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oh

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nice

no the doctor said to lay off your arm

i'm fine no if it were up to you you'd

be lifting four plates by now

is anybody coming to help us at the

restaurant today just the two of us

preston girls got it handled

what do you think it's

perfect wait what

you spend so much time that's the point

mom

you do your painting to relax you just

get to eat mine

dig in it seems a crime

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okay

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what

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can i help you you you always want to be

a chef

do i know you you used to

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hey courtney hey vote for two please

lunch date with annie

uh no he's my hot date

wait you don't recognize him am i

supposed to

okay look i'll give you hints i had long

hair um school bus

food snacks or okay how about the san

francisco giants

i don't watch baseball oh really this is

the best picture to come out of wallace

his face was in the wallace post every

sunday okay

jake turner oh

you've been talking to town for years

wow you've really filled out

thanks miss preston so what happened to

the baseball thing

injury yeah you might recognize me from

the uh mccormick auto dealership

commercials

come on down wait didn't you ask me out

when i had a boyfriend and then stopped

talking to me on the school bus

science awkward back then yeah you marry

that high school sweetheart of yours

no we went to college together after

that new york

and then i moved back last summer to

look after the restaurant from my dad

oh remember he could always light up

this place with his laugh

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so what are you back in town for oh just

um visiting my parents in lamar

well welcome back jake turner

thank you courtney preston my mom will

take you out there

have a seat look at the menu i'll be

right back

we should give that old thing away dad

didn't

he was sentimental wow

that's my chair technically

oh what did i do to deserve this

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i ran into william's mom at the store

how was your date

you know karen met her fiance at the

canoe meetup she doesn't even like

canoes

mom the restaurant is barely getting by

little pickup come summer no the new

chain restaurants over by the highway

are eating into our business

if we could actually afford to hire

someone maybe you could rest

where prestons will handle it i know we

are

but i'm thinking about going back to new

york

the longer i'm away the harder it'll be

to reestablish myself

why do you want to go back because i was

meeting investors and

chefs a few more years of sous chef and

maybe i could open my own place you have

your own restaurant

here it's not the same

so you just pack up and leave of course

i wouldn't do that

i would make sure the restaurant is in a

good place first

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what do you want to do i don't know i'd

look at the books and see where we need

to be so that we can hire good staff

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what would dad do

you should read the rule book of love

why you asked what your father would do

mom it's a book of family saying those

sayings

inspired your father to open the

restaurant

won my heart by living true to them

i don't know maybe he wrote some

restaurant stuff in the back or

something

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ah this is awkward

hmm

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here we go cutlery

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you good okay hi

welcome can i help you i'm looking for

the best food in town

well you found it yeah

no no you pick excuse me surprise me

you're the chef right okay

what do you eat anything if it's good

coming right up sir

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who lets you in here i was just passing

by i thought i'd drop in

oh william thank you

wow you just happened to be passing by

i haven't heard from you since we hung

out just saw it say hi

sorry it's been busy around here you

had fun though right yeah yeah i did

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can you give me a second

what was it sir the dish was excellent

thank you

you're here with the onion idaho

endowment

no it's new this year the endowment is

helping sponsor idaho cuisine

local gems finalists will be celebrated

and spotlighted

sounds great you should check it out

only

in idaho i will thank you

thank you

do you know who that is ted ted

wilcox that's ted wilcox the real estate

developer

yeah he owns a couple sports teams

wow

you had no idea he liked the food so

it's cool you're incredible

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thank you so you still want to go on

another date

please yeah

just will cover for you tomorrow

oh your father he wrote down the turkey

fire

store

oh yeah he kept this

close to his heart

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and his heart was in this restaurant

i'll finish closing up

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rule one let go of fear and put yourself

out there okay

dad what do i do

put myself out there and be seen

advertise the restaurant get a review

get an award

enter a competition

okay there we go

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so i'm thinking about entering the only

in

idaho competition oh i saw that on the

news yeah so this

customer comes in yesterday and he

mentions it and it turns out it's ted

wilcox he founded it

ted wilcox ain't here yeah of course he

did

so he didn't happen to show up with a

handsome and single son who's also into

online gaming did he

anyway i looked at the website and this

panel of judges goes around the state

tasting restaurants and the finalists

get a financial partnership

even just being a semi-finalist would

get you on the map with food and travel

bloggers

you should totally do that but i would

have to come up with entirely new dishes

for these judges

i could help i mean i teach during the

week but maybe your mom could help too

that's sweet but i need kitchen help no

offense

and it's in less than three weeks and i

still have to run this restaurant all by

myself

well maybe you could wait a year why now

i'm thinking about going back to new

york but i can't and i won't

until the restaurant is good i don't

want you to go

but i think you should do it thanks

still doesn't solve my kitchen health

problem

there we go

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oh i forgot to lock it on my way in i'm

sorry

it's okay

we're not open yeah i know uh can we

talk okay

uh i really got a prep for opening look

i got a business proposal

i'm not doing a commercial with you u.s

spokesperson i know look i'm

i'm thinking of moving back to town i

thought you were just visiting well it

changed my mind

uh last night um i've decided to stay

right so you get to be the coach at the

high school or

i don't pace yourself you

yes really yes how did you

possibly get into that uh with your dad

he taught me how to bake cupcakes

actually the this summer you were camp

and i was here busting these tables

what's your specialty

profiteroles and lil flotal

little uh clouds of meringue floating in

a crossing

anyway i was hoping that i could provide

you with desserts like

promote myself until i figure things out

you do you bake

uh your pastries in-house we outsource

our recipes to a bakery and lamar

well let me help you with that how much

just cut of the sales

okay let's say you're not messing with

me i am i swear to god i'm not messing

with you even so

i gotta be honest business isn't exactly

booming

well let me be honest you are my only

legitimate option

all the chains they have their own

suppliers and uh

and also um i was hoping i could use

your oven when you're not using it

because my hotel doesn't have an oven

and

greg's oven just sucks how do i know

you're not just some gimmick

do i look like a gimmick i don't know

trust me

you're gonna be begging for more strong

words

strong resume okay

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we'll see if you've struck out or not hi

jake

you'll call

what is that we shall see

oh i was expecting cookies in the shape

of baseballs

oh

oh is it bad you can spit it out it's

bad

this boy can bake that's amazing what

else is in here

try that one next really

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the first homemade meal i made to woo

rosie

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rule two steak and fish do not mix

but steak and potatoes are the perfect

pear

love is the same just like ingredients

they must complement each other

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compliment

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you okay city boy uh yeah i forgot how

far away things are up here

flashy i'm still playing baseball i want

to buy it

are you dad's truck yep i've been

looking for you

ah you love the samples right i called

it

i'll give you lips i got a gas canister

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you work only as a pastry chef well i

started working on the kitchen line

learning the ropes and then i

went to culinary school and specialized

in pastries listen i don't need a cut of

your desserts

whatever you sell through the restaurant

you keep the entire profit

i need your labor for free

oh okay what's in it for me i'm entering

the only an idaho competition

and you're gonna help me oh i will

oh any other surprises

might need you to make bread should i

make a list or

this could be a good way to advertise

yourself too

three days a week okay four days a week

twist my rubber out take it or leave it

fastball

you we haven't changed

what need you at the restaurant today

bye for

what if i'm busy i need help you'll be

there

oh i will will i called it

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so i'm entering only in idaho

i think it'll help promote the

restaurant and if we place

we can hire cooks servers

this is exciting what dishes are you

going to enter

i would make a brand new tasting menu

all my own dishes

that didn't go so well the last time i

was overly ambitious

you know when you were little you asked

for a kitchen playset

and we made you learn on the real thing

ah so it's all your fault

how can i help well for now you can just

rest that arm

right tell william what does he want

have you read the rule book of love yet

it's definitely given me some food for

thought it will help you find those new

recipes

trust it

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rule three if the wind will not serve

take to the oars forge your own path

time to get to work

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so

hey where do you need me

i've been in here by myself sorry i got

here as fast as i could greg's oven just

a disaster and i had two pounds of

baklava to finish for the old lady's

home

can you hand me that towel face yes

here you go oh this isn't the dugout

jake

thanks what watch that i have 24 seconds

listen i have one shot to create this

new tasting menu for the judges and

refine it over the next two weeks all

the while still running this restaurant

full-time

which is you and i the only way this

crazy plan is gonna work is if you and i

are in sync as a team

can i depend on you yes chef let's rock

and roll

bat knee these carrots please one inch

um teammate don't roll cut the carrots

please

well it'll give it more surface and

better texture i know that

but that's not how we do it here it's my

dad's recipe

yes sir

i forgot to ask what kind of restaurant

did you work at on the kitchen line

a taco shop a taco what a taco shop

holy burrito juan you tell me everything

i know

oh and where did you go to culinary

school

cia culinary institute of america for

desserts and pastries huh

when did you graduate earlier this year

oh

what have i got myself into don't worry

no more roll cuts

you know what on second thought i need

you taking orders and running dishes

with jess but i can help in here i

appreciate your enthusiasm but i don't

have time right now to show you

everything

please yes

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there you go

and your dish should just be men sorry

all right one smoke collars one seven

potato

one collar it's one potato on deck we

got a cremated rib eye and a yard bird

table four is lagging too i know i

messed up well

yeah let me help

okay

i am so sorry for the delay

did you uh change the lamin dumplings

nope

same as always tastes different from

when your father made it

i'm so sorry about that delay it was all

my faults you know i have been in order

to throw a few duds in my day oh jake

it's

fine i still can't believe we're being

served by a local celebrity

say do you have any stories for us about

famous players oh i sure do oh

i got this

so jack morris mustache whenever

peach cobbler

i want to make something that screams

georgia like the menu

that's actually perfect well

i think we could upscale it and uh serve

it in

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chalice

not a total gimmick

thank you for your help today sorry i

was so particular

like a chef there's a lot riding on this

for me i need to lock down the

restaurant side of things so i can focus

on the new dishes

i don't believe you do all this i have a

choice every day by yourself

well we used to have cooks and servers

but they moved on and then business

slowed down

so we couldn't afford to hire anyone and

then mom's injury and

this restaurant's really important to me

look um i know i don't have years of

experience

but um i'm a real fast learner and um if

you just show me how you want everything

well i'll hustle i'll get in sync

come early tomorrow train hard win easy

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sorry we didn't get to talk much last

time it was kind of loud

concerts are loud what

that's funny honey so

tell me about yourself i know our moms

talk a lot they do

like aspiring i know so many random

things about you but

i don't really know you yeah

did you get rid of that massive couch

you heard about that

i did oh my mom told the whole town

well um and memory of your couch

to our mom's talking

so what about you you run the restaurant

did you go to culinary school i learned

everything from my dad

and then i worked my way up the kitchen

line after college worked as sous chef

at a place called sombrillo in brooklyn

that's really cool i've never been to

new york

never traveled abroad actually you

should

i like things my way

bless i love it here in wallace

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yeah no me too i like being close to

family

fresh air outdoors nice vote i totally

agree

i didn't appreciate it until i left

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what about you how did you get into

dentistry

my uncle's practice i'm actually a

dental hygienist

the cleaning guy by the way you have

uh great teeth thank you

not that it was looking but a beautiful

smile too

oh great made you smile shy

so do you have hobbies passions

other than teeth online gaming

oh nice

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beautiful

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where'd you learn how to do that i

worked a summer at a japanese kaiseki

restaurant

brought in my idea of plating

my mom and i used to paint for fun too

so

i guess some of it rubbed off on me

what it's just uh it seems a bit

unapproachable for the restaurant

well it's for the judges only so the

sample menu is completely separate

yeah i need to make a splash i saw some

of my competition and i need to up my

game this will impress

well there's no cod in that hou and you

don't do french cuisine

uh i reinterpreted ossobuco and greek

foie gras

i want to push interesting fusions

all right coke perfectly see no use good

ingredients anything's gonna taste great

i've known you since your kid that just

it doesn't seem

like you well maybe i've changed 15

years you've changed

less than i like to think um i'll do

whatever you want all right but that

just seems a bit off to me

that's all

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so

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rule four decide what you're looking for

and stay the course

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only when i decided to listen to my

heart that i find my dream woman

rosie and boy did it take a lot of

home-cooked meals to win her offer

chip jim looked cute in an apron it was

just a matter of time

rosie

what are you looking for courtney

so why haven't you changed anything at

the restaurant

uh i guess i'm a little sentimental also

the regulars don't like change

people won't know until you show them

actually i tried a brand new lunch menu

of my creation

and it was kind of a disaster what went

wrong

uh it's my first menu as head chef i was

trying too hard

it's not just that it's this place isn't

just mine you know

i grew up here and i don't want to lose

the history by changing it

well change doesn't mean you have to

lose it

especially not if you respect it maybe

your father would want you to change it

why are you being so nice be nice i'm

just saying it is as it is

ah what made you decide to suddenly move

back

uh feeling of home you know i like the

slower pace i like uh

i like the fact that people look in the

eye

did things not work out in san francisco

why are you saying that

i don't know i mean things didn't work

out for me in new york like i expected

and how did you do a u-turn into baking

because it just seems a little bit

random well i used to

bake to relieve stress i made so much

bread during the playoffs you would not

believe it

and i'm on the mount and

all i'm thinking about is a glaze for an

eclair

you know people just think that i

couldn't cut it or that i couldn't live

up to the promise but

i just don't know about the injury and

you know they just they don't understand

that my heart was elsewhere

now my heart's here you know for now

i um just don't know what i'm gonna do

long term

open a bakery what you didn't think of

that

i just got here come on slow your horses

so tell me about these eclairs

um i could talk all night

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start with the glaze

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it takes me and it takes me

two cups of flour on it

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so what are we looking for a chef

anything

that inspires us we used to go to the

woods and

forage for morale mushrooms be attuned

with the seasons

your dad grew up on farm right they had

to farm to survive so

he knew all these wild edible plants and

i just ate up his stories yes that's

where i caught the cooking bug

and me to go on these night safaris

excuse me you never did that out here no

we go on these night hikes and

illuminate the animals in the dark with

these high-powered flashlights and their

eyes light up i'm gonna stop

dan we have to do better for this

competition

farm to table ingredients what if we did

farm to table with the same menu

same recipes that are ingredients

keep the regulars happy and raise the

quality yeah and you could charge more

you're not wrong yes you're a help after

all

you know uh i could do a commercial for

you i could be your spokesperson

what take it your services

yeah then i cut up some lemon some dill

sauce pepper

then you fold the tin foil on top of it

and you put it in the oven or the

barbecue steam essentially yeah

hey mr major league

can i uh can i chop you for a photo sure

yeah uh oh thanks so uh why are you back

in town

i'm thinking of moving back what are you

going to do around here

i am going to open a bakery smile

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bakery yeah why thanks because it'll be

awesome

jake's a pastry chef so what happened

you wash out

no i just i had an injury oh that's a

crying shame

you were gonna go so far cooper's town

well i'm happy bacon now

but uh you know let's look at it oh yeah

yeah

well let's see it then

yeah jake see it then all right all

right

well if i hit it i'll make you bet that

you upgraded some of the classic menu

items

with some farm to table ingredients and

engage people's responses

and if i hit it you're not going to hit

it i'll probably hit it

i'm going to be okay okay if you do i'll

make you any dessert you want

okay you have to throw it from there

to there with this tough guy

only in idaho right

all right

come on everybody gather round jake's

here show us what he's got

come on jake

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hey

hey jake

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what you can't handle a little heckling

better stop eating all those cupcakes

step aside

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no okay relax your shoulders

no i don't follow baseball but my dad

was really into football

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all right

how was your date with william oh

i hadn't thought about it

that good he's kind he's polite

but but we don't have anything in common

it's just not there but thank you for

setting us up

oh jess and i drove by the house that

jake grew up in

down by the river the mccormick's

putting a second story on there has jake

seen that

didn't jake live closer to town no we

had to drop pta stuff there several

times

then why did he ride the bus with me

past his stop sure got through the

pastor or something

how's working with him it's good

yeah he's good good work

we're doing good work do you enjoy

spending time with him

i enjoy spending work time with him

he really did fill out well you said

that

already i don't know where i'm gonna be

after this competition here in new york

he's been helpful so that you can rest

your arm

i never rest i know

rule five love is nothing without trust

and never trust a skinny cook

what am i doing wrong now good enough

really

yeah i don't have time to fix this

is that squash from the farmer's market

yes i'm testing out the farm to table

but you still owe me a dessert

yes yes

prince toast i make club sandwich you

got it

it's able to may i speak with the chef

i'm sure i

know where hey

what's up these are for you

oh william you didn't have to my gift

sorry i haven't called listen

i've been thinking there's something i

want to tell you

yeah me too um i'm sorry i'm just not

feeling it

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oh what me neither

we're on like a totally separate place i

thought so too

i mean i was really hoping no me too

your mom is so sweet and

my mom has so much pressure i mean i

brought those to soften the blow i

didn't want any bad feelings coming back

at me

thank you that was very considerate

william

thank you courtney and thank you for the

dates

i had a good time as friends

i did too hey you know what

there's someone i want you to meet who

you will find out soon

i want to show you something hey uh

who's that guy today

william ah we went on a few dates

a few dates huh yep like normal people

just asking where are we going

what's this expanding the restaurant

your bakery

obviously you don't have to open it here

but i talked to janine

and she's willing to negotiate a lower

price for a local celebrity

it used to be a small pizza joint so it

has ventilation sprinklers

some of the basic built-ins

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well what

i got like a thousand ideas i mean okay

well what would it look like

jake's big a big

big boy turner big boy turner

uh anyway metal trusses for sure uh

exposed brick you know like a ballpark

vibe right

of course that's the vibe yeah like long

glass shelves for desserts um baskets

filled with

baguettes and batards and cake stands of

course

one of those beautiful espresso machines

and then

just stools forever that people could

just sit and hang out with me and

but you know what no k-pops that's my

one rule

that is an overrated food truck okay you

sound like a foodie

me yeah like a snooty foodie no no

my ex was um well i guess yeah i was too

but not anymore so

another u-turn yeah

um i don't even know if

bakery is a good idea can ask

them was i a fool to leave baseball

is this is it a good idea

it's a good dream at least you have one

i followed my ex boise and then i did my

kitchen grunt work in new york so

i'm just in someone's shadow i'd like to

have my own dream

i like being close to family and the

restaurant is close to my heart but

i want something on my own well

isn't that what you're doing with the

new recipes

yeah just afraid i won't find it here

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okay i got it

well i uh should finish closing up i

will get

janine's info

good night um thank you

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rule six don't settle ever

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how's it going now we're behind we need

to

proof these doughs overnight so that we

can shape them in the morning well i

need it for the soup

jake yeah can i help

uh yeah okay okay

here's this

okay that is that's not my specialty no

i wasn't i just wasn't

that's a crime against flower okay why

don't you show me

jake makes all right okay here thank you

let's try it together okay okay

this one yes okay

here's my palm

yep okay you need it okay you're gonna

feel it change right

yeah it becomes beautiful

and smooth there you go

elastic but doesn't tear

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table for two please absolutely follow

me

thank you no no no

no menus thank you

so much hey i need you to play the yard

bird help me with the lamb and grab some

carrots over here and wilcox is here

what here yes he he did not take a menu

either

ah he did that last time he was here see

another time yeah

you know what we should try out some

dishes what right now yeah we have a

free trial run with one of the judges

okay just conserve uh take orders i need

you here with me

here yes let's go come

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thank on

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sauce

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how was it did you change the menu

no i thought i'd try something different

for fun

it was interesting

thank you can i get you anything else

no thank you i think we'll have shovels

in the ground

stops what do you say

well what did he say he didn't like it i

was trying too hard again

okay okay you know what this is perfect

how is this perfect this is a disaster

well because you get to start over again

like you said okay what if you serve

those dishes to the judges

then you just look at this you gotta

roll up your sleeves just start all over

again

is that a locker room slogan or maybe

look i'm here to help all nighters seven

days a week whatever it takes okay

i'll help too you guys are being sweet

no we're just saying it as it is it's

gotta believe

okay

hey hey you okay

well i can't go back to new york if i

can't even place in a competition here

you just need to take a step back and

regroup

i already reached out to some old

contacts in the city and i got an

apprenticeship with esteban olia in new

york

starting over at the bottom but maybe

that's where i belong

you're just tired and upset

i don't know what i want jess the

cuisine for everything

well i was working with fastball he

actually kind of knows what he's doing

mostly who would have thought he was

such a shrimp in junior high too but now

are you kidding me

we're ready to open for dinner we'll be

right there

i'm not looking to get tied down right

now well at least you have options

hey have you met william porter no the

name sounds familiar though

why i think you should meet him

okay and look if you still want to do

that trial dinner for the judges

i can do the invitations thanks

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rule seven what did you love to do as a

kid

embrace it

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so

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so

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so

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hi courtney it's me courtney i'm 10

years old

i'm not used to being in a double digits

it's weird

i'm old can you drive a car

mom says when i'm older i will but it

seems scary

what sorry mom's whispering

i can't hear you mom okay

i want to have my own restaurant next to

my dad's one day

it'll be really pretty with big windows

i want to be a famous chef like my dad

how long have you been there i gotta say

that's a good dream your own restaurant

what's your plan chef

let's get out of here get out of here

what do you mean i thought you couldn't

afford to close

well i need a break i need to take a

step back and

figure things out okay

it sounds like fun

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followings

you know maybe you should just do the

restaurants dishes for the competition

i thought we weren't talking about work

we're talking about

you what about me

well to be honest i didn't see any of

you in the new dishes

they do you from the cassette tape

your dad was from the south right

savannah until his family moved here

he's

he's like a real traditional stand-up

guy you know it could be a real softie

or he could scare the crap out of me if

i didn't bust the tables right

probably because you deserved it i did

but every dish reflects who he was

you know self-made wholesome down to

earth

yeah he wanted to take the comfort food

of my grandmother's kitchen

and elevate it

that's what he wanted to say what do you

want to say

what's your story

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i need to revisit that

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so what did you love to do as a kid uh

baseball and uh eating oh

anything in particular

the pie the roadside diner was just

was happening for me i'm just staring at

it through the glass and

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i guess that's why i want to spend the

rest of my life with it the piece

forgot about this place never gets old

for me

no city roar just

how it is

and then said it better myself

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ah so much fog in the city you know you

don't see stars not like this

you hear that how

what if it's like a barrel walls all i

gotta do is run faster than you

oh really you just believe me to be

eaten quite the gentleman

well i feel like that's like a loose

news for me

now oh my god what's that what

ah good one funny

yeah uh you totally ditched me

i want to protect you i'm doing just

just fine this again courtney

courtney i heard yelling are you okay

there you are hey hey

just pulling out some old recipes oh

nice

these are grandmas yeah

okay um what's planned we

are going back to my childhood the

dishes that made me fall in love with

cooking

we are going to recreate them for

inspiration

ah grandpa's cornbread

here it is here it is my grandma and

boise used to make these prokedos for us

she'd

put a big basket in our faces and say

that we were too skinny

food was a big part of your family yeah

it was

kitchen was the heart of everything

you're lucky

are you ready to relive my childhood

yeah

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good and brown

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hmm

cheers

oh my god it's amazing

okay let's get started

what's that nothing it's the rule book

of love

the rulebook of love it's a book

of family saints can i see it

no you should let him see it he's gonna

open a bakery it might inspire him too

yeah come on inspire me

you're supposed to ponder each rule

before moving on

be brave

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what are all these other writings they

are memories from

other generations regarding the rules

i didn't ponder

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never trust a skinny cook yeah

and uh rule number eight notice when

you're losing track of time

it's happening a lot these days

it's late yeah i should get going

thank you today a lot of fun yeah me too

thanks you two should go through the

rest of the book together

sure mom another time

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hey man i hope this is not too awkward

for you no

no but i do have to treat it like every

other customer i mean it's just

procedure

oh did you catch that game last night no

the comeback win

why the high cost place needs more work

than i figured and it's probably gonna

take a while for business to ramp up

how about an already existing bakery no

this this is the perfect location

hey listen but i gotta be straight with

you this is a lot

don't you have any more saved up like

why do you need a loan i made some bad

investments all right oh

all of it yeah look i was a rookie with

an ego and when i got hurt they kicked

me down the miners and then culinary

sorry man i i get it my bosses they see

you as a baseball player

not a baker i mean this is a lot of risk

for

an idea that's not going to compete with

hey listen if it were me

i'll just save up one or get one of your

old teammates to invest or something

i gotta go we'll talk good chat all

right

what a great idea to use grandma's

mother of vinegar culture

must be at least 80 years old

i love that something she made for us to

enjoy others will enjoy now too

wouldn't that be wonderful we can put it

in little jars with cute little labels

and sell it here too

there's something i've been meaning to

talk to you about for a while now

you need to take complete control

of the restaurant the menu everything

i just want to run it like dad did and

honor him the dishes remind me of him

your father would want you to make it

your own

i worry i didn't support you enough when

your lunch menu didn't go so well

no you did i just doubted myself

i want you to follow your dreams

to new york or wherever they take you

you are so talented i'm so proud of you

and i can't wait to see what you're

going to do next

thanks mom

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what do you think cute little jars just

like that yeah

so what i'm thinking is making some

idaho dishes but fusing southern flavors

to it like both sides of my family

your story yeah i want to try upscaled

versions of my grandmother's croquetas

but with idaho sturgeon

and comeback sauce a southern style

chicken with an idaho morel

mushroom sauce but only morels that we

forage like i used to do with my dad

oh idaho lamb over rice grits but hush

puppies

idaho finger sticks over hot pajam nice

oh yeah and i want to do a chicuteri

plate but with idaho el carpaccio

pickled vegetables from the ranch and an

upscale pimento cheese

you can upscale pimento cheese i don't

know what we can try

it's my family's story we're making

humble comfort food sing

as fine dining and we will plate it like

art and out to my time in new york

oh and we're going to need idaho

huckleberry desserts from you

hustling heart let's get after it

hi courtney chef olia has requested you

send new samples that show your plating

also can you start two weeks earlier

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there's got to be a patch somewhere

wild flowers come out come out wherever

you are

does that help yeah actually it did

they are this way

oh really um look maybe we should

try and find a clearing

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how did you know make it till you make

it jake

oh we can plate these

on the chicken

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i dish these would be great for the

plane

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what ah that's poison ivy not stop

wasn't it it is

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i believe this is called payback by the

other night oh sorry being funny now i

am being honest

yeah don't worry i protect you

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how do we get back i thought you were

keeping track

no seriously i thought you were

no really i'm not joking

okay well that's the big rock and then

we just

zigzag that's your plan you're the baker

where's your breadcrumbs hansel

we go this way you're not really

inspiring confidence right now

at home we just go downhill and we'll

eventually hit the town

in the meantime you can show me your

best cowboy walk

okay

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so um what kind of typeface you think

for the taste of many and do you want to

print it on cardstock or

is there a rule for that

we make the menu covers look like this

that's perfect

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rule number nine true love is

selfless it will change everything you

touch

that's it we don't write the courses for

the tasting menu we write the rules

each rule corresponds with a course it's

it's like a poem

the tasting itself is autobiographical

wow that's beautiful it's true

ah yeah that scientist reminds me of

high school

you've actually looked seriously

of course you yeah awkward

just like high school

who did you go to prom with

melinda donahoe i'm sorry yeah

it's just like a photography and um

anyway she's a maritime everybody finds

their person

i take it you didn't want to go with

belinda

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i was caught in my own teenage mind

my ex-boyfriend was older popular

and a brand new pickup truck oh

i totally knew it i knew it was the

truck it was the truck

wow so close

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yeah hey martin

how's it going

what do you think it was great i think

it'd be like a family picnic

yeah this party will be the trial run

for the judges so we got to treat it

like the real thing

upscale linens wild flowers and thinking

about pushing the table further this way

jake what's going

the on last night was from martin it was

an offer for a pitching coach job in

arizona

you gonna take it oh i'm gonna open my

bakery

you know who else would provide you with

desserts i didn't know that was

permanent

you don't like my desserts no just

you might change your mind it's all and

that's your right

you know like how you changed your mind

about

baseball and staying in san francisco

just

you might change your mind as well

i was offered an apprenticeship with

estevan olia in new york

an apprenticeship yeah

he needs proof well

i left so i need to start over what

about the new tasting menu

i told you all of this is just so that i

can get back to new york

i thought things would be different this

time well

if all goes well i'll have to start in a

few weeks

what about what your dad wanted this

family restaurant my life is still in

new york jake

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you really have changed

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what are you talking about you're the

one supposedly moving back here and now

all of a sudden you're taking a pitching

job

it's an offer well this

apprenticeship is an opportunity i don't

think i can pass up

so

maybe we should take a break yeah maybe

you should

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don't worry i'll wear an apron you clean

up nice best boy

thank you so i've been told

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don't forget to enjoy the moment

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what do you think this is so cool

very pretty deer thank you

was that amazing

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we went from nothing to this whole

tasting menu

in less than three weeks the judges are

coming tomorrow

so wish us luck

i'd like to thank a few people who made

this whole thing possible

my mother rosie and jess

and especially jake for being beside me

in the trenches the whole way

having my back so without further delay

chow down cheers

cheers

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i'm william jess

you have great people oh

thanks i hear you're a gamer i

am me too

yes we have a lot to talk about i guess

we do

i should go

see you later

wow

delicious yeah fantastic

i think the judges will like the juices

well it is definitely good enough to get

meetings in

san francisco for that matter in new

york

okay so what's it like

that's nice

but nice that's it yeah like i don't

know

back here's a good idea you know enough

the bakery makes economic sense or

that she or this restaurant will even be

here so hey

you just got to be you all right is that

what you wanted

yeah yeah yeah she's definitely going

back to new york that's

that's i thought she was still

considering

um why am i out before you know

i gotta make a call um i'll talk to you

later

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hey martin jake turner um you still want

me for that coaching job

all right well i'm in

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you ducked out early last night

yeah um i was tired

had the rest of the night go great

you know um

you could be anywhere to be a culinary

destination like some of the

top chefs are in rural sweden

coastal spain people will come to you

did janine come down on the lease price

i uh i took the coaching position

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mom what are you doing this just arrives

scissors

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it looks just like the rule book of love

we can use it for the regular menu too

but i am going to need your beautiful

handwriting for the 10 courses

what do i write 10 rules

oh that's so nice

your father would be so proud

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so

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i think

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[Applause]

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uh

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so

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rule 10 show up

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you're still here enjoy some numbers

you okay yeah

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this restaurant is what i've always

wanted

my own menu hooking my dad every day i

just

and i realized that i wasn't settling

i'm home i i want to stay

i'm staying

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you're a shining star

you're not thank

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oh thank you

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hey jake i your baklava was

awesome my grandmother served it over

the weekend and holy moly it's about

time this town had a good bakery

yeah that's exactly what i was thinking

well your bread

is half as good as your pitches i can't

wait

you heading somewhere yeah yeah i'm

going to phoenix i got a

pitching coach job um bakery is not

gonna work out

oh man you're breaking our hearts all

over again

sorry you could go so far with your

baklava let's cry and shame i

i can't even you really like the bakula

you got some no not on me oh

well good luck wherever you're going

but personally i think you should open

up that bakery

a lot of us will be lining up there

every day well

thanks for saying that good luck to you

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so

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welcome to the restaurant finding a

table

yes follow me we are an only in idaho

finalist did you know that we're very

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proud

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excellent guys

thank you

just let me know if you need anything

okay ugh

hey hey you can't do that during

business

hours

oh can i help

shouldn't you be starting your new job

today

i'm gonna do spring training instead um

yeah i signed the lease i just needed to

follow

rule number ten show up

you still owe me a dessert the peach

cobbler from the tasting menu

yeah yeah you can use a few more of

those

also i have some other ideas should i

make a list or

look jake i'm sorry for pushing you away

we did this together

and i'm glad you're back i don't make a

bad team

no you really don't running away to new

york wasn't gonna solve what was empty

my heart so my dream finally came home

thanks to you i was just afraid to make

an impulsive decision

you know um i want to stop running

around in circles and

i'm finally where i want to be just i

have a little faith in myself you know

and others in you

can i ask you a question did you ride

the bus faster stop when we were kids

of course i did i just wanted to talk to

you a little bit longer

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rule number 11 don't forget you're the

new history

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do

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[Laughter]

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you