All language subtitles for MasterChef - 05x02 - Top 22 Compete

After an nation wide search...

MasterChef, MasterChef!

... we brought the best home cooks
in the country

to compete
in America's favorite kitchen.

But for 22 that remain,

it's only the beginning.

Come on.

- As the competition heats up...
- Whoo!

... the home cooks
will have to endure

some of the most ambitious...

Here they come!

... and explosive challenges
in MasterChef history.

Whoo!

I need you to look at me!

Come here!

Some will rise
to the occasion...

You're playing the game
at a high level.

This made my night.

Others will crash and burn.

Do the honors.

It's a battle for the title
of MasterChef,

$1/4 million,
and their very own cookbook.

In the end,
only one will be crowned

America's next... MasterChef.

What MasterChef
would do for me

is propel me to being
a writer of what I really love,

which is cookbooks.

Welcome, everybody.

Winning MasterChef
would give me the opportunity

to open a small,
like, American nouveau cafe.

The dream is to open up
my own restaurant

And maybe... you know,
maybe be the MasterChef

in it one day.

Great to see you all.

You are now all
officially part

of the biggest
cooking competition

in the entire world.

To win this competition,
you'll have to be

the last one standing here
in the MasterChef kitchen.

Make sure that you bring us
your "A" game

every single time
you put something on a plate.

Understood?

- Yes, chef.
- Yes, sir.

Please, go to your stations.

It's time for the world's
biggest cooking competition

to truly begin

with the very first
mystery box challenge.

You'll each have 90 minutes

to prepare, cook, and present

one amazing dish
using the ingredients

hidden under those boxes.

As with all mystery boxes,

we will be tasting
everything as you cook.

On the count of three,
carefully lift your boxes.

One...

Two...

Three.

- Wow.
- Yes!

In front of you,
you have chocolate,

bananas, strawberries,
blueberries, brandy,

ladyfingers,
all kinds of extracts,

honey,
and ground coffee.

I am so happy.
I love desserts.

I am very sweet,
I must say.

One more thing...
At the end of this challenge,

at least one of you

will be going home.

The judges
are going to eliminate

somebody during this round

and it's not even
the elimination challenge?

That's a really big deal.

Is everyone ready?

Yes, chef.

Your 90 minutes starts...

Now.

So mystery box,
season five,

we start with desserts.

Technical.
Complete different ability.

It's gonna help us
weed out those

that really
don't belong here,

because you do
have to be well-balanced

to get sweet and savory.

What's the biggest mistake

we see with mystery
boxes like this one?

This one?
Overcomplication.

As you get more
and more experienced

as a cook or a chef,

it's all about putting less
on the plate.

I think here,
you're gonna see people

start trying to add
every single thing possible,

and we all know
that that just muddles it.

I'm going to be making
a honey bee cake

with some
crushed pecans on top

with a honey
caramel glaze.

It's gonna be beautiful,

and I can't wait
to present this to the judges.

I'm making a spicy
gingerbread cake trio.

I live in a huge house
with 13 people,

and this is how
we come together.

Let's go eat!

I'm the only one
that cooks.

My grandma don't cook.
My mama don't cook.

My auntie...
all she can do is boil water.

I am the cook
of the family.

Excuse me, y'all.

My baby want her food.

To win MasterChef,
it would mean a lot,

because I have a lot of people
riding on me succeeding,

and I want to prove that
to my nieces and my nephews

that with drive
and determination

that they can do anything.

My confidence level
in baking

is, like, 2,000.

Ooh, that smells good.

Cutter, what do you do
for a living?

I'm a petroleum
landman, sir.

So why are you here?

It's an opportunity
to go through a new door.

I've always taken
opportunities in my life,

you know, whether it be
joining the military...

What'd you do
in the military?

I was a search
and rescue swimmer.

Jumped out of helicopters
for a living.

What are you making?

So I'm trying to do
a little cappuccino pudding

with a vanilla
whipped cream

with some biscotti dipping
chocolate on the side.

- Good luck, man.
- Thanks.

Appreciate it.

Astrid,
how are you feeling?

Nervous.
I don't bake, chef.

You've never baked?
Mum of four, really?

- No.
- Okay.

What are you doing?

Lemon bars.

So what is that,
a shortcrust?

What's the flavor there,
lavender, thyme?

Lavender.

- Good luck.
- Thank you.

All right, sweetheart.
Good luck in there.

Have to win this one.
I definitely do.

I'll be kind of embarrassed
if I don't.

I'm a bakery assistant
from Queens, New York.

Cooking is my life.

I know that
I'm good at it,

and I know it's basically
the only thing I'm good at.

Bon appetit.

Growing up in a small town,
it sucked.

I love riding bikes.

I was the black sheep,

and I didn't have
many friends.

I got bullied.

It wasn't fun.

It definitely
destroyed my confidence,

so I'm trying
to work on that still.

I'm here because
I wanted to change my life,

and I really think
that this opportunity

could do that for me.

What are you making?

I'm making a chocolate
pecan brownie.

So we know you're
a bakery assistant,

and we're thinking
that maybe

you have
a big advantage today.

Yeah.
And look.

Wow.

You got a mixer
on your thigh.

That's dedication
right there.

Thank you.

45 minutes to go.

Elizabeth,
what are you making?

I'm making a strawberry
balsamic cake.

With a honey mascarpone
icing in between.

I'm calling it
a strawberry tall cake.

Who's gonna screw up
tonight?

- Leslie.
- Why leslie?

Because he's...

'Cause he likes
to flap his jaws

and not cook so much.

So he talks too much...

Talks too much.

- Good luck.
- Thank you so much.

Perfect.

60 minutes gone.

You've now got
30 minutes to go.

I've never said
anything to you, Elizabeth.

- Never once.
- Shh.

You want to get ugly?
Let's get ugly.

You don't know
where the hell I've been.

You [bleep] live in Malibu.

Oh.

You want to know why
I live in Malibu, sweetheart?

It's because
I worked my ass off.

You know what work is?
Okay?

Shh, please
stop yelling at me.

No, no, I got
where I got because I work.

I know.

Oh, I worked so hard
to get where I am.

Obviously
your [bleep] wife works,

and you don't.

Don't run your [bleep] mouth
to me about where I live.

Figure out
how I got there.

Earmuffs.

I worked.

You want drama?
I'll give it to you.

You ain't [bleep] yet.

Leslie, what's going on?

I've never even spoke
to this girl,

and they say all I do
is talk, talk, talk.

Because I talk
to other people

and I don't talk to them,
they're jealous.

Here's the thing:
The oldest,

one of the most mature.

Start showing it.

I apologize.

- I'm sorry.
- Pull this back.

I'm sorry.

Apology accepted.

Mmm, that is good.

The last 60 seconds,

and for one of you,
your last minute

in the MasterChef kitchen.

Do not forgot
what's at stake here.

Ah!

Leslie's plate...
look at that.

Last ten seconds.

Nine, eight,

seven, six,

five, four,

three, two, one.

Stop.

Hands in the air.

Well done.

All of you.

After observing and tasting
throughout the challenge,

the judges now take
one final look

to determine
which dishes stand out.

That was an intense 90 minutes,
let me tell you,

and there are some
phenomenal dishes out there.

One of you will win
a huge advantage

in the next stage
of the competition.

Would the following two people
please bring up their dishes?

Cutter...

Yes.

... and Astrid.

I'm thinking, "Yeah,"
you know, "Here we go."

I have a good shot at actually
taking this first challenge.

We also want to see
the dishes

from another two home cooks.

Courtney
and Big Willie.

I don't see Courtney
as the baker,

so when they call both
of us together,

it was like,
"What is going on?"

Like, all
my confidence dropped.

There are four home cooks
in front of us.

Two of you
are in contention

for the worst dish...

And two of you
are in contention

for the best dish.

The two worst dishes
belong to...

There are four home cooks
in front of us.

Two of you are in contention

for the worst dish...

And two of you
are in contention

for the best dish.

The two worst dishes
belong to...

Cutter and Astrid.

Time to taste them both

and then decide which one
will be going home.

Cutter, you're shaking
your head.

I ain't gonna lie, chef.

The first time I've ever tried
something like this, man.

I thought I did
damn good on it.

Step up.
Show me what you got.

I did a play
on a cappuccino

with a coffee pudding
and a vanilla whipped cream

and some caramel
and cinnamon on top.

You know what hurts me?

A proper kick
in the [bleep].

You stuck
a MasterChef logo.

Trying to honor
the show, sir.

Serious?

Yes, chef.

So you got
the paste cream there.

Whipped cream.

Whipped cream on top.
Underneath that, you got what?

And then I've got
caramel and cinnamon.

Come on.
Honestly?

To anyone, it doesn't look
like a dessert.

- Roger that.
- Man.

Do you know what
"biscotti" stands for?

No, I don't, sir.

"Bis" means "twice."
"Cotti" means "cooked."

So I flipped it.

No, you would...
normally you would cut these

and then individually
bake them again.

The whole concept
of biscotti.

And that brings me
to my point

for the entire room.

This is
the MasterChef kitchen.

Dishes have standards.

We're here to distinguish who
has a future in this kitchen

and who doesn't.

Yes, sir.

Thanks, Cutter.

Astrid,
let's go, please.

Describe your dish.

Lemon tart
with lavender.

That's raw, yeah?

I imagine so.

You imagine so.

If something's not cooked,
what would you do?

You don't serve it.

Leave it
in the oven.

I'm struggling to understand
where we can go with you,

because I don't think

there's much potential.

I've never seen it
like that.

This tiny, little corner
looks cooked, so...

I know that pastry
might not be your strength,

but to win
the competition,

you need to be able to
come in and understand,

whether it's dessert
or fish,

how to still step up
and make it happen.

Absolutely.

I think that...
you know, they're somebody

that you can work with
and show some ideas to.

Cutter, Astrid,

unfortunately,
for one of you,

the journey
ends tonight.

Between me an Astrid,
I think I'm better than her.

I mean, it's nothing
against her as a person.

I just think in the kitchen,
I'm a better...

I'm better than her.

I don't want to go home.
I'm not ready to go home.

I came here to learn
and to grow

and to win that title.

The person
whose journey will continue

in MasterChef is...

Cutter.

Congratulations.

Back to your station.

Thank you, gentlemen.

- Cutter.
- Yes, chef.

Get a grip.

Astrid, you may have
the passion.

We don't feel
the desire.

Please take
your apron off

and leave
the MasterChef kitchen.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

Wow, it sucks
to be eliminated,

but at the end
of the day,

I understand.

I own it.

Maybe I should have
read some more recipes

and practiced baking,

because that is
my weakness.

Now it is time to taste

the top two dishes
of the night.

One of you will win
a huge advantage

in the next stage
of the competition.

First, Courtney.

Tell me
what we have here.

A honey cake

topped with toasted pecans
and a honey caramel

on top of a mixed berry coulis
with a vanilla whip.

I mean, it looks
like a restaurant dish.

Did you use salt
in anything?

Yes, I actually put
a little bit of salt

in everything,
including the whip.

It's really smart.

The honey can sometimes
be so overpowering and sweet,

and when you get those together,
it's very harmonious.

- Thank you, chef.
- Good job.

Thank you.

Love the crunch.

Thank you, sir.

Honey can be too much
of an overkill sometimes,

and you got the balance
absolutely right.

We would easily put that
in any of our restaurants.

If that is a sign
of what's to come,

good luck to the people
standing behind you.

- Great job.
- Thank you, chef.

Willie, bring it on up.

Describe your dish.

It is a spicy
gingerbread cake

topped with a orange
coffee mascarpone cream

and a spicy berry compote
with cayenne pepper.

It's beautiful.

It's well-presented,
small, dainty,

shows a lot of finesse,

and then
there's you.

What can I say?

Wow.

It's really,
really good.

No, I'm very,
very impressed.

Both by the presentation,
the dimension, the flavor.

Thank you.

If I had to make
one slight criticism,

the contrast between
the orange and the coffee

is a little bit shocking
to my palate,

but great continuity,
great effort.

Watch out for Willie.
He's here to bake.

That is amazing,
'cause it's alive.

It's... you know, it's a party
in my mouth, Willie.

Good job.

Thanks, chef.

Two stunning desserts
tonight,

but only one
can be the winner

and join us
in the MasterChef pantry.

The person who made
the best dessert...

Congratulations...

The person who made
the best dessert...

Congratulations...

Courtney, great job.

- Well done.
- Thank you.

- Courtney, are you ready to see...
- Yes, chef?

inside that
amazing pantry?

Yes, chef.

And on top of that, you are
in for a huge advantage.

- Okay.
- Courtney, this way, please.

- Oh, my god.
- Good job.

- Thank you.
- That was delicious.

Seriously.

As the winner
of the mystery box challenge,

Courtney is in control
of the first elimination test.

Welcome to
the MasterChef pantry.

Courtney now gets to
choose the dish

that her competitors
must cook.

This room is where
the MasterChef competition

is won and lost.

To win, you have to use
every advantage

that you get.

We've had our dessert,

but now it's time
for the main course,

made with one of the country's
most popular ingredients...

Ground meat.

Ground meat is probably
something every American

has cooked with
in the past week,

so we're asking you
to choose between

three classic
American dishes.

Okay.

First up is something
that is very near and dear

to my Italian heritage...
The much loved meatballs.

Yes.

Every culture has
their version of meatballs,

Asian, European,
latin American.

The meatball
was a poor man's dish

that has recently been elevated
to superstar status

on every menu
throughout this country.

Next up, my favorite
ground meat dish...

Meat loaf.

Yes!

While meatballs are something
that's used around the world,

I think America's
probably the only country

that makes
a gigantic loaf of meat.

So we want to see
a meat loaf dish

worthy of MasterChef.

Finally, the most popular
ground meat dish in America,

possibly even the world,
hamburger.

Yes!

Nothing says America
like the classic hamburger.

Well, fortunately
for you, Courtney,

you don't have to cook
in this upcoming challenge.

Yes!

That's your first advantage
for winning the mystery box.

Everyone is going
to hate me.

For your second advantage,
you get to choose

which one
of these ground meat dishes

your competitors
will have to cook.

I feel like I could change
the entire game

with my decision.

This is
where it starts.

Plant the seed.
Wait for a bomb to go off.

Is it gonna be a meatball,
the meat loaf,

or the humble burger?

I've made my decision,

and I choose...

for winning the first
mystery box competition,

Courtney got
some huge advantages.

The first advantage is that she
does not have to cook tonight.

And for Courtney's
second advantage,

she got to decide
what everybody else

has to cook tonight.

Courtney now gets
a third advantage,

which she doesn't
even know about yet.

There are 20 fierce competitors
out there.

Only half of them
will have to cook tonight.

Wow.

And guess who decides
which ten are safe?

Courtney, it's time
to tell us

who you'd like to save
from elimination.

So first pick?

I believe that later down
in the competition,

I can beat this person,

and if I can't beat them,
they'll do themselves in.

I'm saving Leslie, chef.

Leslie, head upstairs,
please.

Thank you, Courtney.

The second person
I'm going to save...

I've seen what they can do,

and it's not
very impressive to me.

That person is Jaimee.

Jaimee, wow.

I guess, thank you.

This is like playing chess.
She's a pawn.

Boom.
Go away.

I would like to save Gordon.

Gordon, let's go.

Elise.

Cutter, Francis.

Kira.

- Interesting strategy.
- Hmm.

And I would like
to save Ahran.

Interesting.

Like, I should've
really been

the first person
to be called,

because me and Courtney
were the top two people

in the baking challenge.

I would like to save
this person

because I think
it would be in my best interest

to be on their good side.

Hmm.

Elizabeth.

You know,
like they always say,

keep your friends close
and your enemies closer.

So as far
as Courtney knows,

we're besties.

I mean, personally,
the 11 standing in front of us,

clearly Courtney
fears you the most.

You've got one pick left.
Who are you saving?

I want to save
this person

because they want
to win this as much as I do,

and it would be fun
to compete against them.

Christian.

I look around, and I said,
"This is the top ten."

We're the strongest
competitors here,

and that's exactly why
she left us down here to cook.

Please go and join
your friends,

and I'm sure you're dying
to give Courtney a big hug.

As I walk up
to the balcony,

I feel like
a puppet master.

I'm holding all of the other
competitors in my hands,

and I'm going to play them
like chess pieces.

Checkmate.

Okay, it's time to find out
what Courtney chose

for you all to cook
in this,

your first
elimination challenge.

Courtney chose...

A stunning meat loaf.

I make a mean meat loaf.

Me and ground beef...
we go way back.

I got this.

To stay in this competition,

You will have to cook us
one stunning version

of that amazing
meat loaf.

Your one hour to make us
the most amazing,

incredible
meat loaf dish starts...

Now.

Whoo!

Do we have bread?

Sweet potatoes.
Sweet potatoes.

I don't need Courtney
to save me.

I know I'm good enough to get up
on the balcony all on my own.

A lot of people do see me
as a food snob,

and I wholeheartedly
embrace it.

Snobbery to me just means
I've had better,

and I expect better,
and I will make better.

Fight like
it's your last meal.

A magical meat loaf...
there's an art to it, right?

Exactly, I mean,
it can't be a giant meatball.

It can't be a hamburger
formed into a square.

It's got to be
its own thing.

What would you do?

So I would do
something modern.

I would line my mold
with the bacon.

The actual mixture
of the meat loaf...

Pork, beef, veal.

I love adding
roasted mushrooms

and also some garlic
that's been toasted up

and bread crumbs,

but just enough
to bind it.

I don't want a super heavy,
dense meat loaf.

What do you think
the biggest mistake

that these home cooks will make
with the meat loaf tonight?

If they don't taste
the seasoning...

Mm-hmm.

... of the patty
before they start cooking.

Make your blend,

Get your seasoning
in there,

and then fry off
a small amount

before you bake it.

And then adjust accordingly,

because you cannot season
the meat loaf

after it's been cooked.

Right.

Dan, what are you making,
apart from a mess?

I'm gonna go a little
sort of Southern Asian.

I'm gonna go
a little bit of bourbon,

a little of fish sauce
and ketchup.

Dan, you've got
40 minutes

to keep yourself
in the competition.

- Good luck.
- Thank you.

Okay, Stephani,
how's it coming?

You excited?

Yeah, everything's
going well.

Couscous, wow,
that's interesting.

I've never seen that
with meat loaf.

That's a bleu cheese
cream sauce.

What are you doing
with that?

Putting it on top
of my lamb meat loaf.

Wait, that's...
that's...

That's very
nontraditional.

Have you ever
made this before?

No.

Are you out
of your mind?

I might be,
but, you know,

I'm trying
to win, so...

Did you want
to go home?

I wanted you
to taste my food.

I didn't want to be up there
looking pretty.

I'm not just
a pretty face.

I am here to win
this competition

and show America
what I'm about,

which is cooking.

In this elimination challenge,

mystery box winner Courtney
has selected ten home cooks

to prepare
an American classic.

A stunning meat loaf.

At the end
of this challenge,

at least one home cook
will leave

the MasterChef kitchen.

This is kind of new,
this particular combo, but...

Higher risk,
higher the reward.

Francis B,
how are you doing?

Good, chef.
How are you?

Talk about
your meat loaf.

Doing a short rib
and lamb.

I'm gonna kind of
put some cheese inside this too,

so hopefully the cheese
melts as it's cooking.

So you're putting cheese
inside the meat loaf.

I was thinking about it.

I might not anymore.

- Good luck.
- All right, thanks, chef.

I feel that we all
are pretty good down here,

so I feel like she kept

some of the strongest players
down here.

I'm from Columbus, Ohio,

and I'm a call center
representative.

Welcome to my home.

I went to culinary school.

It's been my dream
since I was a kid.

I didn't finish because
of finances.

Winning MasterChef
and the $1/4 million

would give me the opportunity
to finish culinary school,

to live out my dreams.

I am the next MasterChef.

I'm just making
kind of a...

A little Asian-style
meat loaf

with a mango glaze.

And I make
meat loaf a lot,

so I'm pretty confident
my meat loaf...

I know it's
gonna be juicy.

And I've never done
this twist on it before,

but I'm sure
it'll be pretty good.

Let's go, boys and girls.
Good job, guys.

Good job.

Big Willie,
how's the big meat loaf?

It's pretty good.

What's the blend?

It's ground pork
and ground beef

with cinnamon.

Ooh, that is good.

Whoo!

I thought Courtney was sending
a message to everybody.

She's not sending nothing.
She's just running her mouth.

I think you're
sending a message.

- Thank you, chef.
- Good luck.

Less than five minutes
to go.

What an array
of meat loaf out there.

Dan Wu, I think he's going
in an Asian direction.

Maybe do a hoisin glaze,
some kind of oyster sauce.

I like that.

I'm excited
to try that one.

Francis has
a romesco sauce

and some bok choy
and also burrata

going through
the meat loaf.

And that's great, provided
it can stick together.

Yeah, doesn't fall apart.

- Doesn't crumble.
- Exactly.

30 seconds to go,

and for one of you,
your last 30 seconds

in the MasterChef kitchen.

Come on, baby.

Taste everything
you put on a plate.

We want to see beautiful

restaurant-quality
dishes, guys.

Come on, guys.
Clean those plates.

Ten, nine, eight,

seven, six, five,

four, three,

two, one, and stop!

Hands in the air.

Well done, guys.
Good job.

Great job.

Cannot wait
to start tasting them.

First up, Francis.

I took a big risk

doing something
I've never done before.

I'm looking down at my dish,
and it looks amazing.

Describe the dish,
please.

It's a burrata-stuffed
meat loaf

using short rib
and lamb,

charred bok choy,
oyster and mushroom caps

on top of romesco.

When was the last time
you tried

meat loaf
and burrata together?

- Um, today.
- Wow, seriously?

Yes, chef.

I saw it earlier.
I thought, "Mm, burrata?

Why would you take that and
stick that inside a meat loaf?"

Bold move.

And it worked.

It's a dish that
you just want to eat more

and more and more.

Great job.
Well done.

Thanks, chef.

That's great.

You know, this is something
that'd be screaming, like,

you know, at home,
"Mom, meat loaf.

Come on, mom.
Meat loaf now!"

- Great job. Thanks.
- Thank you.

Tell me about this.

So it's
a romesco sauce.

Now, that is
a MasterChef idea,

taking a staple out
of spanish food culture,

making a meat loaf,
stuffing it with burrata.

You're playing
the game at a high level.

Thank you, chef.

Keep an eye
on this one, guys.

Good job!

Next up,
Stephani, please.

So describe
the dish, please.

It's an herbed
lamb meat loaf.

It has couscous,
pepper ribbons,

and a bleu cheese
cream sauce.

Bleu cheese
and couscous,

that classic combo.

Wow.

Yeah.

Oh, sorry.

There's no way on Earth
I can swallow that.

Very dry combination.

I got lots
of chili flakes.

Bleu cheese
and chili,

couscous and lamb.

Where are you going
on this?

Well, I took a risk,
and, um...

- No.
- You don't like it.

H-o-m-e.

That's where
you should be heading.

Wow.

Yeah.

Oh, sorry.

There's no way on Earth
I can swallow that.

You don't like it?

You don't cheese sauce
with a meat loaf.

You don't serve
couscous with meat loaf,

and you've got
this one so wrong

that I cannot
tell you enough.

Seriously disappointing.

Thank you.

I feel like crap.

I have never been told
that my food is not good.

I just want to crawl
under the nearest oven.

Next up, please,
Whitney.

I glace over
at Whitney's dish,

and it looks
pretty pedestrian, honestly.

Didn't look like
there was a whole lot

going on
with her plate.

So tell me exactly
what we have here.

Caribbean, Asian,

Cajun style meat loaf.

I used some lemongrass,
soy, some garlic and ginger,

and also I have
a sweet potato mash

and green beans.

The issue I'm having is,
the meat loaf itself

has the mushrooms
going through it

and these other things,

but it doesn't really taste
like anything.

And I'm getting the sweet potato
and then that sweet glaze,

and it's just, like,
honey and the mango.

That's all I really get.

It could be, like, a weird
meat dessert creation somehow.

Okay.

I can't think anything worse
to go in a meat loaf,

Lemongrass and mango
for the sauce.

The meat is dry.
It's way overcooked.

It's bland.

You know,
you brought it up.

The first thing
that came to mind for me

was a tv dinner,

But unfortunately,
you've taken a tv dinner

and turned it
into a tv disaster.

My apologies...

- Chef.
- ... to the meat loaf.

Next up, Christine.

What do we have?

It's a veal and pork
meat loaf

topped with a dried egg

and some
basil-fennel pesto.

The flavor
of the meat loaf's awesome.

I love the pesto.

Not sure the egg is needed,
but good job.

Thank you.

Jordan.

This is a pork and veal
meat loaf

with roast tomato
and cream sauce.

Hmm.

You can't season the meat loaf
after it's cooked.

It's impossible.

You know, you are the youngest
guy in this competition.

Tonight, I think
it shows.

Daniel.

We have a lamb
and ground beef meat loaf

served on top
of sweet potato mash.

I like
the roasted carrots.

I like the mushrooms.

I like everything
about this dish.

Thank you, sir.

Next up,
big Willie.

Um, Willie, describe
the dish, please.

It is a pork and beef
meat loaf

with creamy mashed potatoes
and roasted brussels sprouts

with bacon
and pine nuts.

The seasoning
is absolutely spot on.

I mean,
it's really good.

Even the sour cream
in the mash,

the black pepper,
the caramelized sprouts.

You're a strong
contender, Willie.

- Great effort.
- Thank you. - Well done.

Next up,
Dan Wu, please.

Thank you.

I think the plate
looks beautiful.

There's some
great colors on it.

I'm actually
pretty confident.

So describe that,
please.

It's ground veal,
pork, and short ribs,

some carrots, onions,
shitakes,

and then I've got
a quick kimchi

of brussels sprouts,
swiss chard, and bok choy.

That is absolutely...

Disgusting.

The blend
is way too wet.

Not a big fan
of raw brussels sprouts.

That is one of the worst
meat loafs I've ever eaten.

When chef Ramsay says
"Your food is disgusting",

it's the worst thing
you can hear.

It's absolutely
devastating.

Tonight, there were a few
standout dishes,

but there was just one dish
that stood out

just a little
above the rest.

It used more
than one kind of meat,

and it had a very
sophisticated sauce

that really made it shine.

My meat loaf
was perfect.

There's no competition.
I got this.

Tonight's best meat loaf...

I kind of, like, want
to go ahead and just yell,

because I know
it's mine.

Belongs to...

Francis.

Congratulations, Francis.

You will have
a huge advantage

in the next challenge.

Thank you, chefs.

And now the three
worst dishes.

At least one of these three
will be leaving

the world's biggest
culinary competition.

The first dish had
a bizarre choice of flavors

that just didn't blend.

The texture was wrong,

and it was just
a ill-conceived dish.

Please step down here,
Stephani.

The second dish
was simply all over the place.

The next home cook
tried to use exotic flavors

that did not work.

Please step forward, Dan.

Being on the bottom three...
I'm not feeling great at all.

I let my ego get a little bit
further past my ability.

This could send me home.

And the next
home cook plated,

quite frankly,
a horrendous meat loaf,

and it wasn't
just the meat loaf.

It was the sides.

It was the execution
of the plate.

Please step forward,
Whitney.

None of you did
a meat loaf justice.

One of you three will be
leaving MasterChef tonight.

Please step forward,
Dan.

Dan, you cooked
out of control this evening.

You absolutely humiliated
a meat loaf,

and you got far too cocky
for your own good.

I'm sorry...

That there were two dishes
worse than yours.

Get a grip,
get focused,

and step up a gear.

I won't disappoint
you guys again.

I promise.

Back to your station.

Congratulations, Dan.

Wow.

Courtney, do you know who we're
about to send home and why?

One of the most important things
about food

is passion and love,

and I think
that that person was lacking.

I believe you're going
to send home Whitney.

Courtney,

tonight you are consistent
beyond belief.

Whitney,

unfortunately
your time is done

in the MasterChef
competition.

Chef.

Stephani,
back to your station.

Whitney, food's
about passion.

it's about energy.
It's about creativity and flair.

Tonight, you didn't
bring that.

Please take off
your apron,

place it on your bench,
and leave the kitchen.

Good night.

I'm also upset
that I had to leave this early

due to something
so simple as meat loaf.

Even though
I didn't win MasterChef,

I'm gonna go back home,
and I'm gonna continue working,

saving up money
so I can finish culinary school,

'cause I still want
to finish.

Next time on MasterChef,

It's the biggest...

Most explosive...

team challenge
in MasterChef history.

Here they comes!

You dont realized,
what 500 soldiers looks like.

As the home cooks go to war.

Hurry up, guys!

To feed American heroes.

Come on!

And one more MasterChef hopeful
is cut from the ranks.

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