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Clips from Top Chef - Friday Night Bites (S19E19)

"for your very own Asian night market."
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"Is anyone afraid to cook Indian food for Padma?"
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"SAM: Does this really make sense?"
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"Yeah, it makes a lot of sense."
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"-Oh, my God. -Talk about down and dirty."
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"So far, there's no bad dish in the house."
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"Tom's havin' some trouble there."
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"Wish I could ----in' taste this."
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"It needed to be more sweet and more salty."
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"-More everything. -It's confusing."
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"When you're taking a risk on a dish,"
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"you have to remember how to cook."
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"♪♪♪"
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"15 of the country's most talented chefs"
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"have traveled to Houston. Hello, chefs!"
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"JAE: Oh, my God."
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"TOM: As a team, you have to create"
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"three cohesive dishes, all highlighting beef."
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"I'd really like to do a pasta."
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"LEIA: Is it going to have Asian flavors?"
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"Our cooking styles are so different."
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"EVELYN: Priority is the steak, guys."
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"STEPHANIE: It's a little messy."
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"I can't turn the top round into a filet mignon."
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"The tahini was overpowering for everything."
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"I love that Buddha decided to make a dessert."
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"MONIQUE: You're gonna put yourself on the map."
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"-Robert, are you making gnocchi? -I am."
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"He had a lot of things that could have gone wrong"
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"but he actually did it really well."
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"And the winning chef is Robert."
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"[applause]"
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"I rushed and I missed the details."
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"I recognize that and I own it."
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"Leia, please pack your knives and go."
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"♪♪♪"
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"14 chefs remain."
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"At stake for the winner,"
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"a feature in Food and Winemagazine,"
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"an appearance at the Food and Wine Classic in Aspen."
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"$250,000 furnished by San Pellegrino"
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"and the coveted title of Top Chef."
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"♪♪♪"
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"[riveting classical instrumental]"
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"MONIQUE: Yes!"
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"SARAH: Ooh..."
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"-PADMA: Good morning! -Good morning."
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"Chefs! First, let me introduce you to your guest judge."
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"She is a culinary legend"
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"and has won a James Beard American Classics award."
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"Irma Galvan."
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"Thank you for having me here."
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"[applause]"
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"I wouldn't call myself a legend."
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"I've just been in Houston a long time."
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"Irma is a local celebrity here."
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"She is known for her Mexican cooking."
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"If you couldn't tell by this beautiful tower"
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"of liquid gold behind me,"
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"things are about to get cheesy in here."
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"I love cheese, I do. It's my favorite food."
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"Well, no, ice cream's my favorite food"
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"but ice cream's really just cold cheese."
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"Houstonians take their queso very seriously."
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"There are seemingly endless variations."
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"Yes. In our Mexican restaurant,"
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"we use our Mexican cheeses"
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"combined with the American cheeses."
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"Hence, Tex-Mex! Chefs, for your Quickfire challenge,"
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"we want a warm bowl of this Tex-Mex classic: Queso!"
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"Of course, we will need something to dip into it"
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"but you cannot do a tortilla chip."
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"This is a chance for you to really use your creativity."
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"The winner of this Quickfire challenge will receive"
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"immunity in the elimination challenge."
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"You have 30 minutes on the clock."
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"Your time starts now! Good luck."
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"Pepper jack."
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"Hm."
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"JO: Cross!"
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"If anyone sees eggs, can you let me know?"
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"-What are you thinking? -A cornmeal fritter."
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"And then, just a super traditional queso."
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"Nice, nice."
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"SARAH: Corner."
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"-Thanks. -Thank you, Sarah."
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"JO: Did you make a lot of queso out there in Copenhagen?"
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"-LUKE: Absolutely not. -JO: When I first got to Austin,"
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"I definitely put on, like, 10, 15 pounds in queso weight."
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"Welcome to Texas, brother."
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"Even though this is queso,"
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"it's still an incredibly technical challenge."
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"You still have to make a good roux"
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"and make sure that your cheese fully melts."
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"I've never seen or tasted queso."
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"But I love cheese."
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"[Jae laughing]"
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"I'm gonna make a crispy potato."
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"Yeah."
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"What about you?"
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"I am starting up some mushrooms with a mushroom seaweed sauce."
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"Wow."
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"I have some milk reducing down for a crepe."
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"Hopefully, those'll be done in time."
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"JO: 20 minutes left!"
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"NICK: Heard."
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"ROBERT: Jo, what are you working on?"
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"I am making a harissa queso here."
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"I'm going to make a queso Oaxaca."
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"I still can't believe that I won the first challenge"
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"and I want to keep winning as many challenges as I can."
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"But Tex-Mex is a completely different than Mexican food."
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"I couldn't give you the definition of queso"
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"if you asked me."
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"Time's not on my side, today."
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"JO: 17!"
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"You make a lot of chips and dips?"
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"I like eating them. I don't make 'em."
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"Same. I'm going chili con queso direction"
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"but the chili will be the dipper."
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