1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,320 VOICEOVER: Previously on MasterChef Australia... 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:06,600 It was a personalised pressure test. 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:08,640 MINDY: I'm throwing everything at this dish today. 4 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:10,040 I want to blow the judges away. 5 00:00:10,040 --> 00:00:13,440 They set the bar as high as they could go... 6 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:15,800 DANIEL: I'm emptying the tank today and it feels good. 7 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:20,080 ..and lifted the lid on their own special creations... 8 00:00:20,080 --> 00:00:21,480 Wow! 9 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:24,160 ANDY: The flavours here are insane. 10 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:27,240 ..with immunity-winning dishes going to Daniel... 11 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:31,000 JOCK: It was a well-designed roller-coaster of flavour. 12 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:32,000 ..and Mindy. 13 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:33,760 ANDY: That is unbelievable. 14 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:35,000 I can't stop eating it. 15 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:40,400 Tonight, there's one more chance for immunity. 16 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:43,480 SARAH: To win another pin but also to be safe for this week 17 00:00:43,480 --> 00:00:45,280 would be insane. 18 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:48,720 It's time to get inventive. 19 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:51,880 20 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:53,640 21 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:55,440 22 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:57,280 23 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:59,000 24 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:00,880 25 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:02,680 26 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:04,560 27 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:06,360 28 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:08,120 29 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:09,920 30 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:11,800 31 00:01:23,960 --> 00:01:25,440 Thank you! 32 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:27,880 (LAUGHTER, CHATTER) 33 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:33,080 It's top 10 week and it's all about top dishes. 34 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:34,280 Morning! 35 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:37,520 The people that get top dishes get immunity 36 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:39,880 and a chance to win the last immunity pin. 37 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:41,360 No Mel today. 38 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,000 Oh, Julie! (LAUGHS) 39 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:46,920 There's a pole there, Julie! 40 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:48,400 ALDO: Oh, they've got a cloche. 41 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:53,120 Morning, everyone. ALL: Morning. 42 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:56,080 Unfortunately, Mel can't be with us today, 43 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:58,640 but top 10 week continues. 44 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,920 Today is your last chance to save yourself 45 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:05,640 from Sunday's elimination. 46 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:08,240 Cook the best dish and you'll do just that. 47 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:13,960 You'll also earn a spot alongside Billie, Daniel and Mindy 48 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:16,000 in tomorrow's immunity pin cook. 49 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:20,520 I hope your creative juices are flowing 50 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:24,200 because we're bringing back a MasterChef classic. 51 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:30,080 The invention test. (ALL EXCLAIM) 52 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:32,040 ALDO: I love the invention test. 53 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:36,200 You think about things that are done in a classic way, in different ways. 54 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:40,360 Alvin, you look concerned. 55 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:42,560 Oh, kind of depends what we're inventing, 56 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:44,880 so that's why I'm sort of concerned. 57 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:47,040 What would you not like to see under that cloche? 58 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:49,360 Offal. Eugh. 59 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:50,960 That would be awful, wouldn't it? 60 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:53,240 No, no, that stinks. 61 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:56,920 Do you want to find out what it is? ALL: Yes. 62 00:02:56,920 --> 00:02:59,840 It's a classic many of us grew up with. 63 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:03,800 TOMMY: Let's do it. 64 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:06,840 Fruit salad! 65 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:09,800 (JULIE LAUGHS) TOMMY: Oh, OK. 66 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:11,400 JOCK: Tommy's not digging it. 67 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,320 He's walking. (LAUGHTER) 68 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:15,920 What is going on? It's yummy-yummy. 69 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:19,240 DANIEL: (CHUCKLES) Fruit salad. 70 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:21,920 Fruit salad for me, very nostalgic. 71 00:03:21,920 --> 00:03:25,280 You've had some great ones and you've had some poor ones, 72 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,440 just like my nan used to give us back in the day. 73 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:31,200 I can just remember the soup at the bottom. 74 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:34,200 It had the flavour of all the different fruits. 75 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:36,320 But then you think of when you travel, 76 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:39,080 some of the fruit overseas, when it's at its peak, 77 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,480 like in Peru or Mexico or Chile, 78 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:45,360 with some chilli salt on it, that's money. 79 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:46,800 So, that's what it is for me. 80 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:50,480 For you, it might be something totally different entirely. 81 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:52,160 And that's the beauty of the invention test. 82 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:54,680 It's all up to how you interpret it. 83 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:56,760 Montana, what's fruit salad mean to you? 84 00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:00,000 My memory is definitely little plastic containers, 85 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,000 the soggy juice at the bottom, 86 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,600 and sitting out for too long and it's all warm. 87 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:06,880 Keyma, what about you? Venezuelan fruit salad? 88 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,000 Does fruit punch count? 89 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,080 Fruit punch? 100% it counts. 90 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,240 It's something like that. Tizana. 91 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:17,600 It's more like juice than fruit, but that's my memory of fruit salad. 92 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:19,320 Tommy, you were about to walk, mate. 93 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:20,880 Mustn't be much of a fan of the old fruit salad. 94 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:23,560 Yeah, fruit salad isn't very yummy-yummy for me. 95 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:25,000 (DANIEL LAUGHS) 96 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:28,320 I am... Just...the cogs are just turning right now. 97 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:30,880 I have no idea what I'm going to do. 98 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:34,240 It's not an easy one, but we are top 10. 99 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:35,800 Whatever fruit salad is to you, 100 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:40,720 draw on that inspiration and bring us some juicy goodness. 101 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:45,280 We're going to give you 75 minutes 102 00:04:45,280 --> 00:04:50,120 to reimagine and re-create a humble fruit salad. 103 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:54,960 The best dish today will win immunity from Sunday night's elimination 104 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:59,000 and a chance to win this shiny, sparkly last immunity pin 105 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,120 in tomorrow's immunity cook. 106 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:06,040 JULIE: Oh, boy, would I like an immunity pin. 107 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:10,480 I've never had that feeling of that bling. I want it. 108 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:15,200 We want a fruit salad treat that is different. 109 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:19,040 Reimagine, make it yummy. 110 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:22,320 Are you ready? SOME: Yes. 111 00:05:23,280 --> 00:05:25,600 Good, because your time starts... 112 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:28,320 ..now! 113 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:30,680 (ALL CHATTER EXCITEDLY) 114 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:33,600 TOMMY: Alright! MONTANA: Let's go. 115 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:36,880 Invention tests are a funny challenge. 116 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:42,000 It has to be inventive, but it has to work as well. 117 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,120 I'm literally just grabbing every fruit avail... 118 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:46,640 Sorry. Yeah, just make it up as you go. 119 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:50,440 I feel that sometimes some people do really, really crazy ideas 120 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:52,520 that actually don't work. 121 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:54,720 Oh, my God, this is heavy. 122 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:56,400 ALVIN: I'll just take the whole thing. 123 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:57,480 (JULIE LAUGHS) 124 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:02,280 As soon as I saw that fruit salad, 125 00:06:02,280 --> 00:06:04,440 I thought it's playing right into the hands of a dessert. 126 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:06,840 But as a fan, watching MasterChef, 127 00:06:06,840 --> 00:06:08,880 my understanding of an invention test 128 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:12,480 is to push the limits on the brief as much as possible. 129 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:14,080 It's not a dessert today, 130 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:17,960 it is a cured kingfish with charred fruit, aguachile, 131 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:20,120 some pickled grapes, pickled cucumber. 132 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:25,960 An aguachile is essentially a ceviche in a super-flavourful liquid 133 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:30,320 of limes, herbs, chilli, all those really Mexican flavours. 134 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:33,480 BILLIE: 135 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:39,000 MINDY: 136 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:42,280 Yeah. Cool. That's a cool idea. 137 00:06:42,280 --> 00:06:44,000 Chillies and cucumbers are fruit as well, 138 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:45,520 so I'm definitely taking 139 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:48,360 a little bit of an artistic interpretation with it. 140 00:06:49,840 --> 00:06:52,880 To be at this point in the competition, top 10, 141 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:55,360 and to cook against these guys, 142 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,320 your dish not only needs to be super tasty 143 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:00,480 but, like, I think they're definitely looking for 144 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,240 that inventive sort of flair today. 145 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:05,720 So far in my cooks, I've taken a couple of risks 146 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:07,120 and they haven't paid off. 147 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:09,760 They've put me in pressure tests and nearly sent me home. 148 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,440 So today, everything needs to be perfect. 149 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:17,280 Top dish gets us immunity from Sunday's elimination, 150 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:19,760 so definitely gonna fight for it. 151 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:22,840 What about THIS fruit salad? 152 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:24,800 I can one-up you on a neg front on that. 153 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:26,800 Really? Ours was out of a tin. 154 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:28,440 It was called Fruit Cocktail. Yeah. 155 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:29,920 And it had that syrupy stuff in it. 156 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:32,680 Everything was nasty. Nasty fruit salad. 157 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,600 Fortunately, we're not asking them to do that today, are we? 158 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,600 What we've asked them to do is reimagine and reinvent. 159 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:41,680 And that's what I'm looking for. I'm looking to see creativity. 160 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:45,160 I'm looking for them to think outside the box today. 161 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:48,480 I'm hoping that some of them look towards fruits 162 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:51,200 that some people don't imagine as a fruit but actually is a fruit, 163 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:54,800 like eggplant or tomato or cucumber. 164 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:58,800 I'm looking for a dish today that stands out from the crowd 165 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,760 because there's only one spot left in tomorrow's challenge 166 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:03,120 that could win them one of these. 167 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:06,200 Yeah. And, like, the competition is...we're at the pointy end. 168 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:09,600 You pin that on your apron, you're sitting pretty. 169 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:11,920 I can't wait to see how they're going to reinvent this. 170 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:13,960 Shall we look? 171 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:21,640 ALVIN: Oh, gosh. Gotta organise this place a little bit more. 172 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:25,240 Alright, stay. 173 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:30,640 To meet the brief, you want to try and be as inventive as possible, 174 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:34,480 so, looking forward to flexing the creative muscles. 175 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:38,200 Ah! 176 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:43,240 My strategy today is to think of something that's uniquely me. 177 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:47,240 It's so important, especially now at this point of the competition, 178 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:48,720 to know what you're good at. 179 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:52,680 And in a challenge like this, why not play to your strengths? 180 00:08:52,680 --> 00:08:55,040 Hey, Alvin. How are you going, Alvin? 181 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:57,120 Good. Good, yeah. Savoury? 182 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:58,720 No, sweet. Sweet? 183 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:02,400 So, I'm making a reimagined rojak from Malaysia. 184 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:03,480 Ooh, yeah. 185 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:05,320 Essentially, it's a street snack. 186 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:08,440 It's packed with fruits, vegetables 187 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:12,640 and this really lovely, funky sauce with sesame and peanuts. 188 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:15,000 So instead of the toasted peanuts, 189 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:17,760 I'm going to put glutinous rice balls that I'm going to cook. 190 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:19,760 And there's going to be a peanut filling to it. 191 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:24,600 I love it. I also like your glasses today, man. 192 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:25,960 Looking good. (LAUGHS) 193 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,280 Last spot. Last chance to win the pin. 194 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:30,120 I really want it. I really want it. 195 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:32,440 Everyone really wants it. I know. Everyone wants it. 196 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:34,280 And I want it more. I'm excited. 197 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:36,440 I'm excited too. Good luck. 198 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:45,320 Today, I'm making my take on Venezuelan fruit punch. 199 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,120 I'm thinking do a colour jelly, 200 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:52,440 so a fruit punch jelly with a topping of condensed milk jelly, 201 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:54,000 compressed fruit. 202 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:57,680 So very tropical, punchy take on fruit salad. 203 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:02,760 Have you got a whisk there, Sar? I don't. 204 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:07,640 I do love invention tests. They give you the chance to be creative. 205 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:10,080 It's gonna be a sauteed coconut panna cotta 206 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:13,920 with a passionfruit syrup and some pop of finger limes. 207 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:16,040 There are so many amazing cooks around me 208 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:18,760 and, you know, it's getting to the hard part of the competition 209 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:20,240 when everybody cooks great food. 210 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:21,480 You've got to bring it on. 211 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:26,280 Delicious. 212 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:27,520 You good? 213 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:29,360 I am. Are you? Yeah. 214 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:32,440 I am excited about this fruit salad challenge. 215 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:37,240 I've just got an idea of something that, for me, is quite nostalgic. 216 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:41,160 Reinventing a dish means turning it into something that... 217 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:43,640 ..it really speaks of you, your style, 218 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:45,760 but you still get an essence of that dish. 219 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:51,480 I'm doing a version of a fruit salad 220 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:55,080 that reminds me of my mum's pavlova growing up. 221 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:58,960 So it's all the flavours that she would put in a pavlova 222 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:01,240 but inventive-style. 223 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:05,000 The only memories I have of a fruit salad, 224 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:09,040 or the closest thing to it when I was a kid, was my mum's pavlova. 225 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:12,640 She would load it with passionfruit and strawberry, 226 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:15,400 and that's just about all the fruit I ate. 227 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:17,800 I'm going to make, like, a really beautiful 228 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:19,560 strawberry salad at the base 229 00:11:19,560 --> 00:11:24,200 and small kind of meringues with a kiwifruit sorbet on top. 230 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:27,480 I think when you connect your emotions to food, 231 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:29,800 it's always a good thing. 232 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:32,880 My mum is known as the pavlova queen. 233 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:37,000 Her pavlova has become this infamous dish. 234 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,280 Even in my restaurant in India, 235 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:43,800 I brought in the big guns, my mum, to teach the staff how to make it. 236 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:48,480 Oh, to win another pin but also to be safe for this week 237 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:49,880 would be insane. 238 00:11:55,680 --> 00:11:56,920 Very yum. 239 00:11:56,920 --> 00:12:00,200 When the stakes are high, time flies in the MasterChef kitchen. 240 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:01,760 You got one hour to go! 241 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:04,560 (CHEERING) Whoo! Let's go, guys! 242 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:09,680 I nearly caught it. (LAUGHS) 243 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:15,160 BILLIE: What's Tommy up to over there? 244 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:19,040 I'm going to do a... 245 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,320 I've got to figure it out. 246 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:26,720 15 minutes has gone 247 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:28,640 but I don't know what I'm doing with this fruit salad. 248 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:30,440 I'm still kind of thinking about it. 249 00:12:31,680 --> 00:12:34,080 I consider myself quite a creative cook - 250 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:36,360 I like to, you know, think on my feet with food - 251 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:39,360 but fruit salad is just fruit to me. 252 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:43,240 I don't have many of them. I didn't grow up eating them. 253 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:44,640 In Vietnam, it was like, 254 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:46,400 "Oh, dragon fruits are good this time of the year. 255 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:47,840 "Let's eat some dragon fruit for dessert." 256 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:49,440 Or, "Watermelons are good this time of the year, 257 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:50,520 "so let's eat some watermelon." 258 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:54,000 DANIEL: Hurry up, Tommy! (APPLAUSE) 259 00:12:58,120 --> 00:12:59,400 Where are all the limes at? 260 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:02,680 I'm running back and forth from the pantry, 261 00:13:02,680 --> 00:13:04,360 but nothing's coming to my mind yet. 262 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:09,560 MINDY: Come on, Tommy! 263 00:13:09,560 --> 00:13:11,640 Today's the last chance to win immunity. 264 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:16,920 If I miss out today, I'll be in that elimination at the end of the week. 265 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:19,880 Only six people. Terrible odds. 266 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:30,800 The time is just tick, tick, ticking away. 267 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:34,520 I don't know what to do with this fruit salad... 268 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:35,920 Ahhhh! 269 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:38,720 ..but I'm thinking if I want to do well in today's challenge, 270 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:41,400 I have to go back to my roots, draw onto my heritage. 271 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:44,920 I've got lots of South-East Asian fruit - 272 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:48,640 longan, dragon fruit, mangosteen, star fruit. 273 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:50,800 These kind of flavours are comfortable to me, 274 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:53,680 so hopefully having that little bit of comfortability 275 00:13:53,680 --> 00:13:57,200 is going to help me, you know, invent something. 276 00:13:57,200 --> 00:13:59,040 Then it gives me an idea. 277 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:00,200 Durian. 278 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:02,320 DANIEL: Yes, Tommy. (LAUGHS) Go, mate. 279 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:06,600 Durian has a bad rep for being pretty unpalatable. 280 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:10,000 Some people say it tastes a little bit like onion and garlic, 281 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,320 a little bit like socks, but I love it. 282 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:16,520 Durian, pomegranate, coconut oil. 283 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:20,040 When I was younger, my mum loved durian, the kids not so much. 284 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:23,280 So she used to get a tub of vanilla ice-cream, durian, 285 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:25,560 mix it through so that we got used to that taste. 286 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:29,840 There is a dish that I'm thinking of - che ba mau - 287 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:33,040 which is a three-coloured Vietnamese dessert. 288 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:34,400 I'm trying to figure it out, 289 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:37,080 change it so that it's, like, THESE fruits today. 290 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:41,200 I'm going to try a durian custard 291 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:45,920 and then I'm going to do this thing which uses the water chestnut, 292 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:49,440 and I cut it up small and then I wrap it in tapioca 293 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:51,800 and it looks like a pomegranate. 294 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:54,680 A coconut granita, and I'm just gonna make a jelly out of the star fruit, 295 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:56,520 and it gives it that third colour. 296 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:59,400 I'm going really, really out of the box today 297 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,480 because I really want to show the judges that I can be creative. 298 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:04,680 I'm just going to play around with it 299 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:06,880 and make it really kind of interesting. 300 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:09,120 DANIEL: Smells good, Tommy! BILLIE: It smells great up here. 301 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:12,720 MINDY: Do you notice Julie's necklace today? 302 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:15,880 JULIE: It's my new predictive jewellery range. 303 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:17,520 It's funny how often it turns out 304 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:19,280 I'm wearing what the challenge is going to be, 305 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:21,880 and I swear to God I'm not getting emails or anything like that. 306 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:24,800 BOTH: Julie Goodwin. Hello. 307 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:26,680 That was nice, what we just did there. 308 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:28,280 Yeah, it was good, eh? How are you going? 309 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:30,440 I'm good, thank you. What are you making? 310 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:33,640 Thai fruit salad curry. Thai fruit salad curry. 311 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:36,800 27 years ago, I honeymooned in Thailand. 312 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:39,120 I fell in love with Thai cuisine. 313 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:42,240 It was the first time I realised that there are parts of the world 314 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:44,480 where you can eat noodles for breakfast. 315 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:45,960 I was stoked! 316 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:48,440 Let's hear about it. It's a Thai curry paste. 317 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:51,040 But instead of getting, you know, fish or seafood or whatever, 318 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:52,880 there'll be fruits. 319 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:56,600 So, star fruit, tomatoes, pineapple. 320 00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:01,280 There's obviously...there's Kaffir lime zest in the paste, lychees. 321 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:03,880 I've got seven or eight fruits. (ALL LAUGH) 322 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:05,920 So I thought, well, why not just go the whole hog 323 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:07,280 and make the whole thing about the fruit? 324 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:10,080 Sure, go the whole hog, without any pig. 325 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:12,400 That's one way of sticking out from the rest of the crowd. 326 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:15,080 I'm assuming that you want that. I have my eyes on that. 327 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:17,440 I've never had one. You've never had one? 328 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:20,280 No. In my season, there was no such thing. 329 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:22,640 Well, good luck, Julie. Thank you. Cheers. 330 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:25,160 Every beautiful Thai curry starts with a curry paste, 331 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:26,960 so that's what I'm making now. 332 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:28,560 Galangal, ginger. 333 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:35,600 Lemongrass, garlic, it's got chillies. And that's about it. 334 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:42,600 Reinventing the fruit salad ain't no easy feat. 335 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:44,480 You've only got 45 minutes to go. 336 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:57,200 Keyma. Hello. 337 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:58,200 What's happening? 338 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:00,360 I'm planning to make, like, a tropical fruit punch, 339 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:02,840 so a jelly cup with fruit punch underneath 340 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:05,520 and condensed milk jelly on top. 341 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:07,040 Cool. You need a few things to set. 342 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:10,760 You've got a bit of time pressure. Yes, I have. 343 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:13,920 And I have to put... Yes, I have. Have you set anything yet? 344 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:16,400 No. 345 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,160 Wouldn't the jelly be the first thing you'd get on? 346 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:23,280 Oh, my God. 347 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:24,720 Thank you. 348 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:29,440 Aldo. Hey, Aldo. 349 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:30,440 Hello. 350 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:33,440 What are you making? A salted coconut panna cotta. 351 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:36,360 OK, so a panna cotta middle of the plate, I'm guessing. 352 00:17:36,360 --> 00:17:38,360 Correct. Then I'm going to have the passionfruit syrup. 353 00:17:38,360 --> 00:17:41,560 Then I'm going to have the compressed pineapple 354 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:44,240 with finger lime and rum. 355 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:46,600 So you're compressing the lime and the rum into the... 356 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:49,200 The lime is going to be just the zest of the rum. 357 00:17:50,360 --> 00:17:53,360 OK. The zest of the rum? 358 00:17:53,360 --> 00:17:55,880 Uh... 359 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:58,080 (MAKES SCRAPING NOISE) You'd be there for a while, wouldn't you? 360 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:00,160 The zest of the lime. Zest of the lime, yeah. 361 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:03,000 Zest of the lime, just a little touch to just balance it off 362 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,160 the sugar that I'm going to put it in as well. 363 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:12,840 I'm building the sauce that will sort of cook the rojak. 364 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:15,440 It's got all the things that you wouldn't think would make 365 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:17,080 a sauce in a fruit salad. 366 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:21,440 So oyster sauce, shrimp paste 367 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:25,360 and some tamarind and some chilli paste. 368 00:18:25,360 --> 00:18:28,680 So, this will be quite a taste sensation for the judges, 369 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:30,240 let's put it this way. 370 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:34,040 Ooh, yeah. 371 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:39,000 BOTH: Sarah. Hi. 372 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:40,280 What are you cooking? 373 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:43,440 So, I'm making a version of Mum's pavlova. 374 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:44,720 Ooh. 375 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:46,640 So, my mum's, like, the pavlova queen. 376 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:48,800 She used to make it all the time. 377 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:51,800 I wanted to do a play on the fruits that she used to use. 378 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:53,800 So kiwi fruit and strawberry. Yep. 379 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,480 So I'm going to do kind of a strawberry salad at the bottom 380 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:59,760 and then a small kind of meringue just for the texture going through, 381 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:01,920 and then a kiwifruit sorbet on top. 382 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:03,480 OK. What's Mum's name? 383 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:06,320 Lorraine. Lorraine's Pavlova. 384 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:10,240 Can it be the top dish today? 385 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:13,280 I have my eye on being safe for the week 386 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:15,920 because I got eliminated at top nine. 387 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:19,960 I at least want to get to top nine in this year's competition, 388 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:22,560 so I'm definitely gunning for that. 389 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:26,120 I definitely feel the pressure to beat where I came in my season. 390 00:19:27,120 --> 00:19:29,960 Say 30. MINDY: OK, I'll tell you in 30. 391 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:31,840 You want to show that you've grown. 392 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:33,400 ALDO: Sar? Sorry? 393 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,160 Have you started the sorbet? Yeah, yeah, yeah. 394 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:37,800 Oh, not in yet. 395 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:39,400 When? When are you putting it in, mate? 396 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:41,360 Two seconds. 397 00:19:43,120 --> 00:19:46,760 The competition this season has definitely been tougher. 398 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:50,120 Walking into the kitchen, I very quickly realised 399 00:19:50,120 --> 00:19:52,360 that everyone is very, very talented 400 00:19:52,360 --> 00:19:57,520 and I really had to do a lot of work to get to this point. 401 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:02,360 So today I need a dish to keep me safe from the elimination. 402 00:20:02,360 --> 00:20:05,080 MINDY: How's your sorbet going, Sar? Getting there. 403 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:08,160 Slowly. 404 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:12,040 JULIE: Ooh! Sorry, Mon. (LAUGHS) 405 00:20:13,120 --> 00:20:15,120 So I've got my cured kingfish in the fridge. 406 00:20:15,120 --> 00:20:17,760 I'm working on my aguachile base. 407 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:20,080 Hibachi. Mm. 408 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:22,680 I'm charring these fruits on the hibachi. 409 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:26,680 I wanna get a really nice sort of smoky Mexican depth of flavour on it. 410 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:28,760 JOCK: Montana. ANDY: Hey, Montana. 411 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:29,760 Hello, hello. 412 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:31,960 This looks like a very interesting bench. 413 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:34,000 Yeah. What's going on here? What are you making? 414 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,320 So I'm doing a sort of kingfish ceviche. 415 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:38,000 Well, cured kingfish. Yep. 416 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:41,000 Aguachile, sort of charred cucumber, grapes. 417 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,800 Ooh, OK. Chillies. Some pickled grapes, 418 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:46,400 pickled cucumber, coriander oil. 419 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:48,520 Yep. 420 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:50,280 It's a reinvented fruit salad 421 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:52,840 in the sense that I'm using a whole bunch of different fruits 422 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:54,960 in the aguachile base. 423 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:57,400 So I've got cucumbers, grapes, star fruit, 424 00:20:57,400 --> 00:20:58,960 chillies technically are a fruit, 425 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:02,880 and then the pickled grapes on top just visually cue the fruit as well. 426 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:04,920 Very different than what we expect from you as well. Yeah. 427 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:07,040 It's exciting. Yeah, I love how you're thinking about this. 428 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:09,240 I remember having this tiger's milk ceviche before. 429 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,560 Tiger's milk is basically a bunch of chillies and aromats blitzed up, 430 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:14,480 and they put fruit in theirs as well 431 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,920 and it was, like...totally flipped my mind what I thought ceviche was 432 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:19,760 at the time. I'm excited too. 433 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:21,160 This is such a great idea. 434 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:23,560 I think it all comes down to balance at the end of the day. 435 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:24,960 Good luck. 436 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:26,640 Far out. 437 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:31,000 Oh, God, doing a dish that's right up Andy's alley is definitely a risk 438 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,720 because something they know like the back of their hand, 439 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:35,480 always opens you up for critique. 440 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:38,960 I mean, I dunno, I just hope I made the right decision. 441 00:21:49,120 --> 00:21:53,120 You've already had 45 minutes, you've just got 30 minutes to go. 442 00:21:53,120 --> 00:21:54,960 Let's go, guys! 30 minutes! 443 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,040 (ALL CHEER) 444 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:58,280 Argh! 445 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:13,160 I'm making my version of che ba mau, 446 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:15,520 which is a Vietnamese three-coloured dessert. 447 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:18,080 To reinvent that, I'm gonna do four different elements 448 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:22,480 and just play on those South-East Asian fruits that I love to eat. 449 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:24,080 I've made my star fruit jelly. 450 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:26,400 Time for me to move on to my durian custard. 451 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:28,000 Durian, what do you reckon? 452 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,280 Mate, I reckon go for it. Yeah. 453 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:33,920 Figure it out, right? It'll certainly make you stick out from the rest! 454 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:36,000 (BOTH LAUGH) 455 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:39,760 In lots of places, hotels, shops, you can't bring durian into them 456 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:41,280 because they just stink up the place. 457 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:44,840 But I love it and I'm hoping to make the judges love it as well today. 458 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:47,800 He's cutting the durian. 459 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:49,720 I've got a good durian here. 460 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:51,680 Keyma's gonna go, "Eugh!" 461 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:58,000 Anyone gonna have durian in this kitchen, it has to be me, right? 462 00:22:58,000 --> 00:22:59,640 Ugh! 463 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,200 It smells beautiful. It's a good durian, actually. 464 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:06,560 Just gotta make it taste even better with the custard, I'd say. 465 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:08,960 Durian isn't a very sweet fruit. 466 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:11,280 It's kind of got this mix of sweet and savoury. 467 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:14,000 But I think when it's added to the custard, 468 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,520 it gives it that little extra sugary lift. 469 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,120 Oh, look at that! Now, that's a durian. 470 00:23:19,120 --> 00:23:20,320 That's probably all I need. 471 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:22,360 To make my durian custard, 472 00:23:22,360 --> 00:23:25,560 I've got egg yolks, milk, sugar, and durian in the mixer. 473 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:26,880 Blitz it up, heat it up. 474 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:30,480 It's kind of like onion plus beet at the same time. 475 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:32,120 In a custard, it is amazing. 476 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:37,160 BILLIE: Danger, Tommy, danger. 477 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:38,840 DANIEL: Does it reek of durian, Tommy? 478 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:40,400 Yeah, it does, bro. 479 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:42,560 Oh, it smells good, actually. I can smell it from here. 480 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:45,520 I don't know how the judges react to eating durian. 481 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,080 'Cause I love it, but I know it's polarising. 482 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,800 Fruit salad for me - not that interesting, 483 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:58,040 which is why this makes the perfect invention test, 484 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:00,240 'cause we get to see reimagined versions. 485 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,240 And there are some pretty crazy ones out there. 486 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:03,760 Well, there's not one similar dish. 487 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:06,480 Like, they're all... (CHUCKLES) ..very, very different. 488 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:07,880 What are you liking? 489 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:09,320 I've gotta say Alvin. 490 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:10,720 Like, he's doing a rojak. Yeah. 491 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:14,160 He's kind of doing a sort of reimagined version of it. Sweet-savoury, yeah. 492 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:15,600 And I love rojak. Yeah. 493 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:17,320 Great concept, I reckon. 494 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:20,600 Same for Julie. She's doing a fruit salad Thai curry. 495 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:21,600 Yeah! 496 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:23,880 Which I think is a great idea. 497 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:26,000 And she's totally in the zone. Love it. 498 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:27,760 I think it'll be interesting as well 499 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:30,360 'cause she's thought outside of what is normal. Yeah. 500 00:24:30,360 --> 00:24:31,720 As has Montana. Yeah. 501 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:33,680 Gonna make 'em stick out. Yeah, definitely. 502 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:36,600 I hope Montana can really bring home the concept. 503 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:38,000 It's just gotta be balanced. 504 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:41,440 We've asked them to really warp their brains and reinvent that fruit salad. 505 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:42,920 I think they've done just that. 506 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:44,760 I'm looking forward to it. It's just about execution. 507 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:45,880 Yeah. Can't wait. 508 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:50,680 MINDY: Keep going, girl. 509 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:54,080 MONTANA: I'm making a fruit salad-inspired aguachile 510 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:56,880 with a cured kingfish and coriander oil. 511 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:02,520 There's a massive risk in doing something that the judges love 512 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:04,960 and I'm definitely feeling the pressure. 513 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:09,000 The aguachile itself is a pretty simple element - 514 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:10,800 fruits that have been charred on a hibachi 515 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:12,800 and blitzed together and strained. 516 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:15,320 So it really comes down to 517 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:17,560 getting the balance on it absolutely spot-on. 518 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:22,360 Balance is all about having that perfect ratio 519 00:25:22,360 --> 00:25:26,960 between sweetness, saltiness, acidity, a little bit of bitterness. 520 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:28,400 Trying to figure it out. 521 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:31,560 You can have one of the most creative ideas 522 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:34,760 but if the balance is off, it doesn't mean anything 523 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:39,280 and I've come undone on a few cooks where my balance has been off. 524 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:42,800 Is this the dressing? Uh, yeah. It's not finished yet. 525 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:44,720 What are you...? What have you got? Um, so... 526 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:46,920 ..grapes, chillies, cucumber, star fruit. 527 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:52,960 Nothing? I can't tell you anything. 528 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:54,760 I know you can't. (CHUCKLES) 529 00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:58,960 DANIEL: Everything taste good, Mon? 530 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:01,360 Uh, yeah, it's not finished yet. 531 00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:03,640 Still needs a little bit of work. 532 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:06,960 I'm gonna boost the acidity, get a bit more salt in that broth. 533 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:15,480 Straight up in fruit salads in 15 minutes! 534 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:16,920 (APPLAUSE) 535 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:17,960 JOCK: Let's go! 536 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:19,840 (LAUGHS) 15 minutes?! 537 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:22,440 I may need to change my pants! (LAUGHS) 538 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:30,560 The glutinous rice balls are in there now 539 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:32,120 so it needs to be kind of squidgy. 540 00:26:32,120 --> 00:26:33,120 Kind of like mochi. 541 00:26:33,120 --> 00:26:36,560 Um, and with this lovely sort of peanut filling. 542 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:40,160 So I hope it works. 543 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:52,280 Good! 544 00:26:56,120 --> 00:26:57,640 ALDO: What is he doing? 545 00:26:59,920 --> 00:27:01,840 How wobbly is it gonna be? 546 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:03,440 Wobbly, of course. 547 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:05,400 When are you popping? 548 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:08,280 Got time. 549 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:10,720 Stop, you two. (LAUGHS) 550 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:18,600 Oh, God, actual can openers. 551 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:20,240 Hang on. 552 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:22,160 Top 10 and I can't open a can. 553 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:24,440 I'm used to ring-pulls these days, people! 554 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:25,880 What is this? 555 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:32,360 The curry paste is cooked, which is the base of the fruit salad curry. 556 00:27:32,360 --> 00:27:35,000 OK, more is more when it comes to cooking. 557 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,120 None of this less-is-more rubbish. 558 00:27:37,120 --> 00:27:40,000 I've shredded up kaffir lime leaf really finely 559 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,920 and the fragrance of that is just something else. 560 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:44,720 Hoo-hoo! 561 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:46,600 I think that thinking outside the square 562 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,160 is one of the most beautiful things about this whole competition. 563 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:53,240 I really like the opportunity to go somewhere really left of field. 564 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:54,800 (BLOWS RASPBERRY) 565 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:56,560 What I want from this curry 566 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:59,040 is to hit the brief of a reimagined fruit salad, 567 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:03,280 but I also want it to just be a stand-alone great dish. 568 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:07,840 I have to find a way to do that that is heroing fruit. 569 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:09,760 Oh, I can't open the fish sauce. 570 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:14,280 Originally, I thought about putting protein in it 571 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,600 but then I was worried that might detract 572 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:19,800 from the idea of a reimagined fruit salad. 573 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:24,880 Jackfruit, it's kind of got a meaty texture to it 574 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,440 that I think will go well as a substitute. 575 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:29,040 Looks good, Jules. 576 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:32,920 Lychee juice and fish sauce, it tastes good. Tastes good. 577 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:37,880 I'm cooking that in the lychee syrup instead of using sugar, 578 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:39,320 and a bit of fish sauce, 579 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:42,960 so a bit of sweet and a bit of salt that will go into the jackfruit. 580 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:44,320 Ooh, it's fruity! 581 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:45,760 Make sure it's not too sweet. 582 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:51,080 I'm gonna cook the jackfruit until it's really tender and really dark. 583 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:54,400 I wanna give it a lot of flavour, a little bit of bitterness, 584 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:57,360 so that it's a bold ingredient in that dish. 585 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:03,440 Yum. 586 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:05,000 Oof! 587 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:06,520 Yeah, worried about that. 588 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:08,720 That was the jackfruit that was in it. Yeah. 589 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:12,360 Does that burning pan at the end have the jackfruit in it? 590 00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:13,800 Yeah. Yeah. Is it alright? 591 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:15,720 Ye-ah! Ye-eah?! 592 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:17,120 It's great. Alright. 593 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:19,960 I'm really happy with it. It's yummy. 594 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:26,640 The only way to win in these challenges is to hit the brief 595 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:28,720 and to do it in a delicious way. 596 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:30,680 Julie, Julie, Julie. 597 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:32,680 She jumped then. No need to... Leave her alone. 598 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:35,640 10 minutes to go! (YELPS) 599 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:37,680 (SPECTATORS CLAP) 600 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:43,480 Think, Alvin, think. So you need... 601 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:46,800 Yeah. DANIEL: Let's go, Sarah! Hustle, mate. 602 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:49,080 (CHUCKLES) You've got it. 603 00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:51,080 I'm going alright. 604 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:52,440 I, um... 605 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:56,760 Yep, I've got everything kind of on the go at the moment. 606 00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:59,560 I've got my sorbet churning 607 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:03,440 and now just moving on to that bottom salad part. 608 00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:05,960 So today, I wanna take all those elements 609 00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:07,760 from my mum's classic pavlova 610 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:09,800 and flip it on its head. 611 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:13,040 I'm creating the fruit salad at the base, 612 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:17,920 pavlova and then finishing off with a kiwifruit sorbet on top. 613 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:24,360 How's it looking? 614 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:27,040 It's not really turning out as good as I envisioned it. 615 00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:28,560 I mean, it's... 616 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:30,440 The kiwi's not working. 617 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:35,080 I check my sorbet and... it just doesn't taste great. 618 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:36,560 Now that it's cooled down, 619 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:40,280 it's really lost a lot of that fresh kiwifruit flavour. 620 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:41,840 I don't know what to do. 621 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:46,240 It's just not turning out as exciting as I thought. 622 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:47,920 Just... Just... You better keep going. Quickly. 623 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:50,120 Like, seriously. How? You know what to do. 624 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:53,360 You adjust in... Come on. Just... I don't know. It's not working. 625 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:55,160 I'm pretty worried. 626 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:59,560 I really thought that element was going to be the part that elevated it 627 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:01,200 to being inventive. 628 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:02,200 Yeah. 629 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:05,120 Without this sorbet, it's just gonna be a classic pavlova. 630 00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:08,400 Can't think of anything inventive. My brain's just stuck. 631 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:19,080 I'm just trying to think. 632 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:20,840 I'm not, like, in love with my dish now. 633 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:22,640 The kiwifruit sorbet's not working out. 634 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:26,120 I'm not sure what to do to fix this. 635 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:28,560 I just can't think right now, for some reason. 636 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:29,880 I don't know why. 637 00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:31,160 MINDY: Come on, Sar. 638 00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:33,560 I can't change my mind. 639 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:35,440 I really can't. 640 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:37,080 What's wrong with me? 641 00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:39,320 Like, my pavlovas are good. 642 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:41,280 But it's just pavlova. 643 00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:44,040 Sarah is, like, losing her mind down there 644 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:45,880 and it's so hard to watch. 645 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:48,520 ALDO: Come on, Sarah. 646 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:51,760 You gotta back yourself, babe. You know how to cook. 647 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,920 Think of what's in that pantry. Freeze-dried fruit. 648 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:56,640 Go and have a look. 649 00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:58,520 Come on, girl, you can do this. 650 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:00,360 Pick it up, babe! 651 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:05,480 I don't know what to do. 652 00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:07,200 ANDY: What do you mean you don't know what to do? 653 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,120 Stick with it and try and amp it up 654 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:11,600 or have you got a belter that you can just fully pivot on? 655 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:15,120 I need to just snap out of it 656 00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:16,880 and pull this dish together. 657 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:18,440 JULIE: Come on, Sar. 658 00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:20,040 Yeah. 659 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:24,720 ANDY: Tommy is the messiest cook. 660 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:26,320 TOMMY: Hey, stop bagging me out, bro! 661 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:27,800 Like, I'll say it to your face. 662 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:29,840 Like, look at this! 663 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:32,200 I'm making a dessert today, brother. 664 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:35,440 I'm taking the idea of fruit salad, che ba mau, 665 00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:38,360 and kind of fusing them together and making it my own. 666 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:41,600 I'm reinventing this to make it MasterChef fruit-salad-worthy. 667 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,600 The final element for my dish, I did tapioca water-chestnut balls. 668 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:47,960 They're super chewy on the outside, crispy on the inside. 669 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:50,080 But they look like pomegranate. 670 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:52,040 The brief is to be creative 671 00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:53,800 and I think it's really, really interesting 672 00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:55,800 to make something look like a fruit. 673 00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:57,840 I've got water chestnuts chopped up, 674 00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:00,360 tapioca flour, some red dye. 675 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:04,520 I give them a quick squeeze, put them into boiling water. 676 00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:08,720 DANIEL: Tommy, are they little tapioca pearls or something? 677 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:11,920 So, it's, like, water chestnuts covered in tapioca. 678 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:14,600 It forms a layer on the outside. 679 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:17,160 It's an illusion. 680 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:20,320 I definitely think I've been inventive today. 681 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:23,520 I'm pretty excited to serve the judges my dish. 682 00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:26,960 Looking forward to tasting your reinvention 683 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:28,480 of the old fruit salad! 684 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:29,520 Five minutes to go. 685 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:31,280 (ONLOOKERS APPLAUD AND CHEER) 686 00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:33,080 MINDY: Five minutes to go! 687 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:37,160 No, no, not gonna work. 688 00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:41,840 Five minutes to show off the fruits of your labour, Jules. 689 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,400 Hoo-hoo-hoo! Thank you, Dan! 690 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:45,920 Five minutes to go 691 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:48,120 and I'm just gonna add in all the pineapple and the lychees 692 00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:49,720 and all the beautiful star fruit 693 00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:51,120 to the curry sauce, 694 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:53,240 just so that that's got time to warm through. 695 00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:55,000 I want them to remain whole 696 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:58,440 and I want everything to maintain its shape and its flavour. 697 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:01,920 MINDY: Smells great, Julie! Ah! 698 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:03,760 OK. 699 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:09,320 I've got, like, nine or ten different kinds of fruit 700 00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:10,840 in this one little dish, 701 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:13,200 including all the tomatoes and the chillies and the eggplant. 702 00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:15,280 So, I am really happy with 703 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:18,520 how the flavour and the texture work together. 704 00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:20,680 DANIEL: Yes, Julie, that's a 'rice' effort. 705 00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:22,080 (JULIE LAUGHS) 706 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:23,160 (CHUCKLES) 707 00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:25,520 MONTANA: Did he say, "That's a rice effort?" JULIE: It's a rice effort. 708 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:26,840 Go home! Honestly! 709 00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:28,400 Julie likes them. 710 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:30,240 I'll see what else I can come up with. 711 00:34:30,240 --> 00:34:32,560 I would love that immunity pin. 712 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:34,240 I've never worn one. 713 00:34:34,240 --> 00:34:35,760 I just can't even imagine 714 00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:39,000 the kind of peace and confidence that must give you. 715 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:41,520 I mean, I aspire to that. Yes, I do. 716 00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:43,800 Three minutes, gang! Three minutes! 717 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:47,280 MINDY: Go, guys! DANIEL: Let's go! Let's go, guys! 718 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:50,320 BILLIE: What are they, Alvin? 719 00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:52,440 Um, bean-curd skins. 720 00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:54,520 It'll be a good, like... Crunchy. Yeah. 721 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:56,960 How you eat rojak at home 722 00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:59,000 is you wrapped it in a newspaper. 723 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:00,960 And, so, I thought what would be good, 724 00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:04,240 if I put little bits of crunchy bean-curd skins over it 725 00:35:04,240 --> 00:35:05,880 that looks like newspaper. 726 00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:09,760 Ah! Ah! Ah! 727 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:11,920 It's so good, it jumped out on my tastebuds. 728 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:13,280 Genius! 729 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:19,640 ALDO: I'm actually good. 730 00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:21,400 Just finishing my last things, 731 00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:24,360 then I need to get myself organised for the plating 732 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:26,360 and...that's my hope, 733 00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:28,040 that I've done something good. 734 00:35:29,240 --> 00:35:30,520 ANDY: What? 735 00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:33,560 Why you coming here? Don't come. I'm just lookin'! I'm just lookin'! 736 00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:35,280 What's this? Is this candied chilli? 737 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:37,120 Yeah, he's about to do his panna cotta. 738 00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:40,680 You've got beautiful eyes, both of you, actually. 739 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:42,440 For the first time, I can look into your eyes... 740 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:44,760 Don't try and suck up. Let's see this panna cotta. 741 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:53,840 Yeah, I got the wobble. Getting there. 742 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:56,960 BILLIE: It's fine. It's perfect. 743 00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:59,320 (LAUGHS) 744 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:04,760 What did she put in the pot? She's gonna do a balsamic reduction. 745 00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:07,520 SARAH: I am creating a balsamic glaze 746 00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:09,680 and I'm gonna finish with the freeze-dried strawberries, 747 00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:11,800 to bring that tartness to the dish 748 00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:14,240 that I wanted from the kiwifruit sorbet. 749 00:36:14,240 --> 00:36:17,360 Sarah, where's the sorbet? 750 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:19,280 I got rid of it. 751 00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:21,920 So, I'm just gonna finish with freeze-dried strawberries... 752 00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:23,720 Where's the meringue going? Just on top? 753 00:36:23,720 --> 00:36:26,040 Yeah. With cream, and then a drizzle of the reduction? 754 00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:28,040 Yeah, and, uh... 755 00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:30,600 What now? You're still frowning at me. 756 00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:31,800 I'm not frowning. It's just not... 757 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:34,480 It's not helping the situation here. 758 00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:37,080 Like, come on! 759 00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:39,720 I'm hoping that with these two elements, 760 00:36:39,720 --> 00:36:41,360 it's gonna be a really beautiful dish. 761 00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:43,120 But I feel pretty disappointed. 762 00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:47,120 My dish just isn't inventive enough for this challenge. 763 00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:50,960 One minute to go! Come on! 764 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:52,400 ANDY: One minute! 765 00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:02,640 I still have to unmould my jelly! Oh, my God! 766 00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:04,200 Come on! Let's go, guys! 767 00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:06,880 Let's go, Keyma! (WHISTLES) 768 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:18,040 Come on, gantry. Give us a hand. 769 00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:19,200 BILLIE: Come on! 770 00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:21,600 ALL: Ten, nine, eight, 771 00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:24,440 seven, six, five... 772 00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:25,440 MONTANA: Done. 773 00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:28,480 ..four, three, two, one! 774 00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:29,960 JOCK: That's it! 775 00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:32,920 MONTANA: Oh, my God! (LAUGHS) 776 00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:36,120 Look at your bench! 777 00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:38,520 Oh, you're so good! 778 00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:40,120 (KISSES AND MUTTERS) 779 00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:41,240 (SARAH LAUGHS) 780 00:37:41,240 --> 00:37:44,560 (APPLAUSE AND WHOOPING) 781 00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:51,160 The first dish we'd like to taste is yours, Tommy. 782 00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:54,800 KEYMA: Go, Tommy. Good luck. 783 00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:56,600 Hey, boys. There you go. 784 00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:57,840 ANDY: Tommy, what is it? 785 00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:00,120 Today, I've made a fruit salad che ba mau. 786 00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:01,360 What are your layers? 787 00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:03,600 The bottom layer is star fruit jelly. 788 00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:06,320 The second layer is tapioca-chestnut pomegranate pearls. 789 00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:08,920 The next layer is durian custard. 790 00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:10,840 And then just icy coconut. 791 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:18,320 ANDY: Tommy, I'll start. 792 00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:20,120 The star fruit jelly, 793 00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:22,040 I thought you could have gone harder with the acidity. 794 00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:24,440 Next layer up... 795 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:27,040 ..those little chestnut tapioca balls, 796 00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:28,800 they are epic. 797 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:30,840 They look like pomegranate seeds 798 00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:32,560 but once you get through the bounce of the tapioca, 799 00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:34,160 you hit the water chestnut, 800 00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:37,080 it's like the texture of a pomegranate seed, it's unreal. 801 00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:38,920 The durian custard - look, got to be honest, 802 00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:40,880 not the biggest fan of durian. 803 00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:42,440 But that's just personal preference. 804 00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:44,720 Controversially, I loved the durian. 805 00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:47,360 That's all I needed to hear. 806 00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:50,160 I think it's such a beautiful savoury custard 807 00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:53,440 that just died down the sugar everywhere else. 808 00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:56,520 I think those little things are better than pomegranate seeds. 809 00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:58,440 They're so beautiful to eat. 810 00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:01,080 They're interesting, they're crunchy in the middle. 811 00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:05,080 They've got that really nice, gelatinous bounce on the outside, 812 00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:06,520 they're colourful. 813 00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:10,320 The whole thing looked fantastic. I really liked it. 814 00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:12,400 Great job. Well done. Thanks, guys. 815 00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:14,040 (APPLAUSE) 816 00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:15,840 He did a challenge really well today. 817 00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:18,400 Good job. 818 00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:20,120 The next reimagined dish we'd like to taste 819 00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:22,080 belongs to Montana. 820 00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:24,640 MONTANA: I'm so nervous, walking my dish up to the judges. 821 00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:28,040 I have definitely pushed the boundaries on this brief. 822 00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:30,840 You don't typically find fish in a fruit salad. 823 00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:33,240 My fear is that I know I've had issues with balance 824 00:39:33,240 --> 00:39:36,560 with savoury cooks in this competition so far. 825 00:39:41,720 --> 00:39:43,840 Montana, what have you made us? 826 00:39:45,240 --> 00:39:47,560 Fruit-salad inspired aguachile 827 00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:50,240 with kingfish and pickled grapes. 828 00:39:50,240 --> 00:39:51,640 Do you think 829 00:39:51,640 --> 00:39:54,120 that pushing yourself out of your comfort zone 830 00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:56,080 inevitably means a savoury dish? 831 00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:58,760 Desserts are my comfort zone. 832 00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:02,160 But I wanted to do something different, push myself a little bit. 833 00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:04,320 Is this a top, winning dish today? 834 00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:06,240 (SIGHS) 835 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:13,800 Enjoy another taste of MasterChef 836 00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:18,160 with full masterclasses, best bits and delicious exclusives at: 837 00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:25,800 Montana, what have you made us? 838 00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:28,520 A fruit-salad-inspired aguachile 839 00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:32,560 with kingfish, pickled grapes and coriander. 840 00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:36,080 Do you think that pushing yourself out of your comfort zone 841 00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:38,120 inevitably means a savoury dish? 842 00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:41,400 Desserts are what I feel most comfortable in 843 00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:44,360 but I wanted to do something different, push myself a little bit. 844 00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:47,320 Is this a top, winning dish today? 845 00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:50,480 I don't know. I hope it is. I just... I don't know. 846 00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:51,520 Alright. 847 00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:07,920 Montana... 848 00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:11,280 Awesome! 849 00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:15,480 Very, very good. 850 00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:17,400 Very good. 851 00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:20,480 All the hard work is in the agua, right? 852 00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:23,720 Everything is in there - the balance, the aromas. 853 00:41:23,720 --> 00:41:25,080 Stick your nose in there. 854 00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:27,320 You've got that sort of hibachi, smoky... 855 00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:31,120 Cucumber, when it goes on a hibachi, turns into something magical. 856 00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:32,560 If you then juice that 857 00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:35,880 and it's kind of hidden in amongst the chilli and grape juice, 858 00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:38,280 it is just bloody delicious. 859 00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:40,840 It's definitely a very different take on a fruit salad. 860 00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:42,760 Well done. Thank you. 861 00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:44,400 Montana... 862 00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:47,320 Yes! Yes! 863 00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:50,040 I know how much you want THIS, you know? 864 00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:52,520 And it is - it is so important for your growth. 865 00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:53,520 Yeah. 866 00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:56,120 And I feel like you've just been battling and battling and battling 867 00:41:56,120 --> 00:41:57,640 in this savoury land. 868 00:41:57,640 --> 00:41:59,640 You've hit it, right here, you know? Yep. 869 00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:01,960 The fish was beautifully treated. 870 00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:03,920 I loved how it's got a bit of thickness about it 871 00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:06,680 because you do get the texture and the flavour of the kingfish. 872 00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:07,960 Really, really good stuff. 873 00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:10,520 And I would...I'd pay good money for that at a restaurant. 874 00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:12,600 Take a lot of confidence from this cook. 875 00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:14,120 Well done, Montana. 876 00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:15,880 Ahh! Thank you! 877 00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:18,600 (APPLAUSE) 878 00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:22,800 The next fruit salad we'd like to taste is yours, Aldo. 879 00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:27,720 What have you made us, mate? 880 00:42:27,720 --> 00:42:30,880 Coconut panna cotta with passionfruit syrup. 881 00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:42,800 Aldo, panna cotta - beautifully set. 882 00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:46,000 Nice amount of balance in there in terms of sweetness. 883 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:47,920 The syrup is very sugary. 884 00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:51,480 The dish itself is too sweet because of the syrup. 885 00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:53,600 I love all the flavours that are going on, though. 886 00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:55,880 I just think the balance is slightly out. 887 00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:57,240 Thank you. 888 00:42:57,240 --> 00:42:58,800 (APPLAUSE) 889 00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:00,640 Next up, Keyma. 890 00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:02,640 KEYMA: A fruit punch jelly 891 00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:04,640 and condensed milk jelly. 892 00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:09,360 Yum. 893 00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:12,240 I'm gutted for you, because it's super tasty. 894 00:43:12,240 --> 00:43:16,680 In terms of flavour, balance, conception of a dish, 895 00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:19,160 you are onto something really, really good here. 896 00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:21,640 You just didn't quite get it done in time. 897 00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:23,040 Thank you, Jock. 898 00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:24,680 Alvin. (APPLAUSE) 899 00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:27,840 So, what's the dish? 900 00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:30,080 It's a reimagined Malaysian rojak. 901 00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:41,160 Alvin, you drew on a nostalgia 902 00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:43,280 and you drew on experience as well, 903 00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:44,760 and it shows on that plate. 904 00:43:44,760 --> 00:43:46,440 You've got the palate of dreams. 905 00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:48,440 It is singing, right there. 906 00:43:48,440 --> 00:43:50,240 The sweet, the sour, the funk, 907 00:43:50,240 --> 00:43:52,800 the rice balls with the chew, with the peanut butter. 908 00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:55,440 And it's just a riot, mate, in, like, the best way. 909 00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:57,360 That is topnotch. 910 00:43:57,360 --> 00:43:58,800 Well done, buddy. Nice one, Alvin. 911 00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:00,920 Very, very good. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) 912 00:44:03,120 --> 00:44:05,040 That is tasty. 913 00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:06,800 Next up, Sarah! 914 00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:08,360 SARAH: I definitely went through 915 00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:10,800 a lot of thoughts and emotions in this cook 916 00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:13,520 but I'm happy that I turned this around 917 00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:15,440 and managed to plate a dish. 918 00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:16,920 The flavours are there. 919 00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:21,320 I feel like I would have my mum proud when it comes to the pavlova. 920 00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:23,160 It's just not the most inventive. 921 00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:25,440 Went through a few evolutions. (LAUGHS) 922 00:44:25,440 --> 00:44:26,920 What did you finish on? 923 00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:30,040 It is a strawberry and kiwi salad 924 00:44:30,040 --> 00:44:32,000 with Mum's pavlova. 925 00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:34,080 Lorraine's pavlova. Lorraine's pavlova. 926 00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:35,200 Beauty. 927 00:44:35,200 --> 00:44:37,400 It was a bit of a tough one for you, wasn't it? Yeah. 928 00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:38,880 How come? What was going on? 929 00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:41,080 Just the kiwifruit just wasn't working for me. 930 00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:45,120 You get stuck on an idea and it's, like, so hard to pivot. 931 00:44:45,120 --> 00:44:46,520 And... Sent you for a spin. 932 00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:47,840 Yes. 933 00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:50,160 Like, I was happy with the meringue and it was trying to work out, 934 00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:52,480 "How can I bring it together where it's not just, 935 00:44:52,480 --> 00:44:54,320 "you know, a pavlova on a plate?" 936 00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:06,680 It was...it was nice enough. It wasn't amazing. 937 00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:08,560 The best part about it was the pavlova. 938 00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:10,480 Mum's happy. Yes! 939 00:45:10,480 --> 00:45:12,280 Um, good move with the balsamic. 940 00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:14,320 Ties in well with the acidity in the coulis. 941 00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:15,640 But... 942 00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:18,480 ..I think you just got caught out with the kiwifruit, really. 943 00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:20,480 Yeah. And then you didn't know where to go from there. 944 00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:24,480 So, it's just not standing out amongst the crowd, 945 00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:27,200 which was the biggest thing I said to everyone today. 946 00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:28,920 You haven't reinvented the wheel here 947 00:45:28,920 --> 00:45:30,480 but it's good. 948 00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:33,120 The fruit salad component, I feel like you could have really 949 00:45:33,120 --> 00:45:35,920 gone in there and picked some very interesting things 950 00:45:35,920 --> 00:45:37,800 to really make our minds go, "Ooh, yeah." 951 00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:39,960 Because, as it stands, you've got a great pavlova - 952 00:45:39,960 --> 00:45:43,280 the rest of it was just a bit, like, "Give me something!" 953 00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:45,640 Like, "Give me something on an invention test day!" 954 00:45:46,800 --> 00:45:48,360 Thank you. Well done. Thanks. 955 00:45:48,360 --> 00:45:51,240 (APPLAUSE) 956 00:45:51,240 --> 00:45:53,120 It's all good. 957 00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:54,880 Next up, Julie Goodwin. 958 00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:56,600 DANIEL: Go, Julie! 959 00:45:56,600 --> 00:46:00,760 I definitely think I've done justice to my memories of Thailand. 960 00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:04,960 I don't know where my dish is going to stand amongst everybody else 961 00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:06,760 but I've tried really, really hard 962 00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:08,440 'cause I really want this. 963 00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:11,320 I want this more than I've wanted immunity 964 00:46:11,320 --> 00:46:12,960 ever, in this competition. 965 00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:17,640 Julie, you didn't win an immunity pin in your season, did you? 966 00:46:17,640 --> 00:46:19,160 There was no such thing. No such thing? 967 00:46:19,160 --> 00:46:20,600 Yeah. Tough to win it, then. 968 00:46:20,600 --> 00:46:21,640 (LAUGHS) 969 00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:23,520 This cook, to get into the immunity cook, 970 00:46:23,520 --> 00:46:25,160 this is your last shot. 971 00:46:25,160 --> 00:46:26,440 Maybe ever. 972 00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:28,000 You reckon this can do it for you? 973 00:46:30,200 --> 00:46:31,920 (SIGHS) 974 00:46:40,040 --> 00:46:41,320 Julie... 975 00:46:41,320 --> 00:46:43,360 This cook, to get into the immunity cook, 976 00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:45,200 this is your last shot. 977 00:46:45,200 --> 00:46:46,520 Maybe ever. 978 00:46:46,520 --> 00:46:48,080 You reckon this can do it for you? 979 00:46:48,080 --> 00:46:50,360 I hope so. I... 980 00:46:50,360 --> 00:46:52,240 I really want it. 981 00:46:52,240 --> 00:46:55,000 I can't even tell you how much I would love 982 00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:56,320 a chance to cook for that pin. 983 00:46:56,320 --> 00:46:58,040 It's the last chance. 984 00:46:58,040 --> 00:47:00,320 I...really want this. 985 00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:02,280 You're never coming back after this? 986 00:47:02,280 --> 00:47:03,320 I don't know. 987 00:47:03,320 --> 00:47:05,800 I'll need to come in on a bloody Zimmer frame if you have me back. 988 00:47:05,800 --> 00:47:09,320 (LAUGHTER) 989 00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:12,080 Julie... What did you make? 990 00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:13,680 It's a Thai fruit salad curry. 991 00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:17,720 I think there's nine, or something, fruits in there. 992 00:47:18,920 --> 00:47:21,920 I just started thinking about the fruit in a red duck curry 993 00:47:21,920 --> 00:47:23,840 and the lychees and pineapple, 994 00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:26,080 and I just built it from there. 995 00:47:36,160 --> 00:47:39,320 Red duck curry is, like, one of my favourite things. 996 00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:40,400 So, I was, like... 997 00:47:41,400 --> 00:47:42,880 .."A fruit version?" 998 00:47:51,040 --> 00:47:53,800 It's better. It is better. 999 00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:56,000 There are so many interesting, different fruits in there 1000 00:47:56,000 --> 00:47:57,960 that, like, get away, duck! 1001 00:47:57,960 --> 00:47:59,760 Go away. Don't come back. 1002 00:47:59,760 --> 00:48:01,840 Give me this version all the time now. 1003 00:48:01,840 --> 00:48:05,280 You've got so much body and so much power in that curry sauce. 1004 00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:06,760 So, you've ticked that box. 1005 00:48:08,520 --> 00:48:11,320 Then you get a piece of pineapple - sweet-and-sour goodness. 1006 00:48:11,320 --> 00:48:12,880 Same as the lychee. 1007 00:48:12,880 --> 00:48:15,200 And your palate just goes way back to the start. 1008 00:48:15,200 --> 00:48:16,960 You just go for another ride again 1009 00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:18,560 and you find yourself in star fruit land. 1010 00:48:18,560 --> 00:48:20,680 Like, it's...it's just a bowl of adventure. 1011 00:48:20,680 --> 00:48:22,640 But the hero for me is definitely the jackfruit. 1012 00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:24,280 There's just this dark caramelisation 1013 00:48:24,280 --> 00:48:26,160 on the jackfruit wedges. 1014 00:48:26,160 --> 00:48:28,400 And folded into that curry sauce... 1015 00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:30,080 Hallelujah, Julie. Like... 1016 00:48:30,080 --> 00:48:32,920 ..fruit salad just taken to another level. 1017 00:48:32,920 --> 00:48:36,760 Julie Goodwin, this is where you excel. 1018 00:48:36,760 --> 00:48:38,480 You excel in the generosity. 1019 00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:42,800 You excel in this rustic yet refined in flavour. 1020 00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:44,160 It is SO good. 1021 00:48:44,160 --> 00:48:46,720 We all immediately think of fruit salad 1022 00:48:46,720 --> 00:48:48,360 as nothing other than just some chopped fruit, 1023 00:48:48,360 --> 00:48:49,920 maybe a bit of juice or whatever. 1024 00:48:49,920 --> 00:48:53,040 You know, like, it's either on an aeroplane, a room-service menu 1025 00:48:53,040 --> 00:48:54,680 or at your nan's house. 1026 00:48:54,680 --> 00:48:56,640 This is something else. 1027 00:48:56,640 --> 00:49:00,200 I just loved the roller-coaster and the depth of flavour you got in this. 1028 00:49:00,200 --> 00:49:02,080 So, not only did you come up with 1029 00:49:02,080 --> 00:49:04,240 probably one of the most creative ideas, 1030 00:49:04,240 --> 00:49:08,600 but you've executed it in such a brilliant way, Julie. 1031 00:49:08,600 --> 00:49:10,600 Well done. Thank you. 1032 00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:12,840 Thank you. (APPLAUSE) 1033 00:49:14,960 --> 00:49:16,600 Well done, my love. 1034 00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:21,960 This is a tough decision, eh? 1035 00:49:24,640 --> 00:49:26,080 Well... 1036 00:49:26,080 --> 00:49:28,960 ..you guys came into this challenge locked and loaded. 1037 00:49:28,960 --> 00:49:32,360 Boy, oh, boy, we were spoilt for choice today. 1038 00:49:32,360 --> 00:49:36,000 Julie, Alvin, Montana, 1039 00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:39,240 can we get a round of applause for your three dishes, please? 1040 00:49:39,240 --> 00:49:41,000 DANIEL: Good one, guys. (APPLAUSE) 1041 00:49:42,080 --> 00:49:45,480 All of your dishes were inventive, they were tasty 1042 00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:49,680 and, without a doubt, worthy of that top spot today. 1043 00:49:55,240 --> 00:50:00,160 We landed on a dish that truly reinvented the fruit salad 1044 00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:01,720 in an original way. 1045 00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:06,240 And that dish belonged to... 1046 00:50:11,600 --> 00:50:13,160 ..Julie Goodwin. 1047 00:50:13,160 --> 00:50:15,200 (GASPS) (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) 1048 00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:16,520 Thank you! 1049 00:50:16,520 --> 00:50:17,720 Oh! 1050 00:50:17,720 --> 00:50:19,640 Oh, my God! 1051 00:50:19,640 --> 00:50:24,040 (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE CONTINUE) 1052 00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:28,360 Fruit salad curry? Who would have thought? 1053 00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:30,040 Congratulations. 1054 00:50:30,040 --> 00:50:31,280 You did it! 1055 00:50:31,280 --> 00:50:33,560 Thank you! (LAUGHS) 1056 00:50:35,600 --> 00:50:38,120 Billie, Mindy, Daniel and Julie, 1057 00:50:38,120 --> 00:50:41,640 we are in for one heck of a show tomorrow. 1058 00:50:41,640 --> 00:50:43,680 If you want that shiny gold pin, 1059 00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:47,440 don't stop pushing until it is planted on your apron. 1060 00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:51,040 Go home, rest up, see you tomorrow. 1061 00:50:51,040 --> 00:50:52,760 Well done, everybody. Well done, everyone. 1062 00:50:52,760 --> 00:50:54,320 ALDO: Thank you. 1063 00:50:54,320 --> 00:50:55,600 (LAUGHS) 1064 00:50:55,600 --> 00:50:58,320 JULIE: This competition has just gone from 1065 00:50:58,320 --> 00:51:00,800 one huge moment to another. 1066 00:51:00,800 --> 00:51:04,560 I am SO thrilled! 1067 00:51:04,560 --> 00:51:08,040 VOICEOVER: Tomorrow night on MasterChef Australia, 1068 00:51:08,040 --> 00:51:11,480 it's their last chance to win a pin. 1069 00:51:12,160 --> 00:51:14,040 BILLIE: I cannot afford to lose. 1070 00:51:14,040 --> 00:51:15,880 Competitive me is coming out to play. 1071 00:51:15,880 --> 00:51:17,840 I just want to see what I can achieve here. 1072 00:51:17,840 --> 00:51:20,600 But what lengths will they go to 1073 00:51:20,600 --> 00:51:21,840 to get it? 1074 00:51:22,840 --> 00:51:24,520 Oh, my God. 1075 00:51:24,520 --> 00:51:25,760 Oh, my lord. 1076 00:51:26,920 --> 00:51:28,920 Captions by Red Bee Media