked that Bailey went. I have to say, I'm shocked. I was shocked that Bailey went. I have to say I'm shocked.

I don't think Bailey sucks. I think the thing that sucks the most about Bailey is she has this lack of self-confidence that is, I think it's hard to take her seriously on something like this. And like a lot of the comments I read about her online are not nice. And I think if she was a really confident,

especially male chef, let's be honest, but if she was like a Masamo type coming in and cooking house, she is like, I was amazing, I did polenta two times because I fucking wanted to, because polenta is amazing. You know, if she had that kind of attitude, she'd probably be like winning this hands down

and it wouldn't feel like such a shock. But I think because of her like, mm, mm, it does seem shocking. I'm shocked that she's in the finals. I'm shocked because she started off the season so badly. I mean, when she got eliminated earlier in the season, it seemed like, well, we knew that was coming

because she was sort of really flopping. So then when she actually won Last Chance Kitchen, it was like Bailey won last chance kitchen. Cause remember she went up against that guy who made the chicken sandwich, who seemed like he was really good in the beginning of the season. And then he had like that one bad dish.

So I was shocked that she came back and then she kept on doing well. She had some moments where she did really well and some moments where she was like mediocre. It just was surprising that Bailey's made it all the way to the finals. I was actually even surprised Cesar came back from last chance kitchen too.

I thought for sure it'd be Katiana. So, yeah, me too. Surprising, but we have the finale. The grand finale is going to be this week. So we'll see who wins. Watch Bailey win the whole thing. You never know. This show's crazy. You never know what could happen on this show. There've been a lot of, there's been a few winners that have been like, huh? That'd be a shocker if Tristan doesn't win, but I don't know. There could been a lot of, there have been a few winners that have been like, oh. If Tristan doesn't win, that'd be a shocker if Tristan doesn't win. But I don't know, there could be a Bailey upset.

You never know. Or Shwey, Shwey has been on a hot streak recently. In the middle of the season, he kind of like, it started to feel like, okay, Shwey's out of his depth. He was sort of really good in the beginning, and then in the middle, he just sort of started to become mediocre. It's like, okay, he like went as far as he could go,

but now the show's getting to be too big for him. And suddenly he's come back and they do love, they do love a comeback story, but I think it's gonna be Tristan. I mean, who would be fooling? It's gonna be Tristan, right? I think it's gonna be Tristan, but Tristan is so confident to the point of overconfidence

that they might pull the rug out from under Tristan because that's what the show does. I mean, he's very overconfident and I feel like the audience is very confident for him. I mean, I think he's gonna win. I think it's gonna be a huge upset if he doesn't win. And I think he deserves to win. I think he deserves to win too.

But the show fucks with you, you know? And it's like- I know. You never know. I mean, that would be so cruel. This guy did not even go to his father's funeral to stay on Top Chef. And if it's not that like you deserved one because of that, but like, you know, that on some level, it's a food competition.

I mean, if you're, you know, if you have to cook the food, so we'll see. We will see. Okay, well everyone, thanks for being here. Join us for a crappy hour later tonight. We've got a lot of stuff to talk about. If this actually up in time. You can listen to the replay and go to WatchWhatCrapins.com to get your tickets to our final two shows of the year. Get them before it's too late. Bye everyone. Bye.

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