Masterchef US S05E04

last time on MasterChef it was all-out culinary war the red team won the battle and Stephanie became the latest casualty of the competition tonight keep your fingers back oh it's a mystery box that bites back whoa and puts the home cooks in a pitch trap then the elimination test it looks like a bomb has gone off on him as an early frontrunner in a tailspin yeah they actually used no nope no no more uses goodbye Courtney who will be leaving the kitchen next what he does find out right now on MasterChef let's go I'm at the top of the competition if I'm not at the top I'm like the top two I'm not afraid of anything that could come at me congratulations for making it this far and of course unfortunately Gordon little Gordon has fallen sick the good news is it's gonna be fine okay but sadly is gonna be no longer part of this competition yeah that means we are now down to 18 talented home cooks if you're looking to dominate the field now is a good time to start with this upcoming Mystery Box challenge it's time to find out what's under those mystery boxes please be careful because it's live on the count of three carefully keep your fingers back what I'm guessing is it a snake is it a snapping turtle I don't want to get my hand cut off too three that's right a net full of live seafood plugs straight from the ocean in those nets you have crab lobster clams phenomenal scallops oysters spot prawns mussels and a bit of seaweed now all of you pill back your nets well Francis what's the matter with you Oh chef everything's real fresh maybe a little too fresh for my lucky sorry excited now you'll also have the use of a limited pantry of amazing ingredients to complement that stunning seafood there's nothing more important for a chef than to know how to work with live seafood the margin of error on cooking these ingredients is very very small now you'll each have 60 minutes to turn those stunning incredible fresh ingredients into an amazing seafood dish win this challenge and you can come into the pantry where you'll get a huge advantage is that ready ready your 60 minutes starts now whoa buddy they're kicking man the most intimidating mystery box ever ever whoa when somebody had live scallops in the fridge one of they had spot prawns kicking around this is something that I think is still foreign to them as chefs what would you do with this mystery box I'm sure I'd use all those heads the spot prawns the shells of the crab the shells the lobster and make a stunning seafood stew for me I would stick to one ingredient three scallops for three different ways bacon-wrapped poached and I would do seared and basted and butter we're gonna see who can really rise up a level today Francis B to Goa chef you're a server so what kind of restaurant you work in a southern low country style when Campion influences so just a little bit of inspiration there but I want to put a little bit of myself in there too what do you make it I got some Middle Eastern spices going so smoked paprika it seem like a crab brought the stock that I cooked with the clams and mussels in you know this is what we want to see okay hopefully it will come together luck Christian how you feeling compelling grace yeah so just think of all of New Orleans watching you absolutely now this dish night I am doing stripping great what's the secret behind Christian strip regrets these soft you can't eat shrimp fingers without a great soft how can ever like those grits how you gonna lift them tummy you gotta throw a little cream in there throw a cheddar cheese in there top it off a little bell pepper right good enough thank you just over 30 minutes left I am making count shrimp I'm gonna put them on top of a mushroom ragout I have never worked with life secrets before so hopefully it turns out alright harder on how are you I'm good yeah what are you going I'm making a spicy Asian style seafood stew what shellfish I see some fish shops I for this I'm gonna use scallops crab and shrimp now you're the youngest competitor that we've ever had and you're also somebody that we haven't seen show themselves really I definitely am reaching for the top on this one who is the strongest cook in the kitchen right now the person who's really proves themselves to be an amazing cook is Willy like from our side we see as Courtney is being kind of in front of you don't agree with that I see it's just a little bit of favoritism with her saying that we're favorites exactly what you say she hasn't really shown don't step back you said be favoring her yes why would we favor her I don't know she's a great cook 45 minutes gone 15 minutes to go it's a mystery box we're looking for the best three dishes at this point who's really standing out and for me I like the sound of Christians shrimp and grits is beautiful and Courtney's stock and the broth tastes delish really yeah what news ahead of the pack again huh with Christian you know for me it's Iran I think that the complexity the flavors and the use of all the different shellfish is pretty cool Francis B is a very very profound fish stock while technique was perfect flavor was perfect really really good last two minutes remaining come on finishing touches everything on that plate needs to have a reason cleaners plates ten nine eight seven six five four three two one and stop hands in the air welcome great job after observing and tasting throughout the challenge the judges now take one final look to identify three standout dishes the winner of this challenge will then be in control of the elimination test right the first dish we'd like to take a much closer look at was done with integrity the base was a phenomenal broth I deserve to be up there in the top three my dish is perfect and I'm looking around and nothing else looks restaurant-quality they took full use of that bounty of seafood magic in that Nets I think that my food is better than Courtney's I want to show that you know I'm a good cook too like my dish is amazing it's beautiful it looks elegant and I deserve to be here please step forward the top 18 home cooks in America have been tested with a mystery box full of live seafood and now after one hour of cook time on top the judges will name the top three dishes we give you each a net tonight of the freshest seafood available is almost like a chef's dream the first dish that we'd like to take a much closer look at please step forward Francis B well done let's go having my name called again as one of the top dishes is awesome I'm feeling really proud and I am really proud of my dish so I've shown the other competitors they they got to watch out like chefs talk me through the dish so I have a spicy seafood broth that I cooked down with the blue crab mussels and clams I used to reaso oil to sear the scallops visually it looks like it's come out one of the top bistros in the country talk to me about the base of the broth I tossed the blue crab in a tandoori spice turmeric and I cooked the shellfish down in sake here's the thing even out the temperature on the Scott's clams beautifully done then you've got the Sachi which is Japanese with a tandoori spice influence at the beginning Middle East creeping in normally I'd call this fusion confusion but this is fusion at its best oh wow does it punch a flavor pretty good job Thank You chef Thanks so this is the most certainly the most restaurant II dish that we saw today and this ability to season so aggressively where'd you learn how to do that my dad loves to use a lot of spices he used to live in Morocco and my mom lived in Italy Rome for eight years so I feel like I grew up with a lot of good foods you hit the nail on the head this is like Morocco meets Rome in a play right you use the crabs smart I think that you're really firing and all cylinders with this Francis is one to watch guys good job good job don't win the next dish that we would like to examine further really highlighted the flavors and the personality of this person as a home cook please step forward Iran I'm surprised she is the youngest competitor here and I'm interested to see what she puts on a plate I want to know what I'm up against so Ron tell me what's the dish this is a spicy seafood stew with bok choy shrimp clams scallops and rice I mean it looks gorgeous thank you like really beautiful the rice in the middle the way it's all strewn about it just makes sense Wow it's so aromatic the spices that are in there just layered and complexity beautiful pinky you know it's like all these different harmonies going together you made like a seafood boyband right good job thank you so much sorry Iran you didn't seem that intimidated handling all that seafood watching you is almost like you were sort of in your comfort zone it's like a flavor profile that I remember my mom making so I try to go off of that you know it's delicious thank you underneath that little sweetie pie look you can cook thank you that has the base of possibly on the best dish you ever had a great job well done absolutely amazing the third dish that we want to take a closer look at all of its components seemed perfect the flavors the technique the finished product take me straight to the great city of New Orleans you know you are step forward Christian being really freaking call me now y'all know I got a little flavor now you know I'm one person that don't need to be reckoned with describe your dish today I prepared for you guys a New Orleans Creole barbecue shrimp with grits lemon zest ipalo cream and air-lit cheddar cheese and bell pepper this looks like a very homey dish you know has a lot of flavor it's very punchy it succeeds in being both rich but light at the same time being around my mom and definitely being in the city of New Orleans has taught me so much on creativity and just cooking from within this is the type of dishes I definitely took for my fiance and also my family it really tells the story of where you're from when I think that you put a little bit of New Orleans in the plate good job Thank You Christian I'm listening quite magical watching you work you seem to work twice as fast as anybody else you put so much energy into it and grits don't look that good on a plate you've managed to make them look glossy smart but this is good let me tell you it may sound plain but it tastes delicious shrimp just the way you cooked them was brilliant but the source for me lifts it that's the bit that's a bit like you fiery good job thank you interesting date Wow tonight three stunning seafood dishes well done Francis be around Christian in a league of your own there gonna be one winner I want it so badly winning this will show the other competitors that I'm not just the youngest one here and one of the best ones here as well that individual will join us shortly in the pantry and receive a big big advantage in the next stage of the competition right now it's time for me to show the world that Christian you're meant to be here in having an advantage to give me the opportunity to knock out some of the competition's that I have the person who cooked the best seafood dish and will get that huge advantage in the upcoming elimination challenge the name of the game right now is the sustain on top seeing the other two dishes I'm confident and I know I'm gonna win this thing that dish was cooked by congratulations Wow tonight three stunning seafood dishes are well done Francis B are on Christian great job there can only be one winner the person who cooked the best seafood dish and will get that huge advantage congratulations around I'm literally in shock like now I know that people are definitely watching out for me and they realize that you know I could be the wild card here maybe I'm the one who really has a ton of tricks up her sleeve young lady you may be the youngest in the competition but by means one of the most feared thank you are you ready to come to the pantry yes sure let's go great job well done welcome to the master country the winner of the mystery box is now in control of the elimination test where at least one person will leave the competition first of all congratulations you are the youngest contestant ever in this entire competition to be in the pantry well done thank you so much so this pantry is where the competition can be won or lost and right now you my friend are in the driver's seat the theme of tonight's elimination challenge is delicious sweet treats first up is something delicious that millions of people start their day with perfectly baked golden brown muffins Wow you can have so many different flavors you need to get the crunch on the top with the soft baked deliciousness underneath next up one of those popular sweets eaten in America everyone loves them and they go great with a glass of milk delicious cookies oh my gosh in this jar they're already dozen perfect delicious cookies everyone knows how to make a cookie but you know how to nail them perfectly I love cookies finally I'm about to show you one of the country's most favorite treats there are thousands of stores across America that sell these perfectly fried and delicious all-american beautiful doughnuts Wow they can be glazed filled have different flavors the sky's the limit as long as they're delicious and perfectly cooked so I ran because you won the Mystery Box challenge you are safe from elimination and will not have to cook tonight thank you so much but you will be choosing which of these three sweet treats everyone else will have to bake sorry Iran who you want to take out a competition first honestly I want to take Kourtney out of the competition why maybe because I go to high school and I deal with a lot of fake [ __ ] all the time I just I can sense something from her and I don't like it very much do you think you take your ass I definitely think I could take Kourtney out to see sir Iran which of these three items are going to choose for everyone out there to cook I'll choose back in the pantry our on got some huge advantages the first advantage is that Iran does not have to cook in this elimination challenge and for her second advantage Iran got to choose what everyone out here has to cook tonight to save yourselves from elimination you gonna love this one Iran chose a dozen beautiful delicious doughnuts all right doughnuts I'm like damn it doughnuts are tasty they're good but it's so technical I mean if you kill that yeast you're screwed you know that's the end of the game right there tonight we want to see 12 stunning doughnuts served in a box right around yes Jeff doughnuts are not easy you have to get those toppings and fillings just right they have to be beautiful but also perfectly flavored okay you have 90 minutes to make us one box of 12 incredible doughnuts for at least one of you this will be your final challenge in the MasterChef kitchen is everyone ready yes your 90 minutes start now we're shortening over here coconut last time I made donuts never sugar anybody seen the sugar I stopped filling my basket like crazy every ingredient Under the Sun and immediately think twelve flavors it's go big or go bigger doughnuts never understimate that dough I mean it is absolutely difficult tonight I've got a scald the milk there's an enzyme in there that I'll actually destroy the yeast and you need that Doda almost double in volume once you combine those ingredients you cannot adjust our flat once the dough is done it's done so who's gonna be eliminated as Miss being decided now as we mix these ingredients first ten minutes yeah I kind of feel a little bit of pressure right now been in the bottom two before and it sucked I do not want to be there again oh that's good looking good anybody I'm screwed just start over I'm remaking my dough because I forgot to add eggs to it I have to start over all over right now and I don't have any yeast Elise did you have any extra yeast no I'm sorry I only got the two Francis Biondi did you grab any extra yeast no yeah they actually use 1 packet 2 packets I'm basically shouting down the line to anybody that might have yeast and no one will give me anything did you have any extra yeast nope even if I had yeast it's highly unlikely that I'd give it to coordinator do you have any ups cheese no no more used I see Kourtney running around like a fool and all I can really think is my plans working goodbye Courtney do you have any extra yeast sorry honey anybody I'm screwed Francis Biondi did you grab any extra yeast no do they actually East you cannot make donuts without yeast right now I'm screwed did you have any actually yeast nope I might as well just turn around and walk out the door do you have any extra cheese no no more use okay Francis what you have the whole kitchen in here do you have any cheese honestly if Francis what the hell you just mess with my plan right now no kissing scars roses I'm so grateful thirty-five minutes gone fifty-five minutes to go it's not going too well he's doughnuts did not rise like I thought they would dad I hope these work I look around and everyone's is risen who minor flat they look like will flat tires first thing I think it was like foots world he's no ball and at least he'll fry everybody must have their donut rising should now start cooking your donuts and finish them off with stunning flavors that's what we're looking for kara how you feeling terrible terrible why I forgot some mountain shining in my mouth seriously that's the basics the issue now maybe she drive so then maybe adapt your filling yeah but it was a MasterChef you had not saw those flakes under pressure I know good okay thank you Frances 5:12 flavors I've Pina Colada I've three chocolate I have a stout with prosciutto and maple syrup you know only gonna taste one donut right yes chef are we gonna see 12 perfect doughnuts yes chef hope so right Francis P it looks like bomb has gone off on here where are the donuts are there right here chef I'm trying to make him look as pretty as pastor knows they look like meatballs there it might take on the donut hole I guess what's all this here that's the section Oh from what I cut but what have you done well how do we come back from this I know I have the flavors chef don't give up I want to get fresh let's go you get these filled open my talk a little reconstitute bag but it's always the chance of going home so oh nothing right right Leslie hey doing unbelievably well why isn't comfort about these ha because they look good really nice I'm gonna decorate these daus to seem like this little macadamia crust going down on there where did he come up with these ideas I think I may have done this in another life you are definitely a donor 10 minutes to go good luck I am a donor love it so we asked for a box $12 I'm Suzy worry about expenses everyone would Francis be making 12 different flavors you thinking about the aesthetics first as opposed to naming a stunning style did Kira forget an ingredient she added shortly later mix it profit who let's be the big shock of the night they look like they've just come out of the door when they come I promise you I kid you not Francis B on the other hand isn't disarray you've got these donut balls in half the size of this box that he was rolling around crazy isn't gonna look shocking 88 minutes gone last two minutes 12 stunning donuts to keep you in the competition what flavor you on Francis L a new one a new one tidy up your boxes ten nine eight seven six five four your bar three two one and stop hands in the air good job well done amazing okay listen carefully are on you now have one more huge advantage you get to come down off the balcony and take a walk through the kitchen you will then select a box of donuts and take that home cook up the balcony safe in tonight's dreaded elimination so around please come down and look at those Donuts so if a-rod doesn't save me I'm going home that's what's happening so I'm just praying she saves me I need to be really strategic and really think out who I'm gonna save I know that I can either save someone that I genuinely like as a person and I want to keep around or I can save someone that I think might be going home and I want to save them because I think I can beat them in the end I'm just thinking of my head man don't say Francis B he has serious competition let him go down my heart's racing I'm just hoping that Iran feels really bad for me and pen saves me so I can live one more day chef's the person I'm gonna save today Francis B Francis B you have dodged the biggest bullet in this competition so far and Iran take the box and Francis B up to the balcony please I want this competition to really be amongst the best home cooks so when I win MasterChef I know that I did it through beating the strongest chefs rather than the weakest ones Francis B how you feeling right now I am very relieved and I know I or on big time okay first up Courtney let's go if you forget the most important ingredient for donut then you're kind of stupid and you should go home I want to get that girl out of here first of all no heels I had to do a lot of running today right so look what we going there a raspberry frosted donut and achai glaze on the other the dough variated nice and crispy the outside they're salty there's Suzi salty please tell me you didn't put salt in in place of sugar that is a mistake I did not purposely put more salt in there I can tell you it tastes weird he's like you've lost her Hills you've lost your mojo you Pete you won the last dessert challenge is that you now on the Descent no I did hit a large bump I picked everything up and kept going and I didn't give up you're sliding down the aerial faster than you got up there what a shame Sasha the actual donut the dough itself I think is a little firm it's not that light fluffy kind of donut the technique is just not what it needs to be this is popping a raspberry and blood orange icing I feel like the salt slip it had to have happened when I was just rushing to get the second batch of dough it's hard for me to love these donuts it's hard to median like them massager clearly her Little Miss Perfect streak has been broken because her Donuts taste like there's salty it's not that light fluffy kind of donut it's hard for me to love these donuts it's hard to medium like them next up Leslie what is in that box malibu sunshine malibu sunshine here we go again Wow o M G that's what I call the box of doughnuts visually it looks funny let me tell you but what do they taste like the doughnuts themselves are just plain with orange liqueur and orange sugar on top these have blueberry with pistachio coconut raspberry with macadamia nut and oka nut wow they're perfectly shaped crisp on top they're like a vintage delicious doughnut I mean how do you make it done at that delicious without even having a filling in there the topping is zesty vibrant I guess I'm good at winging it right now everybody stand behind you I was got something to learn about how you can perfect a bloody doughnut great job thank you very much amazing Wow father thank you I'm finally at the top of my game over Donuts who would have thunk I mean just like really donuts I have to pinch myself the next box of donuts Kiera okay Kyra ready yeah boom not too bad at all I had four raspberry jelly donuts with dark chocolate banana with milk chocolate and maple ganache and then plain glazed with lemon zest very aesthetically pleasing consistent I'm gonna try the filled jelly donut okay well I guess there's not too much feeling in that don't where's the filling I don't know did you put filling in there or not yeah I squeezed it in I don't know where it went I'm sorry hmm these are not filled at all these are more like kaiser rolls than donuts all right the next home cook Victoria all right moment of truth there pretty uniform in shape that looks like a doughnut that you'd be able to go down and grab from pretty much any doughnut shot thank you it's light this is to me one of the the best that I've had in its simplicity thank you very much Josh F thank you next up Christine please let's go visually uneven we got standard ones some perfect looking ones and some ones that look like you've sat on them what's in size chocolate hazelnut mascarpone cream flavors there the dough is great those finishing touches I expect now to be a little bit more of a higher standard thank you thank you next up Daniel so I'm looking at 12 incredible Donuts soap so where'd you go to school I went to art school you got that's 16 16 done' that is 16 yeah alright I'm gonna pick one you sir are a beast with the sugar and yeast not very good very much well well done thank you Jeff next up Scottish Francis let's go what's inside the box twelve down that's 12 flavors chef Wow look at the colors in there I mean tasted them yet I'm trippin which one should I eat I would say the prosciutto with Guinness and maple syrup bloody amazing it almost looks like a bagel with those toppings why prosciutto on a doughnut I think the salt was a great contrast to the stouts and the maple syrup it's delicious is seriously good it's crispy it's sweet shuto salty I just want to eat more and more of it very unique just like you long live Scotland absolutely great job it's great to finally be recognized you know especially it coming from someone I idolized I just wish you'd shove de nother bite of everyone in his mouth the next doughnuts we'd like to taste please step forward cutter alright cutter let's take a look what are they I made a chocolate peanut butter doughnut and a white chocolate and strawberry donut it's small and uneven and your chocolate glazing is broke what's the filling dark chocolate peanut butter dark chocolate and peanut butter alright let's see oh no filling what happened I don't know I thought I had it all the way in there a squeeze bag is that like it was that part of your imagination the filling or that it actually happened no filling again meanwhile I have no shoes you certainly don't I mean especially for the fact that you come here and tell me you gonna give me a filled donut I don't even know what what this is what's the filling dark chocolate peanut butter dark chocolate and peanut butter alright let's see oh no filling was that part of your imagination the filling or did it actually happen no filling again I mean why I have no excuses you certainly don't ya know so a bunch of technical errors on the flavor they're not you know not terrible not the worst but it was pretty awesome so sorry yeah does suck desserts I might be worried I'll hear you I am okay tonight there were some delicious donuts made by some very talented home cooks unfortunately there were some disasters that we never expected right now we need a moment to discuss who's leaving shortly well done legs I would like to taste Joy's see you have all the flavors I wish I could have how good for Leslie Leslie's was incredible amazing they were horrible Inc Scottish Francis I thought was nice I loved that he was able to pull off the saltiness of Courtney's was terrible Keira the dough was way too yeah oh it's very very thick no piping cutter had no filling a hizzy in their heads oh okay all right everyone there were two standout boxes of donuts the first home cook that we would like to congratulate took a big risk tonight 12 doughnuts 12 different flavors well done Frances anyone who's playing it safe today they should've gone home that should be the rule anyone playing it safe go home the other box of doughnuts which will be tonight's winning box was 100% sunshine in a box Silver Fox thank you congratulations you are both safe from elimination and you will both be team captains in the next challenge and now for the bad news there are three home cooks we'd like to bring down to the front and one of those home cooks will be going home the first home cook brought us doughnuts that looked much much better than they taste please come down here Kira the next home cook that failed tonight they've been down here before cutter the Third's terrible box of donuts underwhelming by a mile clumsily put together bit of a surprise caught me here cutter and Courtney three disappointing boxes of donuts one of you will be leaving MasterChef cutter please step forward you have routers inside this kitchen but tonight you let yourself down big time yes sure cutter please take your apron on yourself back to the bench and get a grip yes chef in any competition you don't ever want to be in the bottom three I've got to slow down and just be more focused for next time because I'm here to win and I'm here to take everybody down Kira we're struggling to see the passion tonight's doughnuts may have looked visually appealing but honestly there's nothing more frustrating than biting inside and just feeling ten times more let down by passion you haven't seen me do anything miraculous yet but I have it I can show you shortly you shocked us on many occasions I had delivered magic at times over the last couple of weeks but then tonight's performance not just lack lust but one of the most stupid combinations with that level of salt in the dough it just killed our palates my whole future is at stake right now this is about making a better life for myself and I know I can do better than this I just need a second chance the person leaving MasterChef tonight is Kyra hey good night to Courtney please put your apron on your bench the time is done okay thanks guys thank you it was great thank you very much I feel really sad because I thought there is so much more I can bring to the table and I'm gonna miss it but I'm very proud of myself everybody no matter what I'm still gonna be on top of what I want to do you know I hope that people don't see the last of me I hope it's only my beginning next time love is in the air for a MasterChef wedding guess who will be cooking all the food it's you but it isn't long before the home cooks are filing for divorce I don't know how else to put sorry if the abuse and the pressure test sends another hopeful packing how the hell are you supposed to pull this hot potato David David

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Length: 41min 46sec (2506 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 16 2014