Returning For Another Shot At The MasterChef Title! | S5 E23 | Full Episode | MasterChef UK

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it’s comeback time on Master Chef we’re
looking for a great amateur cook who can
make it as a professional someone who
can turn out exceptional food I think I
could actually win this
competition I certainly got a damn good
shot this year this is one tough
competition if I don’t wi it this year
I’m going to come back under a different
name next year whoever wins it’ll change
their life cooking doesn’t get tougher
than
this last series these three contestants
didn’t quite make the
grade now they’re back for one more go
at the Master Chef title I can do it I
can go further in this competition I was
really disappointed to go out in the in
the quarters last time I think I’ve got
the determination and the skill and the
passion yeah hell I’m determined
definitely and um yeah I said I think
I’ve got a good chance this
time they face two grueling challenges
they have to impress the judges with
their own two course meal it’s a really
lovely clean elegant dish good on you
but first it’s the endurance test they
have to prove they have the skill and
stamina to survive life in a
professional kitchen by cooking in
service for 18 hours if you’re not
answering you’re not hearing that’s why
I want an answer
you’ve learned already that there’s
coagulates learn from that get it of the
fridh this is a long tough day this is
about stamina endurance and
focus it’s just after 500 a.m. and the
contestants begin their 18-hour
shift last time Turkish born Fatima won
praise for her inventiveness but was let
down by some unusual flavor combinations
I like your style I like your bravery um
that doesn’t particularly work for me
garlic and grape is is a combination I’m
I’m not used
to I could have done much better than I
did last time I’m much more serious and
determined about where I want to go with
cooking and um so I’m determined to
succeed nerves got the better of graphic
designer Billy last time after his
chocolate fondant failed to deliver it’s
like eating a bit of undercooked cake
sure for me it’s not a true
fondant I’m not bothered about uh
proving something to someone but just
doing as best I can and you know I think
I’ve got a good a chance as
anyone construction manager Simon made
it through to the quarterfinals but then
he slipped up by cramming too many
flavors onto the plate I feel as though
the meat is not strong enough to cope
with the rest of the flavors I don’t
know why you want to put all these
flavors
together going out you think well what
have I got to do to get even better you
know so you just try and perfect and
refine to maybe lose a few ingredients
and uh yeah I definitely think I’m
stronger than I was last year these guys
today will have to think on their feet
two services in a professional kitchen
who has the stamina who has the skill
and who has got that real want for this
competition for the first part of their
endurance test all three contestants
will have to cook breakfast for over 150
guests at spices restaurant at the Crown
Plaza in the city where they’ll be
cooking under the watchful eye of
executive Chef Bruce
Smith hi guys we’re going to be busy
we’re going to be doing over 100 covers
today so uh let’s get Kracken and have a
good
service breakfast service is about big
numbers quickly people think breakfast
is easy but you get stuck behind that
stove and the dockets keep on coming and
an egg comes back it’s not cooked
properly the whole thing goes
down each contestant is in charge of one
section Billy is looking after the
Poached Eggs including including the
popular eggs benedict they need to be
cooked perfectly and at
speed right two poached eggs
away yes chef yes
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Che no cooking take them back and he’s
off to a poor
start samage another X benedic
tee things go from bad to
worse one of these ex isir Che I’m going
have to put two more on I’m not nervous
I’m just uh trying my hardest to get
them out quick right let’s go we’re
going to build up a checks here let’s go
I need a faster
service faster yeah as Billy struggles
with the pace on the other side of the
kitchen fattima is in charge of the full
English
breakfast one fries breakfast that’s
full English yeah yes chef sorry I
missed that one fries breakfast one full
English Fri smage two fries
breakfast she’s immediately swamped with
orders I think there’s about six or
seven things on one plate and uh it’s
just a matter of you know managing the
cooking
CH and Under Pressure she becomes
flustered I need two fried
eggs anyone got to answer today if
you’re not answering you’re not
hearing she gets her first plates up to
the pass but in the restaurant there’s a
problem
what’s wrong tomato is not cooked and
sauces is very cold okay right let’s
give me another fried breakfast yes chef
while Fatima Rec cooks her fry up Simon
is All Quiet on the Omelette
section right s two ham and cheese
omelette yeah Chef I’m Bo when ready hey
omelet we have
omelets I think I got the easy section
you know somage one tomato onion ham and
cheese Che omelette one mushroom and
tomato omelette
Che it’s like omelet time
boys
can’t just roll it over take your player
he might talk a confident game but is
his end product up to
scratch just a bit bit too runny yeah
okay just should have been need a bit
more cooking maybe yeah just watch your
shape on that yeah
3 hours into service and with a packed
restaurant the orders are flooding in
one tomato and cheese omelette one fries
breakfast after a shaky start Fatima
begins to find her
feet very good
L however Billy is still struggling to
keep up with the volume of Poached Eggs
they all need cooking up take them back
sorry messed one egg up and it kind of
put you behind but uh trying to catch up
now
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with the clock ticking the chef loses
his patience get the free Xmen out it’s
been a long time M help out a little bit
Yeah customers are waiting let’s
go with service nearing an end Simon and
Fatima are both turning out breakfast to
the chef’s standards that’s a good
omelette restaurant thank you Chef I’m
always confident you know you got to go
have a k a smile on your face K you up
and just think you’re going to do a good
job nice color on the sausage mhm ex
much better now yeah and that’s what I
like well I didn’t panic I think that
was probably a relief to the chef 5
hours after the morning shift began
service finally draws to a close Okay
that’s the service boys and girls couple
of complaints all in all not bad che che
Chef thank
Chef breakfast service it’s a real tough
one Billy what what did he cook this
morning and how did he get on Billy was
on the uh poached egg section his eggs
were probably not cooked enough and then
they were overcooked he was sort of a
bit slowish as well so really needs to
pick his game up how did Fatima get on
she started off bad a bit of a nightmare
a few dishes went back but I think she
got a coordination and she really done
well anded herself at the end of the day
tell me about Simon Simon was U mainly
on me omelets it was nearly there
obviously it is a neck and it takes a
few you know goes at it to get it right
but you know he done well if you invite
one of them back into the kitchen who
would it be and why I reckon Fatima
because she pulled her game round she
didn’t crack you know and that takes a
marking of a good
Chef the three contestants are not even
halfway through their grueling day and
have to travel across town to cook an
evening service at a new
restaurant it’s a long service it’s a
fast service tonight for me is where it
really really count will they cope the
adrenaline is going to have to kick in
because otherwise they won’t make
it 8 hours into their 18-hour day and
the contestants arrive at the popular
vandry restaurant in London’s West End
where they’ll be working under head chef
Brian Scully we’ve got a busy night
ahead of us so the sooner we get in
there and get cracking on with it the
better good
luck the three contestants have the
afternoon to design and prep their own
dishes before cooking them for paying
customers this place gets rammed and
they are going to get hit
hard after a quiet breakfast service
Simon is eager to impress chef with an
ambitious dish of lamb cutlets roasted
cherry tomatoes Geral mushrooms and a
white onion sauce lamb mashed potato
onion sauce and little baby Tomatoes
you’re going to get slammed how you
going to cope with that pressure um I’ll
find out in about half an hour’s time
but um I’m feel really confident i’ I’ve
done a lot of prep work put a lot of
hard working up front so uh yeah I’m
going to I’ll give you a
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go lovely tender lamb on top mashed
potato with the sweet acidity bursting
in your mouth from the Cherry Tomas
that’s perfect absolutely perfect it’s
going to fly out the door will he get
everyone
right
Billy struggled with the Poached Eggs
this morning but is hoping for better
luck with his own creation of chicken
stuffed with mozzarella and basil
wrapped in ham on a Water Crest sauce it
is a fairly simple sounding dish sure do
you think it’s going to sell really well
I’ve tried to pick something that’s sort
of in the style of the restaurant and
you know what it’s not a pretentious too
fussy menu that they’ve got so hopefully
it’ll be a winner we waiting to
see after a good breakfast service
fattima is cooking monk fish and muscles
cooked in a saffron and basil fish stock
on canellini
beans fat what’s the most difficult part
for you to this dish it was actually
preparing the stock and the alioli so I
got most of that out of the way I made
sure that I’m prepped as much as
possible I think it’s going to sell
really well her issue is getting all
those ingredients together and then
plated up
John I think they are going to get hit
much harder than they realized tonight
because I think they’ve got these dishes
absolutely right they sit on this menu
perfectly 12 hours after their day began
the contestants must now keep Focus as
evening service kicks off okay check on
four R slam you’re in the frame
Simon unlike breakfast Simon is
immediately hit with orders four Mains
four lamb so fish BOS is uh here we go
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he gets his first plates out with the
minimum of fuss got a nice
dish Simon is off to a great start and
Fatima’s monk fish is also proving
popular her dish has a number of
separate elements timings are crucial I
need to start seeing this
now nice just need a speed now I need to
get this off
here are we
there Fatima yep sh can I take this yes
you can the hardest part is listening to
the order and being able to hear what
the shi’s instructions
are hearing orders are not a worry for
Billy he’s not getting any don’t worry
Billy your time will come when we’re
going low on the uh mon alarm we start
pushing the chicken
yeah but when they do arrive he’s not
paying attention
three chicken two
c really yes three chicken
yes Billy get the cream in there man
come on we need to get this
up during the long wait Billy left the
cream out of the fridge and it’s gone
off cream is coagulating somebody got me
some cream please let’s get this up
remember when you add cream to that the
temperature’s going to go down
Billy I’m bringing this up onto the pass
I need to see it a little behind he gets
his first plates to the
pass trying to remember several things
at once but we’re learning pretty fast
so I think we’ve got rid of most of the
mistakes so far hope the rest of the
night will be
okay 16 hours into the endurance test
the restaurant is packed and fatigue is
setting
in it’s three mon fish in total no I was
told one and then two two monish I get a
monkfish on straight away please may be
my accent but you need to listen quite
closely I’m sorry out
there Chef I’m going to run out of sauce
so after the 6 one there’ll be no more I
don’t think we got time to make any more
sauce we need to get this sorted off
because we can’t afford to run out of
monfish if we got some in the
building it’s a disaster for Fatima she
hasn’t made enough sauce and the or ERS
for her fish are still flooding in one
and A2 minutes on these two M fish
please yes chef chef is left with no
option but to summon help stay with stay
with FMA for a few minutes she’s in a
bit of trouble is need P her out it’s
quite a shock to the system when you
work in such heat and such
Pace while Fatima struggles Simon
continues to ride out the service got
eight eight lamb on I
think prob it’s going out so I can’t GR
Simon get in there is no more lamb after
this one you’re out of the frame
yeah no disasters and uh yeah I’m uh I’m
free so I’m buzzing yeah it’s superb and
with service coming to a close Billy is
cooking with confidence for the first
time today few tense moments few oldd
mess ups but overall I’m pretty
pleased right guys that’s it we’re done
than tail drw
right done Lads well done be
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CL it’s time for headchef Brian to give
the judges his verdict tell me how Simon
got on he got hit the hardest and got
hit quite early lamb flew out the window
Fatima the next busiest buckled a little
bit under pressure and fell into that
sin of sins began to R run out of garage
for the extra monkfish that she had
halfway through the evening Billy on the
surface looks the most nervous person
but seems to get it up in the calest way
possible so tonight who’s the star of
your kitchen I would say Simon he held
us cold did really
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well it’s early morning on day two and
the contestants arrive at Master Chef HQ
for the final test
I think this is the crunch time now the
best cook is going to come out on the
day and hopefully that would be
me how would anyone feel if they won Mas
it would be absolutely fantastic
hopefully if it’s close to day I’ll be
the one that that gets through feeling
good feeling confident just really want
to get in there and get on with it I’m
going to kick it today really I’m going
to do
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well
your two courses one quarterfinal Place
let’s
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cook after surviving the grueling
18-hour double shift in the Pro kitchens
the contestants must now impress with
their own two course
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menu Fatima had a mixed day in the Pro
kitchens and must now step up a gear
with her own food
food FMA once again we have lots of
ingredients uh on your bench from
foreign worlds just a remind us of your
family background F I’m Turkish um and
half Kurdish grew up in Australia what
are you going to cook for us today duck
and pomegranate molasses sauce with sour
cherry pilloff and a beetro relish on
the side and dessert is baked peaches in
cardamon with a burnt orange syrup and
vanilla cream do you think you can win
today fattima I I think I bring a
different element different element
that’s for sure that’s for sure thank
you FAA thanks
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guys be TR relish is pink and pink food
very rarely works but her dessert I love
the idea of it Peach flavor is lovely
does it want Citrus lime on it I’m not
convinced
John you’ve had 20
minutes Billy struggled in both
restaurants he can’t afford any more
mistakes if he’s to progress further in
the
competition Billy you going to cook us
two dishes I am yeah uh what are they
Thai style fish cakes with a Dion relish
salad and then chicken in a mushroom and
Cornish meat sauce I like the sound of
the dishes are you good enough this year
Billy to go all the way yeah I think I
was good enough last year to be honest
but it’s all down to what happens on the
day one or two mistakes or one or two
things going well and it’s up to you
guys at the end of the day isn’t
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it his main course I like the idea of
chicken with a mead sauce I think sounds
great is it missing one more component
part ladies and gentlemen you have but
20 minutes left 20 minutes
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left Simon hopes own two courses will
continue the great success he enjoyed in
the evening
service Simon what are you going to cook
for us I’m doing a starter of scallops
on a sweet corn puree with a black
pudding and walnut crumble uh with
crispy skin and the main hopefully
keeping that quite simple this time PL
of beef with a horse relish Mash with
some uh brazed baby onions and a hickory
and licorice you and that’s keeping it
simple yeah I’ve only got an
hour
he’s already proved he can cook I don’t
understand what he’s trying to prove by
putting all those ingredients
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together 5 minutes guys that is
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it youve got just 1 minute to finish off
1 minute
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that’s it time’s
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up fattima is looking to impress with a
man of duck in pomegranate and molasses
sauce with sour cherry peaf and beetroot
relish the earthy almost sweet beetroot
I get it’s this acidity that is the base
flavor and it’s the pomegranate I
wouldn’t reorder this
dish the good thing about this is that
we all have personal tastes I like the
idea of that duck against the sourness
the pomegranate and I really like that
Rice divided we
are her dessert is a whole baked peach
in cardamon and burnt orange syrup with
vanilla
cream
I’ve rarely eaten something so sweet
that has such a sharp clean finish and I
doubt it it that’s
lovely I love it I love that really soft
roast Peach I love the card that sits in
the back of your throat on that orange
it’s really really
great you are an exciting cook Fatima a
thought-provoking cook that’s for sure
thank you thanks
for his starter Billy has cooked Thai
fish cakes daon radish salad and chili
dipping
sauce I really like it because actually
you have balance the flavors really well
sweet sour salty and hot I think it’s a
really lovely clean elegant dish good on
you thanks very
much maybe a little too acidic but I
would definitely finish my
plate can Billy’s man of chicken in
mushroom and Cornish Mead sauce build on
his good
start the first flavor I get is not
chicken actually it’s honey and then mix
that with that potato and it’s not just
the flavors but the textures a bit
weird
that potato stack is just a wishy-washy
finish it’s a little bit watery it needs
seasoning or it needs a lot of butter or
it needs something do you think that
you’ve done enough to get you into the
the place you want to be I think I’ve
got a good shotter yeah I’m quite
happy for his starter Simon has made
scollops with sweet corn puree black
pudding and walnut crumble and crispy
chicken
skin what I’m left with this very sort
of earthy almost sort of dried dirt
texture of Walnut left on my palette
rather than being lovely and
fresh uh I really like
it um the sweetness of that corn and the
saltiness of that crispy skin and that
beautiful Rich sweet scallop I think is
lovely Simon’s main is fillet of beef
horseradish mash and bread raised baby
onions with Hickory
Jew that sauce is seriously seriously
powerful it’s wiping out so many other
flavors I can’t even taste the horse
fish in that mashed
potato it’s very original I mean I do
really enjoy your sauce and uh and your
beef is cooked beautifully everything’s
cooked beautifully interesting food do
you think you you done enough is it
yours today it’s too close to call I
think I would hope so
yeah Greg and I are going to have a
conversation cuz we’ve only got one
quarterfinal place off you go thank
you what’s interesting today is there
were a few mistakes there were a few
things that weren’t quite right but
there was also some very very good
cooking today Billy worked hard today
Asian fish cakes nice little diing sauce
and a dcon salad really like the flavor
it I’d love the look of his fish cakes
um I almost love the flavors I thought
it was slightly too acidic the chicken
dish lovely chicken the stack was a bit
sort of watery and milky against that
mushroom and almost honey Rich Meade
sauce it started with a big punch that
dish when it just ended with a whimper I
I definitely think I should enough skill
to get through it’s all down now to
whether they think that’s more than the
other guys did so at least it’s out of
my hands you and I divided over Fatima I
know that the idea of pomegranate and
the rice and the the dried cherries and
the duck I really like that that
sharpness that savory sharpness rather
than sweetness I couldn’t could not get
my tongue around that almost Citrus
acidic pomegranate I just thought where
are we going with this where are we
going I don’t know where we going but
could it please stop so I can get off
her dessert beautifully well roasted
Peach with lime when you ate it it was
just really exciting I think Fus Peach
was was truly lovely it shows what the
lady is capable of I’ll give you that
I’ve got the drive and the passion for
the food I cook so yes I think I could
go right to the end let’s talk about
Simon cuz Simon did very very well last
night Simon was definitely the star of
the professional Kitchen last night the
issue I have today is beautiful scallops
black pudding chicken skin and cream
corn love the idea of it but then it’s
salty and then it’s sweet from the
walnuts I love that scallop dish and
John there is no questioning the cookery
skill the imagination and the amount of
work that is going into his food and
that’s brilliant as long as it tastes
okay it confused my palette completely
not quite as much as his main course
beef mushroom blue cheese onions and all
I got was that hickory sauce and that
piece of steak he is doing adventurous
thought-provoking food and that is what
we want from a finalist I’m absolutely
desperate to go through that’s why I’m
here you know I was I was uh in bits
after going out last year and and I’m
really can’t face it again this year who
do we go
for well you know how I
feel person going through to the next
round
it’s
Simon yeah a bit gutted but I did my
best I’ll be glad to get home but it
would have been nice to go through I’ll
always carry on cooking it’s if you Lov
something you do all the time anyway so
you don’t need to worry about that one
I’m going back happy a little bit
disappointed but it was a good
Adventure I’m a predetermined girl I’ll
I’ll uh pursue my
dreams oh yes I’m so happy M I tell you
it’s unbelievable means absolutely
everything you know is a second chance
and it is the last chance and uh yeah
I’m absolutely absolutely over the moon
I’m Ser I’m just s a bit bit of shock at
the moment and I can’t run around naked
but like I feel like
doing Simon will be back for the
quarterfinal where he’ll face three
other exceptional
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