- Oh. - Let's eat some love!
- It sparkles when I smell it.
- They really out here! - Wow!
- Top Chefin' bro!
- (PvF) Pack your knives and go.
- Stop it! - Wow, let's ride.
- Stop it! - Let's ride.
- (PvF) We are doing a Try Not To Eat: Top Chef.
- Oh no! - Oh no.
- I mean, of course, it's Top Chef.
- I feel like when you watch this show,
these are really good chefs. - Yeah.
- Like, phenomenal.
- Chef, please pack your knife and go.
(Jaime gasps)
- (Kristen) I'm not happy with the fact that...
- Oh, it's Kristen!
- Slay.
- (Kristen) Mushrooms can get soggy, and so to prevent that,
I throw them into a 450 oven.
- My girl.
- Oh, Kristen. - Yes, that's my bitch right there.
- Right, as that, sure. - Right, right.
- Oh my God, I love mushrooms!
- Oh, just simple mushrooms. - Oh, it's just mushrooms.
- (judge) She knew how to cook 'em.
They were delicious.
- (PvF) From Top Chef's new host, Kristen Kish.
- Oh, I didn't, what? - She's hosting it!?
- I love that. - (PvF) She's replacing Padma.
- I love that. - What!?
- (PvF) We've got Kristen Kish's
elimination-winning dish of French mushrooms
that simply blew the judges away.
- Sniff it up. - Mmm, they smell like shrooms.
- Oh, wait, these actually smell nice!
- I know.
- Smells good, looks good. - Yeah, smells good, looks amazing.
- I mean, she's a phenomenal chef. She's a winner.
- (Martine) Aww, it smells so good.
- Oh my gosh!
- Ugh, what are you gonna do?
- I don't know man, I feel like I could skip this.
- I feel like I could skip it too.
- (PvF) You were just talking about how much you love Kristen though.
- I do. - I mean...
- See, this is what Nicole does.
She tempts me like this.
- Well, I mean... - She tempts me.
- She's just bringing up a good point.
You said Kristen Kish was your lady,
and then you're, you know, scared to try her food.
- No, not scared.
- Well, it seems like you're a little nervous.
- I love mushrooms. - Girl, why aren't you eating this?
- I love mushrooms. - Eat!
Consume! - But the prize!
- My mouth is watering.
- Who am I kidding?
(Chanse gasps) (buzzer)
- Are you gonna eat in future rounds?
- Oh yeah. - Alright.
(buzzer)
- Well, if you tell me this is good, I'll eat it.
- Ooh! - Is it super shroomy?
- Oh my God, describe it, describe it, describe it!
- Okay.
They're not mushy mushrooms, they've got a slight crunch to them.
There's definitely like a garlic, onion...
- I mean, we should try it. We should try it.
- Or you should try it. (laughs)
- I mean... - How you gonna let Kish down?
- How'd they do this? (buzzer)
When I cook my mushrooms, they don't taste like this.
- It's not bad by any measure of the word.
- Mmm. - But I'm not a huge mushroom person,
and this is... This is mushrooms.
- You know what, let's support our girl.
(Nick laughs) I'm eating.
I don't care what punishment. I'm eating this all day.
Every day, every dish! (buzzer)
It's actually seasoned really well.
It kinda almost doesn't taste like mushroom.
It tastes like meat almost, like the way it's seasoned.
- How much do you love mushrooms,
like how do you feel about mushrooms in your life?
- See, that's the thing. I can do without mushrooms.
- Oh. But...
- Yeah, I think I can wait. I think I can wait.
I'm strong.
- I like mushrooms.
- Then I'm glad I supported you in eating this.
- Thank you.
- 'Cause you're about to eat the whole plate.
- Mm-hmm.
- Yep, thank you. - Yeah, absolutely.
- Oh, what a win. - This is messed up.
That's messed up.
- I'm gonna discourage him from eating all the food. (laughs)
- (Ed) Dude, where is my pea puree?
That really pissed me off. - That's fair.
- (Ed) Alex stole my pea puree.
- Why would you steal it? - (Ed) Did you see that pea puree?
- (Alex) I did not!
- (Tiffany) The only person that has a pea puree
on their dish is Alex, it was not made the day before.
- (Alex) It's really coincidental that Ed couldn't find his pea puree.
I didn't even know he was making a pea puree.
(Chanse laughs)
- Please, we have to turn this into a drinking game,
where every time they say pea puree,
(laughs) you take a shot. - Yeah. (laughs)
I would be sloshed.
- Pea puree, pea puree. - Pea puree, pea puree.
- Pea pea pea! - Pea pea!
Where's my pea pea puree?
- Oh my God, salmon. (Martine gasps)
Oh my God, forbidden rice.
- So fancy! - See yeah, now this, I'm gonna eat.
You know, this, I'm gonna eat.
- Oh my goodness.
- (PvF) Wait for me to get back!
- We don't have to wait for nothing!
(buzzer)
- (PvF) Where's my pea puree?
From the pea-gate of Top Chef Season 7,
we've got Alex Reznik's winning salmon dish,
featuring that infamous pea puree.
- Ooh, ginger! - Mmm.
(buzzer)
- Oh! - Ooh, woah!
- Woohoohoo!
Yo, check out this bite. - Aww, it's cooked perfectly.
- Yo, a little bit of everything right here, look at this.
- Oh my God, I can't not.
- I'm going in, I'm going in.
I'm going in. (buzzer)
- Ooh, you buckled!
- I'm going in as well, I'm going in too.
- It took salmon, why?
- I told you, if there's a fish dish!
- Get out of town! (buzzer)
- Mmm! - Ugh, dude.
Look at that middle! Like, it's perfect.
It's cooked perfectly! - Mmm.
- I mean, it's like neon. (buzzer)
Okay, creamy, unexpectedly creamy, chunky.
- Mmm, right, we got... - (PvF) What's happening, Jaime?
- Pea, that's puree. - Right.
- A little bit of salmon.
- Oh my God.
- I don't wanna look at it anymore, man.
That looks delicious. - Mmm.
- Pear, is it pear?
- The pear on the salmon. - Yes!
- Would not have thought to pair those two and love it.
- Pear those two.
- I see why this won. - I as well.
- It's good.
- Delicious. - Mm-hmm.
- Oh no. - How's the pea pea? (laughs)
- The pea pea is delicious.
I'd eat this pea pea all day!
(Nick laughs)
- It was a party in my mouth. (Martine laughs)
- Mmm, mmm! - Ugh, dude,
actually I really wanna try it, but it's like,
I wanna win the prize, I never win the prize.
- (PvF) Just for everyone,
Alex Reznik did not steal Ed Cotton's pea puree,
it was revealed he made his own,
they just edited it out of the show.
- And that's the magic of television.
- I was so sure.
- Were you? - Mm-hmm.
- (PvF) Ed's might have gotten misplaced in transport.
- (gasps) So he did it himself, and he blamed him, wow.
- Dude, you gotta eat all of it in front of me?
(group laughs)
- I would steal that, that's good.
- (Paul) I keep on second guessing myself.
I know that I shouldn't.
- Don't second guess yourself. Just go.
- (Paul) Being able to recognize that your dish is where it should be
takes a lot of experience, and it takes a lot of discipline.
- A soup!
- Ooh! - Ooh.
(gasps) - Ooh!
- Yeah.
- Ooh, chervil. - What's a chervil?
- (judge) Thanks Paul.
This everything that I used to call over the years is
a balance of flavor.
- Ooh! - Ooh!
- Oh, fancy! - Stunning, stunning!
- That is so fancy!
- Oh! - That is a gorgeous color.
It looks like, oh, it looks like Baja Blast.
- (PvF) Cited as judge Tom Colicchio's
best thing he's ever eaten on the show.
- Oh? - No way!
- (PvF) We've got a bowl of Chef Paul Qui's
chilled sunchoke dashi soup.
- That sounds amazing dude, when am I gonna have this, huh?
- Ugh, dude, I don't, I'm upset.
(PvF laughs)
(laughs) It's just...
- Oh, can you smell it?
You have to get really in there to smell it.
- Wow, there's a smokiness to this! - Yes, absolutely.
- I'm just going with just the soup.
See, okay. (buzzer)
- Mmm! - Mmm!
(buzzer)
- (laughs) It's already good, bro.
- I'm just like creeping on ya, dude.
Like how does it taste, Ben? - Aw man.
(Nick laughs)
- Is it warm? - Do do do, oh no.
- (PvF) No, it's chilled. - It just like you know...
- Oh, it's chilled. - (PvF) Yeah.
- And it just moves around. - Oh, that's interesting.
- Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep! - That's interesting!
(buzzer) (gasps)
- Mmm!
- You didn't sell me. Didn't sell me, good choice!
Good choice!
- Okay, I'm getting crunchy. - Okay.
- But I'm also getting, is it like bourbon?
Like oaky, I don't know how else to describe that.
- Almost meaty, somehow?
But really fresh?
- But it's actually really good.
What's in this? It's like mmm!
- I'm so confused. (laughs) What?
- I am a big fan of this.
- He's, you're really sad and scared right now
that you're not gonna get to try this ever.
- Well because what I'm thinking is like what if I try it,
and I don't like it?
Okay, you know what? - Ooh!
- You know what? - Ooh!
(buzzer)
- Oh my gosh! - That's really good.
- I don't...
I've never tasted anything like this.
- Got any more?
- How was it? - Good, good!
Delicious!
- Ugh!
- This is amazing! I can do this all day.
- (Jimmy) Chicken pot pie!
- Aww yes!
- Oh!
- (Carla) I was like yes! I'm gonna make a chicken pot pie!
- When was Jimmy Fallon on Top Chef?
- Chicken pot pie.
- Mmm. - You know that's gonna be delicious.
- I love pot pies. - Oh yeah.
- (Jimmy) That is my thing, I tell you.
- She's so cute. He's so cute, I can't!
- Chicken pot pies are delicious.
- They are delicious, dude. - They're so good.
- (Jimmy) There's love put into this.
- Ugh! - Aww.
- Let's eat some love!
- (PvF) Carla Hall couldn't contain her excitement
for how much Jimmy Fallon loved her interesting take
on a chicken pot pie,
where the crust is on the top and the bottom,
and after one bite, you'll also be just as in love.
- Ooh! (laughs)
- So fluffy! - It's so fluffy!
- And the bottom of this is crispy as well?
Yeah, show us, show us.
- I'm able to not do this.
- Ooh, that's so cool! Oh my gosh!
That's smart.
- Oh! (both scream)
- Oh my God, that's so cool!
(buzzer)
Mmm! (buzzer)
- That looks absolutely delicious. Are you kidding me?
- Mmm, the crunch! - Yep.
- Mmm! - Yep.
- Oh my gosh! Have you felt the inside?
- Oh, that's good! - Right.
- Aw, Jiminy Crickets. (buzzer)
Are you kidding? (Benison laughs)
Are you kidding? - Did you just say Jiminy Crickets?
(laughs) - Are you kidding me right now?
- (PvF) So you guys are just manhandling the pot pies.
- I know, I know, Nicole's like... - We did.
- You're gonna touch our pies, so that now we can't eat them.
I'm so sorry, Nicole.
I'm so sorry that you can't eat this pie, Nicole.
- Oh my gosh! - You just ate it!
(Martine screams) - [Censored]!
- Carla, you really can taste the love.
Yeah, I know you didn't personally cook this,
Chef Ash, you can really taste the love.
- I don't want pot pie! (laughs) Mmm, that's good.
- Oh! (PvF laughs)
- Mmm, okay. - Oh!
- I know I'm looking a mess right now, but...
- No, you look like you're having a blast!
It's like a sloppy Joe pot pie, you know what I mean?
- Good, good, good texture profile,
good, good, good sense of seasoning,
and um...
Good job. (both laugh)
- Damn, that smells good. - Wow!
Yo, it's really good. - Ugh!
Mmm, man.
Dude, that smells delicious. - Mmm, mmm!
- Are you kidding me? - Mmm!
- I'm not a pot pie girl, but I can get behind this.
- Yeah? - Mm-hmm.
It just feels like a home, like homey.
- Yeah. - You know?
- Comfort. - Mm-hmm, 100% comfort food.
And after what I just did, I need that comfort.
- It's like, my urge is to eat it,
'cause every single time I,
I'm so used to dealing with the punishments,
and like, now I'm so far in, it's just like...
- You have one left after this!
Bro, you're done, bro. Bro, bro, bro, push this aside, man!
- Having fun, Jaime? - I'm so happy right now.
- This is really good though. - It's so good.
- (Mei) Out of all of the dishes in my menu...
- Oh? - Oh, Mei!
- (Mei) This is the dish that I'm truly proud of.
- Let's see what you got for us.
- (Mei) But does that mean that the judges will love it?
- No, the presentation is spot on.
- (judge) Wow, it's beautiful!
- That's a dessert. - Woah, what is that?
- That's a dessert if I've ever seen one!
- Oh, it's smoking!
- Ooh? - Ooh!
- Curd.
- Lime ice.
- (Mei) And yogurt lime ice.
- (chef) Best dessert I've ever had on Top Chef.
- Oh!
- (both) Dang!
- They really out here! - Wow!
- Top Chefin', bro!
- (PvF) Chef Mei Lin's strawberry lime curd
with toasted yogurt, milk crumble with bee pollen,
and yogurt lime ice.
(buzzer)
Is often described as one of the best dishes
to have ever eaten on the show.
- Ooh! - Mmm!
- Did you smell it yet?
- No, but we've come this far without having any restraint.
- No! (buzzer)
- (laughs) Ooh! Ooh!
- I would love to know what this tastes like, for sure.
- Dude, yeah. - I'd like to, dude, I'd lick it.
(laughs) I'd lick it if I could, man.
There it is! (laughs) (buzzer)
Get it! (laughs)
- What!?
- Wow, wow, woah! Flavors!
- Mmm!
- It sparkles when I smell it. (Martine laughs)
Does that make sense? (both laugh)
- It doesn't have to make sense to anyone but you.
- Okay.
- This all looks absolutely amazing,
and I'm pissed that I chose not to eat,
'cause this looks so damn good.
This is like the best tasting episode ever.
- You know this is gonna be so bad!
This is gonna be so...
This is so good, so you might as well enjoy this while you can.
- And the punishment is going to be so bad?
- Oh, we can just, let's live it up right now!
- Girl! - It was...
- Savor it! - I tried!
- Jaime, savor it!
- It was so good! I couldn't help myself!
- To be fair, that was me with the pot pie.
- Hey, millions of people, this is for you.
- There it is! Get it!
Oh man! - Mmm!
- Oh dude, that looks so good.
Those crumbles look absolutely amazing.
- I'm scared! - Mmm, mmm!
This is one of the best desserts we've had on the show.
- Don't do that!
- No.
- (PvF) Are you gonna lick the plate, Jaime?
- I'm really tempted. - Jaime.
- But I don't want to be gross. - Jaime, no.
- So I don't won't.
- Are you serious? You're passing?
(laughs) Yes!
I don't get double punishment for this,
this still counts as one.
I'm so happy right now.
- Dude, you just ate like a king.
Or, as they might say, you just ate like a Top Chef.
(both laugh)
- I did, I feel like a Top Chef.
I feel like I'm on top of the world, man.
- (sighs) Dude.
- (PvF) Well, that does it. Congratulations, Nick!
- Bro! - Ugh.
I don't know if I won. I don't know if I won.
- I don't know how you did it!
- Dude, I, ugh. - Wow.
- (PvF) You were able to avoid these top dishes,
and for that, we've got a crafty prize!
- I hope the prize is cool, because that was
one of the most difficult things I've done in a long time.
- (chef) The cuisine here at CRAFT is contemporary American.
I call it contemporary American,
because the cooking itself is rather contemporary.
- Damn, why were there so many dishes?
- Woah, what's that? - A disc, oh!
- Is Nick getting all of those dishes?
- (PvF) For our winners, we have a lovely three course meal
from Tom Colicchio’s very own restaurant, CRAFT.
First, we've got a very lovely foie gras on brioche,
followed by some nice...
- Orecchiette with Italian sausage.
- (PvF) And finally, a roasted quail in fresh blueberry sauce,
and of course, a wonderful pinot noir that pairs perfectly.
- Oh, what to try first? I don't know!
- Aw man! That looks so good!
- Ooh, that's... - Oh, who are you?
(Jaime laughs)
Who is this? - (laughs) What?
- Who is she? - Why are you so small?
Is this... - What, hello?
- Well hold on. - Just, yeah no, actually,
I don't even wanna look anymore! - We start with the foie gras.
No, look at it! I watched you eat, Benison!
I watched you eat! (Benison laughs)
All of those amazing dishes! - You did.
- I sat here! - You did, you did.
- And I knew it. - Okay, okay, yeah, show me, show me.
Hit that, oh yeah.
- Oh yeah. Dope.
- That's messed up, let me smell the pinot noir.
- Oh my gosh, and that is a good pinot noir.
- What are you doing? - I think we should just...
- (PvF) But no!
- Put this in our pants and walk away.
- What, wait, no, wait! - Oh no, oh no, oh no!
- No! - Oh no, oh, it's gone.
- Oh, you took 'em all away! - Oh.
- Oh, Nicole. (laughs)
- (PvF) Unfortunately, Jaime, Izzy, Benison, Chanse, and Martine,
you were all tempted,
and for that, Chef Ash has a little present for you.
- (chef) So I did a little lemon meringue martini.
- Okay, sounds yum so far.
- (chef) Cherries hidden with a little cookie.
- Oh! Wait, that's good.
- Yeah, that doesn't...
- Why are you not so sure about it?
What, you made...
- Uh-oh. - Oh no!
Oh, there's sugar.
- (chef) I think it was a little sweet.
- No, it can't be that bad!
- (judge) I spit yours out into my napkin.
(both gasp)
- Wow!
- (judge) I just don't get it sometimes,
when like, it's fried on top, and I don't get the paper.
- (judge) It's there just in case you wanna roll it up and smoke it.
(group laughs)
- They're laughing at it! - Oh.
- (judge) I hated the whole dish, I keep tasting it.
- Anthony... (laughs)
- (judge) Just to make sure that I actually hate it
as much as I think I did, I really, really, really hate it.
- Dang!
- We're getting two? - Two?
- (judge) It's appalling.
- Do they combine them?
- No, they wouldn't combine that, a dessert and...
Would they?
- We've mashed up two of the worst bites on Top Chef.
The super sour lemon meringue martini with an appalling crab caserecci
crawfish and crab stew. Enjoy.
- Ew. - Okay, so you decided,
as that was a personal challenge to do both!
- Of course! - Okay!
- Why would I do anything else? - Fair enough.
I should've expected better, different, man.
- Chef Ash, always working magic out here.
- (PvF) It's five bites, and you gotta dig all the way down.
- Five bites!?
- (PvF) You ate everything, Benison.
You literally licked everything.
- Oh my God, I ate everything!?
- Three, two, one.
- Oh yeah. - Ugh, smell that, bro.
- It's not so bad. - Here we go.
- I don't think it smells bad at all.
- (both) Cheers.
- Aww, it's like... (Nick laughs)
It's like sour, dude! Like super sour!
(group laughs)
- Oh, oh! - Mm-mm!
- I hate all these flavors! I hate all of them!
- Ooh. - Ow, ow, oh ow.
- Oh, oh! - It's so sour!
- Oh my God, it's like a Warhead.
- Ah!
- The pasta's not bad.
I think the stuff on top, whatever it is,
it gets better the more you eat it. (struggles)
(Nick laughs)
- Oh, woo!
It's a kick in the pants every time!
- I hate this whole moment. I hate all of these flavors.
Two...
Three...
- Oh my gosh, you did... - I can't!
- Go ahead and get in there, don't be shy!
(Benison yells) Get in there!
- Ugh, oh! - Gah gah gah, nummers!
- Oh! (Nick laughs)
- Oh, oh, woah! I'm gonna, oh!
(Jaime laughs) - I gotta, woo!
- (PvF) Well, that does it for today,
any final thoughts? Did you have fun?
(Martine sighs) - No.
Pea puree. Pea puree.
(Martine gasps) - (both) Pea puree.
- Cheers.
(both laugh) - Cheers bro.
Ugh! (Nick laughs)
- Thank you guys so much for watching
this Try Not To Eat: Top Chef episode.
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- Nicole, pack your knives, and go!
- (PvF) Oh?
- Or you can eat the punishment with me.
- (PvF) Cheers. - Cheers.
- Mm. - Ooh, ooh!
(PvF gasps) Ooh!
- (PvF) It does taste like feet, like sour.
Woah, it tastes like toe jams!
- Ew!