Watch What Crappens - Top Chef: Talenti'd Heroes

Episode Date: April 12, 2022

Top Chef celebrates some of Texas' most beloved female heroes and Talenti tries to figure out how to make a new flavor out of the winning Quickfire dish. We're finishing our tour next week! Catch our three night grand finale in Austin, Houston and Dallas! Get dates and tickets at watchwhatcrappens.com and find tour merch including new Crappens leggings and pins at crappensmerch.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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a, I'll set it up to launch on Friday, Friday morning for the new house. Tell them what your real housewares. It's just the Real Housewares of Kitchen Island. So you can go and, um, yeah, you can see the evolution of the series. It's open to the first episode was like two minutes long and it was so bizarre. And it's just going in a strange direction.

But I'm just having fun with it. It's a little fun side project. Yeah, that's cool. I'm excited to see a new episode being I'm turning it to like inside the directors inside the actors to do. Where the first time I did an episode of animation of folks and spoons, it was quite a wonderful journey for me. Well listen, I listened to the Oprah podcast where she interviews celebrities and I answer all the questions. So, you know, you got to be your own biggest fan and believer. So that's how I roll.

Maybe I'll do that for a podcast. I'll just pretend Oprah's interviewing me. I'll just cut all of the celebrity answers out and answer them. I saw kind of funny. Just you and Oprah have a podcast together. She just doesn't know. There's no copyright infringement or anything like that. Well, previously on top chef, this soup is broken!

Previously, you all were disgusting! I thought it was so mad about broken soup. Who broke the soup? Gail, did you think the soup was the last challenge on on top chef. Why am I totally blanking on it? They look just the same. They take totally different. That's right. The panocardas. Yeah, that's right. Oh, thank you. with Wiley Dufrein. That stupid man named after a coyote who's even stupider. I mean, what sort of coyote cares about TNT, am I right?

I'd love to pit him up against Gail, but we all know she's not going to be any kind of runner. Road or otherwise. Sorry Gail, have a seat. Is there such a thing as a road sitter and faller down Iran? Is there a road, Muncher? While the coyote thinks he's in for a treat by capturing Gale, little does he realize he's Gale's dinner. That one needed work. I'm sorry.

So we start with a don't don't don don don don it's like a top chef danger but it's also a jingle song it's very confusing and Joe is like that part of Inspector Gadget you know like in the theme song was done and done and done and you're like oh no danger because go gadget go and it's like fun again yeah I think so it's like fun again. Yeah. So it's like that. So Joe is making a call to her fiance. And she's like, yeah, I'm homesick.

And that's such an understatement. I feel like working for Jonathan Waxman for so long, I wouldn't say homesick. I would do it more Cali style. But you know what? It's just, I'm really thankful for Leah. And also Jonathan Waxman, you know what, it's just I'm really thankful for Leah and also Jonathan Waxman, you know, she's been my rock, just like Jonathan Waxman in. I waited a really long time to find her through Jonathan Waxman, so that's where I'm at.

The way I just try to keep her in my life as I took a bunch of candles and I melted them down into the shape of her. So that way it's both Leah and it's an actual little wax man. Anyway, so, you know, I just haven't been able to find my stride. I mean, my goals and top chef have always been about visibility for Jonathan Waxman because, you know, living in Texas when you're not Jonathan Waxman is hard. It's hard to feel like your friends are being legislated against. And Jonathan Waxman. Yeah, and it's true. I love in Texas and I get it. And you know, it is that whole like, what am I even doing here?

And then the other part of me is like, well, but then you're making a difference by being here, which I don't really know the way I am. It's like, what am I doing? You know, I'm not doing anything to help. Like women's rights are gay rights. I'm just like, what's my argument? Like, hey, Texas, a gay person eats your white bread too.

So where's my rights? Yeah. Well, you know, you never know, Ronnie, you never know how many people see walking down the street and say, you know what? I think I'm down with gay rights, you know? Yeah. So bacon, pumpkin seeds, and Padma and Lothar. That's where we're going today. Those are our first shots bacon pumpkin seeds. I'm wearing leather Welcome chefs. I hope you had a lovely drive and your BMW X5s to get here to the quick fire challenge Anyway, please welcome this week's pair of quickfire judges to poor people we found on the street. Nini and this blonde girl, whatever her name is, Karen, Kara, Kelsey. Wow. Top chef Kentucky winner, Kelsey. I still think Kelsey's lying about her whole personality. I'm not buying a damn thing about Kelsey.

I still feel like Kelsey is like the angry baby from Roger Rabbit, who's like, she's like, how can I see him from Kentucky? And you know what I was cooking? Cooking home style food for every successful home style. And then she gets off camera and she's like, get my fucking cigarettes. I told you, I told you once I told you a million goddamn times. Don't look me

Well, I'm sure she's definitely like that now that she's won the show. It's probably a total monster wherever she goes I just assumed that if everyone wins top chef She comes across that. I don't know I don't even remember what in her season gave me that impersonation, but I really liked her at first and then by the end I was like, hey, there, because she didn't like somebody and she was kind of mean girl to them or something.

I don't know, it's a little bit like that. There's some bush out in my brain. I may forget the actual evidence that I once held in my head, but I never forget the feelings of dislike. Now on the other hand, I love me some Neenie and Wen. Love her. I love Neenie. Oh my God, I'm still like, I just want justice for her.

I don't even remember what happened, but whatever happened that caused her to not win, I am just like totally morally against whatever that was, because I just love her. What are my favorites of all time? Neenie Wen, love you. I watch her Instagram account. Whatever you call that.

Sorry, I'm an old person with Instagram. I watch her Instagrams and you know, she taught me how to cut an onion better. And just when you cut. Really? You could never cut an onion better. Like I know how to cut an onion. Okay.

Do tell, do tell. Well, you know how you cut it and sometimes you're going, okay, well, first when you cut an onion, you cut the, um, the tail off first, right? You leave the hair and then you cut it down the center of the hair area. And then you peel it and whatever I always do it unevenly. And she said, once you set it down, if you actually cut with the knife facing you, like use the back end, it's straight on the knife. It's not curved. So you get a more even chop on your onion. I don't know if that made any

sense or. No, I don't. I don't. You'll have to show me because I don't think I understood with them what you meant by that. Okay. So you cut the onion in half and you put both sides of the onion flat side down on the cutting board, right? Yeah. And then you, you know how you cut. Like the magic. Yeah, so you know how you cut towards where the hair is. Yeah. Okay.

So I always cut that part unevenly. And she says you always get an even cut. Use the back of the knife, you know, like the handle facing the opposite way because it goes straight down. It's not the curved part of the knife. It's the straight part. Still making sense, right? This is why Instagram is popular. It doesn't rely on stupid people describing things. You can see a picture, okay? I am, I need to still see, so, oh, so you're, I am I need to still see so oh see you're oh I think oh I'm starting to realize now what you're talking about I am definitely gonna try that tonight like that is a hundred percent something I'm gonna try so you do it the reverse way with the knife and that always know where it's always be even right because if you do it like just pointy pointy side forward that part curves and

you kind of get it uneven every time I mean it was us it was a simple thing but it's it changes your life so smart yeah it changed my thinking you need change your life you've also let's see what you don't want to get through me so. Yeah, Kelsey, where's your tips? Yeah, where's your, where's your, where's your knife hack? So, um, Kelsey has given me nothing of the kitchen. Okay. She's given me no tips. So thanks a lot. Kelsey. But wait, there's one more person who can't miss this part of the challenge. My dear friend Timothy Chalamet. Oh wait, no. Okay, it's someone much less famous.

It's the winner of Last Chance Kitchen, Apalachia Faze. Ashley. Well, she says the first winner of Last Chance Kitchen, I guess it's just gonna go on longer than cats. Like how many, how many, you gonna bring back guys? Let's just stop sending anybody home ever. Okay. Just cancel everybody's playing and bring everybody back for the finale. You guys are extending this too much. Okay. There's one person. Last chance kitchen. It's one.

Yeah. It's many chance kitchen. I also like that when Ashley comes out from, you know, from the doors to be like, I'm back. Padma turns to Nini and Kelsey and goes, she just left last challenge. Yeah. Is that embarrassing? And Ashley's like, hi, I'm back and I still haven't changed my blouse. I was like, Ashley, this is your second chance. Like, you need to change your interview blouse, you know, it's like look I'm back And now she can be in like her housewives of ball gown. You know how they change outfits. You know, it's a different recording session Yes, I just love that I got her blouse It's like a little Mondrian blouse. He's like it's a blouse. What else?

I thought it was a sweatshirt No, it's a blousey sweatshirt. It's got color squares on it like the cut all the colors of Twister or whatever But in a in squares like a mom's show. Yeah, yeah, you're just confusing now. You're just naming hotels. I can't afford Wow, okay, we'll just drop that for now. That's a no-and. So... Too late. That's not a Mondrian. It's a yes-and, but just a no-and. Be a Mondrian. Not a Mondrian. Yeah, not a Mondrian. Yeah, one's went to go to a Mondrian exhibit, but she got kicked out of the museum for eating the canvas.

So, um, West Homme here, I don't know. Oh, I guess she's a flip. Yeah, we see a couple of last chance. Yeah. Hey, yeah. So guess what? Um, actually, you win and Sarah, it's not over for you. You get to just still stay here in this strange Off TV purgatory until we decide what to do with you. Okay Good luck. You were still the last person left in last chance kind of kitchen So enjoy that has this helped yourself confidence. She's like no, I'm still not very self confident. Good wasn't trying all right No, I'm still not very self confident. Good. Wasn't trying.

All right, Bob. Yeah. Bob. So Ash is like, wow, it's been a whirlwind of five hours. But it feels good to be standing back in the top chef kitchen where I was yesterday. And then he's like, guys, today's quick fire is salty. Like me.

Me neither you were not salty. Well, what you talking about. I know. Quickfire is salty like me mean you were not salty About I know and then I know you must have gotten really mad when Kelsey said and sweet like me I knew you're probably just like shaking your TV. I was like shut up shut up TV Well some other time Well half of you get to choose one job salty things and, then the other gets a job, sweet things. And then once you get your ingredients, stand them in there. We're gonna divide you into salty losers versus sweet losers. And Luke is like, oh my god, there's jars, but then in the middle there's a big black box.

Oh, it's got seaweed in it. I know. He probably looked in every jar for some seaweed. You know that. So Nick is like Nick grabs pork rinds. I mean, I don't know if he's ever seen this show, even if you didn't know that this was going to be a plenty challenge, you still should know that pork rinds are going to be a dangerous thing to choose on top chef. And he goes, well, you definitely can't go wrong with pork rinds. Am I right? I'm like, you literally can go the most wrong with pork rinds. You can, but they're one of those snacks that chefs are like real chefy about because it's like skin or something, you know?

It's not like just a fun Doritos snack. It's like something bad for this. Mmm, what a classy snack. Well, I mean, we're gonna probably see many chefs do a very chefy version of pork rinds. I mean, not to jump ahead. I mean, this is gonna probably see many chefs do a very shefy version of pork rinds. I mean, not to jump ahead. I mean, this is an episode that had chicken fudge. So I'm sure that we'll have something like, oh, and this is like a seaweed pork rind or something like that. It's just a pork rind made of seaweed.

And you're just like, no, it's not a pork rind. It's just seaweed that you puffed, okay? So, see announces, for this quick fire, we want you to create, Kelsey says, it's sweet. And then he says, hands salty like me. announces for this quick fire we want you to create Kelsey says is sweet and then he says and salty like me yes it's a dessert but with a twist whoever loses dies oh we're not going that direction anymore okay Evelyn has brought a mold for Bunuelos, which is funny.

She's just been waiting to use this mold, you know. She's like, when am I going to whip out my Bunuelos molds? This is it. This is it today is the day. Well, our friends at Talenti, Gelato and Serbano were back for another quickfire challenge, but this time we're taking inspiration from a new range of flavors Tillenty pairings! They're layers, but they stand up Tillenty pairings where ice cream files in love with ice cream. It's basically Gels Tinder

And if you haven't guessed it already, you probably haven't because you're all kind of dumb, but you'll be working in teams that too for this quick fire. Don't worry, none of you will have to cut it on the couch and pretend to enjoy whatever chick flick gale is watching on Netflix. But the cat, okay. To give you an idea of some sweet and, our sweet and solid pairings, that's very gale. To give you some idea of a sweet and salty pairings that work, here's some Tulenti gelato pairings in the freezer that you can taste.

Mmm. Mmm. So, they pair up and they're coming up with their ideas. And like you said, Nick has pork rinds and he teams up with Ashley and she's like, so I want to do a gingerbread cake, I guess, but how are we going to do that with pork rinds? And he's like, they can be candied pork rinds. Which there is such a thing as being too shefy.

Okay. So Padma's like, this is a challengeenger going to want to win, because not only is there a $10,000 cash prize for the pair of winners, but there's double immunity and your dessert will help inspire a new, talented gelato flavor. So, let's see here, who's working together. So, Buddha and Luke are going to work together, because they're both like fancy, and Buddha is bossing Luke around because Luke Doesn't know anything like that's can we just all face the fact Luke doesn't know he doesn't know at this point

He doesn't know anything. Yeah, he doesn't know he was a bus boy over there. Let's be honest. Yeah Yeah, so Buddha's like well all I moved to Melbourne at 17. I called a Joel, but at a restaurant on all was on pastry So making me so leaves and miso cake with honey ice cream should be a dream for me. Yeah, and of course, I'm gonna be by the way, of course Luke went for the miso because as much as he goes for seaweed, he also loves, he has like his basic ingredients.

Seaweed, seaweed, miso and mushrooms. It's always gonna be one of those ingredients at any given moment, usually seaweed. So of course, you went for mezo in this case. And his food is always under salted, which cracks me up. Yes. And he picks the salty thing, but cannot salt this food.

So everyone is, of course, gonna do Buenuelos and she's working with Joe, because they're a comedy team, so they're also a chef team. And Joe's gonna do a basal cream, which I don't know, I don't write down every ingredient they're making, but looking at this note, I need more from Joe.

Yeah, yeah, I mean, I'm open to a basal ice cream or a basal cream of some sort, but I thought Joe was gonna be like one of the best ones, this season, and she's been very mid-pack as it turns out. I mean, I'm gonna say it right now. I think she's gonna go home next week. Or she's not gonna make a pass restaurant wars. I'm saying they already gave her the phone call from death,

which did we now know they do like one or two weeks ahead of time. Yeah, so then Monique, who is she working with? She's working with... Oh, Demar. Demar. Demar. Yeah. I'm like, who is it, damn. Why would I call somebody down?

But it's Demar, because I abbreviate names. So he's like, you know, I only know three desserts, so I'm going to rely on Monique for this one. Danger. Yeah. Danger. Words you don't want to say on top, Chef. And so she wants to make like a cornice cream. And so then

and then Jay is stuck with Jackson who's just like so annoying and he's just sort of like bounding around. She calls him a little horse because he just keeps on like bouncing around all over the kitchen. I would he just drives me nuts. I don't know why like every season there's someone who are rationally I can't stand and Jackson is the one for me. I think it's completely rational. I can't stand to me there. Okay, but but I do see that he's talented. So I feel like I should like him, but hey, I dislike a lot of talented people. Just keep listening. So tomorrow is talking about how he's making he sees footballs like the shape of footballs or something.

And Monique says they're called brookets. And I don't know now, like the shape of footballs or something. And Monique says they're called bouquets. And I don't know, now I'm at the park. My nose makes zero sense. So just scary. Let's just skip to the end. Let's just get to the, let's just get to the judging. So by the way, I kind of miss the days when Padma would go like from station to station.

And now they go up to her like giant, you know, corporate, corporate like a conference room desk that she has. So that first up are Jackson and Jay. Please come up. What do we have here? So they serve Rosemary poached Asian pear with pistachio cookie, pistachio cream and salted cream for Ash, which looks pretty good. I mean, he's like, have you made a pistachio cookie before?

Oh my God, you sound too interested. We said salty stew, babe. No, you have to put the right emphasis. Like, have you ever made a pistachio cookie before? See how much better that sounds. So have you recently effected up a pistachio cookie? Or did you save the special experience just for us? So then Jackson goes, I've done cookies with nuts in them,

but this one, this is the one I wanted, I wanted that textural component or something like that. I don't know. He definitely acted as if like all his life, he just dreamed of making cookie with pistachios and he finally got a chance to do this time. I'm like, there a dream. So then Nick serves the, listen to this note, okay.

Gender, snap, bunty. That's what I run. Gender, snap, buncake with lemon ice and a pork rind crumble. And Adam was like, wow, so pork rinds and ginger snaps. Wow. It almost sounds like what gal wore last night to dinner. So Kelsey's like, I love it.

And he says, it's almost like cereal. It eats like cereal. It eats like cereal. It eats like cereal. Like when they say that,'s almost like cereal. Which I guess is a good thing. Like when I say that, it eats like cereal. Just imagine my cereal eating things. It's time for commercial. It's time for a crap and scum.

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rolling around and mudgale would love that? Hmm. So then, um, tomorrow Monique served their cornbread ice creambread ice cream with cornbread crumble, crumble. Cumble. Yes. crumble. And, um, you know, I mean, everything looks great. And even Padma said so.

She goes, wow, all the dishes have been really creative and delicious. I'm gonna make you do weird stuff more often. Ha ha ha ha. Oh, comedy. I'm so good at it. And next up is Sbouda and Luke's Miso Cake Crumble with Miso Honey Crumble. Something. Sounds stupid. Have to say. Love you, Be The Sound Steephead.

You're teamed up with someone I don't like, so. Steephead. So, Mimi, uh, Mimi Kelsey, how did they do? Please give us a little more salt over there when, how I? So, um, yeah, Kelsey's like, y'all's food was just really good and really pretty and interesting. Come on, just spit it out, blondie. Okay, well, meanie's like, can I get your autographs? I got your buzzer so down what did Jesus your hope, this. God you guys are so talented. Jesus, you're hopeless. So in the top are Nick and Ashley and Kelsey's like, I mean, it really could have gone very, very wrong. And it didn't. I know. It's like, Gail, bungee jumping.

And then tomorrow Monique with the corn ice cream and Kelsey goes corn ice cream is seriously my favorite flavor. That's a lie. Not because it's a lie. And I'm saying this because I don't feel like corn ice cream is readily available enough for it to become someone's favorite. Like, I think people would say this is delicious, but I feel like it can only really ascend to favorite if it's like whenever you go into an ice cream shop, you gotta get that corn ice cream, you know?

Yeah, it's just very Kelsey to be like, you know what it takes, like, stay there, I'm Southern. And then being like, corn ice cream is my favorite. It's like she has to, like, be as, you know, like, down home is possible, but also as snotty as possible at the same time, you know? You can't just choose one, pick a lane, Kelsey.

Yeah, so the winner unbelievably a lane, Cal's Yeah, so the winner Unbelievably it's Nick and Ashley Nick and Ashley win and Pam goes yay So porc prime ice cream wins. So good fucking luck to Lentie. I'm sure to Lentie's heads were exploding when this is announced I know like I literally don't know how they're going to do that. I mean, I would have it, but I just don't know how they market that. I don't even know how they like even suggest pork rinds in their ice cream. I just don't know how. How do you got market that?

Oh, I thought it was really funny that last time from what I remember, they were like, Matt, you guys will be coming up with a new flavor of tulenti. And this time she says, you will, you will be coming up with a flavor that will inspire a new flavor of tulenti. So they've given themselves an out. Watch tulenti come up with some pairing that's like chocolate and mint. And it's called the whole hog or something like that. Like they like that's where the pork rind winds up. It's just the title like that's bigly referenced.

Right. When pigs fly vanilla ice cream with salted chocolate chips, shape like flying pigs. When pigs fly sweet vanilla ice cream paired with vanilla ice cream. That's a little bit saltier Yes So you know they're psyched obviously and Padma's like wow Ashley way to come back I mean were you ever really gone so then So then um then we just like, actually, my favorite.

I love when Padma does this to like, wow, that was great. And we're going to donate five million dollars to a charity. It's going to be a wonderful time. What a fun time. Okay, Kelsey and Neenie, bye, get out of here. Just kick some out. I'm going to say the same thing to you that I said to Gail when I accidentally walked in on her taking a shower. Gail.

Poor grinds, good god! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Non-famous guests have left. Let's get onto a challenge with more famous people, okay? We've had a lot of fun with classic Texas dishes and traditions these past few weeks. Well, some of us have had fun. I mean, it's been boring for me personally. God, I can't wait to get out of here. Anyway, it's time to get to the heart of Texas! Yes, and here to help introduce the challenge, let's please welcome Tiffany Gail's favorite vegetable, dairy! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha five trailblazing Texas women whose rights are being stripped away by the moment. So you're gonna give them food and then we're gonna decide which right to take away from them. Okay, let's draw knives that we're gonna hold to the women's throat. Enjoy Texas. Yeah, so they ought to pick knives and each knife is a super like important influential woman who came from Texas. And so Joe pulls first and Joe gets my current coaster

that my coffee is on Ann Richards, because I have my little Ann Richards coaster right here that I got when I was with you Ronnie in Austin, Texas last time. So she gets Ann Richards and Papp. I have the same one. I love some Ann Richards. And Papp and goes, and rids. Yes.

So give us her little yes. Evelyn chooses Salina, which is pretty great. And Monique and Jack's get a Barbara Jordan. And they're also celebrating Babe, D-Drix and Harris, rather sorry. And Jackson's like, wow, it seems really difficult to write these women's stories into a dish made out of fried cheese, but I'm gonna find a way to do it. That's pretty much what he is gonna do. And then Luke and Buddha get Bessie Coleman who is like they she's the first African-American and Native American female license aviator and then Evelyn

and Evelyn and Demar I think you mentioned at least mention Evelyn and Selena and Pamela goes the undisputed queen of Tahana music unlike Gail who's the undisputed queen of Charles and Jews. Unlike Gal, who's the undisputed queen of Charles and Jews. You're cooked for Christine Ha, who you met after night market. And in honor of Barbara Jordan's work, everyone at the table will have an equal though. Go, go, run, run, that little, I'm not moving from this gel mat. So somebody can carry me out of here, please. Or a grind by a scream. Good God. We want you to celebrate the legacy of these five strong Texas women by running around the kitchen like maniacs go.

So they're all running around and doodling their women. And um, let's see. This is the fun part. This is one of those challenges where we get to see how these chefs' minds work. We get to see who is a literalist and who actually can think more abstractly. Because there's always that, there's always someone that's like, and Richards, well, she had white hair.

So I'm gonna make Marshmallows. There's always someone who's just like so on the nose and So it's fun to see how this is all going to it's shocking to that person is today, isn't it just shocking? I mean, I know I was shocked that that person was jacks. I know well, but first we have First we hear Ashley's take Ashley's like well, you know Babe is the daughter of poor Norwegian immigrants, and I don't know about the foods of Norway, but it makes me think of my family.

So I'm gonna make an Apple-Age inspired dish. I'm like, okay, that has nothing. So basically she has a family and you have a family, so you're gonna cook your food, okay? Yes. So she's not even gonna try. So why not even go try? She's not even gonna try and you just got let back in the door, ma'am.

Come on. So Evelyn's like, I was Selena for five years in a row for Halloween. And I was like, oh my God, please don't just make like something out of those tiny snicker bars melted up, you know, like Halloween candy. But she's not like,'s going to do. Crackles. Crackles and the circuit bars.

It's just a giant jack. She serves like a giant orange. Mars coating apples, possibly with blades in them. Smarties. But I was married to Salmon Rushdie. So thank you, thank you for this gift. So then yeah they're they're just all this is also one of the challenges where you where you see them sometimes putting their like getting really excited and you know that for one person they're just gonna have a crushing defeat, because they're like, this is the challenge.

It means something more to me, and you're like, oh, no, I hope you don't get your soul crushed by this, because I think it's gonna happen. Yeah, so they go over to Whole Foods and their BMWs, just like all of us, and Leake is driving, and he's talking to Buddha, and he's like, well, I'm sitting over here

and thinking non-immunity seat. Anybody know how to turn on the seaweed in this car? I don't know. They're different. Does anyone, does this, I just want to know, is there a place at charging station where you can plug in the seaweed? Yeah, you know, I was at Whole Foods yesterday

just getting a little, you know, healthy meal of mac and cheese, Whole Foods mac and cheese. And those charging stations are so obnoxious because I feel like those people don't even need to charge your damn car. This whole food is in your neighborhood. You did not need to come to whole food to chart. You're just basically taking handicapped spots. This is what you're doing. You know, you're actually very right. Because it's like, it's like, oh, I'm just going

to go, I'm going gonna do a road trip time. I'm gonna drive across the state of Texas. Oh no, oh no, my charge is getting low. Let's go to Whole Foods. You know, it's just not really what you're gonna do. Right. So then, let's see, Monique is. This is good, Ronnie, this is gonna be the thing

that we're gonna get the most responses from on Twitter. We're gonna be like, actually, of the spots are very useful to me. We can get a lot of that to this for that one Maybe but I don't know I think that if they're gonna do that then those power things need to be in the back I've been having them right in front of the door is just like a fuck you You know, I think it's supposed to incentivize it's supposed to incentivize people to convert to electric cars instead of you know, your incentivization should be or your incentive should be that you're getting free fucking charging for your car.

Okay. Now get it to the back because I'm resenting your fucking Tesla every time I walk into the whole face. I love this like Kathy Bates and fried green tomatoes energy you're giving electric car today. Yeah. you know, we're gonna go to Wanda on one of those fucking things. And I have to say, no one's ever parked in one. So I'm not even mad at anybody specific.

No one's ever parked there. Of course, I'm like a little town outside Austin. So maybe that's why, but I don't know. I'm just like, I could have parked closer, but here we've got somebody plugging in their car for 10 hours or whatever Oh god, I love it. I love I love a rant a running rant. So um, yeah Anyway, well they're at Whole Foods and they're looking around for ingredients and um, you know

They're finding stuff and they're also talking about their women and they're just inspired and excited Oh, but the other thing is but before they even get there Buddha starts know they're finding stuff and they're also talking about their women and they're just inspired and excited. Oh, but the other thing is, but before you can get there, Buddha starts, he's actually surprisingly literal too. Although he winds up ultimately doing a good job this episode, he's like, bestie Coleman, well, the thing on a hat is a bird, so I'll be making chicken and she loves flying, which isn't exactly chicken, but I can maybe put some sort of wing on the plate and then she's also a pilot, so I can put a pilot pin.

He doesn't take it far. He's like, that green Americans couldn't, oh, what did he say? He said she had to go to Europe or whatever, to Paris. Right, I guess women weren't allowed to fly in America yet. So she had to move to Paris. And he's like someone making a French chicken. This still doesn't fly. But it does always have a pain. So he was being a very literal person. And I'm also, I'm also that and that was also kind of like I felt like he was, I was nice,

cause you know, Luke was driving, so he was helping Luke out, but I'm also like, Luke do your own research. But then we find out that Luke, this is some of Luke's backstory that he has a learning disability, and he has dyslexia, so it would have taken him longer to do the research, I guess.

So they made like a little, you know, like dramatic moment for him about that, you know. Yes. So then we go, they made like a little, you know, like dramatic moment for him about that, you know. Yes. So then we go to another shopping and Monique is taking all the oysters and looks like you're taking all the oysters and she's like, well, I mean, there's still some shocked ones over there. He's like, I guess I'll take those. And so it's like an oyster. It's an oyster battle. So beginning of an oyster battle. So Monique is doing fried oysters. And she's like, I'm doing fried oysters because Barbara Jordan fought for her community even

after she made it big. I don't know how those two things connect, but yeah, it's a love of fried oyster. So me too. I love a fried oyster. Although she does Monique does bring it together more later on. She does say how like, since she fights for her community, she wants to make a dish that was of the ingredients that were available to her growing up, which was like, this is a great idea. And Tom says so also, which means that I'm totally right. But it's like it's going in the right direction. And I'm sort of like, oh Monique, God, I'm really hoping for you. But like you did, you did get that phone call from the ring. So like your time is you're like at your seven day mark, you know?

So like we know you're going to expire soon. But then we have Jackson. And this is what you were getting to before where Jackson is the most literal in such an annoying way. He's like Barbara Jordan had so much heart and guts. So much heart so much guts so much guts so much heart so I'm going to do awful which is heart and guts. Okay. All right. You know what? I can't. I mean, first of all, it drives me nuts that he winds up saying

heart and guts so many times the rest of this episode. Every time he's like, well, she had a lot of heart and guts, so I made heart and guts. And then I just feel like just stop saying the word, Oful, because it sounds too much like awful. Like, you just don't want to, like, we're not trying to like have any accidental word play happening with your dish to celebrate these women right now. And so then back at home, um, they're talking about this challenge, you know, and Ashley's like, you know, there's all these power women. And I check all these boxes on black. I'm a woman. I'm queer. And I've been the only woman in the kitchen. I've been the only one of those boxes in the kitchen. And I just want anyone to be able to walk into my kitchen and find a place, which is nice. And then Jay is like, well, I worked at Leah Chase's restaurant for five months.

And she became my mentor and, and you know, I love her. She's my idol. And then she gets all that was amazing. Yeah. I know, right? I know, right? That's like, what, I mean, how amazing that Jay has that, you know, like that she got to work, you know, for Leah Chase towards the end of Leah Chase's life,

like Leah Chase is such a, you know, she's like an icon and like to, and it also makes you think about all the other, I mean, Jay was only there for five months and Leah Chase, you know, for decades, matching all the other people that Leah Chase mentioned. I don't like, I got that I was, I was like in my own little top chef episode. I was like going to make my own Leah Chase recipe to celebrate her after that.

Um, yeah, I had her food in New Orleans. They have a Leah Chase restaurant at the airport in New Orleans. And um, even the airport food is really good. I mean, it was delicious. I could barely walk when I got home that day. I was like, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, I have this, that, that, that. So then we go over to Brennan's where they're cooking. And Evelyn Evelyn Evelyn is talking about Srinin, there's a boat person out of the dish. She pushed boundaries. And she's like, I hope her ghost can come help me today. Tap down and help me out Selena.

I feel like Selena's ghost would do that. I feel like, you know, it's a ghost of like sure sure I will do that that that's actually very much on brand for me Yes, I'll come help out in top chef and then Nick meanwhile Hearing something while everyone serves her dish. Yes. I know she's a baby. Yes. I know she's a baby Boo gal there's some ghost here calling you a bitty. So then Nick is talking about Ann Richards and how she struggled with cancer. And she wants to embrace healthy eating because of that.

So he's talking about that and he goes, so I've decided to make potatoes in the shape of mushrooms. I'm like, okay, sure. That will, I guess I'll represent healthy eating. I don't know. Potato, crested red snapper, kale remesco, and potato shaped like mushrooms. I was very confused too. I didn't understand that link of the healthy eating to the potato shaped like mushrooms, but that being said, I love the idea of potato shaped like mushrooms. That was like my favorite thing. I want to make those.

You make a potato shape of a dick. I eat it. Potatoes are great. Okay. Shape it. Anything. I don't care. Make the satanic seal.

I'll still eat that shit. Potatoes are satanic seal. I love that. I love that. Love that. So Joe is, um, she's doing, she says, he was, this is hard. And regards her. Remember who they're supposed to be cooking for too. And I can write it down on every single line. And Richard's apparently loved Thai influence. So Joe is going to make

a Jonathan Waxman tie influence for her dish. And then I got really scared because Jay is like, Gumbo time. I'm gonna do Gumbo. I'm gonna fry some okra. I was like, Oh, no. No, Tom is a fan of this show knows Tom hates okra. He hates it. And also anyone who is a fan of this show knows, don't try to do a quick gumbo. Like, one of my think, oh god, there are a few things, a few pitfalls on the show that when you hear them, you just are like, why? Why? If you bust out the sous vide machine, good luck to you.

Enjoy the rest of your career on the food network. Okay, it's not going to work out for you. If you decide you want to do a gumbo in like half an hour, how many quick fires, chefs, you have 20 minutes to do this challenge. I'm gonna do a gumbo. I mean, normally it takes four hours, but I'm gonna do it in 20 minutes. Like, what are you doing to yourself?

Why are you making us sit do this? Yeah, that's why I don't always believe this show. You know, it's like the lady who made, what was her name, who cares? She made Miyoki in 20 minutes. That's literally impossible to do. I'm so furious. It just makes no sense. You cannot do it. You don't just have to boil the potato and roll it into it. It's like you boil it. Then you have to put it through a ricer. Then you have to chill it. You have to do all this shit to it. And they're

like 20 minutes. Wow. but it's delicious light new wise She broke the new key barrier It's from faster than the speed of new key It's time for commercial. It's time for a crap and commercial Okay, so I'm gonna skip a little to Tiffany and Tom coming in. Is that okay? Sure. Wait, you don't want to talk about Buddha talking about Pule on Vessi?

Wow. Wow, Ronnie, wow. Or Jackson saying once again, she had a lot of hearts and guts. So I'm going to incorporate hearts and guts into this dish. Okay. Greg. So Tiffany and Tom come in and Luke is saying that Betsy Coleman was indigenous bra and he's like you know what? Like we only have smoked and cured

salmon because of the indigenous so doing me so and seaweed cured salmon. Sam. Luke. Wait, can I say this, can I say this loudly enough? I have one word to describe this. Okay, this, talk about a stretch. He took, I mean, I'm not gonna say that hurt, that that, that, that's the being indigenous is a small part of our personality. Like that's a big, that's who she is. But it felt like he kind of took one thing

and then used it to jump to another concept and then use that to jump to another concept that he was familiar working with in Noma. I mean, it was, I'm sorry, this was ridiculous. It comes from the Atlantic Basin. Much of it farmed in Norway, Scotland, Ireland and the East Coast of Canada. Yeah, by the way, also, yeah, that may,

thanks, Goob. I was gonna say, I don't think that the PNW, I don't know, I'm actually not gonna get into the history of Smokesam and the PNW in Pacific Northwest. I'm not sure what it is. I just think that, first of all, also, piggybacking on my rant about a 20 minute gumbo, how are you going to do like a two hour cure on this salmon? I mean, if you're going to make rovlox, for example,

that takes three days. And that's you know, I don't know how you can speed that up. I mean, that's just like you have to wait for us, Moses. You have to wait for the molecules to like make their way into the salmon. I Yeah, Luke, right. It's just what I gotta Can I get a coastline please? Oh, sure. Sure. I was actually why you were talking. I was googling Betsy Coleman and I could probably come up with 10 things that are whatever he just said, you know, like, wow, cured salmon, like you still found a way to use me so and see the. No, and the thing is, and no one, no, it's like not trying to get to

the core of their personality, which comes in later with Anne Richards, you know, no one thinks like, this is someone who is like bold, who's like assertive, who's got a little bit of something. I'm doing a bull's balls, you know,, something like that where it's like, you know, see, it didn't take shit from anybody. I'm going to do a bowl. I mean, literally do an airplane chicken at that point.

I mean, like, even more litteral than Buddha, because isn't that, isn't there a thing airplane chicken? Isn't that a thing? Yes, there is airplane chicken. They have that challenge on this show once. But there's, but, well, they had airplane food, but isn't there a cut of chicken called airline chicken? I'm looking you up now.

How about air fry? How about you air fry something? Okay, it's air. Oh my God. Because this recap isn't long enough, I just have to say I was watching that tournament of champion shows. That's it. I'm going, I just have to say I was watching that tournament of champion shows. That's it.

I'm going like a subplot of watch a crap in the tournament of champions. Okay, go on. And Tiffany from this show, from the red head Tiffany from the first season of the show. Yes, I'm not your bitch bitch. Yeah. And Tiffany is competing on it.

And you know, they spend the wheel and they get their wacky things that they have to do and It comes up on air fryer. She goes what is an air fryer? And then the whole time she's like I don't even know what an air fryer is like how do you use this and I get that she's trying to be like I'm too fancy to know what an air fryer is, but you know how stupid you look when you're like too fancy to know what an air fryer is, but you know how stupid you look when you're like, it's an air fryer. Yeah, that's not. You don't go on the food network and then turn your nose up at air fryer. That's just not going to work out well for you. Yeah, what do you think they're selling over here on the food network? Air fryer. Good luck getting on the cover of Food Network magazine idiot. Stupid face.

Okay. So Monique is taking ingredients from the 1940s and she's doing fried oysters. And Tom's like, oh, do you think that's a little tricky with the timing of that? You know, well, 18 is a very important year. That's when you kind of decide what you're going to be for the rest of your life. Are you sure you're ready to give it all up to throw some, you know, metal containers in the air,

holding a cosmopolitan for a bunch of girls that aren't going to sleep with you in the first place? Huh? Ta, my struggle to understand what that has to do with my fried oyster. Nothing, just sort of contemplating the idea that the world could be your oyster. And instead, you decide to become a mixell, just. That's why I said to understand what that has to do with my fried oyster. Nothing, just sort of contemplating the idea that the world could be your oyster, and instead you decided to become a mixel, just that's why I said to my son.

My only point is that no matter what year it is, 1940s, 2022, Father's Day comes and I kick myself in the balls. Okay, moving on. So then we go to DeMar, and DeMar is having a little bit of a hiccup because he's trying to make tortillas for the first time. And we think, again, we think this is gonna be a disaster hiccup because he's trying to make tortillas for the first time. And we think, again, we think this is going to be a disaster for him because it's that classic thing of like, I've never done this before, but I want to do it on top, chef.

So he's making tortillas to, you know, to basically, he wants to celebrate his staff because he has Salina and everything. So he wants to obviously do some things to Latino and and Demar is like Tom tries to set him up this I was like Tom you are a sneaky bastard here because Tom is like So well you know me tortillas, but do you have any Store bought out trias tortillas is back up and he's like no no Tom I don't Tom's like really it's like no because I don't want to have that moment where you're like Oh, did you make the tortillas yourself? And he's like oh, yeah, that's fair.

Yeah. Now Tom's going to set you up either way because now if the tortilla's sucked, Tom's going to be like, well, you know, you should have had a backup store bought tortillas. Perfectly good. Yeah. Yeah. Well, you know, if you can't find a tortilla, there's always a frozen scallops. You try those.

Try those. You know, we love? Chickpeas from the can. So wish you could have tried that. So then they go over to Evelyn, and they're like, you're coming off the big win. And she's like, well, yeah, but I love Selena. So I'm going to be fine.

I mean, she's so amazing. And she says her favorite song is Golodeplor, right? Is that what she says? Golodeplor? Like a flower. Oh no, Komodeplor. Oh, that means I'm eating flowers. And so, DeMarz still struggling with tortillas and they're ripping.

And he's gonna put a little more flower. And Evelyn's like, yeah, just use a little more flower and Evelyn's like yeah just use a little more flower just like my song. I eat flowers. I'm gonna be you. I'm gonna be you. So then Luke in an effort to make us hate him the most he's like I'm gonna be making chicken fun. Just stop just please. making chicken fudge. I'm like, just stop, just please. It just, just start career change. Like, I saw job applications at the Herbs rental car are something else.

Like this is not chicken fudge. It goes, it's a compound butter with chicken that has the consistency of a fudge. I'm like, well, first of all, it should be called chicken butter, which is mildly better than Chicken Fudge, but all like Chicken Fudge? Chicken Fudge?

No sir. So then the judges gather and it's a big table of women, right? So the pattern's like, well, come everybody. It means a world to all of us, for you to all be here. What a great way to honor women. Wow, a whole table of less famous women than are being celebrated here today.

How do you stay so non-famous? I try to invite other famous women like my dear friends, Lena Wath and Allie Wong, but they say they had something better to do. Like go to the Oscars or something. I don't know. I hang out with such an influential crowd. It's hard to keep up.

And Richard's daughter is telling Selena's sister, I don't know, they're all complimenting each other. They're just telling them where Charles swoops actually, I think. Oh, but they're all complimenting each other and saying like what an honor it is to be there with each other. And then we go back to the kitchen and look, it's like my chicken has been cooked in a bag. It's

gonna be great. No, because famously, my lady, not only wish you a pilot, but every now and then, when she needed to carry several things, she would use a bag. So it all works out whenever the plane was about to crash, oh, bag would fall from the overhead. And she would have to breathe chicken out of it, which didn't fly, but she was falling. So it made the flying chicken. The chicken got to experience the sensations of fly. So, um, Cecil Richards is like, by the way,

Cheryl swoops my mother and Barbara Jordan would sit on the floor of the Irwin Center and just watch you, Cheryl, play basketball. And I just feel like that spirit is at the table. Okay, and can I just say one more thing? And Pam is like, you can say as many things as you want, because the more you speak, the less we have to watch Gail have chicken fudge fall out of her mouth. Please keep talking about how not famous you are. That's why God invented editors. The real heroes of this episode.

Okay, so shall we just start serving? Yes, Evelyn and Demar are first. Evelyn and Demar are first. So pretty green water. So Adam was like, wow, inspired by Selena. Evelyn and Demar, here's to Zat. Selena is something of, I think it's a sister. No one really cares.

What was the like knowing Selena person? I'm not going to remember in about five minutes. And I don't remember what the sister said, but Evelyn basically offers up hers, which looks amazing, by the way. It was a snapper with Asian pairs and chives and avocado and it was like an aqua chile and and then DeMar he gives up a green pizole with tortillas, the famous tortillas and the cabbage and radish and cilantro. Yes, and he's like, well, I was raised by three women in the kitchen, so this is very important to me. And he's getting, they're like, okay, okay, we got it. Yeah, so, patches like Demar.

What does it feel like to be standing here right now? He's like, well, normally I'm calm, but I'm like a little nervous. Oh, really? Do you want to cry, Demar? Are you feeling shaky, Demar? Cry, cry! He's like, whoa.

Okay, let me give you inspiration. Gale, the snack machine is out of peanut M&Ms. Still nothing? God, you're hopeless, Demar. Ever since Maria left last season, I haven't been able to find someone I can make cry on cue. It's very upsetting. So, they love the Awaji-le and Padma is like, what about the Pasole from Jamar?

And Suzat Selina's sister is like, this is very, very family. This is very family. She's like, wow, you know, one thing I've never heard after her glamour shots in the mall. So soft and beautiful. Really good job on that tortilla. And Cheryl soups. Cheryl soups loves Evelyn's dish and she's just basically like, wow, I mean, I ate it all. And Pamela goes, paste yourself.

Concept that I've barely been able to teach to Gale after 16 years. But I hope that can make some impact on you. Paste yourself. So then Ashley and Jay are next and they had babe. So Ashley did a candid pork and I think she had some herb yogurt in there and killed. She did a killed lettuces. What is that? Well, she said that killed lettuces were an app or an Appalachian, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, an app, app, an app, an app, an app, Ashley, we see what you're doing here. She's like, my dish is called You Did Good.

I love that movie, babe. So then Jay did her seafood combo with Okra and Kimchi. And she's crying because she loved Leah Chase. They're like, uh, I mean, that's great. But who Leah Chase, oh, I knew her. I love Leah Chase. Is Leah Chase and this challenge? Who's related to Leah Chase here?

God, I love her. I'm so glad we're honoring Leah Chase. Wow, thanks a lot. And Jay's just like crying. And Pamela goes, it's okay. We're all emotional. I get it. Well, we're not all your busy, everyone who's a mo- You're crying. Okay, you're crying emotional. I get it. Well, we're not all your busy, everyone has a, you're crying.

Okay, you're crying on television, Jay. I know I don't show my emotions very easy. My emotions are basically represented by Gail's patterns. Look at me, I'm a mess. Ha ha ha ha ha. Hey, Neenie, what did you think about Jay's five minute gumbo? She's like, Neenie's like, well, it's very flavorful and I don't know if I would say that her inspiration is big as much as Leah Chase. That's really fair. Like a state fair. Have you guys ever heard about that?

It's the thing that poor people go to they have so much fun. They eat funnels actual funnels And Kelsey's like speaking of funnelsnels, state fair, am I right? I'm obsessed with Okra Kimchi. Just obsessed with it. But this one is lacking in depth. It's like you're obsessed with Okra Kimchi. Like who says that? I also like that Jay was telling her a story about Leah Chesa.

It was actually really sweet because... I got emotional too. I was like, this is... Leah wrote her the letter for her visa. So it's because of Leah Chesa that she could stay in the country and it's like a really sweet story. It's amazing. Yeah and she's crying. And she goes, yeah and she used to tell me if the gumbo's not right, she would punch me in the face. And it's like, well, well, that's right. It took quite a turn. That's what I say to Gell every time she reaches for my biscuits. So let's see.

So Ashley's candy, and Christine Haas, like, well, being visually impaired, I was scared to cut into the pork because I didn't want it to go flying off. And you know, it turns out that my fears were correct. Oh, so Gail's not wearing that pork on top of her head on Buribis. I just thought she got a, I thought it was her funky new fascinator. So then the ballet lady is like,

because they don't, they do not like Ashley's dish at all. And there's a lady there who was like a ballerina. And she's like, I mean, we have to be honest, and we have to be able to say, your baby is ugly. Oh, that's true. Okay, now do Gail. Let's all give a warm welcome to Gail's midwife.

So, next up, Buddha, and he had Betsy, and he's like, well, she became a stunt woman whose favorite move was the figure eight. So she would put the figure eight in a bag, fly it to Paris, throw it out of the plane so it could fly. It's pretty much it. Make it, you see? Sometimes she would wake up and our hair would be in mess and she'd have to sort of fix it so she'd put a little mues in there so I made some chicken mues because sometimes she also had her little pet chicken also its feathers were a little crazy so she had to put some mues in the chicken too so you know they were quite a stylish pair.

No, just a question. I mean I know I a man. I'm trying not to speak very much in this challenge, but uh, why, uh, why the popcorn? He's like, because when you see brave Betsy Floyd, you need popcorn. You see? That part goes. No. No. And then Luke, that means, Bill,

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Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Thank you for centering yourself in in her the ladies story. That's what I was concerned. I was concerned that we'd actually have a moment to celebrate her, but you know now we got to celebrate Luke at last. Oh, so I mean, when an asshole and Luke seems so nice, he doesn't seem like an asshole at all. No surprise. I don't like him, but God, he's just so full of it. He does seem nice, but he's also pretentious. And yeah, he's like, yeah, she left the same time I left, so I made an Emulsion of Oysters. And then I mean, honestly, it doesn't get better.

He's like, so here's some cured salmon. That's barely cured. It's basically a slab of raw salmon with the oyster Emulsion of my youth and chicken fudge. I read that she got a cold one time. So I wanted to make sure to cure the salmon, which I loved when I went to Europe. So she once had some undercooked chicken,

which really gave her the shits. So here are some chicken fudge for you. So the judges loved budas. They were like, budas, so much technique, creativity, really good. But then Luke's note and Luke again, unsalted. It's like very poorly salted. Yes, somehow, somehow he made a chicken fudge and he made a cured salmon. That was under salted. I've never heard of like a smoked salmon or a cured salmon or a locks that didn't taste salty enough. Yeah. So then it's like literally what you need to make that's how you make it. Like how do you cure something and doesn't taste salty?

What did you cure it in? See weed. See we did me so. Oh, God. Sky. I don't know. I guess he's thinking that there's enough, every week I say this, but I guess he's thinking there's enough salt in whatever he's using, but no, it's not enough to cure. It's not enough. Okay. So Nick and Joe are next and the little potato mushroom things are coming. And they're just kind of looking at it like,

wow, Tom goes, wow, the potatoes are cute. I mean, they're cute. Yeah, it's like, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, and then Joe's Gulf Shrimp with Coconut Lime Salci and corn plent a salad. I did want to, I'm sorry, Ronnie, I did want to go back and address one more thing from the Luke moment,

which is that Padma, Padma, they don't like Luke's dish and she goes, you know, Luke's dish sitting next to this chicken dish feels poetry a little bit and Tom goes, no, the poultries right here. They're like, why did we invite a man to this dinner? Why? Why did we do this? Thanks for coming to our celebration of dad jokes.

Who's more disappointed? Tom and his son or his father's dad jokes. All right, let's cut the commercial. son and his father's dad jokes. All right, let's cut the commercial. So no one has to answer that. My right, Selena sister. I see you nodding. God, it really makes me pine for more of Buddha's popcorn jokes. Am I right?

So Joe's like, well, Anne Richard really like, Anne Richard's really like tie. So I did Gulf Shrimp with coconut lime salsa there today. And, um, And Richards daughters like, um, well, those are things that my mother loved and Joe's version of Shrimp and Grits. I mean, that was, that was definitely a take on things that she loved. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

Though she, those are things she ate. Those, she, she, they're, they're, they're, I do specifically remember her opening her mouth and putting those things in she ate. Those, she, she, they're, they're, I do specifically remember her opening her mouth and putting those things in her mouth. So I guess on that level, this is successful. Yeah. And one of the ladies goes, these grits are too sweet.

I mean, this does not remind me of the woman that I knew. Okay, there needs to be more spice in them. What the hell is this? I think she hates it. Yeah, she was like, she could have pumped up the flavor a lot. She could have really pumped it up. Oh, yeah, like your kool-aats. Am I right? Everyone? Have you ever seen Pays the kool-aats on one side and plaid on the other. I mean, Gels, that rages. And Kelsie goes, well, there were some misses here. Now, I would eat mixed dish for lunch.

Ooh, I love that understated shade, Kelsey. Welcome to the family. Left your time of the day shade, Kelsey. So then Monique's oysters are done and they're too big. And she's like, I'm going to cut them in in half. She starts cutting fried oysters in half, which is wrong with us. I mean, like, don't even be on this, again, quit your career. What are you talking about?

The fried oysters are too big. I don't know where, first of all, this is a Texas challenge, by the way. This is to celebrate big, bold women and in a big bold state. And you're gonna say, oh no, these oysters are gonna be too big. So you're gonna cut beautiful fried oysters in half. I was enraged, Ronnie.

I was enraged. And then she's doing a broth too, but she decides not to serve as much broth because the oysters are gonna sink in the broth. I'm like, lady, so you're gonna serve them a big fat cut into oyster, fried oyster. Oh, what is going on? Like get her out. Even if she had done the broth and the big oyster, does it make sense to put a fried oyster

in broth? Like I don't understand any of this. It's gonna be soggy. Yeah. So then let's see. So Monique had Barbara Jordan and she's like, you know, she went back to her hometown and she opened a law office and these were the ingredients most accessible in that area. Guilty. And then Jackson, he serves up his pasta, which has chicken and awful ragu and Kelt just goes, which has chicken and awful ragu and Kel just goes, why? Okay, we asked that a few so many times. And he whips out a little buck and he's like, well, she from three times and she has heart and guts,

heart and guts because she just wanted to make it happen. So I made heart and guts. That's what you guys are gonna get. And how did he need notes to give that? He's been saying that that spiel for 24 hours and all of a sudden in front of this table, he has to pull out a little, his little book to remember to say she had heart and guts.

So I made something with heart and guts in it. He puts his notebook up to his face. He's like, God, this notebook smells good. Okay, so anyway, we'll go back now and let you guys talk. So then Tom's like, God, this notebook smells good. Okay, so anyway, we'll go back now and let you guys talk. So then Tom's like, oh, anyone else getting half an oyster, why not a whole oyster vibe from this oyster dish with like a little drop of liquid

that I don't really understand? Everyone's like, yes, everyone's so confused by this justifiably so. And they basically are like the socks, right? And then we see a shot of Monique feeding, uh, giving a spoonful of it to Jackson back in the kitchen. And she's like, this isn't too salty, right? He goes, um, I think you should have someone else try it. So let's see. So Mimi was the only one who got brought she got everyone else's broth. Mimi's which is more oyster is like sinking. Yeah. And Gelsing. Well, I had where she beings and she has a venoistor and the Snickers bar from you have hairs and the rose from the

breakfast bar gal. Don't think we're not watching you. And that's not even a spoon. It's a frozen twizzler so They are just very confused basically my everything so It's time. Padmas like Padmas like and let me tell you something. I am not a fan of Gail I'm sorry. I meant to say I am not a fan of Oful so I'm sorry. I meant to say I am not a fan of Oful. So they've got a menu in front of them. It's not a menu. It's about it. Okay, fill those out. And by the way, thank you all.

Well, though, this, Laurie, one of the women at the table is like, guys, thank you so much for coming here to Texas right now. For you to come at this moment, couldn't be more important. And Padma's like, thank you. Thank you. We're here to change everything. Thank you so much.

We do all the good work. Finally, that's someone finally recognized my work, Padma Lakshmi. We've decided to change the state shape into an odd rectangle. So Nick can make a state shaped dinner just for you, Texas. That's how much we're giving to you. You know, it's such a gift for us to share our fame with you, people. And so it was our honor as much as it was

your honor. Thank you so much. So judges table time and Tom's like, well, it's great seeing everyone take the challenge to heart and guts. But some of the dishes were kicking the nuts and some were just plain, awful, terrible, horrible. Wow, I'm actually proud of my son after seeing some of the crap that you people put out today. So, what more? Well, we would like to see Evelyn, Jackson, and Buddha. I see you have some popcorn still. We don't want to hear any more jokes. Thank you very much.

Evelyn, thank you for actually having a personal connection. Tiffany loved her cucumber in the augele and it was refreshing and everything just sang like Selena. Yeah, and Gale felt like it was bright and powerful and it had a crescendo. It really built up. I mean, every bit was a little bit spicier than the last. Well, to be fair, Gal, you do say that every time you try to chug a pepper shaker. So Jackson's next. And he's like, well, the pasta was beautifully made. And the guest judge is saying, you know, it's really bold to use an awful and you pulled

it off. And it's like, I fairly enjoyed your disgusting ragu. Hey, could you do us a favor? But you say hard and guts again. It's hilarious. And then with Buddha, Tom's like, you know, I was just a great roast chicken. I mean, you gave a sensible technique with great narrative. And this is not technique because apparently every single week

We have to kick some off because they don't even know how to cook every single week. So good. Oh, see you You know one of the gas cards you all ugly babies. That's matter here Evelyn wins Just wanted to share that. They love us. So, congratulations, Evelyn, to for two. How you feeling? And everyone's like, well, I didn't really want an answer, just stand over on the side, please. Thank you.

And then Ashley, Monique and Luke, you are in the bottom. Please stand here so you can be publicly humiliated by me. Thank you. When if you will be dragged and strangled by the ghost of Anne Richards, you list out with you. I mean, it's like, well, I pulled all the things I wanted to relate to me and girls like, um um it's not about relating to you you did say it goes like well it's hard to cure salmon in two hours at needed

salt texture taste creativity some intelligence which been nice that would have been really good you might as well have started for me okay someone's to get out please do you have any more of that chicken fudge hanging around he's That child's one way he is. Okay, someone's to date Gayle, please. Do you have any more of that chicken fudge hanging around? Hmm. He's like, well, I thought that chicken fudge would be enough salt. And Tom's like, uh, how could that be when we only had a tiny dollop of chicken fudge and also, uh, fuck you Thrice for making me say chicken fudge?

Because even I feel like a fucking idiot saying chicken fudge. I mean, you have me, Tom, click you in a position where I'm begging for more chicken fudge. I mean, you have me, Tom Clikki in a position where I'm begging for more chicken fudge just to get to your goddamn dish. Monique, did you feel like you were struggling today? The answer is yes. Tiffany, what do you have to say? I love what if I'm asked a question like that. Monique, did you feel like the idea to cut an oyster and a half was the dumbest decision in the history of cooking ever since the cave man only one right answer Tiffany's like that being salad reminded me of three being salad and a can So there was really no definition of flavor there and gale's like slow clap for Tiffany Wow, I was just gonna say a reminder of garbage I found on the side of the street,

but the can that you just can open up. God, I almost wish you had said something about lunch. Can we get Mini when back here just so we can fire her in front of the person who's taking the salty spot? Thanks. Gail's like my bowl had beans and two halves of an oyster and that's it, I didn't get broth, I didn't get apple and she didn't get a twigs bar for crying out loud, God, she won't stop talking about it. So did you cut the oysters or did they naturally look that straight down the middle?

Please tell me how you found a way to. Deep fry,-quarters of the oyster and the other half be fully exposed because I've never seen anything as idiotic as that. I'm only it's like well they were too big so I cut them and Tom's like well you know what happens then the juices run out and you know what you lost the oyster. Oh gosh like so my cereal I just can't wait to look on the back of that carton. See the missing oyster.

I'm giving them a call. I'm giving them a turn. I'm turning you in. That's it. Ashley, when those plates went out, and you were like, were you like, this is how I want these plates to come out? When you look at that garbage on a plate,

were you thinking, this is how I want to celebrate women in Texas? Is that your thought process? She's like, were you thinking, this is how I want to celebrate women in Texas. Is that your thought process? She's like, um, yeah, honestly, I was sticking to the narrative. Just, um, the narrative was good. But gross, ew, uh, what? That was my narrative for your dish. And it just sounds.

Are you aware that the narrative is you don't mess with Texas not you don't serve a mess in Texas? Burn. Ashley because Ashley's crying and the partner loves this because she goes, how are you feeling Ashley? Lolo Lolo. I love she asking how she Ash is crying and she's asking how she's feeling. Are you having a good time right now, Ash? She tell me about your emotional state. I can't figure it out. From the tears down your throat, down your cheeks, into your throat, probably.

Let's be honest. And Ash, it's like, well, it sucks feeling like the weakest player. Well, it's not that you feel like the weakest player. You are the weakest player, but don't worry. You have immunity today. You're not going anywhere. We just wanted you to hear this.

We just wanted you to stand our disappointments. So just save him that for a moment. We actually brought in a shaman to harness the souls of our five strong women and the souls are saying you're an idiot, Ashley. How does that feel? We just wanted you to hear. So Tom's like, well, you know, as happened with these women in history, you know, some of the, some of the women were celebrated properly and lifted up and the dishes were very inspiring or inspiring and some of the women were just before their time and treated like other crap. So Luke, let's start with you. Luzer, wow, how could you, Luke? Wow. Luke, the woman's

movement would like to thank you for punching them in both boobs with your chicken fudge. Okay. So then the judges are are oh wait you just go with okay I don't even know I just said it with hot water where I am. Oh, okay. I got confused there for moments now They're judging they sent them back to the the stew room and Padmas like tonight was such an inspiring dinner It's unfortunate that gal was there and for the most part we had a great meal But for these three chefs it was not a gal today. I mean, it was a I mean, it was not a I'm getting lost in my own words. Someone helped me out for crying out loud. Girls like, I'm sorry, it is

really hard to concentrate. We ate something called chicken fudge. So, so, yeah, they hate the chicken. Well, they they they hate that Luke is just like under season and there was like nothing on there and his like the cracklings were burnt. Padma, I love that we got an angry Padma because that's what I live for on this show. So they start talking about Monique's dried oysters and flavorless beans and Padma gets all mad and she goes she had everything she needed to make great flavors but she did not do that today okay I quit okay I'm back sorry I had to get that out so Monique and Noma are brought back out and Tom gives his little speech and Padmo and Padmo is like Monique, please pack your croissants and sell them to somebody who's pretending to

give a shit because you can't make anything else. Live stupid, get everything to make me famous! Yeah we really felt that one of our favorite parts about this challenge is that as we celebrate great women, we decided to destroy the dreams of one another woman. So have a great day. Someone makes like, well, for me, Top Chef really reminded me how strong I am as a person. The strength they took to cut an oyster in half was a lot. They were big oysters. So you know, I mean, I realized I was strong because

it does take a lot of willpower to say, I don't care about conventional wisdom or common sense. I am gonna slice this right oyster in half. I am pretty strong. The next week on top chef, we're celebrating people with skin justice, dry scales, dinosaurs. in just as dry as gals, dinosaurs. Wow. It's the Jurassic Park challenge. And God was like, well, it's real good. I'm so I'm wearing cocoa boots. I just can't even imagine how they're going to

incorporate Jurassic Park into top chef. I'm just so excited for Padma to try to make this work. Okay, now we're gonna dangle my nanny up and wait until a big shark that is sore jumps up and eats her whole. We're gonna watch the Jello jiggle and see how long it can stay there before Jay, okay, help just jumps on it and swallow the whole thing. on it, as well as the whole thing. Oh, gosh. Well, that brings us to the end of Top Chef, but don't worry, next week we're gonna get to see Kwame. Yeah, good old Kwame.

It's gonna be a, yeah, we have Kwame, Kwame is back in the house, very exciting. One half of the Kwame Maya relationship that we're currently tracking on Bravo sort of. And yeah, so thanks everyone for listening to this episode. We'll be back later this week with Below deck selling yachts and all our real housewives. Okay, love you guys. Bye. Watch what crap ends would like to think it's premium sponsors.

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