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'16 celebrities are battling it out to win the coveted MasterChef crown.' | 0:00:05 | 0:00:11 | |
I'm really loving it. I'm hoping everyone else is rubbish. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:14 | |
-These celebrities have already reached the top of their profession. -But can they cut it in the kitchen? | 0:00:16 | 0:00:22 | |
I'm finding it really quite tough, if I'm honest with you. | 0:00:23 | 0:00:27 | |
If you're in a competition, you've got to leg it to win the race. | 0:00:28 | 0:00:32 | |
Cooking doesn't get tougher than this. | 0:00:33 | 0:00:35 | |
'All this week, these four celebrities have been put through their paces | 0:00:48 | 0:00:52 | |
'in a bid to find the next MasterChef champion. | 0:00:52 | 0:00:57 | |
'But at the end of today, one of them will be going home.' | 0:00:57 | 0:01:01 | |
Sharpen your knives, celebrities. It's show time. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:04 | |
It's been really tough. There's no doubt about that. | 0:01:04 | 0:01:09 | |
I've sailed on lots of ships in this industry | 0:01:09 | 0:01:12 | |
and MasterChef is one of the toughest ships at sea. | 0:01:12 | 0:01:15 | |
This is all I do now. I go home and I think about food, I cook, | 0:01:17 | 0:01:21 | |
I come here, I think about food, I cook. It's just mad! | 0:01:21 | 0:01:26 | |
You have to be a bit of a masochist to be in this. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:30 | |
Yes, I am enjoying it, so what does that say about me? | 0:01:30 | 0:01:34 | |
I think I've got the ability, but it would months away, | 0:01:35 | 0:01:40 | |
and I don't think I've got enough time to do it. | 0:01:40 | 0:01:42 | |
'To decide who stays, the celebrities will face two challenges | 0:01:43 | 0:01:48 | |
'to show just how far they've come.' | 0:01:48 | 0:01:52 | |
We've tested their skills, we've tested how they work in a team, | 0:01:52 | 0:01:55 | |
but now it's all about finesse. | 0:01:55 | 0:01:58 | |
Time to step up to the plate, John. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:03 | |
Today they have to perform, cos at the end of this, we're going to lose one. | 0:02:05 | 0:02:09 | |
Today's classic recipe is a sticky toffee pudding, | 0:02:16 | 0:02:19 | |
butterscotch sauce and vanilla custard. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:22 | |
So first of all, equal quantities of dates and water in a pot. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:27 | |
Bring it to the boil and they are going to soften. | 0:02:27 | 0:02:30 | |
The base of any great sponge is creamed butter and sugar together with eggs. | 0:02:30 | 0:02:35 | |
I bet you somebody puts too much butter in. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:37 | |
Really sweet sponge, this, so we need something bitter to counteract the whole thing. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:46 | |
Lots of vanilla and lots of coffee. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:49 | |
So we've got the egg, butter and sugar in the mix, | 0:02:53 | 0:02:56 | |
-but the flavours are actually the dates, vanilla and coffee. -That's right. | 0:02:56 | 0:03:01 | |
And then what's going to bind everything together. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:05 | |
Some bicarb to give it a bit of an extra boost. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:08 | |
And a good quarter teaspoon of ground cinnamon. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:12 | |
Add our coffee-vanilla mix. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:16 | |
Add all our dates. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:20 | |
And then give it a really good mix. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:23 | |
Before they go in the oven... | 0:03:27 | 0:03:30 | |
..three little bounces, make sure there's no big air bubbles in there. And then that's it, 180 degrees. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:37 | |
That now leaves them 20 minutes to make butterscotch sauce and a custard. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:42 | |
First, the custard. Milk and cream. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:49 | |
Sugar. The inside of a vanilla bean. | 0:03:49 | 0:03:52 | |
And then four egg yolks. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:55 | |
So from yellow to white with little black spots. | 0:03:59 | 0:04:03 | |
If we look in there, there's little tiny bubbles starting to appear and the tiniest amount of movement. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:10 | |
I've been making this since I was 16. It's one of the first recipes I ever learnt in a commercial kitchen. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:15 | |
-I'm amazed it was invented then. -HE LAUGHS Thank you! | 0:04:15 | 0:04:20 | |
Half of the milk in with the egg and sugar. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:26 | |
And then really give it a good whip up. Get some air in it. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:31 | |
This is the really tricky bit about custard. If the milk's too hot, | 0:04:33 | 0:04:37 | |
the egg will scramble and you'll get lumps. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:39 | |
If it's not hot enough, it won't cook the egg at all. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:42 | |
Now for the butterscotch sauce. Sugar. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:47 | |
A tiniest amount of boiling water. | 0:04:48 | 0:04:50 | |
-Cream. -A good butterscotch sauce does two things. It takes you to bitter, almost harsh, | 0:04:51 | 0:04:57 | |
then it brings you back into the comfort of sweetness and sugar again and that's what it should do. | 0:04:57 | 0:05:03 | |
Now it starts to smell like butterscotch. | 0:05:06 | 0:05:09 | |
Buttery, buttery butterscotch. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:12 | |
Add the cream. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:14 | |
And there we've got our sauce. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:16 | |
Voila. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:26 | |
Oh, John, what a beauty. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:31 | |
Young man, sticky toffee pudding, butterscotch sauce and custard. | 0:05:37 | 0:05:41 | |
That's exactly what it should look like, feel like, smell like. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:49 | |
-A man couldn't want for more. -The celebs are under pressure | 0:05:49 | 0:05:52 | |
because they know you like a pudding. And if they get this wrong, you won't forgive them. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:57 | |
Welcome back. We have a beautiful recipe for you to attempt. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:13 | |
-It's one of John's recipes. -And you will have one hour to do it in. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:17 | |
Show us what you're made of. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:19 | |
At the end of today, one of you is going to leave us. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:23 | |
One hour, one recipe. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:27 | |
Let's cook. | 0:06:29 | 0:06:31 | |
'TV presenter Aggie MacKenzie has shown a great deal of promise.' | 0:06:47 | 0:06:51 | |
Your paella is heavily flavoured. It's delicious. | 0:06:52 | 0:06:56 | |
-Oh, my God! -'But she can lose focus.' | 0:06:57 | 0:07:01 | |
Oh, wow! That is seriously burnt! | 0:07:01 | 0:07:03 | |
I would've thought this sort of recipe would've been right up your street | 0:07:07 | 0:07:11 | |
I should be able to manage this. There's no reason why I shouldn't, so I'll stay with that thought. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:16 | |
-Gregg and I believe in you. -That's nice. -It seems you're the only one who doesn't believe in you. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:21 | |
Yeah, you're absolutely right there. Since I started this, I don't know, I feel like I've come to life again. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:26 | |
I've been cooking lots at home and I feel really sort of fired up about it, actually. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:32 | |
I'm feeling good, actually. My confidence is lifting a bit. | 0:07:37 | 0:07:41 | |
It's really reignited my interest in food, most definitely. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:47 | |
Aggie looks very confident. But, no pun intended, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:53 | |
Let's hope Aggie's confidence is not misplaced and she can deliver something wonderful. | 0:07:53 | 0:07:58 | |
-How much coffee have you got in there? -Two tablespoons. -And it says two teaspoons. -Yeah. | 0:08:05 | 0:08:10 | |
'Actress Shobu Kapoor's food has had a mixed response.' | 0:08:10 | 0:08:14 | |
The rice itself has got real deep flavour | 0:08:14 | 0:08:17 | |
but the shallots are really hard, they're still crunchy. | 0:08:17 | 0:08:21 | |
'She also has serious timing issues.' | 0:08:21 | 0:08:24 | |
That's going to be at least 10, 15 minutes yet. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:27 | |
You're going to miss out on some customers. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:31 | |
I realise how very important it is to deliver on time | 0:08:31 | 0:08:34 | |
and I'm very, very scared about that. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:36 | |
SHE GASPS | 0:08:42 | 0:08:45 | |
OK, I've screwed up. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:47 | |
Shobu, does this scare you? | 0:08:49 | 0:08:51 | |
Completely. I'm trying to be more organised and calmer, | 0:08:51 | 0:08:55 | |
but I put in 150 grams of butter, the same as the sugar | 0:08:55 | 0:08:58 | |
and then I had to remove it and it all got really messy. | 0:08:58 | 0:09:01 | |
I just always feel one step behind, and I keep thinking, "Oh, I'm getting somewhere" | 0:09:01 | 0:09:05 | |
-and then the stakes get higher and I'm scrambling... -SHE LAUGHS | 0:09:05 | 0:09:10 | |
Shobu, do you think that learning a script and reading a recipe are that different? | 0:09:10 | 0:09:14 | |
Well, I can learn a script, and even if I get slightly panicked about it, | 0:09:14 | 0:09:18 | |
-I never get half as panicked as when I'm reading a recipe. -Consider that a script. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:22 | |
Learn it, think about it, feel it, | 0:09:22 | 0:09:24 | |
let it become yours, you take over the personality of what that recipe's all about. | 0:09:24 | 0:09:29 | |
-And the next script you get, fry it. -SHE LAUGHS | 0:09:29 | 0:09:33 | |
-Mud pies. -SHE LAUGHS | 0:09:35 | 0:09:38 | |
Shobu continues to make mistakes. | 0:09:40 | 0:09:43 | |
Too much butter in with the sugar at the start of the pudding mixture, too much coffee into the pudding mix. | 0:09:43 | 0:09:49 | |
Please, Shobu, concentrate. | 0:09:50 | 0:09:53 | |
Five minutes left. Just five minutes. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:57 | |
'TV presenter Tim Lovejoy has demonstrated some flare.' | 0:09:59 | 0:10:03 | |
Quite tasty. Yeah, it's very good. | 0:10:03 | 0:10:06 | |
'But he lacks basic knowledge.' | 0:10:07 | 0:10:10 | |
I don't know how to make crumble. | 0:10:12 | 0:10:15 | |
My mum let me down. She taught me roasts. | 0:10:15 | 0:10:17 | |
She's not taught me loads of exciting skills and hasn't given me the knowledge. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:22 | |
Because of that, she's let me down, she's let MasterChef down. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:26 | |
Got it. | 0:10:28 | 0:10:31 | |
-Er, not a good time to talk to you, Tim? -Erm... | 0:10:31 | 0:10:34 | |
Yeah, there's never not a good time to talk to you guys. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:37 | |
-That doesn't seem like the right amount of water. -You look like a nervous man. | 0:10:37 | 0:10:42 | |
Oh, I'm not nervous. I'm really confident about this. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:45 | |
-HE LAUGHS -I've suddenly realised how hard it is to do cooking. | 0:10:45 | 0:10:50 | |
-I've never cooked a dessert before. -We picked up that you're not that experienced, | 0:10:50 | 0:10:54 | |
so how are you getting through this? What are you drawing on? | 0:10:54 | 0:10:58 | |
Little tiny bits of knowledge and hopefully enough skills that I've learnt to just get me through. | 0:10:58 | 0:11:05 | |
Are the girls eating better now Dad's doing more cooking? | 0:11:05 | 0:11:08 | |
No, cos I'm doing it here. I'm not wasting my time at home! No, they're enjoying it. | 0:11:08 | 0:11:12 | |
They think it's funny. I come home and say, "I didn't do well today" | 0:11:12 | 0:11:16 | |
and they say, "You're brilliant!" but I'm clearly not. | 0:11:16 | 0:11:19 | |
I think you should be listening to them. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:22 | |
-Eh? -Good luck, Tim. | 0:11:22 | 0:11:24 | |
Tim looks very, very nervous indeed. He's spoilt his milk. | 0:11:26 | 0:11:31 | |
He's never cooked desserts. He's in the dark. But I've seen him pull it out before. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:36 | |
'Actress Margi Clarke can be disorganised.' | 0:11:38 | 0:11:41 | |
50 grams or 500, Agnes? | 0:11:41 | 0:11:45 | |
Just check that for me, please. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:48 | |
I'm number blind. I was at the back of the class in maths. | 0:11:48 | 0:11:52 | |
'But her inventive home cooking has impressed.' | 0:11:52 | 0:11:55 | |
I've never had lentils with cheese but it's a nice combination. | 0:11:55 | 0:11:59 | |
I'm quietly confident. I haven't disgraced myself yet | 0:12:00 | 0:12:05 | |
or done something mad with the eggs and laid one. | 0:12:05 | 0:12:09 | |
So far, so good. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:13 | |
-Margi. -Yeah? -Sticky toffee pudding. | 0:12:16 | 0:12:19 | |
-Something you used to make? -No. Never made it before in my life. | 0:12:19 | 0:12:22 | |
I'm not too bad with a Victoria sponge cake. | 0:12:22 | 0:12:25 | |
What do you think you have to do today to deliver a good dish? | 0:12:25 | 0:12:29 | |
Follow your instructions. It's not like when you're doing savoury and you can just lash in some salt | 0:12:29 | 0:12:36 | |
and hope for the best. It's crucial you get the weight right. | 0:12:36 | 0:12:39 | |
You sound like you know what you're talking about! | 0:12:39 | 0:12:43 | |
-SHE LAUGHS -You think I'm conning you, don't you, Gregg? | 0:12:43 | 0:12:46 | |
I swear down on everything holy, I've never cooked this before. | 0:12:46 | 0:12:49 | |
-Do you think you're doing all right in this competition? -I'm getting a little bit worried | 0:12:49 | 0:12:54 | |
because I'm not that experienced, really, and when we went to that ambulance place, | 0:12:54 | 0:12:58 | |
that wiped me out. I was wrung out like a dishcloth. | 0:12:58 | 0:13:02 | |
SHE LAUGHS And you think you're going to get this done on time? | 0:13:02 | 0:13:05 | |
I'm not too sure about this custard business. | 0:13:05 | 0:13:08 | |
Cos presently you are working in a little bit of a detritus. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:12 | |
Yeah, it's a bit scruffy round here. But I will get that sorted any minute. | 0:13:12 | 0:13:17 | |
-Margi, good luck. -Thank you very much. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:20 | |
I truly don't know how Margi is managing to cook in all that mess. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:25 | |
She has eggs up to her elbows, she has sticky pudding mix everywhere. | 0:13:25 | 0:13:29 | |
She has toffee sauce here, custard there. | 0:13:29 | 0:13:32 | |
Honestly, if she gets this up, I will be amazed. | 0:13:32 | 0:13:36 | |
Four minutes. | 0:13:45 | 0:13:48 | |
Final 30 seconds. | 0:13:57 | 0:14:00 | |
Come on! | 0:14:01 | 0:14:03 | |
Time is up! Finished. Stop. | 0:14:06 | 0:14:09 | |
What we asked you to cook for us was a sticky toffee pudding. | 0:14:32 | 0:14:35 | |
Beautifully crisp on the outside and lovely and sticky in the middle. | 0:14:35 | 0:14:39 | |
A butterscotch sauce, rich and dark. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:43 | |
And then a lovely, smooth custard. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:46 | |
Tim, let's look at yours. | 0:14:47 | 0:14:50 | |
What a beautiful looking thing. I just hope it tastes every bit as good as it looks. That is fantastic! | 0:14:52 | 0:14:58 | |
Thank you. | 0:14:58 | 0:15:00 | |
Your custard is beginning to curdle, you're getting little lumps. It should've come off the heat before. | 0:15:02 | 0:15:08 | |
-Boom, boom, shake the room. -GREGG LAUGHS | 0:15:13 | 0:15:17 | |
The toffee sauce over your pudding is absolutely bang on. You can look at the dark colour. | 0:15:17 | 0:15:22 | |
It goes to almost burnt, so it's bitter, then comes back with sweetness. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:26 | |
Sponge could be a little lighter, but the sauce is absolute wizard. | 0:15:27 | 0:15:31 | |
Your pudding, sticky with dates, is lovely. | 0:15:35 | 0:15:40 | |
Maybe a couple of minutes less in the oven. It's such a shame about your custard. | 0:15:40 | 0:15:44 | |
But that butterscotch sauce is fantastic. | 0:15:44 | 0:15:49 | |
It's a good feeling when they tell you it's good. | 0:15:49 | 0:15:52 | |
Yeah, I am feeling quite chuffed. | 0:15:52 | 0:15:54 | |
Look at me. Check me out one time. | 0:15:54 | 0:15:56 | |
Aggie, your turn. | 0:15:57 | 0:16:00 | |
Good-looking pudding. But your sauce is not dark enough. | 0:16:01 | 0:16:05 | |
Oh, darling. It's a light, beautiful sponge. That custard is heaven. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:15 | |
If that sauce would've gone a little bit darker, | 0:16:15 | 0:16:18 | |
it would be perfect. Well done. | 0:16:18 | 0:16:22 | |
Your pudding, it's lovely and light, you really got the air into it. | 0:16:28 | 0:16:32 | |
You've done the same with that custard, it's light and fluffy. | 0:16:32 | 0:16:35 | |
But I would love your butterscotch sauce just to be a little bit deeper and darker. | 0:16:35 | 0:16:40 | |
Aggie, I know you've got a good instinct for cooking, I know you have. Trust your instincts. | 0:16:41 | 0:16:46 | |
Yeah, I'm pleased with how I did today. | 0:16:46 | 0:16:49 | |
I'm always looking for perfection. It's not happened yet. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:54 | |
And also, I'm Scottish, you've got to be hard on yourself. That's how it is. | 0:16:54 | 0:16:58 | |
Margi, let's try yours. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:01 | |
Nice. Nice. But not been that generous with your sauce. | 0:17:01 | 0:17:06 | |
There's more if you'd like some, Gregg. | 0:17:06 | 0:17:08 | |
Tiny little lumps. | 0:17:08 | 0:17:11 | |
-SHE LAUGHS -Hungry Horace. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:17 | |
Deep, rich sponge, vanilla in the custard I love. | 0:17:17 | 0:17:21 | |
Your sauce also needs to get a little bit darker. | 0:17:21 | 0:17:24 | |
You want bitterness as well as sugar. | 0:17:24 | 0:17:26 | |
There are small mistakes on there. Otherwise, beautiful. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:30 | |
Margi, you worked in the most extraordinary mess. | 0:17:30 | 0:17:34 | |
But somehow or another, you have delivered something really dainty. | 0:17:34 | 0:17:39 | |
Love the texture of your pudding, love the texture of your custard. | 0:17:45 | 0:17:48 | |
But what you have done is put a little bit too much coffee inside your sticky toffee pudding | 0:17:48 | 0:17:53 | |
and I think that's just a little bit harsh. | 0:17:53 | 0:17:56 | |
But all in all, the way you worked, how that appeared here, I have no idea. It's like a miracle. | 0:17:56 | 0:18:02 | |
Somehow I managed, with all that chaos, | 0:18:03 | 0:18:07 | |
to actually come up with a nice little dainty pudding. I was gobsmacked. | 0:18:07 | 0:18:12 | |
Shobu. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:16 | |
You got off to a bad start. You put too much butter in and you never really recovered from that point. | 0:18:16 | 0:18:21 | |
The butterscotch sauce is not butterscotch colour, it's yellow. | 0:18:22 | 0:18:26 | |
Nice. Well, we'll see. | 0:18:31 | 0:18:33 | |
Inside the sponge is still wet mixture. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:44 | |
It hasn't set at all in the middle there. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:47 | |
It's not right. You know it's not right. | 0:18:47 | 0:18:51 | |
The butterscotch sauce is not dark enough. | 0:18:57 | 0:19:01 | |
The custard is not thick enough. Your pudding is not cooked all the way through. | 0:19:01 | 0:19:05 | |
But the bit of pudding around the outside is really lovely. | 0:19:05 | 0:19:09 | |
It was awful. I've been paying a lot of attention to wanting to be organised and calm. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:18 | |
And I spent a lot of time in there being organised and calm | 0:19:18 | 0:19:22 | |
and I ran out of time to do the job properly. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:25 | |
I'm not going to let this thing beat me. | 0:19:26 | 0:19:29 | |
Good effort. Go and take a break. You're going to need it. | 0:19:31 | 0:19:34 | |
Cos what comes next is going to be your biggest test so far. Off you go. | 0:19:34 | 0:19:39 | |
You've got to concentrate on the positives, not the negatives. | 0:19:52 | 0:19:56 | |
It's really hard when only one person really messes up. | 0:19:56 | 0:19:59 | |
Three almost triumphs, one absolute disaster. | 0:20:02 | 0:20:06 | |
Tim just looks completely shocked that he's managed to get out something so good. | 0:20:07 | 0:20:13 | |
Because he looked absolutely petrified when we spoke to him. | 0:20:13 | 0:20:16 | |
I think he now realises that if he works very, very hard, | 0:20:16 | 0:20:20 | |
he can become a very good cook, and today I think he demonstrated that. | 0:20:20 | 0:20:24 | |
Go, Aggie! What a great effort! John, that sponge was nothing short of magnificent. | 0:20:26 | 0:20:30 | |
If she could've only taken that butterscotch sauce a little bit darker, | 0:20:30 | 0:20:34 | |
she had the perfect pudding. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:37 | |
Margi's dessert was nothing short of miraculous. | 0:20:39 | 0:20:41 | |
The way she worked, it really said to me the whole thing was going to be a disaster. | 0:20:41 | 0:20:47 | |
But that pudding was perfectly cooked. | 0:20:47 | 0:20:51 | |
How she did it, I'm not quite sure. | 0:20:51 | 0:20:54 | |
The emotion in Shobu's eyes shows that she cares. | 0:20:56 | 0:20:59 | |
It just went wrong for her today. I mean, it was as much of a disaster as a disaster can be. | 0:20:59 | 0:21:05 | |
'So far this week, the celebrities have been tested on their basic skill... | 0:21:09 | 0:21:14 | |
'..teamwork... | 0:21:15 | 0:21:17 | |
'..and refined cooking. | 0:21:19 | 0:21:21 | |
'They now have one last chance to prove they've got what it takes to stay in the competition. | 0:21:22 | 0:21:28 | |
'Because one of them will be going home.' | 0:21:28 | 0:21:32 | |
It's their own two courses next. Everything to play for. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:36 | |
How much have they learnt? How much do they truly want it? Let the fight begin. | 0:21:36 | 0:21:41 | |
I feel completely unconfident about my two-course menu. | 0:21:46 | 0:21:50 | |
Yesterday, I tried it at home and it didn't come out well at all. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:55 | |
I'm quite looking forward to the next challenge. | 0:21:57 | 0:21:59 | |
I have practised it to death. I hope it'll be all right. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:03 | |
And if it is, it'll be stonking. | 0:22:03 | 0:22:06 | |
I'm really looking forward to cooking my menu. | 0:22:09 | 0:22:11 | |
I have no idea how I'm going to do it in an hour. No idea at all. | 0:22:11 | 0:22:14 | |
But I think they'll like what I'm cooking. I think they will. | 0:22:14 | 0:22:18 | |
I'm not feeling too bad, but I don't ever like to tempt fate, me. | 0:22:20 | 0:22:25 | |
I'm one of those people who, if I expect nothing, I might achieve everything. | 0:22:25 | 0:22:31 | |
This is your chance to show off. | 0:22:46 | 0:22:49 | |
Two courses, one hour, and at the end of this, one of you is leaving us. | 0:22:49 | 0:22:54 | |
Let's cook. | 0:22:55 | 0:22:58 | |
-Tim, what are you cooking for us today? -I'm doing Scotch quail's eggs with a piccalilli sauce | 0:23:20 | 0:23:26 | |
and pistachio-crusted lamb. | 0:23:26 | 0:23:29 | |
Did you expect to get so engrossed in MasterChef when you first started? | 0:23:30 | 0:23:36 | |
I thought it'd be quite easy, but it's not easy at all. | 0:23:36 | 0:23:39 | |
The hardest thing is my lack of knowledge and skills. | 0:23:39 | 0:23:44 | |
So I'm having to try and do it a bit from guessing and instinct. | 0:23:44 | 0:23:48 | |
It's really interesting, I don't think it's your lack of knowledge. | 0:23:48 | 0:23:52 | |
I think the issue is, you've got so much knowledge but so little practical experience. | 0:23:52 | 0:23:56 | |
I've come a long way since I've been doing Something For The Weekend. | 0:23:56 | 0:24:00 | |
-What's at stake here for you? -Well, I think I've done all right so far, | 0:24:00 | 0:24:04 | |
and if I muck this up, I'm out of the competition | 0:24:04 | 0:24:07 | |
and I've got some more food that I'd like to cook for you, so I'd like to stay in and give it a go. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:13 | |
This could be a disaster, really. Getting lamb to cook to perfection is impossible. | 0:24:16 | 0:24:23 | |
I should've gone for a fish finger sandwich or something. | 0:24:23 | 0:24:27 | |
Ohh! | 0:24:28 | 0:24:29 | |
Tim's not the most experienced cook and he's really pushing the boat out. | 0:24:29 | 0:24:34 | |
Quail Scotch eggs? | 0:24:35 | 0:24:38 | |
-John, that is hard. -Will the pressure get to him? | 0:24:38 | 0:24:41 | |
Margi, what are you cooking for us today? | 0:24:53 | 0:24:55 | |
I'm cooking scouse. And I'm doing a lemon and raspberry posset. | 0:24:55 | 0:25:00 | |
-I have no idea what scouse is. -Scouse is one of the most nutritious meals | 0:25:00 | 0:25:05 | |
-you could ever get to eat. It's cheap to make. -But what is it? | 0:25:05 | 0:25:08 | |
-It's a stew! -It's where the Liverpudlians get their nickname Scouse. | 0:25:08 | 0:25:12 | |
-Cos they all ate lobscouse. -The Beatles were raised on it. | 0:25:12 | 0:25:16 | |
The whole of Liverpool's been raised on scouse. What I'm concerned about today | 0:25:16 | 0:25:20 | |
is building up the background flavour, | 0:25:20 | 0:25:23 | |
because we've only got a short time to cook it in. | 0:25:23 | 0:25:26 | |
So normally in a three-hour scouse, that slow-cooking does all the flavour for you. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:31 | |
-So you are attempting to cook a dish which takes three hours in 60 minutes. -Mm-hm. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:36 | |
-Wow. -That's adventurous, isn't it? | 0:25:36 | 0:25:39 | |
I'd just better put some mint sauce into my scouse. | 0:25:39 | 0:25:42 | |
-Brilliant. -OK, lads? -Yeah, perfect. -Happy days. | 0:25:42 | 0:25:45 | |
Oh, I'm really nervo. It's not only the food that you're being judged on, | 0:25:50 | 0:25:55 | |
it's something intimate about yourself. | 0:25:55 | 0:25:58 | |
So I really want to get it right. | 0:25:58 | 0:26:00 | |
Margi is doing food that she loves. Can she get the most flavour out of that in such a short space of time? | 0:26:02 | 0:26:08 | |
-Aggie. -Hi. -Tense? Happy? How are you? -Ohh. | 0:26:20 | 0:26:24 | |
Tense. Yes, tense is a good description. | 0:26:24 | 0:26:26 | |
-What's happening? -My nerves take over. I think I'm OK. | 0:26:26 | 0:26:31 | |
I'm doing steak, chips and bearnaise | 0:26:31 | 0:26:34 | |
and tarte tatin with clotted cream. | 0:26:34 | 0:26:36 | |
I've got the tatin in the oven already. I think that's OK. | 0:26:36 | 0:26:40 | |
My bearnaise I've started. | 0:26:40 | 0:26:42 | |
Chips I've started. Steak, not yet. | 0:26:42 | 0:26:46 | |
Do you know what, Aggie? You get so tense and I can see that serious look upon your face. | 0:26:46 | 0:26:52 | |
-Enjoy it! Steak, chips, bearnaise sauce! -I know! | 0:26:52 | 0:26:57 | |
-Tarte tatin, clotted cream! -I know! | 0:26:57 | 0:26:59 | |
Us boys, I can say right now, are feeling very excited by this. | 0:26:59 | 0:27:03 | |
-Yeah, I know. -Why two such classic dishes? | 0:27:03 | 0:27:06 | |
Well, for me, it's like the perfect dinner. | 0:27:06 | 0:27:09 | |
It really is. It's just yummy, yummy, yummy. Yeah. | 0:27:09 | 0:27:13 | |
-Aggie, good luck with it. -Thank you. Thanks. | 0:27:13 | 0:27:16 | |
The last time I did it, something went badly wrong and... | 0:27:19 | 0:27:25 | |
I know how to do it, I just need to... | 0:27:26 | 0:27:30 | |
..keep my nerves. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:33 | |
Aggie, steak, chips, bearnaise sauce, sings to my heart. | 0:27:34 | 0:27:38 | |
Apple tarte tatin I think is a great idea. | 0:27:38 | 0:27:41 | |
-If you're going to do classics, they've got to be absolutely bang on. -That's my worry. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:46 | |
Shobu, what are you cooking for us to secure your place in the competition? | 0:27:57 | 0:28:01 | |
For my main, I'm making a prawn curry | 0:28:01 | 0:28:03 | |
and for dessert I'm doing tiramisu. | 0:28:03 | 0:28:05 | |
I'm very brave after last time's dessert disaster. | 0:28:05 | 0:28:10 | |
-Big day today. -Huge day today, yes. | 0:28:10 | 0:28:14 | |
-What does it mean to you to stay in the competition? -To be honest, I've been feeling so nervous recently, | 0:28:14 | 0:28:19 | |
I thought it would be easier to give up and go home. | 0:28:19 | 0:28:23 | |
-SHE LAUGHS -It would be easier. | 0:28:23 | 0:28:25 | |
-But I don't like the thought of giving up, so I'll to do my best. -What's the secret of a good curry? | 0:28:25 | 0:28:32 | |
-It's a secret! -SHE LAUGHS | 0:28:32 | 0:28:34 | |
I can't tell you! | 0:28:34 | 0:28:37 | |
That's a very fair point. Excuse me, Shobu. Silly question. | 0:28:37 | 0:28:41 | |
-Best of luck, honey. -Thank you very much. I need it. | 0:28:41 | 0:28:44 | |
At one time or another on this programme so far, | 0:28:46 | 0:28:50 | |
everything has gone wrong, so maybe all those things could go wrong | 0:28:50 | 0:28:53 | |
at the same time. That'd be fun. | 0:28:53 | 0:28:56 | |
Shobu, prawn curry. Can she handle prawns properly? | 0:28:59 | 0:29:03 | |
She's only cooked fish once before and that was here. | 0:29:03 | 0:29:06 | |
Tiramisu. How is she going to make that big, lumpy pot of dessert she's made so far look pretty? | 0:29:06 | 0:29:13 | |
You've only got 12 minutes left. | 0:29:16 | 0:29:19 | |
Last two minutes! You've got to plate up now. Two minutes. | 0:29:32 | 0:29:37 | |
Ladies and gentlemen, your time is up. Please step away from the bench. | 0:29:47 | 0:29:50 | |
'Aggie has made a main course of rib eye steak and chips in dripping, | 0:29:59 | 0:30:04 | |
'served with bearnaise sauce and watercress.' | 0:30:04 | 0:30:08 | |
Looks good. | 0:30:09 | 0:30:11 | |
Phwoar! | 0:30:14 | 0:30:16 | |
Really nicely cooked steak. | 0:30:22 | 0:30:25 | |
Bit of crispiness of the outside, really juicy inside. | 0:30:25 | 0:30:29 | |
Crispy chips. But you've got loads of salt in your bearnaise. | 0:30:29 | 0:30:34 | |
Too much salt for me. | 0:30:34 | 0:30:37 | |
Perfectly cooked steak, lovely chips. | 0:30:46 | 0:30:48 | |
Bearnaise, fresh with tarragon. Actually, Aggie, everything's cooked really beautifully. | 0:30:48 | 0:30:54 | |
Just ease back on that seasoning at the last minute. | 0:30:54 | 0:30:57 | |
'For dessert, Aggie has made a tarte tatin with creme fraiche.' | 0:31:00 | 0:31:05 | |
Let's look at this tarte tatin. | 0:31:07 | 0:31:09 | |
Very neat. Very lovely. | 0:31:09 | 0:31:12 | |
That's good. | 0:31:15 | 0:31:18 | |
Caramel, toffee, stickiness. | 0:31:18 | 0:31:20 | |
Creme fraiche is a little sour note to bring down the sweetness. | 0:31:20 | 0:31:23 | |
-Very good! -Oh, great! | 0:31:23 | 0:31:26 | |
The only time you'll find Gregg Wallace going very quiet and calm is when he truly loves a dessert. | 0:31:26 | 0:31:32 | |
I like it. I like the bittersweetness of that caramel, | 0:31:36 | 0:31:39 | |
buttery, beautifully-cooked flaky pastry. | 0:31:39 | 0:31:42 | |
But for me, the apple's just a little bit too thin | 0:31:42 | 0:31:45 | |
and going a bit mushy. I like a bit more texture. | 0:31:45 | 0:31:49 | |
But I think both dishes, as classics, are done very, very well. | 0:31:49 | 0:31:53 | |
I'm very happy with how it went. | 0:31:53 | 0:31:56 | |
It wasn't perfect. It was nearly perfect. | 0:31:56 | 0:31:59 | |
'Tim has made a starter of Scotch quail's eggs with piccalilli sauce.' | 0:32:02 | 0:32:08 | |
I like the look of it. I think it's very dainty. | 0:32:09 | 0:32:12 | |
But I do think that it probably deserves a little bit more sauce. | 0:32:12 | 0:32:17 | |
It's out of proportion. | 0:32:17 | 0:32:19 | |
The turmeric sauce, sour and sharp, with the onions, | 0:32:24 | 0:32:28 | |
going really well with that spiced sausage meat around that perfectly-cooked quail's egg. | 0:32:28 | 0:32:33 | |
It looks really uncomplicated, but I know how difficult that dish really is. | 0:32:33 | 0:32:37 | |
Good on you. | 0:32:37 | 0:32:39 | |
That tastes really good. | 0:32:43 | 0:32:45 | |
That needed expert timing and you've pulled it off. Very good job. | 0:32:45 | 0:32:51 | |
'Tim's main is pistachio and spinach lamb | 0:32:54 | 0:32:57 | |
'served with a feta and spinach salad.' | 0:32:57 | 0:33:01 | |
Ooh. | 0:33:05 | 0:33:07 | |
That crust soaking up all the juice coming from that lamb is delicious. | 0:33:13 | 0:33:19 | |
But I can't taste the lamb. | 0:33:19 | 0:33:21 | |
Next to it, very salty feta, | 0:33:21 | 0:33:24 | |
very salty olives, very strong spinach. And they're clashing. | 0:33:24 | 0:33:28 | |
Which is a shame, because that sweet crust, sweet lamb together is a wonderful thing. | 0:33:28 | 0:33:33 | |
I think that crust is heavenly. | 0:33:39 | 0:33:42 | |
There's almost sweetness in there. The meat is really juicy. | 0:33:42 | 0:33:45 | |
Don't like your salad. But love the lamb. | 0:33:45 | 0:33:48 | |
I take it on board. It didn't look right for them. | 0:33:48 | 0:33:51 | |
But they loved the taste and the flavours and it made me really happy. | 0:33:51 | 0:33:54 | |
'Margi has served her take on the Liverpool classic scouse, | 0:33:55 | 0:34:00 | |
'served with beetroot and bread and butter.' | 0:34:00 | 0:34:03 | |
-Is it a bowl of scouse your mum would've been pleased with? -Yeah, she'd have loved that. | 0:34:03 | 0:34:08 | |
Mm. You said your mum used to cook it for about three hours. | 0:34:13 | 0:34:18 | |
In an hour, it's a struggle to get as much flavour. You've managed it. | 0:34:18 | 0:34:22 | |
The meat's cooked, the sweetness of the vegetables are coming out, the carrots are soaking it up. Lovely. | 0:34:23 | 0:34:29 | |
-Really good bowl of scouse. -Oh, you make me want to cry. | 0:34:29 | 0:34:32 | |
The richness of the lamb, tender meat, | 0:34:35 | 0:34:38 | |
barley in the background gives it a nuttiness, and the beetroot on the side is brilliant | 0:34:38 | 0:34:43 | |
because you've got the spiciness and woodiness of that pickled beetroot | 0:34:43 | 0:34:46 | |
going beautifully with that wonderful lamb stew. | 0:34:46 | 0:34:49 | |
For me right now in this competition, you cooking food like that, that's brilliant. | 0:34:49 | 0:34:54 | |
'Margi's pudding is a lemon and raspberry posset.' | 0:34:58 | 0:35:02 | |
That's a big old portion of posset. | 0:35:02 | 0:35:05 | |
Raspberries are sweet but sour. | 0:35:10 | 0:35:13 | |
Your lemon posset is sweet but sour. It's very sharp. | 0:35:13 | 0:35:17 | |
Me, with a very sweet tooth, it leaves me wanting a bit more sweetness. | 0:35:17 | 0:35:21 | |
I think it's got enough sugar in. I just think it needs more texture. | 0:35:27 | 0:35:31 | |
It's like a bowl of raspberry and lemon soup | 0:35:31 | 0:35:34 | |
and it should be... You laugh, but it should have something else to it. | 0:35:34 | 0:35:38 | |
One mouthful is delicious, but I don't really want to go back for another one. | 0:35:38 | 0:35:42 | |
I should've had the courage to make biscuit. | 0:35:42 | 0:35:44 | |
I disappointed myself with the posset | 0:35:44 | 0:35:47 | |
but they both loved the taste of the scouse, and I was dead pleased with that. | 0:35:47 | 0:35:52 | |
'Shobu's main course is a prawn curry | 0:35:53 | 0:35:57 | |
'with petit pois rice.' | 0:35:57 | 0:36:00 | |
You are vegetarian, you've lived your life as a vegetarian. I think it's really brave to do a prawn curry. | 0:36:04 | 0:36:10 | |
Rice is cooked beautifully, seasoned really, really well. | 0:36:12 | 0:36:15 | |
Your sauce is sweet but sharp. The prawns are nicely cooked, they've still got a crunch to the back. | 0:36:15 | 0:36:21 | |
For me, I would like a bit more chilli heat. | 0:36:21 | 0:36:26 | |
-SHE LAUGHS -OK. -But it's a good curry. | 0:36:26 | 0:36:29 | |
-Thank you. -That looks magnificent. | 0:36:29 | 0:36:33 | |
There is a build up of spice and those prawns are cooked very well. | 0:36:40 | 0:36:45 | |
I think you've cooked really well here and presented a dish that looks great. Where have you been? | 0:36:46 | 0:36:52 | |
'For dessert, Shobu's made a tiramisu.' | 0:36:54 | 0:36:58 | |
Love the warmth of that booze in the background, | 0:37:04 | 0:37:08 | |
soaked into those little sponge fingers, the creaminess of your dessert | 0:37:08 | 0:37:12 | |
and that lovely chocolate top, bitter with the coffee running through it. | 0:37:12 | 0:37:16 | |
It's a really lovely-tasting thing. | 0:37:16 | 0:37:19 | |
I think it's really ugly on the plate. SHE LAUGHS | 0:37:19 | 0:37:22 | |
Actually, Shobu, I think you've found the ugliest dish anywhere in the whole world | 0:37:22 | 0:37:27 | |
and made a really lovely tiramisu in it. | 0:37:27 | 0:37:29 | |
Chefs, chefs, let me tell you, that is a perfect, perfect tiramisu. | 0:37:38 | 0:37:43 | |
How am I supposed to put together the two sides of you? | 0:37:44 | 0:37:48 | |
This really good two courses and masses of mistakes previously. | 0:37:48 | 0:37:52 | |
I made up, I got the food done on time. | 0:37:54 | 0:37:57 | |
The food tasted OK, nobody's died yet. These are good things. | 0:37:57 | 0:38:02 | |
Brilliant. What you've now done is given John and me a very difficult judging job. Off you go. | 0:38:03 | 0:38:11 | |
-I wouldn't like to be one of them, would you? -No! -We did well, didn't we? | 0:38:23 | 0:38:28 | |
We did, didn't we? And it's going to be dead sad when one of us goes. | 0:38:28 | 0:38:32 | |
They did very well. I liked their food. | 0:38:35 | 0:38:38 | |
-And they did push themselves. They put plenty of effort into that. -They did. | 0:38:38 | 0:38:42 | |
Aggie had really well cooked steak. She made really good chips. | 0:38:42 | 0:38:47 | |
Even had a very good bearnaise, but she over-seasoned it. | 0:38:47 | 0:38:51 | |
Her tarte tatin was nothing short of spectacular. | 0:38:51 | 0:38:55 | |
I think Aggie did very well. I really do. | 0:38:55 | 0:38:57 | |
I would be completely gutted if I didn't go through. | 0:38:57 | 0:39:00 | |
I think I've done enough. Let's hope. | 0:39:00 | 0:39:04 | |
Without a doubt, Tim's Scotch egg was the most technically challenging dish in the room. | 0:39:04 | 0:39:10 | |
And he pulled it off. The lamb rack with the crust was a great thing. | 0:39:10 | 0:39:14 | |
But the salad on the side was wrong. | 0:39:14 | 0:39:17 | |
But I think Tim today cooked properly for the first time. | 0:39:17 | 0:39:22 | |
I think Tim should go through. | 0:39:22 | 0:39:24 | |
I have absolutely no idea what my chances are, but it's testing me now | 0:39:25 | 0:39:30 | |
and I'd quite like to go through and see what else I can do. | 0:39:30 | 0:39:33 | |
So the discussion now is between Margi and Shobu. | 0:39:33 | 0:39:36 | |
I loved Margi's honesty with her own food today. | 0:39:36 | 0:39:40 | |
That lobscouse, I thought it was great. | 0:39:40 | 0:39:42 | |
It's how my mum used to feed me. It's how my grandmother used to feed me. | 0:39:42 | 0:39:46 | |
The posset, not quite there. Could've done with a biscuit. | 0:39:46 | 0:39:51 | |
Too sharp for me. It was almost a drink. | 0:39:51 | 0:39:54 | |
I don't know whether it's me that's going to be going home. I hope not. | 0:39:55 | 0:40:00 | |
I've got a feeling it may be. | 0:40:00 | 0:40:02 | |
Shobu's food today, that prawn curry with the rice, | 0:40:02 | 0:40:06 | |
yes, I would've liked a bit more chilli in the curry, but it was a really good dish. | 0:40:06 | 0:40:10 | |
The tiramisu, delicious. | 0:40:10 | 0:40:12 | |
But served in the ugliest dish she could find. | 0:40:12 | 0:40:15 | |
Shobu, I mean, what's happened there, John? | 0:40:15 | 0:40:18 | |
-I mean, in the last round, you would've had her written off. -Do we keep Shobu in? | 0:40:18 | 0:40:23 | |
It would be fantastic to carry on and go further, | 0:40:25 | 0:40:29 | |
but they have a tough job. I don't envy them. | 0:40:29 | 0:40:32 | |
I think Shobu is a massive risk. | 0:40:32 | 0:40:34 | |
But her own food at the moment is better than Margi's. | 0:40:34 | 0:40:39 | |
-Better in what way? More stylised. -Tastes better. You'd want to eat it. | 0:40:39 | 0:40:43 | |
Oh, come on, that bowl of lobscouse was delicious. | 0:40:43 | 0:40:47 | |
The question I have to ask myself is, which one of these two | 0:40:47 | 0:40:50 | |
can cope with what comes up next? | 0:40:50 | 0:40:53 | |
Good round. | 0:41:03 | 0:41:05 | |
As I was tasting the food, I realised it was going to be a tough judging job. | 0:41:05 | 0:41:09 | |
But we've made a decision. | 0:41:09 | 0:41:11 | |
The person leaving us is... | 0:41:20 | 0:41:23 | |
It's Shobu. | 0:41:32 | 0:41:34 | |
Hello, my friend. I am going. | 0:41:42 | 0:41:46 | |
It's been a heck of an experience. It really has. | 0:41:48 | 0:41:52 | |
I think I did well. | 0:41:53 | 0:41:55 | |
It's sad but it's fair. Somebody had to go and I think the other three are better. | 0:41:55 | 0:42:00 | |
SHE SQUEALS | 0:42:07 | 0:42:10 | |
Well done. | 0:42:10 | 0:42:12 | |
Yeah, I'm really pleased. I thought it would be easy, but it's not. | 0:42:18 | 0:42:22 | |
It's really hard. So to actually start producing the stuff I'm doing, yeah, I'm really happy with it. | 0:42:22 | 0:42:27 | |
I'm really chuffed. I'm so relieved. | 0:42:30 | 0:42:32 | |
But I'm really excited to be able to do more stuff. Really excited. | 0:42:32 | 0:42:37 | |
I'm so happy, I could cry my eyes out. | 0:42:40 | 0:42:43 | |
I thought I would've been walking the plank. | 0:42:43 | 0:42:45 | |
But I'd like to go all the way. | 0:42:46 | 0:42:50 | |
'Tomorrow, the battle continues | 0:42:51 | 0:42:54 | |
'as these three celebrities fight to stay in the competition.' | 0:42:54 | 0:43:00 | |
Right! | 0:43:00 | 0:43:02 | |
-Margi, how long for satay? -It'll be one minute. | 0:43:02 | 0:43:06 | |
That's not good enough. | 0:43:06 | 0:43:08 | |
-That looks messy, messy. -Slow, slow, slow. | 0:43:08 | 0:43:11 | |
I've got upstairs shouting and screaming for their food. | 0:43:11 | 0:43:15 | |
I don't think you're supposed to set the wok on fire. | 0:43:16 | 0:43:19 | |
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