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00:01I'm Ravneet Gill.
00:03I'm chocolate cake mad.
00:04A pastry chef with years of experience.
00:07Have you ever seen a volleyball this big?
00:09And a lifetime ambition to open a restaurant.
00:12Woo!
00:13With my husband and top chef, Matty.
00:16I just like eating burgers.
00:18Perfect.
00:19No more lena.
00:20I fell in love with him over the Bearnaise.
00:21The food.
00:22A twist on old English chop house grub.
00:25Quality meat.
00:26Fish.
00:27That is so nice.
00:29And seasonal ingredients.
00:32In this series, you'll see us start a restaurant from scratch.
00:36We have no money left, so we need to get it open quickly.
00:39We'll be testing recipes for the menu.
00:42I mean, it needs more salt and then it'll be on the menu.
00:45Roll it again.
00:46In the fridge for an hour or two.
00:47Roll it again.
00:48Done.
00:49You'll also learn how to make some amazing dishes.
00:52So good.
00:53I hunched over the sink and I ate it with my hands.
00:56From building sites.
00:57Do you reckon we'll be done by Friday?
00:58This Friday?
00:59Yeah.
01:00To launch night.
01:01I'm quite nervous.
01:02My heart rate is falling.
01:03Four months ago, we collected the keys to our restaurant.
01:16And it's been a roller coaster since then.
01:19We've got a menu packed with chop house classics.
01:23And survived a renovation.
01:25This is us before.
01:27With no clue how hard things were going to be.
01:31And this is us now.
01:33A few thousand decisions later.
01:36We've even restored a century old balustrade.
01:41I've built a beautiful team and opening night is three days away.
01:47It's quite terrifying.
01:50You can make the best food in the world.
01:52But if, you know, something goes down in the front of house.
01:57Your electric's cut out.
01:58Your power go.
01:59You know, you never know what's going to happen.
02:01But there's one thing about this restaurant that's totally ready to launch.
02:06It's the sheet that I've always wanted.
02:10It rolls stuff for you.
02:12It gets you to the millimetre that you need.
02:14So all my biscuits will be the same.
02:16My tart shells will be the same.
02:18My puff pastry layers should be the same.
02:21I can say goodbye to my rolling pin and stop measuring thickness by eye.
02:27I want to get a popular vegetarian pastry dish on the menu.
02:33But I'm trying to shorten the length of time it takes to make.
02:37Cheese and potato pativier with sharp green salad.
02:42This is a potato pie.
02:45It's not just a potato pie.
02:47It's a dauphinoise pie.
02:49So layers of potato, cream, bit of garlic, some cheese encased in this beautiful rough puff pastry.
02:57We want to test it to get a second opinion on it.
03:00See how it works from like a prep point of view and how long it might take to make some of these.
03:06Food prep is the backbone of any well-run, fast-moving kitchen.
03:11Even with puff pastry, there are clever ways to speed things up without losing quality.
03:18Just literally flour and salt in a bowl.
03:21And I'm going to grate the butter, so I need to get some butter out of the fridge.
03:24This is a really fun way of making a quick pastry without having to laminate butter inside.
03:30It's just a way of getting it distributed through the dough in a quick way.
03:36So you get a very, very buttery, rich pastry quickly.
03:41All my butter's in, but it's still quite flaky.
03:45Like, you can see the bits of butter, which is what you want.
03:49Matti and I got to know each other better over dauphinoise pie.
03:54We were both working at another restaurant.
03:57He would make the dauphinoise, and I would make the pastry.
04:01And yes, it was romantic.
04:04And the rest is history.
04:06You need cold hands to be a pastry chef.
04:08Cold hands and a warm heart.
04:10Ingredients are butter, flour, salt.
04:16I've added about 250ml of water, just enough to bring it together.
04:21It's just such a rich dough. I love this dough.
04:24And look, you can see it like it's yellow from all of that lovely butter.
04:29I could, if I wanted, roll this out now and use it as quick pastry or rough puff pastry.
04:37But I'm going to do classic puff pastry folds to make sure the gluten is relaxed
04:44and that the pastry is flaky and light.
04:48I'm chilling this for 30 minutes, and I'm going to fold and chill it three times.
04:54The classic approach would chill each fold for up to two hours.
04:59So this is my compromise.
05:02Whenever you work with pastry, it should just be cold every time you use it and bake it.
05:06Because the butter has to reset.
05:07You know, as it will just melt, you'll lose all the work you put in.
05:12So I just rolled my pastry.
05:15And my cheetah.
05:17So now it's done.
05:19Now for the sauce.
05:22I'm putting some lovely cream of milk into a pot.
05:25I always put in loads of garlic because I'm obsessed.
05:29Salt and pepper, some rosemary, and some thyme.
05:34Slice the potatoes thinly.
05:38Now they go into the cream and milk.
05:40Oh, yeah, it smells good.
05:42Then you just put, when it's simmering like this, you can see the steam.
05:45Start putting your potatoes in.
05:47You'd serve it, like, warm.
05:49You wouldn't serve it hot.
05:51Like, boiling hot.
05:53Because you don't get the flavour as much.
05:56So that's going to start heating and then it goes into a pot.
06:00Just until they soften.
06:02That's all you want.
06:03And then you just layer them up nicely.
06:05And you add the cream and milk as you go.
06:07Then spoon into an oven dish lined with greaseproof paper so you can easily lift out the cooked filling.
06:16This is going to go in the oven.
06:17We're going to bake it, cool it down, and then we're going to wrap it in the pastry that we made.
06:22One hour at 180 degrees C and I'll be left with a firm block of creamy dauphinoise potatoes.
06:33Instead of putting it in the fridge overnight, I'm going to blast chill.
06:38When that's done, I place it in the centre of a sheet of puff pastry ready for wrapping.
06:43Then we want to layer cheese up on top.
06:49So we've got some pre-sliced comte here.
06:53Comte is a delicious semi-hard mountain cheese.
06:58Nutty, buttery and made from unpasteurised cow's milk.
07:05And then we have a lid that goes on like this.
07:10Yeah.
07:12Make sure the pastry is smooth and even.
07:15Then crimp around the edges.
07:18It's called scalloping, a classic French technique.
07:23Now for the egg wash.
07:25To give the pastry a beautiful golden crispy top.
07:30I'm adding a final touch to make it a real showstopper.
07:35It just needs to be chilled before baking for 60 minutes at 180 degrees C.
07:42And look at that.
07:44I've made a massive pie using puff pastry in less than four hours.
07:51Serve it with a side salad.
07:54A romantic tasting with Matty would be perfect.
07:58But he's busy.
08:00My Ashley's the next best thing.
08:02I mean it looks very pretty doesn't it?
08:04Yeah.
08:10Mmm.
08:12Yum.
08:13I think potatoes is basically the best filling you can have.
08:14Yeah.
08:15It's like a massive samosa.
08:16Mmm.
08:17I mean it needs more salt and then it will be on the menu.
08:18Yeah.
08:19Yeah.
08:20Yes.
08:21For sure.
08:23Matti and I have still got to figure out the final details for our launch night menu.
08:28Five starters, five mains, desserts, sides and sauces.
08:31Matti's granddad is coming.
08:32And so we need something he'll love.
08:33Classic, classy and nostalgic.
08:34Crepes with red onion and cream cheese.
08:36Served with a yet-to-be-chosen fish roe.
08:37And so we need something he'll love.
08:38Classic, classy and nostalgic.
08:39Crepes with red onion and cream cheese.
08:40Served with a yet-to-be-chosen fish roe.
08:41That would be a perfect, perfect thing to have on our menu.
08:43So what is the difference?
08:44Is it?
08:53This is just a side.
08:54Here we go.
08:55It's just a fee-to-be-chosen fish roe.
08:58red onion and cream cheese served with a yet-to-be-chosen fish roe
09:07that would be a perfect uh perfect thing to have on our menu when we can add a little bit of uh
09:14je ne sais quoi my mom used to um we used to have bagels and uh she'd have cream cheese and
09:20we'd have lump fish roe on there which is basically like cheap caviar and raw red
09:25onions and a squeeze of lemon so sort of mix of the two matty made something like this once before
09:32it was so good i hunched over the sink and i ate it with my hands no pressure but that's what i hope
09:38this dish is the plan is simple we're going to sample different versions of the same dish each
09:46one using a different fish roe but first it's time to make the pancake batter
09:51and i used to make these for gina and she loved them she used to love my pancakes
09:59she's quite hard to impress woman but once you're on her good side it was like
10:04you know plain sailing and she really liked my pancakes
10:10so it's flour a pinch of salt a tablespoon of caster sugar to help with browning in the pan
10:17two eggs and milk put some cream in that's my last touch i always add a bit of cream into my
10:23crepe batter it just makes them a bit more delicate while that rests it's time to make the filling
10:31cream cheese freshly ground black pepper and diced red onion
10:35this batter needs to rest for about an hour i need five for the taste test like if you think you've
10:47had a crepe before you haven't had my crepes i know that sounds arrogant but honestly a french
10:53chef taught me how to make these and they're the best now they're ready i spoon a generous portion
11:00into the middle then fold them neatly but to make this truly next level i'm pan frying them in butter
11:12each one is topped with a spoonful of different fish roe
11:16now it's over to our team of chefs for tasting i think with a wedge of lemon that's
11:26yeah you need lemon did what you know
11:29i don't like that one no i'm not keen yeah like that one don't like that one like this one's my
11:35favorite so far with five different flavors from salmon to lump fish we're spoilt for choice
11:43but we need to choose the right row i like this one yeah so which one does everybody like this one
11:52yeah again like that we like the salmon right the most we would probably garnish it with dill
11:57and put the chives through the cream cheese yeah fantastic thanks everyone coming up
12:05we're launching what could possibly go wrong
12:07the electrics something's happened the most special of guests makes it opening night
12:18go and get a photo with uh popper and we have to impress my goodness such a great meal
12:26everything we ate was delicious you don't need the croutons with the money fish
12:29and then it's just dinner after months of preparation the time has come
12:40in a few short hours our restaurant will be full for the very first time
12:48it's launch night it's all people that i know and like and friends and family who i know are here
12:53for good intention and that we want them to treat it as if they were coming for dinner order as they
12:59would as they're coming for dinner and get a sense of the place like kind of test drive it test drive
13:05the loos test drive the music the food the kitchen tonight we absolutely have to shine okay guys just
13:15two minutes everyone here please big night tonight we've got some really really important people
13:19coming tonight who's really really important to me and rav um look there's going to be some hiccups
13:24along the way and it's okay if everyone remains calm please don't be afraid to ask us questions
13:30ready i just want to say thank you all so much because this is our baby and we have found this
13:38is really hard we've done it on the other side opening somewhere for someone else we've never done it
13:42ourselves we're going to make loads of mistakes and we need you to give us grace for that but we're also
13:47going to give you loads of grace and every single one of you is here for a reason we like all of you and
13:52we want you all to be happy so thank you all for giving your time to us we really appreciate that
13:57and to gina
14:07with a daunting full house of 60 booked in each wanting three courses we've definitely put the heat
14:14on ourselves and tonight needs to be unforgettable for the right reasons
14:22we always wanted our restaurant to be a twist on a traditional chop house
14:28so tonight's menu mixes old and new including beetroot with pistachios and crispy garlic
14:35matty's chop house burgers tomato pasta gloucester walsh pork chop for sharing and tomato baked volavons
14:49big too i think they're a bit too big but have you ever seen a volavon this big
14:55i've also made some desserts chocolate cake cherry and lemon pie and strawberry jelly tonight's a dream
15:08come true but there's literally no hiding as well as friends and family i've been bold and invited fellow
15:17chefs to give their verdict talk about pressure
15:31the electrics something's happened there's something wrong with the lights in that you know they've all
15:36been programmed they've all been set everything was fine last night and now we've had more work
15:41happening today and they've managed to completely mess them up so you're having a power cut for five
15:47minutes i thought i'd never be the type of person who would open and still have building work going
15:54on on the same day but here i am very stressful it's very stressful i think if i was on the other
16:04side of this i would look at me and be like why the hell is she opening today she should delay this by a
16:10week when you're on the other side and all of this money has come out of your bank account you like
16:16cannot afford to delay by a day we're back on and down to the wire time wise but my nerves have to take
16:25a back seat our guests are arriving among them our friend and fellow chef callum franklin
16:33and jonathan jones who's like matty's godfather of cooking i'm not escaping the critical taste buds either
16:55i've invited some of the finest pastry chefs around it's a nerve-wracking lineup but this night wouldn't
17:05be anything without family matty's granddad is here gina's father-in-law go on get a photo with popper
17:13you're almost as tall as a ram
17:22like seeing into the future i know it's zero hour the kitchen is fired up and we're ready to start feeding
17:32this place is all about the warmth of friends and family
18:01sharing beautifully prepared food and enjoying each other's company
18:07these tables are packed with people from the industry who are all straight talkers
18:14right guys can we take these starters please
18:18my husband is an amazing chef but tonight is about treasuring the gift of constructive criticism
18:24it's excellent yeah really good i really like that oh perfect the um i didn't you don't need the
18:31croutons with the manfish it's just filler i don't think i don't think it's necessary
18:35the actual flavor is not oh this manfish is fantastic the grip they tend to swipe real
18:39flavor is great real berry fussy lee we had we had we had the pomade we had the pomade we had some
18:46delicious sourder thank you man thank you for coming it's better than i imagined
19:04people loving simple hearty food made with great ingredients
19:09oodles of love and just a touch of perfectionism we got two portions of the pastor and i think
19:16that was the uncle yeah pastor i think it would have had somehow your white shirt survived
19:22nobody knows how this has been these last few days have been the toughest it'll be all right though
19:30we're gonna get through it we've got this amazing team behind us we'll be fine all right
19:38my biggest fear was falling short of our ambition for this place we've opened in a terrible year for
19:45restaurants but tonight i feel cautiously confident but i love the trout yes i i wasn't excited i was
19:54surprised as much as they are i think because it looked very simple i mean that's not a bad thing
20:00but it was so perfect they've done a brilliant john's really nice he's absolutely lovely and it's a
20:05welcome addition to this spain road something great where's my where's my you need that with the
20:10cheeky i take that well it possibly been lots of it went outside what's the plot we had chocolate
20:17cake raps tropical average had pistachios on here and sensei yeah and we had cherry and almonds
20:25pop delicious very good pastry she's very good they're both very good cooks i'm so happy that so
20:32many family made it my mum is here and even matty's auntie
20:36he's my nephew and i'm so proud because gina was my sister and it's just been the most amazing
20:46the past three hours have just flown by but we did it we passed the test i think
20:54yeah no it's been uh tough very tough tonight exhausted there was a postcard for not to open a
21:00restaurant but we have and there's now a mountain ahead of us but i'm happy
21:12we've made some great food and even better memories tonight and it's all thanks to gina
21:30thank you
21:42you
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