Watch What Crappens - Top Chef: Collective Soul

Episode Date: May 3, 2022

This week on Top Chef, the chefs must cook a monochromatic Quick Fire dish before pouring their soul into the elimination challenge. All in the style of a FRIKADELLEN!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hey, Prime members, you can listen to Watch What Crapins Add Free on Amazon Music. Download the app today. Get ready for a double load of Queen of Hearts. It's me, Jujubee, and I return to guide sexy singles through some ronchy blind dates. Cameras off. Voice only. Launching during pride. Queen of Hearts takes Miami by storm, with Daeders' Cuppe from Tampa Bayes, Just Chas, and Brittany Brave to name a few. Follow Queen of Hearts on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello and welcome to Watch Our Crappins, a podcast about all that crap on Bravo that we just love to talk about. I'm Ben Mandelker and joining me today is the one and only the wonderful and talented Ronnie Karam. Hi Ronnie. How are you? Why don't you sweet tart? I'm good. How's it going with you?

Oh, I am great. I just right before this, I just, I had a Macrittle, you know, and so that's like really powering me right now and on top of that I watched the first two segments of the latest below deck down under which is like fueled me With so much rage. I didn't tell you this beforehand. I want to surprise you like as you were before we started recording You were like I am holding onto all this rage I just wanted to like blah, and I'm like little does does runny know. I am full of rage right now, but I'm gonna surprise him with my rage because watching Blow Deck down under,

whoo, that chef, Magda, oh my God. Like I am seeing Red, seeing Red from that show. Yeah, he seems like a real, real asshole. Yeah, he has filled up with my rage on the regular Blow Deck sailing on Bravo. So I need, I filled up with my rage on the regular below deck sailing on Bravo. So I need I need time between my rage. Yeah. I got a nice like I got a nice like mainline shot of the rage from the first two segments of the latest episode. So that's that's the spirit that I'm going into today's episode. We are talking top chef actually speaking of chefs speaking of chefs

top chef. We're going to talk about that. We're going to recap that just a gentle reminder that tonight is take a seat night on Spotify live. Just you can use download the app and join us there. 10 o'clock on the East Coast, 7 o'clock on the West Coast. Talk about all the latest bravo gossip and whatever other gossip that's on our minds. And we talk you talk. It's a whole big fun thing, okay? So go join us for that. We always have a very fun time

for that. And also, the real housewives of Atlanta just premiered and so that will be up later today. So that is all the news. Ronnie, anything else on your mind before we get started with this recap? No, I'm ready to rumble. Let's rumble. Let's use our age. Well, I like that we have all this rage and then we come into the least ragy episode of Top Chef of all time. Hi everybody, we're here to feel things today. You know what I want to feed on? Em on emotions. Give me all of your human emotions and let me just feed on them Hi chefs now that restaurant wars is over It's the time of the season when I pretend to cry when one of you goes home emotions So we open where we stopped last week where the everybody's in the stew room

It's just been a double elimination. Big dumb Jackson has just confessed that he can't smell. I haven't been able to smell this whole time. And if it weren't for those dumb kids, I would have gotten away with it too. Did you see by the way, the previous days were hilarious what they showed Padma saying? Like it's almost as if he's trying to avoid us and they cut right to him just like popping into frame going, hello everyone, just like a random table.

It was the fun, I watched it like three times in a row. Oh, so he's gone. And Jade gives some of her trademark positivity, which I love. She's like, every day is not a great day, but every day I'm making a progress. And I was like, you know, I feel you, because whenever, you know, my nieces are the kids in my life,

but whenever someone younger is like, you know, it's been a hard day. I just say, you know what, life sucks. And that's how it is. And you wake up and it still sucks. And you're still alive. And you just keep going and you try and find ways to make it fun But it never stops sucking so enjoy

Somehow that comforts me the first time somebody gave me that advice that just comforted me. I was like, oh, okay So it's not supposed to be better, you know, I just close I suck I just quote Gina Davis in the long casket night when she told her daughter life is paying suck it up I was like, you know, that really just I don't know if you remember that it's like for prison sure Well, I remember it from my own life before a fly swatter smacked me in the head You know that my mom pulled out of a glove compartment when I was misbehaving and it didn't like really I mean it I was gonna say it didn't smack me as hard as that like the actual

fly swatter. But the advice never like really sunk in until I heard it from somebody else. But I was like, yeah, you know, that's the point. Life sucks. You're just trying to find ways to make it better the whole time. So, you know what? That's all I had. Cold hands. Also by the way, Jay is like very like, she's like, very sad and she's like, you know, she's like, well, it was not a great day, but I'm making progress. And they do have like a flashback to her, like, quote, unquote, not good day. And they're like, Jay, yours was delicious.

You know your way around a sauce, don't you? I'm like, that was like such high praise. And she's like, yeah, it's kind of a shitty day. Jay, they love you. They, they, they anointed you the condiment queen. You have to bathe over in the shaft. That was amazing. She's like, oh my God, my life sucks.

We're gonna call you little Miss Holland days. Sorry, Gail, title revoked. Sorry, Gail, your bath is gonna be empty tonight. Jay's taking all the quick fire and everyone walks in and pal was like how does it feel to survive restaurant wars? Because guess what? Now Gale's gonna sit on each and every one of you survive that. Well now we have a guest, Naisha Earrington, not only one, but two of her restaurants were on Jonathan Coles' best restaurant in this. Hi, Naisha. She's like,

hello, I'm a huge fan. This is going to be a really good day. I was like, let's see. Now that's like a positivity. I don't like don't be promising me things. You know what I mean? Let the day decide what it's gonna be. Don't tell me the day's gonna be good. You have no way of knowing.

Niaisha, it's so wonderful that you're back here on Top Chef, being on the Jonathan Gold 101 Best Restaurants list. Wow, sort of sad to think that we can't even say you got a James Beard nomination. Huh, let that sink in a little bit. The first person I haven't said James Beard in front of. My Asia. So panelists like chefs, people have been eating plant-based diets since the beginning of hamburgers.

Now I've eaten a lot of meats since I've been here. So today we're going vegetarian, which I'm very happy about you, Crows. And I was just like, you may have noticed in recent years that a lot of the best restaurants in the world are switching up their styles to celebrate vegetable vegetable in the center of plate instead of the animal protein. Of course, I noticed that, of course, because you said it was the best restaurant in the world. So of course I know I totally noticed that guys. I totally did But today we're going vegetarian and behind us you'll see a bountiful display of beautiful colors of ingredients You'll only be able to use items from one color to create a monochromatic dish

Sort of like when Gale shows up in a puke green jumpsuit Sort of like when Gale shows up in a puke green jumpsuit. Chase the rainbow all of one terrible color of green, one shade of green, 20 shades of the same color of green. Welcome Gale Simmons. It's like someone took skittles and turned them into eggplants and broccoli. Fun. Mm-hmm. So Evelyn pulls black and she's like, what the hell, how is this fair?

Yeah. She's like, it's not on the main board. A black plate of vegetables. I probably, I totally would. And then Padma's like, they're all pulling knives. And then it like eventually, Demar pulls his knife and Padma goes, Demar, and he's like, yeah, I pulled green. Well, you don't look too happy with the green. It's sort of like,

Gail, when she gets the bottom of a bag of bugles. You have the same look on your face as Gail, when we tell her she's about to eat the color green. And he's like, well, I thought I had my happy face on. She's like, that's your happy face. Ha! Well, this is the last immunity of the season. 30 minutes. Duh!

Ha! Ha! Wow, that's your happy face. I guess you've never experienced the comedy in my dear friends. Alley Wong! I think it's because we're about to recap Real Housewives of Itline after this, and I've already got my Kenya red Oh God, that's your happy face more like your stupid face am I right?

Wow, do Mar you happy face is hilarious. Okay time starts now 30 minutes go So Luke, I don't know what happened to Luke today. I don't know if Luke, this is disgusting. So I apologize. I don't know if Luke masturbated the first. Like, I don't know what happened to Luke, but he comes on in the best mood. He's so happy today. I feel like big dumb Jackson was bullying Luke secretly behind the scenes or being like, Hey, what's up?

Noma had a few today to not get any point. Noma? Because now that he's gone, Luke is a different person. Yeah, he has a lot. If he's not even cooking with seaweed this episode, which may be ultimately a downfall. And he's like, I love cooking vegetables. It's always a challenge to be able to cook a vegetable.

And it makes you forget you're not eating meat. I mean, once you can do it, it's a beautiful thing. You know, like, cooking with vegetables. I'm like, Luke, stop reaching for the mushrooms and see we did the meat so we know you want to. We know you want to. Yeah. Yeah, he came like a different person today.

I don't know, but I don't trust people who just suddenly become happy. And neither does Potpa, actually, because she's like, wow, look at the ooc. The whole day she makes comments on Luke. And he different condos she's con but she's also so condescending about the whole episode she's like wow look congratulations you finally learned how to use a wooden spoon I knew you could do it so Jake gets read and she's gonna make some kind of jam with strawberry and yeah thing. And she tells us that her uncles were farmers,

so growing up she would farm with them. And she's like, I was a baby laborer. Uh-oh. Which I love child labor. So it's like, you go. Okay. I only want a baby to teach it how to use the swiffer. And then Ashley's like working on a currentried cauliflower puree and then Evelyn's working

on she's gonna make an eggplant soup and she's saying like God it's you know one thing that's really hard with a lot of these like black fruits and vegetables is that they're black on the outside but they're light on the inside. I just don't know like how to darken it without like using like black like squid ink or black powder. I'm like girl just char everything like Just char the hell out of every single thing. Oh, that's true I think she ends up doing the smart thing and just using black beans because those things stain everything

I get a lot because I'm vegetarian so I use a lot of black beans and it's like okay Wow you guys are really serious about turning everything black around you. I love your dedication to it. We love it. We're turning this entire dish black. Way to go being face. So then let's see. Evelyn, yeah. Eggplant soup sounds horrifying, you know, not a huge eggplant fan. And soup sounds not great either, but you know, she's my favorite. So I'm hoping it's okay.

Nick got orange. So everyone's jealous he gets to use sweet potatoes. Yeah. And then Buddha got white. So he's doing like cauliflower and cheese and stuff like that. And Luke is again, you're right. He's like very enthusiastic. He just keeps announcing that he loves cooking with vegetables.

He's like, I love cooking with vegetables. He just keeps on saying that over and over again, which is funny because ultimately he winds up making a meatloaf later, but whatever. He's fine. He can lie to us. It's all right. So he's so smiley.

I just every time he talks, I write he's smiley the day. I'm like that person in the office. It's like, why is he smiling? Like I'm immediately suspicious. I've been, the editors do the office. It's like, why is he smiling? Like, I'm immediately suspicious. I've been, uh, the editors do that thing where they're like, let's make some drama where there's no drama. Like a one point like Luke turns around and starts like running to the fridge or something. And he like bumps into Buddha and the music is like, Oh, boom!

Like I made it sound like, like he had a knife in his hand and just like stab Buddha right in the stomach, you know? like he had a knife in his hand and just gonna add some freeze dried peaches to my dish. I'm like, uh, not sure how that is ever gonna be a good idea on top chef. You know they hate frozen shit, first of all. And second of all, like her whole dish was like corn and all these savory things,

then she's gonna throw in freeze dried peaches. She sometimes like really makes me scratch my head. There's an odd attachment to peaches, a season. I feel like there's been peaches and a lot of things that there shouldn't be peaches. Like why are we suddenly leaning on peaches? Okay, let's not leaning on peaches guys. I think we've learned our lesson in real life.

Yeah, I always think of the very first season of Hell's Kitchen where the finalists, I mean, of course there's never good food on Hell's Kitchen. I have watched it in years, but I just always of the very first season of Hell's Kitchen where the finalists, I mean, of course, there's never good food on Hell's Kitchen. I have watched it in years, but I just always remember the finalists with this idiot guy, and he made a steak, and then he put peaches on it, and he put, but he cut them in this very amateurish way.

He cut them into little discs, and put three discs on the steak, like, symmetrically placed. And it just was like the, it was just like the shlockiest stupidest, it made the food network look like top chef. And I just, that's what, when I think of people adding,

it's like unnecessary peaches to a dish, I just always think of that guy. And I'm like, you're following in this man's footsteps. Yeah, the unnatural peach addition. I think that's a good way to say it. Like last week someone did a... What do you call the rough? It's like a ceviche with peach. I was like, no, why? No, that's not how it works. No gross, no. I like my brain started to... I mean, I don't like peach. So I don't like peach so I, in general, I'm always gonna reject it. But like, I feel like I can

appreciate when it seems like that's probably a good use of it. And in that case, I just feel like freeze dried peach is also taking it to another level. And I don't, I just, it seems strange to me. I'm so energized by freeze dried fruit because they sell that at Trader Joe's. And every time I'm going on another healthy, my niece won't let me say died anymore. So a healthy eating journey or whatever. I guess that change.

Yes, I get the peaches, or you know, the freeze dried fruits. And then I go home to look up how healthy I'm being, you know, and they're like, those are the most unhealthy fruit you could eat. It's pure sugar. Blah, blah, blah. And I'm like, damn it, I just fruit you can eat, it's pure sugar, blah, blah, blah. And I'm like, damn it, I just ate a whole bag of those, so I feel very upset with freeze dried fruits and vegetables.

I feel like they tricked me. And I just realized that freeze dried peaches are not actually frozen. No, they're freeze dried, yeah, that's like, that's freeze dried. They're just like dried, but still, I still think it's a bad idea to throw in there. Something, I don't think it's throwing a fried droot into, I don't know I still think it's a bad idea to throw in there something I don't think throwing a fried

Drute into I don't know I think it's like very rare when throwing a fried droot into some fried the fried dried I like that like a fried fruit fried fruit Well, I think we've officially exhausted the the peaches Move on idiots I have to say, move on idiots. Sometimes, sometimes you just feel a limit has been reached. We've reached the freeze dried fruit segment of the show, the limit, the glass ceiling of the freeze dried fruit segment. It's like gal going to the bargain bin address bar. It's been exhausted. So Luke, of course, it's like, I've definitely could call a flower like this in Oma. It's pretty hard to beat because it's boiled.

Okay, so now you're going to, you're going to do really well with a recipe you took from Noma. I'm, come on, Luke, I'm trying to root for you, Luke. I know. Exactly. Wow. Congratulations. You can cook a cauliflower.

The generally very forgiving vegetable that is cauliflower. So then now it's time for judging. And so Buddha is up for, so he brings his plate up and Pamicus, mmm, I love a good heart, play. Mmm, got a gale right here, she would eat it. He's like, well, this is a cauliflower,

with cheese, with ba, ba, bada bada bada bada It's too fancy if I don't get it, I'm too simple for him It's wood-fired with garlic, butter and thyme Path-bath and I was like, wow, sounds like gailor to be the salon Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Mmm, delicious! Now you show what do you think? Knowing that your palate is slightly limited in the fact that you're not a James Beard nominee. Oh, nice.

So I'm like, Naisha is so nice. We once did a live audio thing and she totally just came into it and was like, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, and she was so friendly and now we're just begging on her to be in watch for crap and so. Oh, she did?

What did she come in? It was before take a seat. So I had for a fleeting moment back when ages ago, I tried to start up something called Cookbook Club, another platform, and I had like three people in it, and then Naisha came into it, and then Margaret Joseph came into it. It was the weirdest, like 20 person group, and like then some other people came in,

and we talked about air friars, and Margaret's iced coffee, and like Greek restaurants and Los Angeles. It was so bizarre. Wow, that actually sounds like an amazing night. It was great. It was great. And she was wonderful. All of everyone involved was wonderful,

but it was just, that's why I think about when I see her there. I'm like, it's nice. Anyway, this is you. Going on. No, I like it. I didn't know. So Luke is like, I did purple, roasted cauliflower. Did you enjoy doing this? It shows Luke, it shows wow everybody

Let's congratulate Luke for putting something in here that didn't make me run a bar. Okay, Luke well done That's also a Padmas question for the rest of the episode. Did you enjoy this look? Did you like it? Do you want your toy back Luke? You like it? Do you want your toy back Luke? You like it? Does he ask it in such a way like she always does you know like she's about to beat you down like did you enjoy doing this Luke? Well done Luke Geez I asked because all your food seems to be so joyless It's amazing you were ever employed at Noma, let alone Dunkin' Donuts, am I right? So Ashley did yellow-curried Veggie puree and Pat was like, what are the crunchy bits? Now if Gal were here, I would just assume it was Dandruff from her head that it

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but wherever you get your podcasts. You can listen ad ad free on the Amazon music or Wondery app. Freeze dried yellow peach. I'm not going to say anything but I'm going to make this face. I'm just going to nod and look sort of ahead of my plate, but not at my plate. So then tomorrow who had green, he did a he riskless broccoli with nuts and an avocado puree. And um, nice.

She is so nice. She's like, there's so much brightness to this. It's a green. Okay. He got green. Pam and Pam was like, wow, you guys are doing really well. It's like the guy at the golden car out refilling the chafers to Gail. You guys are making our jobs harder. Gail's face is still up at the golden crowd like it's a post office. So Jay and Jay with her red did 20 minutes strawberry beats, which I like the name.

I did 20 minutes strawberry beats. It's a famous term that we only have 20 minutes. Yeah. So was that mean that you were working on some sort of rap song when you say beats? Is that what you're saying? Well, these are the most delicious earphones I've ever eaten in my life. So those are the crunchy bits. I believe that the term you think is not a show about Apple. Apple is the platform that does technology, Jay.

That's okay, you're learning. So then Nick, who had orange, did aie fried rice and Padma said, um, you used pumpkin in this. I like you Nick, so I'm going to refrain from saying, did you mean to use pumpkin in this, but do note that I do appreciate that you took the time to shape every little grain of rice into the shape of Mississippi. That's what you call dedication. I mean, I get loving Cinderella, you know, every night it made night I turned into a gale, etc. But I don't want to eat it. So then Evelyn did a chart eggplant black bean soup and my shirt's like my palette

is balloon. You have blown my palette. You blow it. Okay, Sima Dad, you're not famous enough to make exclamations like that. Okay. Guys, my palette is blown away. There I did it much better. So much for James Beard, apparently. So, this food was delicious, fantastic. I feel great. There were a couple of less successful dishes. You ugly people's Uber at midnight. Just a hint.

Nick, think audience on the plate lacked cohesiveness. It's like that time when Gail should have been swept pants and a ball gown. It didn't make any sense. And that was just like McDonald's. And they're both orange, but God, they have similarities. I just, I can't, I can't. And so they moved to the bat. Oh, and they also didn't like Ashley's very much Point the peach like the freeze-dried peaches. Yeah, you brought those yellow cues and tones to life But the flavor didn't really match the visual it tastes like shit basically next time. Why don't you look into some grains of paradise, okay? If you can find Good, I'm finding some of them is enough to get their hands on that ingredient.

Hey, Nyisha, how many grains of paradise do you have? None. Oh, wow, you might as well just join the other chefs. It's like you're back on the season, whatever the fuck you were on. Am I right, chefs? All right, let's talk about the best. So they choose Buddha because it's called a flower cheesy cauliflower is very elegant. That is menu ready You know it's the same thing I said the first time I had a big Mac That is met that is value menu ready Tomorrow you have a clear vision and supporting ingredients now could you try that happy face again?

Oh poor thing, really. Can barely move those lips, can you? That's so inscracked for you. You have a very clear vision in supporting ingredients for roasted broccoli. And then Patma very sexily, she does her sexy voice for no reason. She is I love the avocado puree on the bottom It was creamy it looked fabulous a reminding you of long and chanting evenings with Daniel De Lewis No my left foot no my left foot no my left foot Wow, you should have seen us dancing We were many ready. I'm telling you that Now my left foot. Wow, you should've seen us dancing.

We were menu ready. I'm telling you that. In the name of the father, more like in the name of the menu, that's ready. So then, they loved Evelyn's super bold soup. It was just impeccable. Wow, such a round full. I'm sorry, I was getting gill in one piece

Flavor I meant to end it with I just loved it. I want to also give an honorable mention to Luke Welcome to the party you really earned this mediocre spot in the Luke welcome to the party you got an honorable mention, which is just a reminder that you're still not at the top of the pack. But you're slightly closer. So funny. I'm going to see more of this food and your elimination challenges. Alright, Chef, who's the winner? And the winner is Dormar. And he's like, I'm kind of in shock. I'm super grateful. Wow, now that's a happy face.

You might as well be a penguin worried about global warming. I'm sorry, that was happy feet, but still you get it. As my dear friend, Leah Michelle wants sang in her sixth grade production of some stupid musical, Grace Guy's are gonna clear up, put on a happy potato. I don't't know I don't know the lyrics. I'll try it later on Well Sarah Leah Leah Michelle she really she really galed upward that one Anyway point is tomorrow one. Thank you for looking happy now Please clear the gel mat guest judge your Jonathan cold mentioned no longer matter here. Goodbye. Goodbye, Naisha. So, the pal was like, that was a fun

challenge, but I think we're gonna need something to get to the soul of the matter. For this next one, right everyone? Am I right? No, Gail, put down those shoe soles. Those are not snacks. Today you'll be giving different pairs of gail shoes and you'll have to make the soles tasteful. Good luck with that. Okay, it's welcome. The all-star guest judges for today Don Perrell and Kwame who's got a gold hand later in the episode first to laugh and laugh about. Take a good look at his hand now because of the last time you'll be able to look at it without cracking up. Oh, there's the most happy face again. No.

So today is a Juneteenth challenge called the Friedman Challenge. And we get the history of Juneteenth, which is and Friedman Town, which I did not know the history of this. I thought it was very, I felt like a very bad text. I knew the history of Juneteenth, but I didn't know about Friedman Town. Yeah, fascinating. Yeah, it really was. It was like a good history lesson, which sometimes I don't like learning historic things on reality TV shows, but I was actually like, wow, that was a very good episode. Yeah. We're enjoyed and I learned. Look at that. I totally felt the same way, because I of course have learned about Juneteenth in recent years.

I knew that it like culminated in Texas, but I didn't realize it was Galveston. I didn't realize there was this movement into Houston that created a city within the city. It was all very cool. It was very cool to learn about it. So they're going to be putting on a fundraiser a place called Bethel Church, which is founded by the Sky Jackate, who was like one of the leaders of this movement to Houston. And basically, everyone has to make a dish that speaks to their soul and not necessarily soul food, but just food that's passed down from generation to generation. Right. Like they're kind of soul food, right? Yeah. So she's like, well, this is an important event because attendees will actually be

purchasing tickets to eat your crappy food. So today, um, so they go to the Bethel Baptist Church to me. I just, I'm, oh, sorry. I just have to say, I thought it was so funny because Don and Kwame are like, they're talking to the chefs about like Freeman's town and the Freeman town conservancy, which is the group that they're working with. And like, it almost feels like while they like just barely finish the sentence and Pam just starts walking away and she's like, can't wait to say it's what you'll make

see later. It was like already like across the room, like, bye, I've already spent too much time with these people. I don't have anymore lines, bye. So yeah, so anyway, now they go on tour of Freeman's Town and they go to the Bethel Baptist Church. Yes, and so we get the history of it and basically it was this town that people built for

freed slaves to come to. Like, you know, because what do you do? It's like you're freed from slavery, but you have no job, you have no way to support yourself. You have no, you know, contacts. You have nothing. Right. So this is a town that everybody could come to and they built this whole town, basically around this church for people to come. And they built a whole town, basically. I'm reading through the notes like, yeah, not making a joke about that. Not making a joke about that. Yeah. So basically they're either walking through this church and they're learning about the history. They're getting inspired and talking about the things they want to make.

Like Nick is talking about he wants to make his grandma a salmon cake and things like that. And then finally, get into your BMW XLR 70 Laird's edition everyone. So they get into their cars and they're heading to the whole food and they're talking more about the food that they're going to make. So like, Buddha's talking about how he was going to make his grandma's curry and he's like, just because I do all this cool stuff, like, you know, making a puree in the shape of figure eight to represent an influential aviator. It doesn't mean I don't know how to do something humble. Listen, I can make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich to you in a sous vide machine.

All right. I'm a humble person. So, um, yeah, then Jay talks about how she wants to make like a fish with like a shrimp dish, a shrimp, and I think this is where she talks about how like when she was a kid, she talks about like how like her kid, her mom would like, dib own the fish for her and serve her the fish and she wants to do that. And, and, and I don't know, I was like, please don't serve them baby food, Jay. That's all I wanted. I was like, please, please serve something more than baby food. I was happiest as a baby. Here's some mashed bananas and chocolate

jips and joy. So Luke wants to do his mom's meatloaf and the style of Fricadilla, which is like kind of a meat by crispy meatball. So I'm not worried because everyone's mom's meatloaf is different. I mean, that's a controversial thing to serve meatloaf because when you're like, my mom's meatloaf is the best to eat love. Everybody's mom's meatloaf is the best meatloaf. Everybody's mom's meatloaf is the best meatloaf. Like, you can't say that. Then someone else has to just their mom by liking your meatloaf. Yeah, also, this is like the point of the episode where I'm going forward.

Like, it feels like every three lines is the phrase in the style of Frickadelah. I'm like, please stop saying in the style of Frickadelah. It was every single thing that's like, now, chefs, are you ready for your challenge? Because this challenge is in the style of fricadela. It was every single thing was like now chefs Are you ready for your challenge because this challenge is in the style of fricadela? Look again at those souls she sure is acting frigidella today in my ragu In the style of at least So then

Ashley wants to do a rice dish. She's gonna do a low-country crab rice with her mom's oyster gravy. And Evelyn is gonna do sopes and Shoney's soul, which you know can't really go wrong there. Evelyn just knows how to do it. So Garb's on some meat and some spicy meat. Everything she makes looks amazing every single week. You know? Yep. So now they're just like cooking and cooking and cooking and you know, actually saying how you know, food is what brings people together and chefs have to start seeing themselves

as community leaders. And I don't disagree. I do think that food is 100% the thing that brings us together. But I also just like, there's something funny about like, saying like chefs have to start thinking themselves as community leaders. I'm like chefs already have such, they already believe that they're friggin' rock stars.

I've had so many parents and knives thrown at me by chefs. I mean, I've worked in restaurants by the way. They're so toxic. Yes, I have almost been murdered by chefs. I've been murdered by chefs. I'm not kidding. You know, so the thought of them leading my community scares the shit out of me. Like, I do.

Yeah, do we? Bootha, boo-da-bootha, boo-da-bootha. And I've thrown it my head. I'm like, the guy threw an eye-fit my head. The manager goes, that's an Italian chef. You just move. That was what my manager said, okay? Do you really want Guy Fieri to be the leader of your community? I just feel like

Chefs already have enough of an ego. I don't think we need to like get put the community leader feather in their caps or their jokes I should say So then let's see here Luke is like, you know my when I was a kid, the way my mom got me to try different foods, she made a deal with me. And she said, if I would at least try the food she made, I could choose whether or not to eat it. Really? My mom said, eat that or you're not getting a fucking, fucking snickers. And then she smacked me on the head with a fly swat. Like, you get raised like this. I'm so jealous of kids who get raised like that. I'll put all of that in here. But also, also, like I don't, like he's saying it

as if it was like this revolutionary advancement in parenting, like how many times have you just heard parents say, just try it. And if you try it, like as long as you try it, I won't make you eat any more of it, as long as you try it. Like he's acting like this, just like guys, my mom has this great technique that maybe you never heard

of, which is try it. And then if you don't like it, you don't have to eat it. Wow. Congratulations. Our technique was eat it or die. Okay. Dialogue is starving. Yeah. My mom's technique was you're eating it. And I'm going to sit here on the sofa and watch you until you're done eating

your food. I don't care if it takes two hours. Yeah. Often what? So then I'm boot is doing this for his dad because his dad passed. And this is one of the last things they had together. Beal or stop. It's okay. Beal or you're not in this episode. He's upset because the cleaning guy came and so he's like, Oh my God, I

need to go. I need to go tell him who's boss. No, no, you don't, you don't need to do that. So, Tomara is making something that he describes as the perfect marriage of storytelling. And God bless these chefs for romanticizing what they do. So, I guess that's what you need to do. You need to romanticize your own job. Don't expect other people to do it for you, you know? Yeah. Although I did think it was really cool learning that the origin of hoakes was that they were literally cooked on like the origin of hoakes was that they were literally cooked on

Like the blade of a hot hoe like I thought that was pretty cool That poor girl Bueller is No one me. I'm so sorry Bueller what do you have to say for yourself? Please welcome James beard award nominee for best Dog who has a restaurant in his brain, Bueller. And I make him sound so evil. The truth is he doesn't want to go stay whose boss he wants to go give him kisses. You know, that's all he wants. He's like, why are you robbing me of this? I could be over there giving kisses. This is the perfect marriage. Start telling and ruining it.

What a slutty dog. Talk about a hot hoe. I was playing that was my nickname in high school all the way through this. That's a game where every dumb name that comes up, I say, that was my nickname in high school. OK, it was the first one. Hey, that was my nickname in high school. It's funny.

So, yeah, so Buddha has a sad story about his, it was like really sad story about like his dad and, and this curry, et cetera, and how we got a call to come onto Top Chef the week that his dad passed away. So then, oh yeah, this is where Jay talked about eating, like being a baby and eating fish, and then we have the hoakes. And then they like are wrapping everything up in plastic at the end of the day. And now it's the morning. And we're at Bethel Baptist Church. And the chefs are walking in. It's two hours into the service idiots. And I like evidence take because she's like, I mean, look, this is so this is coming from our soul. Like, how are you supposed to judge that? Like, you, this is, this is coming from our soul.

Like, how are you supposed to judge that? Like, you can't just judge what's coming from someone's soul. My ass you can't, you say your soul sucks, okay? I hate your soul. Okay. Your soul has no taste. It's no different than criticizing anything else, okay? Some people have rotten souls.

Let's see how your soul tastes. Ooh, look at your stupid, stupid soul, gross. I hate your soul. So then their cooking and Tomar has a problem with the hoakes. He's bringing the hoakes and they're like, oh my God, Tomar's gonna go down over hoakes. We get a whole segment of like, is this gonna be Tomar's end, a hoake?

And Luke is telling us that he's going to give people, you know, meatloafs in the style of Fricka delas. I'm like, please stop saying that. I like literally cannot hear that phrase anymore. And Padma is not wearing, I mean, Gail is not wearing the pattern today, which is super disorienting for Padma, because she can't like make fun of the pattern. You know, Gels is wearing like a denim dress and Padma just keeps kind of giving her these legs and I think it shorts her out because she's like, Hopefully though not this one out of the park, this challenge will be a point every time you get to a base, I was in Pada Pada Paz Baseball! Lucas cooking okay! Stop! Stop! Stop! Luke is cooking, okay. Stop!

Luke is cooking, okay. Gail, it's so nice of you to come here today dressed in the style of a friggedella. So, the chef's art serving, did you notice this? The chef's, the judges walk in and there's like a little bar. So, Padma walks up and goes, three per second, please. And then Gail walks up and goes,

yes, and I'll have a per second, too. I'm like, Padma didn't get Gail three per second, please. And then Gail walks up and goes, yes, and I'll have a per second, too. Like Madma didn't get Gail up per second. Oh my God. Madma just gives drunk this whole episode. I think every time we see Padma, she's got like a full per second. I have another. Thank you. Wow, it's such a beautiful day. It's so great to visit this church and look, there's all the space for Gail to run around and Literally roll in the grass look at her having fun there with the dandelions Can you throw a Perseco for Gail, please? Thank you Shall have hers in a bowl doggy bow please so the judges split up into two groups and

Padminton are of course in one group together, because they're always, I feel like they're always in the group's operations. And let's just talk about it. And Tom says something weird in like a big hat. And then Padma's just like, Ha ha ha Tom, okay. Yeah, Padma's with Tom, unless there's a big celebrity

in which case, Tom is with Gail and Padma's with, you know, Lena Ways. Unless there's a big celebrity in which case Thomas with Gail and Padmas with you know, Lena ways so So they first go to the first Gail Kwame and I should go to Nick and he's serving his Nana's Salmon cake with Remalad and Hopp and John salad and The the judges love it. They love the Hopp and John salsa and Gail I just love that kick at the end, that acidic kick that you get.

Okay, we get it. You just get on top, you just stop doing that jig over there, gal, for crying out loud. It's not River Dance. And someone says, I can taste your legacy. I was like, wow.

Back off. My super root. Like, like you're officially too close back off. So yeah, it had acid, it had a kick at the end, it was like a marriage to potma. I heard that, Kale. Okay, stop trying. So then, Jay, Jay, they go to Jaynex and it's her mom's Mama Kim's codfish with Korean soup titto and shrimp bisque and she's like oh my god

This was so comforting when I was young and badminton pulls out her snotty voice to asses me cracked me up She goes does she still make it? Like geez, so why do you say it like that? Wow, are you still just like stuck in your five-year-old self still having mommy It makes you make you fish soup. Jay stupid stupid slow development to Jay It's like actually she visited and She knew that I really wanted this dish and after a 20-hour flight she made me this dish

I'm glad I was wow, jet lag delicious. Thanks Jay, very interesting. Jay, this dish reminds me of the exact opposite of anything Gail has ever worn on the show. Very interesting. So then the judges talk and Tom's like, well, you know, the capital of South Korea is so, and she's got it. Ha ha ha, Tom! Tom! Hold on one second, let me get my cell phone out. Bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, hi, Ali, it's bad.

Yeah, so guess what, Tom made this joke about so, and so, it was a word play. I know says deep it right. I'm in barass Okay, bye, Ali Wow doing something from a childhood really unleash something look it's over there. That's cool Well, don't just stand there. Let's it leash it back up You know, uh, I was like You know, she's, you know, she's like, oh, and that came she's salad on top with the pomegranate. I love that. And Tom goes, yeah, that's like one of those things you taste and you go, where have you

been on my life? You're like, you're like a son who actually wants to continue on my traditions and my skills. Where have you been all my life? So then Evelyn is next and she talks about her so but she made a beat so bad which looks crazy good. And she did Teresa with charge pineapple and pureed black bean, which I was like wow, she really committed to the black beans today. She's like, you know what? I'm sticking with the black bean puree. Yeah, I'm just going to keep going with it. And they loved it. And, um,

Kendrick pressed it. She used it too. They're like out of nowhere. It's like, here's Kendrick, and he loves it. Oh, and the gas is so impressed by the use of the vegetable and a churriso. And she's an ambulance says, yeah, my mom used to do that. And I'm like, mom, you can put vegetables in it, but like, we're still eating a soapy, you know? That's right. And the guest goes, yeah, it's like the illusion of health. I love that. So then, the councilwoman and the mayor of Houston dropped by, they like walked by the judges' table and Tom's like, oh, hey, Mayor, how's it going? And this council lady, she's wearing these like,

she's wearing these sunglasses like a blue frame or like a bright blue frame. Just like, like the far side. And she's like, I just wanna say, thanks for being here and supporting, you know, this wonderful cause. It means so much to have you. No autographs, please.

None, please keep moving, keep moving. I'm really sorry. I need one second. Okay. You learn. Give him kisses. Okay, you get it out of your system. Okay, come back and I will leave him alone.

Okay. Okay. And now he's fine. You know what I'm saying? Yes, I did it. He's like running in circles, whacking his tail. Sorry, everybody. So professional.

I feel like I'm going to keep that in there. I think everyone's going to really enjoy the moment of like, oh, he wants to give more kisses today. He wants pets. He wants pets now because he gave kisses. So he needs a gold medal to live or to him. Commissures. Here comes one right now.

OK, so then we move over to what were you saying about the mayor's council lady, the council lady? I don't know, she's not famous enough to stop by this table, so keep it moving glasses. So Demar's hoakes, so he did hoakes and collared greens. The hoakes turned out great everybody. Okay, let's not worry about the hoakes. I was a big drama earlier, butar's hoakes. So, he did hoakes and collared greens. The hoakes turned out great, everybody. Okay, let's not worry about the hoca. I was a big drama earlier, but everything's fine. And I like when Padma was eating the hoake, she'd like, for sure puts in her mouth, she blows on it.

She's like, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh's like, oh, blub it, cool tab. Mm-hmm. And they say when the greens hit the cornbread, that was a match made in heaven. It's almost like the perfect marriage of storytelling. Is it guys? Isn't it guys? Yeah.

It's like when a twist, there hits the gravy for Gale. Am I right? You know, it's like how a few simple things put together can be so great. Yeah, and a few simple things put together can also be so awful. Gail, you want to take this one? Do a spin, Gail. Oh God, it's like when she raids her Kool-Ak collection and tries to make an ensemble. Oh dear. Well, you know, I can't see sending anyone home today. I mean, everyone's soul tastes delicious.

So far, bring down Jackson back. We'll just get rid of his mouth smelling ass again. Yeah. So then they go up to Nick and Tom's like, so, Nick, you missing home right now? I'm only asking because you've shaped the seven cake into what appears to be the state of Mississippi again. So I'm only asking because you've shaped the 7k into what appears to be the state of Mississippi again. So I'm missing it. He's like yeah I just want to show my Mississippi.

And Padman's over with Evelyn and she's like wow I love the magenta color it's I it's just beautiful it's absolutely beautiful. Gail come over here see you need to dress more like a soapy. That's the key. Ha, ha, ha. Ha. So someone tells Joy, tells Jay that Joy emanates from her eyes. And we just see kind of cuts to the judges, the other judges who we didn't see judging dishes,

get to taste those dishes and stuff. So then we see Ashley's crab rice oyster gravy. And she talks about how her mom was appellation and she would make boggy rice, which meant her rice was wet. That's funny. And I knew this was gonna be trouble. Yeah. I just knew.

I just knew it's like my rice is wet on purpose because you know that chefs are like, Wait, did you mean to make this rice wet? Did you mean to? Did you mean to make this rice wet? Did you mean to? Did you mean to break this, this rice is broken? Huh, I just choke on my Padma. I'm like, huh. I like to padma with choke on broken rice.

I'm dying. This broken rice is killing me. I love this broken style rice. This boggy style rice, it's funny because we have a boggy style judge. Gail, come show, show everyone your look. Oh, so Don is not too into it. She wanted crispy bits of crab and she said the oyster gravy is fine, but that the

texture really didn't come through from rice or anything else. And Adam was like, yeah, I don't really eat rice. It's doused like this. And Tom says, you know, she took two things she loved And she didn't need two things, you know, you're gilding the lily there. Okay, I just need one thing that you love and Some dedication until you achieve the goal of getting the thing that you love. Okay, well there you go mixing five things in a shaker Just like I told you not to do. This is not even a good martini. You've ruined your life for nothing. Thank you.

Wow, taking two things you love and gilding the lily with them, that's almost like, I don't know, a pocket squaring, a fed hat, Tom. So then, a local celeb meets a gal, and he's like, this food is grounding, and it's liberating.

It's grounding, liberating food. And Kwame is like, yeah, this is top chef. And then we see Kwame's gold hand. And I was like, Kwame is going to take

over this entire episode. I know Kwame is, it's almost like a Michael Jackson glove, but it's not, it's like actually just full of lots of charms. It reminds me of the face covering that Asa used to wear on Shazza Sunset, but it's just like that. The difference is that I get sort of feels like Asa is rooted in some sort of cultural movement, and I don't know, maybe Kwame's is, but it just looks like he's just trying to be very fashion forward. So part of me was like, uh-huh, he has a gold hand, that's stupid.

And the other part was like, I wish my hands could fit into a gold glove like that. I want a gold glove that sort of makes gentle clinking sounds. Yeah, I like it. You know, and then he's got his nail painted on that hat. It's like take that hand series, you know. It was very good. It was a very good hand.

Like over to Luke and Padman's like, wow, what is Frickadika and is he married? Is this called Freakaliek? What's that? No, Frickaduka? What? I'm so confused. Say it again. Say it again, Luke. It's my mom's meatloaf. Frick-a-dola, so. Wow. I took them.

She must be so proud of you for finally figuring out how to cook something. Some I decent on this show. I took a meatball and then I put some white cheddar gravy on the meatball. She's like, oh don't be shy with the mashed potatoes. Don't be shy with the mashed potatoes. That was Gills Wedding song. You might recognize that beautiful singing voice from my previous film musical work in the future film musical glitter which also is a reference to Kwame's new glove. So she's like a lot of butter Luke, a lot of butter.

Okay and he's like, yeah, that's how I'd like to eat it at home. So Tom, when they're in private time, Tom's like, God, you know, that Luke, he's been all over the place. You know, he's gone from the bottom to almost the bottom, the bottom again, to almost at the bottom. And I know he's probably near the bottom, but you know what's not, the bottom are almost a bottom. So that's something, right? It's so great that he's barely qualifying

to even be a production assistant on the show. I'm so proud of him. Yesterday Luke broke out of his shelter. Let me tell you. He's like, well, you know, that's that the meatball needed more fat. You know, like he needs to be more authentic though, in general, like today, because today he was authentic. I mean, he was blind.

It was white. We didn't really love it, but you know, at least it's him. He was a little tight. He was a tight little meatball, a tight meatball in the style of a frickadella. That was my nickname in high school, tight little meatball. In the style of a frickadella. By the way, I feel like we have not paused to really appreciate. Like, why don't you at that point just make, I feel like you either make meatloaf or you make a meatball.

Like, I think if you're gonna do a meatloaf in the style of a meatball, just commit to saying it's a meatball, right? Like, there's, there's different textures. But like, if there were a thing as a meatloaf meatballs, I think that what they would have happened already. It's like when Watts' face grilled potatoes. Like, you know, this would have been discovered by now. I think his idea of, you know, every meatball

is gonna chase like the corner, the crispy corner of mom's meatloaf. Okay, a, your mom's meatloaf was kinda made. Like, I don't think it was right. It shouldn't be crispy at the corners, right? It's not a brownie. Like, I had to really think about it. And I was like, do I like the crispy corners?

And this is my meat and a lot of meat loaf in my life. I've never had a crispy corner of the meat loaf. I mean, the meat loaf is mixed with onion, ketchup, well, in my family, we all do different, but the secret ingredient is always ketchup over the carom family, okay. I know, I like how you said that as if like, I just wanna be respectful to other meat loaves out there. Because know, I like how you said that as if like I just want to be respectful to other meatloafs

out there. Because some people are like, catch up that's disgusting. But when I saw Mama Dee do that on Dallas when she's like the sacred and greatie, kids. That's the damn truth. I thought it was weird later on when Tom was like, well, everyone else, the best part, the meatloaf is the crispy part. I was like, wait, what? Since when? Yeah, I've never had that. Hello everyone else, the best part of the meatloaf. Is the crispy part. I was like, wait, what?

Since when? Yeah, I've never had that. Because the meatloaf is not crispy, it's like, brady. There's some not crispy parts, but I never, I don't think, to me, I don't think that's the signature quality of a meatloaf. It's like when I've had a crispy part, it's nice,

but it's not. It's usually the top when I've had a crispy, you know? Yeah, it's like, I don't know. I don't even know. I think this seems your part, the best part of the meatloaf is maybe just the flavor. I don't know. I like the top, like the top of it mixed with it.

Yes. So anyway, I was confused by the crispy meatloaf. But anyway, if you're gonna do that and you're gonna do it in the form of a meatball, when you have a meatball that's like that, you're like, this is burned. This is not burned meat to get that crisp. It does not taste good.

Everyone's had burned meat before. It's hard. You know, it's not crispy, it's hard. It'll break the empty. On a meatball, I think you do want some like browning, you know? Like that's like a nice thing for a meatball. But yeah, I don't know about the crispy. I was actually a little burnt. What? Yeah, I mean, I's a nice thing for a meatball. But yeah, I don't know about the crispy, I was actually a burnt, what?

Yeah, I was a little confused over how that was what the issue was going on with this situation. Like, I was like, or were they mad that was the meat loaf, was the ball, was the fricadilla, was it to burnt, was it not burnt enough, was it soggy from the sauce, was it not soggy? I was just, it didn't make any sense to me.

Yeah, I mean, look, it's a white, it's a burnt meatball with white cheese sauce on top. Like it just doesn't sound great. So then, um, Buddha, you're so sacked. There I said it. So then Buddha is talking about his grandmothers curry. And, um, he's like, you know, I actually finished earlier and I was going to do something else, but I didn't want to overthink it. I'm like, are you kicking us out of your restaurant? Jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle. It's Christmas time. So, um, yeah, but they basically,

Kwame, they think that like Buddha's courage, that components on their own, T.C. Great, but together, they don't really, the sum is not greater than the parts or whatever. So then we just see Luke serving more of his meatloaf in the form of frigate. Lee literally says it like two more times. Just like, please never say that again. So everybody seemed to do really well because one group of judges didn't really

love Ashley's crab. Yeah, right, Stash. But then the other group of judges didn't really love Ashley's crab. Yeah. Right, Stash. But then the other group of judges loved it. So it's confusing. You know, we don't know what's going to happen now. So then we go to the judges convening and nice. It's like, my soul cup is filled.

Wow. I'm just cute. Guess you're, guess you can't say the same for your James Beard Award nomination cup, huh? This is gonna be so hard. I'll do it so well. I don't want to kick anyone out. Gail, please pack your spoons and go. Gail, please pack your mud pies and go. So it's a stir room everybody's happy. We killed it today and always so meaningful. How are they even going to do this? And so the judges table, Gail still,

Gail's like, I'm going to have my mad face today. Gail, it's a soulful episode. Could someone please stop dangling that champagne, that broken champagne glass I threw it gail early in front of a face. It's very angry. Gale, this is the part of the season where we pretend to have an attachment to these people, okay? So that means you look like you're about to cry, but you're not actually going to because they're just too poor and unfamous to shed a tear for.

Well, you know, you guys did your family food and it was all along a great day. You know, some of your families are more talented than other parts of your families. But, you know what, you know, here's to even untalented family members. Buh-buh. Yep, we know we have to, you know, it's just great having all these chefs standing in front of you and you're taking recipes that have been passed down and made them your own. Which is something I can only imagine. Is a wonderful feeling for your parents. I don't know that. that have been passed down, made them your own, which is something I can only imagine

is a wonderful feeling for your parents. I don't know that. It's personally because I have not come up with my own Vod Katana Crescepies. Yeah, I've never passed down a Long Island iced tea recipe, but somehow my child knows how to do that. So, you know, good for him, good for him. I'm still proud.

Still proud in the abstract. Still proud. Still proud. So. Oh, and Don, Don's like, I saw nothing but joy with you guys. That's what cooking from your soul means. No, it's not. Not everybody has a joyful soul, okay?

Especially the chef's soul, okay? I mean, if you want, if you're gonna cook me a chef's soul, I want something made out of heroin and boxed wine. Okay, that's it. And I know the way that chefs just get so sanctimonious about cooking from the soul, or like this is what cooking means to me. Cooking from the soul means cooking from the heart.

I'm like, well, what does that mean? Everyone's, like, I just always get so funny. Like, oh, you know, I cooked something that I didn't care. Well, I guess people do cook things that I don't care about, but I just feel like cooking them in the heart, I just still feel like it sounds very nice, but it doesn't really mean anything. I just feel like if I said,

this is my personality on a plate, you don't wanna eat that. I'm probably poisoning you. You know? You just have to be careful with people's souls So Pat and it's like, boo, that he did a beautiful job But I would have you know out of ten. This is something I'll never say around gal, you know Modeling any sort of an outfit turn the heat up, you know, I would have turned the heat up

Turn the heat around see I can sing. I can't. Manic, did you know that you wanted to do salmon cake? That's a trick question, so maybe suggest that you stumbled into the salmon cake? Yeah. Did you know right away that you wanted to do this? Or do you have to think about it a long time? Were you tricked into doing salmon cake? Or did you know you wanted to do this or do you have to think about it a long time. Were you tricked into doing salmon cake or did you know you wanted to do salmon cake? Did someone seduce you into doing salmon cake? Was it my beauty?

Who tricked Nick? Who told Nick it was a salmon cake challenge or did he know of Jossana's own? Well the flavor was great and the star of the dish was the beans. It was the beans. What a star. You know, wow, I great and the star of the dish was the beans. It was the beans. What a star, you know. Wow, I'm the greatest star. I am by far. And you know what?

Chickpeas know it. That's it. That's it. The star was the beans. And Gail's like, you packed a lot of flavor into that salmon cake. There was a lot of panko though. And the texture of the salmon was lost, but I'd love the pure flavor that was imparted into the saunquky bread that I ate

in place of the salmon. So thanks for that. Gail, are you sure that wasn't just your deodorant yet you're complaining about? She does use Panko under her armpits. It's very sad. Salmon Panko. Mmm, delicious. Gail must be going out tonight. You know, I've heard of Rykart, but Gael actually uses wrong guard. This is, so Dawn's like Luke, you know, your dish meant a lot to you, but your meatball set.

So I'm so sorry about your Secky soul. Okay, I have a tight meatball. I just think it's, I have a tight meatball. It's such a strangely specific criticism about a meatball. It's a tight meatball. Wow, a tight meatball. It's such a strangely specific criticism about a meatball. It's a tight meatball. Wow. A tight meatball. T-t-t-t-meetball.

Sounds like, yeah, well, yeah. Yeah, you're in a predicament, okay? Because you said you wanted crispy, but the meatballs then are cooked in gravy, so they're crispy, but they're also soggy. I'm not really sure what to say anymore about that, but it's a predicament. A big predicament. Type meatball. You're making gales, that's elevates. Stop it Tom.

So, Pat was like, tomorrow, you had immunity today and allegedly a happy face. So, is this like everybody? This is demars semi relax Is it because you know you're not going anywhere cuz guess what you wouldn't be going anywhere because it was delicious Also you walk very slowly so you wouldn't be getting anywhere anytime soon anyway. Wow so many anyways Wow, there's ho cakes and He called me left them as well and Tom's like like, you know, when I was 18, I lived in New Jersey. And I would go to this restaurant on the boardwalk.

And Althea Gibson had it. It was her. It was her restaurant. And it reminded me of going into that restaurant and saying, Althea, give me some hoakes. Tom, this isn't about your soul, okay? Listen, Sun Hat Soul from Marlon Brad now. Quite down over there. I've had enough. Congratulations, Tom. You went to a restaurant once. Okay, Ashley.

Ashley, I thought that gravy was delicious. I mean, I wanted to take a vat of it home with me. Too bad Gail already beat me to it. And I thought your rice was great too. Two bad gale beat me to that one as well. She basically took everything home, okay? I'm very mad about this. So Dawn is like, did you deep fry the crab? And Ashley's like, no, no, I used to griddle. And she's like, yeah, I really missed

those crispy crab rice pieces. Oh my God, give her some with some milk, she called it a Captain Cratch, just call it a day. Gale, you're using them as earrings right now. So what are you complaining about? Yeah. And let's see. So Evelyn, tell us about you of magenta surveys.

And she's like, well, this one really hit home to me because I lost my grandma. And she taught me how to make soaps. My mom taught me the chorizo. Andizo and girls like, I'm crying too. I mean, you were standing on their shoulders today and it showed, oh, God, Gild, the thought of you standing on shoulders makes me cry. Look at my lera lip curling slightly. It's like I'm crying. I'm an actress.

You know, Evelyn, I have to say this about your food. It was a real punch in the mouth. Did that sound cold? It was meant to be a compliment. It's, you know, I've learned so much about punching in the mouth from my dear friend, Donald A. Lewis, when he was in the feature film, The Boxer. Kwame seems to be enjoying your food,

but I like here is a sad tambourine. So then Jay is talking about her adish and everything and Tom's like, you know, everything about that dish was thuffle and had intention. It's like a son who was on an actual career path, thuffle and with intention. Wow, you know, I wanted more and more, and Don, it means it's a relish, so you know, that's up for me. And somehow Gail still got it in the end. That's her talent.

So we have a very terrible decision to make now. Everybody, please go back to the stew room. Well, I pretend to have emotions. Thank you. We're going to have a terrible, terrible decision because we're going to sever one of your arms. It's terrible that we have to do it today. So on the stew very, Luke, you're still all happy today

for whatever reason. It's like, I am so proud. I'm so happy to be here. I'm just happy to be at what an incredibly proud and happy day. I was like, oh, you can't just suddenly turn positive. It's it's doom. I've never seen it work out for anybody.

Yeah, he's like, sure, there were some technical mistakes, but I feel great. I'm like, uh, you that's you can't know. You can't do that. So then Pat was like, but I feel bad sending someone home for the food we had today. I'm sorry. I misspoke.

I feel wonderful about sending someone home today. It was a joyful celebration of learning, education, I'm sorry, I misspoke. I feel wonderful about sending someone home today. It was a joyful celebration of learning, education, emotion, and crab gravy bath. Am I right, Gale? The competition must go on and we have to decide who won today. And Kwame is like, you know, who really made me think it was Jay, because I was confused. I don't know what the hell that was. What the fuck was that?

I don't know. I still don't know. But I was also satisfied. So delicious. Are we talking about Jay's food or your glove? I'm not sure I'm following here. And he was like, she did something unique. She created something new that was an instant comfort food.

And Tom's like, well, you know, I certainly like Chase, but I could make an argument that the simplicity of Domar's dish was great. You know, now any other season, I would be like, this needs more. This is Top Chef. I mean, what is this? This is crap. But today, I'm going to say the simplicity was great. Okay, well, we now have our winner. Great, now the hard part. Let's all sit here while Gail breeds on us. So, Don's like, uh, Luke's meatball was most blah. Okay, must be honest, it was tough.

The meatloaf is supposed to be tender and juicy, not tough. Uh, tight meatloaf. And, like, Gail's like, you know, right now, when you use the word juicy, it really hit home for me. Because I'd like to flavors, but it wasn't that word again here. It comes. Everybody wait. Because it blew me away. It blew my palate. Hold on, everybody. It wasn't juicy. Wow. Wow. I just keep learning more and more today. And Kwame is like, yeah, and also conceptually, how are we supposed to eat that?

Okay, like we're walking around, we shouldn't have to put it down to cut it. Kwame, you should be happy because you didn't have to use your hands for something. Okay, you're wearing a gold hand Kwame. And there were high tops everywhere. So then Pam was like, but a frigatella, which he referred to,

in case you didn't know, a frigatella in the style of, et cetera. So it's supposed to be crispy on both sides. Ah! Oh, well, what about Ashley? And Tom's like, well, I thought that you would love that. I did love it. It's everybody else here who's stupid and didn't love it. And Tom's like, well, I missed a texture of crab.

And, um, Kwamega's, you know, the flavors the flavors were lost like what I was looking for was not matched. I was like, oh, okay So you're not gonna date the crab dish got it noted Cormig yeah noted. Well, let me tell you something. Okay, let's talk about Buddhas I did notice that his curry was not in the style of a frigatella I did notice that his curry was not in the style of a frigatella So call me says it was delicious, but it could have used some salt and heat and girls like wow now that you say that You know, I really like it, but I I can see now it needed more heat. It did need more heat Oh such a great day and such a difficult decision. Now we have to send someone home. Let's get them out here. God I love this part. I mean I hate this part. All of you cooked

stupendous food today but there can only be one winner and that winner is Jay. So Jay is like very happy and she's like oh it's my's my personal story. Okay, enough out of you. All right. Yeah. There are so many people who supported me along the way. And getting here was really because of the support of, okay, calm down, Mera Street. There's no traffic for it. Just moved to the side now.

We set in a style of Frickadelah, not Brenda Fricker, several acts. Frickadelah, not there's a me, Bob. My left, Frickadelella, it's not there to me, Bob. My lad, Frickerdella, starring. Denny, it's a brother Fricker. Fender, Frickerdella. So, I'm like, you know, chefs today, the challenge was to, the challenge was to show why we do, what we do. And each of you put your food out there.

It was magical food. But one dish, first word, was a magical, you know we do what we do. And each of you put your food out there. It was magical food. But one dish, full sword, was a magical. You know, your family's disappointed. I hope they're still alive so that they can be properly disappointed by you failing like this. Ba-ba. Ba-ba. Luke.

Pack your freeze-dried seaweed and go. I'm so sorry Luke. I'm so sorry we had to eliminate you just when we gave you an ounce of hope that you might excel in this competition. And don't worry, it's not over yet because there are plenty of seaweed cheats, the last chance kitchen pantry. So we've made sure, we made sure of it. And Luke, one last patronizing moment for you. Keep doing what you're doing. I was so happy to taste that corner turn, because that's right, I was the only one here who tastes it. And so I'm looking forward to you finding yourself

more and more in technique that you already have. So go enjoy that. And while I did get to taste your corner turn, I would like you to make a physical corner turn and leave this room right now. And Luke is so good natured. Like he was really good natured about it. He did a toast with everybody and he's like, you know, I'm just glad to be in the same pool

as everybody else. This was amazing. The experience was amazing. I'll learn something new every day. And he was a really sweet guy. Yeah. It just might be crazy with seaweed. You know.

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