0:00:02 > 0:00:04Meet the Disaster Chefs - parents who are rubbish at cooking.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06- Dinner, Charlie!- No!
0:00:06 > 0:00:08They make things like this.
0:00:08 > 0:00:09And this.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11- And THIS!- Disgusting.
0:00:11 > 0:00:15And foodie fanatic Stefan Gates is the only person who can help.
0:00:15 > 0:00:16Ah!
0:00:16 > 0:00:18He's got just 24 hours to help them master
0:00:18 > 0:00:22a two-course meal in a professional kitchen for some fierce critics.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24- Horrible.- Get cooking!
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Will they rise like a souffle or flop like a pancake?
0:00:27 > 0:00:28I've failed!
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Will it be Yumm or Yuck?
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Start your blenders!
0:00:59 > 0:01:02In the hot seat today is Disaster Chef extraordinaire
0:01:02 > 0:01:05and mum of two Kirstie from Glasgow.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Eldest daughter 11-year-old Daisy isn't singing for her supper -
0:01:09 > 0:01:10she's crying for help!
0:01:10 > 0:01:14- KIRSTIE: Dinner's ready!- Aaaah!
0:01:14 > 0:01:18Mum specialises in one-pan wonders that go straight from pot to bin,
0:01:18 > 0:01:21where they look slightly more appetising.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Doesn't look like anybody's eaten the chicken.
0:01:23 > 0:01:24No idea why(!)
0:01:24 > 0:01:26I refuse to eat it.
0:01:26 > 0:01:27Daisy wants to be a teacher,
0:01:27 > 0:01:30but mum Kirstie is on course to being an R-grade chef for ever.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32R for rubbish.
0:01:32 > 0:01:33This is good.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35This is bad.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38My mum is a rubbish cook.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40She burns loads of things,
0:01:40 > 0:01:43such as chips, chicken, ready meals, anything.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46She left it too long on the grill,
0:01:46 > 0:01:48and it is rock solid.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53It's not just Daisy who thinks Kirstie should be in detention
0:01:53 > 0:01:55for serving crummy, not yummy.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58She switches things on full blast, leaves them alone,
0:01:58 > 0:02:00I can smell burning, or the fire alarm goes off.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03I've also set the kitchen alight on about two or three occasions,
0:02:03 > 0:02:06and that's because I've left things, especially tea towels,
0:02:06 > 0:02:07lying next to the hob.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09ALARM BEEPS
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Mum has set the bacon alight.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Why is the fire brigade on speed dial?
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Well, it seems that Kirstie has a concentration problem.
0:02:16 > 0:02:17"Ooh, look, a shiny thing!"
0:02:17 > 0:02:19I try and do dishes that involve one pan.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21I don't like cooking.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23It's something I have to do, it's a necessity,
0:02:23 > 0:02:25and I get distracted very easily.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29When you're in the kitchen, you need to concentrate on cooking.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Dad often swoops to the rescue.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36Kirstie's burned the bacon and passed it to me to take over.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38I think Kirstie's speciality meal is oven chips -
0:02:38 > 0:02:40straight into the oven, no hassle -
0:02:40 > 0:02:43and then the chicken, ready-cooked, straight out of the packet.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Kirstie's less gourmet and more,
0:02:45 > 0:02:47"Go on, I'll have a takeaway, thanks."
0:02:47 > 0:02:48She wants to get better, though.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50I'd love to be able to make something
0:02:50 > 0:02:52that the family complimented me on.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55A big ask, but what this Disaster Chef mum is yet to discover
0:02:55 > 0:02:57is that, in 24 hours, she'll need to feed
0:02:57 > 0:03:00three surprise judges restaurant-standard food
0:03:00 > 0:03:03in a professional kitchen a bit like this one.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04Yikes!
0:03:05 > 0:03:10- BOOMING VOICE:- 'In a world where no kid is safe from disastrous dinners,
0:03:10 > 0:03:15'lives a man on a lonely crusade to turn parents across the land
0:03:15 > 0:03:17'into promising cooks.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20'He is...the Stefanator!'
0:03:20 > 0:03:21WEEDY VOICE: Y'all right?
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Sorry, it's Stefan Gates to you and me -
0:03:24 > 0:03:28a foodie adventurer whose culinary quests know no bounds.
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Hi, Stef, come on in.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Hi, Daisy.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38All right, Daisy, spill the beans - how bad is your mum at cooking?
0:03:38 > 0:03:39She's very bad.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43She burns most of it or, if she tries not to, she undercooks it.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45I think I'm quite impatient, really,
0:03:45 > 0:03:47and I want everything to be cooked quickly,
0:03:47 > 0:03:49so I think I tend to turn up things too high,
0:03:49 > 0:03:51and then they get overdone very quickly.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55Yeah, just look at this, what she served us last night.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56That is a travesty!
0:03:56 > 0:03:59It's only rice! How can you get rice so wrong?!
0:03:59 > 0:04:04We just forgot, remembered, and then the fire alarm went off.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06This is...really awful.
0:04:06 > 0:04:07Oh, you're so polite, Stefan.
0:04:07 > 0:04:12So Stefan's heard how bad Kirstie is but it's time to see for himself.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14It's the Rookie Challenge.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Kirstie must cook a simple mushroom omelette,
0:04:16 > 0:04:18and, as she only needs one pan,
0:04:18 > 0:04:21there shouldn't be - hur! - mush-room for mistakes!
0:04:21 > 0:04:25You have exactly five minutes, starting...
0:04:25 > 0:04:26now! KLAXON BLARES
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Is there butter in an omelette?
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Yes, of course there's butter in an omelette!
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Stefan's such a FUN-GI. Sorry.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34To make the perfect mushroom omelette -
0:04:34 > 0:04:37chop mushrooms, throw them in a hot pan with butter,
0:04:37 > 0:04:38fry till cooked, then remove.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Beat the eggs and pour them in,
0:04:40 > 0:04:41tilting the pan so they spread evenly,
0:04:41 > 0:04:45then bung in the mushrooms and cook till golden underneath. Easy!
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Where do you put the butter?
0:04:47 > 0:04:48"Where do you put the butter?!"
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Water in an omelette? Milk?
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Water... Water in an omelette, are you serious?!
0:04:52 > 0:04:56Yep, she's doing it, and wannabe teacher Daisy's cracking the whip.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Come on!
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Oh, I don't know what to do with the butter!
0:05:00 > 0:05:03You have two minutes and 40 seconds.
0:05:03 > 0:05:04Daisy doesn't like mushrooms.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07I think it's the way her mum treats them.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09No! You don't do that to a mushroom!
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Mushrooms plus water equals slime.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15It's like adding snails to eggs.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16Yuck!
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Oh, no, now the...
0:05:18 > 0:05:19Now the omelette's burning.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Were you attached to that pan?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Not again!
0:05:23 > 0:05:24Have you got smoke alarms?
0:05:24 > 0:05:25Focus, Mum!
0:05:25 > 0:05:28You now have, officially, ten seconds left!
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Nine, eight,
0:05:30 > 0:05:32seven, six.
0:05:32 > 0:05:33STEFAN COUGHS
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Ugh!
0:05:35 > 0:05:37- BOTH:- ..Four, three, two, one.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Stop!
0:05:39 > 0:05:40Put it on a plate!
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Extraordinarily awful.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Aw, it stinks!
0:05:45 > 0:05:46That is...
0:05:46 > 0:05:48That is an abomination.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52So, it sort of looks vaguely egg-like on the top.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56It's got a kind of strange, deathly grey look to it here as well.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Hey, Stefan, at least she's not burn it.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59Oh, no, hang on.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01- That's...quite burnt. - Look at that.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04The perfect omelette shouldn't really look like this.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08My friend Morag prepared one earlier. Morag!
0:06:08 > 0:06:10You've got to get those arms shaved, Morag.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13OK, this is the perfect omelette.
0:06:13 > 0:06:14See the difference there?
0:06:14 > 0:06:16See those mushrooms that look nice and crispy
0:06:16 > 0:06:18and browned on the outside?
0:06:18 > 0:06:22- The omelette itself - it's yellow, not grey.- Yeah.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Wow, that is a crime against eggs.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Omelettes should not be grey -
0:06:27 > 0:06:29they should be light and fluffy and yellow.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Well, congratulations.
0:06:31 > 0:06:36Because you are clearly a total and utter, complete Disaster Chef.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38But it's only the start of Kirstie's challenge.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42In 24 hours, she'll be cooking two courses for three secret judges,
0:06:42 > 0:06:45who'll vote her food either Yumm or Yuck!
0:06:45 > 0:06:47But first things first - the hat.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Now, if you succeed in the challenge,
0:06:50 > 0:06:53you get to remove the Disaster Chef hat.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56If not, you have to wear it forever.
0:06:56 > 0:06:57OK, I'm up for it.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59OK, Daisy, we'll go and choose the menu.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Kirstie, clear this lot up!
0:07:02 > 0:07:03Thanks(!)
0:07:03 > 0:07:05While Mum enthusiastically sorts the kitchen,
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Stefan and Daisy search for foodie inspiration,
0:07:08 > 0:07:10less shopping trip and more scavenger hunt.
0:07:10 > 0:07:11What are we going to cook?
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Shall we choose Scotland as our inspiration?
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Yeah, definitely.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19That Stefan's mate Hamish, by the way, more of him in a minute.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22While they're here, they're also keeping an eye out
0:07:22 > 0:07:25for the mythical wild Scottish haggis.
0:07:25 > 0:07:26There!
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Where? Argh! SHE LAUGHS
0:07:28 > 0:07:32Haggis can be quite shy. But at least they've got Hamish.
0:07:32 > 0:07:33Oh... Hello.
0:07:33 > 0:07:34BAGPIPES PLAY
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- Hamish!- Not now! No! Stop!- Stop!
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Well, look at these, some fantastic Scottish root veg.
0:07:42 > 0:07:43- Shall we get some of that?- Yep.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Excellent. All right, I'll take those.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Neeps and tatties - or turnips and potatoes -
0:07:47 > 0:07:49are a classic Scottish dish,
0:07:49 > 0:07:52but they've got nowhere near enough to feed three hungry judges.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Wait a minute, that's crisps and sweets.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56I don't think they're on the menu.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58- Does it look very Scottish?- No.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01No... Does it matter?
0:08:01 > 0:08:03- No.- No! Right, let's get it!
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Got it? Hamish, hit it!
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Run!
0:08:09 > 0:08:13I don't think the chocolate and crisps will last till they get home.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15After picking up some extra ingredients,
0:08:15 > 0:08:16including a lovely leg of lamb,
0:08:16 > 0:08:21Stefan must create a super-duper menu Daisy and the judges will love.
0:08:21 > 0:08:22OK, what have we got here?
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Some fruit in there, sugar, plain flour.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26I've got the root vegetables.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28It is actually still alive in there.
0:08:28 > 0:08:29LAMB BLEATS
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Oh, wow.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33A beautiful bit of Scottish lamb,
0:08:33 > 0:08:35and that, together with all of these,
0:08:35 > 0:08:37is going to make something, absolutely delicious.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41Stefan says delicious, but it's Kirstie that's making it.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45Time to tell or rather show Mum what she'll be making.
0:08:45 > 0:08:46Open your eyes.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49- Is that lamb? - HE LAUGHS
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Argh!
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Yes, it's lamb.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55And that's just the start of it.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58You will be cooking...this.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Roast leg of lamb, stuffed with apricots and almonds,
0:09:02 > 0:09:05served with bashed neeps, carrots and tatties.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10For the pudding - super-sticky butterscotch pudding.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13It's the type of pudding
0:09:13 > 0:09:15that Daisy's always wanted me to be able to cook,
0:09:15 > 0:09:17and the lamb sounds lovely, too,
0:09:17 > 0:09:20but it just all sounds a bit too difficult for me.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23She might need more than one pan to conquer this menu.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Do you think your mum's capable of doing this?
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Well, with that face, no,
0:09:28 > 0:09:33but if she smiled and she actually concentrates, she might.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35With Stefan's reputation on the line,
0:09:35 > 0:09:38he's now got to show Kirstie how it should be done.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41She must pay attention or get detention from Daisy.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43I've realised what the problem is.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Fear - it's the fear in Kirstie's eyes,
0:09:46 > 0:09:50and the problem with fear is you can taste it a mile off.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Time for Stefan's Crash Course.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56For the perfect lamb, cut the meat off the bone,
0:09:56 > 0:09:58spread it out and hammer flat.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Mix the stuffing then stuff, roll and tie
0:10:01 > 0:10:02before popping into the oven.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04The veggies are boiled, bashed
0:10:04 > 0:10:06and scooped into a pastry cutter for shape.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Wilted spinach and a big chunk of lamb are spooned on top,
0:10:09 > 0:10:12and finished off with some parsnip crisps. Yum!
0:10:12 > 0:10:13But do take care when cooking
0:10:13 > 0:10:16and always get permission from your adult.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18First of all, you need to find where the bone is.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20OK, um...here.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22So we can use that as our guide and we'll start there.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25It looks like I'm doing something sort of complicated
0:10:25 > 0:10:28and sort of artistic, but you're just following where the bone
0:10:28 > 0:10:31is underneath there and scraping the meat away from it like that.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33You're making it look really easy.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35I could do that in my sleep.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Once the bone's off, the key is to cut into the meat,
0:10:37 > 0:10:40spreading it out into a thinner, even slab,
0:10:40 > 0:10:42so it cooks at the same rate.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45What we need to do now is flatten it out a little bit.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49And the great tool for flattening meat is this.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51And it's what I like to call...
0:10:51 > 0:10:52# Hammer time! #
0:10:52 > 0:10:55That's it, wallop that! Come on, Kirstie, you can do it!
0:10:55 > 0:10:57- Get all my frustrations out. - That's right.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01I think she might be picturing Stefan right now.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03To make the stuffing, you need an onion,
0:11:03 > 0:11:04and Stefan's got the perfect trick.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08OK, we're going to use the root to try and keep the onion together.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Make little cuts, not all the way through,
0:11:10 > 0:11:12but towards the root.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15And once you've done that, you cut down across that way,
0:11:15 > 0:11:18and they should all become nice little pieces.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20- Cubing the onions.- Exactly.
0:11:20 > 0:11:21And if you're Mr Show-Off...
0:11:21 > 0:11:23When you're really got the hang of it,
0:11:23 > 0:11:25you can start doing things like this.
0:11:27 > 0:11:28Ah!
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Stefan's a pro, so please get a grown-up to help when using knives,
0:11:31 > 0:11:34but even grown-ups don't always know what they're doing
0:11:34 > 0:11:35when it comes to cooking.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Right, so that's the yolk going out.
0:11:37 > 0:11:38Guess again!
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- That's the white.- I mean the white, you know what I mean.- Uh-huh.
0:11:41 > 0:11:42If I was Stefan,
0:11:42 > 0:11:45I'd be riding off into the sunset on a haggis right now.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Now this recipe is no one-pot wonder -
0:11:47 > 0:11:49it's not really complicated,
0:11:49 > 0:11:51but you need to keep loads of things going at once.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53She needs to get a handle on this,
0:11:53 > 0:11:55otherwise everything will just fall apart at the seams.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Once it's stuffed, tucked and rolled,
0:11:57 > 0:11:59it's tied up with string then roasted
0:11:59 > 0:12:02and in two shakes of a lamb's tail, or rather leg...
0:12:02 > 0:12:06Oh, that looks beautiful.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07Then it's...
0:12:07 > 0:12:08# Hammer time! #
0:12:08 > 0:12:10No, it's pudding time!
0:12:10 > 0:12:12For a scrummy, sticky butterscotch pudding,
0:12:12 > 0:12:14heat chopped dates in water and vanilla essence.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Whizz butter, brown sugar, eggs and flour,
0:12:17 > 0:12:19then mix in the softened dates and bake.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21For the topping, melt sugar, cream and butter,
0:12:21 > 0:12:23then throw in the pecans.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Chop the top off the sponge, flip upside-down,
0:12:25 > 0:12:28pour on the topping and serve with ice cream.
0:12:28 > 0:12:29Yum!
0:12:29 > 0:12:31We're going to need some dates, please.
0:12:31 > 0:12:32HE SIGHS
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Dates, please, Morag. Thank you.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37OK, now you need to chop these into little bits.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Are there stones in them?
0:12:39 > 0:12:40That's for you to find out.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42That's right, Stefan, show no mercy.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44- Like that? Is that OK? - That's fab.
0:12:44 > 0:12:45To make the sponge batter,
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Kirstie's first got to get to grips with the hand mixer.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Slowly, gently, gently. KIRSTIE LAUGHS
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Have you made a cake from scratch before?
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Um...I've made fairy cakes.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57I think you're doing brilliantly there.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59So does Daisy, by the looks of it.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01- Want to try?- Mmm!
0:13:01 > 0:13:02It's pretty good, isn't it?
0:13:02 > 0:13:05While the sponges are baking, Mum's making the topping,
0:13:05 > 0:13:06much to Daisy's delight.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Sticky toffee puddings are my favourite.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10- So if she learns now...- Yep.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Then she'll be able to make them for me.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14If they end up like this, I'M moving in.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Ah-ha-ha-ha!
0:13:17 > 0:13:18Look at that, they look fantastic.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20They look perfect, yeah.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22So that's it for Kirstie's training.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Is she ready for the big challenge?
0:13:24 > 0:13:26I've been concentrating all day,
0:13:26 > 0:13:28I've been learning lots of new things.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31If you want to succeed tomorrow, you need to do homework.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34So, for homework, Kirstie must practise deboning the lamb
0:13:34 > 0:13:37to stop her becoming the black sheep of the family, ha-ha!
0:13:37 > 0:13:3824 hours.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Three judges.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Two courses.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44One professional kitchen.
0:13:44 > 0:13:45Do you think you can do it?
0:13:45 > 0:13:47I'll try my best.
0:13:47 > 0:13:48Do you think you can do it?!
0:13:48 > 0:13:50- Come on!- Yes! Yes!
0:13:50 > 0:13:51- Excellent!- Come on!
0:13:51 > 0:13:53- Good luck.- Thank you.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Wow, what a roller coaster of a day.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59She started off with fear in her eyes, then she got confident,
0:13:59 > 0:14:00and now she's terrified again.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03After working on our menu into the night,
0:14:03 > 0:14:05eager beaver Mary, I mean Kirstie,
0:14:05 > 0:14:07still has a little lamb to practice with early the next morning.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10I'm worried that if I get this bit wrong right at the start,
0:14:10 > 0:14:12it means the whole meal's messed up.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Yep, but now it's time to do it for real.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22Just 24 hours ago, everything one-pan wonder Kirstie made
0:14:22 > 0:14:24turned to cinders when she got distracted,
0:14:24 > 0:14:26leaving daughter Daisy in despair.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29So the Stefanator began a one-man mission
0:14:29 > 0:14:32to give this Disaster Chef mum a cookery crash course.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34I think you're doing brilliantly there.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Today, she must rustle up restaurant-standard food
0:14:36 > 0:14:40from a professional kitchen in this five-star, swanky hotel,
0:14:40 > 0:14:44to try and bag Yumms, not Yucks, from three mystery judges.
0:14:44 > 0:14:45Right, this is it!
0:14:45 > 0:14:49A big, shiny, scary professional kitchen
0:14:49 > 0:14:51where, in just a few short hours,
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Kirstie will be either cooking up a storm
0:14:53 > 0:14:56or crashing and burning in an explosion of destroyed ingredients!
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Aaah!
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Well, Stefan seems calm.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02But to be great chef, you have to look like one.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Cue costume change.
0:15:04 > 0:15:05Ta-da!
0:15:05 > 0:15:06STEFAN LAUGHS
0:15:06 > 0:15:08You look brilliant.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09Wow.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12And, of course, Daisy's her right-hand girl.
0:15:12 > 0:15:13Well, waitress, anyway.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16You have just three hours
0:15:16 > 0:15:21to cook a delicious two-course meal.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Three...two...one.
0:15:24 > 0:15:25Get cooking!
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Just this morning, Kirstie was handling the lamb like a pro,
0:15:28 > 0:15:31but now her confidence seems to have disappeared.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Don't keep squeezing it, cut it!
0:15:34 > 0:15:35She's looking a bit confused.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Don't panic, Mum. You're doing a great job.
0:15:40 > 0:15:41That's the spirit!
0:15:41 > 0:15:44This is the critical bit, cos she must...
0:15:44 > 0:15:47I mean, she's just got to make sure she doesn't cut lots of holes in...
0:15:47 > 0:15:49What's she doing?
0:15:49 > 0:15:50Going a bit baa-rmy!
0:15:50 > 0:15:53Instead of cutting around the bone and into the meat to spread it out,
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Kirstie's gone into panic mode,
0:15:55 > 0:15:58hacking away to get the bone out as fast possible.
0:15:58 > 0:15:59Eugh-ah!
0:15:59 > 0:16:02She's inventing a whole new technique of butchery here.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Come on, Mum.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Finally, the meat escapes the bone.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09STEFAN GASPS She's there! Yes!
0:16:09 > 0:16:10Well done.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14But Stefan's got a bone to pick with her.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Somewhere, you've got to cut it, OK? So you can spread it out.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18You still haven't opened it up.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Ah-ha. Right, OK. Ah.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22HE SIGHS
0:16:23 > 0:16:24Wow, this is going to be tough.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27Even tougher with Mr Picky standing over your shoulder.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31Look! She's absolutely mangled the lamb.
0:16:31 > 0:16:32She managed to get the bone out,
0:16:32 > 0:16:36but she's absolutely destroyed the poor thing.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39She could still pull this together, but it doesn't look good
0:16:39 > 0:16:42if she messed up the very first thing that she does.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43Bad news.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Kirstie finally cracks it, and soon it's that time again.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49# Hammer time! #
0:16:49 > 0:16:53Do you know, I can't imagine what she's thinking about(!)
0:16:53 > 0:16:54Vent how I'm feeling.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59After the stress of the lamb,
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Kirstie seems to have suffered short-term memory loss
0:17:02 > 0:17:04about her onions.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07I can't even seem to remember how to chop an onion at this point.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10Take the onion and chop it. Just a suggestion.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Stefan said to use the root to keep the onion together,
0:17:12 > 0:17:16cut towards but not up to the root, then across.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Hope the judges like onion skin in their food.
0:17:19 > 0:17:20I'd guess no.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23But with every little mistake, Kirstie's confidence is crumbling.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25I think it's going pretty badly.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27You think so?!
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Cos I'm not chopping correctly,
0:17:29 > 0:17:32I'm using the wrong pans, and I mucked up the lamb.
0:17:32 > 0:17:33Struggling with the technique.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Frightened to actually give the judges food poisoning.
0:17:36 > 0:17:37Well, you might be right.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40At least if they sick they'd have an excuse not to finish their meal.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Poor Daisy has to suffer your food every day.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46With the lamb in the oven, Kirstie cracks on with pudding.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48I think the sauce is looking quite good.
0:17:48 > 0:17:49What I'm going to do is leave it now
0:17:49 > 0:17:52and then heat it up just at the last minute,
0:17:52 > 0:17:53when we need it for the puddings.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57But the old Kirstie is never far away.
0:17:57 > 0:17:58It smells a bit burnt.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00That's my girl!
0:18:00 > 0:18:01Can you smell it?
0:18:01 > 0:18:02Thankfully not.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Now remember when I said that Kirstie has a concentration problem?
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Well, even though she's got lots to do and not much time,
0:18:08 > 0:18:10she takes a break and this happens.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Did I only chop one carrot?
0:18:13 > 0:18:15So I can't remember if I chopped one or two,
0:18:15 > 0:18:17so I'm just trying to reassemble it.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19There's no time to reassemble a carrot!
0:18:19 > 0:18:22OK. It's clear that Kirstie lacks...
0:18:22 > 0:18:26skill, concentration, focus, cooking ability,
0:18:26 > 0:18:28any knowledge of what she's up to,
0:18:28 > 0:18:30but what she does have is...
0:18:32 > 0:18:33What she does have is...
0:18:35 > 0:18:36..nice hair?
0:18:36 > 0:18:39With just 45 minutes till Kirstie must serve up,
0:18:39 > 0:18:42it's time to turn up the heat as the judges have arrived.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45Kirstie, you're smiling. THEY LAUGH
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Well, we've come to wipe that smile off your face.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Because it's time to reveal who your judges are.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Oh, no.
0:18:53 > 0:18:54- BOOMING VOICE:- Judge 1!
0:18:54 > 0:18:55That's my dramatic voice.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58It's the Professor from CBBC's School Of Silence,
0:18:58 > 0:18:59and he, along with assistant Helmut,
0:18:59 > 0:19:02will be making lots of noise if they're not happy with the food.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04We will be ruthless.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06We will check over, we will savour the taste,
0:19:06 > 0:19:09but if we don't like it, ptoo! We spit it in your face.
0:19:09 > 0:19:10He's a bit wacky.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12- Mm-hm.- Yeah.
0:19:12 > 0:19:13You can say that again.
0:19:13 > 0:19:14- BOOMING VOICE:- Judge 2!
0:19:14 > 0:19:15- SHE COUGHS - Sorry.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17It's best friend Alison McDonald,
0:19:17 > 0:19:20who's been unlucky enough to have eaten Kirstie's food before.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24Because Kirstie is my best friend, I can be brutally honest with her.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Fantastic!
0:19:26 > 0:19:28- You think she's going to be nice to you?- Uh-huh!
0:19:28 > 0:19:29Think again!
0:19:29 > 0:19:31- BOOMING VOICE:- Judge 3!
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Oh, it's Tam Cowan, restaurant critic
0:19:33 > 0:19:36for one of Scotland's biggest newspapers, the Daily Record.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38With 15 years' experience, Tam knows his tatties,
0:19:38 > 0:19:41so he has a very picky palate.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43I've actually been directly responsible
0:19:43 > 0:19:47for three restaurants closing in the past 15 years,
0:19:47 > 0:19:51so you could say I'm a pretty harsh judge of food.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53More nervous. I'll just wait to be criticised.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55I would be, yeah.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58I'm not even there and I'm terrified!
0:19:58 > 0:20:00With time ticking, the pressure's on.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03All right. Well, look, we'll leave you to carry on.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05- TIMER BEEPS - OK. Oh!
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Kirstie's family and friends have arrived,
0:20:07 > 0:20:09and our judges are readying themselves
0:20:09 > 0:20:12to dish up a Yumm or a Yuck for Kirstie's cooking.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15It's best of three, so two Yumms and she'll have made the grade.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Two or more Yucks
0:20:16 > 0:20:19and this Disaster Chef will be expelled from the kitchen forever.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23This is not good. She's never cooked lamb.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Right, what does she normally make for you?
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- Toast.- Toast? TAM LAUGHS
0:20:30 > 0:20:31Back in the kitchen,
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Kirstie's still got a fair way to go for both courses.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36I couldn't work this whisk yesterday cos it was...
0:20:36 > 0:20:38it went too fast, too quickly.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40WHISK WHIRRS
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Kirstie doesn't have time to reminisce.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Stefan's here to ramp up the pressure.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48What's going on? There's loads of stuff you haven't cooked with here.
0:20:48 > 0:20:49- 25 minutes.- OK.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52That's all I'm saying. 25 minutes and the food has to go.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55- OK.- OK?- OK, OK.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Oh, I forgot to time the potatoes...
0:20:57 > 0:20:59When they're burnt, they're done?
0:20:59 > 0:21:01..when I put them back in to roast.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04I can't remember how many minutes ago it was, so...
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Let's say they've been in about three minutes.
0:21:07 > 0:21:08Actually, it's nearly six,
0:21:08 > 0:21:11and in a professional oven, every second counts.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13But at least the lamb's looking lovely.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16OK. I hope it's not tough. That bit looks tough.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Less than five minutes to go, and there's still tons to do.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Those veggies aren't going to burn themselves.
0:21:25 > 0:21:26Right.
0:21:28 > 0:21:29A bit overdone.
0:21:29 > 0:21:30- Crispy.- Crispy.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32Crispy veg and gravy like glue -
0:21:32 > 0:21:34the judges could do some handicrafts!
0:21:34 > 0:21:36It's a bit thick. Ach!
0:21:36 > 0:21:38But at least she's remembered how to fix it.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40OK, um...
0:21:40 > 0:21:42I can't remember how to do this.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Oh, my, the spinach looks like something you'd find in a pond.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48But Mum's taking no notice - she's finally concentrating,
0:21:48 > 0:21:51determined to get everything on those plates...
0:21:51 > 0:21:55Right. Come on, Mum, the judges are hungry.
0:21:55 > 0:21:56I'm trying, I'm trying!
0:21:56 > 0:21:57..in any way she can.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59At this point, I don't care if I lose a finger.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01I do!
0:22:01 > 0:22:03She's even trying to add another string to her bow
0:22:03 > 0:22:05with a surprise side.
0:22:05 > 0:22:06Look at that.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08On second thoughts...
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Now masses and masses of... Oh.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14A little bit of gravy, then.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Kirstie's challenge was to make
0:22:16 > 0:22:18a restaurant-standard roast leg of lamb
0:22:18 > 0:22:19stuffed with apricots and almonds,
0:22:19 > 0:22:23served with bashed neeps, carrots and tatties, like this.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26And, finally, with all fingers intact, Kirstie's ready.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28I think it looks amazing.
0:22:29 > 0:22:30Right, Chef, are you happy?
0:22:30 > 0:22:33- Yep, as happy as I'll ever be. Go on, go, quick!- Let's go!
0:22:36 > 0:22:37I hope you enjoy your meal.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40- Thank you.- Thank you. - Thank you very much.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42I can't quite believe I've got it all on the plate.
0:22:42 > 0:22:43I didn't think I would.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45You're not the only one.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Absolutely blown away. Really, really proud of you.
0:22:48 > 0:22:49Thanks.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52The lamb's really nice, the lamb's been well cooked.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55This is... the best food she has ever made.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58For me, it would have been better without the stuffing.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02I don't like ze presentation, or ze taste,
0:23:02 > 0:23:05or ze temperature,
0:23:05 > 0:23:07and ze flavours aren't brilliant.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Well, the Professor's not easy to please, is he? Huh!
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Let's see what Stefan and Daisy think.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16That is phenomenal. I think that's great.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Would you like that on the table at home?
0:23:19 > 0:23:20I'd eat it all.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22Only the pudding to go,
0:23:22 > 0:23:25and I'm sure Kirstie's been concentrating the whole time.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Oh, no, hang on.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30OK, they look a bit well done, and some of them have risen...
0:23:30 > 0:23:31Mm-hm?
0:23:31 > 0:23:33..yeah, more than others.
0:23:33 > 0:23:34Luckily for Kirstie,
0:23:34 > 0:23:37she can just cut off the top and flip it over,
0:23:37 > 0:23:39and once it's been given a large dollop of sauce,
0:23:39 > 0:23:41it should end up looking like this.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44This is Kirstie's super-sticky butterscotch pudding.
0:23:44 > 0:23:45And I've seen worse.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48Are we ready?
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Hey, don't celebrate yet!
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Mm. This looks like it was bought.
0:23:55 > 0:23:56You don't get off that easily.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58- Enjoy your meal.- Thank you.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00It looks really good, thank you.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02All you can do now is hope.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04- That's very nice. - Absolutely astonished
0:24:04 > 0:24:08that she could make something that looked so professional
0:24:08 > 0:24:10and tastes so delicious.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Well, I think she could have just kind of...
0:24:13 > 0:24:14jazzed it up a wee bit more.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Mm-hm. I agree.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18"Jazzed it up a bit"? Oh, very picky.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21They were quite shocked when I handed it to them.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23I think they're going to enjoy it.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25BOTH: Shocked in a good way?
0:24:25 > 0:24:26THEY LAUGH
0:24:26 > 0:24:29I have to say, after a lot of tasting,
0:24:29 > 0:24:31I was pleasantly surprised that it was...
0:24:31 > 0:24:33awful!
0:24:33 > 0:24:36I don't believe you, I think you liked that.
0:24:36 > 0:24:37He did like it.
0:24:37 > 0:24:38You be quiet!
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Anyone else as confused as me?
0:24:40 > 0:24:44But as Daisy's the judge at home, it's time to get her verdict.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Mmm!
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Mmm...
0:24:48 > 0:24:50That is so....
0:24:50 > 0:24:51Save me a bit!
0:24:51 > 0:24:53That is so good.
0:24:53 > 0:24:54That is phenomenal.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55That is amazing.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57That is just...
0:24:57 > 0:25:00That is...what I wanted you to cook from the start.
0:25:00 > 0:25:05It's a thumbs-up from Daisy. Now it's time for...the verdict!
0:25:05 > 0:25:06DRAMATIC MUSIC
0:25:06 > 0:25:0924 hours ago, Daisy's Disaster Chef mum
0:25:09 > 0:25:13got so distracted, her dinners were usually burnt to a crisp.
0:25:13 > 0:25:14Stefan showed her a thing a two,
0:25:14 > 0:25:18and she's rustled up a two-course meal in a professional kitchen
0:25:18 > 0:25:21for CBBC's School Of Silence Professor,
0:25:21 > 0:25:22best friend Alison,
0:25:22 > 0:25:24and restaurant critic Tam.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27To determine whether the food's fit for a restaurant or not,
0:25:27 > 0:25:30the judges will give her a Yumm or Yuck.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Two Yumms and she's a Disaster Chef no more.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Two Yucks and it's back to school for Kirstie
0:25:34 > 0:25:36and a ruined reputation for Stefan,
0:25:36 > 0:25:39with Kirstie's family and friends as witnesses.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Judges-es...number one.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Your verdict, please.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46The Professor and Helmut hated the lamb.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49I think they liked the pudding but they are a bit odd.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52I thought this food, it had already been digested.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54This card is more tast...tasty.
0:25:54 > 0:25:59So I'm afraid, from us, it is...
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Oh, no!
0:26:01 > 0:26:02Disappointing.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04One more Yuck and it's game over,
0:26:04 > 0:26:08and best friend Alison did say she wasn't going to hold back.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Judge number two.
0:26:10 > 0:26:11Kirstie,
0:26:11 > 0:26:13you've cooked me some incredibly
0:26:13 > 0:26:15interesting dishes.
0:26:17 > 0:26:18Today...
0:26:20 > 0:26:21..it is
0:26:21 > 0:26:22- Yumm!- Yes!
0:26:22 > 0:26:23CHEERING
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Whoo-hoo!
0:26:25 > 0:26:27It all rests on restaurant critic Tam -
0:26:27 > 0:26:29he liked the lamb but not the stuffing.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31He loved the pudding but thought it lacked pizzazz.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33It's nail-biting stuff.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Judge number three.
0:26:35 > 0:26:36Kirstie,
0:26:36 > 0:26:41the apricot should definitely have decorated the dessert
0:26:41 > 0:26:45rather than threaten to spoil the lamb.
0:26:45 > 0:26:46Oh, dear.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48I'm really, really sorry...
0:26:51 > 0:26:52- ..it's a Yumm. - CHEERING
0:26:52 > 0:26:55Yay! Well done, Kirstie!
0:26:55 > 0:26:56Whoo-hoo-hoo!
0:26:57 > 0:27:01You've done it. You are no longer a Disaster Chef.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03How do you feel?
0:27:03 > 0:27:04Um, relieved.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Relieved that I managed it today.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Somehow, Kirstie managed to cook up a storm,
0:27:10 > 0:27:12so she can say goodbye to the Disaster Chef hat,
0:27:12 > 0:27:15and hello to the rather fetching Top Chef hat.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:27:17 > 0:27:20From distracted Disaster Chef to two Yumms in 24 hours.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23Let's hope it's just the start of Kirstie cooking up
0:27:23 > 0:27:26some delicious dinners for Daisy and the family.
0:27:26 > 0:27:30I'm really proud of her today, um... I think she's done a great job.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32At the end of the day, if that's her better,
0:27:32 > 0:27:35then I would hate to have had her cooking when it was at its worst.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38If Kirstie had served that up to me in a restaurant,
0:27:38 > 0:27:40and I was paying top dollar for it,
0:27:40 > 0:27:42I think I would've been more than happy.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44The chef was amazing,
0:27:44 > 0:27:45the waitress was amazing,
0:27:45 > 0:27:48and I can't wait to get my next meal cooked from Kirstie.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50I'm going to sit and read my newspaper
0:27:50 > 0:27:51and Kirstie can make the dinners.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55I didn't realise I'd have to do so much in such a short space of time.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57I've actually thoroughly enjoyed it.
0:27:57 > 0:27:58HE LAUGHS
0:27:58 > 0:28:01My nerves are in shreds - I can't believe Kirstie pulled it off!
0:28:01 > 0:28:06She went from burnt rice to stuffed-lamb glory!
0:28:06 > 0:28:08It just shows that, with enough hard work,
0:28:08 > 0:28:11even the worst chef on the planet can achieve miracles.