TAR23, Recap Leg 9, 11/24/13

Welcome to Leg 9! Last time, on We Only U-Turn Liars, teams raced about the UAE.  Nicole and Travis use their Express Pass, and then U-Turn the Afghanimals for lying to them.  (Toyouke: “Sigh. Less moralizing, more racing. I like them, but all is fair in reality television.”)  Leo and Jamal survive the U-Turn, but the Baseball Wives do not, after a vindictive Marie U-Turned them for their airport behavior.  Who will be eliminated. . . next? (click for more)

Arrival at the pit stop last episode:
1st – Nicole/Travis, The Power Parents
2nd – Jason/Amy, Einstein YDC
3rd – Tim/Marie, Team Pinky and No Brain
4th – Leo/Jamal, The Afghanimals

5th – Ally/Ashley, NHL Ice Girls

Mercure Grand Hotel, Jebel Hafeet, United Arab Emirates

12:38 AM Nicole/Travis (1st)
Clue: Fly 400 miles to Bandung, Indonesia!  Once there, make your way to Cikapandang Village and find the Ram Arena.

12:52 AM Jason/Amy (2nd) – (Toyouke: “What place do you think Jason and Amy will end up in today? Do you think it could be...SECOND PLACE?”)

1:15 AM Tim/Marie  (3rd)

2:06 AM Leo/Jamal (4th) – who oversleep their departure time.  (Toyouke: “Of course those idiots are running late.”)

2:06 AM Ally/Ashley (5th)

Teams arrive at the airport in the following order:

1- Nicole/Travis
2- Jason/Amy
3- Tim/Marie

4- Leo/Jamal

5- Ally/Ashley

At the airport, Nicole and Travis are confronted by the Afghanimals about their U-turn, in which they cite integrity and God as sources.  (Toyouke: “No! Don't tell everyone the stupid reason you U-turned those two!“)  Teams all get on the same flights and take the Amazing Yellow Line to Indonesia and arrive in the following order:

1- Nicole/Travis
2- Ally/Ashley
3- Leo/Jamal

4- Tim/Marie

5- Jason/Amy

Teams now make their way to the Ram Arena.  They get to the clue in following order:

1- Nicole/Travis
2- Ally/Ashley
3- Leo/Jamal

4- Tim/Marie

5- Jason/Amy

Teams are now instructed to search for marked trucks, unload 2 rams and take them to the festival.  Once they butt heads in the ring, teams return the rams to the appropriate truck and get their next clue.   (Toyouke: “This is the weirdest Route Info. It sounds like it was supposed to be a Detour but the other task fell through.”)  Teams complete the task and get their clues in following order:

1- Nicole/Travis
2- Ally/Ashley
3- Leo/Jamal

4- Tim/Marie – who run into taxi issues.  (Toyouke: “HA! I am so satisfied Marie's taxi died.”)

5- Jason/Amy

Teams are now instructed to make their way to Rancaekak Train Station and take the train back to Bandang, where they will get their next clue on the train platform.  Teams arrive at the station in the following order:

1- Ally/Ashley
2- Nicole/Travis
3- Leo/Jamal

4- Jason/Amy

5- Tim/Marie

Teams board trains to Bandung in the following order:

Train 1

1) Ally/Ashley

2) Nicole/Travis

3) Leo/Jamal

Train 2, leaves 1 hour after Train 1

1) Jason/Amy

2) Tim/Marie

Teams take the train to Bandung and get the next clue in the following order:

1- Nicole/Travis
2- Leo/Jamal
3- Ally/Ashley

4- Jason/Amy

5- Tim/Marie

And we get the Detour Clue.

DETOUR:
For the Elephants OR For the Birds

*For the Elephants: Teams travel to Simpang Dago Market and pick up eight watermelons, two bunches of bananas, one dozen sweet potatoes, and five stalks of sugar cane.  Once all of the items are loaded in their taksi, teams take them to the Kebun Binatang Bandung Zoo. Once there, teams must transport the food on one of the hand carts, find the elephant pen and feed the elephants to receive their next clue.
*For the Birds:  Teams travel to Kios Pak Dedi at Sukahaji Market and pick up two lovebirds.  Teams them deliver them to a bird song competition at the Sumber Sari Arena. Once there, teams had to enter the competition arena and encourage their birds to sing. Once the birds were scored, teams get their next clue from the judge.

1- Leo/Jamal choose For the Elephants 

2- Nicole/Travis choose For the Birds
3- Ally/Ashley choose For the Elephants – and decide to go to the zoo first before the market.  When they can’t figure out what’s going on, they then head to the market.  Once there, the taksi driver says they can’t take the sugar cane, and they decide to make two trips, after arguing about Bald Snarking or not.  (Toyouke: “Why did they leave without the sugar cane? I mean...I get that it doesn't really fit in the car. But were they taking the rest of the stuff to the zoo? And then...coming back for the sugar cane? It won't fit in the trunk so how does that make sense? I don't know what is happening.”)  Can we say meltdown?

4- Jason/Amy choose For the Elephants

5- Tim/Marie choose For the Elephants

Teams complete the detour in the following order:

1- Nicole/Travis
2- Leo/Jamal  
3- Jason/Amy

4- Tim/Marie   

5- Ally/Ashley

Teams are now instructed to travel to Saung Angklung Udjo, where they will get their next clue.

The teams arrive at the Udjo in the following order:

1- Nicole/Travis
2- Leo/Jamal 
3- Jason/Amy

4- Tim/Marie   

5- Ally/Ashley

And teams get the tenth roadblock clue.

ROADBLOCK:

Who has an inkling for Angklung?

In this roadblock, roadblockers must assemble a traditional Indonesian instrument known as an angklung.  Once they have the correct structure and the eight notes in order, an octave must be played in order to get the next clue.

The following teammates take the Roadblock:

1- Nicole – who struggles, because she is not musical.  Travis: "Well I would be better at this but since we're so far ahead I think it'll be safe enough for Nicole to screw it up."  And then, for all her integrity talk, tries to look at a finished object to get help.  (Toyouke: “Oh yeah, I hate how you lied to us, but you should totally let me look at your instrument so I can finish.”)  Finally, Amy takes pity and helps her.  (Toyouke: “Don't help! What are you doing?!  Jason is right. Don't do that. RACE.”)
2- Leo
3- Amy

4- Tim

5- Ashley

After much angklung assembly, teams complete the Roadblock in the following order:

1- Leo/Jamal
2- Tim/Marie
3- Jason/Amy

4- Nicole/Travis  

5- Ally/Ashley

Teams find now that they must make their way to the Bosscha Observatory and the PIT STOP of the ninth leg of this racearoundtheworld.  The last team to arrive MAY be eliminated!

1- Leo/Jamal – who win $7500 each.

2- Tim/Marie
3- Jason/Amy

4- Nicole/Travis

5- Ally/Ashley

And Ally and Ashley are eliminated.  But they Afghanimals are now their life long friends!

ORDER NOW:
1st – Leo/Jamal  
2nd – Tim/Marie
3rd – Jason/Amy
4th – Nicole/Travis

Next week: More Indonesia!  And cobras, makeup and rice paddies, oh my!  Until next time!

Project Runway All Stars 11/21/13--"Partners in Crime" summary

Previously on Project Runway: the unconventional material challenge caused everyone to make clothes out of school supplies. Chris won, with his “school sucks because bullying” black plastic dress. Whatever. Elena became Helen 2.0 and had a meltdown while everyone rolled their eyes. Mychael and Korto couldn’t execute their designs, while Jeffrey made some weird dress that flashed everyone. Somehow the judges couldn’t make a decision and no one went home. (click for more)

My DVR had this listed as a repeat. So I would have missed it if I hadn’t checked. Thanks for nothing, Charter.

8 left! Should be 7! Jeffrey needs to win. Today’s trend is “the glamour and romance of the ‘30s”. Oh, you hadn’t realized the ‘30s were a trend? That you could have “glamour” attached to the decade containing The Great Depression? Clearly you didn’t know Lifetime has a new miniseries about that very topic! Anyway, they have a Bonnie and Clyde miniseries. The screen with the two actresses talking about the challenge is over the runway, so when they get reaction shots, the designers are basically staring into the camera. It looks like they’re practicing emotion for a school assignment. So they will be partnered up. Is that why you didn’t eliminate anyone last week? So you could have pairs this week? Holy shit, Lifetime, can’t you COUNT?! It’s not like you had someone quit. You should be able to plan when you need even numbers of people for certain challenges. What is wrong with you? Anyway, make stuff for the 1930s which is glamorous and romantic apparently. You will make looks for a “young, modern couple”. They have to go together, but one person will make the menswear and one the woman’s outfit. Chris picks Viktor, Seth Aaron picks Jeffrey, Irina takes Mychael, so Elena and Korto are stuck together. Viktor got to pick Seth Aaron to go next after him, so Elena is pissed. No more BFFs! She also feels everyone is scared of her from her season, because Elena is hard to work with and everyone learned that from the TV. Korto thinks because she’s calm all the time she’ll balance Elena.

Viktor is taking menswear because he knows what he’s doing. Chris is making a gown. Shocking. Irina complains about not winning a challenge yet. She and Mychael are both making separates. Korto tells us the last time she did menswear was when she was last on “Project Runway.” But she won that one. Elena has a complicated jacket. $400 per team and 30 minutes to shop. Seth Aaron and Jeffrey have wool. Korto and Elena make a list.

8 hours to work. Jeffrey has a big coat with magnet closures. He thinks his piece is maybe more modern than his partner’s which is a problem. Viktor has fringe. Remember when he put fringe on so many things? He’s pretty far along, while Chris is struggling. He wants to do something cut on the bias, which looks great but is really hard to sew. He says something about fabric weight which I guess means bias-cut doesn’t work on all fabrics. I don’t know enough about this, even after all these years of writing about this show. Mychael is quilting knees on his pants and is confident. Elena snobs that everyone else is literal. Whatever. You’re not that great. Viktor has to tell Chris how to make his dress.

Zanna shows up. Jeffrey has no shirt under his jacket. Zanna then goes to Seth Aaron and tells him that he hasn’t won and Jeffrey barely didn’t get eliminated so how are they going to do well? Nice. Korto says she’s providing calm and it’s working because Elena hasn’t freaked out once yet. Mychael is confident even though Zanna has reservations. Elena is really bitchy about everyone’s looks. Get over it. Viktor loves his fringe. Zanna leaves and tells everyone to ask questions and question each other for editing purposes.

Seth Aaron decides to help Jeffrey, even though they’re judged separately. He thinks that if their looks don’t go together, then they’ll get docked, so not getting docked is worth maybe not doing an outstanding job on his own stuff. Model fitting. Jeffrey’s male model is much too big. His measurements were a year old and he’s been working out. Stupid. A year? A year is too old. Jeffrey curses and throws his scissors down. For some reason everyone turns to stare at him and interview about how he should calm down. He’s got a fitness model, who should really only wear sportswear and underwear, not suits and clothing. I see his point about the difference. He’s not freaking out that badly. There are weird shots of his model sitting in the lounge like Jeffrey kicked him out of the room, but I wonder if maybe they just spliced that in. Back to work. Jeffrey thinks he for sure does not have time to make a shirt.

Runway day. Everyone has a lot of work to do. Jeffrey is really cutting it close. Chris’s dress is terrible. The back is all bunched up because the zipper is not laying flat. He’ll have to sew her in. Yeah, that zipper is making the back of the dress really lumpy. Hot makeup guy Scott. Makeup for the boys too. Jeffrey’s coat seems to fit. There’s some frantic working and then it’s time to go.

The winner will get their “debut” as a fashion designer in a “Lifetime Original Movie Event.” With screen credit! Hee. Guest judges today are Bar Refaeli, who is a model, and Elie Tahari. And Austin sitting in for Georgina. Hee. Seth Aaron: dark purple wool suit. The jacket looks like it has elbow-length sleeves, and then the model is wearing black long leather gloves. There’s a big belt and a chain, and dark tights with a white diamond pattern on them. The top has some leather shoulder details and a scarf to go with the tights. Jeffrey: long herringbone coat with a flat front (no buttons) and black pants. The pants are several inches too short so you can see his ankles, but the coat looks fine. There are black thin bands around the biceps and outlining the big patch pockets.

Irina: long dark orange skirt, fitted closely to the knee and then very loose. Shiny gold bustier and a black coat. The coat has a big collar that looks like it’s covered in faux fur and it kind of looks like a motorcycle jacket. Mychael: tight black pants and a shiny copper motorcycle jacket, the kind where it zips diagonally up the side of the torso. I think there’s a shirt underneath.

Elena: black jacket with an exposed zipper up the front. It’s tight, but then there is a ruffle across her shoulders. There’s no other way to describe it. It is a dust ruffle running around her upper body and hanging down to her elbows. And black pants. The guy has gray pants, and the black jacket has a lot of leather details. These two models look like each other. They each have black jackets and tight pants so from a distance they totally match.

Chris: long dark red gown, which is that sheer long skirt over a miniskirt thing that I think looks dumb. The top has thin straps and does drape well. Big gold belt and a small peplum. The back looks like it has rhinestone straps. Eh, I don’t know if this fits the challenge. Viktor: OK, pants, fine, shirt, fine. The jacket has really weird lapels, and they are set very far apart. So what it looks like, is that you can’t sew, and you made a jacket that doesn’t sit right at all. It doesn’t open in a V, it opens in a big round circle. I don’t know. The shoulders have some leather trim and there’s the fringe on the back.

Elena and Korto are safe. Seth Aaron talks about his silhouette, and Alyssa says she loves it so much she wants to kiss him. Elie says it’s maybe overdone. There’s a leather yoke around her shoulders in the back, and Isaac thinks maybe then the belt is too much. Maybe not dangerous enough. Jeffrey actually did put something under the coat. Huh. The coat is fantastic but the pants are not so great. It’s not 30s maybe, although I wonder if they will end up caring about that. Irina’s outfit is gorgeous and stunning. Austin wishes she didn’t cover up with the jacket. Elie disagrees and thinks the jacket is different. Mychael’s vision is that their models are bank robbers and are now nouveau riche. Isaac likes the vision but the lapels are weird. The pants are great but it’s the jacket that has the problems. It doesn’t go. Everyone loves Chris’s outfit because the universe hates me. This is not 30s. Sheer skirts over miniskirts are terrible. UGH. And Isaac says he loves the back but didn’t someone else do a back that was all crystals and they yelled about it? I know they did. At least Alyssa points out there are too many spots where there’s a horizontal line. Viktor’s neckline is too weird for everyone. Austin says the fringe takes away from the whole look.

Back in the Scrap Bin Chris and Viktor fake-fight. It’s lame. Isaac says Chris is “masterful”. Whatever. They seem to like it. Irina got the glamour part down. She did the most work. Didn’t Irina say something about not having won yet? Yeah, looks like they decided it’s her turn. They love Jeffrey’s coat but the pants are dumb. Well, Elie thinks the pants maybe are dumb but Austin likes them. Seth Aaron had something modern. He’s the bottom? I think they don’t all agree. Mychael’s outfit wasn’t 30s and the jacket was all wrong. Shiny copper gold and black leather don’t go. No one liked Viktor’s fringe. At all.

Irina is in. I was wrong. Jeffrey is in. Oh, of course, because he was talking about how much he wanted to win something to get back on track. Fine, Chris lost, so I’m OK with it. Chris is in. Seth Aaron is in. Mychael is…out. Aww. He says he might not have won, but it was a great experience and he loved being around so many creative, inspiring people.

Next week: well, not next week, that’s Thanksgiving. Wait…am I actually getting a preview for the next episode!? Woo! Anyway, it’s somehow Simpsons-related. Make a dress for Marge Simpson. Well this should be interesting.

Top Chef 11/20/13--"Piggin' Out" summary

Previously on “Top Chef”: musical chairs Quickfire. Brian won immunity with that. Then was a weird challenge to make a “cohesive” potluck, which is A MEAL. It was a meal served family-style. Come on, show. Anyway, even though Nick was ill for the Quickfire he got better. Stephanie won with fried artichokes. Patty made a lame salad and was sent home. It wasn’t the most exciting episode, apparently, because that’s about all I can come up with. (click for more)

On Last Chance Kitchen Patty and Janine had to prep onions and then do all their prep before cooking anything. Both dishes had big problems but Janine ended up winning.

Common consensus in the Stew Room is that Patty is a new chef and so of course she didn’t do that well, and that Sara is upset that she’s only done well once and it really bothers her. Not that everyone thinks Patty sucks or anything, just that she’s so new to being a chef there was no way she was going to do that well. Back home Stephanie slurs about winning. I mean…she’s not sober. She says she hopes she wins more. That was profound.

The Quickfire greets everyone with Dr. John. Brian says he “recently dropped bombs with the Black Keys”. Hee. Nick says “Lookin’ good” but Nick looks terrible in confessional so I’m not sure if he’s being sarcastic or he’s tired or what. No dishes today. Today everyone has to make hot sauce. Awesome. Dr. John says “I know y’all are gonna do a hip maneuver.” They subtitle him. Nina freaks out. Dr. John continues to talk about “hip tang” and “tangosity”. Winner gets immunity.

45 minutes. At least most people put gloves on to work with the chilies. Stephanie has never made hot sauce before. It sounds like everyone is trying to put flavors in their hot sauce and not just make it stupid hot. Justin imitates Dr. John in confessional which is hilarious. Nick got an ulcer in his 20’s so he has no idea about hot sauce. They make everyone bottle it which is only sort of amusing. Eh.

Brian: jalapeno and Serrano, with lime and yuzu. Padma has a plate of saltines, and Dr. John has…a whole plate of food that I can’t immediately identify. Everyone says “hip tang” a bunch and Padma tries to translate for Dr. John. Shirley: habanero, Serrano, ginger, and pineapple. Connie: Trinidadian pepper sauce with habaneros and green mango. Nick: sweet and sour, with smoked apricots, vinegar, and coffee. Louis: Fresno chilies, distilled vinegar, maple syrup, and chili powder. I thought Fresno chilies weren’t that spicy? Stephanie: peach vinegar and habaneros. Carlos: Yucatan-style with mango, passion fruit, and habaneros. Nina: Caribbean, with habaneros, ginger, and apple cider vinegar. Justin: fermented anchovies. There are peppers too but he doesn’t say what kind.

Nick’s sauce was sweet and sour but not really a hot sauce. Carrie’s was too hot. “Trinidad-ily over-the-edge hot.” Nina’s was also way too hot. Brian did a really good job. “Verily hip”. Justin’s anchovies were very interesting. Carlos knew what he was doing. The winner is Brian. Two Quickfires in a row.

Elimination challenge. “It’s time to pig out.” Ha ha. Some guys wheel in a whole pig. Not like, a suckling pig. An adult pig. The two guys are Toby Rodriguez and Donald Link. Donald is the guest judge this week. The theme is “boucherie”, which is the Cajun term for “nose-to-tail”, where you use all of the animal. Everyone will butcher the hog as a team, which is 300 pounds. Teamwork is key. Then tomorrow they’ll have 5 hours to cook for over 250 people. Everyone has to do one dish, and together they have to use the whole hog. Justin claims he is familiar with this because he butchers a couple of hogs a year.

A lot of them have butchered hogs before. Not like that one idiot that season. Is that a thing now? Learning butchering? Sara is standing behind everyone being bossy. Nick and Nina split the head between the two of them. Justin knows he’s the local guy, but he wants to do Mexican today. He thinks he is being unique but Carlos tells people he’s going to make tacos. Louis is making popcorn for some reason. Shirley runs around and I think shoves by Travis. He makes a vaguely threatening comment, but he’s not threatening. Travis is making ramen but not his own noodles.

Dinner is courtesy of Toby and Donald, which is cool. There is so much food! Shirley says it reminds her of Chinese New Year at home. Carlos claims people travel for hours for his mom’s posole verde. I guess today is about people’s family recipes. Justin and Carlos are having a taco throwdown. Nina tries to fake them out that she’s also doing tacos which is funny.

Nick is up first, I guess, and claims he’s awesome because he has babies. Some people are just morning people, you know. Everyone arrives outside, where there are some random kitchens and giant propane burners with pots and charcoal pits. No real kitchen for you today! Justin gets pissy about the grill, because he’s claimed the one wood grill or whatever. So he built a fire, but then after an hour when he’s finally done, everyone just jumps to put their stuff on it. They play the music they always play when drama happens. Justin claims he needs the whole grill for the whole time so everyone needs to move all their stuff. Nina says he’s such a bitch and claims he’s crazy looking. Someone finds an alligator in the bushes. Stephanie says these challenges are making her creative. Louis says he wasn’t going to make friends but now he’s made more friends here than in his whole life. He’s so doomed.

Tom time! People seem to be in good shape. Shirley and Travis have Asian flavors, and Nina has less spicy flavors. She’s out of her comfort zone. Tom thinks either someone will totally screw the pooch and it’ll be easy to eliminate them, or everyone will do well and it’ll be the hardest elimination yet.

Justin’s precious fire that he chased everyone away from has gone insane. He’s about to burn the roof down. Now everything is overcooked. How did he screw that up? Brian is using the “oven”, which is just a box with charcoal on top. His pork looks a little burnt. But he has immunity, so he’s not super worried. Nina’s dish is flat, and she maybe has three minutes, so she puts cayenne pepper in.

Hugh! Everyone beers up and gets in line. Tom tries to cut in line and is denied. Hee. Brian: porchetta with oyster mushrooms. Sara: pork dim sum with crab and shrimp hau gow. Both of these seem OK. Justin: wood-roasted pork breast taco with pork liver salsa verde. Padma makes a face. It’s dry. Carlos: posole verde with fried chorizo taquitos. Yum. Delicious. Shirley: jiazoi dumplings with pork, grilled kidney, and crispy pork fat salad. Points for cracklings. Louis: slow-grilled pork leg with spring onions, shitake mushrooms, melted corn, and popcorn. The corn is weird. Tom talks to a little kid while Hugh gives the kid a fist-bump. Stephanie: pork brodo with braised pork belly and summer vegetable pickle. She has no idea what is going to happen with it. Brodo is broth. Good except the pork belly. Travis: Cajun-style pork ramen with pork bone broth and collard greens. Hugh and Tom kind of roll their eyes at store-bought noodles. Hugh has spilled food on himself. Carrie: crispy trotters with snap peas and pickled onions. Nick: tete de cochon with summer beans, lemongrass, vinaigrette, and wheatberries. Heavy. Nina: braised pig’s head ragu, roasted corn and mustard greens. Spicy.

Commercial interlude: Stephanie is like Richard Blais with the constantly complaining about her food sucks and probably it will be awesome.

Tom claims that overall this was the most enjoyable food in all 11 seasons. Sure. Shirley, Nina, Brian, and Carlos get praise. Justin’s pork was dry. He claims it was all ribs and fat. Louis’s corn was weird. Travis has flaws. They’ll probably nail him for not making noodles. Stephanie’s seems to have been sort of OK at best. She’s like “I told you no one would like mine.”

Justin is still bitching about his pork, even though when he practically set the place on fire he admitted it was getting overcooked. Padma collects Nina, Shirley, and Carlos. There is a side conversation between Carrie and Louis where Louis is convinced he’s going home. I only mention it because of how the editing was earlier.

The top three arrive. Shirley gushes about helping her grandmother cook and how great it was. The dumplings were delicious and the salad could have stood alone. Carlos’s posole was delicious and Tom wants the recipe. Nina’s dish was not traditional at all but it held its own with the family recipes. The winner (by a slim margin) is Carlos. He’s thrilled to have won.

Loser Gong for Justin, Louis, and Stephanie. Justin gets defensive from the beginning, but we all know his pork was dry. Tom reiterates that none of the dishes were horrible. But the pork was dry. Stephanie cooked her pork belly like, six times. But all the flavor ended up in the broth. Tom knew it wasn’t finished, which is what Stephanie had said before. No one liked Louis’s popcorn. Or the “melted corn”, which had a thick skin and looked gross.

The bottom three just didn’t have a lot of passion. Stephanie overthought and it didn’t work at all. Justin’s pork was dry and it ruined everything. Louis had too many things going on, but his pork was delicious, at least.

Justin was inconsistent, Stephanie missed the mark, Louis put too much other crap in his dish. Padma sends Louis home. I told you. He thinks other people screwed up worse than he did. Louis doesn’t think he got to lay down his viewpoint like he wanted. Ready for a comeback.

Next week: maybe in two weeks!? Restaurant Wars! Justin gets pissy, Sara fake smiles, people are in the weeds as usual. It’s not on my DVR for next Wednesday so maybe we get a week off for the holiday.

Last Chance Kitchen: Louis is planning to use his anger to win. Louis didn’t want to see Janine (she’s surprised to see him too) but he’s ready. $25 dollars to shop at the farmer’s market, and then make whatever you want. They get in the product-placement car to use the product placement features. Stephanie declares the car too sexy to be a man. Yes. Louis is in his zone. When they get back, Tom grins and laughs at them basically, and then says since Louis can’t edit they have to pick out three of the things they just bought and only use those three. I know Tom loves doing this. Also only 20 minutes instead of 30. Louis has tomato, fennel, and shrimp. Tom takes his stuff and throws the watermelon at the peanut gallery. Janine has catfish, potatoes, and asparagus. Michael babbles about how Louis is a cheetah and not a gazelle. Tom brags to the peanut gallery he wrote a whole chapter in his book about using three ingredients. Louis: olive oil poached prawns with tomato and fennel bisque. Janine: catfish with potato, asparagus, and saffron sauce. Tom says you have to dig deep into the ingredients. Louis’s sauce was gritty but overall the dish was delicious. Janine didn’t dig that deeply into her potatoes and asparagus. And it’s Louis with the upset! Janine is pissed. Aww. Louis says he’s ready to get back in the game.