MasterChef

Gordon: Previously on "masterchef"...

You are the most talented home cooks in all of america.

Technically, this is beyond reproach.

Bri, ceviche, one of the best of the night.

- It's perfect. - Thank you.

Wow. It just makes me wanna reserve at wuta's place again.

- You're not ready to go home. - No, I'm not!

You gotta trust me. I know exactly what I'm doing.

Listen to your teammate.

Ah! You burned me!

Please respect our intelligence and don't bring us crap.

Michael, liz, put your aprons on top of your bench and head home.

- And then there were 14. - Awesome! Awesome!

Gordon: Tonight, wedding bells are ringing

for a masterchef favorite.

Last season's "masterchef" winner gerron.

This incredible wedding will be the site

of your next team challenge.

This is serious.

Joe: You will make the entrées for this amazing wedding.

The losing team will face elimination.

I am about to freaking explode.

Gordon: No one's actually cooked at this level

for this many ever before.

Noah: Just falling apart. They're really falling apart.

Gordon: What's that for?

- Flossing my ( bleep ) teeth? - ( gags )

noah: I'm deathly allergic to selfish.

- Oh, no. - Steaks on!

The only thing we're missing is the field.

Or do you wanna milk that thing, it's so raw.

I almost want to die.

Wedding? It's ( bleep ) dinner for divorce.

guys, come on, this wedding is gonna be amazing.

- Oh, wow! - Holy cow!

Look how pretty!

It's a wedding!

Dorian: The wedding setting makes me a little homesick.

I haven't been away from my husband

this long since we've been together.

- It's beautiful. - It is so pretty.

But I'm here for a purpose.

I'm here to fight for my family.

It's season ten, and for the first time ever

we're hosting a wedding inside the masterchef kitchen.

You're probably wondering who's getting married.

- Absolutely. - Yes, chef.

He's a much loved member of the masterchef family...

Last season's "masterchef" winner gerron.

- Wow! - Oh!

Gosh.

Fred: Oh, my god, it's gerron.

I don't think my heart is ready for this.

Like, this is actually kind of insane.

This incredible wedding

will be the site of your next team challenge.

Now, your captains for tonight--

two cooks have really impressed us individually.

We'd like to see how they perform leading a team.

So, tonight, we'd like to put bri and wuta to the test.

- Hey! - Wow!

- Aprons on, please. - Yes, red team.

Wuta: For this challenge, I'm hoping to shine.

I'm ready to start having people realize

that I'm a force to be reckoned with.

Now, you guys get to pick your own teams today.

Yes!

Wuta, who is number one on your team?

My first pick is going to be noah.

- Noah. - Thank you, brother.

Wow. Why noah first?

I've watched his technique, something that I struggle with,

and he's probably cream of the crop.

- Bri, off we go. - Okay. I choose fred.

- Oh! Thank you. - Gordon: Why fred?

This is a wedding challenge,

and it's all about making the plate

as beautiful as possible

and I know that fred is very capable of that.

My strategy is to pick people

who I know will mesh together well

and support me as their captain.

- Number two is going to be jamie. - My man!

Wuta's strategy is just to pick the strongest contestants,

the strong loud voices.

Nick.

Right, wuta, you have a strong lineup.

You have a fish cook, a meat cook.

- Yep. - Who's plating?

Magic micah, let's go.

That's my plater.

Shari.

Renee, what team would you like to be on right now, red or the blue?

I would love to be on the red team.

On the red team. Interesting.

Fourth pick is who, please?

- Sarah. - Noah: Let's go, alpha!

Let's go. Team alpha, baby, let's go.

- Sam. - Thank you, bri.

- Dorian, come on down. - Noah: Let's go, dorian.

Team challenges have not been good to me at all.

I haven't won one yet, so I want this one to go well.

But at the same time, I'm worried.

The red team has a lot of strong personalities.

That could be a hindrance.

I'm gonna pick renee.

Thank you.

Okay, wuta, you picked first and you get to pick last.

Keturah, let's go.

My nigerian sister.

Pick up the apron, please, subha.

Subha: I'm the last person to be picked,

so I'm feeling a bit upset

because I wanna be on a team where I'm welcome.

Captains, please join your teams, thank you.

This is the team that I wanted from first pick to last,

but they're all strong cooks.

Bri probably didn't want some of these stronger voices on her team,

but if I can handle seventh and eighth graders,

I can handle some adults.

So, tonight the losing team will face elimination.

The bride and groom want filet mignon

and they want lobster.

Red team, you'll be making the lobster.

We got this. I am jacked right now. I'm super pumped.

My wheelhouse is seafood.

No way we're coming out without it being perfect.

Blue team, you'll be making filet.

Yeah!

Now, take some time

and come up with a plan worthy of a masterchef wedding.

The guests will be arriving soon.

Off you go. Let's do it.

All right, well, clearly I can't cook lobster

'cause I'm allergic to shellfish,

so let's start thinking of where I'm going to be going.

Noah: I do not have a lot of confidence in this at all

because I'm deathly allergic to shellfish.

I know that I'm gonna be in a hell of a lot of trouble.

So, I'm up for all discussion, but I'm thinking

we do, like, a roasted lobster tail.

Maybe like a purée. Jamie, I see you saying something.

- What's up? - So we got one of the best spots in the world

to eat lobster in charleston. I've had it a hundred times.

I like to split 'em in half and then I wanna stuff that

with some breadcrumbs, parsley, garlic,

and then the meat from the other half of the lobster.

- Noah: I like that. - Wuta: Anytime I've had lobster,

it's always a big, beautiful, tail meat.

Jamie has other plans.

I'm not gonna question it because he's shown us

time and time again he really knows how to cook fish.

It's a wedding. It needs to be elegant.

- Yes. - And with a roasted lobster,

that's kind of rustic.

- It needs to definitely be, like, clean. - Yeah.

Clean lines and good light flavors,

- 'cause that lobster is gonna be heavy. - It's gonna be rich.

Okay, so I already have some great ideas.

Let's do a pomme purée. Who'd like to be on that?

- I'm gonna do the pomme purée. - Fred. Okay, perfect.

And then pickled clamshell mushrooms as well.

And we're gonna stand them up on the plate so it looks super whimsical.

- I got the pickle. - Shari. Okay, perfect.

- A red wine reduction sauce. - I got that.

Subha, perfect. And then the filet,

- we need a couple people on that. Who would like-- - me.

- I'll take it. - Yeah, I'll work with them on that.

Okay, so you guys just work together, please.

Aarón: Welcome!

Appreciate you coming. Thank you so much.

Hi, guys. Hey!

- Hey, guys. - Good to see you again. How are you?

- Chef, you doing good? - What's up, buddy? How you doing?

- How are you, beautiful? Good to see you. - Good to see you.

Shari: This is a big challenge

and this is a lot of pressure on our shoulders.

- Lindsay. - This is not just any wedding.

Gerron is "masterchef" royalty.

Like, he won last season.

His standards are high.

We need to make this the best day of his life.

So, obviously, tenderloin does not have a lot of flavor.

- What are you thoughts on tossing in some bacon - unh-uh.

- To start with that or something-- - unh-uh. No.

I think we should keep the filet kind of simple.

- Okay, cool. - Salt and pepper only,

and baste with thyme and garlic.

That's great for cooking one or two individual filets,

- but butter basting 45 filets is not realistic. - Agreed.

- Let's all-- let's all talk. - For crunch, would you like--

- we're gonna do a hard sear on both sides, for sure. - Nick: Definitely.

- Then I think we rest it-- - no, you can't do a hard sear

because since there's no fat in a filet, it will get grainy.

All right, we all need to listen to each other.

- I know. I know. - We do. We do.

Bri, do you wanna put someone in charge...

- You're next. - ...Of cooking the meat? Or do you just--

- because I'm just afraid... - I can't even get my voice in.

...Renee and I have slightly different styles for cooking.