Masterchef Junior USA Season 3 Episode 7 2015

this is so amazing that I'm in the top four now I've made sushi homemade sausage salmon on crew even alligator I'm definitely really proud of myself good guys the semi-finals I'm the only girl here and I think that's kind of crazy because I think girls are better than boys but I want to bring it home for the girls and I feel like my dishes prove I can do it I feel that at the beginning since I wasn't very vocal not a lot of people who viewed me as a competitor but I think at this point in the competition I've definitely made it clear that I'm here to win I am so close to the finale that means everything I put my heart into my food I put myself on the plate more than anybody here I am gonna fight and fight and fight until I get that trophy welcome Jimmy Jenna Andrew and Nathan you four young home cooks have made it here for the semi-finals of MasterChef junior and after tonight two of you young home cooks will earn your place in the MasterChef junior grand finale it's now time for tonight's epic semi-final battle to begin now all of you listen carefully under here I have a desert in fact one of my favorites it is an incredible creme brulee back in New York I go to this French restaurant and for my birthday I always get a cumberly for my dessert so I know what it should look like this creme brulee literally translates to burnt cream it's a rich beautiful custard with a layer of crunchy caramelized sugar on top that simple camera sugar is the secret of a perfect creme brulee now to get that textbook top isn't easy but that's exactly we're gonna have to do in this next difficult challenge I'm about to show you exactly how it's done I've never actually had a creme brulee myself in San Diego I don't need a lot of fancy restaurants like this especially French ones so I'm a little bit nervous right a perfectly cooked creme brulee take your sugar lightly sprinkle the sugar on top and then just give that a little shake take your blowtorch this is where it takes skill you have to be quick moving your blowtorch too long in one spot then you've ruined that texture or that delicious custard when it's finished you want a crispy caramelized perfectly golden sugar topping um I thought some dessert I think they're pretty tedious and annoying but it's cool to get to burn things like burning sugar let's sleep one here are two you do not want to see and we will not accept tonight this one is under no crisp this one and solid that has way too much sugar is over caramelized and it will just be a constant sugary destruction in the mouth now on your station are twenty unfinished brûlées you will have ten minutes to brulee as many of these cremes as you possibly can the person with the most finished perfect crème brûlées will be the winner of the challenge that person will get a huge advantage and that advantage could help you claim a spot in the MasterChef junior grand finale please head to your stations are you for young home cooks ready to light things up yes you're ten minutes start now all right guys what is the strategy for doing this we're talking about accuracy and volume the most important thing now is to make sure they're all covered evenly with sugar the secret is the tip sugar on shake it down each end if it's not putting there evenly it will caramelize uneven it's like so tricky to get the right amount of light color if you go for one second too long then you can burn the crown but if you pull it off too early then it could be underdone it's the flame going in and down that's how you gauge the temperature that camera where you can really get it bubbling slow and steady wins the race and I need to torch each and every one really good and perfect my strategy is to do two at a time I'm going faster than the speed of light I know I'm bad news crumple lays out torch power just under five minutes to go halfway guys Angela seems to have found his rhythm no no Jimmy and Andrew they're almost neck and neck I'd say they're really really even Jenna looked organized really tidy controlled I think that Nathan's putting too much sugar on so by the time it's really starting to caramelize its viscose over it takes too long to burn I think Jenna's definitely gonna be my biggest competition in this challenge because she's really good with baking but then again Andrew might be very good too because I know he's good at getting things done in a pretty quick manner one minute to go come on pop stars get those blow torches working overtime this is the biggest challenge ever the final advantage before the finale it's gonna be pretty big and I want that advantage one minute cigar come on punky toss get those blowtorches working overtime this is the biggest challenge ever the final advantage before the finale it's gonna be pretty big and I want that advantage here we go ten nine eight - blow torches off welcome the judges will now determine how many perfect creme brulees each junior home cook has completed they will only accept a perfectly golden brown brulee worthy of being served in one of their restaurants the winner of this challenge will receive a major advantage in the next elimination round in which two home cooks will go home and two will move on to the MasterChef junior finale brights first up Nathan please come down I'm pretty confident I finished 13 creme brulees I'm hoping that I get at least half but I noticed a few of them were for Nathan after 20 that we laid out for you you managed to fire 13 but you only had one perfect the blowtorch was so close is burning these big clumps of caramel Nathan gets one perfect I'm a confident guy but I'm not gonna lie right now I'm a little bit nervous I mean these judges are gonna be hard on us Jenna please step forward so Jenna do you feel that you have more than one perfect creme brulee I think I have more than one perfect crumbs Olay you brûléed 15 your total number of absolutely perfect crème brûlées is four orbs kind of low I mean I really thought that half of mine at least should have been good I mean I would eat up at the beginning I think that you were scared of that flame because you didn't get enough color until you started getting towards the middle the next young home cook is Jimmy please come down to the front Jimmy okay Jimmy how many perfect relays do you think you nailed I think I nailed like five five you delivered eight congratulations you are now in the lead that's like so awesome because I am now in first place by a lot to get a big advantage in the next round Barney Andrew please come join us Jimmy gets eight perfect ones that's double the amount of Gemma's so I'm shaking in my boots right now Andrew tonight you were the only person using to blow torches the good news is you completed twenty brûlées out of those twenty how many do you think you've nailed to perfection I think I nailed nine eleven nine that's what you'd need that's the magic number in order to take that advantage away from Jimmy Andrew you completed four and I get only for Jimmy twins I messed that one up so with eight perfect crème brûlées congratulations to Jimmy well they're like Jimmy because you won the creme brulee challenge you are about to receive a huge advantage in this upcoming semi final challenge but before you find out exactly how you will determine everybody else's fate you're all gonna find out what you're going to be making in the next challenge all four of you are going to have to make an even fancier restaurant level dessert than those creme brulees this is bad news but we're not just talking about any desserts we're talking about a luxurious dessert two features a very specific type of fruit I'm talking about all four of you are going to have to make an even fancier restaurant level dessert than those creme brulees we're talking about a luxurious dessert that features a very specific type of fruit I'm talking about not a joke did you dump raspberries on me delicious I've never been dumped with 10000 raspberries on my head before I didn't see that coming guys there's so many desserts that you can make with raspberries the options are truly limitless we've chosen for four very different very technically challenging classic raspberry desserts and Jimmy you get to determine who has to make what this advantage is definitely really big because if I play this advantage right I can definitely make it into the finale first up you have what we consider to be the simplest of these four stunning raspy deserves a beautiful grasping Napoleon it comprises of three delicate layers of delicious puff pastry cradling two layers of pastry cream showcasing those beautiful amazing Rasmus this dish is all about balance and finesse if you don't have those this simple dessert become a complete disaster next up we have another classic dessert that's even more complex it's one of the most popular desserts in the UK and it's becoming increasingly loved over here in this country a stunning raspberry trifle gorgeous layers of ladyfingers that have been soaked in a sweet yet tart raspberry compote that's followed by layers of aromatic vanilla bean custard finished with whipped cream it needs to be as beautiful as it is delicious next up in order of difficulty a raspberry mousse with a raspberry compote the flavors have to be perfect and the balance has to be just right and you have to nail the light fluffy texture of that delicious mousse finally we have the most difficult technically challenging class across the desert of the for tonight a phenomenal luxurious rasp guitars stunning raspberries coated in a delicious glaze layers over beautiful custom all nestled in a crisp perfectly golden pastry shell one element out of place and this most highly complex desserts becomes an epic failure Jimmy please step up here please take the raspberry tart so Jimmy in your hands you have what we certainly consider to be the most difficult technical dessert of all for raspberry desserts now you could keep it for yourself or you can put that in the hands of any one of the three competitors that are facing you I'm going to give it to the person who I want to kind of get out of competition you go nice Thank You Nathan he's like known for his deserts he's a dessert chef and I think he's the strongest chef overall so I wanted to give the toughest dessert to my toughest competitor so Jimmy please take the raspberry mousse please go ahead and hand it 20 your competitors the loose is a very delicate dessert and Andrew is really crazy in the kitchen so I think that's gonna play in when he tries to put out his dish Jimmy you left for two a simple elegance rasping opponent or that stunning trifle so please pick up both desserts and then decide which one you're giving to Jenna I kind of don't want the Napoleon because it's really complex it has a lot of components and it's gonna be pretty hard to blow up in an hour I gave Jenna than a polian because it's the easiest she is my friend so I wouldn't like her to go home but then I think that I can definitely beat here in the finale writes you all now know which classic raspy desert in all we makin please all for view head to stations this is the semi-finals my dish has to be like better than perfect they're only accepting the best dishes tonight agar stations you all have a bowl of beautiful raspberries along with those raspberries you also have access to a limited pantry of ingredients to help make the dish that's good enough to get you in to the finale of MasterChef junior there's only three people in my way of getting that trophy I want that prize and I'm here to take it back to New York City you guys will have one hour to make that raspberry dish that Jimmy chose to you two of you will move on to the most epic culinary fight of your lives and two of you will be going home I really need to nail the tart because I'm so close to getting into the finale $100,000 would change my family's life because we're not necessarily the richest family and winning this would be better than anything I could ever hope for in my entire life is everyone ready to make the best classic raspberry desserts of your entire lives this is it this is getting to the finale top - I was born to be yeah I was born to do this I'm not going back to Jersey without the MasterChef title your one hour to get yourself in the finale starts now my flour and lemon juice we need heavy cream so it's raining raspberries here in the MasterChef kitchen the biggest day in these four home cooks lives there's a lot of state side there's a finale spot and pressure baton how they can handle it who knows but they have got four technical desserts to pull off I feel right now for Nathan we got tarts we don't make that paste we're gonna let it rest we can roll it before you can cook it so there's a 25-minute 30-minute procedure that which you know it's so debris pull off so after the tart the next choice was the raspberry mousse explain why that so hard what I'm worried about with Andrew and the move tonight is you have to refine the balance of sweetness to tartness you have to be absolutely exact because if this mousse goes into the fridge and sets you can't pull a mousse back and make it lighter since done is done he's gonna be careful Jimmy had the choice of the Napoleon why do you think he gave it to Janet if those pastry discs aren't cooked evenly and you start layering that then you've got a Leaning Tower of Pisa it's gonna look a disaster oh I'm amazed that Jimmy took the trifle because in that compact of Awesome I'm soaking those sponge fingers if it's too dry there's nothing worse than a dry eye trifle and then you've got a pastry cream at least we like fragrant delicious it is not an easy dish to replicate right there my hey feeling great chef in just under 45 minutes from now two of your going home and two of you are going through to the finale Jimmy gave you the hardest dessert to pull off tonight how'd it make you feel actually happy in a way because knowing that I'm such a big competition for some people it Spurs me on to become better that's what I like to hear get into the finale winning there fast track what does it mean um my family doesn't have a lot of money we don't have necessarily a large house how much you have in your bank account $200 savings I won't be side note I am saving up for my family and if I win this I won't even have to worry about saving any more peaceful you have got young man 41 minutes to nail that tar and to get yourself in finale good luck Thank You chef Jimmy how we doing we're doing good so why did you choose the trifle I've never made a trifle before but all the components in it I have made before like I've made a resveratrol for and then I heard that it was one of Gordon's favorite dishes yeah I like suck-up oh no I just want to impress it so what's your approach to the trifle man I'm gonna put the ladyfingers on the bottom a layer a pastry cream on that and then I'm going to put the whipped cream on top and do some degree good luck just under 25 minutes to go Jenna tell me about the Napoleon so I've made a pastry cream the puff pastry and hopefully if I have time I'm gonna do a raspberry whipped cream as well these the ones you're gonna use yeah I really hope you're not under estimating how difficult this Napoleon can be if you feel confident being the only female ah I feel so much pressure and I think a lot of people the competition underestimate me I really want to win for the girls and for New York good luck thank you 45 minutes gone 15 minutes remaining right looks like you've been attacked by a Punnett of raspberries look at the mess of you man yeah what's in here raspberries sugar egg yolks ah it's the first thing that comes to mind there's just a mouthful of sugar where's the moose are the Moose is in the blast chiller right now when you taste your moose and you know it's so sweet why do you attempt to set it I tried to add more some raspberries and I didn't taste it after that this is the semi-final I'm freaking out right now like by at 15 minutes left I need to make another routes but I don't have time it's not enough time to set this can cost me the finale this can cost me winning this whole entire competition this is the semi-final losing the semi-final is worse than losing two three weeks ago Kevin this close you just kicked this hell for the rest your life this is been my most history suite a lot of time to start over so and more raspberry puree but I don't know if it has time to sit let's go I am so close to eating rally but this is gonna come down to the excellent last second what's going on Oh Andrew has completely shot himself in the foot I mean what tasties mousse this sugar content in there is ridiculous he could miss out on the finale because at this looking at Jimmy you know his pastry cream could be spackle to like build a house it is so pasty now what about Nathan how's that tart con yeah the guys in compose yeah I mean Tom's come out stressed it's got a nice little crisp color on the outside and these pastry cream is delicious how's it going Nathan straight up focused genna's Napoleon's pretty good but she's moving very slowly she's mouthful hands could you imagine if Jenna misses for the spot in the finale because of time management Jenna you have even started assembling yeah na jaana Jenna we got to go you gotta get plated you got to get it assembled yeah so semi-final is it to get you in the finale you better get it done yeah one minute to go get some good I'm perfectly fine finishing touches guys come on spit up thirty seconds remaining oh yeah lady so go go guys Wow well done all of you good job okay for this MasterChef junior semi final challenge you all had to make a raspberry dessert that Jimmy chose for you two of you will be moving on into the MasterChef grand finale and two of you sadly we will have to say goodnight to it is now time for us to taste your dessert first up Jimmy even though this is one of the simpler ones Gordon's gonna be really tough on it because this is a dessert that he's had many times before but I think he's gonna like it okay first of all my big question to you young man is this dish good enough to get you in the finale I think so even though the layers are a bit sloppy I think that the taste will overpower that okay describe the dish so you have a raspberry trifle with raspberry coulis on the bottom ladyfingers and fresh raspberries pastry cream and on top of that is whipped cream visually from the top yep it looks gorgeous the idea is to go down twist and scoop you see all those wonderful layers on the spoon now it's got that rustic charm the cream is tasty and you've got the ratio right however a little bit too acidic needs to be a little bit sweeter at the bottom and it needs less liquid a little bit more sponge finger texture but by large a man for dessert that's a classic in Britain where you've never visited I'm impressed good job thank you thank you I'm so surprised that you picked the trifle because without the advantage of being familiar with it is it seemed like a risk worth taking in the semi finale of MasterChef well I think at this point it's either go big or go home so I'd rather go big and that's why I choose the trifle well you certainly went big with this dessert going out of your comfort zone I think it's quite good I don't find it too acidic if anything I would love to have more of the ladyfingers something a little bit more substantial but that being said I taste the cream I taste the coulis I think that you did one hell of a job Thank You Jamie next up Andrew please I decided to serve my second mousse because it's better than the first one may not be perfectly set but the compote is there it's not me and I hope this is enough to get me in but visually it looks like you've been paintballing with raspberries look at the mess of you describe the dish it's a raspberry mousse with raspberry compote and a raspberry whipped cream was fine just 15 minutes to go you're about to leave the competition with a mousse that was so sweet I almost felt like booking an appointment at the dentist did you change it I did change it I added much more raspberry so it can balance out I think I am proved wrong so let's cut straight the chase the comp at the bottom is so let's cut straight to chase the comp at the bottom is absolutely delicious amazing sort of puree of Lights fragrant fresh raspberries at the bottom it's got that nice richness to it so congratulations for pulling back on the sweetness but the texture the moves slightly too wet I think have you got to this early and tasted it earlier and set it longer than you could have had be perfect grass tree mousse thank you Andrew how you doing I think it's very commendable that you didn't stick with something that you knew wasn't perfect and went back and started tweaking and that shows me that you're at a different level than you were week two weeks ago starting to think more like a chef it's balanced as far as flavor I like that you went and added the lime as well so it brightens it up the only problem with the mousse obviously it needs to be fluffy and airy in life and you know what we have here is shy of that but it's super delicious great job next we would like to taste Jenna's dish please come on up I know that what I put on the plate is my best work and I think it's perfect the only thing wrong is the pleating this is for the semi-finals I'm hoping that the judges will be able to look past the horrible plating and try and appreciate that the dish tastes good so what's the dish this is a Napoleon with a raspberry whipped cream and a regular pastry cream our Napoleon had more piped cream on top and a couple of berries and a dusting and a mint leave and what happened to all that time got away hurry you thinking that semi-final Jenna that you would let time get the better of you is surprising to me what happened I'm a perfectionist in everything that I wanted to put on the plate I want it to be perfect you think this is perfect yes do you think this is perfect not the plating but yeah Jenna your dish looks like it's being dropped from the ceiling like the recipes earlier but with one minute 45 seconds to go I'm amazed you got anything on the place why two creams that's what fascinated me I thought that making two creams would show you that I have a little bit more technique rather than just some basic skills the rostra cream delicious light you have a really nice puree running through pastry cream nice and it's not a sweetener for loopy because you've got the acidity and a sweetness so the two creams were delicious however 60 minutes this should have been the most perfect Napoleon I was expecting you to dust the top of the layer with powdered sugar caramelize with the blowtorch and really making it look like a Jenner stunning dessert your raspy Napoleon needs to be eaten with a blindfold it looks a mess but it tastes pretty decent good job thank you last up Nathan I had the hardest one the tart which is most technical and hardest to pull off so I'm really scared because this is the most important and biggest moment of my MasterChef experience so before I even go into it visually if I ordered at a restaurant or saw in the case I would definitely want to try it jumps out at you so tell me exactly what you made here I made a raspberry tart with a raspberry coulis beautiful flaky Wow look at that it's like a super tiny tart beautiful and it's so good so good the crust is nice and flaky that tart goes to 11 Jimmy gave you the most difficult of the four and I think that you turn it into a lesson for everybody I'm confident that you could have done any of these four you should be very proud good job Thank You chef officially that looks beautiful what did you put in the pastry to make it that's crisp the cold butter because if your butter is warm it really won't have the flaky consistency pastries delicious that means crisp it's seasoned beautifully pastry cream is perfect you understand the taste and you know how to make it so right now whether the three standing behind you like it or not you have one foot in the finale great job Thank You chef right you four are the best of the best but only two of you can move forward into the MasterChef junior grand finale please chat amongst yourselves because right now we need the most serious chat amongst ourselves excuse us first up Nathan definitely a contender for the finale yeah absolutely he's the hardest one to do yeah without that you know that you know when Andrew got the deer Astra moves to win like this yes right and then again took you for granted because that texture wasn't perfect but the flavor was good Janice dish I thought it was amazing but I think that not having the time to pull it together at the end cost that dish Jimmy it wasn't that bad they got the come home right it's just the Thomas they citizens so I mean really it's coming down to Jan I'm Jimmy or Andrew right for that second part it's very tough yeah very tough good luck there Buckeye you four are the best young home cooks in all of America and we have the difficult task of picking just two to move into the MasterChef junior grand finale the first young home cook who will have a chance to take home the title of MasterChef junior is congratulations Nathan well done the most difficult desert to pull off yet you did it hands down great job please head up to the gallery and await your fellow finalists I'm so excited that I'm going to the finale I've been dreaming about this moment since MasterChef junior was invented and I really want to make my family proud Jenna Jimmy and Andrew it's almost been impossible to make this decision but thousands of young Chefs tried to get where you're standing right now you've been them all one of you will join NATO and face him in the MasterChef junior finale two of you I'm sorry to say will be leaving the person that will be battling labor in the greatest camera fight of their young lives that person is congratulations just bravely left jeanna Jimi Hendrix one of you will join Navy up in the gallery and face him in the grand MasterChef junior finale turvy I'm sorry to save you so badly because it's one step closer to like achieving my food dream to have a food Empire kind of like Gordon Ramsay I want to be in the finale I've made it this far and I don't want to go back to New York there's so much more that I want America to see and I want the judges to see in me I'm seriously honestly deep down in my heart I am passionate and I want to win I want to go to that finale I'm gonna show people that I have what it takes to be the next MasterChef junior the person joining NATO in the MasterChef junior finale is Andrew well done the way that you brought that raspberry moves back to a absolute delight very few professional chefs could have pulled that off with literally 15 minutes to go well done thank you please say goodbye to Jenna and Jimmy I'm head up to the balcony oh my god I'm in the finale of MasterChef junior this means everything to me I worked so hard to get here ie this is what I'm born to do and I'm so happy Jenna Jimmy - very gallant efforts let me tell you Jimmy you've been amazing your attitude is professional and you still haven't peaked you must continue cooking because you're going places Thank You Jenna is it an amazing job how'd you feel really sad that I'm leaving but I'm really proud of myself you've been brilliant it was a real pleasure to get to know you guys I think this is one of the great groups that's ever come through this kitchen and I consider it my privilege to be a part of your journey at MasterChef well don't you two come up over ones they goodbye Oh Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy together yeah right Jenna who do you think is gonna become America's next MasterChef junior Andrew Jimmy Nathan California all the way bottom guys take care good to see I'm really proud of myself for making it this far it's been such a challenging the experience but everything was just really fun I think I've grown so much just as a cook great dish absolutely stunning I'm only 12 years old and now I know how to brulee a creme brulee make a trifle and so much more probably best sushi we've ever had in this kitchen my favorite moment on MasterChef junior was the first mystery box that is absolutely dishes yeah you I think my favorite thing about this whole experience is just all the friends that I made and I got to run one of LA's top restaurants that's so on being here is about the experience not as much about winning and being the last girl is such an honor I'm just really proud of myself and what I've done I may not have gotten that big MasterChef trophy but I'm gonna stay happy not be sad and just keep cooking next week it doesn't get any bigger than this Andrew and Nathan go head-to-head in the ultimate culinary battle I definitely want this more than I've ever won anything on the line $100,000 incredible you just want to eat more of it this kind of a dish is the future of cooking and the title of America's next MasterChef junior right here you're looking at the winner is one potato two potato

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Length: 40min 56sec (2456 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 18 2015