Top Chef 4/3/25--"Top Chef Trivia" summary

 

Previously on “Top Chef”: for the Quickfire, everyone had to make Jamaican patties, or at least their spin on them. Katianna won by making bacon and kimchi. Then everyone had to make a cold dish using an ingredient that had something to do with a hockey term. I don't know anything about hockey, but I did read somewhere that most of those slang terms were bullshit and there were actual food-related slang terms that the producers ignored. Katianna made cold noodles with licorice flavor, which were perfect cold, and she won the Elimination challenge also. Anya failed to make good ice cream and cake, which was supposed to be for the ingredient of “eggs”, so she was eliminated. (click for more)

In Last Chance Kitchen, there was going to be a complicated goal system and no time limit, but then Sam quit. So they went with the dumbass gimmick of “chefs who can't get on the actual show unless they jump through hoops” and both of them are gone. Anya and Bailey had to make three good dishes in 45 minutes. Bailey did, and Anya could have (and would have also continued on). But Anya didn't make it and was eliminated for good.

Everyone works out except for I think Vinny. Corwin says he says ready so he doesn't have to get ready. Basically.

There is a giant sign that says “Top Chef Trivia” in the kitchen. Tristen says “Dweeb mode activated” in a robot voice. Kristen introduces Michael Cera, who is apparently a big fan. Vinny thinks he's like Michael Cera, what with the chasing girls and fake IDs. Uh huh. Also here are Jeopardy! champions Amy Schneider and Mattea Roach. Nice. Michael was on Celebrity Jeopardy! I guess that is supposed to be impressive. Mattea is the most successful Canadian on the show. Amy has been watching the show since it was “Top Scallop”. Heh. We have a flashback to let us know that was Season 5. So the Quickfire involves trivia to determine cook times. There are 15 questions, each worth a point. You can steal if someone fucks up the answer. The team with the most points gets 30 minutes to cook, second place has 20 minutes, third place gets 15 minutes. You get to pick your own team.

Yellow team is Henry, Kat, Katianna, and Tristen. Kat says she's putting herself on Tristen's team because he knows a lot of random shit. I'd say if you heard someone say “Dweeb mode activated” upon seen a sign for trivia, they are probably pretty good at it. Montage of random facts that Tristen has said unprompted. Purple team is Lana, Massimo, Paula, and Zubair. Lana thinks Massimo is aggressive enough to slap a button a lot. Sure. Green team is Cesar, Corwin, Shuai, and Vinny. They don't get to say anything.

Kristen is having too much fun being in charge and having a microphone. The first question is “what is one of the most suggestive vegetable emojis?” So these are not difficult questions. Poor Kristen has to walk from where the judges are, at that long table/counter, over to the side where the teams are. Back and forth. We stop actually hearing questions, and it's too bad because now there are real answers like “chili crisp” and “panko” so I guess there are real food questions now. Green team is the only team getting any points, because Corwin is just faster to the buzzer. Tristen decides he's going to buzz in before the question is finished and take a guess. He does this, but he can't come up with anything because he didn't get enough of the question to even guess something. Finally after like 8 questions Massimo manages to buzz in. Or, Green team was told to stand there so they could break the 0-0 tie for second. No, they keep answering, but only the Yellow and Purple teams. Eventually the Purple team gets one more question right. So, Green team has 30 minutes, Purple team has 20, and Yellow has 15.

Michael and Kristen reveal a big board with all of the answers listed under which team got that question correct. So for example, Green team answered the first question about the eggplant emoji, so they have “eggplant” on their list. You have to use at least three ingredients. Sucks for Yellow, since they only HAVE three ingredients: battered, rice, and sandwich. Then Kristen says even though they had teams, it's an individual challenge. NOOO I was just being glad there would only be three dishes! $10,000 if you win.

Green team has shiso, ginger, eggplant, lamb, scallops, chili crisp, nectarines, and panko. Yeah you can take three of those and make something, no problem. Michael says he'd need 30 minutes to chop carrots. Same. Corwin is going Asian, which makes sense. He says he's not “scared” of Asian flavors, which irritates me for some reason. No one is making you cook Asian food, so why are you bragging you're not scared? Vinny is doing raw scallops, and the other teams shittalk him for having all this time and making a raw dish. Shuai makes salad, which he knows is a unique dish because he made it up.

Massimo looks pissed off. Purple team has fennel, toro (fatty tuna), pretzels, and curry. Probably going to be a lot of tuna tartare. Paula is very glad she has that five minute cushion. Massimo is yelling for no reason. He's making otoro, which is the very fatty part of the tuna, and he says you have to cook it. I don't think you do? Corwin has grabbed shrimp paste, and he interviews you can't use too much because it's strong. Cut to judges saying they smell something funky.

Yellow team gets to start. Henry is making po' boys, but there's no seafood so it's gonna be zucchini. Tristen is trying to make a dish he had in Italy this one time he spent a weekend there. Some bread between mozzarella, then breaded and fried? He's putting rice flour into the breading. Kristen asks the judges what they wold make for “battered rice sandwich” and Amy says that's why she's up there and not a contestant. Heh. Kat is making banana and Nutella sandwiches with some rice batter. Katianna has cooked something in 15 minutes when her daughter is yelling at her. Zubair is making cold curry. There is quite a bit of frantic working and a lot of messy plates. Massimo claims that was fun.

Shuai: nectarine salad with napa cabbage, radish, jalapeno, shiso, and coconut nuoc cham. Nuoc cham is a dipping sauce made with fish sauce and some lime. Corwin: seared scallop with chili crisp and ginger beurre blanc, shrimp paste, yuzu, and shiso. Yuzu is a citrus fruit, and shiso is a Japanese herb. Cesar: seared scallop with chili crisp panko, roasted eggplant, and nectarine. Vinny: scallop crudo with raw sliced nectarines, jalapeno, shiso, and pistachios.

Paula: pan seared toro with red curry chimichurri, warm fennel salad with ponzu and tamari. Tamari is similar to soy sauce. Massimo: seared otoro (the chyron says “toro” but Massimo says “otoro”) with yellow tomato and fennel broth, pretzel crumbs. Zubair: otoro crudo with green curry emulsion, fennel togarashi, toasted pretzel dust, and fennel fronds. OK, whoever is in charge of chyrons, “toro” and “otoro” are not the same thing. So either you're saying both Massimo and Zubair can't tell the difference, or whoever is writing the chyrons is stupid. Lana: tuna tartare with curry vinaigrette, fennel fronts, and crushed pretzels.

Kat: banana and Nutella fried sandwich with raspberry cognac sauce. Henry: “po' boy” with tempura-battered zucchini, turmeric rice wine slaw, and grilled bread. It is very difficult to eat. Katianna: open-faced crab salad sandwich with curry batter crispies. Tristen: mozzarella in carrozza with mustard emulsion, scallions, and honey. So in a change, Tristen has been saying “mozzarella and carrozzo” which is wrong. The chyrons have it correct. It's just a sandwich with mozzarella that has been battered and fried.

Bottom dishes were Henry, who had a heavy dish that was too difficult to eat. Also Massimo, for soggy pretzels (but good flavors); and Tristen, whose sauce didn't go with the sandwich. Massimo says this is a joke. Sure. Good dishes include Kat, with great texture and amazing sauce; Shuai, with a delicious salad; and Corwin, good balance. Possibly a Top Scallop. The winner is Corwin. He says he's going to pay bills so don't ask him for nothin.

Kristen kicks Mattea and Amy out, but Michael gets to stay. It's dessert time. There is a huge table with desserts. “Iconic Canadian desserts”. There better be Nanaimo bars up there. These will be your inspiration. Cue more than one person saying “I'm not a pastry chef” and then Massimo being pumped, as if Massimo has any other mode than “pumped”. Kristen says “You'll have to incorporate these sweet treats into your dishes.” Your savory dishes. Nice. Deconstruct the desserts to make savory dishes.

“Random” knife draw to see what dessert you get stuck with. It will be a individual challenge, but no word on if it's head-to-head. Corwin and Tristen get “figgy duff” which I think is just figgy pudding. Or spotted dick. So a boiled dessert that is kind of a cake? It's not American pudding. Tristen is pissed because it looks dry. “It looks like a panettone that had a rough life.” Ha! Next to each sample dessert is a card with the ingredients on it, I guess so when you deconstruct it you know what to put in your savory dish. Zubair and Henry have butter tarts, which are tarts with a filling of butter, sugar, syrup and egg. I suspect it's like pecan pie without the pecans. Michael says the same thing but he also mentions raisins. Paula and Kat have Nanaimo bars, which are my personal favorite. It's a layered bar cookie-type thing with nuts and coconut on the bottom, then custard, like a no-bake cheesecake? And then chocolate on top. Kristen says there are graham crackers in the crust too. Shuai and Katianna have “jam jams” which are just sandwich cookies, like come on with the names. It's molasses cookie sandwiches with jam. Lana and Vinny get potato chocolate cake, and you can have either mashed potatoes or I think raw grated potatoes? Lana is thrilled because potatoes are a great start to deconstructing this into a savory dish. Massimo and Cesar get date squares, “AKA matrimonial bars, because it has a firm foundation, a sweet center, and it can also look a bit rocky at times.” Ha ha. Looks like rolled oats and dates (plus flour, sugar, butter, all the usual baked good suspects). 30 minutes and $100 to shop at St. Lawrence Market today, and then two hours to cook tomorrow. Also feel free to come eat the samples, but after Kristen takes some for herself.

Kristen legit stacks like, five things into her hand and bails. Heh. Everything is very good of course. Kat is inspired but Nanaimo bars are very sweet. Corwin complains that there are no figs in “figgy duff”. That is because “figgy” is an old adjective that refers to raisins. So now you know what “figgy pudding” is about.

Tristen is not that upset about his dessert, because it has cinnamon and allspice, which he can use in a Caribbean dish. Plus part of him is relieved he doesn't have to make a dessert. I think a bunch of them are. He says “Guyanese pepperpot”. Lots of running around. Vinny says there are eggs in the cake so he's buying caviar. Sure. Henry buys duck because it will go with a sweet flavor, and Zubair buys duck also. Massimo is going Moroccan with lamb. Corwin figures out about the raisins, and says the other spices can go into jerk seasoning. Kat buys duck too. Shuai is making chicken meatballs. Katianna is making acorn porridge? Well she does have immunity.

Back at the apartment Henry calls Evelyn, who was on season 19. They are business partners. She does give him a good pep talk since she knows what he's feeling.

Two hours to cook in one of those shitty outdoor kitchen tents they like to set up. Katianna says she's never cooked in a castle before, and you still haven't. You're like, out in the parking lot. Tristen has cooked for the King of Sweden? Sure. Kat is making custard with mustard. She says it will either resonate or be super dumb. But she's going for it which is why I like Kat. Paula has pork belly. Lots of braises and like, duck, and any cuisine that uses warm spices that could be in a dessert. Cesar says he and Massimo have the same idea: a cold lamb dish with Moroccan spices. So he hopes his is better than Massimo's. I don't think they said it was a head-to-head, but obviously they will compare the two dishes with the same dessert inspiration.

Tristen is going to make his Guyanese pepperpot, which is a stew with a sweetener (cassareep) similar to molasses, and allspice and cinnamon and cloves. He wants to be an inspiration to other chefs. Corwin says Colonel Sanders doesn't have shit on his 13 herbs and spices. Side note: I know Twitter is a garbage fire but KFC follows exactly 11 people: the Spice Girls and six guys named Herb. Shuai says he is making tsukune, which he said earlier is like meatballs, but now he is saying it's half raw meat and half cooked. I'm not sure what he is talking about, because I don't see anything about raw meat? Unless he means to form the meatballs he's got some meat that is already cooked? Katianna makes raspberry bacon. Zubair has a bunch of burners in front of them with several things. At the moment no one is panicking.

Kat tells Vinny she is going to freeze the duck skin with liquid nitrogen and pulverize it, and then sous vide the breast itself. Hmm. She declares she's not afraid to be herself. “There is an element of performance” to cooking, said over photos of when Kat used to do burlesque and go-go dancing. Tristen says “lamb fat madeleine”. He wants a starch for the pudding element. Lana says the lamb smells cute.

The judges all arrive to sit outside in the garden, which is gorgeous. There are a couple of pastry chefs here, and Michael. Kristen calls this one of the most creative challenges she's been able to experience.

Nanaimo bars are up first. Everyone has been complaining about how sweet Nanaimo bars are, including the judges, and I think I last had one when I was maybe 11 or 12 so that's probably why I have such fond memories. Kat: Nanaimo duck breast with mustard custard, duck skin and walnut Nanaimo crumble, and soy cacao ganache. Paula: cacao-rubbed braised pork belly, with coconut vanilla vinaigrette roasted beets, and chocolate graham cracker. Kat's dish is great and screams “Nanaimo”. Tom had asked a pointed question about the duck skin but he likes it in the crumble. Paula's is much more subtle, in that they can't really taste the cacao rub. But Kristen says it tastes good.

Henri is trying to time himself and not throw shit on the plate in the end. He interviews that there are a lot of people here, but the sous vide is free so he puts his duck in there. It's a risk because you still have to render the fat after. Katianna is making rye porridge for the color. Zubair's duck is not rendering like he wants, so he's just going to leave it on the stove for longer. Lana's gnocchi is chocolate? So it's little poops.

Potato chocolate cake does not get a discussion the way Nanaimo bars did. Vinny: roasted Yukon potatoes with chocolate miso glaze and caviar vin blanc. “Vin blanc” is just “white wine” so maybe it's a sauce? Oh also gold leaf as a reference to “Superbad” so he can kiss Michael's ass. Sigh. Lana: cacao gnocchi with cacao-braised lamb and pickled shallots. Vinny's dish was potato-forward, but maybe not chocolate-forward. Lana's dish had chocolate but it's heavy and everyone is tired of the lamb after a few bites.

Zubair's duck really did not work but he doesn't have any more. It sounds like he's going to try to “clean it up” on the cutting board, whatever that means. I guess cutting slices and only using the best ones, which means the judges will probably complain about small portions. Shuai is making tare and he's glad Asian cooking has sweet flavors already in it, so he can put in the raspberry jam. Corwin is frying his fried chicken twice to make sure it's crispy. He says it's a risk because fried chicken is “low country food”. I mean they had a whole challenge about fried chicken, I don't think the judges look down on fried chicken. They might if he puts barbecue sauce on it and it ends up soggy.

Before we have date squares, we have to see the judges suffering because they're out in the full sun, no shade or tent. Michael suggests switching sides so they get an even tan. Cesar: lamb tartare with date and shallot puree, roasted carrot puree, and buñuelo. Buñuelos are fried dough. Massimo: lamb tartare with ras el hanout crisp, date jam, harissa and ras el hanout yogurt. Annoyingly he just says it's a tartare without saying it's lamb, which is dumb. Also dumb is his asking Tom how it is, because Tom just says “you'll find out later”. They basically made the same dish. Cesar's tartare has a good texture, and it was kind of sweet which is nice. Maybe too spicy? Massimo had a good idea with the yogurt, but the dates aren't really there. Plus Massimo's tartare is mushy.

The figgy duff chefs come out, and immediately one of the guest judges giggles about the madeleines, because she is the Madeleine Queen. Corwin: jerk marinated fried chicken with miso raisin BBQ sauce, and cabbage slaw. Tristen: pepperpot with braised lamb, lamb fat madeleine, and pickled grapes. Everyone is very pleased. The fried chicken is perfect and the sauce has the right spices. The Madeleine Queen wants the recipe for these madeleines. The lamb melts in your mouth.

Shuai calls 30 minutes. 30 minutes? Henry and Zubair are just kind of standing around because they have so much time. Shuai says he's glad he didn't go sweet with his dish, as he coughs because his sauce is so tart.

Jam jams, which is still just sandwich cookies. Katianna: rye porridge with molasses glazed mushrooms, raspberry and bacon confit. Shuai: tsukune with raspberry pepper jelly, tare, chilled napa and hot mustard. Tare is just Japanese for “sauce”, so probably soy sauce reduced with sake and sugar. I can't tell what “napa” is supposed to be. There doesn't seem to be any cabbage on his plate. Just the meatball and what looks like a cylinder of a starch maybe? Is it a pudding? I can't find anything because you can't just search “napa” or “napa food”. Is it a cylinder of cabbage? Like the core? Who knows. Katianna has some texture but the porridge is cold and slimy and Tom makes a shitty “jam jam” joke. Kristen doesn't know if the texture of the porridge is on purpose (oof) but if you try hard enough you can get a good bite. Shuai put too much panko in his meatballs. Tom is not reminded of the cookie at all, the dish is too acidic. Kristen says too much tare.

Henry had all that time to work on his plates and he forgot the sauce on one of them. Dude, you're only making seven plates. He's out of time. Like he put the pot down and then went “oh shit” and then the timer went off. These two had butter tarts. Henry: seared duck breast with brown sugar corn syrup glaze, mushroom crumb, jus, and parsnip puree. Gail got the dish with no sauce. Zubair: seared duck breast with sheermal, pecan and cashew korma. Also pecan achar, and wheatberries that were boiled and then fried. Achar is a pickle, and sheermal is a saffron flatbread. Henry's dish isn't really saying “butter tart” but he did put all the right ingredients in there. But the duck is undercooked. Gail says the jus was subtle and great and it's too bad she didn't get any. Zubair's dish looks great but the duck is overcooked and hard to chew. No one took a second bite. The wheatberries are undercooked. Overall everyone went for it.

Judges' Table. Tristen, Corwin, and Kat are the top three. Tristen had perfect lamb, and the madeleine was perfect and the pastry chefs thought so too. Michael couldn't stop eating it. Corwin took the recipe, and who he is, and spun it so smartly. It was so thoughtful, and all the flavors were there. Kat was very clever, and Kat herself knew it would either be too weird, or just right. The chocolate turned out like a mole sauce, and all her ingredients made sense. The winner is Tristen. He curses immediately.

Shuai, Henry, and Zubair are the bottom three. Shuai says he wanted to make something soy-based because of the molasses and cinnamon in the dessert. Sure. It was too strong (and Tom does confirm it's Napa cabbage, you could have said that before, come on). Gail didn't like the texture of the meatball, which is not like an Italian meatball. It was spongy, but I think it is supposed to be maybe? It was a little off. Zubair immediately admits he was not happy with how his duck was cooked, and Tom says the fat wasn't rendered and it sat for too long. There were a lot of elements, and they sounded like “butter tart” but the dish didn't follow through. When Henry says he cooked his duck in the sous vide, everyone nods knowingly. He didn't render his duck fat either. But the other parts of the dish were good.

We have two duck dishes, with the opposite problems, and mushy meatballs. Zubair tried the most, but had the most technical mistakes. Gail says Zubair's duck was absolutely the worst thing they ate today. Tom gets on one of his kicks where he disagrees with everyone about everything, and says that at least Zubair tried to do the challenge. Henry and Shuai ignored it. Shuai's meat texture wasn't a complete disaster, and Tom jumps in to complain it didn't resemble the cookie at all. Out of these three, Gail would eat Henry's again. It would have been fine if cooked properly. Tom bitches that it wasn't, and we get it. You don't agree with anyone. Tom claims he'd eat Zubair's duck over Henry's. Zubair's duck, that no one ate more than one bite of. So Tom has decided he likes Zubair for whatever reason so he's arguing complete nonsense to get his way. Kristen at least calls him out on eating Zubair's duck. She says Henry made fewer mistakes in all the other components, and Tom does agree with that. They then cut to the Stew Room, so who knows if Tom said anything else. The Stew Room conversation is just the usual “the competition is tough” “I stand behind my dish” blah blah etc.

Many technical issues today. Zubair is eliminated. Really? I thought Tom would get his way. Huh. Henry looks surprised. Zubair says at this level you can't make even small mistakes. Then Tom says that Zubair shouldn't go anywhere because Last Chance Kitchen starts now. Henry and Shuai, go tell everyone else that someone will be coming back from LCK tomorrow. Why not tonight? Then Tom kicks the other judges out.

Next week: teams of two, inspired by your time “on the line”, double elimination. Paula and Mossimo curse at each other.

Last Chance Kitchen: there are two episodes for no reason. There's only one person there. It's just Bailey. Why do we have to waste a second episode? Bailey thinks she might deserve to be here. Zubair won the brunch challenge so he knows he can do it.

Even though Tom said not to go anywhere, they make Zubair walk out and back in. Sam has not returned to the peanut gallery. Zubair had never been on the bottom until today. Bailey doesn't know how to feel about maybe getting back into the competition. Shut up Bailey. Also this still doesn't need to be two episodes, when there are only two people. Today you will not only make a savory dish from a sweet dish, you'll do both. A savory dish and a sweet dish, and they have to have at least three ingredients in common. A whole hour to work! After 30 minutes you must present your savory dish. Whoever has the better savory dish can go back to cooking, but the loser has to redo their dish, according to Tom's critiques. You have to serve the redo before you serve the dessert. Zubair says he has to have a perfect savory dish, because he's not a dessert guy.

Zubair is going to make seafood, because it cooks quickly. He's making scallops with mushrooms and curry. Bailey is trying to decide what dessert she can make in an hour, and work backwards. She comes up with panna cotta, I guess because she's not genre savvy at all. She's starting this now, because she has to, while Zubair is focused on his savory course. Bailey gets her panna cotta in the chiller and grabs pork loin and fennel. She wants to make caponata, which is supposed to be eggplant in a sweet and sour sauce, but you have to salt the eggplant and let the extra water leak out and she says she doesn't have time. Zubair has to get flavors in his curry in under 30 minutes. He is trying to come up with a dessert as he cooks, and use cardamom, fennel, and saffron in it. Maybe a milk cake. He is still obsessed with his savory course being perfect. Bailey is talking about how hard it is to be surrounded by talented people, because she doesn't have her own restaurant and she doesn't have a James Beard award. “But I still deserve to be here”. Maybe you don't? Not everyone deserves to be everywhere and “I cook damn good food” is not a good enough reason. Zubair seasons based on vibes. Bailey is using pine nuts, fennel pollen, and honey in both dishes.

Tom Time! Tom is like “Oh wow! Panna cotta in one hour!” because he's a smartass. Zubair says what he's doing and Tom just says “OK” and leaves. Zubair's mushrooms are getting soft and he's not thrilled about it.

Bailey: honey pork with fennel caponata. Tom is like, isn't there eggplant in caponata? Oof. Zubair: seared scallop with red Thai curry emulsion, and roasted golden oyster mushrooms. The scallops are great but the mushrooms aren't crispy enough. Bailey cooked her pork well, but it's not really caponata. However Bailey had the better dish. I don't understand how Bailey is so great? But Zubair just has to redo his mushrooms.

Now we have to have another episode for no reason. Just make one episode. Zubair thinks maybe he can't make a cake now. Also he's just straight up frying mushrooms now so they're crispy enough. He does also have to recook two scallops, although they were fine before so they don't need to be changed. Bailey yells encouragement, and shut up Bailey. You're competing. You just beat him, and now you're going to tell him he's got this? Do you understand how condescending that sounds? Bailey makes honeycomb, maybe she'll put the pine nuts in it. She believes the mental game threw her and now after LCK she believes in herself. I didn't have that much of an opinion of her while she was on the show and now I cannot stand Bailey.

Zubair serves new mushrooms and he's good. For some reason he spend all of ten minutes just working on that, and doing nothing for his dessert. Bailey is continuing to tell Zubair what a great job he's doing. So don't have these confessionals where you act all meek and talk about how you feel like you don't belong because you're not as good as everyone. You can't do that and then turn around and act like someone's mother. Zubair says he's going to make french toast instead of cake. As Bailey is busy being “a ray of sunshine” she's left her honeycomb on the stove and now it's burnt. Maybe stop telling your competition that he's doing a such a good job and pay attention to your food. She says in confessional that honeycomb is not going to make or break her right now, except for the part where she has to have honey in her dessert so it might. Zubair makes berry compote with cardamom, and a cream with saffron. He dumps like, half a bottle in there. That's probably like $100 at least. Sadly Bailey gets her second batch of honeycomb done. She announces to the room that she'd love some recipes right now. “But you know, it's Last Chance Kitchen, we do what we gotta do.” Now she's decided she needs a savory element so she's got fennel and raisins and wine cooking. Zubair refuses to quit. Bailey tries to be cute and smirky and say that “they” say that panna cotta should jiggle like a woman's...you know. Well you know. Bitch I don't know because it's “a woman's inner thigh” which is a thing you can say on TV. If you're too chickenshit to say it, then why bring up this quote at all? Just so you can simper and be coy because you think it's cute? It's not cute. The panna cotta is set but maybe a little stiff. Good.

Zubair: cardamom saffron french toast with berry compote and daulat ki chaat. Daulat ki chaat I think is like a whipped cream, which is where his saffron is. Bailey: fennel pollen honey panna cotta with golden raisin and pine nut relish, and honeycomb. Zubair says he was originally going to do a cake, but he didn't have time.

Tom says that Bailey won the first half of this, but for the second half he's only focusing on desserts. So does that mean the savory dish was only to see who had less time to make dessert? They're both good, but Zubair could have let the bread soak in the egg mixture longer. Bailey's panna cotta has too much gelatin and maybe he wouldn't call it a panna cotta. Tom tells them they're both great chefs, but the winner is Bailey. Great. Now we have to listen to her for weeks. Oh because she has immunity. Bye Zubair. I would rather you made it.