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'Three of the North East's top-flight chefs are fighting hammer and tongs

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'to cook ground-breaking food for a show stopping Olympic feast.

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'Yesterday, ambitious Colin McGurran's dazzling fish dish

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'piled the pressure on frontrunner, Charlie Lakin.'

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We need you at the pass, Charlie.

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'While returning contender Stephanie Moon had a rude awakening.'

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For me, I'm not sure whether that actually quite works, Steph.

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SHE GROANS I knew that bombed.

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'Today, it's the main course,

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'and former champion Nigel Howarth's got tough talk for Steph.'

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I'm just a little bit worried that you've misunderstood the brief.

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I think I have.

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-'Can she hit the mark and bring it back from the brink?'

-Bring it on!

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'Or will her rivals scupper her chances?'

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Oi! Hey, hey, hey, hey!

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'She'll be giving them both barrels to stop them in their tracks.'

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It's Nigel's signature dish, isn't it, black pudding.

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-You're a brave man, doing that.

-Didn't know that.

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It's getting white hot, now. If I get any grief off those boys...

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I'm coming back fighting. The Moon has not gone yet.

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'In honour of the awe-inspiring feats of Olympian athletes,

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'the chefs have toiled over innovative menus

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'that push their discipline onto new heights.'

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I hope they come up with a dessert that I feel is truly ground-breaking.

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Wow! That's immense, isn't it?

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'Now, two courses down, leader of the pack, Charlie,

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'needs to watch his back.'

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-Mr Consistency, here, seven out of seven.

-Yeah, yeah. He is.

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Always quite nice to know you've prepared a bit more, with you guys.

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Looking at that board does me no favours,

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but I feel it's all to play for, still. I don't think you boys should be relaxing too much.

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Oh, no. Definitely not.

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I think Nige, you know, he's very difficult with his scoring.

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Nigel, he wants to do the region proud, he wants to pick the best chef on the day,

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and I think what we have to do now, is we have to show him what we're made of.

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We have to raise the bar to the roof, really, don't we?

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'After a disappointing starter,

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'experimental chef Colin McGurran went from zero to hero in the fish course,

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'and he hopes he's now on a winning streak.'

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I think Charlie's the one to beat, today.

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He is a few points ahead. I really need to catch up.

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I'm feeling very strong this morning. I'm ready to nail these dishes.

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-What are you cooking for us, Colin?

-Well, Nigel, I'm going to do something

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that is relatively familiar to all. It's pork and apple.

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We have the head, which we're going to take off the jowls.

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-We're going to braise them, so it's very, very soft and tender.

-Yeah.

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I'm going to take the skin off and make a crackling. Everyone enjoys crackling.

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-Right.

-Then I'm going to smoke the jowl in hay.

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We're going to make a black pudding from the blood.

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-It's your pig's blood, there.

-That's the blood we're going to use.

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-Using fresh pig's blood?

-Fresh pig's blood, yes.

-Mmm.

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So, what's new and daring about this dish, Colin?

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The thing that's new about this is the way we're going to present the apples.

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There is going to be an element of surprise on the presentation,

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-which is quite good to wait.

-You're not going to tell me?

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I think it's best to wait to the end.

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OK. It's very close, Colin. There's a few points between you.

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-How are you feeling about that?

-I'm not thinking about that today.

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There's no negative thoughts, today. I'm very conscious about getting this dish right.

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I'm only looking for first place.

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-Best of luck, Colin.

-Thank you very much.

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'So Colin's keeping his ground-breaking element under wraps.

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'But what are Nigel's first impressions?'

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Colin's cooking a pig's head.

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For some people, that might go, "Urgh!"

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But, for me, that's exciting.

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I think one thing he has to be careful of is the fat content of the pig's jowl.

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He's got to make sure he cooks that, he gets it crispy,

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that he really does the dish proud.

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'Next up, and currently in front, is Charlie Lakin,

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'whose classics with a twist have won him steady scores of seven so far.'

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Two points ahead going into the main course, you've got to be confident,

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so really I just want to push on

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and get as far ahead as I possibly can.

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-Charlie.

-Morning, chef.

-How are you?

-Yeah, not too bad.

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Reasonably confident.

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How much do you really want to get to the Olympic banquet?

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This course is always the one that everyone wants to take

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to the final banquet, and obviously this time, for the Olympics.

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What are you cooking for us today, Charlie?

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I'm doing Dexter beef, with snails and wild garlic.

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You've got some massive flavours going on. This is prime Dexter beef.

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-That's fillet.

-That's fillet. We've got a nice piece of blade, there,

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and then we've got some wild garlic, which I'm going to make a little puree with.

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What aspect of your dish, Charlie, is going to be that special ingredient,

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that special part of the dish that's going to get you through?

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These little fellas. I think it's going to be my snails

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that's going to bring the difference to the plate.

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I reckon, a little cheeky trick with the snails that I've got up my sleeve.

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-A little cheeky trick? Best of luck, Charlie.

-Cheers, chef.

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'Charlie's also keeping his cards close to his chest,

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'but can humble sails transform traditional beef

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'into a world-beating dish?'

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It's quite a rustic combination.

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He's got to make sure that he brings finesse to the forefront.

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He needs to reach those dizzy heights fit for an Olympic banquet.

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'In last place is returning contender, Stephanie Moon,

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'whose quirky, Olympic-themed dishes have so far left Nigel cold.'

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My interpretation of the brief has maybe put me on the back foot.

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But you take a hit, you know, you come back fighting.

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The Yorkshire grit is out, and it's ready to cook.

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-Good to see you.

-Yeah.

-What are you cooking for us today?

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Well, I'm RE-VEALING the team spirit today, Nigel,

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with some Great British rose veal, and rubbing the veal with some hyssop,

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which is an old-fashioned British herb that we've forgotten all about.

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-I love hyssop.

-Mmm. It's lovely, isn't it?

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So what's new and innovative about your dish?

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-Well, the way I'm cooking it is very innovative and new.

-Right.

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I'm using a bit of a special barbecue.

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And I'm smoking the veal in some cherry wood chips.

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And I'm doing a potato cake with oxtail

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and I've kind of got the whole of the Team Great Britain in the potato cake.

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I've got the Great British beef, I've got the leeks of Wales,

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some Scotch porridge oats, and the potatoes of Ireland.

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No goggles, no nose pegs?

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No, those... I think that was a stage too far.

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I'm seriously back on my game, now.

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'So Steph is prioritising taste and execution

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'over Olympic gimmicks, this time.

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'But that doesn't mean her dish is without risks.'

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The one thing she has to be careful with, is she's smoking the veal.

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If she over smokes it, it could kill the dish.

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'Cooking under way, Steph knows she's got a fight on her hands

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'after her disastrous fish course.

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'As she gets stuck into the beer braised oxtail

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'for her Team GB croquettes,

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'her rivals aren't cutting her any slack.'

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Oi! Hey, hey, hey, hey!

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That's BLEEP good stuff, is that!

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You cheeky monkey! Right.

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You trying to put me behind time, chef?

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I know you like a drink, but that takes the mick. That's taking the mick.

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'Innovator Colin's staying out of the banter,

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'trimming the fat and the skin from his braised pig's jowls.

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'After a slow start, his creative fish course proved him a force to be reckoned with,

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'and the blood, sweat and tears are starting to show.'

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Colin, you've got a bit of blood on your forehead, there.

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Oh! It's all this...

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-What's that?

-Pig's blood.

-Pig's blood?

-Fresh pig's blood.

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Fresh pig's blood. Wow!

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'Colin is using the blood to make black pudding,

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'which his rivals hope is a major strategic error.'

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Black pudding? How do you think it's going to go down?

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It's Nigel's signature dish, isn't it, black pudding?

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-Didn't know that.

-You're a brave man, doing that.

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-He's going to be watching that one, I bet.

-He's going to be on that.

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I've never made black pudding with fresh blood,

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I've always made it with the dried blood.

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Using fresh blood is a very sensitive product.

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So if you warm it up too quick or cool it down too fast

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it'll split and curdle, so it's a very fragile ingredient.

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You have to really take care.

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'Colin's risky plan hasn't escaped Nigel's notice.'

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-What temperature you cooking that at?

-Going to go to 80 degrees for five minutes.

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80 degrees in five minutes. OK. Cos, of course, it will curdle, won't it, if it goes...

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-Yeah, I've got to be careful with that.

-I like black pudding, Colin.

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I know, you're a fan of that.

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-I only just found out.

-Right.

-I thought, "Right, OK."

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Colin's doing black pudding, and black pudding is my signature dish,

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so I'll be watching very closely how he makes the black pudding,

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how he executes it. And I'm hoping for big flavours.

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'Frontrunner Charlie is prepping two classic cuts of Dexter beef.

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'His rivals are curious about his seemingly simple dish.'

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What is ground-breaking and Olympic worthy on this dish?

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Well, for me, it's really the snails that I think is quite

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an interesting thing to put out there on the plate for the Olympics.

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It's one of the slowest creatures in the world.

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That's quite a controversial thing, to cook snails.

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Well, you know, going to the brief, bringing it to that next level, giving them something different.

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You know, in Charlie's dish, he's got snails.

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They're a nightmare to cook.

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You get them wrong, you could bounce them like a squash ball. So you have to be very careful.

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'Charlie's planning to serve his snails with bone marrow

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'in the from of breadcrumbed croquettes,

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'and he's now revealing his big idea to Nigel.'

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All I've done is just quickly roasted bone marrow, just got it to just cooked.

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Popped it out the bone, chilled it and beat it down

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-so you get a nice, smooth buttery texture.

-Yeah.

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I've sweated a few shallots down,

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chopped some parsley, minced down the snails through it.

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-I'm just going to chill it off.

-You actually minced the snails in it, yeah?

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Yeah, the snails have been chopped through it.

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So my idea is, you crack it open on the plate. I'm doing two sizes.

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-It almost, like, melts on the plate?

-Yeah, so it's bringing a sauce element to the plate.

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One of the surprise elements of his dish is the snail croquettes,

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but it's more of a, sort of a melting croquette,

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so when you break into that, that's going to be the sauce.

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I think that's Charlie's real secret ingredient.

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Whether it works, we'll have to see.

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It's all to do with them snails. They've got to be spot on, I feel.

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If they're not right, it's going to be damaging.

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'To source the perfect ingredients for his innovative snail recipe,

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'Charlie headed to Faversham in Kent,

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'where Helen Howard has been breeding edible snails since 2006.'

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-Hello, Helen.

-Oh, hello, Charlie. Nice to see you.

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I'm just feeding the babies. These are just three weeks old.

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Oh, wow! And are these a different breed to the wild ones, or are they...?

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They're the same species, but they're a farmed variety.

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-They've been specially selected for particular characteristics.

-OK.

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-I hope they do the trick.

-Brilliant. Thank you very much. Cheers.

-Good luck.

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'Back at his restaurant, Charlie's been perfecting his croquettes

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'to make them worthy of the Olympic feast.'

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Everyone's always quick to think, "They should be grilled with garlic butter,"

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or "Ugh, snails, I'm not eating them." So to put them on there and do something different with them

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is going to give me my ground-breaking edge.

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And when they see that on the plate, are they going to go,

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"I'm not eating that"?

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I think part of trying to be ground-breaking is,

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you've got to make people question what they're eating.

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Bit apprehensive about how this is going to go down,

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but let's get out there and get a bit of feedback.

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'Charlie's staging a blind tasting.

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'Will his customers guess what they're eating?'

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-That's really nice.

-Mmm, that's delicious.

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It's very tasty. I'm trying to work out what it is.

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They're actually snail and marrowbone croquettes.

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I wouldn't have guessed. Definitely wouldn't have guessed.

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Oh, I wish you hadn't told me that!

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LAUGHTER

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Eating them off the shells is fiddly, and that is just really, really nice.

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I'm probably more confident with the dish now, actually, in essence,

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cos I've seen other people eat it.

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I think it's right, I think it's hitting the nail on the head for what I'm looking for.

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'Back in the competition, Charlie's braising his blade of Dexter beef in wine,

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'and he's full of fighting talk.'

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I feel it's a bit of a champion dish, cos, you know,

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these are award-winning, champion snails.

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So, a mixture of that, award-winning beef, can't go wrong, really, can I?

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'But across the kitchen, as she prepares hyssop to flavour her smoked rose veal,

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'Steph's confidence is starting to falter.'

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Looking at them, they're so focused, they're so on it.

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I've got to pull out a stonking dish that hopefully

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is going to get me back in the race.

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'After two dishes slated for style over substance,

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'her execution must be spot on, today.'

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Stephanie really needs to concentrate on the quality of her ingredients

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and the quality on the plate.

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Gimmicks have to go to one side.

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The Olympic brief is about perfection on the plate.

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'Nigel's so concerned, he's called Steph aside for a pep talk.'

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-I'm just a little bit worried that you really misunderstood the brief.

-No, I'm all right.

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I think in some regards I have.

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I interpreted it that each dish should have a bit of

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Olympic something in it, and that's kind of thrown me a bit off.

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All I can say to you, Steph, is keep your confidence high,

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believe in yourself, because you've got two fantastic ingredients.

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If you pull those off, you've got every opportunity, then,

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with your dessert, to go on and win and go through.

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-Get on with it!

-Right-O!

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He could tell I was off my game,

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and I'd like to think I'm back up again, back up on top,

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but I've got a long way to claw back.

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She got two not-so-great scores, she's trailing behind,

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but she's a scrapper, is Steph. I think it's too early to go writing her off.

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'To be back in the running, Steph needs to overtake risk taker, Colin.

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'He's made big claims for a surprise element to his dish,

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'and Nigel's spotted him working on something intriguing.'

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-Colin, what are you doing here?

-I'm going to try and create apples on the plate,

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-so we've got a very light apple mouse.

-Right. Can I try that?

-Yeah, yeah.

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-So is that quite intense?

-No, it's delicate.

-Delicate.

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It'll be intense by a coating of apple, later on.

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-You can imagine two spheres together to create the apple shape.

-OK.

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That's then dipped into liquid nitrogen, and then it's going to be

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dipped into an intense, apple flavoured gel.

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So we're talking about, it's minus 200, isn't it?

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196, yeah.

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So you're blast chilling it really quickly, and out.

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-Is that quite dangerous?

-You have to be a bit careful. Treat it with respect.

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When I'm looking at who's the most innovative,

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I think Colin's just got the edge at the moment.

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He seems to be the one that's got the intrigue in his dish.

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If he pulls it off, he'll produce something really special.

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But he's got to pull it off.

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'Buoyed by her pep talk, Steph's cracking on with her oxtail, leek and potato cakes.

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'But Nigel's noticed another weapon in her armoury -

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-'a branding iron.'

-It's getting white hot, now.

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-If I get any grief off those boys...

-What does it say?

-It says "Team GB."

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You could both have one on your buttocks, couldn't you?

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I'd feel like an old steer going into kill.

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An old steer! OK, good stuff.

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'Steph's branding her veal,

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'ready to smoke in her specially installed barbecue.

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'But Nigel's concerned she could be overloading her delicate meat.'

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-That's your hyssop there and then your lemon thyme, isn't it?

-Yeah.

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And what I've done is I've dehydrated it,

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ground it into a nice powder,

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and then all I'm going to do is roll this very, very gently.

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-Can I have a smell of that?

-Yeah, please.

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Oh! That lemon fragrance is there, isn't it?

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What I've got to do now is I've got to pull off the cooking of the veal.

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-Perfect.

-How long are you cooking the veal for?

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-It takes, actually takes 20 minutes to cook in here.

-Right.

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It's quite slow.

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Stephanie's got potentially a lot of flavours going on.

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The element that could go wrong is the smoke.

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If that's five minutes too long, and it's over smoked, the flavours could be too strong.

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'Charlie's first up today,

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'and his classic Dexter fillet's ready to go.'

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-Charlie, how's you beef?

-Nice and rare. Bloody as.

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'He quickly slices the meat

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'and smears his plate with garlic mash, then adds

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'a chunk of braised beef, and the all-important snail croquettes,

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'finishing the dish with a drizzle of braising liquor, and some wild garlic foam.'

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-Happy, Charlie?

-Yeah. Yeah.

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Is this the dish, Charlie, to get you over that final hurdle?

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-Yeah, I reckon it could be.

-Shall we go and try it?

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-Yeah.

-Come on, chef.

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'Has Charlie scaled new gastronomic heights

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'with his robust combination of beef and snails?'

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Are you happy with the cook degree,

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-and you've got the elements of both parts of the dish right?

-Yeah.

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The braised beef, it falls to pieces,

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and then you've got a beautiful rare fillet.

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Oh, that feels tender!

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Look at that! Cor.

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I think he might have pulled this one out the bag.

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Yeah, very soft, got to give him that.

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Gorgeous, gorgeous blade of beef, that.

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That, I prefer that to the fillet, myself.

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Charlie, I love snails.

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Is that going to be everybody's bag,

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or is that maybe pushing the boundaries in the wrong direction?

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I don't think it is.

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You know, I feel people really relish the idea of

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a different ingredient like that being given to them.

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Now, here's the bit I'm not so sure I'm looking forward to,

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diving into the snails.

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Oh!

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So he's kind of minced the snails, has he?

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-Yeah.

-There's not much snails left once you've broke it, but...

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-I don't know if I like that.

-It's not my cup of tea, that.

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-I don't like that.

-It's quite slimy.

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The danger about the snails, they can get slimy.

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That is greasy, isn't it? It's greasy as hell.

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Have you got the real flavours and intensity

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that you needed from that croquette?

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You get that lovely marrowbone first, and even with the garlic through that,

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you're still getting that nice little, earthy, leafy finish.

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I think the thing that's new and innovative is the snails,

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the little croquette.

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Personally, I think that's the weakest part.

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What you're saying is the part that he's really hoped would be the show stopper

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could be the Achilles heel.

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It could. It could.

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Has this got the finesse to take it to the Olympic banquet?

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I think with a few final tweaks, definitely.

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I think it's a good dish, but I don't think it ticks

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-all the ground-breaking elements to this brief, I'm afraid.

-I agree.

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-HE SIGHS

-That was a rum one.

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I reckon it's got me there, to Friday.

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I really want to be there.

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I dread to think after a good start like I've got, that I'm going home on Thursday.

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You know, I'd be pretty gutted if that was the case.

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'Steph's next to face the inquisition.

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'Her smoked meat almost done, she finishes off her sticky onion and baby carrot garnish,

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'and adds her potato cakes to the plate.'

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'Finally, her hyssop and lemon thyme veal is sliced and served,

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'finished with a drizzle of oxtail jus.

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'After two disappointing scores, it's a big moment for Steph.'

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-So.

-How are you feeling?

-A bit better, chef.

-A bit better.

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And is this, Steph, the dish to get you back on track?

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I hope so. I'm going to reveal the team.

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SHE LAUGHS

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-Wow. You've got the "Team GBs" there.

-Yeah.

-Shall we go and try?

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-Yes, chef.

-Come on, then.

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'Steph couldn't resist continuing her Olympic theme,

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'but has she succeeded in putting innovative cooking

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'to the fore this time?'

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As a dish, the element that's

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really bringing it all together, what would it be?

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The veal is the star of the show. The tenderness.

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That's the kind of, the flavour, I think, that's the winner on that.

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I think if you're a big lad like me,

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it's breathtaking cos there's plenty on the plate. But it's quite big,

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chunky and cumbersome in some ways, isn't it?

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-You've got your special ingredient on the veal, the hyssop.

-Yeah.

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Has that worked? Has that come through how you'd liked?

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The thing with hyssop is, less is more.

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It's there, but it's not so much in your face, really.

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The smoke's there, I think the herbs are there, I think it's tender. It's nice.

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The veal's very good. Very juicy. Very soft.

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I actually like the rub, I didn't think I would.

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-I'm not overly keen on the rub.

-No?

-I mean, it finishes quite bitter.

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-How's the oxtail working, Steph?

-Maybe not as sticky as I'd hope.

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But I think it works well with the mash and the potato cake.

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Unfortunately, I feel the oxtail croquette

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has let it down.

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I've got to be honest, I think it's quite dull in flavour.

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Is it perfect enough for you?

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Is it beautiful enough to make it to the Olympic banquet?

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I think the veal itself says springtime, and the oxtail

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just adds a bit of clout, really.

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-Are you happy with the dish?

-I feel happy with this, yes.

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I think that went better. I think Nigel seemed to enjoy it.

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But I've got to wait and see.

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You know, I want a good score, now, to get me back in the race.

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I hope that was enough.

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'Last but not least is Colin,

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'who's on to the riskiest stage of his dish.

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'He's using liquid nitrogen to chill his mock apples

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'to minus 196 degrees, and Steph's desperate for a closer look.'

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Colin. What are you doing, chef?

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-Well, it's an apple mousse.

-An apple mousse?

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-An apple mousse, dipped in some apple gel.

-Uh-huh.

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Cooled down and then that's it going to be on the plate.

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So it's going to be a very light apple mousse encased in an apple syrup.

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That is amazing. Will that not melt on the hot plate?

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-No?

-The inside will be soft and very wet mousse.

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Can't wait to try that, chef.

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'Colin fries off his pig's jowls on parchment paper to crisp the fat,

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'and gets his pig skin in the deep fat fryer to puff it up.

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'He adds his black pudding cream to the plate,

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'followed by his garnish of apple cubes and onion.

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'Finally his meat, and the risky mock apples are ready to go.'

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-OK.

-Are you pleased that you've got all your elements right?

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I'm happy with the cooking, the seasoning and everything else,

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so yeah, I'm happy.

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-Shall we go and try it?

-Please, yes.

-Come on, then.

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'So once more, Colin's gone for broke with clever, chef-y tricks.

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'But will the execution live up to the Olympic ambition?'

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Tell me how you think this dish is ground-breaking.

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Well, Nigel, I've got lots of things on here to impress you.

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Basically, it's a pig's head,

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that I've tried to do something quite, you know, elaborate with.

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That's the challenge of this brief today, for me.

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-Main course?

-I don't think that's big enough.

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-No, I think it's more a starter.

-Especially for an athlete?

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Athletes can eat, and I don't think they'd be happy with that.

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The apple element - has that really pushed the boundaries?

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It's very difficult to try and get that shape.

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You have to mould the shape of an apple.

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It's frozen, it's got risk of defrosting,

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I've dipped in liquid nitrogen,

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I've just wanted to coat it in a very thin apple gel,

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to marry with the other strong flavours that are on the plate.

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The apple on the plate, we got almost, like,

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a marble of frozen apple in the middle, didn't we?

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-Do you think that's worked?

-Yeah, I don't think it's worked.

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I think he's tried to do something very ingenious and something very different,

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and sometimes when you do them sort of things,

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it doesn't always come right,

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and unfortunately, it's not quite right.

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That temperature change is quite interesting, isn't it?

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Yeah, cos that's chilled and refreshing.

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Ding dong! That pork cheek is great. Lovely and moist.

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The smoke's nice there.

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The pig's jowl, you're happy with the balance of that,

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there's not too much fat content?

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I've trimmed off the correct amount of fat that I thought it needed.

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Great flavoured black pudding,

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but it's smeared across the bottom of a plate,

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and, for me, I feel it's lost.

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-With the pork, and...

-The apple. There's so much going on.

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Colin, you've got that big, robust flavour of black pudding.

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Has that really worked for you?

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The element and the texture, it's nice and creamy,

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it hasn't curdled or split, so I'm happy in that sense.

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So, Charlie, is it a gold, is it a silver or is it a bronze?

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Well, to be honest,

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-if it was a starter, I'd put it there as gold.

-Yeah.

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As a main, got to be honest and,

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I'm kind of inclined to say it's only a bronze.

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It went really well in the kitchen, today.

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I'm expecting really high scores, today.

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Nothing less than a ten will do.

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If I get anything less, I don't know what I'll do.

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'While Nigel considers his verdict,

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'all the chefs can do is await their fate.'

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If I can get a good score today,

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then I think the three of us are very even.

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If I don't get a good score today, then, you know,

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I know that's me done.

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It's this one that really counts. You've only got

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-one more bite of the cherry, haven't you?

-You have.

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There has to be, unfortunately, one of us that goes home tomorrow.

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Yeah. Definitely.

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'With Charlie on 14, Colin on 12 and Steph on 11,

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'these scores could be a game changer.'

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I'm going to start with you, Charlie.

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Your beef dish with snails.

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I thought the braised beef was cooked beautifully,

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and the fillet part of the dish was cooked well.

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The snail croquette had good texture.

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I thought you needed a bit more impact, seasoning wise,

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and maybe a little bit more garlic.

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Steph, your veal and potato cake.

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Perfectly cooked veal for me.

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All those elements that we feared a little bit -

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over smoking, the herbs - really worked for me.

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Perfectly smoked, no problem with that.

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The potato cake gave another dimension and really worked for me.

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I think your portion size was a little bit too big,

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a bit too robust for what we're looking for.

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Colin. Your smoked pig's head, cooked three ways.

0:26:120:26:16

I loved the delicacy of the jowl,

0:26:170:26:19

the flavours worked with the black pudding,

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and your little apple, well, for me, it had an impact on the dish.

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That coldness changed the texture on the palate, changed the flavours.

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On the pig's jowl itself, maybe a little bit longer on the stove,

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and portion size?

0:26:390:26:41

Give it a little bit more.

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It's not that expensive, is it, that pig's jowl, Colin?

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So, down to the results and the scores. Charlie...

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..for your beef and snails...

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..I'm giving you a seven.

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Steph, for your veal and potato cake...

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..I'm giving you an eight.

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Colin, for your smoked pig's head, three ways,

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I'm giving you..

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..a nine.

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Colin, congratulations, cos you've nearly reached that perfection.

0:27:340:27:38

One more day to go. Desserts.

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Big challenge. I hope you're up for it. Thank you.

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Thank you, chef.

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-Wow.

-Well done.

-Well done.

-Well done.

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So, Colin's managed to close the gap with Charlie,

0:27:520:27:55

leaving them level pegging on 21.

0:27:550:27:57

While Steph's finally cracked the brief,

0:27:570:27:59

putting her just two points behind on 19.

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I still have a chance,

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and when you've got a chance, it makes you want to push harder and do better.

0:28:030:28:07

I wanted to be coming out of this course the leader,

0:28:070:28:09

so I've got to still dig deep and take nothing for granted.

0:28:090:28:12

I am a bit gutted to come in last place,

0:28:120:28:14

but I've got to put it behind myself, now. Just forget about it.

0:28:140:28:17

Tomorrow, it's desserts.

0:28:170:28:19

And in a last ditch bit to pull ahead, Colin's risking everything.

0:28:190:28:23

-I've never attempted this yet.

-Serious?

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I've really got the collywobbles, now.

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Yeah, I've practised mine a few times.

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Think it's always wise to, in't it?

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