- I'm Isaac Toups. "Top Chef" season 13 finalist.
- Congratulations, Isaac. - Thank you.
[screams]
Now I'm ready to take on a new challenge
so I'm heading out to sea
where the food is delicious and the chefs
are amongst the best in the world.
Hopefully I can pick up a few new skills along the way.
Awesome!
Mofongo.
Shouldn't be hard at all. [glass shatters]
This is "Isaac Takes On" brought to you by:
Celebrity Cruises.
We've reached our first destination.
I'm here in beautiful Saint Kitts
with its rainforest, coral beds,
and white sand beaches where I'll be checking out
one of the most versatile ingredients on the island:
breadfruit. I've never tasted one.
I've never cooked with one. I've never even held one.
But I'll be taking on the challenge today
with Chef Marshall to see what its all about.
Breadfruit. Is it bread? Is it fruit?
We're gonna see how versatile this thing really is.
[upbeat music]
- Chef Isaac, are you ready to take on the challenge?
- I am ready for the breadfruit challenge.
- Chef Rahul will take over from here.
- Rahul! Isaac. - Hi, Isaac, how are you?
- He's the expert of breaking down breadfruit.
- Awesome. - So first we remove
the back part and then break it into half
and then wedges.
We peel off like this after that.
- You have good skills, man.
- Then we remove the center part.
- What's the flavor of the breadfruit?
- It doesn't have any flavor. - I see what you mean.
It's not too good raw, by the way.
- Yes. - [laughs]
So I see it turns colors very quickly.
- Yes. - Wow.
- That's why we have to keep it in the water.
This is something which I've already boiled.
- Now is it better like this?
Let me try a piece. That's much better.
- Yup. And a little dish which we made
with the breadfruit and pumpkin chowder.
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- The heat. What's the spice?
both: Scotch bonnet. - I love that.
- I am from India, he's from Jamaica.
- I'm from New Orleans. We're all good with the heat.
Bring the heat on. - Similar to potato salad.
- Uh-huh.
Mm. It might be the new potato.
For all you potato lovers out there,
this is your new best friend.
You can fry it, you can make a dessert.
- You can even make chips with that.
- You can make chips with it? - Yes.
- Get out of here! [both laugh]
All right, I think we should get to this.
Rahul, I need you to be the impartial judge.
You think you could favor toward me a little bit?
- We'll see. [laughter]
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- Good luck, man. - May the best man win.
- Then you already won. [both laugh]
Going up against the breadfruit man.
Who will win? We shall see.
What's this, Chef? - Curry.
- Here's a spoon.
- Yeah! - It's good.
For this challenge, Chef Marshall is making
breadfruit chips and salsa.
I'm cooking up breadfruit croquettes
with curry sauce.
I'm gonna have to take this breadfruit
and really pack some flavor into it.
Gonna use a little Louisiana spice.
I am from Louisiana.
If I can get the gloves on it'll be great.
[laughter]
Since I know how to cook potatoes,
I'm treating my breadfruit the exact same way.
I hope it pays off for me.
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- That is absolutely gorgeous.
- Well, I'm pretty. [laughter]
All right, now don't tell him who's is who.
- Thank you. - Yours looks great, Chef.
Good luck.
- Good afternoon. - Thank you, Nakita.
- Your breadfruit chips.
[suspenseful music]
- Nice, crispy crunch.
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Nice presentation.
Whoa, crunchy.
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[dramatic music]
- Rahul. Looks like you're in charge.
You're the chef of the day.
- First of all, I enjoyed both.
Both were different. It was hard for me to decide.
- It's okay. It's not like your job
depends on your answer. - [groans]
- Rahul, who won?
- The winner for the competition for today...
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Is the breadfruit puff. - Ahh!
- Who's dish is the puff? - Mine!
- Oh! - Mine!
- Congratulations. - Thank you, Chef.
both: You're the man. - You come to my island
and beat me, but that's okay.
- Thank you very much. I appreciate it.
Rahul, sorry about your job. - Ohh!
[laughter] - Sorry.
You can come work for me. - Yes.
- Come to New Orleans.
A friendly competition with new friends.
- Absolutely. You know something?
You teach me something today.
You enhance it with curry. I've never done it before.
- Really? - So you leave me today
with a recipe for tonight. Our guests gonna enjoy
just what you leave here. - That's the highest praise
a chef can get. Thank you.
Doing this challenge has got me excited
to get back in my own kitchen to experiment
with more ingredients I'm not familiar with.
Now I just need to figure out where to find breadfruit
in New Orleans.
[upbeat music]