Celebrity cooks, make sure you spare no effort today,
because the best dish today
will win this power card.
[applause]
Now, Tejasswi, the choice is yours.
Sand cooking or a fire pit AKA a grill?
The grill.
So, Kabita, you get the sand.
Not a lot of time. Get to it.
Oh.
What?
- What's that? - What is this?
Any one of our dishes,
whatever we present next, has to be cooked with it.
- But what is this? - It's sand.
How do we use sand?
'We all start racking our brains.'
I have only seen sellers roast peanuts with sand.
I thought, maybe I can roast dry fruits.
- Naan! Heat the sand... - Corn on the cob!
- Put the sand on a tawa... - Wait.
Heat the sand on a tawa.
- Use it to roast it. - Naan?
Rajiv keeps screaming... It's making me angry.
'Maybe he wanted to be the captain'
or show he can manage things better.
No, roast pistachios and use them in the crumble.
Shut up. It won't work.
- Why not? - You can't make naan.
- I know, you can't. - What else then?
We dry roast the pistachios and use them in the crumble.
We had planned all of our dishes. Now we have the twist.
It's messed things up. We don't know.
We're already falling behind.
'What does a head chef do?'
You have to know in your head...
'But she is not saying anything.'
If she doesn't lead us, she loses, the whole team loses.
'So I had to step up.'
What's this new concept?
We fill it with coal, and keeping them hot is tough.
My God!
They stress us out so much.
I'm worried I'm going to grow old quickly.
Usha must be an expert at this!
As if I don't have a stove in my home!
'That's when it strikes us that Chandan's dish'
requires grilled pineapple slices.
Now we're going to use the fire pit for it,
and it will look beautiful.
Come on, come on, hurry up.
'We have to serve starters in the next 15 minutes,'
'vegetarian and non-vegetarian.'
I quickly started steaming the dolmas.
'I had asked Rajiv to handle the non-vegetarian starters.'
I asked him to make non-veg kibbeh, which he is good at.
- Chandan. - Yes, sir?
Is the fish done?
Of course, sir. It's a samak fish.
- I've marinated them. - Hmm.
I'll let them be for a while.
Make sure the fish are salted well.
That's important, salt and lemon. Most important.
Rajiv, remove the chicken half-done.
Cook it again in 15 minutes before it has to go out.
That will reduce the chances of it being raw,
and your food will still be hot.
It's Abhijeet and my turn, and we have to make the bread basket.
It's quite challenging
because the other team is also making one.
'And they're doing good. Gaurav is on it.'
Gaurav and I once tried making a bread basket before,
and we failed.
So if Gaurav manages to make a better one than I do,
it would be quite challenging.
Faisu, Abhijeet, come here.
Just one minute.
Just put that into the piping mould.
- Why not? - We don't have enough bread.
- Faisu, help me out. - I'm making bread.
[oil sizzling]
Rajiv, you haven't finished the starter yet?
I finished three elements.
[music intensifies]
You're yelling and screaming at others.
Have you lost it? I've been handling the captaincy.
[tense music continues]
- The coal... - Nikki!
- What? - The grill.
Trust me, I'll take care of it.
Just go there. Hurry up.
I'll get the paprika.
Stay right there. I'll be back.
Oh God, there's so much pressure on me!
[intriguing music plays]
Did you add garlic?
- We won't use garlic. - Why not?
Of course, we add some garlic.
- Raw cloves? - Yes, add some.
That's it.
- This is perfect. - There's still time.
Does it need more coriander?
No, that's good.
I'll grind it finely so we get a good texture. Alright.
- [oil sizzling] - [tense music continues]
Look, the point of a tasting menu
is that once it's set in motion, it doesn't stop.
Things are in motion, and there are only ten minutes left.
- What? - Start plating the starters.
Last ten minutes, come on.
Let's go.
- [clock ticking] - [slowed synth music plays]
'We have ten minutes'
to finish the veg and non-veg starters,
'plate them and send them out.'
So we were all feeling the pressure.
[clock ticking]
Hurry up.
[flame blows]
Grill the pineapple. Grill it.
It's really hot, man.
'I had an idea. One of our main dishes could use these eggs.'
But can the hot sand cook the egg?
'I mean, bake it? It was a challenge, but I tried it.'
'I tried with four eggs at first,'
out of which, two exploded.
- How did you boil them? - He roasted them.
- They were quail eggs. - Baked.
-Yes. - For how long?
I don't know. Faisu handled it.
I like the idea, but I don't know.
-Listen. - Faisu,
how long did you roast the eggs?
I don't know.
I didn't roast them. I put them on the sand.
But you were moving them.
They explode when you move them.
I lost two. So I placed them on the hot sand
and turned off the heat.
- So it's done now? - Maybe.
Everything's a 'maybe' today.
'Putting the eggs in the sand'
is making them explode. I don't know what I'll do.
[oil sizzling]
[blender whirring]
Our brains are frozen.
Because we have never cooked for so many.
Maybe for one or two. Three at the most.
We're cooking for 20.
We have to worry about the plating, the taste,
- the texture. - What?
So there's a lot of pressure on me.
The new twist of using a fire pit is challenging.
Because we have to maintain the coal's temperature.
We're running very late,
but we hope we rock it today.
- Hello, friends. - Hi!
- How's it going? - Can you do it? My feet hurt.
So you can't use your hands?
I have to stand on my feet.
- Please do it for me. - Just watch.
- Look at this. - Do it well.
- Not too much, no. - No.
- Not too much. - I felt generous.
Are you going to ruin it?
- Hey, I did it well. - Yes. Are you done?
Of course, I'm done.
Give me your dish. Let's swap.
- Focus on your work. - I don't trust him.
Gaurav's on bread, and I don't trust him.
Help Archana, will you?
-Let him be. - Shut up. No.
- He's doing the marinade. - No.
- I'll be back. - Please do it.
My captain needs me.
Darn it, he's gone. I'll take that.
The team members are getting along with their dishes,
but I'm only halfway done.
Trying to help them finish might hold me back.
My dish could remain incomplete.
Both the captains, what are you doing?
I literally left the first course,
wondering where the second course is.
People have finished their drinks.
They should've been served the next course by now. Come on.
Kabita, Teja,
- people are waiting. - Coming.
Where are the starters?
- Starters... Ready. - Come on, plate them.
- Come on, guys. - Move.
Where are the plates and the garnish? Come on.
You have six people over here,
but the food is still not plated.
What's the confusion?
- The plating. - What?
Get on it. You don't have time.
[energetic music plays]
I'll make a streak here and then three drops.
Correct. Do it.
Come on, come on.
For the way you want to plate the sauce,
you have to sieve it.
You don't want the grain, but this will do right now.
Now you don't have time.
[energetic music continues]
- Where are the plates? - Down there, here.
Listen, you stand there. Let's stand on either side.
I'll plate the sauce, you do the kibbeh.
And put the olive oil here.
[energetic music continues]
Vice-captain, what's the scene?
I'm chopping the coriander.
You're holding up the plating.
Please take some responsibility.
- One, two, three, four... fourteen. - Fourteen.
- Give me the bell pepper.
We need four more fish.
[energetic music continues]
Chandan, uh...
Uh, cut the fish. We need 20 plates.
Taste this.
- Is it salty? - A little.
But I think it will go well with the fish and the seat.
Perfect, it will cut it down.
But when you eat together, it will still be salty.
So add some tang to bring it down, quickly.
- Add some lemon juice. - Yes.
Cut them up. They're really hot.
Bro, I'm not doing it. Don't waste my time.
- I'm doing the plating. - Move.
Faisu, keep at it.
If he gives me space.
Rajiv, go there.
- Rajiv, come here. - I'm showing you, bro.
- Listen, Rajiv. - Rajiv, give me that.
If you're doing it, can I go?
What are you all doing?
Playing pass the parcel? What is this?
Everyone in this team is the captain.
No, as a team, we're just working out of coordination.
Because we know what's brewing between us six.
[tense music continues]
So, this fish course of yours, does it go out cold or hot?
- Hot. - You got them out of the oven.
- Yes. - You'll add the sauce, pineapple.
Then you lay out the fish.
- We should keep it in. Oh my God! - Absolutely.
Where did the mitts go?
Here, it's so cold, you can hold it.
[tense music continues]
Okay, guys. You're plating the non-veg starter.
- Where's the veg one? - Right behind, sir.
It should be here, not there. Who's plating them?
- Kabita is on it. - Kabita.
Veg starters.
Plate them all, quickly.
If you have no respect for time, time won't respect you.
Madam, did you taste this? Try it.
[tense music plays]
It's too salty.
- More than that, too much chilli. - Yes.
- In those? - Yes.
- Show me. - [tense music plays]
What do we do?
- It's salty. It can't go out. - Let's skip it.
- Teju... - Yes?
We have to skip this. Too much chilli.
We are adding cherry tomatoes.
- Are you sure? - Yeah.
Gaurav, come here. Let her be. She will do it.
Quickly cut the paper.
I am plating it now.
Do it carefully.
Friend, the kebab is very dry.
- Dry? - It is extremely dry.
Teja, how many cherry tomatoes?
20! Hurry up.
Saut* the cherry tomatoes before passing them.
They are very quick, bro.
Add three dots to it. Quickly!
Careful.
Please don't play games.
I am not playing games. What is wrong with you today?
Keep some gaps between the dots.
The presentation is getting ruined.
Kabita, is your vegetarian starter ready?
Two minutes to go.
You do not have two minutes.
Kabita was extremely anxious
because she is the captain of the team.
We were also anxious
as all of us will get eliminated if the team loses.
Tejasswi, complete the other dishes
and get them picked up or you will miss the bus again.
- Okay. - Okay?
Only 14! We don't even have 20.
We tasted one out of 15.
I don't understand why did you taste it?
Even then we were short of 5.
How would we make the rest?
Chandan, what is the name of the fish?
What species is it?
It's called Sumac fish.
- That's the name of the dish. Which fish did you use? - Yes.
The dead one.
[laughs]
The poor fish...She is dead when we cook her.
Tejasswi?
- Yes. - Which team member will go to give details about this dish?
Chandan told me that the fish used for this dish
is called the dead fish.
- What? - Think about it. Will he be able to explain it?
Oh God!
Chandan, if you tell the customer
that the fish is called the dead fish,
then the only reaction you will get is this...
[tense music playing]
If you want him to go to the table and explain it to the guest
then your call. You are the captain.
But somebody has to explain the dish on the table.
And explain it well because the journey,
the story and the experience of the dish is very important.
Thank you very much.
Make a call.
What do you think?
Should I go or will you be able to explain it well?
- You can go. - Shall I?
Chandan, you cooked fish for the starter and mutton for the main course,
you can keep the main course ready while I go and explain the dish.
I will keep the main course ready. You can go and explain.
- I'll explain the starter and you can explain the main course. - Okay.
Who is taking responsibility of your dish?
- Me! I am making it. - You've made it?
- Are you going inside? - Yes, I am.
You must take 2 platters with you
- and explain the dish to the guest. - Okay.
Explain the flavours and the Middle-Eastern touch of it.
[intense music playing]
Rajiv?
Where is Rajiv?
It is easy to manage the entire team
except Rajiv.
He has been shouting at me since morning.
I knew that he is going to mess things up
considering him shouting at and dominating everyone all day.
I think he has left with his dish without even informing me.
It is a loss for the team.
These things must be considered while working in a team.
What you did was not right, Rajiv.
[competitive music playing]
I quickly started steaming the dolma.
I was so worried
because the uncooked rice in it
had to get cooked in 15 minutes. They were half-cooked.
- Will they get cooked in 15 minutes? - Is the rice cooked?
Are you 100% sure?
The first batch cooked well and the time is up now
- but hopefully, it is cooked. - Hopefully?
The vote of the guests
won't depend on your hope, Kabita. Check it.
How can we send the dish without checking it?
Time is our biggest enemy and it's time for the pick-up.
I am calling the butlers. You have to send the dish. Ready or not.
Butlers!
Let's go.
- After what Chef Ranveer said, I felt... - Take it.
The dolma dish will be a flop
if the rice didn't cook well.
I hope we don't get the Black Apron.
Who is bringing the second course Veg Starter?
[suspenseful music playing]
- Veg Starter? - Yes, Ma'am.
- Usha, what have you made? - Tubule salad.
Tofu Kebab with Garlic Dip.
Kabita, what have you made?
- I have made Veg Dolma. - Veg Dolma?
Kabita, how was your journey as a captain?
- Very bad! - Would you like to be the captain again?
If the performance today is good then I will try to...
What if it isn't?
Then I will improve it.
- But you want to become the captain again. - Yes.
[jolly music playing]
- Hello, Sir. - Hello.
- Hello. Hi, Ma'am. - Hello. Hi.
This is our Vegetarian Starter.
And Usha Tai is the chef today.
[uplifting music playing]
[joyful music playing]
The dish tastes quite regional. Isn't it?
It tastes
like a chaat by the Chowpatty does.
- 'Correct'. - It does not taste like an Arabic dish to me for sure.
It's very dry.
The olive oil and lemon in it
should have been
more prominent than it is.
What I see more of on this dish are the coriander leaves
- and the onion. - The onions,
- tomatoes... - I see more of these two items.
And that's why the dish revolves around Chowpatty.
I agree with you when you say that fewer onions could be used.
I totally agree with you. But in terms of Couscous...
I think Couscous...If you...
I mean...You'll are the guests. You'll are the judges.
But this is our starter and I am sure
that we will come with a bang
in our next dish.
We cleaned up the entire plate.
I loved it. Really nice!
I am so happy you liked it.
Keep in mind. We are the blue team.
- Oh! The blue team? - Yes.
Yes, I know the language.
I ought to know Punjabi.
I am connected to Punjab now. That's all I have to say.
I am so worried as everyone has different choices.
The chances are good if two people are judging you.
But when 20 people are trying your dishes
who are totally strangers to you
makes the situation a bit difficult
and as a captain, I am under a lot of pressure
to judge if I played the role of a captain well or not.
[jolly music playing]
I am not even kidding. It is so good.
- This flavour is delicious. - Superb.
And I think people have licked their fingers.
All the plates on the tables here are swiped-off clean.
First of all, their presentation is beautiful.
And the taste is really nice.
The starter made by the blue team
had a dominant garlic flavour.
But, yes, this one is too good.
Team Blue did a good job too.
- But team Pink was better. - Authentic!
It was a close difference.
Pink was better than blue.
- [plates clattering] - Bang on.
I took our Non-Vegetarian starter
made by Chandan.
I took that dish to our judges.
Best course you will have ever had, Sir.
Are you appreciating my dish?
This is a mullet fish
and we have cooked it in the samak mashwi style.
And the dip on the side is chermoula.
That's a traditional kibbeh with a dip
made of feat, milk and parsley.
along with pineapple relish
and a muhammara red chutney.
Rajiv, how was your experience as a captain?
I enjoyed being the captain.
- It just happened today. - Yes.
Because my captain was not behaving like one today.
But don't you think that if you
intimidate the captain then she will...
There is a difference between intimidation and taking charge.
No, it's not that. It is give and take.
- No! - Yes.
There can't be taking without any giving.
- Rajiv, can I say something? - Yes.
The duty of a captain
is to support the weak member of the team.
And the duty of the team
is to support the captain in case they need it. - To support!
[soft music playing]
To be honest, I didn't like the plating too much.
The elements used are dark and so is the plate.
So the dish isn't getting enhanced.
The plating of Team Blue
could be different.
All the colours are getting merged with each other.
[suspenseful music playing]
Team Blue should have used
- a boneless fish fillet. - Exactly.
So that we could enjoy the dish.
I think Team Blue has gone blue.
Team Pink isn't great either.
It is still trying to balance.
But Team Blue is so cold
that Team Pink is coming out to be better than them.
[jolly music playing]
Looks like a falafel.
It looks like one atleast.
Better than
the blue...Again.
I liked it. Team Pink it is.
Speaking about the presentation,
Rajiv's presentation is not bad
Yes, it is nice.
- I think his choice of the plate... - Yes, the plate!
- The choice of the plate and the colours used. - The plating!
- It can be eaten in a bite. - Absolutely.
- Like a starter. - It is messy for a starter.
Yes, it is messy.
It will be messy to eat.
- Because of the bone in the fish. - Yes, the bone.
While eating this in a fine-dine restaurant,
it is difficult to remove the bone and then eat it.
That's a kibbeh.
With feta, milk and parsley.
- A kibbeh. - Sorry...Kibbeh.
You remember his dish well now.
- Based on this, you must vote for Team Blue. - Stop it.
And a mint and parsley dip
with a pineapple relish and hummus sauce.
- And the Non-Vegetarian starter that you ate. - The fish.
Yes, it was the mullet fish
which we cooked in the style of Samak mashwi
which is Egyptian-style of cooking a fish.
And on the side
we have chermoula sauce.
Yes. With roasted pineapple
and saut*d bell peppers
and cheery tomatoes.
Mullet is a white-meat fish
and is also a delicate one.
The pairing of the sauce with it is quite strong.
I think there is no need for bell pepper
with a course of fish
as pepper has its own sweetness
and a punch which
might not complement the fish.
The pineapple.
It has got all the skin...
- And everything. The core wasn't cleaned. - It's the core.
The presentation of the fish
looks like you'll were least interested in doing it.
- Not true. - As if you didn't want people to eat it.
Sir, why are you doing this to me?
I could see it on the fish.
This is clearly not in favour of Team Blue.
You have to vote for us now.
No! I have made my mind
that I won't vote for anybody this time. No votes!
- It's good for you. - Yes, that's okay.
No! But I want you to vote for us.
I loved the second Non-Vegetarian starter.
Outstanding! Team Pink!
[intense music playing]
This is a better dish among the two.
Team Pink.
But the interesting part is
that each element of this dish is cooked by Rajiv.
Yeah. That is true.
And it is a...
Besides the fact that he was arguing with everyone,
shouting, running around, but cooked every element of the dish.
- It's nice. - Yes.
Amazing.
[jolly music playing]
two of our tasks were over.
The welcome drink
and the starter.
It's time for the main course now.
Along with mutton, Archana is preparing
Bazin which doesn't have rice as an ingredient.
We are under a lot of pressure
as we have only 15 minutes
to prepare the main course
and also the dessert.
Give me a tissue.
I do not have any tissue papers. Rajiv used all of them.
- He uses tissues in bulk. - 'Hello.'
'What is the status, everyone?'
Rajiv keeps blabbering all the time.
There is one more dish
in our menu.
I'll help everyone. Move aside.
I can't keep stirring like this. My hand hurts now.
[intense music playing]
Taste it.
- I did it. - One spoon.
- It's very nice. - I grinded it.
I added the ingredients.
Okay.
Go and finish the dish.
[intense music playing]
Is it cooked yet?
It is cooked but I think it needs one more whistle.
I'll add it to the potatoes.
[suspenseful music playing]
Salt is less.
There is a lack of every flavour in your dish
if it lacks salt.
Honestly, I have placed all my bets on Archana's dish.
It will lead us to victory
or we will lose.
Chef, this isn't fully cooked yet.
I will cook it for another 15 minutes.
You must add
silver foil on it to avoid the dish from burning.
I can see Kabita
becoming too quiet.
All of us are following up with each other
and she isn't being able to do it
because she is lost in her dish.
Kabita, here you are!
The eggs are being cooked in hot sand
and three batches of it have already been wasted.
The sand and this threshold
can take you and your team
a step closer
to the Black Aprons.
[dramatic music playing]
At what temperature do we boil the eggs?
I haven't used a thermometer.
100 degrees! Because that is
the boiling temperature of water which leads to steam.
If your sand is heated at 100 degrees
and you saut*
the eggs for 10 to 12 minutes
then they will cook perfectly from the inside.
Thank you, Sir.
[intense music playing]
Celebrity cooks, your main course will be picked up
in five minutes.
That will be your time out.
[dramatic music playing]
Usually, the kitchen gets cleaner
as the courses are out of the kitchen
bit yours are getting dirtier.
- Oh no! - Please clean your kitchen.
Yes!
[intense music playing]
It lacks sugar.
How are we supposed to present the eggs?
What have you prepared? What is the main course?
- The main course... - The eggs!
Yes! The eggs are a part of the main course.
I baked all the eggs,
removed the skin and then
added it to Archana's main course.
How is it? Is it cooked now?
The quantity of the mutton I made
got reduced because of drying up.
I don't know what to do.
How can I add water at the last minute?
What if it gets watery
if I add hot water now?
I used my brain
and I started to prepare a fresh gravy.
Here it is! My department is loaded, boss.
Speak less, work more.
I shall see you with the prep platter.
- Start making laddoos now... - Yes, come on.
By laddoos, I mean
- make a ball. - Yes, that's it. A laddoo.
A laddoo and a ball is the same thing, isn't it?
Wait! It has to be off-heat now.
It's too hot.
Too hot.
What are you doing?
I was plating.
Tell me honestly...I don't see anybody around...
- Yes. - Let's gossip now.
Did the captain do a good job?
The captain did a good job. I agree that she was under pressure.
But we were short of one team member, Farah Ma'am.
Despite that, we managed everything.
I am now moving on
- from the silent group to the violent group. - Okay.
What is happening here, Faisal? Why is she furious?
Yes, Ma'am.
What is happening here?
We are working on our presentation.
- Okay. - What are these balls of dough?
Madam, this is...
Which tea did we make that day?
- You will add tea to this? - No, madam.
This is a type of Barley rice.
The chef who made the dish
- doesn't know what this is. - Madam, no, madam.
- I am getting scared. - I don't know how to say barley.
I am actually a little bit scared for your team.
Madam, there are six members of our team.
That's why there's a lot of spice between us.
They are crying about having five members of their team.
So they aren't able to do it on time.
- But we did it. - Yes, we did.
It just happened.
Yes. Yes.
It is done. We just have to present it.
The losing team
will directly go to the black apron elimination challenge.
One of that team's member
will get eliminated at the end.
- Hmm. - Oh no!
There was something else.
Where is she?
She has gone for the briefing.
Nikki had to make Gaurav's dip.
Gaurav says that she didn't make it.
Nikki says that she made it and put it in the fridge.
She says Gaurav didn't take it out of the fridge,
I think there's a lot of confusion regarding our coordination.
Let it be about who made what.
Or about whose elements are where. No one had any idea about this.
You shouldn't have put this.
This is low in quantity. That's why I said that.
[indistinct]
Blue team. Pink team.
The service for your next course
will begin in one minute.
- Oh my god! - Are you ready?
Keep mixing.
No is not the answer.
Our bread basket is about to go out.
Our bread looks delicious.
It looks magnificent in that basket.
[tense music playing]
When it comes to the last moment
it gets very tough.
We had no idea how to plate this.
I am sweating. I am full-on sweating.
This is tough. It is hard to cook for one person.
They are making us cook for fifteen people.
It is not easy in a professional kitchen. It is absolutely not.
We sit at a restaurant and ask them to hurry up.
But it is extremely hard here. It is very hard.
Tejasswi. Kabita.
We are calling out the butlers.
They will be here to pick up your main course.
- Come on. Come on. Archana. - Go. Go..
[tense music playing]
Please take this one. This is ready.
This is ready.
I was scared.
We are in a five-star hotel cooking for people.
We are cooking a cuisine.
We don't know whether they will like it or not.
Oh god! Please make our dishes presentable.
Please, hear my cries. Please.
- Thank you, bro. - Thank you.
- Come on. - Come on. Come on, Faisu.
[calm music playing]
Who made the bread basket?
- We both did. - Abhijeet and Faisu.
- What did Archana make? - Madam, Bazeen.
Tell me one thing.
Why were you fighting so much in the kitchen?
There was only one problem among us, which is Rajiv.
- The kettle is hotter than the tea. - Yes.
He was the vice-captain.
What is he? Captain or vice-captain?
Consider him the captain.
If something goes wrong, the blame falls on him.
It shouldn't, actually.
The blame would fall on the captain.
Not one, actually. Everyone would wear a black apron.
Archana, why were you stubborn about making the main course?
Madam, I know that I cook mutton well.
This is really good.
[uplifting music playing]
Did you both make the bread for the first time?
- Yes, madam. - It looks professional.
It is actually right. It looks beautiful.
It has a variety of shapes.
It is very nice how you represented that.
- Look at this from both sides. - Beautiful.
Very nice.
- Look at this. - It is fluffy as well, sir.
- Yes. - I can see that. Look at this.
- You are already happy about this. - Look at this.
You are happy about the praises.
This is as soft as a pillow.
- Which flour was it? - I wanted to point it out.
Very good.
There was a break basket.
The presentation is good.
We will know more about it when we eat.
But...
I like this a lot.
Where did you use the sand cooking?
- When did you use hot sand? - To make the eggs.
- You baked the eggs in hot sand? - Yes.
- Right, sir. - Okay, thank you.
- Thank you. - All the best.
Thank you. Thank you.
You are wearing pink now. I hope it won't change to black.
I hope so, too.
Hi, sir. How are you?
How was the bread basket, sir?
Yours is better than theirs.
Thank you. Thank you.
I appreciate it, sir. We have been working hard since the morning.
It is all worth it now that I heard you say that.
Sorry, but the mutton in my plate
only has a bone.
You can see that it is very chewy.
I mean, it is not soft.
This is not soft at all.
This mutton is not well cooked.
And I don't get any Middle Eastern taste.
[indistinct]
I will go back to my
Blue team's main course.
[music stops abruptly]
[singing]
- Woohoo! - Thank you.
[upbeat music playing]
[tense music playing]
- Gaurav made the bread. - Yes, madam.
- Bread basket. That's it. - Yes, madam.
Ah...
You had one less team member.
I thought that everyone was doing multiple things.
In the last one and a half hour when other members were at tasting
Teja, Nikki, and Usha.
We had to do a lot of things.
Because we finished the desserts.
We did the main course. We finished the plating.
I made bread as well.
What did you make?
I made curry with rice.
This is a mutton curry.
- This has meat in it. - Yes.
This is a classic Iranian dish.
Are you happy with everything so far?
Brilliant.
I am not happy at all.
- Not at all. - There is a reason for that.
I made fish.
I said to Nikki that
she has to help me make the sauce.
She did.
But I could have made the sauce twice in the time, I have asked her.
Listen, you have a lot of minor issues in the kitchen.
Everything will die down if the food turns out to be good.
Yes, chef. But there's something else.
For example, Teju's dish was the dessert.
We knew what she was going to make.
Parents know their children better.
There's a way parents would want to raise their children.
We got in the middle and did everything.
Let me just tell you. The Pink team made a bread basket.
It was absolutely 100/100.
The pressure is on you.
Their bread basket was five-star level.
I felt like I must pack the bread and take it home.
Fantastic. So far, so good.
Now, it is time for the final course.
It's time for desserts.
Before your 120 minutes run out
your last dessert should leave the kitchen. Let's go.
The last course is as important as the first course.
We should always end things on a high.
That's why plate your desserts now.
Keep in mind that your hard work shouldn't go to waste.
This is now or never.
My jelly is ready.
I was pouring it out. The time is simply running out.
I was getting more and more nervous.
How will the plating for the dessert get done?
I was under a lot of stress.
But Faisu, Abhijeet and Archana.
Three of them plated my dessert in the best way possible.
Service, please.
[cheers]
I am so proud of my team at this moment.
[cheers]
Honestly, what I thought would be our strongest point
was cooking in peace.
I thought everyone would be able to focus on their dish and work on it.
It turned against us. We had a lot of peace.
So much that not a single knew anything about the other dish.
Alright, desserts. Please bring it in.
Oh wow.
Well done.
- You made the dessert from your team? - Yes.
What is this?
This is Ajwa Date Pudding.
It is served with pistachio cream
and caramel sauce.
- Would you pour the sauce on it? - Yes. - Please.
[upbeat music playing]
How do we eat this?
Just with a...
No, like how...
Yeah, just break it. It is going to melt anyway.
Oh, nice.
Nice.
What did Dipika make?
I made Mahalabia.
I made it with rose and cardamom.
I topped it off with mulberry jelly.
I also topped it with pistachio crumble.
[upbeat music playing]
Tejasswi, according to you, who is the weakest link in your team?
I would like to mention two names.
Usha Tai's flavours are very strong.
She has a lot of experience.
The rest of us are not as experienced as her.
But in terms of... Like the salad that we got...
Parsley and coriander should have been finely chopped.
My mom makes it at home. She simply stands by the pan
and chops the tomato and onions with precision.
I think that that's my fault.
I gave her a dish, which needed chopping with precision.
- Second name? - I would like to say Gaurav.
Because he had to make bread.
When we make bread
when you make the dough, it will take 30-40 minutes to do proving.
Let me tell you a secret.
The bread was the best dish of your team.
I agree. What I am trying to say is...
- When the bread was proving... - He could have helped Chandan.
You think that he didn't help anyone.
Yes, I am not saying that he did a bad job.
He did a great job. But he had some free time.
He could have helped Chandan.
- He was under a lot of pressure. - Dipika, what about your team?
Unfortunately, the weakest among all is Kabita.
- Oh! - In terms of...
being the correct leader.
Honestly, you could hear all of us.
I am checking on everybody.
Rajiv is checking on everyone. Faisu keeps talking in between.
'What is happening? Is everything going well? Let us taste it.'
But I think that Kabita was a little bit lost.
- She has a habit of cooking alone. - Maybe.
She panicked in the middle.
That's why everything was
- lacking a little bit. - Got it.
- That's what I feel. - Thank you. Thank you.
- Thank you. - Thank you. All the best.
[tense music playing]
- Okay. Nice. - Nice.
Have with the pistachio.
It is too sweet.
Hmm. Pistachio is very nice.
- Very nice. - I am just...
Good? This is also good. This is very subtle.
Date pudding is so moist.
Pistachio sauce
is very nice.
- Is it? Very subtle, and... - Rose.
It reminds me of the Middle Eastern a lot.
Mahalabia is like a Middle Eastern firni.
- Yes, that's what it is. - This is perfect.
- It's made perfectly. - It is a little bit tough.
Desserts are equally good.
- Yes, both are very strong desserts. - They are good in their own way.
We are all very glad that we don't have to judge this.
I am glad that these people got some good food to eat.
These are our guests. We didn't disappoint them.
Some of the desserts are five-star levels.
- Desserts. Bread basket. Main course. - Main course.
Overall, it was a good experience.
This is a five course tasting menu.
- It was good. - For the second week, this is good.
They are putting in a lot of hard work into this.
Thank you, everybody.
I thank you all on behalf of Celebrity MasterChef.
This is the second week in the kitchen for our celebrity cooks.
Right in the second week, we have given them
a tough and professional kitchen to work from.
We asked them to make a five-course menu.
I am glad to interact with such distinguished guests like you.
Thank you so much. Don't complain about us if the food is bad.
[clapping]
You had your team service in the second week of Celebrity MasterChef.
You worked from a hardcore professional kitchen.
And that, too, preparing food for guests from outside the show.
- And also, preparing such a lot of food. - Double.
The tougher the challenge,
the more enjoyable the game gets.
Did you enjoy?
- A lot! - Yes, chef!
- Did you enjoy? - A lot!
We enjoyed a lot!
New experience.
Judges... Did you enjoy, chef?
Look, I had a good time looking at your faces.
[laughter]
When we stepped into the professional kitchen
for the first time...
You get overwhelmed
in such a huge kitchen, right?
But as you progress, it will make you realise that you're growing.
You took that first step today.
And I'm so glad, whatever happened,
you'll eventually realise that it was all for the best.
This place is sacred, we owe our lives to it.
These steel tables you see, by cleaning these tables,
by sweeping this floor, we built our lives.
We're standing here today because of kitchens like that one.
- Very nice! - So beautiful!
- Very well put! Very well put, sir! - So beautiful!
Now, time for the results.
I hope you remember, the team that gets left behind,
the team that fewer guests liked,
will enter the Black Apron Challenge.
[tense music]
That means there are 11 today,
- and tomorrow, only 10 will remain. - 10.
[tense music]
Let me just tell you all that the winning team
has achieved a landslide victory!
That means the other team
- didn't even come close. - Oh!
Meaning?
I pray that we're the winning team,
or else we will lose face for real.
Captains... There was some violence going on in your team.
Rajiv had literally taken over the captaincy.
Do you want to say something, Ms Kabita?
I was furious then,
but then I thought that if Rajiv hadn't rushed things up,
- then maybe we couldn't have sped up our work. - So if
your team ends up losing today, who would be responsible for it?
- I would take responsibility. - You would?
- And if you end up winning, who gets the credit? - Everyone.
You're so great, Ms Kabita!
- You're the best! - [indistinct]
I want to ask the other contestants,
how many of y'all were happy
that Rajiv took the lead?
- None? - None? No one at all?
If I were to give my personal viewpoint,
then I'd say that Rajiv didn't 'lead' as such,
we all took the lead at some point.
Did any one of you have any objections
when Rajiv wanted to be the captain?
- Captain? Yes. - No, he never said that.
- Any objections? - I don't see him as a captain.
[tense music]
Ma'am, if I hadn't done what I did, I can give it to you in writing
- that no dish would've been ready on time. - Okay.
- A bit too much, but it's okay. - Yes, that's too much.
No, it's fine, it's fine.
All right, on the count of three...
The team whose scrolls fall more
has won the contest.
[tense music]
The team which has achieved a landslide victory
and has won with a huge number of votes from our guests
is...
[tense music]
My breath has stopped. I am unsure whether we will win or not.
Three...
[tense music]
Two...
one, go!
[celebratory shouts and cheers]
We are happy that the first curtain to unfurl
was the pink one!
Great! Victory to pink! Victory to pink!
Three courses... Three courses are remaining.
Three are remaining... Just two have unfurled, relax!
Three more left.
We started celebrating as if we won when two scrolls unfurled,
because blue is nowhere in sight.
[celebratory shouts and cheers]
And then two more unfurled, and we shouted in joy!
[cheering]
A big congratulations to Archana because you didn't change teams!
- Yes! - Yes!
- Wonderful, Archana! - See that?
All my shouting wasn't in vain.
[laughing]
Our team was in deep trouble.
The first elimination would be through the Black Apron Challenge
and I'm very, very, very sad that
I would be a part of this challenge.
See that? You failed to spot a diamond.
You might've noticed
- that the fifth scroll didn't unfurl. - Yes, yes.
Because the fifth is a tie.
Oh! - You didn't win that one as it was equally divided,
where both pink and blue got the exact number of votes.
- Wow! - Ma'am, which dish was it?
The main course was a tie.
Oh!
The tie was between Chandan and Archana's mutton dishes.
[applause]
The winners of today's Team Service Challenge are the champions
and the losers enter the Black Apron Challenge.
And the dish that has won the Power Card...
[tense music]
Is...
- the Pink Team's bread! - Breads!
[celebratory shouts and cheers]
- Faisu, Abhijeet. - And Abhijeet. Oh, my God, boys!
This...
- Very well deserved! - Let's go!
All right, look. There are two lessons here.
Blue Team, you must understand that in a professional kitchen,
communication is very important, silence won't get things done.
Secondly, chaos in a professional kitchen
works sometimes, and sometimes it doesn't.
Don't cross the thin line between communication and confusion.
Thank you very much!
Good night! See you tomorrow!
[applause and cheers]