Shadowing Practice: Finalists Vs. Two Professional Chefs 🔥 | MasterChef Australia | S18 Ep58 | Clip - Learn English Speaking with Video
Creating lesson...
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Hold on, you're doing...
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You're both doing a dessert.
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Ah.
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OK, well, it's good.
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I'll have to do it.
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Ha!
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That's great.
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Poe, do you know Jean-Christophe is also doing a dessert?
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I have no control over the men.
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So are you...
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Are you guys talking?
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We don't need to because she knows what she's doing, I know what I'm doing, and we love each other so much.
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The dynamic between Poe and Jean-Christophe is really interesting.
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They are so solo workers.
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You know, they teach us to communicate and who's the team leader.
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It's just perfect.
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There's not much talking, is there?
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No talking, I was like, there's no talking.
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Has to be a team leader.
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And here they are.
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No team leader, no communication.
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They're breaking all the rules.
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Okay, fun's over.
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In round two, you three are gonna need these.
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Oh.
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Let's go, lads.
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Back in my apron and I feel at home again.
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This is the way I'm meant to be, and I'm excited to cook.
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This round is a team challenge.
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Your task is to cook a finals feast.
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Ooh.
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Ooh.
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Both teams have 75 minutes.
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You're obviously professional, so it shouldn't be a problem, right?
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I want to see two mains at least three sides and Something sweet from each team.
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Oh My god this is good and while I'm confident I could devour each feast by myself.
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I would love some company down here Oh my gosh,
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I am the new judge Megan Markle,
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Doc McHugh And maybe somebody suave Just kidding
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This is honestly a dream come true like I was just praying
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that by some miracle she would call out my name Okay, I wouldn't quite say Andy's job is in jeopardy,
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but I will say my just want to think twice about the next thing as a baby
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Luke dot any words of advice for our cooks today.
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We want to see something amazing today We want flavor.
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We want textures and we've come hungry Yeah, more is more are you ready to get going?
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And And they are off it is her and John Christophe versus our top three I can't lie.
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I really want the boys to win We've already got some planning at play,
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okay Wanted to do that is that okay?
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Yeah, of course you can do whatever you want Can you first what you want to do and then I can adjust?
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No, I think the other way around because, like, I can adjust to French.
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So I was thinking of doing il flutant because it's really fast.
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Yeah?
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I love il flutant.
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Perfect.
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So I was hoping to do something with red peppers for some reason.
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Nice and red, very fresh.
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It's like a brandon.
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Oh, yes!
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Yeah, that's what I meant.
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They look so excited.
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So we're going French.
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I'm so interested to see what happens here.
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Me too, but I think these three are gonna work so well as a team.
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They know each other's flavours, they know how to work together.
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Yeah.
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What am I getting again?
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Steak, potatoes, eggs.
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Uh...
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It'd be pretty cool to be the first ones to beat the judges and actually have those bragging rights.
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I'm so ready.
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Bring it.
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Let's go.
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Uh...
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The concept for our finals feast is boys' barbecue.
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We're gonna hit hard with, like, the proteins.
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We've got a big piece of tomahawk steak, these beautiful prawns as well that will butterfly
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and have all these accompanying sides that will play well with all the different flavors.
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Do you know what you're doing or are you just shopping?
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Plan.
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What's the plan?
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I'm on meat.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Seafood.
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I'm gonna be on dessert today.
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Ooh.
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So we're all trying to place our strengths.
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We've been cooking with each other for six months now.
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It's almost telepathic in a sense.
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Do the shallots for him first.
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I'll get the stock on first.
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We get to all band together and cook you know, for a common goal, bragging rights today.
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What a race!
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Go, Azul!
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Go, D.D.
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Come on, boys, let's go.
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I want to see some Atou.
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The judges have not left.
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They have been.
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Do you want to do, I think, do potato.
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Rata de Quinoa.
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Are you talking about potato?
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I think, well, as a French thing.
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What do you think?
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Yep, excellent.
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And then I'll do a couple of salads.
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Do you trust me?
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Yeah.
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What do you mean, I trust you?
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Yeah, okay, alright.
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I've been with you for three years.
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How's the team dynamic, Poe and Jean-Christophe? That is...
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He's just come second place, but he's the Michelin star head chef.
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Yeah, but Poe moves to the beat of her own drum also.
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So this is.. this teamwork's gonna be interesting.
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Definitely orange and fernal classic French.
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Yeah, it's definitely Frenchy.
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OK.
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I'm not quite sure what Jean-Christophe is doing, but there's chicken and there's a fish dish.
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Oh, and he's also doing a potato del finoa.
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Delphinoise.
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And then I'm also going to do a dessert, which I'm going to do an inflatine.
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I'm just staying out of the hurricane's way and letting him do his thing.
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Sorry, best face ever.
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All right, guys, I'm going to be on dessert and sauce today, all right?
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All right, yeah.
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We're working really well.
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I'm really happy with the flavours.
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I'm really happy with what we've got going on here.
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Our barbecue feast is looking great.
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Vinny's killing it on the steak.
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Aaron's prawns look amazing.
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How many bones do you want?
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Like six?
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And I'm on dessert.
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Wow.
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Hello, final three.
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Hello.
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Hello, boys.
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How are we going?
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Hello, Dots.
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I'm great.
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Who's the lead singer in the band?
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Me.
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Alright, Petra.
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Okay, here it is.
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Well, today I'm in charge of dessert.
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So I'm making a chiffon, some lunch with strawberries and figs, and my snicker.
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So did you say you're making a chiffon against Poe?
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That's a great point.
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Uh...
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Uh, yeah, but, uh, if I can knock it out of the park, um, it'll be pretty cool.
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We'll see.
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You're gonna have to nail it, and if you do, I'm excited to see what happens, but if you don't, there could be a bit of strife.
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Uh...
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Good luck.
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Thank you.
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Nail it.
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I don't like how comfortable Luke looks at the moment.
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What is that smell?
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Wait...
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There's too much power for a young man like that and I think he's gonna abuse it just a little bit.
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They're fencing each other but there hasn't been any banter.
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I wanna win, I wanna have fun.
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We are match fit and we have numbers on our side.
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I think we're in with a good chance today.
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This little family is looking forward to a feast.
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You've got 45 minutes to go!
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We got it!
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Woo!
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Come on out.
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Five minutes to go.
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45 minutes to go.
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It's like from the top we're watching lots of little busy
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ants just doing a heck of a lot of stuff at once.
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The boys are doing Sunday barbecue vibes.
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Alright, Aaron, do you reckon you could watch that while I go south to the pantry for some sides?
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Like really vibing the barbecue-ness with all the smoke.
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I don't know what it is but something smell.
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When I look over at Poe and Jean-Christophe, I've seen, like, these sick, floating islands that Poe's done.
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And then I cannot quite figure out what Jean-Christophe is doing, though, because he's got, like, toasted couscous, some chicken, lots of vegetables.
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They look fantastic!
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Poe, hi.
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So you're on dessert?
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Yeah, I'm on dessert.
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So I'm doing il flottant.
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I've steeped mandarin into the custard.
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Smell it.
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But I have to do two other sides.
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So I'm gonna do anchovies with over a radish and parsley.
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Beautiful.
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Super bright.
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So lots of brightness.
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Sorry, I just have to quickly...
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Go to Jean-Christophe.
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Okay, Jean-Christophe.
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How are you, Sophia?
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We're so good.
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We've just had a little update from Poe on what she's doing.
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So that must mean you're in charge of mains.
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Yes, I am, Ashley.
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What are you cooking?
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So I'm gonna be doing a chicken dish, which is the drumstick.
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Then gratin du finois.
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Oh.
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So I decided to put some celery at the last minute, so I'm glad.
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Look at that.
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Yum.
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Gorgeous.
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The most likely, I love it.
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My favourite root vegetable.
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Then I've got a lovely recipe to make a ratatouille.
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Beautiful.
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All right.
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Ratatouille.
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I'm just having to do that now.
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I've got some sweet potatoes in a microwave.
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Nice.
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That's for my fish dish.
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Job done, and then I do my dessert.
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Hold on, you're doing...
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You're both doing a dessert.
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Ah.
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OK, well, it's good.
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I'll have to do it.
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Ha!
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That's great.
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Hi.
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Do you know Jean-Christophe is also doing a dessert?
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I have no control over the men.
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So are you...
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Are you guys talking?
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We don't need to, because she knows what she's doing, I know what I'm doing, and we love each other so much.
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The dynamic between Poe and Jean-Christophe is really interesting.
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They are so solo workers.
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You know, they teach us to communicate and who's the team leader.
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It's just perfect.
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There's not much talking, is there?
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No talking.
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I was like, there's no talking.
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Yeah.
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Has to be a team leader.
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And here they are.
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No team leader, no communication.
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They're breaking all the rules.
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The Junker stuff is doing a dessert as well because he wants to.
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I love you boys, but do be proud judges!
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30 minutes to go!
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What am I doing now?
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What was that doing?
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It was around the 25 minute mark in The Last Cook.
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Where it all fell apart.
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Where like Cyclone Jean-Christophe hit and it was a bomb sight.
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And I think we're getting close.
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Oh!
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I can't believe this.
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This is the battle of the century.
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The judges versus the contestants.
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Poirot and Jean-Christophe seem to be working completely solo, but together they have so much experience and a few Michelin stars on their side.
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This is gonna finish slowly.
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Here we are.
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Now I can flambe.
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The boys are working together so well.
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Everything is going really smoothly and their barbecue face looks unreal.
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What are you going about this?
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They look beautiful.
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Competition is well and truly on.
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Ooh, we've got some flames from JC.
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Hey, they're burning the dish!
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They're burning the produce!
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Shut up!
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You got this, JC.
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The gantry vibes are very loud.
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Oh, Poe!
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They're so good.
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And I'm hearing a lot of go Poe and go John Christophe, and that's just not off, you know?
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They're on our team.
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Just because you got eliminated, that's not my fault.
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You know what?
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As long as we have some fun, and I reckon we're gonna put up some really tasty dishes, I reckon we might be all right.
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We are working awesome as a team today.
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Our barbecue feast is coming along beautifully beautifully.
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Potato Grayson.
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We've got Aaron on the grilled zucchini side.
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Petro's making his cake and I'm on the potato gratin.
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Luke, do you see the care I'm taking with every layer?
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I just want you to know that Jean-Christophe is also doing our gratin.
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Of course he is.
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Yeah I think that's very very well done.
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I definitely am a little bit concerned you know I'm making a French dish against a Frenchmen.
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This is so important.
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Not having too much liquid.
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I haven't made potato gratin before.
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I know what it's supposed to be like but I haven't actually made it.
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But you know what I reckon I got it, it'll be fine.
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It'll be fine.
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Push me, push me, hurry up, hurry up.
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I don't even have to think of this anymore.
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We're not really a team.
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We're more like two chefs working in two different restaurants and hoping that our dishes and menus match.
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No, I think it's going to be OK, actually.
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I need some fish and some pepper.
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But I think John Gustav decided he was going to do a dessert, but I convinced him not to.
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I'm going to get my stuff done on time, but I'm a bit worried about him.
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Just trying to get my two sides, my desserts pretty much done.
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And then I'm also onto my radish with anchovies and charred fennel with ouzo reduction.
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Jon, how are you?
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Super so good.
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I'm happy with the dishes that we came to decide together.
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And I think we've got a big chance anyway we have no choice.
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Yeah, I'm not going to go on Boston, but I think I will.
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Contestants and judges, everything's riding on this cook!
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You got 15 minutes to go!
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Luke's been rating his whole life this morning.
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What am I doing?
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You've gone red, so it was a good one.
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That's how you know.
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One.
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My steaks are looking spectacular.
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They're presented beautifully.
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Looks beautiful, Vinny.
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Aaron's prawns are looking so delicious.
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Aaron, how are you going?
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So far, so good.
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Our sides are looking really, really good.
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I've got some charred zucchini with a lemon and tarragon dressing and some endive and fig salad.
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All right, we're pretty good here.
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Yeah.
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Petro's cake's in the oven, and it's time to check on my potato gratin.
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Hey, Aaron.
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Yeah, hear me.
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I think there's too much liquid in this.
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Cooked, but it's wet as.
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Pour it out.
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How?
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Like...
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I check on my potato gratin, and it is so wet.
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It's like a soup.
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It's like a potato soup.
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So I decide that maybe I'll try and push a bit of weight
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that maybe I'll try
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and push a bit of weight on the potatoes to get a little bit of that excess moisture out.
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And maybe I just need to get them in the oven at full temp.
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I'm just hoping that that liquid evaporates and dries up, but if we don't, then we're definitely not in with a chance.
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Let's try it by fighting, yeah?
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Yeah.
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Yum.
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Whoo!
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Come on, guys!
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Come on!
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It looks and smells incredible!
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Okay, ignore me, just take everything from the oven.
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Yeah.
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Here we are.
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So first one.
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Oh, amazing.
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Okay.
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Yeah, of course it's bloody amusing.
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Look at that.
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The gratin de putain.
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That's a gratin.
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That's how you want your gratin to do.
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That is a gratin.
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Vinnie, come over and look at that gratin.
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So far so good, we got everything we need.
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That is one dish, two dish.
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You got the chicken, watch out, it's very, very hot.
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Yep.
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Ratatouille, done.
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Now the fish dish, which is basically
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Some half cooked fish mixed with sweet potatoes and stuffed into a red paper baking oven with some mozzarella Please please please
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Bon Appetit Oh my god, Poe and Jean-Christophe have pulled this out of the bag.
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Their French face is looking unreal Here just don't give you damage the board Finish me some more please With what?
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Put some oil.
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Just a bit of oil.
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I got it, I got it.
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OK.
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Come on, come on.
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Come on!
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Petra, what about this cake?
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Yeah, gotta get the cake out.
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I'm running out of time.
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This cake has taken a lot longer than expected because it's so big.
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I made the cake a little too big, which is why it took longer to cook, longer to cook.
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I want three even layers of cake, so I need to slice it evenly, remove the layers, and and then start my piping.
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Whoa.
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But my cake is still warm.
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The boys could be in trouble.
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Which means that this cake would just collapse.
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Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God.
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We might not get a cake up here.
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What is he doing?
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Oh, he's taking the top off.
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Why?
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We want your dishes to be fantastic!
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Come on, two minutes to go!
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We just need to torch.
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I just need to remove them.
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Oh, he's going to decorate the whole thing in two minutes.
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Careful, Petro.
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At the moment, I'm focusing solely on my cake.
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That is my objective.
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This is my dish, and I do not want to not put up a cake.
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Petro, is it still hot?
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Yeah.
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There's no more time to cool down this cake.
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So I'm cutting it, there's steam coming out of it, but I have to ice it.
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I've got no choice.
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Oh, my God.
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This is so hard to watch.
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So I've got a Mastika Chantilly cream, and then I'll be putting my macerated strawberries on top of that, and I'll finish off with Chantilly cream all over.
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Oh, he's doing it. Can we wait?
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Don't worry.
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That's before we have the plan.
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Oh my gosh, this is down to the wire.
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Go on boys!
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Oh my God.
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Get on the plate.
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Oh my God, they've got to move it.
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Time is up in two,
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nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, five!
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That's enough!
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Woo!
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It's actually a very nice bonding experience at the end.
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We feel so close here.
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Yeah, this has changed our relationship after making that cake at the end together.
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For three home cooks, I think we did a pretty bangin' good job, I reckon.
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In terms of flavour and what we've done, I think we're definitely in for the chance.
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It's amazing what you can do with no communication.
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I mean, we could be quantity over quality, but I'm feeling very confident.
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I think we've got some solid flavors and I think we've balanced each other's flavors well.
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I think we're gonna win.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 432 sentences and 2974 words to shadow. The speech runs for 19:42. The speaker talks at a natural 151 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| dessert noun | /dɪˈzɝt/ | The last course of a meal, consisting of fruit, sweet confections etc. |
| dish noun | /dɪʃ/ | A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle. |
| potato noun | /pəˈteɪ.təʊ/ | The edible starchy tuber of the plant species Solanum tuberosum. |
| feast noun | /ˈfiːst/ | A holiday, festival, especially a religious one |
| reckon verb | /ˈɹɛkən/ | To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate. |
| oven noun | /ˈʌ.vn̩/ | A chamber used for baking or heating. |
| flavor noun | /ˈfleɪvə/ | The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect. |
| steak noun | /steɪk/ | Beefsteak: a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling. |
| layer noun | /ˈleɪ̯ɚ/ | A single thickness of some material covering a surface. |
| liquid noun | /ˈlɪk.wɪd/ | A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those… |
| dynamic adjective | /daɪˈnæm.ɪk/ | Changing; active; in motion. |
| vibe noun | /vaɪb/ | An atmosphere or aura felt to belong to a person, place or thing. |
| beautifully adverb | /ˈbju.tɪ.fə.li/ | In a beautiful manner. |
| flavour noun | British standard spelling of flavor. | |
| versus | /ˈvɝsəs/ | Against; in opposition to. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| put up verb | To place in a high location. | |
| work together verb | To be coworkers with someone; to share a workspace with someone. | |
| call out verb | To specify, especially in detail. | |
| come along verb | To accompany. | |
| come over verb | To affect in a sudden, unprecedented or surprising manner; to overwhelm a person's ordinarily contrary impulse. | |
| cool down verb | /kuːl ˈdaʊn/ | To become cooler; to be reduced in temperature. |
| dry up verb | To become dry (often of weather); to lose water. | |
| fall apart verb | To disintegrate, to break into pieces. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | we've come · have not left · have been |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | dish, which is · big, which is |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | was just praying · was thinking · was hoping |
| Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain | might be · might not get |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 141 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, we're, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: smoothly /ˈsmuːðli/, telepathic /ˌtɛlɪˈpæθɪk/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: dish /dɪʃ/, chef /ʃɛf/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, reduction /ɹɪˈdʌk.ʃən/, delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/
- Long words — get the stress right: beautifully /ˈbju.tɪ.fə.li/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, eliminate /ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/, spectacular /spɛkˈtæk.jə.lɚ/, accompany /əˈkʌm.pə.ni/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like dessert, dish, potato.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.