"Previously on Top Chef..." "You're looking to do a school at lunch." "I would do a chocolate banana pudding." "Doing the dessert." "I'll pass that bullet along to someone else." ""take one for the team"" "Is not in my vocabulary." "I know Kevin has another whipped cream gun." "Come on, pa." "I only have three of 'em." "Angelo wants to use one of our foam guns." "No." " This is broken." " Oh, is it?" "It is strategy." "Yeah, major." "It's too starchy." "This is actually my idea." "I really have an issue of you having claimed stuff," "When we did everything together." "The one that stood out the most was Kelly." "thank you." "Would you have done celery and peanut butter" "If you didn't have immunity?" "I can't answer that right now." "I'm not gonna repeat it." "Did you find that you had to add more sugar?" "Two pounds of sugar." "Jacqueline, please pack your knives and go." "This season, one outstanding competitor" "Will take the title of top chef" "And the grand prize" "A feature in food and wine magazine" "And a showcase at the food and wine classic" "In Aspen." "$125,000 to help turn their culinary dreams" "Into reality." "Furnished by Dial Nutriskin." "Top chef season seven." "Hail to the chef." "♪ Top Chef 7x03 ♪ Capitol Grill Original air date on June 30, 2010" "Waking up without Jacqueline there," "The gravity of what went down the night before" "Is just hitting home." "Some of the chefs said that, like," "I should have been the one to go home." "But I'm still here." "I'm doing the best to take the competition" "One moment at a time." "I haven't won a challenge at this point." "I feel like I've been playing kind of second fiddle." "Have faith, have hope, have courage." "You know, it's the Angelo show playing first," "And then it's Kenny second." "Gonna have to switch it up." ""hope everything is going well," ""and you're not embarrassing the other contestants too bad." "Love you and can't wait to see you, juicy."" "Even though I placed high" "And I've won three challenges," "Being on the bottom sucks." "I can deal with the criticism," "But Kenny's reaction," "He did not stand behind his teammates." "I was thinking greens with vegetables." "You know, I was immediately going on that trail." "And unfortunately sometimes other people" "Come up and they make up other decisions." "It really put a damper in my mind," "And it makes me want to isolate myself from everybody." "This is my state of mind." "Last night after the judges' table," "It became a competition." "It's, like, it's game on." "A lot of people were starting to throw each other" "Under the bus already, and it's only second challenge." "Come on, guys." "Let's get out of here." "When I walk into the kitchen," "There stands Johnny Luzzini," "And he is hot." "When it comes to pastries," "Johnny is pretty much the pastry God right now." "Good morning, chefs." "Good morning." "Please give a warm welcome" "To Johnny Luzzini." "He's a James beard award winner," "As well as the pastry chef at Jean Georges." "Morning, chefs." "Morning." "And of course you know our lovely Gail Simmons" "Of Food  Wine magazine." "Good morning, chefs." "Good morning." "Gail and Johnny are the host and head judge" "Of the upcoming new show top chef:" "Just desserts." "Now you have a dessert quickfire challenge." "Immediately my heart's like" "Desserts!" "No." "As pastry chefs," "We need to be much more organized." "For us, it doesn't happen at the last minute on a stove," "Similar to what you guys do." "A lot of what we do is about planning," "About organization, and about measurements." "We're challenging you" "With a great American tradition" "The pie." "It's definitely in everybody's eyes" "That there's two chefs who got sent home for what?" "A dessert." "So I'm a little discouraged." "I'm ready to kind of make an impression," "And we're doing something" "That I don't really have much experience in." "The winner of this quickfire" "Will receive immunity" "From tonight's elimination challenge." "Okay." "Your time starts now." "This is my station." "That one's yours." "That's not--no." "Yeah, my stuff's all underneath here." "No, no, no." "Kelly, it surprises me how annoyed I get of her." "It's just really unbelievable" "On how seemingly two-faced she is." "I thought it was where was." "Have you seen any rubber spatulas?" "Down there." "I'm really excited." "I have some experience making desserts." "I opened my restaurant at 27." "And when you own your own restaurant," "A little 65-seat place with your husband," "You get good at every job pretty quickly." "I never cooked a pie in my whole life." "So I kind of just tricked my brain," "And I say, "Angelo, this is not a pie challenge." "Like, see those ingredients over there?" "Why don't you just turn it into a curry challenge?" "I want to take a sweet yam pie as a concept," "But turn it into a curry yam pie." "What did I get myself into?" "Now they're doing dessert challenges?" "You want to be here?" "I was here." "Then somebody moved my stuff." "I'm just gonna bake the best pie that I can." "I'm gonna do an apple pie." "If this looks perfect, Kevin," "I'm gonna be surprised as hell." "Never made a pie in my life." "American pie, girl." "That's how we do here in America." " America, see?" " America!" "I am older than everybody else," "But I can still cook." "And as an instructor," "I have an advantage," "Because I don't need recipes to do desserts," "So feeling pretty confident." "I don't really like pie." "But I've made an apple pie before." "So I decide to make an apple Rosemary," "Bourbon, and vanilla pie." "If I can come out of this quickfire" "Not in the bottom, I'm stoked." "Tracey, what kind of pie you making?" "I don't know." "It's, like, top secret?" "Top secret pie." "All right, whatever." "Remember that." "Where did my pan go?" "It's missing." "It's not there." "The thing about being a savory chef" "Is that you can tweak as you go." "Pastry chefs are more like mad scientists." "I think pies live in the clouds with the unicorns." "They disappear magically sometimes." "There's no fixing along the way." "So it's a lot of-- a lot of formulas involved." "It's a profession of precision." "Making an almondrust right now." "And then I'm gonna fill it with, um..." "How I'm gonna fill it?" "I'm not quite sure yet." "I'm getting the almonds," "I see this tapioca." "So I said, "hey, why not make tapioca pie" "With an rust?"" "I've never heard of this pie." "I've never made this pie." "Alex, he's working on this dough." "It is so thick." "I'm just, like, laughing inside." "This too bitter?" "I personally hate chocolate, so..." "All right, well..." "Alex's thought process is under-developed." "He is a slob." "He has no technique." "I mean, I can go on for an hour if you want." "I'm making a, uh, banana cream pie." "What else could I do" "To elevate this pie?" "So I'm thinking celery." "Imagine you have a piece of celery" "And you put some peanut butter on there." "All good, familiar flavors," "And I think Johnny would respect it." "Tracey." "Tracey." "Okay." "Is that yours, no?" "Oh, that is mine." " Okay." " Thanks." "Shutting the oven, tall guy." "Okay, I pull my pie out of the oven," "And, uh, this isn't gonna work." "I'm screwed." "I got way too much butter in my pie." "It just tastes like butter." " What?" " Do you think it's done?" "Have you made an almond blueberry pie before?" "No." "Measurement is everything in pastry." "I know this." "I didn't measure the ingredients." "I don't know what I was thinking." "I got to start fresh." "I don't even know if I'm gonna have time to have a pie." "All right, guys, half an hour left." "I'm making a bananas fosters pie." "But it's kind of like a cobbler style." "You have your pie Shell down." "Um, you have all your fruit," "And then you make this batter," "And then you pour it on top," "So what ends up happening is" "This batter forms almost, like, a light cake." "Once it bakes up, it's firm." "It's very moist and very definite." "Bake." "There we go." "Bake." "Come on, girl." "Bake." " Yes, ma'am." " Thanks." "The pie I decide to make," "Curry apple whiskey date," "Is very non-traditional." "At least I don't know anyone that's had this." "Little Rosemary in there." "Try it." "That sounds good." "I'm really, really happy." "I mean, it tastes good." "I might even have a shot at this." "Ten minutes!" "Come on." "Do it for daddy." "Son of a ." "After two attempts," "I've made a blueberry almond crumble." "I hope it flies with the judges." "Time is up." "Hands up, utensils down." "Whoa." "Hey." "Whose stuff is this?" "I had it in there before anything was in there." "I can't believe you took it out of the oven." "You're such a..." " Hello." " How are you?" "I'm hungry." "What did you make for us?" "I made a, uh--a Twist on a bananas Foster." "Um, I actually decided to use some currants" "And Chinese five Spice." "Chinese five Spice," "That's not a Spice you see that often in pies." "I love the balance of the flavors." " Thank you very much." " Thank you so much." "I made an apple pie with Rosemary and bourbon." "I think that given that I'm not a pastry chef" "I didn't mess anything up too terribly." "I think it's kind of a cop-out, though," "To say you're not a pastry chef." "Like, my grandmother's not a pastry chef either," "And she can make a pie." "This is, uh, curried apple whiskey date pie," "With saffron anglaise." " There's something sour..." " Yeah." "In there." "Have a spiced raspberry and dark chocolate ganache tart." "Your ganache is nice and smooth." "You have a great emulsion." "I did a kalamansi and key lime pie parfait" "With a Korean Saki sauce." "What is the green herb?" " It's just mint." " Okay." "Today we have a takeoff of the sweet potato pie." "I actually made my own curry blend." " Thank you." " Thank you." "It's a blueberry almond crunch pie." "It's got a little bit of light cream" "And an almond brittle." "Seems like you've released a lot of liquid." "Did you put anything in there" "To kind of thicken that liquid up?" " I did not." " No starch or..." "There's no starch in it at all." "I did a peach cobbler" "With a cornmeal crust" "And a buttermilk lemon creme anglaise." "It's really dark." "Did you put a..." "I put molasses and dark brown sugar." " Thank you." " Thank you." "I did a mango pie" "With a basil crust." "Have you ever made the crust before with the basil?" "No, I haven't made the crust before with basil." "I remember going over to my grandmother's house," "And she would always have a banana cream pie." "But I just added a couple more things to it" "Salted peanuts and some celery spuma." "How does it compare to your grandmother's celery spuma?" "Uh, yeah..." "I don't know." "That's a good question." "Just checking." "Yeah." "Alex?" "What I made today" "Was a white chocolate," "Tapioca and chevre pie." "It's an almond crust." "Is there egg in here?" "There is." "So it's more like a quiche." "Thank you." "Who had our least favorite pies?" "Alex." "We didn't quite feel that the texture of your pie" "Was quite there." "Tracey." "Your crust was really too thin." "The top was burnt," "And the bottom wasn't cooked through." "Well, I don't like being in the bottom so much." "Nobody wants to be in the bottom." "I just felt like I was called out" "For something, and it was embarrassing." "Like living in a trailer park." "I feel awful." "I need to step it up." "Ed, you were on the bottom for this one." "I just didn't understand how you took" "The idea of a banana cream pie" "And then just kinda muddled it with all these extra things." "It just didn't tie together." "I have no idea why I was on the bottom." "I looked around the room and I was like," ""you got to be ing me."" "The pie that I thought looked awesome, Eddie's," "Is on the bottom." "Are you freaking kidding me?" "Well, who had some success?" "One of our favorites was definitely Kelly." "It was a beautifully made chocolate pie." "It just went to show you don't need" "A lot of the other bells and whistles." "A perfect, simple pie goes a long way." "Thank you." "Another one that I thought was really interesting, Stephen." "I have to say, a very surprising flavor combination," "But it really worked." "Okay, so, Johnny," "Why don't you announce the winner?" "I'd have to say my favorite was Kenny's." "I mean, he took something simple" "Like a bananas Foster," "And the flavors were really there," "And it had a great texture, so..." "It was a good one." "thank you very much." "And the prize goes to not me!" "Not me." "So I'm a little disappointed." "I'm hungry for a win." "I really want to be the guy on top." "Johnny and Gail," "Thank you very much for joining us" "For our dessert quickfire." "Thank you." " Bye, guys." " Bye, guys." "Good luck." "I'm excited to win my first challenge." "I feel like I'm starting to get into a groove" "Where I know that I'm gonna start to really shine." "And once I get into a groove," "It's over." "It's a wrap." "For your elimination challenge," "You'll be celebrating another American tradition" "The summer picnic." "You'll be preparing a cookout" "For the interns of capital hill." "You'll be serving at George Washington's" "Mount Vernon estate and gardens." "A picnic challenge." "I'm excited." "Growing up, I used to grill quite a lot." "Mount Vernon, I've never been." "Home of George Washington." "Plus I have never taken advantage of an intern." "So it sounds really exciting." "Each of you will be provided" "With your own grill on site tomorrow." "I'm not a grill guy." "I mean, it'll clog the pores way too fast." "I'll see you at the picnic tomorrow." "Good luck and have fun." "Thank you." "My wife and her family are from Puerto Rico," "And they do a lot of barbecue picnics." "20 pounds flank steak." "There's always rice and beans." "There's always flank steak." "So I'm gonna go outside of a typical I American barbecue," "And definitely use a lot of Latin influence." "I need 15 pounds." "Is that mine?" "Let me look at it?" "Why you stealing my cart, yo?" "Sabotage." "Sabotage." "Nine minutes!" "I want to make sausage to impress the judges." "I'm not gonna buy a hot dog or a hamburger." "I'm gonna make my own thing." "You know, I make sausage all the time." "This isn't gonna be hard." "You don't have any more rolls anywhere?" "That's it?" "Coming through." "Heaven help any women, children," "Or old people in my way." "I'm determined to do my very best." "Sorry." "Excuse me." "I was out to lunch the early part of my mid 20s." "I had a problem with cocaine and, um, pills," "And eventually anything I would get my hands on." "But I fought..." "Thank you." "And if you survived all of that," "You can do anything." "And then I grilled some zucchini," "And then I have a little green salad." "Wow." "Bull's-eye." "Maybe that bird knew something we didn't." "Oh." "For this elimination challenge," "We have to create a picnic for 150 interns." "I know that, you know, we're probably gonna see" "A whole bunch of barbecue," "But I feel that what I can bring to the table" "Is something different," "So I'm doing lamb meatball, if you will," "Which is skewered with lemongrass." "Coming through." "Watch your back." "You know, winning this challenge for me" "Is really important," "Because it translates to the time spent with my father" "Uh, when he was still here on this earth." "Whenever I think about a picnic," "Um, I'm always thinking about him," "You know, being that I started cooking on the grill" "When I was seven years old." "So for me, it's more personal." "My God." "This is ridiculous." "Like, really, can my, like, magic ingredient" "Be my sous chef in my back pocket please seriously?" "." "Sugar snap peas." "That's right." "Put your back into it." "." "I love me." "Look at me go." "Look at me go." "Tracey is next to me," "And she's just talking, talking, chatting, talking" "For no other reason than she's going crazy." "Put your back into it." "I'm having some issues with my grinder." "I'm grinding and grinding." "I'm never gonna have time to stuff the sausage." "No way." "I might get it ground and mixed and that's it." "Well, I'm not gonna be able to case this sausage," "But I'm still gonna have sausage meat," "But I decided, hey, I'm gonna do an Italian sausage slider" "With a vidalia onion and bell pepper relish." "That sounds great!" "I'll get my own sheet pan." "When I grill at home," "I don't just have one meat." "So I bought the ribs," "And I also bought pork loin." "My biggest competition," "I'm surely looking out for Amanda." "I now see that she's prepping her ribs," "But I'm not really concerned, 'cause, like, I got some grill skills." "My concept for this challenge" "Is an Asian picnic." "I've done the Vietnamese style beef," "And it's freakin' badass." "It's just awesome." "I feel pretty confident that I'll be in the top again." "Whoa." "Hey." "Whose stuff is this?" "I had it in there before anything was in there." "Yeah, but my name was on it." "First thing." " No, it wasn't." " Yes, it was." " It was not." " I made announcement before." "Hey, chefs." "How's it going?" "I yelled." "I can't believe you took it out of the oven." "You're such a..." "Why would you do that?" "Because I labeled that one." "Hey, Amanda." " Hey." " How's it going?" "Good." "Just as I was walking in before," "There was a lot of shouting going on." "Um, I labeled an oven," "And there was another braise going on," "So I took it out." "Okay, but are there any other labels on the ovens?" "Uh, no, but generally we labeled ovens." "Like, that was mine." " Just asking." " Prison rules." "You know." "Prison rules?" "I've never been to prison." "I don't know how those rules are." "Well, neither have I, but..." "Okay." "I'll let you get back to work." "All right." "Thanks, chef." "I'm gonna approach the middle East tomorrow." "Okay." "I'm gonna do a little Moroccan-influenced" "Spiced tuna loin sandwich." "You have tuna." "Okay." "Yup." "I'm gonna do a nice lentil hummus for a spread," "And then a stewed red pepper." "Little lemongrass." "A little ginger." "Lot of stuff going on." "Well, but it all works well with one another." "They're all-- they're all friends." "Tom comes up to me." "He looks at my table," "And he's like, "you got a lot of stuff going on here."" "And I'm like, "oh, ."" "Like, saying in the back of my head," "It's like, "do I have too much going on?"" "Hey, Arnold." "Hello." "I'll leave if you don't want to talk to me." "I'm good." "I'm good." "How are you doing?" "I'm okay." "Little pressed for time?" " Yeah." " I mean, you didn't expect" "That you were gonna come here and have a sous chef, did you?" " Um, no, not at all." " Okay." "Is this the type of food you usually do?" "Or you have experience with it?" "At one of my restaurants that I write the menu for," "But I'm not really in the kitchen..." "Okay." "Got it." "Arnold was a little pressed for time." "He spent a lot of time" "Out in front of his restaurant," "And not as much time in the kitchen," "So that could be a little problem for him." "Very hot." "What are you working on here?" "Well, I got a Chilean sea bass from whole foods." "And, uh, wrapping it in a little bacon." "My restaurant's a fish restaurant," "So fish is what I do." "Oh, really?" "Okay." "And it's something I'm more used to pulling." "Cool." "All right." "Well, good luck." "See you tomorrow." "I'm really confident about this challenge." "I have a dish that is tried and true." "I think the only trouble with this dish" "Would be if the fish just dries out" "Or if the bacon doesn't get cooked crispy." "Take care." "Thank you, chef." "Does anyone have the tape?" "I hear Amanda running and screaming a lot." "I don't know if she don't pace herself" "Or if she doesn't think about it." "." "I don't know." "I have to stop looking at her, 'cause she'll start stressing me out" "If I see her running like that." "If I go home," "At least I go home" "Knowing that I ran my ass off and I tried." "Time." "Let's get out of here, guys." "How far is mount Vernon?" "It's only 35, 40 minutes away." "Oh, that's it?" "What are you doing?" "I'm doing, uh, ribs." "Do you steam your pork?" "No." "I seared it off" "And I braised it with, like, orange juice, white wine." "Can you pull the bones out?" "Um, no." "Amanda's not a great chef, but a good chef." "She's actually very smart," "But could Amanda beat me?" "No, she--she cannot beat me." "I don't think people take me seriously as a chef," "And I'm going to prove them wrong." "So we arrive at mount Vernon." "It's everything that you think it's gonna be." "The white, huge house," "And the finely manicured gardens." "It's just picturesque." "I don't have a lot of grill experience," "And there's a weber grill to the right of me." "There are two bags of coal," "And there's a grill that's not started." "And I know that Kenny's kind of a grill master," "So I kind of look down four tables" "To see what he's doing," "And everything that he does," "I end up doing in two-second delay time." "His flame goes poof and my flame goes poof," "And I know I'm all good." "There's one of two ways you can do it." "The women by far are not really excited about grilling," "But the men," "It's, like, we got our chest poked out" "And ready to have a cold beer and barbecue." "How do you turn this grill on?" "It ain't no turning it on." "I'm thinking I'm gonna nail the challenge." "Time?" "42 minutes!" "Right now, Angelo is doing a lot of just Asian food." "I don't know that he has a lot more technique." "It's a picnic challenge," "And I think that Asian food is kind of a bad idea." "People are coming." "My sister's been an intern," "Um, which basically means you're somebody's bitch for a while." "I've never been..." "The bitch." "I know that my dish isn't a traditional, American barbecue," "But I know that what I did tastes good, looks good," "And, you know, kind of makes you feel good." "I brought with me, you know," "A special rub that we use at prime steakhouse in Baltimore." "It's gonna seal the deal." "No doubt." "The rub." "That rub." "Four minutes." "Get out here, girl!" "Finally my grill is perfect temperature." "These patties are grilling off perfect." "I get a whole bucket of lemons," "And I think I made some good lemonade." "Showtime." "Time!" " Time!" " That's time!" "That's time." "Hi there." "How are you?" "Let me tell you what I got here." "Over here, it's a little polenta" "With blue cheese and goat cheese." "How's it going today?" " Good." "How are you?" " Fantastic." "The people were coming up to the table." "Then you have to play the part." ""oh, yeah," you know." ""oh, it's such a great day." "Oh, you guys playing hooky from work?"" "Have to be, like, slap-happy ed." "Enjoy." "Thank you." "Thank you very much." "Hi, Arnold." "Hi." "How are you?" "Well, I'd like to introduce you to Jonathan Waxman." "Hi, how are you?" "He's the chef and owner of Barbuto restaurant" "In New York City," "And he's also the Obi-Wan Kenobi" "Of top chef masters." "Awesome." "What did you make for us?" "A sesame lamb meatball," "And a roasted garlic and Rosemary gazpacho." "I did a fennel and citrus salad" "With mint, basil, jalapeno, and some orange." "And then I have my marinated skirt steak." "Thanks a lot." "Kind of a little thrown off, 'cause, you know, Jonathan Waxman" "Is famous for grilling," "But I think my meat is really good" "And it's gonna go over quite well." "Today we made a Vietnamese style lettuce wrap" "And a smoked egg salad." "My favorite thing to cook for barbecue is pork butt." "It's really affordable." "Any family can do it." "Thanks, Alex." "Appreciate it." "Thank you." "I think I have the winning dish." "I loved my dish." "I think it was really tasty." "I would want to eat the ass out of this pig all day." "This is Arnold's lamb kofta." " I like it." " It's seasoned really well." "This is talented to take this kabob and grill it." "Arnold's barley salad tastes really fresh." "It'll stand up well in the heat of the picnic." "The lamb meatball is awesome." "Yeah, it's really good." "This is--to me, it's just grilled, marinated skirt steak." "I like the steak." "Honestly, for me, it's a little overcooked." "Skirt when it's overcooked, it's chewy." "No complaints." "It's delicious." "I really like Alex's pork." "I think it was beautifully cooked." "The sauce is a little on the sweet side." "Put a little habanero under there." "Go for it." "Have some fun with it." "This is Angelo's Asian taco." "This is a magazine cover dish." "I like Angelo's egg dish." "I think it had flavor." "It was smoky." "You know, just really clean, sexy flavors." "What did you make for us?" "I did pork two ways." "You can have it dry, which is the pork loin," "Wet, which is the baby back ribs." "And then I grilled some zucchini," "Eggplant, and portobello mushrooms." "And then I have a little green salad." "Oh!" "Wow." "Bull's-eye." "They say that's good luck, though." "That is good." "That's good luck, baby." "I did dry rubbed baby back ribs." "Grilled asparagus with Meyer lemon, smoked bacon," "And hazelnut vinaigrette." "I made you a bison burger." "It's served with a nice, dry, sharp cheddar." "My wife's family is from Puerto Rico," "So I'm doing something that is inspired from there." "I have a grilled flank steak," "Rice and beans, tomato and avocado salad." " Thank you." " My pleasure." "Thanks a lot." "So this is Timothy's pork two ways." "I think the pork's pretty good." "But the sides are just..." "Really..." "Beans are way overcooked." "Maybe that bird knew something we didn't." "ouch." "I thought the ribs, they weren't that tender," "And they were a little dry." "This is Kelly's bison burger." "I think the burger's a little bland." "It's a super simple presentation," "And nothing a home cook couldn't do easily." "I heard good things about the bison burgers." " Really?" " Mm-hmm." "That doesn't mean the judges will like them." "This is Amanda's rib, grilled asparagus." "If I may compare," "I like Amanda's rib much more than I like Tim's rib." "Well, I totally agree, but I'll tell you," "Grilled asparagus gets my heartstrings every day." " There you go." " Thank you." "This is grilled flank steak by Kevin." "It's got rice and beans with green Spanish olives." "Is anyone else noticing" "That the texture of the beans is very strange?" "Yeah, they're undercooked." "Um, anybody notice how bland the rice is?" "Hi, Lynne." "Hi there." "What did you make for us?" "Leg of lamb." "I rubbed it with ras el hanout," "With a zucchini spaghetti." "Um, I did a little harissa marinated pork loin." "I did a quinoa salad." "Today I made, uh, Italian sausage slider burgers." "Tomato, cucumber, and bell pepper relish." "Thanks, Tracey." "This is Kenny's pork." "I like the idea of the harissa." "I thought it was well-cooked." "It's really pretty." " Thank you very much." " Thank you." "Lynne's lamb feels very heavy," "Even though it looks very light," "Because of the cheese." "I totally agree about the cheese." "All right." "Now, for all you meat-eaters..." "So this is Tracy's sausage and fennel slider." "It isn't bad." "Maybe a little too much fennel." "Yeah." "It's too big." "It ain't no slider there." "It's a little under-cooked." "What'd you think of my burger?" "It was spicy." "Least it had something going on with it." "Hi, Tiffany." "I did wild sockeye salmon" "With a little bit of a tamarind glaze." "And then Israeli couscous." "I have spicy root beer-glazed skirt steak" "With a little picnic potato salad." "Well, I have couscous" "Flavored with pine nuts and olives." "Then I took some bass" "And I wrapped it in bacon" "To keep it nice and moist." "Right now, what I made is a spiced, grilled tuna loin" "With a lentil hummus." "Is this something you'd serve" "To your family for a picnic?" "I would definitely do something like this." "Thanks a lot." "Appreciate it." "All right." "Enjoy." "I definitely feel better today" "Than the way I felt yesterday." "I shouldn't have to worry about the food." "I'm confident in my dish," "Because my father was an executive chef." "He never thought of doing half the" "That I've done in my life already." "And he told me years ago" "That I already surpassed him." "Ed's dish is really kind of picnic friendly." "You know, you could eat a few of these." "This dish has a lot of flavor in it." " Yeah." " Yeah." "And that tuna is perfectly cooked." "Rare on the inside." "This is Andrea's spicy root beer-glazed skirt steak." "Boy, that is root beer." "I do think the root beer is too sweet." "Wouldn't have expected root beer" "To taste good on meat." "This is Tiffany's wild sockeye salmon." "With Israeli couscous." "Israeli couscous." "Just bland." "I mean, to have a glaze that has no flavor" "Is a little sad." " Looks really good." " Awesome." "I don't think Stephen's sea bass is good at all." "It's sort of stringy inside," "And it's really chewy and hard to get through" "On the outside." "Bacon just kind of crisped up on the grill," "But didn't render its fat out." "I'm just not a fan of the fish." "Do you want to taste my ribs?" "Is that why you're here?" "Wow." "Holy ." "The one dish that is sticking out," "Hands down, is Amanda's." "I think it's-- I think it's the best" "I think it's even better than mine, to be honest with you." "That's excellent." " Thank you very much." " Really." "Thank you." "That's the best thing I've tasted." "Thank you." " Taste her ribs, man." " Whose?" " Amanda." " Are you serious?" "Holy ." "She killed it." "You know, I taste my dish together, and it's good." "I mean, the flavor's there." "I mean, you can't call me out on that." "That's for sure." "That is so tender." "Well, you know I wanted to try this." "And I start tasting some people's dishes." "Everybody's food is good." "Everybody's." "There's not one bad dish." "Nothing." "You know, I didn't taste anything worse than mine." "Well, I think we know" "Who we need to talk to at judges' table," "So let's head home and get to it." "Part of being a top chef" "Is that when things go wrong," "Figure out how to fix it." "Show us great food that a professional chef would make." "Step it up." "I can probably tell you things about your past," "Things about your present," "And things about your future." "Yeah, I'm psychic." ""psychic" is a broad word." "I'm clairvoyant." "I'm not psychic." "Three major issues." "My psychic readings are probably I would say 85% on the money." "Your husband is going to go in a new direction." "You are freaking me out." " What did she tell you?" " Nothing." "Sorry." "I'm sorry." "No, I'm sorry." " Did you just read her palm?" " No." " Yes, she did." " No, not completely." "The other chefs love that I'm psychic." "How entertaining is that?" "You asked me." "Well, dude, how could I not ask you" "After you laid it out like that?" "You baited me." "I heard good things about your fish," "But I didn't taste it." "But everybody's food was really good, though." "I feel good." "I think that I should be on top." "The only thing that could have gone wrong" "Is overcooking the fish," "You know, and it could dry out." "But that was the whole idea of the bacon." " Was your bacon crispy?" " It was." "Yeah." "Yeah, I think I nailed it." "I think I nailed it." "It was different." "Can we please see" "Arnold, ed, Amanda, and Angelo?" "Thank you." "The four of you had the picnic's winning dishes," "So congratulations." " Whoo!" " Yes!" "Thank you." "Ed, had you made this tuna sandwich before?" "I have a lot of experience making tartines." "I thought your dish was very bright." "It's a bold choice using tuna, I think." "Thank you." "I appreciate that." " Arnold." " The lamb itself" "Was full of flavor." "It was a nice surprise." "It was like, wow, okay." "There's some food here." "There's flavor here." "Cool." "Thanks." " Amanda." " Yes." "You killed me with those asparagus." "I love them." "The ribs, I really liked the rub." "I liked the way they were cooked." "The salad didn't need to be there." "Angelo." "It was nice." "I liked the flavors." "It was nice and crisp, and I enjoyed the dish very much." "Thank you very much." "So, Jonathan, as our guest judge," "Why don't you announce the winner." "Arnold, you did it for me." "Thanks for letting me do it." "wow." "Surprise." "I win." "It's nice to be recognized" "For being who you are." "I have to stay focused" "And try to use this momentum" "For my benefit" "And just continue doing what I do." "And now I'm afraid I have to ask you" "To call back some of your colleagues." "Thanks." "I didn't win the challenge, but being in the top four," "For me, is just as good as winning." "I think I've proved that I can cook." "Who is it?" "You're the winner?" "The judges would like to see Tim," "Stephen, Tracey, and Kevin." "Good luck, guys." "The four of you had the most disappointing dishes" "Of today's picnic." "Stephen, had you ever done this dish before?" "Definitely not for a picnic." "But there was something really unappealing" "About the bass, unfortunately." "And when you cut into it," "It became very hard to cut." "You know, it just didn't come together." "The bacon itself had no char on it at all." "It needed to spend more time on that grill" "Developing some smoky flavors." "That aside, the couscous was really, really just greasy" "And had very little flavor at all." "Timothy, let's move on to you." "Pork two ways with white beans" "And some greens." "I didn't care for the vegetables." "Some were cooked." "Some were not cooked." "Everything has to be good," "Everything has to be seasoned," "And you had plenty of time yesterday." "And you had plenty of time today." "I think you shied away from the dish" "Rather than push it to a limit." "And that was my disappointment." "Kevin." "I must say that your plate" "Was the safest Puerto Rican food" "I've ever had." "I don't feel that it was safe." "I mean, the Puerto Rican people that I'm familiar with," "That's the food that they would do." " Are they chefs?" " No." "Exactly." "You are." " Yes." " So show us" "Great Puerto Rican food that a professional chef" "Would make." "Step it up." "Tracey, are you surprised" "To be here?" "No." "I'm not surprised to be here." "When you were doing your mise en place," "Did you taste it?" " I tasted it." " And did you think" "You should have crushed the fennel first" "With the spices?" "Maybe I should have crushed the fennel." "I did taste it." "There were probably, you know," "Burgers that had a lot of fennel seed." "There was probably burgers" "That didn't have a lot of fennel seed." "My Patty also was actually" "Really pink." "I mean, not even pink." "Really raw." "You know, if that's what you call Italian food," "Then it's almost insulting to Italians." "Me being one." "Sorry." "Part of being a top chef is that, when things go wrong," "That's when you pull inside yourself and figure out" "How to fix it." "You kind of stopped trying, basically." "And chefs should never do that." "We'll call you back in a bit." "Thank you." "It's time to stew." "Who's gonna miss me the most?" " What'd they say?" " They thought, like," "That's not realistic that somebody would wrap a fish" "With bacon and, like, do that at a picnic." "They were like, "dude, you know, like, it's a picnic." "You know, like, hello."" "There certainly were a lot of mistakes made today." "In Stephen's case, I think it was a bad choice." "Basically, what you got was a steamed piece of bacon and fish." "Yeah." "Steamed bacon?" "It was kind of waved over the grill last second." "Ooh, here you go." "I think that the fish" "Was really, seriously inedible." "It was almost raw bacon and overcooked fish." "And, to me, that wasn't even the worst part of the dish." "I thought the couscous was worse than the fish." "I'm sensing a lack of confidence." "Timothy was very happy to use the grill." "He mentioned to me that grill's his thing." "And then he had this grilled zucchini." "They were at least edible." " Tracey." " I think my 10-year-old son" "Probably could have made that Patty." "You know, give him some meat, give him some spices," "And he'd probably form it together." "That's kind of what it looked like." "It did not look like a professional chef" "Made that Patty." "Ah, whatever." "It sucks." "What about Kevin's Puerto Rican rice and beans?" "I thought his meat was grilled nicely." "Yeah." "I did too." "I had no problem with the way he grilled his meat." "I think that he thought" "That was the worst part of his dish." "That's why he didn't give us very much." "Rice and beans." "It's rice and beans." "There's nowhere to go." "The rice was overcooked," "And the beans were undercooked." "I think what we got here was a watered-down version" "Of Puerto Rican food." "Let's get them out here." "So today we cooked at mount Vernon," "One of our most iconic historical landmarks." "Your challenge was to create the all-American picnic." "Unfortunately, none of you really created history today" "With your food." "Stephen, you gave us a dish" "That was more in keeping with a restaurant," "Not of a picnic." "You also paired it with a dish" "Of kind of oily couscous." "Timothy, pork, beans," "Ham hocks, salad" "That dish should have been soulful." "It should have been full of flavor." "And, instead, we got watery beans and wilted greens." "Kevin, love where you got your inspiration." "But the inspiration has to come through on the plate." "Didn't see it." "Tracey, you started out with an idea" "To do Italian food" "And left us with white bread" "And slimy onions and peppers." "All in all, it wasn't a good day" "For American chefs." "Tracey, please pack your knives and go." "Luck to you, Tracey." "Thank you for the opportunity." "The judges, you know, they critique my dish," "And they're pretty harsh." "But it's fair." "I'm leaving." "Oh, trace." "I deserve to go home." "I'm okay with that." "It was the experience of a lifetime for sure." "Nobody wants to come with me?" "Had I better prepared myself emotionally for it," "I think I'd still be here." "I'd still be doing well." "But I don't think I left" "Because I'm a bad chef." "I think I left because I had a bad day." "And I'm gonna be okay." "Next on top chef..." "Two chefs will be going home." "Double elimination, that's rough." "Two people in one night, whew." "We're not gonna use that much, are we?" "Cooking in a team, for me, is extremely challenging" "Because I'm used to being the boss." "Listen, don't with me, okay?" "That's enough." "That's enough." "Hollandaise doesn't even hit the plate." "How many mistakes can we make?" "." "I got Bay leaf." "Okay, what's the star anise for?" "I'm anxious at this point" "Because Eric's known for fish." "I would have sent it back." "I would never send it." "Did she say she used canned beans?" " Yes." " They didn't have enough time" "To cook them?" "Right." "A bag of beans?"