Masterchef (2010) s02e18 Episode Script
Top 4 Compete
Previously on MasterChef The home cooks faced their biggest test ever.
You'll be cooking a dish created by the man who put the "F" in food.
Gordon Ramsay.
And it was nearly impossible to make the grade.
You've annihilated it.
Just all over the place.
I could cry.
Holy crap.
And Ben's time in the MasterChef kitchen came to an end.
Tonight, the final four battle it out and come face-to-face with the world's toughest critics.
And their true colors are revealed.
Should've made a better dish than that.
I'm pissed at her, I'm pissed at myself.
He's making himself look like an idiot.
Christian's going down.
Four cooks remain to battle it out in front of three culinary heavyweights.
At stake, a quarter of a million dollars And the title of MasterChef.
Tonight in Los Angeles, California, the search for America's next Master Chef has come down to the final four.
For this critical stage in the competition, their latest challenge is coming to them.
Come through, please.
It's like running a 5k.
You know, that last quarter mile when you come around the bend, you're like, "I can see it," and I'm ready to sprint into the finish line.
There's four of us left, the journey's been intense, but I'm here now and I wanna win, and I really wanna shine through to get to the finals.
Food is my life.
I daydream about my future and having a food truck in Chicago and having it financed by MasterChef.
God.
Such a dream.
Having grown up the way I grew up, and having to, like, fight for custody of my son, and fight to not do drugs, I feel like I've been fighting my whole life.
And now I'm fighting for the title of MasterChef.
Wow, welcome, the final four.
This is where we normally leave the comfort of the MasterChef kitchen, and sort of disappear to a stunning location.
But not today.
Today, we're bringing the challenge home here! MasterChef is more than just an American competition.
It is a global phenomenon.
Home cooks, just like you, are battling out in versions of MasterChef in nearly 30 countries around the world.
From Germany to New Zealand MasterChef! From Greece to India How about that? In France, it's the number one show every time it airs.
In Israel, it was the highest-rated non-sports show of the decade.
It's a smash hit in India, where over 20 million people tuned into the finale.
Wow.
We think that you, from the American MasterChef, are the best home cooks in the world.
We wanna show you off.
Because today, we've invited MasterChef judges from three different countries to come to America just to taste your dishes.
What an unbelievable experience.
It's a huge honor.
I mean, I was fortunate to go to Miss U.
S.
A.
and represent my state and to represent America There's no greater honor.
There really isn't.
You'll be split in two teams of two.
And you'll make one dish, six portions.
We ask you to leave nothing behind.
You need to feed six of us.
Got it? Yes.
We've filled your pantry with the best meat and produce that America has to offer.
It's a wonderful bounty for our international judges.
Suzy Yes, Chef? As the individual with the best dish in last night's elimination challenge, you have an unbelievable advantage youget to pick your teammate.
As a result, you'll also be picking your opponents.
So think carefully.
Essentially, Suzy's picking both teams.
And I don't wanna be on her team.
I don't see her listening to me.
I gotta be with someone a little more balanced.
I really feel my cooking style and my thought processes aren't the same as hers.
I don't wanna cook with Suzy, no.
Suzy knows that I'm a strong competitor and I'm one of the best here.
But-- I am the best here.
But I wanna say something really important.
There will be a losing team.
And one of you will be leaving MasterChef.
The person that I'm giving this red apron to is somebody that I truly respect in the kitchen.
That I think will work well with me on a team, but somebody that I really think that I can beat in the end.
Who is that person? Christian.
Wow.
Suzy picked me because she knows that whatever team I'm on, I'm gonna win.
I anticipate taking Jennifer and Adrien down.
But at the same time, I feel like they're better chefs than Suzy.
Suzy overthinks things and she doesn't move quick enough for my liking.
Christian Are you happy to be on Suzy's team? Yeah.
I think we're gonna work well together, I think we'll be able to come up with something to really wow the judges.
Adrien's flubbed up a lot of times, and Jennifer's just in because she's got a really good smile.
Please take your stations.
I'm completely happy with this match-up.
Christian's, you know, talking a big game all the time, and then Suzy's Mrs.
know-it-all.
I really wanna kick some ass.
Red team, blue team You have 90 minutes to create the most-inspired dish you've ever cooked so far.
Make MasterChef America Proud.
Your 90 minutes Start from Now! Both teams must conceptualize, prepare, and plate an original dish impressive enough to wow the palates of not three, but six MasterChef judges.
When you look at that pantry, the list of ingredients in there, when you think of America, you think of the lamb, and the beef it produces, it's second-to-none.
It's very hard to match it anywhere in the world.
We have the creme de la creme of what America has to offer.
Adrien is from California, he knows spot prawns very well.
Then we see lobster, so we figure we can marry both coasts and put together an amazing dish.
Okay.
I think that's good.
So let's do an upscale Thanksgiving dish.
I can definitely do the duck very easily.
And that goes No seriously.
And we can do, like, the sweet potatoes We could even do-- still, that doesn't sound gourmet or fancy enough to me.
Yeah, it's gonna be totally fancy and gourmet.
We only have 90 minutes.
The other team's already cooking and Christian and I are literally standing in the pantry discussing the concept of our dish.
I just feel like, I mean, everybody eats Thanksgiving once a year.
We need to decide what we're doing quickly.
I'm really thinking Thanksgiving.
I think it's gonna be upscale, it's gonna be awesome.
What's gonna be so upscale about it? The duck and duck sauce.
I'm not fully comfortable with the whole Thanksgiving idea.
But I end up pushing my gut feelings aside because we're both incredible cooks, so we should be able to really put something great together.
Hey, hey, hey.
We're gonna do avocado, roasted corn, and Maine lobster combination.
Then on top of that, we're gonna put our spot prawns.
And then just a little bit of red pepper coulis with some blood orange in it.
Can I share this board with you? Of course.
So the blue team, what do we think about the proteins they picked? I mean, that jumps out.
Spot prawns, the beautiful lobsters.
So it's got that kind of vibrance to it.
I love the idea of the blood orange.
I love the fact that they're showcasing from the West Coast to the East Coast.
East Coast, West Coast, yep.
The question is, is it going to be a seafood salad? Is it too simple to impress the judges? It's risky.
We're making a Thanksgiving concept.
Pan-seared duck breast with a sweet potato mash, caramelized fennel, raspberry gastrique, mushrooms, and an apple chutney.
You gotta trim all that fat off.
Yeah, I know, I am.
Red team.
I mean, they're doing a Thanksgiving-style dish.
Duck is a very noble ingredient.
As we know, a lot of great restaurants of the world cut their teeth on duck preparations.
So I appreciate the ambition of trying to present the duck dish properly.
Just over 40 minutes left.
So what do you think of the red team's dish? Not a good idea.
Silly.
Honestly, as an American, I'm embarrassed that they would turn that out for some of the international chefs that we're going to be serving today, and judges.
I can tell you that I think that technically, Christian and I are way more advanced than the other team.
I think that the lobster that they're doing, it's something that they've actually done before.
So I'm really surprised that they're doing that again.
Bring that magic.
These judges have traveled around the world for finesse, creativity, and something stunning.
Making a raspberry gastrique I'm doing the fennel, roasting corn.
We need sauce.
Christian.
Suzy's not really doing much.
She's making mushrooms Yeah.
What happens with mushrooms is they release water.
I'm trying to tell her, you can't pile all the mushrooms together in the pan.
So of course, they don't taste good.
I don't wanna use these.
I'm gonna start them over again.
And she's throwing them away.
Christian's not happy.
Well, I think he let the Captain take the lead, and he's being a team player, but I think his emotion's coming through and he can't hide it.
I wonder if he's being quiet now and acting respectful because if the poop hits the fan, he's gonna say it was Suzy's idea? You know, wasn't me.
Yeah.
Throw her under the bus.
The shrimp Yes? Don't throw those in at all until the very last Till the very last second? The very last, yeah.
Okay.
Blue team are working brilliantly together.
There's an energy there that almost looks like it's been done so many times before.
'Cause their partners.
They respect-- like partners.
Yeah.
But more importantly, they have that synergy.
They sort of understand each other's strengths and weaknesses, and they're playing off it.
What do you think-- as far as presentation, what do you think on that one? We'll have that avocado, then I'll put the layer of fennel, then we'll do the corn, crab, in the middle of that.
Okay.
Ten minutes to go.
, we have to redo the corn sauce.
What happened? Christian's corn sauce was supposed to be the sauce for the duck.
It's not coming together.
All right, Christian, why don't you slice the duck and do the fennel, and then I'll make a pan sauce quickly.
Now I have to make a pan sauce in the last ten minutes.
Suzy, talk to me quickly about the sauce, 'cause we have no idea what you're doing.
It's going to be a quick pan sauce, actually.
If you're gonna make a sauce for the duck, use the 90 minutes.
Yeah, I agree with you.
We were actually gonna do, like, this corn sauce, but it completely broke, so.
Should've, could've, would've.
It's developing in flavor, Chef.
Eight minutes to go.
Developing flavor.
The judges are minutes from arriving.
Hopefully we can get this pan sauce on the plate before these international judges get here.
Otherwise, we're screwed.
Seven minutes to go.
As our four remaining home cooks compete in their final team challenge The judges are minutes from arriving.
Three international MasterChef judges are about to arrive for the most intense tasting yet.
Come on, five minutes to go.
Suzy, talk to me quickly about the sauce.
It's gonna be a quick pan sauce, actually.
If you're gonna make a sauce for the duck, use the 90 minutes.
Chef Ramsay is doubting this pan sauce, so I'm second-guessing myself right now, which sucks.
You have no idea what you're doing.
Our international judges Are just touching down now.
We have Sébastien Demorand.
I mean, a legendary food critic.
He's not just a food critic, he's French.
Right.
He's French.
Double power.
It's like, double whammy.
Yeah.
It's a double whammy.
Michal Ansky, a famed food writer from Israel.
First woman to ever open a farmer's market in Israel.
A food walking Bible, this lady.
Right.
I mean, extraordinary.
And Kunal Kapoor.
Famed across India.
He's currently nominated for chef of the year in India.
These guys have never been under this kind of scrutiny.
Last minute! Get prepared to serve our international panel of MasterChef judges.
Come on, finishing touches.
Our international MasterChef judges are in the MasterChef red room, waiting.
come on! I need prawns right there.
Yeah, that looks nice.
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, three, two, one.
And stop.
Agh! Holy.
Christian and Suzy's plate looks like 1977, that's all I can say.
It just looks old.
Maybe Adrien and Jennifer did a really good job doing, like, the same ingredients that they've done But I know both of them can do a lot better.
This probably is one of my proudest dishes since I've been here at MasterChef.
proud of that.
Look at that.
First to face the international MasterChef judges is the red team, Suzy and Christian.
I'd like you to meet our very, very special guests today.
I'm Kunal Kapoor, and I happen to be the judge of the MasterChef India.
My name is Sébastien Demorand.
I'm a judge on MasterChef France.
Shalom, red team, my name is Michal Ansky.
And I happen to be a judge on MasterChef Israel.
Red team Our fellow judges have traveled thousands of miles to get here.
I think they're ready to hear what you have, so can you please explain? Today we have a play on Thanksgiving.
We wanted to do an upscale version, so instead of using turkey, we used duck.
Instead of using regular mashed potatoes, we used sweet potatoes.
We have a raspberry coulis, and caramelized fennel.
Before I begin, I'd like to ask you why Thanksgiving? For me, when it comes to Thanksgiving, you're with your loved ones, and I think it's very much of American culture.
I think the flavors are nice.
But what really works is the sauce that you've done with it.
Actually, I kind of disagree with my fellow judge Kunal.
I didn't like the sauce very much.
I felt sensation of, like, a floury sensation when I tasted it.
What I did like is the mash.
It's sweet, it's comforting, it goes well with the duck.
Which is well-executed.
You can cook duck, definitely.
I like the skin.
Crispy, just like it should be.
Little bit Spicy somewhere.
I think that the issue for me is that although the individual components were fine, for you to bring this to these people that we brought from all over the world to be here, is a little bit disrespectful.
Christian Is everything all right? You look kind of pale.
You want me to be honest? I don't think it's complex enough.
I think we should've used lobster.
What is he doing? Does Christian have to throw our own team under the bus? You're wiping your hands of guilt? No, I'm not wiping my hands.
I'm just as embarrassed about the dish as you are.
Your embarrassment should've manifested itself in intervention at the time when you could've made a difference.
You guys weren't communicating.
And I think the dissonance in your relationship manifested itself in the plate.
Because I don't taste harmony here.
I taste a couple of pretty well-cooked ingredients, and a lot of, a lot of animosity, quite frankly.
I look up and Gordon's like this And I felt like I, like, had just let my dad down or something, you know what I mean? I wanted to run.
If there was a exit door somewhere, I would've ran away.
embarrassing.
The puree worked.
I mean, the puree was nice.
But I honestly thought they'd be putting more than three things on a plate after 90 minutes but the duck was well-cooked.
Just embarrassing.
Told you Thanksgiving was a bad idea, Suzy.
It's not that, though, Christian.
It's our execution that sucked.
Suzy's still trying to defend Thanksgiving dinner to me.
And I'm not having it.
At that point I'm pissed at her, I'm pissed at myself.
It was humiliating.
Should've never listened to you, Suzy.
Christian's getting super defensive and it's embarrassing for him, to be quite honest.
Because he's making himself look like an idiot.
Lesson learned.
I'm not trying to learn lessons, I'm trying to win.
top four.
Should've made a better dish than that.
Whatever.
Three international MasterChef judges have come to America to taste what our final four have to offer.
Suzy and Christian served up a Thanksgiving dinner that didn't quite deliver.
You can cook duck, definitely.
I didn't like the sauce very much.
You guys weren't communicating.
I don't taste harmony here.
I taste a lot of animosity, quite frankly.
Should've never listened to you, Suzy.
Lesson learned.
I'm not trying to learn lessons, I'm trying to win.
top four.
Should've made a better dish than that.
Ho, ho, ho, ho.
The final team to face the judges is the blue team, Jennifer and Adrien.
Why don't you tell us about your dish? Us, as Americans, what we wanna show you is that we have a lot of international influence here.
The style shows spot water prawns we have a coulis on the bottom that's a blood orange, roasted red pepper, infused with chipotle and ginger.
I took the backside of the lobster and on the bottom, we have our avocadoes.
When you choose to, you know, chop that lobster, and mix it with everything-- you know, the corn, avocado-- We didn't want it to be the star of the dish.
It is a star.
Show it.
Everything is a little bitmushy.
It lacks texture for me.
And the sauce A little bit reminded me of ketchup with water.
And it lacked a hit.
It's the semifinal, give me some oomph.
Honestly, I think you should've picked one of the two ingredients.
Prawn or lobster.
The second prawn that I had has not been cleaned.
You need to clean out the vein before you serve it or before you cook it.
That's very, very important.
I actually had the same issue.
My prawn here is not cleaned.
Forgetting to clean the prawns is a huge error.
To lose the challenge on the back of not cleaning out a prawn would kill me.
I can almost see your vision of this dish.
But you guys got a little bit lost in the execution.
What I did see out there across 90 minutes was a phenomenal team spirit.
Because you both pushed each other, and that's a breath of fresh air.
We're sorry that it fell short of perfection, but thank you for the constructive criticism.
Blue team, thank you very much indeed.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
We had some major, like, detail oversights.
How did I forget to clean the freakin' prawns, dude? But we're still in the game.
The red team, they had an idea.
Thanksgiving.
Which is 100% American, of course.
The mashed potatoes was okay, and the duck was well-cooked.
As far as the blues are concerned, prawn--beautiful.
Beautiful prawns.
Even slightly undercooked, that was quite interesting.
Lots of flavor.
So I quite liked the texture, I quite liked the flavors.
Excellent.
Okay, red team Couldn't understand the take-off, or the play-off on the Thanksgiving dinner.
Though judging the dish by taste, the duck was well-executed.
Thank you.
The most amazing feedback.
Let's go let them know, shall we? Okay, at this point in the competition, with only four contestants left, it all comes down to attention to detail.
The judges loved the duck, so I consider this a win.
We had some errors.
But I know that our flavors were on.
Sebastien? Guys, first thing, thank you.
All six of us really enjoyed what you prepared for us.
We voted, and we have a unanimous decision.
The winner of this challenge is the blue team.
Thank you so much! Congratulations.
Thank you.
Thank you, guys.
Honestly, I just wanna dance around.
It was that ultimate battle, heart versus technical.
And we won.
Thank you.
Well done.
It really sucks, because Christian and I have so much technique.
But Christian's ego is always gonna get the best of him in the kitchen.
So, blue team, congratulations.
Thank you.
Judges, thank you so much.
Thank you.
You guys have a safe trip back.
Merci beaucoup.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
All right The blue team have now catapulted themselves into the final three.
Red team, the two of you will go head-to-head in the ultimate pressure test.
I don't wanna face the pressure test, obviously.
I would've liked to have been catapulted right into the top three.
But that didn't happen today.
So I'm gonna have to kick Suzy's ass.
I'm planning to win the title of MasterChef.
And having Christian in my way is just another hurdle to cross.
And I'm taking him out of it.
Christian's going down.
He's out of here.
Blue team, congratulations.
Red team, start panicking.
Are you the next MasterChef? As the losers of the team challenge, Christian and Suzy must now face a pressure test, after which one of them will be going home.
Suzy keeps saying she wants to go head-to-head with me.
And she's getting her wish.
I'm pumped up, and I'm gonna take Suzy out in the pressure test, and then we'll be rid of her.
Usually, when people are walking into a pressure test, they feel pretty lousy.
For me, I'm excited.
I've been wanting to go face-to-face with Christian for a really long time.
I think I could totally beat him.
Blue team Both of you can breathe a sigh of relief.
You're in the final three! And just over somebody's leaving MasterChef.
Adrien, who do you think it is based on what you know? I think, uh Um, Suzy would be going home.
Thanks.
Jennifer Who do you think will be leaving MasterChef? Christian.
He lacks sometimes at creativity and the true, deep passion within him for cooking.
Right, blue team Start marching up those stairs, and watch with great anticipation.
I am excited to see this battle go on.
I want Suzy to win because Christian's a competitor.
And it would be nice to see him eat a little bit of humble pie.
Christian, Suzy The theme of today's pressure test is The most amazing The most sumptuous Stunning Beautiful Lemon meringue pie.
Yes! It's desserts! I love it! I'm kind of like the pastry gal in this competition.
So bring it, Christian, bring it on.
Of course, they're giving me a [bleep.]
pie to make In the pressure test.
I thought we were done with desserts.
Look at it.
Absolutely stunning.
It's made up of three parts-- a delicious crust, zesty curd, and then a wonderful meringue.
Suzy, you've baked a lot in this competition.
Feeling confident? I feel good.
I'm gonna put a lot of love and care into this pie, and make it taste delicious for you guys.
Feeling confident, Christian? Absolutely.
Even though you don't bake? Absolutely.
Wow.
Is that confidence? Or just the bravado of arrogance? Um, I'm confident Suzy's gonna make her last dish here.
Okay.
Both of you, please take your stations.
Look at that pie carefully.
most amazing lemon meringue pie.
Just make sure for both of you it's the best pie you've ever baked.
Your 90 minutes starts from Now.
To make a lemon meringue pie, Suzy and Christian must focus on three primary components-- the crust, the filling, and the meringue.
Never have I ever made a lemon meringue pie before.
I'm a little nervous.
I don't wanna go home.
But, uh, that's not gonna happen.
Suzy's going home today.
15 minutes gone.
Interesting how they follow each other.
Christian gets his pastry out, Suzy gets her pastry out.
We might have a tough call on judging these.
They might be very, very close.
It's coming down to the technical ability.
That pastry has to be cooked.
It cannot afford to be undercooked.
'Cause that curd hits it and it's undercooked, the whole thing turns soggy.
Yeah, next is the curd.
Super amazing.
Love the balance between sweet and sour.
That's totally the heart of the pie.
Just over All right, Christian, how is your pie going to be different to Suzy's? My crust is gonna be perfect, it's gonna taste better, and my meringue's gonna be on the spot.
It's gonna be put together with finesse and love, and it's gonna secure me a spot in the top three.
Why do you carry so much baggage on your shoulders? Why is that? Is that you in general? Um, I've had a pretty tough-- pretty tough life, so You know, sometimes it comes out.
I'm gonna show you today that I came to win.
Good luck.
Hey, Joe, how's it going? Is this good? Yeah.
You like the consistency of it? Yeah, I think it's gonna hold in consistency.
Yeah.
You're always kind of the pastry gal.
Yeah.
What happens if you get your walking papers on a pastry challenge? That would be kind of ironic, wouldn't it? It would be super ironic.
Just over 30 minutes to go, guys.
So much on the line now, guys.
It's all about the details.
Success in the details.
Just three more people to go before you guys can crown me.
Suzy, just stay focused, stay on your game.
I think the dark horse in this one is Christian because he hasn't peaked yet with any form of pastry.
And I think he is just focused so heavily on getting this right.
My money's on Christian.
I think Suzy has that pastry understanding.
And she might just keep it simple and make a nice, stunning lemon meringue pie.
So I'm thinking that she's gonna have the advantage here.
I think that Christian has the fire in his belly.
He wants this really bad.
It's gonna be interesting.
Seven minutes to go.
Ugh! It's getting close.
The air in the room is heavy right now.
I just think back to the battles that I've had to win to make it to this point.
I really can see myself as the next MasterChef because I don't have an ego, and I'm a way better cook than Christian.
I'm looking at Suzy's pie, and I'm thinking, sayonara.
It looks kinda like.
Last ten.
Nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
And stop.
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
And stop.
Good job.
Please, very carefully, bring it up to the table, thank you.
It's taste-testing time.
I'm feeling good.
If you were gonna get a piece of pie and they brought you out both of those pies, I'm pretty sure you would pick my pie.
Right, Suzy.
Let's go, please.
My pie doesn't look very pretty.
But I've been tasting my lemon curd the entire time, so I know that my flavor's definitely there.
Did you purposely put a little egg white on top, in terms of the meringue? I think this is a lemon meringue pie.
I wanted to have consistency and even amounts of lemon and meringue.
Happy with it? I actually--I do like the flavor in the lemon curd.
I think that's really good, as well as the meringue.
Always a great way of seeing how the pastry's cooked in terms of the transparency, and normally, where it's appearing damp and there's wet patches underneath there.
It's almost like it's undercooked.
There's no firmness underneath there.
The pastry's soft, just by the tip of my knife I can feel it.
Damn.
.
It looks Delicious.
Thank you, Chef.
And it looks a lot more appetizing out of the pie dish than it does in.
Yeah.
I love the color of the lemon curd.
Mmm.
Mmm, it's delicious.
The curd is wonderful.
Because it's--it pops.
And it's got that wow factor.
What I'm missing is my meringue.
Curd is the easy part.
More meringue, please.
Yes, Chef.
Suzy, what did meringue ever do to you? Pastry a little-- a little thin and Yeah.
Kind of spattering in parts, right? I wish that there was more meringue.
The dough does seem to be a little inconsistent.
But the flavor's great.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Looks a little drippy.
What's up with that? I actually like the flavor of the crust, although it's a little bit unevenly executed.
And your meringue It's raw.
There's not enough of it.
Kind of flavorless too.
Too bad, 'cause I love a good meringue.
Thank you.
Christian, let's check it out.
I'm a little nervous.
Suzy obviously has more baking under her belt than I do.
I'm kinda [bleep.]
my pants a little bit, because that's not my forte.
But I have technique.
I have skill and finesse, so I'm gonna rock it out.
The meringue, nice and even.
Very golden.
I like the swiping action that you did here instead of the peaks.
It looks a little more refined.
Crust looks nice from the top, but it looks very uneven.
It doesn't look like a smooth, creamy texture.
Looks like scrambled egg whites.
Meringue almost looks separated.
The curd is nice.
I like the crust.
But it looks like it's just broken.
This your first time you've ever made a lemon meringue pie? Yes, it is.
Beautiful color.
I'm concerned about the texture of meringue.
It's a really bizarre texture, there.
Have a taste of that.
Airy.
Kinda airy.
So light and broken.
You see how it just disintegrates? It's not taking the sugar at all.
It's a delicious pastry, but you've been let down badly with the incorporation of the sugar across the meringue.
It's a good-looking pie.
Kinda holds together nicely.
Good structure.
You ever think your first pie would be so monumental? No.
The pastry's delicious, it has good consistency, and the curd's rich, but lemony.
The meringue itself, it doesn't really add anything to the pie.
Thank you, Christian.
Thank you.
Christian's looks better than it tastes.
And then Suzy's tastes better than it looks.
Yeah, it does taste better than it looks.
I could possibly go on to the final steps of winning $250,000, or lose it all in the next 60 seconds.
Good luck, Suzy.
Good luck.
You're gonna losey.
That's so rude.
I want Suzy to win because I want Christian to understand what it's like to have somebody put him into the ground with a dessert.
Tough pressure test.
Both of yours were not perfect, and one of you is gonna be leaving MasterChef.
Is it the stay-at-home dad that's obsessed with fish that's not really comfortable cooking desserts? Or is it the neural engineer that is so meticulous with amazing attention to detail? Standing there waiting to see if I'm going home is, you know, it's, like It's nerve-racking.
I totally don't wanna go home right now.
I've got the passion, I've got the drive.
And I just wanna keep cooking here in the MasterChef kitchen.
For one of you, it's the last time in the MasterChef kitchen.
And for the other, you're a semifinalist.
Suzy Suzy, you're gonna losey.
Yes, Chef? For one of you It's the last time in the MasterChef kitchen.
And for the other, you're a semifinalist.
I see myself before the judges as the next MasterChef.
And I see Christian next to me as just this pompous, arrogant guy who deserved to have left a long time ago.
Suzy Yes, Chef? You're not going through to the semifinal.
Whew! Your time is done in MasterChef.
Thank you so much for the opportunity.
Um, can I shake your hands? Thank you so much for this opportunity.
Thank you, Suzy.
Good luck to you.
Thank you.
Aw! Thank you.
Can I give you a hug? Well done.
Great highs, great lows Uh-huh.
Amazing, tenacious, talented cook you are.
And always with a smile, every time.
And do you know what, you've been amazing.
Don't stop that burning desire.
Thank you for the opportunity.
Get back to Chicago.
Get that food truck Yeah.
And I'll be one of your customers.
Okay? Well done.
Well done, well done, well done.
The big question is who's gonna win MasterChef? Adrien.
He's got the skill, but he doesn't have the arrogance that's gonna stop him from winning.
Adrien's gonna win it.
Well done, you.
Good job.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.
Make sure you stop by and work with us in the kitchen, eh? Good job, Suzy.
Thank you.
Bye.
I'm so proud of the journey that I've had.
I've suffered through things, and I've had so many highs.
And so many lows.
But I don't think I've been as happy as I have been in the MasterChef kitchen in my entire life.
And I am done being an engineer.
Suzy.
Oh, my God.
This is where I'm supposed to be in my life.
This is what I'm supposed to do.
I'm supposed to cook.
Oh, my God.
Thank you for validating what I'm supposed to do with my life.
I'm so grateful.
Take care, darling.
And then there were three.
Hey, it sucks to go home.
But everybody's gonna have to go home except me at some point.
Only one person can win MasterChef.
Yes, you won, granted.
Many congratulations.
But, my God, it wasn't perfect.
I'm the last girl standing.
Bring it on, baby.
Bring it on.
Okay One, two, three of you left.
You are so close, I cannot tell you.
Now it's, like, real game on, you know.
I think it's the three strongest cooks of this entire competition, and it's gotta be perfect.
Gotta be better than them.
I can feel the tension now.
I want this so bad.
Top three-- it's, like, right there.
And I'm gonna take it.
You are looking at the next MasterChef.
One last question Who's gonna win MasterChef? This guy.
New crown, baby.
Big day tomorrow.
Get some rest.
Good night.
Whoo! Top three.
Tomorrow night on MasterChef The competition comes full circle.
Cooking chicken again? I have no idea what I'm gonna do.
And it's every home cook for himself.
Who's got flour? I do, but I'm using it.
Karma's a bitch, isn't it? Don't try and blow smoke up my ass.
flour, him.
Christian's just a pain in the ass.
I really don't care what Jennifer thinks.
When I take her out of the competition, she's gonna eat those words.
Two will move into the finals.
And one home cook's MasterChef dream Will come to an end.
And the person leaving MasterChef is
You'll be cooking a dish created by the man who put the "F" in food.
Gordon Ramsay.
And it was nearly impossible to make the grade.
You've annihilated it.
Just all over the place.
I could cry.
Holy crap.
And Ben's time in the MasterChef kitchen came to an end.
Tonight, the final four battle it out and come face-to-face with the world's toughest critics.
And their true colors are revealed.
Should've made a better dish than that.
I'm pissed at her, I'm pissed at myself.
He's making himself look like an idiot.
Christian's going down.
Four cooks remain to battle it out in front of three culinary heavyweights.
At stake, a quarter of a million dollars And the title of MasterChef.
Tonight in Los Angeles, California, the search for America's next Master Chef has come down to the final four.
For this critical stage in the competition, their latest challenge is coming to them.
Come through, please.
It's like running a 5k.
You know, that last quarter mile when you come around the bend, you're like, "I can see it," and I'm ready to sprint into the finish line.
There's four of us left, the journey's been intense, but I'm here now and I wanna win, and I really wanna shine through to get to the finals.
Food is my life.
I daydream about my future and having a food truck in Chicago and having it financed by MasterChef.
God.
Such a dream.
Having grown up the way I grew up, and having to, like, fight for custody of my son, and fight to not do drugs, I feel like I've been fighting my whole life.
And now I'm fighting for the title of MasterChef.
Wow, welcome, the final four.
This is where we normally leave the comfort of the MasterChef kitchen, and sort of disappear to a stunning location.
But not today.
Today, we're bringing the challenge home here! MasterChef is more than just an American competition.
It is a global phenomenon.
Home cooks, just like you, are battling out in versions of MasterChef in nearly 30 countries around the world.
From Germany to New Zealand MasterChef! From Greece to India How about that? In France, it's the number one show every time it airs.
In Israel, it was the highest-rated non-sports show of the decade.
It's a smash hit in India, where over 20 million people tuned into the finale.
Wow.
We think that you, from the American MasterChef, are the best home cooks in the world.
We wanna show you off.
Because today, we've invited MasterChef judges from three different countries to come to America just to taste your dishes.
What an unbelievable experience.
It's a huge honor.
I mean, I was fortunate to go to Miss U.
S.
A.
and represent my state and to represent America There's no greater honor.
There really isn't.
You'll be split in two teams of two.
And you'll make one dish, six portions.
We ask you to leave nothing behind.
You need to feed six of us.
Got it? Yes.
We've filled your pantry with the best meat and produce that America has to offer.
It's a wonderful bounty for our international judges.
Suzy Yes, Chef? As the individual with the best dish in last night's elimination challenge, you have an unbelievable advantage youget to pick your teammate.
As a result, you'll also be picking your opponents.
So think carefully.
Essentially, Suzy's picking both teams.
And I don't wanna be on her team.
I don't see her listening to me.
I gotta be with someone a little more balanced.
I really feel my cooking style and my thought processes aren't the same as hers.
I don't wanna cook with Suzy, no.
Suzy knows that I'm a strong competitor and I'm one of the best here.
But-- I am the best here.
But I wanna say something really important.
There will be a losing team.
And one of you will be leaving MasterChef.
The person that I'm giving this red apron to is somebody that I truly respect in the kitchen.
That I think will work well with me on a team, but somebody that I really think that I can beat in the end.
Who is that person? Christian.
Wow.
Suzy picked me because she knows that whatever team I'm on, I'm gonna win.
I anticipate taking Jennifer and Adrien down.
But at the same time, I feel like they're better chefs than Suzy.
Suzy overthinks things and she doesn't move quick enough for my liking.
Christian Are you happy to be on Suzy's team? Yeah.
I think we're gonna work well together, I think we'll be able to come up with something to really wow the judges.
Adrien's flubbed up a lot of times, and Jennifer's just in because she's got a really good smile.
Please take your stations.
I'm completely happy with this match-up.
Christian's, you know, talking a big game all the time, and then Suzy's Mrs.
know-it-all.
I really wanna kick some ass.
Red team, blue team You have 90 minutes to create the most-inspired dish you've ever cooked so far.
Make MasterChef America Proud.
Your 90 minutes Start from Now! Both teams must conceptualize, prepare, and plate an original dish impressive enough to wow the palates of not three, but six MasterChef judges.
When you look at that pantry, the list of ingredients in there, when you think of America, you think of the lamb, and the beef it produces, it's second-to-none.
It's very hard to match it anywhere in the world.
We have the creme de la creme of what America has to offer.
Adrien is from California, he knows spot prawns very well.
Then we see lobster, so we figure we can marry both coasts and put together an amazing dish.
Okay.
I think that's good.
So let's do an upscale Thanksgiving dish.
I can definitely do the duck very easily.
And that goes No seriously.
And we can do, like, the sweet potatoes We could even do-- still, that doesn't sound gourmet or fancy enough to me.
Yeah, it's gonna be totally fancy and gourmet.
We only have 90 minutes.
The other team's already cooking and Christian and I are literally standing in the pantry discussing the concept of our dish.
I just feel like, I mean, everybody eats Thanksgiving once a year.
We need to decide what we're doing quickly.
I'm really thinking Thanksgiving.
I think it's gonna be upscale, it's gonna be awesome.
What's gonna be so upscale about it? The duck and duck sauce.
I'm not fully comfortable with the whole Thanksgiving idea.
But I end up pushing my gut feelings aside because we're both incredible cooks, so we should be able to really put something great together.
Hey, hey, hey.
We're gonna do avocado, roasted corn, and Maine lobster combination.
Then on top of that, we're gonna put our spot prawns.
And then just a little bit of red pepper coulis with some blood orange in it.
Can I share this board with you? Of course.
So the blue team, what do we think about the proteins they picked? I mean, that jumps out.
Spot prawns, the beautiful lobsters.
So it's got that kind of vibrance to it.
I love the idea of the blood orange.
I love the fact that they're showcasing from the West Coast to the East Coast.
East Coast, West Coast, yep.
The question is, is it going to be a seafood salad? Is it too simple to impress the judges? It's risky.
We're making a Thanksgiving concept.
Pan-seared duck breast with a sweet potato mash, caramelized fennel, raspberry gastrique, mushrooms, and an apple chutney.
You gotta trim all that fat off.
Yeah, I know, I am.
Red team.
I mean, they're doing a Thanksgiving-style dish.
Duck is a very noble ingredient.
As we know, a lot of great restaurants of the world cut their teeth on duck preparations.
So I appreciate the ambition of trying to present the duck dish properly.
Just over 40 minutes left.
So what do you think of the red team's dish? Not a good idea.
Silly.
Honestly, as an American, I'm embarrassed that they would turn that out for some of the international chefs that we're going to be serving today, and judges.
I can tell you that I think that technically, Christian and I are way more advanced than the other team.
I think that the lobster that they're doing, it's something that they've actually done before.
So I'm really surprised that they're doing that again.
Bring that magic.
These judges have traveled around the world for finesse, creativity, and something stunning.
Making a raspberry gastrique I'm doing the fennel, roasting corn.
We need sauce.
Christian.
Suzy's not really doing much.
She's making mushrooms Yeah.
What happens with mushrooms is they release water.
I'm trying to tell her, you can't pile all the mushrooms together in the pan.
So of course, they don't taste good.
I don't wanna use these.
I'm gonna start them over again.
And she's throwing them away.
Christian's not happy.
Well, I think he let the Captain take the lead, and he's being a team player, but I think his emotion's coming through and he can't hide it.
I wonder if he's being quiet now and acting respectful because if the poop hits the fan, he's gonna say it was Suzy's idea? You know, wasn't me.
Yeah.
Throw her under the bus.
The shrimp Yes? Don't throw those in at all until the very last Till the very last second? The very last, yeah.
Okay.
Blue team are working brilliantly together.
There's an energy there that almost looks like it's been done so many times before.
'Cause their partners.
They respect-- like partners.
Yeah.
But more importantly, they have that synergy.
They sort of understand each other's strengths and weaknesses, and they're playing off it.
What do you think-- as far as presentation, what do you think on that one? We'll have that avocado, then I'll put the layer of fennel, then we'll do the corn, crab, in the middle of that.
Okay.
Ten minutes to go.
, we have to redo the corn sauce.
What happened? Christian's corn sauce was supposed to be the sauce for the duck.
It's not coming together.
All right, Christian, why don't you slice the duck and do the fennel, and then I'll make a pan sauce quickly.
Now I have to make a pan sauce in the last ten minutes.
Suzy, talk to me quickly about the sauce, 'cause we have no idea what you're doing.
It's going to be a quick pan sauce, actually.
If you're gonna make a sauce for the duck, use the 90 minutes.
Yeah, I agree with you.
We were actually gonna do, like, this corn sauce, but it completely broke, so.
Should've, could've, would've.
It's developing in flavor, Chef.
Eight minutes to go.
Developing flavor.
The judges are minutes from arriving.
Hopefully we can get this pan sauce on the plate before these international judges get here.
Otherwise, we're screwed.
Seven minutes to go.
As our four remaining home cooks compete in their final team challenge The judges are minutes from arriving.
Three international MasterChef judges are about to arrive for the most intense tasting yet.
Come on, five minutes to go.
Suzy, talk to me quickly about the sauce.
It's gonna be a quick pan sauce, actually.
If you're gonna make a sauce for the duck, use the 90 minutes.
Chef Ramsay is doubting this pan sauce, so I'm second-guessing myself right now, which sucks.
You have no idea what you're doing.
Our international judges Are just touching down now.
We have Sébastien Demorand.
I mean, a legendary food critic.
He's not just a food critic, he's French.
Right.
He's French.
Double power.
It's like, double whammy.
Yeah.
It's a double whammy.
Michal Ansky, a famed food writer from Israel.
First woman to ever open a farmer's market in Israel.
A food walking Bible, this lady.
Right.
I mean, extraordinary.
And Kunal Kapoor.
Famed across India.
He's currently nominated for chef of the year in India.
These guys have never been under this kind of scrutiny.
Last minute! Get prepared to serve our international panel of MasterChef judges.
Come on, finishing touches.
Our international MasterChef judges are in the MasterChef red room, waiting.
come on! I need prawns right there.
Yeah, that looks nice.
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, three, two, one.
And stop.
Agh! Holy.
Christian and Suzy's plate looks like 1977, that's all I can say.
It just looks old.
Maybe Adrien and Jennifer did a really good job doing, like, the same ingredients that they've done But I know both of them can do a lot better.
This probably is one of my proudest dishes since I've been here at MasterChef.
proud of that.
Look at that.
First to face the international MasterChef judges is the red team, Suzy and Christian.
I'd like you to meet our very, very special guests today.
I'm Kunal Kapoor, and I happen to be the judge of the MasterChef India.
My name is Sébastien Demorand.
I'm a judge on MasterChef France.
Shalom, red team, my name is Michal Ansky.
And I happen to be a judge on MasterChef Israel.
Red team Our fellow judges have traveled thousands of miles to get here.
I think they're ready to hear what you have, so can you please explain? Today we have a play on Thanksgiving.
We wanted to do an upscale version, so instead of using turkey, we used duck.
Instead of using regular mashed potatoes, we used sweet potatoes.
We have a raspberry coulis, and caramelized fennel.
Before I begin, I'd like to ask you why Thanksgiving? For me, when it comes to Thanksgiving, you're with your loved ones, and I think it's very much of American culture.
I think the flavors are nice.
But what really works is the sauce that you've done with it.
Actually, I kind of disagree with my fellow judge Kunal.
I didn't like the sauce very much.
I felt sensation of, like, a floury sensation when I tasted it.
What I did like is the mash.
It's sweet, it's comforting, it goes well with the duck.
Which is well-executed.
You can cook duck, definitely.
I like the skin.
Crispy, just like it should be.
Little bit Spicy somewhere.
I think that the issue for me is that although the individual components were fine, for you to bring this to these people that we brought from all over the world to be here, is a little bit disrespectful.
Christian Is everything all right? You look kind of pale.
You want me to be honest? I don't think it's complex enough.
I think we should've used lobster.
What is he doing? Does Christian have to throw our own team under the bus? You're wiping your hands of guilt? No, I'm not wiping my hands.
I'm just as embarrassed about the dish as you are.
Your embarrassment should've manifested itself in intervention at the time when you could've made a difference.
You guys weren't communicating.
And I think the dissonance in your relationship manifested itself in the plate.
Because I don't taste harmony here.
I taste a couple of pretty well-cooked ingredients, and a lot of, a lot of animosity, quite frankly.
I look up and Gordon's like this And I felt like I, like, had just let my dad down or something, you know what I mean? I wanted to run.
If there was a exit door somewhere, I would've ran away.
embarrassing.
The puree worked.
I mean, the puree was nice.
But I honestly thought they'd be putting more than three things on a plate after 90 minutes but the duck was well-cooked.
Just embarrassing.
Told you Thanksgiving was a bad idea, Suzy.
It's not that, though, Christian.
It's our execution that sucked.
Suzy's still trying to defend Thanksgiving dinner to me.
And I'm not having it.
At that point I'm pissed at her, I'm pissed at myself.
It was humiliating.
Should've never listened to you, Suzy.
Christian's getting super defensive and it's embarrassing for him, to be quite honest.
Because he's making himself look like an idiot.
Lesson learned.
I'm not trying to learn lessons, I'm trying to win.
top four.
Should've made a better dish than that.
Whatever.
Three international MasterChef judges have come to America to taste what our final four have to offer.
Suzy and Christian served up a Thanksgiving dinner that didn't quite deliver.
You can cook duck, definitely.
I didn't like the sauce very much.
You guys weren't communicating.
I don't taste harmony here.
I taste a lot of animosity, quite frankly.
Should've never listened to you, Suzy.
Lesson learned.
I'm not trying to learn lessons, I'm trying to win.
top four.
Should've made a better dish than that.
Ho, ho, ho, ho.
The final team to face the judges is the blue team, Jennifer and Adrien.
Why don't you tell us about your dish? Us, as Americans, what we wanna show you is that we have a lot of international influence here.
The style shows spot water prawns we have a coulis on the bottom that's a blood orange, roasted red pepper, infused with chipotle and ginger.
I took the backside of the lobster and on the bottom, we have our avocadoes.
When you choose to, you know, chop that lobster, and mix it with everything-- you know, the corn, avocado-- We didn't want it to be the star of the dish.
It is a star.
Show it.
Everything is a little bitmushy.
It lacks texture for me.
And the sauce A little bit reminded me of ketchup with water.
And it lacked a hit.
It's the semifinal, give me some oomph.
Honestly, I think you should've picked one of the two ingredients.
Prawn or lobster.
The second prawn that I had has not been cleaned.
You need to clean out the vein before you serve it or before you cook it.
That's very, very important.
I actually had the same issue.
My prawn here is not cleaned.
Forgetting to clean the prawns is a huge error.
To lose the challenge on the back of not cleaning out a prawn would kill me.
I can almost see your vision of this dish.
But you guys got a little bit lost in the execution.
What I did see out there across 90 minutes was a phenomenal team spirit.
Because you both pushed each other, and that's a breath of fresh air.
We're sorry that it fell short of perfection, but thank you for the constructive criticism.
Blue team, thank you very much indeed.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
We had some major, like, detail oversights.
How did I forget to clean the freakin' prawns, dude? But we're still in the game.
The red team, they had an idea.
Thanksgiving.
Which is 100% American, of course.
The mashed potatoes was okay, and the duck was well-cooked.
As far as the blues are concerned, prawn--beautiful.
Beautiful prawns.
Even slightly undercooked, that was quite interesting.
Lots of flavor.
So I quite liked the texture, I quite liked the flavors.
Excellent.
Okay, red team Couldn't understand the take-off, or the play-off on the Thanksgiving dinner.
Though judging the dish by taste, the duck was well-executed.
Thank you.
The most amazing feedback.
Let's go let them know, shall we? Okay, at this point in the competition, with only four contestants left, it all comes down to attention to detail.
The judges loved the duck, so I consider this a win.
We had some errors.
But I know that our flavors were on.
Sebastien? Guys, first thing, thank you.
All six of us really enjoyed what you prepared for us.
We voted, and we have a unanimous decision.
The winner of this challenge is the blue team.
Thank you so much! Congratulations.
Thank you.
Thank you, guys.
Honestly, I just wanna dance around.
It was that ultimate battle, heart versus technical.
And we won.
Thank you.
Well done.
It really sucks, because Christian and I have so much technique.
But Christian's ego is always gonna get the best of him in the kitchen.
So, blue team, congratulations.
Thank you.
Judges, thank you so much.
Thank you.
You guys have a safe trip back.
Merci beaucoup.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
All right The blue team have now catapulted themselves into the final three.
Red team, the two of you will go head-to-head in the ultimate pressure test.
I don't wanna face the pressure test, obviously.
I would've liked to have been catapulted right into the top three.
But that didn't happen today.
So I'm gonna have to kick Suzy's ass.
I'm planning to win the title of MasterChef.
And having Christian in my way is just another hurdle to cross.
And I'm taking him out of it.
Christian's going down.
He's out of here.
Blue team, congratulations.
Red team, start panicking.
Are you the next MasterChef? As the losers of the team challenge, Christian and Suzy must now face a pressure test, after which one of them will be going home.
Suzy keeps saying she wants to go head-to-head with me.
And she's getting her wish.
I'm pumped up, and I'm gonna take Suzy out in the pressure test, and then we'll be rid of her.
Usually, when people are walking into a pressure test, they feel pretty lousy.
For me, I'm excited.
I've been wanting to go face-to-face with Christian for a really long time.
I think I could totally beat him.
Blue team Both of you can breathe a sigh of relief.
You're in the final three! And just over somebody's leaving MasterChef.
Adrien, who do you think it is based on what you know? I think, uh Um, Suzy would be going home.
Thanks.
Jennifer Who do you think will be leaving MasterChef? Christian.
He lacks sometimes at creativity and the true, deep passion within him for cooking.
Right, blue team Start marching up those stairs, and watch with great anticipation.
I am excited to see this battle go on.
I want Suzy to win because Christian's a competitor.
And it would be nice to see him eat a little bit of humble pie.
Christian, Suzy The theme of today's pressure test is The most amazing The most sumptuous Stunning Beautiful Lemon meringue pie.
Yes! It's desserts! I love it! I'm kind of like the pastry gal in this competition.
So bring it, Christian, bring it on.
Of course, they're giving me a [bleep.]
pie to make In the pressure test.
I thought we were done with desserts.
Look at it.
Absolutely stunning.
It's made up of three parts-- a delicious crust, zesty curd, and then a wonderful meringue.
Suzy, you've baked a lot in this competition.
Feeling confident? I feel good.
I'm gonna put a lot of love and care into this pie, and make it taste delicious for you guys.
Feeling confident, Christian? Absolutely.
Even though you don't bake? Absolutely.
Wow.
Is that confidence? Or just the bravado of arrogance? Um, I'm confident Suzy's gonna make her last dish here.
Okay.
Both of you, please take your stations.
Look at that pie carefully.
most amazing lemon meringue pie.
Just make sure for both of you it's the best pie you've ever baked.
Your 90 minutes starts from Now.
To make a lemon meringue pie, Suzy and Christian must focus on three primary components-- the crust, the filling, and the meringue.
Never have I ever made a lemon meringue pie before.
I'm a little nervous.
I don't wanna go home.
But, uh, that's not gonna happen.
Suzy's going home today.
15 minutes gone.
Interesting how they follow each other.
Christian gets his pastry out, Suzy gets her pastry out.
We might have a tough call on judging these.
They might be very, very close.
It's coming down to the technical ability.
That pastry has to be cooked.
It cannot afford to be undercooked.
'Cause that curd hits it and it's undercooked, the whole thing turns soggy.
Yeah, next is the curd.
Super amazing.
Love the balance between sweet and sour.
That's totally the heart of the pie.
Just over All right, Christian, how is your pie going to be different to Suzy's? My crust is gonna be perfect, it's gonna taste better, and my meringue's gonna be on the spot.
It's gonna be put together with finesse and love, and it's gonna secure me a spot in the top three.
Why do you carry so much baggage on your shoulders? Why is that? Is that you in general? Um, I've had a pretty tough-- pretty tough life, so You know, sometimes it comes out.
I'm gonna show you today that I came to win.
Good luck.
Hey, Joe, how's it going? Is this good? Yeah.
You like the consistency of it? Yeah, I think it's gonna hold in consistency.
Yeah.
You're always kind of the pastry gal.
Yeah.
What happens if you get your walking papers on a pastry challenge? That would be kind of ironic, wouldn't it? It would be super ironic.
Just over 30 minutes to go, guys.
So much on the line now, guys.
It's all about the details.
Success in the details.
Just three more people to go before you guys can crown me.
Suzy, just stay focused, stay on your game.
I think the dark horse in this one is Christian because he hasn't peaked yet with any form of pastry.
And I think he is just focused so heavily on getting this right.
My money's on Christian.
I think Suzy has that pastry understanding.
And she might just keep it simple and make a nice, stunning lemon meringue pie.
So I'm thinking that she's gonna have the advantage here.
I think that Christian has the fire in his belly.
He wants this really bad.
It's gonna be interesting.
Seven minutes to go.
Ugh! It's getting close.
The air in the room is heavy right now.
I just think back to the battles that I've had to win to make it to this point.
I really can see myself as the next MasterChef because I don't have an ego, and I'm a way better cook than Christian.
I'm looking at Suzy's pie, and I'm thinking, sayonara.
It looks kinda like.
Last ten.
Nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
And stop.
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
And stop.
Good job.
Please, very carefully, bring it up to the table, thank you.
It's taste-testing time.
I'm feeling good.
If you were gonna get a piece of pie and they brought you out both of those pies, I'm pretty sure you would pick my pie.
Right, Suzy.
Let's go, please.
My pie doesn't look very pretty.
But I've been tasting my lemon curd the entire time, so I know that my flavor's definitely there.
Did you purposely put a little egg white on top, in terms of the meringue? I think this is a lemon meringue pie.
I wanted to have consistency and even amounts of lemon and meringue.
Happy with it? I actually--I do like the flavor in the lemon curd.
I think that's really good, as well as the meringue.
Always a great way of seeing how the pastry's cooked in terms of the transparency, and normally, where it's appearing damp and there's wet patches underneath there.
It's almost like it's undercooked.
There's no firmness underneath there.
The pastry's soft, just by the tip of my knife I can feel it.
Damn.
.
It looks Delicious.
Thank you, Chef.
And it looks a lot more appetizing out of the pie dish than it does in.
Yeah.
I love the color of the lemon curd.
Mmm.
Mmm, it's delicious.
The curd is wonderful.
Because it's--it pops.
And it's got that wow factor.
What I'm missing is my meringue.
Curd is the easy part.
More meringue, please.
Yes, Chef.
Suzy, what did meringue ever do to you? Pastry a little-- a little thin and Yeah.
Kind of spattering in parts, right? I wish that there was more meringue.
The dough does seem to be a little inconsistent.
But the flavor's great.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Looks a little drippy.
What's up with that? I actually like the flavor of the crust, although it's a little bit unevenly executed.
And your meringue It's raw.
There's not enough of it.
Kind of flavorless too.
Too bad, 'cause I love a good meringue.
Thank you.
Christian, let's check it out.
I'm a little nervous.
Suzy obviously has more baking under her belt than I do.
I'm kinda [bleep.]
my pants a little bit, because that's not my forte.
But I have technique.
I have skill and finesse, so I'm gonna rock it out.
The meringue, nice and even.
Very golden.
I like the swiping action that you did here instead of the peaks.
It looks a little more refined.
Crust looks nice from the top, but it looks very uneven.
It doesn't look like a smooth, creamy texture.
Looks like scrambled egg whites.
Meringue almost looks separated.
The curd is nice.
I like the crust.
But it looks like it's just broken.
This your first time you've ever made a lemon meringue pie? Yes, it is.
Beautiful color.
I'm concerned about the texture of meringue.
It's a really bizarre texture, there.
Have a taste of that.
Airy.
Kinda airy.
So light and broken.
You see how it just disintegrates? It's not taking the sugar at all.
It's a delicious pastry, but you've been let down badly with the incorporation of the sugar across the meringue.
It's a good-looking pie.
Kinda holds together nicely.
Good structure.
You ever think your first pie would be so monumental? No.
The pastry's delicious, it has good consistency, and the curd's rich, but lemony.
The meringue itself, it doesn't really add anything to the pie.
Thank you, Christian.
Thank you.
Christian's looks better than it tastes.
And then Suzy's tastes better than it looks.
Yeah, it does taste better than it looks.
I could possibly go on to the final steps of winning $250,000, or lose it all in the next 60 seconds.
Good luck, Suzy.
Good luck.
You're gonna losey.
That's so rude.
I want Suzy to win because I want Christian to understand what it's like to have somebody put him into the ground with a dessert.
Tough pressure test.
Both of yours were not perfect, and one of you is gonna be leaving MasterChef.
Is it the stay-at-home dad that's obsessed with fish that's not really comfortable cooking desserts? Or is it the neural engineer that is so meticulous with amazing attention to detail? Standing there waiting to see if I'm going home is, you know, it's, like It's nerve-racking.
I totally don't wanna go home right now.
I've got the passion, I've got the drive.
And I just wanna keep cooking here in the MasterChef kitchen.
For one of you, it's the last time in the MasterChef kitchen.
And for the other, you're a semifinalist.
Suzy Suzy, you're gonna losey.
Yes, Chef? For one of you It's the last time in the MasterChef kitchen.
And for the other, you're a semifinalist.
I see myself before the judges as the next MasterChef.
And I see Christian next to me as just this pompous, arrogant guy who deserved to have left a long time ago.
Suzy Yes, Chef? You're not going through to the semifinal.
Whew! Your time is done in MasterChef.
Thank you so much for the opportunity.
Um, can I shake your hands? Thank you so much for this opportunity.
Thank you, Suzy.
Good luck to you.
Thank you.
Aw! Thank you.
Can I give you a hug? Well done.
Great highs, great lows Uh-huh.
Amazing, tenacious, talented cook you are.
And always with a smile, every time.
And do you know what, you've been amazing.
Don't stop that burning desire.
Thank you for the opportunity.
Get back to Chicago.
Get that food truck Yeah.
And I'll be one of your customers.
Okay? Well done.
Well done, well done, well done.
The big question is who's gonna win MasterChef? Adrien.
He's got the skill, but he doesn't have the arrogance that's gonna stop him from winning.
Adrien's gonna win it.
Well done, you.
Good job.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.
Make sure you stop by and work with us in the kitchen, eh? Good job, Suzy.
Thank you.
Bye.
I'm so proud of the journey that I've had.
I've suffered through things, and I've had so many highs.
And so many lows.
But I don't think I've been as happy as I have been in the MasterChef kitchen in my entire life.
And I am done being an engineer.
Suzy.
Oh, my God.
This is where I'm supposed to be in my life.
This is what I'm supposed to do.
I'm supposed to cook.
Oh, my God.
Thank you for validating what I'm supposed to do with my life.
I'm so grateful.
Take care, darling.
And then there were three.
Hey, it sucks to go home.
But everybody's gonna have to go home except me at some point.
Only one person can win MasterChef.
Yes, you won, granted.
Many congratulations.
But, my God, it wasn't perfect.
I'm the last girl standing.
Bring it on, baby.
Bring it on.
Okay One, two, three of you left.
You are so close, I cannot tell you.
Now it's, like, real game on, you know.
I think it's the three strongest cooks of this entire competition, and it's gotta be perfect.
Gotta be better than them.
I can feel the tension now.
I want this so bad.
Top three-- it's, like, right there.
And I'm gonna take it.
You are looking at the next MasterChef.
One last question Who's gonna win MasterChef? This guy.
New crown, baby.
Big day tomorrow.
Get some rest.
Good night.
Whoo! Top three.
Tomorrow night on MasterChef The competition comes full circle.
Cooking chicken again? I have no idea what I'm gonna do.
And it's every home cook for himself.
Who's got flour? I do, but I'm using it.
Karma's a bitch, isn't it? Don't try and blow smoke up my ass.
flour, him.
Christian's just a pain in the ass.
I really don't care what Jennifer thinks.
When I take her out of the competition, she's gonna eat those words.
Two will move into the finals.
And one home cook's MasterChef dream Will come to an end.
And the person leaving MasterChef is