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00:00Ta-ta-da-da!
00:01On today's show...
00:03Mamma mia!
00:05...petrifying prawns!
00:06Three, two, one, one.
00:08Well done! Yay!
00:10I will still be a bit icky about them.
00:13Candid caricatures!
00:15Oh, beautiful!
00:17My eyebrows are, like, down there!
00:20And nostalgic nuggets!
00:22All right, guys, that's at the point I leave,
00:25cos I've had enough of that, all right?
00:26I think I'm about ready to teleport back to the 90s, please.
00:30As five West Country wannabes wage war for a wad of Wonga.
00:34Hello, is it me I'm looking for?
00:44It's the third day of the competition in the West Country,
00:47home to this really, really old pub.
00:50Said to be the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island.
00:55And hoping for a pot of gold of her own
00:57is tonight's host, bubbly barber Natalia.
01:00My night is going to be fun, vivacious,
01:03and hopefully it's an experience they won't forget.
01:06Yammas!
01:07Yammas!
01:08Yay!
01:08It was holiday addict Kirsteen
01:11who kicked off the week with a Greek-themed extravaganza.
01:14Oh, my God!
01:15Booty Richard was all compliments.
01:17I didn't have a clue what this was, but I really like it.
01:19Thank you. I do appreciate that.
01:21While straight-talking Joe left the group gobsmacked.
01:24My toy looked like dog food, I'm really sorry.
01:27Oh!
01:28Joe's brutal.
01:29I can be brutal sometimes, but at the same time,
01:31I don't mind a good pedigree chump.
01:33And a toe-tapping twirl ended the night on a high.
01:38I was really happy how it went.
01:40And it was a really good night, and it could be the winner.
01:43Let's have a grande serata.
01:46Last night, Neapolitan Pepe dished up an authentic Italian feast.
01:50I think this is absolutely superb.
01:53It's beautiful.
01:54My night was a winning night, so I'm very happy,
01:57I'm very pleased that I enjoyed my food last night.
02:00There were rodent ramblings.
02:01He's got absolute love for you.
02:04The strongest feeling I get is that you're his protector.
02:10But Joe's no-nonsense nitpicking came back to bite.
02:14I never said I had food with dog food, I said it looked like.
02:17That is calling her food dog food.
02:18It's not, sorry.
02:19Only I can know what I meant.
02:21Natalia keeps going on about the fact I said dog food.
02:24She won't let it go.
02:25Despite the doggy digs, Pepe clawed his way to the top
02:29with a respectable 27 out of 40.
02:32So, what's everyone expecting?
02:34I'm sure she's very competitive,
02:35and if she produces some show-stopping food,
02:38then, yeah, she could be well up there.
02:39I'm looking forward to Natalia's party,
02:43as long as there's no...
02:45I'm feeling a little bit of distance with Natalia.
02:49I just hope she doesn't go on about what I did on the first night.
02:53Tonight, I'm in my house, it's my rules,
02:57and she will get put on her plate.
02:59OK, anything else planned?
03:0290s was the best era, it's my favourite era,
03:05and tonight they're going to have a taste of that in their mouth.
03:08First up on Natalia's 90s menu, something from the 70s.
03:13Black Forest Ghetto?
03:14Oh, my God, Black Forest Ghetto.
03:17No way is she making homemade Black Forest Ghetto.
03:20This is going to be a frozen one from Iceland.
03:22It's not.
03:23Butter and chocolate are poked about.
03:25Where is the Black Forest, anyway?
03:27Germany.
03:28Is it Germany?
03:29It is.
03:30Is it Germany?
03:31Yes, Germany.
03:32Oh.
03:33So this is a German dish?
03:34You should know, it's on your menu.
03:36I should know, but I didn't know.
03:40I think I remember my parents going out for Black Forest Ghetto
03:42when they went to their friends' houses,
03:44doing, like, safari suppers and things.
03:46Do you remember that?
03:46Yeah.
03:47If you remember it, you weren't there.
03:49For her sponge, yoghurt and eggs get a beating,
03:51and a shed load of sugar joins flour.
03:55Easy.
03:56That is a lot of sugar.
03:58Followed by cocoa powder, bicarb and a pinch of salt.
04:02Left shoulder for good luck.
04:04That's better.
04:04I'm not a fan of the cherries or black currants, whatever it is.
04:09The sponges are in to bake.
04:12Ooh, that jam looks nice.
04:13Is it homemade?
04:14Not on this occasion, I'm afraid.
04:16No, I'm not that talented.
04:18Oh.
04:18I hope she used fresh fruit and not frozen one.
04:23I couldn't actually find any proper fresh cherries,
04:27so I got frozen cherries, but apparently they're frozen for freshness.
04:31Good to hear.
04:32I'm definitely more of an eater of cake rather than a baker of cake,
04:35but my mum will always say make sure it's nice and moist.
04:37Top tip, mum.
04:38Ah!
04:40Perfect.
04:41It's going to be a very moist cake.
04:44It's filled with cream and cherries and drenched in a chocolatey ganache.
04:49Mamma mia!
04:50The cake has got to look like your mum's just made it.
04:54And are you the mummy tonight?
04:57If you misbehave, yes.
04:59Moving on.
05:01Start a prawn cocktail with a twist.
05:03I think that started in the 60s.
05:06Oh dear, it would be, wouldn't it?
05:08The one thing I can't eat and don't enjoy is a prawn cocktail.
05:12Love a prawn cocktail.
05:13Can't wait for that.
05:14I wonder what the twist will be.
05:15The twist is, it's with batter.
05:17Because I can't eat prawns without batter.
05:20Interesting.
05:21On with the mix.
05:24Whoopsie.
05:28How do I tell her I can't eat prawns?
05:30I'll just be chucking them on the floor and hope she can't see.
05:35Beery batters knocked out.
05:37Ready for the prawns tonight.
05:39On to the sauce.
05:40If there is a spice here, there might be a problem for me.
05:43I'm not 100% sure on the recipe, so I'm just going to wing it a little bit.
05:48And even though I don't like spice, I could only find tomato and chilli chutney.
05:53So, that's fine.
05:54That'll do.
05:55Are you sure about that?
06:00That's too hot.
06:02OK, it's fine.
06:03The red hot mix is doused in mayo, lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce.
06:08No dip?
06:10No.
06:11Oh.
06:11No.
06:13I'm not sure what I've done wrong there, so I'm literally just going to use the mayo and the chutney
06:19because it's still posher than tomato sauce and mayo.
06:22Good old chutney.
06:23Any better?
06:24Yeah.
06:26Perfect.
06:27She'll serve it with her battered prawns this evening.
06:31Last stop on the 1990s menu, something from 1787.
06:35Toad in the hole.
06:37Toad in the hole.
06:40She got kids coming round as well.
06:42It's greasy, the sausage, it's not my favourite thing.
06:47First up, Yorkshire Puds.
06:49Oiled moulds are hotted up.
06:51So, this should be a winning main meal, definitely.
06:55Nineties comfort food.
06:57I just can't see how it can go wrong.
06:59If only any of it was from the nineties.
07:01Batters bosh together and beaten till smooth.
07:04I mean, she's going nineties style tonight.
07:07Perhaps Christina Aguilera's going to pop out of the thing.
07:09I don't know.
07:10Oh, she might.
07:11Any minute now.
07:13No, she couldn't be bothered.
07:14Come, come, come on and meow.
07:17Is it supposed to be thin?
07:19Unless I haven't got my measurements right for five people.
07:23You said it was easy.
07:25It is easy.
07:26The key with the toad in the hole is making sure the batter is nice and light.
07:29And then you put some hot oil in the pan before you put the batter in there and pop it
07:32in the oven.
07:33It stops it sticking and it makes it nice and crispy.
07:35Lovely.
07:37Oh.
07:38Sadly, not a sizzling sight.
07:40That was a bit anticlimactic.
07:42Yeah, whack it in anyway.
07:45I might be lucky.
07:47I might get away with it.
07:48I'm a traditionalist.
07:49If you're going to make toad in the hole, keep it real.
07:53How are they looking?
07:54I might have nailed it.
07:56I'm not convinced.
07:57I thought I proper messed them up.
08:00So they look the part at least.
08:03You keep telling yourself that.
08:05Alright.
08:06The first two were fine.
08:08This one...
08:10That's how my confidence is feeling now.
08:12A little fat.
08:13Yeah.
08:13More pancake than pudding.
08:16Soggy Yorkshires will just ruin the whole thing.
08:18But I do have backup ones.
08:20What are they then?
08:22Frozen ones.
08:22Very wise.
08:23The frozen Yorkies will be dished up with pigs in blankets and mashed this evening.
08:27I thought it was going to be really something impressive.
08:31That's not impressive.
08:33Sorry.
08:33This is not a winning menu.
08:35This is a pub menu.
08:36She can surprise everyone tonight.
08:38But, I mean, my menu was better.
08:42I'm either expecting more friction and it comes to the fore.
08:46Or I'm expecting getting to know a really lovely human being that wants to share who she is.
08:52Right.
08:53Let's head back to the 90s.
08:54Ready for a fabulous evening, darling.
08:57Oh!
08:58Mwah!
08:59First in, it's Kirsteen.
09:01Double patsy.
09:02Oh, my God!
09:05No!
09:06Snap!
09:08Champagne?
09:09Fake champagne?
09:10Yes, darling.
09:10Yes, only the best.
09:12Only the best.
09:12Only the best, darling, for us patsies, darling.
09:17Should have worn a wedge.
09:19Next to rock up, it's Pepe.
09:21Pepe!
09:22Hello, girls.
09:24How are you doing?
09:25I'm sinking, Pepe.
09:27I'm sinking.
09:28Here's Jo.
09:30Woo!
09:32Oh, that sounds like my kind of tune.
09:34I am what I am.
09:35Popping your champagne.
09:38Absolutely fabulous.
09:40Last in, it's Richard.
09:43Fancy flowers.
09:45Are you going to save the night tonight?
09:47Absolutely.
09:48Yeah.
09:48Lifeguard Tower 1, right?
09:50Here's to my 90s night.
09:51Mmm!
09:52Ooh-wah!
09:56Yoling up!
09:57Rambling rockers!
09:59Jo, I think you're a good organiser.
10:02I didn't understand what she was on about.
10:04And a cakey kerfuffle.
10:06Go on, Jo.
10:07Finger the cake.
10:08It just didn't feel right to me to go plonk.
10:10I'd rather sit on the cake.
10:12MUSIC
10:18It's night three in the West Country.
10:20Wow!
10:22Where Baba Natalia is hoping her 90s night will be a cut above the rest.
10:28How are those tempura prawns?
10:31That good, eh?
10:32I'm not really sure when prawns are cooked in batter.
10:36I'm assuming it's like a golden colour.
10:39That'll be all right, won't it?
10:40They're your prawns.
10:42Why are they so chewy?
10:43I don't know.
10:44They're supposed to be chewy?
10:45Not really.
10:4790s prawn cocktail with a chewy tempura twist.
10:53Thank you, love.
10:54To you, my darling.
10:58I can't eat these.
10:59I will gag.
11:00It's such a shame.
11:01It's more than a phobia.
11:02I'm not scared of them.
11:03I just can't eat them.
11:05OK.
11:05So, thank you, sweetheart.
11:06But would you like them?
11:07I'm OK.
11:08One of the boys might want them.
11:09There we go, sweetheart.
11:12I love the tempered element, the nice little twist on the classic prawn cocktail.
11:15Yeah, lovely.
11:16A bit of an up-to-date twist.
11:18Yeah.
11:18How do you, John, mix?
11:22A tomato and chilli.
11:25I'm sorry.
11:26I know.
11:28It was a lot hotter than that.
11:30But I thought, because we both don't like spice, I thought I made it a little bit cooler.
11:36But is it still too spicy for you?
11:39It's OK.
11:39Yeah.
11:39She said she didn't put too much spice, but I think she did, because I loved the sauce.
11:45It's absolutely beautiful, and I love the spiciness.
11:48Oh, good.
11:48I'm glad.
11:49And fish is my favourite food.
11:51So, yeah, I could eat 20 of these.
11:53Oh, I'm happy.
11:56It's gorgeous, that tempura as well.
11:58I really want to try the tempura.
12:02All right, we can have a three, two, one and go in.
12:04Yeah, three, two, one.
12:06Well done.
12:07Yay!
12:08Thank you for trying, Joe.
12:09I appreciate that.
12:10OK.
12:12What's good?
12:13I will still be a bit icky about them, but I'm glad I tried them.
12:17Why the 90s theme?
12:18Yeah, I'd like to know.
12:19The 90s theme is just...
12:22Well, it's the best era, isn't it, the 90s?
12:24I think so.
12:25For me, yeah.
12:26Best clothes, best music, best food.
12:28We peaked as a species in the 90s, I reckon.
12:31Four of my children were born in the 90s, or was it five of them?
12:35No, four of my children.
12:37So, yeah, I spent quite a lot of the 90s being pregnant and being a mum.
12:41Is there one day in the 90s or a time period that sticks out?
12:45Yeah.
12:45Yeah, there is, actually.
12:47It was 1995 and I was in a play in London.
12:49For doing what?
12:51It was a play called Marisade.
12:53It's about people struggling in the mental asylum.
12:56Oh, thank you, sweetheart.
12:59Are you an actor?
13:00I'm not, no.
13:01You're a bloody good one.
13:04Professional liar.
13:05No, no, no.
13:07No offence.
13:08Why do you keep saying that?
13:09Uh-oh.
13:10Cos I didn't want you to see that I meant that actors were liars, that was all.
13:13I'm thinking you're saying I take offence or not or something.
13:16You have a little bit through the week, I would say.
13:19I felt last night there was a little bit of friction between the two of us and I felt I
13:22had to sort of stand my ground a little bit.
13:24Oh, not the dog food again!
13:26Are you holding a grudge because I said that?
13:29No, I just stated, I'm honest, I'm upfront, I just stated that was rude.
13:33I think it was the wrong thing to say.
13:36Yeah.
13:36A few times that you said it.
13:38I only said once!
13:39You didn't.
13:40All right.
13:40Guys, that's at the point I leave because I've had enough of that, all right?
13:43So I'm going to go for a cig.
13:44Just a five-minute breather.
13:46I'm just...
13:46Hey, that's sensitive.
13:48Blimey!
13:48Just definitely an actress.
13:50Bit of a diva, aren't she?
13:52I mean, that was too much, too much drama on the table and I don't like drama.
13:56It was awkward.
13:57I didn't enjoy it.
13:58I didn't enjoy it and I wanted to stop.
14:00Me too!
14:01Time out!
14:02I don't want anyone in my house feeling uncomfortable.
14:05I still want her to feel welcome and I want everyone else to feel good and not feel, you know,
14:10that there's a tension there.
14:11I think things are better out in the open and as something was mentioned again, I thought,
14:15OK, let's just go there.
14:17I think I'm about ready to teleport back to the 90s, please.
14:21Not before you've dished up your maid.
14:24They look homemade, right?
14:25If you live in a food factory.
14:27Yeah.
14:28Yorkies bunged in the oven, the grilled piggies are hot to trot.
14:32Yeah, smell good.
14:34Smell porky.
14:35That's the idea.
14:37Which one should I give to Jo?
14:40I'm going to try and butter her up.
14:42Three frozen Yorkies ought to do it.
14:45Ah, stargazy sausage.
14:47So if anything's going to sort out the atmosphere tonight, it's going to be these bad boys.
14:52No pressure.
14:53Toad in the hole.
14:54One with a jug of gravy in it.
14:57Dust settled.
14:58Jo's rejoined the group.
15:00I come in peace.
15:02Yeah.
15:02I hope you enjoy.
15:04That's lovely.
15:04Thank you, Pat.
15:06That looks beautiful.
15:08Hope you enjoy.
15:09Got a question.
15:10The Yorkshire pudding are homemade?
15:13Um, no.
15:14Yeah.
15:15I attempted to do homemade Yorkshire's earlier.
15:19Um, I've never done them before and it was a bit of a schoolboy error and I messed them up.
15:24I was expecting to eat a traditional British meal, homemade, so I expected Yorkshire pudding to be homemade.
15:33I couldn't count the times I've made Yorkshire's for a roast.
15:36So really surprised the lady of her standing age has never made her own Yorkshire's.
15:42But maybe she lives in the fast lane, eh?
15:47So, Jo.
15:48Mmm.
15:49Um, I want to apologise.
15:51OK.
15:52I'm a very sarky person.
15:54Oh, right.
15:54Um, and I don't mean it in any malice.
15:57OK.
15:58I just felt there were little digs about mental asylums and on and on about the dog food and I
16:05was getting tired of it.
16:06OK, fair enough.
16:07I apologise.
16:08God bless.
16:08I don't judge you for it.
16:10It was just hard to get to know the real you.
16:12Bless you.
16:13I'm glad we can squash it and then enjoy the rest of the night.
16:16Definitely.
16:17Cheers.
16:18Cheers.
16:18Cheers, guys.
16:19Cheers.
16:21Oh!
16:22Bygones are totally bygones.
16:24I certainly don't bear grudges, but it's made me feel a lot more welcome.
16:28In the end, they managed to sort out their differences, so I'm sure the rest of the week will be
16:32a lot more tension-free.
16:34I love it.
16:36You love everything, Rich.
16:37Yeah, that is good.
16:38He just loves food.
16:39Yeah.
16:40I'm an easy guest.
16:41You're a good person to have at a dinner party, I must admit.
16:45Talking of which, then, favourite dinner guest? Maybe famous, dead or otherwise?
16:49Michael Jackson.
16:50Interesting choice.
16:51No.
16:51I was just thinking this is him.
16:53Off the top of my head, I'll go with Moses.
16:57Was it him that turned water into wine?
16:58Wasn't that Paul Daniels?
17:00I don't know.
17:01But, OK, I'd have him at the party if he could do that, but otherwise I'm not interested.
17:06Fair enough.
17:07Natalia, what about you?
17:09Mine would have to be Elvis.
17:11OK.
17:11Because he's just a legend.
17:12Surely I don't have to say any more than that.
17:14That's interesting, because we are organising an Elvis night, actually.
17:17Oh, yeah?
17:17Yeah.
17:18Someone's actually going to be channelling Elvis, which may sound crazy to some, but
17:21she actually went with the lip, and his voice came through, and he said, Joe, I think
17:24you're a good organiser when you do this for me.
17:28I didn't understand what she was on about half the time with Joe.
17:32I don't know what she was on about at all.
17:34So, contrary to popular belief, Elvis really is dead.
17:37Yeah.
17:38And he speaks to you through the medium of...
17:39No, he doesn't speak to me.
17:40Oh, your friend.
17:41If you concentrate really hard and dive into your imagination, I'm sure you can probably channel
17:46anyone that you want.
17:47Moving on from the afterlife to some still life.
17:50What I would like you to do is draw the person opposite to you.
17:53Go!
17:57Is that Mr Potato Head?
18:01He looks a bit like Jesus at the moment with a big halo.
18:07Three, two, one, face down.
18:12Let me see yours, bubba.
18:15Wow.
18:16Oh, wow.
18:16That's not bad.
18:17Real Heisenberg essence.
18:19Bit of Breaking Bad in there that I can see.
18:21Yeah, I really liked it.
18:21Are you ready?
18:23No, I'm not ready.
18:25Brief in, brief out.
18:30Oh, beautiful.
18:30Did you see?
18:33By Pepe, aged five.
18:36Why do I look?
18:37My eyebrows are, like, down there.
18:39Yeah.
18:41Well done, Pepe.
18:44I am not quite the Leonardo da Vinci, but Rich, here is your new portrait.
18:48Ta-da!
18:51I love that Jo's portrayed me as a bit of a deity.
18:55I think she gets my character quite well.
18:57She's nailed it with this.
18:58Ooh.
18:58Oh, wow.
19:00Oh, what?
19:00You're a shame you've done me grumpy.
19:02It's a really grumpy mouth and I've not been grumpy at all.
19:06I've been in life and soul and a bit of laughter.
19:08I mean, come on.
19:09I'm bouncing around with laughter most of the time.
19:12So, yeah.
19:13My winner is...
19:15Drum roll, please.
19:16Or not.
19:17Er, Kirsten.
19:18Yeah, it had to be.
19:18Yeah.
19:19Oh!
19:20And you have a 90s style film.
19:23Wow, I used to have one of those, but it was flat.
19:27Oh!
19:28It doesn't work.
19:29It doesn't work.
19:31It don't work.
19:31It don't work.
19:32Hello, is it me I'm looking for?
19:37Everyone was laughing.
19:38They seem to have enjoyed it.
19:39Me and Jo are on better terms.
19:43The air seemed a lot lighter, which I'm thankful,
19:46because I didn't want that to end badly.
19:48Right, let's keep it going, then.
19:50Ta-ta-da-da!
19:52Black Forest Gato.
19:54Get stuck in.
19:55So, this is my piece de resistance.
19:58Hey.
19:59Wow.
20:00Like Mama used to make.
20:01Wow.
20:03A couple of years ago, a friend had a party.
20:04I thought her cake was fake, so I prodded it.
20:07So, now it's only due and there's a cake.
20:09I have to finger it.
20:10Yep.
20:10So, that would be my piece.
20:12There.
20:13I hope you do your own piece.
20:16Go on.
20:18I don't want to finger the cake.
20:20Someone's unimpressed.
20:21Go on, Jo.
20:22Finger the cake.
20:23Jesus, God.
20:24I'm doing it with a fork.
20:25There you go.
20:26It just didn't feel right to me to go clonk.
20:28I'd rather sit on the cake.
20:30It was like...
20:31At least you did it gently.
20:33Oh.
20:34Oh, wow.
20:34OK.
20:35Crikey.
20:35Let's go.
20:39Come on, girl.
20:42I think I'm converted.
20:44You don't like dessert, do you?
20:46I've never, ever had Black Forest Gato in my life.
20:50And I've converted you.
20:51Yeah.
20:52I was just being nice about the Gato and being converted.
20:56The cream was lovely, but the sponge was really dry.
21:00It's very nice and I actually will eat for breakfast.
21:04What?
21:04You'd have that for breakfast?
21:06Yes.
21:06Really?
21:06OK.
21:07Let me tell you, don't forget.
21:08Ah.
21:09Can I have some more cream?
21:11Do you want a bit under the table?
21:13No.
21:13No.
21:14Have you already cleaned the table?
21:15I already did.
21:16I didn't see it.
21:19I think dessert has put me maybe up there a little bit.
21:23But, you know, we'll see.
21:25Very true.
21:26Scores, please.
21:27I was expecting to taste a really nice traditional British meal,
21:33but I didn't.
21:34So, for this reason, I'm going to score five.
21:37I was really happy with the food.
21:39The presentation was fantastic.
21:40There were just a couple of things that could have been homemade
21:42that weren't, so it was a little bit disappointing in the end.
21:45So, tonight, I'm going to give Natalia a seven.
21:47The main and the dessert was a no for me, sorry.
21:52So, it's a four.
21:53The food wasn't quite fine cuisine, but really good effort.
21:57So, I'm going to score Natalia a six.
22:00So, with a lowly 22, Natalia sinks to bottom spot.
22:05Oh.
22:07Next time, Fosse Peasters.
22:09So, it should be perfectly al dente.
22:11It's okay.
22:13Woo!
22:13The pasta was not up to my standard.
22:17It was not al dente.
22:19And breathtaking boogieing.
22:20I so got into it.
22:22I love dance anyway.
22:23And I really expressed myself.
22:25We're tired of the nineties.
22:28We're tired of the nineties.
22:31But we're tired to the nineties.
22:34Tired to the nineties.
22:38Remember the eighties.
22:40Yes!
22:41There was something worse than the nineties.
22:45Hey!
22:45We're stuck in a pipe.
22:47The passion is fast.
22:49Hey!
22:49And nothing is lasting.
22:52Hey!
22:52Sorry.
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