Masterchef (2010) s04e18 Episode Script
Top 6 Compete
You will all have to cook Japanese classics.
The top seven faced a sushi tag-team challenge Switch! controlled by Luca.
You want to see go home tonight is who? Natasha.
It pushed the home cooks to their limit.
- You don't do the tuna.
- It doesn't matter about looks.
It does matter kind of a little bit.
Don't ask me.
Just do it.
But when Luca's plan backfired - Bloody good effort.
- I'm coming for you.
You're my next target.
It came down to Eddie and Jessie.
The person leaving MasterChef tonight Eddie.
Tonight, a shocking twist blows the competition wide open.
Welcome back taunton tiger Bime.
This home cook went home way too early Lynn.
And my favorite vegetarian, Bri.
Now one of these fallen home cooks It's raw.
will win their way back into the MasterChef kitchen.
Nothing's going to stand in my way of getting that white apron.
I wanted a shot to redeem myself.
I'm gonna knock it out the park.
The person coming back is Come on in, guys.
Top six is a beautiful feeling.
Last year, I got kicked out, and now I'm one of the best home cooks in America.
The final six, all of you, congratulations.
It's an amazing achievement, but as you know, in MasterChef, things can change in an instant.
Tonight you will Not be cooking.
Hmm.
That's right.
All of you, please head up to the gallery.
Gordon says, "You're not cooking today.
" Well, what the hell are we doing, then? I don't know if this is gonna be good or bad.
Let's go.
You six may not be cooking tonight, but there will be some people cooking, people with very familiar faces.
Lovely.
That's right.
Each of us has invited back one of the home cooks that has already left the competition.
This is bad.
There were some really good people that were eliminated too early, so there are a lot of people that I do not want to walk through those doors.
Those three will then do battle for a white apron and a spot back in this competition.
Gordon, who are you giving a second chance to? The home cook that I decided to bring back has a very strong mind and a even stronger palate.
Welcome back My favorite vegetarian Bri.
Welcome back, my darling.
I only got eliminated just recently, and I definitely feel like I went too soon.
So I'm absolutely honored that Gordon wanted to bring me back.
Did you miss me? No.
Of all people, Bri? Seriously? I will take her on any day head-to-head, and I will cook her little vegan ass under the table.
Now, for my choice, I thought this home cook went home way too early.
He's the real deal and real competition, guys.
Welcome back Lynn.
[bleep.]
.
Lynn is back.
Damn it.
He is an awesome cook.
More or less, this is Lynn's apron to win back.
- This sucks.
- Go home, Lynn.
When I was eliminated, you could almost hear people give that sigh of relief.
And now that I'm back, I can't wait to show them what I'm gonna do.
So the final home cook, like me, I feel they put emotion into every dish that they plate.
It's a toss-up between the third who I think's coming back.
Eddie could be coming back.
Bethy could be coming back.
I have no idea at this point.
Standing at 5'11", 295 pounds, Welcome back the taunton tiger Bime.
Oh, god, it's Bime.
Uh, is this a joke? Bime is just a loser.
Ooh-ooh.
He's like the cockroach that won't die after you step on it multiple times.
Luca, stop clapping.
- Stop clapping, don't clap.
- I like Bime.
Yo, just when you thought I was down, man, I'm back.
Boom, boom, back, baby.
Ready to knock out the competition.
You think they're intimidated? - Should be.
- Ha.
Only one of you will win back This.
A MasterChef apron.
One apron, three of you.
There is nothing in the world that I want more than to get my white apron back.
I let myself down last time, and I want a chance to earn it back.
The three of you will now compete in a high-impact, high-speed challenge.
After the first challenge, one of you will be eliminated, and three will become two.
Those two will cook head-to-head in the culinary battle of your lives.
You ready to see what you're gonna have to cook? Yes, chef.
When you enter the luxurious MasterChef pantry, you'll have just five minutes to grab everything you need.
Your time in the pantry starts Now.
I really miss the MasterChef pantry.
It has everything you could ever dream of to be able to just think something up and then go in and get whatever you need for it? It's a beautiful thing.
- Oh, my gosh.
- What the - Oh.
- Is this this is it? What the cluck is this? It's just, like, eggs everywhere.
- What? - No way.
- Open the other side.
- Look at this.
I don't know what you're cooking, but I think I'm cooking eggs.
I think I got enough eggs.
This is MasterChef.
You never have enough, man.
Aah! Oops.
Do not trip You look like a chicken.
If you haven't guessed it, you will be cooking us eggs.
We're looking for a perfect egg sunny-side up.
No burned edges, no hard yolks.
Beautifully set white with a yolk that's cooked from the bottom up.
But we're not just looking for one.
You have 15 minutes to cook us As many perfectly fried sunny-side up eggs as you can.
Wow.
Please, head to your stations.
At your stations, you have a hundred plates and 12 identical You also get to use two stoves.
Are you ready? - Yes, chef.
- Yes, chef.
Your time starts Now! Eight pans, eight burners How would you start this off, Graham? I would lay out all my pans, get the first one started off cold, and then from there start rotating.
By the time the last egg goes in, the first egg should be cooked.
It's all about working the stove.
Technique, volume, speed We're really bringing these cooks to the test with this challenge.
Bime's getting more organized than anyone, because he's laying out his plates.
He's getting his pans warm.
My worry there is, if he starts cracking those eggs in those hot pans, the eggs are gonna blister.
You guys gonna do oil or butter in here? I put my oil in first and then finish with the butter because the butter froths, and it starts cooking that raw egg white closest to the yolk.
Bime's putting his butter in there now.
That butter does burn a lot faster than that oil does, so Bime hasn't even put an egg in yet.
He's using butter.
What an idiot.
That's why he doesn't deserve to be here.
This is gonna be a tough fight.
Getting a second chance, I'm going up against some top dogs, but you know, I'm looking to get past this, get head-to-head with whoever it is Lynn or Bri.
I'm ready.
Come on, let's go.
Bri, you got a little bubbling going on over here.
Drop your heat on some of them.
Thank you.
Look at Lynn's.
Lynn's doing it right, man.
This is the most stressful MasterChef challenge that I can even remember, but these eggs determine my future at MasterChef, and I'm gonna give it everything I have.
Take no prisoners, and get my apron back.
Wow.
I don't want Lynn back in this competition.
I don't want to face Lynn.
I don't want to watch Lynn cook, because Lynn's the top dog down there, and I don't want to see him back.
Lynn's already plating up.
Damn, he's flying.
The judges have chosen Bime, Bri, and Lynn to battle it out for a single white apron.
- Come on, let's go.
- The two home cooks that fry the most perfectly executed sunny-side up eggs in 15 minutes will go head-to-head for a second chance to get back into the MasterChef kitchen.
Ten minutes to go.
Come on, guys.
You've got to speed up.
Get your pans working for you, guys.
There should never be an empty pan.
You know, I got two preheated ovens.
I might as well use them 'cause they're a heat source and see if that gives me a leg up.
Let's hope I don't screw those up.
Good.
Get 'em on the plate.
You should be able to slide 'em right out.
Let's go, Lynn.
Come on.
Get another egg in that pan.
Don't let these overcook, Lynn.
Time management has always been my biggest issue, and in the MasterChef kitchen, a blink of an eye.
Come on, you got to be quick.
Closest plate to you, Bri always the way.
- Back on the heat.
Good.
There you go.
- Yes, chef.
Yes, chef.
You got to put everything you got, get 'em on the plate.
Think you're cooking for your daughters, breakfast time.
I started off, I think, a little bit shaky because, you know, I was trying to be too gentle.
And it's just like, "You know what? I know what I'm doing in here.
You know, I mean, there's no need to be gentle.
" So I'm just throwing everything out the window and just keep it moving, you know, and everything is starting to roll a little bit smoother right now.
Let's go.
Work the pan.
You've got to multitask.
That's it, slide them out.
That's it.
Open your plates up.
Come on, let's go, guys.
No, no, no, no, no.
Wow.
Fascinating.
- Lynn's using the ovens too.
- Wow.
What happens with a egg in the oven, it starts to Cook on the outside.
The whole idea Sunny-side up, no heat to the top.
Lynn is the kind of guy that could take me out of the competition, but I've experienced firsthand that Lynn definitely cracks under pressure.
Two minutes to go.
Speed up.
Now you want to raise up your burners in the last two minutes to make sure those last eggs get cooked in time.
Anything that's not out of the pan when the time is up does not qualify.
Come on.
This challenge it is about technique and speed.
And it's gonna take a lot of accuracy.
And there's also a lot of pressure.
Oh.
Come on, guys.
Ten, nine, eight, seven - Come on, guys.
- Six, five, four, three, two, one, and stop.
Put that down, Bime.
Hands in the air.
Well done.
I see how many plates I put out, and I'm pretty happy with the number.
I just hope that I have enough perfectly cooked sunny-side up eggs.
You have 27 plated.
Me, Gordon, and Graham will now take a look at these eggs and see how many are perfect sunny-side up eggs.
How many you think? I think most of them will pass.
Hmm.
Let's take a look.
Shall we? That's definitely this one's raw.
That's definitely under.
- And this one's definitely raw.
- Under.
- These two? - I mean, literally raw.
You can just see with your eyes.
If those two eggs didn't pass, There's gonna be trouble down the line for me.
- Beautiful.
- Perfect.
- Perfect.
- That's a good one.
Excellent.
I mean, it's just the perfect yolk.
It's cooked.
It's not burnt edges.
Excellent.
Here's another good one.
Let this one pass? I think it looks good.
Good.
It's crispy.
It's so fried, it looks like a taco.
No good.
No, completely seared.
I don't want to watch.
Look at Lynn.
Wow.
Started off too hot.
It's crispy.
Seared the bottom.
It's tough.
That's not even a fried egg.
Pan too hot.
Wow.
That's gonna be heavy trash.
I am rooting for more smashing.
Yeah, get him out of here, Joe.
Keep smashing.
This one.
Gone? Every time I hear the crash, it's almost as if there's no other sound except my dreams dying, One plate at a time.
You sure we can't pass this one? It's not sunny-side up.
Oh, gosh.
Wow.
So you have eight perfect sunny-side up eggs.
I thought you were gonna nail more than eight eggs.
But at the end of the day, guys, eight may be enough.
Let's find out.
All I can hope now is that when the judges get to Bri and Bime that they'll trash more eggs than they trashed on mine.
If you get more than eight perfectly cooked sunny-side up eggs, you'll be safe and through to the next stage of this extraordinary challenge.
Lynn only got 8 out of 27.
Those are really bad chances.
They obviously must be judging really toughly today.
- Visually.
- Raw.
That is raw.
This thing here, it's almost got its [bleep.]
feathers on.
Two raw.
That's not a good start, is it? - That one? - Nice.
- That looks good.
- That's a good one.
Nice.
- That's a good one.
- Wow.
There's three.
That is perfect.
That's four already.
- Textbook.
- This one? Split yolk? Crispy.
Trash it.
- Nice.
- Really pretty.
Beautiful.
Seven.
- Too crispy.
- Too crispy.
Take it away.
That looks really good.
- Gorgeous.
- Look at the white.
- Beautiful.
- Okay, eight.
So now you are tied with Lynn One more, and you go to the one-on-one.
Okay, I can do this.
There's still a bunch of eggs left, and I have to have a perfect one out there.
I don't know what you did there, but - Okay.
- That's perfect.
So that's nine.
Congratulations.
- Thank you.
- Bri - Bri Perfect.
Ten.
- Stunning.
- 11 - Stunning.
- 12, 13 These are too crispy.
Lucky 13.
No matter what happens with Bime's eggs, you are through to the next round.
Yeah, this sucks.
Now I just have to hope that Bime messed up worse than I did.
Bime, how many did you actually get on the plate? So the question is, can you beat Lynn's total of eight? I think I got nine in there.
All right, let's check 'em out.
This isn't gonna work.
Two of these are raw already.
- All raw.
- They're raw.
That's just like jell-o.
Seared with raw in the middle.
I've never seen an egg like that crispy on the bottom, - Overcooked and raw on top.
- Raw on top.
That is the worst start we've had.
This is embarrassing.
Hey, Lynn, things might be looking up for you.
For a second chance at a white apron, Lynn, Bri, and Bime cooked as many perfect sunny-side up eggs as possible in 15 minutes.
- Nice.
- Looks fine.
- Nice yolk.
- Mm-hmm.
Bri has moved on to the next round with 13, leaving Bime to see if he can beat Lynn's 8.
You got to be kidding me.
This is good.
This is three? - Four.
- Intact.
Mm-hmm.
Another beautiful one.
So far, we have five, and nine is the magic number.
Yes.
Graham, that's burnt.
This is gone.
- Crispy.
Horrible.
- That's really bad.
I think this looks fine.
That's beautiful.
Mm-hmm.
What do you think? - Nice.
- Yeah, that's a good one.
Seven.
One more egg, and you're tied with Lynn.
Yes.
I'm really nervous.
I can hardly watch.
I just turn away because my only hope is that Bime dropped the ball.
Nice.
I think that's gonna tie it.
Tying run.
And then look where we get back to.
These are all raw, Bime.
Is there a winning egg in the bunch? Just one I just need one perfect egg.
Come on, there's got to be at least one in there.
What do you think? Lynn, I know I brought you back but you're going home.
That's nine.
Mm! Perfect.
Yes! Whoo! I got this.
I did it.
All the haters up there, it's just like, "you know what? Keep hating.
" Lynn, please take your apron off and say a final good-bye to the MasterChef kitchen.
Loved being here, guys.
- Good luck.
- Good night, Lynn.
Hey, forget about Lynn.
I think he's not gonna have eggs for breakfast tomorrow morning.
I'm surprised that Lynn's walking out of those doors.
I'm also relieved that Lynn's walking out of those doors.
It's gonna be an interesting battle.
Congratulations on making it through that 15 minutes of intense pressure.
Are you ready for your final challenge? - Yes, chef.
- Yes, chef.
You six up there have a reservation in the MasterChef restaurant.
Please take your aprons off and go into the MasterChef restaurant.
Thank you.
Bime and Bri, please come with us.
Round two last hopes are in this challenge.
They're two strong cooks in their own each individual ways.
But it really depends on what these two have to cook.
I'm not sure who's gonna come out on top.
Bime and Bri, welcome to the most amazing MasterChef restaurant, where tonight, in this room, your fate will be decided.
Krissi, Luca, Jessie, James, Natasha, Jordan, you will be judging this head-to-head challenge, alongside mr.
Joe Bastianich.
You know what's funny is, when this all started, I would have been so uncomfortable with judging food, but after having it done so many times to me and everyone else, like, I feel like I could do a decent job at it, and it was pretty exciting.
Their decision will come down to one thing The dish.
This is going to be a blind taste test.
It's a blind tasting.
We have no idea if Bime made one dish or if Bri made one dish, so we're strictly going off flavor.
Coming in here, I definitely didn't feel no love, so I'm glad that they're gonna be tasting blind, because they're gonna find out Bime's not a fake.
The eliminated contestant who receives more votes will regain their apron.
Right now Bri and Bime's hopes of getting another chance in this competition are literally in your hands.
Please, all of you, take a seat.
This blind tasting levels the playing field.
We're just going to vote for what we think is the best dish.
Are you two ready to find out what you have to cook? - Yes.
- Yes, chef.
Come this way.
Bime, Bri, you are about to go head-to-head in the biggest battle of your lives.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime second chance.
The most important piece of this epic battle is an amazing ingredient Something worthy of the world's finest restaurants.
It will take all of your culinary skills, brain, and brawn to cook with this most incredible, this most beautiful, the freshest King salmon.
These beauties are caught while trolling off the coast of Alaska, undoubtedly the greatest salmon in the world.
These fish in front of you cost over $500 apiece.
Wow.
You will need to break down one of these amazing salmon each and then make seven perfect salmon dishes using those fillets.
We want a pan-seared, crispy-skin side up with a perfect Hollandaise sauce.
We also want to see some beautiful asparagus and potatoes.
This is a true culinary showdown.
I'm headed back into the restaurant to join your fellow competitors.
Let your dish do the talking, and let me wish you good luck.
Please, take off your aprons.
- Bime, you're blue.
- Yes.
- Bri, you're red.
- Thank you, chef.
You'll have just 60 minutes to cut your fillets and cook seven perfect identical salmon dishes.
Come over here, pick up your fish, and head back to your stations.
Um Oh, my god, dead body.
I have to filet this fish, cook it, prepare all my sides, Make a Hollandaise sauce, and plate seven portions of it in one hour? This is the ultimate pressure test.
I'm feeling a little nervous.
Bri, Bime, are you both ready? Yes, chef.
You guys need to cook better than you ever have cooked before.
Your 60 minutes start Now.
Across 60 minutes, Graham, even for a professional chef, tonight this will be a tough call.
Absolutely.
that's a monster to take down.
The first thing I'd do across the 60 minutes, I'd fillet one side.
The secret to filleting a great salmon is you've got to let the knife do the work.
There's a gill behind that.
You can't start hacking and getting stuck with that rib cage.
So clean your knife every time you slice it.
You've got to turn it around, Let the dorsal fin sit in front of you, turning the fish around as it suits you.
Your knife and your hand have to move simultaneously, so your knife is guided by the top of your hand, so you're not slashing.
I'd get my seven portions ready Two, four, six, eight.
Cook it on top of the stove, and the salmon goes on the plate at the very last minute.
I cannot believe what Bri's doing.
I mean, you're going in at it backwards.
I mean, she's upside down, almost like she's slicing - a cake as opposed to filleting.
- Exactly.
- It looks just like a cake.
- Whereby Bime, look, he's coming off with one big beautiful fillet.
Mm-hmm.
Just how much easier do you think his world's gonna be? Slicing through this fish like butter, and it's just like, you know what? Right now this is going smoothly for me, you know, so I'm excited about this.
I think I think I got the edge.
I need to clean and filet this giant, giant Alaskan king salmon.
It still has its eyes, and then I have to stare at it.
It is gross.
I feel like I'm completely screwed right now.
Tonight, Bime and Bri are cooking seven portions of king salmon with potatoes, asparagus, and Hollandaise sauce.
Joe and the remaining six contestants will judge their dishes in a blind tasting and decide who will return to the MasterChef kitchen.
This is a big opportunity for me, man.
You know, this is for my daughters.
I'm not just cooking for me.
There's no way that I could fail right now.
It feels like I never left, because it hasn't been that long since I got eliminated, so there is nothing that is going to stand in my way of getting that white apron Nothing and no one.
Right, Bri, how are you doing? I'm doing okay, chef.
Good.
How many portions you got there now? So you got two, four, six, eight.
Eight, correct? Yeah, I want to be able to have a backup.
Look at the size of those salmon.
Understand how long they take to cook.
Skin side down, nice and crispy, and then - Flip it and kiss it.
- Exactly.
How are you cooking the potatoes? I am roasting them in the oven, and then I'm gonna finish them off in the pan with a little bit of rosemary and thyme.
How are you cooking the asparagus? I am going to quickly blanch and then grill the asparagus.
- Hollandaise? - I'm gonna start that, you know, after I get the veggies and everything else on.
Good.
This is a very tough, extreme challenge.
How confident are you? I'm not the most confident, but, you know, I'm I'm not stopping at anything in order to get this apron.
Bri, good luck.
Thank you.
Bime, how we doing? Um, all right, all right, chef.
Salmon, asparagus, potatoes, Hollandaise.
- Yes.
- What are you doing to make yours stand out? I'm gonna roast my asparagus in the oven.
I'm doing a garlic mashed potato with sour cream, a little bit of cheese and, you know - Cheese with salmon? - Well Sounds like a steak side.
Think of what the star of the dish is, right? It's these salmon.
They look beautiful, but it's gonna come down to you guys cooking that salmon.
- Yes, chef.
- Are you gonna throw it in the oven first? are you gonna get it in a saute pan first? I'm gonna cook it all on the pan.
Remember how thick those are.
- Yeah.
- Okay? Yep.
This is like that second chance that never comes.
You know I believe in you, right? - Thank you, chef.
Yeah.
- Right? - Find a way to make this happen.
- Yep.
Thank you, chef.
Bri is composed.
I love the sound of what she's doing with the potatoes Roasted fingerlings with garlic, rosemary, and thyme, - So fragrant.
- Yeah, absolutely.
What's Bime doing for the potatoes? Mashed potatoes.
Worst thing you'd ever want to do now with that Hollandaise and that asparagus is a mash.
Right.
I just wonder if Bime's been gone for too long and has forgotten some of those skills and that fight that you have to have.
Just over 40 minutes gone.
Bri's asparagus is already blanched.
Potatoes in the oven, pretty much ready to go.
She's got her Hollandaise going.
All she has to do is sear that salmon and then start getting everything in its place to go.
She seems very cool and collected right now.
She wants back.
Bime has cut his fish beautifully.
I mean, they look regimental.
- Which means that they'll cook evenly.
- Yeah, of course.
If he can get them in the pan soon enough.
Yeah, exactly that, but they're a thick piece of salmon, so if he hasn't got his salmon in there now, within the next five minutes, he's gonna be screwed.
Yep.
In life, you don't get too many second chances, man.
In this competition, I got a second chance, and it's just, like, I got to make the most of it, you know? I'm doing six things at once.
My feet are cramping up.
I'm sweating, but I am not thinking about anything except perfect plates and a white apron.
Both of you have got just over ten minutes to go.
So I mean, it's a blind taste test right now.
You know, the top six plus Joe have no idea Whether it's coming from Bime or Bri.
This is the fairest way to get one of these two - back in the competition.
- Mm-hmm, absolutely.
The best day in MasterChef kitchen We are going to be judges.
I'm like, "hey, this is awesome.
" I'm really excited.
Let's get this started.
I don't feel that anybody that they're bringing back is better than me.
Bime has a lot of heart and passion and soul.
I do think Bri is underestimated.
I don't think a lot of people take her seriously.
I know Bri's gonna kick his ass just because Bime sucks at life.
Okay.
Let's go, Bri.
Come on.
Let's go.
Get 'em all done, guys.
Come on, push.
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one and stop.
Let's go.
Come on.
For a chance to return to the MasterChef competition Let's go.
Get 'em all done, guys.
Push.
Bri and Bime battle it out to feed Joe and the current contestants in a blind taste test.
Five, four, three, two, one And stop.
Well done.
- Good job.
- Thank you, chef.
Here come the waiters, guys.
I'm looking down at my seven dishes, feeling a little bit nervous about my sides, thinking that they could be a little bit underseasoned, but I'm feeling really confident about my salmon, and knowing that's the hero of the dish, I'm feeling good.
This was not easy, man.
I put some amazing flavors in here.
I'm tasting my potatoes.
They taste great.
My asparagus they taste great.
The Hollandaise sauce is on the money, man.
The salmon are seasoned very well too.
They're gonna love these flavors, man.
Bri, Bime, well done.
Right now the fate of your future in this competition rests in your fellow competitors' hands.
Please, both of you, take a seat in the lounge and relax.
Great job.
Mmm, thank you.
Wow.
So you can eat.
Enjoy.
- So how do you think you did? - I think the flavors are good.
My plating could have used a lot more work.
- What do you think? - I think that the filet's okay.
My asparagus is probably good.
I can't remember if I put salt on it or not.
So that's what I'm, like, freaking out about.
Let's start with the red plate.
- Jordan - The red high is, I think, Instantly I go to the fish.
Great cook on it.
I found no bones in mine.
Lack of seasoning, but it was throughout.
I think with more sauce, the red plate would have Would have came together quite well.
- James? - I think the red plate, the salmon was cooked perfectly to my tasting.
The potatoes were kind of bland.
The asparagus was fine.
The Hollandaise was great.
Just wish there was more of it.
- Natasha? - I think that the salmon was actually seasoned to my liking, because I like the fish to shine, and it did so.
and it's a perfect cook.
as far as the asparagus, it's crunchy.
It's the way that I like it.
It's still beautiful on its own.
Maybe a little bit more salt.
But I like the blue plate as well.
My fish I cut some big chunks, man.
I plated it beautiful.
When they taste it, I think they're gonna like what they What they taste, you know? Okay, the blue dish.
Krissi? My salmon was cooked beautifully.
Potatoes on point.
The Hollandaise Like, my ideal Hollandaise it's perfect.
I liked it too.
It's very buttery.
It's rich.
- Love it.
- Jessie, what do you think? I enjoyed the salmon a lot.
The cook on everything on the plate was really good.
It had such good flavor.
I feel like they tasted their food more as they cooked it.
- Okay.
- Luca? I want my salmon rare.
The salmon is very overcooked, but the potatoes, I think they're cooked just perfectly, as much as the asparagus because they still have this crunch.
Overall, the sides, you know, I wish I could switch this salmon and put it with these sides.
Whichever one of us gets in here, they did not make it easy for us, man.
Yeah.
With the blue dish salmon, the salmon itself is seasoned well, and the skin is crispy, and it's quite delicious.
Obviously the quality of the fish shows through.
It's a very delicious, rich, buttery salmon.
I think the Hollandaise sauce is good.
The asparagus they seem to be maybe a tad undercooked.
And the red plate salmon is very, very good.
All things considered, it's very moist.
The asparagus have excellent seasoning.
They're cooked very, very well.
They still have a nice crunch to them, but they're not raw.
Whoever cooked those asparagus really knew what they were doing.
The potatoes are very well cooked, but they're kind of plain jane.
and the Hollandaise sauce has excellent flavor.
I just wish there was more of it.
So I thank you for your insightful, interesting assessments of each dish.
Krissi, why don't you go and vote first? I feel so honored judging these dishes, and I feel like I've grown so much as a cook, that I've learned so much, and I feel like my palate has gotten a lot stronger.
The destiny of these two cooks is in our hands.
This is awesome.
This is what it feels like to be a judge, and it feels good.
This is agonizing right now.
Did I do enough? Did it make a strong enough argument for me to get back in the kitchen? I don't think I've ever been given a second chance in my life, and I am feeling the pressure.
My heart is racing so fast, and I'm just praying, "please, please, please.
" All right, guys, results are in.
Bime and Bri, congratulations to both of you.
Both dishes were great.
It was a huge challenge, and one of you certainly deserves your place back in the MasterChef competition.
There were seven of us who tasted six home cooks and myself.
And the results are here in front of me in these envelopes.
The first person to reach four votes, you will rejoin the competition.
The first vote Blue.
The second vote Red.
Third vote Blue.
Two blue, one red.
Fourth vote Red.
This is close.
Fifth vote Red.
That's three votes for Bri.
Bri, the next vote, if it's red, confirms your reentry into the MasterChef kitchen.
And, Bime, if it's red, then you'll be leaving.
The sixth vote Wow.
Damn.
Holy smokes.
Whatever color is in this envelope, that person will be rejoining the biggest cooking competition in America.
- Good luck to you.
- You too, dude.
You nervous? The person rejoining MasterChef tonight is Unbelievable.
Are you the next MasterChef? We'll be coming to a city near you soon.
Go to fox.
com and apply for season five now.
Wow.
Whatever color is in this envelope, that person will be rejoining the biggest cooking competition in America.
Gordon Ramsay chose to bring me back.
He saw a lot of potential, and he thought that I went home too soon.
I want to win today.
I have to win.
I have to honor him for choosing me, and I need to make my culinary dream happen.
Man, Graham decided to bring me back.
That means a lot to me to have someone give me the second-chance opportunity is really big, and I'm very grateful for it.
If I get in here, I'm gonna win this thing for my daughters.
Are you ready to know your fate? - Yes.
- Yes, chef.
Coming back into the MasterChef competition is So the votes are in.
And I can tell you all, it could not have been closer.
The home cook reentering the competition won by four votes to the losing cook's three votes.
After tonight's blind taste test, all of you have brought back one person.
Please welcome back Bri! Did you guys miss me or what? It's Bri.
You know, can I not get this girl out of my life? You know, I can see that these people are pissed to have me back and that the competition is on.
I'm not feeling defeated.
I am feeling encouraged, motivated to keep going.
Bri, you know, she won today.
Congratulations to Bri.
She deserves it.
Congratulations to Bri.
My reality is I want to be a great chef, and I leave here feeling like I got this.
Welcome back.
Congratulations.
- Welcome back.
- Thanks, chef.
- How do you feel? - I feel great.
- Well done.
- Thank you.
You're joining the talented six.
If you had one individual right now that you'd love to take down, who would it be? - It's always gonna be Krissi.
- Krissi.
I'll go head-to-head with you anytime, sweetheart.
- All right.
- Anytime, anyplace, all the way back to Philly, I'll kick your ass.
All right.
All seven of you, you're here for a reason.
Now the competition is seriously on.
I think that all of the other contestants look really nervous, and they realize that, you know, I'm a serious competitor.
I'm back, and I want this more than ever.
Throw me whatever you got.
Next time on MasterChef, the competition turns fowl.
It's loose.
Shut up.
- Ugh.
- Oh! There are birds all over the place.
If I have to kill it, I'll kill it with my bare hands.
Hold on to 'em! You ready to get eaten? The home cooks spread their wings Come on, guys.
I have no idea what I'm doing.
You're in big trouble.
In a race for a spot in the top six This is cutthroat right now.
Stop.
And one more MasterChef hopeful I think this has been your worst performance.
sees their dream come to an end.
Say good-bye.
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The top seven faced a sushi tag-team challenge Switch! controlled by Luca.
You want to see go home tonight is who? Natasha.
It pushed the home cooks to their limit.
- You don't do the tuna.
- It doesn't matter about looks.
It does matter kind of a little bit.
Don't ask me.
Just do it.
But when Luca's plan backfired - Bloody good effort.
- I'm coming for you.
You're my next target.
It came down to Eddie and Jessie.
The person leaving MasterChef tonight Eddie.
Tonight, a shocking twist blows the competition wide open.
Welcome back taunton tiger Bime.
This home cook went home way too early Lynn.
And my favorite vegetarian, Bri.
Now one of these fallen home cooks It's raw.
will win their way back into the MasterChef kitchen.
Nothing's going to stand in my way of getting that white apron.
I wanted a shot to redeem myself.
I'm gonna knock it out the park.
The person coming back is Come on in, guys.
Top six is a beautiful feeling.
Last year, I got kicked out, and now I'm one of the best home cooks in America.
The final six, all of you, congratulations.
It's an amazing achievement, but as you know, in MasterChef, things can change in an instant.
Tonight you will Not be cooking.
Hmm.
That's right.
All of you, please head up to the gallery.
Gordon says, "You're not cooking today.
" Well, what the hell are we doing, then? I don't know if this is gonna be good or bad.
Let's go.
You six may not be cooking tonight, but there will be some people cooking, people with very familiar faces.
Lovely.
That's right.
Each of us has invited back one of the home cooks that has already left the competition.
This is bad.
There were some really good people that were eliminated too early, so there are a lot of people that I do not want to walk through those doors.
Those three will then do battle for a white apron and a spot back in this competition.
Gordon, who are you giving a second chance to? The home cook that I decided to bring back has a very strong mind and a even stronger palate.
Welcome back My favorite vegetarian Bri.
Welcome back, my darling.
I only got eliminated just recently, and I definitely feel like I went too soon.
So I'm absolutely honored that Gordon wanted to bring me back.
Did you miss me? No.
Of all people, Bri? Seriously? I will take her on any day head-to-head, and I will cook her little vegan ass under the table.
Now, for my choice, I thought this home cook went home way too early.
He's the real deal and real competition, guys.
Welcome back Lynn.
[bleep.]
.
Lynn is back.
Damn it.
He is an awesome cook.
More or less, this is Lynn's apron to win back.
- This sucks.
- Go home, Lynn.
When I was eliminated, you could almost hear people give that sigh of relief.
And now that I'm back, I can't wait to show them what I'm gonna do.
So the final home cook, like me, I feel they put emotion into every dish that they plate.
It's a toss-up between the third who I think's coming back.
Eddie could be coming back.
Bethy could be coming back.
I have no idea at this point.
Standing at 5'11", 295 pounds, Welcome back the taunton tiger Bime.
Oh, god, it's Bime.
Uh, is this a joke? Bime is just a loser.
Ooh-ooh.
He's like the cockroach that won't die after you step on it multiple times.
Luca, stop clapping.
- Stop clapping, don't clap.
- I like Bime.
Yo, just when you thought I was down, man, I'm back.
Boom, boom, back, baby.
Ready to knock out the competition.
You think they're intimidated? - Should be.
- Ha.
Only one of you will win back This.
A MasterChef apron.
One apron, three of you.
There is nothing in the world that I want more than to get my white apron back.
I let myself down last time, and I want a chance to earn it back.
The three of you will now compete in a high-impact, high-speed challenge.
After the first challenge, one of you will be eliminated, and three will become two.
Those two will cook head-to-head in the culinary battle of your lives.
You ready to see what you're gonna have to cook? Yes, chef.
When you enter the luxurious MasterChef pantry, you'll have just five minutes to grab everything you need.
Your time in the pantry starts Now.
I really miss the MasterChef pantry.
It has everything you could ever dream of to be able to just think something up and then go in and get whatever you need for it? It's a beautiful thing.
- Oh, my gosh.
- What the - Oh.
- Is this this is it? What the cluck is this? It's just, like, eggs everywhere.
- What? - No way.
- Open the other side.
- Look at this.
I don't know what you're cooking, but I think I'm cooking eggs.
I think I got enough eggs.
This is MasterChef.
You never have enough, man.
Aah! Oops.
Do not trip You look like a chicken.
If you haven't guessed it, you will be cooking us eggs.
We're looking for a perfect egg sunny-side up.
No burned edges, no hard yolks.
Beautifully set white with a yolk that's cooked from the bottom up.
But we're not just looking for one.
You have 15 minutes to cook us As many perfectly fried sunny-side up eggs as you can.
Wow.
Please, head to your stations.
At your stations, you have a hundred plates and 12 identical You also get to use two stoves.
Are you ready? - Yes, chef.
- Yes, chef.
Your time starts Now! Eight pans, eight burners How would you start this off, Graham? I would lay out all my pans, get the first one started off cold, and then from there start rotating.
By the time the last egg goes in, the first egg should be cooked.
It's all about working the stove.
Technique, volume, speed We're really bringing these cooks to the test with this challenge.
Bime's getting more organized than anyone, because he's laying out his plates.
He's getting his pans warm.
My worry there is, if he starts cracking those eggs in those hot pans, the eggs are gonna blister.
You guys gonna do oil or butter in here? I put my oil in first and then finish with the butter because the butter froths, and it starts cooking that raw egg white closest to the yolk.
Bime's putting his butter in there now.
That butter does burn a lot faster than that oil does, so Bime hasn't even put an egg in yet.
He's using butter.
What an idiot.
That's why he doesn't deserve to be here.
This is gonna be a tough fight.
Getting a second chance, I'm going up against some top dogs, but you know, I'm looking to get past this, get head-to-head with whoever it is Lynn or Bri.
I'm ready.
Come on, let's go.
Bri, you got a little bubbling going on over here.
Drop your heat on some of them.
Thank you.
Look at Lynn's.
Lynn's doing it right, man.
This is the most stressful MasterChef challenge that I can even remember, but these eggs determine my future at MasterChef, and I'm gonna give it everything I have.
Take no prisoners, and get my apron back.
Wow.
I don't want Lynn back in this competition.
I don't want to face Lynn.
I don't want to watch Lynn cook, because Lynn's the top dog down there, and I don't want to see him back.
Lynn's already plating up.
Damn, he's flying.
The judges have chosen Bime, Bri, and Lynn to battle it out for a single white apron.
- Come on, let's go.
- The two home cooks that fry the most perfectly executed sunny-side up eggs in 15 minutes will go head-to-head for a second chance to get back into the MasterChef kitchen.
Ten minutes to go.
Come on, guys.
You've got to speed up.
Get your pans working for you, guys.
There should never be an empty pan.
You know, I got two preheated ovens.
I might as well use them 'cause they're a heat source and see if that gives me a leg up.
Let's hope I don't screw those up.
Good.
Get 'em on the plate.
You should be able to slide 'em right out.
Let's go, Lynn.
Come on.
Get another egg in that pan.
Don't let these overcook, Lynn.
Time management has always been my biggest issue, and in the MasterChef kitchen, a blink of an eye.
Come on, you got to be quick.
Closest plate to you, Bri always the way.
- Back on the heat.
Good.
There you go.
- Yes, chef.
Yes, chef.
You got to put everything you got, get 'em on the plate.
Think you're cooking for your daughters, breakfast time.
I started off, I think, a little bit shaky because, you know, I was trying to be too gentle.
And it's just like, "You know what? I know what I'm doing in here.
You know, I mean, there's no need to be gentle.
" So I'm just throwing everything out the window and just keep it moving, you know, and everything is starting to roll a little bit smoother right now.
Let's go.
Work the pan.
You've got to multitask.
That's it, slide them out.
That's it.
Open your plates up.
Come on, let's go, guys.
No, no, no, no, no.
Wow.
Fascinating.
- Lynn's using the ovens too.
- Wow.
What happens with a egg in the oven, it starts to Cook on the outside.
The whole idea Sunny-side up, no heat to the top.
Lynn is the kind of guy that could take me out of the competition, but I've experienced firsthand that Lynn definitely cracks under pressure.
Two minutes to go.
Speed up.
Now you want to raise up your burners in the last two minutes to make sure those last eggs get cooked in time.
Anything that's not out of the pan when the time is up does not qualify.
Come on.
This challenge it is about technique and speed.
And it's gonna take a lot of accuracy.
And there's also a lot of pressure.
Oh.
Come on, guys.
Ten, nine, eight, seven - Come on, guys.
- Six, five, four, three, two, one, and stop.
Put that down, Bime.
Hands in the air.
Well done.
I see how many plates I put out, and I'm pretty happy with the number.
I just hope that I have enough perfectly cooked sunny-side up eggs.
You have 27 plated.
Me, Gordon, and Graham will now take a look at these eggs and see how many are perfect sunny-side up eggs.
How many you think? I think most of them will pass.
Hmm.
Let's take a look.
Shall we? That's definitely this one's raw.
That's definitely under.
- And this one's definitely raw.
- Under.
- These two? - I mean, literally raw.
You can just see with your eyes.
If those two eggs didn't pass, There's gonna be trouble down the line for me.
- Beautiful.
- Perfect.
- Perfect.
- That's a good one.
Excellent.
I mean, it's just the perfect yolk.
It's cooked.
It's not burnt edges.
Excellent.
Here's another good one.
Let this one pass? I think it looks good.
Good.
It's crispy.
It's so fried, it looks like a taco.
No good.
No, completely seared.
I don't want to watch.
Look at Lynn.
Wow.
Started off too hot.
It's crispy.
Seared the bottom.
It's tough.
That's not even a fried egg.
Pan too hot.
Wow.
That's gonna be heavy trash.
I am rooting for more smashing.
Yeah, get him out of here, Joe.
Keep smashing.
This one.
Gone? Every time I hear the crash, it's almost as if there's no other sound except my dreams dying, One plate at a time.
You sure we can't pass this one? It's not sunny-side up.
Oh, gosh.
Wow.
So you have eight perfect sunny-side up eggs.
I thought you were gonna nail more than eight eggs.
But at the end of the day, guys, eight may be enough.
Let's find out.
All I can hope now is that when the judges get to Bri and Bime that they'll trash more eggs than they trashed on mine.
If you get more than eight perfectly cooked sunny-side up eggs, you'll be safe and through to the next stage of this extraordinary challenge.
Lynn only got 8 out of 27.
Those are really bad chances.
They obviously must be judging really toughly today.
- Visually.
- Raw.
That is raw.
This thing here, it's almost got its [bleep.]
feathers on.
Two raw.
That's not a good start, is it? - That one? - Nice.
- That looks good.
- That's a good one.
Nice.
- That's a good one.
- Wow.
There's three.
That is perfect.
That's four already.
- Textbook.
- This one? Split yolk? Crispy.
Trash it.
- Nice.
- Really pretty.
Beautiful.
Seven.
- Too crispy.
- Too crispy.
Take it away.
That looks really good.
- Gorgeous.
- Look at the white.
- Beautiful.
- Okay, eight.
So now you are tied with Lynn One more, and you go to the one-on-one.
Okay, I can do this.
There's still a bunch of eggs left, and I have to have a perfect one out there.
I don't know what you did there, but - Okay.
- That's perfect.
So that's nine.
Congratulations.
- Thank you.
- Bri - Bri Perfect.
Ten.
- Stunning.
- 11 - Stunning.
- 12, 13 These are too crispy.
Lucky 13.
No matter what happens with Bime's eggs, you are through to the next round.
Yeah, this sucks.
Now I just have to hope that Bime messed up worse than I did.
Bime, how many did you actually get on the plate? So the question is, can you beat Lynn's total of eight? I think I got nine in there.
All right, let's check 'em out.
This isn't gonna work.
Two of these are raw already.
- All raw.
- They're raw.
That's just like jell-o.
Seared with raw in the middle.
I've never seen an egg like that crispy on the bottom, - Overcooked and raw on top.
- Raw on top.
That is the worst start we've had.
This is embarrassing.
Hey, Lynn, things might be looking up for you.
For a second chance at a white apron, Lynn, Bri, and Bime cooked as many perfect sunny-side up eggs as possible in 15 minutes.
- Nice.
- Looks fine.
- Nice yolk.
- Mm-hmm.
Bri has moved on to the next round with 13, leaving Bime to see if he can beat Lynn's 8.
You got to be kidding me.
This is good.
This is three? - Four.
- Intact.
Mm-hmm.
Another beautiful one.
So far, we have five, and nine is the magic number.
Yes.
Graham, that's burnt.
This is gone.
- Crispy.
Horrible.
- That's really bad.
I think this looks fine.
That's beautiful.
Mm-hmm.
What do you think? - Nice.
- Yeah, that's a good one.
Seven.
One more egg, and you're tied with Lynn.
Yes.
I'm really nervous.
I can hardly watch.
I just turn away because my only hope is that Bime dropped the ball.
Nice.
I think that's gonna tie it.
Tying run.
And then look where we get back to.
These are all raw, Bime.
Is there a winning egg in the bunch? Just one I just need one perfect egg.
Come on, there's got to be at least one in there.
What do you think? Lynn, I know I brought you back but you're going home.
That's nine.
Mm! Perfect.
Yes! Whoo! I got this.
I did it.
All the haters up there, it's just like, "you know what? Keep hating.
" Lynn, please take your apron off and say a final good-bye to the MasterChef kitchen.
Loved being here, guys.
- Good luck.
- Good night, Lynn.
Hey, forget about Lynn.
I think he's not gonna have eggs for breakfast tomorrow morning.
I'm surprised that Lynn's walking out of those doors.
I'm also relieved that Lynn's walking out of those doors.
It's gonna be an interesting battle.
Congratulations on making it through that 15 minutes of intense pressure.
Are you ready for your final challenge? - Yes, chef.
- Yes, chef.
You six up there have a reservation in the MasterChef restaurant.
Please take your aprons off and go into the MasterChef restaurant.
Thank you.
Bime and Bri, please come with us.
Round two last hopes are in this challenge.
They're two strong cooks in their own each individual ways.
But it really depends on what these two have to cook.
I'm not sure who's gonna come out on top.
Bime and Bri, welcome to the most amazing MasterChef restaurant, where tonight, in this room, your fate will be decided.
Krissi, Luca, Jessie, James, Natasha, Jordan, you will be judging this head-to-head challenge, alongside mr.
Joe Bastianich.
You know what's funny is, when this all started, I would have been so uncomfortable with judging food, but after having it done so many times to me and everyone else, like, I feel like I could do a decent job at it, and it was pretty exciting.
Their decision will come down to one thing The dish.
This is going to be a blind taste test.
It's a blind tasting.
We have no idea if Bime made one dish or if Bri made one dish, so we're strictly going off flavor.
Coming in here, I definitely didn't feel no love, so I'm glad that they're gonna be tasting blind, because they're gonna find out Bime's not a fake.
The eliminated contestant who receives more votes will regain their apron.
Right now Bri and Bime's hopes of getting another chance in this competition are literally in your hands.
Please, all of you, take a seat.
This blind tasting levels the playing field.
We're just going to vote for what we think is the best dish.
Are you two ready to find out what you have to cook? - Yes.
- Yes, chef.
Come this way.
Bime, Bri, you are about to go head-to-head in the biggest battle of your lives.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime second chance.
The most important piece of this epic battle is an amazing ingredient Something worthy of the world's finest restaurants.
It will take all of your culinary skills, brain, and brawn to cook with this most incredible, this most beautiful, the freshest King salmon.
These beauties are caught while trolling off the coast of Alaska, undoubtedly the greatest salmon in the world.
These fish in front of you cost over $500 apiece.
Wow.
You will need to break down one of these amazing salmon each and then make seven perfect salmon dishes using those fillets.
We want a pan-seared, crispy-skin side up with a perfect Hollandaise sauce.
We also want to see some beautiful asparagus and potatoes.
This is a true culinary showdown.
I'm headed back into the restaurant to join your fellow competitors.
Let your dish do the talking, and let me wish you good luck.
Please, take off your aprons.
- Bime, you're blue.
- Yes.
- Bri, you're red.
- Thank you, chef.
You'll have just 60 minutes to cut your fillets and cook seven perfect identical salmon dishes.
Come over here, pick up your fish, and head back to your stations.
Um Oh, my god, dead body.
I have to filet this fish, cook it, prepare all my sides, Make a Hollandaise sauce, and plate seven portions of it in one hour? This is the ultimate pressure test.
I'm feeling a little nervous.
Bri, Bime, are you both ready? Yes, chef.
You guys need to cook better than you ever have cooked before.
Your 60 minutes start Now.
Across 60 minutes, Graham, even for a professional chef, tonight this will be a tough call.
Absolutely.
that's a monster to take down.
The first thing I'd do across the 60 minutes, I'd fillet one side.
The secret to filleting a great salmon is you've got to let the knife do the work.
There's a gill behind that.
You can't start hacking and getting stuck with that rib cage.
So clean your knife every time you slice it.
You've got to turn it around, Let the dorsal fin sit in front of you, turning the fish around as it suits you.
Your knife and your hand have to move simultaneously, so your knife is guided by the top of your hand, so you're not slashing.
I'd get my seven portions ready Two, four, six, eight.
Cook it on top of the stove, and the salmon goes on the plate at the very last minute.
I cannot believe what Bri's doing.
I mean, you're going in at it backwards.
I mean, she's upside down, almost like she's slicing - a cake as opposed to filleting.
- Exactly.
- It looks just like a cake.
- Whereby Bime, look, he's coming off with one big beautiful fillet.
Mm-hmm.
Just how much easier do you think his world's gonna be? Slicing through this fish like butter, and it's just like, you know what? Right now this is going smoothly for me, you know, so I'm excited about this.
I think I think I got the edge.
I need to clean and filet this giant, giant Alaskan king salmon.
It still has its eyes, and then I have to stare at it.
It is gross.
I feel like I'm completely screwed right now.
Tonight, Bime and Bri are cooking seven portions of king salmon with potatoes, asparagus, and Hollandaise sauce.
Joe and the remaining six contestants will judge their dishes in a blind tasting and decide who will return to the MasterChef kitchen.
This is a big opportunity for me, man.
You know, this is for my daughters.
I'm not just cooking for me.
There's no way that I could fail right now.
It feels like I never left, because it hasn't been that long since I got eliminated, so there is nothing that is going to stand in my way of getting that white apron Nothing and no one.
Right, Bri, how are you doing? I'm doing okay, chef.
Good.
How many portions you got there now? So you got two, four, six, eight.
Eight, correct? Yeah, I want to be able to have a backup.
Look at the size of those salmon.
Understand how long they take to cook.
Skin side down, nice and crispy, and then - Flip it and kiss it.
- Exactly.
How are you cooking the potatoes? I am roasting them in the oven, and then I'm gonna finish them off in the pan with a little bit of rosemary and thyme.
How are you cooking the asparagus? I am going to quickly blanch and then grill the asparagus.
- Hollandaise? - I'm gonna start that, you know, after I get the veggies and everything else on.
Good.
This is a very tough, extreme challenge.
How confident are you? I'm not the most confident, but, you know, I'm I'm not stopping at anything in order to get this apron.
Bri, good luck.
Thank you.
Bime, how we doing? Um, all right, all right, chef.
Salmon, asparagus, potatoes, Hollandaise.
- Yes.
- What are you doing to make yours stand out? I'm gonna roast my asparagus in the oven.
I'm doing a garlic mashed potato with sour cream, a little bit of cheese and, you know - Cheese with salmon? - Well Sounds like a steak side.
Think of what the star of the dish is, right? It's these salmon.
They look beautiful, but it's gonna come down to you guys cooking that salmon.
- Yes, chef.
- Are you gonna throw it in the oven first? are you gonna get it in a saute pan first? I'm gonna cook it all on the pan.
Remember how thick those are.
- Yeah.
- Okay? Yep.
This is like that second chance that never comes.
You know I believe in you, right? - Thank you, chef.
Yeah.
- Right? - Find a way to make this happen.
- Yep.
Thank you, chef.
Bri is composed.
I love the sound of what she's doing with the potatoes Roasted fingerlings with garlic, rosemary, and thyme, - So fragrant.
- Yeah, absolutely.
What's Bime doing for the potatoes? Mashed potatoes.
Worst thing you'd ever want to do now with that Hollandaise and that asparagus is a mash.
Right.
I just wonder if Bime's been gone for too long and has forgotten some of those skills and that fight that you have to have.
Just over 40 minutes gone.
Bri's asparagus is already blanched.
Potatoes in the oven, pretty much ready to go.
She's got her Hollandaise going.
All she has to do is sear that salmon and then start getting everything in its place to go.
She seems very cool and collected right now.
She wants back.
Bime has cut his fish beautifully.
I mean, they look regimental.
- Which means that they'll cook evenly.
- Yeah, of course.
If he can get them in the pan soon enough.
Yeah, exactly that, but they're a thick piece of salmon, so if he hasn't got his salmon in there now, within the next five minutes, he's gonna be screwed.
Yep.
In life, you don't get too many second chances, man.
In this competition, I got a second chance, and it's just, like, I got to make the most of it, you know? I'm doing six things at once.
My feet are cramping up.
I'm sweating, but I am not thinking about anything except perfect plates and a white apron.
Both of you have got just over ten minutes to go.
So I mean, it's a blind taste test right now.
You know, the top six plus Joe have no idea Whether it's coming from Bime or Bri.
This is the fairest way to get one of these two - back in the competition.
- Mm-hmm, absolutely.
The best day in MasterChef kitchen We are going to be judges.
I'm like, "hey, this is awesome.
" I'm really excited.
Let's get this started.
I don't feel that anybody that they're bringing back is better than me.
Bime has a lot of heart and passion and soul.
I do think Bri is underestimated.
I don't think a lot of people take her seriously.
I know Bri's gonna kick his ass just because Bime sucks at life.
Okay.
Let's go, Bri.
Come on.
Let's go.
Get 'em all done, guys.
Come on, push.
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one and stop.
Let's go.
Come on.
For a chance to return to the MasterChef competition Let's go.
Get 'em all done, guys.
Push.
Bri and Bime battle it out to feed Joe and the current contestants in a blind taste test.
Five, four, three, two, one And stop.
Well done.
- Good job.
- Thank you, chef.
Here come the waiters, guys.
I'm looking down at my seven dishes, feeling a little bit nervous about my sides, thinking that they could be a little bit underseasoned, but I'm feeling really confident about my salmon, and knowing that's the hero of the dish, I'm feeling good.
This was not easy, man.
I put some amazing flavors in here.
I'm tasting my potatoes.
They taste great.
My asparagus they taste great.
The Hollandaise sauce is on the money, man.
The salmon are seasoned very well too.
They're gonna love these flavors, man.
Bri, Bime, well done.
Right now the fate of your future in this competition rests in your fellow competitors' hands.
Please, both of you, take a seat in the lounge and relax.
Great job.
Mmm, thank you.
Wow.
So you can eat.
Enjoy.
- So how do you think you did? - I think the flavors are good.
My plating could have used a lot more work.
- What do you think? - I think that the filet's okay.
My asparagus is probably good.
I can't remember if I put salt on it or not.
So that's what I'm, like, freaking out about.
Let's start with the red plate.
- Jordan - The red high is, I think, Instantly I go to the fish.
Great cook on it.
I found no bones in mine.
Lack of seasoning, but it was throughout.
I think with more sauce, the red plate would have Would have came together quite well.
- James? - I think the red plate, the salmon was cooked perfectly to my tasting.
The potatoes were kind of bland.
The asparagus was fine.
The Hollandaise was great.
Just wish there was more of it.
- Natasha? - I think that the salmon was actually seasoned to my liking, because I like the fish to shine, and it did so.
and it's a perfect cook.
as far as the asparagus, it's crunchy.
It's the way that I like it.
It's still beautiful on its own.
Maybe a little bit more salt.
But I like the blue plate as well.
My fish I cut some big chunks, man.
I plated it beautiful.
When they taste it, I think they're gonna like what they What they taste, you know? Okay, the blue dish.
Krissi? My salmon was cooked beautifully.
Potatoes on point.
The Hollandaise Like, my ideal Hollandaise it's perfect.
I liked it too.
It's very buttery.
It's rich.
- Love it.
- Jessie, what do you think? I enjoyed the salmon a lot.
The cook on everything on the plate was really good.
It had such good flavor.
I feel like they tasted their food more as they cooked it.
- Okay.
- Luca? I want my salmon rare.
The salmon is very overcooked, but the potatoes, I think they're cooked just perfectly, as much as the asparagus because they still have this crunch.
Overall, the sides, you know, I wish I could switch this salmon and put it with these sides.
Whichever one of us gets in here, they did not make it easy for us, man.
Yeah.
With the blue dish salmon, the salmon itself is seasoned well, and the skin is crispy, and it's quite delicious.
Obviously the quality of the fish shows through.
It's a very delicious, rich, buttery salmon.
I think the Hollandaise sauce is good.
The asparagus they seem to be maybe a tad undercooked.
And the red plate salmon is very, very good.
All things considered, it's very moist.
The asparagus have excellent seasoning.
They're cooked very, very well.
They still have a nice crunch to them, but they're not raw.
Whoever cooked those asparagus really knew what they were doing.
The potatoes are very well cooked, but they're kind of plain jane.
and the Hollandaise sauce has excellent flavor.
I just wish there was more of it.
So I thank you for your insightful, interesting assessments of each dish.
Krissi, why don't you go and vote first? I feel so honored judging these dishes, and I feel like I've grown so much as a cook, that I've learned so much, and I feel like my palate has gotten a lot stronger.
The destiny of these two cooks is in our hands.
This is awesome.
This is what it feels like to be a judge, and it feels good.
This is agonizing right now.
Did I do enough? Did it make a strong enough argument for me to get back in the kitchen? I don't think I've ever been given a second chance in my life, and I am feeling the pressure.
My heart is racing so fast, and I'm just praying, "please, please, please.
" All right, guys, results are in.
Bime and Bri, congratulations to both of you.
Both dishes were great.
It was a huge challenge, and one of you certainly deserves your place back in the MasterChef competition.
There were seven of us who tasted six home cooks and myself.
And the results are here in front of me in these envelopes.
The first person to reach four votes, you will rejoin the competition.
The first vote Blue.
The second vote Red.
Third vote Blue.
Two blue, one red.
Fourth vote Red.
This is close.
Fifth vote Red.
That's three votes for Bri.
Bri, the next vote, if it's red, confirms your reentry into the MasterChef kitchen.
And, Bime, if it's red, then you'll be leaving.
The sixth vote Wow.
Damn.
Holy smokes.
Whatever color is in this envelope, that person will be rejoining the biggest cooking competition in America.
- Good luck to you.
- You too, dude.
You nervous? The person rejoining MasterChef tonight is Unbelievable.
Are you the next MasterChef? We'll be coming to a city near you soon.
Go to fox.
com and apply for season five now.
Wow.
Whatever color is in this envelope, that person will be rejoining the biggest cooking competition in America.
Gordon Ramsay chose to bring me back.
He saw a lot of potential, and he thought that I went home too soon.
I want to win today.
I have to win.
I have to honor him for choosing me, and I need to make my culinary dream happen.
Man, Graham decided to bring me back.
That means a lot to me to have someone give me the second-chance opportunity is really big, and I'm very grateful for it.
If I get in here, I'm gonna win this thing for my daughters.
Are you ready to know your fate? - Yes.
- Yes, chef.
Coming back into the MasterChef competition is So the votes are in.
And I can tell you all, it could not have been closer.
The home cook reentering the competition won by four votes to the losing cook's three votes.
After tonight's blind taste test, all of you have brought back one person.
Please welcome back Bri! Did you guys miss me or what? It's Bri.
You know, can I not get this girl out of my life? You know, I can see that these people are pissed to have me back and that the competition is on.
I'm not feeling defeated.
I am feeling encouraged, motivated to keep going.
Bri, you know, she won today.
Congratulations to Bri.
She deserves it.
Congratulations to Bri.
My reality is I want to be a great chef, and I leave here feeling like I got this.
Welcome back.
Congratulations.
- Welcome back.
- Thanks, chef.
- How do you feel? - I feel great.
- Well done.
- Thank you.
You're joining the talented six.
If you had one individual right now that you'd love to take down, who would it be? - It's always gonna be Krissi.
- Krissi.
I'll go head-to-head with you anytime, sweetheart.
- All right.
- Anytime, anyplace, all the way back to Philly, I'll kick your ass.
All right.
All seven of you, you're here for a reason.
Now the competition is seriously on.
I think that all of the other contestants look really nervous, and they realize that, you know, I'm a serious competitor.
I'm back, and I want this more than ever.
Throw me whatever you got.
Next time on MasterChef, the competition turns fowl.
It's loose.
Shut up.
- Ugh.
- Oh! There are birds all over the place.
If I have to kill it, I'll kill it with my bare hands.
Hold on to 'em! You ready to get eaten? The home cooks spread their wings Come on, guys.
I have no idea what I'm doing.
You're in big trouble.
In a race for a spot in the top six This is cutthroat right now.
Stop.
And one more MasterChef hopeful I think this has been your worst performance.
sees their dream come to an end.
Say good-bye.
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