Michael Symon Gives Chefs The Ultimate Challenge In New Show, ’24 In 24′ | The View

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♪ >> Whoopi: HEY, WELCOME BACK. ON THE NEW FOOT NETWORK SERIES “24 IN 24: LAST CHEF STANDING” CELEBRITY CHEF MICHAEL SYMON’S 24 CULINARY CONFESSIONS RACING AROUND THE CLOCK FOR THE 24 HOURS STRAIGHT TO SEE IF THEY HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE AN ELITE CHEF.

TAKE A LOOK. >> AS SOON AS WE SAY GO, THE CLOCK STARTS TICKING AND WILL NOT STOP UNTIL IT GETS TO 24. YOU GUYS READY? BECAUSE THE WILDEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE STARTS RIGHT NOW. HERE WE GO! ON THE CLOCK, IT’S REAL. START NOW, START NOW.

>> LET’S FREAKIN’ DO THIS. >> Whoopi: WOW! HOW. [ APPLAUSE ] PLEASE WELCOME BACK MICHAEL SYMON. MICHAEL SYMON! WHAT’S HAPPENING, BABY? >> HELLO. >> Whoopi: HONEY. >> Joy: MICHAEL, HOW ARE YOU DOING? WE LOVE HAVING YOU HERE. >> I’M DOING SO GOOD.

I MISS YOU GUYS SO IT’S NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE AND I BROUGHT A LITTLE FOOD, YOU KNOW. >> Joy: I LIKE YOUR GLADIATOR APRON. >> I’M MAKING A DIP SO I HAD TO BE PREPARED WITH THE STRONG APRON. >> Joy: ALSO I SEE YOU’RE BACK

TO YOUR ROOTS. THIS IS A GREEK — >> YEAH, I MEAN, EASTER OBVIOUSLY WAS LAST WEEK BUT GREEK EASTER ISN’T UNTIL THE 5th. A LOT OF FOOD, WE HAVE ZUCCHINI KEFTEDE, THE LITTLE BALLS AND REAL LAMB CHOP, HORTA, LEMON POTATOES.

>> Whoopi: WHAT DID YOU CALL THEM? >> HORTA. I JUST MET HER. >> Whoopi: HOW DID YOU KNOW. >> ZUCCHINI KEFTEDE WHICH KEFTEDE IS A FRITTER WITH FETA AND DILL AND CRISPED. I’M TELLING YOU — >> Whoopi: I LOVE IT’S CRISPED. IT’S FRIED. IT’S FRIED.

>> MIXTURE OF KALE AND COLLARDS AND SWISS CHARD WITH GARLIC AND LEMON AND ONIONS. >> Alyssa: I HAVE TO ASK DO YOU COOK LIKE THIS AT HOME ON THE AVERAGE BUSY NIGHT? >> I DO COOK LIKE THIS AT HOME VERY OFTEN.

MY WIFE LIZ IS IN THE BACK HANGING OUT AND WE — I MEAN, SHE’S IN THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS ALSO AND ALSO A GREAT COOK. AND WE DO THE SHOW TOGETHER. >> Joy: WHO IS THE BETTER COOK? >> JOY, SHE’S IN THE BACK. SHE WOULD SAY I’M THE BETTER COOK.

SHE ALWAYS DID THE WINE PROGRAM, RAN THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, DESIGNED ALL THE RESTAURANTS AND THEN I DID THE FOOD. YEAH, I WAS THE, LIKE, GUY IN THE BACK. >> Joy: SHE’S MORE THE BRAND. >> YOU KNOW THAT. YOU’VE MET HER. >> Whoopi: ARE WE MAKING

SOMETHING. >> A LITTLE DIP. >> Sara: WITH FETA. >> WHIPPED FETA. ALL YOUR FAVORITE FOODS. GREEK YOGURT. >> Whoopi: YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT ARE THE POTATOES? >> LEMON POTATOES. >> Whoopi: OKAY. >> SO THEY’RE ROASTED POTATOES WITH LEMON AND A LITTLE SEA SALT.

THIS IS EQUAL PARTS FETA AND YOGURT, OLIVES. >> Whoopi: OLIVES. ANY KIND OF OLIVES. >> I USE CALLA MATA AND I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE ANCHOVIES SO PUT SOME ANCHOVIES. >> Whoopi: CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT THEM. >> YOU JUST NEED A LITTLE

SALTNESS BECAUSE OF THE FETA, EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL AND MINT AND PULSE IT UP. >> Whoopi: HOW CAN YOU TELL WHEN MINT — WHEN OLIVE OIL IS REAL GENTLEMAN. >> I MEAN, THE TASTE, BUT THE COLOR OF IT TOO. LIKE, IT’S USUALLY — LIKE, THE

BEAUTIFUL EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL IS A DEEPER GREEN SO HAS A NICE GREEN TO THEM THEN I PULSE. THIS THING IS — >> Sunny: THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO UNTIL IT GETS SMOOTH AND SPREAD IT ON BREAD. >> Sunny: THAT’S WHAT WE HAVE OVER HERE.

>> Whoopi: IS THERE GARLIC ON THIS BREAD? >> THERE IS. >> Joy: THE LAMB CHOP IS GREAT. >> Sunny: IT’S DELICIOUS. >> Joy: I LOVE GREEK FOOD. IT’S VERY GOOD. >> Sunny: AND IT’S GOOD FOR YOU. >> A LOT OF LIKE ITALIAN FOOD.

>> Joy: I LIKE THE GREEK LASAGNA. P PSATICCIO. >> JOY HAS GUN OVER MY HOUSE FOR DINNER. >> Whoopi: WHO DOESN’T KNOW THAT? >> Joy: MOUSSAKA AND PASTICCIO. >> Sunny: YOU ARE THE COMPETITION KING. YOU GOT YOUR START ON “FOOD FEUDS,” ON “IRON CHEF.”

WE BEAT BOBBY FLAY. >> WE DID. [ APPLAUSE ] HE’S NUN TO BEAT. YEAH, HE’S SO FUN TO BEAT. >> Sunny: IT’S ENJOYABLE TO BEAT BOBBY FLAY. >> WE GOLF TOGETHER A LOT. I TELL PEOPLE I PUT AN ADDITION ON MY HOUSE ON MY WINNINGS.

>> Sara: I’VE NEVER BEATEN HIM EVERY TIME I’VE BEEN THERE. >> Joy: SUNNY IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE PEOPLE WE EVER MET. >> Sunny: HE ENJOYED ME. WHAT IS IT ABOUT THOSE KIND OF SHOWS THAT YOU LOVE SO MUCH? >> WELL, YOU KNOW —

>> Sunny: A COMPETITION? >> I LOVE BOTH. LIZ AND I HAVE A SHOW IN THE BACKYARD, “SIMON’S DINNERS” WHERE WE ARE TEACH PEOPLE TO COOK BUT “24 IN 24” IS A COMPETITION SHOW. I GOT TO HOST, I DIDN’T HAVE TO COMPETE. IT’S 24 CHEF, 24 HOURS, 24

COMPETITIONS, SO THEY COOKED — THE WINNER ACTUALLY COOKED FOR 24 STRAIGHT HOURS. WHICH IS FOR ME LIKE WN LIZ AND I OPENED OUR FIRST RESTAURANT I TELL PEOPLE WE DIDN’T SLEEP FOR FOUR DAYS. I MEAN, IT WAS 1997. WE WERE MUCH YOUNGER, WE HAD

MORE ENERGY BUT WE DIDN’T SLEEP FOR FOUR DAYS TO OPEN A RESTAURANT SO FOR PEOPLE THAT, LIKE, CHEFS AND RESTAURANT EURR THEY’LL BE LIKE IT’S LIKE OPENING A RESTAURANT. IF YOU WANT TO YELL AT THE CHEF THEY PROBABLY HAD TWO HOURS OF SLEEP. [ LAUGHTER ]

>> Sara: THAT’S INSIGHT THOUGH. >> Whoopi: MY CHRISTMAS DINNER. I COOK IT ALL NIGHT LONG. >> YEAH, YOU JUST GO. EVERYBODY’S DONE IT. JACKIE WOULD WORKS IN THE KITCHEN BACK HERE AND USED TO TO WORK WITH ME AT “THE CHEW” SAYS I FEEL LIKE I’VE BEEN IN

TRAINING FOR THE SHOW. JUST HAD A BABY. I SLEPT TWO HOURS IN A WEEK. >> Alyssa: THE SHOW IS INTENSE AND WHAT’S THE BEHIND OF 24 HOURS AND BACK-TO-BACK TO KEEP COMPETING FOR SUCH A LONG PERIOD? >> ALL RIGHT. THIS IS —

>> Alyssa: IT IS SO GOOD. >> HADN’T BEEN DONE BEFORE. FIRST TIME IT’S EVER BEEN DONE WHICH IS HARD TO SAY IN TV WORLD AND FOR ME ALL THOSE YEARS PRACTICING EATING ON “THE CHEW,” FOR ME I THINK A LOT OF IT WAS,

IT REALLY DOES SHOW A LITTLE BIT INTO THE WORLD OF BEING A CHEF. LIKE, BEING A CHEF IS A HIGH-PRESSURE JOB. IT’S INTENSE. IT’S — YOU’RE TRYING TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY ALL THE TIME AND WITH FOOD, DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS, LIKE WE

COULD ALL EAT THE FOOD HERE, SARA COULD LOVE IT. WHOOPI COULD HATE IT. BUT THAT’S LIFE. THAT’S HOW FOOD IS. EVERYONE’S TASTES ARE DIFFERENT. EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT TASTES AND IT DOESN’T MAKE ANYBODY RIGHT OR WRONG OR DOESN’T MAKE THE CHEF RIGHT OR WRONG AND THIS

IS WHAT THAT SHOW SHOWS. WE HAVE A DIFFERENT JUDGE, DIFFERENT FAMOUS CHEF JUDGE EVERY WEEK. THEY COME ON. THEY HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS. I DON’T JUDGE ON THE SHOW AND THERE WERE TIMES WHERE I ATE THE FOOD AND I THOUGHT MAYBE THE OTHER PERSON SHOULD HAVE WONG OR

WAS ELIMINATED BUT IT WASN’T MY CALL. I COULD VOICE MY OPINION BUT IT WAS ULTIMATELY THE CHEF’S CALL, BECAUSE THAT’S HOW IT WORKS WITH JUDGING WITH FOOD. IT’S LIKE ART. YOU KNOW, YOU HANG A PIECE OF ART. WE ALL HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION. >> Whoopi: YEAH.

THEY SAY IT’S LIKE — WELL, NEVER MIND. I WON’T EVEN — [ LAUGHTER ] THANKS TO MICHAEL SYMON. BE SURE TO CHECK OUT