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'16 celebrities are battling it out to win the coveted MasterChef crown.'

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I'm really loving it. I'm hoping everyone else is rubbish.

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-These celebrities have already reached the top of their profession.

-But can they cut it in the kitchen?

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I'm finding it really quite tough, if I'm honest with you.

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If you're in a competition, you've got to leg it to win the race.

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Cooking doesn't get tougher than this.

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'All this week, these four celebrities have been put through their paces

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'in a bid to find the next MasterChef champion.

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'But at the end of today, one of them will be going home.'

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Sharpen your knives, celebrities. It's show time.

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It's been really tough. There's no doubt about that.

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I've sailed on lots of ships in this industry

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and MasterChef is one of the toughest ships at sea.

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This is all I do now. I go home and I think about food, I cook,

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I come here, I think about food, I cook. It's just mad!

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You have to be a bit of a masochist to be in this.

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Yes, I am enjoying it, so what does that say about me?

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I think I've got the ability, but it would months away,

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and I don't think I've got enough time to do it.

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'To decide who stays, the celebrities will face two challenges

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'to show just how far they've come.'

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We've tested their skills, we've tested how they work in a team,

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but now it's all about finesse.

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Time to step up to the plate, John.

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Today they have to perform, cos at the end of this, we're going to lose one.

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Today's classic recipe is a sticky toffee pudding,

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butterscotch sauce and vanilla custard.

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So first of all, equal quantities of dates and water in a pot.

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Bring it to the boil and they are going to soften.

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The base of any great sponge is creamed butter and sugar together with eggs.

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I bet you somebody puts too much butter in.

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Really sweet sponge, this, so we need something bitter to counteract the whole thing.

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Lots of vanilla and lots of coffee.

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So we've got the egg, butter and sugar in the mix,

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-but the flavours are actually the dates, vanilla and coffee.

-That's right.

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And then what's going to bind everything together.

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Some bicarb to give it a bit of an extra boost.

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And a good quarter teaspoon of ground cinnamon.

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Add our coffee-vanilla mix.

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Add all our dates.

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And then give it a really good mix.

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Before they go in the oven...

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..three little bounces, make sure there's no big air bubbles in there. And then that's it, 180 degrees.

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That now leaves them 20 minutes to make butterscotch sauce and a custard.

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First, the custard. Milk and cream.

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Sugar. The inside of a vanilla bean.

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And then four egg yolks.

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So from yellow to white with little black spots.

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If we look in there, there's little tiny bubbles starting to appear and the tiniest amount of movement.

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I've been making this since I was 16. It's one of the first recipes I ever learnt in a commercial kitchen.

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-I'm amazed it was invented then.

-HE LAUGHS Thank you!

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Half of the milk in with the egg and sugar.

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And then really give it a good whip up. Get some air in it.

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This is the really tricky bit about custard. If the milk's too hot,

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the egg will scramble and you'll get lumps.

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If it's not hot enough, it won't cook the egg at all.

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Now for the butterscotch sauce. Sugar.

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A tiniest amount of boiling water.

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-Cream.

-A good butterscotch sauce does two things. It takes you to bitter, almost harsh,

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then it brings you back into the comfort of sweetness and sugar again and that's what it should do.

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Now it starts to smell like butterscotch.

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Buttery, buttery butterscotch.

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Add the cream.

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And there we've got our sauce.

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Voila.

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Oh, John, what a beauty.

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Young man, sticky toffee pudding, butterscotch sauce and custard.

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That's exactly what it should look like, feel like, smell like.

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-A man couldn't want for more.

-The celebs are under pressure

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because they know you like a pudding. And if they get this wrong, you won't forgive them.

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Welcome back. We have a beautiful recipe for you to attempt.

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-It's one of John's recipes.

-And you will have one hour to do it in.

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Show us what you're made of.

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At the end of today, one of you is going to leave us.

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One hour, one recipe.

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Let's cook.

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'TV presenter Aggie MacKenzie has shown a great deal of promise.'

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Your paella is heavily flavoured. It's delicious.

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-Oh, my God!

-'But she can lose focus.'

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Oh, wow! That is seriously burnt!

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I would've thought this sort of recipe would've been right up your street

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I should be able to manage this. There's no reason why I shouldn't, so I'll stay with that thought.

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-Gregg and I believe in you.

-That's nice.

-It seems you're the only one who doesn't believe in you.

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Yeah, you're absolutely right there. Since I started this, I don't know, I feel like I've come to life again.

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I've been cooking lots at home and I feel really sort of fired up about it, actually.

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I'm feeling good, actually. My confidence is lifting a bit.

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It's really reignited my interest in food, most definitely.

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Aggie looks very confident. But, no pun intended, the proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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Let's hope Aggie's confidence is not misplaced and she can deliver something wonderful.

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-How much coffee have you got in there?

-Two tablespoons.

-And it says two teaspoons.

-Yeah.

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'Actress Shobu Kapoor's food has had a mixed response.'

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The rice itself has got real deep flavour

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but the shallots are really hard, they're still crunchy.

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'She also has serious timing issues.'

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That's going to be at least 10, 15 minutes yet.

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You're going to miss out on some customers.

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I realise how very important it is to deliver on time

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and I'm very, very scared about that.

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SHE GASPS

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OK, I've screwed up.

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Shobu, does this scare you?

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Completely. I'm trying to be more organised and calmer,

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but I put in 150 grams of butter, the same as the sugar

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and then I had to remove it and it all got really messy.

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I just always feel one step behind, and I keep thinking, "Oh, I'm getting somewhere"

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-and then the stakes get higher and I'm scrambling...

-SHE LAUGHS

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Shobu, do you think that learning a script and reading a recipe are that different?

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Well, I can learn a script, and even if I get slightly panicked about it,

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-I never get half as panicked as when I'm reading a recipe.

-Consider that a script.

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Learn it, think about it, feel it,

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let it become yours, you take over the personality of what that recipe's all about.

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-And the next script you get, fry it.

-SHE LAUGHS

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-Mud pies.

-SHE LAUGHS

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Shobu continues to make mistakes.

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Too much butter in with the sugar at the start of the pudding mixture, too much coffee into the pudding mix.

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Please, Shobu, concentrate.

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Five minutes left. Just five minutes.

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'TV presenter Tim Lovejoy has demonstrated some flare.'

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Quite tasty. Yeah, it's very good.

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'But he lacks basic knowledge.'

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I don't know how to make crumble.

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My mum let me down. She taught me roasts.

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She's not taught me loads of exciting skills and hasn't given me the knowledge.

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Because of that, she's let me down, she's let MasterChef down.

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Got it.

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-Er, not a good time to talk to you, Tim?

-Erm...

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Yeah, there's never not a good time to talk to you guys.

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-That doesn't seem like the right amount of water.

-You look like a nervous man.

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Oh, I'm not nervous. I'm really confident about this.

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-HE LAUGHS

-I've suddenly realised how hard it is to do cooking.

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-I've never cooked a dessert before.

-We picked up that you're not that experienced,

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so how are you getting through this? What are you drawing on?

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Little tiny bits of knowledge and hopefully enough skills that I've learnt to just get me through.

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Are the girls eating better now Dad's doing more cooking?

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No, cos I'm doing it here. I'm not wasting my time at home! No, they're enjoying it.

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They think it's funny. I come home and say, "I didn't do well today"

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and they say, "You're brilliant!" but I'm clearly not.

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I think you should be listening to them.

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-Eh?

-Good luck, Tim.

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Tim looks very, very nervous indeed. He's spoilt his milk.

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He's never cooked desserts. He's in the dark. But I've seen him pull it out before.

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'Actress Margi Clarke can be disorganised.'

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50 grams or 500, Agnes?

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Just check that for me, please.

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I'm number blind. I was at the back of the class in maths.

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'But her inventive home cooking has impressed.'

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I've never had lentils with cheese but it's a nice combination.

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I'm quietly confident. I haven't disgraced myself yet

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or done something mad with the eggs and laid one.

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So far, so good.

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-Margi.

-Yeah?

-Sticky toffee pudding.

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-Something you used to make?

-No. Never made it before in my life.

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I'm not too bad with a Victoria sponge cake.

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What do you think you have to do today to deliver a good dish?

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Follow your instructions. It's not like when you're doing savoury and you can just lash in some salt

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and hope for the best. It's crucial you get the weight right.

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You sound like you know what you're talking about!

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-SHE LAUGHS

-You think I'm conning you, don't you, Gregg?

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I swear down on everything holy, I've never cooked this before.

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-Do you think you're doing all right in this competition?

-I'm getting a little bit worried

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because I'm not that experienced, really, and when we went to that ambulance place,

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that wiped me out. I was wrung out like a dishcloth.

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SHE LAUGHS And you think you're going to get this done on time?

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I'm not too sure about this custard business.

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Cos presently you are working in a little bit of a detritus.

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Yeah, it's a bit scruffy round here. But I will get that sorted any minute.

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-Margi, good luck.

-Thank you very much.

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I truly don't know how Margi is managing to cook in all that mess.

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She has eggs up to her elbows, she has sticky pudding mix everywhere.

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She has toffee sauce here, custard there.

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Honestly, if she gets this up, I will be amazed.

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Four minutes.

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Final 30 seconds.

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Come on!

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Time is up! Finished. Stop.

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What we asked you to cook for us was a sticky toffee pudding.

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Beautifully crisp on the outside and lovely and sticky in the middle.

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A butterscotch sauce, rich and dark.

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And then a lovely, smooth custard.

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Tim, let's look at yours.

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What a beautiful looking thing. I just hope it tastes every bit as good as it looks. That is fantastic!

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Thank you.

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Your custard is beginning to curdle, you're getting little lumps. It should've come off the heat before.

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-Boom, boom, shake the room.

-GREGG LAUGHS

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The toffee sauce over your pudding is absolutely bang on. You can look at the dark colour.

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It goes to almost burnt, so it's bitter, then comes back with sweetness.

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Sponge could be a little lighter, but the sauce is absolute wizard.

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Your pudding, sticky with dates, is lovely.

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Maybe a couple of minutes less in the oven. It's such a shame about your custard.

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But that butterscotch sauce is fantastic.

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It's a good feeling when they tell you it's good.

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Yeah, I am feeling quite chuffed.

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Look at me. Check me out one time.

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Aggie, your turn.

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Good-looking pudding. But your sauce is not dark enough.

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Oh, darling. It's a light, beautiful sponge. That custard is heaven.

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If that sauce would've gone a little bit darker,

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it would be perfect. Well done.

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Your pudding, it's lovely and light, you really got the air into it.

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You've done the same with that custard, it's light and fluffy.

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But I would love your butterscotch sauce just to be a little bit deeper and darker.

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Aggie, I know you've got a good instinct for cooking, I know you have. Trust your instincts.

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Yeah, I'm pleased with how I did today.

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I'm always looking for perfection. It's not happened yet.

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And also, I'm Scottish, you've got to be hard on yourself. That's how it is.

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Margi, let's try yours.

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Nice. Nice. But not been that generous with your sauce.

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There's more if you'd like some, Gregg.

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Tiny little lumps.

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-SHE LAUGHS

-Hungry Horace.

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Deep, rich sponge, vanilla in the custard I love.

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Your sauce also needs to get a little bit darker.

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You want bitterness as well as sugar.

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There are small mistakes on there. Otherwise, beautiful.

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Margi, you worked in the most extraordinary mess.

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But somehow or another, you have delivered something really dainty.

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Love the texture of your pudding, love the texture of your custard.

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But what you have done is put a little bit too much coffee inside your sticky toffee pudding

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and I think that's just a little bit harsh.

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But all in all, the way you worked, how that appeared here, I have no idea. It's like a miracle.

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Somehow I managed, with all that chaos,

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to actually come up with a nice little dainty pudding. I was gobsmacked.

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Shobu.

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You got off to a bad start. You put too much butter in and you never really recovered from that point.

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The butterscotch sauce is not butterscotch colour, it's yellow.

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Nice. Well, we'll see.

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Inside the sponge is still wet mixture.

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It hasn't set at all in the middle there.

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It's not right. You know it's not right.

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The butterscotch sauce is not dark enough.

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The custard is not thick enough. Your pudding is not cooked all the way through.

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But the bit of pudding around the outside is really lovely.

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It was awful. I've been paying a lot of attention to wanting to be organised and calm.

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And I spent a lot of time in there being organised and calm

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and I ran out of time to do the job properly.

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I'm not going to let this thing beat me.

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Good effort. Go and take a break. You're going to need it.

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Cos what comes next is going to be your biggest test so far. Off you go.

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You've got to concentrate on the positives, not the negatives.

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It's really hard when only one person really messes up.

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Three almost triumphs, one absolute disaster.

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Tim just looks completely shocked that he's managed to get out something so good.

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Because he looked absolutely petrified when we spoke to him.

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I think he now realises that if he works very, very hard,

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he can become a very good cook, and today I think he demonstrated that.

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Go, Aggie! What a great effort! John, that sponge was nothing short of magnificent.

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If she could've only taken that butterscotch sauce a little bit darker,

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she had the perfect pudding.

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Margi's dessert was nothing short of miraculous.

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The way she worked, it really said to me the whole thing was going to be a disaster.

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But that pudding was perfectly cooked.

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How she did it, I'm not quite sure.

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The emotion in Shobu's eyes shows that she cares.

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It just went wrong for her today. I mean, it was as much of a disaster as a disaster can be.

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'So far this week, the celebrities have been tested on their basic skill...

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'..teamwork...

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'..and refined cooking.

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'They now have one last chance to prove they've got what it takes to stay in the competition.

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'Because one of them will be going home.'

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It's their own two courses next. Everything to play for.

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How much have they learnt? How much do they truly want it? Let the fight begin.

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I feel completely unconfident about my two-course menu.

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Yesterday, I tried it at home and it didn't come out well at all.

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I'm quite looking forward to the next challenge.

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I have practised it to death. I hope it'll be all right.

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And if it is, it'll be stonking.

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I'm really looking forward to cooking my menu.

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I have no idea how I'm going to do it in an hour. No idea at all.

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But I think they'll like what I'm cooking. I think they will.

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I'm not feeling too bad, but I don't ever like to tempt fate, me.

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I'm one of those people who, if I expect nothing, I might achieve everything.

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This is your chance to show off.

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Two courses, one hour, and at the end of this, one of you is leaving us.

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Let's cook.

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-Tim, what are you cooking for us today?

-I'm doing Scotch quail's eggs with a piccalilli sauce

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and pistachio-crusted lamb.

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Did you expect to get so engrossed in MasterChef when you first started?

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I thought it'd be quite easy, but it's not easy at all.

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The hardest thing is my lack of knowledge and skills.

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So I'm having to try and do it a bit from guessing and instinct.

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It's really interesting, I don't think it's your lack of knowledge.

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I think the issue is, you've got so much knowledge but so little practical experience.

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I've come a long way since I've been doing Something For The Weekend.

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-What's at stake here for you?

-Well, I think I've done all right so far,

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and if I muck this up, I'm out of the competition

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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.

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This could be a disaster, really. Getting lamb to cook to perfection is impossible.

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I should've gone for a fish finger sandwich or something.

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Ohh!

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Tim's not the most experienced cook and he's really pushing the boat out.

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Quail Scotch eggs?

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-John, that is hard.

-Will the pressure get to him?

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Margi, what are you cooking for us today?

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I'm cooking scouse. And I'm doing a lemon and raspberry posset.

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-I have no idea what scouse is.

-Scouse is one of the most nutritious meals

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-you could ever get to eat. It's cheap to make.

-But what is it?

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-It's a stew!

-It's where the Liverpudlians get their nickname Scouse.

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-Cos they all ate lobscouse.

-The Beatles were raised on it.

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The whole of Liverpool's been raised on scouse. What I'm concerned about today

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is building up the background flavour,

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because we've only got a short time to cook it in.

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So normally in a three-hour scouse, that slow-cooking does all the flavour for you.

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-So you are attempting to cook a dish which takes three hours in 60 minutes.

-Mm-hm.

0:25:310:25:36

-Wow.

-That's adventurous, isn't it?

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I'd just better put some mint sauce into my scouse.

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-Brilliant.

-OK, lads?

-Yeah, perfect.

-Happy days.

0:25:420:25:45

Oh, I'm really nervo. It's not only the food that you're being judged on,

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it's something intimate about yourself.

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So I really want to get it right.

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Margi is doing food that she loves. Can she get the most flavour out of that in such a short space of time?

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-Aggie.

-Hi.

-Tense? Happy? How are you?

-Ohh.

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Tense. Yes, tense is a good description.

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-What's happening?

-My nerves take over. I think I'm OK.

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I'm doing steak, chips and bearnaise

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and tarte tatin with clotted cream.

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I've got the tatin in the oven already. I think that's OK.

0:26:360:26:40

My bearnaise I've started.

0:26:400:26:42

Chips I've started. Steak, not yet.

0:26:420:26:46

Do you know what, Aggie? You get so tense and I can see that serious look upon your face.

0:26:460:26:52

-Enjoy it! Steak, chips, bearnaise sauce!

-I know!

0:26:520:26:57

-Tarte tatin, clotted cream!

-I know!

0:26:570:26:59

Us boys, I can say right now, are feeling very excited by this.

0:26:590:27:03

-Yeah, I know.

-Why two such classic dishes?

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Well, for me, it's like the perfect dinner.

0:27:060:27:09

It really is. It's just yummy, yummy, yummy. Yeah.

0:27:090:27:13

-Aggie, good luck with it.

-Thank you. Thanks.

0:27:130:27:16

The last time I did it, something went badly wrong and...

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I know how to do it, I just need to...

0:27:260:27:30

..keep my nerves.

0:27:310:27:33

Aggie, steak, chips, bearnaise sauce, sings to my heart.

0:27:340:27:38

Apple tarte tatin I think is a great idea.

0:27:380:27:41

-If you're going to do classics, they've got to be absolutely bang on.

-That's my worry.

0:27:410:27:46

Shobu, what are you cooking for us to secure your place in the competition?

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For my main, I'm making a prawn curry

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and for dessert I'm doing tiramisu.

0:28:030:28:05

I'm very brave after last time's dessert disaster.

0:28:050:28:10

-Big day today.

-Huge day today, yes.

0:28:100:28:14

-What does it mean to you to stay in the competition?

-To be honest, I've been feeling so nervous recently,

0:28:140:28:19

I thought it would be easier to give up and go home.

0:28:190:28:23

-SHE LAUGHS

-It would be easier.

0:28:230:28:25

-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?

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-It's a secret!

-SHE LAUGHS

0:28:320:28:34

I can't tell you!

0:28:340:28:37

That's a very fair point. Excuse me, Shobu. Silly question.

0:28:370:28:41

-Best of luck, honey.

-Thank you very much. I need it.

0:28:410:28:44

At one time or another on this programme so far,

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everything has gone wrong, so maybe all those things could go wrong

0:28:500:28:53

at the same time. That'd be fun.

0:28:530:28:56

Shobu, prawn curry. Can she handle prawns properly?

0:28:590:29:03

She's only cooked fish once before and that was here.

0:29:030:29:06

Tiramisu. How is she going to make that big, lumpy pot of dessert she's made so far look pretty?

0:29:060:29:13

You've only got 12 minutes left.

0:29:160:29:19

Last two minutes! You've got to plate up now. Two minutes.

0:29:320:29:37

Ladies and gentlemen, your time is up. Please step away from the bench.

0:29:470:29:50

'Aggie has made a main course of rib eye steak and chips in dripping,

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'served with bearnaise sauce and watercress.'

0:30:040:30:08

Looks good.

0:30:090:30:11

Phwoar!

0:30:140:30:16

Really nicely cooked steak.

0:30:220:30:25

Bit of crispiness of the outside, really juicy inside.

0:30:250:30:29

Crispy chips. But you've got loads of salt in your bearnaise.

0:30:290:30:34

Too much salt for me.

0:30:340:30:37

Perfectly cooked steak, lovely chips.

0:30:460:30:48

Bearnaise, fresh with tarragon. Actually, Aggie, everything's cooked really beautifully.

0:30:480:30:54

Just ease back on that seasoning at the last minute.

0:30:540:30:57

'For dessert, Aggie has made a tarte tatin with creme fraiche.'

0:31:000:31:05

Let's look at this tarte tatin.

0:31:070:31:09

Very neat. Very lovely.

0:31:090:31:12

That's good.

0:31:150:31:18

Caramel, toffee, stickiness.

0:31:180:31:20

Creme fraiche is a little sour note to bring down the sweetness.

0:31:200:31:23

-Very good!

-Oh, great!

0:31:230:31:26

The only time you'll find Gregg Wallace going very quiet and calm is when he truly loves a dessert.

0:31:260:31:32

I like it. I like the bittersweetness of that caramel,

0:31:360:31:39

buttery, beautifully-cooked flaky pastry.

0:31:390:31:42

But for me, the apple's just a little bit too thin

0:31:420:31:45

and going a bit mushy. I like a bit more texture.

0:31:450:31:49

But I think both dishes, as classics, are done very, very well.

0:31:490:31:53

I'm very happy with how it went.

0:31:530:31:56

It wasn't perfect. It was nearly perfect.

0:31:560:31:59

'Tim has made a starter of Scotch quail's eggs with piccalilli sauce.'

0:32:020:32:08

I like the look of it. I think it's very dainty.

0:32:090:32:12

But I do think that it probably deserves a little bit more sauce.

0:32:120:32:17

It's out of proportion.

0:32:170:32:19

The turmeric sauce, sour and sharp, with the onions,

0:32:240:32:28

going really well with that spiced sausage meat around that perfectly-cooked quail's egg.

0:32:280:32:33

It looks really uncomplicated, but I know how difficult that dish really is.

0:32:330:32:37

Good on you.

0:32:370:32:39

That tastes really good.

0:32:430:32:45

That needed expert timing and you've pulled it off. Very good job.

0:32:450:32:51

'Tim's main is pistachio and spinach lamb

0:32:540:32:57

'served with a feta and spinach salad.'

0:32:570:33:01

Ooh.

0:33:050:33:07

That crust soaking up all the juice coming from that lamb is delicious.

0:33:130:33:19

But I can't taste the lamb.

0:33:190:33:21

Next to it, very salty feta,

0:33:210:33:24

very salty olives, very strong spinach. And they're clashing.

0:33:240:33:28

Which is a shame, because that sweet crust, sweet lamb together is a wonderful thing.

0:33:280:33:33

I think that crust is heavenly.

0:33:390:33:42

There's almost sweetness in there. The meat is really juicy.

0:33:420:33:45

Don't like your salad. But love the lamb.

0:33:450:33:48

I take it on board. It didn't look right for them.

0:33:480:33:51

But they loved the taste and the flavours and it made me really happy.

0:33:510:33:54

'Margi has served her take on the Liverpool classic scouse,

0:33:550:34:00

'served with beetroot and bread and butter.'

0:34:000:34:03

-Is it a bowl of scouse your mum would've been pleased with?

-Yeah, she'd have loved that.

0:34:030:34:08

Mm. You said your mum used to cook it for about three hours.

0:34:130:34:18

In an hour, it's a struggle to get as much flavour. You've managed it.

0:34:180:34:22

The meat's cooked, the sweetness of the vegetables are coming out, the carrots are soaking it up. Lovely.

0:34:230:34:29

-Really good bowl of scouse.

-Oh, you make me want to cry.

0:34:290:34:32

The richness of the lamb, tender meat,

0:34:350:34:38

barley in the background gives it a nuttiness, and the beetroot on the side is brilliant

0:34:380:34:43

because you've got the spiciness and woodiness of that pickled beetroot

0:34:430:34:46

going beautifully with that wonderful lamb stew.

0:34:460:34:49

For me right now in this competition, you cooking food like that, that's brilliant.

0:34:490:34:54

'Margi's pudding is a lemon and raspberry posset.'

0:34:580:35:02

That's a big old portion of posset.

0:35:020:35:05

Raspberries are sweet but sour.

0:35:100:35:13

Your lemon posset is sweet but sour. It's very sharp.

0:35:130:35:17

Me, with a very sweet tooth, it leaves me wanting a bit more sweetness.

0:35:170:35:21

I think it's got enough sugar in. I just think it needs more texture.

0:35:270:35:31

It's like a bowl of raspberry and lemon soup

0:35:310:35:34

and it should be... You laugh, but it should have something else to it.

0:35:340:35:38

One mouthful is delicious, but I don't really want to go back for another one.

0:35:380:35:42

I should've had the courage to make biscuit.

0:35:420:35:44

I disappointed myself with the posset

0:35:440:35:47

but they both loved the taste of the scouse, and I was dead pleased with that.

0:35:470:35:52

'Shobu's main course is a prawn curry

0:35:530:35:57

'with petit pois rice.'

0:35:570:36:00

You are vegetarian, you've lived your life as a vegetarian. I think it's really brave to do a prawn curry.

0:36:040:36:10

Rice is cooked beautifully, seasoned really, really well.

0:36:120:36:15

Your sauce is sweet but sharp. The prawns are nicely cooked, they've still got a crunch to the back.

0:36:150:36:21

For me, I would like a bit more chilli heat.

0:36:210:36:26

-SHE LAUGHS

-OK.

-But it's a good curry.

0:36:260:36:29

-Thank you.

-That looks magnificent.

0:36:290:36:33

There is a build up of spice and those prawns are cooked very well.

0:36:400:36:45

I think you've cooked really well here and presented a dish that looks great. Where have you been?

0:36:460:36:52

'For dessert, Shobu's made a tiramisu.'

0:36:540:36:58

Love the warmth of that booze in the background,

0:37:040:37:08

soaked into those little sponge fingers, the creaminess of your dessert

0:37:080:37:12

and that lovely chocolate top, bitter with the coffee running through it.

0:37:120:37:16

It's a really lovely-tasting thing.

0:37:160:37:19

I think it's really ugly on the plate. SHE LAUGHS

0:37:190:37:22

Actually, Shobu, I think you've found the ugliest dish anywhere in the whole world

0:37:220:37:27

and made a really lovely tiramisu in it.

0:37:270:37:29

Chefs, chefs, let me tell you, that is a perfect, perfect tiramisu.

0:37:380:37:43

How am I supposed to put together the two sides of you?

0:37:440:37:48

This really good two courses and masses of mistakes previously.

0:37:480:37:52

I made up, I got the food done on time.

0:37:540:37:57

The food tasted OK, nobody's died yet. These are good things.

0:37:570:38:02

Brilliant. What you've now done is given John and me a very difficult judging job. Off you go.

0:38:030:38:11

-I wouldn't like to be one of them, would you?

-No!

-We did well, didn't we?

0:38:230:38:28

We did, didn't we? And it's going to be dead sad when one of us goes.

0:38:280:38:32

They did very well. I liked their food.

0:38:350:38:38

-And they did push themselves. They put plenty of effort into that.

-They did.

0:38:380:38:42

Aggie had really well cooked steak. She made really good chips.

0:38:420:38:47

Even had a very good bearnaise, but she over-seasoned it.

0:38:470:38:51

Her tarte tatin was nothing short of spectacular.

0:38:510:38:55

I think Aggie did very well. I really do.

0:38:550:38:57

I would be completely gutted if I didn't go through.

0:38:570:39:00

I think I've done enough. Let's hope.

0:39:000:39:04

Without a doubt, Tim's Scotch egg was the most technically challenging dish in the room.

0:39:040:39:10

And he pulled it off. The lamb rack with the crust was a great thing.

0:39:100:39:14

But the salad on the side was wrong.

0:39:140:39:17

But I think Tim today cooked properly for the first time.

0:39:170:39:22

I think Tim should go through.

0:39:220:39:24

I have absolutely no idea what my chances are, but it's testing me now

0:39:250:39:30

and I'd quite like to go through and see what else I can do.

0:39:300:39:33

So the discussion now is between Margi and Shobu.

0:39:330:39:36

I loved Margi's honesty with her own food today.

0:39:360:39:40

That lobscouse, I thought it was great.

0:39:400:39:42

It's how my mum used to feed me. It's how my grandmother used to feed me.

0:39:420:39:46

The posset, not quite there. Could've done with a biscuit.

0:39:460:39:51

Too sharp for me. It was almost a drink.

0:39:510:39:54

I don't know whether it's me that's going to be going home. I hope not.

0:39:550:40:00

I've got a feeling it may be.

0:40:000:40:02

Shobu's food today, that prawn curry with the rice,

0:40:020:40:06

yes, I would've liked a bit more chilli in the curry, but it was a really good dish.

0:40:060:40:10

The tiramisu, delicious.

0:40:100:40:12

But served in the ugliest dish she could find.

0:40:120:40:15

Shobu, I mean, what's happened there, John?

0:40:150:40:18

-I mean, in the last round, you would've had her written off.

-Do we keep Shobu in?

0:40:180:40:23

It would be fantastic to carry on and go further,

0:40:250:40:29

but they have a tough job. I don't envy them.

0:40:290:40:32

I think Shobu is a massive risk.

0:40:320:40:34

But her own food at the moment is better than Margi's.

0:40:340:40:39

-Better in what way? More stylised.

-Tastes better. You'd want to eat it.

0:40:390:40:43

Oh, come on, that bowl of lobscouse was delicious.

0:40:430:40:47

The question I have to ask myself is, which one of these two

0:40:470:40:50

can cope with what comes up next?

0:40:500:40:53

Good round.

0:41:030:41:05

As I was tasting the food, I realised it was going to be a tough judging job.

0:41:050:41:09

But we've made a decision.

0:41:090:41:11

The person leaving us is...

0:41:200:41:23

It's Shobu.

0:41:320:41:34

Hello, my friend. I am going.

0:41:420:41:46

It's been a heck of an experience. It really has.

0:41:480:41:52

I think I did well.

0:41:530:41:55

It's sad but it's fair. Somebody had to go and I think the other three are better.

0:41:550:42:00

SHE SQUEALS

0:42:070:42:10

Well done.

0:42:100:42:12

Yeah, I'm really pleased. I thought it would be easy, but it's not.

0:42:180:42:22

It's really hard. So to actually start producing the stuff I'm doing, yeah, I'm really happy with it.

0:42:220:42:27

I'm really chuffed. I'm so relieved.

0:42:300:42:32

But I'm really excited to be able to do more stuff. Really excited.

0:42:320:42:37

I'm so happy, I could cry my eyes out.

0:42:400:42:43

I thought I would've been walking the plank.

0:42:430:42:45

But I'd like to go all the way.

0:42:460:42:50

'Tomorrow, the battle continues

0:42:510:42:54

'as these three celebrities fight to stay in the competition.'

0:42:540:43:00

Right!

0:43:000:43:02

-Margi, how long for satay?

-It'll be one minute.

0:43:020:43:06

That's not good enough.

0:43:060:43:08

-That looks messy, messy.

-Slow, slow, slow.

0:43:080:43:11

I've got upstairs shouting and screaming for their food.

0:43:110:43:15

I don't think you're supposed to set the wok on fire.

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