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Three of Wales's cooking elite are crossing swords | 0:00:02 | 0:00:05 | |
to see their dishes served at a glittering Olympic feast. | 0:00:05 | 0:00:09 | |
In yesterday's starter, returning champion | 0:00:09 | 0:00:11 | |
Stephen Terry paid the price for a lack of preparation. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:15 | |
So how come you're being last-minute and practising it now? | 0:00:15 | 0:00:17 | |
It should be thickening, there's three egg yolks in it. | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
I can't wait to do this for 100 people. Flippin' hell! | 0:00:20 | 0:00:23 | |
But his Michelin-starred rivals James Sommerin and Richard Davies | 0:00:23 | 0:00:27 | |
also failed to dazzle, leaving all three chefs | 0:00:27 | 0:00:29 | |
level pegging on day two. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:30 | |
All of you, up it. We want Wales in there. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:33 | |
Tonight, it's the fish course, | 0:00:33 | 0:00:35 | |
and with a one-time banquet winner in the kitchen... | 0:00:35 | 0:00:38 | |
I'd quite like to relive the experience, to be honest. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:40 | |
We'll try and stop you getting there. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:42 | |
..it's a battle between the young bloods... | 0:00:42 | 0:00:44 | |
I've done caviar before. | 0:00:44 | 0:00:46 | |
There's pitfalls in it. It's got to be right. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:48 | |
..and the old school. | 0:00:48 | 0:00:49 | |
We are cooks and not scientists. I do believe I'm a marked man. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:52 | |
They are gunning for me, for sure. | 0:00:52 | 0:00:54 | |
The young guns want to, you know, get the old boy out. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:56 | |
Inspired by the jawdropping exploits of record-breaking athletes, | 0:01:06 | 0:01:11 | |
Britain's best chefs are creating breathtaking dishes of Olympian ambition. | 0:01:11 | 0:01:15 | |
You came to push your limits. That is what you are going to do. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
But the Welsh contenders are yet to convince veteran judge | 0:01:18 | 0:01:22 | |
Angela Hartnett they have what it takes to reach the Olympic feast. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:26 | |
They've got to represent Wales, they've got to represent themselves | 0:01:26 | 0:01:29 | |
and they've got to represent the Olympics, and at the moment, | 0:01:29 | 0:01:32 | |
they're playing too safe and they need to push themselves more. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:35 | |
With all three chefs even on six, | 0:01:35 | 0:01:37 | |
they can't afford to rest on their laurels. | 0:01:37 | 0:01:40 | |
Gentlemen, here we are. Still on the starting line. | 0:01:40 | 0:01:42 | |
-Bit of a rap across the knuckles yesterday. -Yeah. It was. | 0:01:42 | 0:01:45 | |
Shot across the bow. Wake up, boys, pull your socks up. | 0:01:45 | 0:01:47 | |
She wants a bit more and this is probably my simplest dish. | 0:01:47 | 0:01:52 | |
-Snap! -Is it what she's looking for? -Soon find out, won't we? | 0:01:52 | 0:01:55 | |
First up is seasoned competitor Stephen Terry | 0:01:59 | 0:02:02 | |
whose fish course took him all the way to the banquet in 2008, | 0:02:02 | 0:02:06 | |
but after a tough start yesterday, he can't take anything for granted. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:10 | |
You can talk about it all day before you get here, but once you're here, | 0:02:10 | 0:02:13 | |
you're in the pot, and it is a pretty hot place to be. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:16 | |
Game on! Cheers. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:18 | |
-Hi, Steve. How are you doing? -Morning. -Are you well? Are you well? | 0:02:21 | 0:02:25 | |
-Very well, thank you. -So what's the name of your dish? -Fish and shellfish medley. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:29 | |
-The way it's presented is in the form of Olympic rings. -Right. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:33 | |
So each element is encompassed by an Olympic ring that's made from | 0:02:33 | 0:02:36 | |
something that relates to that colour of the ring. | 0:02:36 | 0:02:39 | |
So go through each colour, then. What's the first colour? | 0:02:39 | 0:02:42 | |
-I'm trying to think. -Red. Tomato. So it is a tomato jelly. -Right, OK. | 0:02:42 | 0:02:46 | |
And that encompasses crab. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:48 | |
-What's the next one? -The lobster is going to be surrounded by caviar. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:51 | |
-Nice. -And with a poached oyster. -And that colour is which colour? -Black. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:56 | |
-Black, OK. -Then we have mackerel. | 0:02:56 | 0:02:59 | |
-Lovely. -I'm doing a fresh mackerel tartare. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:02 | |
-That's encompassed by a cucumber jelly. -Yeah. | 0:03:02 | 0:03:05 | |
So there's the green ring. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:07 | |
And then we have a yellow ring, which is a baked lemon jelly, | 0:03:07 | 0:03:11 | |
-and that's encompassing cold and hot smoked salmon. -This one? | 0:03:11 | 0:03:15 | |
The purple potatoes is as close as I'm going to get to blue, and that goes around each scallop. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:19 | |
-So lots going on. -Yeah. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:21 | |
The theme is Olympian, but technically, why do you feel you're pushing boundaries? | 0:03:21 | 0:03:25 | |
-You can go to a fine-dining restaurant and have a fine-dining dish any day of the week. -Yeah. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:29 | |
So what about this dish is making it specific to the competitors of the Olympics? | 0:03:29 | 0:03:33 | |
Quite clearly, the name of the dish, the medley, | 0:03:33 | 0:03:35 | |
and the way it's laid out with Olympic rings, | 0:03:35 | 0:03:37 | |
-it's clearly an Olympic theme there. -I'm looking forward to eating it. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:41 | |
His five-part fish dish is a quirky take on the brief | 0:03:41 | 0:03:44 | |
and Stephen's pushing himself on presentation, | 0:03:44 | 0:03:48 | |
but will it be enough to impress Angela? | 0:03:48 | 0:03:50 | |
Stephen can't rely that he's using just the theme of Olympic rings | 0:03:50 | 0:03:53 | |
to make this a groundbreaking dish. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:55 | |
It's got to taste amazing, it's got to be Olympian | 0:03:55 | 0:03:57 | |
and it's got to be technically out there. | 0:03:57 | 0:03:59 | |
At the moment, it seems like five tapas | 0:03:59 | 0:04:02 | |
or canape dishes put on a plate. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:03 | |
Next up is competitive returning contender James Sommerin, | 0:04:03 | 0:04:07 | |
whose starter scored high for ambition, | 0:04:07 | 0:04:09 | |
but lost marks for execution. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:11 | |
Coming into this today, I'm going to push myself to the limit, | 0:04:11 | 0:04:14 | |
make sure everything is spot-on, so I can leave the other two behind. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:18 | |
-Hi, James. Are you OK? -Yeah, good. And yourself? -Very good, thank you. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:25 | |
What's the name of your dish? | 0:04:25 | 0:04:27 | |
Lobster with iberico ham, spiced butter and aubergine caviar. | 0:04:27 | 0:04:30 | |
What's amazing about this dish? What's Olympian about it? | 0:04:30 | 0:04:33 | |
Hopefully, the cooking of the lobster. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:35 | |
So how are you going to do that? | 0:04:35 | 0:04:37 | |
I'm going to boil them, and then we're going to reheat them through the spiced butter. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:41 | |
Hopefully, the sweetness will be there and the texture spot-on. | 0:04:41 | 0:04:44 | |
-I want the lobster to shine. -How come with the pata negra ham? | 0:04:44 | 0:04:49 | |
I was looking for a slight meaty flavouring to it. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:51 | |
I'm also using a touch of chicken stock in the butter to emulsify it. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:55 | |
I'm hoping it's going to be enough to knock your socks off. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:58 | |
-You've got lots of vegetables here. What are you doing with the aubergine? -Aubergine caviar. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:02 | |
It's just baked and then stewed, I suppose. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:06 | |
-And then spices or herbs through it? -Yeah. There's cumin, thyme and garlic and orange. -OK. | 0:05:06 | 0:05:11 | |
-A little bit of orange to help lift and give a bit of lightness to the dish, really. -Good luck. -Cheers. | 0:05:11 | 0:05:16 | |
So James has ditched the molecular gastronomy | 0:05:16 | 0:05:19 | |
in favour of a twist on classic boiled lobster. | 0:05:19 | 0:05:21 | |
But is he pushing any boundaries? | 0:05:21 | 0:05:24 | |
James is keeping this dish very simple. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:25 | |
He's really got to sell those flavours because that's the dish. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:29 | |
There's no innovation there, there's nothing really technical about it, | 0:05:29 | 0:05:33 | |
so if that dish doesn't live up to the flavours as it should, | 0:05:33 | 0:05:35 | |
he really has not done his job. | 0:05:35 | 0:05:38 | |
Last but not least, it's underdog Richard Davies. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:42 | |
He's desperate to prove himself, having gone out early last time he competed. | 0:05:42 | 0:05:46 | |
Bit disappointed in yesterday's result. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:48 | |
I wanted to be up and running on the first day, | 0:05:48 | 0:05:50 | |
going into day two in the lead. | 0:05:50 | 0:05:52 | |
But that's not the case and, you know, time to crack on. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:56 | |
Hi, Richard. What have we got here? | 0:05:59 | 0:06:01 | |
I'm doing a compression of tomato with lobster and scallops | 0:06:01 | 0:06:04 | |
and I'm making a little tomato caviar. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:08 | |
What does it mean, a compression of tomato? | 0:06:08 | 0:06:10 | |
Basically, I'm just going to lay those in a terrine | 0:06:10 | 0:06:13 | |
and press it, so we are getting that compression. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:16 | |
-There's no setting agent in there. -No agar or gelatine? -No, nothing. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:21 | |
-Just the pure tomato. -And what are you doing with the lobster and the scallops? | 0:06:21 | 0:06:25 | |
The lobster, we're poaching that. That's going to be cold. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:29 | |
The scallop is going to be hot. They will be pan-fried. | 0:06:29 | 0:06:33 | |
What are you using the calcium chloride for? | 0:06:33 | 0:06:37 | |
We're going to make a juice with the cherry vines and then | 0:06:37 | 0:06:40 | |
using the two different chemicals, I'm going to make a tomato caviar. | 0:06:40 | 0:06:45 | |
-So as if it was caviar, but with tomatoes? -Yeah. | 0:06:45 | 0:06:48 | |
It's kind of got a jelly-like outside, | 0:06:48 | 0:06:51 | |
but the theory is that the inside is still liquid. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:55 | |
-Oh, wow. That's quite technical, then. -Yeah. | 0:06:55 | 0:06:57 | |
So the rest of it is quite simple and then I've introduced | 0:06:57 | 0:07:00 | |
the technical side, but it's not there to make up the numbers, | 0:07:00 | 0:07:03 | |
-it's to get that, you know, burst of tomato. -Good. Looking forward to it. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:09 | |
So Richard's also gone for luxurious lobster, | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
but while his ingredients might seem simple, | 0:07:12 | 0:07:14 | |
his dish is potentially fraught with danger. | 0:07:14 | 0:07:17 | |
Flavour-wise, would I put lobster with tomato? Probably not. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:20 | |
Scallops and tomatoes work, but I'm not sure about the lobster. | 0:07:20 | 0:07:23 | |
He's making this tomato caviar. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:27 | |
I think you've got to have huge flavour to pull that off. | 0:07:27 | 0:07:29 | |
The contest for the fish dish is under way. | 0:07:34 | 0:07:38 | |
And with a former fish course winner in their midst, | 0:07:38 | 0:07:41 | |
Richard and James have a fight on their hands. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:44 | |
Stephen, you've always been renowned for your fish being one of your strongest dishes. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:48 | |
I'm very comfortable with fish. Obviously, having success before, | 0:07:48 | 0:07:52 | |
that's a nice little thing to remember, | 0:07:52 | 0:07:54 | |
but I'd quite like to relive the experience, to be honest. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:57 | |
I think we all would! | 0:07:57 | 0:07:58 | |
We'll definitely try and stop you getting there this time! | 0:07:58 | 0:08:01 | |
Stephen's raising the stakes with an ambitious seafood medley, | 0:08:01 | 0:08:04 | |
featuring nine different types of fish and shellfish | 0:08:04 | 0:08:07 | |
served in five Olympic rings. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:10 | |
It's going to be interesting to taste all five elements, | 0:08:10 | 0:08:12 | |
but the thing we're looking for is to see if they all work together. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:15 | |
It's one dish, not five dishes in one. | 0:08:15 | 0:08:17 | |
He's certainly pushing himself and he says this is | 0:08:18 | 0:08:21 | |
probably his winning ticket. The jury's out for me. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:24 | |
It seems very complicated. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:25 | |
Stephen's archrival James has swapped his usual cheffy techniques | 0:08:25 | 0:08:30 | |
for a seemingly straightforward boiled lobster. | 0:08:30 | 0:08:34 | |
I don't think James is revealing all the elements to his dish. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:37 | |
He says it's quite simple, | 0:08:37 | 0:08:39 | |
but I think he's keeping his cards close to his chest | 0:08:39 | 0:08:42 | |
and might have one or two hidden elements up his sleeve, | 0:08:42 | 0:08:44 | |
so I'm not going to trust him at the minute. | 0:08:44 | 0:08:47 | |
James is serving his lobster with several vegetables. | 0:08:47 | 0:08:50 | |
Angela wants to see how he's lifting the dish to Olympian heights. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:54 | |
OK, James. What's this business, here? | 0:08:54 | 0:08:56 | |
It's broccoli and it's been rolled in a bit of rice flour. | 0:08:56 | 0:08:59 | |
-And why are you doing that? -Because I'm going to deep-fry it. | 0:08:59 | 0:09:02 | |
It's different textures of broccoli. So we're using the stem. | 0:09:02 | 0:09:05 | |
The florets, I'm going to pan-fry, and we've got broccoli tops as well. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:08 | |
-Why the broccoli? -It works really well with the dish. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:11 | |
Nice bit of vegetable texture. Lovely colour. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:13 | |
I like broccoli, I think it's underused, really. | 0:09:13 | 0:09:16 | |
He's got these three different types of broccoli three ways. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:18 | |
He obviously loves it as a vegetable. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:20 | |
It's not a vegetable dish, it's a fish course. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:23 | |
They've got to make sure all those other side elements don't overpower the main ingredient. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:28 | |
Across the kitchen, Richard is preparing | 0:09:30 | 0:09:32 | |
the tomato juice for an innovative caviar to go with the lobster. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:35 | |
-Your caviar. That sounds very interesting. -Yeah. | 0:09:35 | 0:09:38 | |
It's not something I've done before the competition. | 0:09:38 | 0:09:42 | |
I've done caviar before. It is, there is certainly pitfalls in it. It's got to be right. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:47 | |
It's like using all these powders. | 0:09:47 | 0:09:49 | |
You actually dumb the flavour of the ingredient | 0:09:49 | 0:09:52 | |
and you've got to make sure you can really bring it alive. | 0:09:52 | 0:09:55 | |
We are cooks and not scientists and it's a new, modern way of cooking | 0:09:55 | 0:09:58 | |
that you have to understand completely to start using the product. | 0:09:58 | 0:10:02 | |
Hence, I don't! | 0:10:02 | 0:10:04 | |
The caviar's not the only technical challenge Richard has set himself. | 0:10:05 | 0:10:09 | |
He's also trying to make a tricky tomato compression against the clock. | 0:10:09 | 0:10:14 | |
That is a concern because it does require 24 hours, | 0:10:14 | 0:10:17 | |
but I'm trying to do that within a shorter time period, | 0:10:17 | 0:10:20 | |
so fingers crossed it will be all right. | 0:10:20 | 0:10:22 | |
-How are you getting on there, Richard? -Good. -What are you up to? | 0:10:22 | 0:10:26 | |
-My terrine is pressing. -You have to press it how long for, minimum? | 0:10:26 | 0:10:30 | |
-24 hours. -Right, OK. -Or two hours. | 0:10:30 | 0:10:34 | |
So you don't know how it has turned out yet? Not yet. OK. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:37 | |
So Richard, out of all three, is really pushing the boundaries | 0:10:37 | 0:10:39 | |
and pushing himself in this competition. | 0:10:39 | 0:10:42 | |
Particularly for the tomato terrine as he's not setting it with anything, so he won't know | 0:10:42 | 0:10:46 | |
until he cuts into it if that has worked, and that's a real risk for me. | 0:10:46 | 0:10:50 | |
To learn what it really means to have Olympian ambition, | 0:10:54 | 0:10:57 | |
Richard travelled to Bath, where Welsh hurdler Dai Greene | 0:10:57 | 0:11:00 | |
is training hard for London 2012. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:03 | |
-Hello, Dai. -Hey, are you all right? -Pleasure to meet you. | 0:11:03 | 0:11:05 | |
-You too, you too. -How are you? -Not too bad. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:07 | |
Come with me and I'll show you some hurdling. | 0:11:07 | 0:11:10 | |
As the proud holder of gold medals from the European Championships, | 0:11:10 | 0:11:13 | |
Commonwealth Games and World Championships, | 0:11:13 | 0:11:16 | |
Dai is perfectly placed to give Richard some winning tips. | 0:11:16 | 0:11:19 | |
I've been in this competition before. I didn't do well. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:22 | |
I wasn't prepared for it. How would you prepare yourself? | 0:11:22 | 0:11:26 | |
We have a philosophy - train hard, win easy. | 0:11:26 | 0:11:28 | |
You put everything into training and preparation | 0:11:28 | 0:11:31 | |
and then when it comes to racing, | 0:11:31 | 0:11:33 | |
the racing part is usually a bit easier. | 0:11:33 | 0:11:35 | |
Would you say the pressure is on for 2012? | 0:11:35 | 0:11:38 | |
I guess it's quite similar to you. | 0:11:38 | 0:11:40 | |
You're obviously putting a lot of expectation on your shoulders. | 0:11:40 | 0:11:43 | |
You're ahead of this competition and you want to do yourself justice and give your best performance. | 0:11:43 | 0:11:48 | |
To show Richard how practice can reap rewards, | 0:11:48 | 0:11:52 | |
Dai is giving him a hurdling masterclass. | 0:11:52 | 0:11:55 | |
Not too bad at all. This is what we are going to start on. | 0:11:57 | 0:12:00 | |
These don't go any lower, these ones. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:02 | |
Dai usually jumps three-foot hurdles, | 0:12:02 | 0:12:05 | |
but he's starting Richard off at two foot three. | 0:12:05 | 0:12:07 | |
-As simple as that! -And then you just come up, yes. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:10 | |
Arms. Good. | 0:12:15 | 0:12:17 | |
Having taken the baby hurdles in his stride, | 0:12:17 | 0:12:20 | |
now it's time to go to three foot. | 0:12:20 | 0:12:22 | |
All three of them. No hits or bumps, OK? | 0:12:26 | 0:12:29 | |
-Er... -It's OK. | 0:12:29 | 0:12:32 | |
Nice. | 0:12:32 | 0:12:34 | |
Ha-ha! Good. | 0:12:35 | 0:12:38 | |
This is just like being in the kitchen now. It's now or never. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:41 | |
This is the time to get the gold medal. You get one more shot. | 0:12:41 | 0:12:43 | |
You've got to make it happen. | 0:12:43 | 0:12:46 | |
Good! | 0:12:51 | 0:12:53 | |
'I think he'll have surprised himself at how well he has done today.' | 0:12:53 | 0:12:56 | |
He succeeded at the end because he practised | 0:12:56 | 0:12:58 | |
and if he takes that attitude into the kitchen | 0:12:58 | 0:13:00 | |
and prepares really well, I think he might exceed his own expectations. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:04 | |
He is the world 400-metre hurdle champion. | 0:13:04 | 0:13:06 | |
He's done that by putting in the hard work | 0:13:06 | 0:13:09 | |
and effort off the track and, you know, that's exactly what I need to do | 0:13:09 | 0:13:13 | |
with the competition to make sure that I get a dish | 0:13:13 | 0:13:16 | |
on the final banquet and win my own gold medal. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:19 | |
Back in the competition, Richard's experience has spurred him on | 0:13:19 | 0:13:24 | |
in his bid to reach the Olympic feast. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:26 | |
Spending time with Dai, I would love to be there to do him proud. | 0:13:26 | 0:13:30 | |
I think what they all do is just remarkable, | 0:13:30 | 0:13:33 | |
devoting their whole lives to their trade. | 0:13:33 | 0:13:35 | |
We are doing this for people who challenge themselves every day, and it's a commitment, isn't it? | 0:13:35 | 0:13:40 | |
-There's a lot of sacrifice involved to achieve greatness. -Yeah. | 0:13:40 | 0:13:44 | |
At the moment, all three chefs are neck and neck, and this time, | 0:13:44 | 0:13:48 | |
they're all using the same ingredient. | 0:13:48 | 0:13:50 | |
It's quite interesting that we all seem to be doing lobster. | 0:13:50 | 0:13:53 | |
It will be interesting to see who comes out with the best version. | 0:13:53 | 0:13:56 | |
Obviously, I'm going to say that's mine, but we will wait and see. | 0:13:56 | 0:14:00 | |
For experienced contender Stephen, lobster is just one | 0:14:00 | 0:14:03 | |
ingredient in his complex cold platter, which also features crab, | 0:14:03 | 0:14:07 | |
ceviche scallops, poached oysters and a mackerel tartare. | 0:14:07 | 0:14:10 | |
It's ambitious in its scale, but does it hit the brief? | 0:14:10 | 0:14:14 | |
I don't do what these guys do in their restaurants, | 0:14:14 | 0:14:17 | |
so there's no smoke and mirrors and flashes and this and that. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:20 | |
It is presented in a way that is clearly Olympic. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:24 | |
-Have you got a lot of work to do? -Yeah, there is a lot to do. | 0:14:24 | 0:14:26 | |
Obviously, I like a challenge. | 0:14:26 | 0:14:29 | |
James' food is fantastic. But it is a piece of fine-dining cooking | 0:14:29 | 0:14:34 | |
and I could go into his restaurant and have that, | 0:14:34 | 0:14:36 | |
so what makes it special in putting it in front of someone at an Olympic feast? | 0:14:36 | 0:14:41 | |
On the surface, Stephen's old foe James' dish is much simpler, | 0:14:41 | 0:14:45 | |
but Angela's concerned about the number of flavours he is adding to his lobster. | 0:14:45 | 0:14:49 | |
-So this is your aubergine caviar, yeah? -Yeah. | 0:14:49 | 0:14:52 | |
You can smell that orange in there. | 0:14:52 | 0:14:54 | |
What else have you put in to make it green? | 0:14:54 | 0:14:56 | |
Because normally, when you make it, it's quite grey. | 0:14:56 | 0:14:58 | |
-There's parsley in there. -Just parsley? -Parsley. -Tomato? | 0:14:58 | 0:15:01 | |
Yeah, tomato, some garlic and a bit of ground cumin, | 0:15:01 | 0:15:04 | |
and that's pretty much it. | 0:15:04 | 0:15:07 | |
James has obviously got a lot going on when he's got | 0:15:07 | 0:15:10 | |
the spiced aubergine caviar, spiced butter, deep-fried broccoli. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:15 | |
He has to make sure the lobster shines through and all those | 0:15:15 | 0:15:19 | |
other ingredients enhance the dish rather than overpower it. | 0:15:19 | 0:15:21 | |
James' dish relies on the lobster being perfectly cooked | 0:15:23 | 0:15:28 | |
at the very last minute, and with plating up approaching, | 0:15:28 | 0:15:30 | |
he has still got lots to do. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:32 | |
-Four minutes. -He puts his lobster on to boil and preps his vegetables... | 0:15:32 | 0:15:37 | |
That's ready, that's ready, that's hot. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:40 | |
..then spoons the orange-flavoured aubergine caviar | 0:15:40 | 0:15:42 | |
onto the pata negra ham, adding broccoli florets and stalks | 0:15:42 | 0:15:46 | |
and the deep-fried broccoli tops. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:48 | |
Come on! | 0:15:48 | 0:15:50 | |
Working quickly, he shells his lobster | 0:15:50 | 0:15:52 | |
and warms it through in the spiced butter. | 0:15:52 | 0:15:54 | |
Finally, James' nerve-wracking fish course is ready to taste. | 0:15:54 | 0:15:58 | |
Has it broken all your culinary boundaries, do you think? | 0:16:02 | 0:16:05 | |
It has broken me, I tell you! That was pushing me. | 0:16:05 | 0:16:07 | |
-I was against the clock. It was brilliant. -Happy with that? | 0:16:07 | 0:16:10 | |
-Taste it and see. -Yeah. Looking forward to it. Let's go. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:13 | |
James has taken a risk with his last-minute cooking, | 0:16:13 | 0:16:17 | |
but does his lobster deliver awe-inspiring gastronomy? | 0:16:17 | 0:16:20 | |
OK, James. Let's eat. The lobster butter and all the spices, | 0:16:20 | 0:16:24 | |
does that work with the lobster for you? | 0:16:24 | 0:16:26 | |
The lobster's quite meaty, it has a full-on flavour and you don't lose the sweetness. | 0:16:26 | 0:16:30 | |
-Let's try some of the lobster. -Yeah. Spiced butter. -It is very lobstery. | 0:16:30 | 0:16:33 | |
-Yeah. -I'm not getting a huge amount of spices, to be honest with you. | 0:16:33 | 0:16:37 | |
-It's quite a delicate spice. -I thought it was going to deliver | 0:16:37 | 0:16:40 | |
-a bit more flavour. -So, aubergine caviar, good for you? | 0:16:40 | 0:16:43 | |
-Texture-wise, flavour-wise? -Yeah, definitely. | 0:16:43 | 0:16:45 | |
-Is there parsley through there? -A little bit, yeah. -And orange. | 0:16:45 | 0:16:52 | |
Quite sweet. | 0:16:52 | 0:16:53 | |
-Very orangey, isn't it? -Yeah. | 0:16:53 | 0:16:55 | |
It's one of those things - the longer it stands, the more it infuses. | 0:16:55 | 0:16:59 | |
Intensifies. And the broccoli works well with it? | 0:16:59 | 0:17:02 | |
I just wanted something clean, and broccoli kind of brings that to it. | 0:17:02 | 0:17:05 | |
You get that green broccoli-like refreshing flavour. | 0:17:05 | 0:17:08 | |
The broccoli is maybe a little bit missed. | 0:17:08 | 0:17:10 | |
I don't really think the broccoli adds much to the dish, to be honest. | 0:17:10 | 0:17:13 | |
Is this an Olympian dish? Is this groundbreaking? | 0:17:13 | 0:17:16 | |
-Is this really selling James as a chef? -It's different. | 0:17:16 | 0:17:20 | |
It's got such an array of flavours going on in there. | 0:17:20 | 0:17:24 | |
I know myself, I'd be really happy if I could sit down and eat that. | 0:17:24 | 0:17:27 | |
It is a great piece of cooking, but is it stretching the boundaries? | 0:17:27 | 0:17:30 | |
-Probably not. -Does it meet the brief? It's not for us to decide. | 0:17:30 | 0:17:34 | |
So, I'm really pleased. Really good dish. | 0:17:36 | 0:17:39 | |
I think I surprised the boys in the kitchen. | 0:17:39 | 0:17:41 | |
Hopefully, it makes them a little bit nervous now. | 0:17:41 | 0:17:44 | |
Fingers crossed, they might be doubting what they've done | 0:17:44 | 0:17:46 | |
and I might be in pole position. | 0:17:46 | 0:17:49 | |
Next to serve is Richard, | 0:17:49 | 0:17:51 | |
who is embarking on the riskiest part of his dish. | 0:17:51 | 0:17:55 | |
He's using a dispenser and chemicals to create tiny spheres | 0:17:55 | 0:17:58 | |
of tomato juice, and Angela is going in for a closer look. | 0:17:58 | 0:18:02 | |
I saw one guy do it with this pipette, individually. | 0:18:02 | 0:18:05 | |
-This is much smarter, isn't it? -Yeah. | 0:18:05 | 0:18:07 | |
-You could do thousands at the same time. -It's a little bit easier. | 0:18:07 | 0:18:11 | |
Richard's cutting-edge techniques have caught his rival's attention. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:17 | |
It does look like caviar. | 0:18:17 | 0:18:19 | |
-It looks like the salmon caviar. -Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's true. | 0:18:19 | 0:18:22 | |
Relieved to see his risky tomato terrine has set, | 0:18:22 | 0:18:26 | |
he adds baby fennel and cold poached lobster to the plate. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:30 | |
Scallops are going in now, one minute. | 0:18:30 | 0:18:33 | |
He spoons his tomato caviar into quirky tins. | 0:18:33 | 0:18:37 | |
Then finally, the hot scallops hit the plate. | 0:18:37 | 0:18:39 | |
-Happy? -Yeah. -Reflecting the ambitions of an Olympian athlete? | 0:18:48 | 0:18:52 | |
I hope so. | 0:18:52 | 0:18:54 | |
-Right. Tin each. -Let's go. -Let's go. | 0:18:54 | 0:18:57 | |
Richard's used technical trickery | 0:18:57 | 0:18:59 | |
to try and break new culinary ground, but has he pulled it off? | 0:18:59 | 0:19:04 | |
-So you've got the caviar, the tomato caviar. -Yeah. | 0:19:04 | 0:19:06 | |
And it's giving that punch for you? | 0:19:06 | 0:19:08 | |
-It's got that burst of flavour at the end? -Yeah. | 0:19:08 | 0:19:11 | |
I don't want it to make up the numbers, I think it has got enough flavour on its own. | 0:19:11 | 0:19:15 | |
I want to taste it! | 0:19:15 | 0:19:17 | |
Got to taste that. | 0:19:17 | 0:19:18 | |
Caviar. | 0:19:18 | 0:19:21 | |
Do you know what that feels like to me? | 0:19:22 | 0:19:25 | |
Tapioca. | 0:19:25 | 0:19:27 | |
No, spaghetti hoops, when you eat spaghetti in tomato sauce. | 0:19:27 | 0:19:31 | |
And it works with the dish, or could it stand alone without the caviar? | 0:19:31 | 0:19:35 | |
Oof! SHE LAUGHS | 0:19:38 | 0:19:41 | |
First time I've silenced a chef! | 0:19:41 | 0:19:43 | |
I think the caviar does add another dimension, and obviously, | 0:19:43 | 0:19:47 | |
you know, brings that drama, that theatre to the Olympic banquet. | 0:19:47 | 0:19:51 | |
Something skilful that they necessarily wouldn't have seen before. | 0:19:51 | 0:19:53 | |
I want to taste this compressed tomato. | 0:19:53 | 0:19:56 | |
It seems a shame for all the effort that's gone into it | 0:19:56 | 0:19:58 | |
to put it at the bottom so you can't see it. | 0:19:58 | 0:20:01 | |
-It's tomatoey, but it lacks a bit of vibrance. -So, the terrine. | 0:20:04 | 0:20:07 | |
-Are you happy with the texture and how it has turned out? -Yeah, I am. | 0:20:07 | 0:20:10 | |
I would generally like to leave it for 24 hours, | 0:20:10 | 0:20:13 | |
but it seems to have firmed up. | 0:20:13 | 0:20:15 | |
It didn't fall apart when I cut into it. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:17 | |
You spent a lot of time on the tomato terrine, doing the tomato caviar. | 0:20:17 | 0:20:20 | |
Do you think it's overshadowing the lobster and scallops? | 0:20:20 | 0:20:23 | |
I think it is quite a good balance. | 0:20:23 | 0:20:25 | |
-It is all about, you know... -It's a fish course. -Yeah, exactly. | 0:20:25 | 0:20:29 | |
The scallops. | 0:20:29 | 0:20:31 | |
Really nicely cooked. | 0:20:31 | 0:20:33 | |
You wouldn't expect anything less though, would you? | 0:20:33 | 0:20:36 | |
I personally find the lobster a bit dry. | 0:20:36 | 0:20:39 | |
I think everyone's got their own take on how far to cook it. | 0:20:39 | 0:20:42 | |
Yours was certainly cooked a bit less than that. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:44 | |
I mean, compared to Steve, who has got thousands of ingredients, | 0:20:44 | 0:20:47 | |
you have used relatively few here. | 0:20:47 | 0:20:48 | |
Do you think it's reached the heights we're looking for? | 0:20:48 | 0:20:51 | |
I believe in this dish. I think it's light, delicate. Great flavours. | 0:20:51 | 0:20:56 | |
-I just find there's something, for me, that's... -Lacking. | 0:20:56 | 0:20:59 | |
It needs something | 0:20:59 | 0:21:00 | |
-to tie it all together. -Is it an Olympic dish? | 0:21:00 | 0:21:02 | |
-Is it an Olympic dish? -I'm not sure about that. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:06 | |
Well, you know, nothing more I can do now. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:10 | |
Angela doesn't give much away. | 0:21:10 | 0:21:13 | |
Asked lots of questions, so I'm not sure | 0:21:13 | 0:21:15 | |
if that's a good thing or a bad thing. | 0:21:15 | 0:21:17 | |
Last up is old hand Stephen. | 0:21:17 | 0:21:19 | |
Having been late with his starter, | 0:21:19 | 0:21:21 | |
Angela wants to check he is properly prepared this time. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:24 | |
-Have you plated this before? -What do you think? | 0:21:24 | 0:21:27 | |
So you've never plated it before, so you're not quite sure how it will turn out? | 0:21:27 | 0:21:31 | |
No, I haven't and no, I don't, | 0:21:31 | 0:21:33 | |
but there's not a lot difficult about filling rings. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:36 | |
But Stephen's Olympic presentation involves lots of fiddly work. | 0:21:36 | 0:21:39 | |
-Do you want a normal...? -A plate, just a plate. | 0:21:39 | 0:21:42 | |
-Just something to put... -And the pressure is getting to him. | 0:21:42 | 0:21:45 | |
Can I do the other one? | 0:21:45 | 0:21:46 | |
Yeah, if you want, yeah. | 0:21:46 | 0:21:48 | |
Shall I take these up? | 0:21:48 | 0:21:51 | |
It's time-consuming, isn't it? | 0:21:51 | 0:21:52 | |
Even with Richard's help, it's an uphill struggle. | 0:21:52 | 0:21:55 | |
You are a couple of minutes behind, Steve. How much longer? | 0:21:55 | 0:21:58 | |
I'm going to be about... I'm going to be about three minutes. | 0:21:58 | 0:22:01 | |
Stephen quickly fills his lemon jelly with salmon | 0:22:01 | 0:22:05 | |
and spoons his smoked and fresh mackerel into the cucumber ring. | 0:22:05 | 0:22:08 | |
The white crab with coriander goes with the tomato jelly, | 0:22:08 | 0:22:12 | |
then he adds the fourth ring of caviar and lobster. | 0:22:12 | 0:22:15 | |
Finally, he makes a circle of purple potato and tops it with his ceviche of scallops | 0:22:15 | 0:22:20 | |
and, not a moment too soon, makes it to the pass. | 0:22:20 | 0:22:23 | |
-It's certainly Olympian, isn't it? -Hmm... | 0:22:26 | 0:22:29 | |
Yeah, clearly, there's the colours of the rings. | 0:22:31 | 0:22:34 | |
-What do you think, James? -Yeah, a simple dish. | 0:22:34 | 0:22:37 | |
-Quirky, no? -Quirky. | 0:22:37 | 0:22:39 | |
-It definitely captures the Olympic spirit. -Let's go and taste one. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:43 | |
Stephen's pushed himself to deliver an Olympic-themed dish, | 0:22:43 | 0:22:47 | |
but is it groundbreaking gastronomy or simply a gimmick? | 0:22:47 | 0:22:51 | |
I'm going to start with the salmon one. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:53 | |
Consistency of the jelly, taste and acidity, | 0:22:53 | 0:22:55 | |
that's what you were looking for, and the amount... | 0:22:55 | 0:22:57 | |
I can't get the jelly any thinner, to be honest. | 0:22:57 | 0:23:00 | |
I don't want to make it any sweeter. | 0:23:00 | 0:23:02 | |
You haven't got to eat the whole jelly, | 0:23:02 | 0:23:04 | |
-the jelly is there for the effect of the ring. -Yeah. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:07 | |
It's quite strong, the lemon jelly. | 0:23:07 | 0:23:09 | |
A bit too... Just a bit tart. | 0:23:09 | 0:23:10 | |
-Definitely on the acidic side, isn't it? -On the lemon. | 0:23:10 | 0:23:13 | |
This is the mackerel, which is a mackerel tartare. | 0:23:13 | 0:23:16 | |
I felt I put quite a bit of horseradish in there. | 0:23:16 | 0:23:19 | |
But in fairness... I mean, I can taste it, but... | 0:23:19 | 0:23:23 | |
I expected the smoked mackerel to be one of the most prominent | 0:23:23 | 0:23:25 | |
flavours on the dish and it kind of feels a little bit lost. | 0:23:25 | 0:23:28 | |
Yeah, it is quite light. And the cucumber could be a bit stronger. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:32 | |
So this is the scallop, the blue one. Anything you would change about that? | 0:23:32 | 0:23:35 | |
In hindsight, putting the potato in the bottom and then scooping | 0:23:35 | 0:23:38 | |
a bit out in the middle, so there's a little bit less potato there. | 0:23:38 | 0:23:42 | |
The scallop tartare is very nice. | 0:23:42 | 0:23:44 | |
It's got a good bit of acidity in it. | 0:23:44 | 0:23:46 | |
A bit of chilli that he's got in there. It's light, lovely. | 0:23:46 | 0:23:49 | |
Far too much potato. It doesn't do the scallop any justice. | 0:23:49 | 0:23:52 | |
Anything you would change about the caviar one, the lobster? | 0:23:52 | 0:23:56 | |
I think they are all luxury items that marry well together | 0:23:56 | 0:23:59 | |
and it finishes the dish off nicely. | 0:23:59 | 0:24:01 | |
Obviously, it provides me with the black ring I'm looking for for the Olympic rings. | 0:24:01 | 0:24:05 | |
-This is tomato jelly. -Yes. That is quite a good jelly. Texture is nice. | 0:24:05 | 0:24:09 | |
It is not over-set. The question is, does it all work together? | 0:24:09 | 0:24:14 | |
It's like five little tastings, isn't it? | 0:24:14 | 0:24:17 | |
Almost five mini dishes on one plate. | 0:24:17 | 0:24:19 | |
You've put loads of work into it, you can see that. | 0:24:19 | 0:24:21 | |
Where are you pushing the boundaries, gastronomically? | 0:24:21 | 0:24:24 | |
I don't do rocket science. | 0:24:24 | 0:24:25 | |
I'm doing something that's tailor-made for these people, | 0:24:25 | 0:24:28 | |
instead of a fine-dining dish | 0:24:28 | 0:24:30 | |
that they could find in a lot of top-end restaurants. | 0:24:30 | 0:24:33 | |
-Hello, hello, Mr Terry. -All right? -How are you? -Yeah, good. | 0:24:33 | 0:24:37 | |
-I've got to be honest with you, it won't be evens today. -No. | 0:24:37 | 0:24:41 | |
I think there's going to be one person with their nose in front. | 0:24:41 | 0:24:44 | |
-We'll see soon enough, won't we? -Yeah. -I'm dreading it again today. | 0:24:44 | 0:24:48 | |
-OK, guys. -It's time to hear Angela's verdict. | 0:24:55 | 0:25:00 | |
It's currently a dead heat. Will someone push ahead today? | 0:25:00 | 0:25:04 | |
James, you did lobster with iberico ham, spiced butter and broccoli. | 0:25:04 | 0:25:09 | |
You took a risk with your lobster, you know, last-minute. | 0:25:09 | 0:25:12 | |
I thought it came out really nicely. | 0:25:12 | 0:25:14 | |
I thought it tasted lovely, I thought the texture was there. | 0:25:14 | 0:25:18 | |
Spiced butter was nice. | 0:25:18 | 0:25:20 | |
I thought the aubergine caviar was a lovely touch with the orange. | 0:25:20 | 0:25:24 | |
Maybe too much. You know, it sort of overpowered a bit, slightly. | 0:25:24 | 0:25:27 | |
With the deep-fried broccoli, did it need it on the dish? | 0:25:27 | 0:25:30 | |
I don't think so. | 0:25:30 | 0:25:32 | |
Did taste good, but where was the innovation? | 0:25:32 | 0:25:35 | |
We are looking about technical brilliance. Did it have any of that? | 0:25:35 | 0:25:39 | |
Richard. Your compression of vine tomato, | 0:25:40 | 0:25:43 | |
hand-dived scallop, poached lobster and fennel. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:47 | |
The lobster, again, cooked really well. The tomato caviar tasted nice. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:51 | |
Technically, you were pushing stuff in that respect. | 0:25:51 | 0:25:54 | |
Compressed tomatoes, liked the idea with the tomato terrine, | 0:25:56 | 0:25:59 | |
but I think you could have added more flavour to it, | 0:25:59 | 0:26:02 | |
maybe a few more herbs. Put a bit of basil through there. | 0:26:02 | 0:26:05 | |
Season it with a bit of rock salt on top, a bit more olive oil. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:08 | |
I think all the elements individually worked, | 0:26:10 | 0:26:12 | |
but you needed one thing to bring it all together as a whole. | 0:26:12 | 0:26:16 | |
Stephen, you had your fish and shellfish medley. | 0:26:17 | 0:26:20 | |
I thought your tomato jelly was delicious, your cucumber jelly | 0:26:21 | 0:26:24 | |
really nice and, for me, the tastiest was the caviar and lobster. | 0:26:24 | 0:26:28 | |
I thought, delicious. | 0:26:28 | 0:26:29 | |
You can't go wrong with caviar and lobster, it is lovely together. | 0:26:29 | 0:26:33 | |
The lemon jelly was slightly too strong in flavour | 0:26:35 | 0:26:38 | |
and although you had the presentation and it looked wow | 0:26:38 | 0:26:41 | |
and the Olympics, I thought if you took each individual one, | 0:26:41 | 0:26:44 | |
-they all needed something to bring it together with this wow factor. -Yep. | 0:26:44 | 0:26:48 | |
So, James, for your lobster and iberico ham, spiced butter and broccoli... | 0:26:48 | 0:26:55 | |
..I'm going to give you... | 0:26:57 | 0:27:00 | |
seven out of ten. | 0:27:00 | 0:27:01 | |
Richard, for your compression of vine tomato, poached lobster | 0:27:07 | 0:27:10 | |
and fennel, | 0:27:10 | 0:27:12 | |
I'm going to give you... | 0:27:12 | 0:27:14 | |
..six out of ten. | 0:27:15 | 0:27:18 | |
And, Stephen, for your fish and shellfish medley... | 0:27:19 | 0:27:22 | |
..I'm going to give you a six out of ten. | 0:27:24 | 0:27:28 | |
So well done, boys. Two days have gone, two more to go. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:35 | |
It's all about the main course tomorrow. Thank you. | 0:27:35 | 0:27:38 | |
-Cheers. Well done, chaps. -Well done. | 0:27:38 | 0:27:41 | |
-Still all to play for. -Yeah. -Only one point in it. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:45 | |
So James has managed to edge out in front with 13 points, | 0:27:46 | 0:27:49 | |
leaving Stephen and Richard still neck and neck on 12. | 0:27:49 | 0:27:52 | |
I'm absolutely over the moon. I'm really chuffed. | 0:27:52 | 0:27:56 | |
A bit too close for my liking, | 0:27:56 | 0:27:57 | |
but bye-bye, boys, it's time to run away with it now. | 0:27:57 | 0:28:00 | |
I'm not disappointed with six. To be with Richard with six and James with seven, I'm happy. | 0:28:00 | 0:28:04 | |
It keeps the competition nice and tight. | 0:28:04 | 0:28:06 | |
James is out of the blocks quicker than Richard and I, but we're hot on his heels. | 0:28:06 | 0:28:09 | |
Angela has been very tough to crack this week. | 0:28:09 | 0:28:12 | |
Certainly not been throwing the points away, | 0:28:12 | 0:28:14 | |
so it's still all to play for and I'm still in it. | 0:28:14 | 0:28:19 | |
Tomorrow, it's the main course, and with his rivals | 0:28:19 | 0:28:22 | |
breathing down his neck, leader James is taking a massive gamble. | 0:28:22 | 0:28:26 | |
-We're using liquorice. -That's slightly unusual. | 0:28:26 | 0:28:28 | |
-Do you think Angela likes liquorice? -I don't know. | 0:28:28 | 0:28:31 | |
Can I 'fess up, I don't like liquorice. | 0:28:31 | 0:28:33 | |
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