So my good friend super top chef Richard Blais,
we thought we'd see what happened
when we sent him to an apartment building.
Oh boy.
So we sent him to an apartment building.
He knocked on complete strangers' doors
and he went in and he showed them you know how
when you go to the refrigerator and your pantry
and you're like, I can't make anything,
I don't know what to borrow.
Well he proved them wrong.
Let's see what happened.
(bass piano music)
I'm here in New Jersey
and I'm gonna knock on some unsuspecting residents'
doors and cook lunch for them.
It's a little weird but it's a lot of fun.
(bass piano music)
Okay here goes nothing.
(knocking)
Hi how are you?
Hey.
I'm Richard Blais from the Rachael Ray Show
and I wanted to see if I could actually come in
and just cook you some lunch,
with my crew of course.
Why not.
Oh my gosh yes, we're coming in everyone.
Awesome, what's up brother, how are you?
I'm good, you know it's my birthday?
It's your birthday today!
Now the pressure's on, I feel like I have
to cook something really really delicious.
I can not believe that Richard Blais
randomly knocked on my door to cook me lunch
on my birthday no less.
I got corn, peaches, radishes.
Some feta cheese.
Some fresh herbs.
In season four of Top Chef Richard Blais
was absolutely the one I wanted to win.
Hey Jake what do you do?
I am an attorney.
All right so this is legal.
So far.
So far. So far so good.
Garbanzo beans.
I didn't break it Jake.
We're going to make like a roasted chicken,
a warm chickpea salad with feta and peaches
and arugula.
Sounds delicious.
Awesome so I need like a non-stick pan
to actually cook the chicken breast.
You want a high side or a saute?
Look woo, fancy Jake.
(audience laughing)
Let's do both pans.
So one with saute and one with a Lid.
Then we're going to dump in these chickpeas.
So what I love about tomato sauce
is that it's got this thing call umami.
You know what umami is?
The mythical fifth taste.
Earthiness is usually how it's described I think.
Jake you want to a just do the next two apartments
without me.
(laughing)
(fun music)
A restaurant quality dish just with
the stuff he found lying around my apartment.
Thank you so much.
Happy birthday.
(bouncy music)
(knocking)
Hi how are you?
(clunk)
(audience laughing)
(bouncy music)
Hi I'm Richard Blais from the Rachael Ray Show.
Hi.
And I wanted to see if I could come in
and just cook some food for you.
Maybe just make you some lunch.
Not right now.
Okay, rejection is a part of entertainment so.
What are you gonna do?
(sneaky music)
(knocking)
Hi. Hello.
Hi. I'm Richard Blais
from the Rachael Ray Show.
I was wondering if I could come in
and maybe cook for you?
Right now?
Yeah does that work?
Sure yeah. Awesome.
Richard's going to be making for us
a potato chip omelet.
A little bit of bacon bits.
You seem a little skeptical about this recipe.
If we add hot sauce at the end maybe that'd be good.
No we need to add it now.
(audience laughing)
All right so here's the thing Heather about omelets
is the pan has to be hot so it doesn't stick.
Really kind of keep messing with it
until it's almost starting to set.
(fun music)
Oh this is really good.
You can taste the potato chips.
And you're coming back tomorrow?
I think, I think that's contractually what we have to do.
(audience laughing)
Right.
(knocking)
Hi. Hi.
I'm Richard Blais from the Rachael Ray Show
and I was wondering if I could come in
and cook some food for you?
You can.
(fun music)
Clam juice.
This is like a family after my own heart.
A linguine, that's going to be perfect.
Richard made for us a pasta dish
using tuna, clam sauce, cilantro,
some onions, some garlic.
Two slivers of jalapeno.
Little elbow bump Brody.
Bump bump, do the bump bump.
Uh oh this is a fancy can opener.
Lauren I might need some...
Need some guidance. Help yeah.
Oh my, magic.
Oh it smells so delicious.
Want to have some?
You don't have any teeth.
(audience laughing)
Any time you're using fresh herbs
you want to do it at the end of the cooking process
so that all that vibrancy stays right there.
(fun music)
This is actually really really good.
I was a little skeptical.
Of the jalapeno cilantro?
Yes. Yeah me too.
Brody say thank you.
Brody thank you so much.
Bye Brody.
Don't leave, he's like don't let them leave.
(audience applauding)
That was awesome.
Yeah.
That was awesome.
My favorite part is those people are in
the New York area there in Jersey City I believe
and all the people that wouldn't let you in.
Yeah listen, rejection's part of it right.
That's right but you got in there
and great meals, thank you so much.
Oh I'm, it's so much fun.
(audience applauding)
(sparkly music)