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Gordon: It's the "MasterChef Celebrity Family Showdown."

Starting tonight, our kitchen goes Hollywood...

Woohoo!

...as America's favorite stars Johnny Weir,

Tara Lipinski, Lisa Vanderpump,

Snooki and JWoww,

Tori Spelling,

Jennie Garth,

Oscar De La Hoya,

and Evander Holyfield...

That's so cute!

...team up with a member of their family...

Touch gloves.

...and enter the culinary battle of their lives.

This dish could mean $25,000.

Put the plate down.

Our life could actually go to dogs after this.

This is it.

It's a special event full of fun...

- Here we go! - ...and surprises.

Is that my refrigerator from home?

I am scared to death.

- We're cooking with Gordon? - Slice.

It's gonna be pretty nerve-wracking.

This is...

the "MasterChef Celebrity Family Showdown."

- Half a fish left on there. - This isn't on. Is this on?

Gordon Ramsay scares the ( bleep ) out of me.

- Snooki, what is the dish? - Who picked us?

( music playing )

( cheering )

Welcome to the "MasterChef Celebrity Family Showdown!"

( cheering )

Nothing brings families closer together than food.

When I cook with my kids, it is absolutely bloody chaos.

So I can't wait to see the mess...

sorry, what's in store for tonight.

And that, my friend, reminds me of something.

Excuse me.

- Gordon: What the hell? - Where's he going?

What is he up to?

- Oh, well. - That seems fishy.

All right, shall we welcome

our first celebrity guest, ladies and gentlemen?

She is an amazing Olympic athlete.

The youngest ever figure skater to win an individual gold.

Please welcome, ladies and gentlemen,

Tara Lipinski and her husband Todd.

( cheers and applause )

Tara: We are so excited.

We watch "MasterChef" all the time.

Todd: Walking into the arena is terrifying.

But to walk in with an Olympic gold medalist,

I feel like I have a pretty good advantage.

Tara: You know, you have the Olympics and then you have MasterChef,

and it's like right there.

I like how sparkly these are.

Tara, Todd, welcome to the MasterChef kitchen.

Todd, on a scale of one to ten, how good are you in the kitchen?

- Negative ten. - Oh, jeez.

- Tara, you do cook, right? - I don't.

- What are they doing here? - I will say this.

- I'm very competitive. - Gordon: Good.

- And I want to win this. - Good.

Are you guys ready to find out

who you will be up against tonight?

- Oh, I'm ready. - It's another skater.

A two-time Olympian.

Someone that you know very well.

Johnny Weir and his brother Boz.

( cheers and applause )

I am so excited to be on "MasterChef."

It's intimidating. Exciting, but very intimidating.

I know my brother is peeing his pants a little bit.

Hello! Tara is my bestie.

- Are you ready to go for blood against her? - I am.

They better bring it.

Gentlemen, welcome. Johnny, how are you feeling?

I'm terrified you're gonna yell at me.

That might happen.

- Boz, you good? - I'm ready.

He's a man of few words, but he can cook like a champ.

Oh, he can cook?

I spent about 12 or 13 years so far cooking

- at multiple restaurants. - A secret weapon, Johnny?

Tara brought her high heels. I brought my little brother.

Gordon: Love that.

Now, as you know, tonight is all about charity.

Joe: By putting on those aprons,

you are guaranteed $15,000 to a charity of your choice.

If you win, that number becomes $25,000.

- Whoo! - Whoo!

Tara, tell us, which charity are you competing for?

The Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

I've been working with them since I was 15,

so it's a charity very close to my heart.

- Amazing. - Fantastic.

Johnny, now, which charity will you be competing for?

We're competing for AlzOut.

It's a wonderful organization that helps with awareness

and funding for Alzheimer's and dementia-related illnesses

at universities around the world.

Tara, Johnny, you're both used to battling on the ice.

Here in the MasterChef kitchen,

that tradition will continue tonight.

Where?

Oh, dear.

- Whoa! - Wha...

- Oh, my God. - Oh, my goodness.

- Look how sparkly! - Gentlemen, gentlemen.

That's crazy.

You will both have to cook with ice-cold...

- Fish! - Yeah!

Man!

Gordon: You may notice something else about those fish.

They are whole.

Oh, really? That's not a fillet?

Joe: That's right.

You will have to fillet the fish of your choice...

...and make us one delicious dish.

Now, head to your stations. Let's go.

Right, tonight, you will have 45 minutes to fillet a fish,

and then cook us the best fish dish

of your entire lives.

- Real... - He's terrifying.

No pressure.

What fish do you guys want?

- We're doing the snapper. - We'll have salmon.

I hope you guys are good catchers,

'cause I have a fish coming your way.

- Ready, Todd? - Wait. Excuse me?

- Todd, ready? Here we go, buddy. - Tara: No, I can do it.

Awesome!

We got it.

Boz. Johnny.

- You got it? - I'll try.

It's heavy!

Ready? Here we go.

- Oh, my God. - Aar�n: Yeah!

Good job, Johnny.

- Joe: There you go. - It smells so bad.

Hi, Harold.

Let's have 45 minutes on the clock.

Thank you.

Your 45 minutes starts...

...now! Let's get to it.

Salmon. What do you wanna do to it?

We can blacken the salmon.

Go a little pineapple mango salsa.

I can do some, like, beautiful salad.

- You know how I do. - Okay.

We're calling the dish "Don't throw a salmon at me."

I'm just gonna grab everything, because, you know.

- What have you got? - I just feel like we can use it all.

Johnny: I'm definitely going for gold.

I love me some Tara Lipinski

and I love me some Todd,

but I wanna kick their butts.

- A fillet of snapper. - Fillet...

of snapper with linguini since I know how to do pasta.

- With tomato sauce and squash, fennel. - Todd: Tomato and...

- What can I get spicy? I'll get red pepper flakes. - Yes, yes.

Johnny knows that I do not know how to cook,

so I'm sure he's walking into this like, "Slam dunk."

But we've been training hard.

Our game faces are on.

And little does Johnny Weir know we're coming for him.

Okay. Pineapple!

- So that onion. - Okay.

- Do you see pasta? - And then pasta is up here.

- Okay, linguini. - Linguini.

- I think we got it all. Yeah. - Is that it?

Boz, just be careful. What are you doing to...

- You cut his spine! - We're good, we're good.

Joe: Oh, no, she's taking a hatchet to it.

It's a bit of a massacre.

- Yes! - Gordon: So, two round fish.

Two very difficult fishes to fillet.

Which is the harder fish to cook? The snapper or the salmon?

Aar�n: I would have to say the salmon.

Guys, the salmon is the easiest one,

- because you can get that undercooked pink. - No.

Tara and Todd's, that can't overcook.

Otherwise, dry as anything.

- Cut it in sheets. - Okay.

- It smells very good. - Yeah, mine doesn't.

I've never really gotten into preparing fish,

simply because it makes your house smell.

And I'm very sensitive

when it comes to the way that my home smells.

And I not want it to smell like a grouper

for a month after I've cooked it.

- We good? - Could've been better, but we're good.

- What happened? - Yeah, I should've came closer...

- What'd he do wrong? - He's ( bleep ) my salmon.

- ( bleep ) - What have you done?

- I need a sharper knife. - Apron off.

- Never. - No!

There's half a fish left on there.

I love you.

Woman: Smash the garlic!

They're telling me to smash the garlic, but I don't want to.

We're not smashing the garlic.

( crowd shouting )

I feel like I'm being heckled.

Ten minutes gone, 35 minutes remaining.

- Gentlemen, how are we? - What's happening?

- Hi. - The brothers are cooking together.

Now, Johnny, Boz, please explain to Joe and I your dish.

We're gonna do a blackened salmon fillet

with a pineapple salsa, and then he's gonna make one of his world-famous salads.

- That was my idea. - What do you got in your salad?

You know, big butter lettuce and ricotta salata on top.

Just something nice and fresh and easy for me to chop.

- We're impressed. - I agree.

- Look at the way he mixed the fruit salad. - Aar�n: I mean...

- Should I not go with the hands? - Joe: No, it's fantastic.

- We love it. - You're putting your own love in there. Keep on going.

- Nothing but love. - Nothing but love.

Now, Boz, the idea of blackened fish

is a very tall order to nail correctly.

What do you feel about this preparation that's gonna push you over to the win?

- Say the right thing. - Yeah, you get the nice sear on the top.

- Mm-hmm. Yup. - It gets dark, but not burnt,

and it adds a nice spice to the dish.

All right, I'm with that. Okay.

Just over 25 minutes to go.

What?

Tara, tell me about the dish.

How are you cooking it, what are you serving with it, and who's doing what?

We're searing the snapper, and then we decided

to go with linguini since I can sort of cook pasta.

- I see. - And then we are doing it

kind of like a spicy tomato sauce...

- Nice. - ...with some blistered tomatoes, and then...

You have been practicing, haven't you?

- Secretly? - I'm very competitive.

Gordon: Of course, you're competitive!

Todd, you can use this board.

I know you're married, but give her some space.

I like being right... I like cuddling up a little bit.

- It doesn't look good from behind. - You like this, right?

- I do. - Todd, get your ass over here.

Come on here. There you go.

Now you can spread your wings. There you go.

- Good luck. Good job. Amazing. - Both: Thank you.

Guys, let me tell you about Tara.

- She is competitive. - What is the dish?

The dish is a pan-seared snapper with linguini.

Just coming in here with the ambition of doing pasta

- and fish together already raises the bar super high. - Yeah.

Aar�n: Absolutely. Johnny wants to go with a blackened salmon

with a very light, delicate salad.

- I don't know about that. - Hmm.

Salmon is so dense and rich

that everything has to be executed flawlessly

in order for it to be a real home run.

Ooh! Ow!

I need to get a glove. I cut myself.

Damn, Johnny's just cut himself.

- I cut myself. - Gordon: Medic.

Joe: Medic.

Gordon: Still to come, Lisa and Pandora Vanderpump

take on Snooki and JWoww

in a blind taste test challenge.

Please, God, let you be the right one.

- Please! - Aah!

- Cut myself. - Gordon and Joe: Medic.

- Did you already hurt yourself? - Yeah, I cut my finger.

Thank you very much.

Johnny, how is that cut?

Show me. Is it...

- Johnny: I just need a glove. - Come here.

That's a condom.

- Stop. - It's like a cat condom.

- It's very small. - There you go.

Thank you, Gordon.

Where's the grater? Is that... Oh, here it is.

The mandoline scares the ( bleep ) out of me.

Tara: Take your time.

( chanting ) Go, Todd, go!

Yeah! Huh?

Hey, take your time.

Johnny, we good? Whose recipe is that salsa?

( English accent ) I'm sorry, what?

Whose recipe is that salsa?

Well, you know, sometimes I like to go with my heart.

But you're an exotic man, right?

What have you heard?

I thought you were gonna char the pineapple.

I thought you were gonna give it some pizzazz.

I'm not gonna listen to him.

- Or his Michelin stars. - Oh, man.

Just over 20 minutes to go. Halfway, guys, come on.

- Hey, Tara, how are you doing? - How's it going over there?

- You've already seen the medic. - What are those?

- They're squash. - Wait, no, it has to be on its side.

They look good. I'm proud of you. This is so awkward

- for that tall man standing next to you instead of me. - Tara: I know.

- This is getting overcooked I think. - Okay.

- Can we lower it? - Yeah.

How you guys doing? Is your water boiling? Where's your pasta?

- Is it cooked? - No. I'm gonna flamb� here so...

- Flamb�, flam... You done this before? - A little bit.

- Get the fire extinguisher. - Yeah.

Watch your hair here.

- You watch your hair, Todd. - Okay, okay!

- That's a lot. - All right, you gotta heat it up.

There you go. There you go, you got a flame.

Let it go, let it go.

Very nice. We're getting to the end of time.

Where's the fish?

- Yup. - There you go. No, no.

- Other way, other way. - Other way, inside.

- There you go. - Good job. Good job.

- All right, guys, good luck. - Thank you.

- Stick with it. - Gordon: Just over ten minutes remaining.

Come on, let's go.

Right, Johnny, who's cooking the salmon?

- I'm cooking the salmon. - Tell me about this butter lettuce salad,

because it's a very dainty salad.

Put that finger down.

- I love it when you flirt with me. - ( bleep )

You've cut four tomatoes in the last five minutes.

I tried to catch a salmon for you.

Oh, come on.

- Hey, now. - ( cheers and applause )

Woman: Tommy! Tommy!

All right, what can I help you with?

Five minutes to go, guys. Let's go.

- Tara: Okay, okay. - Check the salmon.

It looks blackened.

We're on the right track.

Crowd: Let's go, Johnny, let's go!

Let's go Johnny and Boz. Let's go.

Crowd: Let's go! Let's go, Johnny, let's go!

- It's ready. - Flip it. Go.

- Yep, go. - Yeah!

- That looks good. - Very good.

Just over two minutes to go, guys.

We have to plate, we have to plate this.

This guy's a pro. He's spinning the pasta

for the plating like a professional cook.

Are you sure he doesn't work at your restaurant?

- We gotta go, we gotta go, we gotta go. - Okay, okay.

See how the fish is doing.

Presentation, everyone. Presentation.

Just a little drizzle.

No, put these on, okay?

All right, the fish, the fish!

- Ten seconds to go. - All: Ten, nine,

eight, seven, six,

five, four, three, two, one.

- And stop. Well done. - ( cheering )

Now, Johnny, this has to be the most decorative,

the most articulate salad

I've ever tasted in my entire life.

45 minutes to chop a bloody salad.

We can't all be great.

- No, I know but... - But we can sure try to be good.

Please, bring your dish up here. Let's go.

I don't want it to fall down.

- Thank you. - All right, gentlemen, describe your dish.

We did the blackened salmon.

A very fresh and fruity salsa with the pineapples,

a little jalape�o in there for some kick.

And then, you know, my 45-minute salad.

Love it.

Gordon: Blackened fish? Catfish, yes.

Salmon? Ooh, you gotta be very careful how you do that.

Well, good luck. Enjoy.

Let's find out.

- I'm so scared. - Salad's nice.

- Thank you. - It's not overdressed.

Salmon... it's cooked beautifully inside, let's get that right.

Just needs that touch of fresh lime

or lemon seconds before that comes out the pan.

Just transforms that and lifts that salad along with it.

There's a subtlety with the dressing

and there's big flavor with that seasoning and that blackening.

So I just think you're really hitting

on all these really high notes

- and they're working together. - Joe: Can't wait to taste.

It's well-balanced. It's a triple F.

Finesse, flavor... and, Johnny, this is all you, flair.

- Oh! - Good job.

Talk dirty to me.

But if you cook a salmon skin side down,

one thing you don't do is turn it upside down

and stick it on top of a soggy salad.

When you turn it upside down on the salad,

- what happens to the skin? - We've soggied it.

Gentlemen, thank you.

Can you please step back?

Good job.

Tara and Todd, please bring up your dish.

Mm-hmm!

Tara, Todd, please describe your dish.

Okay, so we did linguini

with a blistered tomato spicy tomato sauce,

with squash and some fennel.

Visually, let's be honest, I mean, I don't know how you guys are feeling,

but it pops in terms of color.

- It looks good. - ( cheers and applause )

It's a lot on one plate.

That would be my one statement.

Let's hope it all works together.

Yeah. Little taste.

You were finishing the fish with butter.

- Tara: Yes. - Um...

So, fish is cooked beautifully. Let's get that right.

The sauce is delicious,

but the problem is that it needs a touch more sauce

'cause of the amount of pasta.

So I would've taken one-third of the pasta out.

But that's a very, very strong start.

Good job.

I have to say, you made great decisions.

I think the idea of embracing fennel

and letting that be the catalyst of flavor

was a very smart move.

So I'm happy that you went that route.

Really nice.

So, a lot going on here.

Let me say one thing.

The dish reeks of ambition, but it tastes like gold.

- Ooh! - Good job.

- Thank you, and well done. - Thank you so much.

- How critical. - A lot... a lot of pasta.

I did too much pasta. Too much pasta.

I think we have our decision, right?

- Yes, indeed. - Yeah, we have, for sure.

- You happy? Happy? - Yeah.

Tough one.

It was a tough call, but the winning pair

that will receive $25,000 to a charity of their choice...

Congratulations goes to...

Tonight's winner that will receive $25,000

to a charity of their choice...

Congratulations goes to...

...Tara and Todd.

Well done.

- Well done. - I thought it was you!

That was amazing.

This is nuts.

I cannot believe that we won.

That's for you. Todd, line in.

Great job.

- Come on up here. - Great job.

Thank you very much. Thank you.

Well done, guys. See you soon.

- Please. Well done. Good job. - Thank you.

- Thank you, guys. Thank you. - Well done.

- Appreciate you guys. - Thanks, guys.

Tara: I think I was genuinely shocked.

Amazing. What a cook-off that was.

( cheering )

Should we get our next guests out?

These two are closer than sisters.

Tonight, they may be the only pair slightly louder than me.

Please welcome, ladies and gentlemen,

straight from the Jersey Shore...

it's Snooki and JWoww!

( cheers and applause )

Snooki: Oh, my God.

Being on "MasterChef,"

for me it's very intimidating,

because Gordon Ramsay scares the ( bleep ) out of me.

- Same. - But I love him.

Welcome!

I am pregnant right now

with my third baby.

We're still hot messes, but we're great moms.

That's what we dedicate our life to.

My baby is squished. Come on, baby.

Joe: Back in the days of "Jersey Shore,"

who would do the cooking in that house?

- This one. - This one.

We'd usually end up in, like, a food fight.

- Yeah. - Snooki, JWoww,

are you ready to find out who you'll be going up against

here tonight in the MasterChef kitchen?

- Yes. Bring it on. - Yes.

- Oh, my gosh. - All right.

She's the queen of reality television.

- Calm down. - Yeah, relax.

Not only that, she's a successful restaurateur,

one of the original "Real Housewives."

- Oh, God. - She's the star of "Vanderpump Rules."

Lisa Vanderpump and her daughter Pandora.

( cheers and applause )

It's really exciting to be here,

but it's also a little intimidating

stepping into the den of experts.

I might be a restaurateur,

but I don't cook at the restaurant.

Hey, girl!

Hey!

I'm happy to see Snooki and JWoww.

I would think they'd be pretty good at Italian food.

Who's the little guy in the middle?

This would be Puffy.

We didn't want the little fella feeling left out,

- so we've created a, uh... - Oh, stop!

- That's so cute. - So cute!

All right.

Both: It's like a little wrap.

- There we are. - Okay.

- There we go. - Thank you so much.

- Oh, good boy! - Gordon: There we go.

Woohoo! Woohoo!

Joe: Snooki, JWoww, please tell us

which charity you are competing for and why.

We are representing KultureCity,

which is autism acceptance.

Because when my son was diagnosed

with autism, they helped him tremendously.

Fantastic. Wow.

- ( cheering ) - Yay, baby.

Lisa, Pandora, which charity will you be representing here tonight?

The Vanderpump Dog Foundation.

That's our charity that we started a few years ago.

We've rescued 850 dogs so far.

It's something we're very passionate about.

( cheering )

Lisa, Pandora, you think you can beat Snooki or JWoww?

- Oh, we're gonna kick their butts. - Oh, my God.

Right, before you start cooking, okay,

...you're gonna have to stop looking.

Oh.

- Oh, God. - Yes.

Tonight, you will have to taste a dish

while blindfolded,

and then replicate that very dish

based on taste alone.

Oh, come on.

- Oh, my God. - Good-bye.

Each team will taste and cook something different.

I'll give you a hint.

They're both gonna be... Italian dishes.

- Oh, thanks. - Yeah!

- Okay. - That narrows it down.

Snooki, JWoww, you guys are gonna taste first.

( groans )

- Please, ladies, be so kind. Put those on. - I'm scared of the dark.

- I'm not kidding. - Close your eyes. You'll be fine.

- We didn't sign up for this part, I feel. - No!

- Oh, God, I got anxiety! - I just bent an eyelash.

- You good? - You're not gonna scare us, right?

No, no, no, no. Okay, stand...

All right.

Now it is time for the main event.

I'm going to unveil the dish now.

You keep your blindfolds on.

This is delicious. It's good food.

Believe me, I cooked it myself.

- Do I need the knife? - It's sharp. It's sharp, yeah.

- Where's the food? - Oh, can you cut it?

I'm gonna help you. I'm gonna help you.

I'm afraid you're gonna stab me. I don't wanna move.

Joe.

There you go. Open up.

It's super trippy trying to figure out what you're about to make

based off of what you're tasting.

- I feel like that's veal. - That's a mushroom.

Yeah, I didn't think I was gonna be this stressed, but I am.

That's spaghetti squash, no? Is that a wine sauce?

JWoww: My adrenaline is pumping.

- I know. - I feel my heart in my throat.

- You just tasted it. - Uh-huh.

Think about it hard, and then you have to replicate it.

- It's simple. - Oh, yeah.

Ladies, you can take off your blindfolds now.

- Good job. - Thank you so much.

- Please stand back. - Thank you.

- Gordon: Good job. - Whoo!

Snooki: We're not professionals, but we're gonna win.

- Jersey strong. We got this. - All right.

Please, Pandora, Lisa, step forward, thank you.

- ( groans ) - Come on down.

How on Earth are we going to recreate something that we can't see?

'Cause there's so many elements that go into plating a dish.

It's time for the entr�e.

- Ready? Open up, here it comes. - No, I don't trust you.

- I'm gonna do it slowly. - Go ahead.

- There you go. - It's very confusing.

What is it? Fish?

I taste tomatoes with a rice and some spicy...

I don't know if it's rice, because I just put it in my mouth and it was bigger.

Definitely a fish, but it tastes quite flakey.

I'm not sure. It's a bit difficult.

Joe: Thank you very much. Take your blindfolds off.

- Well done, ladies. - Good job.

Now the time has come. It's time to cook.

Please, head to your stations. Let's go.

Right, let's have 45 minutes on the clock, please.

- That's not a long time. - Ladies, your 45 minutes...

starts... now!

- Aar�n: Come on! - Gordon: Let's go!

Aah!

Pregnant, pregnant.

- Let's go, ladies. - What was it?

- What was the meat? - I'm pretty sure it was veal,

- 'cause I've never had veal before. - We said it was veal.

We're gonna do a veal dish with spaghetti squash.

Like a white wine sauce.

And then we tasted a little mushroom.

How do you know which mushroom?

Because this is how I make my Marsala sauce.

- Oh, thank God, I have you. - Wait.

- I don't eat veal. Do you eat veal? - Not really.

I prefer chicken over everything, so...

Or a nice meatball.

We never cooked veal before.

JWoww: You literally gave us the one dish we don't eat.

Just tell me what to do.

Gordon: Coming up, things start to get feisty.

- Ooh! - Woohoo!

- The 25,000 is mine. - You're going down.

- Who cares what they're doing? - Please, God, let you be the right one.

I'm gonna ( bleep ) have a heart attack.

We never cooked veal before. Just tell me what to do.

Gordon: After a blind taste test, Snooki and JWoww

and Lisa and her daughter Pandora...

Let's go, ladies.

...are recreating a dish

based off taste alone.

Okay, so I tasted peppers, spicy peppers.

- I'm gonna take some tomatoes anyway. - Definitely tomatoes.

Lisa: The sauce is so strong.

Peppery, winey, spicy.

It tasted bigger than rice.

Buttery, slippery, noodle-ish rice things.

So, it could be, like, an orzo.

- Could be that. It could be that. - Yes, it's that!

But I am worried about the fish.

Snapper and swordfish.

- Oh, God. - Oh.

- Oh. - Snapper?

Lisa: Is it red snapper or swordfish?

Both semi flakey, white fishes.

- Take both. - Take both.

- Take everything. - Take everything.

Make it good. Let's start cooking.

All right, let's cut the tomatoes and things.

Gordon: Here's the thing, gents,

we take for granted how hard this challenge is

because our palates are well-trained.

But for them, tasting with a blindfold on?

- This is a whole different ball game. - Yeah.

Replicating the dish based on taste memory...

that's a challenge.

Should we start?

Go over there and turn the oven on to 450.

We have an oven?

Okay, this is looking quite sexy right now.

Yeah, put some wine in it anyway.

- ( cheers and applause ) - Wine!

( cheers and applause )

Pandora: Mother. Mummy.

Okay, sorry.

Give me something to do.

Uh, salt and pepper the squash.

I mean, we're gonna win, number one, because we're very competitive.

How do you do squash?

Two, you're good at cooking.

I can execute things,

- but I... - Execute?

- Ooh. We're smart now. - Mm. Fancy.

- I'm an adult. - Oh, my God.

- Salt and pepper. - On where?

- Both? - These.

- And then put 'em face down. - In there?

Snooki: We are moms, so we're always

in the kitchen cooking for the kids.

You know, just keeping them alive with feeding them.

JWoww: We have passion behind our cooking.

- Snooki: Yes. - So I feel like that will go a long way.

Let's go. Right, ladies.

It looks like we got off to a positive start.

- Tell me the dish. - Spaghetti squash.

Veal with a mushroom Marsala sauce.

It tasted like a wine sauce.

- A wine sauce. - A mushroom wine sauce.

Snooki: I love Gordon.

When I see him on TV and he's screaming

and being so dramatic, I just... I love it.

Is that why you like me when I get angry?

Yes, it's sexy.

What will you do with those mushrooms?

I need them all, like, the caps.

Oh, no. Did you taste caps?

What are you doing to me?

- Why are you here? - Look, you're throwing me off.

- Can you go away? - So, what...

Excuse me, this is my kitchen.

- Go bother them. - Why are you shouting at them?

- She's having a baby. - That's what I said.

Here, eat this.

Focus, ladies. You've got this.

Good luck. Keep it going, well done.

Start throwing the mushrooms in.

The girls don't know the entire dish,

but they're definitely on the right track.

- Aah! - Oh, my God.

Calm down. Don't freak me out.

- They're doing veal. - They're doing veal.

- That's good. - Squash.

- Perfect. - And they said a sort of

white wine Marsala sauce.

- Marsala sauce? - With mushroom.

It's a piccata.

You know what the key ingredient

in turning that dish into a piccata is?

- Capers. - Capers!

- Wow. - Fake it till you make it.

Okay, let's figure out the fish.

- Ladies. - Okay, ladies. What is the dish?

- You know what? - It's some sort of fish.

Okay, what are the options of fish?

Swordfish and snapper.

Why don't you take a piece of each

and put it in the saut� pan and just saut� it and taste it?

- You think we should try it first? - Take each piece,

put it in the frying pan... in the pan.

- Remember which one's which. - Skin is snapper.

This is the big moment. They're gonna be done in one second.

- Lisa: Okay, let's try the fish. - Joe: Bring it over.

Okay, so which one do we think it is?

Joe: This is the swordfish.

- This is the snapper. - And this is the snapper.

This decision could make or break $25,000

- for your dog charity. - Oh, stop it.

This is the biggest decision you're gonna make

is based on this taste right now.

- The snapper or the swordfish? - Be in there.

Aar�n: Think about textures, ladies.

- Snapper. - Swordfish.

Start throwing the mushrooms in.

Gordon: Snooki and JWoww are off to a great start

recreating the dish they tasted blindfolded.

But Lisa and Pandora have an important decision to make.

- The snapper or the swordfish? - Be in there.

Aar�n: Think about textures, ladies.

- Snapper. - Swordfish.

Lisa: So we're going backwards and forwards.

Oh, they're so similar. It's hard.

Now I can't even remember what I tasted.

- Shall we go with snapper? - Pick the right fish.

- Yeah. - Good luck.

- There you go. - Oh, my God.

This is very scary!

We're, like, flying blind here.

How we doing?

- Thank you. Thank you. - The 25,000 is mine.

- No, we've got it. - No, I'm kidding.

- You're going down. - Pandora and Lisa, come on, then.

- What are they doing? - So, look, it's really...

they have the dish pretty much figured out.

What they can't figure out, is it snapper or swordfish?

- Oh! - I chose swordfish

because it has that richness and density

- to stand up to that sauce. - Yup, absolutely.

Ladies, we are halfway.

22 minutes remaining.

So now we're gonna do the veal.

Ooh!

JWoww: We have never cooked veal before.

Is it burnt in the middle? Do you make it crispy? Is it pink?

I am, like, clueless.

We've got to figure out... let's figure out the fish.

What fish?

Pandora, try this.

Lisa: I tasted the snapper with the sauce, and honestly,

- it tasted really good. - So we were like, "Let's just go with it."

Please, God, let you be the right one.

Please! It's for the doggies.

Whoo!

( groaning )

Okay, let me taste the sauce.

- How's the squash? Check the squash. - Okay.

And then how do you make that into pasta?

Just over ten minutes remaining.

Come on, let's go.

- Jenni, should I take this off? - Yeah.

Make sure we don't overdo the fish.

- Snooki: Now what? - Add the wine.

Snooki: Wait, there's gonna be a fire!

- Is it good? - You try.

I don't think it tastes like what it was.

Woman: Look! He's coming to help you!

- What does it need? - I have no idea.

- Joe: You tasted the dish. - Give us advice.

When you taste it, you want to taste the acidity of wine,

- not wine itself. - JWoww: Okay. So, let's go.

( cheers and applause )

That's how you get the alcohol out of the wine.

Now taste.

Does that remind you of what you had there?

It's starting to, yeah.

- I'm missing something. - I'm not... I can't tell you what to use.

All right, guys, you're on a good track. Good luck.

Snooki: I'm stressed. I wish I wasn't pregnant,

- because I'd be downing this wine. - Yes.

Two minutes to go!

- Come on! Let's go, Pandora. - Oh, my God, two minutes.

- Start plating. - Yeah, two minutes.

Should we do this, sauce, chicken, and then sauce again?

- Chicken? - Whatever it is!

- I don't care. - Yeah. The veal, yes.

I'm gonna ( bleep ) have a heart attack.

90 seconds to go. Come on!

Okay, quick. Pick it up, pick it up.

- Pick it up! - Man: Here we go!

( crowd chanting ) Here we go, Vanderpumps, here we go!

( chanting continues )

Put some basil here.

- Pepper. - Ah, pepper, pepper. Where's pepper?

All: Ten, nine, eight,

seven, six, five...

My hand's burning.

...four, three, two, one.

- ( cheering ) - Well done!

- Oh, my... I'm shaking. - I know.

Come on, that was extraordinary.

What an exciting 45 minute cook-off.

Now for the most exciting time,

the time to taste.

Lisa, Pandora, please bring up your dish.

Be careful.

Okay, ladies, 45 minutes ago,

you tasted this dish blindfolded

and were asked to recreate it on taste alone.

- Tell us what you made. - Lisa: We made red snapper

with orzo, and white wine, and garlic, and basil.

- Pandora: And chilis. - Very interesting.

The time has come to find out what the actual dish was.

Are you ready?

- No. - Ugh. Not really.

One, two, three.

45 minutes ago, you tasted this dish blindfolded,

then recreated it.

The time has come to find out

what the actual dish was.

Are you ready?

- No. - Ugh. Not really.

This is my swordfish...

- No! - Oh, no!

...with lemon orzo, Tuscan kale,

and a tomato-olive relish.

Hmm. Oh. But I think we got the,

you know, orzo and the tomatoes, right?

- Mm-hmm. - And, um, yeah.

Gentlemen.

So, how is the snapper cooked?

Oh, my Lord, look at that.

- Beautiful. - Joe: Perfect.

It's delicious.

Cooked beautifully, it's just the wrong fish.

Just a minor detail.

Joe: This dish is amazing.

The snapper is so perfectly cooked,

and maybe one day when I make it again, I'll put snapper on there.

Maybe you should change your recipe, yeah.

- Ladies, well done. - Thank you.

Now, please, stand back. Thank you.

Snooki, JWoww, please present your dish.

Thank you.

- Don't trip. - ( groans )

Thank you.

- Okay, ladies. - Oh, no.

What is the dish that you prepared?

I could tell right away

that it was a spaghetti squash with veal,

and it's, like, a mushroom Marsala sauce?

Are you ready to find out what the actual dish was?

Oh, what's that green ( bleep )?

It was veal piccata

with mushrooms, saut�ed Swiss chard,

- and spaghetti squash. - JWoww: Saut�ed Sw...

Okay, we're close.

You nailed the veal.

You nailed the spaghetti squash.

- Okay. - You nailed the mushrooms.

You made the white wine lemon sauce.

The only thing missing would've turned that into a piccata is...

- Capers. - ...capers.

So it came out quite similar

considering you've never seen the dish.

Amazing. Good job.

- Yay! - Piccata.

- Gentlemen, please join me. - I'm gonna throw up.

You guys look great. We love you.

- We love you. - I love your outfit.

What we going for inside? Is it pink?

Yeah. It's cooked beautifully inside.

Gordon Ramsay is eating our ( bleep ).

Be nice.

Veal is very challenging to execute properly.

You guys killed it on that cook.

We can cook!

Joe: The veal is delicious.

The only problem here is that this is a piccata

and this is a lemon white wine sauce.

It's almost impossible to duplicate a dish

just on tasting it unless you're a trained chef.

So, really, really great job.

Well done. Ladies, please, step back.

Thank you.

- It looked so good! - It looks exactly the same.

- JWoww: Oh! - Very, very difficult.

They both did a really great job.

This is very stressful.

I mean, their dish was a little bit more

accomplished in terms of flavors.

But we asked them to replicate the dishes that I presented.

I'm gonna throw up now.

Do we put stock in execution and flavor combinations?

Snapper was cooked beautifully.

Perfect cook on the snapper.

So is it a fluke?

Well, it wasn't a fluke. It was snapper.

- Snooki's gonna have her baby in a minute. - Yeah, let's go, guys.

Gordon: What an amazing cook-off, let me tell you.

Really well done.

Aar�n: But there can only be one winner,

and that's the team that came the closest

to recreating Joe's dish.

Here's the good news.

Both teams have earned, minimum,

$15,000 for a charity of your choice.

Let's not forget that.

And the winner will take home $25,000.

And those winners are...

...Snooki, JWoww.

- We won! - We won!

JWoww: I don't even know what to say,

because it felt like it was just so close.

Great job. Come over. Come up.

( all chattering )

This is honestly the most beautiful thing

I could ever do in my son's honor.

Snooki: It's so rewarding.

JWoww: It's so next level.

Both: Yay.

Ladies and gentlemen, give it up

for these four amazing ladies, please.

- See you soon, you guys. - Thank you, love.

Lisa: Good job.

Wow, wow, wow.

And what a cook-off that was.

Next week, we'll be back with part two

of our Celebrity Family Showdown.

We're gonna put the fun into dysfunctional,

and I may even hop into the kitchen.

Trust me, you don't wanna miss it.

Good night, everyone.

Gordon: Next time,

"Beverly Hills, 90210" castmates

Tori Spelling and Jennie Garth

face off with the help of their daughters...

We're gonna light this place up.

Ooh! That's not supposed to happen!

- Then... - The main event.

...Evander Holyfield and Oscar De La Hoya

bring their daughters into the ring...

- Evander, you're going down! - and go toe to toe...

- Gordon's going really fast. - ...with me.

It's gonna be pretty nerve-wracking.

- My heart is beating fast. - Whoa!

- Oh, my God. - Pray for us.

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