- He was the better looking out of the three.
Wait, can I say that?
- I said that.
- Hi everyone, I'm Sepi.
And I'm here with the lovely Ross.
- Hi guys, I'm Ross.
I'm 28 and I am looking for love today.
- So, the rules of today are we've got three
lovely gentlemen who've cooked you three
pasta dishes.
- Hi, I'm Luca.
- Hi, my name's Ryan.
- Hi guys, my name's Olly.
- Basically, you're not gonna see any of them
until the end.
That's the aim of the game today.
We're basically gonna find Ross a lovely date.
- Let's do this.
- Hi, I'm Luca, and I'm from Italy.
I made a pasta that is called pappardelle, which is
like a bigger tagliatelle thing with veggie ragu.
So there is carrots, lentils, barley, miso,
harissa, soy sauce, and tomatoes.
I would describe my cooking as confident and fun.
- Oh my gosh.
- I mean, it's so nicely put together.
It looks like restaurant standard.
You know this is good pasta as well,
when you've got like big pasta.
They have gone all out.
- He, he knows the deal.
- It's chunky, you want it chunky.
- What I could maybe gauge from them is that
they're a very creative person.
They like to enjoy cooking and they've clearly
put a lot of time into producing an alternative.
- I feel like if I got this dish
I could see you. I'd be like this person,
this person has a mustache.
- This is Luca.
- The fact that you've chosen meat pappardelle,
I really enjoy that.
And I'm going to like it.
- Now he tastes it and it's like, (retching noise)
- Yeah.
- After all the buildup it's like, oh God.
- Here we go.
- The face was good. - Yeah.
- That's a good face.
- Oh my gosh, that's incredible.
That is so well cooked.
I mean, you can taste everything
that's in there. That lentil, the mushroom.
- Like his eyes went to a different galaxy.
- He's gonna finish your food and then...
- Yeah, not want us.
- All of the flavors are in there.
Absolutely incredible.
Yeah. I really enjoy spicy food.
Don't we have a little like,
paprika moment going on or something.
- Did he say precum moment?
- I think he said Paprika.
- That's good, good reviews. Orgasmic.
- Yeah, exactly.
- Realistically. I think I could probably cook this myself
at home.
- Who reckons he could do it?
- No, you can't.
No, you need me.
- I'm loving the like, it's a richness.
So I dunno, maybe
there's some like wine in there or something.
Treat me to a bit of wine already,
I see you.
I love vegetables in my dishes.
So I think I would probably include
for a few more vegetables in there.
- Oh.
- It's not complicated enough.
- I really enjoy broccoli, peppers, courgettes.
- Broccoli? No.
- Oh, who would, who would do that.
- Didn't you have broccoli in yours?
- Broccoli and peppers.
- Otherwise though, really great meal.
- So he wants veggies on the side?
To cut the richness?
- More, more veg in there.
- Surely that would be more rich.
- You take criticism well, at least.
- This person could have dating potential.
They've put together a really good dish
and I'm really honestly impressed by it.
- Hi, my name's Ryan
and this is my mushroom peach truffle pasta.
So we've got here,
we've got the fresh egg pasta.
We've got rocket and Parmesan cheese to garnish,
and for the sauce, it is olives, mushrooms,
peach, truffle oil, a lot of garlic,
and miscellaneous seasonings.
My cooking's very experimental.
You don't really know which way it's gonna go
but it always tastes fantastic.
- Love that we have a garnish of rocket on top.
It's a very thick spaghetti noodle.
You know what they say?
The thicker the noodle,
the more enjoyment you get out of it.
- Mm. - We like it thick, so.
- Exactly, he likes the thick pasta.
- I'm going to say they're quite adventurous.
I mean, peach in pasta, I have never heard of
or never seen.
They've put truffle in.
I think that makes me think they're a little bit
of a refined character, which is excellent because I am not.
(all laughing)
- Come on, look at that shirt.
He's refined.
- I am really ready to try this pasta.
- He made the face, you know, like
the kombucha girl's like, "Mm? Mm."
- That reaction did not portray what I was going down then.
That
is incredible.
- Okay.
- It just tastes so,
regal.
- Regal.
- Yeah. Buckingham palace here I come.
- The peach is incredible because it's so sweet.
And I think it really helps to cut
the richness of the truffle.
- See, it's not rich that time.
- Have you guys eaten your food?
- No, I didn't, I tried a little bit
of the sauce. - I haven't even tried mine.
I smelt it, I was like, "ugh".
He's gonna be full by the time,
- He gets to yours? I think that's a good thing.
- Yeah.
- This meal says a lot about this person.
It clearly says that they're very adventurous.
You might be a little bit alternative.
And I like that because people don't see that coming.
I think the same as before, I would probably
have some broccoli on the side as like a go to
- Someone should really make a broccoli pasta dish here.
If only - Yeah.
- There needs to just be a little bit
of vegetables to kind of space out the richness,
you know, give a bit of diversity.
- Someone should um, make the pasta and then
like put the broccoli on the side.
So it's not taking away
the flavor. - That's true, yeah.
You can like dip in and out of the broccoli.
- That'd be a good idea.
- I think this person definitely has dating potential.
The thing that I'm getting most from this is
the curiosity of the peach aspect, and that is
making me want to get to know
this person.
- I think you're getting chosen.
With that peach, I'm telling you.
He's aroused.
- He's eaten like half the bowl.
- The pasta.
- This is really good.
- Hi guys, my name's Olly.
And today I've prepped I&U pesto, pasta, and pepper.
That's my U&I Pasta.
You know, alphabetti?
I took ten tins and I removed all the Us and the Is
and now I'm just left with this.
I've made fresh pesto.
I've made some tender salmon, some like peppers
bit of caramelized onion
bit of Parmesan on top and some pine nuts.
I've, I've had to sort of put personality
into my cooking to beat
maybe some of the better cooks that are here.
- Oh my gosh.
- No, when did you get the broccoli?
You never mentioned the broccoli.
- I, I did mention the broccoli.
- Ten cans.
- There were ten.
- (slowed down) Ten cans.
- It took me three and a half hours to separate
all the letters.
- That's amazing.
Thank you.
I think this person is really like organized
and I think they might be a little bit cultured.
- Nope.
- Cultured-- Refined alphabetti.
- Heinz alphabetti spaghetti.
- I've been talking about the whole video that I
would like some broccoli on the side of my pasta.
I think I'm going to love this.
- This is where we lose. The broccoli's the, yeah.
- I think though he might like the way it looks,
it might taste awful.
- Okay.
- Jackpot.
- No.
(Olly laughing)
- You don't believe him
- Wow.
- You're just like
- Oh my gosh.
- Maybe beans and pesto are actually like a flavor combo.
- This dish is not only comedic genius.
It's honestly so thoughtful.
The pesto is not too rich.
- Can't believe it tastes nice.
(all laughing)
- As an Italian I don't know if I
believe that it does, but it's nice.
(Ryan and Olly laughing)
- I love the comedic value of the pasta.
It might be a little bit too squishy where
I think it's been double cooked.
The other thing as well
is that obviously alphabetti spaghetti...
Are you going for the cheaper option,
if you know what I mean?
Because I'm not a cheap person.
- No, there were ten tins there.
(Ryan laughing)
- They are obviously really humorous.
And I love the fact that they're really thoughtful/
Because we're basing this on the pasta,
it might say they're a little bit sloppy
but overall really great dish.
But now,
it's decision time.
So dish 1, super creative
but was it lacking the vegetables I required?
Dish two, the peach.
A curve ball, which I loved
but was it a little bit too rich?
Dish three, presentation was off the charts
but was it a little bit too cliche?
You also served me pasta from a tin.
the pappardelle with vegan ragu.
- See? I told you.
- I really enjoyed it.
It was a really great dish.
(Luca sighs)
- As the honorary Italian as well.
- I'm so nervous.
- Hello. I'm Luca.
I made the pappardelle dish
and I guess I'm gutted that it didn't make the cut.
but I can also see
from the competition that I also think I approached it
from a very Italian point of view of like, just like
what is the best successful pasta dish that I've loved
that I can make.
- You are so handsome.
So lovely.
I feel
so bad.
I mean, I can only pick one, right?
What am I to do?
So now it's time to rank the second dish.
In second place is
the U&I alphabetti spaghetti.
I loved this dish, but I unfortunately think
from the get go
the peach was
a curve ball that none of us saw coming.
- I agree.
- I try.
- I'm still quite not sure whether I'm
over the fact that you served me alphabetti spaghetti.
- I did.
I should have put more broccoli in there.
- And then he would've forgotten it.
- Yeah.
- Time to meet contestant number three.
- Hey there, my name's Olly and I'm the creator
of U&I alphabetti spaghetti.
Um, obviously today I didn't put any words
in your mouth, but uh, that's fine.
I mean, you obviously also saw through my psychosis
of separating letters from ten tins of alphabetti spaghetti.
So that's fine.
But I'm glad to be in second.
- Oh.
Did he take that very well?
I'm not quite sure.
Now I am
so excited
to see who I have picked
as my number one dish.
- Hi. Oh my gosh, how are you?
- Good.
- Lovely to meet you. What's your name?
- I'm Ryan.
Nice to meet you. - Ryan. Oh my God.
I have to know. The peach.
- Yeah. I, I just like to be experimental when I cook, and
- I got that from the dish.
- Yeah.
- I am really happy I chose Ryan.
I think he was the better looking out of the three.
- No, that's so savage.
- Yes. - Yes.
- Yes!
I like that.
Yes. Okay, okay.
- Nice to meet you,
see you later. - Bye.