MasterChef

Gordon: Previously on "masterchef"...

Joe: Tonight you have a team challenge.

Your future in this competition depends on these people.

Nick was captain for the red team,

michael for the blue.

Joe: It's time to teach your teams

how to make a three-course italian meal.

Yes! Let's go, blue!

The team that will be safe from elimination is the red team.

Aarón: Blue team, you have to prove

that some of you still deserve to be in this kitchen.

Hey, nick! You have a very, very important decision to make.

- Tonight... - Switch!

...It's the elimination challenge the home cooks

have been fearing all season.

It's the famous tag team challenge.

- Oh, lord. - Two of you will be going home.

When it says hell is a burning lake of sulfur?

That is what the tag team challenge is.

It's season ten. We're taking it higher.

This challenge makes a chef or breaks a chef.

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

- 3... - This was the most chaotic

- thing I've ever experienced. - 2...

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

- 1... - I haven't ever witnessed something like this.

- Switch! - ( screams )

let's go, blue team.

I was the captain of the losing team,

and I do feel like I deserve this elimination challenge.

I just have to trust today in my ability to cook.

Blue team, this is the moment that you all have been dreading.

Put those black aprons on.

Dorian: As frustrating as it is for me

to be cooking for my life with this black apron on,

I have to remember that I'm here for a purpose.

And to make that choice to leave your family,

to come out and to follow a dream

is not easy to do.

So I'm going to push through it.

Today, we want you to work together

in teams of two in a "masterchef" classic.

- Bring it, bring it. - It's time for the famous tag team challenge.

Uh-oh.

Renee: Holy freaking crap.

When it says hell is a burning lake

of freakin' sulfur?

That is what the tag team challenge is,

and my butt is not going to be down there and get burned.

In this challenge, you either talk or you walk.

So, listen, because tonight two of you

- will be going home. - Wow.

You couldn't drop a bigger bombshell.

I was not expecting that at all.

The judges, they're setting the standard up.

Nick, because you were the winning captain

of that incredible three-course italian fine dining challenge,

you get to pair the eight home cooks into teams of two.

Come and join us three down here, please.

- All right. - Oh! Moving up.

Having to decide the fate of the blue team,

it's a huge decision to make,

and two people are going home tonight.

The equation of this pairing is in your hands.

Let's start off with sam.

Who would you put alongside sam?

Nick: I'm going to put sam with shari.

- Shari. Wow. - Yeah. Yeah.

I paired sam with shari because they're both very soft-spoken people,

and success in the tag team challenge requires communication.

Let's look at the second pairing.

Who are you going to place with dorian?

I want to stick her with subha.

- Oh, my god. - No.

Subha, swap places with noah, please.

- Dorian. - Yes, chef?

- How are you feeling? - It's sabotage.

I honestly think that's sabotage.

But I understand it. It's a competition.

Partnering with me is sabotage?

Where is the team spirit?

The only way that subha and I

will be able to beat this

is if subha can take direction and ask questions.

Nick: Dorian, I think if subha

is managed correctly in the kitchen,

he's probably one of the strongest cooks here.

- Thank you. - We'll see.

Subha, how are you feeling right now?

I'm hoping that dorian and I could work together.

Tonight, you got to find your voice.

- Yes. Yes. - Remember that.

Okay. So, noah.

After seeing the first team challenge

of having sarah and noah as captains,

I am really curious about what the dynamic would be

if they were on a team, so I want to put them together.

Wow.

Nick: Of all the competitors here,

noah stands out as the alpha male

and sarah stands out as the alpha female.

And I think as a team sarah and noah will clash

and go down right away.

- Alphas, baby. - Gordon: So, our final team--

- michael, liz. - Yep.

I want to see an intensity from them tonight

that I don't think I've seen yet in the kitchen.

Nick, head upstairs to the safety of the balcony.

Thanks, nick.

gordon: Smart picks. Well done.

Understand this, "masterchef" is the world's favorite cooking competition.

It's aired across the world.

- And tonight... - Ooh-la-la.

...You'll be cooking some of our favorite dishes

from all of our sister shows.

From the philippine islands, a beautiful pork spring roll.

From india, we have vegetable samosas with a mint chutney.

From Italy, we have the most amazing meatballs.

- From mexico... - Orale.

We--

we have a beautiful fish taco with pico de gallo.

From morocco, the most amazing beef skewers.

And from china, the most exquisite pork dumplings.

- Nice. - Beautiful.

I'm scared to death because I've eaten all of those foods,

but I've never made any of them. I'm from the midwest.

We make plain chicken and plain beef.

Tonight, each team will have to replicate this exact platter.

But that's not quite enough.

- There's more. - It's season ten.

So you also have to add one more dish of your very own

to that platter.

Oh, come on.

Shari: Finding out we have to add another item to this tray?

I'm already feeling a bit defeated.

I have been on every losing team so far,

and I hate leaving my fate in other people's hands.

Right, all of you, please head to your stations.

Noah: Me and sarah being paired together

is a match made in heaven. She's an alpha operator.

I know that when I need to get my ass kicked in gear, she's going to do it.

When I'm going to kick her ass in gear,

I'm going to yell at her a little bit

because I don't kick women. So, let's go.

On your stations you'll find everything that you need

to make our around the world platter of delicious bites.

You'll also have access to our pantry

to make your seventh dishes.

Joe: So, take a couple of minutes now

to discuss and go gather your ingredients.

If we just do a lamb lollipop, that'll get the lamb in there.

Immediately, I think we'll have those flavors melding.

I was thinking more jerk, but let's go with the lamb. I think that's perfect.

Okay, coconut coated caribbean shrimp

with a little bit of masala in it.

Listen, dorian's got an impression that she makes that in her sleep.

There's indian food, that's what subha's good-- they can do this.

I'm thinking I'm going to grab a potato.

I'm going to grab something to make a tater tot.

- We can make chips if we have to. - Chips is weak.

We can do a really slider.

I made this before. It's delicious.

I can do a ponzu sauce with a shrimp tempura.

- Yeah. - It's just soy sauce,

a little bit of mirin if I can find it,

and some orange and lemon juice.

Liz definitely does not have as much experience

with international food as I do,

so it makes sense for me to take a little bit of charge

to insure I don't go home.

Right, let's start breaking away,

getting your ingredients. Let's go.

Co on, hurry up.

Yes, y'all got it, guys!

Teamwork makes the dream work.

Oh, my god, it's already a mix.

Yeah, we won't need that much.

What else do you need? Tell me what you need.

- I got all the lamb, so... - Okay.

Sarah: I want to be paired with noah

because if there's anything that's important

with a tag team challenge, it's constant communication.

Noah doesn't ever stop talking.

That will never be a problem.

- So we got everything. - Yeah, we need a blender.

- I got it. - That one. That one, too.

- This one? - Yeah.

I absolutely do not want to be with subha

because he does not work good under pressure.

- Yeah. - Subha, you sure that's everything?

Tamarind, tamarind, tamarind.

- Tamarind. I don't see-- - tamarind. No tamarind here?

- I don't see tamarind. - And I'm scared that the bulk

of the responsibility is going to fall on me.

We have perfect bib lettuce.

- And I did grab buns. - We have tomatoes.

- I grabbed four buns. - Is there mayonnaise?

- Let's go! Line up! - We got to hurry, sam.

Shari: I'm worried. Sam and I, we're both really nice.

I think I'm going to have to