Jakarta Slum Survivors

These are the world's toughest slums.

Home to over a billion people across the planet.

They fight poverty, pollution and disease every day.

But many don't just survive...

they positively thrive.

To be successful they have to be driven,

disciplined and resourceful.

But, can they motivate young Brits

who think they've really got it tough?

That's nasty. I refuse to do that again!

To find out, we're putting trainee plumbers, mechanics and chefs

to the test with 10-day slum apprenticeship

to see if they're got what it takes to call themselves slum survivors.

This time three wannabe chefs set out to prove themselves...

Let's get cooking.

..in some of the world's most challenging kitchens.

No, I'm actually think I'm going to be sick.

Did you hear that? Rat!

They'll be using the scariest ingredients.

Oh, no! No, no, no.

I just got a pre-sick burp.

But the biggest battle of all will be each other.

I've got to go. I'm actually going to hit her.

Cry me a river.

Why should I be made to feel like

I'm a bit of shit on the bottom of her shoe?

Cooking to me is an emotion thing.

It's the only way I can express how I feel.

Chelsie is 17 and training to be a professional chef at college.

That is the best ever cake I've ever made.

She'd love to get a job at a top restaurant,

but she's stuck scraping a living in her local caff in Worthing.

Soon as the recession hit,

everything went from up here, all the way down here.

Money is just a nightmare, to be honest.

But her mum knows keeping any job is a challenge for Chelsie.

Get on the wrong side of her, big mistake.

The whole world will know about it.

I am an argumentative person. I walk out of jobs

because the one thing I hate is criticism.

I even got fired from this one.

But is she ready to leave Worthing

and keep a lid on her temper for the first time?

Being the eldest, it makes you realise

I've got to do something.

I think cooking really, in a way, saved me.

I wasn't happy in myself, so I wasn't trying at school.

Aria did so badly at college

that when he finally passed his GCSE maths,

his dad's reaction went viral.

-Is that real?

-Yes.

-Is that real?!

-Yes.

SOBBING: My God!

When Aria told me that he had got his C,

I literally could not believe it.

I literally... And I thought "Wow, a pinnacle moment in my life

-"has happened."

-HE GIGGLES

He's 17, at catering college...

Done, Chef.

..and finding it impossible to get paid work.

It's really difficult to find a job in this day and age, in my opinion.

But his CV does come with some small print -

he won't do the boring jobs.

I was wondering if you've got any job vacancies at all.

Not at the moment.

'I worked in a kitchen for about three months

'and I didn't enjoy it at all,

'they were giving me menial jobs,

'chopping huge tubs of 500 onions and it just wasn't fun.'

As Aria heads for the toughest job he's ever had,

his dad's hoping it'll help turn his life around.

I hope that Aria will come back with a much better understanding

of the world around him.

Finally, meet Lakshmi.

She's 21, lives in London, and wants a fresh start

after losing her teenage years to booze.

I guess alcohol and socialising became like the most important thing

in the world.

Obviously it shouldn't have been.

She works in a luxury food market

and dreams of opening her own restaurant.

But there's a problem -

she has little experience and no qualifications.

It's just this feeling of not knowing what to do

to take a first step... Which way do I go?

I knew I was going to have to do it soon,

because it's getting to an age where I can't just work in a market

all my life.

This is the opportunity for Lakshmi to prove herself,

but has she got what it take to run her own restaurant?

It's time to stop being so lazy, really.

-Bye, Mum.

-Bye, my love. Come back soon, OK?

Of course, of course.

'Now I feel like it's time to change.'

For 10 days, Aria, Chelsie and Lakshmi

will be learning the business of success and survival

from slum chefs in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia.

Where's that?

Jakarta? Don't know, I've never heard of Jakarva. Jakarta.

I don't' even know where we are.

I think it's on the west side of Indonesia.

-Indonesia.

-Is it actually?

-Is that where you're going?

-Yeah!

HE SCREAMS JOYFULLY

It's over 7,000 miles away from home in the heart of Asia.

I'm excited. I wouldn't say worried. New experiences.

Whatever happens, happens.

But I'm generally just scared of going in a plane.

-It'll be fine. Have you ever been on a plane before?

-No.

-Oh, wow.

-I've never been aboard.

-You're going to have a great time.

She's never been away from her family either,

so I think she'll probably...

She might be the first to cry, maybe.

Not having Mum here just really gets to me.

Not having my little brother, even though he torments me.

I'm miles and miles away from home.

I think that's what gets to me.

I think it's the fact of being so far away from home.

Probably going to be hard at some points.

There are going to be ups and downs,

but we're going to get through. We're going to deal with it.

This is Jakarta - a city where dreams can come true.

Over 10 million people live here

and thousands more arrive very year in search of jobs and a better life.

The potential rewards are huge -

Jakarta's winners enjoy every luxury.

But for many, their journey starts here in the city slums,

and it's cooking that provides an income.

Street food is a national obsession,

and there are chefs on every corner rustling up fresh, delicious,

and interesting dishes.

It's day one and our UK chefs are heading for the port.

It stinks!

Thinking about it, compared to all of this,

how hard all of these people are working,

it makes me think that I'm really, really lazy.

Not feeling safe, not feeling safe.

People smile a lot more here.

Their first boss is Andi.

He runs his own seafood restaurant and has high expectations

of his new trainees.

At just 16 he left his family in country

to find work, and now sends all his profits back home.

Andi. - Chelsie.

-Andi.

-Aria.

Lakshmi.

It looks really nice, doesn't it?

Yeah, it does.

So how many hours do you work?

-That's 20 hours.

-Crazy.

Do you enjoy what you do? - Yeah.

You enjoy it. Yeah, he understood.

Is it safe? I hope so.

There's a smell of rotting fish about this whole area.

Andi has three employees

but no fridge, freezer, or oven,

and definitely no fire extinguisher.

If I started out here, to be honest, I don't think I'd survive.

You ain't got an air vent to take up all the heat,

all the smoke, you ain't got none of that.

It's a case of you're in an unsafe cooking area

and it's not nice.

Tonight, they'll be put to the test in Andi's kitchen,

but first he wants to show them the area.

ARIA SIGHS

It's just like upsetting, really, isn't it?

Yeah, all you can see is rubbish.

It's right outside where they live as well.

-Little kids are playing and stuff.

-Yeah.

-It's horrible.

-Oh, it stinks.

It smells like sewage, open sewage, isn't it?

Whoa!

Oh, my God!

Jeez, man. It doesn't feel real.

My brain's not been able to comprehend it.

Do you feel happy living in the surrounding you live in?

Are you satisfied by walking around here and seeing this

or does it really upset you?

Seeing this really upsets me.

These children, these kids grow up here.

Normal tourists don't come into these places.

We've been lucky enough to come here.

It's been a real eye opener.

The sea of rubbish is a stand off

between slum dwellers building here illegally

because they can't afford rent prices

and the government, who won't provide services to squatters.

I'm feeling a lot of emotions right now.

The government, especially, should be looking after their people.

This is their country, everyone's a part of it.

It's really hard to see.

When you hear and you see the sadness in Andi's voice as well.

When you look at the kids and everyone's saying that life's bad,

have you seen what they're actually wearing?

They're wearing Adidas shoes and stuff.

Don't say shit like that.

Yeah, I know, but if they've got money to buy...

This is what I don't get.

People always go on about how bad things are.

There are things that can be done, but people are more concerned

about how they look and their reputation, which is what gets to me.

I think you're actually just speaking out of ignorance right now,

because these clothes...

Half of their shoes are too big for them as kids.

They've probably got from charity.

They can't afford clothes.

If they could afford clothes, don't you think they'd think

about living conditions more than anything?

It pees me off the fact that people can stand there and be like,

"Yeah, but you're wrong, you're ignorant."

I'm just saying exactly what everyone else who I know back at home

would be saying.

That is my genuine opinion, and that's how I feel.

Andi's tour of his area is over,

but Chelsie's anger at Lakshmi isn't about to go away.

Do you want to talk about it?

No, cos for the past two days, and I've been saying it,

I just think you've been really nasty.

It was the horrible little comments and you being really there

and making me feel like shit.

This is an experience I want to enjoy.

I can't enjoy it if the whole time you're going to think you're greater.

I don't think I'm greater than you.

Yeah, but that is how you're coming across.

I feel like your comments about how this is aren't really appropriate.

-It made me angry in that moment where...

-Yeah, but...

Wait, no, no. I let you speak. If you let me speak.

But you've got the wrong idea of this whole thing.

I'm not trying to be horrible. I think you're very disrespectful

-about this situation here as well.

-This isn't me being disrespectful!

OK. All right. Fine, fine, Chelsie. You're right.

Do you want me to show you what disrespectful means?

Oh, grow up, man. Everyone just chill out.

-I just offered to sort things out with you...

-No, you're horrible.

There's no need to be dramatic.

Stop making a scene.

I don't get angry very quickly and you're getting me very angry.

OK. That's fine.

This is the generation of today.

Oh. Everyone, behave.

Youth of today, well done, well done.

Oh, you're... Oh! I've got to go.

-I'm actually going to hit her. I'm sorry.

-Storm off.

How dramatic!

Chelsie! Oh, God.

Cry me a river.

I wasn't being disrespectful in any way.

There's a lot of people, yeah, that live like this.

But I'm not being funny, what can we do to help them? Nothing.

So why sit around and moan about it?

I'm not being funny, this isn't our country.

I don't want to be disrespectful, and I'm not being,

but I can't help them, I don't live here

I'm upset by what was happening back there.

I'm not upset about this situation,

cos this is trivial compared to the shit they have to deal with.

Why should I be made to feel like

I'm a bit of shit on the bottom of her shoe?

It's not fair at all.

I'm not a violent person at all,

but obviously if she's threatening to hit me

then who knows?

Hiya.

I'm just here to say... Number one, are you all right?

Right, no. OK.

Number two, if we're in the kitchen...

I don't want to sound like a dick, but if we're in the kitchen,

this can't be...

I've said to Lakshmi as well. This can't be cracking off,

especially in the kitchen.

People like you are so far up their arse.

You generally are.

Oh, OK.

OK.

Jesus.

People should know getting involved in other people's business

makes things ten times worse.

That's just made me feel ten times more shit.

I want to go home.

That is it. I want to go home.

As evening falls, the girls are refusing to back down

and Andi decides he can't have three British chefs at war in his kitchen.

At the end of day one, the trainees have failed to cook anything

or deal with the realities of slum life.

It's the next morning, and Andi's determined to get them up to speed.

Chelsie's had time to reflect on yesterday's fall out.

I threatened I was going to hit her

and that's really, really disgraceful of me.

I really couldn't believe I said that.

No matter how much you don't get on with someone,

no matter how much you dislike someone,

that shouldn't get in the way of a dream that you want to do.

Like all my previous jobs I wanted them,

but I walked away because I didn't get on with them.

If I want to work there, I've just got to...

keep my mouth shut, really.

The first task Andi sets them is to buy tonight's ingredients

in Jakarta's biggest fish market,

where hundreds of tons of product is sold every day.

Bawal. - Bawal.

One kilo. - One, one, one kilo bawal.

-One kilo kuwe.

-Kuwe.

-Yeah.

-One kilo ayam ayam.

-Ayam ayam.

-Yes.

They must secure the freshest fish at the best price.

It's no easy task.

It's hot, the ice is melting,

and some of the fish are beginning to go off.

Oh, this is going to be interesting.

I honestly don't think I've ever smelt such a bad smell in my life.

It's horrendous.

Kuwe?

Yeah, kuwe.

Is it shark?

Oh, there's a rat.

Hello.

I'm looking for bawal. Bawal fish?

Kuwe?

How much for one kilo?

35?

No?

I've got to go, then.

Ah, bloody hell.

Where's the "excuse me"?

Aria! Aria!

He called me back and he was like, "OK, OK, 35, 35."

So we got it done. Business gets done.

How much is it for one kilo?

45? Can I get one kilo then, please?

Thank you.

I don't feel comfortable right now. I really don't.

I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

I need one kilo.

Yeah, for 20 rupiah.

Thank you.

So down, down, down, down, pull apart?

Yeah.

About six months ago, I could never have imagined myself

doing something in such an unhealthy way.

Like in the sense that this is really unhygienic

and the fact that I'm doing it, I think it takes a lot of courage.

Did you hear that?

There was a rat.

Oh, no!

If we saw that in the kitchen at work, everyone would go mental.

You would have the HO in, everybody in.

It's that strong of a fish that when you try and pop it,

its eyeball actually comes out.

Look.

People probably think, "Oh, that's disgusting,

"she's touching an eyeball."

But to get the feel of a fish and get to know what it all feels like

it's less disgusting when you have to come to do it again.

You want me to set it alight?

-OK, OK, OK.

-Yeah? Cool.

That's not too bad.

You put it underneath.

Andi's teenage employees do all the dirty work,

but for Aria, it's his worst nightmare.

Oh, onions.

Yay(!)

If I was chopping these mini onions all day, these crazy hours,

she has like 20 hours, I would absolutely hate it.

It's just so mind-numbing.

You can't have creativity in any single way.

Oh, man.

Meanwhile the girls are having the time of their lives!

Look, there! Look at how much fun they're having.

They're dancing and shit.

# Shall we dance?

# Shall we dance? #

Oh, man.

This is what people do in London.

In London.

CHELSIE LAUGHS

Listen, they've got Andi to dance with.

I've got a chilli, that's fine.

Lakshmi's got the job that I wanted - the cooking job.

It's fun, man. You've got the heat, you're getting involved.

Flipping fish.

I'm literally terrified of the fire. So hot.

Having set out to buy the best, fresh fish,

it's the moment of truth.

Is it good?

OK.

OK.

He's explained to me that the fish I bought is not good.

He says it's not a good fish because it's mushy inside,

which is not good.

I just feel disappointed in myself that I messed something up so easy.

But all we can do is learn, really.

Meanwhile Andi feels at least one of his trainees has excelled.

Hello.

People would walk down here and go, "Oh, my God, it smells,

"I'm not going down there."

But I've adapted to it. I can stay here for ages

and be like, "Yeah, it don't bother me."

I've never felt so good about coming somewhere so bad.

Street chefs like Andi get all their ingredients locally.

Animals are kept and slaughtered in back yards,

and fish come directly from the sea.

But, as Jakarta transforms into a modern mega city,

people must find new ways to adapt.

This is one sketchy bridge.

Having failed to buy fresh fish at the market,

Aria is about to discover the new challenges

of being a slum fisherman.

Hi. Aria.

Captain Sini.

Captain Sini, right. Nice to meet you.

Are we going?

That is sketchy!

Goddamn...

For over 30 years, Captain Sini has been trawling the ocean

to provide a living for his family.

So hundreds of these boats come out every single day to get fish.

We went to the market and bought some of the fish these guys

had caught or people like these.

This is their livelihood.

If they don't get any fish they don't get paid.

For the captain, a new danger has appeared on the horizon.

There just seems to be winners, but then a lot of losers -

the people that were already here, living a simpler life.

Now the captain has to come out further and further every time

he wants to fish, which obviously costs more petrol,

which costs more money.

They've put nets in and they've pulled out all these little guys.

This one just came in. What's this called?

-Puya.

-Puya. This is a puya.

The water is so polluted,

but still they've got all these different fish.

It's quite amazing, really.

You would think they'd all be dead or dying.

Most of the fishermen live around the port,

but flooding regularly destroys their homes and businesses.

The government is building sea defences to protect the area,

but to do this the slums have to go...

and families relocated to new council houses.

This is what happened to Captain Sini and his family,

but is it better?

The girls go to visit his wife in their new flood-free flat.

Would you say that you're grateful that you have this place

or would you rather be where you originate from, which is in a slum?

Back at sea, Aria finally gets to serve up

some freshly caught fish for the crew.

There you go, Captain!

Thank you very much.

Want a bit?

Really good.

Really fresh, as well, obviously, cos we just caught it today.

It's nice. Nice way of life.

I think it gets to the point where you don't really care

about the fish and the pollution.

If you have to eat, you have to eat.

In a fast-changing world, the captain and his family,

like thousands of others, will have to find new ways

to fish and survive.

Over two million people live and survive in Jakarta's slums.

Lakshmi, Aria and Chelsie are about to experience

what it's like to do this 24/7.

Oh, it stinks.

Yeah, I know.

They've got a room - it's tiny, has no windows

and backs onto an open sewer.

Today they've been getting along so well,

they should be able to cope easily.

Sound. No, this is fine.

This is good, isn't it?

I don't sleep if it's too hot.

You're really bothered about the cockroach, aren't you?

There's loads of them.

Stop it. Oh, my God.

Just don't point them out.

It doesn't matter, you don't have to look at them.

Chill out!

No, I'm not going to chill out.

Nothing should be able to get to you, cos we will have our mozzy nets.

I'm not really that scared. Don't worry, Chelsie.

I wasn't anyway.

But there's no room for arguments in here -

the real threat are the mosquitoes which can give you dengue fever,

a dangerous tropical disease.

They need to get their nets up quickly.

We need to figure out how big it is and where it's to go first.

It's pretty big. Aria's going to figure out...

We don't know where to hang it.

Yeah, I know, we'll see how big it is...

-Stop talking to me like that.

-Like what?

I'm trying to be nice.

"We need to see how big it is and where it goes first."

It's really patronising, you don't need to.

Oh, my God. I wasn't being patronising.

I was just asking a genuine question.

All right, OK.

Well, check your tone of voice next time.

I don't need to do anything.

If they just start kicking off,

I'm just going to tell them straight,

separate them if I need to.

I sound like a flipping dad!

Separate them if I need to?!

Do you know what I mean?

She won't have a conversation with me without raising her voice,

so how am I supposed to...?

How am I supposed to do that?

I mean, I've tried.

What's the point in sleeping next to someone

that you know you're not going to get along with?

You're going to get hot in the night, you're going to get frustrated

when your skin touches theirs, because you're hot and sweaty.

There'll just be more arguments.

I have to sleep in a room with her, and she's so rude!

If she doesn't give anyone else a chance to speak -

as she does all day, every day, she doesn't let anyone else speak,

she just talks and talks and talks -

how are you ever going to, if you don't listen,

how are you ever going to sort things out?

I ain't here to please her or Aria. I'm here for me,

which is why I'm not upset. I don't care.

Lie down.

Can they bite through the net?

-Just get to your feet.

-WOOD FALLS

-Oh!

-Oh!

-Are you all right?

-Yeah, it did.

Are you all right?

Em, yeah, I think so.

Yeah, it's fine.

It was all going so well, as well.

We'll get used to that.

The nets are finally up, and it's time to sleep...

or not.

There's a flipping hole, isn't there, out into the open?

It stinks of sewage.

Oh, don't, cos you're wafting it in here!

Can you move that way a little bit? Jesus.

If you move, you'll be touching me.

The exhausted trainees have settled down at last,

though some slum inhabitants will be up all night.

It's six in the morning and our three have survived.

Oh, I found my shorts.

I slept barely two hours, or something.

I slept like an hour and 45 minutes. Maybe two hours.

I got a massive headache, my head was throbbing, so I was like,

"I've got dengue fever."

Yeah, there was a point when in my mind I was thinking,

"I just wish I could have some sort of fever to get out of this place."

Cos it's honestly...

Chelsie, Aria and Lakshmi will return to the port and Andi

later in the week.

But they're about to meet a chef who started with nothing

and cooked her way to success.

HORNS BEEP

Beep, beep!

Their new job means relocating to city centre.

Here the extremes of luxury and poverty collide.

Here it just seems like there's a total divide.

There's a massive shopping mall, which is like crazy modern,

then across the road you've got...

Literally across the road, there are people into the river.

That is mental.

The goal of every slum chef is to get a pitch in central Jakarta,

where customers have more cash.

Look.

Their new boss is Mrs Intan, a proud owner of a 24-hour street cafe

specialising in curries.

Her business provides her kids with nice clothes,

a good education and an apartment up the road.

Here they'll be doing a 12-hour shift alongside her workers.

Lakshmi's job is making home-made sausage using cows' intestines.

Oh, is this the intestines?

-I actually think I'm going to be sick.

-Go outside.

Oh, my God, this is so disgu...

Ew, it's so gross.

Are you actually joking? I am back on fish.

I can't. I physically can't do this.

Come on, if I can do this being brought up a vegetarian,

you definitely can clean some...

-Put your finger in there and then tell me how you feel after.

-No.

Aria is back on vegetables, again,

and is feeling the effects of his one night in the slum.

I'm super, super tired.

I've literally never been this tired before.

We had mosquito nets, and mine fell off on one arm.

That arm just got munched on.

They had a nice feast.

No-one likes getting told off.

City centre customers want their food quick,

so the trainees will have to up their speed.

Yeah, good?

Basically, what's happening is we're going to have to move super fast now

because there are other customers going to other restaurants,

because everything is not ready.

"Hello, I am dead."

As the girls battle blood and guts,

Aria has a light-bulb moment.

Before, it's funny, cos before if it was veg, I'd be like,

"Oh, crap. I've got veg."

Now I'm like, "Thank God I've got veg!"

-This OK?

-Very good.

I had the revelation while cutting a cabbage.

Oh, my!

Ah, you got me soaked!

-Sorry.

-It's fine.

Probably got cow juice all over my feet.

CHELSIE LAUGHS

I'm a disaster.

I think Lakshmi and me are getting on a lot better now.

I think the fact that we had to spend the night together

and next to each other was better for us.

It's a case of you're going to have to put up with me

and I'm going to have to put up with her.

I think it's made us both realise it's all right.

Two left.

-Aria?

-Done.

-OK.

-Good?

-Good, good.

Done. - OK.

And I'm well and truly soaked.

I have a crippled back.

It's really, really warm in here.

These guys have to do this all day.

After a very slow start, our trainee chefs

finally produce a feast of fried fish, curries, sausage, and crackers

just in time for lunch.

During a break, so our three want to know more

about Mrs Intan's employees.

Where is it that your workers live, then?

I think it's amazing that these men are working and sleeping

in just one room all day,

just so they can send money home to their families.

It really shows how dedicated they are

and how much they care about their family.

At the end of a long and very hot shift, a miracle has happened.

Chelsie's managed to keep her professional hat on,

and her mouth shut.

There you go, enjoy.

When I get back home, I think I'm going to find a job

and try and stick at it.

I'm going to try and keep my mouth shut and be good.

Hello.

'I think I might be growing up.'

One of Jakarta's most famous places for street food, is Manga Besar.

On this street, exotic, animals are killed, and cooked in front of you.

The trainees have come to try a special delicacy...

snake.

I like snakes a lot, to the point that if I have to eat one, I won't.

When it comes to drinking things, I'm a bit more on the edge...

..because they make me more gaggy.

Drinking snake blood is an ancient tradition

and is believed to give you an energy boost.

No. No!

What the...? Oh, my God!

Right in front of me.

THEY SCREAM

Oh, my God. It's still moving!

Oh, no!

No way.

No, no, no.

Oh, my God.

The snakes are taken from the wild, but it's not illegal.

One each, yeah? One cobra blood each.

Oh, no, no, no.

This is without doubt the worst thing so far. Definitely.

Oh, my word.

Are they venomous?

No, no, no, no, no.

Oh, my God.

They're peeling the skin back, they're peeling the skin back.

Oh! Look.

That looks really bad, doesn't it?

I don't think it looks that bad, to be honest.

I think it looks like a fashion garment.

No!

Oh, no.

Now he's adding tendons in it.

-No!

-No!

Come on, if there's bits in it, that's even harder to drink.

I'm going to be sick, I reckon.

Honestly, I think I'm going to be sick.

I just got a pre-sick burp.

I can't.

Stand up.

I can't believe I'm doing this. Oh, my God.

-Oh, my word. Oh, no.

-I'm shitting a brick.

-I'm shaking.

-I'm not joking.

One, two, three, go!

CHELSIE COUGHS

CHELSIE RETCHES

No. Nah-ah. Nah-ah.

APPLAUSE

Well done, Lakshmi. Well done.

When I saw him preparing it, I was freaking out, freaking out.

From the noises I was making, I'm pretty sure everyone around me,

even the guy preparing it was sure

that I probably wouldn't have drank it.

But I just thought I'd get it out. Get out my emotions.

"Oh, my God, this is so crazy, what I'm about to do."

You see a snake being killed.

Yeah, fair enough, there's table theatre,

but you should go to an extent... You should know when that's too much.

Killing the animal in front of you is just disgusting.

Every bit of the snake is eaten.

The meat is served up as a kebab.

The snake kebab things were great.

I would eat them any day of the week,

with the peanut sauce as well.

Snake meat might taste good,

but Aria is about to discover the reality

of keeping wild animals for food.

Ujang the cobra seller lives in an upmarket city centre slum.

He earns good money cooking up a whole array of exotic animals.

It's not going to fly at us, is it?

It's a bat.

It's a bit mean, really.

Yeah, he looks a bit annoyed from being held like that.

He doesn't look happy, does he?

What do you make with the bats?

Many Indonesians from all walks of life eat bat meat

in the belief it cures asthma, though there's no proof it does.

-Oh, it's a lizard.

-Oh, my God.

Oh, no!

'Seeing the animals in those conditions,'

locked up in those little boxes, especially the lizard,

I thought it was disgusting. It really got to me.

This pisses me off loads.

You can't just shove an animal in a bag,

pop it in a little box,

pop it to one side.

Ujang's customers eat lizard as a treatment for diabetes.

Doctors are expensive in Indonesia,

so people turn to traditional medicine.

Yeah, we just don't really see animal cruelty like this.

I know they don't stuff animals in bags.

Well, you don't know that.

Snakes do. Snakes arrive in bags like that.

Literally like, "Here you go."

If you're going to keep an animal,

you should at least have the conditions to look after it.

Even monkey brain is eaten by some here too -

they think it makes them perform better in bed.

It's so cute, that monkey, so to think someone's is going to eat it,

it's really like... I don't know, it's really sad.

That's a cute monkey. And they're smart as well.

You don't seem very upset that it's trapped in a little cage.

I said at the start that it should be in a bigger cage.

Aria is getting annoyed because I was smiling at a monkey.

Yeah, it's not nice seeing it in that,

but I didn't really look at it like that.

I looked at it like, "That's such a cute animal,

"I just want to take it home," type of smile.

Not a "Yeah, look it's in a small cage, ha-ha."

It was a good smile.

Ujang's young worker doesn't share their concerns.

This type of monkey is not officially endangered,

but selling monkey meat has meant some species are being hunted

to the point of extinction.

In fact, cooking monkey has become very controversial in Jakarta,

and Ujang claims he's also had a change of heart.

That's how I feel as well. I'm glad you've stopped.

It's been an eye-opener for all three,

but Aria's realises the situation won't change any time soon.

There are so many other problems that need to be addressed

in this country, this city.

Animals in boxes are the least of their worries.

Lakshmi, Aria and Chelsie have been in Jakarta for seven days.

So far they've experienced life in the slums,

but for many people here it's a city

of designer names, luxury cars and wealth.

Celebrity TV Chef Marinka Rinrin has made big money

through TV shows and brand endorsements.

She's one of Indonesia's toughest talking chefs

and wants to put our three trainees to the test.

Hi, everyone.

Hi, guys. I'm Marinka. Welcome to my kitchen.

I'm going to give you a challenge to cook two iconic Indonesian dishes

and you will have to finish that in 75 minutes.

For the first time, they'll be judged on presentation,

as well as taste.

It's a competition so they need to be pumped.

Yeah, I don't think I'll be able to present it well at all.

I'm quite scared about that.

The first dish is a fish satay.

There's a lot going on, isn't there?

The second is a simple salad.

Easy.

-You like it?

-Yeah.

This is what you're going to have to do in terms of the taste.

Make it as similar as possible

I'm really, really, really, really, really, REALLY confident.

I know my sauces are probably going to be the best.

Maybe I can get a better presentation that she goes,

"Actually, I might use that." That's what I want.

If it doesn't taste good, it's a big zero.

OK, chop chop.

That thing you don't have to wait for.

You don't have to wait for it. You don't have to crush it,

you don't have to wait for it. You do something else.

OK, faster. Chop chop.

-Do you want to have a taste now?

-Not really.

Where are the peanuts?

In any kitchen, teamwork is key.

Lakshmi and Chelsie used all the peanuts.

Then they used all the sugar as well.

Isn't this the sugar?

That's salt. If you've been using that as sugar,

then God help your food.

-I've just used the salt as sugar.

-Does it taste like crap?

-Yeah.

Oops.

You have another 15 minutes to finish those two dishes.

15 minutes already? Oh, my God.

In doesn't matter what kitchen you're in,

it's speed, presentation and taste

that keeps customers coming back for more.

Definitely failed so badly.

Catastrophically.

They couldn't be going any slower and still making basic mistakes.

In the real world, probably, you're all done. Done with.

-Done in the chef world.

-Done in the chef world.

-Do you guys still want to be in this world?

-Yes.

Time's up but they're no way here done,

so Marinka's forced to give them an extra 15 minutes.

Time is up.

Everything must be done by now.

-CHELSIE: I've done well.

-You haven't completed it.

Don't need to. I know that I've done my best, I've done well.

No, no. You've done your best, yes. We've all done our best,

but I don't think we've done well.

I think I've done well.

Well, it's time to find out.

It's OK, but it tastes more like fish dumpling.

Presentation is beautiful though.

For you, Aria - you should learn more about your presentation,

but you know what? Your sauce is really, really good.

Thank you.

What do you think?

I didn't put any salt in it.

Yes, no salt at all!

So how do you feel, guys?

-Terrible.

-Bad.

Lakshmi, I heard that you want to open a restaurant?

Yeah, hopefully.

After today, I don't think I should.

I think you should start from zero for everything.

Doesn't mean that you don't have any talent.

Because success is 10% talent, 90% determination.

Aria, you are a tad slow, but you have the attitude

that I want to have as apprentice in my kitchen.

Thank you.

Yes. Chelsie, maybe you should just...more.

Less complaining. Just cooking and do everything right.

Even in a professional kitchen packed with modern gadgets,

our three aspiring chefs have fallen short of the mark.

It's their final day in Jakarta,

and Andi's giving them one last chance

to prove themselves before they head home.

-Andi!

-Hello.

-Hello.

-Hey, man.

How are you doing?

Last time they fought more than they cooked.

This time they've got to get it right.

Let's get cooking, man.

All his fish need to be gutted and prepared, ready for lunch.

What time are they coming?

Half an hour!

Oh, God. We better hurry up then, eh, Andi?

The clock is ticking, and they've only got 20 minutes

to get all the fish cooked and served.

Come on, fire.

Yes. Yes!

Fire!

I feel like a real man now.

Aria make fire for food.

I love fire.

As they battle 50-degree temperatures,

Aria reflects on young chefs who do this everyday.

On this trip, I've met a lot of young men who work night and day

living in terrible conditions just to support their families.

That's being a man.

I've got beyond respect for them.

Come on, Andi. Andi, Andi, Andi, Andi.

Chelsie, Chelsie, Chelsie.

I'm well happy I've made new friends over here.

For Chelsie every challenge is now an opportunity.

On this trip I have left my mum for the first time,

faced rats, faced cockroaches,

seen lots of horrible things.

It's kind of made me a stronger person, I suppose.

Thank you.

Andi's customers have arrived and are ready to eat,

but there's no fish.

It seems to be like their flames are too high,

so they can't put the fish on just yet.

Ah!

I don't know. I think that's what everyone's waiting for.

The fish should be ready, and the customers are filling up

with rice and salad.

We're going to try and rush through this, but not compromise quality.

How do you think it's going? It's hot.

It's going.

Not only are you battling with heat,

you're battling with smoke as well.

To get this right, the skin needs to be crispy but not falling off

whilst keeping the fish in one piece.

They just disintegrate.

-Ready? Lakshmi.

-Sorry. I can feel the heat on my face.

-Get on it, yeah?

-I know.

THEY SPEAK INDONESIAN

Customers were really happy and really nice about the food.

I'm quite proud of myself.

With just a few hours until they fly home,

it's time to say goodbye to Andi.

This is the last time we'll see you.

It's been a pleasure meeting you.

Friend. - Friend, yes.

I hope we meet again. Can I have a hug?

Goodbye hug?

Andi, man, it's been a pleasure meeting you.

I think you're a great chef and a great guy.

Good friend, man.

Lakshmi, Aria, and Chelsie have tasted success at last,

and are determined to use what they've learned back home.

Before I was a bit, "Oh, we've got to work our way from the bottom,

"we've got to chop veg all day, got to clean the bins."

That is nothing compared to what they do here.

That is nothing.

I just feel that when I go back I'm not going to complain

about as much pointless crap as I did before.

My greatest challenge has probably been Lakshmi

because we don't see eye to eye.

The fact that when I'm in the kitchen I want to be more professional,

I want to have more control over myself.

If I could pull one thing out of this whole experience

it would be if you've got a dream,

don't let go of it and never give up.

It's six weeks later and all three are back home.

For Lakshmi, her slum experience has changed her life plans completely.

Jakarta made me panic about my life, and think about what I wanted to do.

Being in the slums has definitely helped me realised

that cooking can only help a small sector of people,

so I've decided to go back into education

and study politics and international relations,

and hopefully help those people and other people across the world

get out of poverty.

Chelsie and Aria both have a week left of catering college,

and are clearer about their futures.

So this experience has really inspired me

to make my own master plan.

So I'm going to go round the world looking for different cooking jobs,

basically cook my way around the world,

seeing loads of new places and trying new foods.

If I have to chop onions to be able to travel the world

then I'm more than happy to do it.

Being in Indonesia has changed me in many ways.

I used to argue the whole time, especially with my family.

It's not my cup of tea any more.

My dream is still to be a qualified, decent chef.

I will achieve it if I keep my head the way it is.

I've also learnt to be more professional.

At the same time, I'm still going to be myself,

but I'm going to pipe down...

(just a bit.)

Next time, three trainee plumbers have to get down and dirty...

That's not legal!

..in the open sewers of Mumbai.

I actually saw a poo flying past me when I was in this water.

It's disgusting seeing a dead sheep down the road in the sea and river.