The Chopping Block Competition

I'm totally disappointed with myself 5 4 3 2 one 's up please step away Chef Yuan so I have presented a blend of sardines olives of a crouton served with a kie of squash and maple syrup. Chef Jessica um Chef's this is my take on a summer roll using more Mediterranean flavors then we have chef Jasmine chefs you have in front of you a fresh roll using Kabota squash sardine and a little banana crumble on top finally we have Chef Rebecca I've prepared for you a Caesar salad with roasted kabuchi squash aago Sumer roll and banana chip Crouton so whose dish is on The Chopping Block. Chef Jessica you've been Chopped judges Jessica while your dish was light and rather appealing the flavors were lacking it wasn't really a finished dish I was the only person that actually got an appetizer portion and for those reasons we have to let you go today thank you thank you for the opportunity bye girls chef yanne chef Jasmine Chef Rebecca please open your baskets and the mandatory ingredients are beef shoulder baby artichokes blood oranges and cashew butter you will have 30 minutes this time and the clock starts now I'm going for the artichokes first because I want to steep them with a little bit of lemon herbs and olive oil so that they have good flavor I have in mind the warm salad with caramelized onions and baby artishok I attacked the baby arti right away cuz I know how to approach them I put them in a ciliated water bath with some lemon because if you don't they turn brown so I'm going over okay arti done oranges done cashew nuts done meat done okay so I'm like okay break it down plate it one minute chefs time now chef only for final touches and five 4 3 2 one time's up.

Chef Jasmine, what I've prepared for you is a middle eastern spiced beef shoulder with Crispy Arch chokes a fresh salad of arugula and blood orange segments next. Chef Rebecca, I prepared for you a pan fried steak with potato hash roasted artichokes with a pepper corn cashew butter next. Chef Yan, you have beef Tata with caramelized arok and onions served with fresh blood orange and kesu chat so whose dish is on The Chopping Block.

Chef Jasmine, you have been shopped judges Jasmine. You did a great job here but end of the day your dish was too uneven uneven the way the meat was chopped the way it was seasoned but you should be very proud of yourself you're cooking with some great ladies here and you're going to do very well okay thank you very much I appreciate um the opportunity to cook for you at all and your comments meant a lot to me so thank you that was a great meeting both of you. Okay bye good luck it's Chef Rebecca versus Chef yoanne dessert is all about quantities exactitude I'm a troublemaker I don't like rules heading into the dessert round I still feel like I can bring it home $10,000 is 30 minutes away chefs please open your baskets your desserts must include celery root cinnamon candies blackberries and marshmallow spread you will have 30 minutes to finish your desserts time starts now.

I am slicing it up and caramelizing it with butter cinnamon and sugar and then I'm thinking apples apple and celery root go together really well I need something that's going to smooth the celery roots out so I grab recter to have that mousse consistency I believe that dessert has to be that perfect l bite absolutely perfect my marshmallow mix was going to be St in the shot glass and then I saw those Asian spoons I'm thinking okay so I decid to put the marshmallow mix in the middle my Blackberry on top I think I have a good shot at winning just seconds remain on the clock.

Chefs, and 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 one time's up please step back. Chef Rebecca, what's for dessert I made a warm bread pudding with a celery root apple caramel blackberries and marshcapone marshmallow topping next. Chef yanne, I'm presenting you celery root with cinnamon candy and a puree of black raspberries as well so whose dish is on The Chopping Block.

Okay, Chef yanne, you have been chopped. Thank judges uh Chef yoanne the fact that you survived the first round after leaving one of the ingredients off your dish entirely is a testament to your sheer ability as a cook but in your Entre course your steak was unevenly cooked and for the dessert it was incredibly creative but it really didn't come together cohesively as a dessert thank you so much for your critiques thank you chefs very much and that means Chef Rebecca, that you are the chopped champion and that you're going home with $10,000 yay that's the awesome part I love that for

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enfour competitors think they have what it takes to be the chopped Champion it's a great feeling to be up here with such strong women but I just love to like be on top and I you know find myself there a lot judges this is actually the first time we've had four women chefs competing against each other I love it I love it too women are still dramatically under represented in professional restaurant kitchens they're probably one woman for every 10 men I'm absolutely nervous my caboa it's still not completely cooked that's not cooked that's not cooked mommy there are three rounds appetizer entree dessert each course comes with its own basket of mystery ingredients you must use every ingredient in the basket in some way if your dish doesn't cut it you will be chopped chefs please open your baskets and the Mystery ingredients are banana chips rice paper caboa squash and sardines 20 minutes on the clock and time starts now it's hard not to be intimidated because these girls have so much more experience than me but I'm like a quiet roar I want to puree my squash with some spices to make a Vietnamese style summer roll I'm trying to show that cooking is what I'm supposed to do and this competition is really about putting myself up to an even bigger Challenge and succeeding we're going to be acknowledged it's a real foodie Town first thing that I do is I get the Kucha squash going I throw it in a pan with oil and cumin and I'm just going to rock it out so start cutting the squash I got to boil it down I Know I Can Make It Sweet to do a compt imagine this over salad it's perfect growing up in Vermont I would always eat pumpkin seeds raw I was thinking take some raw seeds from the squash put those in banana chips celery leaves red pepper for a little salad so I'm trying to fold the simmer rolls and they're just falling apart and time is going very quickly these rolls I'm really just trying to get those tight and then I'm making a balsamic reduction which I think will really tie it together I look down and I see Jasmine doing summer rolls and I was like her experience is definitely limited and 10 nine time sticking down and the summer rolls they look like crap and I'm totally disappointed with myself 5 4 3 2 one 's up please step away Chef Yuan so I have presented a blend of sardines olives of a crouton served with a kie of squash and maple syrup Chef Jessica um Chef's this is my take on a summer roll using more Mediterranean flavors then we have chef Jasmine chefs you have in front of you a fresh roll using Kabota squash sardine and a little banana crumble on top finally we have Chef Rebecca I've prepared for you a Caesar salad with roasted kabuchi squash aago Sumer roll and banana chip Crouton so whose dish is on The Chopping Block Chef Jessica you've been Chopped judges Jessica while your dish was light and rather appealing the flavors were lacking it wasn't really a finished dish I was the only person that actually got an appetizer portion and for those reasons we have to let you go today thank you thank you for the opportunity bye girls chef yanne chef Jasmine Chef Rebecca please open your baskets and the mandatory ingredients are beef shoulder baby artichokes blood oranges and cashew butter you will have 30 minutes this time and the clock starts now I'm going for the artichokes first because I want to steep them with a little bit of lemon herbs and olive oil so that they have good flavor I have in mind the warm salad with caramelized onions and baby artishok I attacked the baby arti right away cuz I know how to approach them I put them in a ciliated water bath with some lemon because if you don't they turn brown so I'm going over okay arti done oranges done cashew nuts done meat done okay so I'm like okay break it down plate it one minute chefs time now chef only for final touches and five 4 3 2 one time's up chef Jasmine chefs what I've prepared for you is a middle eastern spiced beef shoulder with Crispy Arch chokes a fresh salad of arugula and blood orange segments next Chef Rebecca I prepared for you a pan fried steak with potato hash roasted artichokes with a pepper corn cashew butter next Chef Yan you have beef Tata with caramelized arok and onions served with fresh blood orange and kesu chat so whose dish is on The Chopping Block chef Jasmine you have been shopped judges Jasmine you did a great job here but end of the day your dish was too uneven uneven the way the meat was chopped the way it was seasoned but you should be very proud of yourself you're cooking with some great ladies here and you're going to do very well okay thank you very much I appreciate um the opportunity to cook for you at all and your comments meant a lot to me so thank you that was a great meeting both of you okay bye good luck it's Chef Rebecca versus Chef yoanne dessert is all about quantities exactitude I'm a troublemaker I don't like rules heading into the dessert round I still feel like I can bring it home $10,000 is 30 minutes away chefs please open your baskets your desserts must include celery root cinnamon candies blackberries and marshmallow spread you will have 30 minutes to finish your desserts time starts now I am slicing it up and caramelizing it with butter cinnamon and sugar and then I'm thinking apples apple and celery root go together really well I need something that's going to smooth the celery roots out so I grab recter to have that mousse consistency I believe that dessert has to be that perfect l bite absolutely perfect my marshmallow mix was going to be St in the shot glass and then I saw those Asian spoons I'm thinking okay so I decid to put the marshmallow mix in the middle my Blackberry on top I think I have a good shot at winning just seconds remain on the clock chefs and 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 one time's up please step back Chef Rebecca what's for dessert I made a warm bread pudding with a celery root apple caramel blackberries and marscapone marshmallow topping next Chef yanne I'm presenting you celery root with cinnamon candy and a puree of black raspberries as well so whose dish is on The Chopping Block okay Chef yanne you have been chopped thank judges uh Chef yoanne the fact that you survived the first round after leaving one of the ingredients off your dish entirely is a testament to your sheer ability as a cook but in your Entre course your steak was unevenly cooked and for the dessert it was incredibly creative but it really didn't come together cohesively as a dessert thank you so much for your critiques thank you chefs very much and that means Chef Rebecca that you are the chopped champion and that you're going home with $10,000 yay that's the awesome part I love that forfour competitors think they have what it takes to be the chopped Champion it's a great feeling to be up here with such strong women but I just love to like be on top and I you know find myself there a lot judges this is actually the first time we've had four women chefs competing against each other I love it I love it too women are still dramatically under represented in professional restaurant kitchens they're probably one woman for every 10 men I'm absolutely nervous my caboa it's still not completely cooked that's not cooked that's not cooked mommy there are three rounds appetizer entree dessert each course comes with its own basket of mystery ingredients you must use every ingredient in the basket in some way if your dish doesn't cut it you will be chopped chefs please open your baskets and the Mystery ingredients are banana chips rice paper caboa squash and sardines 20 minutes on the clock and time starts now it's hard not to be intimidated because these girls have so much more experience than me but I'm like a quiet roar I want to puree my squash with some spices to make a Vietnamese style summer roll I'm trying to show that cooking is what I'm supposed to do and this competition is really about putting myself up to an even bigger Challenge and succeeding we're going to be acknowledged it's a real foodie Town first thing that I do is I get the Kucha squash going I throw it in a pan with oil and cumin and I'm just going to rock it out so start cutting the squash I got to boil it down I Know I Can Make It Sweet to do a compt imagine this over salad it's perfect growing up in Vermont I would always eat pumpkin seeds raw I was thinking take some raw seeds from the squash put those in banana chips celery leaves red pepper for a little salad so I'm trying to fold the simmer rolls and they're just falling apart and time is going very quickly these rolls I'm really just trying to get those tight and then I'm making a balsamic reduction which I think will really tie it together I look down and I see Jasmine doing summer rolls and I was like her experience is definitely limited and 10 nine time sticking down and the summer rolls they look like crap and I'm totally disappointed with myself 5 4 3 2 one 's up please step away Chef Yuan so I have presented a blend of sardines olives of a crouton served with a kie of squash and maple syrup Chef Jessica um Chef's this is my take on a summer roll using more Mediterranean flavors then we have chef Jasmine chefs you have in front of you a fresh roll using Kabota squash sardine and a little banana crumble on top finally we have Chef Rebecca I've prepared for you a Caesar salad with roasted kabuchi squash aago Sumer roll and banana chip Crouton so whose dish is on The Chopping Block Chef Jessica you've been Chopped judges Jessica while your dish was light and rather appealing the flavors were lacking it wasn't really a finished dish I was the only person that actually got an appetizer portion and for those reasons we have to let you go today thank you thank you for the opportunity bye girls chef yanne chef Jasmine Chef Rebecca please open your baskets and the mandatory ingredients are beef shoulder baby artichokes blood oranges and cashew butter you will have 30 minutes this time and the clock starts now I'm going for the artichokes first because I want to steep them with a little bit of lemon herbs and olive oil so that they have good flavor I have in mind the warm salad with caramelized onions and baby artishok I attacked the baby arti right away cuz I know how to approach them I put them in a ciliated water bath with some lemon because if you don't they turn brown so I'm going over okay arti done oranges done cashew nuts done meat done okay so I'm like okay break it down plate it one minute chefs time now chef only for final touches and five 4 3 2 one time's up chef Jasmine chefs what I've prepared for you is a middle eastern spiced beef shoulder with Crispy Arch chokes a fresh salad of arugula and blood orange segments next Chef Rebecca I prepared for you a pan fried steak with potato hash roasted artichokes with a pepper corn cashew butter next Chef Yan you have beef Tata with caramelized arok and onions served with fresh blood orange and kesu chat so whose dish is on The Chopping Block chef Jasmine you have been shopped judges Jasmine you did a great job here but end of the day your dish was too uneven uneven the way the meat was chopped the way it was seasoned but you should be very proud of yourself you're cooking with some great ladies here and you're going to do very well okay thank you very much I appreciate um the opportunity to cook for you at all and your comments meant a lot to me so thank you that was a great meeting both of you okay bye good luck it's Chef Rebecca versus Chef yoanne dessert is all about quantities exactitude I'm a troublemaker I don't like rules heading into the dessert round I still feel like I can bring it home $10,000 is 30 minutes away chefs please open your baskets your desserts must include celery root cinnamon candies blackberries and marshmallow spread you will have 30 minutes to finish your desserts time starts now I am slicing it up and caramelizing it with butter cinnamon and sugar and then I'm thinking apples apple and celery root go together really well I need something that's going to smooth the celery roots out so I grab recter to have that mousse consistency I believe that dessert has to be that perfect l bite absolutely perfect my marshmallow mix was going to be St in the shot glass and then I saw those Asian spoons I'm thinking okay so I decid to put the marshmallow mix in the middle my Blackberry on top I think I have a good shot at winning just seconds remain on the clock chefs and 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 one time's up please step back Chef Rebecca what's for dessert I made a warm bread pudding with a celery root apple caramel blackberries and marscapone marshmallow topping next Chef yanne I'm presenting you celery root with cinnamon candy and a puree of black raspberries as well so whose dish is on The Chopping Block okay Chef yanne you have been chopped thank judges uh Chef yoanne the fact that you survived the first round after leaving one of the ingredients off your dish entirely is a testament to your sheer ability as a cook but in your Entre course your steak was unevenly cooked and for the dessert it was incredibly creative but it really didn't come together cohesively as a dessert thank you so much for your critiques thank you chefs very much and that means Chef Rebecca that you are the chopped champion and that you're going home with $10,000 yay that's the awesome part I love that for\n"