A biker-themed burger task turns into total kitchen chaos as contestants try to impress a hungry motorcycle crew with bold flavors and big portions.
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00:00Last time on MasterChef Canada...
00:03Hi, everybody.
00:04Mary Berg's twist on a classic...
00:06This looks so interesting.
00:08...forced the top ten out of their comfort zone...
00:10You asked to elevate a tuna casserole.
00:13...and brought Jordan's MasterChef journey to an end.
00:19Tonight, a punishing team challenge propels the home cooks to go full throttle...
00:25Oh, you hear that, guys? You hear those bikes?
00:27...and pushes the top nine over the edge.
00:29Bring it on!
00:31You do what you gotta do, I'm gonna do what I'm gonna do.
00:33Now it's getting intense here.
00:35You're in charge of the fries, okay?
00:37This is my nightmare.
00:41As the sun settles over Toronto, the home cooks arrive at a historic city landmark.
00:47Today we're at Evergreen Brickworks, and it's really swanky, modern, old school.
00:52It's pretty cool vibes.
00:53The former factory is now an environmental center...
00:56and the site of the top nine's second team challenge.
01:00I love team challenges.
01:02I'm in business school.
01:03Business school is all about team projects, so I'm really good at working in teams.
01:08I love motorcycles.
01:18I love riding motorcycles.
01:20I can't ride myself, so I'm the passenger.
01:22I'm a biker myself.
01:32I may not look like a biker, but I like the adrenaline rush.
01:38Wow.
01:39Good morning, home cooks.
01:40Good morning.
01:41Yes!
01:42Do we know how to make an entrance or what?
01:47Absolutely.
01:48If you like motorcycles as much as I do, this is your lucky day.
01:53We've invited a few enthusiasts for lunch.
01:57There are actually 200 on their way here right now.
02:04I am super intimidated by the thought of 200 hungry bikers.
02:10We want you to offer those bikers a culinary experience that's as exciting and satisfying as a sweet ride on the open road.
02:17We think the best way to do that is with a creative spin on the most popular roadside meal of all.
02:24Burgers and fries.
02:26No burgers.
02:30I make them at home all the time.
02:32Any team is going to be lucky to have me.
02:34People see me as this guy that only does fine dining.
02:38I love a good burger and fries.
02:40These bikers are worthy of your very best.
02:43Many of them are involved in a charity called Ride for Sight.
02:46which raises millions of dollars for the visually impaired.
02:50I think that's really cool.
02:53Today, we're dividing you into three teams.
02:58Each team will have their own beautifully appointed pantry,
03:01stocked with everything that you need, including a variety of ground meats.
03:07We're also looking for innovative toppings and fries that are crisp and creatively seasoned.
03:13And the team that sells the most burger and fries is the winner.
03:19Aaron, you had the best dish in the elimination challenge.
03:22So that means you'll be captain of the red team.
03:25Thank you, chef.
03:26Come on up here and grab your apron.
03:28I'm a leader in my everyday life at my job.
03:32I definitely have high standards.
03:34You need to expect the best out of people to get the best out of people.
03:38Lisha, you made the second best dish.
03:41So you're the captain of the blue team.
03:44Come get your apron.
03:46I want to pick the strongest team that I can and come up with a win.
03:50May, you served up the third best dish.
03:53So you'll be captain of the green team.
03:55Being a team leader, I know it's a big responsibility, but I just need to be calm and focused.
04:02All right, time to pick teams.
04:05Aaron, you get first pick.
04:08This home cook is a very tough competitor.
04:10I'm going to go with Trevor.
04:12Trevor's a strong cook.
04:14I think that he's my biggest competition and I want to keep my eye on him.
04:18Alicia, who are you going to pick?
04:21This home cook is extremely hard working and I know he's going to be a major asset.
04:26I'm going to pick Matt.
04:28Good choice.
04:30Okay, May, who's it going to be?
04:35I'm choosing Justine.
04:38Yay!
04:39Justine has proven herself.
04:41She's been a team captain before and she would be a great asset on the team.
04:45Aaron, back to you.
04:47Well, chefs, if we're expected to sell burgers today, I'm going to need somebody with a good background in sales.
04:54I'm going to choose Taya.
04:56I am a sales guru and I've made a very successful career out of it, so I'm pretty confident in this.
05:04So Alicia, you have one home cook to pick and your choice will send the last home cook to the green team.
05:11Who's it going to be?
05:12It's me and Barry at the end and I'm not shocked at all.
05:15For whatever reason, they seem to think because my team lost the previous challenge that I'm now tainted meat or something like that.
05:22It's going to be Barry.
05:23Thanks, sweetie.
05:24I am stuck with Miranda.
05:30I don't like to be around her.
05:32We are definitely going to go head to head.
05:34She's proven to everyone that she's not a team player.
05:37I don't underestimate little sweet Justine.
05:40I think the sweet and innocent thing is just an act.
05:45You now have two hours to plan, prep and cook your burgers and fries before your booths open for business.
05:51And then you have only one hour to sell your meals.
05:55Two teams with the lowest sales will face a pressure test that will send at least one of you home.
06:04Are you ready?
06:06Yes, Chef!
06:07Time starts now!
06:16We can do maybe a beef and pork burger.
06:19I want grated cheddar in the burger.
06:21So there's cheese in the burger.
06:22And then I was thinking of like Cajun fries.
06:24That's amazing, Matt.
06:25Burgers and fries isn't really my forte.
06:27So I need to bring some bold flavors to this.
06:30I want to make sure I have a hand in all the seasoning, guys.
06:32And then, guys, we have a taste as we go.
06:34I would like to make a burger from the chuck.
06:37I don't like fancy burgers.
06:39The burger has to be a burger.
06:41I don't want any burgers pre-seasoned because I don't want it to bleed out.
06:45I've never heard of making beef patties that aren't seasoned.
06:49But that's how we're doing it.
06:51Iceberg lettuce.
06:52I don't want anything else.
06:53I want pork and ground biscuit.
06:55For the fries, I'm going to do lemon zest.
06:57I'm going to do salt, garlic.
06:59I'm feeling pretty confident because I know with a good plan, we can win.
07:04I'll start mixing the meat and you can help Miranda with flushing and cutting the fries.
07:07Perfect.
07:08One, two, three.
07:09Red!
07:10Team Blue!
07:11With just two hours before their stands open for business, the team start prepping their burgers.
07:17This is how I do it at home.
07:18Just not this much.
07:19Oh, yeah.
07:20My arm's the beginning of a workout.
07:22The first thing that comes to mind for me with a burger is big, juicy, and flavorful.
07:26Yes, but we want to see something creative.
07:28This can't be your everyday burger.
07:30We are making a bacon jam burger with Swiss cheese, arugula, and crispy shallots.
07:36I like my burgers with a lot of added flavor components.
07:38I put some soy sauce, some dijon, some mayonnaise to get some moisture.
07:42Delicious.
07:43I'm putting a little bit of cayenne powder.
07:45Tie it in with the fries.
07:46Yeah, exactly.
07:47We're doing a burger with ground chuck, ground pork.
07:50It's going to be spicy.
07:51It's going to have bacon.
07:52It's going to have cheese in the burger ground up.
07:55It's going to have this melty explosion of flavors.
07:58You know, when you've got good quality beef, I don't see the point of sticking all kinds of junk in it.
08:03We are making a beef burger with some bacon and pimento cheese, minimal toppings.
08:10This whole monkey business about a fancy hamburger, not my thing.
08:13Come on, guys.
08:14Let's go.
08:15Let's go.
08:16In this challenge, leadership is critical.
08:18Is that good for you?
08:19That's perfect.
08:20That's perfect.
08:21Barry, everything's good on your end?
08:23Yeah.
08:24Alicia is a force to be reckoned with.
08:25Make sure everything's well seasoned.
08:27Yeah.
08:28Do you think we should cut off some of the acidity of the lemon?
08:31What do you guys think?
08:32Well, there's honey in there, right?
08:33Yeah.
08:34I think you'll be fine.
08:35May is running her kitchen on the Democratic side.
08:37Nice to see.
08:38I just hope it lasts.
08:40Everything comes through me, please.
08:42On the other hand, Aaron is taking control of his team making the decisions over there.
08:46Either we do it right or we don't do it at all.
08:48We are going to serve every burger medium rare for sure.
08:51We should be confident enough to serve it the way we intend it to be eaten.
08:55I'm not a fan of doing the medium rare burger.
08:58You good?
08:59But Aaron's in charge, so I'm just going to trust what he says.
09:03Aaron is very confident about his approach to his burgers.
09:07We're having 200 hungry bikers.
09:10This is a time where you have to cook something that they like, not what you like.
09:18And off we go, to the gym.
09:20As the cooks move on to their fries, things are starting to break down on the green team.
09:26We have to be really, really fast.
09:28I'm trying.
09:29Do you want me to do it?
09:32Communicate.
09:33I can do it.
09:34Justine and Miranda, don't get along.
09:36This is not working.
09:37Okay, come on.
09:38Go, go, go, go, go.
09:39Justine, get started on the burgers and Miranda on the fries.
09:42I have to just give them very specific tasks and not have them interact.
09:46Did someone lower the oil heat yet to 275?
09:49No, I didn't.
09:50You're in charge of the fries, okay?
09:51Yeah, I just don't know how to...
09:53I just want to make sure because that way we won't step on each other's toe.
09:57This is my nightmare.
09:58I don't have time right now to be frustrated.
10:00I just have to be the silent warrior in the background to help us win a burger challenge.
10:08How are you all doing here?
10:09Doing very well, thank you.
10:10Doing well, chef.
10:11What's on your burgers?
10:12They look very, um...
10:13Very simple.
10:14I want the meat to be the meat.
10:16Let me get this straight.
10:17So there's no seasoning in here right now, nothing?
10:19There's nothing, chef.
10:20No salt?
10:21No salt, chef.
10:23Tell me about your toppings because your toppings are going to need to be absolutely killer in order for this to work.
10:28We're doing a southern style pimento cheese, chef.
10:30What we've got is butter, sour cream, mayonnaise, chopped cheese, chopped fire roast peppers.
10:39Do you like it?
10:40I don't like it.
10:41I love it.
10:43Why are you going to scare me like that, chef?
10:46That's awesome.
10:47That's awesome.
10:48All right.
10:49Thank you for stopping by, chef.
10:50Stay focused.
10:52Attaboy, Aaron.
10:55I have two big trays full flanched already.
10:58Okay, perfect, Miranda.
10:59Keep going.
11:00May, how are things going?
11:01Things are going good.
11:02I think my team is doing excellent.
11:03Everyone is pulling their weight.
11:05Miranda, you're doing the fries.
11:07It's what I was assigned to do, so I'll do whatever I'm told.
11:10How are you going to season this?
11:12We're putting some blue cheese, some bacon fat.
11:16They're going to be nice and ooey and gooey, so I'm confident they'll love our dish.
11:20You were picked last.
11:21I was picked last, yep.
11:23Now you've become the underdog.
11:24Is that where you want to be?
11:26I don't think I am the underdog.
11:28The art of war is when you're strong and pure weak, so it'll work for me.
11:32Deadly warriors.
11:34I like the confidence.
11:35I'm going to let you get back to work.
11:36Thank you, chef Alvin.
11:40Hello, chef Claudia.
11:43What is happening here?
11:45We're just starting and we have a lot of fat in these burgers because we're doing pork in them,
11:48so we want to give them a nice sear and then finish on the grill.
11:50What is this right here?
11:51We have the cheddar cheese in the burger.
11:53Let's take a little look here.
11:54Yes.
11:59That's not the color that we're looking for.
12:00You know why that's happening, right?
12:01Cheese.
12:02Cheese.
12:03The cheese will burn.
12:04Did you already mix your cheese with all your burger meat?
12:06Yes, yes, yes.
12:07So you're at the point of no return.
12:09We can't afford to have any burgers burn or we're going to be looking at a problem.
12:12Matt, watch out.
12:13Make sure they're not overdone.
12:14Please.
12:18Ten minutes.
12:19You have ten minutes left.
12:20Oh, you hear that, guys?
12:21You hear those bikes?
12:24Oh, come on.
12:25The bikers are arriving.
12:27Oh, my God.
12:29Oh, my God.
12:30They're coming in.
12:31Woo!
12:32Riders on the storm.
12:33Now it's getting intense here.
12:36Look at that.
12:37They do look a little bit hungry.
12:39I'm extremely worried about time.
12:41We have to get these burgers out right now.
12:43We're going to get the assembly line going.
12:45We've got enough prep.
12:46Let's go, guys.
12:47I'm going to start assembling, okay?
12:48Yeah.
12:49Just let me get these done, and then I'll come help.
12:51You know this is about sales.
12:52That's what's going to count in the end in winning.
12:54The more burgers you can pump out in that one hour,
12:56the greater chance of driving your sales to the top.
12:59I'll just pass you the burgers when they're done.
13:01By the time service begins,
13:03we want a lot of plates built.
13:05We don't want them to wait.
13:06Do meth!
13:08We're going to roll restaurant style
13:10and put quality before quantity.
13:12I don't want to pile up 30, 40 burgers.
13:15I want every customer to get a hot burger made to order.
13:19Aaron and the red team, they're way behind time.
13:22They don't know what's coming.
13:23The worst thing that can happen is all three of us
13:26go and flip Paddy's.
13:27I don't want to flip Paddy's today.
13:29Is everybody on track?
13:30Yeah.
13:31Beautiful.
13:32Guys, we got this.
13:34Let's go!
13:35We're the burger made!
13:36Burger made!
13:3710, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!
13:50Bring it on!
13:51Bring it on!
13:52Come on!
13:53Come on!
13:54Come on for some biker beef burgers!
13:56Come on over, guys!
13:57The bikers will now choose between the red team's Chuck and short rib burger with pimento cheese and garlic butter fries.
14:11All right!
14:12Thank you so much!
14:13The blue team's bacon and cheddar burger with Cajun spiced fries.
14:18Enjoy, guys!
14:19And the green team's beef and pork burger with bacon onion jam and blue cheese fries.
14:24We're representing the ladies today, so come get your burgers!
14:31Guys, I need more people up here!
14:33All of a sudden, we've got this lineup a hundred people deep.
14:36Get that line going!
14:37I'm going!
14:38I'm freaking out.
14:39We've got to get these burgers out.
14:41Where's the tongs cake?
14:42Come on.
14:43It's really, really difficult.
14:45Okay, we need to get more efficient with this.
14:46You do what you've got to do.
14:47I'm going to do what I'm going to do.
14:51There's a huge lineup at our station, but we're cranking out burgers and we're doing it pretty quickly.
14:57Here you go!
14:58Thank you!
14:59Good luck, girls!
15:00Thank you!
15:01The red team also has a long line, but it's barely moving.
15:04We're a little behind on the burgers, guys.
15:07Trevor, how are we doing on burgers back there?
15:09Yeah, they're still cooking like three minutes out.
15:11Thank you for being so patient, guys.
15:13Service is snowballing into chaos.
15:17Okay, we should have gone these burgers way ahead of time.
15:20Yeah.
15:21Hungry people waiting.
15:22It's no good.
15:23If you don't want to wait in line, you can come over here!
15:27I was waiting in the red line for a really long time, and it just wasn't moving.
15:31We're going to lose customers if we don't hustle.
15:37How are you guys doing?
15:38Good!
15:39What do you think of the green team burger?
15:41Green team burger was awesome.
15:42I'd go back for another one.
15:44Thanks for coming to Burger Babe.
15:45Would you like two?
15:46Yes.
15:47Okay, I'll get it for you right now.
15:49I loved the caramelized onions going on there.
15:52I liked the blue cheese fries.
15:54I really liked it.
15:56How was the burger from the green team?
15:58It was very bland.
15:59Very bland, yes.
16:00I really enjoyed the taste.
16:02I see you're eating a burger from the blue team.
16:04How's the taste?
16:05It's fantastic.
16:06What really stands out is the flavor of the burger and the caramelized onions.
16:10What kind of bike you ride?
16:11Six or one thousand.
16:12Great bike.
16:13So what did you like about the blue burger?
16:15They cleaned my sinuses right out.
16:17So spicy, right?
16:18I think I had a little bit of spice, yeah.
16:20I chose the blue team.
16:22The burger had spice in it, and the fries also had spice on them.
16:26I felt like I kind of got double spiced.
16:29I chose the red team.
16:30The bacon was good in it.
16:31The pimento cheese I liked.
16:33The sauce rocked.
16:34It was really, really tasty.
16:35Good flavor.
16:36Thank you so much.
16:37I chose the red team.
16:40It was worth the wait.
16:41I think their burger is amazing.
16:43How are you enjoying the burger?
16:44It's looking a little pink inside.
16:45That is totally unacceptable.
16:47Which team was that from?
16:48That was team red.
16:49The red team.
16:50Let me take that back.
16:52I'll have it replaced right away.
16:56Aaron, we have an issue here, buddy.
16:57Look, that is too underdone.
17:00Yes, sir.
17:01That is totally unacceptable.
17:02Yes, sir.
17:03I need a replacement right away, now.
17:05Not everybody likes their burger medium red.
17:08Another red burger.
17:10They're coming back.
17:11That's insane.
17:13Come on, guys.
17:14Let's go.
17:15Sorry about that.
17:16I need one on the fly right now.
17:18I'm starting to think that I've misjudged the challenge.
17:22These bikers are getting angry.
17:24Each minute that passes where we're not serving burgers,
17:27we're just getting further and further away from winning.
17:30Pearls, more buns.
17:32Now that the crowd has started to dwindle,
17:34it's time for the teams to turn up the charm.
17:37Blue cheese, babes, bacon.
17:39We got all the bees over here.
17:41Our burgers are by far the best.
17:43Miranda is really working the crowd.
17:46I really think Miranda herself.
17:48She showed us that she was a team player.
17:50Representing the ladies.
17:53You're back.
17:54I love you.
17:55I love you.
17:56Towards the end of the service,
17:57we have happy repeat customers.
17:59She's back for her second and third.
18:01Second and third?
18:02Hell yeah.
18:03We feel amazing.
18:05Alicia, we're crushing this.
18:06I know.
18:07All right, guys. It's the final push.
18:08I am just trying to keep everyone in my lineup entertained.
18:12I can do a dance.
18:14Taya is saving our asses.
18:19Go team Red!
18:20Anyone want some more burgers?
18:23Blue team.
18:24Green team.
18:25Red team.
18:26Service is over.
18:31Bikers!
18:33Is everyone full?
18:36Now, hit the road!
18:42Now, hit the road!
18:48With a tough team challenge behind them,
18:51the home cooks assemble to find out which team sold the most burgers and fries.
18:56Congratulations! You just faced down a daunting crowd of 200 hungry bikers.
19:03All your burger and fry combos had their fans.
19:06But this challenge comes down to one thing.
19:10Sales.
19:11And only one team sold enough to save themselves from the pressure test.
19:17Winning the day by just eight orders.
19:21Oh, my God.
19:22What?
19:25I'm just praying that we pull through for a win.
19:29I'm so proud of my team. We sold so much, I think we secured a win.
19:40It feels so amazing to win. I can lead a winning team.
19:53Congratulations, Green Team. You sold the most burgers and fries, and you're all safe from elimination.
20:01It feels incredible.
20:06The rest of you, you worked really hard, but it wasn't quite enough to save you from tomorrow's pressure test.
20:12We'll see you back at the MasterChef Canada kitchen.
20:15When you saw the green smoke, was that not just like the best feeling of your life?
20:22Oh, my God.
20:23It was a good cook. It was a clean cook.
20:25No raw burgers.
20:26It doesn't get us out of pressure test, but no, unfortunately not.
20:36It's the day after the team challenge and the home cooks return to the MasterChef Canada kitchen.
20:42This is going to be my first pressure test.
20:44Nervous as hell.
20:45I'm not looking forward to this at all.
20:47I have yet to cook in a pressure test, but I'm prepared to do so. Bring it on.
20:56It feels really great to be able to just go straight up to the gallery.
21:00I know how it feels like to cook in the pressure test, and it's not fun.
21:05Welcome back, everybody. That was an exhausting challenge.
21:09You all fed 200 bikers. Well done. Great job.
21:17Green team, you did an incredible job.
21:21The speed at which you got your burger and fries out was really impressive.
21:26Well deserving.
21:28One team lost by only eight orders, and that team was the blue team.
21:38Red team, you lost by 35 orders.
21:42Aaron, you were the captain. Do you think you misread your guests by giving them medium-rare burgers?
21:49There certainly were a couple of burgers that came back that were undercooked. There's no question about it.
21:55Others were a matter of preference.
21:57As a chef, I love to eat a burger medium-rare.
22:01If I serve burgers medium-rare in my restaurant, I will have them come back time and time and time again.
22:07So Aaron, if you have the chance to save yourself, will you take it?
22:16Yes, chef, I would.
22:18Before I left home, I promised my wife that if given the opportunity to secure myself in this competition, that I wouldn't give that up. Pride doesn't pay my bills.
22:28It wasn't my decision to not have the burgers ready. It wasn't my decision to have them cooked medium-rare. So if anyone should get the save, it should be me.
22:38Alicia, clearly your team did a good job. But one comment that we heard from a number of people that tried the burger was that it was a little too spicy.
22:48If the seasoning was too spicy, that was definitely my fault.
22:52If you have the chance to save yourself, will you take it?
22:56Letting my team down and losing is a huge deal for me.
23:00And I'm going to go down with the ship.
23:07Alicia and Aaron, the team captains, often face the very difficult decision of whether to save themselves or not.
23:15Tonight, your whole team will decide who to save.
23:21One member from each team will be safe from elimination.
23:26If you can't reach a unanimous decision within 30 seconds, your entire team will be cooking.
23:33I'm not expecting this 30 seconds to go very well.
23:37Your 30 seconds start now.
23:40Wait, you see what you think?
23:41I'm thinking very good.
23:42What do you think?
23:43Obviously, I want to be safe.
23:44I know.
23:45I'd go captains call.
23:46It's a lot of pressure.
23:48I'm fine cooking.
23:49It's between you two.
23:50I'm just, like, scared by me, though.
23:52We've got to make a decision, otherwise all three of us cook.
23:55Time's up.
23:59That's tough.
24:02Okay, blue team.
24:04Who is not going to be competing in this pressure test?
24:09Chefs, I'm going to save...
24:13Barry.
24:16Barry.
24:18In this last challenge, Barry worked his ass off, so that's why I want to save Barry.
24:23Thanks, sweetie.
24:24You deserve it.
24:25You're a beast.
24:26Thanks, man.
24:28Barry, you seem a little choked up.
24:30I've got goosebumps thinking about the amount of character that that took.
24:33Well, Barry, please remove your apron and head up to the gallery.
24:36To be completely honest, Barry did the most work on the team, and I think he deserves the save.
24:43But a pressure test is a pressure test.
24:45If you crack under that pressure, you're going home.
24:49Aaron, were you able to come up with a unanimous decision?
24:52Yes, Chef.
24:53The decision is that I will be going to the gallery.
24:58Taya, you're upset.
25:03What's going on?
25:05I don't feel like I deserve to be down on the bottom right now, but I'd rather see somebody safe on my team than not come to an agreement and all of us cook.
25:12It has to be unanimous though, right?
25:14It is.
25:15I did vote for Aaron.
25:18Aaron, please remove your apron and head on up to the gallery.
25:22You've got to keep your eye on the prize.
25:24At the end of the day, this is a competition.
25:26Every single person here given the opportunity would save themselves.
25:31Except for Alicia.
25:36Are you ready to find out which dish you'll have to master?
25:39Yes, Chef.
25:40Yes, Chef.
25:41Yes, Chef.
25:46A classic French milfoy.
25:50Baking.
25:52Not again.
25:54I didn't even know how to pronounce milfoy until today.
25:57Never eaten it, never ordered it, never seen it made.
26:00No, no, no, no, no.
26:02The secret to this stunning dessert is finding the balance between several components.
26:07First, three layers of a puff pastry that is both light and crispy with a rich buttery taste.
26:16Second, two layers of smooth pistachio cream and fresh raspberries.
26:21And then to top it all off, a sweet stripe of raspberry coulis and icing sugar.
26:27You're going to have to personalize your own meal foie with the flavors of your choice.
26:36Now please head back to your stations.
26:38This is culinary warfare.
26:39But I'm going to do my absolute best and I'm going to push it as hard as I can.
26:45It's really anyone's game because Trevor isn't confident with baking.
26:50Alicia isn't confident with baking and neither is Matt.
26:52So it might be good for me.
26:54At your stations, you'll find everything you need to create this delicious French dessert.
27:01You only have 45 minutes.
27:07After we taste, one home cook will be leaving us.
27:14Are you ready?
27:15Yes, Chef!
27:16Yes, Chef!
27:17Time starts now!
27:19I'm going to be using things that I find in my cottage.
27:28Raspberries, blackberries.
27:29Some flour.
27:31I'm going to be making passion fruit pastry cream with some toasted coconut, some almonds.
27:35I got this.
27:36The first thing they need to do is start to make their pastry.
27:39Put the dry ingredients together.
27:40Sipped flour, a little pinch of salt.
27:42Then they will add their butter, which will be cut into cubes cold.
27:45So cold!
27:50You need that cold temperature butter because you don't want to have a pastry that is soft and wet in texture.
27:57Knead it until it is just firm enough where it holds together.
28:00Not too much.
28:03You want to let it relax before you roll it out.
28:05So throw it in the fridge for at least five to ten minutes.
28:12Alicia is the last one to get her pastry dough out of her mixer.
28:16She's running behind.
28:17I'm not happy with the texture of my pastry dough.
28:21It looks dry.
28:22She just...
28:23Oh no!
28:25Alicia's just added an egg to her pastry mixture.
28:28Ooh!
28:29It's going to make it far too wet and really sticky.
28:32Fuck!
28:33I messed up the pastry, but I don't have time to redo it.
28:36I just got to get it in the fridge to start cooling.
28:38So there's so many different ways of making pastry cream.
28:47The method that they're using in this particular challenge is the cornstarch version because it's fast.
28:52Come on, you can do it.
28:56Bring it to a gentle simmer, add the cornstarch, keep stirring and whisking until it thickens to that perfect pastry cream consistency.
29:04Whisk!
29:05To stand out, I'm going to do two different types of pastry cream.
29:12Hey, how are you doing?
29:13I'm doing pretty good.
29:14I think for time, I just want to make sure I bang my flavors out.
29:17So what are those flavors?
29:18I'm going to do an almond pastry cream and a lemon as well.
29:21You've got two separate pastry cream.
29:22Yes, chef.
29:23Mmm!
29:24Good?
29:25It's the right texture.
29:26Nice and smooth.
29:27Make sure you get all the flavors right.
29:28At the end of the day, Tere, you cooked a lot and you have surprised us a lot.
29:38I'm going to keep doing it, chef.
29:39That's it.
29:40That's the attitude.
29:42I want to do something a little bit different.
29:45So I see the matcha powder.
29:48I'm being very careful with the amount I'm adding into my pastry cream.
29:51I don't want to overpower the dish.
29:54Trevor.
29:55Hey, chef.
29:56How are you doing?
29:57I'm well.
29:58More importantly, how are you?
29:59Very stressed out.
30:00Why are you stressed out?
30:01I'm not a baker, man.
30:02This is hard for me.
30:03How are you going to customize this milfoy?
30:05So I'm going to do a matcha pastry cream with a blueberry reduction.
30:11Blueberries, green tea.
30:12Have you had that combination before?
30:14I have not, but I'm going to do my best and hopefully it's enough for you guys.
30:17Are you worried this might be the end of the road for you?
30:19Quite possibly could be.
30:20I hope not.
30:21Well, time is at the essence, so I'll leave you to it.
30:23Thank you, chef.
30:31Look at Matt.
30:32He's got that hustle on.
30:34Feeling pretty good about the pastry dough.
30:36It's not overworked.
30:37It looks like it's the right consistency.
30:39Matt is so fast.
30:41Let's do this.
30:42Look, look.
30:43Matt has got his fighting bandana on.
30:56The dough's done and it's so wet.
30:59Alicia's now rolling her pastry and it's sticking like crazy.
31:04I'm freaking out inside, but I have to keep calm and composed.
31:07I have to keep my stoic face on.
31:09If all her other elements are absolutely delicious, it could compensate for that poor pastry.
31:17Don't open the oven.
31:18Trevor keeps going in and out of his oven, checking his pastry.
31:22Every time he opens that oven door, he's losing valuable heat.
31:25It's almost like he's second guessing himself.
31:27Oh!
31:28Don't, don't, don't!
31:33You have five minutes left!
31:34Five minutes!
31:39I'm not happy with how it looks, but I'm hoping I can present something that relatively looks like a milfeuille.
31:45You can see Taya piping way down here.
31:48My milfeuille is coming along really well.
31:50I am assembling it perfectly.
31:53I am in the zone.
31:55I am rushing this plating like I've never plated before.
31:58This is the fastest plate I've ever put out in my life.
32:01Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
32:11Hands up!
32:18I'm proud of myself.
32:19I'm really proud that I pulled it out.
32:20I'm really proud that I have something standing on that plate.
32:25Walk me through your milfeuille.
32:30So I have a blackberry milfeuille with almond and lemon pastry cream.
32:35And then I did a raspberry coulis.
32:38Overall, it looks pretty decent.
32:45You hear that?
32:46Yes, chef.
32:47That's the right sound.
32:48Oh, God.
32:49It's crisp.
32:58Taya, this is next level.
33:01Oh, my God.
33:02Thank you so much.
33:04I like the consistency of the cream.
33:07Delicious.
33:09Thank you, chef.
33:14Wow, that's a fine-looking milfeuille you have here.
33:19You used two creams, right?
33:20Yes, chef.
33:21So you have some almond, you have some lemon.
33:23Mmm.
33:28This is wonderful.
33:29Thank you so much.
33:30You know, I didn't think it would work the almond and the lemon, but it works together.
33:34Perfect marriage.
33:35In between, that blackberry.
33:38A bit of texture and a bit of freshness.
33:40Pastry.
33:41Very important.
33:42You nailed it.
33:44You know, you're a little bit down at the beginning.
33:46It doesn't feel good always having to cook because you feel like, you feel like you're at the bottom.
33:51I tell you, you're not getting any sympathy point from me.
33:56This was not made by an underdog.
33:59Every time you cook in this kitchen, you get better.
34:04Remember that.
34:06Thank you, chef Alvin.
34:08The judges don't think I'm an underdog, so I gotta stop thinking I am.
34:11Trevor!
34:16Hi, chef.
34:17So, what am I supposed to taste?
34:19I have a matcha pastry cream with blackberry and a lemon blueberry coulis.
34:25I love matcha, so don't disappoint me.
34:29I hope not, chef.
34:34The matcha, it's just not there.
34:37You didn't use enough.
34:38Considering the last challenge where I went overboard on one of my ingredients, I kind of wanted to lighten it up a bit.
34:43I mean, if this was true matcha cream, this should be green.
34:48And that bitterness from the matcha, blending that cream.
34:52My mouth waters like the falls just talking about it.
34:55Understood, chef.
34:57Needs more matcha.
34:58Thank you, chef.
34:59So, what I'm looking for in the pastry of the meal foie is a certain lightness, flakiness, tenderness to it.
35:12The pastry, overall, is good.
35:22It is tender and flaky.
35:24It has a richness to it.
35:25But there is one flaw.
35:27It is a little underdone.
35:29I think had you cooked it a little bit more, it would have enhanced that crispiness to it.
35:34Thank you, Trevor.
35:37Hey there, Matt.
35:38How are you doing, chef Michael?
35:39What are the flavors?
35:40I did the berries that my grandmother and I would pick at the cottage.
35:43I did a maple pastry cream because we would always have pancakes and things at the cottage.
35:47It was all from the heart and it was all from my family.
35:49So, this is you and your family on a plate.
35:51I think it looks darn good.
35:54So, let's see how it tastes.
36:08Is your grandmother still around?
36:09Yes, my Bobby's still around.
36:10She's a big inspiration to me and she's one of the reasons why I'm here right now.
36:14I wish she was here to taste it.
36:15It is terrific.
36:18Great pastry, light, flaky, crispy.
36:20I like the idea of the nuts.
36:21Great little crunch.
36:22Good balance.
36:23Well done.
36:24Thank you, chef.
36:25Keep it up.
36:29Alicia.
36:30I did a coconut and vanilla bean pastry cream and then I used pineapple as my fruit and
36:36then I made a passion fruit coolie and then on top I have toasted coconut and toasted almond.
36:46This, Milfoy, it's a disaster zone.
36:48I'm extremely disappointed that it looks like that but I'm happy I got it on the plate.
36:57Hmm.
36:59So, you chose the tropics as your inspiration.
37:02I love the Caribbean.
37:03I love South America.
37:04I love Central America.
37:05I really aspired by those flavors.
37:19That is delicious.
37:21You and I both know the pastry.
37:24100% disaster.
37:26But the flavors, they're memorable.
37:30I won't forget those flavors.
37:31Was there just the tiniest, tiniest part of regret that you allow yourself to be in this position?
37:45No regrets, chef Alvin, at all.
37:48I like that.
37:49I like that toughness.
37:50I like that honor.
37:51Because no matter how good you can cook, you have to be a decent person.
38:02You want me to taste this?
38:04I love the taste.
38:05Like that tropical freshness, that exotic flavors coming from the coconuts and the passion fruit.
38:20And you cover from a mistake in the pastry with the raw pineapple.
38:25It's releasing the juice to soften it.
38:27Now, would that be enough to overcome those fundamental flaws from the pastry?
38:33I don't know.
38:34But I do know that mistakes are there to make you strong.
38:40You learn from it.
38:41You will become stronger.
38:49I messed up the pastry for sure.
38:51And I think I might be going home.
38:54We saw a tragic mistake from a very admirable home cook.
38:57The flavors were there.
38:58They were amazing.
38:59One home cook, on the other hand, did a really great job with the structure of the Milfoy,
39:04but had challenges with the flavors.
39:06Alicia had a really good tasting plate, but her presentation and technique wasn't there.
39:11This could go either way.
39:21Alicia, please step forward.
39:24We've never faced an easy decision that was as hard to make as this one is.
39:34Sadly, because of your Milfoy pastry, we have no choice but to send you home.
39:41My heart's breaking for her.
39:43She's done such a great thing for me, and now she's leaving us today.
39:47Alicia, when your parents came here from India, they made huge sacrifices to ensure that you would have every opportunity to succeed.
39:59And what a gift you've given them in return.
40:01You're not just a phenomenal cook, Alicia, you're a phenomenal person.
40:08And it's been a real honor to get to know you.
40:11Now, please come up here and say goodbye to us.
40:15I'm so proud of myself.
40:16Everyone's in this competition for their own reasons, but I came here to be a better cook and to be a better person, and I think I accomplished that.
40:24Alicia, please go put your apron on your station.
40:29My parents are going to be beyond proud of me for how I cooked, but even more so of how I composed myself in this competition.
40:43Taking off that apron, it's like the journey is over, and you kind of don't want it to end.
40:48But I'm leaving the competition with just a fire.
40:52I just want to cook every day of my life now.
41:01Next time, one of the biggest names in the biz.
41:04Please help us welcome Jamie Oliver.
41:06This is so exciting.
41:08It's so nice to meet you.
41:09Inspires the top eight to reach new heights.
41:12How's it going, Zach?
41:13Yeah.
41:14Come on, give us a hug.
41:15But a grueling tag team ordeal.
41:17Good job, buddy.
41:18Don't mix it too much.
41:19Don't you worry.
41:20Oh, my God.
41:21Sends them plummeting to an all-time low.
41:23Trying is not good enough.
41:25Oh, my God.
41:42Just kidding.
41:43Don't touch the camera.
41:44If you took the camera at back there, to continue demonstrating, let's get the full circle of theWhip.
41:47What's some laziness?
41:48Look at the 2019 videos on YouTube.
41:51It's okay, so happy.
41:53Okay.
41:54Just giving it the video.
41:55Oh, my God.
41:57Er Ö.
41:58Large estado.
41:59Create a celebration.
42:01Doesn't see you next time.
42:03Oh, my God.
42:04It's awesome.
42:05You just45.
42:06Try to march.
42:07Put the down place on Twitter.
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