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00:00:00So it's the quarterfinals night of Tournament of Champions 7.
00:00:04All right, let's go.
00:00:07And if the 32 world-class chefs who first entered the arena, 24 have already gone home.
00:00:14I'm holding back tears.
00:00:15And only eight remain.
00:00:18Keep that cheering, you guys. I can't breathe.
00:00:20Tonight, the triumphant eight heads back into battle.
00:00:23Let's go!
00:00:25And we will find out who wins each of the four divisions.
00:00:29Let her rip.
00:00:30First, our four-time finalist, the jester, Chef Jettila, takes on the bearded baller, Chef Jonathan Sawyer.
00:00:37It's crazy. Stop it.
00:00:39Next, the dragon slayer, Chef Kevin Lee, faces off against Mustache Joe, Chef Joe Sasto.
00:00:46Not today, Joe. Not today.
00:00:49Then qualifier winners, Chef Kenny Gilbert and Iron Chef Stephanie Izzard,
00:00:54by to become this season's Cinderella story.
00:00:57Yes! There it is! Yes, Steph!
00:00:59And finally, the Dumpling Mafia Queen, Chef Shirley Chung, battles Chef Ryan Voltaggio for the last spot in the semifinals.
00:01:07She's gonna be tough, but I'm tough too.
00:01:09Can you believe what's happening?
00:01:12Who will earn their place in the TOC Final Four and compete in the finale for $150,000 grand prize?
00:01:20Ladies and gentlemen, this is Tournament of Champions 7!
00:01:28Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the finest quarterfinalists on planet Earth.
00:01:34Here they come, Chef Jettila and Chef Jonathan Sawyer, Chef Joe Sasto, Chef Kevin Lee, Chef Shirley Chung, Chef Brian
00:01:43Voltaggio, and Chef Stephanie Izzard, Chef Kenny Gilbert.
00:01:50Well then, you look different.
00:01:53I love that.
00:01:54That's right.
00:01:55That's right, because you look like people that have won two rounds of competition, or should I say three rounds
00:02:00of competition.
00:02:01Oh.
00:02:02Chef, congratulations.
00:02:03Wow.
00:02:03And now, the great eight.
00:02:05Yeah.
00:02:06It's all done.
00:02:06Woo!
00:02:09All that much closer to the belt.
00:02:11Woo!
00:02:12The title.
00:02:13Woo!
00:02:14The banner.
00:02:15It's one other thing.
00:02:16Ahem.
00:02:17Ahem.
00:02:18The $150,000 grand prize.
00:02:22Woo!
00:02:22Woo!
00:02:25So, are you ready to find out who's gonna battle first?
00:02:29Mm-hmm.
00:02:29Mm-hmm.
00:02:29Let's start off with the A division between Chef Jettila and Chef Jonathan Sawyer.
00:02:35Oh, man.
00:02:38Chef Tila, you're gonna go through that door.
00:02:40Chef Sawyer through that door.
00:02:42The rest of you, your time is coming soon.
00:02:45You're out.
00:02:46Woo!
00:02:47Get ready to do this.
00:02:49Woo!
00:02:51Why am I always the first battle?
00:02:55Okay.
00:02:56Title fight.
00:02:57Ladies and gentlemen, let's meet the first two contenders.
00:03:00We have the number four seed.
00:03:01Chef Jonathan Sawyer, who is in the quarterfinals for the first time, and seems to have found
00:03:07his TOC sweet spot.
00:03:09That's it.
00:03:11Everything led me to here.
00:03:12I am 41 months sober.
00:03:14I'm not defined by my mistakes.
00:03:16I'm defined by how many times I pick myself up and become more successful.
00:03:21Got my lucky shoes on.
00:03:24It's time to go.
00:03:25His opponent, ah, the number two seed, Chef Jettila.
00:03:30The winningest chef in this year's tournament, who is no stranger to the quarterfinals.
00:03:35You know, this year I'm working with a coach who's an ex-CIA contractor guy who deals with
00:03:41high stress situations.
00:03:43This year's really about just kind of figuring out calming my nervous system.
00:03:46Listen, Jettila's the winningest competitor in TOC history.
00:03:51Just breathing exercises.
00:03:56Very few in this arena have beaten him before, and I want to be one of those few.
00:04:01Chef, they're ready for you.
00:04:02All right, let's go.
00:04:09Are you ready to see the kickoff of the night?
00:04:12Yeah!
00:04:12Then let's light this up!
00:04:16He has opened critically acclaimed restaurants in New York, Cleveland, and Chicago.
00:04:24He was named Food & Wine's Best Beers Chef in 2010.
00:04:30And received the 2017 James Beard Award for Best Chef Great Lakes.
00:04:36And he defeated Food Network star Artie Saquera in the second round with a tiger prawn plate
00:04:41that made Judge Kenny Oranger proclaim...
00:04:44This dish is just dynamite.
00:04:47Give an explosive round of applause to the Bearded Baller!
00:04:51Yes!
00:04:52Jonathan Sawyer!
00:05:02Bearded Baller, the two wins so far in TOC 7 have been monster.
00:05:08You're jamming.
00:05:09Yeah, I'm on a hot streak right now.
00:05:10You know your opponent.
00:05:12Let's make sure everybody else does.
00:05:14His mastery of Thai and Chinese cuisine is awe-inspiring, and his knife skills, legendary.
00:05:21He has opened more than 20 restaurant concepts, broken five culinary world records,
00:05:27written three cookbooks, and has been nominated for three Emmys.
00:05:31And he defeated James Beard nominee Claudette Cepeda in the second round with a chicken curry dish.
00:05:37In 30 minutes, the flavor, the balance.
00:05:40Audience, you know him.
00:05:41You love him.
00:05:43And you gotta quit asking me about him.
00:05:45Big round of applause for the Jetster, Chef Jet Keeler!
00:06:03Jet, you're one win away from being in the final four for the fifth time.
00:06:09Ugh.
00:06:10It's just pressure.
00:06:11That's all it is.
00:06:12It's gotta go away.
00:06:12It's just one win, and then another win, and then another win.
00:06:16But you both earned this.
00:06:17And now, you two will kick it off to determine who will go into the final four.
00:06:21Time to get busy.
00:06:22Let's take it to the randomizer.
00:06:24Let's go.
00:06:24Right this way.
00:06:27Wow.
00:06:28Wow.
00:06:28Wow.
00:06:29Oh, boy.
00:06:30So the randomizer will determine the mandatory international elements of your dish.
00:06:35The protein, the produce, the equipment, the style, and finally, a globally inspired wild card ingredient.
00:06:43Wow.
00:06:44Just not a combination that I want right now.
00:06:46I'm gonna give you plenty of time to think about it as I spin.
00:06:51Let's go for the protein.
00:06:55This is a crazy randomizer.
00:06:58So close.
00:06:58I don't know one third of these things.
00:07:02Protein, protein, protein.
00:07:03Come on, baby.
00:07:04Oh, Rancino.
00:07:06Oh, oh, oh.
00:07:08And bok choy.
00:07:12Handheld waffle iron.
00:07:14Fresh and fried and canned ackee.
00:07:17That's not bad to work with.
00:07:19You got a lot of really good options here.
00:07:21Feel good?
00:07:23Ready, set, go.
00:07:27All right, here we go.
00:07:29Well, the randomizer definitely got harder this round.
00:07:32Way harder.
00:07:33Oh, Rancino.
00:07:34I mean, this is like the cornerstone of Mediterranean cooking.
00:07:37You go everywhere in Italy, you go everywhere in Greece, you'll find it.
00:07:40Bok choy type of Chinese cabbage.
00:07:42Super versatile.
00:07:43Can go anywhere.
00:07:44Handheld iron.
00:07:45So this is two hinged pieces.
00:07:47You pour the waffle batter in there.
00:07:48You're gonna use this over the stove.
00:07:50This is a camping waffle maker.
00:07:52Fresh and fried.
00:07:53Everything fried loves something fresh.
00:07:55This has got all kinds of play inside of it.
00:07:58Canned ackee.
00:07:59It's pretty adaptable.
00:08:01They'll be able to do some great things with it.
00:08:02It's just got to have the big mind and a big imagination of how to employ all of this,
00:08:06especially that handheld waffle iron.
00:08:10A whole bronzino requires a ton of skill and time in order to break it down.
00:08:15But that's why it's tournament champions, not tournament averages.
00:08:18Chad, did you just take my bin?
00:08:20Oh, .
00:08:20I'm so sorry.
00:08:21No worries.
00:08:22That's okay.
00:08:23I'll take those chilies.
00:08:24The first thought that comes into my mind, that's what I need to do.
00:08:27And so I'm gonna go a whole fried bronzino with ackee island sauce with crispy garnishes.
00:08:34Cook with a lot of canned ackee, Chef?
00:08:36Never.
00:08:36There's a couple of firsts happening today.
00:08:38It's a savory fruit out of West Africa, and the seeds have been removed because they're
00:08:42so toxic.
00:08:43Let's go, Jet!
00:08:44Fresh and fried.
00:08:44I love it.
00:08:45Also, whole bronzino, I mean, I have broken down in fried fish literally thousands of
00:08:51times in my career.
00:08:52That's Asian food right there, man.
00:08:53So I'm gonna do some type of whole fried fish, and then I'm gonna top it with a very light
00:08:58bok choy apple and onion salad.
00:09:01And then the waffle iron and the ackee are gonna find his way into this dish somewhere.
00:09:07Chef, how are ya?
00:09:08I'm good.
00:09:09How are you, Justin?
00:09:10Perfect.
00:09:11Let's go, let's go.
00:09:12So it wouldn't be TOC without my crack team of culinary commentators.
00:09:16That's right, Michelin-recommended chef with a PhD in deliciousness.
00:09:20The wild card himself, Chef Justin Warner, and wicked Boston restaurateur, and the TOC
00:09:263 champ herself, Chef Tiffany Faison.
00:09:28Now, Justin and Tiffany are following the chef's every move so they can faithfully present
00:09:32their dishes to the judges during the blind tasting.
00:09:35They're also joined by our roving reporter, my son, Hunter Pietti, who will be talking
00:09:39with our winners backstage, and the culinary scholar, Simon Mujandar, who will dive into
00:09:44the randomizer challenge with the judges after the competition.
00:09:48It's a big chop, Chef.
00:09:49Do you have a plan?
00:09:51Yeah, we're gonna fry whole fish.
00:09:53I love that for us.
00:09:54You know, I wanna get these fish marinated as soon as possible, giving this aggressive
00:09:58marinade the highest opportunity to just sort of penetrate the flesh of the fish.
00:10:02Jerk, Chef.
00:10:03Jerk.
00:10:04What'd you call me?
00:10:05Ah!
00:10:06I'm just honored to be here on Tournament Champion 7, because there was a moment in my
00:10:11life where I didn't know if I would ever cook again.
00:10:14There was most certainly a moment where I couldn't even look at this guy in the mirror.
00:10:17Since my sobriety, I'm living the absolute best version of my life every day now.
00:10:22But I'm not satisfied with just getting to the quarterfinals.
00:10:26That won't be enough for me this year.
00:10:27I wanna go all the way through to the finals and win everything.
00:10:30What do you got for me?
00:10:31Uh, like, the whole kitchen in the blender.
00:10:34Uh, jerk seasoning, chiyokoji, uh, sake leaves, tamarins, clam juice.
00:10:38Lime juice?
00:10:39He's gonna marinate his fish.
00:10:43No one leaves this arena happy except for one person.
00:10:47And that's who's leaving with the cash and the belt and the ring and the title.
00:10:55I need to make a sauce.
00:11:00Crab paste?
00:11:01I'm starting with Asian crab paste, which is supercharged crab bisque.
00:11:05That's what it tastes like.
00:11:06I've never worked with Aki before, so I've gotta taste it.
00:11:10Okay.
00:11:11Okay, that's not weird at all.
00:11:13There's this definite fermented sulfur flavor.
00:11:16Kind of like that hot, sour, salty, sweet from Asian cuisine.
00:11:21Thank you!
00:11:23Let's go!
00:11:24Let's get to this final four.
00:11:26The driver for this sauce is to embrace the funk of the Aki.
00:11:31That is a unique aroma.
00:11:33This Aki crab mother sauce, it's gonna be the final sauce to coat the fried filet pieces.
00:11:41It's pretty good.
00:11:43It's gonna be dressing for the bok choy crispy salad.
00:11:47Really good flavor out of this.
00:11:50And is also gonna be used to create a binder to make a rice cake in this waffle maker.
00:11:55I compete because I know there's little future Jet out there watching and going,
00:12:01that looks like me.
00:12:02I can be that guy.
00:12:05I'm gonna make crispy Aki rice with the iron.
00:12:09I don't think any of us has made rice cakes in a waffle iron before.
00:12:12Not with $150,000 on the line.
00:12:15If anyone could, chef.
00:12:16That's right.
00:12:19It's time to say some prayers and cross my fingers and hope that this works.
00:12:23Say a prayer, Uncle Jet.
00:12:24I've watched people go home on the waffle maker.
00:12:27Yuck!
00:12:31Chef Jet, Chef Jonathan, 25 minutes to go.
00:12:3425!
00:12:35Do you have a plan for the waffle iron, Chef?
00:12:37I think I'm gonna go waffle.
00:12:39I'm gonna mix in some of this Aki.
00:12:42When the randomizer gives you a waffle maker, you make waffles.
00:12:46I'm just gonna put it right in the batter.
00:12:47I actually think that's gonna go nice in there.
00:12:50This waffle is gonna be the vehicle for the judges to put together all of the fresh herbs and the
00:12:55fried fish and then enjoy it all together.
00:12:57Like a crepe on the side of a piece of fried fish.
00:13:01What's in the batter, Chef?
00:13:02Aki.
00:13:03Sugar.
00:13:03Aki.
00:13:04Aki.
00:13:05Garlic.
00:13:06Next, I really want to maximize this bok choy and I want to use it three different ways.
00:13:12First, I want to pickle the bulbs along with pickled onions.
00:13:17And then I'm gonna grill in the waffle maker the leaves after this Aki waffle is cooked.
00:13:23It's not bad.
00:13:24The raw leaves and the griddled leaves can act like a lettuce cup for each individual bite.
00:13:33Oh, hell yeah.
00:13:34I do a peek and the waffle iron rice is perfect.
00:13:38It's basically a mochi waffle with crab cakes.
00:13:41Yeah, exactly.
00:13:41That's exactly right, look at that.
00:13:43It's crispy and brown on the outside.
00:13:44It's really working.
00:13:49In a lot of Asian cultures, showing the whole fish is symbolic of good luck, of prosperity.
00:13:56I need four fillets.
00:13:57And I also think it gives amazing visual impact to this dish.
00:14:02So then you're gonna take the carcass, the whole thing, the head and all, fry it?
00:14:06Yeah.
00:14:07Jonathan Sawyer's a fantastic chef.
00:14:09He's been through a lot in life and I think that grit definitely shows in his cooking.
00:14:14But I've done a lot more competition cooking and it's just a little different.
00:14:18So, I mean, my edge today is doing this a lot.
00:14:22I have been close too many times.
00:14:24We gotta put this one to bed, guys.
00:14:25It's time to take it home.
00:14:31I really love this marinade.
00:14:33Listen, when you're against Jet Tila in this arena, you have to go high risk, high reward.
00:14:37Just a regular humdrum plate of food isn't going to be this champion.
00:14:42We're gonna start a tamarind sauce with this ackee.
00:14:46I really want to add a lot of flavor into this island sauce.
00:14:51So I use jerk paste, I use garlic, I use ginger, tamarind and fresh lime.
00:14:57Oh, that's gonna be awesome.
00:14:58I'm really happy with how complex this island sauce is.
00:15:02And I want to use the ackee fruit one more time.
00:15:05All that's gonna get blended with a little bit of clam juice.
00:15:09I've won James Beard awards, I've written cookbooks, I've fathered children, I've opened restaurants.
00:15:14Ooh, I love that one.
00:15:15But the hill I've never climbed is TOC.
00:15:18The championship that I want more than anything else is TOC.
00:15:22And I'm here to prove it.
00:15:24This is the final 10 minutes, 10 to go.
00:15:29I come from the school of you gotta hit each item on the randomizer twice.
00:15:33So I'm gonna use the bok choy two ways.
00:15:34I'm gonna slice the big bok choy and the little bok choy into thin strips, into chiffonade is what we
00:15:39call it.
00:15:39And I'm going to warm some of that for the base of the plate.
00:15:44Chef, where's the sauce gonna go?
00:15:45Sauce is gonna go onto this bok choy stir fry.
00:15:48And then for the fresh bok choy salad, green apple, onion, because it is fried and fresh.
00:15:57I make a dressing of ackee crab fat mother sauce and add chili crisp, lime juice, sugar.
00:16:05Wasting movement.
00:16:07Ackee dressing.
00:16:09I have been final four, four times, but it would mean the world to me to share this belt
00:16:16in this win with everyone that's been on Team Tila for seven years now.
00:16:23Four minutes, four to go.
00:16:25I think ackee fruit waffles turned out awesome.
00:16:28I'm really happy with how golden brown delicious they are on the outside.
00:16:31Really what I was looking for.
00:16:33I'm gonna plate all of the fresh components of the fried fish plate first.
00:16:37Pickled bok choy and that ackee fruit waffle.
00:16:42I'm gonna put the waffle iron griddled choy right next to the waffle.
00:16:47And over top of my fried fish goes the island sauce.
00:16:50That jerk and ackee and tamarind seasoning.
00:16:54I like the plate of food I made.
00:16:56I trust my flavors.
00:16:58I really hope it's enough to win though.
00:17:02Two minutes.
00:17:03I need to start with my show stopper, which is my bronzino carcass.
00:17:07Almost like a little bowl to kind of force everything in the middle.
00:17:13Now I'm not trying to make a perfect waffle shape ackee rice cake.
00:17:17I'm going for the crispiness and the doneness of the rice.
00:17:21I actually roll the fillets in that mother sauce.
00:17:27And I'm trying to build height and some color interest.
00:17:31And I want to arrange this so they see bok choy pieces immediately.
00:17:36This dish will wow in its flavor and its textural variance.
00:17:40I love this dish.
00:17:43Five, four, three, two, one.
00:17:49What a battle.
00:17:51Wow.
00:17:52What are these two going into the final four?
00:17:59Whoo.
00:18:03Holy moly.
00:18:04I think I nailed it.
00:18:08Jonathan's awesome.
00:18:09We'll see.
00:18:12This is the hardest round of cooking I've ever had in tournament champions.
00:18:15No one has any idea what kind of just adrenaline burn these cooks are.
00:18:21Ladies and gentlemen, the judges have been waiting patiently in their trailers.
00:18:25And wait till you see who's here tonight.
00:18:27First, one of the most celebrated titans on Bobby's triple threat.
00:18:32A Top Chef winner and the champion of the very first TOC, Brooke Williamson.
00:18:40Wow.
00:18:41No way.
00:18:43Acclaimed executive chef and winner of Top Chef season 12 and TOC four champ herself,
00:18:50Chef Mei Lin.
00:18:53Wow.
00:18:54Yes, yes, yes.
00:18:55I like this.
00:18:56I like this.
00:18:57This is one of my faves.
00:19:00James Beard Award winner, legendary Southern California restaurateur, and the recipient of
00:19:05the coveted Julia Child Award, Chef Susan Finnegar.
00:19:11I love Susan Finnegar.
00:19:13This is so great.
00:19:15Yeah.
00:19:16What a great family.
00:19:17Babe, it's great to be here.
00:19:18Here we are into the quarterfinals.
00:19:21The Chefs Tonight for the randomizer.
00:19:22The protein was whole branzino.
00:19:24Produce was bok choy.
00:19:27Equipment was handheld waffle iron.
00:19:29Style was fresh and fried.
00:19:31And wild card ingredient was the canned aki.
00:19:34And here to give you the first breakdown is the culinary connoisseur, Justin Warner.
00:19:39Looking for nods and oohs.
00:19:41Judges, before you is deep fried whole branzino accompanied by crispy aki mochi rice, which
00:19:47was cooked in the handheld waffle maker.
00:19:49And bok choy two ways.
00:19:51The whole branzino fried and then tossed in aki crab fat sauce.
00:19:55The bok choy first was tossed as a chiffonade in the apple and red onion salad with the
00:20:00aki vinaigrette.
00:20:01From there as a sauté, some wilted bok choy.
00:20:07Tell me how delicious this is.
00:20:10Whoever the chef is, they did an incredible amount of work in the amount of time that they
00:20:15had to break down a whole branzino, utilize both the flesh and the bones.
00:20:21The presentation, incredible.
00:20:24Yes!
00:20:25We're smart.
00:20:27The rice, incredibly crispy.
00:20:29I just wish I saw a little bit more bok choy.
00:20:31Okay.
00:20:32Otherwise, it's an incredible dish.
00:20:34Yeah!
00:20:35Incredible.
00:20:37Chef Susan.
00:20:37Keep it going, Susan.
00:20:39Exactly.
00:20:39Branzino, I think, is one of the most difficult fish to cook because it's so delicate.
00:20:45A great job.
00:20:46I love the rice.
00:20:48That also works really well.
00:20:50But the bok choy, the fresh part of that, I'm struggling with.
00:20:54I wish there would have been more of that slaw.
00:20:56I feel, I felt that at the end.
00:21:00Aki crab fat sauce.
00:21:01It's, it's beautiful.
00:21:03Brooke ate the whole plate.
00:21:04I think that iron gave it a really great texture in terms of like sticky crispiness.
00:21:10Yes.
00:21:11I just want a little bit more freshness.
00:21:13Okay.
00:21:14Okay.
00:21:15I can live with that.
00:21:16Yeah.
00:21:17Thank you very much, judges.
00:21:18Your scorecards are in front of you.
00:21:2050 points in the taste, 40 points in the use of the randomizer, and 10 for the presentation.
00:21:27I am optimistic.
00:21:30It's not slam dunk, Phil.
00:21:31This is not a slam dunk situation.
00:21:34Who knows?
00:21:35Who knows, right?
00:21:36All right.
00:21:37Judges here to present the second chef's dish.
00:21:40Chef Tiffany Paison.
00:21:41Culinary queens in front of you.
00:21:43We have island style fried whole bronzino with an aki waffle and island spice sauce.
00:21:49Celebration of bok choy and fresh garnishes.
00:21:51The bronzino was remained entirely intact and seasoned with a blend of shio koji jerk marinade.
00:21:57The waffles constructed with aki brown butter.
00:22:00The bulbs of the bok choy were pickled.
00:22:02Fresh leaves are on the side of the plate allowing you to eat it lettuce cup style if you would
00:22:06like.
00:22:07They were also handheld waffle roasted in brown butter.
00:22:10This is the worst.
00:22:12Worst part of the whole show.
00:22:14Going into this direction and going Caribbean was such a smart choice because aki is the national fruit of Jamaica.
00:22:24The jerk paste was delicious in its own right, but it didn't really season the flesh of the fish.
00:22:31There was a little bit of a mishap.
00:22:33I love the use of the bok choy and utilizing the leaves for the lettuce wrap.
00:22:41Yes.
00:22:41I love this aki waffle.
00:22:43I think this is a very obvious representation of the tool and I taste the aki sort of in a
00:22:49way that I haven't.
00:22:50I think they like the dish.
00:22:51So bad news so far.
00:22:53So good.
00:22:55I'm struggling a little bit with the paste on top of the fish because it's destroyed the texture of the
00:23:01outside of that crispy fish a little bit.
00:23:03Destroyed.
00:23:04It feels a little bit heavy and weighted.
00:23:07Okay.
00:23:08On the fish I agree completely with Brooke.
00:23:11The paste is delicious just you lose the crispness.
00:23:16Flavor wise I think with the pickled bok choy, the fresh bok choy leaves, the use of the aki is
00:23:22really perfect.
00:23:24On the whole very interesting.
00:23:26Thank you chef.
00:23:27We have 50 points available on the taste.
00:23:2940 points in the use of the randomizer and 10 for the plating.
00:23:32I mean high risk high reward dish.
00:23:35You know.
00:23:35I'm not I'm not convinced that one on that one.
00:23:37I feel good but I'm not convinced.
00:23:39Well if they're ready for this, what's right?
00:23:41Oh let's go.
00:23:43Ladies and gentlemen, let's bring it back in.
00:23:46Chef Jonathan Sawyer.
00:23:48Chef Gentila.
00:23:53Let's hug it out this time.
00:23:54It was very quick.
00:23:56It was an honor and a pleasure to watch you cook.
00:23:59Creative menus, dynamite presentation, and ladies and gentlemen, we have a one point difference.
00:24:05Oh.
00:24:05Stop it.
00:24:06The difference of 79 to 78.
00:24:09That's crazy.
00:24:12The winner of the battle for the A division title between Chef Gentila and Chef Jonathan Sawyer is.
00:24:22The winner of the battle for the A division title is.
00:24:34Chef Jonathan.
00:24:48Some of the best cooking I've seen you do.
00:24:50And to see you leaving right now is breaking everybody's heart.
00:24:55Fantastic job.
00:24:56We're going to miss you.
00:24:57But thank you for such a fantastic display.
00:25:00You're one of a kind brother.
00:25:01Thank you for the opportunity.
00:25:02Love you man.
00:25:03I love you.
00:25:03Love you.
00:25:04Love you brother.
00:25:05Go get it.
00:25:15One point.
00:25:16That's what it is though.
00:25:18So I'll be back.
00:25:19Yeah.
00:25:20You can run, but you cannot hide.
00:25:23Because Jett Tila is on a war path.
00:25:26And this is his fifth time in the final four.
00:25:31You will either go up against Joe Sasko or Kevin Lee.
00:25:36How about no matter what, it's destruction time for me.
00:25:39I'm here to go all the way.
00:25:41Congratulations, Jett Tila!
00:25:42Woo!
00:25:42Final Four!
00:25:44Thank you very much everybody.
00:25:45Thank you so much.
00:25:47Yeah!
00:25:47Thank you for all your support.
00:25:51Oh my God.
00:25:53I can't believe it.
00:25:54Very close battle, but congratulations.
00:25:56I heard that you're doing something, okay, to mitigate pre-battle anxiety, the pressure.
00:26:01I have a coach this year who's ex-Special Forces, a CAA contractor, and he trains soldiers
00:26:07how to deal with high stress situations.
00:26:09Right.
00:26:09I should take that breath, slow it down, and try to find the flow.
00:26:12So it's actually working.
00:26:13Amen.
00:26:13That's a great strategy.
00:26:14Well, let's see what happens, brother.
00:26:15We'll continue with that.
00:26:16I'll see you in the final four, brother.
00:26:17All right.
00:26:18Thanks, man.
00:26:18Congratulations.
00:26:19Ladies and gentlemen, was that exciting or what?
00:26:22Are you ready for our next two opponents?
00:26:26We have the number five seed, Chef Joe Sasto, who has reached the quarterfinals for the
00:26:32second year in a row, but has never been to the semifinals.
00:26:36You had a good luck apron today.
00:26:38I'm most recently married.
00:26:40The mustache is officially off the market, and $150,000 could go a long way for starting
00:26:46my family.
00:26:47I've taken out some really challenging competitors.
00:26:50We're about to add Lee to the list, maybe.
00:26:52His opponent, the number three seed, Chef Kevin Lee, who has taken down powerful opponents
00:26:58in the past and is also trying to crack the final four for the first time.
00:27:03I've been here twice before, losing to Antonio Lofaso.
00:27:07I've been ready for this since the last season ended.
00:27:10I've got to live up to that name, the Dragon Slayer.
00:27:13Kevin Lee, him and I are very similar, despite how different we may look.
00:27:18We're both really good at playing the game, but neither one of us knows what it feels like.
00:27:22To get to the final four.
00:27:24Not today, Joe.
00:27:26Not today.
00:27:27All right, Chef.
00:27:28They're ready for you.
00:27:28Let's go.
00:27:34Are you ready to see these gourmet gladiators get after it?
00:27:38Then let's light it up.
00:27:41He worked his way up the ranks in Michelin-starred kitchens.
00:27:44He has won Chopped, Chef Grudge Match, and Triple G.
00:27:49His unorthodox guide to Italian cooking, Breaking the Rules, was named one of the best cookbooks
00:27:55of fall 2025 by Bon Appetit and Epicurious.
00:27:59And he defeated culinary icon Lorena Garcia in the second round with a dish that Jeffrey
00:28:06Zakarian called.
00:28:07Just an exquisite plate.
00:28:09The flavor's delicious.
00:28:10It's Chef Joe Zasto!
00:28:16Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
00:28:22Welcome to the quarterfinals.
00:28:24This is a big deal.
00:28:25You are on the verge, my friend, to something you haven't touched yet.
00:28:29In the past, I was always focused on the opponent.
00:28:32This year, I'm keeping it all focused on me.
00:28:35But so is your opponent.
00:28:39He owns two top-rated restaurants in Oklahoma City, including his newest steakhouse, Mott,
00:28:46which is Korean for flavor.
00:28:52He was a James Beard Award semifinalist for Best Chef Southwest in 2025.
00:28:57And in the second round, he scored an upset victory
00:29:01against three-time semifinalist, Chef Britt Rossigno,
00:29:05with a country-fried steak that moved Judge Kenny Orger to say,
00:29:09I applaud this, Chef.
00:29:11Ladies and gentlemen, fired up for the Dragon Slayer,
00:29:15Chef Kevin Lee!
00:29:21Let's go!
00:29:28Woo!
00:29:29Pleasure to have you, Chef.
00:29:31We've seen you on fire all through the competition.
00:29:33What's been going on in the Dragon Slayer's head that is different in TOC 7 than in the past?
00:29:38I think I've proven to myself I belong with the great chefs, and I feel like I have a chance
00:29:43now.
00:29:43Chefs, let's take it to the randomizer right this way.
00:29:48Wonderful!
00:29:49Wow!
00:29:49Wonderful!
00:29:51I think it's pretty wonderful.
00:29:53That's if you like to watch competition and people sweat.
00:29:56Let's get after it, gentlemen!
00:29:57Here we go!
00:30:02Come on.
00:30:03Be nice to me.
00:30:05Duck.
00:30:05Squab.
00:30:06Duck.
00:30:06Squab.
00:30:07Pork collar.
00:30:09Pork collar.
00:30:10I love the pork collar.
00:30:11Manzano peppers.
00:30:14Canole tubes.
00:30:15Sweet and spicy.
00:30:18You're welcome.
00:30:20And quince.
00:30:2340 minutes.
00:30:24Starts now.
00:30:26They're out!
00:30:27Yeah!
00:30:29Pork collar.
00:30:30I love the pork collar.
00:30:31A good amount of fat.
00:30:32Usually it gets slow cooked or cured.
00:30:34Manzano peppers.
00:30:35A fruity but spicy pepper.
00:30:37Delicious.
00:30:38Cannoli tubes are metal tubes.
00:30:39It usually has a good amount of fat.
00:30:40So you wrap raw pasta or raw dough around.
00:30:43And deep fry to make the cannoli shells sweet and spicy.
00:30:47We all kind of know what this is.
00:30:48Quince.
00:30:49A pear-shaped fruit.
00:30:51Usually cooked down to make into sauces or jams.
00:30:54Quince is used a lot for that.
00:30:57What is the most predominant flavor in Korean cuisine?
00:31:01Sweet and spicy.
00:31:03I mean, this is just a God's gift to me.
00:31:06So I want to really show off my Korean heritage culture.
00:31:09Spicy pork is one of my favorite dishes in Korean cuisine
00:31:13that my mom used to make for me all the time.
00:31:16So I'm making a gochujang glazed pork collar steak
00:31:19with kimchi fried rice cannoli
00:31:22with a spicy apple quince butter.
00:31:26Hi, Chef.
00:31:28What's going on, Tiff?
00:31:30Maybe.
00:31:31I think Chinese takeout
00:31:33is going to be my inspiration here today.
00:31:35I love sweet and sour pork.
00:31:37And you know what's very similar to sweet and sour pork?
00:31:40Sweet and spicy pork.
00:31:42Here we go.
00:31:43Ciao. Good to see you.
00:31:44Hey.
00:31:45And so I'm thinking of doing a sweet and spicy quince glazed pork collar
00:31:51and a pork and brown butter quince gochujang cannoli.
00:31:55When the randomizer gives you cannoli bolts,
00:31:57you have to make cannolis.
00:31:59But I don't love spicy food.
00:32:01So this might be a challenge for me to balance the heat and the sweet.
00:32:05Sweet and spicy.
00:32:06How's it going, Justin?
00:32:07Perfect.
00:32:08And you?
00:32:09So good.
00:32:10Do you cook with a lot of quince?
00:32:12No, you know, we don't cook a lot with quince.
00:32:15I think out of everything in the randomizer,
00:32:17quince is probably giving me the biggest curveball.
00:32:20But pork works really well with apple.
00:32:25So I think I can do a fun play on like a quince apple butter
00:32:28that's sweet and spicy to play this randomizer.
00:32:32Chef Kevin pulled a really smart move.
00:32:34He went and found a habanero pepper.
00:32:36It is the same color as the manzano pepper.
00:32:38So if we're talking about sweet and spicy,
00:32:40that's a great way to get this apple butter spicy.
00:32:43Now that's some spicy and apple sauce.
00:32:46I think it's going to be a lazy apple bone.
00:32:51We're dispatching of the quince currently.
00:32:54What's this going to be, Chef?
00:32:56Quince glaze.
00:32:57I'm making like sweet and spicy quince glaze pork steaks.
00:33:01Got it.
00:33:01Quince.
00:33:02Of all the wild cards, I'm happy with this.
00:33:04I love quince.
00:33:05I've worked a lot with quince.
00:33:06I've worked at a restaurant called Quince.
00:33:10What a coincidence.
00:33:12Next, time for a classic pickle.
00:33:14That's when I realized the cannoli tube
00:33:16kind of looks like a vegetable punch.
00:33:19I can cut out my pickles with the cannoli tube
00:33:24and tick off another box on that randomizer.
00:33:27Pickled quince, pickled peppers.
00:33:29I'm going to make a nice fresh salad with that
00:33:31just to brighten up the dish.
00:33:34I mean, the name of the game here is use the randomizer
00:33:37as many times as possible.
00:33:39Check, check.
00:33:41$150,000 is a big bag.
00:33:44And if you could come into this arena and win the whole thing,
00:33:48there's no question you're one of the culinary greats.
00:33:52And that's what I'm here to do.
00:33:56So what do we have here?
00:33:57Chef Kevin Lee and Joe Sasso are both laser-focused
00:34:01on winning this second-round battle.
00:34:03Chef, 25 to go.
00:34:04Can you believe what's happening?
00:34:08I'm making a gochujang glaze.
00:34:11We knew this was coming.
00:34:13Pork-colored steak.
00:34:16You know what's sweet and spicy, Tiffany?
00:34:18Gochujang, Chef Kevin.
00:34:19Gochujang is sweet and spicy.
00:34:21I saw in his shave kit he had gochujang toothpaste.
00:34:24This marinade is going to be the key component
00:34:27to this dish being sweet and spicy.
00:34:30I'm also adding a little bit of the manzano peppers in there
00:34:33to add a nice little kick.
00:34:3620 minutes!
00:34:39Pork-colored is one of those things
00:34:40you've got to cook it perfectly to medium
00:34:42because of the fat content in the steak.
00:34:44If you cook it to about a minute rare,
00:34:46it's going to be way too chewy.
00:34:48Going out, that would hurt.
00:34:49I didn't come here just to get to the grade eight.
00:34:51I didn't come here just to get to the final four.
00:34:54I came here to actually win this thing.
00:35:00Now I need to focus on this pork
00:35:02to make those pork-collar steaks.
00:35:04But first, we've got a knockout filling
00:35:06for my cannoli egg roll.
00:35:07Where does that time go?
00:35:09I don't have time to sear off all the sides of the pork,
00:35:12but I want that caramelized flavor.
00:35:14The quickest way to do that
00:35:16is to throw them in the fryer.
00:35:20I spent over a decade in Michelin star kitchens,
00:35:24really honing my craft
00:35:25and giving myself fundamental
00:35:27French and Italian techniques,
00:35:30mini cannolis,
00:35:32that now I carry with me
00:35:33like a huge bag of tricks.
00:35:36This collar that's been cooking,
00:35:38it's tender, it's juicy.
00:35:39It's gonna make the perfect filling
00:35:41for these cannoli egg rolls.
00:35:42And now here I am.
00:35:44This is my fifth year of TOC.
00:35:46And every year I make it a little further
00:35:48than the year before.
00:35:50So, if everything trends according to plan,
00:35:53I'm making it to the finale, baby.
00:35:58All right, here we go.
00:36:01Chives in lieu of chocolate chips.
00:36:03Brilliant.
00:36:06Pork collar steak is delicious
00:36:08and tender and juicy.
00:36:10Right now is the time for that little
00:36:11kimchi fried rice cannoli.
00:36:13Little grind.
00:36:15Let's get a quince.
00:36:16Yep, why just grind the pork?
00:36:18Grind all your aromatics
00:36:18and really incorporating the rest of the flavors
00:36:20into the ground pork.
00:36:22That nice pork fat.
00:36:24Sweet.
00:36:24Growing up, I was a competitive golfer.
00:36:27I thought golf was always going to be my path.
00:36:29But I found cooking.
00:36:31Then, two years ago,
00:36:32I showed up in the scene
00:36:33as the unknown qualifier.
00:36:36I was just happy to be amongst these great chefs.
00:36:39Fold it into the rice.
00:36:41Yes.
00:36:42From TOC5, being in the rock bottom in my career,
00:36:46having a failing restaurant.
00:36:47Rolling with cannoli.
00:36:49To fast forward two years later,
00:36:51having two Korean steakhouses under my belt now.
00:36:56And being in the quarterfinals,
00:36:58cooking the best I have ever been cooking,
00:37:00I'm feeling great that I can actually win this thing this season.
00:37:05Everybody likes a crispy fried rice.
00:37:09I'm putting chives on both ends.
00:37:11You know, like a cannoli.
00:37:13That's cute.
00:37:1510 minutes, 10 to go.
00:37:17Once those pork holler steaks have been marinating,
00:37:20I get them into a hot skillet with rendered pork fat.
00:37:24Nothing like cooking pork in pork, baby.
00:37:27I want to make a quince sweet and spicy glaze.
00:37:30I get some quince, water, garlic, chilies, vinegar,
00:37:33all in a pot and start cooking down.
00:37:35And then we're going to want this manzano pepper.
00:37:38To bring a little heat, a little sweet,
00:37:39I want to add that to my quince puree glaze.
00:37:43Brush.
00:37:45Five and a half minutes, five and a half.
00:37:48Five and a half.
00:37:53To plate this dish,
00:37:54I'm laying a little bit of the quince apple butter
00:37:57on the side of the plate
00:37:58with the perfectly constructed kimchi pork cannoli
00:38:02on top of the crispy kimchi fried rice.
00:38:05I can't use Antonia as my excuse
00:38:08for not moving on from the quarterfinals this time.
00:38:11Joe, this time, you're going to have to get out of my way.
00:38:16Two minutes.
00:38:18This competition comes down to one or two points always.
00:38:22And plating is 10 of those points.
00:38:24So every little detail counts.
00:38:26I have my pickled peppers and quince
00:38:28and my pork and brown butter quince gojujang egg roll.
00:38:34I want this so bad because I've been dreaming about it
00:38:38for seven years.
00:38:40I want to feel the final four.
00:38:42Five, four, three, two, one.
00:38:47Done.
00:38:49Crazy battle.
00:38:51Chef Joe, Chef Kevin, job well done.
00:38:55Go ahead and bring the judges in, please.
00:39:00Let's go.
00:39:03They're like little things I wish I had done differently.
00:39:05I wish I had more time for.
00:39:06Joe's a great chef.
00:39:07So, of course, I'm a little, you know, scared.
00:39:10But, you know, this is TOC.
00:39:11There is no easy path to that belt.
00:39:15Ladies and gentlemen,
00:39:16please welcome back our amazing judges,
00:39:18TOC One champ, Chef Brooke Williamson.
00:39:21What?
00:39:23TOC Four champ, Chef Mei Lin.
00:39:26And Mei, wow, the champs are back.
00:39:31And James Beard Award winner, Chef Susan Feniger.
00:39:35Wow.
00:39:37Judges, the randomizer giveth.
00:39:40Protein tonight is pork collar.
00:39:42The produce was the manzano pepper.
00:39:44The equipment needed to be used was, of course,
00:39:46the wonderful cannoli tube.
00:39:48Style was sweet and spicy.
00:39:50And the wild card ingredient,
00:39:52who doesn't love some quince?
00:39:53And who also doesn't love our TOC champ?
00:39:56Tiffany face on.
00:39:58Holy cannoli.
00:40:00This is manzano glazed and grilled pork collar steak
00:40:03with kimchi manzano pork fried rice cannoli
00:40:07and a quince and manzano pepper butter.
00:40:09Then the pork collar was ground with some quince
00:40:12and then fashioned into the pork fried rice.
00:40:16He ground the pork?
00:40:18Wow.
00:40:20Delicious.
00:40:21Really delicious.
00:40:24The pork is cooked really perfect.
00:40:26The only thing I could say is maybe the quince puree
00:40:29could be toned down a tiny bit.
00:40:31And I like spice.
00:40:33I'll take that.
00:40:34Everything on this plate is sweet and spicy.
00:40:37Yes.
00:40:37The quichon on the pork collar was to perfection.
00:40:42I have no notes.
00:40:44Oh!
00:40:45May!
00:40:46I love you!
00:40:48The stuffed cannoli was a really smart move.
00:40:51But I also feel like that quince puree
00:40:53is a little overpoweringly spicy for me.
00:40:57Judges, thank you very much.
00:40:58Scorecards are in front of you.
00:40:5950 points available in taste,
00:41:0140 in the use of the randomizer,
00:41:03and 10 for plating.
00:41:03I'll take it.
00:41:05Damn.
00:41:08Ladies and gentlemen, Chef Justin.
00:41:12Judges, our chef calls this sweet and spicy quince
00:41:15glazed pork collar.
00:41:16The pork collar was diced and became the filling
00:41:19of the wonton wrapper cannoli.
00:41:21The manzano pepper was punched using the cannoli tube,
00:41:25which you will see as sweet and spicy pickles.
00:41:27Finally, the steak portion of the pork collar
00:41:30was brushed with quince and then sliced for you.
00:41:35Anything can happen.
00:41:36I actually really appreciate all of these vegetables
00:41:39on the plate.
00:41:40I love the crunch of those peppers.
00:41:42I mean, this is a completely different rendition
00:41:44of the same ingredients.
00:41:47I really appreciate the gameplay
00:41:49and the usage of the cannoli tube to punch out vegetables.
00:41:53I think that's so smart.
00:41:57That's smart.
00:41:58My pork collar is slightly undercooked in the center,
00:42:02but ultimately, I feel like this is a fine dining chef
00:42:06that came to play.
00:42:08The quince got used a little bit more in this,
00:42:11which I think was great.
00:42:12And the use of the cannoli tube works really well.
00:42:16Very interesting.
00:42:19Judges, thank you very much.
00:42:21Scorecards in front of you again.
00:42:23I agree with everything they said.
00:42:25That's why I love judges that are also competitors
00:42:28and champions.
00:42:30It's gonna be close.
00:42:32At the end of the day,
00:42:33I feel like I had a pretty good cook.
00:42:35All right, chef.
00:42:36They're ready for you.
00:42:37Let's go.
00:42:41Ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome back
00:42:43Chef Joe Sesto!
00:42:45Chef Kevin Lee!
00:42:51Gentlemen, there was so much great cookery,
00:42:54so ironic to me that both of you used the cannoli shells
00:42:57in the same way.
00:42:58A tremendous amount of work done.
00:42:59And here are the scores.
00:43:01One chef scored a 76.
00:43:05The other chef scored 84.
00:43:08Ladies and gentlemen,
00:43:09the winner of the battle for the B Division title
00:43:12between Chef Joe Sesto
00:43:14and Chef Kevin Lee is...
00:43:21The winner of the battle for the B Division title is...
00:43:33Congratulations, Kevin Lee!
00:43:35It's an honor.
00:43:36It's true honor.
00:43:41We love watching Joe compete.
00:43:43I love his mind of creativity.
00:43:48Mustache Joe, Joe Sesto.
00:43:57Kevin doesn't miss, you know?
00:43:59I think he's going to win this whole thing.
00:44:01I hope he wins this whole thing.
00:44:03He deserves it.
00:44:04Congratulations.
00:44:05You are in the final four.
00:44:09Well done!
00:44:13Tell you, look at this.
00:44:14Uncle Jack is one of the best.
00:44:17You know, we actually just won against each other
00:44:19on TLC Christmas in the final four.
00:44:22I lost by one point,
00:44:24but this time, I'm getting my revenge.
00:44:27Get to the finals.
00:44:29That's the optimism and the attitude you're going to need.
00:44:32Dragon Slayer, Kevin Lee.
00:44:34Let's go!
00:44:39On to the next.
00:44:41Whoa, how are you feeling, brother?
00:44:42That was amazing out there.
00:44:44I feel great.
00:44:45You know, I just want to keep cooking.
00:44:46Two more cooks.
00:44:47Two more cooks, all you need.
00:44:48Two more!
00:44:49Keep doing what you're doing, man.
00:44:50Absolutely.
00:44:50Thank you, Chef.
00:44:51Thank you, Hunter.
00:44:51We'll see you in the final quarter.
00:44:52I think what really came out of this
00:44:54was if you undercook the protein that badly,
00:44:58you're not going to win.
00:45:00This felt to me like an issue of time management.
00:45:03I feel like this chef didn't have enough time to taste.
00:45:06Are you ready to meet our next two kitchen combatants?
00:45:11We have two culinary powerhouses
00:45:14who came all the way from the qualifiers
00:45:17to the final eight,
00:45:18something we've never seen before.
00:45:20The number eight seed, Chef Kenny Gilbert,
00:45:23has scored major upsets
00:45:24against the number one seed and a number four seed.
00:45:27He's hoping to go from the underdog to champ
00:45:31in his first season on TOC.
00:45:33It's about to go down.
00:45:36For me, legacy, it means the world to me.
00:45:38I want to see me up in the Raptors
00:45:40so that my kids and my grandkids can say,
00:45:44wow, look at what my dad is now.
00:45:45It will mean the world to me
00:45:47to get to the next round.
00:45:48His opponent is the number seven seed,
00:45:51Chef Stephanie Izard, the comeback kid,
00:45:53who fought her way back into the bracket
00:45:55through the qualifiers
00:45:56and is hoping to get to the final four
00:45:59with a win tonight.
00:46:00A win in the third round
00:46:01and making it to the final four,
00:46:02that would just be like,
00:46:04you know, I've walked away
00:46:05from Tournament of Champions.
00:46:06Sad for years, you know,
00:46:08but I feel really dang good to win today.
00:46:10All right, Chef, they're ready for you.
00:46:11All right, let's do this.
00:46:12Let's do it.
00:46:16Are you ready for another
00:46:18dish versus dish dust-up?
00:46:21Let's line it up!
00:46:26He worked his way up to Chef de Cuisine
00:46:28of the Ritz-Carlton at the age of 23,
00:46:30helping secure the AAA Five Diamond Award for the hotel.
00:46:34He went on to serve as executive chef
00:46:36at some of the most prestigious resorts
00:46:38in America and the Caribbean.
00:46:40He is cooked for the Sports Illustrated Super Bowl party,
00:46:43the G8 Summit, and Oprah.
00:46:46He entered the tournament with a qualifier's win,
00:46:50took down top-seeded culinary icon,
00:46:52Sanchez, in the first round
00:46:54and earned the highest score
00:46:57of the second round with a 91.
00:46:59Give a big welcome
00:47:01to the Beast of the Kitchen,
00:47:03Chef Kenny Gilbert!
00:47:17Congratulations.
00:47:18It's been win after win,
00:47:19and it's not been just a close win.
00:47:21I mean, he's won.
00:47:22This determination that you have
00:47:24shows up on the plate every time.
00:47:26Chef, good luck.
00:47:27Thank you, appreciate you.
00:47:28Great to have you.
00:47:30And I say good luck
00:47:31because it would always help,
00:47:33especially going up against this opponent.
00:47:36As a kid, she and her sister
00:47:37would transform the living room
00:47:39into a dining room to play restaurant.
00:47:42And now she has seven acclaimed restaurants
00:47:44from the Great Lakes to the West Coast.
00:47:47She's a James Beard Award winner
00:47:49for Best Chef's Great Lakes
00:47:51and the only person to ever earn the titles
00:47:54of both Top Chef and Iron Chef.
00:47:59Now, after suffering a few first-round losses
00:48:02on past TOCs,
00:48:04she came back with a vengeance.
00:48:05Taking down Lee-Ann Wong in the first round
00:48:08and Chef Marcel Digneron in the second round
00:48:10with a dish that Judge Hubert Keller called.
00:48:13Pretty spectacular.
00:48:14Give it up for the GOAT,
00:48:17Iron Chef Stephanie Eisen!
00:48:34No smile, just this.
00:48:36I'm going to take you down
00:48:38and beat you up in an alley.
00:48:40Well, chefs,
00:48:41let's take it to the randomizer right this way.
00:48:47Oh-kee-do-kee.
00:48:49Here we go.
00:48:50Go for the proteins.
00:48:51Oh-kee-do-kee.
00:48:59Here we go.
00:49:00Squid, duck.
00:49:02Hold up.
00:49:03Hold up now.
00:49:05Graffiti eggplant, vegetable sheeter,
00:49:09liquid and solid,
00:49:11and bananas.
00:49:13I mean, you had me
00:49:14until you got to bananas.
00:49:16That's bananas.
00:49:17That is bananas.
00:49:18You guys can go find them.
00:49:19Go.
00:49:19You can go bananas.
00:49:22Ooh.
00:49:22All right.
00:49:23That was just like a straight-up GOAT.
00:49:24I love the whole duck.
00:49:25Probably going to work with the breast,
00:49:26most likely,
00:49:27but using the fat from the duck
00:49:29and rendering that down
00:49:29will be awesome.
00:49:30Graffiti eggplant,
00:49:31also known as Sicilian eggplant.
00:49:33It's less bitter,
00:49:33less seeds than classic eggplant.
00:49:35Vegetable sheeter,
00:49:36this is used a lot in Japan.
00:49:37They create sheets of cucumber
00:49:38and then make the maki rolls sushi out of it.
00:49:41Liquid and solid,
00:49:42essentially,
00:49:42it's like making two dishes.
00:49:44And then bananas.
00:49:45There's over 1,000 varieties of bananas.
00:49:47There's a good little tidbit.
00:49:48You'll sleep better knowing that.
00:49:50Peeled garlic.
00:49:51Oh, hold up.
00:49:52This is really great protein.
00:49:53You've got fat.
00:49:54You've got a breast.
00:49:55You've got legs.
00:49:56This eggplant looks big enough
00:49:57that it could maybe fit
00:49:58into this vegetable slicer
00:49:59and do a version of a roll of tea
00:50:01and make a duck farce
00:50:02that can go inside of the eggplant.
00:50:04This is very heavy.
00:50:06There's only a few women left.
00:50:08Myself and Shirley,
00:50:09one of us has to keep this alive.
00:50:11I would like that to be me.
00:50:12Hi, chef.
00:50:12Hi.
00:50:14When I look at this randomizer,
00:50:16I immediately go to Style Cook,
00:50:18liquid and solid.
00:50:20Welcome back, chef.
00:50:21From there,
00:50:22everything else are components
00:50:23to make that dish come alive.
00:50:26And so,
00:50:27I immediately think kimchi soup.
00:50:29You know,
00:50:29Stephanie Izar,
00:50:30she's a legend.
00:50:31She's been doing it
00:50:32just as long as I have.
00:50:33But I didn't come here
00:50:34to play games.
00:50:35I'm cooking because I want to win.
00:50:38Keep that cheering, you guys.
00:50:39I can't breathe.
00:50:40Oh, duck.
00:50:42First thing I do
00:50:43is start breaking down the duck.
00:50:44So I'm going to take the breasts off.
00:50:45It'll get seared.
00:50:46I'm going to grind the duck legs, chef.
00:50:48Yep.
00:50:48Time to grind.
00:50:51I've won so many things.
00:50:52But there's something
00:50:53about Tournament of Champions
00:50:54that's just not clicked yet.
00:50:55And it's interesting
00:50:56when I think about my son, Ernie,
00:50:58I always, of course,
00:50:59want to lead by example.
00:51:00And I never want him
00:51:01to be a quitter.
00:51:02And it's not who I am either.
00:51:04And now this is the furthest
00:51:06that I've gone.
00:51:07I made it to the great eighth.
00:51:08And I just really want Ernie to see,
00:51:10you know what,
00:51:10I didn't give up, bud.
00:51:11I came back this year
00:51:12and look what happens
00:51:13when you just keep going.
00:51:16What's the plan, chef?
00:51:18Kimchi soup.
00:51:19I'm going to do some duck meatballs.
00:51:20I'm going to do a breast.
00:51:21I'm going to do a daikon radish noodles.
00:51:24I'm going to spin in there.
00:51:25Through the sheeter.
00:51:26Yes.
00:51:26I love duck.
00:51:27There's a lot of things
00:51:28you can do with it.
00:51:29And breaking down a duck
00:51:31takes some time.
00:51:32I start with a leg and thigh.
00:51:34Then I go in the breast
00:51:36and carve it right out.
00:51:37I feel like after three cooks,
00:51:38I can now say classic beast mode.
00:51:40Wings getting blanched.
00:51:42Necks and carcasses
00:51:44in a pot,
00:51:44rendering some fat out of those.
00:51:46A fortifier for the soup here
00:51:47out of kimchi and miso.
00:51:49Duck legs reserved.
00:51:50I think we'll see those
00:51:51through the grinder.
00:51:51You've always boned
00:51:52a few birds before.
00:51:54Yeah.
00:51:56This round is exciting.
00:51:58So you're cooking
00:51:59Asian against me.
00:51:59I am not.
00:52:03Let's try this thing, you guys.
00:52:04Let's do it.
00:52:06It's time to try
00:52:07this vegetable sheeter.
00:52:08I grab the eggplant
00:52:09and I know it has to be
00:52:10flat on one side and round.
00:52:11The eggplant sometimes
00:52:12can be too soft
00:52:13to run through there.
00:52:14Oh.
00:52:16I really just can't
00:52:17figure this out.
00:52:18I put it on there
00:52:19and start going
00:52:19and I really think
00:52:20that there's going to be
00:52:21this beautiful sheet
00:52:22of eggplant
00:52:22that'll be able to wrap
00:52:24around this tasty
00:52:25duck sausage filling.
00:52:26Does this not work?
00:52:27I have no idea.
00:52:30I mean, you guys,
00:52:31this thing is not my friend.
00:52:32You're not what I'm doing.
00:52:34My brain is just
00:52:35turning into mush.
00:52:37I mean,
00:52:39I'm just going to have to
00:52:40give up 10 points
00:52:41on the randomizer.
00:52:43Chefs, we have 25 minutes,
00:52:4525 to go.
00:52:50There's no way
00:52:50that this doesn't work
00:52:51if anything's going to work.
00:52:53Penny, did you get
00:52:54this spiral thing to work?
00:52:59I did.
00:52:59I can't get it to work.
00:53:01It sucks.
00:53:03Next, I'm going to tackle
00:53:04this sexual sheeter
00:53:04to make faux noodles
00:53:06out of sweet potato
00:53:07and daikon radish.
00:53:09All right, so now he's...
00:53:10Now daikon will work
00:53:11on the sheeter.
00:53:11Yeah.
00:53:14Which is usually
00:53:14very traditional
00:53:15in kimchi soup.
00:53:16Good to go.
00:53:18Next, I'm going to make
00:53:18my duck meatballs
00:53:19by grinding the duck legs,
00:53:21the liver,
00:53:22and the heart.
00:53:25Regular eggs
00:53:25or duck eggs?
00:53:26Duck eggs.
00:53:27When it says whole duck,
00:53:28you use the whole duck.
00:53:29I want it to get a crust
00:53:30on the outside
00:53:31that eventually will break down
00:53:32without making
00:53:33the meatballs fall apart.
00:53:34So a quick fry,
00:53:35then I'm going to finish it up
00:53:36in the broth.
00:53:37In the soup,
00:53:38I go ahead and grab one,
00:53:39take a bite.
00:53:42Mm-hmm.
00:53:43Yep.
00:53:43Yeah.
00:53:44It's absolutely delicious.
00:53:45I was like, okay,
00:53:46this is going to be perfect.
00:53:48I don't think that's
00:53:48going to work at all.
00:53:50Okay, new plan.
00:53:51That doesn't work.
00:53:51I'm feeling completely derailed.
00:53:53I don't know what to do.
00:53:54I, like, really can't
00:53:55make it work.
00:53:55And honestly,
00:53:56I think the hardest thing
00:53:57in competition
00:53:58is having to pivot.
00:53:59But you know what?
00:54:00I'm not going to be a quitter.
00:54:01At least need to focus
00:54:03on all the other things
00:54:04and try to get something
00:54:05on the plate.
00:54:06So I take the duck breast.
00:54:08I'm going to put it
00:54:08into a rip and hot pan.
00:54:09Once the fat has just
00:54:10started to render,
00:54:11I put it into
00:54:12a nice hot oven
00:54:13and it's going to render
00:54:14that fat and cook
00:54:15the rest of the meat
00:54:15all at the same time.
00:54:16I'm not willing to take
00:54:17the hit of not using
00:54:18that part of the randomizer
00:54:20at all.
00:54:21So I grab a potato.
00:54:23If a potato doesn't work,
00:54:24I'm giving out.
00:54:29Yes!
00:54:31Yes!
00:54:31Yes, Steph!
00:54:32And finally,
00:54:33there we go.
00:54:34Some potato ribbons.
00:54:35They have absolutely
00:54:35nothing to do
00:54:36with my dish whatsoever,
00:54:37but at least it's something
00:54:38that's gone through
00:54:39the vegetable sheeter.
00:54:40With so many things
00:54:41going kind of wrong,
00:54:42I'm like,
00:54:43let's at least go bananas.
00:54:44I've got red bananas
00:54:45that I turn into chips
00:54:46with the mandolin
00:54:47so that it doesn't seem
00:54:48quite as random
00:54:49with the potatoes.
00:54:49And also,
00:54:50I've got green bananas
00:54:52that I'm going to turn
00:54:52into little dice
00:54:53and cook with some onions.
00:54:54I'm also going to add
00:54:55some hearts.
00:54:57And finally,
00:54:57I've got grilled bananas
00:54:58that are going into the sauce.
00:55:00A whole lot of banana
00:55:01going on.
00:55:01I came in tonight
00:55:03confident and excited,
00:55:04but if I get a little
00:55:05derailed in the middle
00:55:06of the cook,
00:55:06it's really,
00:55:07really hard
00:55:07to bounce back.
00:55:10Seven minutes,
00:55:11chef.
00:55:11Seven left.
00:55:12Oh, my God.
00:55:14I want to get a char
00:55:15on that graffiti eggplant
00:55:16to kind of add
00:55:17a different layer
00:55:18of flavor
00:55:18into the soup.
00:55:20I also sliced it
00:55:21into circles,
00:55:22and I went ahead
00:55:23and juliened it up
00:55:24and immediately threw
00:55:25that into the soup
00:55:26because I wanted
00:55:27that to soften up.
00:55:28Ooh.
00:55:29I took out my duck breast.
00:55:30I baste them.
00:55:31I flip them.
00:55:32They're looking great.
00:55:32So I grabbed
00:55:33some go-je-chang,
00:55:35a little bit of oyster sauce
00:55:35and some fish sauce
00:55:36to make a little paste.
00:55:37For bananas,
00:55:38I wanted to use
00:55:38a red banana.
00:55:39How ripe are those?
00:55:40They're not that ripe,
00:55:41but I wanted to be starchy.
00:55:43I purposely selected
00:55:44a starchy banana
00:55:45because I wanted
00:55:46to treat this
00:55:46like a potato element.
00:55:48Be kind of just like
00:55:49diced up
00:55:49and actually in the soup.
00:55:51There's nothing
00:55:51that I fear right now.
00:55:54I was a widower
00:55:55at 21 years old
00:55:56raising my daughter.
00:55:58That took me
00:55:59to a whole nother level
00:56:00of mental toughness
00:56:01knowing that I had
00:56:02to be strong.
00:56:03And I'm pretty proud of that.
00:56:04And so now,
00:56:05I'm ready to rock and roll
00:56:07and get that belt.
00:56:08Three minutes!
00:56:09I bring my soup over
00:56:10and I pull out my meatballs
00:56:11with an eggplant
00:56:12and some of the kimchi.
00:56:15This is my first
00:56:16TOC experience,
00:56:17but you know what?
00:56:18I deserve to be here.
00:56:19And now,
00:56:20my goal is to win
00:56:22this whole thing.
00:56:23I'm ready to show everyone
00:56:24why they call me the beast.
00:56:25Chefs,
00:56:26we have one minute to go.
00:56:27Oh, my God.
00:56:29I have very little time left,
00:56:31and I've got
00:56:32all my fried bananas
00:56:33and potatoes.
00:56:34I've got my duck
00:56:36that I'm slicing
00:56:37that's a little bit under,
00:56:38but it doesn't seem
00:56:39too far off.
00:56:40I've got my fried eggplant
00:56:43that's going in.
00:56:43I've got my sauteed bananas
00:56:45and onions
00:56:46that are going on top.
00:56:47There's a lot on the line.
00:56:48Like, I honestly
00:56:49came in this year
00:56:50thinking I just want
00:56:51to make it
00:56:51into the main bracket.
00:56:52So winning this round
00:56:54would give me
00:56:54the confidence
00:56:55to know that
00:56:55I could go all the way.
00:56:56Five, four, three, two, one.
00:57:01We're done.
00:57:05Job well done.
00:57:07Chef Kenny.
00:57:08Chef Iser.
00:57:09It's all up to the judges now.
00:57:15We'll get texture.
00:57:16We'll get a little heat.
00:57:18I think the spice mix is good.
00:57:20I think the flavors are there.
00:57:21I hit all the randomizer.
00:57:23What else can I do?
00:57:24All right, ladies and gentlemen,
00:57:25let's welcome back
00:57:26the powerhouse panel
00:57:27of judges,
00:57:28TOC One champ
00:57:29with Williamson.
00:57:30Brooke is like
00:57:31the best competitor.
00:57:32Oh, Brooke.
00:57:34TOC Four champ
00:57:35Chef May Lynn.
00:57:37Oh, for May.
00:57:38I don't know.
00:57:39They're like neck and neck
00:57:39for the best competitor ever.
00:57:41And James Beard
00:57:42award winner
00:57:42of Chef Susan Feniger.
00:57:44Oh, my goodness.
00:57:45Here we go.
00:57:46Judges tonight.
00:57:47Randomizer kicked down
00:57:48some whole duck,
00:57:50a little graffiti eggplant.
00:57:51They had to use
00:57:52the vegetable sheeter.
00:57:53The style was liquid
00:57:54and solid,
00:57:54and things got bananas.
00:57:58TOC Three champ,
00:57:59Tiffany Faison.
00:58:00Friends, chefs,
00:58:01we have a roasted
00:58:02solid duck breast
00:58:03with banana duck chili sauce
00:58:04and poached duck eggs.
00:58:05The whole duck was used.
00:58:07The breasts were rubbed
00:58:08and then roasted.
00:58:09The legs were ground
00:58:10with whipped ginger,
00:58:11graffiti eggplant,
00:58:12Fresno and Serrano chilies
00:58:14with duck liver,
00:58:15creating the sauce
00:58:15that you see.
00:58:16Graffiti eggplant
00:58:17with diced
00:58:18and cornstarch dredged
00:58:19made crispy in the fryer.
00:58:21Also, a potato
00:58:22made its way
00:58:23through the vegetable sheeter
00:58:24for the gorgeous potato crisp
00:58:25on top.
00:58:26Wow.
00:58:27I don't think
00:58:28that's a good wow.
00:58:29This randomizer
00:58:30is insanity,
00:58:32and I think there were
00:58:32a lot of really smart
00:58:33decisions here.
00:58:34Using the red bananas
00:58:35to mimic that
00:58:36chip consistency,
00:58:38and I think that
00:58:38the fact that they're coated
00:58:40to make even crispier
00:58:41was a really smart decision.
00:58:42The use of the bananas
00:58:44for making a curry
00:58:45is really smart
00:58:46and a great way
00:58:47to use the bananas.
00:58:49I really love
00:58:49the seasoning
00:58:50on the duck breast.
00:58:52However,
00:58:53my duck is slightly
00:58:55a little too rare.
00:58:57That's bad.
00:58:58The fat is a little flabby,
00:58:59so I did wish
00:59:00that it was rendered
00:59:01a little bit more.
00:59:02Like, literally,
00:59:03I've cooked 1,000 million
00:59:04duck breasts perfectly.
00:59:05Kind of see the sheeter,
00:59:07but I don't really
00:59:08see the sheeter
00:59:09because it's kind of
00:59:10broken up into
00:59:11shards of chips.
00:59:12I wish that that was
00:59:13utilized a little bit better.
00:59:15I wish I could have
00:59:16used it better, too.
00:59:18Thank you, judges.
00:59:19Score cards,
00:59:2050 points in taste,
00:59:2140 points in the use
00:59:22of the randomizer,
00:59:2310 points in plating.
00:59:25You can't not cook
00:59:26your protein properly,
00:59:27but I appreciate them
00:59:28being not super mean
00:59:29about it.
00:59:30You know,
00:59:31I knew the goat
00:59:32was going to bring
00:59:32a lot to it.
00:59:34All you know
00:59:34is that you're just
00:59:35grinding,
00:59:36and you're just trying
00:59:36to get your stuff done.
00:59:40Here to present
00:59:41the second dish
00:59:41is the Encyclopedia
00:59:43of Culinary himself.
00:59:44Justin Morner.
00:59:46Judges,
00:59:47I present to you
00:59:48kimchi soup
00:59:48with duck,
00:59:49graffiti eggplant,
00:59:50and red banana.
00:59:52The duck was butchered.
00:59:53The leg was run
00:59:54through the grinder
00:59:55with the livers
00:59:56and the hearts
00:59:57to create a meatball.
00:59:58You have it grilled
00:59:59and diced.
01:00:00Graffiti eggplant
01:00:01and the vegetable sheeter
01:00:02was employed
01:00:03to craft a mock noodle
01:00:04of sorts
01:00:05out of both
01:00:06daikon and sweet potato.
01:00:07And then in terms
01:00:08of liquid and solid,
01:00:10this is soup.
01:00:12And then there are
01:00:13many solid components
01:00:15throughout.
01:00:19I think making a soup
01:00:21was a really smart decision
01:00:22for this randomizer.
01:00:24My favorite part
01:00:25is a daikon noodles.
01:00:26I think it was left
01:00:27like that intentionally
01:00:28so we can tell
01:00:30that the piece
01:00:31of equipment was used.
01:00:32That's right.
01:00:33There's a lot
01:00:33happening here.
01:00:34I find it
01:00:36a lot of fun.
01:00:37The attention
01:00:38that went into
01:00:38making a duck stock,
01:00:40using all of the duck parts
01:00:42to make these meatballs
01:00:43to add texture
01:00:44and flavor,
01:00:45but also utilize
01:00:46the entire duck
01:00:47is so apparent.
01:00:49Oh, my God.
01:00:51Really, I think,
01:00:52a smart dish.
01:00:53I think the eggplant
01:00:53is really nice in there.
01:00:55The choice of the banana,
01:00:57I think that was
01:00:58a challenging one.
01:01:00Maybe it could have
01:01:01been smashed
01:01:03and cooked
01:01:04a little bit longer
01:01:04so it got crispy
01:01:05because it's starchy
01:01:06but a little bit
01:01:07too starchy.
01:01:09Great, judges.
01:01:09Thank you very much.
01:01:1050 points available
01:01:11in the taste,
01:01:1240 points
01:01:13in the use
01:01:14of the randomizer,
01:01:1610 points in plating.
01:01:18All right.
01:01:19I think it's going
01:01:20to be close.
01:01:21I don't really have
01:01:22anything to say.
01:01:24All right, chefs,
01:01:25they're ready for you.
01:01:26Oh, my goodness.
01:01:27All right.
01:01:28Ladies and gentlemen,
01:01:29let's bring our chefs
01:01:29back in.
01:01:30Chef Kenny Gilbert.
01:01:32Chef Stephanie Eitard.
01:01:38Chefs, that was
01:01:39quite a randomizer.
01:01:40Ducks and bananas.
01:01:42One chef scored
01:01:43a 36 out of 50
01:01:45in taste.
01:01:46One scored
01:01:46a 38 out of 50.
01:01:47One chef scored
01:01:48a 31 out of 40
01:01:49on the randomizer.
01:01:50The other chef scored
01:01:51a 33 out of 40
01:01:53on the randomizer.
01:01:54And both chefs scored
01:01:55a 7 out of 10
01:01:56in presentation.
01:01:57Chefs, it was an honor
01:01:58and a pleasure
01:01:59to watch you cook.
01:02:00Only one of you
01:02:01will be going
01:02:01to the semifinals.
01:02:02The winner of the battle
01:02:03between Chef Stephanie
01:02:05Eitard and Chef
01:02:06Kenny Gilbert
01:02:08is...
01:02:17Kenny Gilbert!
01:02:34Chef, this is the end
01:02:35of the road
01:02:36on TOC 7,
01:02:37but I'll just be
01:02:38looking forward
01:02:38to seeing you
01:02:39in TOC 8.
01:02:40OK?
01:02:40Thank you very much.
01:02:41Iron Chef!
01:02:43Iron Chef!
01:02:44Stephanie Eitard!
01:02:49I'm glad I came back.
01:02:50I mean, it's going
01:02:50to take me a little while
01:02:51to recover from being
01:02:51so bummed about that.
01:02:53But Kenny did great.
01:02:55I wouldn't be surprised
01:02:55if she's in the finals.
01:02:56The guy that came in
01:02:57as a qualifier
01:02:58is finally getting
01:02:59the spotlight on him.
01:03:07I've been busting my ass
01:03:08my entire life.
01:03:10And a lot of times
01:03:12you just want a chance.
01:03:13And so for everyone
01:03:14to see this
01:03:15and say,
01:03:16I'm here
01:03:17and I'm not going anywhere.
01:03:18I'm going away
01:03:19to the top.
01:03:19And I appreciate you.
01:03:21And you are
01:03:21in the semifinals
01:03:23of TOC 7!
01:03:29Better watch out
01:03:30for that guy.
01:03:34Oh, man.
01:03:36I'm pretty pumped.
01:03:42I want it so bad.
01:03:45Ladies and gentlemen,
01:03:46is that great or what?
01:03:49Coming up
01:03:50is a round
01:03:50you don't want to miss.
01:03:52We have the number
01:03:53five seed,
01:03:54Chef Shirley Chung,
01:03:55the resilient competitor
01:03:56who aced
01:03:57the first two rounds
01:03:58to return
01:03:59to the TOC quarterfinals.
01:04:01This is the first
01:04:03I've ever found
01:04:04tournament champion.
01:04:05So definitely
01:04:06a lot more nervous.
01:04:09But I'm ready.
01:04:11Now her opponent
01:04:12is the number three seed,
01:04:14Chef Brian Valtaggio,
01:04:15who took the team title
01:04:17on TOC All-Star Christmas
01:04:18with his brother Michael
01:04:19and is now back
01:04:21in the TOC arena
01:04:22on a solo winning
01:04:23mission.
01:04:24Shirley knows how
01:04:25to go into the kitchen
01:04:26and put things together
01:04:27and build good,
01:04:28bold flavors.
01:04:29She's great at this.
01:04:30So she's going to be tough,
01:04:32but I'm tough too.
01:04:33I'm here to represent
01:04:34all the survivors,
01:04:36especially Hunter survivors
01:04:37out there.
01:04:38I want them to see
01:04:39that there are light
01:04:41at the end of Town Hall.
01:04:42Are you ready
01:04:43for the final battle
01:04:44of the night?
01:04:45Yeah!
01:04:47So let's light this up!
01:04:51She has become known
01:04:53as the opener.
01:04:55Opening restaurants
01:04:56for culinary legends
01:04:57like Thomas Keller
01:04:58and Jose Andres.
01:04:59Crown the dumpling queen
01:05:01of Los Angeles.
01:05:03And after beating
01:05:05tongue cancer,
01:05:06she has returned
01:05:07to earn the highest score
01:05:09of the first round
01:05:09and aced the second round
01:05:11with a dish
01:05:12that Chef Deneet Shohan
01:05:13compared to receiving...
01:05:14A birthday present.
01:05:15And then you open it up
01:05:16and the gift
01:05:17is even better.
01:05:18Chef Shirley Jones!
01:05:35So much has changed.
01:05:36We missed you last year.
01:05:38You were in the fight
01:05:39of your life.
01:05:40Your back,
01:05:41your palates changed.
01:05:43Some of your cooking styles changed.
01:05:45You are the Shirley 2.0.
01:05:47Correct.
01:05:47I am.
01:05:50Awesome to have you here
01:05:52in the quarterfinals.
01:05:53Your opponent.
01:05:56He was mentored
01:05:58by the legendary
01:05:58Charlie Palmer
01:05:59and cut his teeth
01:06:00in Michelin-star dishes.
01:06:02His long list
01:06:03of renowned restaurants
01:06:04includes his latest
01:06:05Why Oaks Tavern.
01:06:07He's a two-time
01:06:09James Beard Award nominee
01:06:11and a three-time
01:06:12Top Chef finalist.
01:06:15And he's on a tear
01:06:17in TOC 7
01:06:18taking down
01:06:19James Beard nominee
01:06:20Dan Jacobs
01:06:21in a tough
01:06:22second-round battle
01:06:22with a dish
01:06:23that Hubert Keller
01:06:24called
01:06:25Perfectly executed.
01:06:27The TOC Christmas champ,
01:06:29the Bolt of the East,
01:06:30Chef Brian Voltaggio!
01:06:40I have to give you a steak.
01:06:44Chef, when I said you're on a tear
01:06:46in TOC 7,
01:06:47considering the holiday competition,
01:06:50you are on a six-straight
01:06:52winning streak
01:06:53here in TOC Arena.
01:06:55How does that feel
01:06:56and what kind of confidence
01:06:57is that giving you?
01:06:58It feels amazing.
01:06:59But then again,
01:07:00when I'm looking across
01:07:01this kitchen right now,
01:07:02I know tonight
01:07:03is going to be
01:07:04a tough battle.
01:07:05And that is all due to
01:07:07The Randomizer.
01:07:08Let's go, Chefs!
01:07:09All right.
01:07:14Chefs, this is the final round
01:07:15of the quarterfinals.
01:07:16And it's all going to go down
01:07:17right now.
01:07:18Good luck!
01:07:19Protein!
01:07:30Squab, squid, squab, squid.
01:07:33Impressive America.
01:07:34Beautiful.
01:07:36Kabocha squash.
01:07:37Kabocha.
01:07:37Okay.
01:07:38Wet grinder.
01:07:39Wet grinder.
01:07:40Interesting.
01:07:41Crunchy and soft
01:07:43and passion fruit.
01:07:45I like it.
01:07:46Okay.
01:07:46Okay.
01:07:47We'll take it.
01:07:47Yeah, there's no options
01:07:49at this point.
01:07:49We're pretty much done.
01:07:50Okay.
01:07:51Yeah, this is ready
01:07:53for three, two, one.
01:07:54Oh, okay.
01:07:55Got it.
01:07:55They're off!
01:07:58So, Spanish-America ham,
01:08:00it's an amazing piece of meat.
01:08:02And Prussia, meaning prey,
01:08:03or cats in Spanish,
01:08:05a fantastic piece of meat
01:08:06to work with.
01:08:06They're going to really love this.
01:08:08Kabocha squash is a Japanese squash.
01:08:10So many things can be done
01:08:11with this,
01:08:11from roasting it
01:08:12to pureeing it,
01:08:13you name it.
01:08:14Talk about pureeing it,
01:08:15they may need it
01:08:15for this wet grinder.
01:08:16So, a wet grinder's used in India,
01:08:18and it's used to grind up lentils
01:08:19or grind up rice.
01:08:20It's got a stone on the bottom
01:08:21and then stone wheels
01:08:22that grind on the top.
01:08:24Crunchy and soft,
01:08:24how do you get both of those
01:08:26on the plate?
01:08:26I think you'll be able
01:08:27to nail that.
01:08:28Passion fruit,
01:08:29well, this is a great one.
01:08:30Everybody knows how to work
01:08:31with these.
01:08:32It's a great randomizer.
01:08:35Come on,
01:08:35need some squash.
01:08:38This randomizer,
01:08:39actually, for me,
01:08:40feels a little bit more
01:08:41towards my wheelhouse,
01:08:42and I'm starting
01:08:43to lean towards barbecue.
01:08:44I know that I can balance
01:08:45the sweetness of the squash
01:08:46and the passion fruit
01:08:47into a barbecue glaze.
01:08:49And then,
01:08:50pressa abirico
01:08:51lends itself to grilling it
01:08:52and cooking it
01:08:53and marinating it
01:08:53like you would steak.
01:08:54That's something
01:08:55I want to put on the grill.
01:08:57Welcome, chef.
01:08:58Good to see you, sir.
01:08:59Likewise.
01:09:01Both of my grandmothers
01:09:02are kind of like my teacher
01:09:05when it comes to food.
01:09:06And I have a vivid memory
01:09:08of making a chashu pork
01:09:09with them.
01:09:10Chashu pork is
01:09:11Southern China
01:09:12Cantonese-style
01:09:13roasted barbecue pork.
01:09:16And I also make
01:09:17kabocha squash puree
01:09:19and a kabocha tempura.
01:09:21And so I will hit
01:09:22soft and crunchy
01:09:23in one dish.
01:09:26So what I plan to do
01:09:27is termine cut some steaks
01:09:29that I'll put in
01:09:30a marinade first.
01:09:32The steak itself
01:09:33is going to go
01:09:33into a marinade.
01:09:34The acidity from that
01:09:35is going to help
01:09:36tenderize and break
01:09:37down the pork.
01:09:39Passion fruit,
01:09:39Dijon mustard,
01:09:40smoked shoyu.
01:09:42I want that to marinate
01:09:43for a couple of minutes
01:09:44before I crust it
01:09:44in spice.
01:09:46First time I've used
01:09:47one of these before.
01:09:49Now we're going to see
01:09:49some spices pulverize.
01:09:51Let it rip.
01:09:52Rip.
01:09:52And then,
01:09:53let me use that
01:09:54as a rub for the pork.
01:09:57Hey, it worked.
01:09:58And I love
01:09:59all the spices
01:10:00that are going along.
01:10:01Said we had
01:10:02the black peppercorn,
01:10:02pink peppercorn,
01:10:03coriander,
01:10:04and fennel.
01:10:05Fennel, yes, chef.
01:10:06I'm eager to win
01:10:07TOC 7 because I've
01:10:08never won a competition
01:10:10as an individual.
01:10:11It's something I've
01:10:11been looking for
01:10:12for a long time.
01:10:12I got a taste of the win
01:10:13from TOC Holiday.
01:10:14Like, I want to get
01:10:15all the way to the end.
01:10:16I want that belt.
01:10:17I want that cash.
01:10:17I want to win TOC.
01:10:18I want the banner
01:10:19hanging in the kitchen
01:10:20to remind everybody
01:10:21that I've been here
01:10:22and I've done it.
01:10:24I'm going to make
01:10:26passion fruit glazed
01:10:27cashew pork.
01:10:29Ah.
01:10:30And I'll be here
01:10:32drooling.
01:10:33So my marinade
01:10:34is over.
01:10:35So I'm going to have
01:10:37my passion fruit
01:10:38cashew marinade
01:10:39to go into
01:10:40the wet grinder.
01:10:42Illmatic.
01:10:44Using the vacuum
01:10:45back to marinade
01:10:46is a quick way
01:10:48to let all the flavor
01:10:49penetrate into pork.
01:10:54My pork is marinated
01:10:55in less than one minute.
01:10:58Brian is the
01:10:58formidable competition
01:11:00contender.
01:11:01But I love to compete
01:11:03and I think after
01:11:05I beat cancer,
01:11:06now I really know
01:11:07how to win.
01:11:10Chefs, we have
01:11:1125 minutes,
01:11:1225 to go.
01:11:14I'm making
01:11:15barbecue glazed
01:11:15Iberico pork.
01:11:16Butter.
01:11:18I'm also going
01:11:19to try to make
01:11:19a puree with the squash
01:11:21in this wet grinder.
01:11:22Okay.
01:11:23How are we looking?
01:11:24It's good.
01:11:24I know this works
01:11:25in a very high-speed blender,
01:11:26but I'm putting that
01:11:28into a piece of equipment
01:11:29that I don't know
01:11:29if it's going to work.
01:11:30This puree has to be
01:11:31luscious and it needs
01:11:32to be rich.
01:11:34Okay.
01:11:34Here we go.
01:11:36I look at the puree.
01:11:39Wow.
01:11:40That's a pretty smooth
01:11:41puree.
01:11:42I start juicing
01:11:43the remaining pieces
01:11:44to the squash
01:11:44so I can start
01:11:45my barbecue glaze.
01:11:46I'm just going to
01:11:46glaze the pork
01:11:47after it's done.
01:11:48Copy that, chef.
01:11:49Add the acidity
01:11:50to the barbecue.
01:11:51The sweetness
01:11:52will come from
01:11:52the squash.
01:11:55So get that
01:11:56on reducing.
01:11:57Okay.
01:12:01I'm making
01:12:01a chariot pork
01:12:02and I'm going
01:12:03to do two versions
01:12:04of this kabocha squash.
01:12:06Kabocha squash puree
01:12:08and a kabocha tempura.
01:12:11For my kabocha squash puree,
01:12:14I want it to be
01:12:14silky smooth.
01:12:18That's a kabocha onion
01:12:20and ginger.
01:12:21What's this dry mix
01:12:21that's going here?
01:12:22That's the tempura batter.
01:12:23Inside my tempura batter,
01:12:25I make secret weapon,
01:12:27vodka.
01:12:27In the wet blender.
01:12:29Hey, save some for us.
01:12:30Right?
01:12:31When you're looking
01:12:32for crispiness,
01:12:33you want as much water
01:12:35removed from any sort
01:12:36of batter or coke
01:12:36as possible.
01:12:37So vodka helps do that.
01:12:40It feels almost like
01:12:42out-of-body experience
01:12:43that now I'm in quarterfinal.
01:12:45But my greatest motivator
01:12:47is really that
01:12:48I want to show everybody
01:12:50a chariotum 2.0.
01:12:52With all the love
01:12:53and support
01:12:54that I received
01:12:55the past year,
01:12:56all that love
01:12:57is really propelling
01:12:58me forward.
01:13:05I'll use this fat
01:13:06to build that
01:13:07secondary sauce.
01:13:08I'm also adding
01:13:09onions and garlic.
01:13:11There's some alliums
01:13:12in there.
01:13:13A little chorizo in there.
01:13:14That'll add a little
01:13:15heat to the glaze.
01:13:17I'm going to go ahead
01:13:18and I'll squeeze
01:13:18a little bit of
01:13:19passion fruit into this
01:13:20too.
01:13:20Add a little sweetness
01:13:21to it.
01:13:22The other part of this
01:13:23is I need to have
01:13:23a crunchy element.
01:13:24So I'm using a mandolin
01:13:25to actually cut the squash
01:13:27into like really fine
01:13:28julienne.
01:13:29And I'm going to fry
01:13:30that at low temperature
01:13:31so it gets nice and
01:13:31crispy.
01:13:32We all know Shirley's
01:13:33been through a lot
01:13:34and I can tell she's
01:13:35got a fire in her
01:13:36so she's going to be
01:13:37tough to beat.
01:13:38This is the best
01:13:39position I've been in
01:13:40in TSC history
01:13:41for myself.
01:13:42You know, for me
01:13:43it's a big deal.
01:13:43In our family
01:13:44we have two chefs
01:13:45who compete a lot.
01:13:47So would it be nice
01:13:48to sit down
01:13:48over a holiday dinner
01:13:50and be able to brag
01:13:50a little bit
01:13:51to Michael
01:13:52that I've won
01:13:52Tournament of Champions
01:13:53as an individual?
01:13:55It's going good.
01:13:56Yes.
01:13:57So does that
01:13:58add a little bit
01:13:59of pressure?
01:13:59Yes.
01:14:00It's motivating me
01:14:01to win.
01:14:05All right,
01:14:06that's going.
01:14:06It was 10 minutes
01:14:07left.
01:14:08Yeah,
01:14:09they're looking
01:14:09calm,
01:14:10developing layers
01:14:11and layers of flavor
01:14:11at this point.
01:14:15Chef,
01:14:16what's the plan
01:14:16with the pork?
01:14:17That's for mine.
01:14:17To your right.
01:14:18Ah.
01:14:19Body pork.
01:14:20I'm with you now.
01:14:21I really want
01:14:22to plate up
01:14:23the randomizer
01:14:24and I only
01:14:25use pork
01:14:26in one way
01:14:27so far.
01:14:27So this is my
01:14:28quick,
01:14:29soft,
01:14:30sauteed pork.
01:14:31This pork
01:14:31is going to
01:14:32saute so beautifully
01:14:35because it's
01:14:36so tender
01:14:37and marvellous.
01:14:40Add that
01:14:41to the puree
01:14:42so it's silky,
01:14:43smooth.
01:14:46I like what's
01:14:47happening here.
01:14:48Traditionally,
01:14:48tattoo pork
01:14:50always had
01:14:50that hard
01:14:51little pieces.
01:14:52That's always
01:14:53my favorite
01:14:53part of tattoo
01:14:54pork.
01:14:55Passion food
01:14:56and honey
01:14:56glaze.
01:14:57Okay.
01:14:57I want to
01:14:58also reinforce
01:14:59the passion
01:15:00food.
01:15:01So I'm making
01:15:01a passion
01:15:02food and
01:15:02honey glaze
01:15:03to use
01:15:04at the last
01:15:05minute
01:15:05when I'm
01:15:06tasting.
01:15:08I'm intentionally
01:15:09leaving
01:15:10this passion
01:15:11food
01:15:11whole
01:15:12so that's
01:15:13another
01:15:13crunchy element.
01:15:15Four minutes,
01:15:15four to go.
01:15:18Should be served
01:15:19medium rare.
01:15:23The first thing
01:15:23I'm going to do
01:15:24is place the puree
01:15:24down the center
01:15:25of the plate.
01:15:27I'm going to put
01:15:27this other
01:15:28barbecue glaze
01:15:28that I have,
01:15:31two slices of pork
01:15:34and a crispy element
01:15:35right on the top.
01:15:36You know,
01:15:37every day I get
01:15:37ready for this
01:15:38competition.
01:15:39I'm in the kitchen
01:15:39daily,
01:15:40cooking,
01:15:40mentoring,
01:15:41creating new
01:15:41dishes,
01:15:42working with my
01:15:42brother,
01:15:43we're partners
01:15:43in our restaurants,
01:15:44you know,
01:15:45so there's a lot
01:15:46of experience
01:15:47under my belt.
01:15:48I'm ready for this.
01:15:49Two minutes!
01:15:51Passion food
01:15:52vinaigrette salad.
01:15:53I am going
01:15:54to finish
01:15:55up the plate
01:15:55with passion
01:15:56food herb salad.
01:15:58So now
01:15:59I'm placing
01:16:00tempura
01:16:01squash down first,
01:16:02nice and crunchy.
01:16:04Placing
01:16:04the sliced
01:16:05chashu pork
01:16:06onto the
01:16:08habusha
01:16:08squash puree,
01:16:10finishing up
01:16:10the plate
01:16:11with a little
01:16:11bit more
01:16:12glaze
01:16:12and also
01:16:13my herb salad.
01:16:14My cancer
01:16:15friends,
01:16:15someone that
01:16:16can never
01:16:17taste again.
01:16:18It would
01:16:19mean so much
01:16:20for me
01:16:20to be a
01:16:21champion.
01:16:22I want
01:16:23to be
01:16:24here
01:16:24to win
01:16:25for them.
01:16:27Five,
01:16:28four,
01:16:29three,
01:16:30two,
01:16:31one!
01:16:32We're done
01:16:32with the
01:16:32quarterfinals!
01:16:33Done with
01:16:34the quarterfinals!
01:16:36Woo!
01:16:36Two culinary
01:16:37superheroes
01:16:38going at it.
01:16:39Chef Shirley Chung,
01:16:40Brian Maccasio,
01:16:41trying to bring
01:16:42our judges
01:16:42back in.
01:16:43Boy, they scored.
01:16:47I made
01:16:48everything I wanted
01:16:50properly.
01:16:52I got the
01:16:53crispy,
01:16:53I got the
01:16:53crunchy,
01:16:54I got the
01:16:54soft.
01:16:56You know,
01:16:56see how it
01:16:57tastes.
01:16:58Here we are.
01:16:59Ladies and
01:17:00gentlemen,
01:17:00for the final
01:17:01round of judging,
01:17:02please welcome
01:17:02back the award
01:17:03winning panel,
01:17:05TOC One
01:17:05champ B-Dubbed
01:17:07Chef Brooke
01:17:07Williamson.
01:17:09Oh,
01:17:09my God.
01:17:11Oh,
01:17:11wow,
01:17:11Brooke.
01:17:12TOC Four
01:17:13champ,
01:17:13the one and only
01:17:14Chef Mei Lin.
01:17:15Amazed?
01:17:16Oh,
01:17:16cool,
01:17:16they're bringing
01:17:17out the winners.
01:17:18And Jane
01:17:18Beard award
01:17:19winning restaurant
01:17:20to our Chef
01:17:20Susan Fenneger.
01:17:22I'm very familiar
01:17:23with all three
01:17:23of these chefs.
01:17:24Well,
01:17:25my super judges,
01:17:26the randomizer
01:17:26ordered up a
01:17:27fantastic selection.
01:17:29Prussia Iberico,
01:17:30kabocha squash,
01:17:31the use of the
01:17:33wet grinder,
01:17:34the style was
01:17:35crunchy and soft,
01:17:36and the wildcard
01:17:37ingredient was
01:17:37passion fruit.
01:17:38Here to present
01:17:39first,
01:17:40TOC Three
01:17:40champ,
01:17:41Tiffany Faison.
01:17:42This is
01:17:43passion fruit
01:17:44charred
01:17:45chashu
01:17:46pressa
01:17:46Iberico
01:17:47with a
01:17:47soft puree
01:17:48of kabocha squash
01:17:49with the fat
01:17:50from the Iberico
01:17:51and crunchy
01:17:52tempura of kabocha.
01:17:53A second glaze
01:17:54of passion fruit
01:17:55and honey
01:17:56was also drizzled
01:17:57on top of the pork.
01:17:58The glaze of
01:17:59passion fruit
01:17:59chashu
01:18:00was completely
01:18:00mixed in
01:18:01the wet grinder.
01:18:02Tempura batter
01:18:02was also constructed
01:18:03entirely in
01:18:04the wet grinder.
01:18:06Can you hear that?
01:18:08Uh-huh.
01:18:08So crunchy.
01:18:09I get a
01:18:10beautiful char
01:18:11on the outside
01:18:12of this really
01:18:13perfectly cooked
01:18:14piece of pork.
01:18:15Oh, cookie.
01:18:15I get smooth puree
01:18:17with little bits
01:18:18of meatiness in it.
01:18:19The only thing
01:18:20I will say
01:18:21is that
01:18:21the passion fruit
01:18:23glaze on the
01:18:23outside of the pork,
01:18:24I wish it were
01:18:24a little bit
01:18:25like stickier
01:18:28and grabbed
01:18:29onto the pork
01:18:31a little bit better.
01:18:33I thought
01:18:34that this dish
01:18:35was so,
01:18:36so delicious.
01:18:37Yes.
01:18:38The soft puree
01:18:39of the kabocha squash
01:18:40was really delicious
01:18:41and I just want
01:18:42another bite.
01:18:43Really spectacular.
01:18:45Spectacular for me.
01:18:47The wet grinder
01:18:48I think is
01:18:49an interesting
01:18:49piece of equipment
01:18:51that we don't
01:18:51often use that much
01:18:52in our kitchens here.
01:18:54Yes.
01:18:55To make this batter
01:18:56like that
01:18:56so perfectly
01:18:58is pretty
01:18:59mind-boggling.
01:19:00Yes.
01:19:01But, you know,
01:19:02the frisee salad
01:19:03and herb salad
01:19:04on top I loved.
01:19:05I would have loved
01:19:05a tiny bit more
01:19:06with a little bit more
01:19:07of the passion fruit
01:19:08vinaigrette
01:19:09would have gone
01:19:10into the richness
01:19:11of the squash
01:19:12but I love
01:19:13the idea of it.
01:19:15Great dish.
01:19:16Great dish,
01:19:17I think.
01:19:17It was a great dish.
01:19:19Judges,
01:19:20scorecards are in front
01:19:21of you.
01:19:2250 points in taste,
01:19:2340 points in the use
01:19:24of the randomizer,
01:19:2510 points for the plating.
01:19:26I mean,
01:19:27obviously Shirley
01:19:27got a lot of
01:19:28positive comments.
01:19:29This one's going
01:19:30to be tough to beat.
01:19:31Now let's see
01:19:32what Brian did.
01:19:33All right,
01:19:34judges,
01:19:35here to present
01:19:35the second dish,
01:19:36wildcard Justin Warner.
01:19:37Thank you very much.
01:19:39Judges,
01:19:40this is kabocha
01:19:40and passion fruit
01:19:42barbecue
01:19:42presa iberico
01:19:44coated in a wet grinder
01:19:46crafted spice mix
01:19:47with a soft kabocha puree
01:19:49crafted in a wet grinder
01:19:50and crunchy kabocha sticks.
01:19:52In terms of soft
01:19:54and crunchy,
01:19:55I think I audibly
01:19:56heard those crunchy sticks
01:19:57and I think that puree
01:19:59could be described as soft
01:20:00along with the gentle cook
01:20:01of the presa iberico.
01:20:05The uses of the wet grinder
01:20:07to make that spice mix
01:20:09to crust that presa,
01:20:11I thought that was
01:20:12very ingenious,
01:20:13but also to make
01:20:14this amazing smooth
01:20:15kabocha squash puree,
01:20:17I would have never
01:20:18have guessed that
01:20:19that came out of
01:20:20that wet grinder.
01:20:21I'm excited about that.
01:20:22This dish is gorgeous.
01:20:24The kabocha squash
01:20:25two ways is really nice
01:20:27and a great use of it.
01:20:29The pork is cooked perfectly.
01:20:31Okay.
01:20:32I love the fact
01:20:34that the spices
01:20:36were started whole
01:20:37and then crushed
01:20:38in the grinder
01:20:39because I'm getting
01:20:40little pots of coriander
01:20:41in the seeds.
01:20:42The only thing I'll say
01:20:43is I would have loved
01:20:44a slightly harder sear
01:20:45on the outside of the meat,
01:20:46just a little bit
01:20:47more caramelization.
01:20:50Yeah.
01:20:51Judges, thank you very much.
01:20:52Wonderful job.
01:20:53Scorecards are in front of you.
01:20:55Wow.
01:20:55I think it's going to be
01:20:57splitting hairs.
01:20:58I feel pretty good.
01:21:00I mean, I know she got
01:21:00a lot of positive remarks, too.
01:21:02So I think it's just
01:21:03going to come down
01:21:03to if you did a better
01:21:04dish today.
01:21:06All right, chefs,
01:21:06they're ready for you.
01:21:08All right.
01:21:08Scores are in.
01:21:09Scores are in?
01:21:10All right, let's go.
01:21:13All right, ladies and gentlemen,
01:21:15this one was very close.
01:21:17Let's go ahead
01:21:18and bring our chefs out
01:21:19for the final battle
01:21:20of the quarterfinals.
01:21:21Chef Shirley Chung.
01:21:24Chef Brian Bacchia.
01:21:30You two did a dynamite job tonight.
01:21:32Really outstanding.
01:21:35Outstanding that we have
01:21:36a two-point difference.
01:21:38And big scores.
01:21:40Let's get into this.
01:21:4287 to 85.
01:21:45Ladies and gentlemen,
01:21:46the winner of the final battle
01:21:47of the quarterfinals
01:21:48between Chef Brian Bacchia
01:21:51and Chef Shirley Chung
01:21:55is...
01:22:01Brian Bacchia!
01:22:03What?
01:22:05Oh, my God.
01:22:07Oh, we've got Chef.
01:22:13One of the strongest women
01:22:15and one of the greatest chefs
01:22:16I've ever known
01:22:17had a chance
01:22:19to show her strength
01:22:20and stand for people
01:22:21battling cancer.
01:22:23I'm sorry that this is
01:22:24where TOC 7 stops,
01:22:26but it's good
01:22:27because it only just gives us
01:22:29a beginning for TOC 8.
01:22:31We'll see you again.
01:22:32We love you.
01:22:33Chef Shirley Chung.
01:22:36Oh, my God.
01:22:42I mean, I wish I went further,
01:22:45but I definitely made a dish
01:22:46that I'm very happy with
01:22:48and did everything
01:22:49I wanted to do,
01:22:50so here I am.
01:22:52Brian Bacchia from the C Division
01:22:54taking on number 8,
01:22:56Kenny Gilbert.
01:22:57The beast.
01:22:58He's going to be a tough
01:22:58competitor for sure.
01:22:59There's no easy road
01:23:00to the win here.
01:23:01You are in the Final Four,
01:23:02going to the semifinals.
01:23:04Ladies and gentlemen,
01:23:05close to the East,
01:23:06Chef Brian Bacchia.
01:23:10There he goes.
01:23:17Okay.
01:23:19I know I don't give
01:23:20a lot of emotion,
01:23:21and that's fine.
01:23:22If you knew what was going on
01:23:23inside of me right now,
01:23:24you would see, yeah,
01:23:25it's kind of,
01:23:26it's explosive.
01:23:27Like, I feel,
01:23:28I feel amazing.
01:23:29Join us next time
01:23:30for the finale
01:23:30of the tournament
01:23:31as our Final Four face-offs.
01:23:34Let's go.
01:23:35I'm as ready
01:23:35as I'm going to be.
01:23:36And the two best chefs
01:23:37ultimately compete
01:23:38for the TOC 7 title.
01:23:41You see this coming
01:23:4111 weeks ago
01:23:42when you were in the qualifier?
01:23:43I was planning on it.
01:23:45The championship felt.
01:23:47Trying to get me.
01:23:48I think this is one
01:23:49of the hardest TOCs I've seen.
01:23:50Agreed.
01:23:50That $150,000 grand prize,
01:23:54TOC 7 is over.
01:23:56Wow.
01:23:56Are you going to be there?
01:23:57I'll be there.
01:23:58See you next week.
01:23:59Adios.
01:24:00Adios.
01:24:00Adios.
01:24:00Adios.
01:24:01Adios.
01:24:01Adios.
01:24:02Adios.
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